ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Gardes Francaises advance into a hail of English musketry. The octagonal markers indicate disorder. 0140
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 08/03/2026A shot from last Saturday's game at Hammerhead; 1672 Lust for Glory. 1140
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 10/02/2026...French Mousquetaires for the Hammerhead game. 0232
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Today i am converting an old Foundry 25/28 mm litter into 28mm, with new horses, poles and a bigger cab. 0131
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026...another week, another regiment of 1672 Dutch horse, for an imminent game at Hammerhead. 0132
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Listenois Dragoons for my 1672 project. Dragoons are the worst conceivable unit to model, as you need them mounted, on foot and standing horses, too. But will they ever dismount? Heck, no. 0101
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Here are some nice League of Augsberg Dutch militia I'm basing up, painted by Dan Toone and David Millward. There will be red and blue units. I just need to do the standards. 1321
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Happy New Year, all! Here i am still sculpting a vaguelly-neanderthal head on this tapir, for Prax. Need to add hair! 070
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Early stages of work on the Founder of my Morocanth tribe. It is all getting very "Island of Doctor Moreau" round here. 0101
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/12/2025...and this is the wip high llama tribe founder. I still need to make a weapon for him; likely a dagger axe. 0172
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Over Christmas, I've been finishing a very large high llama which will be the herd protectress for my Praxian army. It is heavily converted from a toy llama model. 1454
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 19/12/2025I have added a second battalion of Nettancourt to my French WSS collection. I love having 2 battalions of the same regiment, especially the way the second lot of standards echoes the first, but with a twist. Some minis are from ebay, some painted by me and others by Jack Greenaway. 1211
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 15/12/2025I've been distressing and fitting standards; 4 down and 4 Garde Suisse) to go. 1211
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I've got one of those; scarily big paint job! I've not been able to face it, yet. 020
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Looking great! I've picked up a few sprues, am quite taken with them 110
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Messing around with the new North Star 1672 Louis XIV. I've put him on a rearing horse; that's how he is in all the portraits. He's a super sculpt! 1100
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 03/12/2025...the reason that the regiment has two colonel's colours is that when the Carignan and Salieres regiments merged, in 1659, neither colonel was prepared to give up his standard, but luckily they got permission to keep both. This tradition lasted until 1718! I think that makes it unique. 070
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Here is my Carignan-Salieres battalion, now fully flocked. This is battalion 10 of my 16 battalion 1672 initial target (I plan a first game at the end of February). The minis were painted by Nick Buxey and Richard O'Connor. Once tufted, I'll take a proper photo. Standards are Not by Appointment. 1170
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025A WiP shot of my two new auxiliary cohorts, part based. These are going to be the Tungrians, who supported the Batavians at Mons Graupius.They are lovely old Foundry minis with a couple of Aventine centurions. They are the work of four different painters, including Shaun McTague and myself. 0160
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 27/11/2025I'm clearing the decks by finishing off a couple of units of nice old Foundry Saleh Roman auxilia, a mix of ebay purchases and stuff painted by mate Shaun to match. I have painted the majority of the shield designs- trying to make them look somewhat irregular. Basing tonight! 1323
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Yes my Dutch guns are red. I think the colour of French guns is uncertain? I have seen red and blue. I went with Hall for the grey French uniforms, and mixed in some civilian clothes. 110
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Oh very cool! I often visit it. I am very excited about the Franco Dutch War; that is why i am writing my new rules. 110
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I'm using the Robert Hall Flags and Uniforms book- it is very helpful, although many details are uncertain, down to the colour of the guns. I used Warfare Miniatures cannon- they are lovely models! 110
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/11/2025...in Lust for Glory, the presence of the fusileers will stop the guns being automatically removed when charged. 030
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 26/11/2025...a quick wip shot of my 1672 French artillery. I plan to have six guns plus fusiler guards, but will start with basing these two. Many of the crew are simple conversions from pikemen. 2302
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Those are lovely! I'd not thought of metal head on the Victrix bodies- will try that! 120
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025...the square bases are FK&P06s, for my 1672 project. The others are for Glorantha. 020
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Making basing. Chamfer edges, line underneath with thin magnetic sheeting, fit extra magnets, superglue. 270
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Very nice! I am not entirely sure what a Voynuk is, but am now asking myself why I don't have any of them. ;-) 030
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Some 1672 Spanish musketeers and Polish dragoons. I am getting distracted by the lure of Eastern Europe; Poles, Cossacks, Ottomans and even Tatars... 0253
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Did you see the recent Hugenot flags on the Not By Appointment blog? He's coming up with some very nice designs. I plan to do Ireland, one day, here. 110
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Later this week, I'll try to take some pics of units I finished previously 110
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025...I could have done the battalions with 18 or 19 minis, but I wanted a bit more mass. 160
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025...another week, another brigade to base. This time its the Gardes Francaises and Gardes Suisses, 1672-stylee. I still need to add flags and officers. Battalions are of 28. 1301
ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Another 1672 brigade forming up, this time the French and Swiss guards. I still need to mount the officers and sergeants, flags etc. Mostly painted for me, some years ago, by Chris Campion. 000
