Ostmerk schnelle Radfahrer

 

Finished this unit of Ostmerk bicycle troops this afternoon. Figures by mls ,bikes by Warbases. I glued these bergens from the wave three deal onto some figures. They are nicknamed “Ostmerk schnelle Radfahrer” or the Fast cyclists. Hopefully giving the Ostmerk army extra clout in the games to come…

Cavalry and tankettes, what’s not to like.

 Cavalry and tankette in action together footage-

https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00008000/00008215.mp4.m3u8

Cavalry and radio

https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-4/archive/7Z1U/2010-01-21T172523Z_1_LVA69G4WWFWSOI47MQ8HKZR2U1Z7_RTRWNEV_F_USA-CRACK-AMERICAN-CAVALRY-CONDUCT-WAR-GAME-BY-WIRELESS-COMMANDS.MP4.m3u8

Cavalry and tankettes on slopes!

https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-4/archive/8AHL/2009-09-05T184725Z_1_LVA6VRG3C3XW83F6S3108C4XLHA8_RTRWNEV_F_ITALY-DEFENCE-ITALIAN-CAVALRY-SCHOOL-GRADUATION-DAY-ATTENDED-BY.MP4.m3u8

Finally mechanisation of the cavalry-

https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-5/archive/PWV9/2008-11-23T005408Z_1_LVAEJ7OURSZY7FPA3IAPK2JM9VWP_RTRWNEV_F_PARAMOUNT.MP4.m3u8

Hope you enjoyed this , have a good Thursday.

Pioneers

I was inspired by this illustration-

I thought a river crossing might be fun in my Mark’s Little Soldier games. Can anyone suggest a source of model pontoons, pontoon bridges and inflatables for 28mm/30mm? The simple girder bridge looks potential filled. Any model railway savvy readers of this blog know where I might get one?

Banat of Samovar, ANPPP militia

 Been working on the Banat of Samovar troops today. Here is the ANPPP militia with their transport and newly acquired weapons-

The ANPPP regularly use horse drawn carts to transport their militia around.

A hand cart has been pressed into service by the ANPPP militia to carry their heavy machine guns to and from the battlefield.

The ANPPP militia have just acquired anti tank rifles and mortars. Here we see the militia men training with these new weapons.

The second wave crashes in

 The second wave of Mark’s Little Soldiers has arrived in the Duchy. Here are some Ostmerk troops awaiting painting-

Wave two will provide mortar teams, anti tank rifles, flamethrowers and smg armed troops amongst other things. I do like the designer’s nod to old Elastolin figures as in the case of the flamethrower.

Also a wee box arrived from Warbases with mdf bicycles and other transport options. They are currently on the painting table having been assembled and undercoated.

Last vicar on the shelf

 I succumbed to temptation this morning at the Garden Centre. I was there with my youngest for breakfast.  I had no intention to buy today but…

He was the last Lemax vicar on the shelf, so I just had to buy him and his friends below-

They have been put away until much nearer Christmas when they will feature in some snow fights as targets, to be avoided hitting at all costs and in some seasonal Albion blog posts and games.

Yesterday

 Yesterday saw me commanding fifteenth century Burgundians against English in a game. Played at a leisurely pace allowing  much chat and coffee it was an enjoyable day. I made a faux pas by describing mounted crossbow men as such rather than calling them light horse thus confusing my ally. He is more interested in the game than the history and I tend the opposite. Not well put at all but you may know what I mean. A couple of photos-

The game will be finished next week. On my return the postman had brought the long awaited volume three of the Napoleonic Danish Army trilogy. Well worth the wait for it contained not only an excellent coverage of the Norwegian army but also milita uniform and information l had never seen in my life before. Units which were only a line or two in notes and books to me are fleshed out in words and pictures in this new volume. Absolutely fascinating, well worth the wait. As one who fell in love with Denmark over thirty years ago this is a truly rich find.