tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73390818122157930122024-02-19T17:01:46.618+00:00The Words of SubedaiTHE WORDS OF SUBEDAI
An ongoing monologue about the trials and tribulations of life in general, being an avid reader, figure painter, terrain modeller, part time wargamer -with a rather scary fixation for the Mongols- part time rule writer, aspiring writer and photographer, very amateur artist and being a follower of both West Ham United and Sittingbourne FC...ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-34502291340234870042021-03-05T21:25:00.004+00:002021-03-16T18:00:35.203+00:00<p> A brand new post...finally!</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Right, two and a half years down
the line I thought it would be a good time to update the blog on what’s been
happening. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve become a granddad -or Grampy as I’m known-
for the second time. Our daughter gave birth to a right little bundle in
November before last. We get to WhattsApp them nearly every day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>In no particular order I managed to get to some local shows –remember them?-
and a mate got tickets for the Man City v Watford FA Cup Final, what a day out
that was, never been to Wembley before. Got some pics of the day as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Wargaming wise, a lot has happened on the painting front but not toooooo
much on the gaming side –even before this Covid thing. In fact, the Covid
situation hasn’t changed my life in any way apart from wearing the bl**dy mask.
Hate them, a throwback to my experiences with Army dentists; not quite a panic
attack, but shortness of breath can become an issue. I know, probably
psychosomatic but there you go. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>You may remember the 6mm Early War and the Renaissance
Italian/Imaginations projects I had talked about in earlier posts. Well, they
are all pretty much complete…I say complete but of course you know that will
never happen. I have just received some more German vehicles so they are to be
done and I am currently painting some army standards for the Italian Wars, unit
flags and the chaps can be seen in the pictures.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Latest army to be done is my Rapier Mongols. Absolutely beautiful
looking little chaps and a joy to paint – all 225 of them! Also in the pipeline
are the Macedonians, a mix of H&R and Rapier. Not only that I found more 6mm
FPW so they have been undercoated and are next in line to be done. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Now, you may be thinking that it’s taken a hell of a long time just for
those armies but in the summer months I have sat in the garden and made a lot
of buildings for the Early War project. All of them are made from my staple of cereal box card. Again pics below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>So there you have it, a quick update and I hope to be more diligent with
my blogging in the future; lets face it, it couldn’t really be any worse. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAY8S0yUXrlg1KoQRoM6lp6VNe6mEcin0Tp7FWgc-VX45qCRFklDJbxWY5aML8WDySj1Uc4utLSAmQHukDu2aDC02iBrIodeaQValVh4dDmm4RV75NFaJ4m3Supnj1cYzrNKkXiTE9aNmR/s2048/051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAY8S0yUXrlg1KoQRoM6lp6VNe6mEcin0Tp7FWgc-VX45qCRFklDJbxWY5aML8WDySj1Uc4utLSAmQHukDu2aDC02iBrIodeaQValVh4dDmm4RV75NFaJ4m3Supnj1cYzrNKkXiTE9aNmR/s320/051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rapier Mongols</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIg5rzuutRw8Zok02UnD_wdzElnUGeMetF7W54y6wUJ0aM_zhiYSTLIqqCtt0FW7gU6exWyc2xoET41-VIR4OxbwAA77yuvL6LRa84K5cy-fbglV4Ol4AOVHC6HWvURhwUOGT930zwY2Q/s2048/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Last weekend, in the perfect sunshine, was the Ramblin Man Rock Festival at Mote Park here in Kent. After two days in the press pits I ended up taking over 2600 pics. After culling through them all I whittled it down to about 10-20 per band which still left me with well over 200 pictures. Following that they had to be checked for editing so that is why it has taken so long. Here are just some </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">of the pics I took.</span><br />
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Last weekend I trotted off to the Broadside Show in Sittingbourne, my LOCAL show, (reasons for the uppercase will become clearer later). I do like this show because it is like the shows I used to go to as a runtling, the sort you can walk around without getting sideswiped by some overweight, over-tall person of dubious personal hygiene carrying the ubiquitous bergen on their back. </div>
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The organisers -the Milton Hundred club- did their usual great job with their distinctive yellow tee-shirts nearly always within LOS if you needed them. </div>
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The traders were a mixed bunch but a new one that I was waiting to see was Commission Figurines, the people who produce the 6mm mdf chaps. These are even better in the flesh so to speak and I would have bought some only the three current ranges -Napoleonic, Marian Roman and ACW I already have covered in Irregular. But I was impressed with the 6mm city block ruins and especially the railway line, both soon-to-be-released onto a suspecting wargaming public. The railway line will be great for ACW onwards. Now all I have to do is find out if B&Q make bendy wooden beading that I use for embankments! </div>
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The games were also a mixed bag ranging from a Safari style game where a herd of animals had to cross the board while avoiding predators right up to a rather nice Star Wars land game with all the iconic items on show. Others included one based on the film Reign of Fire, a Lego Zombie hunt, Maidstone's impressive, home built ship for the Zeebrugge Raid Game and a rather nice looking 25mm WW II board with some tasty looking buildings and models. </div>
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However, my favourite -being a devoted 6mm-ite- was Postie's Rejects WW I action on the Marne. The table was great with rolling hills, loads of trees, hedged lanes and some well painted buildings. The whole thing was set of by Postie's home made observation balloon in the rear of the German positions. (See pic below).</div>
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Now the reason for the uppercase local. Left the show in plenty of time to get my bus home -35 minutes on the bus, 5 minutes walk. Simples...in a perfect world. Sittingbourne has roadworks all around the railway station where the bus stops are, or rather used to be. When I saw a bus shoot past by the roadworks warning bells sounded. Checked the area and found the new bus stop layout...and it was my bus that had gone by. To cap it all, it was the last of only three that run on a Sunday. No probs, I'll get the train. Trotted back to the station to find out that there was engineering works all over and that buses were criss-crossing the area to move passengers. Eventually I walked into the house at just after quarter past seven, a nine mile, 40 minute journey under normal circumstances ended up taking me nearly three and a half hours!</div>
