Freitag, 16. August 2013

Siege of Neuss

Nurgle break - and finally an excuse to paint some Burgundians! In 1474 - under the pretext of helping the archbishop of cologne who had trouble with the city of cologne as well as the surrounding towns - Charles the Bold entered the Rhineland with a mighty army of at least 13000 (according to others 18000) men. Among them Flemish, English and Italian mercenaries. He decided to lay siege to the city of Neuss, a stronghold of opponents of the archbishop. Neuss, a heavily fortified town, was defended by the Landgrave of Hesse who had been appointed episcopal administrator by opponents of the archbishop. The town was held by a force of 60 Hessian knights along with 1200 Hessian levies,some 500 mercenaries from Cologne and Bonn and of course by the citizens of Neuss.

Burgundian Pikemen


Neuss Pikemen


Mittwoch, 31. Juli 2013

20mm WWII Japanese Comparison

For those interested in 20mm WWII Pacific Theater wargaming I put this one up with the recently re-released 20mm foundry japanese troops. Sizewise they belong to the smaller 20mm figures. A major drawback is that they come in no more than three different poses.

From left to right: Grubby (some of the best 20mm figs), Foundry, Warmodelling and Britannia. Eureka is missing, their japanese troops are also quite nice.