New Great Northern War Flags from Pendraken Miniatures

Even though the moulding queue has slowed somewhat, the new releases continue and this time we've got some revamped GNW flags for everyone.  These are once more the work of the Mr Tony Hughes (Tiny Tin Troops) and replace all of the existing sheets as well as adding a second set for the Russians.

Great Northern War

PNFL220   Swedish flags, type 1

PNFL221   Swedish flags, type 2

PNFL222   Russian flags, type 1

PNFL223   Russian flags, type 2

All priced at £2.50 per sheet

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Medieval Warfare VII-4, Sep-Oct 2017

Medieval Warfare VII.4 with The Battle of Hattin.

Fought on July 4, 1187, Saladin’s victory over King Guy of Lusignan paved the way for the reconquest of Jerusalem.

Theme: The Battle of Hattin

William J. Purkis, 'The sign of the cross on his forehead - Did Crusaders get tattoos?'
William E. Welsh, 'The rise of the Ayyubids - Saladin's apprenticeship in Egypt'.
Andrew Latham, 'The geopolitics of the Medieval Middle East - Was it just Crusade and Jihad?'.
Erich B. Anderson, 'Victory before the fall - The Siege of Kerak'.
Robert C.L. Holmes, 'Ayyubid military organization under Saladin - Family, finance, and faith'.
John France, '"Give the lie to the Devil" - The Battle of Hattin'.
John Hosler, 'The consequences of poor strategy - Saladin's post-Hattin malaise'.
Kay Smith and Ruth Brown, '"Millions of meandering lines" - Of swords, steel, and Saladin'.
Michael S. Fulton, 'The wedge between Egypt and Syria - The Crusader castle of Montreal'.
Rosie Weetch, 'The museum of the Order of St John, London - Bearers of the Cross'.

Features:
Steven Isaac, 'A pirate-monk in the English Channel - The Battle of Sandwich'.
Patrick Eickman, 'Miracles, visions, and St. Barbara's head - Teutonic Knights and PTSD'.
Murray Dahm, 'An invisible clash - The Battle of Hatting on film'.

Medieval Warfare

The Plastic Soldier Company doing 10mm ??

So a preview and a question.

And after a mad management meeting we managed to steal this pic of the upcoming Leopard 1 in development. The render gives some idea of a few of the options in the kit!

Now for the question... Our mad and benign ruler Will, has come up with a mad idea to do moderns in plastic. but I'm 10mm too! Not just 15mm and 20mm.

He has this mad idea for big forces of tanks, AFVs and infantry, all in plastic, in little 'units in a box' packages for Battle Group Northag along with a huge game in a box with the rules and two armies.

We think he has finally lost the plot. but we'd be interested to know what you guys think of gaming Cold War big battles in 10mm plastic.

I'm now off to take my medication after that meeting.

The Plastic Soldier Company Ltd

ACW Gamer: The Ezine - Issue 15, Summer 2017

A 35 page PDF (including cover) for you to download online.

 Featuring:

Peter Dennis’ Wargame: The American Civil War Battle in America Series

Refighting Red River
Review - This Bloody Field: Regimental Scenarios for Shiloh
Creating a Teddy Fur Gaming Mat
McDowell vs. Pond AAR - Long Distance miniature gaming.

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Post Kickstarter Update 1 from Black Gate Miniatures

It's been a couple of weeks (plus two days) since the Kickstarter ended and this morning the money finally come through. Once again, a big thank you to everyone who backed the project.

I have settled my account with Christian (Concept Artist) and paid for the first master Mammoth sculpt. The final miniatures will most likely be split into pieces to make casting easier.

Master Mammoth

 Next up is one of the Shaman sculpts.

Shaman Character

 The only other thing I need to keep you updated about is the time scale.

When I planned this Kickstarter, it was intended for the production of Mammoth Riders, but I also planned for making the Characters including the ones mounted on Mammoths. I didn't expect to be making the whole of the rest of the range. I am delighted to be able to produce the rest of the range but need to explain the process going forwards.

