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Prussian landwehr - cuff colours	12	05 Jul 2025 3:35 p.m. PST
Berg Horse battery	10	29 Jun 2025 4:13 p.m. PST
Prussian generals' uniforms	20	29 Jun 2025 1:57 p.m. PST
Carneville Infantry in 1809 Uniform Query	17	19 Jun 2025 6:05 p.m. PST
Erzherzog Karl Legion 1809	5	15 May 2025 3:28 p.m. PST
Fading GMB Flags - advice on how to avoid?	14	10 May 2025 5:32 p.m. PST
Part 1b of 1815 Brunswickers article up on Perry website.	10	06 May 2025 5:44 a.m. PST
What color do you paint your iron wheel rims?	33	04 May 2025 3:23 p.m. PST
Henri Boisselier's Corps d'Expédition en Espagne	4	22 Apr 2025 4:59 a.m. PST
L'Armée Française et ses Alliés 1792-1815	6	17 Apr 2025 5:22 p.m. PST
Horse furniture for 1st Westphalian Cuirassiers c.1809	16	13 Apr 2025 7:41 a.m. PST
Prussian Artillery shoulder straps	12	11 Apr 2025 9:36 p.m. PST
Polish Vistula Lancers	7	28 Mar 2025 11:26 a.m. PST
Was the 95th Rifles uniform unique?	20	11 Mar 2025 7:22 p.m. PST
Prussian Cavalry 1806-1807 Campaign Uniform Plates	8	10 Mar 2025 3:13 a.m. PST
Austrian Cavalry Saddle Sheepskins	7	22 Feb 2025 7:08 a.m. PST
Adolfo Ramos Flags	12	19 Feb 2025 6:38 p.m. PST
Russian Cav buglers	5	09 Feb 2025 12:21 a.m. PST
Horses of certain Marshals/Generals	8	27 Jan 2025 3:10 p.m. PST
Rawkins E-books I have almost all	16	22 Jan 2025 2:45 p.m. PST
Murat's Neopolitan Army Uniforms circa 1810	7	14 Jan 2025 2:41 p.m. PST
Brunswick gun carriage color?	32	12 Jan 2025 7:00 a.m. PST
Brunswick Artillery Limbers	15	12 Jan 2025 6:58 a.m. PST
The Prussians in 1815	31	09 Jan 2025 4:08 a.m. PST
Napoleonic Bavarian Chevaulegers Trumpeter Colors	10	04 Jan 2025 8:43 a.m. PST
So what's the current thinking...(part 247 of 3,000,000)	13	15 Dec 2024 1:44 p.m. PST
Why didn't French horse artillery wear green?	21	15 Dec 2024 2:09 a.m. PST
French allies in 1/72 20mm	5	02 Dec 2024 1:40 p.m. PST
Bavarian Infantry 1809	27	29 Nov 2024 3:57 a.m. PST
54mm Württemberg light infantry, and advice needed.	14	27 Nov 2024 3:36 a.m. PST
what rank was a Brigade Commander in the Austrian Army	4	09 Nov 2024 1:03 p.m. PST
Grouchy's Uniform as Dragoon Div Commander, 1805-07	8	31 Oct 2024 1:11 a.m. PST
What minis to use to build a 15mm Sardinian Army for 1796?	13	29 Oct 2024 10:21 a.m. PST
Russian Infantry Facings of the Napoleonic Era	14	23 Oct 2024 2:21 p.m. PST
French Dragoons light or dark pink facings?	10	16 Sep 2024 1:52 p.m. PST
Brunswick pioneers 1815?	12	26 Aug 2024 9:29 a.m. PST
Obscure Cavalry of the Emperor?	14	26 Aug 2024 9:23 a.m. PST
Question about the French train uniforms.	10	14 Jul 2024 11:27 a.m. PST
Duke Seifried Napoleonic Uniform Guides	18	28 Jun 2024 8:27 a.m. PST
1st Pomeranian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment 1813	16	31 May 2024 11:01 a.m. PST
Update to Nash Part 2 National and Landwehr Cavalry	8	28 May 2024 4:33 p.m. PST
Russian barrel colour.	10	28 May 2024 4:26 p.m. PST
[Russia 1805] Cavalry	18	26 May 2024 8:09 p.m. PST
7eme Chasseurs a Cheval 1814	1	15 May 2024 7:19 a.m. PST
Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1812 Uniforms?	8	14 May 2024 5:05 a.m. PST
Mecklenburg artillery color	7	26 Apr 2024 1:03 p.m. PST
French Cavalry Cloaks 1805-11	5	22 Mar 2024 1:57 a.m. PST
Russian Hussar Cartridge Belt metal fittings	13	25 Feb 2024 11:10 a.m. PST
Swedish Generals of the Napoleonic Wars	10	19 Feb 2024 11:38 a.m. PST
