William Hall VC

 

2020 projects finishing 2019

Crimean actions to do
Nearly bought new ACW figures but I stopped myself as I really didn't want to get back into it
Riel Rebellion actions and should 1837 also pop up,
Between work, pandemics, I should be able to get some actions done this year

Going walkabout Down Under, 1788-1930

WI Issue 383 for September 2019 has an interesting article on frontier conflicts which involves Settlers vs Aborigines

I have enough figures to try and recreate with some imagination
More to follow

Anglo-German War, 1871: what if scenario

One of the interesting situations that I learned about during my time at the Halifax citadel was that the British army began to withdraw to the Home front due to the increased power of Prussia soon to be Germany.
At the time, an interest in invasion fiction hit the western world as an interesting genre of pop culture.
Another chance for me to use my Napoleonic cavalry and Colonial troops plus first war Germans and French.
Inspired by August 2019 issue of Wargames illustrated

Battle of inkerman 5 November 1854

With Wargames  Illustrated issue 381 July 2019 I received a free set of Crimean War Russian infantry by warlord games to which I'm going to paint up and prepare for the battlefield along with the other small figures I have of this. So that's why I'm going to have a Crimean War scenario up on this blog shortly.
At presents I have approximately 5 regiments of Russian troops with a battery of artillery Calvary consists of Cossacks. British troops for the area consists of my Napoleonic British and my Highlanders which at 1/72 scale you really can't tell if the carrying flintlocks or percussion locks.

Crimean War Pacific campaign Siege of Petropavlovsk Aug, 1854

One of the little ideas I have using my Napoleonic British, Russians and Samurai era Japanese
The Russian defense of the area consisted of earthworks.

The Northwest Frontier 1837-1947

Ah, another Osprey publishing book I have borrowed from the family of my late friend.
Between my Muslim warriors, and my Napoleonic and Colonial British types, I should be able to fight some skirmishing games.