Wednesday, 1 February 2012

New Year New Battles

Sorry for lack of posts but illness ,Christmas ,work ,ongoing battle with an ex business partner and a few other things have kept me away ,but hopefully back up to strength now.I am very happy to have been confirmed as the official Ambush Alley Games pointman again this year and will be putting on games at Hammerhead on 12th Febuary and at Triples 19th&20th May to raise funds for the Royal British Legion a change of era this year with the Falklands being the main theme with hopefully Malaya and afghanistan with Force on Force and Sci fi with Tomorows War . Over the next couple of weeks I will put up Pics of some of my painting and modelling attempts a couple of reviews and lots of other stuff including info on a FOF Tournament.And a Hind Commander Event

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my family and friends ,everyone thats helped me raise funds for our service personel and everyone that stops by to see whats on here ,and asking you all to spare a thought for all the brave souls who wont be home this Christmas.

Saturday, 3 December 2011

cold war gone hot

 The Warpac first wave head towards the Objective
 The outnumbered BAOR respond by moving into the ruined village to dig in
 The Chieftan digs in and awaits the enemy
The British 1st round of fire causes havoc in the Warpac lines.......


Our first game with the new Force on Force supplement ,a real winner just like the BAOR on this occasion

Saturday, 26 November 2011

war rockets ,retro rayguns and Hind Commander

A wierd mix you may say ,but 3 new ranges now stocked by wargames emporium of Sheffield .
Warrockets and retro rayguns are wonderful models set in a Pulp setting very much along the lines of Flash Gordon and Hind Commander is the fantastic new Helicopter combat rules from Marcin at Assault Publishing the Emporium also stocks the 1/.600 army sets to go with Hind Commander , a complete army including choppers .planes .tanks .apc's and infantry priced between about £12-£16. depending on the type of force you choose. The Emporium is also going to br the place to take your tomorrows war armies for the AAG painting tournament and official FOF games demos and Hind Commander demo;s 


scale creep

who says you can't mix 28mm &20mm

Monday, 14 November 2011

The Raffle -our best year yet.

Well it'a all over and Done with for another year , My fund raising is over till Febuary 2012. We had a fantastic day at the Wargames Emporium on Saturday ,played a few games of Force on Force ,then drew the raffle and we had such  fantastic prizes every one went away with a smile on thier faces and most importantly we raised much needed funds for the Royal British Legion a,total of £354. bringing out grand total to £ 645 raised through wargaming . We obviously could not have done this without all the people who bought tickets or just donated and of course the people that donated such amazing prizes.

Ambush Alley Games : Not only do they produce some of the best Modern ans Sci-fi/Horror rule sets but they have been a fantastic sponser from day one and have given me personally much needed help. Thanks to all the team.

http://ambushalleygames.com/  

Baccus 6mm : a fantastic range of 6mm figures and the excellent Polemos rules are supplied by the very nice Mr Berry .Again a fantastic range of prizes were donated .

http://www.baccus6mm.com/

Brigade Models : Donated a superb prize of  packs of 1914 Belgians and Rule book as well ,Lovely figures from this company which must cover90% of any wargamers Belgian needs ,they also do nice sci-fi and fantasy ranges

http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/

Caliver Books : What can you say not only a huge range of books but paints figures almost everything really ,you do need to visit thier site

http://www.caliverbooks.com/

Gripping Beast : Save us from the fury of the Northmen ,,,But thanks for the generosity of the Beast ,yet again wonderful donations ,plus they do not just do vikings look at the WW1 ranges .

http://www.grippingbeast.com/
Northstar : that nice chap Nick again dug deep into his huge wharehouse to provide some nice figures and rules. Again stocks nearly everthing even has a bargain basement ?

http://www.northstarfigures.com/

Osprey Publishing : Enough said ..lots to read ..

