Toysoldiers - JohnJenkinsDesign - The Irish Regiment "Lally" in French duty

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

following one of my earlier posts this one is about the next figures available for the Irish Regiment "Lally" that served within the French Army of the SevenYearsWar in India.

The arrangement with the hill is just for a quick better look. For I don´t know about the looking of the terrain of India yet and don´t have any idea how to set the figures perfectly in scene I will put them on one of the shelves within my showcase.

But the figures do look brilliant. The sculpting style of JohnJenkins has improved during the years though I also like the older style very much.

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - SYW French Army - The Irish Regiment Lally at the Battle of Wandewash

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

in my opinion the French Army of the SevenYearsWar is the most colorful Army of this time. The original French regiments wearing white or grey uniforms, the German regiments wearing blue uniforms and the Swiss and Irish regiment wearing red ones. Especially the regiments of Switzerland and Ireland are really standing out.

I don´t know if JohnJenkins has ever heard of my preference for these regiments. In fact he started a range about the Battle of Wandewash where the Irish Regiment Lally was in service.

I like this new range very much. Here are two links to my beloved website of Kronoskaf.  The first one is about the regiment itself and the second one is about the Battle of Wandewash in India.

https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Lally_Infanterie

https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1760-01-22_-_Battle_of_Wandewash

Cheers 

Mike

SYW - My Vauban fortification and my SYW French Army so far

Manufacturer:   selfmade from foam, various manufacturers concerning the figures (FrontRank, CrusaderMiniatures, Redoubt Enterprises)

Scale:   28mm

Hi,

after a lot of posts concerning my growing collection of toysoldiers and also a lot of posts about trips to museums and battlefields I thought it was time to do a post dealing with wargaming.

A few years ago I started a project by building a Vauban fortification made from foam and as so often the project was put aside though there would not be very much to do to finish it. The main fortification needs some more painting, a door at the gatehouse, a commander´s house and at least two houses for the stationed troops. But in my opinion it already looks good and I always wonder where to place this fortification in a wargaming scenario. 

Today I have seen a post on Facebook dealing with wooden and stone fortifications. I remembered of my own old project and as I took a day off today I could not resist to place the Vauban on my gaming table.

I also took the chance to place the collection of my SYW French army that also needs some more units. But it is quite a good start by now.

If you are interested into my older post about my Vauban just use this link:

https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2016/07/hobby-in-general-building-vauban.html   

Hope you like the stuff. :)

Cheers

Mike

The single sections of the fort.

To know there to put the single segments I decided to mark the positions with numbers.

The Vauban fort with the left part almost done with painting.

This is how the fort should look like completely painted. In the background you can see the commander´s house that is normally a part of my other wooden fortification.

The collection of my SYW French army placed into the fort.

Regiment Rouergue

One of at least three pieces of artillery - I surely will need more of them. The smaller cannons are from the rule system of "Blood&Plunder" and have just been placed for the photo session.

Regiment Berry

Regiment Royal Rousillon

The second piece of artillery ...

... and the third one.

Regiment La Sarre - both battalions.

Regiment Wittmer (Swiss)

Regiment Dillon (Irish)

Regiment Royal Suedois (German)

Regiment La Marck (German)

A regiment of Dragoons

Regiment La Marine - 1st battalion ...

... and the second one.

Giving orders to some regiments.

Who wants to fight this fortification?

SYW - Gaming table for an upcoming game on July 9th 2023

Manufacturers:   mostly FrontRank Miniatures, CrusaderMiniatures, WargamesFoundry and DreispitzMiniatures

Scale:  28mm

Hi, :)

today´s post is about an upcoming game of SYW some friends and I want to play on July 9th 2023.

I just placed the gaming table today and we never had such a big sized gaming table in my cellar - 4,20m length and 1,20m deprh. Space enough for four players to place the armies comfortably.

We want to play SYW - Prussians against Austrians. 

Walter´s Prussian army will content:

8 units infantry (24 men each)

2 units of light infantry (12 men each)

2 units of Cuirassiers (12 men)

2 units of Hussars (12 men each)

1 unit Cossacks (12 men)

1 unit of Bosniacs (12 men)

3 pieces of artillery

My Austrians will bring the following units to battle:

5 units infantry (24 men each)

4 units infantry (20 men each)

4 units infantry (16 men each)

1 unit Croats (15 men)

3 units of Hussars (12 men each)

2 units of Dragoons (12 men each)

2 units of Cuirassiers (12 men each)

5 pieces of artillery

I again couldn´t resist to place my Austrians on the table just to check the size of the table. It will fit, I am sure.

In lack of having the Prussian army for taking some more fotos I decided to place my French army as Franz and I will play a smaller test game to remember the rules of Field of Battle using Austrians against French.

Having placed my French army I got aware that I will need some more units for them. I think that three more infantry units and six units of cavalry and another three pieces of artillery will make a good reinforcement.

My French army so far:

9 units infantry (20 men each)

1 unit Dragoons

2 units of artillery

This upcoming battle is going to be epic, placing about 450 figures of infantry, 168 figures of cavalry and 8 pieces of artillery. I hope not to forget taking some pictures for another post on my blog. :)

Cheers

Mike

The gaming table in total.

A view from the other side of the table.

The Austrians are coming.

The French Army´s deployment - just for a photo session.