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R.A.T.s
(Rat dorn Air aTta.ks) THE MARKET PLACE
bJ' PaM.k llayd Haveyou got figures for sale?
lnoking for figures - amies?
WwlI endedin 1945and I haveb@n wtrgamine it fron the nomenr Contactthe Marker Place.
that the Japmse sunendered(well, almost).Mosl of ny banleshave
We wiU put you in touch *ith buyersand s€lles st aightaway
beenfoughl solo,not fo. lack of anadve.sarybut simply beause I tike
A phonecall is all it lakesto placeyou. salevwdls on ihe list,
it tnat way.I havetried coundesssetsof rules andmadeup lors of my
o*n but one aspectbas proved more difficDlt rhan all of the orhe$ Someexampleson our for saletist include 25mmACW, 25rnm
combined,ifyou have read the tirle then you may haveguesed,,air Aw' 25mmAncients,25mm Napoleonics,lsmm Napoleonics.We
haveprosp€ctivebuyes for most scal€smd periodstoo nuDercls to
The air atbclc ngurcs prominentlyin every accounrof lhe .onflict
that you might readdd everygmund forcewaswell provided*ith AA
weaponswhether it be purpos€-built mo.ed vehicles or machine Full lhts availablemtionwide.
gunstashedto the cab of a lorry. It follows. therefore,that any scaled Lisr updareddaily
down reprqentation of a mid or lale 20th century amy musrconBin For info od coDtacls phone0l8l 3403799
AA unjts. (Anyway, I love model Bofors gus dd those cerman
whirblythingsalwayslookjusrgreat.)
otherresult m€ansno atlack, carry on with next movo.
So, you haveyour weapons,lrowarc you Soing to use theml Most
If ther€is an anackften shakeagainto d€terminewhich side attacks;
commercialruls cater for ajrcEft, that\ not $e problem, it is the
praclical aspect.There are a numberof ways that you can go about 1939.40,41 1942,43. t94l.45
briDgitrgplanesinto a land battle and hercde a few thar I hale t.iedl |,2,3! 1,2
5,6 4.5.6 3,4,5,6
1) Stick'em Up. This entailsobtainingmodeh of thecorect rypedd
A third dice thrcw l'ill indicatetbe attackforce:
scaledd thensticking tbemup on a big pole.Advarages to Stick'em
I a fighter
Up a@lhat il is reladvetyeasyto do and can l@k good especialtyif
2 teo Eghter
the (large dd heavy) baseis nicely lmdscar€d. Howevearhere are
3 a gound attackaircraft
many pitfalls to lhis merhod.Tle base(large and heavyremember?)
4 two grcurd altack aircoft
car ody be position€don flat, emply spaceson the boed and how
mdy of lhose occu.just were you needthem?Each time you reach
6 two level bombers
acros the bartlefield there is a dangerof m erdr elboq sieeveo.
somethingelse carhing nd tipping a srandro c.ies of .rimbei,
Next, numberthe boardedgesI to 4 and dice yet again for the entry
folloqedby the n€arcedaintyofthe roppledSrukacausinga domino
s i d e(. 5 o r 6 d i c e a g a i n ) .
effect mongst your Huricanes.
TheaMckingplaye.nowcanpick my poinlalongrhedice-decided
edged the exactentry spot and ndk it with a counter,bushetc. He
2) Hang'em High. I tlink that I fist read about this iI a Don
tben choosesa departurepoint on my edgeother rhanthe entry one
Featheclonebook and he actuallyr@k parr in tbe real war so you can
and likewise ndks that.
s€ehow old ihis on€ isl Models are suspendedfrom sr.ing and hooks
Tle plms de thenassumedlo fly a staight courseb€tweenrhetwo
md atlached to a frame wo.k thar is suspendedover the rable.
marken and a third mdker is placedat any poinr along rhis inaginary
Altematively. a piece of fine netdng or clear plastic sheeting is
line lo indicate the place thal the aircmft fire rh€ir weapontdrop
fasteneda few feel abovethe rable,dd the ptanesmove abouron top
of it. Justtry persuadingyour wife, gHfriend or morhe.to let you boh
somethinglhe size of a brassbedsteadto the dining .oom rable.
FIRE PHASE
3) Shelv€ it. Fo. my l300th gmes I oncebuilt a seriesof shelvesrhat Any AA weaponsin rangeof rhe attackere'flight parh,at any poiDtup
ran along one long edgeof my table.The shelvesr@k the form of a to its presentpositionfire fi61. The defenderdoesnor mve ro measure
fe{tanding box with th.eehorizontalshelvesthat could be placedon rangelo the tMker or mod€l but to any point alongthe flight paththar
the table for battles and removedothedise. Of course.it prcvented is in tuge. Tle planes,shouldmy still swive, now maketheir attack
accesslo the table from oneedge,bur d my lable is snatl dyway ard agains!g.ound tal8ets.Any remainingAA wapons now fire ar any
you can easily reachrighl acros f.on one side,ir vas not a problem. point along lhe altack€n' exir path. Tle AIR PHASE is now over
The whole thing war painledsky blue md the liny planesflew atong CrouDdweaponsthat 6red may not firc in rhe next ground move,but
splendidly at hi8h, mediumor low altirude.Unfonunately,the planes nay fire if the.eis arotherAIR PHASEfollowingit. An unlimiled
couldorny fly in two dineDsions,up anddownand left dd .ighr. They numberof air attacksmay take placedunng a garne.
could not fly :rross the table ard so I markedlheir positionatongrhe
back to froft axis with a counrer or a busb or an oil drum_well. NOTES
an)tning would do really.
Plmes should be of the appropriatekind for the dale. e.g 1939,40,41
It was at this point thar I realied that I did not needmodelsai all
Cermans couid be fighters: Me 109, eiound attack: Stuka, level
(yon can still usethemif you eant ro, of cou6e), and alsoftat I didn t
need foRard plann€d air missious or complicaredmovemenlrules bolnber:DomjerDl7, and 194,45 B.itisbcouldb€ fighten:Spitflre,
either!This then,wasthegenesis of R.A.T.S. ground attack: Typhoon, level bomber: LDcaster For the etual
combat rqult betwen air and ground targets any rule lhal are
- includedin your nomal groundrules can be used.I useRdpid fi.e in
R,A.T.S THE RULES
20mm scaleand my own houserules for 6mm.
After eachmove lhere is a speiai AIR PHASE \rhich is independenr Well tbat concludes R.A.T.S. Happy wargaming dd no more
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The Dutch Brigade
in English Service
1799-r8O2
b! Frarrk a@rtdcn Bergb
The period of the French RevolDrionand the Napol@nicWds, .s is
well knoa!, was one of g@! upheavalin the societiesaffecredby
th.m. Especiallyduring the revolution rherewar a nas emigrationof
people disconientedwith the new rcgime. A large numberof nobles
emigrated, quite often ro avoid a date wirh the ..widow" (he
guilotine), during the p€riodof the r?.re!r". As thesep€oplehad losr
th€ir wealth and prop€rties tberc was a large nunb€r anong them
willing to fight the Revolutionin orderro get it back.Tle sraresrhenat
war with France(GrearBrirain. The Nerbedands.Ausrria ard Russia
among them) raised a large ntrmbe. of so-called .emigr€,regiments
from amongst rhe doble refugees. They fought against rhe
revolutionarytroopswirh varying deg.eesofsucces, bDtthey coutdbe
sureof summaryjustice if they fell into the handsof rhe rerclutionary
trcops.By and large (with a f* exception9by ft€ eady tgrh century
most of the French €migr6 regimenashad been disbanded,although
enigr€ .egimentsfought in rhera*s of the atlis sp€.iatly rheBritish
A-ny uotil the €nd of th€ NapoleonicWars.
By the lale 18th cent!ry the Dutch Army (the so-catled...tr@rss
k8.,'') wa! in a messandtbe campaignof l?94, in conjuctionwith
British, Hanovqian and Hessiankoops had endeddisastrcusly,when
all of the southempart of the Netherlmdshad iauenjnro Frenchhands.
It was hopedby rhe Arted commtud dd rhe Dulch Stadtholderrhar
winter would med the end of military acrivity uril rhe next year and
the amies had dispeGedinto winrer quaners. Funhermore,it was
countedon that the rivers woDld prov€ a fomidable banie. for th€
French. Howeve., it was not to be. On Bonng Day 1794, a[ of a
suddenit stariedro ft@e so much that the riversthemselvesfrozerrd
aty defence of them was rendered hop€less.Th€ French rr@ps
marched in over the frozen rivers, rhe Stadthotderdecmped for
London,th€ BatavianRepublicwas prcclained ad a new govemmenl
As had happ€nedin France. a number of Durchmen(especiajly
oficert who couldnl bear the new govemnent left the counrryand
assembledin Osnabock in cemmy. EventuaUy839 Durch oficers
found themselv€sthere. This so,called Rassembtementof
Osnabrlck ' wasshortlived. however,a! rhekjng of prussiaprchibired
@ruiting oD his soil underF.ench pressurc.Frcm August to Octob€.
1795the British @dit€d Dutch troops for sesjce in rhe WesrIndies
ard in Jduary 1796 the "RalsembteDenf' was disbdded by tien.
Out of the remajnsof this assemblytwo yeais later was sruiled rbe
flfth battalion of the King's Royal Rifle CoAs (60th FooO, and in
De.€mber 1798a new Dutch force beganr€cruiling on prussiansoil,
this lirne with the lacit approval of the Pdssians. Wben the Anslo-
Ruslianinvdion o, Nodhem Hotldd tmk ptacein t799 all-rhe
r€cruitswere t$nsport€d to Y:mouth, which atso held desenes from
the Batavid aimy. Probablyfrom therc they were transfe.redinto the
Dutch B.igade.
M@while, on 21 Octoberl8C0 rlE DurchBrigadehadbe€nformed
on the Isle ofwight. to comp.ise:
four reeimentsof infantry of l8 companieseach
one regimentof rifles also of 18 comDanies
on€ battalionof artillery of eight cornpanies
onecorpsorengn€€6
one compey of pioneeB
one corpsof invalids
Tbe unib nust have been fomed, a! on 6 AuSusr 1800 rhe four
reginents of infantry were presenredwirh rhei. Colours; King,s
Colou6 of the British panem and regimeDtalColous of u old Dutch
2l
WARRIOR MINIATURES
14Tiveton Avenu€,clasgowG329NXScotland
Nes Catatogleri.50 pl$ . staftped addr6*d €nvplope
Pl.eslrt inl€Ele le mpl.,24 hff asweiphone Oal-7733a%.w€ a@pt Vla,
Mdrdhrr8€ ptc Maontd d i
th'n ARMIES- ONLr A35 ptusA,50 pd*, Ch{m tq FEi.h or Bn&h NapoLoiG,
RoIItr ECw Rotalisl or FIIi@tria& ACW Nodh:nn S.uuL 13lh Ca urt Colonial
Zda aa.lBrilisll FmEsyCdodo! Evil dd Srehtoc. Miliou ol l0Opift6 in.acn my
,a.1. Cetvallc
ztin N4POEI.EOMC TU,lntJ . ONll D1,95pta 8.00 pot . tm pc Bn6h. tMd,
Pns€4 RKi,4 Ach4 SdJnsh
2t1n AR tl$ - ONLYEr,tEflrc Asrrorr. r00pi6, crur, p@ pesidrTnRi4
It edniall" Noma4 $nuai MorBoq L.sln .Ilt, Medjleats,ACWNonh ud Sodn
25rr Dr,4lxnlIES - rROMAz3o, ove 40 lo .ho@ nm
bna ncllR$ - tRoM 25p 15m FROMtry, An md. fion top quatly rlot arr.
20M Sptunh Cvil wa liehdr dd Modm (JSA Ertesiv! 15Im Colonjal od
patteh. On 27 Novemberof ile sane yed rhe flank companiesof rte
four r€gim€ntsw€re formed into rwo batlalions of flankers of four
compuies each.In Decenber 1800th€ Drtch Brigadewastansponed
to lreland,which was threatenedby a F.€nchinvasionod in July l80l
the Brigadewas usedto gaEisonthe ChannelIslands.After the p€ace
of Amiensof 1802the Brigade was disbandeddd the majority of irs
peBouel transfenedback to tle s€rviceof the BatavianRepublic.It
was.however,not fte last time that a Dutch bdgadejn exit€ would be
fomed on British soil.
I]NIFORMS
with regrd to the unifoms qune a lor is knoqn aboul them. Thei.
generaliDprssion can be seeDfrom the accompanyingiltustmtions.
The Dutch Brigadewaskitred out in unitoms of Brithh model with
Dutchcolouring. In pracncethis meart ftat rheinfanry was ctorhedin
unifoms of the Brithb infdt y, bur with blue @atsvirh blue shoulder
strapsmd red facingsed white lac€.Tle shakowasthe British ttove
pipe of 1800with, however a shakoplal€ that in the cenrreinsteadof
the British lion bo.e the nonogrm PvO (for'.P.ins ve Oranje,').Th€
flanker companiesinst€adof the shako-plat€bore a while bugle hom
on the fronr of the shako. and a geen plume on lop. Flaikes
fudhemore weredistinguishedby blue wings with white lace.Oftcers
wore long coatsin the samecolour wirh silver lace loops on the coltar,
The rifles were dress€din rifle green unifons with black facings
(colld. cutr andlapels).On the lap€lsrhercwereeight y€llo* lacesed
butlons,on the cutrs three).On the sfiould€Bblack wings with yellow
coppercnainmail.A stovepjpeshalo *ith a yellow bugie hom on rhe
front was wom. On the left of rhe shale wB a black cockadeatrdrhe
point wherc yeltow shakecords were hrng up. The plume, however,
wtr on the front of the shakoand was ddk gre€n.The v6t was white
ed cut round at the lower edge with yellow buttons. Two whire
qossbelts were wom with a plain oval bronze crossbelrplate. The
Dniformsof the oflicen can b€ s@n f.om the acconpanying
The anillery and the pione€rswere unifomed as rhe infantry, bu.
with black facines with white lace ed buuons.The pomponson the
shakoeas btack with red. The officeB w€re dr€ssedas the infmrfl
officers,but wirh gold lace and epaul€nes.
SOURCES
H. tungoir,'Het ontstaandef HollandseBrigadein EnSelseDiensr' in
AnMqtano 10,W 25-27
Dr F.C. deWilde, De Unifomen r"n de Holandse Brigadein Engelse
Dierst' , i,nAmwntaia 10, pp 29- 32.
H.Ringoit, De Nedciandse Inf@tere Bussum,1968
J.P.C.M.vanHoof, 'Tle Army fron 1795to 1813'in,4 cozcir. Hirrory
of ttu Dutch Atuy 'The Hagu€,Amy Histo.ical Secrion, RNLA,
1984.
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Rules for
FIRING RANGES AN'D RFSTRICTIONS
WARFARE IN THE AGE OF PROCEDT]RE
MARLBOROUGH Roll I x D6 dice for eacheligible srand
Oneextm dice for Infanrry first volley
one €xtra dice lor British/Dutch/DanishInfantry
b! Mthe Ingtrqm Half the numberof dice {Rouddedup } if shal(en.
Range Upto Upto Upto Upto Upto
As used.at Fire! 12" 18" 30"
Tlte Wargames Holida! Centre Heavy Arty 3 x D6:Ne€dins
{5/6 v6
2 \D5t 41516 5t6
Inf mulker &316 5t6 6
TURN SEQUENCE
5t6 6
1. Move aI compulsorymov€s{Reteats/Routsetc} & Pistol
2. Order chargerand checkchargers'morale {Unit mustbe formed}
3. check defend6' morale {eligible cavalry may count€rcharsel FIELD OF FIRE
4. Move any resultingcompulsorymoves 30 degees
5. Move chargers'to firing point or contacta! apprcpdate Infanry in hardcover: 45 degrees
6. Nomal novement {nark ofr disruptionhitJ if ne.ssary} 30 degr€€slno combined fire on
?. Anin€ry fire { nark otr disruprionhib } one targetunte.ssfiring on fixed position o. tarSetis nearestl
8. Small arms6re {mark otr disruption hits}
9. Mordle checkson charges if hits il)flicl€d SAVINGTHROWS
'taved" as pe. table
Each hit inflicted through normal Rre may b€
I t. Morale check! and rallyinS attenpI.9{Righl to leftl below{Roll I x D6}:
12. Stalionarytroopsmay .€.over disruption hils.
Fire. is Iin. is
Tbrget tutillery
MOYEMENT
Esd cover(BuilditrEVe-rrlh*orlsl st6 6
MOYEMENT RAIFJ
Soft coaer {EedseYwoods)
Cui.ssie.s {abo in Melee} 6
Double Rosd I Double Rout
Open order {Artiuery crevrs, st6
tnf in Llne
IDf ln Column 12" 1E" 12" 'lf Oe savingthrow is a "l" the Targ€tCannonis disabled{+1
disruptionhitl.
Cav Deployed 12" 18"
Cav in Column lE' 18" 27" lE" DISRUPTIONAND MORALD
MedlumArty 10" 12" DISRUPTION HITS: are incurredby aUunits 6 follovs:
Eea\T Arty tz' Eachhit inniced by enemyfirc or mel@.
Eachdoublenove, or noving md firitrg in sametum
INFANTRY Movingthroughdjsorderingterain.
Turlnrg90 or 180Degsl l/2 tum lRav troopstull turn] Heavyand mediumartillery Ering.
FormLinefromColum: To recover one disruprion hir, a unit must spend the entire tum
{Full tum}
stationarynot firing. Provided it has not b€en fired upon this tum it
{Full tum} sarnein reverse
Oursid€nonnrlspad, insidestllionary may recover€n dtE mL

CAVATRY MORALE TESTSTare iaken for lhe following reasons:

Tuming90 or 180Degs: l/2 Tum Attemptingto chtrge or being charged.
frontagerI bate per 1/4 tum
Expanding/contracting lncuning2ormore disruptionh'tsin a tuo.
nomalsp.ed,insideshtionary se.ing a friendlyunit routwitlin 12".
ouBide
Cuirassiersl
Shakentroopsbking any disruptionhiG.

