We’ve been remiss and not posted a photo round up of several of our meetings held over the last three months. Here’s the first of these covering the first two of the missing meetings.
August 27th
Three games ran at the meeting, first up a 6mm Ancients game using Field of Glory rules.
Alan ran an Eastern Front WWI game in 15mm using “Battles with Brusilov” rules.
And finally for this meeting, Stephen ran a very wet Stargrave game, Waterworld. We should have a more detailed write up of this game soon, but you can find an article about the boat building endeavours of our members here.
Andy’s crew approach a tower blockTony’s crew encounter a KrakenThe view from orbit
September 10th
We had another three games at this meeting, firstly a 2mm Strength & Honour game.
Stephen and Jeremey ran another game in their refight of the War of the Roses, using Sword & Spear rules. There’s a full account of this battle (written by the victor, of course) here.
Lancastrian defensive positionYorkist right flankYorkists advance
And finally, Eric ran a series of Gaslands races.
We’ll round off the other two missing meetings, September 24th & October 8th in the not-too-distant future.
It’s been a while since we posted any pictures of society meetings, but here are some from our latest meeting, which had a good turn out with five games in progress and around 20 members present.
First up we have a 2mm Ancients game using Strength and Honour rules, Republican Romans vs Germans.
Marcomanni & Suebi Warbands clash with the AuxiliaSame clash, different angleClose up of the Suebi WarbandLine of battle
Our second game was a clash between a 100 Year’s War English army and some Ottoman Turks, this time in 6mm using Field of Glory rules
Archers flanking Men at ArmsClose up of ArchersArchers holding the hillCavalry charge the Men at ArmsMen at arms punch a hole through the line of Archers
Slightly later historically we turn to the War of the Roses, and a game based on the Battle of Wakefield, this time in 15mm using Sword and Spear rules.
Battle of Wakefield, starting positions. Jeremey feeling somewhat surrounded.
In the background you can see Stephen’s representation of Sandal Castle, you can see an article on its construction here.
Close up of the Yorkist right flank.Lancastrian Left Flanking forceYorkist Archers, the small dice show the remaining strengthUneven archery duel, all units started at strength 3.
Our fourth game, chronologically, takes us to the East End of London, where things go bump in the night. A Victorian Gothic Horror game using “A Fist Full of Lead” rules in 28mm.
Just another day in the East EndA bit of a barneyHello, hello, hello, what’s going on here aaarghhIt’s not even safe indoorsA Hansom CabPolice raid a house of ill reputeThey’s big n hairy & I be afraid of ’em
And finally, we go to Vietnam, with a 1:600 scale Air game using Thud Ridge rules. Only a couple of photos of this game unfortunately.
SAM-2 site protecting a vital bridge as a Skyhawk attacks.Close up of the Skyhawk, pursued by MiG-15s
Jeremey has briefly been sidelined, so Tony F takes over the WIP Wednesday reins this week.
The club’s gone relatively quiet lately – obviously everyone’s efforts went into the jubilee ! However, there has still been some progress – Mark J has employed his magnifying glass for his 6mm Saxons (above), then broke out the electron microscope for some 2mm Antonine for Strength and Honour, which are based on perspex.
Warbases’ 2mm Roman Legion (Mark J)
Marcus meanwhile has been working on some 28mm Spy-fi and 15mm Sci-fi miniatures.
The initial stages of some 28mm Spy-fi from Marcus (who, like Bond, seems to have an eye for the ladies !).15mm Sci-fi from Marcus – mostly Brigade Models but with the odd interloper.
Jeremey has been converting a Copplestone figure to act as his Stargrave crew’s first mate.
Jeremey has named this image ‘Avon’ – a nod to the Blake’s 7 character perhaps ?
And finally, something from me – these were missed from the last WIP Wednesday post (about which I’m not bitter at all…) but since I’m in charge this week, I’m putting them in. First, it’s more additions to my Middle Earth armies – half-a-dozen elf spearmen to accompany the cavalry I painted a few weeks ago.
Six Rivendell elf spearmen
Next is my take on Radagast the Brown – it’s not either of the official GW figures which are rather expensive, but a Conquest Miniatures hedge witch. I added a bird from an OOP Celtos figure which is positioned as if the wizard is talking to it, painted up as a falcon.
Talking to the birds…
And to round things off, another small piece of 6mm desert terrain, an oasis made from 3mm Foamex, a sand/paint/PVA texture, cheap palm trees from eBay and clear PVA for the water.
In addition to the Stargrave game previously reported, there were two other games run at this meeting, both using rulesets new to the Society from from Two Fat Lardies .
First up the 6mm Ancients players tried out the Strength and Honour rules with a couple of games involving Roman and Pontic armies.
Our members collections are primarily based for Field of Glory / DBM, so for this trial game Perspex bases were used to reflect the bases sizes in Strength & Honour.
The left of the Roman Battle LinePontics on the left, Romans on the rightRoman Legions form upPontic pike phalanxesPontic scythed chariot supported by cavalry and clibanariiView from the Roman linesPontic phalanxes with skirmisher supportsClash of cavalry, Pontic Clibanarii against lighter Roman cavalryInfantry lines get into the fray
The first game was a narrow Pontic victory, the second was a Roman walkover.
Some members are also building some armies in 2mm for these rules on the regulation bases, here’s a Roman legion arrayed in the triplex acies:
Trial basing for 2mm figures.
The second game to feature a new ruleset was an early WW2 game using “O” Group rules. This featured a British advance on German positions, and ended in a German victory as the British failed to inflict enough damage on the Germans.
The battlefield in the lull before the stormGerman officer giving ordersTwo Matilda II tanks advanceGerman Pak 36German Pak 36British infantry advanceMatilda IIs with infantry supportGermans take cover behind the hedge.British infantry also take coverGerman heavy weapons, le.IG 18 75mm Infantry Support Gun in the forground. Pak 36 in the background
Finally, a few pictures from the Stargrave game that didn’t make the game report.
Tony’s crew advanceA cyber enhanced critter, the bane of Andy’s crewAndy’s sniper takes position to cover the flank
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