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von Peter himself
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Wargamer domiciled on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.
Convener of the blog https://vonpeterhimself.wordpress.com
and the website http://vonpeterhimself.com
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The third Landwehr battalion available for active duty to von Peter himself. The 2 battalion of the 4th East Prussian Landwehr Infantry Regiment. The fourth battalion languishes in the "to be pigmented" pile. Oh the shame! 🫣

Calpe Miniatures with GMB Designs standards.
The third Landwehr battalion available to von Peter himself. The 2 battalion of the 4th East Prussian Landwehr Infantry Regiment. The fourth battalion languishes in the "to be pigmented" pile. Calpe Miniatures with GMB Designs standards.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Today's remembrance is brought to us by the 1st battalion of the 4th East Prussian Landwehr Infantry Regiment. Figures are from Calpe Miniatures first generation "Route March" Landwehr range.

Salute
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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A unit to be proud of.

And ... hey, I have one of those. An 1813 version after careful watering, feeding and nurturing in the sunshine! 🤣

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October 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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This weeks rememberancing brings two battalions of the later Napoleonic Austrian Albert Gyulai Infantry Regiment.

Front Rank figurines. GMB Designs standards.

Salute
This weeks rememberancing brings 2 battalions of the later Napoleonic Austrian Albert Gyulai Infantry Regiment. Front Rank figurines. GMB Designs standards. Salute
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Later Napoleonic Austrian Reuss-Plauen Infantry Regiment in its 3 battalion glory. 1st battalion with the white standard. 2nd battalion with a yellow standard and a mounted officer. 3rd battalion with a yellow standard and no mounted officer.

Front Rank Figurines. GMB Designs standards.

Salute
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Todays remembrance is of the Napoleonic Bavarian Chevauxleger Regt Nr 3 Kronprinz.

Front Rank Figurines.
Todays remembrance is of the Napoleonic Bavarian Chevauxleger Regt Nr 3 Kronprinz. Front Rank Figurines.
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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"Centre companies" of the later Napoleonic Russian 1/19th Jägers hard at work. A keen eye may spot some higher command figures lurking in the background.

Front Rank Figurines.
"Centre companies" of the later Napoleonic Russian 1/19th Jägers hard at work. A keen eye may spot some higher command figures lurking in the background. Front Rank Figurines.
July 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The Russian 3/19th Jäger Regiment in advance of the main line.

Front Rank Figurines.
July 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Napoleonic Austrian grenadiers head to the front led by their commanding general in person.

Front Rank Figurines sporting a GMB Designs flag.
Napoleonic Austrian grenadiers head to the front led by their commanding general in person. Front Rank Figurines sporting a GMB Designs flag.
July 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Later Napoleonic Prussian 1/4 Reserve Infantry resplendent in their British supplied uniforms excepting the officers in their regular uniforms. There should not be a flag but this one issued from their "parent" regiment the 4th Infantry Regiment (3rd East Prussian).

Calpe Miniatures.
The unit was painted in its entirety! ... all at once!! ... as a whole!!! ... as an experiment. A bad choice of unit for the experiment with all the lacing and piping involved. D'oh!
June 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Time for a little more Napoleonic Polish remembrancing. This time it's the first battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Or at least how I use them. The second battalion is currently being formed.

Front Rank Figurines with a GMG Designs standard.
Time for a little more Napoleonic Polish remembrancing. This time it's the first battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Or at least how I use them. The second battalion is currently being formed. Front Rank Figurines with a GMG Designs standard. Time for a little more Napoleonic Polish remembrancing. This time it's the first battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Or at least how I use them. The second battalion is currently being formed. Front Rank Figurines with a GMG Designs standard.
May 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Prussian 12 pounder Battery Nr.4, 1813 style with an uhlan officer popping by. Administratively 12 pdr battery Nr.4 was part of the Prussian Artillery Brigade and as such wore white shoulder straps in 1813.

