Hello There! I gave a lift to a wargaming friend, to the Partizan show last week. I have already posted my 'Spoils' so here are the pictures of the games that were in attendance.
This was the first game, set up in the corner of the hall. Something I have seen a lot recently, another game set up in memoriam. Its sad to see the loss of so many wargamers and with the advent of the internet this can be seen to happen so much more.
The game was a 28mm ACW game using Perrys figures
The next game had a king of skirmish or old style flavour with the figures singularly based and drop on scenery on a table mat. This made me think of the latest you tube offering from Big Lees Miniature Adventures VLOG here.
The ease of transport and the decorative printed battle mats mean that many games are now fought on a billiard table.
I liked the look of the scenery and this echoed some scenery that I have made before.
The figures were numerous and well painted with plenty of carts to form the laager.
Westbury Wargamers are regular attenders to Partizan and this year put on a very colourful Battle of Sagrajas with Muslim and Christian forces covering the table.
I managed to get some descent close up photographs of these lovely figures without too much blurring.
The Yarkshire Gamer put on the Battle of Germanstown from the American War of Independence. It used 28mm sized figures and had plenty of small vignettes to look at.
The Chew house was a good centre piece.
The Derby Wargames Society used 28mm figures to recreate this large game from WW II.
The table was packed with features with a lot to view and take in.
This game also had many details that were a pleasure to view. Using 28mm figures this game was complete with Russian cavalry entering the table.
Here are a couple of lorries transporting troops to the battle. You do not normally see this detail as lorries are usually left with the canopy in place.
Crews served a Nerblewerfer at the side of the table.
Here are the Russian cavalry which is certainly different!
Another regular attendee at the show is the League of Augsburg. This was an amphibious landing and included vessels and many very nice buildings.
One of the main points hat drew me to this game was the old Airfix desert fort which stood in for Fort Capuzzo. I had a basic painting and buildings outside added.
My version and conversion of the Airfix fort is here.
The figures used for this game were 15mm and these worked well with the Airfix fort.
This Tobruk style defence appeared scratch built and allowed plenty of space to accommodate figures.
This was the first game I have seen in the 'new' epic scale and I must admit did look very impressive and can give gamers to recreate much larger games for a given size of board.
These models look a lot more like 'the real thing' than the representative battalion using 28mm figures. Also, to a point, they have some recognisable details on them too.
The building were impressive too.
This game put me in mind of the old Rumford & Marsh 'Operation Nostalgia' game set in the Aegean during WWII. It was very well presented and had plenty of players supporting it.
Bill Gaskin has attended the New Buckenham Historical Wargamers a few times and this is his presentation for the show.
The figures were spectacular and had the flair of a headlong charge, such as these cavalry.
I am still progressing on the transport wagons for my own projects, so I always like to photograph any wagons I see for ideas.
The building were HO/OO Faller plastic kits. They have a few modifications to blend in better with the scale of figures used and allow figures to be placed in the buildings. I have taken a number of pictures to show off these wonderful buildings.
This game was next door to Bills game and had a similar theme of buildings. Although in a less 'grand Manner' than Bills game it also had splendid terrain and a massive courtyard castle/chateau.
The peasants could easily be used for the New Buckenham 'Ketts Rebellion' game which the club took to Diceni a few years ago.
Using their own 'Valour and Fortitude' Napoleonic rules and show casing their new Spanish plastic infantry releases the Perry twins and associates put on this
I am tempted to make some haystacks like these, myself.
There were plenty of lovely Spanish style buildings on the table.
A close up of the tower on this monastery/church shows some lovely detail.
The stucco finish on these walls will also be attempted by me on some buildings soon!
There was a good effort on the rear patch of these Spanish Grenadiers.
This was also a very well presented game with some nice vignettes.
I particularly liked this water mill which stood out.
The command bases looked great.
Here are a few pictures of the vignettes dotted around the table.
The Bramley Barn Wargames Club presented a very colourful Sassanid Persian and Roman encounter which was a pleasure to look at.
The drop on scenery was relevant and versatile, being compatible with a number of other periods and scenarios.
It also had a castle on the able which certainly appeared scratch built and was impressive.
1st Corps were present again with a display game of the American Civil War. Packed with stuff to look at they did use the 'teddy bear fur' for the table mat which does cover the table and does seem to conform better to contours beneath it than a normal battle mat.
Teddy bear fur does seem to be like marmite with wargamers. The first time I saw it it was impressive, looking from a distance like wheat or barley swaying in the wind but after seeing it used so many times it has lost its effect somewhat.
Complete with tents and building this table did stand out, but as you can guess I am not a fan of teddy bear fur.
The cotton fields caught my eye and I have not seen this represented before
The game show cased much of the range from 1st Corps and it does give me a much better idea of their products, many of which I have sitting waiting patiently to be done.
I have being thinking of incorporating more wagons and supplies in my games and here are some of the latest offerings from 1st Corps.
This is something I have been meaning to build for many years, an American covered bridge. I wonder why the American covered a bridge with a roof?
This game used 28mm figures and reminded me of the Warlord Games Russians I painted many years ago. Having multi pose figures does give the wargamer a multitude of possibilities and I know some gamers enjoy making many different possibilities.
Again a very colourful game and set of with some lovely flags.
Something a little different but very well set up and labelled.
I did look at this and think it was a bit personal! I have no idea what sort of motivation Cerdic has?!
Another great game. Obviously a lot of work had gone into this. It was a flat board again, and as Big lee says in his Vlog, 'Where have all the hills gone?'
I do not normally photograph the participation games but this was well presented and had lots of lovely terrain pieces on it. I must admit I do lean towards the aesthetic of the demonstration game and find that it is difficult to get the feel of a set of rules in a crowded and noisy show.
I did intend to look at this game as I am looking for a lower level skirmish game for this and other periods. this is very period specific and was interesting.
I simply did not have the time or the energy to photograph everything that grabbed my attention and while I wanted to get photographs for the blog I also wanted to savour the moment.
This was one of the better shows for Partizan, which is saying something! It usually as a very high standard of games and I wonder how this is all co ordinated?!
The organisation required for each individual game is immense then to fit it all in the hall as well.
The rudimentary bring and buy was very welcome, especially after the demise of SELWG.
A thoroughly enjoyable wargaming show and well worth the effort to get there.
