Night is falling in Albion. The lamplighter goes about his daily business. The Watch patrol with their new lanterns. The stars come out in the velvet sky.
Little do they know that in the woods figures are hiding, intent on providing a snowball surprise to their comrades in arms…
Been working on some figures for The Silver Bayonet today. The riflemen are Perry miniatures whilst the goblins are GW snotlings possibly? They came as part of a job lot and l know nothing really of their origins. The bow figures sits nicely on a garden pebble and two others hide behind similar. We shall see what happens when the riflemen encounter them…
A little later in the day and they have moved forward nicely in spite of the Cricket from Australia!
I had eagerly anticipated volume three of this series which I preordered via Amazon. It was due today. The third volume was to relate to the Norwegian Army as well a volunteer units from Norway and Denmark as well as the unusual artillery ( on skis) in Norway. A veritable box of delights to one who has been collecting scraps of information on these topics or nearly thirty years. On looking on the Helion website I see volume three will appear in the Spring 2022 catalogue. Sigh. I guess l just need to be patient.
The men of the town have decided to exercise their authority over the local forest. The residents of the forest are not happy about it. Wolves and bears have gathered to defend their territory accompanied by a giant who has turned up too.
Yesterday I was watching “Nigel Slater’s Christmas Suppers “ on television. He is an excellent food writer and cook. One part of the programme dealt with him pouring over seed catalogues with a view to what he would grow in Spring and Summer. He was surrounded by catalogues and made many notes in his journal about his intended buys . He looked eagerly forward.
Sadly l cannot reveal that Slater is a wargamer but he did get me thinking of the days when we wargamers poured over catalogues too. Real physical paper ones- glossy and picture rich Airfix and list centred Minifigs. Amateurish lists hastily typed and photocopied yet worth their weight in gold to us.Yes we can access information online but the joy of thumbing through hobby catalogues was great, not to mention the eager anticipation of them coming through the letterbox.
Antietam continued today. My Iron Brigade are making for the Confederates defending the sunken road. Along the way casualties are mounting. The game finished for the day with both sides gaining reinforcements. Hopefully the game will be played to a conclusion next week.
