Horse and Musket Gaming

Ruminations on wargaming, especially the Seven Years War, the English Civil War and other 'black powder' periods. Occasional forays into obscure Nordic music and opinionated 'dribble' [sic] on Grimsby Town Football Club.

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Fort Processes

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So you might be finking that after buying those Brigade Models fortress pieces I would crack on and paint them up. That would be too easy fo...

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Monday, 15 June 2026

Give them a Broadside

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I'm afraid this won't be a picture extravaganza. I looked at the pictures I took and found them wanting. Pop over to Richard's b...

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Friday, 12 June 2026

Fortress Construction Update

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Plan A Well I cut out the paper template and then proceeded to carve the polystyrene. As many of you predicted, this led to ‘rough edges’ du...

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Monday, 25 May 2026

Fortress update

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I think I've completed the drawing stage. The serious work begins tomorrow if I can get the workspace cool enough. Here's the plan. ...

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Tuesday, 19 May 2026

End of Season / Drawing Progress

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Saturday afternoons are now free for the next three months. Grimsby got knocked out of the playoffs on Friday night. We went out in a slight...

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Thursday, 14 May 2026

Ships and Planes

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The Ships Bit of a departure for me this. At least partly. One of the books that I fairly recently bought was a bargain from Naval and Milit...

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Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Po Valley Campaign - 10 September to end October 1742

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I left the campaign in the aftermath of the (2nd) Battle of Cuneo. The Gallispans had been retreating ahead of the combined Austrian and Pie...

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nundanket: Wargamer since early 70s. Did the usual Airfix stuff as a kid. First love was Napoleonics but developed a fascination with the Seven Years War, initially in 25mm then 6mm. Got back into Naps in 6mm and latterly ECW 10mm.

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