Ambush Alley solo

Ambush Alley is one of my favourite miniature rule sets and Shawn and Peggy gave me tremendous support when we were fund raising for the British Legion and as I am playing more solo games now days I remembered the original AA had solo rules so thought i would give them a try . I dug out my 20mm Brits and Afghans mainly Brittania miniatures but once Dave had passed away and Brittania were taken over ,the quality and service fell dramatically so my forces were made up of RH/Liberation models. I realised I didnt have many suitable builngs so put an order in for a few BLOTZ 20mm MDF buildings ,service quality and price are great the buildings in the first picture were just over £20.00 for 2 compunds and 4 smaller buildings . The game played really well ,chose the contractor trouble scenario and the solo rules were great ,the Taliban almost pulling off a victory ,wounding 4 Brits before they managed to get away with the rescued contractors .Great fun

Anzac platoon for Vietnam

Finally got round to finishing my Anzac platoon for Ambush Valley .For the scenario I am working on the platoon consists of :

Platoon HQ:
1 x Officer
1 x NCO
1xRTO
1xRunner
1 xMedic

Then 3 sections each of:

Rifle Element 1
1 x section leader
1x scout
1x m60gunner
1x assistant gunner
1 x Rifleman

Rifle section 2
1 x Assistant Section Leader
1 x scout
3 x Riflemen

The figures are a mix of Brittania and RH which gives me a platoon made of almost individual figures, each carrying the correct weapon ,either M16's or SLR's.Tried basing to represent the famous thick red/brown mud and thejungle areas the Anzacs fought in .

The full Platoon

Platoon HQ

Section1 Element 1

Section 1 Element 2

Anzac Platoon HQ

Just finished my Platoon HQ for Ambush Valley a mix of RH and Brittania figures . The HQ consisits of officer ,Nco , medic RTO and a scout/runner .

L-R Medic ,Officer,RTO,NCO Scout

RH Models -Australian S.A.S

When `i ordered my Ambush Valley Australian infantry off of Rolf at RH models I also ordered apack of each of his SAS for nam as well ,they are as always lovely ,they are in 3 packs ,one has 9 figures with different headgear and Rifles and smg's ,the second contains 3 with M203 grenade launchers an the last has 2 LMG's .The 9 figure pack is my favourite one chap has asterling with silencer another has a M79 grenade launcher in one hand and ashotgun across his chest , a alot of the figures I thinmk were inspired by the Anzacs in Nam osprey . Again as always there is little or no flash and the figures are full of character .

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OZSAS-9 figures with mix of weapons .

OZSASLMG

OZSASGREN

Raffle Update ...first Prizes in and ticket news UPDATED 22nd Oct

This years raffle in aid of the British Legion is well under way ,we have sent requests to almost 100 traders for prize supportand and have had a few pledges and even some prize support arrive! . Tickets will be 50 pence each and available from the Wargames Emporiums Store in Sheffield ,I will also visit local clubs if you wish and again the tickets will be available on line at £5.00 for 11tickets yes you get 1 free go for having to buy in bulk . The Wargames Emporium will have the tickets hopefully on saturday 24th October and you can purchase on line by using the Donations link on the right ,just drop me an email  ( Hrichard77@aol.com) after you have purchased with your name and address and I will email you your numbers back ASAP .Below is a list of Traders who have so far pledged support and where known what they are sending as prizes and also some pics of what we have recieved so far .



So in no particular order

PENDRAKEN                         -A ARMY PACK OF 1809 NAPOLEONIC FRENCH
TUMBLING DICE              -A 1/600TH AIRWARS STARTER SET
ELHEIM                              - A £25.00 VOUCHER TO SPEND ON ELHEIM PRODUCTS 
S&S                - A £20 VOUCHER TO SPEND ON S&S PRODUCTS (NOT DIECASTS ETC )
UNDERFIRE
THE DICE BAG LADY
TROLL TRADER       - A SELECTION OF TT COMBAT MDF BUILDINGS AND PAINT RACKS
RH/LIBERATION    - A SELECTION OF 20MM MODERNS
WESTWIND             A SELECTION OF 15MM & 28MM BLISTERS 
FLAGS OF WAR      A £20.00 VOUCHER
OSPREY                        THEY COME UNSEEN  BORD GAME
STUDIO MINIATURES    AFGHAN WAR MINIATURES 
EMPORERTOADSEMPORIUM      £20. VOUCHER FOR TERRAIN 
ADLER MINIATURES
AW MINIATURES                               £30 VOUCHER

Ainsty Castings

KR multicase

Brigade Models

TIM GOW

WARLORD GAMES

PLUS MUCH MORE

Raffle prize update

A bit behind with stuff I was rushed into hospital last monday and got out yesterday , Although not up to doing a lot thought I would update some of the prizes I have received so far.

The latest saga book from Gripping Beast , a box set from PSC and a bag of figures from Empress

Brigade Models 1914 Belgians

Donated by Tim Gow

From Warlord

Assorted figures from Rogue Miniatures

3 Prizes fromRH 2009SAS ,Spanish Civil War and insurgents





Add to these a £20. voucher from Elheim and a £15. voucher from Diplomatist books and the stunning witch finder General starter from Dashing Dice and we have some fantastic prizes with more promised. 

Raffle update 4 -UPDATED

Ok,the tickets are now on sale price 50pence each. You can get them by visiting the War Games Emporium in Sheffield ,I will also be selling them on line and I will put instructions up later on how to do this.

Prize donations promised or already recieved so far from these amazing People :
Dashing Dice Games
Empress Miniatures
Dipolomatist Books
Elheim
S&S
Northstar
Underfire
Ambush Alley
Brigade Models
Warlord Games
RH modles
Gripping Beast
Plastic Soldier Company
Rapier .
Tim Gow
Sheffield War Games Society
Rogue Miniatures

and hopefully more soon:
I have some of the prizes already and will go into more detail later .
Every Penny raised goes to the Royal British Legion.
War Games Emporium have as usual agreed to the use of their Sheffield Shop to be used as the venue for the prize draw and they will sell tickets through the Sheffield Branch .

B.A.O.R forward HQ

HQ sets up as a recce force moves forward

 A few pics from a test game of Force on Force -cold war gone hot  .

the recce units move away from the farm 

A infantry platoon begins to take up position

HQ vehicles outside the barn

The Ferret moves out 

A patrol in full NBC gear 

Guards in position

Tanks move up in support

Chieftans 

Vehicles are mainly S&S but a couple of RH/Liberation and a Airfix one are in there as well the VW,s are oxford die casts and the  figures a mix of Brittanis Rh and Elheim buildings are the 4Ground ones for PSC which are now discontinued and rules by Ambush Alley

20mm figure comparison

20mm figures side by side ,in the 1st photo the SHQ figure is bent forward I didn't realise until after so added another pic at the end with the fault put right .All of them are on English 1pence coins and are in varying states of readiness just grabbed from my workbench . The two cp figures show the first with the integral base and the other with a slotta type base with the tag removed as per their

 instructions .

PSC-CP-CP-SHQ

Eleim-Zvesda-Brittania-RH

RH-Elheim -Airfix-Underfire

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PCS-CP-and the SHQ bent to correct position . 

All nice figures in their own way my favourite one in this lot is the SAS guy from RH .

RH Models

Just as a thank you and as I have already had one of the winners of a prize ask me about where some of the prizes came from ,I have decided to do a small write up on each of the sponsors who provided prizes and support this year , in an irregular set of posts that will take awhile between work and family and painting . Hopefully this will benefit these generous people and you will support them by dealing with them as they supported our armed forces by helping our fund raising.

So in no order at all I will start with Rolf at RH models known to many as Liberation Figures , Rolf is a really nice chap which shows up in the fact he contacted me wishing to donate some of his wonderful figures as prizes , and contacted me on the day of the raffle wishing me luck .

Its hard to describe RH Models range as it covers almost all (if not all ) 20th & 21st century conflicts , a quick look at his web pages will amaze you if you are not already familiar with Rolf's figures. I personally bought some of his 80's British army and SAS , plus one of his vehicles and must admit I loved the figures especially the SAS a quick hunt back through this blog under cold war headings will show some of them . His ranges can are listed here  www.rhmodels.com  and here  http://rhmodels.yolasite.com/   please visit both sites  . Can I just say as well ,that both sets of figures he donated as prizes were stunning but the modern Russians were amazing and caused a bit of a stir on raffle day .

some of Rolf's SAS in my collection