Tarleton's Quarter

  This is the first unit of Ottoman infantry I painted - a unit of "boustangee" musketeers from the Nizam-i-Cedid army.  This was ...

I mentioned that I've been working on Ottomans for my Napoleon in Egypt project.  I finally managed to get my camera out at the weekend,...

I completely missed the 250th anniversary of the "short heard around the world" on 19th April.  I saw excellent posts on Facebook ...

George de Lacy Evans (1787-1870) was born in Ireland and was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (i.e. the training school fo...

The past few weeks have flown past - too much work, lots of family birthdays, trying to manage without a kitchen (as it's being replaced...

These are mounted officer figures from two Perry First Carlist War packs - two are from pack ISA37 (British Auxiliary Legion staff) and the ...

Time flew away from me during December and January, so apologies for the lack of posts. It's also been very dark and taking photos has ...