Felix, Author at Felix's Gaming Pages

The “Musical Box”…

From Simon’s collection.

The Musical Box was the name of a World War One tank.

More pictures of Imperial Guard Super Heavy tanks can be found here.

Snotling Pump Wagons

This has to be one of my favourite models of all time.

The original Snotling Pump Wagon is a classic model and I did like the fact you could make it as either a single decker or double decker.

The new model (released a few years ago) is a poor imitation and certainly does not match the classic model.

Warmaster Lizardman Temple

At GamesDay 2003, there was a massive Warmaster demonstration game and one of the ley features were some excellent temples.

According to a variety of sources these were one off miniatures designed by Forgeworld and are not available to buy. Pity.

Warhammer 40K Rulebook

The newest edition of Warhammer 40000 is now out in the shops in the UK and I now have my copy.

Costing £30, the 288 page rulebook is a massive tome and I was pleased to see it was a hardback edition – my previous edition was paperback!

Unlike previous editions, this is a more an update on the previous version rather than a whole new version. In theory previous codices will still “work” with the new rules.

SFX Dalek Designs

SFX Magazine has been running a design a new Dalek competition. There have been quite a few entries but my personal favourite is this one.

Dr Who coming back in 2005…

With Dr Who returning to the screens in 2005, I have been looking at a few of the photos and stories on the web and decided to add a section to the Blog.

I have also dug out my hold Harlequin Dr Who miniatures, and one day I may get round to painting them…

Operation Sealion

Interesting links on the proposed German invasion of England…

I have quite a few books on Sealion.

The overall conclusion of most historians (and what if experts) is that Sealion could never have succeeded… having said that the whole what if of Sealion makes for interesting games.

In the past I had quite a few games with Home Guard versus German paratroopers, great fun.

I once wrote an alternative Sealion, Otaire de Vigneur, the French invasion of England circa 1940. Though the french strategy of eclair was never taken seriously by British officers in the field.

If you consider the logistics of D-Day, the allies built two ports (Mulberry), the Germans would have had to capture an English port.

Pillbox

Second World War bunker on the West Somerset Railway…

I was quite lucky to catch a picture of this…

stuck the camera out of the window and snapped a shot as the train passed Dunster Castle.

This (I presume) Second World War bunker (or pillbox) was very likely built to defend the railway from German attack. From what I could see it was in pretty good condition.