Poles v Swedes TYW

Hi gents,

Another french battalion arrived today but I though I would get the TYW collection out of the cabinet for some shots. Poles V Swedes this time painted by Phil Olley and Barry Hilton one of my favourite collections.

Nice little vignette by Phil.

Panceri heading to the action.

Swedish horse.

Love the polish foot in these uniforms.

Veteran Swedish foot.

Once again Phil comes up with the goods with this flaming torch.

Touche!

Poles begin to charge.

Pikes at the ready.

Phil adds a lot of character to the basing.

More Swedes

Dragoons exchange fire.

This chap returns the compliment!
More shots soon
Best wishes
Willie

 

Thirty Years War

I knew this castle would come in handy for various eras of my collection here it is with the Thirty years war.

Regular readers of this blog will remember that this castle was made a few weeks ago.



Big guns behind a redoubt firing at the walls.

These figures were painted by Barry Hilton some years ago.

Imperialist's command.

I like the way Barry does his bases for the western hemisphere.

Shots from the battlements.

One of my favorite units plugging the gap.

Imperialist's arrive in numbers you can see Barrys trade mark flags.

I think the figures are mainly Foundry and Front rank with a few conversions.

Scots made their way into this conflict which was to stand them in good stead during the civil war.

Tercio on the move.

Pike at the gates.

help on its way for the beleaguered garrison.

Livonia heavy cavalry.
I ordered half a dozen books on the peninsular war this afternoon for holiday reading this is hopefully to be next years big project along with the 15th century Ottomans that Josef Ochman is sculpting for me at present.
Really looking forward to these will post pics when they are done.

Best wishes
Willie

TYW

A few years ago I bought this magazine for its TYW content particularly for the photos of Barry Hilton's figures which appeared in it.These figures have appeared in a number of publications of the years and had always caught my eye.As it turned out the collection came up for sale soon after the article in this mag and I was able to purchase this and it now forms a small part of the Anderson Collection.

The flags were hand painted on linen I think.

Figures are a mixture of various manufacturers.

imperialist artillery.

Buildings pick up from Jameson models Glasgow.

Imperialist command.

There is quite a bit to this collection but I will add to this over the years.

The big guns.




Scots also appeared in numbers in this conflict.

 

I don't know what keeps attracting me to pike and shot armies along side this one I have a collection for the league of Augsburg approx 400 figures at present using the new Copplestone castings but will have to wait until the flags arrive before I post some pics.