tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51531409558282274132024-03-29T03:29:57.880+00:00AufklarungsabteilungNeil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-40091589453836789522024-03-17T16:23:00.000+00:002024-03-17T16:23:01.694+00:00New (old) *secret* project...<p>To elaborate on the somewhat confusing title......I have been busy with a *new* project; that is an *old* project but with a new twist........confused? Let me explain.....</p><p>There are many projects that I wish "to do", sadly ambition outstrips time. I'm hoping if I make retirement I will have time for them all....</p><p>This project is a long standing "to do"; indeed hesitant steps were made in 15mm but it stalled and grew and grew....</p><p>I'm approaching it from a completely left field angle to try again; I'm hoping, no trying to keep it manageable this time.</p><p>So why the *secret*? Well I'm not sure if it will work out as it in theory requires different techniques and I don't know if my skills are good enough! </p><p>So, it's currently "in development" which doesn't mean just buying stuff, but actually requires preparation and work which I've completed this weekend, or rather made a significant start on. This time, I'm keeping it small - max 6 armies with a lot of generic components. Already have a game on which to base a campaign, have various rules I can use and plenty of source material.......</p><p>Intrigued? More next time.......hopefully........☺</p><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-91112354728577017832024-03-10T12:50:00.000+00:002024-03-10T12:50:07.505+00:00"I looked over Jordan and what did I see.......Sweet Chariot."<p>As related in previous blog posts I have slowly been working on the Jordanian army of 1967. This post is by way of a progress report as to where I'm up to.</p><p>M48</p><p>The M48s had the jetisonable fuel tanks tweaked so they no longer pointed downwards. Here's the real thing:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWu1EmxwyDxRwQqNayGYTWrqpEUnxvOPFlD93kvyflIvCzSx_R0Nq8IR3kC2mBhDHw56ZJlqkcJVrERu9TgGLyYg2eqAQIP5QLgJ7oya89sfJZq_-cpiC6pTy5SzU8J0otqStOhWTZQ6PlBV2m7uqUXS5wzzwK6jIohnoDW-KKmzHIi9eUii69Jr9sf8/s800/ccc428b3f57a8b01803cc1db25d70d111856b56e.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="800" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWu1EmxwyDxRwQqNayGYTWrqpEUnxvOPFlD93kvyflIvCzSx_R0Nq8IR3kC2mBhDHw56ZJlqkcJVrERu9TgGLyYg2eqAQIP5QLgJ7oya89sfJZq_-cpiC6pTy5SzU8J0otqStOhWTZQ6PlBV2m7uqUXS5wzzwK6jIohnoDW-KKmzHIi9eUii69Jr9sf8/s320/ccc428b3f57a8b01803cc1db25d70d111856b56e.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I was helped by some modelling sites which helpfully show details the above site didn't. Alas the folding "shield" has a couple of different patterns; I chose one from a blueprint. Unfortunately the pictures of Jordanian M48s are unclear, however I suspect they were solid rather than with a "V" cut out. Anyway, here' my M48s showing various stages and just awaiting final stowage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadEoqRDvVybp4dm6oJkxF-94tEIVZlXGibzYcqY600qb2Qc1bOBlL7kwl2HNY_PpN5A0BIQrWUdSJH9dtNTugBum7-sPlaoHjvfejxCqEQWj01CQgAWnemqf5v0P_BUks__Cyhvri4lWYUEBOqMnvd6hy0C8687enqe0ISHRlN6a3WLNs9Li0OXBivis/s4032/4%20Jordanian%20M48%20a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadEoqRDvVybp4dm6oJkxF-94tEIVZlXGibzYcqY600qb2Qc1bOBlL7kwl2HNY_PpN5A0BIQrWUdSJH9dtNTugBum7-sPlaoHjvfejxCqEQWj01CQgAWnemqf5v0P_BUks__Cyhvri4lWYUEBOqMnvd6hy0C8687enqe0ISHRlN6a3WLNs9Li0OXBivis/s320/4%20Jordanian%20M48%20a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTqONzAsNNWauF-rxJk2_sT4iLWCknIzh7r3vhAUX5Tw5KTxI6_6JrR93YVX9y5O_VuIB0SC9hytkrgLLt9zoBmAwDI9qNb3rl06jD4F586Mrj_sclSXUj8nlOTkYfGJTacO3efOPfeNIizBY0xjepIsK5iXT11MDHHlLFvEixh4VKkCXQ_6A3asjBJA/s4032/5%20Jordanian%20M48%20b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Once fixed everything got some liquid Green Stuff, including the M48s.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbmvFbD4MF5qZyOJGXl6pyAggRjnoZA_CAlP8omSZkgyAfK29yLVU6yFSOudi70Lvkz5cDxJGZK34oZ607oQNhHuhcyo4tqJ4h3zGBAPGjG7XYKqxxJp16IFPKoc7RCKj5W4xrbxNIOM7d1dYHdEHafMkb5IqfbQNj4__A7Kz3arRNwrdTW6iBP0o1JE/s4032/12%20M47%20&%20M48.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbmvFbD4MF5qZyOJGXl6pyAggRjnoZA_CAlP8omSZkgyAfK29yLVU6yFSOudi70Lvkz5cDxJGZK34oZ607oQNhHuhcyo4tqJ4h3zGBAPGjG7XYKqxxJp16IFPKoc7RCKj5W4xrbxNIOM7d1dYHdEHafMkb5IqfbQNj4__A7Kz3arRNwrdTW6iBP0o1JE/s320/12%20M47%20&%20M48.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Then I turned to the last tank used by Jordan; the Centurion. Jordan used Mk3 and Mk5 with the original British gun. In an attempt to differentiate from the IDF Sho't I made them all Mk3 with 20pdr . Progress from disassembly to finish.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFPQ3rVR_JnH8HLMYzj_VA-gIT53LAGOBNVgDqv3XKJFu-adspCk8FoNGmOeND8QtnFqB7nGsl7cW0DEm_lBC9EczW46babOUXyC1waZL3kysCp6Rd22T1A3BthCVGu_tXyuFEkHlRTuDTJfxMEfg2x7XSoubui2L-b4aVNDlemTzttl8ZXtkU6j6jeY/s4032/13%20Centurion%20basic.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYFPQ3rVR_JnH8HLMYzj_VA-gIT53LAGOBNVgDqv3XKJFu-adspCk8FoNGmOeND8QtnFqB7nGsl7cW0DEm_lBC9EczW46babOUXyC1waZL3kysCp6Rd22T1A3BthCVGu_tXyuFEkHlRTuDTJfxMEfg2x7XSoubui2L-b4aVNDlemTzttl8ZXtkU6j6jeY/s320/13%20Centurion%20basic.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuq7g3eIJbh_jd9SxLUTTKKg-gVqInN09YI8R2DZbomwaTNk9OcXItZ_NYW6Rx-XrEL49PQ97oivZuBc0JqrgKXBQZ6cRFjYWX8qfK6mO3DgWMcUx71DQbS6kHl-oFgidOj-hLdq_myKab0H2nGZ0PZ6tkVpry6n79HjgApmWHuCjdyQull8DTAWm-0LI/s4032/14%20Centurion%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I also have a \Hunter and a "what-if" Widow Maker in 1:100</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-42733789636191348852024-03-03T11:56:00.003+00:002024-03-03T13:15:46.213+00:00Hammerhead 2024<p>Yesterday I went along to Hammerhead - first show of 2024. I think my last visit had been pre-pandemic when they made use of two halls on the site. They now hold it in the same venue as Partizan which is a sort of large shed.</p><p>TBH I only went to meet up with a friend of mine from up north, Shaun Condren; had it been just me I expect I wouldn't have bothered. I was a bit drained from work and had nothing I particularly wanted to buy or see. This may have influenced my experience somewhat.</p><p>I got there about 10:45 and it was heaving! I'm not a fan of crowds.....</p><p>I had just met up with Shaun when I bumped into Martin Rapier briefly (https://tgamesweplay.blogspot.com)</p><p>Later I (almost literally) bumped into Colin Ashton (https://www.carryingsonupthedale.com/) from the VWC. Other VWC notary Phil Olley (https://philswarcabinet.blogspot.com/) was about, but like Aly Morrison (https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/) was always deep in conversation when I spotted them, so I failed to say hello.</p><p>Shaun's friend Graham and his son Jake joined us and we split up for a look around.</p><p>Hammerhead is billed as a "participation" show with all the games available for punters to join in. Sadly I'm not a natural joiner-in, but none of the games seemed to be "touting" for business; they were either fully occupied and engaged or empty with perhaps one or two people standing around chatting. </p><p>My only interaction was when I bent to look at some figures to identify them, but the person concerned didn't try to get me to play (he was the only one there and the games seemed unplayed). There was one empty table - presumably unbooked or a no-show. </p><p>Several of the games were to the same standards as "demonstration" games seen at other shows. Only one was in full swing, but I suspect it featured the same people as at other shows where similar games are always fully occupied. They cynic in me did wonder if some "demo" games had snuck in as participation - although in theory available for play, didn't seem to have crowds of people - it's easy to deter would be punters or if I'm more charitable, is it because these games were "traditional" wargames as oppose to the often small and unique participation games? As a general rule, with a few exceptions, the smaller games seemed busier.</p><p>As it was very busy and some of the games were too crowded to get close to, I was limited in the pictures I took. Being brutally honest, my mood was such after a while I got bored and I concentrated on those that stood out - this isn't always apparent in the photos. There was a lack of signage so I had to try and match the games to the handout - I apologise to anyone I have miscredited.</p><p>Peter Dennis Paperboys "a walk in the woods" - looked to be F&I War - very effective paper trees</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaS5QDsxdUqMCLabF-wiN4x4345htvR2ZZmVvlzrBNOT1I1b2E8JKaDNc8amt2bqR4q7Fev7Yk4JP5Hkw8kJUAv4y31mxznw91bkkYs6LyZQFyyTfO1N3REJF0dX9xhQ3xhiv7Yo6ksE7Zm2l5YYEu0docYcbEzAcGquLpaolRzCejea11KRMiwX8zeGg/s4032/A%20Walk%20in%20the%20woods%20Paperboys.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaS5QDsxdUqMCLabF-wiN4x4345htvR2ZZmVvlzrBNOT1I1b2E8JKaDNc8amt2bqR4q7Fev7Yk4JP5Hkw8kJUAv4y31mxznw91bkkYs6LyZQFyyTfO1N3REJF0dX9xhQ3xhiv7Yo6ksE7Zm2l5YYEu0docYcbEzAcGquLpaolRzCejea11KRMiwX8zeGg/s320/A%20Walk%20in%20the%20woods%20Paperboys.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>A Conquistador game - Blessed by the Gods (?) very nice pyramid and ships</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpfzxezdF1GyYijfMTjMDugjO5Z-ggzN504iSDuq9F4TmbziMgxfxB9L7SO5s_ACjphjvPTCA-XA2bmhAbxjJqWtWl5b41XN1jIAXJEpmM6onqbDFXxtnK9hypCVyysCb_mz2TVgDWcP-ph6t04MdjUHSiGWJhwvufRjSvh6b9F6hbuKtrm_7y0AGECc/s4032/Blessed%20by%20the%20gods%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpfzxezdF1GyYijfMTjMDugjO5Z-ggzN504iSDuq9F4TmbziMgxfxB9L7SO5s_ACjphjvPTCA-XA2bmhAbxjJqWtWl5b41XN1jIAXJEpmM6onqbDFXxtnK9hypCVyysCb_mz2TVgDWcP-ph6t04MdjUHSiGWJhwvufRjSvh6b9F6hbuKtrm_7y0AGECc/s320/Blessed%20by%20the%20gods%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vrXJ18_PauiOoUGNuRsAgy73W2zFR35M_FSZJJGOg6EAVIYA0slAeavkxSZDqKZ4h8E9zBg7hPHFRjP2olFF9EKqMVATchTsvXktMkI-c0nKvJx0E7DUgcCq8gZgkfFuPQQg9021zdnq_eNSpFIHm1nc8w9oyKdiq913wWhCoZg65W_qYUNxqZx-r40/s4032/Blessed%20by%20the%20Gods%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vrXJ18_PauiOoUGNuRsAgy73W2zFR35M_FSZJJGOg6EAVIYA0slAeavkxSZDqKZ4h8E9zBg7hPHFRjP2olFF9EKqMVATchTsvXktMkI-c0nKvJx0E7DUgcCq8gZgkfFuPQQg9021zdnq_eNSpFIHm1nc8w9oyKdiq913wWhCoZg65W_qYUNxqZx-r40/s320/Blessed%20by%20the%20Gods%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Cloudships of Mars reloaded - a development of Frank Chadwick's 1889 ideas</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcNxcSb1MOKSE0J2Ski4VoT7Q_zELX5I758Om96Nw8UIkxhCfOIylGJlgwKm2wnTlKIm-F4s61rxusTKm8BTe0hx-oPaZyQHNGV_ERzZVxrAq5LXUAOuCmkcvVM529DT_PZ65yqsjGyCqYRQmKdGLai_6qENKBePzq9Yqq4oj1jiHiR9ymxR-9j3yW20/s4032/Cloudships%20of%20Mars.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcNxcSb1MOKSE0J2Ski4VoT7Q_zELX5I758Om96Nw8UIkxhCfOIylGJlgwKm2wnTlKIm-F4s61rxusTKm8BTe0hx-oPaZyQHNGV_ERzZVxrAq5LXUAOuCmkcvVM529DT_PZ65yqsjGyCqYRQmKdGLai_6qENKBePzq9Yqq4oj1jiHiR9ymxR-9j3yW20/s320/Cloudships%20of%20Mars.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>A pirate (?) v natives(?) game - possibly Dutch Courage - Teddy bear fur terrain? and nice ships (no I don't know why one had sunk or what the giant hamster wheel was about)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_5va7z-nauZXrh_i6IDaytyVW8ES_apKLKgWv9beGPOeIN4t2wg6EdJ5znuF6fDRB-7GJR5ZTIXieQzwnodOnhk__hiwtSjdJHiWGwT8_YWKZNa1WV7u00nd_nAN20HUvnP3uP83Tt6z8vN1DZYmqT5_mmlgwO1UZHi7ppuloHIX3L9t5j69TLddYZo/s4032/Dutch%20Courage%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_5va7z-nauZXrh_i6IDaytyVW8ES_apKLKgWv9beGPOeIN4t2wg6EdJ5znuF6fDRB-7GJR5ZTIXieQzwnodOnhk__hiwtSjdJHiWGwT8_YWKZNa1WV7u00nd_nAN20HUvnP3uP83Tt6z8vN1DZYmqT5_mmlgwO1UZHi7ppuloHIX3L9t5j69TLddYZo/s320/Dutch%20Courage%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglA00-eoiucO4Fcmr0zR58a59gzhlt3bao5zg_44JP-RNMoocUysCS5zj3UN4kAXwDxu4NlMkMigH8fJHB_OdyrYyJMaHX1Qsz9RVjPJzu_nBjDdaVgG9jrctgCf1KoZpm_arNmgPX7C0w_Hs80IQ5bKcyBVC2Ie6wC-d1sOWHzJsiHZ0NOUj0lKeTMc/s4032/Dutch%20Courage1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglA00-eoiucO4Fcmr0zR58a59gzhlt3bao5zg_44JP-RNMoocUysCS5zj3UN4kAXwDxu4NlMkMigH8fJHB_OdyrYyJMaHX1Qsz9RVjPJzu_nBjDdaVgG9jrctgCf1KoZpm_arNmgPX7C0w_Hs80IQ5bKcyBVC2Ie6wC-d1sOWHzJsiHZ0NOUj0lKeTMc/s320/Dutch%20Courage1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Just follow the Rhynes BCW - could have passed for a Sealion game until you spot the BUF symbols - very big table couldn't get it all in due to players being fully engaged</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOlBt9cOT6OpKNDdmc-LWIYBpQBtgDahd9A7XTlYSjsH_0Mfn-IS98jMhiBsTwc9DTTpm_2qG3Fu87_o8vytOtXeLLIp-zC1pYuc9HJj9mzwNIb45EGURkS0rHYIojQW_Yc1eaJjEgC3BUWhLshT8WaUegqscuHC6LY6W5eVdFmSiDHTu3nG-XoYtrqY/s4032/Just%20follow%20the%20Rhynes%20BCW.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOlBt9cOT6OpKNDdmc-LWIYBpQBtgDahd9A7XTlYSjsH_0Mfn-IS98jMhiBsTwc9DTTpm_2qG3Fu87_o8vytOtXeLLIp-zC1pYuc9HJj9mzwNIb45EGURkS0rHYIojQW_Yc1eaJjEgC3BUWhLshT8WaUegqscuHC6LY6W5eVdFmSiDHTu3nG-XoYtrqY/s320/Just%20follow%20the%20Rhynes%20BCW.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Manouvre Group? 1/144 Soviet tanks - it looked better in the flesh than the pictures</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeN7f_ZaMMbiA0HulfL7LeGNTARcPcFQAu32fxS4S8730-F6VFtNlY4Liy5mgcF7aRm8fbwkFxu5QFvJJZLF2XPGepAJ7mIgec8u51VK6PTD2vICNrOhX_3W4T54bBX9hErLEoRNaB0XUz4vWWkB5m9Rc-BWCYoiIxXCwCPwMJTn1TdOC9w4A5ukUY6c/s4032/Manouvre%20group.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeN7f_ZaMMbiA0HulfL7LeGNTARcPcFQAu32fxS4S8730-F6VFtNlY4Liy5mgcF7aRm8fbwkFxu5QFvJJZLF2XPGepAJ7mIgec8u51VK6PTD2vICNrOhX_3W4T54bBX9hErLEoRNaB0XUz4vWWkB5m9Rc-BWCYoiIxXCwCPwMJTn1TdOC9w4A5ukUY6c/s320/Manouvre%20group.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Mighty Empires ??? Ancients with what appeared to be 3d printed samples at side of table - no idea if the miniatures were 3d printed looked like Macedonians, Indians and Persian /Assyrians? It stood out due to the very simple terrain cloth and miniatures - again looked better in the flesh</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVoKTIWQmDC1GUb52D9_m3bWT4NdoJPRXn6OnSW__9RMgtQ90pIiNguErF1TbA8PbdW9eppgeiTGvGihugXoZxspkKEu_SVBidIstc9lC1OGLbGm5ZUSwR9RCKAVSpUu5rvcGh8Ilyc4d5OKe2GtA4cBIQkbVDBVRLwNpIJpxsAiDL6rWt8KNEiZH9qvo/s4032/Mighty%20Empires%203D%20printed%20ancients.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVoKTIWQmDC1GUb52D9_m3bWT4NdoJPRXn6OnSW__9RMgtQ90pIiNguErF1TbA8PbdW9eppgeiTGvGihugXoZxspkKEu_SVBidIstc9lC1OGLbGm5ZUSwR9RCKAVSpUu5rvcGh8Ilyc4d5OKe2GtA4cBIQkbVDBVRLwNpIJpxsAiDL6rWt8KNEiZH9qvo/s320/Mighty%20Empires%203D%20printed%20ancients.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Pegasus Bridge - demo game in disguise? At least it had a sign!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu3pxHY5icTdYOjkGV3Dkg7ETxV_1v6M4HrprdSDQgVD4X1tVQHzwGlaocgC7FklAP-ig1_-ow0h_8_X45qXJgYD7NcZtsg_o3462H35HUTj8iOcWycgyQ3nA-FSMNFd0y6iXjIlc0mgnAdTSN3ZfCKZY21UReNCSC0WDQKy5LagTFCrnC8Uzu03vTEY/s4032/Pegasus%20Bridge.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu3pxHY5icTdYOjkGV3Dkg7ETxV_1v6M4HrprdSDQgVD4X1tVQHzwGlaocgC7FklAP-ig1_-ow0h_8_X45qXJgYD7NcZtsg_o3462H35HUTj8iOcWycgyQ3nA-FSMNFd0y6iXjIlc0mgnAdTSN3ZfCKZY21UReNCSC0WDQKy5LagTFCrnC8Uzu03vTEY/s320/Pegasus%20Bridge.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A very intriguing Tin-Tin style game Blue Island Broken Unicorn's Treasure - the table had two sides with one divided into two, each with a little tableau - I assume they were linked as part of one adventure but as it was very busy it was difficult to ascertain more. I had to take a picture of the clever torpedo bomber (in SCW markings) and submarine with a glass shelf separating above and below surface- very ingenious! The hand belongs to a well know wargames magazine editor who was taking pictures. Just prior to this photo, the submarine had become detached and was lying on the seabed. As I got close to take a pic, the said editor turned to me and said "I've broken it!" It was suspended from the glass by ?magnets and in trying to turn it around for a better pic it seems to have fallen off.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rYqrBx-O0D8WMM-pjpG8fGMyuxaXanxapj-FW5CGTnpYLfpgLwZ61Rrmtj2nqgXfoMVn9xWPZjNdL9MsCmWQtNmb32UlmJhyRJOkWiUJ5ir4y3eBP9Q3byklfbjCY7fnQtbIZfw7UutggC59NBU3w1pEsyR9j9TVBuafgLoJAFdgbOTXHLvcQGNSpvI/s4032/Tin%20Tin%20Blue%20Island%20Broken%20Unicorn's%20treasure.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rYqrBx-O0D8WMM-pjpG8fGMyuxaXanxapj-FW5CGTnpYLfpgLwZ61Rrmtj2nqgXfoMVn9xWPZjNdL9MsCmWQtNmb32UlmJhyRJOkWiUJ5ir4y3eBP9Q3byklfbjCY7fnQtbIZfw7UutggC59NBU3w1pEsyR9j9TVBuafgLoJAFdgbOTXHLvcQGNSpvI/s320/Tin%20Tin%20Blue%20Island%20Broken%20Unicorn's%20treasure.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>What I took to be a Kelly's Heroes game turned out to be Aly's favourite - Toonkrieg WW2 - weird distorted cartoon tanks and people - it was the building drew me in...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemYqzxfIc0a7ipRL8RH1el1yg6txOLf1boS77rsTyeg7wBvb7d2q2S7Z2XLM9IiTccxXvxtAwuaCvkMoqqI7SAbphTVwVEXjKUa_C8BD7s5uY-NS5ElmsAiTJVxytrUGx0pBgkZ9LAOd8yb_X2HAs8X6qV9DEsD0UnU95CrFVDwrZyFkz2qwJi5SS6zY/s4032/Toonkrieg%20WW2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemYqzxfIc0a7ipRL8RH1el1yg6txOLf1boS77rsTyeg7wBvb7d2q2S7Z2XLM9IiTccxXvxtAwuaCvkMoqqI7SAbphTVwVEXjKUa_C8BD7s5uY-NS5ElmsAiTJVxytrUGx0pBgkZ9LAOd8yb_X2HAs8X6qV9DEsD0UnU95CrFVDwrZyFkz2qwJi5SS6zY/s320/Toonkrieg%20WW2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>What a Dinosaur! Cowboys and dinosaurs - a palaeontology anorak would have a field day I'm told pointing out the inaccuracies of wildlife - as if the concept isn't fantastic in itself. Me I was drawn by the train and then saw the flying reptiles - WTF! Nice train....</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWAZMN2Oh1YzVl8DetWq3b4yWTrP4KXuj_yCild-jPwTGNeVIu86MYZfLK28A256TxfnW9VHgsMm-D9Pdz0pY5KHAyyXVsP_GPsCj3p-hVPSfeqNZBvnojJ0GX_xs3cAu3eRsWxttkdMDS0qFAoSfUmD2qk88nY-9pWangmwPGhRTfKmoVqIchGSFuKc/s4032/What%20a%20Dinosaur1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWAZMN2Oh1YzVl8DetWq3b4yWTrP4KXuj_yCild-jPwTGNeVIu86MYZfLK28A256TxfnW9VHgsMm-D9Pdz0pY5KHAyyXVsP_GPsCj3p-hVPSfeqNZBvnojJ0GX_xs3cAu3eRsWxttkdMDS0qFAoSfUmD2qk88nY-9pWangmwPGhRTfKmoVqIchGSFuKc/s320/What%20a%20Dinosaur1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmWj0I-assWjnuYqUmkkT74IuJT6Ct4o_0EGPdhwiunIjnkMAg8MgR7JKFE6oUoALst7g-YZxT16XqcwPttnA0yvpSJRmjA8IHa9rkwaljrQVeqx9MDRXN86yGcYKPxP_XmxpGYtirgnV2HhVcDhdpvXIdtfB2z0XPEh4NPDm_7OKsJ23Y56ufpdMN5k/s4032/What%20a%20dinosaur2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmWj0I-assWjnuYqUmkkT74IuJT6Ct4o_0EGPdhwiunIjnkMAg8MgR7JKFE6oUoALst7g-YZxT16XqcwPttnA0yvpSJRmjA8IHa9rkwaljrQVeqx9MDRXN86yGcYKPxP_XmxpGYtirgnV2HhVcDhdpvXIdtfB2z0XPEh4NPDm_7OKsJ23Y56ufpdMN5k/s320/What%20a%20dinosaur2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Finally Wars of the Roses Test of Resolve one of at least two WotR games. Having bought the rules, I wish I'd had more time to at least speak to the person running the game as it was an idea to restart a very old WotR project. Some people pointed out the jarring mix of Kallistra hexes and green cloth - I think it was tilted to show a hill....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_5SS-tjFLwkOXeTGXWz7KY3oxpXarhWV65JVLiZCcAy7DtUNlGSpGVi_QGUceteRG9dsATbMe52YVOBBjxjekvCPLDIVuTTPr8lj2tfoUbcX-PQMV-HJd9LLgG8CVOHbvCB8lksta1FfXcckHdydRrLXevLYVYQCVlZzUTILrlLuVXiIZhe2sAnkHhk/s4032/WotR%20Test%20of%20Resolve.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_5SS-tjFLwkOXeTGXWz7KY3oxpXarhWV65JVLiZCcAy7DtUNlGSpGVi_QGUceteRG9dsATbMe52YVOBBjxjekvCPLDIVuTTPr8lj2tfoUbcX-PQMV-HJd9LLgG8CVOHbvCB8lksta1FfXcckHdydRrLXevLYVYQCVlZzUTILrlLuVXiIZhe2sAnkHhk/s320/WotR%20Test%20of%20Resolve.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There were many more games, but most were so busy or small it was impossible to get close.</p><p>Shopping doesn't even merit a photo! 4 pots of Coat d'armes paint (yellows and a green) to ensure I can finish or expand the SK armies (mostly painted in old GW paints) - one of my yellows finally expired and Banst in green are unfinished and also a nice Italian Red Earth / Terracotta tile colour. A couple of 25pdrs (Arab-Israeli), a magazine and some odd one-man tanks and a motorcycle rider from EWM for 20mm BCW.</p><p>Shaun was equally restrained while Graham picked up some bargains from the bring and buy tables - I only had a quick peruse as it was knee-deep in bargain hunters...</p><p>Apart from the social side, there was little attraction. Cost of entry and food / drink probably cancelled any postage savings and for others travel costs. It's nice to see stuff, but TBH the meeting friends is a better attraction.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-51328940435180901972024-02-19T08:22:00.001+00:002024-02-19T08:35:55.800+00:00The limitations of Artificial Intelligence <p>Sgt Steiner's Wargaming blog ( https://sgtsteiner.blogspot.com/) had an intriguing post where he has explored what AI thinks of his blog. His results were more encouraging than mine!</p><p>In answer to the question "what is the aufklarungsabteilung blog" it said:</p><p>"The Aufklarungsabteilung blog appears to be a platform that discusses various military topics, particularly related to the German military. The blog covers subjects such as the role of the Aufklärungs-Abteilung (reconnaissance battalion) in different historical contexts, including World War II. It also delves into hobbyist interests, such as creating and playing with miniature figurines and models related to military units like the Panzer scouts and reconnaissance battalions. The content seems to focus on historical research, military modeling, and related hobbies. related to the German military."</p><p>Err....not quite. I've never discussed AA in either WW2 or the Bundeswehr. I picked the name on the spur of the moment. My WW2 researches identified the AA as a particularly interesting and very German organisation, primarily recce but with enough teeth to fight if necessary.</p><p>The follow up question "what is the type of content of aufklarungsabteilung blog"? In response it answered:</p><p>"The Aufklarungsabteilung blog features content related to military history, particularly focusing on the role of the Aufklärungs-Abteilung (reconnaissance battalion) in various historical contexts. The blog covers topics such as the equipment, tactics, and experiences of reconnaissance battalions, including their role as the "eyes and ears" of military divisions. Additionally, the blog discusses hobbyist interests, such as creating and playing with miniature figurines and models related to military units like the Panzer scouts and reconnaissance battalions. "</p><div>Oh dear! It seems to be very focussed on "Aufklarungsabteilung" ; I'm worried that I"m beginning to sound like I'm fixated on WW2 Germans.....especially the footnotes. One takes me to my blog, the second Warlord on creating AA , the 3rd SS AA (oh dear!) and the last the DAK AA (better!)</div><div><br /></div><div>A look at posts shows by far the most frequent is Soldier King, followed by Arab- Israeli...</div><div>Nothing on AA or WW2 Germans......</div><div><br /></div><div>Perhaps I should have called it the Soldier King blog! ☺</div><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-52187276960256019462024-02-18T20:10:00.000+00:002024-02-18T20:10:49.001+00:00Minor gains...<p>Carrying on the "East (Midlands) Front" metaphor, the front has advanced a very short distance....</p><p>Carrying on with the Jordanians, the M47s received turret brackets from the wire found in telephone / Ethernet cables; very thin copper wire covered in plastic insulation. I used the same on the M48s having obtained some from an old internet cable.