Well for now anyway…….i have completed all the ACW cavalry I had in the plastic pile, supplemented with a Perry command pack.
The final Small confederate unit
I ended up with seven ? Union with the command pack I have picked up at salute
A parade of all the ACW cavalry, mounted and dismounted. I don’t plan on anymore, but with Martins cavalry we have a plan to refight some cavalry only skirmishes/battles in the near future.
Following our holiday to wales last year I took my daughter to Scotland on a castle spotting holiday, mainly around Aberdeenshire. The weather was pretty outstanding with sunshine everyday.
Hermitage in the Borders
The Black Watch Museum in Perth with many interesting artefacts, the flag behind me from the Peninsular the one carried during the 100days campaign
Peninsular stuff
Dunnottar on the cliffs by Stonehaven
Huntly a 16th century mansion built on two earlier castles
Duffus near Elgin
Craigievar, really a grand tower house but my daughter enjoyed the ghost stories
Kildrummy a proper ‘castle’ with lots of history, Robert the Bruce sent his family here for safety the English then besieged it but it held out until undone by treachery
Balvenie is next to the Glenfidich distillery !
Auchindoun Castle, very remote but beautiful location
Slains castle, again previous old castles heavily modified into a very grand house on the cliffs, which played some part in inspiring Bram stokers when he wrote Dracula
Huntingtower, originally two fortified towers very close to each other then built into one grand building, a remarkable painted ceiling is preserved in one tower.
No game this week but I’m heading to Partizan at the weekend, hopefully will catch up with a few people, if you are going let me know
Matt ❤️
Splendid ACW horsemen Matt! Lovely castle pictures, Dunnottar one of my favourite castles. See you Sunday I hope!
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DeleteGreat stuff Matt - I lived the first 20 odd years of my life about 15 miles from Dunnotar - used to drive past it regularly and also been to Craigievar and Kildrummy. Had a few nights drinking in the pub in Kildrummy too - the landlord used to have a pub in Montrose (my home town) and when he moved up there. a bunch of us did a few weekend trips for a catch up and a "few" bevvies - one of my mates bought an old John Deere tractor there and drove it back over the Cairn o Mount road - must have taken him 6-8 hours with a queue of traffic several miles long trailing in his wake - fun times!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith….glad I brought back some find memories π
DeleteSome super pictures of the various castles, very interesting. Great work on the ACW cavalry, they look great. I like the idea of cavalry only encounters, Jim Purky of Minden Miniatures did a large one recently, the pictures on his blog were quite superb and got me enthused with the idea, look forward to seeing where you go with the ACW ones.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie I try and check out the blog ?
DeleteThanks Martin
ReplyDeleteGreat looking miniatures!
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DeleteThe cavalry look great and looking forward to seeing the cavalry only skirmishes. The castle trip looked very enjoyable with the bonus of decent weather
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil we have one planned in a couple of weeks π
DeleteFine cavalry additions, I shall look forward to reading an account of your all cavalry game in the future? Splendid castle photos too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil π
DeleteLooking forward to the battles generated from this project. So many possibilities for you to ponder.
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DeleteLovely cavalry there Matt and thos castles look superb, especially with this glorious Spring weather we have been having. I'm all packed for Partizan, so all being well, I might bump into you tomorrow...
ReplyDeleteHi Steve would be great to say hello, and catch upπ
DeleteGreat post Matt some great Castles and Cavalry on display looks like you had a great time.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Stu
Thanks stu a fun holiday π
DeleteSome great photos of castles I have never heard of. Interesting stuff, and lovely work on the ACW figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence…Aberdeenshire has more than its share of castle and fortified towers !
DeleteExcellent photo tour of the castles. Lovely landscapes too. That is a large body of cavalrymen. Those ought to do for most engagements.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon π
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