Artillery Models
Wargaming the 300th Year Anniversary 

 

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François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, Marshall of France
The Army of Captain General John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough.
The Imperial Army of Prince François  Eugène of Savoy 
The Army of Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, Duc de Tallard, Marshall of France
The Army of Prince Maximilian II Emanuel Wittelsbach
Elector of Bavaria
Here are some shots of our Heavy Batteries for the armies of the War of the Spanish Succession. All are in 25/28 mm scale.
BAVARIA: 
This is my rather small Bavarian Battery of 8lb guns. This can represent 8 to 12 guns, and I'm not sure that the Bavarian army ever used more than this in the field. There is also a 4 wheeled ammunition cart in the rear.
ENGLAND/BRITAIN:
This is Colonel Blood's battery from Blenheim (can you think of a better name for an artillery commander?). From front to rear of the shot is a 12lb battery, howitzer and two 9lb batteries. Limbers and wagons in the rear - and Colonel Blood i in the center. Some of these will see action in our Ramillies game - yet to be played.
HANNOVER / HESSEN KASSEL:
This is a combined batter of 12lb guns from Hessen Kassel and Calenberg-Hanover. Limber and Ammunition wagons are in the rear. 
Schiesswagen: 
This scratch built model is based on a drawing in Khun and also in Anthony Kemp's Weapons and Equipment of the Marlborough Wars. There are no details of if and when it was used - but I expect it to see action in our Ramillies game next year. In the rear is a regimental piece for Celle-Lunenburg regiments.
FRANCE:
This is a fairly large battery of French guns, from front top rear - two 24lbers, a howitzer and four 8 lbers, with limbers and ammunition wagons in the rear. 
Frence's three-barrelled guns:
I modified three foundry 6lb guns to build this French contraption, but since doing so, I have received some photographs of the actual pieces captured at Malplaquet, no residing in the Artillery Museum in Woolich, and it is quite a bit smaller. Consequently, I am going to build a new one and relegate this piece to a fantasy role in some other non historical game. I did find designs for a piece f thi size, but apparently, they were used only in a naval role.
I am currently working on a large heavy battery of 24lb Dutch guns (6 stands) to reduce Ramillies in next year's game. There are also various light gun stands of galloper and other small guns.
   
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Ian Croxall
Salem, Oregon. USA

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