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WARGAMING MISCELLANY

The random thoughts of an ancient wargamer. Featuring rules, battle reports, and
all sorts of miscellaneous wargaming (and other) topics.


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SATURDAY 23 DECEMBER 2023


A SHORT BREAK FOR CHRISTMAS



I’ve decided to take a short break from blogging over the Christmas holiday, but
I will return very soon afterwards. I have already written a couple of blog
posts in advance, and I have scheduled them to appear between Christmas and the
New Year.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/23/2023 10:28:00 am 8 comments
Labels: MIscellaneous musings



FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER 2023


THE MF&FMLR MODEL RAILWAY PROJECT: MAKING THE MARSH (PART 2)



Once the muddy part of the marsh was done, I began to look at ways in which to
replicate the vegetation found in a marsh. In the end I decided to experiment
with a method based on one that I had seen for modelling hedges. The main
components were:



 * Pan scourers.
 * Various acrylic paints.
 * PVA glue.
 * An old (i.e. disposable if necessary) soft paintbrush.
 * An assortment of different green and brown scatter material.
 * A jar of warm water.
 * A bowl of warm water.



Other than the green pan scourers – which were bought as a pack of five from a
local supermarket – I had everything that I needed to hand.



Before I outline the method than I used, I need to issue a warning to anyone
contemplating copying it: it is very messy and should only be done on a surface
that has been properly covered in old newspapers or a waterproof sheet. I also
advise that a large roll of kitchen towel be kept close to hand to mop up any
overspills and to dry one's hands one.



 * First, I took a green pan scourer and randomly dropped dollops of green and
   brown acrylic paint over its surface. (I used Oxide Chromium Green, Viridian,
   Sap Green, and Burnt Sienna acrylic paints previously bought from craft
   shops.)







 * I then used the brush to work the paint into the surface of the scourer until
   the whole surface was covered. Dipping the brush into the jar of water helped
   this process.
 * The scourer was then scrunched up into a ball as tightly as possible.
   (Warning: If you attempt to duplicate this method, wet and runny paint will
   ooze out and drip as you do this and will cover your hands ... so be
   careful!)
 * Once I was satisfied that the paint has well and truly been forced into the
   scourer, I rinsed it out in the bowl of clean water, and squeeze-dried by
   hand. I then placed it to one side on something absorbent (and disposable,
   such as a number of layers of kitchen towel) and allowed it to dry.







 * Once this has been done, I cleaned up the area I had used very thoroughly to
   ensure that domestic calm was maintained!!!

Before gluing pieces of my home-made foliage in place on the board, I cut one of
the three pan scourers I had prepared into small, randomly-shaped pieces, which
I placed at various locations around and in the marsh.

Until this point I felt that everything was going well ... and then I realised
that my experiment was actually not going to work! The result did not just look
bad; IT LOOKED AWFUL!

Back to the drawing board! 


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/22/2023 03:33:00 pm 20 comments
Labels: Model railways



WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2023


THE MF&FMLR MODEL RAILWAY PROJECT: MAKING THE MARSH (PART 1)



I assumed – wrongly as it turned out – that there would be a large number of
'how to model a marsh' articles on the Internet or videos on YouTube, but when I
looked there were very few, and most of those involved quite detailed modelling
processes whilst what I wanted was something quick, easy, and relatively cheap.

The first thing I did was to indicate the wet part of the marsh with a wash made
from approximately 50% Medium Grey and 50% Burnt Sienna acrylic paint mixed with
water (and a small drop of washing-up liquid to break the surface tension) until
it was the consistency of ink. This wash was then dripped into the lower areas
of the marsh using a plastic syringe thus ...



... and allowed to dry overnight.

It is interesting to note that in one place the wash overflowed the edge of the
marsh and found its own level. Rather than treat this as a disaster, I allowed
the wash to dry and accepted that this method had actually found the sort of
area on the baseboard that the liquid part of the marsh would have inundated.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/20/2023 10:18:00 am 4 comments
Labels: Model railways



TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER 2023


OTHER PEOPLE'S PORTABLE WARGAME BATTLE REPORTS: A BIT OF A CATCH-UP (2)



Another of the regular contributors to the PORTABLE WARGAME FaceBook page is
Luke Casey, and since July he has been fighting a very interesting campaign set
in Medieval Japan that I have been following avidly.

