Partizan Wargames Show May 2022

What a curious day.  Normally I go to shows with a close friend, but he is no longer with us. So I hopped in the car anyway and scootled to Newark.   

I got there at lunchtime and it was warm and inviting and busy. 

These are the things that caught my eye: 

Ian Smith's amazing 40mm -  I was amazed the first time I saw these at the Other Partizan before the plague, and I'm still amazed!  (Ok I'm repeating myself). This was called "Sharpe and Hornblower in Spain 1809""a full display to honour Ian. 

Carlist Wars: 

I was totally absorbed in the Carlist War game from Westbury Wargamers. The Battle of Arquijas was beautiful to behold.   Thanks for the lovely conversation, your patience with headswaps and pinning and all that glorious colour!

There were some gorgeously painted 28mm ACW figures - I love the talent that can take such samey uniforms and make them glow: This from The Iron Brigade.  They were using a short fast play set of rules Bonnie Blue Flag. 

The Random bits that make a table: 

Not so Easy Company caught my eye for their table clutter. In fact I think I noticed more not military stuff on sale, partly through the mdf laser cut and also 3d printing people, which makes fleshing out the table easier than ever. 

What else?  Small things: 

Who brought these amazing 6mm blocks - a Successors game?  (Update - they are from Sheffield and Rotherm club https://www.facebook.com/groups/597968686964595/ ) Were they part of the baccus display?  I've always also loved Adler minis. 

And these tiny paper/plastic figures just work!  Why wouldn't we?  I think these were 10mm Napoleonics from https://peterspaperboys.com/ - they looked wonderful. 

Hougmont in 28mm - 

What a wonderful set up from Like a Stonewall.  Huge table but also helped me undertsna dthe tactical problems the French had in such cluttered ground:. 

The Perry's do late 19th Century: 

28mm WW2 Kits: 

I've been here before and probably won't go again, but the quality of kist for 28mm WW2 gamers is extraordinary.   These from Rubicon really caught my eye.

And Finally some twinkling red pyrotechnics in this ACW game - worth therextra effort. Thanks Grimsby Wargames Club - Vicksburg 1863. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416022955204847/ 

I'll pop other blog posts as I find them: 

https://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.com/2022/05/partizan-wargame-show-2022.html

and 

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2022/05/partizan-wargames-show-and-boys-beano.html

and see also 

The traders were:

ABC Brushes

Adler Miniatures

Baccus 6mm

Caliver Books

Colonel Bill's Wargames Depot

The Colour Forge

Coritani Miniatures/Magnetic Displays

Crooked Dice

Eagle Figures

Early War Miniatures

Empress Miniatures

Eureka Miniatures UK

Fenland Miniatures

Fenris Games

Flags of War

Great Escape Games

Grubby Tanks/Britannia/Redoubt

Helion and Company

Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company

Instant Armies

Ironclad Miniatures

Irongate Scenery

Kallistra

Dave Lanchester Books

The Last Valley

North Star Military Figures

Northumbrian Tin Soldier

Old Glory

Pendraken Miniatures

The Pit/Mantic Games

Rubicon Models

Second Thunder

Skytrex

Syborg 3D

Tangent Miniatures

Mr Dave Thomas

Too Fat Lardies

Tree Fellers

Tumbling Dice

Valiant Miniatures/Rapid Fire

Victorious Miniatures

Warbases

Wargames Foundry

Warlord Games

Westwind Productions/Forged in Battle

Selling - 28mm Young Guard - Flanquer Chasseurs Painted 2 battalions

 

Here's the link if you want to have a look :  They're the fab green uniforms (with higher officer wearing their blue Middle Guard uniforms) 

UK Ebay 

US Ebay

The uniforms are based on research in a newish book Dawson's Napoleon's Imperial Guard the Infantry.

Where he says: 

 

From this it is clear that the flanqueur's uniform was green with chamois facings.
Chamois was also the facing colour for voltigeurs in the line, and is a distinct
colour of a pale yellow/beige shade, as opposed to the yellow used by the voltigeurs
of the Guard. The only scarlet cloth issued was for the tail facings and linings in milled serge.

Therefore, Knoetel and Jouineau are wrong in ascribing scarlet piping. The facings
of the tails were clearly scarlet milled serge with chamois piping. The regiment's
archive confirms what the period iconography shows: chamois collar and cuffs.

So rather than having green cuffs piped yellow (or red) they are painted with yellow - or chamois cuffs.  

There's a wonderful representation of these units over on this blog, where they also chose to represnt officers in green too - so effectively only low ranking officers.