I had a really nice surprise yesterday at the club, when one of the veteran players who I've known for years but haven't seen for ages, gifted me this box of lovely 1/1200th scale ironclads. These belonged originally to a founder member of the club and true gentleman, David Spender, who tragically died from cancer a few years ago. He was a great naval wargaming enthusiast and was fascinated by obscure conflicts, so very inspirational for me as I returned to wargaming twenty years or more ago. I'm dead chuffed to have inherited these models, a mix of Northhead Miniatures and Red Eagle / Skytrex, so will now be able to play some scenarios on a larger scale, possibly using Iron and Fire for al but more depth and detail. I'll probably revise them and touch up the paint work a bit, but otherwise they're ready for action!
Welcome to my blog. I have upwards of 100 projects in various stages of incompletion or total abandonment, so you may well find something of interest if you rummage about a bit. I concentrate on solo air and naval wargaming but other 'skirmishy' things quite often pop up out of nowhere, only to disappear again after something else grabs my attention. I even finish the occasional project now and again!
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
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That is a lovely gift and what a way to remember a former gamer! You must get a game in with these once you have ‘Jackmanised’ them - preferably on hexes :-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
DC
A lovely little collection and so nice to see them living on after their creator - I'd like to think my armies would also live on.
ReplyDeleteI'm very fortunate to have been given them.. hope to get them back into action fairly soon
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