</p><p>The wire however didn't want to stay in place / stick! The M47 turret is an odd shape and the brackets are in pairs, but each side is different / asymmetric. My old superglue had gone thick which I thought might actually help; a couple of brackets kept pinging off. Even the normally reliable Revell Contacta Liquid Special was of no use. Perhaps I should have gone for quick dry epoxy. No matter, they were glued again with thick super glue and when set got some thinner super glue which seems to have worked. I will probably add some Green Stuff stowage.</p><p>Two models had lost the bow MGs; replacements were fashioned from wire with a little foil wrapped around. There's not a lot more to do with the M47s; turret MGs, jerrycans and some tarpaulins seem the extent of additions to Jordanian models.</p><p>As mentioned, I attempted to obtain some M52 SPH from Germany; Trident made a resin 1:87 version. Unfortunately, despite allowing me to add to the basket, they were unavailable. I found one in the USA, but postage was prohibitively expensive.</p><p>I have therefore accepted I will have to put up with my bodged version despite its faults. I added some stowage and will add further details.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-2055712604677436912024-02-12T14:26:00.001+00:002024-02-12T14:26:57.088+00:00All quiet on the East (Midlands) Front....<p>As the title says really.....the absence of blog posts is linked to a general lack of activity and if honest apathy.</p><p>Only managed to get back into doing things in the last couple of weekends, prior to that a few just slipped away. Even when actually doing something, it seems all too soon before it all has to be packed away before Monday and the desk becomes a workstation.</p><p>So, what have I managed to do? Well a spot of modelling and much distraction......</p><p>The modelling has involved the Jordanian army of 1967. Mostly infantry, they did field two armoured brigades, some independent tank battalions and possibly a mechanised brigade (the Royal Guard - did not see action - possibly Centurion battalion and one or two M113 mech inf).</p><p>The M-48s have had some remedial work; I was never happy with the jetisonable fuel tanks - these were altered to be level instead of sloping downwards. Some tiny details were added and this improved them no end. I then had a go at adding the MGs to the commander cupola. First attempt wasn't quite right, so after some googling for photos, a second attempt was made. Not 100% accurate, but better than attempt 1.</p><p>The M47s were glued together and a start was made to add details, beginning with the turret rails (from wire). Frustrating and accompanied by much swearing!</p><p>I also discovered the M113 I had put aside needed to be swapped; it seems those in Jordanian service removed the rubber track guards and the front shield - at least all the photos I could find showed this.</p><p>Finally, I added some bits to the scratch-bodged M52 SPH. While probably good enough, I was still not happy as the turret is wrong and too tall. Today I managed to find resin versions on United-Fun so have ordered a pair - fingers crossed!</p><p>What else? Well distractions.....</p><p>Already led astray by the nostalgia for the unfinished F&I War stuff, it led inexorably towards the SYW.....</p><p>Way back when, it had been a collaborative project. I really wanted to do Austrians, but ended up building French (to face my opponent's British) and Prussian (or pseudo-Prussian being built out of a generic musketeer and dragoon with dedicated Fusileer and Grenadier figs all lacking command and commercially unavailable). The Austrians had taken a back seat with only a few units completed.</p><p>Since then, I had acquired Russians and proper Prussians and even some Prussians to use as Saxons and wanted to restart the project. Existing units were built for WRG 1685-1845, 12-16 inf 8-12 cav. Debated VnB but as attractive as that sounded, it felt like a duplication of the Imagi-Nations project....</p><p>An impulsive purchase on eBay of some painted Hinchliffe Austrians has tipped the balance.....added to what I have, it will give the Austrian army a boost. The painter had done something close to my style but had left some bits undone (neck cloth and pom-pom). I therefore did a bit of researching to see which units they could become...</p><p>Flags and bases will need redoing, but with some touch-ups will be ready for action sooner than bare metal......</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNepBYLBWfyJ94bxyfUe5PxG3VLeJ9mzxzsCa3S27sGZbyfy_EFnpJ7uLQMVn_WsVxcunW2HVEXgHQ1snNweoRPXeh6TVBRE3LMk6IpVfmXz70p-sJkh-eqPW49KV1iVryZe29WJsK1DJOngJ55QLTmPjac7BrjV4x9TogyrQCLpuLqPwWiSypdSzrmCY/s1600/IMG_20240212_142422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNepBYLBWfyJ94bxyfUe5PxG3VLeJ9mzxzsCa3S27sGZbyfy_EFnpJ7uLQMVn_WsVxcunW2HVEXgHQ1snNweoRPXeh6TVBRE3LMk6IpVfmXz70p-sJkh-eqPW49KV1iVryZe29WJsK1DJOngJ55QLTmPjac7BrjV4x9TogyrQCLpuLqPwWiSypdSzrmCY/s320/IMG_20240212_142422.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-34752317988806089112024-01-21T15:36:00.003+00:002024-01-21T15:36:20.518+00:00So what's new?<p>Truth to be told, not a lot.</p><p>A week back at work while still recovering from being ill, left me with little energy or inclination to paint or model.</p><p>I've spent the weekend recuperating and messing about with various projects or projected projects to be more precise.....</p><p>Saturday saw me messing about with trains; before you ask dear reader, I have not embarked on a new or parallel hobby involving model railroads (once uncharitably described by some wargamers online as "the chuff-puff loony brigade" from someone who plays with toy soldiers ....). I know many wargamers combine the two (several on the VWC) and there are obvious crossovers....</p><p>So what was I doing? Two projects awaiting paint are RCW / Back of Beyond and Mexican Revolution, both in 15mm. Many were acquired several years ago. Both conflicts involved the use of trains, both armoured and as transports. I had picked up some IIRC either HO or N gauge flexi-track many years ago only to discover I should have got TT track or after some reading, HOm track to be precise. Obviously, no-one makes trains in "15mm" apart from Peter Pig and HOm is the track they suggest.</p><p>You can buy "collectable" trains of roughly the correct size to complement the limited offerings from Peter Pig , and these can be acquired cheap. Rolling stock is more problematic, but I'd picked up on spec a Roco modern train with old fashioned (to my eyes) carriages and some TT Triang goods wagons. Along with these, I had found a couple of flexi 3 foot HOm track and so I was seeing how well they worked...</p><p>What I need are longer goods wagons / box cars; I'm beginning to think these would be better scratch built or converted from HO......</p><p>I also spent several hours downloading a Battle Cry mini-campaign for Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily and Naples. I've seen this done in 54mm by a couple of bloggers. After looking at various ranges, I've decided I have enough SSM ACW and Napoleonic figures to do it in 30mm with crude plastic conversions, many just being simple paint jobs. I finished by hunting out various pictures online, many of which I'd had on a tablet but deleted when it ran out of memory.</p><p>Sunday was followed by hunting out some Megablitz OOBs for WW2 Western Desert that again had been deleted previously. While engaged in this, I had a chance discovery of a 1967 OOB for the IDF in Hebrew......</p><p>The download managed to scramble and delete parts of the layout. As I don't read Hebrew, this was no great loss but it had removed the Arabic numbers visible online. I recognised these as unit and artillery calibre numbers. So extracting these, I spent a couple of hours adding, checking and confirming information I already had which proved very useful.</p><p>Many years ago I collaborated with a couple of US gents to work out a definitive IDF OOB and as best as we could of the Arab armies. For the IDF, there's a Russian source which seems to derive from a common source as the Hebrew one, but they differ slightly or rather this recent discovery, adds to the gaps....</p><p>The IDF are notoriously secretive, even about 1967 formations and contemporary sources reflect this with some disguised formation IDs; added to which is the practice of referring to the formation by the commander's name (first or surname) or nickname, and the cross posting of units.....</p><p>Anyway, I have managed to get a much better handle on the artillery. For the Arabs, the Jordanians are the most complete, followed by the Egyptians with the Syrians being anonymous below brigade level, apart from a few battalions. ToEs are also uncertain for all the Arabs.</p><p>So, my weekend has been trains and research.......</p><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-61564233954847511882024-01-14T13:30:00.004+00:002024-01-14T13:30:19.253+00:00January update<p>Whatever cold / flu virus I picked up settled firmly on my chest last week resulting in much coughing, wheezing, sneezing and generally feeling unwell. There was little I could do physically that didn't result in a coughing fit and leaving me exhausted and washed out, usually falling asleep in the afternoon.</p><p>Taking the week off work, I attempted to distract myself with more painting. I wasn't very productive, finding after one or two colours I didn't have the energy to continue. Getting old is a pain!</p><p>Anyway, with the worst of my affliction behind me (still lingering unfortunately) I managed to finish off the painting on Saturday before a restorative tonic of the VWC.</p><p>So, continuing the Frankenstein creations of the Electorate of Banst, I present the Flying (horse) artillery.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHqUEsqGymoNu9AQuvqqDiqAPfZPmAohDwNosnYCBB7TimOyGW2gWepkayUdco46gEMCqbO1VhO50pXJoQq1QbxF2KR1H-2ypNcb45z91149owS1a6yjHRwU18QIXjZ9Gxb0NRSMEPXRuk85AfpGHZvLyUZGlly3u4wLuyguSblVozS4BOqHTr4upoTM/s4032/Flying%20Artillery.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHqUEsqGymoNu9AQuvqqDiqAPfZPmAohDwNosnYCBB7TimOyGW2gWepkayUdco46gEMCqbO1VhO50pXJoQq1QbxF2KR1H-2ypNcb45z91149owS1a6yjHRwU18QIXjZ9Gxb0NRSMEPXRuk85AfpGHZvLyUZGlly3u4wLuyguSblVozS4BOqHTr4upoTM/s320/Flying%20Artillery.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The limbers date back to my first acquisition of SSMs from the late Ronald Spencer Smith himself. They were originally created for the Austrian and Prussian forces of the SYW for WRG's 1685-1845 out of SSM limber wheels, balsa, wire, cocktail sticks and chopped about Napoleonic Lifeguard figures. They languished along with the SSMs in a tin then box after deciding to use "proper" metal figures. They were resurrected for Banst with chopping, headswaps and application of Greenstuff.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_4RXqvBk9FhVZEJsGgiz_IMD_zSngMCcOqus5GDsSwV11PMWNXhTmrVB87IQnygwjzRhyphenhyphen4HW2t6DjyNFR6K4AHHSlux35cUR2Xe6mTLE05SLmYED5sm5ry7uWgzZznHupkttBFgPNI2ZT8cXGe-O2kRGQd1gsz153laVxxbtgs8O-_pW0utW0lzNgzI/s4032/Limbers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_4RXqvBk9FhVZEJsGgiz_IMD_zSngMCcOqus5GDsSwV11PMWNXhTmrVB87IQnygwjzRhyphenhyphen4HW2t6DjyNFR6K4AHHSlux35cUR2Xe6mTLE05SLmYED5sm5ry7uWgzZznHupkttBFgPNI2ZT8cXGe-O2kRGQd1gsz153laVxxbtgs8O-_pW0utW0lzNgzI/s320/Limbers.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Guns and gunners; the artillery figures are all standard SSM AWI artillery with an ACW kepi head covered with Greenstuff plumes for a sort of Tarleton / French dragoon look. The ACW figures went for civilian militia / rebels with the artillerymens tricornes. The guns are the British Napoleonic carriage from someone's abortive conversion which I further chopped about and reduced in size. The guns barrels are plastic ship's cannons from source unknown which were used way back when for Austrian 3 pdr battalion guns.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ_pxO_3cTNZrGBn7Wnx7QvicaNed3-m31VUvlvNvHwiswIFcbxpp7b0uRoKOt0ihtAxUqaMNVjWV3dlZlpn4sYUPH-Z6w4zieZI7f-pyCqJ-WMsTHimpJa_4-YugLFUWJmoAO3bOdg_DIs7hdOVg-oqBiylGyD8mOd9BEjIrUHOL2FjuBgjjmF0MEPU/s4032/Guns%20and%20gunners%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQ_pxO_3cTNZrGBn7Wnx7QvicaNed3-m31VUvlvNvHwiswIFcbxpp7b0uRoKOt0ihtAxUqaMNVjWV3dlZlpn4sYUPH-Z6w4zieZI7f-pyCqJ-WMsTHimpJa_4-YugLFUWJmoAO3bOdg_DIs7hdOVg-oqBiylGyD8mOd9BEjIrUHOL2FjuBgjjmF0MEPU/s320/Guns%20and%20gunners%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJPJZbctIRaulpytMrvQCSN3eBv9guPGWZxrNVmumvChBHTgo5795raTM_NRzqgQKjUZpuVNVbxafZ9JLAyN7YxccAGusudoBhzY6SIWHzmyGI-JvPH2j1nZSYrSg6kB7LkMu3Gtkk9c2gEWkBlKQxKC_vj5QJnT4gdU32-Bx6Qvke3q9KAmSxGCqgI/s4032/Guns%20and%20gunners%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJPJZbctIRaulpytMrvQCSN3eBv9guPGWZxrNVmumvChBHTgo5795raTM_NRzqgQKjUZpuVNVbxafZ9JLAyN7YxccAGusudoBhzY6SIWHzmyGI-JvPH2j1nZSYrSg6kB7LkMu3Gtkk9c2gEWkBlKQxKC_vj5QJnT4gdU32-Bx6Qvke3q9KAmSxGCqgI/s320/Guns%20and%20gunners%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm slowly working my way through Banst, helped by a limited palette of colours, most straight from the pot.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-82014268069763435272024-01-07T11:09:00.000+00:002024-01-07T11:09:01.275+00:00New Year painting and fighting the lurgi!<p>Not the best of starts to 2024; before Xmas I had a chesty cough that kept coming and going. Number one son went out with his friends and came back with a stinking cold. Almost inevitably, I have come down with it as well. A Covid test showed negative, so I assume I have fallen victim to a combined cold and flu virus.</p><p>Cue coughing, sneezing, alternate runny or blocked up nose, disturbed sleep and generally feeling under the weather. Copious application of over the counter remedies has provided some relief. Amazingly, despite this I have managed to do some painting. I forced myself to have a go and found not only was I so zoned out I was able to concentrate and focus on the painting which distracted me from the cold/flu. I was careful not to push it too far; when I started making mistakes or felt tired I gave up for the day.</p><p>I tackled some more SSMs as they are undemanding to paint once you have done 100 or more, simple block colours on black undercoat. I bit the bullet and brought down the box for Banst.</p><p>Banst is one of the Electoral states, ruled by an Elector that doesn't seem to get on with anyone! His character is one of the few militarily excellent personalities, his cards coming out as "War, Dominant" which in this campaign is going to be close to military genius! I see the army as a potential mercenary force.</p><p>The army was originally going to be made up of "left over" figures; I had some Napoleonic SSM cuirassiers in helmet and some of the later Peter Johnstone 25mm plastic SSM additions - much smaller than the classic SSM. I also sort of fancied doing an army to reflect some of Marechal du Saxe's less wacky ideas; plentiful skirmishers, amussette light artillery and a neo-classical organisation based around Roman legions. His real life Volunteers du Saxe provided uniforms and lancers. By the time it came to recreate the army with these ideas, I had managed to accumulate enough SSMs that I could use the smaller figures for head conversions on standard SSM bodies so they matched the other armies.</p><p>So here's last week's painting. I have already painted two more infantry units. Unusually, instead of ploughing through all the line infantry, instead I varied it by painting the other main components of the first "Legion" of mixed infantry, cavalry and amussette. There will be two such formations and two batteries of "flying" (horse) artillery.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwimxTFBm00XgHKQgSpqWq5JXR5YP-X_UPBrrhSq7CuvqOqhMmxujIJnmmp6Qe8K6H4V9apK2ESnsNLT6H193RriQVLBp_MIu4043s7IuNm0qi8lJzxrWebM79aEVeXXG6xYZrS15_yoUHMUIRAzTs8pAA_fp3PeA0zplmELA-k_I66n1X8wljP7XGAZ0/s4032/Banst.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwimxTFBm00XgHKQgSpqWq5JXR5YP-X_UPBrrhSq7CuvqOqhMmxujIJnmmp6Qe8K6H4V9apK2ESnsNLT6H193RriQVLBp_MIu4043s7IuNm0qi8lJzxrWebM79aEVeXXG6xYZrS15_yoUHMUIRAzTs8pAA_fp3PeA0zplmELA-k_I66n1X8wljP7XGAZ0/s320/Banst.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Scratch-built amussette and mobile shield. The gunner is a converted frontiersman / cowboy from SSM with a head swap and carving.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFSQ8AWRRnLxn3TUr5HXj5iWfEBZIX2E3sk86BTpPqY4KgRynGLpwv4Md9YVk727zfxg8KyfU0WyiuTtGKqA6BF5s_Oph7yc1XfDOT4qI6nTXbNs869rC3mbpP3ik1c84Fga0WwyW4ulwLgQ3KR_wUeHxaPCTc8kyjwJj8Ts9kklGXaChqRYSDAalU4U/s4032/Amussette%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFSQ8AWRRnLxn3TUr5HXj5iWfEBZIX2E3sk86BTpPqY4KgRynGLpwv4Md9YVk727zfxg8KyfU0WyiuTtGKqA6BF5s_Oph7yc1XfDOT4qI6nTXbNs869rC3mbpP3ik1c84Fga0WwyW4ulwLgQ3KR_wUeHxaPCTc8kyjwJj8Ts9kklGXaChqRYSDAalU4U/s320/Amussette%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL1JdgeRtCuTqdWQ287vFmhdPkhxyfYC8kNnxFkiddN_whRi-2G_HQ0ZXsQl5ML5hje3olYKpvYjF2rPp9ox4SlhyZSKUn1zkBcScHNwzK5VrnfJnkfj4Rh0ahrmV0FWk0GK_-FvnHHnaLCRUumaJggXnqB6fSObBQSGnq_eGxVqBBPFpO8mLNfvtXAs/s4032/Amussette%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL1JdgeRtCuTqdWQ287vFmhdPkhxyfYC8kNnxFkiddN_whRi-2G_HQ0ZXsQl5ML5hje3olYKpvYjF2rPp9ox4SlhyZSKUn1zkBcScHNwzK5VrnfJnkfj4Rh0ahrmV0FWk0GK_-FvnHHnaLCRUumaJggXnqB6fSObBQSGnq_eGxVqBBPFpO8mLNfvtXAs/s320/Amussette%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Line infantry - two more "Cohorts" are painted - Princepes, Hastati and Triari.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbl1byGa_Yj6eWKnH9JuOeqDZzTBl5wckFo-YRTLoQFZTz1Zltd72pWupfT5CFOIkihSKKK2ZnkKUTVZZKKMwDasbfgn0NUavcPKi8GCHcPL9BTv7FxzDxyZmAvuJ0DhavJ_GM10M9xBUGIwxSt8euL8a-7ZV9fgbDP22e44mPB0m-Vvx_tp56MUlpPA/s4032/Infantry%20Cohort.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbl1byGa_Yj6eWKnH9JuOeqDZzTBl5wckFo-YRTLoQFZTz1Zltd72pWupfT5CFOIkihSKKK2ZnkKUTVZZKKMwDasbfgn0NUavcPKi8GCHcPL9BTv7FxzDxyZmAvuJ0DhavJ_GM10M9xBUGIwxSt8euL8a-7ZV9fgbDP22e44mPB0m-Vvx_tp56MUlpPA/s320/Infantry%20Cohort.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Skirmishers - Velites - converted Napoleonic SSM </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6NqdZWPGcNHbBaL-ELHAr7JKxy6SqTwb-VlVBwSnKifWn-oMW1I8QXpFLrQPsaQBayCVz7mTYac9IR0iIqtEJoqR3zCITrSq-njieHo7Udsh6vcfgrtvHgsfbL39N0RjuDoykXDIr0EPhd74R66rUkfcZ_HnTyBY-ghzePBlHjavz1pNgS_pfbZJlF8/s320/Dragoons.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Light cav Hussars and Lancers</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITY9k8RVCc0u71oWpppPB8Ebl7_hHuJ1Rw5TnqS8dGy_WpSy7KyyV1AggLaHdLEL76SAxRW4Nk6BGQk_uVjWXz38tPDs06PZ6WS9N1QONjagKpMTAoZye2tqPJRvDrAAAR_DbfVCTDrBUhR-Susn0XgsFX-SinC99_vgCFDnZAuo8sTdea_4lUXnAOuY/s4032/Hussars%20and%20Lancers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITY9k8RVCc0u71oWpppPB8Ebl7_hHuJ1Rw5TnqS8dGy_WpSy7KyyV1AggLaHdLEL76SAxRW4Nk6BGQk_uVjWXz38tPDs06PZ6WS9N1QONjagKpMTAoZye2tqPJRvDrAAAR_DbfVCTDrBUhR-Susn0XgsFX-SinC99_vgCFDnZAuo8sTdea_4lUXnAOuY/s320/Hussars%20and%20Lancers.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-73609018239002681622023-12-31T12:57:00.001+00:002023-12-31T12:57:16.732+00:002023 Retrospective<p>On the last day of 2023, time for some introspection.</p><p>The main reason I started this blog was to monitor progress; it's useful to be able to look back at what has been achieved or hasn't made it off the slipway (or even drawing board).</p><p>Soldier King project</p><p>Has felt like slow going this year. Did manage to finish the Electoral army, but failed to make progress with the remainder. Stumbling block has been mostly work and lethargy and apathy when off, but also hit a block with Banst. They got converted, primed and started - two units of infantry - then nothing. There were plans to crack on with them last week, but after taking the box down, I put it away again! </p><p>Started pulling together notes from various places into a gazeteer, so at least it's all in one place. This has however identified more characters that need personalities and made me wonder if another planned army needs expanding as it's likely to be the first flashpoint from the relationships I've diced for between states.</p><p>Also toyed with producing army standards for the main protagonists with Fimo standard bearers. Got as far as making up some Atlantic plastic horses.</p><p>One achievement (?) has been to corrupt my friend Eric into buying a copy of the game for his own Imagi-Nations campaign after seeing my armies. He has even started a blog:</p><p>https://brownspreadandyellowfruit.blogspot.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>Arab-Israeli project</p><p>This has slowly ground along in the background. Have worked on various vehicle conversions off and on throughout the year. It doesn't help that everytime I look at pictures of the real vehicles I notice some small details I've missed. Lifting hooks on Sherman turrets for goodness sake! I think it's just an avoidance mechanism to put off painting them....</p><p>There have been developments on the Arab side with the acquisition of 1:87 scale BTR-152s. I had planned to use Roskopf models, but these are closer to 1:100. I had told myself they were OK, but had not really believed it.....</p><p>I've also got more Gaz jeeps and trucks....</p><p>Other butterfly distractions</p><p>Got very distracted by restarting FIW, which led into digging out the old 25-30mm armies (including SYW) and inevitably buying yet more second hand figures; in fact it was the discovery of some Rafm Flint & Feather range figures that started this! Then found some RSM with enough to finish off the French and cover the British.....</p><p>Got as far as priming some British and Indians for Contrast paints.....</p><p>Keep getting distracted by old or planned projects; SCW (old), Flodden and Italian wars (new), WotR (old) and it doesn't help when other bloggers tempt you! </p><p>Martin Rapier has been producing 15mm WW2 Desert war stuff: (https://tgamesweplay.blogspot.com/search/label/Desert)</p><p>I have tons to paint in both this scale and 20mm (don't ask!)</p><p>And David in Suffolk played DBA ancients, which led to digging out some 15mm armies before sanity prevailed:</p><p>https://russetcoatcpt.blogspot.com/2023/12/dba-first-try-at-first-edition.html</p><p>I suspect I'm looking for some "quick wins" - stuff that can be painted quickly using Contrast paint and washes. The ECW experiments were not encouraging. Unfortunately, it means lots of cleaning up before further attempts.</p><p>I did go to two wargames shows this year and probably more significantly was persuaded by fellow SSM enthusiast Willz to join the Virtual Wargames Club (VWC). While I was initially hesitant, it has been hugely enjoyable to make new friends and finally "meet" old ones such as Eric (known many years on the Society of Daisy group) or other bloggers.</p><p>So, onwards to 2024 with the hope of achieving more by way of painting and perhaps, even gaming.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-45831224490029972742023-12-10T13:30:00.006+00:002023-12-10T22:38:57.617+00:00Soldier King parade - Electoral Army<p>A fellow wargamer who I have managed to inspire (infect?) with the Soldier King bug, recently asked after acquiring a copy of the GDW boardgame, "where's all the background information?"</p><p>I had to point him to the back box cover of the game as being the total sum of background.....the rest of the information from my take on the game as a campaign comes from my imagination.....with a little help from historical uniforms and forces.</p><p>The following is the last of the painted armies so far completed (there are four more to do and some bits and bobs). This army is formed from the various neutral states in the game, in this case those with an Electoral city that form part of the Estavian Empire. There is an additional "Electoral" state but the ruler's character and diplomatic outlook, means he is hostile to just about everyone! He will go his own way.</p><p>I saw these states as akin to the minor German princelings of the C18th who were part of the HRA and who could be called upon to form the Reichsarmee. With echoes of "Charge" I decided this would in my Imagi-Nations become the Electoral Army.</p><p>In order of painting I present:</p><p>The army of the Archduchy of Naervaron</p><p>Ulrich Fischreiher Archduke of Naervaron</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMsTQP_VaqqHgAyV1ctdJxlPJEdN-mHY-FjZNcst0dkTwCAjQack7x1uqoSpmicSN2nDhzG2H0dfvVEjsx9WDWZuWPzhaNzDE7L7Rrr7SlAy5mjcp4jTy8ix041WUxvQxRPIqI0YS4fmXuuz7GOprUCF2Ralm-we-jdrUPuVkE4umdQfxaI_0bQZAC74/s4032/1%20Archduke%20Naervaron.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMsTQP_VaqqHgAyV1ctdJxlPJEdN-mHY-FjZNcst0dkTwCAjQack7x1uqoSpmicSN2nDhzG2H0dfvVEjsx9WDWZuWPzhaNzDE7L7Rrr7SlAy5mjcp4jTy8ix041WUxvQxRPIqI0YS4fmXuuz7GOprUCF2Ralm-we-jdrUPuVkE4umdQfxaI_0bQZAC74/s320/1%20Archduke%20Naervaron.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Christian Fischreiher Erbprinz of Naervaron</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTPM3o5Slk9BYXVXzweq6ekq8GsNOd7u_hAJV1QrAZDlbjd2cCZY4CgN8dMYG6IhWvGqmrXipjjehIxo02HtmkuXh5WEDiRd_IMz3LNRQzjWJBT88QDNmqqunQ9CKvc65u3vk29tmXeV2GljfgNrm7kuirUHpYWuA713XLOx0Tw3GqdLESqU3vTd6eBE/s4032/2%20Prince%20of%20Naervaron.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTPM3o5Slk9BYXVXzweq6ekq8GsNOd7u_hAJV1QrAZDlbjd2cCZY4CgN8dMYG6IhWvGqmrXipjjehIxo02HtmkuXh5WEDiRd_IMz3LNRQzjWJBT88QDNmqqunQ9CKvc65u3vk29tmXeV2GljfgNrm7kuirUHpYWuA713XLOx0Tw3GqdLESqU3vTd6eBE/s320/2%20Prince%20of%20Naervaron.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Corps commander Hans Leonhard Grau Graf von Honnef</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVN43rY32DCOujGhm-fb8APpxQaquHmhiG95x5tchZEoxMUo8eqr8QYwetR-1xWKDCHFEvoDx-DaZoydksbvk8b0gleII2WHX-alL41EsZWD-T-bqwPp9ZngwTS0AeXJehOWa4ndfMupBqvU-CE0v50gTM7RjAJiX89EzEA1fKYs6FuemACL5SM_Ms5M/s4032/3%20Von%20Honnef.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVN43rY32DCOujGhm-fb8APpxQaquHmhiG95x5tchZEoxMUo8eqr8QYwetR-1xWKDCHFEvoDx-DaZoydksbvk8b0gleII2WHX-alL41EsZWD-T-bqwPp9ZngwTS0AeXJehOWa4ndfMupBqvU-CE0v50gTM7RjAJiX89EzEA1fKYs6FuemACL5SM_Ms5M/s320/3%20Von%20Honnef.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Divisional commander Von Neusatz (Klaus Fels) with Naervaron Dragoons and Hussars</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLunr2W0_L1ub1wRXM89OfXFBFO01ayZmmd2f6Jo-BSptTyZH9qmueNkT5AaqWEAB0HLAoRaFeEoeLIgsl4F8hdLd9l5sbVvSWekIjkZ7cZt0WIzanaXh8xwRRY-AaFMrVq22YtN4wcvYSNI1QgTR6MHjGzDv1-z0rfUKLSleftwcY5EaeLKc5LWcs2FY/s4032/4%20Naervaron%20Dragoons%20and%20Hussars.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLunr2W0_L1ub1wRXM89OfXFBFO01ayZmmd2f6Jo-BSptTyZH9qmueNkT5AaqWEAB0HLAoRaFeEoeLIgsl4F8hdLd9l5sbVvSWekIjkZ7cZt0WIzanaXh8xwRRY-AaFMrVq22YtN4wcvYSNI1QgTR6MHjGzDv1-z0rfUKLSleftwcY5EaeLKc5LWcs2FY/s320/4%20Naervaron%20Dragoons%20and%20Hussars.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The infantry L to R: Erbprinz Lebgarde Grenadiers, "Schwartz", "Weiss" and "Rot" regiments</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEERAfDR6lZ5nSCwgwsrzf44PzdaJ2aSmxKaLxA41tmBsI-vPrK-BX8SjT2hyphenhyphen9NcwfSj6OKLO5_SraI3ExpNrFn-8HAw6WgVxAiUL1ZvQELpzGuPN6u1hjg7oB2opQaQ9pS6wbwLXbTWh1wVkBTebUQnAq1tOZ5t2VLqa6SUYEDh6jC_d-WSX_eZZsPBM/s320/6%20Naervaron%20artillery.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Naervaron army</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObDe1ibGYALDKlvqzjbvFB5Ai-aerw-Pg5rMIuqOYjyaUAbPJ0bmT2TSJgHD35zv6vqbuz6nwzzb3RCPRMx_X2PE6wBGgoQIUtc9c1fvk1J7cMRAXRKRYyYUvRQ6kXJi5Z2y_sYM-8S5nUEsDy2pV4sTJ5uIqoVp8pj1MRPcPAAvitbdUDpxrqLzVop4/s4032/7%20Naervaron%20army.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObDe1ibGYALDKlvqzjbvFB5Ai-aerw-Pg5rMIuqOYjyaUAbPJ0bmT2TSJgHD35zv6vqbuz6nwzzb3RCPRMx_X2PE6wBGgoQIUtc9c1fvk1J7cMRAXRKRYyYUvRQ6kXJi5Z2y_sYM-8S5nUEsDy2pV4sTJ5uIqoVp8pj1MRPcPAAvitbdUDpxrqLzVop4/s320/7%20Naervaron%20army.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The army of the Margravate of Cotlas</p><p>Reinhard Wulf Markgraf von Cotlas</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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observers have noted the horse seems to know which way he should be going......completely unintended but so appropriate!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FCWpWNTmcgNbz33UxRMHZUwmCfM_C_wIyRVPd13uhm8M7qEd89tEqGdJ7bmxpxfEQmQ2-rnEqkzVljMZpdRPGNL1ALYXfiFix0uYKFtPDa3x9h1DBdEmeFlRcmylReU5YESwW2v6ezaGuUDh6gp1GW5keTLX1fCsc4IJ4joCXKrb5bhzM2ej_tZtIkE/s4032/20%20Prince%20Bishop%20of%20Cleve.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FCWpWNTmcgNbz33UxRMHZUwmCfM_C_wIyRVPd13uhm8M7qEd89tEqGdJ7bmxpxfEQmQ2-rnEqkzVljMZpdRPGNL1ALYXfiFix0uYKFtPDa3x9h1DBdEmeFlRcmylReU5YESwW2v6ezaGuUDh6gp1GW5keTLX1fCsc4IJ4joCXKrb5bhzM2ej_tZtIkE/s320/20%20Prince%20Bishop%20of%20Cleve.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>His brother Kaspar Greisenkrahe Prince of Cleve</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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However, I did try to tie them together through the use of blue while maintaining their own character and personality. The army as a whole is weaker in cavalry, artillery and light troops compared to the armies of the Soldier Kings. Like the real life Reichsarmee, the shortfalls will have to be made up from Imperial (Estavian as oppose to Austrian) troops.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-8374621822132143662023-12-03T14:48:00.001+00:002023-12-03T14:48:20.955+00:00Soldier King parade -Hrvatska<p> In my enthusiasm for cataloguing the Soldier King armies using photos from the iPhone (so better quality /detail) I omitted the first experimental photos I took which were of Hrvatska. In a slightly different format, I present the second painted army of the kingdom of Hrvatska.</p><p>Of course Frank Chadwick used the Croatians name for themselves; it's monarch is given as "Zog" who of course was king of Albania....I can only assume FC ran out of ideas!</p><p>The first thing was to decide this was a nickname; secondly the red and heraldry of a white (Polish style) eagle on red made me think of Saxony - Poland. Throw in Hannover and the Hanseatic cities for uniform inspiration and add in the experience of playing the game (Hrvatska usually raised lots of LC due to remote geography in order to capture cities). I didn't want a British clone or for it to be too Polish.</p><p>King Zigurd Otto Gottlieb ("ZOG")</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNC0nmjaW-m7Udqr7Nx5SIiYDJ2VjJhQ3x145gFI0jm8asK-3Jfoe88E0cHnfstptKM45Fu-UdZTuc0XJ3Vivu0kMn7LyEOn6-zGqQfNz8N0LxtyDcVtWYFDoSiNAAbisQhXIuo_2tOXifW3cgW84c8STOUXODaLqq9GFDpKzClDa23m-FGJVb8jCHe_Q/s3260/photo6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="3260" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNC0nmjaW-m7Udqr7Nx5SIiYDJ2VjJhQ3x145gFI0jm8asK-3Jfoe88E0cHnfstptKM45Fu-UdZTuc0XJ3Vivu0kMn7LyEOn6-zGqQfNz8N0LxtyDcVtWYFDoSiNAAbisQhXIuo_2tOXifW3cgW84c8STOUXODaLqq9GFDpKzClDa23m-FGJVb8jCHe_Q/s320/photo6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>His brother and next in line Prinz George Wolfgang Herman</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlWee3qk8NbGpMNb1Q0GM0bDiPMYlTTc4Lw5mA46Z7NL_dY8AZAuP3UK5z5x3FmrlTSsP-5ioJO7S4yVZfV8pFJz0cYJG2J6fRxcMBcpacD4YNkzZZeyoQjEEaLT_7EgGhr9jsbW5p-NDQxBBOq1dBYboaQDGmizM3cr-FEhjEtB-9bJJqr8Bji2VAEs/s3260/Photo7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="3260" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlWee3qk8NbGpMNb1Q0GM0bDiPMYlTTc4Lw5mA46Z7NL_dY8AZAuP3UK5z5x3FmrlTSsP-5ioJO7S4yVZfV8pFJz0cYJG2J6fRxcMBcpacD4YNkzZZeyoQjEEaLT_7EgGhr9jsbW5p-NDQxBBOq1dBYboaQDGmizM3cr-FEhjEtB-9bJJqr8Bji2VAEs/s320/Photo7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>When dicing for characters we have a monarch with enemies in high places and a jealous brother and it seems a scheming former princess regent.....</p><p>Army commanders L to R: King's Steward Franz Armin Lappentaurig, Gregor Ziegelrot Grossherzog von Vranogranz, Johann Sebastien Knall Grossherzog von Taufers</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="3260" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPO4k2JLGJJS0fcnKX9k7H8zmaCLF8o7Avm9e_FRXqNHW5-iiunERcscUbNBN6KDnuEcKoEa3oTrNrTXT-PWotDuO-BlOqqXs-R8C1_ITWXTbFsx8PHNNdvbX8NDwDGcf5S7GANEqNAx6vdQVEMTBOFgdQ7eYC4R6dsnnoYcInmjyCqjy1D-CYjbXNMM/s320/Photo10.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-23823702632000735952023-11-26T12:28:00.003+00:002023-11-26T12:28:37.124+00:00Soldier King parade- Estavian Empire<p>The cataloguing of the painted Soldier King armies continues with the first non-game army. In the GDW game, the 12 provinces in the centre of the map are neutral, representing the "Estavian Empire" who's emperor has died without issue and are the target of the four SK players who need to seize electoral cities to be elected emperor.</p><p>From playing the game and from participating in a "Sport of Kings" campaign (SYW), neutral provinces are conquered too easily and it becomes more of a "Monopoly" or "Risk" style game. I thus decided after some thought to expand the armies to include those of the neutral states from the game. Martin SC and I differed on how to allocate these and there is considerable latitude for how you want to arrange the states.</p><p>I decided that the provinces of "the Hereditary Lands", "Midlands" and "Bravancian March" would become the rump of the Imperial state of Estavia, ruler of the "Crimson Throne" comprising the other electoral and non-electoral states. These were all one province states apart from upper and lower Waldow which combined into the Grand Duchy of Waldow. Further development has resulted in the Hereditary Lands and Midlands being the main combined state with a border province or "March" (Mark in German) and led to the "Zweikreiss" or "Doppelkreis" Reich depending on your viewpoint....</p><p>Kaiser Augustus Emperor of the Crimson Throne</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQBXPlLCHj2BOL3qXabZFGCuAzMvCXSZ6fHXZMbsTLEpT_pflzmtedMdGlHQJO5nKnjipBw9JBYfhFeImSmaLYAIXeHhyphenhyphen1OUKCIkfI7xFMO3KbogQaoCY3JSuG6mRPN72g0qYvtWkZrufjtJZYpIuti2niZNdKSS5q08LlGGKbbd4BTFTzHoLHf2HtDA/s4032/2%20Emperor%20Augustus.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQBXPlLCHj2BOL3qXabZFGCuAzMvCXSZ6fHXZMbsTLEpT_pflzmtedMdGlHQJO5nKnjipBw9JBYfhFeImSmaLYAIXeHhyphenhyphen1OUKCIkfI7xFMO3KbogQaoCY3JSuG6mRPN72g0qYvtWkZrufjtJZYpIuti2niZNdKSS5q08LlGGKbbd4BTFTzHoLHf2HtDA/s320/2%20Emperor%20Augustus.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Heir presumptive Prinz Charles Xavier mounted on his horse Ajax with his dog Achilles</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The heraldry from the game is a black lion rampant on gold/yellow. Very early sketches determined how this army would look, influenced by Neil Cogswell's Wurtemburg army clothed in yellow (as per 1752 uniforms), Prussia and the Dutch.</p><p>The Army a bird's eye view</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMAosJ3WwjQsefMQWex-ie7Pde5lE_gz-W84S1kW7TFPfdnKRUgQIyD9OZY3Mh6Yh2AtZyCzWlh1ap59T5l6WIC3usfqduqh_bS-Vq1_Zxb_WZ1bJz28R5Mq6KVjKa-LPwoJ9bAr48G7pGALAlsuJNurGgwLec449oD2M6gtHpbAhDsYcKkcTpUUt4-c/s4032/1%20Army.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMAosJ3WwjQsefMQWex-ie7Pde5lE_gz-W84S1kW7TFPfdnKRUgQIyD9OZY3Mh6Yh2AtZyCzWlh1ap59T5l6WIC3usfqduqh_bS-Vq1_Zxb_WZ1bJz28R5Mq6KVjKa-LPwoJ9bAr48G7pGALAlsuJNurGgwLec449oD2M6gtHpbAhDsYcKkcTpUUt4-c/s320/1%20Army.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>King Ronalf</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABYg7HuzrNkSpRLWLn6QhA6tDS-AiKVMmn65CWrZs51mAXEReeNsbXHOirlQ-xuk7LA_pg2h1COvLLF8y37FOcPiOaYTR6zAIlXkKmqWyS_qKuOlm-4QxuE-pj0VOLeKbrwcQdXkyeC4llZK1l0SYSu8KjUR5OeY53eyAXgtiIL15-VyH4HWbjzjLc5E/s320/16%20Artillery.