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Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-866032635723035362018-05-02T21:45:00.000+01:002018-05-02T21:46:28.147+01:00About time for another post.I suppose it's about time for another post.<br />
The French-Italian wars project has not leaped forward at the speed I had hoped but I still have 5x48 figure pike blocks, 2x15 gendarmes, 1x15 generic Italian knights, 1x30 foot arquebusiers and the same of sword & buckler chaps and 1x9 stradiots. Nearly finished are 2x9 mounted crossbows and 4 artillery pieces. So that is ongoing...still and the holiday deadline is very rapidly approaching.<br />
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Now if you recall I said that I would not paint any of my Early WWII stuff until the above project is as complete as I have figures for and that is still the case...almost. It's true I haven't painted anything but sittinig in the garden during the gorgeous sunshine of our April summer I managed to clean up, sand and base everything and black spray undercoat the Germans. Took about a minute to do all 60 odd vehicles and 17 artillery and infantry bases. Then I used a grey primer spray on all the vehicles as a base coat. I know it's a bit light so I'm going to give them a couple of black washes to darken the grey, then do the dark brown element of the camo before another black wash to soften and do a bit of merging of the colours. <br />
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Reading a blog the other day, this one in fact:<br />
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I recognised a number of places pictured from our holiday, so they will be revisited that's for sure. Also, we have since found out that May 8th is a national victroy celebration day with parades and stuff all over the place. I hope there's one in our area. <br />
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So, still all fired up for Early War while painting the F-I Wars chaps. There's dedication and discipline for you.<br />
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A bientot.Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-77533804299482965182018-04-05T15:01:00.000+01:002018-04-05T15:04:20.047+01:00My NarniaSomeone on one of the blogs I frequent shared some pictures of his study and asked others to do the same. Now my 'study' is also my library, wargames room, storage room; painting, building and writing room. So I thought I'd share some pictures of my multi-functional set-up. Unfortuantely the pics are a bit dark even when enhanced and the place could do with a bit of a tidy.<br />
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Looking into the room from the bottom of the stairs. Computer desk is on the right, on the screen can be seen a background of the Chinggis Qan metal statue in Mongolia. painting desk is on the left. Top of pic are some of my dvd's.<br />
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My 10, 15 and 25mm figures and some terrain in this storage unit. Just out of shot at the bottom are all my 6mm armies stored in A4 rigid plastic boxes.<br />
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Moving on to the right there are the stairs up, more books and the top of my drop-leaf table. The big picture on the left is of Prince Rupert and his brother Maurice that I found in an antique store in Leek, Staffordshire. At the bottom of the stairs is a framed picture of Bobby Moore (from West Ham United FC) along with his signature next to it. (Christmas prezzie from a friend).<br />
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On the right of the last picture is a small cubby-hole that goes around behind the chimney breast and under the stairs. In there is a small cupboard and my four tier plastic drawer set for my unpainted chaps.Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-64892799145794938042018-03-03T16:14:00.000+00:002018-03-09T21:19:36.631+00:00The older you get, the quicker time passes!Well, flippin' heck, don't time fly when you realise you haven't posted anything for a while...a long while; very remiss of me. Life is moving on and the French-Italian Wars project is coming on slowly, so far I have:<br />
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2 units of 15 gendarmes<br />
2 units of 48 Landsknecte pike<br />
1 unit of 44 Swiss pike<br />
1 unit of 40 Italian pike<br />
1 unit of 15 Italian mtd knights<br />
1 unit of 30 Italian dis-mtd arquebusiers <br />
1 unit of 30 Spanish Sword and Buckler types<br />
1 unit of 9 Stradiots<br />
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Each of the units is made up of 3 40x20mm bases and all are from H&R.<br />
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I've also now got about 95% of my WWII Early War British, German and French armies at 1:5 divisional strength but I am holding back on painting them until the French-Italian chaps are finished. This should take me up to the end of the year if everything pans out.<br />
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About a year ago I was contacted by Stephan at Rapier Miniatures (known as Fredbloggs on the LOA forum) and asked if I had any research on the Mongols for an upcoming range. (Silly man, asking if I had any research on the Mongols.) Anyway, long story much shortened, the other day a package arrived from Rapier and inside were two of their Small Armies of Mongols. They were almost begging me to paint them and seeing how lovely they looked I offered to paint some for his trade stand so here are some taster pics. All are cklickable for a warts-and-all image.<br />
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Now of course, I have a slight dilemma, do I carry on painting the Renaissance chaps, change to WW II or think blow it, I'll go with the Mongols. Seeing as I already have a Mongol 6mm army in Irregular I reckon they can wait and I will carry on with my plan for the year. But, if Rapier bring out Russians, Khwarizmians, Polish, Hungarians, Cumani, or Song Chines I might have to re-evaluate my position. </div>
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One thing that should ber mentioned is that we are going back to Wormhouldt in a couple of months for another break and, knowing me, I will be all fired up (pun unintended) for my Early War project. Enough of this idle chatter, I'd better get a wiggle on with the Rennaisance to get as many done as I can before the hol.</div>
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<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-38622093998989266982017-10-23T20:40:00.002+01:002017-10-23T20:40:38.925+01:00SELWG showFinally managed to get to a show this year, in this case it was SELWG at Crystal Palace. Had a good time, didn't but too much, only 10 bags of precut bases of all different sizes -because you never know when you need an odd size, two pots of paint and the Osprey book on Pavia 1525. That was it, quite pitiful really but when you consider the only 6mm traders there were Baccus -I prefer H&R and Irregular- Brigade Models and GZG and at the moment I have no interest in doing SciFi.<br />