Calpe Miniatures.
The mounted figure is the Regimental officer wearing bicorn and open Uberock from the Prussian Line Uhlans Advancing range. The idea is that the uhlan officer has just arrived on the scene with an urgent message for the battery commander who is currently concentrating on what is to be seen through his telescope. The uhlan officer and several of the gun crew are trying to gain the battery commander’s attention but sadly this gentleman has been around 12 pounder guns too long with the result that he is a little hard of hearing! The mounted figure is the Regimental officer wearing bicorn and open Uberock from the Prussian Line Uhlans Advancing range. The idea is that the uhlan officer has just arrived on the scene with an urgent message for the battery commander who is currently concentrating on what is to be seen through his telescope. The uhlan officer and several of the gun crew are trying to gain the battery commander’s attention but sadly this gentleman has been around 12 pounder guns too long with the result that he is a little hard of hearing!
May 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Generalmajor Vuich commands the Russian 24th Division for mostly 1813 gaming. As such he has been allocated a square coaster as a base with a little more real estate than his underling brigadiers. Front Rank Figurines.
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The 3/4th East Prussian Landwehr Infantry Regiment is posed as a shot up firing line. The idea for this battalion came about due to Calpe's extended landwehr range including several casualty figures. In fact so many different casualty figures that not all of them could be utilised in the battalion!
The 3/4th East Prussian Landwehr Infantry Regiment is posed as a shot up firing line. The idea for this battalion came about due to Calpe's extended landwehr range including several casualty figures. In fact so many different casualty figures that not all of them could be utilised in the battalion! The down side of modelling a landwehr battalion as a shot up firing line is that the landwehr battalions are probably the least likely to be formed in a line during a game. One would think that column would be a much more comfortable formation for a unit learning its trade. Regardless, once the idea for the battalion had been thought it just wouldn't go away. The 3/4th East Prussian Landwehr Infantry Regiment is posed as a shot up firing line. The idea for this battalion came about due to Calpe's extended landwehr range including several casualty figures. In fact so many different casualty figures that not all of them could be utilised in the battalion! The down side of modelling a landwehr battalion as a shot up firing line is that the landwehr battalions are probably the least likely to be formed in a line during a game. One would think that column would be a much more comfortable formation for a unit learning its trade. Regardless, once the idea for the battalion had been thought it just wouldn't go away.
April 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Huge strides of a later Napoleonic nature. 🤔 A casualty marker for the French 3/132nd Ligne watched closely by the skirmishing stand of the Saxon 1/Prinz Maximilian Infantry Regiment. Why they are atop a Roman watch tower is a fine topic for extended discussion down the pub! Calpe Miniatures.
April 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Napoleonic Bavarian 1st Light Battalion going about their business (with smokeless powder?!!! 🤔). Front Rank Figurines
April 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Generalmajor Furstenwarther is the commander of the infantry of the Reserve which currently consists of 2 battalions of grenadiers. Front Rank Figurines.
The Generalmajor gets a mounted adjutant to help him out, a dismounted grenadier officer to assist the humans with a visual cue that this is the command for the grenadiers. The final figure is a blue coated member of the Stabs-Infanterie who gets to wear the old helmet - even in 1813. Their duties included protection and escort details for the general headquarters & staff and acting as headquarters gendarmes in the field. The Generalmajor gets a mounted adjutant to help him out, a dismounted grenadier officer to assist the humans with a visual cue that this is the command for the grenadiers. The final figure is a blue coated member of the Stabs-Infanterie who gets to wear the old helmet - even in 1813. Their duties included protection and escort details for the general headquarters & staff and acting as headquarters gendarmes in the field.
March 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Two views of the Polish General de brigade Zoltowski. He's currently employed on the tabletop where one of his battalions got caught in line by Russian cavalry and despite the odds threw back said cavalry. Mutter mutter!! 🤬
March 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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This Friday's remembrance is of a stand of later Napoleonic French Line Infantry Regimental Headquarters as provisioned by Calpe Miniatures.
This Friday's remembrance is of a stand of later Napoleonic French Line Infantry Regimental Headquarters as provisioned by Calpe Miniatures. This Friday's remembrance is of a stand of later Napoleonic French Line Infantry Regimental Headquarters as provisioned by Calpe Miniatures. This Friday's remembrance is of a stand of later Napoleonic French Line Infantry Regimental Headquarters as provisioned by Calpe Miniatures. This Friday's remembrance is of a stand of later Napoleonic French Line Infantry Regimental Headquarters as provisioned by Calpe Miniatures.
February 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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I'm not what you'd call a fast painter. But I have recently finished some Napoleonic figures to aid with the gaming, e.g. these racing/galloping Prussian Feldjaegers from Calpe Miniatures.

For more head on over to vonpeterhimself.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/s...
I'm not what you'd call a fast painter. But I have recently finished some Napoleonic figures to aid with the gaming, e.g. these racing/galloping Prussian Feldjaegers from Calpe Miniatures. For more head on over to https://vonpeterhimself.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/some-meagre-output-from-von-peter-himself/
February 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Today's remembrance focusses on Prussians of the Seven Years War variety. The musketeers of Infantry Regiment 19 Markgraf Karl backed up by the fusiliers of IR 42 Markgraf Heinrich. Other bits and pieces from other regiments hovering in the edges of the image.
Today's remembrance focusses on Prussians of the Seven Years War variety. The musketeers of Infantry Regiment 19 Markgraf Karl backed up by the fusiliers of IR 42 Markgraf Heinrich. Other bits and pieces from other regiments hovering in the edges of the image. Front Rank Figurines with the exception of the falling wounded musketeer in the second rank on the left of the image who is a Dixon Miniature.
February 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Later Napoleonic Prussian cavalry of the 2nd Pommeranian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment variety. I really like the posing of the officer in the front rank. Calpe Miniatures.
Later Napoleonic Prussian cavalry of the 2nd Pommeranian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment variety. I really like the posing of the officer in the front rank. Calpe Miniatures. Later Napoleonic Prussian cavalry of the 2nd Pommeranian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment variety. I really like the posing of the officer in the front rank. Calpe Miniatures.
February 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Friday remembrancing: a Napoleonic Bavarian battalion. More precisely the 1/4th Sachsen-Hildburghausen Infantry Regiment.
Friday remembrancing: a Napoleonic Bavarian battalion. More precisely the 1/4th Sachsen-Hildburghausen Infantry Regiment.
February 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Later Napoleonic Saxon artillery this time. Locally this represents the 1st Saxon Foot battery (6pdr) "Dietrich" of 1813.
Later Napoleonic Saxon artillery this time. Locally this represents the 1st Saxon Foot battery (6pdr) "Dietrich" of 1813. Later Napoleonic Saxon artillery this time. Locally this represents the 1st Saxon Foot battery (6pdr) "Dietrich" of 1813.
February 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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An Austrian 12pdr position battery to bring some weight to my Austrian army.
For some undoubtedly suspect reason I decided that all my 12 pdr batteries would be accompanied by a mounted officer. If nothing else it is an indicator/reminder on the table top.
An Austrian 12pdr position battery to bring some weight to my Austrian army. For some undoubtedly suspect reason I decided that all my 12 pdr batteries would be accompanied by a mounted officer. If nothing else it is an indicator/reminder on the table top.
January 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM