Last night was volunteer training. I am on service desk this year so more talking and less hot glue. The shifts are long but one gets you a day pass refund and two gets you a full weekend refund and of course you are helping out the local gaming commun…
This last weekend was spent finishing up the last of the figures for my game at Cangames
On the Painting Table
I while back, I had ordered up a pair of Whitworth 12 pounder Rifles to reinforce the Martians. They will count as rod guns but being b…
The cable from Major General Carruthers, as written by his ever tactful ADC, read:”Appreciate despatch of mounted troops with which to pursue the and subdue the heathen alien hords. Request addition of Lancers to provide punch to pursuit.”What Carruthe…
As mentioned previously, I will be running an 1889 game at Cangames this year. With school work out of the way and things at work calming down a bit, I was able to get going on terrain this past weekend.
Dollar Store Goodies
An earlier trip to the …
On September 17th, 1895, the great negarit war drum on the grounds of the Palace was beaten continuously beginning at dawn. the following proclamation in the name of Menelik II. “Assemble the army,beat the drum (Kitet Serawit, Mita Negarit!)”.Il 17 set…
Avrei voluto riportare qualche frase di questo bellissimo volume, o meglio testimonianza, per farvi percepire il pathos che per oltre 500 pagine vi accompagna. Avrei voluto riportare gli ordini di battaglia, dettagliati e completi, di tutte le spedizio…
From Rob:The last bit that will pull me over the threshold of my personal challenge/goal is a bunch of Mahdist Ansar. These are Perry plastics and although I am not a great fan of the plastic stuff I have to say that these are extremely nice figures.. …
From Michael: First a couple of AWI rebels to complement my skirmishers from the previous entry. Pretty soon they will get some actions when we try our first game of Muskets and Tomahawks. Perry figures so great animation but also a lot of free …
From Kev:First up are French Indian War Rangers Wilderness Force.All 28mm Redoubt Miniatures. There are 15 in total, 12 men (2 x units of 6) and 3 casualty markers.For Muskets and Tomahawks. Typical Green uniform with red facings. Various headgear…
From Greg:As the end draws near, another Sudan submission. Once again these are all Perry sculpts from their excellent Sudan range. You can’t have the Camel Corps without camels, right? So I painted up a command group mounted on camels, insp…
From Andrew:First up are 26 British colonials for our adaptation of Muskets and Tomahawks. These are all Empress miniatures 28mm figures. These additions will give me 3 units of 8 line figures and two officers to add to my current troops and complete o…
From Greg:More Sudan figures for the Challenge Gods. As before, these are 28mm sculpts from the Perry Twins’ Sudan collection. These lads will represent the 3rd battalion, 60th regiment, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, on the table. The KRRC fough…
From Greg:More Colonial Sudan stuff for this submission. These are members of the 10th Hussars with sabres, 28mm figures from Perry Miniatures. The 10th Hussars fought in most of the major engagements of the early part of the Sudan campaign….
I was out to Winnipeg for work last week and had the great pleasure to get in a visit with Greg and his lovely wife. We got in a couple fun games but also spent a few nice evenings just sitting at the table painting figures and shooting the breeze. You…
From Michael:Well after what seems an age, I’ve managed to finish off a couple more miniatures which I attach for your scrutiny. More from the fabulous Perry brother’s Sudan range, this time the Heliograph Section and Mounted Camel Corps Command. As …
Hello once again to the Analogue Hobbies gang. I am here to interrupt with another guest post AAR from our wonderful visit to Regina this past weekend. This report features action set in the searing heat of the Sudan in 1884 as the troops o…
Well its been much longer than planned and to get things along I have enlisted my mate Kieran (6mm Wargaming) to build my Rorke’s Drift Models and Base Board for me. I have been inspired by the SSWG’s (Southend & Shoeburyness Wargames G…
From Phil:Entry number…five? This is a much-delayed and small entry, a result of finally getting around to watching Danish jumper-drama ‘The Killing’. Although quite excellent, it eats into my painting time as it is subtitled, so requires my full att…
On Sunday Posties Rejects gathered for another 10mm Boer War game organised by one of our group, John. We were re-fighting the Battle of Bergendal which took place on the 21-27 August 1900 and was the last pitched battle of the Anglo-Boer War. It was a…
From Michael:Just a quick note to attach my latest entry, more of the very versatile Perry plastic Mahdists; two more stands of five of these fiercesome warriors. The first, very much in the vein of what has gone before, but the last are armed wit…
From Greg:This submission includes a group of Mahdist cavalry from Perry Miniatures awesome Sudan range. Among them is the combo armoured Emir and armoured standard bearer, together with six more regular cavalry dudes, three of them sporting capt…
From Michael:The arrival of snow meant a nice quiet Sunday keeping warm by painting furiously! As a result I’ve finished off this little stand of 5 Mahdists with an additional 3 individually based. I was playing with the idea of mixing up th…
Michael starts off the New Year with this excellent entry of a Gardner Gun and its navy crew.From Michael:It seems to have been far too long since my last entry, but I have managed to get back into some semblance of a routine and as a result, I present…
From Greg:This submission features some figures representing the British 10th Hussars in the Sudan with improvised lances. The figures are from the amazing Perry Miniatures Sudan collection. The Sudan was not a friendly place to British cavalry. …
Here is a staggering entry from James (I’m having serious sense of déjà vu of Kent’s work from last year).From James: First for today is two canoes these are for the French Indian War from Conquest miniatures I have one Indian and one rangers …