Historical Miniature Wargames
I started painting some of Pendraken’s excellent League of Augsburg 10 mm figures. I thought that lace wars would be a good colourful era after ACW. So of course the first unit on my table was a French regiment. They are grey. Well, some Dutch next I suppose.
These are the four Longstreet generals still battling it out in our club campaign. In mid-1863 the Southern gentlemen (still) have an unbeaten string of victories under their belt. The Union generals have the benefit of knowing that in the end, Victory will be theirs. A War is not won in a single battle, but maybe they will win a single …
We’ve been busy re-learning Force on Force after a long stint of Napoleonics. We are preparing for an 1980s Afghanistan campaign, and we felt it might be a good idea to do a few training games before risking any valuable campaign assets. I do declare we were right. It is amazing how much one can forget about the rules if …
Some pics to help building the same terrain again… Squads are in order from from the edge (the first pic) to the center + the mortar section.
Since our sponsor, Fantasiapelit, moved to a new location last month we lost our club space. Luckily we were able to band up with another band of like minded gentlemen gamers, Stadin Strategit and with the increased membership, together we were able to rent a twice as big club room than what they had previously. Certainly a change of pace …
My Spanish 1808 army has many small one-off units. One of these intriguing formations is the lancers that fought at Bailen “Los Garrochistas de Utrera”. This unit is fascinating as it was raised from the mounted bull-fighters, and they wore their normal work-gear into battle. I ordered a bag of Battle Honors Spanish Lancers BSP9 for these troops, but unfortunately …
The museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, London, is hosting a nice little exhibition on the history of play, games, and war. Highlights include old figures (flats and cardboard), board games from olden times used by soldiers and civilians on all sides, and even a game designed for training RAF bomber command navigators. Well worth a visit if you happen …
To get into the mood of upcoming 1st Bull Run we decided to go to Mr V and watch Manassas, End of innocence, a dramatized documentary of the battle he bought while visiting the battlefield. We also watched the relevant parts (and some more until general Jackson’s demise) of Gods and Generals, which was a very recommendable movie but unfortunately …
A 15mm NKE Chariot from Essex. I think I copied the paint scheme of the blanket from a Egyptian calendar by British Museum.
What-ho! I say, things have changed round here! We gave our website a complete overhaul over the holidays. Don’t let the new look fool you, all of our most popular articles are still here, and as a bonus we will be moving the battle reporting to this site from the old address gemigabok.blogspot.fi We hope you enjoy the change and …