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Met up with a few people and had several good old chinwags. Mick Allen, Iain Burt, Postie, Lee Hadley, Ray Rousell by name and Mr. Levied Troop and Brendan from the Loose Association of Wargamers forum. Also spent an interesting 20 minutes talking to John Treadaway about Salute and associated subjects.<br />
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So, the stone that is new period has started to roll. I found a bag of H&R 100YW pike on Fleabay the other day so the figure tally for the Condottieri has started rising.<br />
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<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-3060939023085517102017-10-17T22:29:00.001+01:002017-10-17T22:29:43.056+01:00What I have got up to recently...plus the launch of my little venture.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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I know it’s been a long time between posts but sometimes you think, shall I, is
it worth it or whatever, I’ll write one tomorrow. And so it goes on and on,
procrastination reigns supreme therefore bu**er all gets done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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catch up time. I’ve been keeping reasonably up to date with all the wargaming
worldly affairs by the various internet sites, including reading other people’s
blogs and thinking my focus is cr*p and Bookface with all its wargaming pages.
But outside of that most of my spare time has been focussed on two things,
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Sittingbourne FC is a complete eye-opener. Not only have the responsibility of
making sure that all the relevant league paperwork –I have to with four
different leagues- is in the right hands by the right time, I also am on the
committee for the First team and am one of the three official club
photographers! So, nearly every Saturday afternoon and sometimes on a Tuesday
or Wednesday evening I am out ‘with the football’ as Ma Subs eloquently and succinctly
describes my wanderings across the south east of England. Luckily, as I cannot
drive, my mate is the designated driver as well as being the Youth Chairman and
on the main committee. But talk about unlucky. Most of our youth teams play
their matches at the ground in Sittingbourne about nine miles away. This Sunday
our U15 team are away to…yes, you guessed it, Maidstone… and the ground is a 10
minute walk away from the house! Of course, after a swift mental argument,
common sense won the day and I will be at the SELWG show at Crystal Palace
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the other topic, I spent a while getting my book in a position where I can hawk
it out to publishers. It’s with one at the moment and I am expecting a
rejection at any time. But perseverance is the order of the day and I will
carry on. Not saying too much about it at the moment but if someone takes it I
will shout it across the rooftops. Well, you have to your own trumpet
occasionally, don’t you? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">The current ranges are:</span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Dark Ages -can be used across Europe.</span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Northern Europe - both rural and town and most
are suitable from the Medieval to Modern periods.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Central European and Russian rural. Medieval
to Modern.</span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Desert -Adobe/Middle eastern style.</span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Ruins -late Nineteenth Century to Modern.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Jacobean and Stuart -half timbered style. Can
be mixed with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">European half timbered -different construction
style and colours. Both are suitable from the specified period forwards in
time.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Mediterranean -Spanish types with terracotta
roofing tiles.</span><br />
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for the modern period with a mix of commercial, town and rural building types.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: #F4F4F4;">Please have a look at and leave a comment on
my page at:</span><br />
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Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-43652148729741652272017-04-21T20:12:00.000+01:002017-04-21T20:15:18.783+01:00Yet another new period idea.Now I am a great admirer of World2Dave and his blog especially his 6mm setup.<br />
<a href="http://themedetianwars.blogspot.co.uk/">http://themedetianwars.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
Every so often I will have a look at some of his pictures especially the ongoing Imaginations games between his two pseudo-Renaissance countries of Fleurie and Medetia. I have often thought of doing something like this but without being accused of copying so the Renaissance per se was out. Ancients was too much and far too varied because I really fancied something where both sides were not necessarily evenly matched but their equipment and weapons were on a par. Lace Wars, naaawww -too involved; 19th Century, nope -I already had ACW and am working through the FPW. I wanted something that was not too involved or extensive where I could pick it up every now and again and add bits and pieces when I wanted.<br />
Long story short, I happened across a programme on BBC4 a couple of weeks ago all about the Condottiere of Late Medieval/Early Renaissance in Italy. It wasn't until afterwards I realised I didn't need to invent nations or armies because this period had it all. I could make up factions of my own size and composition -up to a point- who could face off against or fight with each other whenever I wished and they would be as historically accurate as I could make them but with a definite Imaginations style background. Perfick! So now, not only am I researching early WWII but also checking out the Condittiere. As usual I am only looking to do this as a sideshow rather than a major enterprise but in 6mm who knows where it will end.Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-40256436832669886402017-04-12T11:39:00.001+01:002017-04-13T22:19:48.028+01:00Nothing to do with wargames at all, just about other interests namely local football and photography.You may notice dear reader, that I have amended the profile spiel to reflect the fact that I now have an interest in Sittingbourne FC, the local non-league football side. Through various contacts that we have my friend and I are now on the committee to help raise the profile of the club through social media...in fact my friend is more knowledgeable about that than I am so I just throw in ideas and take some pictures of the games. Here are a few of the lads in action against Carshalton FC last weekend. For the benefit of those who don't follow non-league football, Sittingbourne are in red and black.<br />
