Toysoldiers - King&Country - British Army in the "American War of Independence"

Manufacturer:   King&Country

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi, 

As you all know in 2026 there will be the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the AmericanWar of Independence. So I thought it was time to set my British Army from the ranges of King&Country into scene.

I was lucky to find the mounted officer last week on eBay and got it for 22,50€. The seller told that the horse´s tail was broken. But when the figure arrived yesterday I recognized that the miniature not only had a broken tail, but also must have fallen down some time. The base was also damaged, the figure was crooked and at some areas the paint was chipped off.

So I had to bend the figure straight, to repaint some areas and to glue the tail at its place.
Remembering the price of the figure this little invest of repairs was worth it. Included to the collection the damages won’t be seen.

Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy new year with a lot of time and fun with our hobby.

Cheers

Mike

Terrain for Wargaming - "House in a box" created by Gerard Boom aka "Shiftinglands"

Manufacturer:   GeBoom aka "Shiiftinglands"

Scale:   28mm or also 20mm

Hi,

Just wanted to share this video from Gerard Boom on YouTube. Gerard has designed a series of very nice foam buildings he called "House in a box". These houses will come as kits. So anyone can build very cool looking buildings for wargaming in 28mm or 20mm without using a foam cutter by himself.

I like the creations of Gerard very much and it is always impressive to see what this guy has in mind and what he already did and still does for the complete community. For me he is a incredible master mind in foam modelling. He developed a series of tools to make working with an Proxxon foam cutter much easier. He builds fantastic creations and everything he does looks so easy, but if you ever tried to do the same things, you will recognize that to reach these skills needs a lot of practice.

The new series of "House in a box" is announced to be released in December. I am sure that I will order at least three of four of these houses.

Cheers

Mike

Gerard Boom - "House in a box" 

Toysoldiers - JohnJenkinsDesigns - A comparison of the older and new versions of Roger´s Rangers

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesigns

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

one of my favorite manufacturers concerning Toysoldiers is "JohnJenkinsDesigns".

I like this company because of the ranges they offer for FrenchIndianWar and for their style of miniatures.

One of these ranges is called "Raid on St.Francis". It is an older range and JohnJenkins decided to give some more figures to it - especially some more versions of Roger´s Rangers. Here you can find some more information about "The Raid on St:Francis".

The new versions are a bit more filigrane and the faces are a bit smaller. But the older and the new versions do fit perfect in my opinion.

So here they are.

Cheers

Mike

The force of my collection of Roger´s Rangers so far. A mix of the old and the new versions

The "old" versions. Not complete as there are still some poses missing. I especially like the three
guys sitting next to the barrels.

The new versions. Again not complete.

A comparison of the new versions (figures 1 and 3 from left to right) and the older ones
(figures 2 and 4)

Toysoldiers - "Tyrolean Rebellion" by PianoWargames - Newest additions

Manufacturer:   Piano Wargames

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hello to the followers of my blog.

Today´s post is again about some additions to my collection of 60mm Tyrolean Rebels.

This time the additions include one of the leaders of the Tyrolean Rebellion - the Capuchin priest Johann Simon Haspinger.

The other two figures are another Capuchin priest and a drummer. The last one was a real challenge, but it came out quite well.

I have been working on this projects for many months now. Always with longer interruptions. But meanwhile I was able to paint up at least sixteen Tyrolians, one single Bavarian light infantry man and one lonely Bavarian Dragoon. All in the size of 60mm. 

While arranging these miniatures for a quick photo shooting I realized that the Bavarians will need some support soon. :)

Cheers

Mike

The newest additions.

Johann Simon Haspinger

Another Capuchin Priest

My version of "Little drummer boy" :)

Haspinger is calling to arms.

And this is the force of rebels that followed Haspinger´s call by now.

Two brave Bavarians fighting the Tyrolean rebels.

Toysoldiers - "Tyrolean Rebellion" by PianoWargames - Just one more figure painted

Manufacturer:   PianoWargames

Scale:   3d-printed and scaled up from 28mm to 60mm

Hi,

here is another figure from the Tyrolean range of PianoWargames. I call her "Flinten-Uschi".

Cheers

Mike

Dead Man´s Hand - WIP Part 4 and Final - Buildung a Ranch from Sarrissa

Manufacturer:   Sarrissa Precision

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

I finally got my Ranch from SarrissaPrecision done. Due to a lot of other projects I always had to put the model aside - sometimes for months. But in November I wanted to show it at an exhibition from my club, integrated into a battlefield using the rules of "Rebels and Patriots". Therefore it had to be finished. Sometimes some kind of pressure of time helps finalizing projects. :)

If you have already seen the other WIP´s on my blog, you will have noticed that I didn´t just want to build this model. I wanted to give it some more detail like wallpapers or real shingles for a better look. Though this was combined with very time consuming work it was also fun and I am proud of how it came out.

If you have not seen the other parts of the tutorial on my blog please feel free to follow these links. By searching my own blog about these posts I realized that the first part was published on May 28th in 2024. So it took me 18 months to get this project finished. I am a really lazy guy. :)

WIP Part one:  https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2024/05/dead-mans-hand-wip-building-and.html

WIP Part two:  https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2025/01/dead-mans-hand-wip-part-2-building.html

WIP Part three:  https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2025/03/dead-mans-hand-wip-part-3-buildung.html

So here is the final result of my efforts on this model. 

Please feel free to share your oppinions about this building with me.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers

Mike

Before I got this result there was a lot of work to do. Here are some WIP-pictures.

I did not like the flat look of the roof - so I gave it shingles.

Cutting coffee stirs into small tiles...

...and glueing them onto the roof one by one.

In my opinion the roof looks more realistic with these shingles.

This had been a lot of work...

...but it was worthwhile.

Painting the roof sections.

The outcome after a first dry brushing.

A second dry brushing. Now the not yet painted windows had to be smeared
with white paint.

Also the edges of the walls, the brown middle section and also the railing of
the veranda still had their original brown that I didn´t like.

After all parts had been painted the roof needed some tufts and flocks.

Ready for action.

As the buiilding will be used for our games of "Dead Man´s Hand" it is
necessary that you also can play within the house. So it is nicer to have 
some wallpapers within the rooms. A look at the ground floor.

And another look, now at the first floor.

Yippieh - it´s finally done.

This is how the model looks like unpainted...

...and this is an example of Sarrissa how it could look like painted.

Hobby in general - A church from "Chicken´sTabletopCrafting"

Manufacturer:   Chicken´sTabletopCrafting

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

today´s post is about the marvellous church I got fron Thomas Hahn aka "Chicken´sTabletopCrafting".

This church was an order I gave to Thomas as I already got some of his wonderful buildings made from styrofoam. It fits perfect to the other buildings and my thoughts are to use it especially for my project of the "Tyrolean Rebellion" I want to play using the ruleset of "Muskets&Tomahawks" and its supplement "Shakos&Bayonets"

I always like the style of Thomas´ building very much and this church surely won´t be the last one to become part of my collection. 

If you are interested in how Thomas made this little piece of art just follow the link to his YouTube-Channel. This video is a tutorial about the church this post is about.

And of course here are some pictures of how this building was integrated into my collection.

I hope you like it. :)

Cheers

Mike

A small scene using another building from Chicken and also some painted miniatures from the
fantastic range of Tyrolean rebels produced by PianoWargames.