The figures are Prince August; the gun itself is Meisterzinn. The gun will probably get used by the besiegers this time around, since they'll be in need of artillery pieces that can breach these walls:
And not to fear--our gallant defenders will have plenty of guns of their own.
And here's a couple of shots of the Wachovian battery, split into four-man fortress crews, drilling on the walls of Adelheim.
(A few people may be wondering what Wachovia is. It is a fictional country--the Palatinate of Wachovia that is my part of a generic 18th-century wargaming project. It takes its name from an American bank of the same name, which was named for a town in North Carolina which was named for someplace in eastern Europe, if I recall correctly. My father and his longtime partner-in-crime, Ross McFarlane have written extensively about the Not Quite Seven Years' War on their own blogs--if you're not already familiar with them, you should take a look.)
Congratulations on your graduation. And with this post you've already opened me up to a world I know nothing about. That's what I love about blogs--thanks!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work! Well done!
ReplyDeleteSoooo, are those Wachovian Stone Mason's available for unpaid work elsewhere? Lets see, a windmill, then......
-Ross
Norman,
ReplyDeleteSince you have an 18th century "Imagi-Nation", you may, if you like, become a member of the "Emperor vs Elector" group blog.
Please note that membership does not impinge upon your own blog . . . since EvE is for the interaction of its member Imagi-Nations, not for the sort of stuff that we place in our own blogs.
If interested, email me at . . . bluebearjeff@shaw.ca . . . and I'll see that you get an invitation.
http://emperor-elector.blogspot.com/
-- Jeff
PS, I've had the pleasure of playing with Ross when he visited here on Vancouver Island a few years back.