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<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-44901664617165450762017-03-31T20:28:00.001+01:002017-03-31T20:30:20.555+01:00Sorry about the wait. For starters, I just want to say that I have been extremely lapse in my postings of late and that is due to a number of factors, not least of which was being diagnosed with the dreaded ‘D’ –Depression. Not only did this take a long before it was recognised for what it was by myself but also time for the prescribed medication to take hold. So it was late December before I more or less had the damn thing under control but it wasn’t until I had to change my medication –with a two week lay off period to shift the old lot out of my system- that I concluded that some of it may have been psychosomatic in as far as I was on medication for Depression therefore I must be Depressed. As soon as I came off the first lot I started feeling better so the new lot are still in the bag, unopened, unused and happily to say unloved.<br />
Because of all of that I have painted next to nothing in the last 6 months or so but I have been doing other stuff, albeit extremely slowly. The writing has been coming along in fits and starts, I am now on my third draft/re-write/proof read of the manuscript and am on the last couple of chapters now.<br />
Also in the intervening period I made a couple of visits to mainland Europe, both in the guise of a holiday. My friend found a little place in Flanders which is absolutely perfect for chilling and forgetting the world in general. It’s near Wormhoult in Flanders and the first time the four of us went (my friend and his missus, Ma Subs and myself) we travelled to Ypres and we had a look around the WWI museum there (photos duly taken) before finding our place.<br />
Now call me daft or militarily ignorant if you will but I didn’t realise that Wormhoult and the nearby town of Bergues (a Vauban fortress by the way) were on the retreat route of the BEF on its way to Dunkirk and the only reason I found out was because there is a local church in the village where not only are locals buried but there is also an area which is protected by the War Graves Commission and there are the graves of 61 British servicemen. The regiments are known as is shown by the carving on the headstones with the Welsh Guards being predominant but the individuals are not. Very sad place so I thought I would take a picture of the sun going down behind the gravestones as my mark of respect.<br />
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On our second visit we had more time so we went to Bergues, which is a lovely place. As I said, it is a Vauban fortress with all the wall trimmings but what interested me the most was the Abbey in the centre. Now consisting of only two impressive towers and a marble gate, the place was destroyed during the French Revolution, damaged by fire in 1940, destroyed by dynamite in 1944 and rebuilt again in 1961 and is now a World Heritage Site as of 2005!<br />
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I decided not long into our five day break that I would quite like to do the Early War period, specifically, the war in the Flanders region so I took photos of nearly everything that looked old enough to have been there in 1940 for future reference. Mind you, apart from farms, hedges and trees, other terrain will be a doddle –the place is as flat as a pancake, so the hills can stay in the draw! The only tricky bit could well be the drainage ditches that are along most of the rural roads but I might just wing it with them. Dunkirk and Bray Dunes were also given a visit and more pictures of the local architecture were duly taken. We arrived back in the UK yesterday evening after a great rest with very warm weather and after a lengthy wine-necking period. After all, at €1.59 a bottle (about £1.25 at the time of going to press) it would have been churlish not to, now wouldn’t it?<br />
So now to the wargaming side of things. Early last week I had an FPW itch that I felt needed scratching and before the holiday I had painted and based 8 blocks of Confederation troops with another 24 half way through. Then it’s the remainder of the commanders, artillery and cavalry and I reckon I won’t be far off done with them…for the time being anyway. And now I’m to do a little research on the BEF and Wehrmacht in 1940.<br />
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<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-1237770715368542982016-06-04T20:47:00.002+01:002016-06-04T20:52:09.238+01:00More Renaissance Polish (II)<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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Due to the paucity of information on flags for units such as these, this standard
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and white with a Russian religious symbol. I think it looks alright. The basing of the figures is a little higgledy-piggledy to represent the fact that it is more of an irregular unit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now all I have left is a command base -all of mounted troops- comprising of Lithuanian Grand Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (pronounced Hod-ki-a-vitz), two musicians and two husaria comrades as standard bearers. One of the standards will be the hetman's grand standard but still not completely sure about the other. Plus 15 infantry archers. reading about some of the earlier battles -Lubieszow, Kokenhauzen and Kircholm- I think I have enough infantry but will definitely need more husaria and pancerni before I make a start on the Swedes. These Swedes will actually start life as part of a projected ECW/30YW army but I have some plastic pipe that I am going to glue differnt standards to so as to portray the different units. </div>
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Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-73415943621005915922016-05-23T15:05:00.001+01:002016-05-23T15:05:10.302+01:00More Renaissance PolishHere are the latest results of this months painting output. they took a time to do not because of the complexity of the painting but because I had an operation earlier in the month and was recovering from that. Nothing too serious, just had my gall bladder out due to the somewhat painful development of gall stones.<br />
I'm going to have to order some more soon as I only have a unit of Cossack axemen, some archers and the general's stand left to do, hopefully they won't take as long to do as the cavalry.<br />
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<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-23781785290166418622016-04-25T13:50:00.000+01:002016-04-25T13:50:41.421+01:00More Krakow picturesJust thought I'd post some more pictures of pictures from various galleries and museums that I took in Krakow.<br />
