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Fontenoy war of Austrian succession British and French	2	25 Apr 2024 10:59 a.m. PST
WSS French sergeants and their halbards	3	09 Apr 2024 7:00 a.m. PST
WSS Dutch Army - Most Interesting Units	11	03 Mar 2024 9:45 p.m. PST
Austrians WSS Coat colour Officers and NCOs	5	02 Mar 2024 2:26 p.m. PST
4th Connecticut in Perry plastics	7	14 Feb 2024 3:56 a.m. PST
SYW Uniform Question	5	27 Jan 2024 5:16 p.m. PST
The Bavarian Army for the War of Spanish Succession, Part 3	3	05 Jan 2024 5:37 a.m. PST
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles 15th Year Anniversary	7	04 Jan 2024 2:15 p.m. PST
SYW Dutch/Brunswick Artillery Colors?	8	01 Nov 2023 8:14 p.m. PST
Warlord games problem with new Civil War ambulance model	9	01 Nov 2023 8:10 p.m. PST
Rall Grenadier regiment had...grenadiers?	5	27 Oct 2023 2:51 p.m. PST
18th Century Royal Marines uniform and colors?	6	27 Sep 2023 11:14 a.m. PST
The Bavarian Army for the War of Spanish Succession, Part 4	5	29 Aug 2023 12:38 p.m. PST
The Bavarian Army for the War of Spanish Succession, Part 2	7	24 Aug 2023 5:51 a.m. PST
Newbie question British uniforms	10	22 Aug 2023 10:08 a.m. PST
Cloth epaulettes on left shoulder of infantry???	9	10 Aug 2023 3:03 p.m. PST
Shoulder straps, how common, what color?	3	27 Jul 2023 5:24 a.m. PST
Length of flag staffs for infantry regiments?	10	25 Jul 2023 3:15 a.m. PST
Need help with Rev. War soldiers below the knee!...	5	21 Jul 2023 4:03 a.m. PST
painting figures in 6mm	3	10 May 2023 4:41 p.m. PST
SYW Austrian Infantry Regimental facings	10	29 Apr 2023 1:28 a.m. PST
1704 Bavarian Army - Which one do you prefer?	9	10 Apr 2023 1:44 a.m. PST
Abo oc Bjorneborgs	6	28 Mar 2023 6:08 a.m. PST
Sardinia Piedmont uniforms 1796	4	14 Mar 2023 3:50 p.m. PST
British Grenadiers in 1704. Mitre? Opinions?	11	03 Mar 2023 10:10 a.m. PST
SYW Hessian foot and artillery	6	16 Nov 2022 1:25 p.m. PST
Colour of belts of Russian infantry in the SYW	8	16 Nov 2022 5:22 a.m. PST
Wellington, Field Marshal of Imperial Russian Army	15	15 Nov 2022 2:36 p.m. PST
Which ones are the grenadiers?	20	13 Nov 2022 6:47 p.m. PST
Tutorial Figure Painting	6	01 Nov 2022 7:26 a.m. PST
1/72 War of Spanish Succesion War Grenadiers	7	16 Oct 2022 1:53 a.m. PST
Painting 18th century white uniforms	11	15 Oct 2022 7:17 a.m. PST
Excellent Russian Uniforms Website : New URL	19	27 Sep 2022 8:07 a.m. PST
GNW Russian Green	4	12 Sep 2022 2:46 p.m. PST
AWI British...	8	21 Aug 2022 3:45 p.m. PST
Monongahela uniform question	13	18 Jul 2022 2:24 p.m. PST
Colonial Armies: Italian & British	11	28 Apr 2022 1:36 a.m. PST
Battle of Turin 1706 - French Dragons "Rannes" Rgt.	1	15 Apr 2022 3:05 a.m. PST
Jacobite Rebellion '45 Artillery	4	31 Jan 2022 8:17 a.m. PST
Good Mail Order Source for Vallejo Paints in the US?	7	14 Jan 2022 2:27 p.m. PST
Question flag Regiment Van Drimborn	4	13 Jan 2022 11:14 a.m. PST
tricornes other than black?	19	18 Dec 2021 4:54 a.m. PST
Fortified Manor House	27	11 Dec 2021 9:56 a.m. PST
French & Spanish Standards for the Jacobite Rebellions	1	04 Nov 2021 6:27 a.m. PST
Volunteers of Ireland	16	08 Oct 2021 4:18 a.m. PST
Advice re Russian uniform 1705	13	03 Sep 2021 6:30 a.m. PST
Wanted - Ottoman Uniform Info	9	25 Aug 2021 11:49 a.m. PST
Please Identify And Value This WSS Uniform Resource	9	20 Aug 2021 8:56 a.m. PST
How do you paint bearskin Grenadier hats(caps)?	46	04 Jul 2021 11:41 p.m. PST