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I must confess a certain favouritism or bias here; in a long forgotten playthrough of the game, I had Arcadia. I designed them with massed guard heavy cavalry and veteran infantry and recall a "battle" in which the guard cavalry made a charge across a river and with outrageous good dice luck smashed the opposing army (identity long forgotten).</p><p>The uniform designs came easy from very early on; who could resist painting a whole army in yellow? What could be more Imagi-Nation?</p><p>Added to which I managed to replicate in Fimo a personality figure modelled on a picture in "The Wargame" of what was labelled as "Graf von Grunt" but which we now know to have been no less than General Trinksblut und Eisenessen.......my "Grotesque" is the Graf von Grunstadt.....no less fond of a tipple than von Grunt.</p><p>Should I ever get a campaign going, I shall have to allow the dice to fall where they may, but will always have something of a soft spot for the Arcadians.....</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-26837062802176386622023-11-12T14:02:00.009+00:002023-11-12T14:09:32.560+00:00Soldier King parade - Argozia<p>Following the success of the Bravance Parade, I have been working my way through the armies photographing them on an i-Phone which gives much better pictures.</p><p>They were well received on the VWC so I shall start cataloguing the armies on the Blog. While WIP pictures have been posted previously, the quality an clarity were limited.</p><p>I present the Kingdom of Argozia; this army caused me the most difficulties in designing uniforms as I wanted to avoid too "Russian" a look to them. The flags came easily and early on but tying it altogether took much longer.</p><p>The Army arrayed a bird's eye view.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZD_aom46xjg_NomFDN7hFLwdtgNWfiwlfLirZyUezPx0Yd2GBh75wPdGckDcKmiWbaKDEU29PLW8iP8QVGHRs-mIGfgLwIM-oPC2nFAvwPnYppEm7TrxpmsZk2EkTmL3k3vaF5UX6lcsd86UxXoDJjtIhHdx2ZKGJUXVGKFtMV75tTpKEeU5O-7Y6EK4/s4032/1%20Army.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZD_aom46xjg_NomFDN7hFLwdtgNWfiwlfLirZyUezPx0Yd2GBh75wPdGckDcKmiWbaKDEU29PLW8iP8QVGHRs-mIGfgLwIM-oPC2nFAvwPnYppEm7TrxpmsZk2EkTmL3k3vaF5UX6lcsd86UxXoDJjtIhHdx2ZKGJUXVGKFtMV75tTpKEeU5O-7Y6EK4/s320/1%20Army.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>King Ludwig II</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9O-SQLyGCbT9GEqjISgttVqTEjk8ByIKquQDA6iSt6ywAZ4fgiXiffFoqQgnqgbA0r1gi4EaQ9SXFrdCY1xxFiBIPEbGzTTV5uuAAbovYo1_u5k3iVxv00YNQQsgKDv-m39MaKEGq67GXbcHoRVajK_iRZvYCCgINkd67ev36ARA38qvHLuzJsr7P9E/s4032/2%20King%20Ludwig.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlSpSNrKvo3rI_6i4HBnzpH3XIV3UAyoGoNFhhbA2JSeVcIaLIrKfz3SQkZh0x2H5zhpyzJJWuc7CZ3C7_H4LtaeS0ohkBvmdd4pWRtLFCJNVCAowj1bvALBfoXHta5mTFRdk4_86y3sQvqGQIFgsFf3CEdpCad4v9O7igrnVy9f2VDUL8cUJVOUsw3M/s320/17Artillery.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As before standard plastic Spenser Smith figures from C18th range with lights converted from Napoleonics and ACW. All personalities are my own Fimo /Sculpey one-off creations mounted on various plastic horses (which I have come to name "Grotesques")</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-62286915934986463472023-11-05T15:04:00.000+00:002023-11-05T15:04:13.684+00:00Radio silence<p>Well we seem to have slipped into November without a post.</p><p>Nothing serious, just nothing to report. Work has left me exhausted at the weekend and last weekend was fighting off some lurgy / man-flu that just left me drained. No energy to even comment on others blogs.</p><p>I did a little bit of modelling last weekend and today photographed two of the other SK armies, Argozia and Arcadia. Unfortunately it involves taking the photos on an iPhone, uploading to iCloud (remembering how to do this) then logging into iCloud on my PC to download onto an external hard drive.</p><p>Couldn't face logging onto the blog on the laptop to upload. I'll save that for some other posts.</p><p>I've been thinking about other projects I'd like to get working on, such as the long delayed WW2 Western Desert, Italian Wars and many others, including the F&I War I got sidetracked into. I'm trying to stay focused on finishing the SK and AIW projects as in all honesty they don't need that much work to get finished.</p><p>I will have to make use of some long weekends and Christmas holidays to make some real progress.</p><p>To finish and just to prove to myself I did do something (!) a photo showing details added to Tomat SPGs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkY7px0ZUH_Ylv2YcV7MjDbH3TtoOejNdeH3huhNkQ3zINr6-wSLdZraH6ry8878FaXW_6c1DLZftjKO9_sIIkZ9uERnx_kS5tMZyViuRe6_67Ali6sn4FC5DGzgj039EYpS5ENDzuSNaT5MzOclDmd9yYsKqtT3Ns8VDtViVcdxLAgHOT3-862R29rU/s1600/IMG_20231105_150145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkY7px0ZUH_Ylv2YcV7MjDbH3TtoOejNdeH3huhNkQ3zINr6-wSLdZraH6ry8878FaXW_6c1DLZftjKO9_sIIkZ9uERnx_kS5tMZyViuRe6_67Ali6sn4FC5DGzgj039EYpS5ENDzuSNaT5MzOclDmd9yYsKqtT3Ns8VDtViVcdxLAgHOT3-862R29rU/s320/IMG_20231105_150145.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-50108334827825954012023-10-15T14:58:00.001+00:002023-10-15T14:58:12.203+00:00Time for a parade - Bravance<p> By way of an experiment, I'm playing around with updating the blog via PC rather than tablet.</p><p>Partly this is so I can use the camera on a phone which gives much higher quality images. I was conscious that Bravance as the first of the SK armies I painted and finished had rather indifferent photos. As the pioneer I'm seeing if I can upload the better quality photos on to the blog and give a long overdue parade to Bravance....</p><p>First King Leonardo</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IEDF0EbkxcvowxDps6LVH9iN5iDwnN_pWfni5ZL3YWI7uOEChisZ5a020vLYW2YTxj93ganG8Bjviuvi5wv0aEqXHIpbQm9uE0Jji2EfWWTJFx3wFtI2xYeDPN52zKH9UZuIPf2LCggyRj0mfNDalaw3IbXYJGO-CoZl3W84e7km5V91OgVzDBhTa6A/s4032/King%20Leonardo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IEDF0EbkxcvowxDps6LVH9iN5iDwnN_pWfni5ZL3YWI7uOEChisZ5a020vLYW2YTxj93ganG8Bjviuvi5wv0aEqXHIpbQm9uE0Jji2EfWWTJFx3wFtI2xYeDPN52zKH9UZuIPf2LCggyRj0mfNDalaw3IbXYJGO-CoZl3W84e7km5V91OgVzDBhTa6A/s320/King%20Leonardo.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Son and heir, Prinz Louis</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmN74XEMz29mj4JhaaBE8XwLDnnrt6LDsFA41druNRhx9BgP9Qb-457T02vO3eGlKOadx9gddkcW3wlEX56xLMfpebUoIpKotE03H2coXmU9Kd7toXbVGvzl0heVTk0_HCDTjzfp_dYCme4jjGsrxX2spkNhIKpyL0qmP8IaXL6T_faM_LNPRO9Fgbyc/s320/Bravancian%20Freikorps%20Infantry.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-70569468237997247322023-10-08T16:38:00.005+00:002023-10-08T17:28:23.422+00:00T'Other Partizan 2023<p>Just back from my second show of the year, the Other Partizan.</p><p>It was very busy but had tailed off by the time I'd had enough around 2.30. Failed to meet up with anyone from the virtual wargames club or David from Sussex (I did ask someone who looked very like him from his pictures but his response was "oh no absolutely not..." as he rushed away from Col Bills and the strange man who had accosted him, so apologies to David and the man who looks very like him.......☺)</p><p>I did speak to Chris Kemp of NQM fame (https://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/ and Martin Rapier (https://tgamesweplay.blogspot.com/) and had a brief chat with Ken the Yarkshire gamer who helpfully was wearing a shirt identifying himself (http://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/). I also said "hello" to Aly Morrison (https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/) who said I should when I indicated in comments I had failed to do so at Britcon. Aly and I were following each other taking pictures of games and at one stage a game had Aly, me and Henry Hyde all trying to get a photo.</p><p>So (unusually for me) here are the photos I took before juggling tablet and iPhone (don't ask it's a long story) became too much and I gave up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JZHe7fTwbhNzbOmXKf93i8ui38QDQsWgUKEBfUjcJdBoN8_O5Mx8xAUuoV7MAQQz_rTbBFhfJPwJ68Zgu3JCegQzLo3zjsqOWJY1QDoquqLwjnAVBDn-Bc32jwPadLkwSklE4CmDxtF1tgSN338fHxWCl3livZwX6n87LIuv5ROZVZK4fvpedIMRjI0/s1600/IMG_20231008_131250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JZHe7fTwbhNzbOmXKf93i8ui38QDQsWgUKEBfUjcJdBoN8_O5Mx8xAUuoV7MAQQz_rTbBFhfJPwJ68Zgu3JCegQzLo3zjsqOWJY1QDoquqLwjnAVBDn-Bc32jwPadLkwSklE4CmDxtF1tgSN338fHxWCl3livZwX6n87LIuv5ROZVZK4fvpedIMRjI0/s320/IMG_20231008_131250.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>I think this was the Iron Brigade Dragon Rampant Winter is here</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTMdJeXOnLzRjXspri4W4fmsP9FATpb2gwYEaunfGk4aWOrNcJtcCE_LhE1OuCCSTs910CoE3iCfYDaLtQ9rSzXaTRbsdnIj2VBZYb7eWMzG76l6dRWdu4VDoY3tAtoS5iWOAh4ZNJZ8xeuJUahOMG_2F81rB7idnMFUJDHSNN8heCiqvxvS1BasElQ0/s1600/IMG_20231008_131411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTMdJeXOnLzRjXspri4W4fmsP9FATpb2gwYEaunfGk4aWOrNcJtcCE_LhE1OuCCSTs910CoE3iCfYDaLtQ9rSzXaTRbsdnIj2VBZYb7eWMzG76l6dRWdu4VDoY3tAtoS5iWOAh4ZNJZ8xeuJUahOMG_2F81rB7idnMFUJDHSNN8heCiqvxvS1BasElQ0/s320/IMG_20231008_131411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Boondock Sayntes Laslot 1785 Mughal India and de Boigne</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-y1ZY1tqGewi_XNnKQ3tiiTVfh6XKqVv7_xSQHF-SkfRbcNbyKx0X3MKS0G4slLIoESRSkkZ1GptG2QaGruVE08B9PQ1HE5vU4UFMR6R6VVHJu4TwwK8ISXavx9BERum8zo9N1HxCe2Kh3rWHUfJMgrMXhfrY4pDStQadTH7CnxFA8eRaGbGFzF8lBPY/s1600/IMG_20231008_131627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-y1ZY1tqGewi_XNnKQ3tiiTVfh6XKqVv7_xSQHF-SkfRbcNbyKx0X3MKS0G4slLIoESRSkkZ1GptG2QaGruVE08B9PQ1HE5vU4UFMR6R6VVHJu4TwwK8ISXavx9BERum8zo9N1HxCe2Kh3rWHUfJMgrMXhfrY4pDStQadTH7CnxFA8eRaGbGFzF8lBPY/s320/IMG_20231008_131627.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Old Pikey's Operation Resolve 20mm Cold War</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaa1vHkqkQdlxVfgJWMlwUqJR0qhPqbW7JISm30zhkml9FZTqJUdm1gBRkA410UwL_Doo9He0ibEijwl_g7p838yKF3d8MoT-AiWsuYtiCzjywDagAbq7w-EOSdRXLkotdaZlOPYL7uQOLOTMNPTFxqsBilKaojMvW2l167x11O-FWkDC_7aqQIIrYlHE/s1600/IMG_20231008_132141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaa1vHkqkQdlxVfgJWMlwUqJR0qhPqbW7JISm30zhkml9FZTqJUdm1gBRkA410UwL_Doo9He0ibEijwl_g7p838yKF3d8MoT-AiWsuYtiCzjywDagAbq7w-EOSdRXLkotdaZlOPYL7uQOLOTMNPTFxqsBilKaojMvW2l167x11O-FWkDC_7aqQIIrYlHE/s320/IMG_20231008_132141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">League of Extraordinary Kriegspielers ? Setting the East ablaze Back of Beyond</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2c6IAUSEGCqNSHbPOEBd71TsCZBhHhUmQZcavdods5WcGRSMzwVBa5foAVpJ5gWnfDz__XRalPinxLPMNNzaAruT8aIxBqjdUvxDJZLJiHgn_qpWLbZvPPXKHqYtv_V-JB-jK_uMjzwlMU5qkD628hmJ21HJjhudKKjk0Q-ijkTIXFiMpcf650tOodIg/s1600/IMG_20231008_132255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2c6IAUSEGCqNSHbPOEBd71TsCZBhHhUmQZcavdods5WcGRSMzwVBa5foAVpJ5gWnfDz__XRalPinxLPMNNzaAruT8aIxBqjdUvxDJZLJiHgn_qpWLbZvPPXKHqYtv_V-JB-jK_uMjzwlMU5qkD628hmJ21HJjhudKKjk0Q-ijkTIXFiMpcf650tOodIg/s320/IMG_20231008_132255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Bunker? Retreat to Allepo? WW1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL4Tnj8xYH5vkHk9oymWCXrTboNy0Srf_M9HWQZB70-4BwS863bfzy5CW_JSot2FezgSqiN_3KiYQKG8fW9m128vsOKdjkGs1vNDCH2u26EX73p_930Y2hOVWtnM0Q4trFUEauE2tNvzal9HYpZ-57zE9zJtk1zIih_A2kFU2WZKYc2htLZ9OFFT67bs/s1600/IMG_20231008_132452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL4Tnj8xYH5vkHk9oymWCXrTboNy0Srf_M9HWQZB70-4BwS863bfzy5CW_JSot2FezgSqiN_3KiYQKG8fW9m128vsOKdjkGs1vNDCH2u26EX73p_930Y2hOVWtnM0Q4trFUEauE2tNvzal9HYpZ-57zE9zJtk1zIih_A2kFU2WZKYc2htLZ9OFFT67bs/s320/IMG_20231008_132452.