I am waiting for the delivery of my final order from Irregular Miniatures before I can add a Russian-style nineteenth army to my Belle Époque project. In the interim, it was my intention to playtest the latest draft of my PORTABLE BELLE ÉPOQUE WARGAME rules with a Sahel Hadendowi vs. Oblele battle ... and then I read Tradgardmastare's THE DUCHY OF TRADGARDLAND blog.
The particular blog posts that engaged my attention were WONDERLAND OR THE JOY OF MODEL SHOPS, THE ARMY OF TRANSILVANIA, and OPPOSITION. These were about his recent purchase of a box of Strelets-R ROMANIAN INFANTRY figures ...
© Alan Gruber (AKA Tradgardmastare)
... and a box of their ITALIAN ARMY IN WINTER DRESS (STALINGRAD) figures.
© Alan Gruber (AKA Tradgardmastare)
He has painted up the former to be soldiers in the army of Transilvania – his early twentieth century imagi-nation – and the latter will be their opponents, the army of the Duchy of Volare Cantare.
Now, I have loads of painted 20mm World War II figures sitting in boxes in my toy/wargames room, I have a suitable set of simple rules already written, and I have enough Hexon II terrain to hand to fight a battle or two ... so why don't I use them?
It would be stupid not to ... wouldn't it?
I finished writing this blog post and had uploaded it for publication before I went looking for the figures I was going to use. It was at this point that I found a box of painted 15mm figures that Carl Luxford gave me back in October 2022.
Inside the box were a number of Askaris and European officers, native and Arab troops (including cavalry), and native bearers.
I got the figures out ... and immediately realised that I had to assimilate them into my Belle Époque collection tout suite!
As a result, I have put my plans to fight a battle with my 20mm figures on hold for the time being.
It would be stupid not to ... wouldn't it?
BOB,
ReplyDeleteHow do you pronounce 'Belle Epoque' - is it 'Bell Epic' ? Regards. KEV.
A box full of beautifully painted Askari should be used in a game ASAP!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree about being inspired by Alan's recent posts Bob.
Maudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteI am concentrating on the native figures first and will work on the Askaris later.
As for my version of Alan’s project … we’ll, that’s very much on the back burner for the foreseeable future.
All the best,
Bob
Spoiled for choice for interesting projects! I'm looking forward to the battle reports. Perhaps a video?
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteThe problem is that I just don’t seem to have enough time these days to everything that I want to do … so a battle report and/or video might be some time a coming.
All the best,
Bob
So much fun rediscovering what we have forgotten. Embrace and enjoy the trill of all these possibilities.
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