Pictures from an old Epic battle report

I have lots of pictures on my website which cover a range of different eras, ranges and scales.

It can be quite difficult to find what you might find interesting (and as a webmaster it is quite difficult to decide where to put things). I do have a few battle reports on my website which are quite different to the photographs I usually take, but show a series of photographs from a game.

These pictures are an example of one of my Epic battle reports.

Here Ork fighters attack a detachment of Imperial Baneblade super heavy tanks.

Here an Ork Gargant and a motorised Ork detachment advance.

More pictures from the report here.

Dad’s Army

Dad’s Army defending Lyddle End from the invading German forces, circa 1940…

Many years ago I bought a bundle of Dad’s Army and German forces in 15mm for playing Operation Sealion games. I painted some, but most have spent a lot of time unprimed and unpainted.

Having recently read a few books recently which have rekindled my interest in Operation Sealion. These have included Collaborator by Murray Davies which is set in a nazi occupied Britain and tells the story of a British soldier working for the occupying forces as a translator who then gets involved in the resistance…

Real history books which have also inspired included Berlin The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor, the author of Stalingrad. and The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945.

The Leader by Guy Walters though not an Operation Sealion alternative history, also provided inspiration.

This picture shows one of my Dad’s Army vehicles which I have repainted, It is set with some N Gauge scenery from the Lyddle End Hornby range.

Home Guard Standard Beaverette
Home Guard Standard Beaverette

The N Gauge models are out of scale, 1/148th compared to the 1/100th scale of 15mm World War Two. I also want to use the buildings with Warmaster figures as well.

ForgeWorld Newsletter #127

++++ MESSAGE BEGINS ++++

With just a few weeks to go, Forge World is a hive of activity as we prepare for the biggest and baddest Games Day of the year, Games Day UK! Today’s newsletter has more on Forge World’s involvement in Games Day UK and also a couple of new releases, one of which is sure to be a big, big hit!
Thx,

Ewen Little.
Forge World.

Quite simply one of the best new products I have seen…
Call me biased if you want to, but what I write in these newsletters really are my own thoughts and opinions. Just this morning we took delivery of a brand new product, sheets of photo-etched brass Imperial Eagles. We took a couple of pre-production samples of these to Games Day Germany the other week to see what you folks thought. Sandy, who was working near where they were on show, received hundreds of enquiries throughout the day. The most common question/query was along the lines of ‘I must have these. How much?!’ The uses for these Imperial Eagles are many-fold. Each one is so thin it can be bent across a curved surface, like a Space Marine shoulder pad or leg greave! They can be used to create custom banners. They can adorn the sides of tanks, Titans, Dreadnoughts or even buildings. You can even use them as a mask for spraying… On the sheet you get a hefty number of individual Imperial Eagle symbols of various sizes. Please note the ruler in the photo of the sheet to help show the scale. Half the Eagles are mounted on plates, some raised up above the plate and others recessed into it. The uses for these things are almost limitless! Of course as these Eagles are brass you don’t have to paint them if you don’t want to. You could easily polish them up and then seal them with varnish, leave them to tarnish or just paint them as normal. What is even better is that Forge World have these is stock right now and are available to order for immediate release!

Tallarn Equipment Pack
Next on the agenda is a great new pack of extras that sharp-eyed observers may have noticed gracing the pages of our huge new catalogue supplement. The Tallarn Equipment Pack has lots of little extra pieces you can use on pretty much any Imperial Guard Regiment’s troops to add a little more individuality and character. Apart from the ammo pouches, backpacks and water-bottles, one of the most charismatic pieces included in the pack is the ‘jezzail’ style lasgun which I’m sure I can find a use for. The Forge World warehouse has Tallarn Equipment packs in stock and they are available to order right now.

The BIG one, Sunday September 25th, Games Day UK
Expect to see newsletters from us every week in the run up to the big day as we put the finishing touches to a multitude of special projects and can confirm that you can see or buy them at Games Day. But of course we won’t tell you absolutely everything we will have on show at Games Day ‘cos that would take some of the fun out of your day! As of today, we are happy to take any reservation orders for Games Day. If you have not taken advantage of this free service before let us explain why it makes good sense. At a busy event like a Games Day Forge World can run out of some model lines very quickly. Having what you want to buy from Forge World reserved for you means you don’t have to rush over first thing because we pick and pack your order a few days before the show and it is sitting waiting for you at our dedicated reservation collection point! In fact you don’t even have to collect your reservation until 3pm so you don’t have to carry huge bags around with you all day either. To place a reservation just email us a list of what you want to buy and your name to forgeworld@games-workshop.co.uk or give us a call and we shall take care of the rest. For the truly dedicated Forge World fan, Tony Cottrell’s seminar has proven to be a very popular part of Games Day for the past few years. It didn’t look like we were able to hold one this year but thanks to the help of the Black Library we are very happy to announce that Tony will be hosting a small combination seminar/questions and answers session at 3pm. We have a limited number of free tickets to give away so if you would like a ticket then just email us at forgeworld@games-workshop.co.uk saying ‘Seminar ticket please!’ remembering to include your name. We will allocate the tickets on a first-come-first-served basis and we will reply to everyone letting them know if they have a ticket and where they can be collected from on Games Day.

Forge World
Games Workshop
Willow Road, Lenton Lane
Nottingham, NG7 2WS

++++ MESSAGE ENDS ++++