Will's Wargames Blog

21/10/2017

A short pause in output

Spent the laste three days in hospital having my pacemaker repaced with a new wizzo version. It should have been a day case, but a minor complication meant I had to spend two extra days on oxygen. Hopefully I'll get the Vikings finished soon.

17/10/2017

A motley crew of pirates

I always like to keep a unit of "irregulars" somewhere near the painting desk so I can add odd bits of left over paint to aid the lack of conformity. So I have just finished half a set of Orion pirates, except for the guns which are too small.

Typically, when I was part way through, I realised that when I sold off the unwanted half a couple of years ago, I had sold two identical sprues instead of two different ones, hence the duplicate poses.

12/10/2017

Strelsy - 12th Moscow

My final regiment of Strelsy for now - the 12th Moscow (front)

I've now ordered some Zvezda Russian Noble Cavavalry to fill out the force

For those interested here are the Palmquist plates I based the uniforms upon:

I used this to adjust the information in George Gush's Rennaissance Armies, which can now be found online here (link)

09/10/2017

Derby - the booty

Quite a haul this year

Mostly from the B&B. All the vehicle and walls came from the Early war Miniatures mis-cast box, so I'll have some fun repairing them. So I have

French 13.2mm AA - a much needed bit of light AA support for Battlegroup Blitzkreig
German Henschel 33 Pioneerkraftwagen - just what I "need" for my engineers
German Steyr 1500 truck - no plan yet
Italian Breda 40 truck - no plan yet
Italian Saharina x2 to boost the rest of my Italian Reece
Italian TL37 tractor - more tows for my Italians
Italian TL37 truck - may become a gun truck
French Light Infantry Command - will fill a few gaps in my Legere
Spanish Command - A couple of battalions of Spanish to "support" my British
Spanish Line Infantry - ditto
US Infantry (Winter Uniform) - a bargain and what I needed to complete my Bulge Americans
Austrian Infantry Late XVII Century - a trial pack to see how they turn out
German Panzer IV - another bargain - these will also see action in the Bulge
French Cuirassiers - replacements for my old Airfix Cuirassiers that have seen better days
Polish Lifeguard Uhlans - Undecided whether to replace my old Les Higgins figures or just paint them as Polish Line Lancers
German HQ in winter uniform - useful for either Stalingrad or Bulge
Osprey Black Ops - needed for some games at the club
Charlie Wissencraft's Practical Wargaming - certainly one of the best early wargaming books and One I don't have.

08/10/2017

Pictures from Derby Worlds 2017

Along with two others from Deeside Defenders I drove across to the new venue south of Lutterworth. It may have been warmer and less noisy than the old venue, but it was far more cramped. Plus it's a lot further to drive so if it's held there next year I won't go.

However it had a selection of inspiring games and a large selection of traders. The pictures reflect those than interested me.

Madanu 616BC, waiting to start

Buford's cavalry at Gettysburg

Quintin's new "Napoleonic" skirmish rules

Boondock Sayntes French & Indian wars all washed down with the traditional glasses of wine!

Blood and plunder

Another Gettysburg game

Russian Civil War fought beneath the walls of Bukhara

Massed Napoleonics

The Ilkley lads superb Italian Wars game

Port Arthur 1905, the Russian fleet, a single japanese ship can just be seen at the top.

02/10/2017

On the workbench - October 2017

Three quarters of the year already gone, and I feel that I'm not making enough progress . So I'm going to try and get a bit more done this month as well as finishing what's left from last month