By Senior Director of Interpretation, Stuart Lilie In 2017, Fort Ticonderoga will be portraying the year 1757, with daily on-going programs, weapons demonstrations, and guided tours. The year will also feature epic living history events bringing to life French soldiers serving right here at Fort Carillon. Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, these French soldiers defended Canada
Heading back to the fort.
2019 Montcalms Cross Battle of Carillon Reenactment at Fort Ticonderoga Rate This Event Join the Montcalms Cross Battle of Carillon Reenactment at Fort Ticonderoga on July 20-21, 2019 to highlight the epic 1758 Battle of Carillon! Witness how the British amassed the largest army
It was a war to answer the question: which would be the stronger power in North America - England or France?
Superb photos from this weekend's reenactment Fort Ticonderoga · You are in luck! In case you missed the action yesterday at #MontcalmsCross Battle Reenactment we have more today! Gates open at 9:30am. So much going on all day! http://www.fortticonderoga.org/…/fort-ticonderoga-recreate…/
My completed 25mm Acheson Creations French & Indian War fortI wasn't sure if I'd be able to get this whole thing completed in time for next weekend's convention, but it painted up a lot quicker than I thought it would. The last pieces to do -- the two stockade towers -- were Dullcoated this morning. I ran into a small snag on them yesterday with the interior floor piece which separates the ground floor from the upper fighting level. The square piece fit in just fine beforehand, but after washing in the dishwasher, priming, painting, and clear coating, it must have grown. I ended up having to shave its edges down to get it to fit again, and then repaint those edges. The fort is about 2 feet square on the tabletopSince it was a nice, sunny Sunday, I thought I'd set it up on my kitchen table and photograph the whole thing. I was curious what its dimensions would be. As it turns out, the fort is about 2 feet square. That is plenty big enough for the scenario I have envisioned for it in this weekend's game. I am actually missing 3 pieces that Acheson Creations did not ship, so it will be even marginally larger once those arrive and are painted up, as well. Close up of the fort gate and one of the corner artillery emplacementsSpeaking of Acheson, I highly recommend their Basic Fort set, which is the nucleus of what you see in the pictures. I added in the two corner artillery emplacements, along with the two stockade towers finished this morning. In addition, I purchased 8 extra wall sections that I converted into "stairs up" sections, as detailed in earlier posts. The basic set comes with four corner sections for those who don't want a tower or artillery emplacement on the corners (or don't want to buy them!). They are not pictured in my set up, here. Close up of on of the corner artillery emplacements (um, with no artillery!) and a stockade tower in the backgroundI won't go into detail how I prepared and painted these, as I've done that in previous posts. Suffice to say, the excellent detail on these resin pieces makes it easy to base coat and dry brush them so that they look very nice. A squad of Rogers Rangers sallies forth from the fort's gate while regulars and militia watch the woodsStay tuned to my blog for pictures and a report from next weekend's "Ohio Frontier Aflame" games at Advance the Colors 2014. If you like a good French & Indian War game, come on out to the convention in Springfield, OH. I will be running it Friday and Saturday at 7 pm, as well as an afternoon game at 2 pm Saturday. There will be 10 spaces per game, so I hope to accommodate most of those who want to play!
2019 Old Fort Niagara French & Indian War Encampment Rate This Event Experience the Old Fort Niagara French & Indian War Encampment on July 5-7, 2019 at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, New York as hundreds of reenactors recreate the historic siege of 1759.
My completed 25mm Acheson Creations French & Indian War fortI wasn't sure if I'd be able to get this whole thing completed in time for next weekend's convention, but it painted up a lot quicker than I thought it would. The last pieces to do -- the two stockade towers -- were Dullcoated this morning. I ran into a small snag on them yesterday with the interior floor piece which separates the ground floor from the upper fighting level. The square piece fit in just fine beforehand, but after washing in the dishwasher, priming, painting, and clear coating, it must have grown. I ended up having to shave its edges down to get it to fit again, and then repaint those edges. The fort is about 2 feet square on the tabletopSince it was a nice, sunny Sunday, I thought I'd set it up on my kitchen table and photograph the whole thing. I was curious what its dimensions would be. As it turns out, the fort is about 2 feet square. That is plenty big enough for the scenario I have envisioned for it in this weekend's game. I am actually missing 3 pieces that Acheson Creations did not ship, so it will be even marginally larger once those arrive and are painted up, as well. Close up of the fort gate and one of the corner artillery emplacementsSpeaking of Acheson, I highly recommend their Basic Fort set, which is the nucleus of what you see in the pictures. I added in the two corner artillery emplacements, along with the two stockade towers finished this morning. In addition, I purchased 8 extra wall sections that I converted into "stairs up" sections, as detailed in earlier posts. The basic set comes with four corner sections for those who don't want a tower or artillery emplacement on the corners (or don't want to buy them!). They are not pictured in my set up, here. Close up of on of the corner artillery emplacements (um, with no artillery!) and a stockade tower in the backgroundI won't go into detail how I prepared and painted these, as I've done that in previous posts. Suffice to say, the excellent detail on these resin pieces makes it easy to base coat and dry brush them so that they look very nice. A squad of Rogers Rangers sallies forth from the fort's gate while regulars and militia watch the woodsStay tuned to my blog for pictures and a report from next weekend's "Ohio Frontier Aflame" games at Advance the Colors 2014. If you like a good French & Indian War game, come on out to the convention in Springfield, OH. I will be running it Friday and Saturday at 7 pm, as well as an afternoon game at 2 pm Saturday. There will be 10 spaces per game, so I hope to accommodate most of those who want to play!
Redcoat Seven Years War Jersey Blues Abenaki French Niagara Black Watch Ticonderoga 1758 Iroquois More of my drwings can be seen here
This is a Power Point presentation on the Struggle for North America. It includes information on the Spanish Missions, the Spanish Colonies, St. Augustine, Don Juan de Ornate, El Camino Real, Pope and the Pueblo Revolt, Antonio de Otermin, Diego de Varga, San Antonio, Fr. Junipero Serra, San Diego,...
My completed 28mm French Regular Infantry for the French Indian wars, they are marketed by Warlord games ( Conquest miniatures). I base my ...
