Free downloads listing updated

Some of you already knew that, besides of model kits, figures and gaming accessories, my former Minairons website also hosted a decent number of basic painting guides related to both WSS and SCW; as well as a few campaign booklets and other gaming aids --all them downloadable for free.

Their complete listing is shown on this blog's 'free stuff' page; which, as a novelty, now allows for users to download such stuff right from there --by just clicking on the corresponding image.

Most of these files are in PDF format, while a few others are just JPEG images. When their size so required, some of them have been compressed as a ZIP file. All you are free to download them as anonymously as desired --although, honestly, it would be warmly appreciated any kind of comment to be dropped in that page's commentary box.

WSS Rubí's Infantry Regiment flags

I'm pleased to share a further addition to our War of Spanish Succession flag ranges at 1:100, 1:72 and 1:56 scales altogether. These new sets display the flags of the Maruis of Rubí Infantry Regiment, raised in 1713 by himself as Charles Habsburg's viceroy of Majorca, with the purpose to help defend the island face a foreseeable Two Crowns' invasion of the island - which actually happened in 1715. Along with the flags, I've also released a small PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

WSS Valois' Tercio flags

I'm pleased to share a further addition to our War of Spanish Succession flag ranges at 1:100, 1:72 and 1:56 scales altogether. These new sets display the flags of the Valois' Tercio, another Two Crowns' Spanish unit. Along with the flags, I've also released a small PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

Hope you like them!

WSS Queen's Own IR flags

I'm happy to share our latest product in the War of Spanish Succession flags ranges, in all scales. This consists of a paper sheet with the King's and Regiment's Colours belonging to the La Reina ("=Queen's Own") Infantry Regiment of Charles Habsburg's Army - released simultaneously in 1:100, 1:72 and 1:56 scales. Also a fourth 1:144 scale sheet contains the Colours of three different Austrophile regiments (Catalan Guards, Ahumada and Queen's Own itself).

Alongside with the flag sheets above, a brief PDF painting guide on the subject has been released too - as customary. Hope you like it all!

WSS Seville Inf. Reg. flags

I'm pleased to share a new addition to our War of Spanish Succession ranges at 1:100, 1:72 and 1:56 scales altogether. This consists of the flags of a further Two Crowns' Spanish unit: Seville I.R., prior to 1707 known as Tercio de Madrid or Colorados Viejos.

Along with the flags, I've also released a small PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

Upcoming 1:600 Atakebune video

I've thought that some among you would like to know how our upcoming Atakebune builds, and what it looks like once painted. In this YouTube video below, you can watch how Minis, My Way author deals with it!

Our Atakebune model is close to a deadline now - next month, hopefully!

WSS Brabant I.R. flags & guide

Our War of Spanish Succession infantry flag set ranges keep expanding at a steady pace - at all scales altogether. We've added to collection now the flags of a further Two Crowns' Spanish unit: Brabant I.R., another senior regiment in the Spanish Army of that time.

Along with the individual Brabant I.R. sheets in 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th that you can see in the photo above, we've also released a 3-unit flag sheet in 1:144^th scale too, that contains the colours of Brabant, Castile and Jaen Infantry Regiments altogether.

Along with the flags, I've also released a PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

WSS Alcaudete Regiment flags & guide

I'm happy to share the latest addition to Our War of Spanish Succession flags ranges at 1:100th, 1:72nd and 1:56th scales. Today it's the flags for the Saragossa Town Infantry Regiment, perhaps better known as Alcaudete Regiment on behalf of one of its colonels. This Austrophile regiment served in Aragon and Catalonia until 1713, when it was evacuated from the Iberian Peninsula and stationed in Milan. After the ultimate peace between Philip V and Charles VI by the Treaty of The Hague (1720), Alcaudete regiment was incorporated into the Imperial Army.

Along with the flag sheets, I've also released a PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

WSS Jaen I.R. flags and guide

Our War of Spanish Succession flags ranges at 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th scales keep growing steadily - today, by the addition of the colours for another Two Crowns' Spanish unit: Jaén I.R., another well-known regiment in the Spanish Army of that time. Along with the flags, I've also released a PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

After this release, the above mentioned flag ranges comprise now 10 Two Crowns' Spanish regiments, 7 Austrophile Spanish regiments, another 6 late war Catalan regiments and 4 Portuguese flag designs. Besides, a fourth 1:144^th scale range is going to also grow soon, beyond the current 2 Two Crowns' Spanish, 2 Catalan and 1 Portuguese flag sheets - containing three pairs of flags each.

Painting our Austrophile Grenadiers

Back from the Montmeló town X^th Napoleonic & Black Powder Open, and already on holidays (theoretically at least), I've been pleasantly surprised by another YouTube video tutorial from Minis, My Way, where the author takes an approach to our 1:72^nd scale WSS Austro-catalan Grenadiers:

Don't they look terrific?

WSS Savoy I.R. flags and guide

Our War of Spanish Succession infantry flag set ranges keep expanding at a steady pace - at all scales altogether. This time, we've added to collection the flags of a further Two Crowns' Spanish unit: Savoy I.R., another senior regiment in the Spanish Army of that time.

