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Title: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: scrivs on 31 March 2014, 05:54:13 PM
As a bit of a warm up for our Battle of Keren game at Salute in a couple of weeks James and I put on a Battle of Gallabat game at the Cannon show in Retford yesterday.

This battle was one of the initial actions in the 1940/1 East Africa campaign and saw Slims 10th Indian Infantry Brigade attempting to evict Italians and Askaris from their fort.

We played it out using I Ain't Been Shot Mum and managed to get a very historical result over the course of the day.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j7kkX31ql3g/UzhoNZ1cywI/AAAAAAAAHMk/UdgeggAC86M/s1600/DSCF5139.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mnxAHYPVC18/UzhoZ7iUaAI/AAAAAAAAHOU/CoJwHmYS3ME/s1600/DSCF5160.JPG)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ATIWYSdDaOs/UzhoeBTn7qI/AAAAAAAAHO0/MyRr17L4j1g/s1600/DSCF5168.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w3L1gGB-MbA/UzhonqojIAI/AAAAAAAAHP8/VG6d-qW59y4/s1600/DSCF5177.JPG)

We also won the Best in Show trophy so that was rather nice!

More commentary over on the blog along with a veritable feast of photographs. (http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-battle-of-gallabat.html)
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: juergen c. olk on 31 March 2014, 06:33:47 PM
I love the off beat theaters,and you have done this one well. Beautiful figures,vehicles and terrain. thanx for the great pictures.
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: Gothic Line on 31 March 2014, 08:40:28 PM

 This is just amazing !!!! Well done !!!! Fantastic!!!
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: aircav on 31 March 2014, 09:13:47 PM
Superb stuff  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: Gazjones on 01 April 2014, 10:27:09 AM
That's a stunning table and gorgeous painting. I wish i was going to salute this year :'(
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: scrivs on 01 April 2014, 02:39:20 PM
Thanks chaps, James has a bunch of photographs that he took too. I'll do another post when I get those.
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: TWD on 01 April 2014, 03:13:10 PM
That's a stunning table

That's just a flat version. The real thing at Salute will be a whole lot more mountainous...
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: Cecil Gaybody on 01 April 2014, 09:48:16 PM
Dear Boy,
wonderful and creative, a deserved winner .
What rules did you use and how large is the table.
Bravo,

Keep it up
Cecil
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: James Morris on 02 April 2014, 06:25:59 AM
We used I Ain't Been Shot Mum (IABSM) by Two Fat Lardies, with a couple of minor modifications, and it'll be the same at Salute.  Table was about 9x6'.

Cheers

James
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: Atheling on 02 April 2014, 08:18:29 AM
We used I Ain't Been Shot Mum (IABSM) by Two Fat Lardies, with a couple of minor modifications, and it'll be the same at Salute.  Table was about 9x6'.

Cheers

James

Wonderful looking game and one to be proud of again James  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*.

I suspect that I would be right in thinking that you came up with the scenario?

I'm not going to be at Salute, too many family medical issues at the mo', but please do take a bundle of photo's as they're very, very inspiring- i'm planning on doing some kind of Seige of Tobruk scenarios and maybe making it into a demo game but that's well in the Future, I've got Charles VIII invasion of Italy and some African stuff to keep me out of trouble at present.

Darrell.
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: James Morris on 07 April 2014, 06:29:10 AM
Yup, scenario was mine, but all I really had to do was read the books and adjust a few figures!  We'll get plenty of pics at Salute.
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: Marine0846 on 08 April 2014, 02:25:13 AM
Super looking game.
Every thing looks so great.
Love it, thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Battle of Gallabat at Cannon yesterday
Post by: Timotl on 08 April 2014, 05:40:28 AM
This is just outstanding! Love it all, the figures, the terrain, the setting... Just great!