Danish Miniature gamer: 2015

mandag den 21. december 2015

My french napoleonic army.

I am painting a french and an austrian army for the battles from about1798 to 1809. I know for the purist that the uniforms changed during the period. But since it is my army and i am painting it, i have decided i can live with that.
They are 28mm. And fun to paint. I like the revolutionary battles and i like the war of 1809. And i am not going to paint two armies af each.
They ar more fun tp paint for my old eyes, than 15 mm. And affordable since most of it can be boutgh in plastic. Just like the old days of minifigs and airfix..
Here are the french infantry:
21 line battallions of 4 bases of 4 figures. Perfect for the piquet series of rules and for my own rules. And Since the french are in 6 companies. There is a company colour pompom on the four figureson a base, so that you can put 6 bases of a different colour if you wish. I just like the variety in colours, so call me a barbarian.

Here they are in a bit brownish picture.

There are also thre battalions of ligth infantry in 1798 uniform.

And waiting to be painted are 10 pieces of artillery with crew.

Perhaps tomorrow i will try to line up my austrians.

So if anybody wants a battle. The terrain, figures and rules are nearly ready.

Wagram anyone?

Mads

onsdag den 30. september 2015

World war One guns

In the Tøjhusmuseum, the danish army museum, in Copenhagen, there is a nice collection of guns, mainly danish, but also foreign.
There are two world war one guns: the German 77 mm and the french 75 mm. Both very famous guns, and as far as i can judge, in their original colours.
The french gun is in the early war colour, but the german 77 is in late war camouflage, which is not that common in museums.

French 75 mm gun

German 77 mm gun

French 75 mm gun

German 77 mm gun


German 77 mm gun

onsdag den 26. august 2015

Austrian jägers - østrigske jægere.

Perry miniatures 28 mm austrians. 1st, 2nd and 3rd jægers 1802 -1808,

Hermed nyeste 3 enheder. Østrigske jægere i deres 1802 - 1808 uniform. Jeg skal nok mest bruge dem i 1809 kampagnes, men jeg kan simpelthen lide hjelmen, og nu med grøn "orm". Om den skal være rent grøn eller med sort stribe er simpelthen uklart fra mine kilder, så jeg endte med sort stribe.
I modsætning til mange andre europæiske lette infanterister, er de nok en elite enhed. Den komplicerede bevæbning, og deraf følgende exercits gjorde dem til noget andet. Det var klart bedre en franske lette og klart bedre end fx. østrigske Grenzer. Men der er ikke så mange af dem.
(de skulle nok ikke have end tromme, men det er mine figurer).

onsdag den 29. juli 2015

Nye enheder - New units.

I have just finished three austrian landwehr battallions: Styrian 1st, 2nd and 3rd from 1809.
All Perry miniatures 28 mm plastic.

torsdag den 16. juli 2015


3 battalioner let fransk infanteri, inspireret af 14 legere omkring 1800.


Ca. 3 battalioner.

14 legere voltigeurs forfra.

14 legere. Voltigeurs bagfra

14 legere. Chasseurs forfra.

14 legere. Chasseurs bagfra

14 legere. Carabiniers forfra.


14. legere. carabners bagfra..

Panzer Museum East.

Jeg var på Panser museum east, ved Slagelse, og det var et meget fin lille, privat ejet museum. Fyldt med østeuropæiske tanks, og køretøjer fra den kolde krig i 80'erne. Han havde alt mulig købt billigt i diverse auktioner. Meget fantastisk. Jeg mener hvem ville ikke drømme om at have sin egen luftforsvars raket på lastbil og et komplet felthospital, med operationsstuer ??? Bare indrøm det enhver drengs drøm!