While this period of self isolation rumbles on its nice to have hobby related activities to provide both distraction and purpose. As some of you will know I write for
Wargames Illustrated from time to time and recently Dan had accepted a piece I have submitted on my
War of 1812-15 project. Of course, he can't now drive over to take the pictures to go with the article and so I've had a temporary promotion to acting photographer! I've spent some time this week setting up a table and agreeing a layout with Dan by email, so I thought you'd enjoy a general table view before I get the ok to start the individual pictures ~
I would hope to have all the required pictures taken and emailed off over the next day or so, though when we shall see the magazine again I'm trying not to think about really. I hope you and yours will all keep safe and well and that we can all look forward to The Other Partizan in October!
Looks really splendid, good to see there is life in old terrain boards yet too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil. I'm not as lithe as Dan so finding positions to photograph from is challenging.
DeleteBeautiful looking table. I am looking forward to the article. There is so little about the period in magazines.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, it was only a side war in the Napoleonics. It was interesting that the Canadians had a greater interest in it than the Americans when I was last over there.
DeleteThank you Mark, encouragement always welcomed!
DeleteLooks nice, trying to raise a campaign to fight at home.
ReplyDeleteThank you George, good luck with your campaign planning!
DeleteThat's a lovely looking table and nice to see what looks like a hint of naval involvement too, which is one of the attractions of this conflict.
ReplyDeleteThank you SteveJ, your encouragement is always appreciated.
DeleteI've been into the War of 1812 for many years--even wrote some stuff for Wargamer's Digest back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Yeah, Canadians have always been way more interested in the war than Americans--they tend to see it as much more of a "Canadian" rather than "British" contest, which is a stretch. (FWIW, my mother was born in Canada, and my father in Wisconsin, so I can see both sides' attitudes). Fortunately, the American Battlefield Trust has lately begun preserving and restoring 1812 battlefields (previously they worked only on Civil War battlefields), so I'm hopeful interest on this side of the border may increase.
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Chris Johnson
A nation defining war according to some Canadian commentators I've read.
DeleteLooking very impressive David will wait to see the details in WI ๐
ReplyDeleteLet's hope it won't be too long then.
DeleteA seriously brilliant period to wargame in. Loads of quite well documented battles/big skirmishes to use for scenarios.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite periods.
Indeed.
DeleteThat looks fantastic David!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Very kind Christopher.
DeleteThe terrain boards look lovely
ReplyDeleteBut the figures...๐
DeleteThe setup does look pretty cool, I shall look forward seeing it in the mag.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. I'll just be glad to see the magazine again!
DeleteA lovely looking table ... and figures....David .
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your article...
All the best. Aly
Thank you Aly, though who of us knows when we will see the thing in print?
DeleteA very fine looking set up indeed,. David!
ReplyDeleteI do my best!
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