Category Archives: Great War
Painting Belgians part two – Carabinier cyclists
Part two of our Belgian painting guide was meant to be cavalry and it was meant to have been done a long long time ago (part one was after all back in August 2013) but apathy can be a wonderful … Continue reading
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Gentlemen, Mount Your Bikes!
We’ve had dismounted cyclists available for our 28mm Great War Belgians for a while, but today we’re finally telling them to do a Norman Tebbit and ‘get on your bikes’! We have two options for a Carabinier cyclist officer with … Continue reading
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The Salute Sticky Page
Assuming all goes to plan, this page will list everything we’re planning to release at Salute this year. We’ve made it a ‘sticky’ page, which means that it will remain at the top of the blog until the big day … Continue reading
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Bicycle, bicycle…..
We’ve had dismounted Carabinier cyclists available for quite some time but until now the poor chaps haven’t actually been able to ride into battle as intended. Well now they can! One company in each Carabinier battalion were equipped with bicycles … Continue reading
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Sound the Bugle !
I mentioned in the run up to Crisis that Phil has sprung a surprise on me by turning up with two new moulds of 28mm WW1 Belgians – NCOs and Buglers. He’s finished painting and photographing some sample figures so … Continue reading
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New for Crisis
Last post before I go off to Crisis (in fact I’ve already left, this is a timed post !). We have a number of new items at the show in several ranges, which I’ll quickly summarise below. Phil sprang a … Continue reading
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Band on the Run
If you’ve been to one of the shows in the south-east of England this year, you might have caught a glimpse of Phil’s magnificent (and prize-winning) WWI demonstration game ‘Somewhere in Belgium’ (excellent scenery but he needs to work on … Continue reading
Somewhere in Belgium
As Tony mentioned a while ago I wasn’t able to go with him on his jolly to Stoke Rochford Hall since I was attending the Cavalier show in Tonbridge. So whilst he was tucking into venison and port I was making … Continue reading
Lest we forget
Although there are many war memorials in and around Maidstone commemorating men who died in the Great War, one in particular stands out to me. Simply because it is in the main Maidstone Post Office and I see it every … Continue reading
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Painting Belgians part one – the infantry
I’ve been meaning to produce a painting guide for our Great War Belgian figures for a rather long time. Since I’m currently working on a project that involves painting a large number of them now seemed a good time to … Continue reading
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