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waterloo to mons waterloo to mons 19th century wargames friday 20 march 2026 unexpected items in the basing area following my previous post i was contacted by dopplebockdunkel who very graciously gifted me a sizeable number of jacklex acw figures most are unpainted but there were these 16 union infantry painted up very neatly and matching the style of the rest of the collection i raise my glass to mr dopplebockdunkel all that i needed to do is paint the bases in my green shade and apply some gloss varnish there are another 16 figures undercoated and started so i will finish these alongside the brooklyn regiment there may be a slight delay with the next full post as i have been specially chosen by my wife for weekend decorating and gardening duties from a shortlist of one posted by matt at 20 47 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels classic 20mm acw the war between the states sunday 8 march 2026 at last something new i have finally managed to add a completely new unit to my classic 20mm acw collection in the shape of these jacklex rebels i will tidy up the base sides as i never noticed the patchy bits one of the reasons for virtually no output of figures revolves around the state of my eyesight and so i tried a lighter gray undercoat and the use of a wash from aly morrison s recipe while not as clean as aly s work it was certainly easier to see the detail and so onwards and upwards i will persevere my next new addition will be the 14th brooklyn zouaves my favourite union uniform posted by matt at 20 59 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels classic 20mm acw the war between the states thursday 29 january 2026 you may have seen these troops before in the summer i was gifted these magnificent figures from mr aly morrison together with a hefty pile of unpainted jacklex figures not only an act of outstanding generosity i now have figures from peter gilder myself and now aly in this truly cosmopolitan collection aly s painting style is i feel more in keeping with the figures character i e his look better than mine and so as well as rebasing the collection i have started a new confederate unit following his recipe i am hopeful that 2026 is a better year hobby wise 2025 was dogged with too many real life distractions until i get to post my next original post please enjoy once again some shiny acw loveliness courtesy of mr morrison posted by matt at 22 34 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels classic 20mm acw the war between the states sunday 24 august 2025 poor old picton on thursday i played a marvellous wargame at stryker s hinton hut using his magnificent collection of vintage 20mm figures the refight of waterloo can be read in full here with loads of extra pictures to boot the opening of the battle with reinforcements off table the french came on in the same old style and as i was playing picton i met them in the same old style and just like picton i shuffled off this mortal coil this time while supporting the 11th light dragoons morale throw i now have the record of an unbeaten streak of defeats while leading ian s toys my thanks to ian tony nigel and goya for a fantastic game and to the excellent catering provided by mrs s posted by matt at 21 30 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels warfare in the age of bonaparte saturday 12 july 2025 recently i have been mainly gloss varnishing and rebasing cutting a long story short just before christmas i decided to streamline the number of sets of rules i was using as my main interest lies in the black powder era and my preference is for a relatively simple set of fun rules i decide to go with the old crusader rank and file the decision to go glossy is another story which i will explain later but for now let me get back to soaking those poor old gilder figures who thought they were finally being left to get comfortable on their forever home bases posted by matt at 22 15 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels classic 20mm acw the war between the states older posts home subscribe to posts atom waterloo to mons as a teenager i was bought a copy of michael glover s book warfare from waterloo to mons the legions of airfix conversions i created are now long gone but i still have my original copy it is still a great read this blog is my continuing attempt recreate the chapters of the book in miniature plus the odd historical digression along the way my blog list a military gentleman warfare in the age of steam the eastern garrison douglas miniatures 20mm crimean war prometheus in aspic hinton hunt vintage wargame figures battle 77 the hinton spieler napoleonics20 20 boer war in miniature with pyjamas through the desert all things jacklex avon napoleonic fellowship vintage wargaming legatus wargames armies napoleonics in miniature 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