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3aE6-tsm1bc5una0-6pK-8NtxFJ_duw-TvYfUp0dMUms1GKnAILtsK5nMYxcmfezyjyDxMh8-VlXLT7cfSBsi7bbqHARoO9lyxZIXwJ7nylGunXDFAIsorT7NFwhLGfuqTFCu5h4qe3MucCaUVqv3k5U3wmUU4iqTJsCnwME5lQNhseS14D_fhugOLs/s1600/IMG_20231008_132502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3aE6-tsm1bc5una0-6pK-8NtxFJ_duw-TvYfUp0dMUms1GKnAILtsK5nMYxcmfezyjyDxMh8-VlXLT7cfSBsi7bbqHARoO9lyxZIXwJ7nylGunXDFAIsorT7NFwhLGfuqTFCu5h4qe3MucCaUVqv3k5U3wmUU4iqTJsCnwME5lQNhseS14D_fhugOLs/s320/IMG_20231008_132502.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Chesterfield Old Boys Western Desert</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aHr3JWY0tgaeLDcwq3vyisS8HWHamYuiOxhyphenhyphenZ-7qqhRW6qb9Yq77YcgOpv9oRE2p4Absa_6tfXcXu5SmBzqqmnv2M_0U7v5ny0V7wcBhDs2tKP3CzLtYlENqlF8aEOl9vW9WFQaPGK3o0A_1qERiDWnLE1zk5oVlA7HPcgptvkJzZ0WUzOQtcBMwYvY/s1600/IMG_20231008_133721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aHr3JWY0tgaeLDcwq3vyisS8HWHamYuiOxhyphenhyphenZ-7qqhRW6qb9Yq77YcgOpv9oRE2p4Absa_6tfXcXu5SmBzqqmnv2M_0U7v5ny0V7wcBhDs2tKP3CzLtYlENqlF8aEOl9vW9WFQaPGK3o0A_1qERiDWnLE1zk5oVlA7HPcgptvkJzZ0WUzOQtcBMwYvY/s320/IMG_20231008_133721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Nick Hindley Giant Risk</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusYkrPQhFMdh3WP6S8iGbjD0ZXhHjX3eX1DmjkgOX6QkAp8jeMOZ_7e2zB9t5zVW-hUwHzUWly5RiifYDtUtSwkwiZpARBHgNc1M0GYm5gRdZ3-IfLyNHSyp7q8PKhigCTw7Vy7f0i6u5TIEm9yaNBwiUrG7Y2IX0tVsWTRbkwQYCdJRnoCEXikXavnQ/s1600/IMG_20231008_133740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusYkrPQhFMdh3WP6S8iGbjD0ZXhHjX3eX1DmjkgOX6QkAp8jeMOZ_7e2zB9t5zVW-hUwHzUWly5RiifYDtUtSwkwiZpARBHgNc1M0GYm5gRdZ3-IfLyNHSyp7q8PKhigCTw7Vy7f0i6u5TIEm9yaNBwiUrG7Y2IX0tVsWTRbkwQYCdJRnoCEXikXavnQ/s320/IMG_20231008_133740.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Like a Stonewall? Battle Graus Spanish Reconcista?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEjSduO460iSkaCc7bLa2vG_lv1ATFe2uDmsN0WFqspIOhOsDPBLFqfrRw3ga2Jj70FC-zlIweJ4Xs1GfRekIQYaOo1Mes-K8L_uoIMbn8p6gg5JRpA7UdVWI7h12g0MU8lX2ZY78V9u-aJtbpZckJoLzmuMIRQHQhaPbZwJ0nQfvpIhAKTs0ZgLieLw/s1600/IMG_20231008_143630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEjSduO460iSkaCc7bLa2vG_lv1ATFe2uDmsN0WFqspIOhOsDPBLFqfrRw3ga2Jj70FC-zlIweJ4Xs1GfRekIQYaOo1Mes-K8L_uoIMbn8p6gg5JRpA7UdVWI7h12g0MU8lX2ZY78V9u-aJtbpZckJoLzmuMIRQHQhaPbZwJ0nQfvpIhAKTs0ZgLieLw/s320/IMG_20231008_143630.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">League Gentlemen Anti-Alchemists Garibaldi in Sicily Biscotti Wars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXAY6RXtwRDzrwxFOKP7Xg5KxOeXqi991Z1HeqfjN1F6Pu-joNQj2UF8_q1ZG9wAEN3FH0CvLmpSBjrQOOZSiltNX_O-Jq5SvJG2Fs4OUzHygDdBI5tFqCLmewTB5bHCmMo4qhyphenhyphen_OuJ0RmZ_P3C4hQYOksnP8Fuq2_6Q0X6RC2CLmx-VW59BgajUCofE/s1600/IMG_20231008_143823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXAY6RXtwRDzrwxFOKP7Xg5KxOeXqi991Z1HeqfjN1F6Pu-joNQj2UF8_q1ZG9wAEN3FH0CvLmpSBjrQOOZSiltNX_O-Jq5SvJG2Fs4OUzHygDdBI5tFqCLmewTB5bHCmMo4qhyphenhyphen_OuJ0RmZ_P3C4hQYOksnP8Fuq2_6Q0X6RC2CLmx-VW59BgajUCofE/s320/IMG_20231008_143823.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Newark Irregulars ECW Battle Gainsborough</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2l5Sg95ucIBlocJQ0mgJV1G4b4vGtAXXlQXMQVRqu4QnnEyWz7858Il6IhTFuJ8fMUQmw8PLkK34_YX1j8dPdx7yu9ywJB9neKMfgnNYT0xjbp1O0wijND9i2jyHllfMEmB5MCAFynYmgyb13RZKQaA7Zi-JG9rIzeBquOWtVaNvJWuY94JKPV8b_Qug/s1600/IMG_20231008_164059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2l5Sg95ucIBlocJQ0mgJV1G4b4vGtAXXlQXMQVRqu4QnnEyWz7858Il6IhTFuJ8fMUQmw8PLkK34_YX1j8dPdx7yu9ywJB9neKMfgnNYT0xjbp1O0wijND9i2jyHllfMEmB5MCAFynYmgyb13RZKQaA7Zi-JG9rIzeBquOWtVaNvJWuY94JKPV8b_Qug/s320/IMG_20231008_164059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Eclectic loot - not including some Ironclad log scenery.</p><p>Impressions - busy, very, very noisy. Only Derby at Donnington rivaled the assault on the ears! Could easily have spent more and would not have been that upset if I had not gone at all - my back hurt, the noise was hurting my ears and there were too many people! Yes I have become a grumpy old man!</p><p>The Games were very nice to look at and confirm my theory that these days have to have large eye-catching buildings, boats, castles, trains on sculpted terrain. The problem is, the more "normal" games don't get a look in.......and the figures are almost secondary. There was an ECW game I didn't photograph that had a town and a castle under siege and may have had a boat as well! None of these resemble what I have ever encountered at a club or game played at friends or mine. Unless you have some sort of dedicated wargames room, probably not that practical either for storage or unless you play games set in the same theatre.</p><p>While personally I think it's a bit of a parallel hobby (wargames "showcasing"?) and more akin to model railway layouts, I think the real pity is you become jaded very quickly; there were many games I passed by as (such as the Newark Irregulars) which just had figures with perhaps some buildings on the edge (like a real battle) as they were not as eye-catching as those with a centrepiece dominating the eye. While some appeared to be played, I got the impression this was secondary.</p><p>Before the mobs appear with flaming torches, I think the modelling is superb and must have taken hours, the effort to put the game on and cart it around shows enormous. They were spectacular and will feature in the wargames mags. Credit to these people and all the preceding should be applauded and celebrated. But.....</p><p>You will need to argue long and hard to convince me this represents wargaming. It represents what you <i>can</i> do, but not what most of us do. Most people's efforts are on the figures, terrain comes way down the list for most, certainly after figures and rules. I think it represents a minority in wargaming that no doubt some lucky individuals experience, but not us mere mortals with feet of clay......</p></div>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-17742332110198467592023-10-01T14:09:00.003+00:002023-10-01T14:09:46.385+00:00Expedition to lead mountain......<p>In an email conversation and comments on this blog, I mentioned to Andy McMaster of "Another Slight Diversion" blog https://blog.belisarius.org.uk/ that I thought I had some RSM Hanovarians "somewhere" .</p><p>As I spent Saturday cleaning up officers, drummers and ensigns for the British line, as well as repairing 8 who had lost bayonets while listening to the last disc in the audio book of Last of the Mohicans, I thought I should perhaps try to find them......</p><p>The reason was I wasn't sure whether they were Hanovarians......there was an inkling they may be British, in which case I needed to find them to work out if there were enough officers.</p><p>Now expeditions to my particular "lead mountain" are not to be undertaken lightly , not I hasten to add due to the risk of wild animals or tropical diseases or even cannibals or lack of oxygen, rather it can be a most frustrating experience.......</p><p>The "garage" (which it's clear was never intended to be used as one) is crammed full of junk, not all of it mine. Most of the older toys are under what I hoped one day would be a wargames table again. So I roughly knew where the SYW box was. However, I remembered that when purchased many moons ago for a bargain price from a certain online auction site, they had originally resided under the other end of the table, but I was certain I had reorganised them (the foam they came in being visible).</p><p>Torch in hand I delved under the table where I thought they may be after moving some boxes and found a box which I thought was mostly Russians and Prussians. Extracting it, I looked inside and there were the RSM figures!</p><p>Instead of Hanovarians, I found 36 British including command, 28 Prussian grenadiers and various command, plus some generals with horses and around 3 artillery limbers plus guns and gunners! A rich haul! What is more, digging around in the main SYW box I found more officers and another French line unit (which I had completely forgotten about) as well as what looks like a Soubise conversion!</p><p>I had bought some surplus RSM bits from Andy, so with my discoveries I have more than enough for British as well as expending the French and can use up various command figures for other armies.</p><p>It's amazing what you can find.......this is despite having a reasonable mental inventory of what miniatures I have lurking in the garage!</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-91368481035947160282023-09-23T14:00:00.005+00:002023-09-23T14:00:58.374+00:00First of the British line<p>While conscious I probably should be concentrating on the next Soldier King army, I have found myself distracted by the French & Indian War......</p><p>Many years ago when up in Newcastle, I had eventually embarked on gaming the Seven Years War after a couple of abortive or half - hearted attempts (15mm followed by Spencer Smiths) in what was then 25mm scale.</p><p>While I really wanted to do Austrians, I found my opponent, Pete Foggin had British and some Austrians. We lacked Prussian, French and Russian armies. I therefore found myself building an army of the hated Prussians (using Pete's sculpted and cast figures - having to add command figures as Pete was too egalitarian to make any!).</p><p>Parallel to that, I contemplated French, but soon found myself straying from Europe to North America.....</p><p>Hence, although my French army had cavalry added, the infantry were the regulars sent to Canada. Native Americans were added, along with other bits. At some stage we refougt the battle of the Plains of Abraham (or Quebec if you prefer). The armies had been built for WRG 1685 - 1845 at 1:50.</p><p>I think for the battle we may have used an adapted version of Loose Files and American Scramble. While I had enough French line and we could scrape up enough British from Pete's figures, there were a few gaps that needed filling. I painted very quickly using washes, Canadian militia, Marine and some British light infantry (as Pete had none). I also had a sculpt from Miliput I'd made intending it to be a Native American. It turned out too tall and gangly so was abandoned. Discovering the figure when preparing for the game, I looked at it and started seeing a very close resemblance to General Wolfe......</p><p>A bit of work and a unique figure for Wolfe emerged. I don't remember much about the game apart from the adapted rules not working that well. The LI performed magnificently.......for the other side as I was playing Montcalm!</p><p>For years, the LI and Wolfe have been the only British completed; looking at the unpainted items, it seems I bought some British and Americans to provide opponents to the French. The recent purchase of the RSM / Pax Britannica 30mm and Rafm 25mm have added to the pile. However, I now have enough British to provide opponents (or will do once painted).</p><p>After much contemplation, it seems fitting to build the British around Wolfe's army at Quebec; 2 units with yellow facings, two with white, one each with orange, black and buff plus Highlanders, converged Grenadiers and a few Rangers.</p><p>The first 44 rank and file have been cleaned up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqRX1Z7WhN9Fwlq9K13UsxwSCW3hNA7Svceo6YmE0bGQMr7zDbZ6gaAEvIHue1ea-W8y9Q1KamUbkWKX33EIGabgh6yqRtRr8BgNqIjRM8l8q7x2etJ0LMNtd3d0IBE15zlEARWgHyObJdNSwMezmQR0tGCO71tDbKlt3UOALpwoKCEEtqJ2UdgJythU/s1600/IMG_20230923_142345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqRX1Z7WhN9Fwlq9K13UsxwSCW3hNA7Svceo6YmE0bGQMr7zDbZ6gaAEvIHue1ea-W8y9Q1KamUbkWKX33EIGabgh6yqRtRr8BgNqIjRM8l8q7x2etJ0LMNtd3d0IBE15zlEARWgHyObJdNSwMezmQR0tGCO71tDbKlt3UOALpwoKCEEtqJ2UdgJythU/s320/IMG_20230923_142345.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>While cleaning them up I listened to an audio book of Fennymore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-89714905348592832202023-09-10T14:07:00.004+00:002023-09-10T14:07:36.536+00:00Injuns and IDF (or Hurons and Halftracks)<p>Unseasonably warm weather in the UK meant painting was out of the question; a wet palette might have coped but I find it requires a slightly different technique as the paint becomes thinner.