Vallejo Model Color and Game Color	6	19 Feb 2024 10:17 a.m. PST
Italian Royal Guard	3	16 Feb 2024 5:57 p.m. PST
French Legere Pom-pom Colors	9	15 Feb 2024 2:54 p.m. PST
1809 Austrians WIP	78	26 Jan 2024 2:43 a.m. PST
Italian Guard Horse Arty	5	10 Jan 2024 4:31 p.m. PST
Facings colors for French Legere	17	07 Jan 2024 3:47 p.m. PST
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles 15th Year Anniversary	7	04 Jan 2024 2:15 p.m. PST
Duchy of Warsaw Line Infantry	8	10 Dec 2023 2:28 p.m. PST
Battle of Saalfeld - Saxon Hussars	5	09 Dec 2023 4:31 p.m. PST
Creating Napoleonic Uniforms with CorelDraw	5	09 Dec 2023 7:19 a.m. PST
Napoleon and Kleber for Grand Battles Napoleon	8	08 Dec 2023 11:15 p.m. PST
1805-07 Russian uniforms	6	02 Nov 2023 10:00 a.m. PST
ex-Confederation of the Rhine landwehr uniforms	9	18 Oct 2023 9:37 a.m. PST
Russian Sword Knots?	9	15 Oct 2023 7:03 a.m. PST
Chamois, jonquille, and yellow generally	7	15 Oct 2023 3:30 a.m. PST
Naples heavy Cavalry painting	5	08 Oct 2023 1:38 p.m. PST
Württemberg Line Grenadiers	4	07 Oct 2023 2:10 a.m. PST
'Brunswick green'	5	06 Oct 2023 6:09 a.m. PST
Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimer	11	19 Sep 2023 8:06 p.m. PST
How to paint a bay horse - Vallejo	9	17 Sep 2023 4:41 a.m. PST
The North Hampshire Regiment Drummer	3	12 Sep 2023 3:17 p.m. PST
Russian Artillery shako ornaments	25	19 Aug 2023 1:42 p.m. PST
French Ammo pouches/cartridge boxes	8	19 Aug 2023 12:17 p.m. PST
Portuguese British Blue-Grey Uniforms?	6	05 Aug 2023 5:15 a.m. PST
Confederation of Rhine landwehr uniforms	17	27 Jul 2023 5:51 p.m. PST
Help Identifying Plate Origin	8	09 Jul 2023 12:14 p.m. PST
French cockade colors?	6	20 Jun 2023 4:32 p.m. PST
Corsican Light Infantry Uniforms 1810-12	3	14 Jun 2023 8:23 p.m. PST
Hanoverian 1815 militia questions	21	13 Jun 2023 1:12 a.m. PST
Update to Nash Appendix 3 Flags and Standards	4	05 Jun 2023 2:37 p.m. PST
Painted 15mm_Napoleonic Wars PRUSSIANS	5	02 Jun 2023 1:08 a.m. PST
Update to Nash Part 5 Volunteers and Freikorps	5	31 May 2023 11:51 a.m. PST
Mid War Spanish - officers and Garrochistas	3	31 May 2023 6:57 a.m. PST
Update to Nash Part 4 Technical Services and Staff	3	30 May 2023 4:27 p.m. PST
Update to Nash Part 1 and Part 2 Infantry	1	30 May 2023 12:16 p.m. PST
Mid War Spanish additions	2	24 May 2023 7:12 a.m. PST
Question on OG 10mm Austrian Landwehr	3	10 May 2023 8:03 p.m. PST
Italian Artillery and supply Crews	10	06 May 2023 7:29 p.m. PST
Update to Nash “The Prussian Army” Part 2 Regular Cavalry	2	05 May 2023 4:49 a.m. PST
Mid War Spanish Project (cont.12): More artillery	3	04 May 2023 4:16 p.m. PST
Mid War Spanish Additions - the uniform that never was	3	02 May 2023 7:21 a.m. PST
Cent-Jours site: Comments on British Uniforms	37	02 May 2023 6:58 a.m. PST
Craft paints. All from one manufacturer?	27	30 Apr 2023 11:20 a.m. PST
Interpreting these illustrations	17	26 Apr 2023 1:51 p.m. PST
Painting kilts in 10mm	6	24 Apr 2023 6:51 a.m. PST
Russian Guard Cossack flags 28mm	3	23 Apr 2023 10:23 a.m. PST
New to 10mm and Xpress paints	3	19 Apr 2023 4:48 p.m. PST
French allies in white with plumes?	14	14 Apr 2023 10:35 a.m. PST
Paul Dawson Confection Drouot uniforms	160	08 Apr 2023 8:27 a.m. PST
Perfect miracle wash for 6mm figures	26	17 Mar 2023 1:10 p.m. PST
Dyeing uniforms black in the Napoleonic era	15	16 Mar 2023 5:09 p.m. PST