RP No 99 WSS Generals

No 99 on the recently painted blog posts, I actually painted these a good couple of weeks ago and have been busy painting more NYW figures for myself and other bits and bobs for Ebay.
These 3 fine looking fellows are from Black Hat's WSS range, I originally bought these for myself, I was going to do a little conversion work on them and use them for the NYW, but in the end I couldn't be bothered as I had tons of the blighters already. So these were painted up pretty generically, they could be used for French, German or any of the countries involved in the War of the Spanish Succession as Generals seemed to where what they wanted too. Hopefully they will end up in somebody else's collection!
The pics aren't the best, but you get the gist....I hope!
To view them on Ebay click this link. here
I know most of you reading this paint your own figures, but if your interested in me painting some of your figures just drop me a line.

Ray

RP No 98 - 25mm Wild West, The Earp Gang - For Sale

I bought these fine looking fellows at a bring and buy recently, the figures are from the now defunct Warhammer Historical range of figures, I'm not sure if these are still available elsewhere of not?
The figures represent Wyatt Earp and his two brothers Virgil and Morgan, along with the famous dentist Doc Holiday. They're all ready to have a Gunfight with the Clanton's and McLaury's at the OK Coral.

They're on Ebay at the moment if your interested, for the measly sum of £25!!!

The Battle of Aughrim, 1691 by Michael McNally - A short review

I’ve just finished reading  The Battle of Aughrim 1691 by Michael McNally and can’t recommend it enough. If your new to the 1689 Jacobite Rebellion which was part of the much largest War of the Grand Alliance or War of the League of Augsberg. Then this is a great start.

I guess any readers who aren’t new the period will have read this work already as it was first published in 2008.

The book starts with a brief introduction on the events that started the War of Kings in 1688, The Glorious Revolution, when William, Prince of Orange was helped to oust King James II off of the English throne.

The book then moves onto the 1690 campaign ending with the Battle of the Boyne, a Williamite victory and King James fleeing back to France, it also introduces some of the major characters that would go on to fight at Aughrim.

Then moving on to the 1691 campaign, which started with a new Irish commander for the Jacobites, who was then soon replaced by a Frenchman, St Ruth.  The Williamites also had a new leader Dutchman Ginkel. The two met near a small village named Aughrim on the River Shannon on 12^th July 1691.

The author goes into great narrative detail on the battle and includes maps, colour plates for us gamers and Orders of Battle for both sides. I just wish there was a little more information on the Jacobite layout during the battle, the author goes into great detail on the Williamite side but looking at the massive Bibliography used for the book, I guess information is just not known.

So if the War of the Grand Alliance ever takes your fancy, give this book a go as well.