Dominion of...Marlborough and Peter the Great

 

We've tried out several versions of the 'Dominion of...' rules.  A few months ago I built a 'travel' version on a 9x12cm board and painted wooden blocks.  Despite the title, the games I have played so far involved neither Marlborough nor Peter...

A few days ago I tried out the above book starting with the Boyne.

Williamites in grey.  The yellow blocks denote 'unreliable' units, the green matches 'defended' units.

A Williamite victory!  Each game takes only a few minutes.

Second attempt.  All the unreliable units legged it!

A terrible day to be a Jacobite!

Fleurus 1690.  Marshal Luxembourg's French in white vs the Dutch/Spanish alliance. I forget who won as I forgot to take a photo!  It's a very elegant little game and ideal for resolving campaign battles and the like.  Recommended.

1914 Belgians - part 4

 

The rest of my Belgian Line Infantry and Carabiniers involved more head swaps.  The base figures were a few more Deetail FFL and Call To Arms Iron Brigade.  The latter's coats aren't really long enough but to my eyes they convey the right 'look'.  

I also made up two MG crews.  The gunners are both old lead hollowcasts.

1914 Belgians - part 3

 

Cavalry involved yet more head swaps.  These chaps began life as Italeri ACW troopers which with a 'paint conversion' served in my fictional Balkan-style Forbodian army for several years.  Most of their chums have gone to another project and the remaining three had new shako-wearing heads from Scale Link.

More cavalry were converted from a Britains hollowcast set with the same head swap treatment.

1914 Belgians - part 2

A few of my Belgians are pre-painted metal castings.  These would normally be vastly expensive but were bought at a discount.  We've already seen the two Tradition cyclists.

First up is a nice boxed set of eight line infantry from Alymer in Spain.  This consists of an officer, as standard bearer and six marching squaddies - all wearing the old-fashioned shako.  As in my world a company is six figures, this neatly makes a rifle company and a battalion HQ.  All I've done is stick them to mdf bases.

Then there's this Carabinier medic complete with dog.  I can't remember the maker but it's a lovely piece.

There are a few more metal figures but as they were converted and/or repainted I'll cover them later.