The Other Partizan...

...a TOP day out with Phil and Will, meeting many good friends in our wonderful hobby, seeing so many outstanding games and even depleting the warchest slightly with some necessary purchases - honest!

Chatting with folk has become increasingly difficult as crowds have increased post lock down, I worry folk get the wrong impression when I go off on a tangent having misheard them, or worse just guessed! I always look forward to meeting those who live at distance from me, so I'm glad to have chatted briefly with Kevin & Viv, Dave O'B & Colin from Gothemberg Gamers, Aly Morrison, know to be known as Norman, and Colin Rumford, Barry from Warfare Miniatures and Shaun from The Bunker! I took some pictures of bits of games with bias towards the Iron Brigade, WSS period games and buildings ~

Scenes from the Iron Brigade's Juno Beach D Day game. Wiilliam gives it a 5 Star rating!

The hordes of figures from the Jewel in the Crown, the Boondock Sayntes.

From Simon Miller's  Lust For Glory WSS game showcasing his forthcoming rule set.

The Glorious Revolution from the chaps from Derby Wargames Society!

The League of Augsberg in full cry!

Wonderful buildings and small details draw in the eye, a joy to see this table set up.

I have long converted this set of buildings from across the pond!

A splendid castle from the chaps at Shrewsbury Wargames Club!

A Motte & Bailey castle to write home about! Shades of Charlton Heston in The Warlord?

The Pacific! Pictures by William.

Somewhere in Italy? Picture by William.

The 1st Corps Arras 1940 game? Pictures by William again. As you can tell he is into WWII gaming in a big way. It's his birthday next month so he treated himself to some Warlord Games Bolt Action boxes...Me? Tufts and Static Grass from Great Escape Games, steel pikes from Coritani, a town square and rubber cobbled roads from Early War Miniatures and 3 brushes from ABC Brushes. Roll on 2027 and the next two Partizans!

Churchill's Regiment of Foot

I have been painting these Ebor Miniatures figures for what seems like eons, but certainly since well before we slopped off to Tenby for a lovely week's R&R. These are the second infantry regiment I have completed for the British tranche of my War of the Spanish Succession project. You may recall the first, Orkney's Regiment of Foot featured three standards, solely because three were on the Flags of War sheet, so I have added an extra Ensign with the English national flag to the regiment.

Ebor Miniatures sell various deals to reduce costs even more, with the Infantry Regiment deals having 18 figures. As I aim for 24-27 figures on three 80x60mm bases I have supplemented each regiment with six extra figures: an Ensign; two Grenadiers; an Officer; and two hatmen.

The central base features the regiment's command elements, in this case the Colonel, three Ensigns and two drummers. I'm not a fan of painting drums I have to say, second only to my dislike of painting horses!

The left hand base, as you look at the regiment drawn up in firing line, features four grenadiers and an officer, plus four hatmen. 

The right hand base balances this look with eight hatmen and a sergeant. Unlike the Danish infantry I didn't add any casualty figures to these bases.

The third infantry regiment was delivered by Royal Mail as I settled to write this blog entry, accompanied by a battery of British 12lb field guns. By way of variety for painting the infantry regiment will feature some kneeling figures in the firing line. While I waited for the delivery I started on the first of the Scots Grey Dragoons using Warfare Miniatures figures, the first of three planned cavalry squadrons in the British tranche of the project. If all goes well I shall add some Dutch after these are all completed, probably early in the new year. Plans though, we wargamers know what all too often befalls them...