Warfare in the Age of Steam: Belgium

Monday, 17 March 2025

Belgian Revolution 1830.

Wiki on the Revolution here. Photos: https://krisvephoto.myportfolio.com/ Thanks to Philippe Charlet

Translation

A small group of the 2nd hunter on foot participates in a new adventure the reconstruction of the Belgian Revolution 1830.

An organization was created on the idea of the 7th line Hollando-Belgium this associations regroupepelieursassociations.

Last Sunday, the 1830 group was able to line up more than 30 Belgian revolutionaries on the field, a number that will only grow as 2030.

Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Early War Miniatures 1914 Belgians 20mm

New line for them. Pretty exciting. EWM are known for their WW2 range. They have started Germans too. Facebook page

They say

''Some new things from EWM. A new range the Belgian Army of 1914/15. Something that has always been an interest of mine. The recent resurgence of the creative MOJO (Long may the MOJO remain). These are just some of the range already made. they are coded and ready to load on the webstore, just waiting on the WW1 early War 1914-1915 tabs to be added.

It has been a good experience and given me the motivation to again attack the replacement of all the lost images and codes from the old webstore that was lost in the summer.

The subject of the "race to the see" covering August to December 1914, has always been a subject of interest to me. Here are some of the fruits from the MOJO. Tom Lobley is the original designer of the models, with some additions from myself.

These are molded and in production. There are more planned. Belgian Artillery, Guard Civic units, more Cavalry and some dismounted Cavalry, Civilians as this was the first war were civilians were involved and photographed in great numbers. There are also Carts, both dog pulled and horse and Bullock drawn carts, military and civilian.

These designs feature separate heads and some codes have separate arms holding weapons, bugles or swords and ammo. The use of separate arms allows poses not possible to mold and cast. The separate heads being shakos - 2 designs, Corsican Carabineers hats, Peek less field caps, cyclists are all made. Poseing these heads at different angles and directions add so much to the models in units on a table. It takes seconds to fit and pose the heads, but the effect is more than worth this small additional effort.

As always, your comments are welcomed......more to follow, enjoy...

These will be sent off to Tony Jones for painting next week. Some of his paint work will be show cased on this page later.''