Britannia's Men

Thursday 19 January 2017

28mm Britannia Congo Mercenary Jeeps

Not blogged for a year due to time and life issues but decided to kick of 2017 with the first of hopefully many blogs.

These are the Mercenaries from Britannias Congo range......

Nice jeeps compete with crew and additional weapons and stowage

Available from here:

http://www.grubbytanks.com/product-category/britannia-miniatures/28mm-ranges/28mm-the-congo-1960-1967/

Sunday 8 November 2015

BUGGER!!!!

The Great War 1914 - 1917

I have, again, done a vignette for Remembrance Day.......

In memory of all those men, women and and children who have lost their lives in conflict around the world..........

The original Black Adder Goes Forth ending for those who have not seen it....

http://youtu.be/vH3-Gt7mgyM

Which also explains the thread title!🤔

Also how they came up with the ending.....

http://youtu.be/hbR9-etyN6I

In Remembrance .....

Especially my Nelson/ Hall family relatives.....

Cpl James Hannah (MM)

20th Bttn (Wearside Pals) Durham Light Infantry

20/485

KIA France 25/03/18

Aged 20

Arras Memorial Bay 8

L/C John Budge

3rd Bttn New Zealand Rifles

25/308

KIA France 29/08/18

Aged 21

CEMETERY NAME L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St Mein, Pas-de-Calais, France  GRAVE REFERENCE II.C.16

Pvt. David McCallum

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

715278

KIA France 09/10/18

Aged 19

Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau

IX.C.8

Engine Room Artificer John Hall

Royal Navy (HMS Comus)

M/14767(CH)

Died of Disease 06/04/16

Aged 25

Polmount Churchyard, Stirlingshire D112

L/C John Hall (MM)

10th Bttn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

14476

KIA France 09/04/17

Aged 26

Arras memorial bay 9

Pte James Hall

2nd Bttn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

S/26488

KIA France 23/10/18

Aged 27

Vis-en-Artois Cemetery Panel 10

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country.🤕

At the going down of the sun .....

We will remember them.......

Bc1745

Sunday 25 October 2015

The Light Brigade

Been working on this little project for the last month or so...... and considering the date today decided to share it with you.....

All figures are 28mm Britannia miniatures, painted with Vallejo and Andrea paints

Lord Cardigan and Trumpeter Brittain

17th Lancers - Death or Glory boys

13th Light Dragoons - The Lillywhites

11th Hussars - The Cherrybums!

4th Light Dragoons - Pagets Irregular Horse

8th Hussars - The Crossbelt Hussars

Heading down the valley......

Now for a few Russians

Bc1745

Chris

Thursday 18 June 2015

Waterloo 200 - La Haie Sainte

Continuing with the Waterloo 200 theme some pictures from the bits I have completed from the Warlord set.......

Nassau Officer using a cooking pot to extinguish the fire in the Great Barn

French Engineers led by Lieutenant Vieux finally break in the main gate....

Thanks for Looking

Bc1745

Waterloo 200 - Capturing of the Eagle of the 105th Ligne

Been a little while due to life problems and work commitments..... Thought I would show off something with a Waterloo theme.......

Firstly, capture of the Eagle of the 105th Ligne by Captain Clark and Cpl Stiles of the 1st(Royal) Dragoons

Controversy still surrounds the capture of the Eagle and a discussion on this can be found in Adkins, The Waterloo Companion p417 to 418

Sunday 9 November 2014

Remembrance..............November 2014

What with the centenary of the start of the First World War, the moving visit with the family to the poppies at the Tower in August and today being Remembrance Sunday I decided to dig out a figure that I bought a while back that was being sold in aid of Combat Stress.

After painting it up I decided on a very simple tableau.........

The grave marker is painted with a single word..........

'UNKNOWN'

............the piece is dedicated to all those men, women and children who have lost their lives as the result of conflict.

On this day we especially remember the young men from our families who lost their lives in the First World War......