Terrain - Quarry

 I needed to knock up a quarry terrain piece for the D Day game . I based it on a piece if A5 MDF and built up 4 layers of 10mm XPS to the shape I wanted - I little bit of carving with a knife and the job was done. The usual PVA and sand mix to texture . 

 

It only took an evening to build and another to paint up so pleased with it . I think I will do a larger version based on an A4 sheet at some point 

Gaming - D Day Gold Beach

 With the long holiday weekend we took the opportunity to set up a full days gaming down at Pendraken HQ in the games room . We took over the full thing , giving us a 6 x 16 table to play with . As it’s the 80th anniversary years of D Day we are going to be doing a few invasion games . This time we chose Good Beach , King Green sector with 6th Green Howard’s attacking inland towards Crepon. This also covers the site of the actions of CSM Stan Hollis VC . 

A bulk of the terrain stuff is mine with all the miniatures being from JamesM’s collection . 

  

Ready for the storm

 

Table represents approx a mile wide by 2.5 deep

The first of the swimming DD’s arrive - only one squadron
 was launched like this by the guys 

 

A Coy 6th Green Howard’s arrive - tasked to take WN35 on the beach front.

The defenders get ready 

AVRE breaching teams are in the fray .

    

LCT with more 4/7th DG arrive

WN35 is broken into 

German artillery hits the beach 

The mines still take out AVRE’s 

 

 

The assault moves on the battery at Mont Fleury 

 

By close of play - the objectives have been achieved 

It was a fun game with 7 of us playing - and we also had a number of visitors popping by to look too .

There should be another D Day game next month .