Experimenting with simple weathering techniques on diecast vehicles...

Bovington Show VBCW Battle 2011

View of the battlefield before the troops were placed.

The royalist right wing.

The royalist centre.

The royalist left flank (the sandbagged position ended up with a large mortar placed in it).

The Albertine main command with special adviser...

The Albertine right wing made up of Scots regulars with armour support.

The Albertine main centre made up of Canadian regulars and Devon militia.

The Albertine left centre made up of Devon LDV and light armour support.

The Albertine left flank made up of Devon regulars, with armour support, start to advance onto the royalist right wing.

The royalist right wing decides its a dangerous place to be leaving the battalion command on its own...

A badly aimed royalist artillery artillery shot takes out an Albertine tank (it was aiming for the vickers hmg!)

The royalist airforce prepares to strafe...

View from the royalist aircraft as it comes in for a straffing run along the road...

After the royalist plane fired on the Albertines Scottish battalion (killing two), the Scots retaliated on-mass with the above result...

The Albertine regulars take the royalist right wing.

The Albertine forces flood round to the royalist's lost right flank...

Time ran out but it was agreed that the Albertines had won a good victory. It was a great day and a great battle. It was also the first time I was able to use my complete Albertine force together...

Devizes Show 2011 (A VBCW Border Raid)

The view of the battlefield from the English side with the English LDV practising in the field to the left.

The view of the battlefield from the Scottish side.

The Scottish force advances into the English village...

The view down the High street as the Scottish armour advances...

As the Scottish vehicles advance to the English stores the lead van gets taken out by massed infantry fire...

The English regulars turn up to help repell the Scottish raiders.

The English LDV take cover behind buildings as they see their FT-17 taken out by Scottish armour.

A Scots LDV unit decide not to rush the building as its opened up on by a Vickers and two 2" mortars, from their own side...

The Matilda I gets taken out by English regulars.

We ran out of time in the end but it ended up being a close fought battle wich either side could of won within the next couple of turns...

VBCW Scenery

For the Very British Civil War one must have a very British village...

Main view of the village.

View from the river and water mill.

VBCW Regulars

A Very British Civil War is set in the late 1930's where the country is split due to the king not abdicating when he married Mrs Simpson and Mosley is made prime minister...

I've left these figures glossy to try and add to the feel of the 30's. To me they look like a good cross between modern figure painting and the old 1930's lead soldiers style of painting.

First 2" mortar support.

Second 2" mortar support.

First unit of regulars.

Second unit of regulars.

The commander of my regulars force.

'Sean and the Dead'

'Big Dude' (in the hoody) decides not to go that way...

Sean searches and leaves 'Little Dude' to fend off the zombies...

Another game in progress.

Sean and 'Little Dude' have just escaped out of the window on the right hand side...

A game in progress...

The setting for the 'Night of the Living Dead' participation game at Reveille in Bristol Nov 2008. Everything was painted in shades of grey to give the impression of the original black and white film.
The players had to search the house to find the car keys and any other useful items like weapons, then get to the car and drive off, the zombies just had to feed...

More Red Corsairs. How many of the different Chapters can you name?

Huron Blackheart and his Red Corsairs