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Wargaming from an Armchair: November 2014
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Wargaming from an Armchair. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Grand Duchy of Waldo first unit. I have become a fan of 40mm figures. I bought Prince August Molds, and am making armies for Charge! I also was interested in the period around the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s. I bought a bunch of figures from Spencer Smith's Shiny Toy Soldier line. They require some assembly. You have to attach their right arm and the head. The variety of uniforms gives you a lot of choices. Grand Duchy of Waldo. As is ...
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Ilkley Old School: March 2015
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Wednesday, 25 March 2015. Just finished revamping the first unit of my ECW collection. Infantry are now on 40mm square basis. I have also changed my basing style to a more classic look reminiscent of Peter Gilder using filler, sand and Humbrol Grass Green (number 80). I attended a training course in York last week. On the Friday, as the course had finished, I decided to drive home via Tockwith and stopped at Marston Moor. Map on the monument shows the armies deployed. Sunday, 15 March 2015. I am going to...
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Ilkley Old School: May 2015
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Friday, 22 May 2015. Last weekend we put on a demo game at the Triples show in Sheffield. This may be the last time we put on a game at this show. We used some of Ian's extensive collection of Napoleonic 28mm figures. Ken supplied the portable table which looked very good. The buildings were from Eauns collection of scratch built Mike Sewell Normandy buildings. Although only 20mm they worked well with the 28mm figures. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Ilkleylads - my other blog.
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Ilkley Old School: Plancenoit
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Friday, 22 May 2015. Last weekend we put on a demo game at the Triples show in Sheffield. This may be the last time we put on a game at this show. We used some of Ian's extensive collection of Napoleonic 28mm figures. Ken supplied the portable table which looked very good. The buildings were from Eauns collection of scratch built Mike Sewell Normandy buildings. Although only 20mm they worked well with the 28mm figures. 23 May 2015 at 00:31. 23 May 2015 at 01:28. 24 May 2015 at 10:42. 25 May 2015 at 00:41.
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Ilkley Old School: July 2015
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Sunday, 26 July 2015. This year has been pretty slow on the painting front. What limited time I have seems to be spent on re basing. This morning I decided to re start painting my Saxon RSM Hussars. I have 12 of them that I started at least 18 months ago but I am finding really hard to motivate myself to complete. So I got 6 of them out of their box and got the paints out. These pictures show how far I got with them. Let's see if I can get them finished by end of next weekend. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ilkley Old School: July 2014
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014. Day out at the Royal Armouries. I have a week off with the kids as our child minder is on holiday. Monday it was a trip up the Dales and paddling in streams, yesterday was scorching so the days was spent at Ilkley lido. Today however I took Max and Emma to the Royal Armouries in Leeds. I was not sure if Emma would enjoy it, I knew Max would, however she enjoyed as much as he did. Having a go at the Vickers MG shooting game was the highlight. Saturday, 19 July 2014. The iconic map...
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Ilkley Old School: Saxon Hussars
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Sunday, 26 July 2015. This year has been pretty slow on the painting front. What limited time I have seems to be spent on re basing. This morning I decided to re start painting my Saxon RSM Hussars. I have 12 of them that I started at least 18 months ago but I am finding really hard to motivate myself to complete. So I got 6 of them out of their box and got the paints out. These pictures show how far I got with them. Let's see if I can get them finished by end of next weekend. 26 July 2015 at 05:16.
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Ilkley Old School: November 2014
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Friday, 14 November 2014. I went to France with the wife and kids and in between visiting Paris and Euro Disney I managed to take in a couple of military sites. Firstly I visited the battlefield of Fontenoy. A battle I have fought on a number of occasions but never visited. There is a factory which limits what can be seen but there is a small board by the local cemetery. There are also a couple of plaques on the cemetery wall. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Battle Game of the Month.
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Ilkley Old School: Morale in the War Game
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Tuesday, 4 August 2015. Morale in the War Game. Over the last few weeks I have been making some decisions on how I want to play my games using the War Game. You will no doubt have realised that these are my preferred set of rules for 18th Century games. I do however have a few house rules. Firstly I use these rules for both my Classic Prince August figures as well as my 28mm/30mm collection. One point is that my unit size varies depending on which collection I am using. Now you remember I am not having s...
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Wargaming from an Armchair: December 2013
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Wargaming from an Armchair. Wednesday, December 25, 2013. A Very Merry Christmas. I hope everyone who reads this had a good Christmas. I haven't been posting lately. My wife had knee surgery about 10 days ago, and I have been pretty busy taking care of her, doing housework, cooking, etc. It hasn't left much time for hobbies, unfortunately. She is doing much better now, so I hope to get back to it soon. In Her Majesty's name looks easier than doing GASLIGHT, which requires a fair bit of pre-game time to f...