SmP l: Count up accumulateddisruptionhils.

ARTILLDRY
Full tum 'temporary" factorsd follows:
STEP 2: Add
Full tum
+l eachfriendlyroutwiihin 12
Rout€rsabandon guns.
+ I being chargedor loserof nelee
Battalionguns nove aslnfantry. +1 if shakenor disordered
+l enemywithin charyereachof flank
NBr SHAKBNTROOPSMAY NOT ADVANCE TOWARDS A +2 enemywithin chargersch of rear
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Grcat Ryton
I e3chqualrying gereral wirbin mnge -D&8P.SAYE Doninglon.thrcvv'bury
sYt7LW
Iel:017437185t2
I ach rear supportwirhin 6" {nax 2} A laNe *le<tion of too.u.liw m.q.etk and steelD.Er mat€ri.k to aid
rrabllitv.nd
' avoiddan:qe tb fiqiDi in tr.nrpor! v;ry llqible, e.sily
STEP 4: Deductresult of one avemgedice: <urwirh 10;106 to-fit onder exiirinq b.!45.
If resull is equalor lessthanbde moralethe unit is OK MAGNEnC AIEn|Als:t.adilior.llyputunde'eritlinga'dbdpsto
h€lokeeDfiouresuDriohtwhen.dtriedinneelloo
' bo\er Alsourdto
If result is I or 2 over basernoEle lhe udt h SHAKEN hie;'ryinqbo-rerlo'tqursmourledon$ee waiher.
If resuhis 3 or Dorc over basenorare the unil ROUTS
0.3onlhd,alladhaveba*?d
05nmthld,nonldheiveba.ked
BASEMORALE: 115t 100mm200! l50mm
Guardr5 Liner3 3nm f2.50 14.50 f 7.50 Pa*of5 !3.50 f6.50
10mn f3.00 f5.00 f 3.50 righlaeigh!Magnet(3h4rt
Eliie:4 Inferioc 2 l2.5mm f1.50 f6.00 fl0.5o 0.59mmthi(t,adheiv*baded
NB: Basenoralq can b€ atteredto suir the scenario f4.00 f7.m f12.50 115x 100nm200x 150mm
20hh f4.50 f3.50 115.50
.9ndi.n16l50nmiquara IiqhtweiqhtEngen eriasavalabl.in
CIIARGES & MELEES
STEELPAPERRANGE
CEARGE RFSTRICIIONS wlEn uledinb.r fils, plari. boxer,d., o6t !. {rlacio whi.hnagneswill b€
aftra.ted.Can6lsbeui.d{ndernall.alefquEdwilhmqn.lirnale alintne
A1l chargesmust b€ direcdy to the front_ 6ryin9bok)roavoidaddingundulyrorhenheisht
Infantry inay onty chargein line and only again$ anillery, shaten or 20ain x l50mm 2a0nn Y 130nn
disorder€ditrfant|f or infanrry,in nxed positions. llaanSrel Fip€r0 zmmrhkk {2$eE fit monA4iile boxs)
Only shockcavalrymay use a doublemov€to contacr.{Fi.ing cavalry Padot2f2.00 Pa4ot5a400 PadoltB.so Padoflof14m
Adh6ieebaddsie€lPaD.r0.l5nnlhid
may movelo contactusing a nomai move.) Pa(kof5t5.00 Pa*olro50 Pa.Lofr0fi600
Chargerand receivermust passa morale tesr. Sotl v.Elonrot 5l*l Pap.r6n besuppli.din orheriue, to ,p€rjd oder.
MOVEMENTTRAYRANGE
vi.!l-h.€d st .l pap€rlor md€n.nr rrayng@pinyad.proE, .rc Adherive
REACT'ION TO CEARGE baded,e on b. muiledon dd ortlyt ettE rt'fir* k Gquned.
Infantry fire on chargers,any casualtiescausea moraie rest on rhe 6r4n 'l4lP.p.r0.35mm rhid200mm x 1tomm
Pa*otsf7.m AkoavEilablelnsAND
torligu6 based onrte€lwarhsE, nelpap.r,.lc, nd.mixraynaGndon b.
Shockcavalry will automaticallycoute.charge unle$ shaker. suppli.dsirh gEnvinylonararrerrraa-dsc.nquiErordeLik.
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No rejnforcingby otler onit!.

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Shock Firing LAJ 9DD 01524733344 lrnh-Fhsold
Infantly Cavalry Csvalry
NEW TETS IIIONTH
C'hargiDgro contect P+r'. rlu -nn *. rr du o6q * 64 N indirdully rd. ud brsd Edy b &
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6rB q$lt ii Fe I
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Continuiog Mdee 6 316 516
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Tbe side receivingfte mosthits t€stsat tbe erd of the phase.If thereis hd R64 sp.(r@\ rftrr)
no rsult aier 3 phass of nelee, chargeBfall backa full nomat move Lls'(jd'q'r\!F(t!''!.|d'x|0")
shd tuqd #F(eFr u_dditu) s.6 otucN[ !fi EcoNoMY
in the following conpulsory movephase. bq..Rod'i+J!P@lfdimd

Ar,soAvarr,ABLE:r.nchni.hlrqft a.ir@ sdl llE, Brq tsln*

ROUTS ;nc d.kl &min -(
,r*td5,aa
Rout movesdue to being charg€dtakeplaceimnediately.
Otberrouts takepla@ in $e compulsorymovesphaseof rhefollowing

Routs move dnecdy away from rhe enemy threat and witt
interpenetratef.ienclsin tbeir pathunless$ey arc in sqDare. GENERALS
Infatry and calalry lose a stand{basel of troopsfor eachrout move. To influencethe moraleof the unit a gerc.al musl be within sight and
Anillery is rlmo!€d udess rheyrally ar the fi$t anempt. within the relevantrarge. Consulrthe rablebelowl
+A localconmandermustjoina unit lo rally it andcannotinfluence
any orherunil during rhe tum.
RALLIING
Eachrouting unit atiemptsto ratly at the end of the tum. Normal
RoIlxD6 Mo!ale Rallying
{ I fo' eachfriendlyrourw'rhin l2
-l for e-achgeneralwithin range lE" 12"
If rsult is less thanthe basemoralerhe Ddr rallies, ofteeise rhe rour 12" 6"
Rallying units nust remainstationaryfor one tum. 6" 0*
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AWESOME ENTERPRISES, RANK & FILE 15mm
RENAISSANCELEONARDOPLUSTANK: 112"95
As you might suspet from the nodel's narne,$is is a Reraissance
AIry, inspir€d by the military d$wines of Leonddo .ta Vinci. Tle
vehicle is plate amour€d wirh fixed min armam€ntin the shaoeof
lhreeReldpieces.Eguety lesenbt'ngrhe Cem6n wwr A?V: md
$ti supplem€ntary swivelguns.€minhcentof m Ml13. Thercthe
similarities with modem military designsend_The vehicte trundles
alongon four solid woodenvheeh, and h wind-powercdby mms of
a iargernasrdd single sait.The oriSiral landship!
Awesonehavedonea crackngjob on this little kir, which b cleanly
casl easyto assembleaad nicely derail€d.Atthough thereaE quite a
fe\r componeni! to assemble,it is a fairly simple lask to put it ali
Looking at tfie componentpieces,rle main hull md undersidecome
as two sturdy caltings. The main hull has quite w€ll derailedarmour
plating with dv€ts. ed the undeBide ha the whe€lscasr in. Rather
suerisingly, the undersid€ha! ci€arly defiDedplanking which would
not nomally be visible. The fosdd gun, presumably lhe nain
amam€nt, is castinto Oe main hull.
There is no rccommendedassemblysequenceto follow, but the
othe. components
de Side hull guns,lwo stightlysnaller pieces
which fit i o holesin the hutl sides,with trunnionstocatedon the
outside.Theseare then coveredby gun pons. If you wefio teavethe
gus loose,$e gun pons shouldbold themin placesufficienrlyto give
a fev degrcesof elevation.if you realty want it.
FightinSplatfon upperdeck.A snall rectegular arca(20 x 28mm)
whichsits at the rearof the upperhull, and moun$a pair of swivet
gunsplrs lhe ba!€ of the masl.Thereis a locating lug undemearhrhe
platfom which fits a @ess in the hull top. Thereis alsoa locaringhole
for themast,whichfitsrhroughthedeckintoanolherrecesin rhehult.
I would sugg€stthat you very caretully drill rhroughthe top of the hull
to oblain a better grip for tbe mas1.This can be doneeasily by hmd
with a bmdall dd mr-uil nle_
However,I'm not enrjrely convincedaboutthe locarionof the nast.
The kit is derjgnedfor the nast ro sland ar lhe red of the deck. od.
ther€fore,at th€ very rear of rhe t€nl. Pe6onatty I prefer b we ir
placed in the centre of tbe tank, which cd be ealily achievedby
tumingthedeckaround.Tlis will ofcou6e pui theswivelgunsat the
stem,but seemsto give a slighrly betterbalanceb the piece.lr is easy
to do a rough dry run to decide,so the option h yours.
Tllemainbodyof tnenastitselfisasingtepie@,with asingt€piece
crow\ nest& yard-am. This shoutdpresentno real probtems.dd the
kil comeswith a prc,prjnted sail. plus a pair of slr€amersor p€nnanrs
to hangat the €ds of tle yard-trm. The malt is thentoppedof by a
25mm tall flagstatr Again, there is a pre-printedhe.aldic srandad
supplied.The only difficulry I encoDnre.ed lvith the m6t wa! with rhjs
top setionr this rcally requks a flush Rr to rhe top of rhe mastitself,
but ne€dsto be added after rhe crow's nesl and yard-arm. I *ould
suggestthat you caretuUy.einforce rhe join with either a sl@ve of
sdtably thin piping (try your local model shopsto seewhat they can
provide)or a "bandage"of thin paper,or perhapstin-foil.
Eithe. way, eiperiment with a dry run befo.e you commence
assenbly so lhar you ce rrim your supportto size.
There ae also 4 bars with holes in for rigging. Tvo of thesee
cuned, and fit re.essesat the rear baseof rhe h!ll. The orier two
complelely elude me as to thek tunction. Other dgAing poinrs are
appdent on the main hull, one on the stemin $e midst of the rilets,
lwo on the forward quaners,sligbdy abovethe main gun.
Firally, ahecrcw The review serincludedsix and a hatf figures (i.e.
inclrding rhe tank commander looking out of rhe hatch) in an
asonment of late 15th ceDtury Kt, but I note rhal the advertised
complement is only fou. men. Most wed brigandines, all wed
helnets. with a mixture of barbuttes,sallets,and kettles.TheE @ a
numberof personalwqpons, polearmsand swords,to tunher cluuer
$e deck, although m amunirion for tbe swivel Cus, but thafs
probablyjust a bit picky. I *ould haveliked lo se I hatchlid fo. $e
commander,althoughI doubt that anyonewould really wanl to model
$is vehicle iD buttoneddown forn.
OVERALL DIMENSIONS
For thosewith m intere$ ir such statistics,fte Inain hull is 58mn
long,35mmwide.ud l5mm highexcludingwheels.The wheelsadd
m exlra5mrn,andthe masteffectiv€ly addsan extm l00mn to rherop.
soil is quitean imposingpiecewhenfinished.
Ar for uss, it woDld male a wonde.ful cemre piece to dy
Condottied band o. R€naissarce Iralian Wm' army, possibtyas a
commandlehicle. or miShl even be a conrenderas pan of a Hussire
army. Othe$ise, it would be well-suited to a l5mn or lomn scale
The vehicle do€shave someobvious limitations though.lt would
orny be suilablefor useon clear,flat termin. preferablyon roads,and,
reliant on wind power, it would be of no use if the wqtbq wd
usuitabl€. The shq weiShrof rhe vehicle would male soft grcund
impasable, and hius would be a haaid pith rhe m6t. Also, I can see
no obvjousmeansof st€edng.soit shouldprobablyhavea very limited
tuming circle.These ac of courseonly minor design probtems.
Tuming and movenent cm be eaiily supplementedby stdding a
sDali unit of mercenarypik€menbehindit (probablya wise precaution
myway consideringmostofthe nepower is at rhefrcnt eDd),dd mosr
Renaissace generals seem ro have p.efened fairly open terain
The main gun shouldprobably be no heavierlhan a mediun piece,