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Battle of Raclawice. Jan Matejko (1838-1893) </div>
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Blue Hussars. Piotr Michałowski (1800-1855)</div>
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Somosierra. Piotr Michałowski (1800-1855) Obviously it should be the other way up but...</div>
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Retreat from the Environs of Moscow, an Episode from the Year 1812. January Suchodolski (1797-1875)</div>
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Prince Josef Poniatowski entering Krakow on July 15, 1809. Michał Stachowicz (1768-1825)</div>
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Fight for a Turkish Standard. Jósef Brandt (1841-1915)</div>
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Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-3288970568715854512016-04-17T21:09:00.000+01:002016-05-20T14:10:44.417+01:00Huzzah, Husaria!This morning I finally finished the bases on my first banner of Polish <i>husaria</i> and the weather has been rather sunny I thought I would take some pictures in natural light. I have no idea of the unit name but the lance pennants are from the Stockholm Roll. The standard is contemporary (apparently) but whether the pennants and standard are from the same banner is anybody's guess. I also took the opportunity to take some better pictures of the infantry from the previous post. Next on the list is a unit of <i>pancerni</i> cavalry.<br />
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<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-63680930738786586662016-04-14T20:24:00.000+01:002016-04-23T14:50:13.191+01:00First of the Renaissance PolishI asked a mate to pick up a Pendraken 10mm Renaissance Polish Battlepack for me from the York show and I got them from him at Cavalier so I've been painting them ever since. Unfortunately you don't get any command figures in the pack so I had to put in order for those. In the meantime, all 84 of the <i>hadjuks</i> were painted and based plus I started on the first unit of <i>husaria</i>; all the comrades are done and the command -officer, kettle-drummer and trumpeter are half way finished -including a two-tone horse for the officer. (Pictures on completion) After that I have a 12 figure unit of mounted Cossack LC, a 30 figure unit of Cossack infantry and a unit of 15 Polish <i>Wybranieke</i> (peasant levy) archers. Gostomski's and Kazimierz are taken from the Stockholm Roll which shows the wedding procession of King Sigismund III in 1605. It is useful because it shows other units as well including <i>hadjuks</i> and <i>husaria</i> with examples of the lance banners.<br />
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All the standards are hand painted by me and all the pictures are clickable.<br />
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It can be found here: <a href="http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/StockholmRoll.htm">http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/StockholmRoll.htm</a><br />
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<i>Hadjuk</i> unit of H. Gostomski who was the <i>wojewoda </i>(military leader) of Poznan -a private unit either from his retainers or from the city levy and paid for by him.</div>
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A <i>hadjuk</i> unit from Karimierz</div>
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The uniform is a green coat with red lining and the standard is copied from the city coat of arms. Whether the uniform is accurate or not I don't know, but the colours go and the sources only say that blue, yellow and red were the most popular colours...so that is enough of a grey area for me. </div>
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Yesterday, after an interesting drive
Iain Burt –EB- and I arrived at Gary’s (garyp) humble abode in the wilds of
Norfolk for a day’s gaming. Using only
two large and lovingly painted collections –those of Gary and Iain, the sizable
table was soon covered in lots of 20mm Les Higgins goodness for a game loosely based on the
Battle of Minden. As Iain missed his chance and was too late choosing any other
command except the Guards Brigade, he was by default made the French and allies
CNC, while Gary’s friend Iain determinedly grasped the nettle and took on the
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Opposite me on
the British right Mark (Peeler) and his host of Bavarian allies marched
resolutely forward towards my stoic defenders who left the relative safety of
the village to meet them in open ground. His cavalry soon outpaced the infantry
and two cuirassier regiments decided to make a name for themselves and charged my
infantry lines. Not knowing a great deal about this particular period it was with
a certain amount of trepidation that I rolled the dice for musketry and was pleasantly
surprised when, after a volley and melee, the French cavalry were pushed back
in some disorder. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the British
centre, Iain and Peter (Purps) for the Brits against Iain (no relation) and Simon
(Goat Major) for the French, advanced towards the town but with a shorter
distance to cover, the French arrived first and set about defending the place. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On the British
right centre and far flank, Peter and Tim (Tim Hall) began their steamroller
advance despite being faced by at least six regiments of Simon and Gary’s French
cavalry who, like the two against me decided to ‘get stuck in’ as soon as
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With the Bavarians
and my infantry soon in firing range we began blazing away at each other with positively
alarming results and the casualties began to mount up. Alternatively falling
back to recover and moving back up into the line, the fight went on for quite a
while until my cavalry advanced. Seven regiments from Ian’s and my command
charged forward across the killing ground and fought their way into the Bavarian
infantry, forcing some to rout, others to retire, but worryingly, supported by
two artillery pieces, one remained and for a time, held off all comers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Behind the
British centre, an angled second line had been formed to stop our victorious cavalry
from wreaking any more havoc; it was just in time. In the centre, Iain and Peter
were making inroads in and around the town while on the far flank, the French ended
up with only one usable infantry battalion out of several brigades after some very
spirited fighting by the British against determined defending.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Peeler’s Bavarians
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After the
inevitable post mortem it was unanimously decided that the French would have
been able to make a fighting withdrawal leaving the British in control of the
field. The phrase ‘marginal British victory’ was bandied about by the French in
more hope than anything -the British commanders just sat there with smug looks
on their faces. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All joking and
