KNIL LIght AA Gun (2)
The company has successfully completed the assembly of two Light AA Guns, along with their limbers and crews. Additionally, a Twede Lieutenant has been appointed to oversee operations, enhancing the unit’s readiness and defence capabilities.
Review: The Terracotta Army by John Man
My interest in the Qin army did not begin with John Man’s book. It goes back to reading Arthur Cotterell’s earlier account of the First Emperor and the terracotta warriors, and to seeing the warriors in exhibition settings in Australia. My earlier visit to the Melbourne Museum gave me a direct sense of their physical…
Royal Australian Navy by G. Hermon Gill
G. Hermon Gill’s two volume Royal Australian Navy is one of those works that sits quietly but firmly at the centre of Australian military history. It is not a casual naval adventure narrative, nor is it simply a collection of ship actions. It is the official account of the Royal Australian Navy in the Second…
Review: Ancient Man in Britain by Donald A. Mackenzie
This is not a book I would normally have picked up. Prehistoric Britain is not usually one of my main areas of interest, and older works of archaeology can be difficult reading when so much of the scholarship has been overtaken by later discoveries, better dating methods, and a very different understanding of early human…
KNIL AA Company Tweede Luitenant der artillerie command team.
The Tweede Luitenant der artillerie (Second Lieutenant) team required when playing Bolt Action is below. Tweede Luitenant der artillerie show with the first AA Gun. The final two AA Guns, crews and mules will be completed over the next few days.
What’s currently on my plate.
THE PAINTING TABLE The Mantic gun emplacements shown yesterday. KNIL WW2 AA Platoon with command and three guns. Gun and crew (2) Gun and crew (3) 4 spare figures to make each of my units 12 strong to use as Colonials for “Men Who Would Be Kings”, and another command team. A third squad of…
Mantic Alien Terrain Revisited
Having finished the mantic Alien plants it is time to move on their “Necron style” walls. gun emplacements and artefacts. There are two sizes of walls one shown. Wall corners I intend to glue these as “buildings” on bases to avoid an early “collapse” on the tabletop. Artefact that can be used as a portal…
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
The Lost City of Z by David Grann is not my normal reading material, but it proved far more valuable than I expected. On the surface it is the story of Colonel Percy Fawcett, the British explorer who disappeared in the Amazon in 1925 while searching for what he believed was a lost ancient civilisation.…
Review: Great Battles in Australian History by Jonathan King
I picked up Jonathan King’s Great Battles in Australian History in a thrift shop, more out of curiosity than expectation. My first instinct was to turn to the contents page and see what had been included and, just as importantly, what had been left out. Books with titles like this always invite that sort of…
Royal Australian Navy 1939–1945 – a review
This commemorative volume Royal Australian Navy 1939–1945, part of the Australians in the Pacific War series produced by the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs, serves as an accessible introduction to the wartime experience of the Royal Australian Navy rather than a detailed operational history. As part of a broader series designed to introduce Australians to…
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