1st Year and WW2 Tommies.

Today is my blogs" First Year Anniversary" and what a year it has been. I have really enjoyed  the blog and following some  outstanding blogs that are out there. The most striking thing about having a blog , for me, is the feeling of friendship that comes from sharing in a common pursuit. I never thought about this side of blogging and was really surprised how quickly I felt I was getting to know people from all over the world. To all of you who are followers, thank you very much. It is very humbling to know that so many people are interested in what is happening in my wargaming world. A special thanks to everyone who has commented too, I really appreciate your comments and advice.


Back at the start of the year Gav from http://tabletoptactician.blogspot.com/ gave me a sprue of Valiant Miniatures WW2 British "Tommies". I soon realised that even after 40+ years of gaming I had never painted any WW2 Brit's! I have owned plenty of the old Airfix and ESCI figures, just never painted them. Although these figures are labelled as 1:72 scale they are in fact a slightly larger scale than that. Nevertheless, I was pleased with the results and ended up taking another sprue from Gav and all 8 of the  Para heads that came in the box.
So, here are some pic's of my recently painted WW2 Tommies. Thanks Gav.

Some of the command figures.

PIAT team.

Mortars.

The Para conversions.

More Mortars.

Bren gunner.

Thanks again guys for all the support.

Goreham's Rangers

By 1761 Goreham's ( or Gorham's) Rangers had adopted a reversible uniform that was a red coat with brown facings and linings. As a result I have painted mine both ways. Painted a few years ago, actually at about the same time as I painted Roger's Rangers! However last week they finally got to have their first battle.

In action for the first time.

Manning the walls of Fort Wayne.

Covering a breach in the walls of Fort Wayne.

Roger's Rangers also in action for the first time.

Figures are from Front Rank.

Napoleonic Battle.

I have posted a short report on the Southern Strategists blog of a recent game we had. Russians and friends taking on the French.

More photos on the Strategists blog.
http://southern-strategists.blogspot.com/

Bavarians entering a town during the battle.

The battlefield towards the end of the game.

Highland Laddies of WW1.

A Christmas gift from my wonderful wife was a bunch of Great War Miniatures figures. The first group to get painted up is these Highlanders. Very nice figures and easy to paint too. Only problem is, now I need more!
Couldn't decide on what regiment to base them on so I have left them fairly generic.

French Line Infantry .

Over the Christmas break I finally finished off another French Line Infantry regiment. This is the 4th regiment in a brigade of 4. The other three units have been painted for a few years now.  All the units are from Front Rank, 3 Line and 1 Light. Flags from GMB.

 

 

The Brigade.

Zombies at the Mall!

A group of us went down to the mall the other night to get a few things. Nothing unusual there you might think. Well, there were Zombies about, and that made things very interesting.
Our brief was to get into the mall, get whatever supplies we could find and get out again.  Simple!!!

Zombies heading for the mall.

The mall and carpark.

My group of humans.

View from inside the mall as we arrived at the main doors.

Entering the mall.

Heaps more photos and more of the story on our other blogs.

http://dispatchesfromthemess.blogspot.com/

http://southern-strategists.blogspot.com/

Napoleonic French Carabiniers.

I have finally finished painting these guys. I had half of the unit for several years but only ordered the remaining figures in August.  I painted them in October and eventually got round to basing them over the Christmas break.
 The Carabiniers have always been one of my favourite Napoleonic units, the big red helmet crest , the brass/copper cuirass and mounted on dark horses must have made an impressive sight on Napoleonic battlefields all over Europe.

Front Rank figures and the flag is by GMB.