Blooadaxe GNW in Action

I know that I’ve mention the Bloodaxe Miniatures GNW figures a few different times in the past. I do believe that I’ve even talked a wee bit about my own GNW project that is slated to get rolling this year (April is my current plan). I may even have shown a few pictures, but not any pictures of the figures in action.

Jeff, a long time Bloodaxe Miniatures GNW war gamer, runs the Saxe-Bearstein blog where, among other things he reports on the happenings of his 18th century ImagiNation. Recently, Jeff granted permission to reuse his photos featuring the Bloodaxe Miniatures from his collection.

So, today I thought it would be a good idea to share a couple pictures from Jeff’s blog. These picture accompanied the post from 26 March 2013 and depict a war game battle fought about 7 years ago.

Saxe-Bearstein

 

 

We hope you enjoy the pictures and will pay Saxe-Bearstein a visit when you are next looking for something new on the web.

Saxe-Bearstein

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Picture Day – 20mm World War II

A simple picture posting today…

E2-9

E2-9 – German, 2-man machine-gun crew, prone

Some 20mm Germans (Suitible for Late War WWI and WWII) from my collection. Recent castings, from New molds created from Original Master figures.

 

E2-10

E2-10 – 20mm German, 2-man anti-tank gun crew, prone

I use these figures with for small WWII Skirmish games and with old school WWII rules such as: ‘Fast Rules‘ and ‘Tractics‘.

 

These would match the figures used by: A.W. ‘Ed’ Saunders and Lionel Tarr in their Modern (WWII) wag games.

 

 

 

 

Original creations by:
Holger Eriksson. Once sold under the Authenticast brand, transferred to the Scruby line in the 1960’s

E2-12

E2-12 – 20mm German, Infantry, helmet, prone, firing rifle

 

 

Old School ACW

New feature today: ISR or Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. Not nearly as ominous as it sounds. More a look around the hobby, or a window into what you, our readers are up to on your game tables or with your figure collections.

Old School ACW

Today we share a few photos from one of our HistoriFigs friends. Timothy and his son Alisdair play some pretty fun looking old school games and recently Timothy send in a few photos from his first ACW battle with Ian Kay’s 42mm figures. The game was played last June and was, and in Timothy’s own words:

It was a heap of fun and so simple.

His terrain consisted of trees that were made for a “forest moon of Endor” Christmas present (some very basic redwoods), plus a little commercial fencing, a repurposed bird house, and a tin building from a Marx set he has owned for over 50 years…

Old School ACW

If you would like to share your war gaming adventures, please let us know. We will gladly post your pictures and game reports here on Table Top Talk.

Old School ACW

 

 

 

I think that I’ll be checking out these figures to see how well they will fit with my Scruby 40mm ACW armies…

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Around the Web

Today, I’d like to direct your attention to a post on Bob Cordery’s WARGAMING MISCELLANY site. On Sunday 16 February Bob posted a play test report: Attack on MacDonald’s Farm. The topic initially caught my attention for two reasons: 1) a gridded war game and 2) the rules were by Ross Macfarlane; his 20th Century Square Brigadier rules. A rules set that caught my eye just a little while back.

Wargame Miscellany

 

Bob’s blog is one that I read on a fairly regular basis. He often has many interesting ideas and stories to tell. If you have never visited his blog site, be sure to do so as I do believe that you too will find it to of interest.

 

While out visiting you should also be sure to visit Ross Macfarlane’s Battle Game of the Month blog site.

Battle Game of the Month

I always finds the site to be informative and entertaining. I find much war game inspiration in the photos and write-ups on this site, and I think many of you will too. And besides, how can one resist a blog with such a cool header image?

Be sure to pay Bob and Ross a visit, you won’t be sorry.