John Harris

An eighteenth-century painting showing, in the foreground. soldiers of the British Army in their red coats. The soldiers depicted include grenadiers, officers and, at right, a body of ‘hat men’. In the background is a harbour and beyond it, a port town and hills.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Watson with (l - r) grenadiers of the 13th, 11th, 67th, and 3rd Regiments of Foot, their officers, and soldiers of 25th Regiment of Foot, circa 1771.
Unsigned. One of a set of six oil-on-canvas paintings attributed to Giuseppe Chiesa (d 1789).
National Army Museum.

They do have mounted/foot sets. Probably the next phase after sorting out some terrain. From what I’ve seen of play-through online, the game looks great fun.

They’re very nice-looking figures. Yes, I’ve been thinking about What a Cowboy for a while and have finally taken the plunge.

Some 28mm cowboys from Wargames Foundry arrived today. I’m looking forward to painting something larger than 15mm for a change - I’m sure my eyes will appreciate the break. 😂

Dunkirk 85th anniversary commemoration in full swing in Ramsgate this morning.

We appear to be only 7 #short of our first #1000followers. We aim to be using this and closing, at least one, of our other antisocial media accounts; please help us to make this shift happen sooner!!

Map showing X-20’s route across the English Channel. Between position 'AA' and position 'BB' the route goes directly south through an area marked as a minefield.

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 ⌚ 21:35 – 11 hours after leaving Gosport, X-20 is at position ‘AA’, just north of a German minefield, where it is due to ‘slip the tow’ from trawler Darthema. X-20 will head south through the minefield alone. #Postage #NavalHistory 🧵

An interesting-looking game. How was it solo?

One of the men named on our local war memorial, Ordinary Seaman Arthur William Taylor, Royal Navy, died on Natal. He is also remembered on Chatham Naval Memorial.

I thought the BBC’s Christmas wallpaper could use a couple of mugs from @uk-tank-markings.co.uk

In all the excitement today, I nearly missed #TankTuesday. Here’s Bovington’s Tetrach lurking in a Hamilcar section.

12th Division Christmas card, 1916. Imperial War Museum, ref LBY K93/2045.

I think that’s the earliest-known depiction of a CT scan.

@battlegames.bsky.social shared his starter pack earlier on.

Yes, I’m impressed by the print quality.

Thinner than that. It feels like decent cloth that will have a good lifespan.

Yep! The printing looks good and they feel robust.

This is a cloth mat, rather than fleece.

This afternoon I will be mostly cutting out @geekvillain.bsky.social roads.

Just stitching this together. Over 200 pages of delicious Lard. Available soon. Perfect for that festive treat that you can eat between meals!

an aerial view of a building with the words live leak on the top ALT: an aerial view of a building with the words live leak on the top

Very nice!

Crikey! I’ve a copy of that one. I went down the May 1940 route with my return to wargaming on discovering Chain of Command. @toofatlardies.bsky.social

Aren’t they, just? I love the camo scheme on this one, too.

For #TankTuesday, Bovington’s Somua S35.

Elf on the shelf? I give you…

Christmas card made by Ronald Searle in Changi Gaol, 1944. Imperial War Museum, ref ART15334.

Not for AFVs but I’ve printed some for buildings and been quite pleased with how they turned out.

Screen shot of a past presentation I gave about my #WW1 #nursing research. Venue is the historic Nurse’s Chapel in Christchurch. Some details of my presentations are on my blog site doctorwendy.blogspot.com?m=1 #HistNursing

For #TankTuesday, a Centaur at La Brèche d’Hermanville in Normandy.