He drew his own map of the campaign area ...




... and arranged his troops into the various warring armies.









(The sheer colour and variety of the uniforms makes this a very attractive
period to wargame and I have been very sorely tempted ... )

It is impossible to relate the event of the campaign, but I hope that the
following photographs show why I have been following it with such great
interest.











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Please note that all the photographs and drawings used above are © Luke Casey.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/19/2023 09:26:00 am 8 comments
Labels: Campaigns, Mini-campaign, The Portable Wargame



MONDAY 18 DECEMBER 2023


THE MF&FMLR MODEL RAILWAY PROJECT: A PROBLEM SOLVED



The fact that I had chosen the wrong (and far too dark) paint with which to
cover my layout's baseboard was quickly resolved after a trip to THE RANGE,
where I was able to buy two colour tester pots of Johnstone's Toasted Beige matt
emulsion paint.



> Johnstone's Toasted Beige, as shown on their colour chart.

In fact, I only need one to give my board two coats of paint, after which all
trace of the previous Burnt Umber colour was gone.

The stage was now set for me to tackle the task of creating a marsh on my layout
... something I intended to do after doing a trawl through the Internet and
YouTube.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/18/2023 09:00:00 am 10 comments
Labels: Model railways



SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER 2023


OTHER PEOPLE'S PORTABLE WARGAME BATTLE REPORTS: A BIT OF A CATCH-UP (1)



My recent brush with COVID gave me the opportunity to catch up with reading some
of the many battle reports on FaceBook.

The first I would like to mention is Mark Cordone’s recent Battle of Burney.
This was a fictional Franco-Prussian war battle which he fought using his
'Musket and Saber' variant of the PORTABLE NAPOLEONIC WARGAME rules.

The battle is set during the Autumn of 1870, and took place in Alsace. The
French Army of Alsace  - commanded by Marshal McMahan - encountered the Prussian
1st Army commanded by General Steinmetz. The latter was deployed around the town
of Burney.

The Prussians troops were all regular and armed with breechloading rifles and
artillery. Steinmetz had deployed (from left to right) the 1st, the 2nd, the
3rd, and the 4th Corps (the 3rd Corps being placed in the town of Burney),
whilst his cavalry division was in reserve. His artillery was deployed on the
heights overlooking the town. His orders were to hold the town at all costs.

The majority of Marshal McMahan's troops were regulars, the exception being the
1st National Guard Corps. He deployed his 1st Corps on the left, then his
artillery, then the 2nd Corps, and finally the 3rd Corps in the town of
Colombey. His cavalry was left in reserve and the 1st National Guard Corps was
deployed on the right on the other side of the woods with orders to flank the
Prussian position.



The weather was fine and the streams were fordable along their entire lengths.

As can be seen from the following photographs, the French advanced and engaged
the Prussians.



The Prussian 1st Corps was forced back and their cavalry reserve was unable to
stop the French National Guard Corps from outflanking the Prussian position.



By noon the Prussian had been forced out of Burney and all their units had
suffered casualties, including the destruction of the Prussian 3rd Corps.



The French had won a signal victory and shown that the Prussian were not
invincible.

At a time when my spirits need lifting, this battle report did exactly that. It
is a fine example of the PORTABLE WARGAME at its best, and I look forward to
reading many more such battle reports.

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Please note that all the photographs used above are © Mark Cordone.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/17/2023 09:25:00 am 6 comments
Labels: Battle Report, The Portable Wargame



SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER 2023


THE MF&FMLR MODEL RAILWAY PROJECT: A BIT OF A PROBLEM



Everything was bimbling along nicely with this project … until I tried to paint
the baseboard!

I decided to paint my model railway layout’s baseboard using some burnt umber
acrylic craft paint from THE WORKS. Everything was going reasonably well until I
was about halfway down the tube of paint, at which point its consistency seemed
to change and it became like trying to paint with thick gloop. I tried dipping
my brush in water in the hope that this would thin the gloop, and it helped a
bit. However, the end result didn’t look very good …



… and I’ll have to overpaint the burnt umber with a lighter colour before I can
move on to the next stage of this project.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/16/2023 09:49:00 am 10 comments
Labels: Model railways



FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER 2023


PHIL SABIN’S VERSION OF NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO



I have known Professor Phil Sabin for many years, and even though he is now
living in South America, we still keep in touch.