Along with the individual Savoy I.R. sheets in 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th that you can see in the photo above, we've also released a 3-unit flag sheet in 1:144^th scale too, that contains the colours of Lombardy, Seas of Naples and Savoy Infantry Regiments.

Along with the flags, I've also released a PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

WSS Busquets' I.R. flags and guide

I'm happy to announce release of a further set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th scales altogether. The set we've launched today comprises two flags attributed to an Austro-catalan regiment, that of Col. F. Busquets aka Mitjans. Worth to be said that much of what is known about this particular regiment belongs to educated speculation, based more on local folk-lore than on factual data. Scholars have even pointed toward a third alternative flag - the St. George Cross one, like that of General Deputation I.R. (GSC001).

Just as usual, we've published a PDF guide on the subject for free download, gathering all the scarce information on this regiment currently known.

Upcoming 1:600 War Junk

I'm proud to share this YouTube video below, where Minis, My Way author deals with our upcoming 1:600^th scale War Junk.

Model itself is about ready to launch - actually, its release is scheduled for next month.

WSS Lisbon I.R. flags and guide

I'm happy to announce release of yet another set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th scales altogether. Today, it's the flags for a Two Crowns' Spanish unit: Lisbon I.R., another of the senior regiment in the Spanish Army of that time. Along with the flags, I've also released a PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

After this release, our War of Spanish Succession flag ranges comprise 8 Two Crowns' Spanish regiments, 7 Austrophile Spanish regiments, another 7 late war Catalan regiments and 3 Portuguese flag designs - in all three scales , as said.

WSS Richardi I.R. flags and guide

It's already available a new set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at either 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th scales: now it's been the turn for an Austrophile Spanish regiment: Town of Alicante I.R., more widely known as Richardi on behalf of its colonel, John Richards.

Along with the flag sheets themselves, I've also released a PDF painting guide devoted to that very same Infantry Regiment. All my PDF guides can be freely downloaded from Minairons website.

More news soon!

Upcoming polacre ship painting video

I'm happy to share this YouTube video below, recorded by a gaming mate, which shows the painting process of our upcoming 1:600^th scale polacre - a three masted ship quite common in XVII-XVIII centuries Mediterranean waters, that was en evolution from xebecs. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Don't forget to like and subscribe to this IMHO exciting channel!

War of the Spanish Succession Infantry painting video

We're happy to share this YouTube video below, recorded by a gaming mate, which shows the painting process of a Minairons miniatures WSS Austrophile Infantry set, along with its command group. I hope you like it as much as we do!

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WSS McAuliffe Inf. Regt. flags

It's now available a further set of War of Spanish Succession flags, in 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th scales altogether as usual. Now it's been the turn for one of the jacobite Irish units in Bourbon Spanish service - the McAuliffe Infantry Regiment, perhaps better known by its later Ultonia name (Ultonia standing for Ulster county).

Along with the flag sheets, I've also released a PDF painting guide devoted to that very same Infantry Regiment. All my PDF guides can be freely downloaded, as perhaps some of you already know.

Summer releases breviary

It's been a pretty calm and silent Summer this year, with very few postings on this blog or social media --but by no means an inactive one! Otherwise, there has been a lot of undercover work producing some amount of new and upcoming stuff.

First of all, we have consolidated our projected range of 1:144^th scale (10mm) flags for War of Spanish Succession, by printing and releasing its three first sets. As it can be seen by the photo above, each set contains both King's and Regiment's colours for three different peninsular regiments. This collection is going to grow gradually, following the rate of its 1:100, 1:72 and 1:56 sister ranges.

Secondly, we have released a new set of flags suitable for Spanish Civil War and WWII, in 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th scales altogether as usual, that consists of three different flags of the german Condor Legion and III Reich. These can be useful as aerial recognition elements for vehicles, as game objectives or even for scenery decoration.

Also, our ranges of War of Spanish Succession flags for larger scales have just seen a new addition - this time, those belonging to the Admiral of Castile Infantry Regiment (far better known as Ahumada IR, on behalf of its colonel), which was in fact the most senior unit in Archduke Charles' spanish army --because it was created in 1703 by exilés in Portugal, long before the Crown of Aragon states raised in his support.

Alongside to those above, I've taken advantage for releasing a couple of new PDF booklets --the one presenting a painting guide for the forementioned regiment, while the other one summarizes all available information on Austrophile Spanish flags currently available. You can download both for free from our website.

More news in a few days!

WSS Seas of Naples Inf. Regt. flags

I've just made available another War of the Spanish Succession flag set, released in 1:100, 1:72 and 1:56 scales altogether as usual. Now it's been turn for Mar de Nápoles (=Seas of Naples) Regiment, another one of the most senior units in Spanish Infantry.

Along with this, I've also released a PDF painting guide devoted to that very same Infantry Regiment. All my PDF guides can be freely downloaded, as perhaps some of you already know.

And last, I would ask to all those having previously downloaded our PDF booklets on Sicily, Lombardy and Castile Infantry Regiments to check what version do they have in hands, because I've also updated them with a little information pieces else. If your booklets' bottom do read "2.0 version" they are OK; otherwise, if any reads "1.0 version" instead, that means you'd probably like to download it again.