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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 7h

Made up some new Flags of War standards for the Royal Admiral's Regiment, 1672, predecessors of the Royal Marines.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 3d

All set up for our big game today at Partizan!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 4d

Great animation, and very atmospheric!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 7d

Blimey, does that tank have half a turret, facing to the rear? Is it designed for a fighting retreat?

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 7d

Tarting up a battalion of Dutch Guards, flogged to me by Raglan of this parish. They now more or less match the 1st Bn, behind.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 14d

Very nice- are you using a pen to do the shield designs?

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 14d

...and the 4 huge terrain cloths from yesterday; 29' of battlefield.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 14d

I have more-or-less finished a dozen WSS dragoons; two dismounted squadrons of six. Basing tonight!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 15d

Some more work on my new terrain cloths; vigorous brushing softens and lightens the colours. I plan to spray again with a final topcoat if the weather stays sunny.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 16d

Indeed! A period i aspire to.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 16d

Great-looking armies! I'd love to fight Aughrim

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 17d

Looking great!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 19d

...some days, I have bags under my eyes just like the ones on the chap on the left.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 19d

I finished some drummers for my French regiment "Nettancourt" in livery colours. I've tried to paint detailed faces on these- they came out pretty well. Also happy with the lacing. Took a long time, though. :-/

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 20d

I'm not sure whether I could a) get a big enough table at a show or b) find the required 12+ players.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 20d

I reckon they would take 2,500 28mm figures, perhaps 80 battalions and 100 squadrons. I'm not letting the fact that I only had around 1,000 based so far, put me off. ;-)

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 20d

Today, I have mostly been spraying terrain fleeces with the help of chum Ian. Enough for a 28' table; future-proofing.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 24d

Nicely done! I enjoyed doing some myself, recently.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 24d

Hand painted? Nice!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · 29d

Very nice!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · Sep 13

He was on Volage. I have a cassette recording he made about it- I think he swam with a line from one ship to the other, swam around the bow to inspect the damage. Alas I don't have a cassette player or a transcript!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · Sep 13

My uncle was mined near there, in 1946, by the Albanians.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Loving those!

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today some Romans, by way of a palette cleanser from the WSS. Painting some new auxilia minis (foreground) to match a unit I bought at Colours and am renovating; nice hand-painted shields. These are super Saleh minis from Foundry, and very nice to paint.

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ToTheStrongest! @bigredbat.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is a photo by my mate Ian, of the French advance at Saturday's game at Colours. I edited out the ugly bases using ChatGPT, but it is otherwise unchanged.

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