with the two side gunsclassesas lights.For obviousrcasonsthey
would be bette. suited as iate,medievalbresh-loadeB rather the
muzzle-loader. Tberc shoDldbe a minls facto. applicableto dy
suslained firing,asthereis no appreciable
ventilation,so thecreware
iiable to be overcone by fumes ard noise. For guidance,try reading
sone of the accounBof WYwIlanls in action.
The hull shouldprobablybe pistol-prool bur weighr would prcciude
il from stoppinganything bigger So saying, it is nicely sloped,ard
eith the limited accuracyof wly weaponssystems,anyrhingbeyond
close .ange should have a good chance of deflection or missing
The ma5tshould be fairly impervious to d)rhing but a reat fluke
shol, and the riggiDg would probably not take much damagefrom
solid{hol, howeverany fom of case{hor or incendiarycould €sily
ifonly fo. (hefun of it_
Overall,highlyreconmended,
Gary Hughs
THE EASTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION 1914 . 192I
The E.F.A.was foundedir a kitchenin K€nton 30 March 1997and
presently consistsof two members, myself(Nik Comish)andManyn
Cldke. Our aim is very simple we wish to generareard sustain
interestin the Easteo Frorl from rhe beginningof rhe creat War in
1914until theendof theRussianCivil War 1921.Thisis a preltybrcad
can%sone*hich we believehasbeensorelyn€glecredby historims in
the Westolher thd Noman Stoneand one or two others.Indeedthe
Russiansthenselves,umil the last five yq6 or so, have chosen!o
igDo.e much of then prc,Revolutionaryhisrory, hence the lack of
informalion availablein compaiisonwift ofte. belligerents.
From the outset it ntust be sht€d that we are a non-political
organisalion,simply amateurmilitary histo.ims. We arenot interested
in fte restoration of Tsarism or Stalinism nor the Dromotion of
anyfting othe.lhan the military history of EastemElrope and Rusia
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during that turbulent p€riod. Narurally this cov€rs th€ fighring, lhe HYDROCOATINGS. POBOX 69,WAILASEY,WIRRALL45 9NS,
unifoms,lh€ personalitiesand rhe rnenod women involved- in fact andvdiousshopytmdesthroughour theUK.
everytbingthat ha a beafingon rhe wd otr the tine. F@tnote:AlliedOliveD.abis nowin lhepipeline
Martyn md I hale complementaryinterests,mine being the crqt
'!Yd.
Manynt b€ing the RussianCivil W& ed the tntedentionisb. It
js purely coincidentalthat we are both Russophiles,but plss€ do nor TI]NBRIDGE WELIf
assumethat lhose of you wirh an inleresrin the Cenkal powers.lhe TunbridgeWelb WargamesSocietyrccendyheld its dnual Op€nDay
Allies or the emergenrnatioru such as Poted, Czechoslorzkiaand Cavalis at tbe endof February199?.The€v€ntwasvery successfuland
Hmgary eill be side-lined; this will cenaiiUy not be the ca!e. The wel over 400 visitoB joined the socieryfor the usual mix of gmg
whole d€ of conflict from Vladivostockto Vilna andErerum wilt be
included.Yes ia is a huge are4 bur one wbjch will ceftaidy .epay rhe We would like b tna* everyonewho arr€ndedand we shouldatso
reseaEheffort in retm of personalsarisfaction. conSatulatethe wimers in the painting compti$ons,whowere:
we wdnt lo encoumgehhrodcal .es€mh @verinenaris. wd
gamiDgdd re-enactmdt along lhe lins of sjmilar grolps in the UK Class I tl:J00thwargam€s Unit)
andov€seas- th€ SealedKnor had to start som€wherel lsr Chris Tbompson(Reigate)
My ;nterestin the periodgo€sback almostthiny yearsand Manyn\ znd: Malcolm Dove Ctunbridgewells)
for a similar length of time. Doubtlessthereareothen of you our rher€ Class2 (lsmmwargamesUnit)
who havebeendrawn to an eE md believedyou wtre a voice crying lsr L€s Birch (Reigate)
in the wildemess.This was v€ry much the condilion in which Martyn 2nd: Michael Lxcas
and I wse in until Kevin of B&B Miniatures (vho make a spledid 3rd: Hawey Jacobs(GLC warsunes Club)
mnge of R.C.W. figue) put us in rouch.As we haveborh beli€ved
Class3 (20mmwarsames
Unit pn-1900AD)
oDrselvesaloneit was mth€r a splendidexp€rience.
lsr Les Birch (R€igate)
The EF.A. will be producinga quartedyneestetrerwhich will acras
2nd: Mark T Nilkin
d ioformation exchangeand provide contactbetweenmembe6_We
3rd: R. Smith
hop€to k@p the subscriprionto 9?.50 p.a. This wiu cove. the cosrof
the nwsletier, repmgraphics and communicarions/publicfty.It is Clas, 4 (2l)bmwarsames Unit pos.-19'00Alr)
aniicipat€d that the first news letter will b€ published dwjng rhe lsr GeorseGushCtunbridsewels)
znd: Russvalentine(Shepway)
An essentialf€atu.e of rhe E.F.A, will be develop'ngcontacrsin Class5 (WsryamesEquipmentcmup)
EastemEurope. Martyn has many such friends, panicularly in the lsr Les Birch (Reigate)
Ruslianre-emctmentgbups. Communicationsde goodandthe r.afic 2nd George6ush (Tunbridgewells)
tu informalion is dq€loping rapidly. 3rd: A R Lucns(Oxford UniversitywargamesClub)
If you are interestedpleasecontacteirherManln or mysetf at these Class 6 (Sioglc Miltiary Figurc)
lsr ks Birch (Reigate)
M. Clrrke, 165MarlboDwh Avenue,Kirgstoo.upon-Hull HU5 3LG 2nd: Jams Fishe. (Chamel warsams c.oup)
3rd: Chris Thonpson (Reigate)
N. H. Comilh, Riverside Eou5e, RheNide, Cba(h!m,
CIs$! 7 (Sitrgl€ Militaryvehicle)
Nr Canterbury, KENT CT4 7JL
lst A R Lucas(Oxford University Wargames)
Our tbanks0oDuncm for letting us usethe pagesof WL to promote znd: RussValefltine(Shepway)
ouFelves- in the wordsofRogerwatels, h lherc uybodl out rbere?, 3!d: LesBirch( Reigare)
Class 8 (Science Fiction)
lsc Ryu V.lentine
PROTEC AIJ"TMNTIC AXIS AFV COLOURS WWII 2nd: SteveLittle (OcsDdft)
3rd: Kev Budden(Hne Bay)
The fiBt relearesfrom our new rangeare :
Clsss 9 (Fantasy)
SchwMSmu PMet Grcy. lst: Oeorgecush ClDbndgeWells)
Grunbraub PdzerY€llow(1943). Znd: Les Birch (Reigate)
Scbacb.aun. Pue. Camo' Dark, Red/Bro\rn. 3.d: RyanYale ine
Olivgrun. Cano'creen.
Class 10 (Under l6s)
Producedin satinfor €ale of decatinS, they can be malredor glossed lst: JarnesFisher (Chamel wa€arnes croup)
with ou clearcoatitrgsdep€ndingon you desiredfinish. znd: RyanValentine
PROTECMAIT is completely cl6 and like our gloss, satin and 3rd: David Fowler (Shepway)
cled primer ca be useda! alr effecrivedopefor tissuemd clolh. If Chss 11 (Miicellaneous)
you ve beenwaiting for a clear ma$ vamishlhar is easyro use.tough, lst: Les Birch (Reigate)
and will not l€avewhite deposi$ on the finishedanicle thentry protg znd: Jmes Fisher (Chmel w.r8anes croup)
Mau and s@ for yours€lf that il h a new conceptin mod€tcoatings. 3rd: A R Lucas(O.dord Univecity WargamesClub)
Ar usual all P.otec coatingsself levei, will not discolour with age
dd will leav€a brushstrokefree finish whenappliedby hdd.tdeal for BEST PARTICIPATION GAME
air brushingstraightfrom the botrle. Chandel Warsamer croup
All of the products in our lange are very rough as they contain '"Ihe Wdlord" - basedon the Chdlton HestonFilm
polyu.ethmeandareflexible enoughto useon polyrhene.All de water
BFST DEMONSTRATION GAME
based,can be usedin conjuncrior wirh an airbrushud att tools wash
The SocietyofArcieots
'Troy"
Due to marker forces and inproved production processesall
productsnow retail at a rcducedcost off €1.50 pe. boftle including
P&P and are available mail order from PROTEC ArdEw rinch, Secret!.y, T.W.W.S.
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regretit later.ligures you havepajntedyouBelf tre f too muchof d
READERSI-ETTERS invstnent in time ed effon, b sell for somepiddling sum ol money.
OK. if you are moving to the other side of the wodd you migbt be
forced to b@auseof cost,but otheNis do not do it!
MICK. PATRON SAINT OF BRICKLAYERS Thankyou fo. readiDgthis letter I think il is clearthat Mr Eardleys
aniclegorup my nosel
Fiady, tha* you for a thorougny enjoyablenag zine. I look roNard
to its appeaianceat lhe neysagenteverymon$ md m usuallybackin
DaYid Sharpe,
therc a week after ith comeout eagerlyawaitingthe nqt edition.
Enolgh of this sycophantictoadyinghowaer, andon ro the issueat
Manx Warsames Gmup.
had.Atrerseing a nsmbe,of how,o anicletin rou' mas&ineoler
the years(for instancethe soldering anicle in your Feb.97edidon) I
was wondqinS if it was all possible10persuadethe Gnnsby lads aDd NOSTRADAMUS II sits alonebut sDeaksfor all
or lh€ good M. Mick Sewell to give us an anicle on how they make
I have.jusl readlhe saond of a iwo part thesison wdgming by that
th€ir buildings. I conrinually mdei at thek etro.ts as seenin (too?!)
wel known wegme gnru S.W Eddley. A sadIale indeed.He yeams
many issuesof wl over fte ldt numb€rof years ald would like to
for his boyhoodday. when he coold go with his mum lo lhe Iocat loy
shop, half a cro*n in hand, ard buy a box of Airfix 'rubbery'
I lik€ to think I'm a biaof a dab handat the painrbrushand cm stjck
nast€rpieces,run hone and counr overzE litde men for lessthanhalf
toge$€r a kit with a certain degree of conlidence,butmy effoin
a penny€ach.Thosewere real valuefor money.
completepiles of rubble.Tle buildings ftd accompuy vdioDs Rapid
Now his toy shop has gone and tbe new breed of netal figure
Fire articles de quite impressive,and I think otbe. wargameBwould
mmufactu.ers,slave.ingat the mouth in dticipadon of ballistic prcfrls
like to know how th€y do it.
retuseto seu him any of their sotdieB for half a penny each.It ge$
Well, I think that aboutdoesit. I rememberan old history leache.of
'The worseb€caus whes he tries to seit his old armiesro finarce his next
mine (who was also m avid wargamer)saying best way to lem
50p excunion into wargamingno one will buy his figures,presumably
abouthislory is to nodel it". I thi* w&gming is basicallya moving
becaurethe rest of us are hookedon tbe ke€pingup wilh the Jonses
historic tiat your contributo.scany out corfirms this.
syndromeof wantingbeuer figures and,a! *e are all \ucke6' 1o the
Onceagainthd* you for amoe enjoyablenagazinek@p up the good co.porateplanned sales techniquespractisedby the Dew age
ndlfacturers, think hh figu.es ate plain crap.The sheerinjrstice of it
B.adley van Luyt. S.W (itt bow we affectionatelyhave come to ktrow him)
Ensadine, Au5tralia cootinuallyusesthewords'mostof uy, the resrof uJ , 'all of us', and
lols of we's lbroughour
thearticlemd is truly a manat lhe hubof our

