Black Powder

The 17th Century saw the assembling of large regular armies equipped and supplied by the state. Many units, though not all, were uniformly attire...

The effective use of Artillery during this period was still in its infancy. Most guns were heavy and cumbersome, and once deployed usually did not ...

In Europe, massed artillery was beginning to be a regular feature on the battlefield, and came at times to dominate the field. This was much less t...

These glorious Napoleonic War French Line Infantry are perfect for use in games set during the most glorious period of Napoleon's reign. Facing o...

The Native Americans had a quandary in deciding who to back, in what must have seen to them a puzzling civil war. The Indian tribes, or Confedera...

With the return of the French tyrant Napoleon Bonaparte from his exile on the island of Elba, Britain and her allies of the 7th Alliance once aga...

With the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the tension between the Northern and Southern States boiled over into outright hostility. Birthed in ...

On a damp, overcast Sunday in June 1815, twenty years of continuous warfare the Napoleonic Wars came to a violent and bloody conclusion on a rain...

This scenery pack contains the strategically vital farmhouse at Hougoumont. The importance of the walled chateau at Hougoumont was underlined by th...

'Vive L'empereur!' A cry shouted from thousands of proud Frenchmen as 'Les bleus' stormed forward in tight, disciplined columns on the 18th June 18...

Arguably the best shock cavalry of the period, the British heavy cavalry showed great bravery but poor control on the day of Waterloo. These heavy ...

British light cavalry had a reputation of 'galloping at anything' and whilst not entirely fair, they certainly were not shy in taking on enemy ligh...

These are 'Noseys' men – solid battalions of redcoats who would stand firm at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Disciplined, tough and all volunteers, they...

Napoleon created the Imperial Guard as an army within an army. To gain access to its hallowed ranks was the dream of many French soldiers. Better...

Wellington's Allied army was a colourful mix of nationalities and troop types. None were more exotic-looking than the three regiments of Highland...

Sunday, 18 June 1815; on an unassuming rain-soaked field in Belgium; two great generals of the age finally met in battle; ending fifteen years of...

Sunday, 18 June 1815; on an unassuming rain-soaked field in Belgium; two great generals of the age finally met in battle. The climactic clash of ...

The 17th Century saw the assembling of large regular armies equipped and supplied by the state. Many units, though not all, were uniformly attire...

Some cavalry units used their modern tactics but others stuck to their traditional methods, such as the Duke of Marlborough's cavalry, they were or...

Cavalry tactics during the period were in transition. Some cavalry were still firing their pistols at the enemy to disrupt their formation before c...

An army is also a symbol of their king, his prestige and majesty so it's only right that the King Louis' own army will be the most powerful within ...

Infantry formed the main back bone of any force within the history known world, the man makes the army. Drilled to near perfection, trained to with...

America was a dangerous place to live in the 18th century, the communities feeling under real or imagined danger from Indian attack or forays from ...

As the war in America  dragged on Britain felt its small army stretched thin all around the world. King George, of German extraction looked therefo...