New Cheap Unit Bannerpoles with Flags (DIY)

Hello all,

I have been searching for a way to do banners for my units. As I have trouble sticking to one army and I really like to play different types of armies each time I cannot make permanent banners. So I needed some way to make bannerpoles, banners and something that would stay with the unit all through a game without ruining the base.

My solution is this:

These banners are made from something I found in a local hobby shop. The thing below were intended for small paper snowmen as glasses. Cheap as well 1£ gives me twelve poles.

They are metal and each provides two banner poles once they are cut in two.

With banners printed out and glued on they look like this:

And with the magnetic bases of all my units they will stick even when the unit is lifted from the table:

The whole thing is quick and easy, inexpensive and will allow me to have several sets of banners (e.g. for a House of York army or a French Ordonnance army) to switch between depending on what army I feel like playing. It will also allow me to have an army where the banners proudly display each unit and its origin - something I have missed in the past.
I might even find something appropriate to glue onto the top of each and paint the pole a more wood like colour with time :-).

A few pictures of the end result:

Hope you enjoyed my new bannerpoles - I am quite pleased with them :-).

Best regards,
Kasper

Our army lists

Hello all,
I just wanted to show how we do army lists... After the last battle I took this picture because I was struck by the thought that these army lists were pretty nice :-). So apart from sharing them with you I would love to see how you go about doing army lists.

These are the Black Teutonians of Wales, The French Ordonnance of Charles III and The Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the almost Magnificient.

Best regards,
Kasper

New 10mm buildings from Bend Sinister

A new (?) terrain company Bend Sinister just posted some nice pictures of their new buildings. Apparently these are for Napoleonics but that wind mill is pretty sweet...

Best regards,
Kasper

New Banner

Howdy - just wanted to draw your attention to the blog's new banner:

This is a shot from our last battle (the gunline of a French Ordonnance army) and I just felt that it more or less incorporated all the aspects that I enjoy wargaming - painted minis, terrain, visual pleasing battle lines and of course beer :-). The only question is "it the glass half full or half empty"? or in wargaming terms "am I winning or losing?".

Hope you like it - any comments are appreciated - and I would also like to thank Aureliozen for snapping the picture - after he took over the job as designated photographer the quality of battle pictures has incresed significantly!

Have fun,
Kasper