"Anyone for a Castle Cornet & a flak?"

A recent weekend cruise found me, my son and a good friend at St Peter Port in Gurnsey. While the ladies were shopping.  We explored Castle Cornet.

Castle Cornet from the sea 

The mid-day salute

Very handy at close quarters!

German WW II flak emplacement 'plonked' on top of an Elizabethan bastion (with cruise ship in background).

A traversing gun. Notice gap cut in background (therefore unable to traverse!) This leads to German machine gun bunker.

Torpedoes, with self explanatory info!

Rifle Company swords and the infamous Baker rifle.

Part of the port and entrance to castle.

Closer view of battery.

Ammo storage for German guns.

Hand drawn range marker of church which corresponds to actual church on horizon (left of centre).

Close up of Hand drawn range marker.

German air raid bunker. Most given girls names!

Inner wall (left), muskateer firing steps (right) & Governors garden (foreground).

 Gurnsey soldiers in WW I.

One dead and one angry German - with an impressive anti-tank gun.

Took this mainly for reference when I eventually paint my VBCW Lewis gunners.

Arty, scenic tower shot.

18th  Century castle barracks.

And very large communal "piss-pot"

Medieval crossbow man.

Elizabethan gun crew.

German WW II flak gun.

Another view.

Love this poster. It's an idiots guide to British uniforms & insignia - for the German soldier.

Finaly to go with the flak gun are some Luftwaffe equipment.

Then of course to round it all off there was the castle shop, where I HAD to buy some books!

'Not another ambush?'

This Sunday I found myself alone all day and decided to get up,to a bit of mischief by having a Colonial skirmish.

I tend to use 'God save the Queen' a free set of rules that meet my requirements, easy simple, quick and only a couple of pages.

They can be obtained here. LINK.    Not bad as he was 11 yrs old when he wrote them!

A unit of Royal Marines and Royal Navy make their way to an outpost with much needed supplies from a nearby port.

Waiting for them is the local tribal leader, Omah Bin Atum.

The column progresses slowly.

Even more slowly!



Nearly in range!

All hyped up ready!

Steady there lads!

Ok so the gun is old and held together by the Victorian version of 'Duck Tape', but it could still cause some problems for the column.

Omah's men are on the move.

Cpt Steel (red fez) local guide and all round hero, notices movement & battalion put into firing line.

It's gonna kick off I can tell!

Omah's boys sneak forward.

First casualty to Omah - top of pic.

Return fire causes a casualty for her Majasty's navy.

Omah (the one in the rusty mail shirt) decides to boost moral by raising his personal standard & bring Fatima, the local exotic dancer for all to see!

Spurred on by this appearance, Omah's men rush the RM on the units left flank.

They then run away! In response the Navy poor a deviststing volley into Omah's left flank!

Then charge in!

Casualties are fairly even. Although a deviststing close range canister shot from the gun has taken out most of the RM right flank (hence gap) just missing Cpt Trubshaw RN.

The Britsh form up to give fire.

Unfortunately they are not quick enough & another deviststing close range shot from the old gun takes out most of the remaining ratings.

Right, that's it. Enough is enough and the RM take out the gun crew & silance the gun - 'thank The Lord!'

A final volley from the few remaining ratings finish of Omah and his followers (unfortunately including Fatima - tonight's entertainment now cancelled!). The only survivor is Omah's young son, who vowed to avange his fathers death.

Now the very few remnants can carry on and re-supply the out post. Another costly adventure for Het Majasty's troops!

Here Goes!

Due to lack of funds and there is just so much I need to buy.  I decided to venture into the world of eBay selling.

Yes slightly confusing at first, but I muddled through.

Ok so what am I selling? Well having read that an old Citadel/GW minature sold for around £100. I suddenly, in the dim, dark recesses of my memory seeing such an item. After much searching,pilling up of boxes to get to the one box I needed (at the bottom). I found it!

A couple of drunken Dwarfs

Here they are on eBay:

http://bit.ly/1afEsGh

Another seller has the same miniature for £130! 

As I need the cash and don't think I'll get that much got it, decided to put it on for much less as a buy now. Have also put it under auction as well.  We'll see what happens. Have already marked what I want to buy with the funds!!

Now where's that Dwarf bugmans cart I have.

Absolutely 'Blast-Tastic!'

Just like to mention a new wargames show that's coming to Bristol, UK.  
'BLAST-TASTIC!'.  A Sci-Fi wargames show.  
It's scheduled for 04/10/2014 - NOTE: Next year.

Take a look at the blog site to see how it's shapening up.

http://blast-tastic.blogspot.co.uk/

I will hopefully be putting on a 
participation game if there is 
enough space to squeeze me in!

Any way, I will be there no matter what.

Good luck to Michael in his new endeavour.

Wargaming Girl: 100k Prize Draw - Day 2

Wargaming Girl: 100k Prize Draw - Day 2: Go on take a look. But don't comment as you'll reduce my chances of winning!!

Wargaming Girl: 100K Prize Draw - Day 1

Wargaming Girl: 100K Prize Draw - Day 1: having reached 100k page views on her blog,  Wargame Girl is having a prize draw, go and take a look.  Mind you if you win we'll have to share!!

Moo good to just throw away

After eating a frozen yogurt (an acquired taste) I was left with this flexible but quite sturdy plastic top.

Penny for size (yes I know dear I haven't made the bed yet this morning!)

 Now much to my Wife's continued annoyance I'm never one to throw things away.  With the inspirational though of "ah I could use this for ............ ".

So here's the dilemma and challenge for all you keen wargames terrain bloggers. What the hell could I do with it?

Answers on a post card or just add your suggestions in the comment box.

By the way nothing that involves an excess amount of discomfort and K - Y jelly will be excepted.