Hi, just a short post about my setup for our upcoming Gaming Day next sunday. We are going to play a scenario within the FrenchIndianWar using the rules of "Muskets&Tomahawks II". I am sure this will gonna be a lot of fun. :) Cheers Mike ..read more

Manufacturer:   selfmade from foam, various manufacturers concerning the figures (FrontRank, CrusaderMiniatures, Redoubt Enterprises) Scale:   28mm Hi, after a lot of posts concerning my growing collection of toysoldiers and also a lot of posts about trips to museums and battlefields I thought it was time to do a post dealing with wargaming. A few years ago I started a project by building a Vauban fortification made from foam and as so often the project was put aside though there would not be very much to do to finish it. The main fortification needs some more paintin ..read more

Manufacturer:   W.Britains Scale:   60mm (1:30) Hi again, just another short post abou my newest reinforcements for my toysoldier collection.  Today I got four further figures of the 1st American Regiment of Continental Line.  So my force of this regiment has in total 10 different figures. Next is to get the command figures.  Cheers   Mike The complete collection of this regiment so far ... ... integrated into my showcase. The first part of the new figures ... ... and here is the second part ..read more

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign Scale:    60mm (1:30) Hi, just a short post about my newest figures for my toysoldier collection. Again my alltime favorite period of warfare - FrenchIndianWar or SevenYearsWar. These figures belong to the range of "Battle of the plains of Abraham" or also called "Battle of Quebec". During this battle the leader of the British forces James Wolfe and also his French counterpart General de Montcalm had been killed. If you like to know more about that battle here is a link to the incredible website of www.kronoskaf.com. https://www.kronoskaf ..read more

  Hi again, on our trip to the tabletop convention "Tactica" in Hamburg in end of February we also visited the "Internationales Maritimes Museum" in Hamburg. It is really worth a trip. Thousands of model ships in every size from 2cm to 8m. https://www.imm-hamburg.de/ We had been flashed by the immense input and eyecandy. If you are a fan of ships you will have to go there. And if you are also a fan of model trains - here is another trip advice - https://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/ . This exhibition is about half a mile away from the IMM. So - enjoy the show. Cheers Mike ..read more

Manufacturer:   FirstLegion Scale:   1:30 (60mm) Hi, the ten o´clock postman is just a good guy and brought some new recruits for my AWI-collection of toysoldiers in 60mm (1:30). FirstLegion is not the cheapest manufacturer of toysoldiers but I got them for quite a good price on eBay. Cheers Mike FirstLegion mixed with figures of other manufacturers - King&Country and JohnJenkinsDesign (the mounted officer is JJD). A look at the opponents - a mixture of Britains, JJD, FirstLegjon (the one lying on ground) and King&Country (the Hessians behi ..read more

Hi, I did a mistake by setting the date of the original post about the wargaming convention "Tactica 2024" in Hamburg. I wanted to publish this post on March 2nd and have chosen the wrong date. So the post was published dated February 1st and I suggest that nobody will notice the post. So if you are interested in the original post - here is a link to it: https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-trip-to-hamburg-visiting-tactica-2024.html And here is also a link to the website of "Tactica" itself: https://www.hamburger-tactica.de/ Cheers  Mike ..read more

  Hi, last weekend my friends Franz, Walter, Bernd and I made a trip to Hamburg to visit the TabletopConvention "Tactica". It always has very nice gaming tables there and interesting workshops for painting and of corse a lot of things to buy. Traditionally the first day is very crowded. So we decided to leave the convention after about 4 hours to visit the Panzermuseum in Munster which is about 60kms to go. There is another post on my blog dealing with this excursion. We came back on sunday to "Tactica" that was the better day for taking part in gaming, having a calm look on the things to ..read more

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesigns Scale:   60mm (1:30) Hi, just a short post about today´s arrival - some reinforcements for my collection of FIW-figures from JohnJenkinsDesign. I was lucky to win an auction on eBay for a very good price.  These figures are from the range of  "Battle of the Plains of Abraham" and I love the style of uniforms. SevenYearsWar and FrenchIndianWar are my favorite interest. I will always remember the date of this battle as the British climbed up the hills in the night of September 12th. That´s the birthday of my first daughter. The ba ..read more

Hi, in combination with a trip to the Tactica in Hamburg we decided to visit the "Deutsches Panzermuseum" in Munster. (https://daspanzermuseum.de/) Kettenkrad Borgward M60 M60 A Krupp-Protze Schützenpanzer kurz Merkava Mk.1 Merkava Mk.1 Jagdpanzer SK105 A2 Kürassier Jagdpanzer Jaguar 2 Iltis Raketenjagdpanzer 2 DKW TypF91/4 "Munga 4" 0,25t Kanonenjagdpanzer 4-5 Raketenjagdpanzer 1 Ozelot Panzerflak M1 ..read more