THE WOEBETIDES - Redoubt Enterprises Tiger Mortar

A while ago I was perusing one of my favourite Facebook groups "Wargaming In India and Asia 1600-1930" when I came across a post detailing a Mortar and Crew from Redoubt Enterprises and I immediately though that I recognised some of the figures and that it might work for our Woebetides games. I was right! I had a few from a bag of figures I purchased at the local Penkridge Tabletop Wargames Sale which had all sorts in. So after a quick chat with Grubby I managed to get a few more to make the numbers up for a Sharp Practice artillery crew of 5 figures. Plus I needed the barrel of the Tiger Mortar. All sorted and I have just finished basing them up. Although after a quick chat with The Oracle of Andreivia himself we both agreed that it would probably look better with a few bits of extra ammunition added to the base for a bit more interest. So I shall sort that shortly. Leader figure still to be sorted but while I was painting them I thought I could use them for many forces involved in The Woebetides so I might add a few different Leader characters (British, French, Pirate etc).

NAPOLEONICS - Serbian Napoleonic Infantry

New Year, New Project!

One of my projects for 2025 is to paint up a load of 28mm Napoleonics for Sharp Practice that I have been buying over the last couple of years. A while ago I took advantage of a sale at Steve Barber Models and bought a load of figures for a Sharp Practice project, inspired by "The Frontier Sea - The Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic" by Dave Watson (aka The Balkan Wargamer). It's a great book with a very useful section at the end for wargamers interested in gaming in the Adriatic. Along with the figures for this project I also bought some of the Serbian Napoleonic Infantry as I thought they might come in useful for some Sharp Practice games set in the fictional Black Sea country of Andreivia created by my good friend and fellow wargamer Richard C (Steel Lard Organiser). Richard has run many games set in Andreivia from Ancients to Modern and many of us have been involved in these games for over ten years! 

First up are three bases for my Serbian Napoleonic Sharp Practice force. 

Great figures and very nice to paint up. One of the more unusual forces you'll see on the tabletop!

Unfortunately for the time being Steve Barber Models are unavailable as I understand he is moving to France and as yet there are no updates on when he plans to reopen. Fingers crossed it will be soon as i'd like to get a few more of these plus some other figures in his ranges.