1808 Buildings – Model of the Day
Scratchbuilt buildings for the War of 1808.
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Finnish artillery – Model of the Day
15mm Finnish Artillery. The smaller bronze guns up front are Navwar Austrian 3pdrs and the crew as well as the 6pdrs in the back are from Old Glory with the exception that the Savo Artillery Company (the ones in grey uniform) are from Essex.
Skeletommies – Model of the Day
Old 25mm Citadel plastic skeletons converted with 1/35 Tamiya equipment and some Milliput for the webbing straps.
Finnish first-aid station – Model of the Day
A 20mm C-P Models nurse beside a scratchbuilt half-platoon tent made out of modelling clay. The tent is way too small but I couldn’t fit a bigger one on the Murtokohta-base for joukkosidontapaikka…
Movie Evening
To get into the mood of upcoming 1st Bull Run we decided to go to Mr V and watch Manassas, End of innocence, a dramatized documentary of the battle he bought while visiting the battlefield. We also watched the relevant parts (and some more until general Jackson’s demise) of Gods and Generals, which was a very recommendable movie but unfortunately …
Battlefront WWII Campaign 2
The training sessions of 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment of 82nd Airborne in North Carolina continue in 1942 as Company Aksu was given an order to keep control of the bridge with Company Eero acting as reserve initially located in the nearby village. Their opponent, company Janne, was ordered to engage the enemy and take control of the bridge. The attack …
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern
Backround As the Confederate commanders McCulloch and McIntosh were busy getting themselves shot at the battle of Leetown (and the sole remaining senior Confederate commander on the field, Hebert, tried to follow suite but only managed to get himself captured), the Confederate CiC, Major General Earl van Dorn, was busy … well, no, he wasn’t busy at all. In fact, …
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern OB & Map
Here is the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern Map PDF containing OB and map for the refight.
In Pharaoh’s Army pt. 4 – Model of the Day
15mm Essex NKE psiloi. Even if I like the colors and the figure poses I really hate my old basing and the varnish should be more matt :/