Sunday, 10 June 2018

Jacobean Farce

In the end I couldn’t make the Durham show this weekend. While I had been looking forward to going, on the day I wasn’t really up to it, and would only have spent money I don’t have on stuff I certainly don’t need. It was also a nice day so I got lots of priming and varnishing done in the garden. From what feedback I’ve seen or heard (all positive) it was a bit better than previous years insofar that there were more games and the traders seemed happy, with around the same footfall as last year.

Moving on, I've been preparing for our 3rd (or is it 4th?) annual weekend of wargaming in Kenilworth in a couple of weeks time. For reasons only known to my psychiatrist and The Almighty I am putting on one of the games again, this using my French-Dutch War 1672-78 armies. I won't give too much away at the moment other than to say to think 'Versailles the Wargame.'

Here are some of the (as yet unnamed) characters/objectives for the game. There a couple more to finish and photograph, and I've noticed, as one always does, a couple of the figures pictured below that need touching up (with a paintbrush). The figures are from all over the internet. The cavalry are Warfare Minis, there are some slightly anachronistic Foundry women, a few Colonel Bills and even three Fenris Miniatures to name but a few.



























6 comments:

  1. Good grief, we'll go blind playing this!

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  2. Wonderful colors...and beautiful ladies!

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  3. With all these lady figurines and Chris's Hussarettes, it is going to take some convincing my missus that I am going to a wargaming weekend

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  4. Judging by many of the figures, this is going to be a very interesting game - I look forward to reading about it! Ladies always add a certain "je ne sais quio" to any game - we had a Vendee game once where my character (French) ended up decamping with his mistress and being evacuated by the Royal Marines onto a British frigate - such fun!

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  5. Sorry to be missing this Colin! Next year hopefully!

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  6. Why is it that once published the photos show up all sorts of painting errors and down right crack-handedness? The mounted figures need some more work. Grrrr.

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