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Derby World Wargames 4/5 Oct

Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:25
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Gringo40s will be in attendance for the forthcoming Splendid Show that is Derby World Wargames, this forthcoming weekend on the 4th and 5th of October at the bright and breezy Donington Exhibition centre DE7 2RP.
We will have many new additions to our ranges including full stocks of our Garibaldi's War of 1860 with Neapolitan Horse Artillery.. Neapolitan Dragoons.. infantry in barrack caps and some Picciotto (Sicilian bandits) plus some new Napoleonics, see you there!

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
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SVfM Attending Blast-Tastic!

Friday, 25 September 2015 16:51
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The Federation colony on Potractor VI has been destroyed – reportedly by some kind of ‘screeching dustbin-like machine’. The ‘Enterprise’ has been sent to investigate and – if necessary – destroy the invaders. After beaming down a landing party in force, the ‘Enterprise’ has been forced to manoeuvre away to engage an unidentified alien vessel. For the moment – you are on your own…

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The Season Starts Here

Thursday, 10 September 2015 10:08
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When we decided a couple of years ago to expand Brigade’s activities, one of the areas we looked at was increasing the number of shows and events we attended. At the time we were only going to 4 shows a year, and our intention was to increase that and aim for roughly one a month. However, when we looked more closely at the UK show calendar, there’s a definite show season with many shows concentrated in the autumn. This has left us with a rather uneven schedule – we’ve had just two shows so far in 2015 but are about to embark on a hectic lineup of six in nine weeks.

Due to various factors, we won’t be taking every range to every show. The one show where we carry pretty much everything is SELWG, when we hire a van and cram in as much as possible. For Blast-tastic!, being a specialist SF show, we won’t be taking Celtos or the Great War range, but should have good stocks of the other major ranges. At Stoke Rochford, there will be full stocks of Aeronef, Land Ironclads and the 2mm scenery, but that’s probably it. For the other three events we’re limited to what fits in a large car, and also by the fact that Tony will be doing them as a one-man show. So the plan for these three is as follows: 15mm, Celtos, 2mm scenery – full ranges of both packs and individual items; Aeronef – full range of fleet and starter packs, no individual models apart from recent releases; Spaceships – full range of fleet packs, individual stocks of British and Soviet fleets only; 6mm SF – full range of army and company packs, full selection of buildings, individual stocks of recent releases only;Accessories – full range of dice and base blisters; Shapeways – selection of items;10mm SF buildings, Great War Belgians, Magpie Miniatures – full range, but limited numbers of each item; Squadron Commander, Iron Stars – selection of blisters.

Of course, you can contact us beforehand if you’re planning to visit us at a show and we welcome advance orders for all of them. If you want to make sure that we have what you’re after this is probably the best way to go. We can bring anything with us as long as we have enough warning.

We should be able to take credit cards at all UK events (mobile phone reception permitting), although unfortunately our CC reader doesn’t work on the continent so at Crisis it’s cash only. If you have a smartphone with the PayPal app you can also use that to transfer money to us on the spot.

We look forward to seeing many of you in the coming weeks.

 

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Gringo40s Attending Colours 2015

Tuesday, 25 August 2015 10:24
Written by Mike
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Gringo40s will be in attendance at the splendid show that is Colours on the 12th September 2015 at the Newbury Racecourse venue..(RG14 7NZ) with a stack of new 28mm releases including additions to our Garibaldini Wars of 1860 range and New napoleonics...
Pre-orders being taken now..see you there

regards,

Ged

www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com

The Joy Of Six – A Big Show

Monday, 29 June 2015 12:43
Written by Mike
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We'll be staging the third Joy of Six wargames show at Sheffield Hallam University on Sunday, 19th July. We're naturally expecting 6mm wargamers from all over the country to be attending, but the organising team want to make one thing absolutely clear:

This Is Not Just a Show for the 6mm Community!

No, it's an event for the whole hobby, no matter what your scale interest/bias/prejudice may be.

 

We know:

I can't see them, never mind play games with them! I'd go blind painting things so small! I just wouldn't have the patience!

Or even the good old…

Just too small!

We've heard these and other sentiments just like them thousands of times before. The Joy of Six offers the perfect chance for us to put all these hoary old myths to bed.

 

The pages of various forums have been awash with debate about how tired the U.K. show scene has become. More of the old same old, same old. Let's paint a different scenario for you:

Lots of very high-class wargaming demos. Games that would win awards in their own rights at general shows, but where the people staging the games are actually interested in talking to you and letting you feel part of their game.

Lots of games where you can actually join in and play, across a wide range of genres and periods.

A free, hands-on painting clinic where you can sit down and try to prove that you can't see or paint 6mm figures well enough, or alternatively be surprised as to how easy it actually is.

Rolling seminars throughout the day to give a break from tabletop action.

A show with a real buzz of excitement to it that is as full at closing time as it is in the morning.

You can find out more details here.
We dare you to come and have a look at what 6mm gaming has to offer. We know you won't be disappointed, and you may well be very pleasantly surprised to see your 6mm boat floating very buoyantly…