Phalanx 2025

Myself and a contingent for the Beacon club put on Nantwich 1644 at Phalanx, as other members who had planned to produce a game were running behind schedule. Still is was a great game using a modified big battle version of Pikeman's Lament. These are pictures of the pre-battle setup as once action was started I spent most of my time organising the action rather than taking pictures. Nevertheless the battle turned out a narrow Parliment victory.

Other games

Seelowe 1940 Germans v's Home Guard

Culloden in 54mm, lots of entertaining conversions

Zorndorf - SYW Prussian Russian bash

Ramillies

An age of sail ship v's shore engagement, I would have liked to have time to find out more about the ships and the rules

And no picture of the Lance & Longbow stand where I would have usually been participating as it was too busy - well done guys

On the workbench - June 2026

So May turned out to be a complete distraction from painting. First my insurer decided to write off my car so I had to hunt for a new one, and then I realised with the sudden onset of hot weather I could get the 3D printer started again. The month ended with an outing to UK Games Expo, quite an experience. Also I managed to sell off all my Winter terrain and armies. But overall not much progress on the painting so I am working on:

• Almoravid heavy cavalry (almost there, needs a final push on all the detailing)
• Four units of SYW British infantry (All primed, half with their facings blocked in - no progress in May))
• Complete the Vietnamese buildings (Primed and first coat now painted (base colours are now on I just need to finish off the final washes, etc. They were already good enough to use in a game last month))
• 3 units of WSS French cavalry (Assembled and washed ready for priming - Still)
• Paint the wild west buildings acquired at Games Expo
• Complete the latest 3D printing campaign, mainly Napoleonic Russian Infantry, plus various ypgrades/replacements for existing vehicles

Finally Phalanx is on this month and the club is putting on the battle of Nantwich 1644

French Vichy Dewotine D520

Phew, last of May and I have finished my Dewotine D520 in Vichy colours. It started out as a wish to have something Vichy to support those French in Lebanon/Syria and North Africa. Once painted the decals disintegrated as soon as placed, despite being dosed with varnish first. So much for a £2 quick fix kit!. Step in Charles, while I had other problems to supply a set of French roundels. So a slight change to the paints scheme and I have

Looks the part

WAS Bavarian Freikompanie Prielmayer

I needed some light troops for my Seven Years War Bavarians, so they could act as a stand alone force, but they didn't use them as part of the auxilary force provided to Austria. So I cast the net wider to the War of Austrian Succession, there were three at that time and I selected the Prielmayer Freikompanie. The uniform came up on a forum so I used it.

The source I used

Also I created a command stand for my Prussin artillery

All the figures are from the Revell SYW sets.