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/

Piers Brand :The most famous man in the world, or so it seems figure painter ,writer ,all round nice chap , can be found on almost every forum spreading advice and making people happy with his painting skills.

http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/index.php

Perry Miniatures : Top notch figures from the Perry Twins . Amazing range of top quality figures in 28 & 54mm Scales. Nice new web site as well

http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php
S&S Models : Vehicles Scenary and some figures as well ,lovely resin and metal kits at nice prices .

http://www.sandsmodels.com/


 Too Fat Lardies : Rules Rules and more rules very tongue in cheek but really great rules I use their ww1 set and looking at others too oh and make sexy dice as well.

http://toofatlardies.co.uk/

Under Fire Miniatures : another really nice chap, who makes 20mm goodness for most modern wars but his 2010 Brits are really the best.

http://www.underfireminiatures.com/

Victrix : If you like Napoleonics you will like these ,plastics in 28mm & 54mm very nice.Also do metal figures

http://www.victrixlimited.com/

Wargames Emporium : Stockists of almost everything & all round nice guys , plus supporters of my fundraising ,provides free gaming space ,sells tickets , help in our advertising and provides great support and most of all Johns my Brother , But Erics an ok guy  

http://www.wargamesemporium.co.uk/

My fellow pointmen John Grayson true all round nice guy (He's a blade but everyone has faults)  and Elaine Winter  for non stop support and encouragement and her famous FOF QRS sheets .

Plus the following who in one way or another helped out : Tim Gow . Kev Fisher , Ian Goadsby , Sheffield Wargames Society ,Cogs , Barnsley Wargames Club  and everyone else I've forgot to mention

Me caught off gaurd at the end of the day , I actually looked like this at 7am .


 A new recruit for Force on Force and raffle winner with John Grayson ,the last photo from the camera I managed to drop , there really isnt a yellow mist in Wargames Emporium.

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

GALLOPING MAJOR

Just a qiuck hello to our new friends at Galloping Major any one interested inthe French Indian war needs to visit this site ,not only some smahing figures but painting guides and some history as well
http://www.gallopingmajorwargames.com/page4.htm

Last update before the Big Day

Lots of ringing round and last minute organisation to arrange for last minute prizes (a special thank you to John of Wargames Emporium and Nick of Northstar And Pete of baccus), everything looking good .We will be in the Emporium on Saturday from about 11.00am running FOF games before the Draw at 2.00pm .
See you There.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Raffle update 8th november

Not much longer to buy those tickets ,prizes from the selection below.


Ambush Alley :
1 x Tomorrows World - 1 x Force on Force - 1 Enduring Freedom - 1 x Road to Baghdad -1 x Ambush Valley ALL BOOKS signed by Shawn, Peggy and Robby. Plus Ambush Alley caps and decks.

Baccus 6mm - 2 x boxes armies ,3 sets of rules.

Brigade Models:
1 x Through The Mud and Blood rule book & a section of Belgian infantry and HMG's

Caliver Books : a 6 issue subscription to Battle Games Magazine

Gripping Beast :1 x 1box of plastic Hirdmen  1 x box of Plastic thegns


Northstar Miniatures; Prize TBC

Osprey Publishing : 1 x Force on Force, 1 x Tomorrows War, 2 x Enduring Freedom,  2 x Road to Baghdad

Perry miniatures : A £30 gift voucher with free P & P

Piers Brand : The Elhiem FOF ltd edition figure Painted by the famous Ambush Alley / Guild Painter.

S&S Models : 1 x 28mm M30 1 x Dodge wc truck

Too Fat Lardies : 1 x Through The Mud and The Blood with very rare Blackadder & Baldrick figures
1 x Bag the Hun with a Bag of Bogie counters
1 x Charlie Dont Surf      1 x Sharp Practice with very rare Sharp & Harper figures
1 x I Aint Been Shot Mum,  new edition with Hugh Jarce figure

Under Fire Miniatures : a selection of 20mm British and Taliban figures

Victrix : 1 box of 28mm British Infantry 1 box of 28mm British Infantry and 1 box of 54mm British Infantry


The TBC prizes are in the post or being dropped off at shows so will be updated ASAP .
updates later this week when I have recieved  last couple of prizes.