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Title: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Fuzzywuzzieswiflasers on 13 November 2010, 01:24:13 AM

NEWS FLASH!

This just in from our telegraph station in Khartoum.

HMES Hermes enroute to Mogadishu to meet with delegates of the Madhi forces encamped in the area has reportedly been shot down in the suburbs of Mogadishu. We have no reports of casulaties but on board was a detachment of the 24th South Wales Borderers plus the Hermes naval crew and correspondent for the Times, Reginald Oakwood.

Latest reports indicate a large militia force has surrounded the downed Aeronef.
General Gordon in Khartoum does not have forces available at the moment to effect a rescue mission, and so he has contacted via prismatic ethergraph a Prussian force located to the south of the town and asked for their assistance in rescuing survivors of the downed Hermes.

More news to follow......


Battle report to follow  :)

Cheers

Fuzzy.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Thunderchicken on 13 November 2010, 08:18:53 AM

Hoorah! Been a while since we've had a battle report from your direction Fuzzy. Looking forward to it.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Malamute on 13 November 2010, 08:37:21 AM

What the deuce, the Hermes shot down you say?!  Dashed bad form that! :)

 Looking forward to seeing pics... ;D

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Wirelizard on 13 November 2010, 08:52:19 AM

Black Aeronef Down?

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Mors on 13 November 2010, 09:44:17 AM

Sounds great. Has Reginald Oakwood got a a Optigraphical Moving Image Camera with him? Im sure Sir Ridley Scott of South Shields will be able to use any pictures gathered.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: gamer Mac on 13 November 2010, 11:16:35 AM

Sounds good.
Looking forward to the photos.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Hat Guy on 13 November 2010, 11:19:47 AM

Just taken a break from painting, guess I'll get back to it if we're milking it.  lol

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Ray Rivers on 13 November 2010, 02:11:03 PM

Quote from: Malamute on 13 November 2010, 08:37:21 AM

Dashed bad form that! :)

 lol

Looking forward to the battle!

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Fuzzywuzzieswiflasers on 14 November 2010, 04:26:56 AM

Sir Ridley Scott may be the Times photographer on board  ;)

Yes Black Aeronef Down is what I was aiming for.

The game will be played this coming Friday. I am busily finishing terrain for the game.
Lots of North African adobe style buildings.

Cheers
Fuzzy.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Chairface on 14 November 2010, 04:43:45 AM

Looking forward to it!

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down!
Post by: Christian on 14 November 2010, 05:01:08 AM

What a cool blog! Can't wait for the latest report!

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Fuzzywuzzieswiflasers on 28 December 2010, 10:14:31 AM

Fellow VSF fanciers :)

It took time for our correspondent to make it out of the Sudan and back to Cairo to transmit his report. The ether link leads to his full account of this sad affair:

http://littleleadmenofvalour.blogspot.com/2010/12/black-aeronef-down.html

The link is pic heavy and full of vsf goodness.

The narration is the work of fellow NWA'er and Arab player James Wright aka Hat Guy on LAF


Cheers

Fuzzy.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: commissarmoody on 28 December 2010, 10:46:02 AM

The  Vizier and his ghosts were some nasty bloks

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Chairface on 28 December 2010, 12:22:30 PM

Well written account, with beautifully painted miniatures! A pleasure to read.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Hammers on 28 December 2010, 01:00:49 PM

That's the kind of VSF romp I like...  :)

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Thunderchicken on 28 December 2010, 01:07:30 PM

Fantastic and agree with the above comments!

Tell me more about those sonic weapons - are they scratchbuilt?

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: gamer Mac on 28 December 2010, 06:32:53 PM

Lovely stuff :-* :-* :-*
Some great characters.

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Malamute on 28 December 2010, 10:06:02 PM

Yummy, ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: NEWS FLASH! HMES Hermes shot down! UPDATED 28-12-2010
Post by: Hat Guy on 29 December 2010, 03:17:37 AM

The sonic weapons are built from some bits and pieces I had lying around including a Eureka mortar and some GW street lamps.

Thanks for the kind words, it was a lot of fun to write.