reb

this is a rebel officer i made recently from pattex floor putty

medieval britains archer

The role the Medieval Archers could play in battle was quickly understood, and as early as the years following the Norman Conquest, the practice of archery was much encouraged and the Medieval Archers were granted special privileges. Among the enactments of Henry I of England, it was provided that if anyone practicing with arrows or with darts should by accident slay another, it was not to be visited against him as a crime.




From 1066 until the end of the 12th Century, the longbow was of the most simple construction. It appears frequently in the Bayeux tapestry. The arrows were usually barbed.



During the 13th Century, besides the mounted men-at-arms or heavy cavalry, there were light troops formed by the mounted archers and crossbow-men. The Medieval Archers were becoming every day of more importance in the field. And, if the bow was an efficient arm in battle, it was still more so in sieges, and the defense of strongholds and mountain-passes.



There was a clear difference between the Continent and England as far as the Medieval Archers are concerned. While the longbow was preferred in England, the crossbow-man was an essential component of a Continental army during all this period. The crossbow-men were either mounted or on foot. One of the popular type of Britains


Among the Medieval Archers, the English archer is the most prominent character. In the 14th Century, he was equally efficient in siege and in the field. The defender of town or castle could not peep beyond the parapet, but an English arrow could nail his cap to his head. In the field, provided the archers were, by marsh, wood, or mountain, secured from a flank attack, they would bid defiance to any number of mounted men-at-arms. The foot-archers were in far greater proportion then the mounted ones. The bows were of two kinds: painted and plain (white).





Mounted Archer-13th Century

On the continent, the missile weapon employed to oppose the English longbow was still the arbalest (crossbow). The troops who used it were chiefly Genoese and Spanish infantry mercenaries. Mounted crossbow-men were also engaged, but in much smaller numbers. How inefficient the crossbow was when opposed to the English archery appears in every page of the histories of the 14th Century. The element of success was simply the more rapid “fire” of the English archers using the longbow.



Although the 15th Century saw the first hand-gunners, the Medieval Archers were still in favor. The crossbow-men continue to have an important place in the Continental armies of the day. There were also important changes in organizing the Medieval Archers. Learning from the lessons of Crécy and Agincourt, Charles VII of France instituted the French-Archers, equipped partly with the longbow and partly with the crossbow.

acw

nice starlux figure that could be better if painted better

ATLANTIC INDIAN

I suppose this Indian is a Cheyenne or Souix. I painted this up and then photographed it with a digital camera on macro , this type of photography shows up all your defects in painting as you can see.

Mexicans over the border

Maybe the rarest Timpo ever released . This really looks like a toy soldier
Near the latter half of the 19th century, tensions were slowly rising between the Empire of Mexican and the still young Confederate States. The C.S.A. had earlier shared an unofficial alliance with Mexico due to the intervention of the British, French, and Mexican empires' in the Confederacy's own independence.


However, the C.S. was lustful of fulfilling its own Manifest Destiny and expanding into South America and the Caribbean to establish a "Tropical Empire" (a concept of a mass slave and agricultural empire for the CS), and sought to buy the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Senora for $30 million. However, Maximilian respectfully refused such an offer, stifling the CSA's imperial dreams.
This would incite a growing belief in the Confederacy that it was its right to expand into Mexico and tame the supposedly inferior people's that inhabited it. The ideological differences between the Confederate republic and Mexican empire and the Confederate's support of republican secession movements from the populations of the Yucatan and the Rio Grande would also spur distrust and conflict. It seemed only a matter of time before something would set off the tensions.

face of a twat first class

The Mexican Empire had also had tensions with William Walker since Maximilian had taken the throne. Walker at first had been little more than a filibuster nuisance who had set up an illegitimate rule in Nicaragua (seemingly for the sole purpose of slavery and his own glory) which seemed destined to fall to one of nations between Mexico and itself. However, Walker's mercenary army blitzed across Central America, leading the its subjugation under Walker's illiberal throne. This was thanks in large part to Walker's support of Vanderbilt's Transit Company's charter, curtailing the wraith of a possible intervention on Vanderbilt's part. Soon, the conquest of Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica would be complete, and Walker would reform his empire under the United Republic of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica (later renamed the United Provinces of Central America); only El Salvador and Panama remained free. Nothing stood between Walker and Mexico.



Walker, a conservative minded Southerner who fully supported slavery (and whose exploits inspired the Confederates of the prospect of a Southward cotton empire), had likewise allied with the Confederacy, offering aid during the War of Secession and breaking the North's blockade around the South's southern coast. However, the Confederates had remained steadfastly allied to this anglo-saxon's Republic, while slowly reclining its relations with Mexico.



In 1879, Mexico declared war on the URNGHC over border disputes and incursions Walker had made into Mexican land over the decade, as well as the prospect of liberating the conquered Hispanics of Walker's republic. However, Walker claimed that the war was an exercise in Mexico's own aggression, and the Confederates, increasingly spiteful of Mexico and seeing this as a chance for expansion, agreed. On May 14, 1879, the CSA formally declared war on the Mexican Empire.



