Wednesday, 4 April 2012

London Toy Soldier Show March 2012 - Skirmish Wargames Group

The Skirmish Wargames Group continue with their run of 54mm wargames at the London Toy Soldier Show, this time with a scenario set on the Nile in Ancient Egypt (these games are always based on an historical battle and I forgot to take a note of which one this was, for which I am most remiss).  I've said it before (many times) and no doubt I'll keep repeating that these games are one of the highlights of the Show for me, the figures and landscapes they display are always imaginative and built to the highest quality.


The figures were supplied by Ted Herbert who found the Nile boat above in a junk shop in Cairo, you dn't get more authentic than that!


The figures include various makes such as Atlantic, Cherilea and Del Prado, by painting and mounting them in the same style they fit togehter well despite being slightly differing sizes.


The chariots are Del Prado, you have to buy six partworks to get all the bits to make just one chariot. 


The Group were celebrating the 100th edition of their newsletter "Reports from the skirmish line".  Well done you chaps!
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4 comments:

  1. tradgardmastare4 April 2012 at 11:02

    Splendid looking work indeed!

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  2. Springinsfeld4 April 2012 at 16:55

    Excellent game as always. Do you have a contact address for the group? I know they are based near me (Bristol Bath) but I can't seem to find any website or similar.
    cheers
    Mike

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  3. Brian Carrick5 April 2012 at 08:06

    Hi Mike, the people you need to contact are Mike Blake or Ted Herbert but I don't have a postal address for them. I'm a bit wary of posting other peoples email addresses on the internet without their agreement but if you send an email to me at: toysoldier@freeuk.com I will send you Ted's contact details. Sorry to be so cloak and dagger but I'm sure everybody will understand where I'm coming from.

    All the best, Brian

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  4. Springinsfeld9 April 2012 at 12:46

    Thanks Brian, completely understand the need to be careful. I will contact you forthwith
    cheers
    Mike

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