Friday, 2 December 2011

Edgehill, Sunday, 23 October 1642

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One month after the opening skirmish at Powick Bridge, King Charles' army found itself facing a Parliamentarian army under Robert Devere...
Monday, 14 November 2011

Powick Bridge, 23 September 1642

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In  what is popularly characterised as the opening 'battle' of the English Civil Wars, the battle of Powick Bridge  saw about 1000 R...
Sunday, 13 November 2011

1643 ... somewhere in the west country (a solo DBA encounter)

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In late summer 1643, a sizeable force of Sir Ralph Hopton's army surprise Waller's Parliamentarians near a hamlet in Somerset. The R...
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Saturday, 15 October 2011

Somewhere near Pevensey, 14 October 1066

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One of my earliest projects when I began playing DBA was to paint up the armies for a 1066 campaign. Well, in 2011 I finally finished the No...
Tuesday, 30 August 2011

DBA-RRR ECW – battlefield terrain

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Having painted and based and fought an initial battle with my ECW army for DBA-RRR, I decided it was time to turn the paintbrush to some ter...
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011

The Colonial adventure begins

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Somewhat rashly I have purchased a bunch of painted and based british colonial figures. There are 20 bases (40 x 20 mm) or regular infantry ...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

For God, Kinge and Parliament!

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I have at last completed sufficient elements to field an early English Civil Wars Royalist army for DBA-RRR. I have not gone so far as to re...