Old Friends Revisited.

One of the advantages of having a blog is that you can use it as a sort of gaming diary , the other day I was flicking through my blogs and realised that it is over a year ago since I had a game using my 40mm Imagination figures using my adaption of Funny Little Wars rules. This got me thinking and I have decided to bring them out for a game.

 

After the break down of peace talks in Paris the conflicting nations of Treboria and Ferraro Rocca  are at war again and clash at the small border village of Pohranicnej Dediny . The Treborians are on the near side to the camera and the Roccains on the far side . I dice for unit starting positions  using the 'Featherstone' method (1-far left flank 2- left centre 3-centre 4- right centre 5- right flank 6 - reserve)

 

 

The 1st Battalion of the 20th regt. and the Hussars of Excellence on the Treborain right flank.

 

 

The Treborian High Command seek to espy the enemy .

 

 

The Ferraro Roccain army dice very oddly and mostly appeared on their right flank !.

 

 

King Paul II commands the Ferraro Rocca army in person ! . Off for a few day holiday but will continue with the battle report when I return.

 

 

 

 

Legion Britannique.

 

Been puzzling what to do with the some of the molds I have accumulated over the last year or so . Many where bought off EBay in various lots and I have not got around to using some of them , because of the poses of many the figures . I have been toying with the idea of doing some 40mm skirmishes and these more 'individual' figures will be ideal for it .

 

 

I searched about for a suitably colourful unit to paint  and came up with the 3rd Battalion Legion Britannique  a Hanoverian regiment made up of deserters and foreigners .

 

 

I have got about 30 of them done now so after my holiday - which I hope will take place next week I should be ready for a game.

 

 

Saxon Hussars

Several months ago I purchased off EBay some ready cast 40mm Hussars and since then have been pondering which unit to repaint them up as .

 

I have been thinking of doing a Saxon contingent for French and looking on  http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Main_Page

I was annoyed to find that the Saxon's did not have any Hussars at this time ! , some what miffed I investigated further and was elated to find that the Saxon Corp that was attached to the French had a Frei Hussar regiment -

 

 

Brilliant ! could have been designed for the wargaming table ! Frei Husaren Von Schill

 

 

What's more the figures have the Pelisse slung over the shoulder so I get to paint the yellow Dolman as well ! - how often do you get to use yellow paint on wargaming figures !. All I  have to do now is base , spray and start painting - can't wait !

 

 

French Mortar

 

I'm not a happy bunny when it comes to the German metal moulds , it took 5 attempts to get the above mortar cast to an acceptable standard - its probably just me as other people seem to be able to cast from them okay !. Here we see a test firing of the aforesaid mortar for the benefit of the Comte Du Fru-Fru and his guest Voltaire (who of course knows a great deal about them already )

 

 

The mortar is loaded carefully and is ready to fire (maybe the audience should stand further away ?!) I mounted it on a balsa wood base - the mortar bombs come with the mould.

 

 

A successful if alarming firing !

 

 

Bad Light Stops Play !

 

Don't want to start ranting about modern life etc - BUT !  , I've had to take down the game I had set up to replace the light bulb which is over my gaming table AGAIN ! (being short and not very long armed to reach the light fitting). This one only lasted about a year ! , the one before that lasted at a guess 15 years !!!!!! . Okay so when it happened before I should have had the room rewired with spotlights but I did expect the bulb to last longer . Another one for the 'to do' list !.

Lost Property (Parte the First)

( In which our Hero's try and recover their stolen Campaign Equipment from the Enemy )

I must admit I pinched this idea from the excellent blog -http://tidders-kingdomofwittenberg.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-irregulars-on-mission.html , who uses 28mm figures for his big battles and 40mm ones for skirmishes - and even provides a download for the rules he uses for it . So I maintain that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery .

 

A messenger arrives at the Allied camp - with bad news !.

 

 

Uncle Toby is enraged by this underhanded trick and is keen to retrieve his belongings !

 

 

 

The French loaded down with booty plan to spend the night in the next village they pass through .

 

 

Aha ! behind this underhanded trick there is the dastardly Comte de Fru-Fru ! , as they rest they little think that vengeance is on its way !. Too be continued.......

 

 

 

Salute 2013

Went down to Salute again this year to help 'S' of S&A Scenics with his stand . Had a good journey down with 'A' on the Friday afternoon - 'S'  drove the hired van down earlier to pick up the Lancashire Games figures from Alan at Oldham . We were up horribly early (05.30ish) on the Saturday morning and travelled to the Excel venue and got lost again trying to find the entrance and car park   - this is the third year and we get lost every year ! . Unloading was a piece of cake - however setting up the stand was harder - it morphs every year into something different and even 'S' does not know its finished shape - sort of free style !.

 

'A' sorting boxes.

 

 

Looks like a bomb has gone off !.

 

 

'S' and his son 'O' try to figure out what goes were !.

 

 

Getting there !, we finally got the stand up and ready for the onslaught of customers , as always the day was very busy so the photos I took are a bit disjointed as I rushed around the show shopping in between helping on the stand .I unfortunately did not get who had put on some of the games and missed out on many of them . Salute is only on for one day and there was so much to see even a visitor has a problem seeing it all !

 

A WW1 skirmish game 'Bashing the Kaiser' , nice terrain and the explosions had lighting effects - sadly not picked up on my photo.

 

 

Victorian 'Steam Punk' game with marvellous pre cut MDF buildings.

 

 

An ACW game using 'Regimental Fire & Fury' rules.

 

 

A wonderful Waterloo display rather than game - lots and lots of figures .

 

 

VERY impressive !.

 

 

Another shot - evidently 'Napoleon gave a talk about the display during the day but I missed it .

 

 

As you can tell I liked this !.

 

 

Nice buildings too !

 

 

I even remembered to record who created it !.

 

 

One of the participation games - I was impressed by the city of Troy.

 

 

A fantasy cavern with mood lighting !

 

 

I managed to find my way into a overlooking gallery to try and capture the scale of Salute - and this was when things were going quiet.

 

 

People were thinning out .

 

 

The show finished at 5pm , but it was 6pm when we got loaded up and started home . The traffic getting out of London was bad so it was about 11.45 pm when 'A' dropped me off at home - a long day but successful .