partisan reporting aside, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day, great company and hearty
cuisine -I mean you can’t really go wrong with jacket spuds and chilli- coupled
with an almost endless supply of cakes, tea and coffee. Thanks must got to Gary and Iain (no relation) for putting on a really good game and letting the rest of us play with their little chaps and to Gary alone for his hospitality. Brilliant! <o:p></o:p><br />
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Simon's infantry in the fore with Iain's (no relation) Guards Brigade behind.<br />
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Iain (no relation) indicating to Gary how many ladle's full of vegetarian chili he wanted for lunch !</div>
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Panorama just before lunch call.</div>
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Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-73014914167791519772016-01-31T14:13:00.002+00:002016-01-31T15:20:10.547+00:00Over a month without painting but...I've just checked my painting log and the last entry was on December 11th last year and it's now the end of January which means I have gone over a month without picking up a brush.<br />
But as I've said before, if I'm not painting I'm normally doing something of a wargamey nature and this time is no exception. In the post before last I mentioned finding my Books folder on a stick and that's what I have been doing, finishing off the draft copy of my book; completed it this morning with a grand total of 55,340 words. Now I have the unenviable task of proof reading and fact checking for the second draft.<br />
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As a generalisation, wargamers can get inspired for a new period by all manner of things, reading a book, watching a film...you know what I mean and I think you have a rough idea where this is going. Yes, sure enough, my trip to Poland has rekindled my interest in the Husaria of Renaissance Poland. I already have a fair wedge of information on the period and even -back in my Hamlet Models booklets period- wrote a booklet on them. So, long story short, I've ordered a Battlepack from Pendraken as a starter...just to see how it goes you understand.<br />
I've actually given this idea a bit of thought and concluded that any foreign troops i.e. reiters and the like will double-up as 30YW or ECW with a standard change, likewise with any MPM (Musket/Pike/Musket) units. In fact a lot of the opposition troops could also come under the MPM umbrella using the same standard swop. At a battle not far from Gdansk there were even 3,100 Landsnecht which gives me a starting point for other Reanaissance armies, if the mood should take me.<br />
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Husaria and Cossacks on the same table, what's not to like?<br />
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Aaaannnndddd, I have ordered a few more bits and pieces for my 6mm FPW forces to even them up a little.Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-73662282920145365202016-01-19T21:34:00.000+00:002016-01-19T21:34:24.260+00:00Krakow trip.<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, that seemed to come around really quickly, one minute it was Christmas, then my birthday -a landmark 60th if you must know the numbers- and then suddenly it was off to <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kraków </span>in Poland for the weekend with my daughter. She had wanted to do something special for the occasion and this was it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Now there are two things about <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kraków </span>(pronounced Krakuf), one I knew and one I didn't; I knew it was going to be perishing cold in January -it reached -6 C with snow- so that was no real surprise but I didn't know how nice both the city and the people are. Some of them who were trying to sell you tickets for a horse and carriage ride would quite happily direct you anywhere you wanted to go...and smile while they were doing it! My daughter had worked there in the summer so she made a pretty good guide -for pubs, zapiekanki (street food) sites and vodka bars...but she didn't know much about the museums. Luckily, Google came to the rescue and I found a few on there including Wawel (pronounced Vavel) Castle. I had previously made a list of interesting places -to me anyway- that I wanted to visit so we worked out a plan of action. We flew out of Gatwick at 0815 on Friday and arrived at 1215 (<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kraków</span> is an hour ahead). Friday afternoon -a walk around the old town on the way to Wawel Castle while checking out some of the local restaurants for an evening meal. Some of the buildings date back to the 18th Century and some churches are from the early medieval times. One, St Andrews, along with Wawel Castle, were the only stone edifices left standing after the ten day siege by the Mongols in early March 1241!</span><br />
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At one of the art museums (the Krzysztofory) -a converted palace, I found this which I was quite chuffed about.</div>
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Jósef Brandt (1841-1915) and entitled Fight for a Turkish
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took over 300 pictures of various buildings, churches, aircraft and all other sorts of whatnot, picked up a number of museum guidebooks with useful bits and pieces in but the prize was a book called 'Digital Reconstructions of the Historic Built up areas <span style="font-family: inherit;">of </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kraków'. 170 pages of larger than A4 size with fold out full colour pictures of the evolution of the city. Early timber frames, stone, the lot. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Cost me 60 </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">złoty</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">(about £10)</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and was an absolute steal if you are interested in making your own, reasonably accurate terrain like wot I is. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Monday morning came around too quick. We had to leave the hotel at 1000 because our flight was at 1215. The temperature had dropped significantly overnight which is where the -6 comes into it but as well as that, while at the airport the snow started to come down in large flakes and we had to have the wings de-iced before we could take off! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Luckily we made it safely back to good old Blighty. It was a fantastic experience and I would definitely go again if the opportunity presented itself...especially to the displays at Wawel Castle!</span></div>
Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-75369214405255671022015-12-31T19:38:00.001+00:002015-12-31T19:38:38.574+00:00Fortuitous recovery and a brief summary of 2015.<div style="text-align: justify;">
