Sunday, October 27, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
Lady Sculpts from Bad Squiddo Miniatures
Figure on the left is a herbalist gathering her plants, center is an archer, and right is blind old crone waving an eye-ball. 28mm sculpts from Bad Squiddo Games. Nice sculpts.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Portuguese 1st Cavalry Regiment
Ready for Albuera
I see a few places where I need some detail, but they're good to go. Eureka just came out with Portuguese Cavalry figures last week and due to their speedy shipping I have some ready for battle.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
British 13th Light Dragoons
Just in time for the Albuera battle this weekend . . .
Looks like I need to add brown wash to faces.
Looks like I need to add brown wash to faces.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
More Dark Ages Guys
So here are some Viking archers . . .
And here are some Saxon Thegns
Not sure why I needed more Dark Ages figs but what the hell. These are Foundry castings and quite enjoyable to paint. Time for some more Blood Eagle!
And here are some Saxon Thegns
Not sure why I needed more Dark Ages figs but what the hell. These are Foundry castings and quite enjoyable to paint. Time for some more Blood Eagle!
Friday, August 23, 2019
Here's an Exciting Read. . .
Lithuania Ascending
A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345
by S. C. Rowell, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life & Thought
I needed a little more background on my Teutonic and Lithuanian armies so I dove into this book. The period focused on is the rise of the Lithuanian Duchy and its growth under the grand dukes that lay the groundwork for the combination of Lithuania and Poland in the 15th Century. During this time, the Lithuanian Grand Dukes held their own and managed to expand against the Poles, Rus, Teutons, Swedes, Danes, Rigans, Hungarians, Bohemians, and Tatars. The Lithuanian Grand Dukes, particularly Gediminus played off Imperial vs. Rus interests, Catholic vs. Othodoxy, and grand duke against grand duke to further his own interests and maintain their pagan center of power in Lithuania.
Well written as various topics are explored but of course the source material is limited and focusing on a 50-year period, the information gets a bit repetitive at times but the author does highlight between what is written (be it corroborated or not) and what later historians assumed or interpreted.
https://www.amazon.com/Lithuania-Ascending-East-Central-1295-1345-Cambridge-dp-1107658764/dp/1107658764/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=
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