Some more Sun King troops. First, a French infantry regiment, Picardie, one of the "vieux corps", for which I have painted two battalions. The uniform was a grey coat - I went for Vallejo medium grey - with red distinguishing items, such as shoulder ribbons and hat ribbons. The first battalion has the colonel's white standard and the regiment's red one; the second battalion has two red standards.

And second, a regiment of Austrian dragoons. This one is Lodron's Regiment, with red coat and black facings. I did the red coats in slightly different Vallejo reds in order to suggest fading or different dyes. I could not find a version of the actual regimental guidon, but every Austrian dragoon regiment from 1653 onwards until the mid-18th century had the same colonel's guidon, so I printed one off the internet. For the horse holders, the right hand has to be drilled, but I find the hole will only hold two sets of reins (ordinary sewing thread) so I usually end up tying the third horse's reins to an object.

Some figures I have completed recently for my Petaudia medieval/fantasy campaign, these being mercenary units, which I classify by the colour combinations of black/white or green/yellow. The first one is a mixed race unit of sword and axe men - humans, half-orcs, a dwarf, an elf, a goblin and a wolf - taken from the odds and ends box. The figures are Essex, Grenadier, North Star and Vendel, though I do not recall where the elf or wolf came from, all being metal 25mm, except the goblin, which is hard plastic.

The next two units are goblin mercenaries, a sword-armed unit and a bow-armed unit. I decided that there was no reason why humans should be the only mercenary units in my campaign, especially as goblins are a significant minority race in Petaudia. The figures being from North Star's Oathmark range. I found them easy to put together and paint and I think they are excellent goblin figures.

Another unit of French Dragoons from the 1670s, this time Beauffremont's Dragoon Regiment, which was raised in 1673. I got the flag off the internet; it is from a slightly later date, but I think it is fairly accurate for my period.