Bolt Action - Russo/Finnish War 1939 - Test Game Batrep

 

While the wife is away, Ray shall play!

Mrs R flew off to Nashville Tennessee yesterday for a 10 day holiday with her pal. So I've taken the week off to do some boy stuff!

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First off Lee came round today and we played a test game of Bolt Action, using our Russians and Fins we both painted up last year

This isn't really a battle report as such, its more a small selection of photos of our 500 point v 500 point game

I knew Lee would bring along at least 1 tank, so I included an Anti-Tank Rifle and a Squad armed with Satchel Charges both to try and knock out the tank. Both failed miserably!

My HQ, hide at the back. While my Lahti-Saloranta Anti-Tank Rifle Team, hit bugger all all game!

While I had a bit more luck shooting with my Medium Machine Gun and Mortar (just outta shot bottom right)

Although they played with the same amount of points the Russians outnumbered the Fins.

But boy are those Fins powerful!

But this charge just about killed off any Russian hope of winning.  I threw 7 dice needing 3+, Lee threw 12 dice needing 5+.  I killed 6 to Lee's 4. Meaning Lee's unit was destroyed.

My MG and Riflemen finally had the range to finish off Lee's Squad in the town.

T'was a very enjoyable game and I fear for anyone playing the Russians!!!

The Russian's left the field of battle after losing 2 Squad of infantry and a Mortar team. The Finns lost a Squad of Infantry and another only had a single man left, but everything else was still on the table.

We both learnt a lot about the rules which work very well, we just have to redo the QRS to include all the bits and bobs that you need handy for both sides, mainly the inner workings of the Finns, who, I'll say it again are deadly!!!

The main thing I learnt was the Finns need a Medium or Heavy Anti Tank Artillery piece, you can't count on Satchel Charges and an Anti Tank Rifle, that's for sure.

Well bring a similar game to the rest of the Rejects soon.......I hope?

BLB - Vienna 1683 - Austrian Herbeville Dragoons

 

Its back to my 15mm Vienna 1683 project for my first October post of the year.

May I present the Graf Herbeville Dragoons

The figures are as per usual from my favourite 15mm manufacturer Essex Miniatures.

The flags are pure conjecture and made up, I'm afraid, as I couldn't find any information on their banners at all.

The regiment were raised on 15th March 1683, because of the threat from the Turks, by Col Oberst Ludwig Count Herbeville.

Primarily raised from men from Lower Austria, but 200 men were transferred from the Sarau Dragoons and 100 men each from the Schulz, Castell and Kueffstien regiments.

Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha

1st Line (Independent Commands)

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

2nd Line indie command

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

(Already painted before the Challenge)

3rd Line indie commands 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Janissary Brigade & Brigadier

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12

Reserve & Brigadier

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Imperial Cavalry Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs

Bavarian Cav Brig

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs

Saxons Cav Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs

Field gun 1 model

So there's only 2 units for the Holy League plus artillery and Commanders left to paint up, plus the Reserve Brigade for the Turks!

Graduation Day at Canterbury Cathedral Sept 26

 

A bit of a different post from me today, so it'll make a change.

Early in September it was my daughter no3 Holly's graduation ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral.

I did feel sorry for her the few days before were blistering sunshine and on her day it didn't stop raining all damn day! So it kind of ruined what her and her pals had planned for photos and the like. We were there pretty early, (Mrs R always like to get to places far too early for my liking) But who am I to argue? We were standing outside the Cathedral for around an hour while it was chucking it down and had another hour or so to go till the start of the ceremony, when Holly says we could stand around in the Cloisters, some people are having photos there. It was a face palm moment, so a big group of us wandered around the other side of the grounds into the cloisters where believe it or not it wasn't raining!!! So there we stood, taking loads of photos of Holly and her pals in their gowns. Perfect we got all the photos we needed.......BUT we still had some time to kill, so I took a walk around the cloisters.

The first 3 pics are inside the Cathedral a little later.

On my stroll around the cloisters I began to notice all the old graffiti, scratched into the stone work, so I've taken some pics to share with you.

Mrs R and Mother in law and Riley

I just find this fascinating, knowing that these people back in 1603 and 1764, carved their names or initials into the walls. I wonder what happened if they were caught?

Not sure what these are?

I hope you enjoyed this echo in time as much as I did?

And how could I not include my Proud Dad moment!!

Holly on her graduation.

She's very embarrassed about being on my blog, for all the old farts to see, that was her saying that not me!