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Today on my blog, I’m looking at a refight we did of Cornwallis’ attempted flank attack on Washington’s Army at the Brandywine River in 1777. Played in 28mm and with ‘British Grenadier!’ rules:
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Here’s a short review of some 15mm M48 Chaparral SAM vehicles I got recently from Butler’s Printed Models:
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I’ve added some more Leopards and an M113 to my Cold War Cloggies:
‘Going Dutch’: Building a Cold War Dutch Battlegroup (Part 3)
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The 10mm ACW project I start last year continues apace with the Union XI Corps:
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The civil war rumbles on in West Wales as I take a look at the forces of Prince Albert, Lord Protector (all models from the collection of Al ‘Skippy’ Broughton):
A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938: The Army of the Pembrokeshire Protectorate
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British, Canadian and Australian forces loyal to Prince Albert, Lord Protector, launch a daring raid behind enemy lines to capture Baron Kylsant, ‘Butcher of the Landsker’:
A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire: The Manor Park Raid
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Having waited in vain for 25+ years for AB Figures to produce a Murat, Sho Boki kindly released a whole regiment of the great man! So here’s my review: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2019/05/23/the-first-horseman-of-europe-marshal-murat-in-15mm-sho-boki-miniatures/
I’m going to need to re-stock my pink and gold paints…
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to play in a wonderful VBCW game at Partizan 2019. Here’s my take on the game:
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After 25 years of painting, I’ve finally finished the last of my French Imperial Guard infantry, so have been sticking them up on the blog. The first part covers the Old Guard:
“La Garde au Feu!”: My 15mm French Imperial Guard (Part 1 – The Old Guard)
The second part covers the Middle Guard:
“La Garde Au Feu!”: My 15mm French Imperial Guard (Part 2 – The Middle Guard)
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Huw Puw, roving reporter for the Fish Guardian, reports once again from the front line in Pembrokeshire, where Welsh Nationalist forces clash with the King’s men (and women)…
A Very British Civil War in Pembrokeshire 1938: A Clash in the Landsker
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I always appreciate the cheekiness of the front line reports.
I’ll pass your appreciation on to Huw. He’ll probably just tell you to f*&% off…
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Here’s a scenario I’ve written up for a Wellingtonic game we’re going to play next week:
The Battle of Neumarkt, 24th April 1809 (A Scenario for ‘Napoleon’s Battles’)
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This week we’ve been refighting a rare Austrian victory from our favourite Napoleonic campaign…
The Battle of Neumarkt 1809 Refought (15mm Napoleon’s Battles)
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I’ve finally finished my Young Guard infantry, so they’re up on my blog.
Organisational stuff: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2019/08/20/la-garde-au-feu-my-15mm-french-imperial-guard-part-3-the-young-guard-organisation/
Uniforms and Painting: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2019/08/26/la-garde-au-feu-my-15mm-french-imperial-guard-part-4-the-young-guard-uniforms-and-painting/
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This week on the blog I’ve been looking at West German Panzers of the 1980s and which units were using what types: http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2019/09/02/beware-of-the-leopard-part-2-1980s-west-german-tank-distribution/
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I’ve been painting some aeroplanes for the Angolan Border War, as well as photographing some of my old stuff:
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As helicopter models seem to have a very finite shelf-life, with many seemingly falling apart before they get into a game, I thought I’d better photograph some of mine and stick them on the blog. I’ve also stuck some organisational and history guff in there for the insomniacs among you…
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As my Cassinga Raid game at ‘Warfare’ is now only three weeks away, I’ve been frantically painting, sprucing up and converting some more aircraft for the game, as well as getting some old models out of the box for a photo-shoot:
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We did a little game in the club last night, based on a historical attempt by South African forces to get their hands on n SA-8 ‘Gecko’ SAM:
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Over the last few months I’ve been building terrain, troops and aircraft for a demo-game that I’ll be taking around some of the shows, starting with ‘Warfare’ at Reading in two weeks, then ‘Crusade’ at Penarth in January and ‘Partizan’ in Newark next May. It’s now 99% finished and ready for the shows, so we did a little play-test at the club on Saturday and it went very well, so I’m happy. I’ve posted on my blog about the terrain-building. I’ll follow this up with a report on the play-test, the full scenario and then the actual show games:
My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 1)
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Here’s my game report for the first day’s game at Warfare: 😀
My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 4): The Game!
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It’s all been a bit Cold-Warry on my blog just lately, so thought I’d stick up some recently-painted Wellingtonics by way of an antidote…
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Here’s the first part of a Brigade Fire & Fury (2nd Edition) game we’re currently playing at club. We hope to finish it off this weekend:
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Here’s Part 2 of our game:
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I’ve posted on the forum about my Cassinga Raid game before, but here’s the full scenario:
My 2019/2020 Demo Game: The Cassinga Raid, Angola 1978 (Part 5: The Scenario)
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I’ve been building up my 10mm ACW collection, again using the 1st Day at Gettysburg as my initial painting goal. This time it’s Rodes’ Confederate Division:
“In Dixie Land I’ll Make My Stand”: Building a 10mm Confederate Army (Part 3)
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Well I didn’t manage to play my Big Christmas Game this year, but here’s the scenario anyway (for ‘Napoleon’s Battles’ rules)…
It should be easily converted to other similar-leveled games such as Age of Eagles or Blucher:
Masséna’s Counter-Attack at Wagram, 6th July 1809 (A Scenario for ‘Napoleon’s Battles’)
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My favourite Napoleonic battle to wargame is the Battle of Dennewitz, fought on 6th September 1813. Marshal Ney was trying to bully his way through to Berlin, where Marshal Oudinot had already failed a few weeks earlier using the exact-same troops. General Buelow, at the sharp-end of Bernadotte’s Army of the North, was trying to stop him. This is a great encounter battle with a very cosmopolitan flavour – an Allied army of Prussians, Russians and Swedes, versus a ‘French’ army of Frenchmen, Bavarians, Saxons, Italians, Wuerttembergers and Poles. Even the British Rocket Troop makes an appearance, so what’s not to love…?
I’ve played this scenario about five or six times since the 1990s, but not recently, so it would be good to dig it out again.
The Battle of Dennewitz, 6th September 1813: A Scenario for ‘Napoleon’s Battles’
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A few people have been asking me about how I scale Fire & Fury for 10mm figures, so I’ve made some notes on base-sizes and re-scaled the F&F movement and firing charts for the smaller ground-scale:
Playing Brigade Fire & Fury 2nd Edition in 10mm (‘I Did It My Way…’)
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This week I thought I’d dig the old Burma collection out for a game. And a cracking game it was! 🙂
Please note that there seems to be a problem with my service provider today my e-mail is telling me that the site is up and down like a whore’s drawers and not all photos are showing up even when it is working. It’ll hopefully improve in a day or two!
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Today marks the 223rd anniversary of the surrender, on 24th February 1797 of the last invasion of Great Britain. In reality the ‘battle’ was a near-bloodless comic opera… So of course we HAD to wargame it… 😀
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Following harassment, I’ve started posting my AB Austrians on the blog, starting with the infantry regiments. The usual disclaimers apply: This blog may cause drowsiness. Don’t read my blog if taking strong medication, driving or operating heavy machinery. Wash your hands thoroughly after viewing. If symptoms persist, self-isolate for two weeks with a pile of unpainted AB Figures and paint.
‘Imperial & Royal’: My 15mm Napoleonic Austrian Army (Part 1: Infantry Regiments)
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