25nrnFIGURESAREMf EXPENSIVE He hastumedmy headto the l.ue light. I realisenow I shouldnt

vmt theseweahhyfigurc meuiaclurcG 1okeep producinghDndreds
I wrile in responseto the anicle by S.W. Eardley: "ls wargaming of nnely sculpturedfigures for dozensof penods all over $e globe.
doomedwilh no hopeof sah€tion", in the last two issues. NapoleonicOld Guard, Romansand a Barbariar slinger should be
While I am mt quite as old as Mr. Eardley appearsro be, judging quite sufficient to play on the ca.pet ar home with a few choms,Cive
from his very qrly reminiscences,Ihavebeen'mrganing for the las! us backthe old telegraph polesped Minifigsin two choicesof pose,
26 yeds, and lhus I feel I am in a position to refute many of his 'at ther€ady and 'mdching'at3p each,thats whatS.W andI say.
Il coslsover 30 quid to buy a completeDBM amy now.complerelyout
First I nust dhag€€ abouthis claim that modem25mm figu.es are of my nomal l9th certury ga lighlers price rege. And the detail on
expensive ir compmison to thet pdcesin thepast.In 1979a Hinchlitre lhem,lhereis so muchyou cm1 paiDtthemlEDoughI say,flood the
figurc cost 1?p, nowadays a far superior figure froD the most narket wilh goodold PeterLaing l5mm, nevermoresill I pop one
expensive historical marlfaclurer cosls 70p. Now this souds a inro a tin ol Hunbrol d a pain!agitabr I'm wilh you S.W You are
massiveincrease,bst conside.how wagesed priceshaveincreded in quib nghl whenyou saymd I quoreI alsoknov ihat you dont.eally
those18 yem, s exampleis a packetof 50 plasticfigures,Guchas appreciate nguresunlessyou'vepajntedthen youlself'SoI'm getting
Airfix), thesewere availablefor about27p al the time, no* theseand rid of the originalTumerline dmwingI havein my nudy and I've
simllar packetscan cost Dp to t3.75, an increaseof around about
1200%, while metal figures have only increaseby around 4O0%- Cometo think of it hov darethat Jedof Chariot Miniaruresturn out
Fu(her qmples can be dm*n in all ealks of life, e.g. mjlk, b@d, AibucalannieslToocoinS.W s ph6e why do theydsign nngesof
obscurefigurc types.asmostof us (tberc\ thal US again)areblissfully
Onceyou acceptthat Mr. Emdley h ralking our of his backside , unaware of theseconflicrs'.Tnen.wo6t ofall, Jeduseshisshao sales
(pddon my language),many of hh subsequentdglments collapseas
palter and forces money out of my hod. (By the way, Jed, when do
well. As in fact rnanufacturersde selling their productscheaply.his you wot ne lo stan on desiSnjnSthe mdters for lhe rangeof dtillery
slatemenrthaf fte vast price incredes ' de suppodng unusualranges you weted?) OopslI hopeS.W doesrl think im a capiralist. I have
becomesso DUch hot ai.l The mey new rangesoi slightly differ€nr neve.net S.W, but I did seea
Clly in a Cr€enanorakhogglngthe Esex
periods erc. are prcduced becauselhey sell e€Msp€cially if the Miniahrresstmd for an hourat one showwirh a ten-bobnorein his
compmy is lhe firsl10 producein that particuld period! hdd. md lhal misedysalesexeculive behindthecounterstill wouldnr
Overall I would say that price of figures is not lbe dbile. of salesit sell him a packof Old Guard fo. less lhan !1 .26. As he rushedoff he
seems,look at your magazine,note all the neq 25mm figu.es in the cul a swatb€otdestruction wilh hisbloodyrucksacacrosskadestands,
adverts,compaiedto smallerscales,clearly wdgameB buy rhe ngures demonst€lion tablesandGf.eshDenlarea.Couldit havebeen? Nah!
they likel I don\ suppose we wiu everneet, because S.W.is a solo gamer.
I could go on in thh 1fay for hours, hovever tbis is a lette. not a He\ neverbelongedto a club,bur he is olrr voic€and conscience.
Good on yer, matel In your next prcphay can you gxide us on rule
The final point I will makeis a more personalone, a bit of advice: Priring?
Never sell thosefigures you havepaintedwith much sweated tas,
just b€cause you hav€changedpenodor scale,yoDwill alnostalways Roy Harrison
 DOOM AND GLOOM DISPELLED preparedto pay more for quaiity,jusl as theydo with otle. goods.
BY SIINNY STEYE I wonderhow manyrr€oplewrite into car maguines bemoaningtle
pric€sof Porcheor Merc€d€s?Just why do rhey cost so much? Why
I.ead with despond€ncy Mi Eardley'sanicl€ on rhe im!€ndidg d@m re theynot pricedthe sameasMetrc's Perhapsit\ all manuf&turcB
of wargaming.It\ not often I feel inpelled to coffnetrt on be Eipe hypeand theyle really not that good?
Uals often sened up 6 'terious" wargamesdebare,bur tlis anicle, Perhaps.Mr Eardley, most waryameGhave a k€en visual sens€
combined with others .@endy on a simitd them€, are becoming combin€d with a depth of feeling for the pqjod th€y aie trying to
increasinglyiritating. I, like Mi E{dley, can r€nemb€. a time when r@r€te. They see modem figures sarlpt€d wirh flair ud vitality,
the only wargame magazine wa! Aarrle, when the oriy figus possessingEood proportion and tuimation, well researched, in
availablewe.e plaltic or shapelessmetal lunps witb telegaph pole accurate period cosrume, cast in quality Inera!, (not the britde,
speasi when scales other thd 25mm werc dspised by an aging pocknarked aap of yesteryear*)and then tley rake a look at your
wargamer 'elite" too sel in th€i. ways to change, when rule prefenedold fi8lres on tle b.ing andbuy staDd.Tle choicetley make
publi.arions othe. thd Phil Barker's Wargm6 Researchgrcup were is obviousmd is why so manyof tbop old mies rernainon the bring
r,rrore4 and when any atrempt at individualistic reseuch or using
exp€dmental.ules me.hanisN was ftowneson. ls Mr. &rdley really As tar as Mr. E{dley\ impulsive purchasingof wargans ftgures
claiming this as the golden ageof wargamiog? goes,this is of real concem and I suggeslthat rcputabl€ wargames
Too many people sem ready to da.y what ee have now in mdufachrreB cornbineto set up "Wdgme6 AnonymouJ' to which
preferede for an illusory pdt. Tbke a look dound dy convenrionor Mi Eardleycm apply for a €haperoneto €scorthim muDd showsand
shoq an)ahingdyone could ever wish to buy h now available,from who will onty altow the rcmoval of his arms from his stEit jacket
.e3dy made teEain to pr€-paintedmies to hordes of ex@llenrly within the confinesof rhe bd a@- However,tle consequenrtoss in
sculpled,wel Bearched and intercstinglycalt figuresin a ptethomof rcvenueto showstan& Inaycalse the declineandpossibledoon of rhe
scalesand periods,withpainring guides,rules, res€archnarerials and warSamesindustry If at the sde time "warganefs Anonynous" can
evencomputermodemledrules. One hel of a changefton be 1970's preventMr. Eardley writing r€ally stupid articles whicb wdte space
supposedsolden agerno real choice, no rcal research,linired figorc b€tler devoEdto real wargamjngtopics, thenso nuch the b€tter.
rangesf.om monopolisticmanufacturersand no varietx but of course (Shaw on yu Duacanfor pubnshins su.]r twaale. [Cone on,
everytling was rnuchcheap€rl Steve,you lnow I put it in to generatesomeinteating lett€rsll fto!
M. Erdley\ article smacksof a fondn€ssfor times pa!( when b@r ore Soingto publish stutlike this thenget one or h'o MufkrureN to
ed food both tdt€d b€ner, when young p€opl€ verc much bette. Eiv. B dal info on @it costs,oyetheads,srdtsdlaies shN @slsaan
behaved,wher things in getreralw€rc ju$ b€ner, when alier buying prolt Mrgins, then we M! Bet a rcal iEight into why lgurcs @st
500 25nm ngu.es,a rulebook,a dozd paint!, rwo brushes,five pints what the! do. Or perhaps sohe jouruIistic i6i8ht into the @sy
jn the bar ud a meal, one would still have charge left from a ren relatio6hips of .ettain Msaz.inesa'd naauf@tureB. ShocEhnrut.
shiling note.Unfortunatelyfth a$ihrdehappensro p€opteasthey get anictesfor adve isins scandal)flhere's no shock,honor or scandal
oldec il haslitde to do with wargamjng.In a.imiiar way no$ nomal abourthis. EvenWI hasdoneit. Most l@ndy a c.e€t shielddesigns
p€opledo not spendsl€eplersnights worrying aboul fte srandardof anicle in WIl 16 for a figure painter'sad. in WI l 15; andbeforethat an
tleir fi$r€ painting. (My painting s averagebut it dosn t stop me anicle on soldiering in wl1l3 fo. a l/300th aircrafr ad. Magazines
enjoying the hobby and ir doan'r prompt me ro launch into bitter, ne€darticles;advertisqsned to advedis€.]
jqlous diatribesagainstrhosewho do paint well.) Finally, lest there b€ accusrions of bias o. hidden interesrlet me
A1l of our n€w 1990\ varietyand craftsmmhip takeshad work and statelhat I haveno conne.tionwith fly Wagmes Publish€rsor Figure
dedicationby rcsschers, authoB and figxre manufaclurem,sculpro$ ManDfacturersetc, I do hopever write occasionalarticles in various
in panicular.ltk be€nbuih up ovef two daades in which our hobby
hasgrown ald profersionalismhd enteredir. h it then so *rong thal
ftese professionalswish to make a decenrliving frcm their labours?
Especiallyif theyhavetakentbe enormousdecisionto moveinto a fwll Derby
nme wdgamesbusinessventu.e,fo. thesepeopleour "bobby" is now
th€ir livelihood. Mr. Eardley s@mingly yearns for a time when ,11 PS-I seriouslydoubtyou w'll pDblishthis. [Ed: Obviouslyyou lack
ligure rangs wee simjlarty pnced, when all were of simild quatity. lhe 'couraSeof your convictions'displayedby Mr. Eaidleyll
Well, no other part of our socieryis structuredrhat way, Housesrcm,
tumiture, hi-fi's. CD's, computers,garns dd evenfoodsareavaitable +Ed rote
in ditrerentgradesof quality ard cons€qoenrlyhigher or lower pncs. I suspectyou mee b.inle or pock-mark€d.The bri$le probably.€fers
Why should eargames fi8ures be any different? Should all 1o the bismuth based alloys in use in tle early eighties - by aU
manufachrrcbconform lo the Iow€st possibleshndarG and prodD@ mmuracnrrers (rcgardlss of how good their sculplors we€) on
uniformly nediocrc rmees so asnot to upsetM. Eaidley?Ii's not their groundsof economy. TIE po€k-marked("pitted") probably .efes to
faDlt that Mr Eardley as an individual camot afford their 6gures,or alloys with a high p.oponion of tin - and thereforesubject to greate.
mtherthat he can,but rcsentsit aner rhe purchase.
Any mark€r will only suppon rhe pnces that the majoriry of
coflsumeBaJewilling to pay. If a manufacturerprodu@sa rrnge of
A DRESSINGDOWNFORTHAT
figucs which outslrip rhe oplositioD, rhis is be.ar$e p€ople want to ..DRFSSINGUP" JIBE
buy them.No wargarnesnmufacturer is goodenoughat marketingto
convjrce the buying public thar rheir productsde really lenific and I feel I nust write to complain about the contenrsof the s@ond
worth a fonune when they areclearly no!. (Hencethe numberof slnatt paragraphof Mr Siggins' "WargamersNoteboof in rhe April 1997
tiDe, badly cast and poorly eimated would-befigure nakers tbat no isste of WolE@s lllwtruted.I feel that it is unfortuate that he should
longer exist. Consumersjust will not buy their prcduct unde. any ch@seto mate such a vitriolic attack on eother hobby when he is
cjrcurnstan@s,including lower p.iet cledly so ignorantof the eay it works. I m both a war8om€rard re-
If a mmofacturer sets his prices too high peoplewill sropbuying, enactor,and I seetheseindividual activitiesa reflecting an interestin
especiaUyas this is a lehure industry in which prodLtctsare non, very ditrercnt aspecls of military history As a warymer I M
essentialand eli$st to say the least. It s a sad facl Mr Emdley that interested'n the tactical md slrategicalpecB of the NapoleonicWas;
F€oplebuy figucs bsause they like $en andmoreoften thannot are
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as a re-€nactorI am intercstedin reproducingrhe ..feel',of lhe period that he is ouly inrerested in 25mm ranges md that js why he
both on tud off th€ battleneld. Of couBe rbe€ arc ove.laps, for concentrares so heavily on the Foundries,then he is sadly out of louch
€xdpte bo$ have an intercst jn the unifoms. equipnenr and with the rest of us. While 25mn figxres are what mmy admne and
organisationof the armis of a specificperiod,in my cale Napolonic. indeed aspire lo, the majorjty ol wargamers in ny expedence
I m sur€ that anyone who has be€n a nember of a clrb will concentrab on 15mm armis due ro rh€ obvious factors of cost and
.e.ognisetbe chmacErsthat Mr Sigginsso gaphically de$ribes in his playing space. As mdy manufmturcrs re now producing quire
anicb. To slggesr thar they .re lypical of all re-enactorsis to produce excellent15 and 20mm.dges, Mike shouldperhapsconsidersomeof
a setof stereotyps which areinaccurateandunfair It may interesthim theseif he has any pretenceto refled the views of the wargaming
lo know lhat anyone.ioiningmy re-enactmentunir joins as a privare
soldiei The unit is run in exactlythe sameway asany ofter club where Tle euphoriain wbich he indulg€din h's lasr colull)r, I d afraid,
tbe chair. serctary etc. a.e elecredat an AGM - the onty differenceis sretched lle boundsof credulity. Whihr again laudablefig!rcs, I m
that officeG and NCOSare also elected.Therc is thereforeno problem certainthat BronzeAge amies in general,tet alon€ the Scandinavia
BroEe Age, ha.dly fearurehighly oD mostwargameslist of favounre
As to il-fitting unifoms - Mr Sigginsmay like to know that it cosrs periods. SinilarlX I m surprised at his commen$ regarding ihe
in excessof !1000 po$ds to buy all fte kit required.Not manypeople Wdgames Foundry vignettes.Yes, they de aft-active,but given rhe
haveOat kind of money to spendin one go, and my $njt, like mary choice of spendinghdd eamedcashand hours of painriDgon either
othes. l€nds kjt to n€w membeGso that tbey cm becomeinvolved combattroops,or modelsof women with fruir basketson $ei. hqds,
whentbeyjoin. I ce dsure Mr Sigginsthat mosrjackeh boughtby rc- ir is ratherunlikely that such modelsaie
eoing ro be in great demand
enactoE are tailor€d for them. I also assune from Mr Siggins
coments that he believesthar the kit originatly prcvided to soldiers WargMes I Etrute.I d*Ne.Iy hold! its place s the premier
was d well tailored d rhosefo. the pcent day Cua.dsReginents.If warganes nagaine, but this reputation is partty baed on irs
so I suggesrthat he r€s€dchesihe p€riod much mo.€ closety_ proDinence as an impadial commentaro. on the wargamess@ne.
I havebought Wa'sancr /r6m,ed in both its pr€sen!and fomer Mike'sevidentandabjectbiasis staningto conpromiselhis posilioD.
incamationssioce it was first published.I m thereforedisappointed I would shonglyurgethe adoplionof one of the following altematives.
that you, aseditor, shouldallow suchan arricle10be published.In this First, thal Mike ends his concenrrarior on a single mmufactur€r;
particurai case I feel rhat you cmol hide behind the fact thal secondly.that the colunm is woundup and rcplacedwirh somerhingof
contributors',opinionsare not necesaiily rhoseof tbe edilor Many of nore use to most gam€rs:or thirdly that this publicalion consideB
my 'e-enaclor colleagls arewarganeFandDu) yourndgazrneon d renamingitself more appropriarely,perhapsalong the lines of
reg'ilar basis,you hav€ thereforeotrendeda fair proportion of your 'WmgamesFoundrylllustmted' naybe. I
readeB Whether I conlinu€ to buy what I corsider ro be lhe besl
wargamingmaguine availablewill dependvery much on how you
deal with this matter [He\ ]ad his say; you've had yours. W]ais to
deil wjtl? If you wmt him flogged- well'youtethere-enactor!Ed.l
As to Mr Siggins.Iwouldsuggesr thatheshoutdlook iDtheniror
more often. Ir will belp him r€cognise tbe face of p@judice and Ed. notes
ignorance.Still thereh one crumb of comfort fron hh article, whjtsr * I always try to position advensnear any aiticie that dealswith rhe
heis abusingthe ninority of us who de re-enactorshe is not altackjns thing being advertised- providedadverrisersget rheir copy in on time!
rhoseminorilies lessableto d€fendthemsehes.

i wl hasbeena Connoisseur catalogue',BanleHonourscaralogle,.

'Fronr Rank catalogue'
M!.ttn Monkr, and 'WdgamesFoundrycatalogue'during our
Msrdon, Essex
The prominenceof thesecompdies at ditrerent rimeswas down to
TIME TO TAKE OFFTIIE BLINKERS the hard work, dnve and flair ol (respectively)Peter cilder (before
illnessovenookhin), DannyBoreham(whilsthe srill .wore a *hite
I do not usually fe€l movedto write in conplaint, bur I am becoming haf'), lhe Scimjbr club of Coventry and the P€rry Twins. Ceuing
increalingly concemed at the line Mike Siggins is taking in his figures painled and getting them to us to pbotographrates tim€ and
column.Despitetbis mauer being raisedby anotherreaqersomelme trouble.GDmblingaboDtotherpeopledoingir doesn't.Oh,yes, and
ago,Mile hascontinuedto extol rbevirtues of Wugmes Foundryand theyall paidthei.adv€nising bills!
Guemey Foundry to the a{clusion of mosr olhers, in atrnos!eve.v
rssuesincethatlenerwaspubhshed.
I{IRVANA IS NoT WALLPAPERING THE BEDROOM
Mike\ commentsare, on rbe face of i! fair enougb.Wargames
Foundryfiguresde quite exceptionaland while cuemsey Foundryare Recendy,in your nagazine (ed orhers)thereappem to be a rdh of
well sculpEd, they are, in my view, no better fran nany other letErs bemGning _thesrareof $e Hobby today''
manufact!.ers.Ind@dhe could, but doesnot, sp€nda many colum Fron A$itudes to Conventions,all md sundry seens to b€ under
inches praising $e excellenr range of AB Napoteonics,the attack.Why? Never ha! ther€beenmorc choic€ with suchoulstanding
cornprebensiveand well detaited imge offered by Esso(, the fine derail a! I ye ever sen at r€cent shows.I'v€ stitt gor my Hinchliffe
models of Chaiot. SHQ, Britannja, t anFon, cHe erc. As these 25mm Ancients,but jf given rhe choice betweenthoseand crjpping
ndufaclurersscmely gaina mention,oneinevilablyconctudes tbar Beast.FoundryandRedoubtfigures,whichwouldyou choose? Itjusr
Uere is sonething decidedlysuspeclaboul tbi. repetiriousadulation. gos to provemarketforceswork in nany waysl As for th€ co!t, well,
Are we r€ally to gel a raplurous repon on fte producrsof the two doesanybodyhavea hobbywherethe p.ice actuallygcs DOWN?
Foundrieseverytime they bring out anotherfi8ure ? This uneasiness Anotberold cheshurrhatkeepsbeingro ed our is the ..Youtenot
is connmed by the advertisementof rew ranges from these a rcal Wargamerunlil you'v€ painted al ledt thre€ amies of you.
manufactuiersbeing accompaniedby feature aftict€s in the sam€ own". Nol everyonehasihe time or ANY ability to paint figues. If the
nagaine. A usetul marketing ploy, yes, but somewharless thm prices for painl€d figqres de bigh, it\ becausethey de in great

