This week saw the third anniversary of Clash of Empires , Iannick Martin's (a.k.a Archiduc Charles ) excellent site and home of the La ...

Work , home projects and painting miniatures have been keeping me busy recently.   The painting has been productive, and I've been fo...

...but I had promised myself not to buy anything new this month.  However, put a few glasses of Pinot Noir under my belt and I'm more...

Hippolyte-Garçon de Vallée , Chef-de-Bataillon of the 2/28e Regt. Légère .    A native of the town of Bouaye near Nantes on the Loire, as a...

Cherry blossom season is upon us here in Tokyo, and is at it's peak.   Chez Stavka as seen through the cherry blossoms Anyone out the...

...but I'm not breaking out the box of cigars just yet.   However, I did have a productive evening last night working on the last tw...

One of the very first uniform books for the Napoleonic Wars that I ever bought- probably the first when I think of it- was this one by the...