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Friday, 13 February 2009

Trooper of the Sardinian Dragoon Regiment Sardegna 1754-73

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Unit history and organisation: In the WAS the regiment had around 650 men, in 5 squadrons each of 2 companies. (I have nothing on the histo...
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Trooper of the Sardinian Savoia Cavalry Regiment 1750

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Unit history and organisation: First raised 1690s. In the WAS the regiment had around 650 men, in 5 squadrons each of 2 companies. In 1744 a...
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Friday, 6 February 2009

More map symbols and markers - some experiments

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I've been looking into 18th century-style map markers and symbols that are not pictorial (but I'll go back to those shortly). Varied...
Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Fusilier and Grenadier of the Sardinian Swiss Regiment Meyer 1750-1774

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Unit history: First raised January 1744 by a "capitulation" between King Charles Emmanuel III and the Swiss Cantons of Glaris and ...
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Fusilier and Grenadier of the Sardinian Regiment Savoia 1750-1773

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Unit history: Raised 1624. Renamed Savoia 1640. 2 battalions. Some action in the War of the Polish Succession. Heavily involved in the War o...
Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Fusilier and Grenadier of the Sardinian Regiment La Marina 1750-1773

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Unit history: First raised as militia 1701. Becomes La Marina 1714. One battalion of 10 companies after 1749. Heavily involved in the War of...
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Fusilier and Grenadier of the Sardinian Guards Regiment 1750-1773

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Unit history: Raised 1636. Organised as 2 battalions after 1704. First saw action in the War of the Polish Succession. Heavily involved in ...
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Coming next - Fusilier and Grenadier of the Sardinian Guards Regiment 1753-1773

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As I've done some Sardinian flags I couldn't resist the siren lure of some Sardinian uniforms. I should really finish the cavalry on...
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Sunday, 1 February 2009

Source of very useful fonts for maps

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I just thought I'd mention that here on Tom Mouat's site: http://www.mapsymbs.com/fontstuf.html is a very useful source of mapping ...
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Thursday, 29 January 2009

"Ordinanza" or Regimental Flag of Sardinian Italian Regiment Torino, 1772-4

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It's from rather later in the 18th century than the SYW but I like it so here is the flag of the Sardinian Regiment Torino (Turin) .
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009

More thoughts on map symbols...

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Well, after the initial shock of realising that my map symbols suffer from some form of progressive elephantiasis (see comments on previous ...
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Another map symbol - a classic German timber-framed farmhouse

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The drawing was becoming insanely detailed so I decided to simplify, having reminded myself that these are map symbols, not architects' ...
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Friday, 16 January 2009

Map Symbol Progress (Slow!)

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It's surprising how time consuming these map symbols are - tweaking and fiddling with them takes longer than the drawing. Anyway, here...
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Map Symbols 2

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Here's another more ambitious map token or symbol in development - it needs shading and further colour work but this image gives the rou...
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Thursday, 8 January 2009

Symbols for maps

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I've always loved maps, especially old ones, and have been having a little dabble with drawing some map symbols for use by ImagiNation m...
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Thursday, 25 December 2008

Regiment Nicholas!

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And this year we really do have - Regiment Nicholas! I'm not sure if they did call themselves "Santa's Own" or not but......
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008

Happy Christmas and New Year to all

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David Linienblatt and all in Tippelbruder wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year.
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Monday, 22 December 2008

"Ordinanza" or Regimental Flag of Sardinian Italian Regiment Lombardia, mid-18th century

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Another Sardinian regimental flag, this time of an Italian regiment.
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008

"Ordinanza" or Regimental Flag of Sardinian Swiss Regiment Guibert, mid-18th century

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And here's another of the Sardinian flags - shown with the irregularities of the original. Would people prefer exactly symmetrical flags...
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Sunday, 14 December 2008

"Ordinanza" or Regimental Flag of Sardinian Swiss Regiment Fatio, mid-18th century

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Some time ago I was asked if I might do Sardinian flags - so here's one on account! I do like the wavy flames that seem to distinguish t...
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

20th Reichsarmee Template: Musketeer, Infantry Regiment Pfalz-Zweibrücken (Circle of the Upper Rhine)

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Rated as "bad" by Soubise in 1757, the regiment was caught badly off guard when it formed part of the garrison of Weissenfels on 3...
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Thursday, 4 December 2008

18th and 19th Reichsarmee Templates: Grenadier and Musketeer, Infantry Regiment Varell (Franconian Circle)

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Soubise recorded the 2 Franconian battalions of Varell in 1757 (along with those of Ferntheil and Kronegk) as "entirely Prussian in sym...
Saturday, 29 November 2008

17th Reichsarmee Template: Trooper of the Hohenzollern Cuirassier Regiment (Swabian Circle)

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Having mentioned the splendid conduct of the Hohenzollern Cuirassiers at Freiberg in the previous entry on the Bayreuth Cuirassiers and as ...
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Thursday, 27 November 2008

16th Reichsarmee Template: Trooper of the Bayreuth Cuirassier Regiment (Franconian Circle)

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The Franconian troops were "collectively the least reliable element of the Reichsarmee" (Duffy, Prussia's Glory p.31). The Ba...
Monday, 24 November 2008

14th and 15th Reichsarmee Templates: Grenadier and Musketeer, Infantry Regiment Baden-Durlach (Swabian Circle)

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Unit details: To follow Uniform: Grenadier (above): Prussian-style grenadier mitre cap with brass front plate, blue sack, red base with yell...
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