My love for 18th century wargaming harks back to my first-ever encounter with wargaming when, as a schoolboy, I stumbled across Brigadier Peter Young’s and Colonel James Lawford’s book Charge! or how to play wargames in my local library. I remember poring over the pictures in the book, totally fascinated by the era and the figures.
My 18th century wargaming has also been influenced by the movie Barry Lyndon, to the extent that I have an ‘imagi-nation’ called the Barryat of Lyndonia!
Here’s a list of all my postings regarding 18th century wargaming.
- Eighteenth century 40mm figures for sale in New Zealand January,2023
- An 18th century civilian painting project April,2022
- Painting 40mm figures, and some tugs April,2022
- The 8th (King’s) Foot joins the Barryat of Lyndonia January,2022
- Basing the Barryat of Lyndonia’s big battalions November,2021
- Painting guide: British grenadiers with Contrast paints September,2021
- Using Contrast paints for 18th century British grenadiers September,2021
- Lockdown and the Barryat of Lyndonia’s latest big battalion August,2021
- Irish contingent joins the Barryat of Lyndonia’s army February,2021
- My latest article in Wargames Illustrated January,2021
- On parade! The Barryat of Lyndonia’s artillery contingents November,2020
- On parade! The Truchseß Dragoons of the Barryat of Lyndonia October,2020
- On parade! The Barryat of Lyndonia’s Lynden Hussars October,2020
- On parade! Le Régiment des Gardes Françaises October,2020
- On Parade! Infanterie-Regiment Kubrick September,2020
- On parade! Le Régiment des Royal-Cravates September,2020
- On Parade! Gale’s Regiment of Foot September,2020
- The birth of the Barryat of Lyndonia September,2020
- The most boring uniform of the 18th century? September,2020
- Barry Lyndon and friends August,2020
- Volontaires Étrangers de Clermont Prince August,2020
- Doodling with miniatures during lockdown April,2020
- The [French] caissons go rollin’ along … April,2020
- A HUGE battalion of Gardes Françaises March,2020
- At last! My favourite painting in miniature January,2020
- Painting Crann Tara’s 1/56th Gardes Françaises January,2020
- Recreating famous painting of the Battle of Fontenoy January,2020
- The thrill of being published in ‘Wargames Illustrated’ October,2019
- My latest article in ‘Wargames Illustrated’ October,2019
- A Kiwi at Partizan June,2019
- On Parade! Eighteenth century supply train and civilians April,2019
- On parade! Eighteenth century French artillery April,2019
- On parade! Colourful French cavalry of the 18th century March,2019
- On parade: 18th century French light infantry March,2019
- On parade! 18th century French guards and grenadiers March,2019
- On parade! Foreign regiments of the 18th century French army March,2019
- On parade: French white-coats of the 18th century March,2019
- Coming soon in ‘On Parade’ March,2019
- More cardboard buildings from Paperboys September,2018
- Simple-to-build cardboard European windmill September,2018
- Paper buildings for the Jacobite Rebellion August,2018
- So this is what paper soldiers look like en masse? July,2018
- WW2 Dutch and 1745 Jacobites June,2018
- Five large 28mm regiments in eight days May,2018
- Paper Highlanders for “The ’45” May,2018
- Four hours to make a 112-figure regiment in 28mm! May,2018
- I’m going to try out paper soldiers May,2018
- Newly released trailer for ‘Barry Lyndon’ July,2016
- Trees, trees, trees … July,2016
- Lynden Hussars join the army of the Barryat of Lyndonia March,2016
- Huzzah! French 18th century hussars January,2016
- More preview pics of Crann Tara’s forthcoming Gardes Françaises June,2015
- Recreating a famous painting of Fontenoy in miniature June,2015
- I should be dead … September,2014
- Baby singlehandedly closes lord’s wargaming room May,2014
- Pics of my visit to Les Invalides in Paris – museums and Napoleon’s tomb November,2013
- An Antipodean view of SELWG November,2013
- Tricornes and lashings of rococo gilt – Austrian staff May,2013
- Military review in the Barryat of Lyndonia April,2013
- Minden Miniatures and the end of the hobby? April,2013
- Old Stuff Day March,2013
- Rococo cavalcade -18th century dragoons on parade February,2013
- Rococo riders, briney sailors and a incapacitated capacitator February,2013
- Back to the eighteenth century January,2013
- Truchseß dragoons join the Barryat of Lyndonia April,2012
- A haughty general officer of the Barryat of Lyndonia April,2012
- In police hands – my miniatures under arrest! March,2012
- “Barry Lyndon” Prussian big battalion finally complete! October,2011
- Maurice is coming! October,2011
- Māori and Prussians and police haka, oh my! September,2011
- My 18th century French march again September,2011
- Top 5 reasons to buy ‘The Last Argument of Kings’ August,2011
- ‘The Last Argument of Kings’ – first impressions August,2011
- Very old old-school Spencer-Smith Bavarian army July,2011
- Minden Miniatures ‘Prussians’ à la Barry Lyndon April,2011
- My Minden Miniatures finally based December,2010
- Great ruined temple model December,2010
- Minden Prussians underway December,2010
- Fontenoy – my favourite battle painting October,2010
- British battalion gun September,2010
- Ta-dah! First Minden French company painted August,2010
- Minden French command July,2010
- Back home from the Middle East July,2010
- Mindens and the Middle East June,2010
- Here we go again – another big Minden battalion May,2010
- My ‘Barry Lyndon’ armies May,2010
- My Minden British all painted at last April,2010
- SYW French flags in breach of protocol? March,2010
- A buck a book February,2010
- Progress on Minden SYW British February,2010
- Varnishing failure February,2010
- Waving the flag February,2010
- Minden me own business February,2010
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