Monthly Archives: April 2014

New Celtic Chieftain.

Posted on April 26, 2014 by lurkusspleen

With my next game of the WAC Roman Campaign Pax Romana due to be played this Sunday at club I realized I needed to knock up a Chieftain model for the Celt’s allied to my Roman forces. Seeing I’ve only got some skirmishers … Continue reading →

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Black Powder Returns, The Eastern Front.

Posted on April 21, 2014 by lurkusspleen

I’ve been playing a bit more Napoleonic wars Black Powder lately against Steve and his Russians, this is a force he’s been putting together over the last few months and we’ve had a few games getting larger and larger as … Continue reading →

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Western Front Pt 4, Verdun.

Posted on April 18, 2014 by lurkusspleen

This was the final day of are tour and a busy one it was. We first started with a trip to Vauquois where we saw the remains of where a whole village was blown off a hillside following tunnelling operations … Continue reading →

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Western Front Pt 3, The Marne.

Posted on April 14, 2014 by lurkusspleen

Day two of the tour saw us first visit the spectacular new Meaux Museum. Early War German uniforms. Trench warfare. French War Posters. Trench armour. Weapons of War. After lunch we were then off to La Ferte Sous Jouarre to … Continue reading →

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Western Front Pt 2, Champagne-Marne.

Posted on April 13, 2014 by lurkusspleen

The first day of the tour first saw us off to see the Cathedral at Reims, this was heavily shelled during the war and was also used as a hospital. Battle damage that is still visible today. Next up we moved … Continue reading →

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Holiday on the Western Front, pt 1.

Posted on April 11, 2014 by lurkusspleen

Just got back from my 5 day Battlefield tour of the Western Front, took loads of pictures. I’ll be putting a load of these up over the next week or so and be giving a bit of a run down on where was … Continue reading →

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More WW2 British Support.

Posted on April 5, 2014 by lurkusspleen

Been trying to finish off the last of my Crusader Miniatures WW2 British this week, only had 3 weapons teams to do. First up a Vickers HMG team. Then another  2″ mortar team. And finally another PIAT team. With these all … Continue reading →

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