Easter is more than chocolate eggs

which have their historical backround too. At the fasting, chicken continued to produce eggs. So you have to safe them in in the time afterwards you have many of them to eat:-)

But we should remember Easter for what it really stands. Six years ago Arexmaximus posted something about it on Benno's forum

Batalla del Baluard de Santa Clara

 My Hobbyfriend Jim found these great photos of a 15mm diorama. Not my scale, but for sure my cup of tea! 

Look at Wikipedia to get more information on it. Thanks for Google translator:-)

Some more stuff for the Franco-Prussian war

 Over the weeks I have collected some more photos on this subject.

First a nice vignette, Massimo created 

Now as the Prussian artillery is already on the way from our caster in Spain, here the next step for a good diorama - the Prussian horse drawn limber. The horses by Massimo, limber 3D from Peter, already casted.

                                            

                                            

And now my idea to increase this range. The Prussians are the same in 1864, 1866 and 1870/71. As a Bavarian, I wanted to create something about the German civil war of 1866. The campaign along the river Main in Franconia with Prussians and some northern states fighting the south Germans and Austrians. 

At Kissingen there was a battle between Prussians and Bavarians. That is my idea for the future. Here a figure from the Bavarian army museum special exhibition about the campaign of 1866

In case, Massimo is reading this -  in three weeks is my birthday (LOL).

Rüdiger Fischer's new AWI project

 In 1976 the German TV showed a 3-part-series about the Hessians in the AWI. The German title is Der Winter der ein Sommer war.

I have this series in my collection of historical movies. In the 70ies there were a lot of such series in Germany, usually well researched.

Now Rüdiger took on the project, decided for his scene the embarking of the Hessians 

I took a few of the photos from his homepage, the whole collection (and other dioramas) you can see here

BTW, the Grenadiers and Jäger sitting in the boats are available from Hagen Miniatures:-) 

Maratha light cavalry

18th and early 19th century India is still my favorite subject. 

 My mate Jim from the USA sent this photos of converted medieval Russian cavalry. A great idea in my mind, cannon fodder for my Sepoy artillery:-) 

In the meantime I have finished hald of the Andy Copestake's book on the army of Hindustan.

Good work Andy! 

My Celtic defenders at Medway

 While I was gluing my Romans on bases, Rainer took charge of my collection of Celts.

These are the defenders of the rampart behind the river. A hard nut to crack for the Romans.

Together with Rainer's figures, we have a frontline of 2,80 meters here.

And it was a nightmare to paint so many figures with different colors....