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Ready For Salute 2018
It will come as no surprise that most of my time over the last few weeks has been tied up with preparing for Salute.Although I do not get much time to look I get the feeling there are more historical...
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Salute 2018 a picture review!
Well the main event has been and gone for another year.On my Crann Tara blog I will make reference to the show from my trade point of view.Here I will tell you what I thought and throw some photos at...
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Reinforcements - Preparation for Partizan
For more years than I care to remember I have been doing a demo game at Partizan - originally as part of the Teesside Triumvirate with Gordon and Lee but then with Lee's death and Gordon's...
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More Troops for Partizan
Well with Partizan this Sunday I have just about finished the planned figures.A bit of tidying up to do but the Georgia Rangers, Lord George Murray, Highland Officer and artillery train are effectively...
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Books for sale
Carrying on the slow clear out of surplus stuff.Before I advertise check out the below pics if anyone wants anything just message me with a fair offer and its yours. I shall charge postage at cost.
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28mm Seleucid Army for sale
Now I haven't counted this little lot but theres 4-500 infantry around 50 cavalry and elephants chariots etc.Of course a load of unpainted as wellIf someone is genuinely interested to acquire get in...
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Partizan
I've mentioned before that I've been attending the Newark show since it started!!! and was held in a sports hall. I've been doing demo games there for almost as long and whilst the Teesside Triumvirate...
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Scourge from the past
At the Partizan show I met up with Phil Olley and bought two very old minifig 15mm ancient armies - Hun and late Roman.These guys were painted in typical youthful 1970's style - gloss varnish etc.My...
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Battle for Maidstone 1744
After an excessively long pause we managed to arrange the next battle in the 1744 campaign.For those that need reminding this is based on the proposed invasion of England by the French in order to put...
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42mm Toy soldier collection for Sale
When my close friend Lee died in November 2013 I was tasked with disposing of his large wargames collection of figures and books.The one collection that was retained by his family was his Irregular...
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Battle of Sanderhausen - Part 1
Table set for the arrival tomorrow of John Rich and Simon Miller for a refight of my take on the Battle of Sanderhausen.Background and details of the action tomorrow.In the meantime a view of the...
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Battle of Sanderhausen Part 2
I have based the scenario on that presented by Charles Grant in Wargaming in history vol1.In essence the allied General Isenburg had been told by Ferdinand a few days earlier to do the best he could in...
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The Wild Geese Weekend - Kenilworth 2018
Now in it's third year, what was previously known as 'A Military Gentleman ' due to the connections with the superb book and forum published and run by John Ray has now become The Wild Geese due to a...
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What you been doing?
Sorry for the quiet spell since my return from Kenilworth it's all been a bit manic!!On the painting front I'm still plugging away at Highlanders and I did paint a few samples of my new Mousquetaires...
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Trip to Claymore
First let me apologise for the lack of recent posts, a combination of real life and mulling over the options and future of Crann Tara Miniatures have all been quite time consuming.However I decided to...
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Greeks looking for a good home
The scaling back and rationalisation continues.After much souls searching I have decided to try and sell my Ancient Greeks, the original collection was assembled to refight the first Battle of Mantinea...
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Battle of Vellinghausen
As I've mentioned before from time to time I have the pleasure of travelling up to Charles Grant's to take part in Battles for his future publications.This weekend saw me go to Perth to take part in...
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Chicago Bound
I apologise for the lack of posts these last few weeks life has been a little hectic. The Crann Tara Saxons have sold extremely well and I have been playing catch up on the orders.In the interim Dawn...
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Home again and non stop together with a new project.
Well I've been home a fortnight and this is the first opportunity to play catch up on the blog.I had to clear some Crann Tara orders and carry on packing the lead and plastic mountain which even though...
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First print results
Well first print results are promising a lot of work is required in positioning and supporting the figure so the first figure is one made for me to go with my range. The 'orcs' are 18mm I downloaded...
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