Our most recent contact came as I was coming down with COVID and it was over a
week before I was able to watch his most recent YouTube video. This outlines the
interesting changes that he has made to James Dunnigan's classic NAPOLEON AT
WATERLOO game. His modifications are outlined in some detail, and coming at a
time when Ridley Scott’s film about Napoleon has been released and Professor
Charles Esdaile has published his excellent book about wargaming Waterloo, I can
foresee them being used by a large number of wargamers.

Phil’s video includes a complete visual record of a recreation of the Battle of
Waterloo he fought using his tweaked version of the rules and collection of
painted Airfix 20mm Napoleonic figures. The latter are mounted on hexagonal
bases that fit very nicely onto Phil’s hexed 2m x 2m tabletop.



The blow-by-blow account of Phil’s wargame helps to explain how the rules work
and the decisions made by both commanders. This is very helpful to someone like
me who has never used Dunnigan’s original game or Phil’s earlier tweaks.

The following stills from Phil's video give a flavour of its contents.
















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Phil's blog is a cornucopia of useful game designs and is well worth adding to
one's list of favourite blogs/websites.



Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/15/2023 09:54:00 am 8 comments
Labels: Napoleonic Wars, Wargame Design



THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER 2023


THE MF&FMLR MODEL RAILWAY PROJECT: A RETHINK ABOUT THE TRACK PLAN



The delivery of the Kato Unitrack CV1 Compact Loop Track …




… and CV2 Compact Multi-purpose Turnout packs …




… from Gaugemaster enabled me to look again at the inclusion of points/turnouts
to my track plan.

Using these two packs as the basis, I was able to devise a much more
satisfactory track plan than the original simple oval I had decided upon.



> My original track plan.

Initially, my new plan looked like this:



> My new track plan.

However, when I assembled it and ran one of my 0-4-0 locomotives over it, it
kept stalling on the top point/turnout (which was not one from the recently
purchased CV2 set, but one I already had), although my 0-6-0 and 0-6-2 locos
didn't. This was due to the short wheelbase of the smaller locos as their
electrical pickups (which use the wheels to pick up power from the rails) were
shorter than the isolating piece of track on that point/turnout. They could
manage to get over this problem when travelling at speed due to their momentum,
but then they tended to hit the end of the track before I could use to
controller to slow them down!

When I tried the 0-6-2 locos on the track, they had no problems until I attached
some rolling stock to them. Due to the length of the locos, the back end tended
swing out on the tight curves and pulled the rolling stock off the tracks, thus
derailing them. In the end, only the 0-6-0 locos performed without any problems
and it looks as if they are going to be my loco of choice for this layout as it
stands.

I might see if I can get hold of another CV2 Compact Multi-purpose Turnout pack
so that I can replace the top point/turnout. If I can, it will mean that I can
run both my 0-4-0 and 0-6-0 locomotives on my layout, which will give me a bit
more variety when I am using it.

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Please note that the photographs of the Kato Unitrack featured above are ©
Gaugemaster.

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Note: I actually began drafting this blog post on Monday 4th December, with the
intention of posting it on 6th December … and then COVID struck! I ordered an
additional CV2 Compact Multi-purpose Turnout pack just after I had written the
draft of this blog post, and it was delivered whilst I was unwell.


Posted by Robert (Bob) Cordery at 12/14/2023 09:44:00 am 10 comments
Labels: Model railways

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   New Campaign Objectives - *Landshut campaign phase day 1* Since the Sixth
   Campaign began June 2020 the campaign objective has been to take the enemy
   capitol city, which is also t...
   1 week ago
   
 * Little Wars 1913
   
   With Hot Lead and Cold Steel - 2nd ACW Game - Anthony and I played our second
   game with these new Osprey rules last week. In our first game we got a lot of
   rules wrong ad misunderstood how t...
   1 week ago
   
 * Wargame Hermit: Solo Wargaming
   
   One Hour Wargame with Warmaster - I have been trying to figure a way to use
   my Warmaster figures without using Warmaster rules. One Hour Wargames seem
   like a good option, although the la...
   1 week ago
   
 * Aufklarungsabteilung
   
   Soldier King parade - Electoral Army - A fellow wargamer who I have managed
   to inspire (infect?) with the Soldier King bug, recently asked after
   acquiring a copy of the GDW boardgame, "where's...
   1 week ago
   