I am afraid rharif Mike t{ishes to defendhimself *ith rh€ ar@menr Conventionsse€mro be anorherreger for criticism. We all know (or
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should realise) tbe exaemeeffons nade by aU of those involved ro PZIIICommand2
ensurethat YOU eDjoy yourseli 11is a thanklesstask ar rime dd PZIII N 4
humannaturehas a tend€ncyto hightigbt the unplesant pans! Grusr
me - I've ben therel) Bur rh€knowledgethat tmy peoptedo go away Pzlv (long gun) 96
happy(muy is ih€ Minibrs t.ip I've beenon ehere I'm suc the FlalPz 38T 12.
suspensionbottomedour with aI rhe teadon boardt) Dointsto a iob
weudone.Try o€anrsinga convenrion somerrme. Hoq you cai soot Thesefigureswould SiveIyPR 22 d extra3 modelpz M's lo add
theorgmjseBby lheir gre) hajr iq beyondmel
Surely afier all this time it is also time to sropWRG- Bashing?Love tn caen: tuil oJ rictory Nex4det Mcke credii! rhe fourth
'€n o.
toafte'em, rheyafe hereto stay.I.ve had.o nove arounoa conpany in eachof tbe Pana grenadierba(ations 6 having rhrce
grent deal with my job and I know from qpe.ience thar rheir almost ronk PAK 40 SP's a! well d "normal', mortars.He also giv€s Stuc
univesally acceptedAncient ruleshaveallowedme to play in aUparts Abt 200 a platooneachof SP Flak, pioseG and the multi - Slmm
of the countly (od abroad!)and in mdy conpetitionr and mee!and monaramed half-tdcks.This would nake the batrationevennorc
become nrm friends wirh many like-minded ganers. (Ard no _ I tun. Colin\ ideaof a "Nores& euenes.columnis exceltenr; I look
wouldn't s€ll my houseed all irs contentsnor rheWife dd Kids inro
slaveryto keepWRG in the luxury lo which ir is dcusromedt)
'Ihlking
of which, Comperitios se€n to cone in for a fair bit of stick
too. This is usually unfounded,alrhoughI m sure someof you will towbridg€, wilts,
havea honor story b tell. If I may usean example?Mdy yearsagoin
a play-off I w3 dmwn agajnsr(unbeknownro me) a UK Chanpion. *w€ll, if anyon€\ got anyqueries or notes fire
C ) rhemin! Rapirly.Ed
We hada 8.eatgame,real ."to- the-.Vylrc'sluff! He won eventualv.but
,ou knowwharrcallt amoyedme?He war sucha nrcebloket(ike:l
Likewise I playeda garnein which both of us wereenjoyins ourseher
so nucn we wdted lo carry on into tfie next round, but tbousht how
FRANCE w WALESAT CARDIIT'ARMS PARK
rudeiLwouldbe to our nexlopponentst WhaLI'm lr},ng ro sdt is Lhal As a regularre3dtr of Wargmes ]llultrated I was v€ry surpriseda he
not all players in CompeitioN are power-mad Ttophy-Hunte.s. contentand toneof you editorial for the March issue.Apparenrtyyou
Recently a ftiend md myself wenl in for our first DBM Doubtes Itad attendedthe Frcnch Nationat Chmpionships at the Chatsu de
Competitior andhadan excellenttime, mainly becausewe didn't come Vincennesmd enjoted rhe exp€rienceas you rhen praisedfte show.
last as we expectedl(Acrually it wd a wel-known player/rulewriter I'm glad you enjoyed yourseif and it is only propec that you
and partner whos€ initials are PB. who came Ia$. There must be a recomm€ndft's eventto orhers.Howeve.your comm€ntswe@rainted
noral in the.esom€where,bur I'm damnedif I can rhinl ofone. . . ) by your palming off of Crusade,fte show run by us in p€narth &
Nothingisperf@r,butwar8arning hasnRerbeenbeflerserved haU Disticr lYdgarnes Sociery.Tlerefore,ro rcdressptea!€ altow me ro
it\s nary facers.Pain|J,Books, Figuresre all better and more easily focus on what we offer traders ed punrers.(other than profir, of
availablelhan many yearsago. Surely rhjs is moreencouragingto the
new playerard notjust Spoon' feeding,' And renember,if the punters Every trader or gane demonstratorupon adval ar Cogo Leisure
didnr wor C.mesWo*shopsoff rhenlheywouldn.rbuy,he;l Centre ijnds severalpairs of oDtstrerchedams rcady to cany iD a
The way Wa€aming is porrnyed thesedaysyou yould rhink all is their stock/equipmentto their preaEeged locarion.Tte saDeis irue at
lost - but ro sudive, all things musi change.(Ask a Model Railwayor theendof theshowehen ir comesto packingup.We makea poinrof
RadioControlenlhusiast!) So comeon felld, pLrtavay the chunky layingout thetablesin sucha way asto providea generous anounrof
ptrllov€randpul $e pipeback on the man epiece.Tate your floppy in spaceb€tweenthe srandsallowing ev€ryone10 have a good look at
your handdd leapfoNard into the 2l st Century- evenif ir doesmean goodson ofie. 'n comfon.Wetoo havea narionaichmDionshiD in rhe
playingNapoleonic Navalon a PCI tormo, Lhewehh open DBA l:r Championships aton; wirh; worc
ratified Maglc touoament.And yet we still havesufficienrspacefor l5
lop nolch demonslraionmd participationgames.Add to rhis the fact
HappyCmingl that you would be a nere 15 minuts driv€ from the hisloric Cdditr
Castle which includes not one but nro very we presentednilirary
Bill EdDey mu\eumrwirhin ib gounds.It snoutdlheeforecomeas no sumrise
Yale of Glamorsan tharCrusade a rclsxed.,nen.Uy
Senerates armosphtre rhatencou;g€s
rumerousfmily grorps to pay a visir.
PS. JDst10showI'm an Old Citi I'm 44, beenWargaming for 22 of On tbe whole I find Walganer /ruftrsd to be o infomarive bd
thoseyeds, still got some25Im cr@Dvood and BaI nglres in my inle.estingrqd md shall conrinuero purchase
the magdine. Although
amy (Ouchl),played Skirmjsh,Tanl, Naval, Horsedd Musket, I hopetutuleshowevrewswiU be moreeven.hdded.
Aeriar, SciFi. Board gameserc,paintedthar manyfiguresit\ probably
why I now wearglasses,donl own a pC - yet, and havebeenmaried
to a lovely girl (well it would be a gid wouldn't it?) fo. t8 yearswbo (Edito!, Crusade4 the newslett.r of Penarth
Wug{mes)
knows I'd mlhi?rgo otr and 8er my Macedoniansthrashedrathe. than
wallpaperthe bed.oon - bur slill car'r understandwhvl Ed:
The mendonof the ChareandeVinc€ms, erc.in WI t 14wa! in no way
MORX OF 21 PANZER a 3how rcview". I praisedthe yer!., not the show CIbo' thar is not to
saythat the showwasnot praiseworthy.)I didn,t ..palmoff. Crusade,
I wa! delightedto rcadColin Rumfordh article in wll t6 asI bo have I nentioned it er pursarr Not having
attendedir, I can hardly w.i!e a
a softspotfor the 19,9 versionof2l pmzerdivision.Colin mightbe review of it. (Tl'ough I luspect thaCsthe rcal purpose your
of letter!)
intercsted10knowthatS + S Modets(2 BriarClose,BURNHAM_on- I haveben to to a sbowin Carditr and enjoyedit ( ,
exceprfor the
SEA,Somerset, TA8IHU) do a niceranseof 1940Frenchvehicles. holelbilll) Cardiffcasdeis imprcssiv€ - bul it\ nor quile the C. de
h panzet ttuppet2by ThomasL. Jenz thereis a Junet 9,14srrensth V(Don'l blameme - ir's rhar bloodyLoujs
XIV and a few of hjs
€um for %nzerRegimenr22 whr.h gr\es\tighrtydrnelenrflgu; p.edecessors who're ro blarne!)
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reprsenled, I thoDght,tlis year). Sadly lhe shnda.d of those tsd-
bat e mainstreamgamesthat wereftere was nor alwaysof the highesr
The State of I ha!€sern.Therewereonly rwodcienrs rprcper)eames - onedsiese
Wargaming Today ofTroy3 very well p.aented, but which would havebeenbetterin l1E
main hall dd a WRG demoeame.This year I left edlier thanbefore
for olherreasons,but did not feel, onc€I hadexhaust€da yeals pocke!
money,that I was mhsing very much.a
Accord.lr.g to Mtke Horob I donl particulaily blame S.E.L.W.C. ( so.ry suys)t wboops! you
mee S.L.wl who I think havedonea fmbstic job over the yearswith
Salute,but theycd only displaywhatfolk wantro put on. I $es. As
HANIDSOFF THE RE.ENACTORS fo. Tvo Dragons' they canjust go whisde as far as I am coDceoed
(Youdo knowhow to whisdedon't you...?)
I da.say you wiU have had hords of letters ircm re,enacro.
warganing seem to have be.ome like rnodem cooking - it looks
JobDis" complaining about Mike Siggins remdks in the April
"WdgameCsNotebook"r.l€t lembly anistic andis very imovative, but you arenor surewhetheryou
me say,a! one who is noLa ro-enacor,
that I have always found their contiburion to wdgaming debares really wantio eat it. A goodpieceof classicfillet sreakcookedjusr how
you like it snll hasg.eatvirtue!So ba! a classichhtoricalbattlefield
usetuled enjoyable.I did not go to thh year: NapoleonicFair,but ar
last yed's a band of British e,enaclors perfomed very wett - rhe encounterI am not againstiMovation o. ve.iancesof scdle.!d period
o. evenfantasy^ci-fi dd therc is cros fenilisation ro be had.
music and .lrill was first rate.
Talking to re-enactorsoften gives you insight into some of rhe
pmctical dificulles of the periodswe de nodelling, for examplethe LET'S EAVE A CAMPAIGN FOR RXAL WARGAMES
(c.R.E.W.)!
difficulty of getting ev€n 20 nen with pikes to narch properly over
modes y roughEnglishfields and lhe visibility impacrof lors of black
I m concemednot to lose sight of wbat I see as core vahes and
oowderand of differenl formations.
pdncipleswhich I suggestde d follows:
Even more to fte point, without the enthusiasm,commitmentand
a) Historicity - inresedh tud in application of liemnlre
iesp€ct fo. thek own hisrory, shown by Americd Civil wm re-
"Gettysburg" , in rulesdrafting
enactors,tle filn would not have been of the great
, in figx.€ designand painring
qualily I believe it is. Tensof rhousardstook pan 2 , a tribute to their
, in bartlereconstruction
pdsion for their history ard their reverencefor the traditions and
- in the us€of tacticsand fomarions
valour it encompassed. So wind your n@k in Siggins!! However,the
re-enactorsde big boys and (prcbably) won't cry!
b) Anistry - in modellingskill
- in painingskill andfig!rc prcsentation
WHO SAYSWARGAMERSARE SO SWEET? - in batneneldpresenution
As for gettingup your nose,thercaresomewdgamerswho dojust that
- in understandingof the principlesof wa.
at thes dents, sometimesquit€ lilerallyl I took a f.iend, wbo ha! c) The Ans ofwd
- in knowledgeof tacticsand strategy
dabbledEently in wargaming.to Salute 9?. He was struck by the
- in technicalknowledSeof weapons.armourand
visible and olfactory prcs€nceof so many of our grossly overweight,
usually unshaven.beer,can-clulching, md sometimesdisrinc y -appliedonland,on rheseaandin the air
nalodorousbreth.€n,a! to put hin ot
- respectfor th€ soldier.sailor ed aiman ard ior
A CAMPAIGN F'OR REAL WARGAMES?
, love of our own Hhlory and respectfo! that of
That experiencewas combinedwith ihe fact that our of 40-50 games
on display,only a small numberof theh resembledlhe Knd of main
- the wargarneh the tbing, not wiming a game
slreamwdgamine we havedonetoSetbe.- that is recreatingbistorical
battles wilh lots of model flgures! My triend ofren foDndthe te[ain rcgddlessof all otherconsidealions
- lhis is meat lo be fun
morc interestingthanthe battles.
- respeclfor eachother a! wargamers
I challeneewhetherthe following are what I cameinto wargaming
I dae say othen could add a few eg. on stanstical probability tud
ganing theory md pnctice. Like all setsof valuesand principlesthey
A StarWdsskimish
cortain some inherentcont.adictions and clashesand I an not
DinosaurWa$
suggestingthat all of thesehare gone by the board, no. that all of us
SkeletalArmies
can live up to themall of the time. But we shouldat leaslaspi.eto
A non spe.ific SciFi wdgame
ften, I suggest.
WesEm cun fights
i do lhink a departurefrom Historicity conlains in it the seedsof
Tlrce Muskeleersskimishes
olher unwelcomeshifts and thar the emphasishas shifted from "war"
Mo.e unrecognisableSci-Fi banles
to 'gme" a little too far for my liking.
MainstreetUSA
The Ln e Big Hom
S,W.EARDLEY'SLAMENT
All of theselooled very good, but is this whar is really gripping
Thesethoughrslinl to S.W E3rdley\ own sad larnenrand I can only
say I shee his conc€ms.I havein the last five yea6 joined t*o local
In the Main Hall only one gamefell inro the mainst@m caregory
clubsin differentpansof thecounIry(no names!)md beenpDtotr by
and threeout of tle 6 wq€ fantasy/Sci-fi.
the way bur rhing's@ms to have developedwith an apparent
Amongst fte otrerings there were inle.sting mainslreamthings ,
severaleell prcseDtedwwl air wargamq md a couple of Naval dominanceof skimishing.competitionBA) md non-wargames.
3 I
,
gmes, includingan excellentQujberonBay (Navals@medlesswell haveretreatedinro my solo shelj or morc accuGlely into my home
lonress ' disdainingtheselighter pursuits.Do people srill tun
 39

To adjusl a ph6e " Club wargamingis alright but ils nowr lik€ the
real thing."
The conlinuedpresre wirhin rheinduslry to market25mm figures
of greatcost h a parr of rhis, I agee, althoughrher€nusr b€ a heatthy
frffftfftr
tfffftfftfft fr#ftfr#
demud because,there ar€ lor! of cheape.higi quatiry albmatives. I
m not clea. how faf this is a supplyled demod. Therenay be mdy
who feel a small number (or eved a lafg€ number) of well pajnted
25mmsis ehat ir is all abourfor them,which is tbeir .ight andpe.farty

I shifted to l5mm and 5mm in the late svenlies, mainty to inc@se

the scaleof my banles to multi -trgion, Corps and Amy level and
nave not wargamed25mm since. I see no circumsbncs where I Theseare HighlyDetailedwargamesbuildings
would, unlas I becane rerminally brain d€d and.ioined tbe DBA madeusing a processn€w to wargaming.
competirioDcaucusrace,smaking tse of my 25mn ecienrs . Bu! I which gives strengthand lightness
have no desire to rebase 10,000 15nm Ancients from WRG 5/6th
Edition |o the DBA syslem - and so rendtr 50q, of my ngues H j tSl e r1 ? a € s ) . . . . . . 4 1 1 . 5 0
redundant , no defence cuts in ny forces! Likewise my 5,000 25mm Ro6dSet /6rie.6) 47,50
25mb River set a5iria6) 47.50
Renaissanc€lsrnns are srill hooked onro c€orge cush's fine 2nd i5hm RiverSel /6d€6) t6.50
Edition. (Bdlliut! BI€ssyou ceorge for managingonly two in aI ftar l5mm RoadSet aTpraa) 86.50
l/3O0 Rive.Set /6 rti@l .r5.5O
tine.) My 25mm Napoleodcs aie, I am af.aid, Ianguhhing in the 2 5 m mB n d q € . .. .. .t4.95
gdage in their storage- having b€€nin exile tonger thantheir master l 5 m mB n d q e . . . . . . t3.95
at St H€lena.
S.W Eardleycould do worsetho shiff to I 5mm or even5mm if he
feels he cd paint then to a personatlysatisfying sunddd. Having
wdgarned since l9?1 I believe the sbnda.d of manr perhapsmost,
15mm figures now easily exceedsthe fiBt md even secondo. ahird
geneEtionof 25mms.I would cire Chaiiot Miniatures.Bar e Honous.
A&B Fi8u.es,MuseumMiniaturesmd Essexasmanufacrurcnwho, in
my expeflence,give €xcellenr value for money dd t5nn figures
modelledto a bigh and inremally consistentsrddard. Thh is a tribute
to designea dd tle inprovemenr in casritrged metatsrechoology
and one hasthe impre$ion that in this areaat lea$ rhe UK stil leads

lf I otrendsone fi.ms who think they do roo, it nay bethat theyhave

sinply not hadny customandthatI wouldredily addthen to thelist
if they had,but there are somewhose l5mms I would nor buy agajn,
atledt one not f.om theseshoresand anotherthat ha! beena.ound lor
a very long time ind€ed.
Lably 5mmsarecatchingllp , I think, for example,Alder are much
better tban the first 15mm generation and bener thar some laler
generation l5mm ranges.InpaiicularI ftinkAdter gertheprcponions
right and that ah€deail is good.6I reatty enjoy painringrhemmd like
lhe rcsulB. They are aiso cheapby coDparisonwirh l5mms. They are
nore limited in their range,but that is pan ot thei. streogrhI feel - by
concentratingon doing a specific rangewell, rather than trying to do
loo much as S.W.E{dley suggestssomedo.
On paiolingskills you havero decidewhat you wdr out of it. Trying
Io emulaterhe work of peoplewho do it for a living or who producea
small numbe.of ligures for competilionsor for sm.ll DBA games,is,
for me, not worthwhile. Nor is lrying to combine waiganing with
diomas. 'They don'r fight any betterfor beingpEtry."
So,S.W Eaidley,you havemy sympathy andrheonly adviceI cm
offer h to do whatpleasesyou andnot wharseemsto plqse othen, and
if chbs canot sa$sryyou it doesnot maner - rhe solo wdsamer can

Editor's notes (... interfering so-and-so ...)

38 WEST ST.. DqNSTABLE.BEDFORDSTJIRE
Lq6 ]TA
L One actually - but he speaks for a fair propodon of our

2. Abou( 9000 - bur rhar\ quite enoughro prove your pointl

L Is rhe Red Baron more hisroricalrhanCeorgeArmsLrong
Cusier ,
4. A Wlisding dragon? Now thar is fantasyl
5. "Respec! for eacb orher as wargameN" ( Now where did I
r€ad that?)
6. Arenl they nearer9mm rhan5mm? But, ftey are good. lrttp://w\'w.chlltern rv€b.co.uk/guafl f roonr,/
Aboye: ,nid 1912: a Soviet RiJle Re4riat HQ instrkcts its SMG (scout) Conpan! ta locdte the ndsrti AT BareD'! Othet units look basr,
(Fieurcs - Btitannia and Fr'"A:Ga.truck - BritanNa: quad.44 MMG and 76.2n|n lC - S(alrer; l2arntl,nottar FM: cable rcekandATnfles

Below: E6l Prussid,earl\ 1945: o Gen\an Falkcltir"ljdsa Batnlion deknds a pattiallr disnnntled panloon bridse. AnAssaull CunCatnpan!
lurtr ik hidins - rcadt to counteLdlta.k (Fi sut s dnrl bril se - Ravrtlntp.: hauses antl StuGs (cod.st ol John Dn$to" ) Binnnia: Jarestr!

