Anglican League: Horse Artillery

I have quickly painted up a horse drawn field gun for my Thursday night game with my regular opponent, Shaun of the Dead. I will paint the horses and trailer later. The gun is an obsolete WWI Royal Artillery piece. It will be interesting to see if the St Augustine Brigade, the "Bluebells" can get it working.

We intend to try out a first test of the Brigadier 1938 rules by Solway. I have read them through and they seem straightforward and quite flavourful.

Watch this space for a full review.

St Augustine Brigade: Cavalry Command

I have painted up a command unit for my St Augustine (Canterbury) cavalry command unit.

I intend to develop a Kent Campaign for the 1938 British Civil War.  The Forces at the moment are as follows.

British Army/RAF/RN
There are three army units, the East Kents, the Buffs, the West Kents and the Yeomanry, the sharpshooters. The Yeomanry are field artillery and the others infantry. Theoretically these are under the control of King Edward.

The RAF is technically under the control of the King but No 500, Kent Squadron, armed with Hawker Harts and Furies has defected to the Church.

The RN favours Prince Albert, the Lord Protector.

Anglican League St Augustine Cavalry Brigade.
Under the control of the Church of England. I envisage cavalry, lancers, mechanised infantry and horse artillery.

Rural Militias
Land owners, their employees and small farmers. They are antichurch but otherwise non-aligned. Light weapons only

Trade Union Militias/Workers Army
Socialist, anti-facist and anti King Edward. These are found around the industrial regions such as Chatham. They tend to be disorganised and democratic. Armed with light weapons but ingenious at creating home made equipment.

Communist Columns
 Stalinist shock troops armed by Russia. Loathed by everyone else, especially the Workers Army.

British Union of Fascists
The stormtroopers of Prime Minister Mosley. They are represented in Kent largely by Spode's Black Short Legion.

And then there are the wierdos.....

Rules? I may use Rapid Fire as I am playing this in 20mm.

Now to create a map!

Modern Wargame General

I am the very model of a modern wargame General

I've information historical, martial, and statistical

I know the kings of England, and I quote battles metaphorical

From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical

I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical

I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical

About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotepotenuse

I'm very good at integral and differential calculus

I know the scientific names of beings only fabulous

In short, in matters historical, martial, and statistical

I am the very model of a modern wargame General

In short, in matters historical, martial, and statistical

He is the very model of a modern wargame General

I know all mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's

I answer all rule queries, I've a pretty taste for paradox

I know the rulebooks inside out from 40K to Hordes of Things

I’ve nicely painted armies from obscure nations like the Sinhalese

I can tell my pikes from throwing spears and muskets from the arquebus

I can describe the Parthian campaign of Publius Ventidius Bassius

I know my colour theory including shades thought hypothetical

I can paint the tiniest model from ten mill to infinitesimal

And paint the tiniest model from ten mill to infinitesimal

And paint the tiniest model from ten mill to infinitesimal

And paint the tiniest model from ten mill to infinitesimal

I can re-write Warhammer rules in Babylonic cuneiform

And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform

In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral

I am the very model of a modern wargame General

In short, in matters historical, martial, and statistical

He is the very model of a modern wargame General

In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"

When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin

When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at

And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat"

When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery

When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery

In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy

You'll say a better wargame General never charged his cavalry

You'll say a better wargame General never charged his cavalry

You'll say a better wargame General never charged his cavalry

You'll say a better wargame General had never charged his cavalry

For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury

Has only been brought down to the beginning of last century

But still, in matters historical, martial, and statistical

I am the very model of a modern Major-General

But still, in matters historical, martial, and statistical

He is the very model of a modern wargame General

Anglican League: Aircover

   The league has added Hawker Fury Fighters to protect their Hawker Hart strike planes. The official RAF has Gladiators and even a handful of Hurricane monoplanes and it is rumoured that the British Union of Fascists have been shopping at Fiat and Heinkel.

New Warlord Plastic Napoleonics

While visiting Warlord Games I came across these little plastic beauties sitting on top of paul Sawyer's computer.

I don't do Napoleonics. No, I really don't do Napoleonics, .....gibber, shiny new toys....must be firm....

Andy Isherwood

While on a tour of Warlord Games Towers, I was introduced to this gentleman, Andy Isherwood, who is their professional painter.

You cancan get a quote for his services for private commissions by emailing: paintedmini[at]gmail.com.

Note I have removed the @ and replaced it with [at] to stop him being spammed to email hell by the dreaded pron bots.

Onward Christian Soldiers: The Anglican League

A mechanised company of the St Augustine Brigade, currently guarding the Medway Crossing against the Fascists. Known to their allies in the Workers Defence Corps of the TUC as the 'Bluebells'.

Kent bluebell wood in the spring.