I have a single, very talented sculptor called Robi. We had discussed the Kickstarter before launch and he had created me a window in his sculpting schedule. This window was for the production of the Mammoth Riders and Characters. With the success of the Kickstarter (which is a good thing) the amount of work for Robi has increased considerably. He is trying to make more space for us, and it's possible that everything could be completed in time for me to meet the October deadline, but I need to inform people that the deadline may slip. I will however, make sure the Mammoths and Characters are ready on time, and if people want them shipped separately then we will sort that out individually.

I expect the next update in a week or two, when I have some more sculpts to share and maybe even a bit of moulding and casting.

I will also be holding off on sending the Backer Survey until probably early September, in order to be in a better position to ask the right questions about delivery etc. You can only send it once and so it has to be done right first time.

That's it for now.

Ogres forever!

Barry

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Ancient Warfare XI.3, Sep-Oct 2017

Ancient Warfare XI.3 with Caesar vs Pompey in the Balkans

The year is 48 BC. Can the forces of Pompey and the Roman senate withstand the veteran legions of Julius Caesar?

Theme: Caesar vs Pompey in the Balkans.

Joseph Hall, 'Caesar, Pompey and the Roman senate - Road to civil war'.
Séan Hussmann, 'Propaganda in Caesar's Bellum Civile - Restitutor Libertatis'.
Murray Dahm, 'Caesar prepares for the Balkans campaign - Doing what they least expect'.
Paul McDonnell-Staff, 'The Dyrrhachium campaign - A painful defeat for Caesar'.
Lindsay Powell, 'The Battle of Pharsalus, 9 August 48 BC - When eagles clashed'.
Ben Angell, 'The armies of Caesar and Pompey - Setting the stage'.
Kurt Hamilton, 'Pompey and the senate - Shackled to a corpse'.
Joseph Hall, 'Further reading - Pompey and Caesar'.

Features:

Duncan B. Campbell, 'The cavalry of the legion - Glorious horsemen'.
Tacticus, 'The art of tactics - Taktikè technè, part III'.
Erich B. Anderson, 'Armoured cavalry in Northwest Europe - The cataphract of Borbetomagus'.

Ancient Warfare

Chig: Sky Pilot to the Glider Pilots of Arnhem

New, hitherto unseen, first-hand accounts of the battle of Arnhem, the heroic Allied military operation known as ‘Market Garden’, become rarer as time passes.

“Chig: Sky Pilot to the Glider Pilots of Arnhem” is the story of a choir boy, who became a country parson, who took part in Operation ‘Market Garden’ as Chaplain to the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment. When he left home “Chig” – Rowland Chignell – later the Rev’d Prebendary Chignell, wrote often to his father.

Remarkably his father kept those letters written between August 1940 and September 1944 before, post-war, returning them to Chig. Chig died, in 1994, and when his effects were being cleared, among them was a small bundle of papers, containing 84 dog-eared letters Chig had written to his father.

With them were eight densely-typed foolscap pages. This extraordinary and unique document, Chig’s account of his time in Arnhem with GPR, recounting first-hand conditions which got increasingly hairier before ultimately, under heavy fire, came the withdrawal across the Rhine. The early letters provide almost a social history of wartime rural life in two small parishes in south Shropshire, recounted by a newly-married, newly-appointed country parson.

‘Dig for Victory’, the establishment of a pig club, and keeping of hens, are on the agenda. The difficulty of obtaining petrol and tyres is noted, and yet Chig’s cricket club has petrol for the mowers which maintain pitch and outfield to allow to be played against the various Service units stationed nearby – good for morale.

A Searchlight Battery’s arrival led to Chig becoming their unofficial chaplain. His greater awareness of the vital role played by Service Chaplains led, too, to his volunteering himself as a Chaplain to the to the Forces. Attached initially to the Parachute Regiment’s Training Unit – when the use of para-troops in war was still very novel – Chig later was asked to transfer to the GPR.

The tenor of the letters change, yet always painting a full and varied picture about his own role (in so far as war-time security allowed) but also about bird-life and the scenery, and about music too – a great love shared with his musical father. Padre Chignell’s letters tell a story that demands to be told.