The Dyhernfurth Raid
SFebruary l)4J
A Scenario for
Raptd Flre Rules
4t Pbiltp Robt rsott
INTRODUCTION
By the begiMing of February 1945 rte final Soviet otrensiveas.inst
Hitleis ThirdReich,whichhadopened
on rhenightot - l2J;uary
1945,had b€gunto run out of sream.In t wer Sii€sia, however.the
situationremainedh a dangeroudyfluid stare.Ir wa! in this mea.iust
to thesourhof Brcslau.
on rhee'emy heldbanl offte oder River,ihar
the yiuaSeof Dyhemturth was l@ated.
During the S€condWortd We of the many ud varied weapons
systemsemployed by all combaranrs,the deployment and use of
Poison Gas did not felture. However,resqrch ard dev€lopmentdid
continueapace and ir vas at Dyhemfij(h thar the cermans had held
large stocksof the latesr and most potent of the roxiN Droducedbv
their prograinmesof researchand development.
TIIE PLAN
Opposingthe Soviet's admce on this sectorof the line was ceneral
Fritz Gmsels Foar* Paazer Ant. Th€ c€.man High Conmand,
fe3ring that the advancingSoviet fotq might seiz€tne containeGof
liquid poisor gar, orderedceneral crase. to mounta, urge opefflon
to preveft |nis occun€nce_To rhis order rheyadd€dll)e sriputalionrhar
ir would not meRly suffice (o nid rle faclory and deslrcy rhe
conlainers
ol torins. fearingriat sufficientresiduesmay ,uflrve ro
enableSoliel chemistsro analyseard identry Lhesubsrdces.The
ord€rstatedthst ceneral craser musrdevelopa ptanto serzeand hold
the factory conplex long enoud for alt rheliquid ioxirs to te punDed
into LheRiverOder.ftus makjngdeteflionajmosrimpossibte.
General craser placed the opemtion under the conlrol of Major
- I found rhe accountof rhe mid on Dyhemfurlh in nsd .trrft o, ,re
General Max Sacbsenheime.The originat ptd deris€d by Fourth
PanzrrArm' was for a mnvenrionalatrack.comptelewith ar lery
bombddmenrand e tusautr by two companiesof disDounled
Pamtroop€rsfrom the nearbyArmy grcups.
HoweveaSachsenheimer deviseda moresubtleplan ftar would gain
th€ necessaryfime ro facilitale the undisrurbedpumpingof $e tanks,
contentsinto the river He fomed a smalt Batrle croup, a pracrise
which the reader should note in whicb the cemds excelled _ s@
Jand Lucas's Ltook.Bo le Gtutp for funhe. readinS.The Batrte
Croup 8s€mbled und€r Sachsenheimets comnand conshred of
sev€ralhoodr€dinfantry; two batteriesof duat purpos€88 lm guns
aod a Light Piond Assault Boat Company with 8l boats_TVo
scienthb and 80 lechniciansaccompanjedthe force inro acrion.
A rccoonaissatre by Sachsenheinerin pe6or revealedriat lhe
milway b.idge ro Dyhemnrnh wa! intact, apartfrom rwo spes nener
to the Gemar held bank.It wasguardedby o y two macnne_gunson
the far bark, oneeachside of ll)e raitway embankment.Beyondthe far
bank of the Oder the milway line curvedleft pa$ DyhemJurth,a sDur
fromLhelineieadingdirecLty
inrorhewoodedcompound ofrhefacLory.
The attackingtroopsof tte Banle croup neded only ro fo ow rheline
of this spur to .ach the obj€ctiveof rhe raid.
TIIE RAID
Sachserheimer'sBanle croup approachedrbe Oder Riv€r on rhe
momingof 5 February.Major Josseod a smal reamof mendisposed I Medim
Tank Barblion
4l
of the SovierDachine-gum€rseirh hddty a soud. The main body of
troopsfton the Bar € Croup tten @ssed rhebridge and followed rhe
milway line and its spurinro the factory complex.In the m@time, rhe
balteryof two 88mn guru weredeptoyedbehindthe rivq embankrenr
on the ne3rside.A diversionaryc.ossingwas stageda half hour tater,
two anda half kilometc downsrreamfrom the bridge site,by 26 of the
assaultboatsAom the USbr Pioner Company.
On tle far side of thc OderRiv€r th€ scienrists,rechnicios and rheir
escorting troops penetraredthe empry coDpound of rhe factory
complex.Meanwhile.the main force ofthe infantry rhrewout a screen
ofdetachmentsarmedwirh Panzerfausts on aI the possibleapproachs
to lhe complex.Luckjly the pumpsa h€ facrorywerediscovercdro be
still in tull working o.dd. The engineswhich poeered the pumping
mechanjsmswere stanedjust 65 minuaesafier rhe comnencementof
Therercmainedno reacrionf.om rhe Soviet forces unrit after t3O0
hours.This may havebeendue to the effects of strong ddnkt Du.ing
Sachsenheimer'srecomaissanceloud singing was hsrd from rhe
Soviet held casde in Dyhemfir.th, whjch grew in
passedby, l$ding fte cermais to concludethar rle noisereflectedm
increaling stat€of drunkennesson rhe pan of th€ Sovi€t forces!!
The initial anackcamefrcn the dirccrionof Seife.sdorfro rh€nont,
by a force of 18 tai*s. This was soon checkedby the parz€rfaust
t€ams.A secondarhck was launche/ jusr before nighrfal, froD ft€
directionof Kranzto the e3st.A force of €ighr tank movedtoward! ihe
railu/ay by the bridge, rhreateningro cur otr ait of the ce.man forcs
oo Oe .ight bank of tle Oder Rive.. Thh fijrther anack was haltedby
the 88 tun gunsfinng from ove. the top of the Oder dyke. Tfte mnge
wasjust 750 rnetrcs!Six of lhe Sovier tanks were hit and most weE
brewed up instdtly. Witb the Sovjet counteFatqck staled. th€
s.ientists and rheir reamoI t@hniciars complel€drhe rask of drajdng
the toins from rhe conrainersirto the river. The scienrisrsdeliyercd
wil0en confirmation of ft€ir successto Sacbsenheiner.who in tum
mdioedArmy Headquarters.
During the nighr rhe rdiders withdrew ro the left bank of the Orler
River withoul tufther incid€nt of Sovier anack. Ir is doubttul thar the
Soviet forces were ever awde of the significanceof rhe opdation
which had takenplaceunderOeir very noses.
WARCAMINC THE RAID ON DYI{ERNFIJRIII
Act n by CbrisropherDutry, a good no nonsensemiljtary accounrof
the final Soviet dnve on Cemmy. It faits to Aive a cally detail€d
br€akdownof the forces involved, other rhm those I have oufined
abov€. Passages are quoredfrom Da K@pfun Schtesient944 - 45
by H.Ahflen (Stuttgart t9?7), ehich may conrain more detail sbould
any intersted enihusiasrwant to rrack down a copyl I organh€d rhe
forces for use with Rapid Fiu rules, whose autfiorsI must rhank fo.
renewing my interest and eDthusialr, fo. wareaining acrions frcm
World Wd Ttvo, throughthe twin sftnul of the nles and their many
ercellent display 8ames.
GERMAN FORCF^S
Two Infantry Balralions,eachcomprisinS-
HQ company: cO & 5 figue, and I pame.faust
3 Companie: 8 nguresin e3ch,plrs I panzerfarstOne pionee.
Compmy: 8 figurcs ScienrisrsandTechnicia$ - 6 figues
88 rirD Batte.y - 2 Sunsand towjng vehicts.
SOVIETFORCF^S
Not a geat dealto go on h€re.I field€d the following, basedotr rroops
availablefrom a 1944 - 1945 Tark Bngade, for the initiat counrq,
4 T3?r€5\
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I Rifle company 6 fieures& I mediumrruck
I Tank Derant(Rider)Compdy 6 figlres
WherecanI find2000MllitaryBooks?
For the s€cord attack: ln the
I MediunTank Squadron
I Rine Company
2T3{85's
6 figues & I mediumuuck
KENTROTMANCatalogue
I Monar Company I 82 lm monar& medium
ol course!

In Dyhemftrth its€f I srbcatcd sD lDfartry B!fidionl

HQ 4 ng{rcs
3 tufle Companies 6 figures in each
Machirc-Gun Company I Medium Machine-cun
I 82 tm mortd & c.ew
I Anti-Tank Rine - usetul for
picking off asault boats?

Thc Sameshould be s€t up with a pr€determinednurnberof movesro

repesenr lhe period from momirg until nightfall. The divsionary
atlack neednot be reprcsenred.bur rcmemb€.ro rcduce rhe Ceme
playeCsforcs by a suirablenumberto compensate.I suggesrthey be
r€ducedby at lejst three companies.The successof Majo. Jossein
silencingth€ machine-gunsat the bridge could atsobe dicedfor. rhis in
nrm delernining the initiat Soviet counrer-attack.This nighr be
determined by a p€rcorage dice tbrow in each bound, with m
increasinglikelihood of the Sovier force being activated.After rhe
cotunencementof the finr Soviet attack,dice againto determinehow
Mailorderis our speciality.
many bo$ds must elapse beforc dle launch of rhe secondSovier
KEN TROTI\4ANLTD,
Anotheroption is for the C€nnanptayerto dice for rhe arri€t of the
UNIT11, 135 DITTONWALK,CAMBRIDGE,
two companiesof dismomredParatroopeBwho did nor nate.ialhe in cBs 80D
the historicalop€rations.The divenionary attackcould ,tso be gmed
in its o*n right, again dicing ro dere.minethe responseof rhe Soviet
forces,evenallowing for the influence of drink | !
Fo. thoseplaym who favou. one-to-onestjmish ganes, the Raid 'NAPOLEON'MAGAZINE
also hasa gEat de3iro offe.: Major Joset attackon the rwo machine,
(forrne.ly "Enpii€s, Eagles& Lionsl
gun positionsanda squadofrl€ infarrry screeningrhefactory compld
attempiing to halt the advanceof tbe Soviet tanks arc r\r/o oDtions UK sub6to the bi mdthly furl @lour AmericanNapoleni.
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AFTERWORD
For figure availability,World wd Two ganers de .ealty spoitedfor
choice,esp@jallyin the late wd pe.iod. Figurcsftom Brirannia;SHei
Battlefield (ex-DrewsMiliria) dd F.A.A. being my panicular
favouira. Don't ignorc F.A.A.I Soviet infmtry tigrres! Simply rrim
,rta - !*o_ the cotlds dd pocketswitb a sharp blade md add shoulde. boards
with Miliput fo. post-1943 tunics!The88 nun gunsde available from
Airfix md T34's fron eitherBritanniaor Skytrex.The 4sault boatsare
avajlablefrom Ravenstho.pe.
As ChristopherDutry srates,there you have ir, not an operation
which figures largely in ahea$rals of warfare, lut it wd a classicof
its kind, notablefor the accunteseleclionof rhe aim, sinplicity of
conception.and sp€edand €conony in execution:'
I would like to thank ny f.iend and long srmdine wargames
opponentDavid Bickley for typing the maruscriptof the anicte and tor
playing World War TVo scenarioswithour comptaint,whilst prefering
himself b gme in a penod when menstoodup to fighr!

II\IDIAN FIGHTS OF IEXAS
PART ONE
by Chris Peers
Our belovededitor's prcdictjon in the Malch is.ue (\\aI n4), about
''Ntuet€€nth
Cstury wars gaining in populdiry", tooks a safe bet,
conrideringthe nulnbs and qualiry of rhenew figlr€ ransesuo rues
wNch are coning onto the market. I know there is atwaysa debate
aboulwhich cones lint, but I haveno doubr that a maior new .elease
from rhe manutacturers.welt supponed wiLh i;fomarion on
background,painting €!c., ce b€ a d@isive factor in promoring a
period. (And wil thosewho choosero se this as somethinssinisr€r
keepyourwhings to yoursetves, ptejse?No bodymaler yo; buy rhe
stur-)
Wthout CuemseyFoundry'splains Indiansroge, fo. exampte,th€
l9tl' centuryAmericu IndianW.rs eould surelynot be ar high p.ofile
asib€y aretodat As it is , ed wirh the rangesrill Smwing, I fe€l sure
that this sub-penodwill run ed runi or at Ieastride round ed round
in circlesuntil it is shoroff irs hone. P€rsonally,I an €njoyingthe rare
crcumstance ot a subject ir $/hich I am particularly interested
be.oning popularvith orher wareameB.and an l@king foMard ro
the viciols circle io which tie figures srimutaremore nterest and
hencedenand, whicfi me3nsmorefigurcs, €!c., etc.
Most of the anenrionso f{, rhough,has beenconcentratedon the
nonhem plains, wbere ihe Sioux and Cheyennesenjoyed tbe'r epic
punch-ups wilh lhe US Cavatryin rhe ye.r.!afrerLheCivil Wd. The
southemp€oples, Kiowas perhapsexcepred- nighr have been less
snowy, but they surpassedatl their rivajs in cunning a(t p€rsistent
hostility. Most Nonh Americanaibe.sresisredfor at mosta decadeo.
so alt€r lh€ tide of whire settlemenrreachedthen; rle Comanchesof
the Texasplains suryived,and foughr, for a cenrurye.r a hatf afttr the
Spanish fi$t encounteredrhem (a record only surpassedby the
Apacha). fiey sropp€dthe Spanishdead,sa\agedthe Mexicans,and
werostill at the peakof their powe. wheDrheAnglo-Texansetttersm€t
ihem in the 1820s, while rhe whire ftonrier turrher nonh was still on
the Mississilpi. And evenrhen,rhe Indid Wals of Texar had morher
50 yea$ to run. Evcn in this lst phase,ther€forc, tney werc more
prctractedard bloody than any of the orherwars for the plains.
They also provides weatLhof scenarios for gamer,.arginStrom
small skirmishesro majo. bartles.which haveso fd beennesl€ted. So
whart propose ro do in rhisseriesrsro pcsenrfotrroirhe; fiehtsas
pot€ntial warSames.Tlvo of them were .propet' bantes by the
siandardsofthe West,with severalhundredmenoo eachsidei the orher
two vere more IiXe glo.ified gunfights, which can be ptayed out a!
on+to-one sKnnishes with figures represenringnaned individuals.
Wlat ver gp€ of game and set of rules you prcfer, rlerefo.e, there
shouldb€ somerhinghercwhich appealsto the lgth centurygamer.
TIIE BATTLE OF PLIJM CREEK,12AUGUSTIE4O
The Conancheshadbe€nraiding in Texassincethe t ?40srfi6r asainsl
lhe Lipan Apaches.then aSainsrthe Spanishand Lhe M;cd
Republic.When, in rhe 1820s,the .,None3mericanos ' besanro senle
the.e- at rhe invirationof lhe Metjcans.who lhoughrIne, woutd
provide a us€tuI bntrer again$ the Indims - rhe Comanchessaw no
rea$n to changerheir habits_In 1838rhe newly independenrTexds
srgned a treary wirh the southemmosrComanchebdd, the
P€hnahterkuhor Honey-EateB,who occupiedfte ptare3unortn,west
of SanAntonio. But neirherside was r€alty inr€restedin peace:these
we.e two of the most ovedeariogly self-confidentpeoplesin history.
Stealing other people\ horses was atmosr ihe raison d'etre of
Comancheculture, while ihe Texans were unwilting to agree ro a
denarcation line which would balr the westward advanceof rheir
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In March 1840,howeve.,a rneeringwas arrangedat SanAntotrio ro
negotiatethe mnsomingof a numberof whire lroln€n ard childrcs who
had b€encapturedby tbe Pehnahr€.kuh.Chief Spirit.Iblter tumed up
with 65 Indids and a sanple prisoner.a Sirl catledMatilda t ckharr.
Unfortunatelythh girl had ben badly beren up by the womenof tne
tribe; either out ofj$lousy, o. baaus€ she had retusedto co-op€rat€
in the menial tAks which werc the lor of a captive.This idriated rhe
Tqm, who w@ ev€n morc outragedwheDSpirit Tatker retusedto
handov€r Ue othd en masse,blt p.oposedto haggleov6 €achode
individual] In retum for their retease.fie demandedwharanountedro
a massiveEibute of amnunirion, bta*ets dd vermiuion. The Te,\os
tried 0o dharn dd arrest the Comanchesatrd a fight brcke our, in
which 17 whits we.e killed or badly wounded.But 33 Indims w€re
murd€red - including all bur one of rh€ leading chiefs of rhe
Pehnalterkuh- and the resrof rhe party caprured,
If the whiteswerehonifi€d by the bruralr@tmenr of nonconbarants
(lhoughof cours€manyTexanskept slaves,ard no dotrbtroutinely had
them floggen fo. !"rious nisdemanours), rhe Comancherwere no
lss appalledby the treachercusattackon their leadersunder a ftac of
true. Fora tew monlhslhel,erslialedwith smalthil-dd-runmid;on
the Aontiea On one occasiona party appear€doutsidethe San Jos€
Mission in Su Antonio ro challeng€rhe gdison 10a fight (which rt€
Tqans retused).Then, in 6ly sulnnEr. ttle Indians aI disaDDeared.
Few whitescd haveben so nailr as to supposetl|al rhe Comanchs
hadsuddeiUyd@idedto ler the natter drop. Bur neitherdid rhey.e3tise
that the lull heraldedrheapp€arsce of one of the laiS€st*ar partis in
Orc Pehnahte.hrhchief had missed the farat rendezvousar San
Antonio.This was the famousBuffalo Hunp (ar le3srthat war wharrhe
Tdans called him. The rc.I ranslarion of his name wa5 apparc ly
unprintable.)By the hegiming of August 1840, Butralo Hump had
recruitedsome500 wmiors to invadeTexas.This wa! nor ro be rhe
usual lighdy-equippedmid; whole families accompaniedthen, wirl
travois and tipis, and all rhe logistic srjppo.r n€cessaryfor a tong
Riding by moodight, rbe Comanchs skirred San Anronio - which
wa! too well fonified ro be anacked- md headenin the dir€crion of
Gonzales,60 mils to rhe sourh-sst. Somehowthe enomous nos
passedthroughrhe frcntie. without myore noricing, but it left a wid€
trail which could noi renain underect€dfor long. On 6 Augusr the
lndianshit the town ofvictoria, kinen 15unsuspe.tingpeoplewho had
beenworking in the fields, and ran off abour2,000 hoBes.Then they
rode on south,qstwards rowdds the cuU of Mexico, sprcad;ngoul
into a hoge crscent which swept acrossrh€ rolli.g prairie. buming
everyrarmin th€ir path,dd killing everysttler eho could not eseape.
Bul two daysbehindLhem,a lorce of abour20 Teras Ranqersunae.
CaptainBen Mccullochhad cuLLheirEait and was following$em,
sendhg out nssengers to alen rhe population and sllnmon every
able-bodiedmd lo join ftem. On rhe 8rh. the Comanchesr€achedOe
sea at rhe lirde pon of Lin ille. Most of the p€ople took rehjge in
boals otrshore, whil€ Butralo Hunp\ warrioB happily plund€ed
warehousq tull of clothing, hati and umbr€las which u,erc being
preparedfor dispatchto SanAnronio_They alsostockedup with silver,
whiskey,tobacco,ad souveniNin the forn of baby alligators,which
tbey must hare pick€d up in the coa3tathdshes and wdt€d to tak€
hometo pmve that they had rEally r€achedthe sea.
Then, Ioaded down wirh tleir loot. rhe P€hnatterkuhtumed and
headedback towardsthe frontier So far, they had b€€nstagge.ingly
successtt. For lhe lossofone md, they hadkjlted hundredsofwhites,
ed stolenthousan& of ho6es and muls , as veU as qeMhins else
whichwdn t naileddown: ammunirion: cookingpoLs:bsrre'lhoo;slor
maldngarcwheads;booksfor packingsbield!; as wel asall rhe larest
fashionsfrom Europe.All this plunder war piled onto the captured
mlles, and the war pany plodd€d no(h at the besi pee it could
manage.
It was at thh point that Bufrato Hump nade his big mistak€_He
probablyassumedtla! if theTcrars hadnor daredro 6dt him yer, then
they never would - or perhapshe sinply losr control of his men.
Organisationand disciplin€ had neverbeena Coneche srrongpoiD.. temporarilydemoralisedthe Comechs, No doubt he could also see
Making no attemptto disperse,or evento take d unexp@teddetoua that the enemy colum was b€comingevenmorc tiBhrly packedas it
heled the wd panybackby lhe obvious.dlect rouleup rhevaler ol negotiateda muddy patchof grcund-He called out, ..Now ceneral, is
tbe ColoradoRiver In an ironic .€versalof rols, the Comancheswere
you. time to chargethemlTheyarewhipped!"Husrongavelbe orde.
Dowtied lo the slow, ponderousbaggagerrajD,sunendenrg mobiliry
atd initiative to th€ whites- at ldt, and the Texansmourted up. fired a volley, dd cbarged,yelling
On 9 August CaptainMccdloch - now leadingrnorethe 100 men- like lndians.The skimishjng Pehnait€rkuhgaveway ar once,and tbe
caugbtDpwith the IndianJ rcargrdd. Tlming on him,lhe Comaches whites tore into the contused nass of wmiors. fanilies and taden
ljued one of his troopeB md forced the srill heavily ouhumber€d mulesftat comprisedthe main colum-
Texansto fall back.But, to his surprise,Mcculloch qujckty discovered So iighdy packedwere the Commche horsesand mules rhar some
that he wasnot beingpursued.Therecould be onty one exptdation for warrios meaged to escapeby running acrossrheir backs. Others,
unableto meoeuvre, wereshotdown as rh€ysrruggledin the midst of
the Comanches'uncbaracE.isticrelDctanceto fighr: llnwilling lo risk
losing their loot, they were determinedto keepcloseto rhe mutelminthemob.Suddenly realisingrheirhelplessness,
thosewhocoutdslitl do
so abmdonedtheir loot md fled. A running battle w€nt on for fifteen
So Mcculloch o.dered a small derachmentof his nen to keep miles, as small gioups of Comuches on aheir rired hoBa were
shadowingtbe enemy,while rhe et Sallop€dotr in all dir€crionsro overhauledand trmed to figh! but the rcsllt w6 nor in doubt.After tbe
contacttie slowly musteringTex$ militja dd direfl men m a new battle, the vicro.s found the bodis of 86 Comanchs dd oneTexan-
rendezvous- aheadof rh€ Comanches.This was at a Dlacecaled Bis although noy olher whites dd their horseshad ben woundedby
Pmirie.in thevicinnyoflhe prcsenr-daylown otLockhan
The battlefield Mcculloch had chosenwas naned aJterthe nqlby Nevenheless,the batde was not decisivein rhe long term. Mos! of
Plum C.e€*, a tribulary of the Sd Marcos Rive. Ir was long-grass lhe Pehn.hterkqh had got away, and rhe sunivo.s bad teamed a
prain. country,dotredwith woodsin the valley botroms.Much of the valuablelesson.They neverasain invadedT€xasin such a la€e od
gEss in the dea had recenrlybeenbum!, md flying ashmingledwitb unwieldy ho.de. Future 6ids would reven to the tndilional eatlem.
the sumner dust. As rhe Texan arny assembted,rhe p.ogressof the with a hmdful of wdioB innltrating by nighr, st iking quickly, then
Comanchs could be obrered in the fo.n of a hugedusrcloud, visible riding back to the plains at tull speed,

