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30 Apr 2019

Charles XI’s War: The Scanian War between Sweden and Denmark, 1675-1679


The book describes and analyses the Scanian War, which was fought from 1675 to 1679 between, on one side, primarily Brandenburg and Denmark–Norway and, on the other, Sweden.

The war was mainly fought in Scania, the former Danish lands along the border with Sweden, and in northern Germany. The Danish objective was to retrieve Scania which, a generation earlier, had been captured by Sweden and ceded by Denmark. However, the Danish invasion of Scania was defeated by the young Swedish King Charles XI.

Although the Danish fleet was victorious at sea, and an alliance headed by Brandenburg defeated the Swedes in Germany, the subsequent peace negotiations resulted in no major territorial changes. Danish partisans continued guerrilla operations in Scania for years, yet the former Danish territories remained in Swedish hands. The Scanian War was bloody, even by contemporary standards, and from a military point of view, quite inconclusive.

Yet, Sweden's experiences in the Scanian War laid the foundation for the first substantial reform of the Swedish army since the Thirty Years’ War. Based on what he had learnt, King Charles XI restructured the Swedish army and established a comprehensive military system that enabled Sweden to repeatedly mobilise trained armies during the even more devastating Great Northern War (1700-1721) which followed a generation later. Moreover, several recent archaeological excavations have increased our knowledge of the Scanian War, as well as the conditions of late seventeenth-century battles.

The book describes the war and its results, and summarises the archaeological findings.

29 Apr 2019

Project Update #2: Modular metal dwarfs in 10/15/28mm and a 3D (STL) outpost Kickstarter from Falkenwelt Modellbau

Project Update #2: Modular metal dwarfs in 10/15/28mm and a 3D (STL) outpost Kickstarter from

Hail thee!

The dwarfs seize their new outpost. They are a little late but they had to to some important things meanwhile. Tomorrow i will show you the diorama that i have in work for them. A full Outpost with a full circle of ramparts, a moat and their tower. The resin for the moat is still hardening and i have to wait a few more hours before i can work on the terrain piece.

new outpost

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Falkenwelt Modellbau

28 Apr 2019

Electrotyrants Guard Bots from Traders Galaxy

This is one of the 2 units that will be available in limited numbers soon.

Electrotyrants guard bots.

Electrotyrants Guard Bots picture 1

Electrotyrants Guard Bots picture 2

Electrotyrants Guard Bots picture 3

Electrotyrants Guard Bots picture 4

Very nasty but very glass cannon.

Traders Galaxy

27 Apr 2019

Project Update #12: Kickstarter for 10mm Demon Infantry Miniatures from Black Gate Miniatures

Project Update #11: Kickstarter for 10mm Demon Infantry Miniatures from Black Gate Miniatures

The first of the intermittent updates during the dead period between the Kickstarter ending and the sculpts arriving.

Not a lot has happened, it took almost three weeks for Kickstarter to release the funds, which seemed a little longer than for previous campaigns.

Christian has been paid for all his incredible art and this are progressing with my sculptor Robi. I have also ordered some previsions for the moulding and casting process.

Not much will change for a few months but I will do my best to post monthly at a minimum, hopefully with pictures of sculpts etc.

Demons forever!

Barry

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Black Gate Miniatures

26 Apr 2019

2 Big Updates from Dancing Yak Miniatures

2 Big Updates from Dancing Yak Miniatures

Hi all we have 2 big updates for you.

First and foremost the website will be going live today!.

We will be posting a link over the next few hours.

We are sorry it has taken longer than originally hoped. Revisions have taken longer than hoped. We are sure we will hit the date we have set and you will be happy with the wait extra goodies are coming as kickstarter gifts for those who wait.

We originally said 1-2 months and we were shooting for 1- 1 1/2 . it will take in total 2.5 we are sorry for this.

We know people will be happy with the end results. thanks for the support.

Second We will have a date announcement for the date of the kickstarter which we will post here and on website.

Dancing Yak Miniatures

21 Apr 2019

Sankey N-Gauge Signs Available from Pendraken Miniatures

We've also started stocking the Sankey range of N-Gauge signs!  These are primarily designed for the railway modellers but there's some really useful stuff hiding in these sheets for anyone wanting a bit more detail on your scenery.  While many of them are post-war designs, there are some rusted enamel signs for the sides of your shops/buildings, plus some early railway station signage, pub names and even some clock faces!

Sankey N-Gauge Signage

SAN-CLK2   Clock Faces

SAN-CLK2   Clock Faces

SAN-EPS2   Early Station Signs

SAN-EPS2   Early Station Signs

SAN-MD2   Manholes and Drains

SAN-MD2   Manholes and Drains

SAN-MLC2   Level Crossing Signage

SAN-MLC2   Level Crossing Signage

SAN-PUB2   Public House Signs

SAN-PUB2   Public House Signs

SAN-RES2-1   Rusted Enamel Signs 1

SAN-RES2-1   Rusted Enamel Signs 1

SAN-RES2-2   Rusted Enamel Signs 2

SAN-RES2-2   Rusted Enamel Signs 2

SAN-RTWS2   Traffic Works Signage

SAN-RTWS2   Traffic Works Signage

SAN-SC2   Traffic Calming Signs

SAN-SC2   Traffic Calming Signs

SAN-WRS2   Traffic Warning Signage

SAN-WRS2   Traffic Warning Signage

SAN-RTS40602   Old Road Signage

SAN-RTS40602   Old Road Signage

SAN-SN2   Street Names

SAN-SN2   Street Names

These are all priced at £3.50 per sheet, printed on thin card.

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Project Update #1: Modular metal dwarfs in 10/15/28mm and a 3D (STL) outpost Kickstarter from Falkenwelt Modellbau

Project Update #1: Modular metal dwarfs in 10/15/28mm and a 3D (STL) outpost Kickstarter from

Hail thee!

Just a short update about the ongoing wok in the background. I have some private stuff to come over at the moment that is the reason why there was no update before. Please apologise my absence.  I had to use the time for more urgent matters.

I will give you a short look on the small straight and round palisade pieces. Both are molded and casted already. So for 10mm to15mm they are ready,

Palisade Pieces picture 1

Palisade Pieces picture 2

This will be my display scenario in my display cabinet. I hope i get it still done until the campaign ends. I will need it also for the greenhorde that is incoming in a few weeks. So the outpost will be under attack of a few dozen orks and goblins soon. And at this time you will get my dwarfs as STL campaign as well.

display

The tower will reside on a steep rock. Via some beams you can access the ramp rock. The rock tiles ad some beams will be in the STL package in a scanned and reworked version.

tower

Here you can see some round palisade parts in the middle. They are molded and casted already.

palisade parts

Fare thee well! And happy easter

happy easter

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