All too little progress to report on the hobby front in the past week or two - how long can it really take to paint just 16 6mm figures? That's a 'paint conversion' of ACW Infantry in Slouch Hat to 1859 Piedmontese Bersaglieri - of which more when they are finished! But I hope to boost my inspiration by going to Wargames Association of Reading's show Warfare 2024 at Farnborough Conference Centre this weekend (I'll be going on Saturday). They have published their program on-line, and it's quite impressive, especially the list of Traders who will be there.
A decent set of demonstration/participation games too, I like the sound of a Franco-Dutch War (1672-78) game by 'Ardammer Group, Anschluss Wargames Tobruk game, Malvern Old Wargamers Italian Wars game using Armati rules, and Central London Wargamers 'Emperor of the Battlefield' demo. I was quite looking forward to Oxford Wargames Society 'Bloody Big Battles' game - I have the rules, and hope to try them in the future - but just noticed the Oxford club are only there on Sunday! Oh well - I'll look out for other people's reports on that one. With all those traders, I'm sure some shopping will occur too.. And finally there are multiple tournaments - I am not a tournament player, but the program suggests taking a look at those games too, promising 'some fantastic tabletops on display and some stunningly painted armies that our competitors are exceptionally proud of'. We'll see!
I'll keep this brief for now, and all being well I will post a report of my visit and some pictures after the event. Meanwhile, I really must get those tiny Bersaglieri finished..
As a quick aside, I was at the National Army Museum recently, and noticed an interesting little exhibit - are these the original 6mm wargame figures?
And of course, the seriously large 'tabletop' which they were part of can still be viewed nearby:
Not sure there will be anything quite comparable with this at Warfare 2024.. but you never know!
Keep well, everyone.