</p><p>I therefore spent the weekend between two projects. Firstly some Rafm Native Americans / First Nations warriors were cleaned up with some requiring the addition of weapons.</p><p>Next the IDF M3 halftracks for the 35th Para Brigade attached to Ugda Tal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkgbSeDEU25UoNRCiUMR6ABzS41FbOX2_5ldA55mlVi007gzLWO47zzvmi-u3uzXmoMPLd3MrRCrDc1woaWc0deBkxX2hx2q_ftxVnWIDUI8lF4PuL3mP0lgIsXa46ZBneBKQERqcnk7GwEgmfUBHR9p5IxRr_6bfs4zguG0oM2sdkNUSMMwZAAmmYlQ/s1600/IMG_20230910_144158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkgbSeDEU25UoNRCiUMR6ABzS41FbOX2_5ldA55mlVi007gzLWO47zzvmi-u3uzXmoMPLd3MrRCrDc1woaWc0deBkxX2hx2q_ftxVnWIDUI8lF4PuL3mP0lgIsXa46ZBneBKQERqcnk7GwEgmfUBHR9p5IxRr_6bfs4zguG0oM2sdkNUSMMwZAAmmYlQ/s320/IMG_20230910_144158.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-88203660620503114672023-09-03T15:34:00.003+00:002023-09-03T15:34:23.421+00:00Finis!<p>At last, I have finished painting the two battalions of Regiment du Berry.</p><p>What I thought would be a quick job has turned into a marathon! I spent lots of time getting the gris-blanc to a colour that wasn't to far from the existing French. The hard bit was trying to paint in a style that would not look completely different while getting something I was happy with.</p><p>Need varnish and flags and basing, but they are done for now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDBRAeMO56pzPSm81HP6fBlU-keHXbhDsyla6c31UTdWJa7x4EVxiApias5WpVtfIHZR7eLvK_wu7HP4259W07cohFv1ixARriUu6TEpeaOkxHC26yV8zyXv8_N51rDnb1d5MJl4QEJtVnjityfefvi2jsBllzu6zSsA87wm0ux4Px2Le4eBjB20DxCE/s1600/IMG_20230903_162616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDBRAeMO56pzPSm81HP6fBlU-keHXbhDsyla6c31UTdWJa7x4EVxiApias5WpVtfIHZR7eLvK_wu7HP4259W07cohFv1ixARriUu6TEpeaOkxHC26yV8zyXv8_N51rDnb1d5MJl4QEJtVnjityfefvi2jsBllzu6zSsA87wm0ux4Px2Le4eBjB20DxCE/s320/IMG_20230903_162616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The existing regiments are awaiting their flags refreshing as the varnish has yellowed considerably, Bearn was especially effected.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-75165049573535998852023-08-30T11:37:00.005+00:002023-08-30T11:37:32.433+00:00You can't go back.....and why maybe you shouldn't try!<p>A cautionary tale....</p><p>I embarked on the painting of the two battalions of Regiment du Berry on the expectation it would be a quick job. After all the bulk of the figures had already been blocked in so would just need touching up and a few figures added to fill the gaps....</p><p>Well it turns out it wasn't that simple. First I had to add around 8 figures to the same style as the previous painter. OK done. It was then that I examined my existing figures. The new figures were way too dark. Far darker than even my darkest figure's "Gris-blanc" coat, the particular French grey-white shade.</p><p>So I tried to remember how I'd painted back then. It was just before switching to black undercoat and layers. It must have been washes and drybrushing (as per Peter Gilder's guide from Military Modelling). So I tried a drybrush of lighter grey. No still too dark.</p><p>Part of the problem is my old figures are varnished and the varnish has discoloured giving an antique yellow hue. I cannot see how they were painted.</p><p>So, a thin light grey- white wash was applied over the dark drybrushed colour. Red was applied to one battalion. At this stage I began to realise that I would have been better to simply strip the figures and start again.........</p><p>Maybe, I'd have been better to not try matching, but just paint in my current style or using Contrast Paint? What was I thinking?</p><p>While intellectually I realise you cannot go back in time and be the person you were 20 years ago, I'd assumed you could replicate your painting style? </p><p>It turns out trying to paint the way you did 30 to 40 years ago is harder than it seems....</p><p>Even realising how long ago it was gives pause for thought......</p><p>Anyway, this is where I've got to. I need to finish off a few more colours to see how they look.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTfmJKE7Xe7wofMc5eXmjku-ndobdxiu8ydNi4EnvCKkgD4Mh_tqxN4LOrV12OlQoKPbxZqefHQU1f1yC4QAyrZSMFBQ-BF8RyIcLoXP48Uc24FymKN5Dcl7tfX9KWHMUU8E-GxaYZF_7gcQFQEWIATBp7PGFOnCGs3KkljZUKCyoUX32NDp30f1mpL8/s1600/IMG_20230830_121047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTfmJKE7Xe7wofMc5eXmjku-ndobdxiu8ydNi4EnvCKkgD4Mh_tqxN4LOrV12OlQoKPbxZqefHQU1f1yC4QAyrZSMFBQ-BF8RyIcLoXP48Uc24FymKN5Dcl7tfX9KWHMUU8E-GxaYZF_7gcQFQEWIATBp7PGFOnCGs3KkljZUKCyoUX32NDp30f1mpL8/s320/IMG_20230830_121047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-5004512450046836832023-08-28T15:59:00.005+00:002023-08-28T15:59:36.963+00:00Les Francais...<p>After completing 2 units of infantry for Banst (previous post) I decided the motivation wasn't there and rather than it become a chore, I put them away and did something else.</p><p>As my reading (and brain) is stuck in a French & Indian War theme, it seemed sensible to work on that.....</p><p>After sorting out the marching figures and strengthening weak bayonets, followed by some sorting of units, both RSM and Rafm, I put to one side some French bought part painted. This was interrupted by a parcel which needed collecting from the post office. This turned out to be Rafm Flint & Feather range packs from Australia, mostly canoes, something I had not bought originally (but always coveted).</p><p>The figures were part of the lots which had lead rot. These however, had been part painted. The bases had something on the underside, which didn't look like the lead carbonate bloom on the others, more like undercoat or results of glue.</p><p>I debated stripping the figures, but in the end decided not to. If they had been primed, then it should have prevented the lead rot developing. As a precaution I removed the residue (which didn't produce the same black on the gloves) and brushed them with the gum turpentine and mineral oil solution.</p><p>My idea was that the pre-painting should save some time. It did mean trying to match someone else's painting style and somehow blending them with my existing figures. My French had all been painted just prior to switching to a black undercoat, so are simple block washes, without shading.</p><p>The figures appeared to have been painted black in most areas, followed by a drybrush of grey. After repairing areas in black where the paint had rubbed off, I coated some extra figures to make up the numbers for two battalions for Regiment Berry. Touching up the white meant I had a grey to use to blend in the new figures. After a couple of hours, I had this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gbBf9NUTpCGgLJkv_tFaLwdRiNZE2oVhAx0tKaosRRo3w48AxlMeNcOYnp_0aUop4v5iUc62rsXr9R-uatu43kZ2nj1dZHseD-hgm1k1A5AexY8XkjNUEg1wEU0GHQ7iOZfGe122Lu8gziwGH9qP-NriqaKrbU94DnmzjglLWce5jJzA3Nc2xpKRU_A/s1600/IMG_20230828_161010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gbBf9NUTpCGgLJkv_tFaLwdRiNZE2oVhAx0tKaosRRo3w48AxlMeNcOYnp_0aUop4v5iUc62rsXr9R-uatu43kZ2nj1dZHseD-hgm1k1A5AexY8XkjNUEg1wEU0GHQ7iOZfGe122Lu8gziwGH9qP-NriqaKrbU94DnmzjglLWce5jJzA3Nc2xpKRU_A/s320/IMG_20230828_161010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>More work is needed to match my original units. In the background, is the command stand of Bearn - their flag has suffered the most from varnish discolouration and fading and I may attempt to freshen it up with paint. They are also there to provide a reminder of ancient painting style. </p><p>The units were originally done for WRG's 1685 - 1845 rules at a 1:50 scale working on French units of 14 figures to include a separate grenadier and LI piquet figures. I'm not convinced the piquet skirmishers were around for the SYW, although in Europe, the French deployed entire regiments as skirmishers (from memory). I should re-read Lee Kennett. Anyway, for consistency, I have kept with 14 figure units even though Chartrand estimates the standard battalion of being 550 (11 figures), with Berry having 960 in its two battalions (480 or 9 -10 figures). The game works on 600 or 12 figure battalions. Real life unit strength varied due to captures at sea, reinforcements, desertion, death and disease and towards the end, the regulars were made up to strength with Canadian militia.</p><p>The extra figures will allow for the formation of ad-hoc grenadier battalions (as at Ticonderoga) or for variable scale games; for smaller battles, a higher figure ratio is probably needed, such as Lake George where the 200 men of La Reine represented by 14 figures = 1:15. Of course this does mean more figures for militia, native Americans etc.</p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153140955828227413.post-32338197341806985872023-08-24T10:47:00.004+00:002023-08-24T10:47:55.294+00:00The first of Banst<p>First unit finished for the Electorate of Banst.</p><p>Technically one of the Electoral states of the Empire, character generation through up an Elector with a scandalous past who, while militarily talented, has an antipathy for almost every other state and is disliked in return by many!</p><p>I have pictured him as possibly something of a cad; a slightly Frederickan character who has little tolerance for others coupled with an inventive military outlook. His army is essentially a mercenary one, for hire and inspired by the ideas of the Marshall de Saxe.</p><p>There are two "Legions" each with three "Cohorts" of infantry, a unit of "Velites" (LI skirmishers) and "Horse" (Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers). Each has some light "Flying artillery" ( horse artillery) and an amussette musket. All but the hussars wear a "neo-classical" helmet and the colour scheme is green faced red with buff.</p><p>The army's genesis was born out of a desire / need to use up surplus figures; initially , I only had enough AWI Spencer Smith for the main armies, but had left over Napoleonic lancers and cavalry as well as some later additions in a slightly smaller size, including AWI light infantry. Judicious purchases allowed modifications; the infantry and dragoons had head swaps using the AWI head on AWI grenadiers or French Napoleonics or Bavarian / Wurtembourg Napoleonic heads on AWI cavalry. The artillery ended up with heavily modified ACW kepis. The tricorne surplus heads were used on Napoleonic or ACW bodies to produce civilian militia / rebels.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LwRCbb7smePszWTcqfpNiRnFlZHFzgAQJf-rjZOsFKRuXkxQi74v6ha6dP6cmtJ4KTtJlydZgzcEtYkDW7REYTyyjUUgmiBNI6_c5jLPXNuurz7A3K9YUnYTWS8Sl_FUlWj5zBI4HqwPZmx35i42TQnAPpo9NonWQnAtsOgEBeSTP_vwn39d6a0rX_w/s1600/IMG_20230824_112228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LwRCbb7smePszWTcqfpNiRnFlZHFzgAQJf-rjZOsFKRuXkxQi74v6ha6dP6cmtJ4KTtJlydZgzcEtYkDW7REYTyyjUUgmiBNI6_c5jLPXNuurz7A3K9YUnYTWS8Sl_FUlWj5zBI4HqwPZmx35i42TQnAPpo9NonWQnAtsOgEBeSTP_vwn39d6a0rX_w/s320/IMG_20230824_112228.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Just for Jonathan, the inspiration and painting guide sketches (already I have deviated from some colour choices).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaj0e-rJjBwEU3yAIDqybVAsM_NWcTzXoqBYxv9en4Ns61eISgAaEIjdWolFU_xG2XxB45ZdPeXhTiSq9kcdcwvA1XnoUWuZ5XoSLPhpgAUZsRAmVRDotzXodNHKLj-UEIObxHnSxvbeEKoGz4YyJ_2y075PdqCXGy1rVc2fGHuXhR2qQlrpsDq5nc1g/s1600/IMG_20230824_112249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaj0e-rJjBwEU3yAIDqybVAsM_NWcTzXoqBYxv9en4Ns61eISgAaEIjdWolFU_xG2XxB45ZdPeXhTiSq9kcdcwvA1XnoUWuZ5XoSLPhpgAUZsRAmVRDotzXodNHKLj-UEIObxHnSxvbeEKoGz4YyJ_2y075PdqCXGy1rVc2fGHuXhR2qQlrpsDq5nc1g/s320/IMG_20230824_112249.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Neil Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.com15