The whires wer€ a mixtD.e of Range6, mitiria, and my othef abte,
bodied man who could be found. They Dumberedabout 120 in all.
Although they had no fomat organhation,they took then ordersfrom
a groupor Rangercaptainswho had previousexperience
of tndian
fighting. All werc mounred,dd armed with a varied assorrmenrof
pistols, musketsand long rifles, Ar the lasr momentthey werejoined
by Brigadier General Felix Huston, R€public of TexasAmy, who
assunedoverall command,ed by founeenTonkawaIndids on foot,
undertheir chief Placido.
On 12 August the Conoches finaly dived at Big prairie, srilt
making no attempt to deviate from rhe e4iar .oute north, Ceneral
Hustonhad leamedlhat mother 87 volunleersunde.ColonelBurteson
wereon their way to join him, so he sbod his men to ams md wajted
ror the reinforcements to aftive. sending our the Tonkawas to
reconnoitrcthe Comanchecolunn. Dspite haring to face a mounted
€nemyon foot, tiey pe.fom€d tbis exceptionaly dangeroustask with
From the coyer of a stand of tinber lll€ Texans could see the
advancing Comanch€sf.om ftree mils away. Acco.djng ro a,
eyewitn4s, the Indiars were "Dtterly oblivious ro darger". Tne
rvariors renained dispersedrh.oughoulthe column,guardingthe loot
and prodding the relucranrmules.Then, a! they csne ab.eastofthe
Texa$' position, Burl€sont parry anived ar ldr. Huston orderedthe
m€nto moveout onlo the plain.
Wh€n about 200 yards from the enemy, atl but 30 of rhen
dismountedbd took cove. wher€ they coutd, in the gras or rhe
sca$er€dwoods.Croupsof Comarchescameout to meerrhem,t ying
ro dislract and slow them so that rhe mule rrain could get away.The
Indids rode aroundthe Tqos in a wide circle. shoDtingchaUenges,
showingotr their horsemdsbip in f€atsof acrobaricskill, dd shooting
arows f.om behindthe cove. of thei shietds.
Wlile the men otr foot retumed firc ro linle effect againsrthse
fleting targets,the remainingrnountedTexds skjmjshed wirh them
in Comancbestyle, galloping in among lhem and firing f.om rhe
saddle.Tlis fighl lastedfor abourbatf an hour. wilh few men hit on
eiuer side.The Range6 urged Hustonto give the sigDatfor a charge.
but h€ hesitat€d.Then a chief in a f€atheredwarbonner,who had b€en
chalenging the Texansro single conbat, ventur€da bir aooclose.He
washit by severalbullei!. and ashe wascarri€dback!o fte Commche
nain body,a greathowl of despairrosefrom rhe horde.
RangerC.apajnMatr Caldwell realisedrhat rhe toss of rhe chief had broadclolhcoat, hind pan b€fore, with brassburtonsshining brighrly
RECREATING THE BATILE
This may seema mtherone-sided€ncounterfo. a succesful game;
but onlt I would suggesr,with the benefit of hindsight. The usual
effecl of the appearanceof a hDgemob of Indians on rhe table is ro
paralyse the white players with f.ighi, and fo.ce rhem onro the
defensive.If theyde not told thar the Coneche objecriveis sirnply to
gel a*ay, they may sit backand wait ro be arlacked.Or wo6e, try dd
.etne when they find thenselves encircled. Then every Indim will
probablylsve the cotunn ed pile in afler them. I teavethe delails 10
whateverrules you vant to use, but rhe hhtorical vicrory requned
strcng nerves,ed a g@d eye for a fleeting oppoduniry Se if your
playeBcm dispiaythe sme qualitiesl
Th€ appedece of late l9th centuryComancheswd coveredin PaIt
2 of my €cent PlainsIndims anicle(in WI No. 114).ln ftjs early
period, hovever they had only just begunthe prccessof conve.gence
tow{ds the '\tmddd" Plainstype, md so were evenmo@distinctive
ihan they would be later.In panicular, f€atheredwarbonnetswould be
extcmely rare,*irh th€ buffalo-homedrwe mo@usDal.
In themid-1830s theanistcml8e Catlinvisiteda Comanche camp,
md p.oduceda seds of portraitswhich are probablyas good a guide
as any to tne ap€afanceof the waJrion at Plun Creek. Especially
noEwonly are the elabomtelycaparisonedho.ses.long flowing haia
al(l long lances decomled with scalps, or red tlfts of whar is
presumablydyed borsehaii Insteadof rhe normat moccasins,someof
his subj@tswed what apped to b€ soft boots, tied below ihe kllee.
Olher sourcesrefer to Comanchesweding high boots which reached
from foor to hip: I havenevers€ena pictuie of rhese,bur I supposerhar
they would look similar to ordinary Ind'm leggings with moccdins
s€wnon, md in fact might be what Catlin h depicnngwhen he seens
10be showingmenin moccasinsand leg8ings.T s strangeourfit could
explain *hy the artist d@ribesComanchewadion ar awkward and
clumsywhendismounted.
In this pa.ticuld action. the visit to the warehousesat Linnville had
enabledthe Comdches to ldt themselvs oDtevenmore €xrravagdtly
ftan usual.An eyewitness descriptionof one wador will give the
He was riding a very fine ho6e, held in by a fine Anericm bridle,
with a red ribbon eighror len feet long tied to the tail of rhe horse.He
was dressed in elegantstyl€, fron the goodsstolenat Linnville, witl a
high-lop silk hat, fine pai. of boob and learher glover, e etegant
right up dd down hh back,Whenhe first madehis appearan@he was
Two lhjun Coutry pics fun the bbletop oI well-laown U.S.
\9algMer & wary@s entrcpfthzur Keith lzrJy. Thefiqu.d hat not
be Cowaches - but thet sre nun anl hostile ( - and tha're Britunia
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an imprcssionof qtEordinary disciplire. civen a chmc€ to talk it
,rz^_--***J9.1"'l tlrough in advanc€,they could evenforn rcgrrar colutu$, od d.ess
their ranh in a marurerwhich imprcssedUS Fgular6.
But r€actingin a logical way ro anyrhingunexpecredhapFning in
the hst of batde wd quite beyond rhem. Comancheeligion -
supeNtition,asthe whit6 calledir - did not help.A nw w@ponin the
handsof th€ir enemi€s;a waEioi who was suppNd to havepoyertul
"puha-'suddenly
broughrdown;a foe who chargedwhenhe usualy rdn
- all th* were "bad nedicirc', and liable to produceiEqoturion or
ev€npanic. And th€ Comanchescombin€dv!ry high norale - to the
point of anogame, a,slong as things w€re going well - with at
dtraodinary sensitivity to losss. As a hunting peopt€,rh€y could
never afford to trade liv€s with more numerousagriculrural nations.
Hence as skirmishersth€ Comanchesw€re unequalled;they could
punishteribly any momentaryweaknesson the part of the eoemy;but
tney were not equippen, either physically or psychologicant ro
withshnd a deterninedcharge.
The b€stsoludonf.om a gme poinr of view is lo hav€a player or
playerswho &e so imm€$ed in thei. role thar they insrinctively fight
like Comanch€s.My club, the Octobq Club in Birminghm, is lucky
(or unlucky) oough to itrclude a few such dm8€d chamcrers-
includingmyselt Failing that,you could havethen umpire-conrrolled,
or establisha vicrory points sysremwhich givestherncrcdit fo. getting
away with their loot, ed even mor€ for &ts of recktes defimce.
@untingcoupdd generallyshowingotr (rhe singteTexanfound dead
afte. the pursuithad actuallyb€€nscalped:som€ambitiouswarrior had
fonnd tilne to dismountand rlke the trophy evenundersuchdesperate
Tdas in the 19tb CenhrrJ crrcumslance$at g..ve risk to his own life), bur haDmen rhem
severelyror my lossesincumd. There should p.obabty b€ a rardom
bmadclotl coat, hind pan b€fore, with brassbuilons shining brightly elementontolling the movem€ntsof smll groups of rant-ed-nb
right up anddown his back,When he first madehis apperdce ne was Comanches,so that players representinSchieJs can try to set an
carrying a largeumbrellasrretch€d."I exampleibut without anygualanreethar tlet metrwill rrke any notice.
Contenporarypicrur€salsosuggestrhat ar rhisdale lanc€s- which In some ways, the Texans were nor too different from the
in lat€r y€arswere carried oiily by exception.I wanjors and involved Comanches- hoEifying thoughthe rhoughtwould havebeento eirhe.
an obligation neyerro rerrear,like the socierysashesof other rribes, pany.They too were vohnt€ers,molivatedby rcven8eard hunge.fo.
werc pretty wel miversal. Shieldswere ldg€, oft€n oval, dd fringed loot, as well as the desire lo p.otecl their homes and familiq (rhe
with feathen.They were commonlypaintedwhjte, or a son of yellow Comche plunder "libemted' at Plum Creek was nor rerumedto irs
ochre.The bow was by far rhe nost popularmi$ile weapon,alrhough righttul ownels, but sharedout among the vicrorious r.oopo. Thek
'no
doubt some warriors would atso havecanied mustet!, for which chain of coDmand was almost as infomal, wirh th€ authority of rte
therc had beln sometling of. cm?ein the 18thcentury.By this time, RangerCaptaiN dependingenrirely on the fact rhar they seemedro
howev€.,the diftculty of rcloading on hoMback had led many to know whar they were doing. Geneml Huston sem to hal€ been
rcgardedasnot muci more thd a nSurehead.
As for figur€s,althoughsone of the moredistimtive teatuG would The Rargers and the militia w@ nor uniformed. and woutd have
be hard to find (like the noccsin/boots, for *mpl€), any plaitr
Indian wittout too many featb4 o. the morc obvious nodem
firearm! would b€ quire suirable.My own Comanchesare bas€don
GuemseyFo$ndry's 25mm rang!, with someconversionsusing Old
Glory butralo headsetc., and the majority of rhemwould not look oui
of plac€ in a \r?r paiy of the t840s, although rhere arc not relly
enoughlancen. It is likely rhat Foundry will produ@sornesp€cific
Conanchefigorcs a! sone srase(plea!€!), which will be even b€tter

