John and I nipped down to FIASCO in Leeds on Sunday. It is held at the Royal Armouries which is always a bonus. I hadn’t been to FIASCO since well before lockdown and as I had missed The Other Partizan was keen for an expedition south.
First of all the show. Possibly (but probably not) because of my growing curmudgeonly nature I am struggling to find much actually good to report beyond having a good day out and plenty of hobby related chat with John, Richard, John Reidy and Robbie albeit briefly, and the few other friends and acquaintances I spoke to.The games were pretty average with the exception of an excellent Italian Wars game from Ken ‘Yarkshire Gamer’ Reilly (the only game played in natural lighting) and a 16thC(?) Chinese v Burmese game using the excellent range from Tiger Miniatures. Sadly, it was so dark inside that it wasn't feasible to take any photographs, which is a shame. Even with a flash! The dim lighting also meant that browsing some of the traders' stands was extremely difficult and in a peculiar piece of unfortunate serendipity Badger 3D Creations were in a very dark unlit and Stygian-like corner. It was also difficult to browse many of the other traders stalls due to the gloom.
I did manage to find my way round the hall and bought some MDF bases off Pendragon, a box of Atlantic Goth infantry (like I need any more!) and a vast amount of standing corn/maize crops that had been somebody’s last year’s Christmas tree. Overall not the best of shows but a fine day out nonetheless.
So, the other stuff referred to in this post’s title is a parade of almost all of my Allied forces for the Fall of France.
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A battery of French 75’s |
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Royal Artillery, and Morris armoured cars of 12th Lancers |
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AMR35 tanks and a Laffley truck with a 47mm AT gun on the back. |
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Royal Artillery again |
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Mortar carts for the Senegalese Tirailleurs. |
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4th Northumberland Fusiliers motorcycle battalion. |
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Two battalions of French Dragon Portee with attached armoured squadrons and motorcyclists.. |
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Senegalese again. |
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Overhead view of elements of 50th Division. Not pictured are 6 and 8 DLI. |
So that's it for now. I have a Franco-Prussian War game to write up from this week, which I shall get to shortly.
It seems Dobbie the Painting Elf has been busy again.
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ReplyDeleteGlad you got a show fix.. it’s not a show that I tend to go to now unless it’s to catch up with people. I’m sure you will be at Stockton this month? Looking forward to a chat.
Excellent progress, Colin. I do like your BEF collection very much!
ReplyDeleteShame about the show , but perhaps I didn’t miss much. The early war collection has mushroomed very quickly 👍 looking forward to seeing them on the table
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