More than a month has passed since my last post so I thought I had better put fingers to keyboard. </div>
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Firstly, a fortuitous update. A few months ago my tower pc decided that it didn't want to play any more and gave me the 'Blue Screen of Death'. This was quite unfortunate as you can well imagine. Never mind, thinks I, once I get another I can just reload everything from my Google drive. All well and good until I actually opened up my Google drive and found that all of my most recent stuff wasn't there. Not impressed. Thinking that I would have to shell out cartloads of cash for someone to try and recover the info I put the old hard drive to one side and soldiered on. Now included in this loss was a manuscript for a non-fiction campaign book that I was writing and until the crash had written more than 50,000 words. Gutted!</div>
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Now skip forward until the day before yesterday when I was looking for a memory stick to put a file on for my mate to print as my printer is not working at the moment. Opened the files on the stick and lo and behold...a folder marked Books...with my book there in all its monochrome gloriousness with words and chapters and everything. As you can imagine, I was as happy as a pig in breakfast as they say in the Midlands. So now I'm writing again. I have concluded that the problem was that I had a Google drive icon on my desktop and everything came from and went back to there so it probably didn't actually get uploaded. Problem solved. I now upload after every session, have a copy on my main drive, another on my backup drive and yet another back on the stick. My MO recommends sending myself a copy as an e-mail attachment. Ma Subs and I didn't raise daft kids...luckily.</div>
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This leads me nicely into a quick summary of 2015.</div>
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Managed two games -both solo- and duly reported here; painted lots of 6mm -unfortunately my tracker was on the old drive- but from memory; Samurai, WW II Late War British, Goblins, Halflings, Centaurs, Ancient Macedonians, some Flemish and Sassanid Persians as well as some 10mm Mongols, more Song Chinese and Medieval Polish. Plus made lots of 6mm terrain for my WW II project -pictures below- and written various articles for MWBG all about the Mongols. Went to the obligatory two shows of Cavalier in February and Broadside in June.</div>
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Unfortunately, the big Lottery win eluded me once again. Oh, well never mind, here's to an even more productive 2106. </div>
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Happy New Year to all my avid readers.</div>
Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-22174312455126610492015-11-12T21:28:00.002+00:002015-11-12T21:28:36.209+00:00The latest on my latest project.I know you lot out there have been on the edge of your seats since I announced pics of my new project, so now you can relax, the wait is finally over. Since my last post I have painted and based this lot. All are from H&R and are from the Sassaned (sic) Persian and the Greek ranges.<br />
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This was how they looked when I first found them.</div>
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<u><b>The Sassanids </b></u></div>
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All the Sassanids so far. At the rear is a unit of cataphracti (18 figures), immediately in front of them are two units of clibanari (2 x 15 figures), then another couple of units of LC (2 x 9 figures) and at the front is a unit of levy infantry (48 figures). Probably need at least one more cati and two or three more clib units before I can call it an army. Of course, the levy infantry are another matter...need to get at least three more of them. The beauty of the Sassy cavalry in this scale is that I could use a lot of them for Flemish Persians cutting down the amount needed. </div>
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Close up of the LC. Need to get a few more of these but I have the option of mixing in the Flemish Persian LC I get as well.</div>
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The allied Greeks/Greek mercenaries in Persian service. Two units of 60 hoplites each. (P.S. Just checked this pic and I've noticed the base at the bottom right is the wrong way round but at least you get an idea of what the back of the figures look like, he, he)</div>
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Two units of LI archers (21 figures in each); at the rear is a unit of Macedonians and the one at the front are the much vaunted Cretans. The latter have bronze shields while the other has hide shields.</div>
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Two units of Greek allied cavalry (2 x 15 figures). This is probably all I need for them.</div>
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Currently, on the painting desk there are 21 Greek staff slingers only waiting for the glue on the bases to dry so they can be pva/sanded and 15 undercoated Thessalian cavalry. I also have nearly 150 Greek and Thracian peltasts to paint but still trying to work out what to use for the Companions; might have to use Irregular for them. Additionally, I need to get at least one unit of prodromi on top of the phalangites and Hypaspists. </div>
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Beyond that there are 50 cavalry and nearly 100 archers for the Flemish Persians...and then there are nearly 50 bucellari, 160 scutatoi and 50 LI archers as the start of the Byzantines. I might even get a Late Roman army to take on the Sassys by way of a change.</div>
<br />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-64061237045422838202015-10-16T19:49:00.001+01:002015-10-16T19:49:43.451+01:00New Project.Once the conservatory was finished and the Battle of Garston compleated and packed away, I was scratching around for a new project. Unfortunately all my 6mm WW II campaign information was on the old drive which I am hoping soon to be be able to access but until then...<br />
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Rummaging around listlessly I came across an unopened jiffy bag which revealed some H&R 6mm Flemish Persians (Achemenid sounds Flemish anyway so over the decades the word has stuck). Further investigation in Narnia revealed another acquired bag full of H&R 6mm Sassanid Persians and Alexandrian Macedonians (don't ask, I have no idea). So now I have the starts of three different armies.<br />
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The past few weeks Ma Subs and I
have been involved in a project, completely unrelated to wargaming but
necessary, and that was fixing the conservatory. This involved taking off all
the roofing pieces of wriggly plastic bits –broken and otherwise- and replacing
them with nice new see-through sheets, painting all of the supporting woodwork
etc., etc. even with my mate and his missus helping it still took several days
