Sunday, 8 May 2011

Carronade: finishing the Great Wall

I just had to take photos of a large 15mm Han Chinese table that was beside ours at Carronade yesterday.  The battle represents an attack on a section of the Great Wall that is due for completion.  All of the scenery is meticulously researched and scratch built.
The Governor's Palace, in all its glory.  At the top right of the photo above, you can see the incompete wall section and massed enemies trying to come through.
Lake plus small island residence.  The details are incredible: small sampan-style boat, and birds fishing.
Towering pagoda, sratch built from a foamy cream dispenser can.
Siege towers attacking the completed wall section.  Notice the difference from European-style fortifications: no crenellations.
Catapults chuck things over the walls in the general direction of the Governor's residence.
Battering down the gateway.

The attackers' camp, with heavy cavalry in reserve.

Another command position for the assault.
The Governor's chariots await developments.
Imperial reinforcements arrive, resplendent in yellow.
Defending multiple bolt shooters.
Same again, only these ones are mounted on carts.
This was a family effort; they call themselves the Independent Wargames Group.  I don't have any contact details, but I did ask permission to put these on the blog.  I'm hoping they have a look and leave some comments.
Posted by Caliban at 19:51:00
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16 comments:

  1. Paul´s Bods8 May 2011 at 19:55

    WOW! That is some set up!!! The governers palace looks amazing!!
    Cheers
    paul

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  2. War Minister Crittumbo8 May 2011 at 20:14

    Wow, just wow!

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  3. BigRedBat8 May 2011 at 20:54

    That's a very impressive looking game, Paul!

    Simon

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  4. Caliban8 May 2011 at 20:56

    That's exactly what I thought too!

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  5. MiniMike8 May 2011 at 21:10

    I'll add another Wow!
    Michael

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  6. The Angry Lurker8 May 2011 at 21:57

    Stunning, simply stunning.

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  7. Hendrid9 May 2011 at 00:23

    It was a great set-up and an interesting game though I didn't get the chance to look at it closely. Your game Khadesh game looked pretty good too, well done.

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  8. Dangerous Brian9 May 2011 at 07:59

    Looks like a great show. Pity i had to work. Ah well.

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  9. Caliban9 May 2011 at 09:42

    Hi Hendrid, I had a good day because I wasn't doing any of the work - the Khadesh figures all belong to someone else. The one thing I would love to do is find the time to model a proper semi-arid set of terrain for games like this. I know exactly how I'd do it, but the budget is always already earmarked for figures! Mats just don't look so good when you see games like the Han Chinese one, or some of the others that were on show.

    Hi Brian, there was a real mix of games , in all scales and all periods. Something for everyone, I suppose. Will you be able to make it to Claymore? We're thinking of putting on Magnesia with over 2,000 25mm figures...

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  10. P.B.Eye-Candy10 May 2011 at 16:53

    Looking forward to the full show report ... Meanwhile, Paul, through my 20th Century Blog P.B.Eye-Candy, I have nominated you on my Stylish Blogger Award list.

    Phil
    SoA Shows North
    ECW Battles in Miniature
    etc.

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  11. Caliban11 May 2011 at 09:23

    Thanks, Phil, I'll look you up for the stylish blogger award. I don't have a full report on Carronade, basically because lots of other folks have already been posting better photos than I could manage, especially on The Miniatures Page. I do have a report on our Qadesh game, which I'm hoping to post here some time over the weekend.

    Cheers!
    Paul

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  12. Andy McMaster11 May 2011 at 14:36

    Nice pics. Not sure if you've had one already but Stylish Blogger Award coming your way. http://blog.belisarius.org.uk/2011/05/stylish-blogger-award.html
    There's been some excellent stuff on your blog over the last year.

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  13. Ray Rousell11 May 2011 at 22:29

    I'll second the wow, just wow!! That is a stunning piece of terrain.

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  14. Willie Anderson11 May 2011 at 23:04

    This was a great looking display plenty going on.

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  15. Willie Anderson19 May 2011 at 22:27

    Great post really great game set up.
    I agree with Andy well deserved for the award.
    Cheers
    Willie

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  16. Caliban20 May 2011 at 09:17

    Hi Willie, thanks for this. I'm hoping to do my bit for the stylish blogger award. I've been saying that for over a week now! This time of year is the busiest at work and it inevitably spills over into real life, so I'm a bit stretched for time at the moment.

    Cheers!
    Paul

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