In the following months, the Empire of Mexico fought to stave off a two front war. To the North, the Confederacy swept southward, making quick gains in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, which it reformed into the puppet "Republic of the Rio Grande". To the south, Mexico led a more offensive war against Walker as it already occupied Guatemala. Thanks largely to Maximilian's industrialization and military build up over the decade and the disunity the Confederates were still trying to overcome, Mexico was able to do moderately well in the war and had the prospect of victory. But by 1880, it looked as though the CSA would break through the Mexican defensive lines south of the Republic of the Rio Grande. In desperation, Maximilian sought aid in the nation it had helped balkanize two decades before... the United States.



The United States was conflicted in offering its support. On the one hand, Mexico had lent its hand in the Yankees' loss of the War of Secession and helped create the situation North America now faced, and the Northerners for decades considered Maximilian little more than a "Tinpot Emperor". On the other, if Mexico managed to beat back the Confederates, it would strike a blow at the Dixan republic and could lead to an ally. In the end, the United States decided to lend its aid to Mexico.



The United Kingdom of California was also approached for support, and was willing to offer aid should Mexico agree to allow it to expand into land in Baja California. Mexico relented, and the Californians send supplies and arms into the Empire.



By May, supplies and arms were crossing the border through New Mexico, and military advisers were being sent to train the armies of Maximilian. The United States also supplied black revolutionary forces in the CS to distract their war effort.



By 1883, Mexico broke through the Confederate lines south of the Rio Grande Republican line, and made headway toward the Rio Grande river, taking Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas by the fall. It soon was apparent that Mexico could cross into Texas if given enough time. The War was also proving unpopular within the Confederacy as its quick gains quickly fell into a seemingly unending conflict at the southern border of the Republic of the Rio Grande.



In February of 1883, Mexico and the CS signed the Second Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the war in a ceasefire between the two powers, and reestablishing ante-bellum territorial claims, including the reabsorbtion of the Rio Grande Republic. By May, Mexico would also conclude a peace with URNGHC, ending with Guatemala being given independence and proclaimed a protectorate of Mexico. Relations between the US and Mexico would prove stable for decades afterward, with even the CSA becoming once again a friend of Mexico.

french v us

spare parts from replicants
For twenty years, from 1796 until the final defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and his generals fought on the battlefields of all Europe. Now, you ca

n recreate the excitement and danger of the Napoleonic Wars on your tabletop!




Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Battles of Napoleon, a board game for two players. Battles of Napoleon is a war simulation system that pits the forces of the French against the forces of the British, and this first game in the series, The Eagle and the Lion, includes ten gripping scenarios.



The Battles of Napoleon system is easy to learn, but it offers a wealth of strategic options; this gives you a fast and challenging game while at the same time pitting you against the same tactical problems that commanders of the Napoleonic age had to face. Well-coordinated use of infantry, cavalry and artillery, skillful maneuvering of your units and use of your formations, and knowledge of the strong and weak points of your troops, will all be essential in leading your army to victory.

prepare for war!



Battles of Napoleon is a board game of strategic battles set in early 1800s Europe. Two players send orders, organize their various troops into formations, and manage their troop morale in an attempt to lead their armies to victory.

cafe storm and mokarex

 cafe storm

mokarex

heres a conversion you can do in plastic. an imperial guard of 1859.