to get the lid back on so as all the little fiddly jobs could then get done. Luckily
the weather held. So, while Ma Subs went back to Brum on a family visit, I was
able to have a solo game set up in Narnia. It was still on-going when the roof
was being done so I managed a couple of moves every so often.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This time, I
thought I would play a 6mm WW II using my new scenery and try out the old WRG Armour
and Infantry 1925-1950 Rules from June 1973 that we used to use. Now I have
fond memories of these rules from playing with Airfix models and figures in a
mate’s front room so there was quite a high nostalgia factor here. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><o:p> </o:p></u></b><b style="text-align: center;"><u>Garston Aerodrome on the bottom left of the table. (The tower building is based on the one at West Malling in Kent and the two hangers are 'J' Type from all over the place).</u></b></div>
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<b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 18.9333px;"><u>The town of Garston. (Buildings based loosely on some in Maidstone)</u></b></div>
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<b style="text-indent: 14.2pt;"><u>A uniquely British institution</u></b></div>
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<b><u>Orbats<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<u>German<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Aufklarungs Bataillon, Major
Kroos<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gruppe Kroos<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 x SdKfz 234
A/C (Puma) (d), 1 x SdKfz 222 A/C (d), 1 x SdKfz 251 Command ½ track, 3 x lorry borne
infantry <o:p></o:p></div>
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Gruppe
Muhler<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 x SdKfz 234
A/C (Puma) (d), 2 x SdKfz 222 A/C (both d), 1 x SdKfz 251, 3 x of armoured infantry<o:p></o:p></div>
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Panzer
Bataillon, Major Mertesacker<o:p></o:p></div>
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HQ Kompanie, Major Mertesacker<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 x <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">P</span>zKpfw<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> IV (1), 1 x Ostwind AA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1. Kompanie, Hauptmann Schweinstiger<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 x <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">P</span>zKpfw<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> IV (5)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2. Kompanie, Hauptmann Lamm<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">British<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Officer Commanding,
Lieutenant-Colonel Moore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> A/T
Battalion, Major Noble<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Battalion, Major Hurst<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> ‘A’
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Battalion, Major McAvenney<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: 18.9333px;"><u>The German Right flank</u></b></div>
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<b style="text-indent: 14.2pt;"><u>The Centre</u></b></div>
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On the first move Kroos -on the right- and Muhler -on the left- advanced onto the board by the SE and SW roads respectively. Kroos immediately came under fire from a 6pdr AT next to the Queens Head pub which took out his lead 222. His advance halted, his infantry dismounted and began a stealthy advance along the tall roadside hedges towards the pub. The Puma used the destroyed 222 as cover while it's gun sought out the enemy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This went on for several moves. While Kroos managed to make some headway, Muhler was not so fortunate; eventually losing all his AFV's for very little gain. His only real success was to force the infantry out of the rocks and make them fall back the Pine Tree Wood. This happened just in time for the British as on Moves 7 and 8, Mertesacker's panzers began to advance towards the British positions. </div>
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By Move 10 the panzers of Hauptmann <span style="text-indent: 18.9333px;">Schweinstiger's </span>Nr. 1. Kompanie had crossed the hill but immediately came under fire from 'A' Company's tanks concealed by the high hedges just outside Garston. Eventually Schweinstiger lost all but one of his Mk IV's and had to make an ignominious retreat.</div>
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In the centre, Hauptmann Lamm and his company of Mk IV's initially made some ground but the Shermans and Firefly of 'B' Company knocked out half his command.</div>
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Major Mertesacker with the HQ Kompanie and Zeigler's Nr. 3. Kompanie fared little better in the face of the 6 pdr AT guns hidden in the rocks and a 17pdr AT gun even further back on the bend of the road by the wood.</div>
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Eventually Mertesacker, with almost half his battalion lost, had no option but to order a retreat and request an artillery barrage before the next assault.</div>
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Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339081812215793012.post-58709012590196926452015-09-19T20:35:00.000+01:002015-09-19T20:36:50.839+01:00What a marvellous present! <span style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Some of you may be aware that I have more than a passing interest in the Mongols, especially the 1238-41 campaign in Europe. Now currently my daughter works as a lead trainer for a medical assessment company and is in Poland teaching the Polish the methods that she uses. She has a weekend off so instead of coming home she stayed for a wander about. This morning she phoned and was telling me about her walkabout. Now previous instructions to said daughter involved taking pictures of old buildings and looking out for anything from the Mongol period. Later this afternoon while watching the Japanese v South Africa rugby she phoned again and said that for my 60th birthday next January she is taking me to Krakow for a long weekend of looking around the place. I'll be brutally honest with you, I was a more than a tad emotional.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Now Krakow was the fist major city the Mongols came to and destroyed but Wawel Castle they avoided because it was too strong. As I said to her, that's one place off of my bucket list...hmmm, I wonder if she is up for a trip to Mongolia or Japan for my 65th? </span><img alt=":D" src="http://thelaofwargamers.prophpbb.com/images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" title="Very Happy" />Subedaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071057483253301893noreply@blogger.com1