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It was a first run-out for my Cold War Danes and East Germans this week, as they fought for a series of river-crossings in Schleswig-Holstein, circa 1984:
“Fortes Fortuna Juvat”: The Jutland Dragoons at Wulfsfelde, 1984
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Spurred by a load of 15mm Cold War Polish infantry who lack suitable transport, I recently dabbled for the first time in the world of 3D-printed models, as that is the only 15mm source for the Polish SKOT eight-wheeled APC (also known as the OT-64). And I have to say that I’m VERY pleased with them! 🙂
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Grognards will have seen all this before, but I’m slowly gathering together the best of my old photo galleries together onto my blog. So here are the British units I painted for the Waterloo Bicentennial game in 2015. Netherlands, French and Prussians to follow:
“The Scum of the Earth”: Wellington’s Army at Waterloo in 15mm
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Got my Cold War Polish battalion finished this week, using some cracking 15mm figures by Oddzial Osmy and SKOT APCs by Butler’s Printed Models:
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Things are afoot in darkest Pembrokeshire…
A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938: The Welsh Are Revolting!
(NB this is old stuff that you might have seen before – I’m bringing old threads together on to my blog)
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Yes, yes, I know that they never wore them in the field, but I just can’t resist a nicely-trimmed busch: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/10/15/prussian-foot-guard-regiments-1813-15mm-ab-figures/
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This week I have mostly been sticking placky Leopards together…
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I’ve got my Dutch Cap on this week…
‘Going Dutch’: Building a Cold War Dutch Battlegroup (Part 1)
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Here’s a gallery of some French Allied units (Polish, Baden, Saxon, Westphalian and Hessian) that I’ve painted over the last couple of years:
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The campaign continues in Pembrokeshire: Lord Tenby’s Royalist forces move in for the kill against a wounded Bishopric of St David’s: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/11/04/a-very-british-civil-war-in-pembrokeshire-the-battle-of-robleston-hall/
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This is a rather large game we did at Bovington Tank Museum a few years back, of the assault by 53 (Welsh) Division on the Dutch city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch:
Refighting Operation ALAN: The Welsh Victory, 22-29 October 1944
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Some more 1980s Cloggies from me this week: Some M113 C&V 25 recce vehicles, a YPR-765 conversion and the first of the infantry:
‘Going Dutch’: Building a Cold War Dutch Battlegroup (Part 2)
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Today I’ve put some more AB Napoleonics up on the blog, along with one ‘paint-conversion’ of Marshal Bessiers from a Marshal Murat figure by Sho Boki:
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The Warsaw Pact rampage through Schleswig-Holstein continues! The Danish Funen Life Regiment makes a stand at the village of Gnissau:
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Actually, now I come to think of it, I think he uses welding-rod rather than piano wire.
Some of my aircraft are diecast & @ 1/72 weigh a fair bit.
The current solution (as pictured) is workable & my WW2 games aren’t meant to be fancy public displays, so I’ll be patient until a solution appears.
donald
The Chrimbo Game this year was a 10mm ACW battle fought with Fire & Fury 2nd Edition: the right flank of Bloody Antietam:
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The year is 1938 and the Fish Guardian’s intrepid reporter Huw Puw is back in West Wales, embedded with a Welsh Nationalist regiment as they raid a Royalist-held farm for ‘provisions’…
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Today on my blog I’m taking a look at one of my stalled wargame projects: 28mm War of Spanish Succession. This was started a few years ago with great enthusiasm, but then fizzled out… 🙁
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Our latest game was a 10mm American Civil War historical refight using Fire & Fury 2nd Edition rules: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9th August 1862:
“A Game of Two Halves”: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9th August 1862 (Fire & Fury 2nd Edition)
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Another report from Huw Puw, roving reporter for the Fish Guardian, who this week is reviewing the armoured might of the Fish Guards:
A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938: Armour of the Fish Guards
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Another ‘blast from the past’ game on my blog today – The First Battle of Bishenpur (Imphal 1944), as played at The Tank Museum, Bovington:
Black Cat v White Tiger: The 1st Battle of Bishenpur (Imphal 1944)
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This month we’ve been testing a scenario for the forthcoming Brigade Fire & Fury ‘Great Western Battles 2nd Edition’ scenario book – the Battle of Champion Hill, 16th May 1863: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2019/04/09/the-battle-of-champion-hill-16th-may-1863-fire-fury-10mm-acw/
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A few readers of my blog have been asking for all the rules-specific scenario ‘nitty-gritty’ to accompany my game-reports, so here’s the full scenario for a game I reported on last year – the Battle of Raab 1809. We use ‘Napoleon’s Battles’ rules (formerly by Avalon Hill, but now in its 4th Edition from Capitan Games), which is a ‘grand-tactical’ set, where each unit represents a brigade or large regiment. The scenario could therefore be easily adapted to ‘Age of Eagles’, ‘Bluecher’ or some other ruleset designed for that level of play:
The Battle of Raab, 14th June 1809 – A Scenario for Napoleon’s Battles
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I’ve been running a cooperative X-Wing campaign for my Minions (‘Brown Squadron’) over the last few years. Here are the campaign rules:
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Ooooh one of my favourite tanks.
You’re clearly a man of impeccable taste… (I don’t care what the others say about you – it was never proved, anyway.)
Yes, much maligned as the ‘Grave for Seven Brothers’, it was the ‘Tiger of the East’ as far as the Japanese were concerned. The commander of the Japanese 14th Tank Regiment was even said to have wept when he saw an imprint of Lee track-prints on the Tiddim Road, as he knew that nothing he had could match it (he did however, capture a Lee and took it to Imphal – where nobody was fooled and it was immediately knocked out).
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Some of my aircraft are diecast & @ 1/72 weigh a fair bit. The current solution (as pictured) is workable & my WW2 games aren’t meant to be fancy public displays, so I’ll be patient until a solution appears.donald
Nothing wrong with a bit of coat hanger wire.
No matter what you use it will be visible. Even the transparent rod is obviously there.
Play is what makes life bearable - Michael Rosen
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