Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Monday, 19 May 2025

Gaming - Wake Island 192?

 This weekend saw the first Partizan of the year . I was with the guys from The League of Extraordinary Kriegspeilers . The game was a imaginary 1920’s fight at Wake Island 


The sea is made of 4 mats from Deepcut 




The set up is all part of Steve Langans wonderful collection 








My Torpedo boat breaches the defences 




The Japanese won the pre invasion game of Battleships in the bar the night before giving them the edge on the day which followed through to an ultimate victory in the day . I was busy all day and didn’t take nigh pictures of this ! 

The show was as busy as ever with epic looking games that had 5 minutes to look  at . I didn’t have a shopping requirement as I am having a bit of a downsize of  stuff for the rest of this year . They did run a table top sale which I took advantage of which has got the downsize project off to a good start and thinned out the lead/plastic pile and the rules that were never getting used .

As usual it was also a good social catch up with various friends . Time to think about The Other Partizan , and what game to do I think 

Here is the game brief .

 









6 comments:

  1. Fantastic looking game - bet it was fun to play too.

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  2. That is superb! Simon

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    1. Thanks. It was indeed a thrill to play in

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  3. It was a really fab looking game Dave. Also looked great that you all had a hat on to show who you were in the game.

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  4. Now that table is a show stopper! Absolutely stunning!! There's not a miniature gamer alive who wouldn't love to play on that tabletop...

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