Our Commander in Chief King Constantine.
Monday, 28 February 2011
Back
I got back from my latest trip offshore this afternoon. I had hoped to keep up the blog while away. But unfortunately the wireless was pretty limited so wasn't able to post any updates. So to make up for it here are some pics of my Greek air support. Its a Corgi Bleriot XI in near enough 15mm.
Monday, 31 January 2011
Peter Pig Bulgarian Battalion
I finally finished the bases on the first Peter Pig Russian Battalion. The battalion consists of 3 companies with 12 figs each. Plus a MG company and Battalion command. I have another 2 companies waiting on undercoat and have also ordered enough figures to complete an infantry regiment.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
First Bulgarian battalion
I have just about finished my first Bulgarian unit and decided to order my next one. This time I decided to try a Minfig WW1 Russian figure available from Caliver books.
http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/images/catalogue/1WR.jpg
It is a nice plain advancing figure but with what looks like enough detail for the tabletop. I will paint this battalion when it arrives and then make my final decision.
I also checked out the Irregular Balkan 15mm range. Although some of the figures look OK and they are certainly cheap enough. They were just a bit to basic even for me. Saying that they might be OK in the flesh so should try and check them out at a show.
http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/images/catalogue/1WR.jpg
It is a nice plain advancing figure but with what looks like enough detail for the tabletop. I will paint this battalion when it arrives and then make my final decision.
I also checked out the Irregular Balkan 15mm range. Although some of the figures look OK and they are certainly cheap enough. They were just a bit to basic even for me. Saying that they might be OK in the flesh so should try and check them out at a show.
Uphellyaa
It has been slow going on the Balkan fron this week. Real life has intervened a bit to hold me back. Also this week it was the Lerwick Uphellya. For those that don't know what Uphellya is. It is a Viking fire festival celebrated in Lerwick on the last Tuesday in January. It really has very little to do with Vikings but as far as I know was dreamed up to give a vent to the exuberant crowds of young men that liked to dress up and brandish firearms in the town centre. In the years after the Napoleonic wars Shetland was seemingly awash with guys who had been pressganged and then years later came home with little thought off settling down or respect for authority.
An existing winter festival was picked where people already guized. That is the men used to dress up, often in womens clothes. Groups off guizers were formed called Jarl squads led by a Jarl. The Jarl would be somebody off note in the community and would often have previously spent years as a squad member. In the course of the year the squad meet often to practice and make their outfits and have a drink. So now all that energy that used to be spent running about with flintlocks annoying people and making noise nowadays is spent in more worthwhile persuits. In the year that each Jarl reigns they and their squad carry out worthwhile tasks like visiting the old or sick in hospital and visiting schools that sort of thing.
Those guizers who aren't members of Jarl squads still guize in squads where they dress in fancy dress and perform a wee play or song and dance routine. These usually have some basis on something that has happened in Shetland over the last year.
An existing winter festival was picked where people already guized. That is the men used to dress up, often in womens clothes. Groups off guizers were formed called Jarl squads led by a Jarl. The Jarl would be somebody off note in the community and would often have previously spent years as a squad member. In the course of the year the squad meet often to practice and make their outfits and have a drink. So now all that energy that used to be spent running about with flintlocks annoying people and making noise nowadays is spent in more worthwhile persuits. In the year that each Jarl reigns they and their squad carry out worthwhile tasks like visiting the old or sick in hospital and visiting schools that sort of thing.
Those guizers who aren't members of Jarl squads still guize in squads where they dress in fancy dress and perform a wee play or song and dance routine. These usually have some basis on something that has happened in Shetland over the last year.
Friday, 21 January 2011
Bulgarian Battalion size
I ordered the Micromark army lists covering the Balkan wars the other day and they arrived this morning. Good fast service and quite interesting products. My only concern is that the Bulgarian Infantry division list covers 1912 to 1918 which was quite a period of change in the Balkans. It also shows an infantry battalion being made of 4 companies of 263 men. I had always believed that the Bulgarian battalion was originally made up of 6 companies. Which is why they were quite hard hitting certainly in the First Balkan war. I need to find out when the change took place as the size of the battalion is obviously going to have a big impact on my games and my wallet.
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