 23 April the Austria sends an ultimatum to Piemonte  disarmament within three days. It's an opportunity patiently waiting from Cavour to start the war. The time required, the Austrians invade Piedmont with intent to defeat the Sardinian army before the arrival of ally. The Piedmontese impede the advanced of Marshal Ferencz Gyulaj flooded rice paddies of lomellina and Vercellese; the French, through the Moncenisio and from Genoa reach quickly the battlefield. II, may 20, the Austrians have fought to Montebello. While Gyulaj awaits with the bulk of the passage of the enemy troops around Piacenza, Napoleon III ° the draws misled by passing the Po to Casale and moving fast French army from Alexandria to Novara for targeted towards Milan. Only then defeats suffered on 30 and 31 May to Vinzaglio and Palestro command Austria-Hungary realizes the trap and order that the bulk of the army has moved through Vigevano and Abbiategrasso, from Lomellina to Magenta. Recede establishing a defensive line between Naviglio Grande and Ticino; blasting the great Napoleonic of Boffalora, bridge between Magenta and Trecate, but resists and partly remains passable. The night of 2 and 3 June French genius, protected by artillery, sheds, facing Turbigo, a bridge of boats of 180 metres. Starts the move of the 2nd Corps under the command of Gen. Edme Patrice de Mac-Mahon which supports the first clashes in Turbigo and Robecchetto. On the morning of 4 Mac Mahon divides his troops into two columns by directing 2nd div. Of January. Espinasse towards Marcallo and 1st Div: De La Motterouge towards Boffalora. Meanwhile, the Austrian troops are slow to arrive and the gen Clam-Gallas has its forces to triangle with vertices to Magenta, Marcallo and Boffalora. Soon ode Cannon Thunder Napoleon IThe °, from his Observatory in torre di s. Martino al Basto, Piedmont shore of Ticino, convinced that the attack of Mac Mahon is in place, order troops waiting to move to the ponti sul Naviglio Grande of Boffalora, Ponte Vecchio and Ponte Nuovo. The Austrians are skipping the first two; Ponte della Dogana with railroad, a little further downstream, remain so the only step to reach the left bank of the channel. But Mac Mahon is stationary waiting to coordinate the movements of its columns and the 3rd Corps French late arriving, from Novara, on the battlefield. Meanwhile, Began to arrive from Abbiategrasso the bulk of the Austrian troops whose entry online makes the critical situation for the French to the point that in Vienna is sent a telegram that announces a landslide victory. After fierce fighting the French uncertain outcome manage to pass on deck Again only when the Austrians, threatened on the right flank by Mac Mahon which incorporated attack Boffalora, retire to Magenta. In fighting falls on Jan.. Clér. The battle rages around the railway station of Magenta; the canteen on abandon positions and retire homes to defend alleyways terrain. The gen. Espinasse is hit near Casa Jacob, but his column and Mac Mahon with a manoeuvre pincer, exceed the railroad ballast and attack the enemy entrenched in the village. Towards evening the Bersaglieri's div. of January. Manfredo Fanti and Piedmontese artillery batteries of gen. Durando arrive to cover the left flank and participate roundups ally in the village. Gyulaj understands that they have lost the game and retires meditating a counterattack that won't happen. In the evening of 4 June, after the victorious battle, Emperor Napoleon III ° appointment Mac Mahon Marshal of France and Duke of Magenta. 8 June 1859, while at the melegnano allies, defeat again the Imperials, Napoleon III °, Emperor of France and Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia, entering winners parading in Milan under the Arch of peace, to Sempione. To Magenta, initially, the warhost Franco-Sardinian mise in field 58,000 against 62,000 of lmperial Regio Austrian army. French losses than the day they amounted to 4,500 units while the Austrians had 10,000 men out of combat. The battle of Magenta that allowed the release of Milan and Lombardia marked the beginning of the journey towards the unification of Italy

Ban Tarleton patriot

SIR BANASTRE TARLETON (1754-1833), English soldier, was the son of John Tarleton (1719-1773), a Liverpool merchant, and was born in Liverpool on the 21st of August 1754. Educated at Oxford he entered the army, and in December 1775 he sailed as a volunteer to America with Earl, afterwards Marquess, Cornwallis, and his services during the American War of Independence in the year 1776 gained for him the position of a brigade major of cavalry. He was present at the battle of Brandywine and at other engagements in 1777 and 1778, and as the commander of the British legion, a mixed force of cavalry and light infantry, he proceeded at the beginning of 1780 to South Carolina, rendering valuable services to Sir Henry Clinton in the operations which culminated in the capture of Charleston. He was responsible for a British victory at Waxhaw in May 1780, and he materially helped Cornwallis to win the battle of Camden in the succeeding August. He was completely victorious in an engagement with Thomas Sumter at Fishing Creek, or Catawba Fords, but was not equally successful when he encountered the same general at Blackstock Hill in November 1780; then in January 1781, in spite of much personal valour, he was defeated with heavy loss at Cowpens. Having been successful in a skirmish at Tarrants House, and having taken part in the battle of Guilford in March 1781, he marched with Cornwallis into Virginia, and after affording much assistance to his commander-in-chief he was instructed to hold Gloucester. This post, however, was surrendered to the Americans with Yorktown in October 1781, and Tarleton returned to England on parole. In 1790 he entered parliament as member for Liverpool, and with the exception of a single year he remained in the House of Commons until 1812. In 1794 he became a major-general; in 1812 a general; and he held a military command in Ireland and another in England. In 1815 he was made a baronet. He died without issue at Leintwardine in Shropshire on the 25th of January 1833.

For some time Tarleton lived with the actress Mary Robinson (Perdita), and his portrait was painted both by Reynolds and by Gainsborough. Sir Banastre wrote a History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America (London, 1781), which, although of some value, is marred by the author's vanity and by his attacks on Cornwallis. It was criticized by Colonel Roderick Mackenzie in his Strictures on Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton's History (1781) 'and in the Cornwallis Correspondence.

recent photos from my digital

some britains I was given recently

I can't get him right.this is a basic bmc piece that I roughed up

heralds given new metal sword plus repaint

atlantic

starlux given repaint

st just. bought this in the ferry depot in calais. these were put out in a fifty piece french revolutionary plastic 54mm weekly thing and are all plastic starlux. They were really collectable.