Rejects on Tour - Cavalier 2016

Me & Postie drove down to Tonbridge last Sunday for the Rejects first show of the year.

There we met fellow Rejects BigLee and Ian.I an then treated us all to a MackieD's breakie, which set us all up for the day!

Hailsham Wargames Club - Malplaquet 1709

My personal favourite game of the show. I belive they were all old school Les Higgins figures, well they may have been old but they still looked pretty cool!

We met up with loads of blogger, as soon as we walked into the main hall we bumped into 

Dave Crook,centre in the pic above,with Postie and BigLee.

Then not long after we were joined by Henry Hyde and Bob Cordery.

I was pleasantry surprised to be given £5 from Henry as payment for one of my photos he 

had used in Miniature Wargames!

(Pic pinched from BigLee's blog!)

 North London Wargames Group- Battle of Moncontour 1569

The Bring & Buy

Tonbridge Wargames Club - Chickamauga Day 2

Maidstone Wargames - Road to Homs 1982

Gravesend Gamers Guild - Warmachine

Not too sure who and what this game was?

Southend Wargames Club - Helmund Rescue

Society of Ancients - Trebia

The small hall

The League of Gentlemen Anti-Alchemists - Rommel: Our part in his downfall

Friday Night Firefight - Zulu! 1879

Deal Wargames Society - Prison Break 1945

Crawley War Games Club - Trench Raid

AHPC 6 Nautical Bonus Round - HMS Dragon

Another continuation for my Tangiers project makes an appearance in the Nautical Bonus round.
Here are the crew of HMS Dragon, who along with the crews from the Ruby, Garland and Guernsey, were ordered ashore by Admiral Herbert......

"Admiral Herbert landed about 500 of the Seamen , he having orders to attend with the fleet during the war, composed of so many companies with a company of Grenadiers, with the compleat number of Officers to each company, of the sea-officer, and volunteers he made choice of Captain George Barthell who formally had been a captain in my Lord Dumbarton's Regiment, to command that battalion of Seamen."

From the Diary of Sir James Halkett Tangier 1680.

The Battalion fought in many skirmishes and in one major battle, so I thought it rude not to include them in the English army.

Nobody makes Sailors for 1680, so I've used Wargames Foundry Pirates, I chose packs that were all musket armed, while Captain Barthell is another old Foundry figure, now sold through their other arm The Casting Room.

These fine looking fellows were entered into the Nautical bonus round, I'm up against some very stiff competition, if you'd like to vote for my or any of the other excellent entries click this link!

Cavalier 2016 Swag

After getting back from Cavalier in Tonbridge on Sunday, (pics of the show to follow)

I rummaged through my bag of goodies and found this lot!

Some 15mm tents from the Bring and Buy

2 weapons packs from Magister Militum

2 packs of Artizan Moor Cavalry from Col Bill

A Donnington Grand Alliance 15mm artillery piece and limber 

Lots of Gabions!!!

Impulse buy of the day.....En Garde rule set

A few paints

Small tufts from Shellhole scenics a bargain 3 packs for £5

and finally Wargames Illustrated Paints magazine, saw this over on Roundwood's World, 

young Sidney wrote a rather nice review check it out!

I didn't realise I spent so much?

Oh well, next stop Salute!