Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Honorable Son #1 and his beautiful bride were in New York City recently, and, being my son, he sent be some great pictures of the armor.

Now I just need to get the descriptions!

 This belonged to Henry VIII

 

More Vikings!

I was rapidly approaching painting burn-out of pike and shot units for Phase 1 of my English Civil War project.  As I stared at remaining (mostly) 3 units of hard plastic Gripping Beast Vikings I knew it was time to finally finish the Sea Raider army for Dux Bellorum.  The figures are easy to paint (though I was challenged gluing them together) and all they need left are their shields.

 

The Sea Raider army is based on the list from an article about Dux Bellorum in Wargames Illustrated # 299 that featured at the end of the article how to build a Late Saxon era and Viking army with 2 boxes of Gripping Beast plastics. The finished Sea Raider army (Vikings) will be have 1 unit of Foot Companions (Warriors), 4 units of Noble Warriors and 1 unit of Warriors.  Since I have played a game or two of Dux Bellorum and have learned how to effectively use skirmishers, I think eventually the Sea Raider army will end up with at least 1 unit of skirmishers.

Now how about that box of plastic Saxons . . . 

Here's to you Warhammer . . .

It was a good run but now the White Dwarf and Josef Bugman have one last toast for an epic Fantasy Game . . .

The two veteran warriors meet to have one last toast . . .

 

 Josef sighs, "Who would have thought that we would have to fight Chaos Space Marines now?"

 "I know . . . I laughed silly when I saw the Space Marines on our side!"

 

 "Back in the day those Chaos Space Marines were a lot tougher . . . these new ones have round bases!  They have no rank bonus and will be easy to cleave in two! "

 

Well . . . at least the XXX Brew is still a trade secret!

 

The Bavarian Army for the WSS Part 4

The Bavarian cavalry adds contrast for color compared to the sky blue coats of the infantry.  The Bavarian Cuirassier regiments wore the lobster tail helmet and front and back cuirass.  Though an anachronistic look it may have been useful in the campaigns against the Ottoman Empire.  Uniform details are from Charles S. Grant’s From Shot to Pike.

Regiment Arco Cuirassiers:  It appears at the time I painted them as the Latour Cuirassier regiment with green facings and distincitions.  Oh well.  Here are the colors for Arco: Coat iron grey, lining blue, cuffs blue, waistcoat blue, breaches blue or leather and blackened armor.

Wolframsdorf Cuirassiers:  If you had the opportunity, how could you not field a regiment with the name Wolframsdorf?  Coat is iron grey, lining sky blue, cuffs sky blue, waistcoat sky blue, breaches leather and blackened armor.

Dragoon Regiment Monasteroi:  Coat is red, lining yellow, cuffs yellow and waistcoat yellow.

Dragoon Regiment Santini : Coat is red, lining green, cuffs green and waistcoat green.

Hussar Regiment Locatelli:  Blue dolmans with white loops, blue breeches and hats of fox fur with blue bags.

The Bavarian Army for the WSS Part 3

Here is the rest of my infantry for my Bavarian army for the War of Spanish Succession.  Figures are mounted for Volley and Bayonet and bases that are 2 /12 inches wide. It is a colorful force that would pay a high price at the hands of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. 

Regiment Bettendorf:  Coat sky blue, lining red, cuff red, waistcoat red and breeches pale blue.

Regiment Haxthausen: Coat sky blue, lining red, cuff red, waistcoat sky blue and breeches grey-white.  I am particular proud of the flag I painted.

Regiment Tattenback:  Coat sky blue, lining bright yellow, cuff bright yellow, waistcoat bright yellow and breeches red or grey.

Converged Grenadiers: These figures are Edition Brokaw and I now realize that they were mislabeled as the grenadier cap is completely wrong and should just be a fur cap with no front plate.  To disguise the fact I painted the front plate black. The uniform details are a mix of the other regiments.

Next up is the Bavarian cavalry.