As usual, Comuche military organisatior was vinua y non-

existent.Butralo Hump. like otherteade.s,wa! a chief bec.us€he w6
r€cognisedas having shong "puha-' or nedicin€, not becauseh€ hetd
any formal position.Ir would tbereforeb€ unfair ro btamehim fo. nor
orderingtbe abadonmenr of rhe mule rrain so that the wanioB could
make use of their superior mobility - ttey would prcbably nol have
ob€yedhim if he had.
From a wargame point of view, rhis kind ot ..my" present,!
diftcuftia, beause of rhis lack of a chainof coinmand,Tbe effecrwas
to mal€ Comanchasvery good at doing what rh€y normaly did -
skirmishin$ encirctemenqamb{shes;relenttesspursuir of fleing o.
disorderedenemy;occalional unco-ordinaredcharges10countcoupor
grab a scalp. Being accustomedro co-operarewith e3ch other on
butralo huntsand horseraids,end with a hundredyerrs' experienceof
fighting the Mexicans b€hind them, they coutd perfonn rhese
tnanocuvresspontan€ouslywithout any fornat ord€rs,giving at rimes Warrior, c. 1840.(After Catlin)
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app€arcdin a wide assorrnenr of ordinary civilian clothes - often
upper-classSpanishstyles- buckskins,and evenmore exotjc sarb.To
judsefroma near-conremporary accounr. nay orrhe Rageriappw
to havevirtually'eonerarive".Tle foltowingdescdplion coutdatmost
€qually well rcfer to the Indians:
'Most
of rhemweredBsed in skins,somewearjngpartsof buffalo
robes,deerskins ard bearskins, md some€nti.ely nakedlo lhe waist,
but havibg heayyieggingsdd ne.essarybre€ch-clouts ." 2
Thereis plenty of scop€for conversionsthere,bur in fact no$ ..Wild
West" types of the righr period would do (ie. not those wuh
Wincheste6etc. , rhoughonly a ret purist is tikely to 1lorry abourrhe
differencebetweena revolver and single-shorpercussionpisrol. ) Old
Glory do a Texa! RaDgersbag in their Mexice War range,which I
Dsvenot seenbut a\pect would be ideal. And Mdk CooDlesroneis
knownto be rn(ersLed in rhisedtypenodor$e Old wsr;;o loot our
for somethingfron Foundryeventually.
Amament wa! a mixnrre of muske$. shotguns,tong rifles and
pistols - eithe. flindock or percussioncap varietiq. Tie firsr revolv€rs
werecoming into usedound ftis nme, but ir s@msunlikely thal lhere
weredy menso amed at Plum Creek.From about1844onwardsthey
Save the Rangers a decisive advanrageover Conancbes in close
combaq bu even withour them, fte whites eere by no means d
helplessa! is often thought.SHlled nen could rcload flintlock pistols
dd ev€n.ifles on hoBebacl at the gatlop, and in dy casethe Texans
often caried plenty of sparepisroh, so that rheycould teep up a good
rate of fire fo. iong enough to decide $e oubome of, a chffEe. A
Mericanrn lhe l83Oshaddescnbed rhemasl
''...moving armouries;
someworc rwo, rhr€€aDdevenfour bracesof
pistols, a cloth bag filled wirh builets, a powderhom, a sabretnife,
besidesa rifle, musketor carbine. 3
How the Tonkawa were equipp€d is unclear, but thei. chief
fiinction was ar scoutsrarherthan acruajconbat&ts. Ther nust have
b@n good at this job, as they succeededin ke€pingrhe Conoches
unde.obseNationwirhout sufferingey casuatties.The .Tonks", a5rhe
Texanscalled them,werc a lribe of the coasul p.ai.ie, and hadatready
b@n dispossessed and corfined ro senations by the 1840s, hence
their lack of hones.They hadtitrte reaton lo tove rheTexans. but haled
4l
*onlY
ComancheseveDmore.(Thefeling wa! nutual. astheTonkawasliked
1oeal fteir prisoneB , a habit which hor.ified other Indiansas much
asit did thewhites.)
A picture of their chief Placidoshowshim wearinga sort of fring€d
loga over a long-sleevedshirr. His hair is very shon, with a feathef
fixed diagonally at the back. He has .ings in his ears,and is carrying
whar appqs 10 be a ceremonialfo made from m €ntire snrtred
pheasanr Ordinary warriors of this area re usuatty d€sojb€d as
wearing lit e but a coat of red and black pajnt; in batrle they would
probablywed only breech-clourand noccasins.
NOTF,S
l). ReverendZ. N. Morell, quot€din Hardin. Zer4sR4n8eB.
2). JohnForcste.,also quotedin Hardin.
3). Quotedin fte Ime,Life vol|ume,Th. SpaaishWe$.
SOURCES
Fairly detailed,if nor entirely consistert,accountsof rhebartleof plum
Creekde to b€ fourd in:
T' R. Fehrcnbach:Cond.l.r .The Desttuctionofa people(AlfftA A.
Knopf, NewYork, 1974)dd
Bill N@teyiTh. Irst Cotunche Chiel - TheLjfe and TrnesoJAu@ah
Pa*?r (Johnwiley & Sons.1995).
Botharemajdy basedon eyewitness
accounts quoledin: J. H. Brown:
The In.lian wals dad Pioneets oJ Te.6 0Jltion Nationat Bmk,
Houston,1933)whichI havenoryer managed to gerhotdot
Therearc somegood reconstrucrionsof both Texansand Comanches
d well as olhe. backgrounddetail in:
DL S. HaIdin: The Tetar Ran8crr (OspreyElite No.36, I 991)
Also worth a look for backgrcund informarior is tle Conmche
Historywebsit€:htap://wwvdickshovel.com
Part tho of tbis seriespil move on to 1864,snd what very nearty
tumed into "Kit Carson's Last Stand",
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Wargamer's more and, if necesary. wait years for rhe PeEia ro sculpl som€
Pavlovs,Jaegersed the odd Brunswickei
Notebook SteveBdber had a sund at the SpringTmde Fair in a nearbyhotel
and I have b say I have not been as excited about a range of rsitr
buildingsfor a while. The mainoneson display werc 'Europed' , besr
W Mtke Stggtns categorisedasbig 25mm,$nbercd dd vaguelyT€utonic,which would
not lmk out of place in a hisro.ical w/ ? D'dd Pmiseindeed.The
really nice asp€ctis that the modelscomein sev€ralparts,ro you cat
Arthoughlherc de otherimporrdt showsdound fte sMe time, Salure
mix and match to get a vaii€ry of structures,The mosi imp.essive
a,lwayspsychotogicalysignalsrh. big stlrt of the showsqson fo. this
edifice is the Town Hall, which is huge. dd even at ll0 ir still
Londoner And since they have somehowmdaged ro lay on good
rcprcsentsgood value. Steve ha,! a good selecrionbuilt up alrcady,
weqtherfor asmanyyearsasI canrelnenber, ard combinewith the US
including Spanishmd Meditermneanrarges. and I recommendyou
Malters, the new baseballsedon and Paris-Roubaixon TV, it also
check them out. I Avon Place, Hawkslade,Aylsbury Bucks HP2l
ndks the confirnation of Spnng. The sap dses, rh€ enthusiasmfor
9LR.
new periods bd to be fought off, one again vows ro perfet that
MoviDg otr f.om Stev€'s shnd, I wd thinking aboul th€ rclative
pairting technique,and one wondeB quile how oothe. long, cold
sizesot modelbuildingsdd tleir vhual,or uctical.impacr.Whenyou
wi er has slipped by without getting thal army finished. One of rte
s€e as many demonstmtiongam€sas I do, ther€ is no doubdng rhar
nosi awkwald charmsof Salule is rhat it puts so nuch remptarionin
buildings come in every shape and size.Somegamen va'ue rhe
your way: the new Foundr/ mega-stand,which looks so prof€ssionatit
inposing dd massiveceniral Fesence(Steves would fit in well he.e)
throws tbe resaol Oe hobby into shade;fte rarher nice new Z5mm
while othersarehappyto srick a few Monopoly or Lilliput Lanehouses
figures from Bade Honou.s; a wall of seducrivenew books on rhe
doen to indicatea viltage- Borh wo.k in their own way, and I ftink il
He$ants sled, strainingfrom the hecricrelase schedulesGbouldn't
's impodmtto recognise that,in mdy casa,a scalebuildingvilllook
th€rebe someson of law curbing rhese- like four books per yed or
way too big.As a.esulr,I haveoftenloyedwith usingl5mn Spanish
something? How arc we exp&ted ro keep up?)r Sreve Beber's
buildiDgsto simulatea 25nm Peninsulasettlement,andof coursethere
amazingbuildings: the wonde.ful litde Leonardotank from Awesome
arethe issuesof tasteed persp€crivein the equation.Worth looking al
EnterprisesiKevin Dallimore feely dispensingrips ro myone since
the next time you de at a show.
noneof us witl ever get close to rbat amazingpaint finish; the she€r
The Foundryrelede cycle is beconing embara$ing. Every month
enthusiaimot the punre.s(evenlhe oneslrying to bGin you with rbeir
I gushmanfully aboutthe latst figures dd then atongcomesanother
lol, usuallysurpassing thepreviousbatch,thusensuringth€ygertheir
This year\ show w6 a good one. The crowds were back after the
columninchesandI run dound like an idior wondeingwbatto painr
apparent1996drop and inrerestinglythere were a notic€abtenumber
and whereto get ny next superlalive.So, I'll lell you aboutthe latest
of women and youngstersmixed in eith the usual droves of
figr@s dd then shut up. Well, for at leasta month or so. Firsl up are
ftirysomethings (md older pafont. Tbe gamesagainfeaturcda large
the new Plainslndians ' VoiceLike Tlundels War Party" which says
numberofsciencefictionsubjecBjmostofwhich perc well done.and
il all really.Superb. ThenwegettheSYW Russians. Alsosuperb. And
s€veralg@d historicai gmes. The best of these,ad my came of the
finally,the first of the 25mm Civil War Rebs.Unbelievable. I am
Month, wasPuebla- a gameof fte Frencbexp€ditionto Mexico pul on
ilching to paint theseup into a Dnir, for fte Foundrypairring
by the Victorid Milirary Sociery. Excellenr t€nain, some superb
competilon of cou6e. No desneson saadingan army. Oh no.
figures and a rcally helptul ream of presentes. tf tbis smndanl is
'.epeated va? t'rcxr continuesapaceand,evenif you. Frenchis sub O-Level,
at tneir annual show at Chathan in June, ard there is no
it is well worth buyingthe occasional issue.The picturesaloneare
reasonit shouldn'lb€, it will be *onh the long haul down there.
worth it. Every copy comeswith a fuU colour boa.dganeand a r@enr
Othevise I haveto say this new locationis a retogmd€ step,dd the
hit harbeenFieldof Baltlewhichbeds somereladonro a well known
tine of yearalso leavessonerhing to be desired.However,shoutdyo!
threelettersetot rulesstaningwilh D andendingin M. Eachmonth
make the trip, ple3re Dale s!.€ you male time for the excellent
lhey providemolhersetof superlit e armycounteB,ihe lateslb€ing
Woodenwalls exhibition at ChathamDockyard. The phrasehid{ten
VisigorhsandGepids,wlnchcd be marched up againslthe dozenor
gemis overused, but this is a reaUyfi6t clds museurnandyou will
so alreadysuppliedin pas!issus, The neatapecl hereis that however
comeout knowing nore about menof war dd lheir consmcdon (he prolific you may be as a painter.ther€is no substilutespeed-wiselbr
rcpemakingdemonstration aloneiswonhthemoney)ftan yon'llever cutting out counteGand havingat it with amies rhat.while intercsting,
needto know.An unfair compeison perhaps,but I'd say this is twice
yoD nay neverget round to in lad.
a Sooda! the Jonik centre,whjch seemsto get morethanils fai. share
The Baltlegroundmachine moves relentlesslyon. Seemingly
of hype.
appedingat the mte of one title everycoupleof monrhs.with Borcdino
The only disappointmentat the sbowwasny fi6t opporruniry10see
nextin line (cor!),the latst is Anrietam.Alwaysoneof my favourile
t1)enew Old Clory 25mm Napoleonicswhich appeuedin the ads,en
barle situations. it slrikes me thal rbe only Barleground design
masse,the monthbefore.I had heardall sonsof very goodthingsabou! (if lhat is what n is) is shownup more thanbeforehere,
weakness
this massiverange,not l*r regardingtheAuslrims md Russians.But
pnmanlybecaDse ofits lackofconnand & cont.olsystems in a baule
I have to say that, when I reached rhe srand, I was complelely
that was drivenoff rhe restrictions of conmunicationand difficult
unde.whelmed.I think I know why Old clory are held in suchregard
- b€causetley offer such uDeguably good bang for the buck in rhe tenain.Hopever.the Battleground engineis graduallyinprovingad
it is hard to ind m$ch laull with it elsewhere. As usual,Enpire
States- bul I aD p€rsonallynot willing ro trade otr qumtiry against
Intemctiv€ are tho importers md rhe litle can be found at all good
quality 10 thk extert. Tl€ figures (generaljsinghere, d rnere are
softwde outlets,as they say.
hundredsof castingsdd I saw bur a f€ction) are gawky.someee in
Bookof$e Monthh eitherarc,issue, or a newhaulofa bookfi6r
what I would term unusablepositions(rememberfte Airfix .hopeless
printed in 1982and which I havebeenseekingfor a while. Sredalr
cases' thal were discarded from every box? The mole digging
and Colors oI the Aheti.an Rqolulioa by Richardson is, to my
Highland€swerebe*...) dd qlite a few are flattened'. Add in the knowledge,the definitive work oD tbe subject and h packedtull of
g.ab-bagselling technique.which meanseconomiesfo. the selterand
infomalion and superbcolou. plates.It is the sort of book, lik€ Terry
theor€ticallyfor tbe buyer(bur a tot of wasteand a conshr seaJchfor
Wiseh BlandfordandOspreyflag volumes.that hasyou itching to gab
the decentposesdragsup the averagecastingprice), and we haved
the brushes,flag mating materialof choic€ and the pieo wire.
edy solution - insteadof buying into these wirh their instdt
R€commended, and Hersantkhavesbcks if you hurry.
availabilily,lower cost md undoubrd figure vdiery,I am happyto pay
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field! Tr1r yodl' strateg-y across all the old battlefields of Europe and the colonies, and fight
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Homer.a fairly unrcliable source,will haveDsbeliele that one of the sieg€s.PlusrulesforfighlinglheIndianMutiny.
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find altenalive sourcesof informarion(for insrance,a midot. e,, r. I r.ei ur8rrc ord.r.h,
Howevei,to geDeolisefrom this source,and come lo rhe conclusjon
thatslingingand nuditygo togetheris, in my view,an unreasonabte
inlerpretalion of theevidence.
Thoseof yor whodabbl€in fdtasy gamingwiUbeawa.etharnudity
hd been*ith us for someriDe_Usuauy,rhough(in iacr,exctusively),
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be ore of the rules- plus two poinrs(for 'nerve')for any ienate value*hile kcepingthepeacein Bosnia?Iflhesearegoodideas,why
characterstrippedto rhe waist (from rhe rop down,rharis). cood not keepnudity?No. My farher,lvho servedwith rheRAF Reginent,
heavens,levenbolght someof thesediseusting modehmyselfonce, neler, by reasonol King\ Regulations,regnenral tndition, or
when Essexfirst went into the nudewomanfdrasy ma.kerabour peGonalpreference, went inro acrionwea.inglessthan rhe full kit.
fifteenyetusago.I boughtthem,of couse,pu.elyjn rheintereesof inchdinggailesandlie, nevermindsldk naked.
researcb. My \rife stillthinksftey rumedup un- ordered, fora review So. wh arn I supposed 1o do enh rheseRedoubtmodels?The
I said I was rrjting for 'Mntiatwe wa. Made ks l$tate.t . This palacewaupaintings lrcm KnososincludesomedelightfDlpicrures ol
naga?inefoldedjusrbeforcthe ddcle waspublisheo, so I wasnever youngmen and women,blr the only naled onesare vaullingover
ableto showhertheevidence in p.inr.unfonunare, lhal. bulls.Icanl forma wholeunitof bull-vaulteB. (Anyeay,wRGmakes
But whatabouttherealworld?Someyeds ago,we wererreared to no reierenceto such unirs, so they probablydidn r exiso. My
anothq WRG work - Arrries ol the Mac.donian oad pulic Wars , converionskilh, in anycase.do nol tun to lurningslingeBinto butl-
which included(fi$re 94) a representation of an IndiaDpalace fighteB.I hale an evenbigger problem.My Aunry(b.1926)lovesro
Guardswoman, fron lhe pe.iodwhenblouses werebeyondrhemeae.e look atmy modelswhenever shevisits.I will haveto.enemberto lock
neansota simplesoldierSincethen,I haveseenunirsof thesesema up my nakedmenwhenevershe comes.Icanl haveherfaintingin Dy
nakedwomenruming up in the mosrunusualcircunstanc€s. How diningrcom.Thisis (oomuchrrouble.
nany ofus havetriedto dguethatsuchfiguresbelongin, say,a rwetve The only solulionis lo dealwilh the nudityin the way thathuman
centuryByzantinefield,force?Or lhe Anzio landingsduring Wo.ld beingshavebeendealingwirh it sincethe Cardenof Eden.I have
Wd Two? I know I have.Doublle$, if Redoubteverextendlheir providedmy naledslingeswith somemodesry-enhancing undesed
Trcjan Wars6nge to includeQueenPenihiselea and her Amazon usingmilliput.(WRGlisting, upgGdenakedslinge6by givingthen
war.ion, t ll be in for a fe* dozenfor ny Creranamy. tf rhe knickeB- I poinreachpair).Theyarenot only befierto look at with
Amazonscouldget as f& asTroy,thenCreteisjusr a shonierryride millipur loin clolhs, but easierro paint. Beiore I developedthis
away.Itisinconceivable thartheyneverwenrftere.lt srands to reason, solution,I usedto cringeeverytime my paintbrushenlereda oiical
In lhe meantime, ifl wanta female.ondngenl in my Minoanam), I dea. And whafs more,theywill be nore etrectiveiD ballle.Before
willhaveto sertleiora unitconsisring entirelyofHelenotTrcy (Light this, rhey werequite uselessin any leraiD featurewhich included
medlum $oman,lwelve p o i n r s o, n eo r n o n e ) .
Nakedwonen mightbe one rhing.but I *ant lo gerbackro naked And finally,(iiyou havenot yet sen themodels),rheansw€rto lhe
nen. lanudiryreauywasan e$enrialpall oiwarfare,rhenwhy did rhe questionwhichha beenar thebackof yourmindsincepdagraphrwo
rradnionlot persisr?Afrer all, iherearelots oiorher rGdnionswhich is: Yes.Theydo, indeed,measure up. when lhe C.etancods handed
are regardedwnh awe by nodem frilirary men,and yel are quite out theequipne.tnecessary for a fulfillingdd productivelife. these
poindess. Whydo RoyalNavyofficerstoasl rhemonarch siltingdowr? gentlemen we.edelinnelynot ar thebackofthequeue.
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