AWI: Hessian artillery woodwork	9	04 Jul 2021 6:48 a.m. PST
Help Painting a Red 1800’s cannon carriage over black primer	14	20 Jun 2021 7:42 p.m. PST
Keep a Journal!	25	20 Apr 2021 11:10 p.m. PST
King’s American Regiment	13	22 Feb 2021 10:51 a.m. PST
Xian Jing yu Zhong Bai - AHPC #11	11	31 Jan 2021 5:46 a.m. PST
Question about Union regimental flags - mirrored?	12	23 Jan 2021 2:01 p.m. PST
Best information on American AWI unit flags?	36	22 Jan 2021 6:38 a.m. PST
French National Guard Grenadier bearskin cloth top?	12	30 Dec 2020 11:12 a.m. PST
Cobhams 10th Dragoons for the 45	3	14 Dec 2020 11:39 a.m. PST
More figures for the 1745 Jacobite Uprising	8	11 Dec 2020 1:05 p.m. PST
Painting the Pawnee	7	09 Dec 2020 12:26 p.m. PST
Highlander Painting Guide for F & I War Conclusion	4	03 Dec 2020 1:01 p.m. PST
Highlander Painting Guide for French and Indian War	4	01 Dec 2020 10:28 a.m. PST
mid 18C pioneers, miners, sappers, engineers, etc.	13	04 Nov 2020 4:35 a.m. PST
Hurricon 2019	18	29 Oct 2020 7:35 p.m. PST
How identify #35 Prinz Heinrich vs #39, Jung Braunshweig?	7	28 Oct 2020 6:18 p.m. PST
Myth of the big Austrian battalion?	13	28 Oct 2020 4:30 p.m. PST
French Revolutionary Wars 1793 - 1803	3	13 Oct 2020 12:40 p.m. PST
British Infantry and Dragoons.	10	12 Oct 2020 3:34 p.m. PST
Harnessing a draft horses team	15	05 Oct 2020 11:44 a.m. PST
Contrast Paint & 10mm Austrian Infantry	6	22 Sep 2020 11:55 p.m. PST
Chinese flesh tones painting assistance requested	20	09 Sep 2020 9:03 p.m. PST
Back to 15mm French Units WSS	13	04 Sep 2020 2:29 p.m. PST
18th Century Tents	3	14 Aug 2020 7:26 p.m. PST
Settlers and Indians painting guide.	1	01 Aug 2020 4:38 p.m. PST
Books with color plates?	8	30 Jul 2020 6:58 p.m. PST
Fred Burnaby Photo Test Shots.	5	25 Jul 2020 6:06 a.m. PST
First Painted Perry Miniatures Beja. & Kit Bashing Ideas!	7	25 Jul 2020 1:48 a.m. PST
Up the Nile- more Beja completed 22/07/20	5	23 Jul 2020 3:41 a.m. PST
Dirt on Horse and Musket figures - how do you do it?	16	20 Jul 2020 11:58 a.m. PST
Jacobite Colonel John O'Sullivan	5	18 Jun 2020 12:01 a.m. PST
British forage caps, and crossbelts, in Crimea	4	17 Jun 2020 9:27 a.m. PST
British Infantry Coat Colours during the AWI	10	09 Jun 2020 8:41 p.m. PST
Grenadiers, Infantry Battalion "Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt"	1	23 May 2020 9:26 p.m. PST
Major Myths of the American Revolution	59	09 May 2020 11:57 a.m. PST
Painting different shades of British Red?	23	06 May 2020 10:40 a.m. PST
AWI Uniforms in the South	14	03 May 2020 5:56 a.m. PST
Nice horsey	9	01 May 2020 6:50 p.m. PST
WSS Royal Italian Regiment Coat Colours	1	24 Apr 2020 10:52 p.m. PST
Quick question re: SYW Artillery crew uniforms	10	21 Apr 2020 6:46 p.m. PST
WSS Pfalz Infantry uniform colour help	6	20 Apr 2020 11:32 a.m. PST
AWI question	13	20 Apr 2020 10:08 a.m. PST
Perry Miniatures Converted Mounted Infantry for El Teb	14	19 Apr 2020 2:43 p.m. PST
A few images from this	1	18 Apr 2020 12:12 p.m. PST
SYW Russian belts	6	12 Apr 2020 2:39 p.m. PST
Colours of the 23rd Foot, Royal Welch Fuzileers, Albuera	7	10 Apr 2020 12:04 a.m. PST
Help with Warlord WSS Grenadier caps	3	08 Apr 2020 2:14 p.m. PST
Splatterdashes at Culloden	18	28 Mar 2020 11:24 a.m. PST
Spanish Infantry for the AWI	9	14 Mar 2020 11:09 a.m. PST
The Imperial Austrian Army 1618-1850	4	26 Jan 2020 9:48 p.m. PST
WSS/Marlburian French Standard Tops	3	18 Jan 2020 11:44 a.m. PST