 * Wargaming for Grown-ups
   
   More Bloody Roses - This was my last Tuesday game before the end of the year,
   and I went for another go at Adrian Nayler's "Blood Red Roses". We realised
   after the last game...
   2 weeks ago
   
 * Numbers, Wargames and Arsing About
   
   More Zvezda airforce - Room for a run up here! Shakey Hans! Multiple projects
   causing severe confusion about what to do next. So, time to finish off some
   aircraft. Two Stu...
   5 weeks ago
   
 * Grid Wargaming
   
   Battle of Stratton. Cornwall, England, 16th May 1643. - This is my
   interpretation of this battle. Any mistakes are my own. After the indecisive
   battle at Edgehill, there were skirmishes up and down the countr...
   1 month ago
   
 * Collecting Toy Soldiers
   
   German Wargame Rules from 1917 - *Strategie und Taktik des Spiels mit
   Bleisoldaten* (Strategy and Tactics for games with lead soldiers) Pentagon
   Publishing, Stuttgart, 1917 78 pages mo...
   2 months ago
   
 * Don't Throw Bloody Spears At Me!
   
   Trents Reach, INWarD 23 - My game for INWarD 23 was a refight of the battle
   of Trent's Reach in 1865. i've played this one out quite a few times, and
   this time was the first attempt...
   4 months ago
   
 * Gathering of Hosts
   
   The Watchers in the Pass - After last year's raid into the East Watch of the
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   the Midlands. In the woods a...
   6 months ago
   
 * The Royalist Roundhead
   
   WIP A Combat Table - One of the many things I have been steadily working on
   over the past couple of years is a universal combat system that I could use
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   8 months ago
   
 * Joy and Forgetfulness
   
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   with YouTube a little, mainly because it offers the chance to record
   something short and to the point without too much prep....
   1 year ago
   
 * Little Wars Revisited
   Blog Closing… - This blog will be closing down on 1st July. I have a fairly
   expensive hosting package that I no longer need as I am only running Black
   Hat and selling pain...
   1 year ago
   
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   forces led...
   2 years ago
   
 * P.B.Eye-Candy
   New Accessions – tidying up … - So, 3 items under the camera … Chris gave me
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   2 years ago
   
 * War Diaries of a Little Englander
   
   Real... - Old School. After my recent brush with the Bad Mahdi, I thought I
   'needed' some more Jacklex 20mm figures. I love the little chaps, they have a
   real air...
   2 years ago
   
 * Vintage Wargaming
   
   By request - for Allan Mountford: On Casualties, by Duncan Macfarlane - These
   scans are of an article which appeared in Miniature Warfare & Model Soldiers
   magazine in November 1972.
   2 years ago
   
 * Delta Coy
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   has moved to the right by a couple of weeks. One of our group, who has been
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   3 years ago
   
 * Adventures with Gun, Sabre & Horse
   
   NEW IMAGI-NATIONS ATOMIC AGE BLOG - I've created a new blog to record my
   miniature craftwork in my imaginary cold war gone hot campaign setting. I
   will remove those posts from this blog ...
   3 years ago
   
 * Narrative Solo Wargaming
   
   Bridgehead - Teutonic forces were by now overwhelming Albionian defences. At
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   3 years ago
   

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ABOUT ME

Robert (Bob) Cordery I have been wargaming for as long as I can remember. One of
the first toys that I was bought was a wooden fort that was garrisoned by
assorted lead soldiers ... and I have never looked back! The first wargames book
I bought was CHARGE! (although I had taken out [and repeatedly read] Donald
Featherstone's WAR GAMES book beforehand [and many thanks to John Curry for
republishing it!]). My first 20mm figures were the good old Airfix Guards
Infantry and Band (in shocking pink!), soon followed by others as they were
released, and by 1968, when I bought my first metal Hinton Hunt 20mm figures, I
had a large collection of World War II figures, tanks, guns, and aircraft. I was
a founder member of WARGAME DEVELOPMENTS and have been the treasurer and
membership secretary ever since. I have also organised – along with Tim Gow -
the annual conference (COW – Conference of Wargamers) for the past ten years. My
main interests are wargaming any wars from 1850 onwards, although I have a
special interest in Colonial, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II wargaming.
I also have a special interest in wargames that use square or hex grids for
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