War Torn, 25th - 26th June 2011.

Scarborough War Games club presents:-

War Torn, a weekends war games event in Scarborough on the 25th and 26th June 2011.

Here is a bit of a run down of whats going on over the show weekend.

- Aerobatic display by the renowned Blades team
Several Blades’ pilots commanded RAF Harrier Squadrons in the most exacting of circumstances (in Iraq and Afghanistan) and one of them led the Red Arrows. Six of the Blades were Harrier pilots, two were Jaguar pilots, all were RAF instructors and Blades 1 to 4 are all former Red Arrow pilots.
The Blades fly an aircraft called the Extra 300 LP; one of the leading high-performance aerobatic aircraft in the world.

- Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster Bomber
Flying over 30 towns, The Memorial Flight is uniquely spending 15 minutes in the Scarborough Bay displaying the prestigious Lancaster Bomber.

- Royal Navy and RNLI exercise
A joint exercise at sea between HMS Explorer, lifeboat crews serving with the Scarborough branch of the RNLI and a Sea King helicopter.

- Parade
Veterans parade including the Yorkshire band of volunteers and the Royal British Legion Riders Branch on Harley Davidsons.

- World Record Attempt
28mm Napoleonic World Record bid featuring battles of Salamanca, Bussaco & Corunna.

More information plus a list of traders and games for the weekned are on the website, www.scarboroughwargamesclub.info

I expect there to be the usual family friendly activities like face painting, sand sculptures, the donkeys and the rest of it.

Read more »

Wow, how time flies!

Just realised that it's been a while since my last post.  Have been super busy with sorting out the first half of operation 'Carboot Courtyard', which is to be West Cornwall games Club's big summer game.  The idea came from Martin, the bastard, I didn't know they could do that, Smith, after he decided that in order to properly satisfy his inner nerd we should reduce down 63 miles of Operation Market Garden ( Holland - September 1944) into a 16 foot by 8 foot table for his birthday at the end of July.

Having agreed to this extreme idea, it was tasked to me to do the following:

Build the board!   Aaarrrggghhhhh!!!!!

I must say that at this point I decided that I needed help (fellow builders, NOT Psychological).  I recruited Big Al and Smiffee to assist.  So over Easter weekend we started with 16 linear feet of hedges and a few old woods that needed some repairs.

So we set to task turning this:

Into this:

Amazingly, we managed this over the long Easter weekend.  Fuelled by wine and pizza we pulled 14 hour days, but what a result.

We have taken the board to Swmee (Shepton Mallet) and to Legionary (Exeter) and at both shows it has been well received.

Oh, forgot to mention the 2 platoons of Waffen SS (52 figures) that I had to build in a day, then get painted in 2 days for the shows.

That "Smiffee" What a bastard!

So that's half the board, next up is Nijmegen and Arnham, both with rivers and bigger bridges.

A final massive thankyou has to go to Big Al for scratch building Veghel bridge the same weekend, that man is a P-card dynamo.

Veghel Bridge:

Lucky dice

Gonks

Read more »

GCN tour of Battle of the clubs

Another early (for a Sunday) rising. Breakfast and then Belgium for the next club visit, HQ Gaming in Sint-nikolaas.
Hoping the guys may have enough time for a game before setting off again for the ferry home.

Read more »

Every gamer, fantasy and 40k won at least one game today. Well done all. Thanks to our hosts and all the people we met and chatted with.

Read more »

Battle of the clubs Holland

Long day travelling yesterday, a few beers to relax. Early rising for today's gaming.
Save, Tom and Dan for fantasy
Dave, Richard and Chris for 40K.
Letting the gaming begin

Read more »

Currently beavering away at Imperial Guard army to be ready for the campaign weekend Saturday week.
3 Vendetta's almost finished on my paint table right now.
Also getting ready for the GCN Holland and Belgium trip.
Battle of the Clubs in Tilburg this weekend and on the way back stopping off in Belgium.
Busy, busy time.

Read more »

Under Construction - with you soon

PLEASE CHECK BACK AT FUTURE DATES TO SEE HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING

THANKS 

Read more »