Happy new year! We ended up taking a little break from posting over the holiday season.
We start with an old Grenadier Ogre from Eric and below also a vintage Citadel Green Dragon.
Next up Phil has made a start on a new WH40k vehicle, most likely to be used in Stargrave.
And a 3D printed Orc beast to compliment Phil’s Lord of the Rings army.
Lastly for this week Tony is still on a WW2 theme since the Christmas game of What a Tanker!
Apparently these are two SOMUA MCG-1 half-tracks, two Laffley W15TCC tank destroyers (basically lightly armoured trucks with a 47mm AT gun in the rear bed) and two SOMUA S-35 fast tanks.
A photo round up of a lively Society meeting- November 26th
First up we have Mark J’s rather impressive Judge Dredd game.
The bright 1980’s colour palette worked very well for the game.
The game consisted of a Block Gang, a group of Mutants, the Citi Defence and some Judges. Highlights of the game were apparently the Citi Def taking out most of the Mutants with their rocket launcher and Mean Angel turning up and headbutting Judge Death!
Next up Jeremey and Tony F had a Full Thrust battle.
To spice up the game up we used some house rules that meant each turn players would have a random number of their ships turn up from a random side of the table.
The battle went all Jeremey’s way at the start but Tony F fought back to make it a very close defeat.
There was also the regular FoG game, a more relaxed affair after the previous meetings FoG competition.
Some brightly coloured knights are about to make an impression.
And the last game on the day was an ACW game put on by Stephen.
Using the Fire and Fury rules John L, John R and Pete M took command of the Union with Tony G and James the Confederates.
There were some notable actions in the game including a wild charge by James’s Confederate cavalry but it was not enough to stop the Union carrying the day.
We start with Eric’s progress on his Roman Cavalry.
Next up John L is making progress on his Italian Condotta Infantry.
And last but not least this week, I’ve started on the bases for my balloons. The base is weighted with washers as the final balloon will be four times the height shown.
It’s Wednesday again and we have a varied selection for this week.
Above Tony F has dug out some old building models, they are apparently by French model railway manufacturer MKD. I think the plan is to paint them up for some 20mm WW2 action.
Next up John L has made a bit more progess on his Norse Gael Warlord.
Next up Marcus has been painting more planes, this time some ME110’s
And lastly this week, Eric has painted up some Roman Cavalry horses.
A photo round up of a couple of recent(ish) Society meetings- August 27th and September 10th
Here’s the second of our catch up posts for a couple of our recent meetings.
24th September
A good turn-out for this meeting with 5 games in progress.
We start with Pete’s 10mm Vietnam “Charlie Don’t Surf” game.
A quiet hamlet in VietnamUS InfantryNVA troops advanceM113 ACAVs
Then on to some 3D printed and scratch-built Galleys & Galleons, part of the Mediterranean Galley Campaign being run by John.
Galleys advanceFleets engageThe battle continues
Then on to a 6mm Napoleonic game, Poles and Saxons vs Austrians 1809 using Mark’s Home rules. (Forgive any errors in troop attribution).
Russian Cavalry advanceRussian Infantry and ArtilleryPolish InfantryPolish Lancers
Andy and Steve had another SAGA Crusades bash:
Andy’s CrusadersStephen’s Mounted SaracensStephen’s AssassinsSAGA Warriors, foot and mounted
And finally for this meeting, Alan ran a 28mm WW1 Blood & Valor game:
French InfantryGerman InfantryGerman A7V tankFrench infantry storm a ruined houseFrench Infantry
8th October
More games but fewer periods for this meeting.
We start with a BattleTech game, a bit of an introduction for thee rules at the Society, only a couple of photos of these I’m afraid.
Six members contested the Trevor Pearless Memorial DBA Tournament, we managed to run five rounds of three games. There’s be a write up of this in due course, but for now here’s a few photos.
Trojans vs Anglo DanesTrojans vs Anglo DanesTrojans, complete with Horse, vs Anglo NormanAnglo Normans vs Caledones
And finally, some 6mm Filed of Glory action
Light cavalry surrounding the heaviesLight Infantry clashElephants!
We start this week with something from me, I now have all 10 napoleonic era balloons painted up. Still need a bit of highlighting to do, next up will be the crews.
Next up John L has some more Norse Gaels on the go (I’m sure this is the second set of Norse Gaels John has painted?).
A new Norse Gael warlord, and below some javelins.
This year’s Christmas game at the club is going to be a tank game, which has inspired Tony F to paint up some tanks. These are FCM-36’s (means nothing to me either).
And finally this week Stephen has built some more medieval scenery. This time some beehives.
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.
We start this week with Mark J and the stunning progress on his Judge Dredd game. Judging (no pun intended) by these figures the game is going to look very good.
and a close up of the robots.
Next up Eric has finished his Gaulish dog handlers.
and last but not least for this week Stephen has created a well, as scenery for a bit of Saga Crusading.
Apparently these are two SOMUA MCG-1 half-tracks, two Laffley W15TCC tank destroyers (basically lightly armoured trucks with a 47mm AT gun in the rear bed) and two SOMUA S-35 fast tanks.
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