I can’t make it to the Netherlands this year (or next year most likely!), but as a dedicated event for my chosen scale of figures organised by those friendly chaps at Benno’s, I can’t not do my bit in promoting this great event.If you’re in the north-w…
For those of you in Australia who haven’t caught up with this show yet, you need to! It’s a brilliantly funny, but instructive look at historical technology (mainly military), with a focus (so far) on Australian inventions.The eponymous boffin, builder…
The last three figures are finished for this current battalion, drummer, officer and another fusilier. They are currently being based and then will receive the shading and varnish layers, then on to the next battalion.After another Schilling battalion,…
I’ve copied a whole bunch of French uniform plates by Knotel from Alfons Canovas’ wonderful blog and created a folder in my Google Drive account for handy reference. I’ve made it open access so that anyone who feels like having a squiz can do so if you…
As the old saying goes “When at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!”Well, I’ve been bloody well trying a lot lately, and trying it is, I tell you!Last Friday’s club game was another attempt to get my French forces balanced enough to crush the migh…
Mrs Rosbif found this gem in the ‘For Sale’ trolley at her work for the princely sum of $0.50!It’s a really detailed record of the uniforms and personalities of the War of the Second Polish Partition, or the Polish-Russian War of 1792 using contem…
Here are 5 more Schilling French infantry figures from my current battalion in progress for the Borodino project. Still to come, the command figures; Officer, drummer and port-aigle.I really should do something about my photography skills; at least use…
March 2013 saw the most visitors ever to my blog by a couple of hundred visits compared to my previous record, June 2010. The difference between then and now is that the trend seems to be steady and not a one off. Hopefully it’s all of you interested w…
No, not corporal punishment of rabbits!Here’s what I’ve been up to so far; I’ve restarted the Borodino project, with some work on another battalion of the lovely Schilling French infantry in Bardin uniforms, as well as continued on with the Chevau-Lege…
The Russian military has always been adept at marching because of the sheer vastness of the country. Getting from A to B in most periods of Russian history meant that the average Russian army, whether Imperial or Soviet, needed to march long distances….
Last Friday’s game was another in what I foresee as a long line of Franco-Russian battles as we gear up for Borodino early next year. This time I partnered Darren again, but this time against John W. and Pete E. I faced John W. who is, along with Tim a…
The horse is painted, rider mounted and lance pennant attached. Now to paint the rest and base them.They’re almost alive, these figures, I reckon. The horse is swishing flies away with his tail, and you can almost see him getting ready to snort and sha…
Curt’s 3rd Annual Analogue Painting Challenge has finally finished. Congrats to Chris, James and Kev for finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the production stakes. And special congrats to Ray for gracefully pointing out an error in points calcul…
I’ve put aside my slow progress on the Borodino IV Corps to play with my new toys, the lovely lancers from my previous post.Here’s the first cab off the rank. Even though he looks like he’s dipping his lance to spit an enemy infantryman, once he’s moun…
I’ve been in awe of Francesco Messori’s ability to convert and sculpt figures for a while now, so when he announced he was going to start producing his own figures, I waited impatiently for the day when his figures would be available for purchase. The …
I got a game in at the club last Friday. Hallelujah!It was a mini-Borodino scenario set up by Tim to help us Frenchies come to grips assaulting Russian gun emplacements dug in behind fortifications. The results show that I have a lot to learn!I partner…
Here it is, finally completed!”But wait”, I hear you cry, “Didn’t you have 4 figures converted and painted?”*Shuffles uncomfortably, mumbles* “Well, I was hoping you wouldn’t notice, wasn’t I?”Yes, there is still another battery of Italian horse guns t…
Image links to PSR reviewI’ve decided beggars can’t be choosers and gone and bought a couple of packets of HaT Bavarian cavalry after investigation into metal figures drew a blank. If the retailer can’t respond to a query, then I can’t be bothere…
I managed to get some paint on the last two converted horse gunners, and they didn’t turn out too bad, even thought I say so myself! Now to paint up some guns, and they’ll be ready for varnishing and basing.I had a game last Friday where I tested out t…
Here’s another couple of horse gunners using the Zvezda-head-on-Italeri-body method that I find works quite well. These two will be painted up shortly to join the pair from previous posts, once I get a little more motivated or the weather cools down. S…
Painting progress at Chez Rosbif has been slow what with the warm weather and being back at work, but there has been some progress!Here’s the latest Italian horse gunner using the Zvezda head conversion method.I also found some of my 25 year old fantas…
According to Blogger’s internal stats I’ve recently passed the 100,000 mark. ‘Huzzah!’ I hear you say! But wait, gentle reader, as I fear that there’s something rotten in the state of Denmark, to quote the Bard.Above is a screen grab of yesterday’s sta…
I’ve updated the rules tabs at the top of the page as our resident printing whizz Robin forwarded me the newest edition which included some anomalies which were picked up in our Dennewitz game.The new iteration didn’t include the charts, so I’ve added …
Here’s the first of my Italian horse artillerymen conversions using Italeri bodies and Zvezda heads.He’s not terribly historically accurate, but I love his dashing hussar-type stylings! I just think he’d have to watch out with bending over, because the…
It’s been a quiet time on the wargaming front at Château Rosbif, not only because I’ve been back at work for a week, but because our car, affectionately known as Bertie, has been at the panel beater’s for a fortnight after a numpty in a 4WD reversed i…