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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: James Morris on April 18, 2011, 03:42:50 PM
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Our game at Salute 2011 was 'The Christmas Offensive' of the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-6, depicting the town of Enda Selassie under attack from Ethiopian forces. Pics have now been posted to:
http://wabforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9621
We used Triumph and Tragedy rules to play out the action.
Cheers!
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This, Sir, is the one thing that makes me REALLY sorry not having been able to go to Salute this year (apart from not meeting the other LAF folks).
Wonderful. Love the Italian air support - flying ice cream trucks of doom. lol ;)
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It is always a pleasure to see your work, Mr. Morris. Hope to see more of your work
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This looks very, very good.
Congratulations to all of you for winning the Best Terrain award !
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Best Terrain Award!?! :o
Winning that at Salute is an awesome achievement.
Congratulations.
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bellisimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :-* :-* :-* sorry for my italian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love the colonial game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gerard
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I had a look at some picture reports from Salute (haven't attended myself) and have already told some of my friends who did go that this was my absolute favourite, not only because it's very nice, but also because it is "feasable" (e.g. the Gallipoli table looked stunning too, but one has to retire in a convent for a year or so to pull it off... lol).
Congrats!
Rudi
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I had a look at some picture reports from Salute (haven't attended myself) and have already told some of my friends who did go that this was my absolute favourite, not only because it's very nice, but also because it is "feasable" (e.g. the Gallipoli table looked stunning too, but one has to retire in a convent for a year or so to pull it off... lol).
Congrats!
Rudi
Cheers Rudi. I should point out that the whole game board fits (in sections) on the back seat of my Honda Civic. I was awed by the Gallipoli board but its uses are somewhat limited...and it wouldn't fit in many cars. It did get me thinking about doing a customised Battle of Keren gameboard (basically a mountain) as a future project, but I'm not sure where I'd store it!
While I do occasionally have a 'vanity project', it's important to me to keep my gaming boards practical so they can be easily transported and used every week at the club. I hope that what we presented on Saturday didn't look too daunting for anyone else to have a go at.
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A rather splendid game and a well deserved win for a practical and yet visually pleasing terrain.
Although I always enjoy Salute, I do find Excel all a little soul less and hope that we can see this game in the more intimate surroundings of Kelham at some point.
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Congratulation guys, this was probaly my favourite table at SALUTE, re-visited many times and recomended to my friends.
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James...absolutely amazing effort and a well deserved win at Salute. Cheers for taking time to take so many pictures and posting them...especially loved the eye view from the gazelle and the aerial shots. Love to see where the next project takes you..think the mountain idea is great and so many different era campaigns you could run on those boards.
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I remember being particular impressed by this board when I was there, a truly fantastic achievement. Well done!
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A rather splendid game and a well deserved win for a practical and yet visually pleasing terrain.
Although I always enjoy Salute, I do find Excel all a little soul less and hope that we can see this game in the more intimate surroundings of Kelham at some point.
The game should be making the rather shorter trip to Kelham on May 29th... :)
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James Morris
More than one mountain....was it not basically a battle to get through a pass with the Italians on the high ground either side?
Obviously more than one mountain was involved, though I think making the whole range for 28mm models might be stretching it! :) I was thinking of just making a small section of one mountain or ridge for a specialised gaming board. However, the whole idea is at the 'conversation in the pub' stage, so it might never happen...
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The game should be making the rather shorter trip to Kelham on May 29th... :)
Thats great news James, I shall look forward to viewing it again.
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Stunning pictures from the game. With every Abyssinian game you put on display, you make my decision not to enter also 28mm Italian forces harder and harder.
For a battle of Keren scenario somebody should devise something like an inflatable mountain. That should find space in the backseat of any car. ;)
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AWESOME!!! I wish I could have been there to see it in the flesh. Those huts are fantastic, I planned on buying some as soon as I saw them, until I read that they are scratch built!
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Oh, me too! Awesome table... in every sense of the word. :D Well deserved that trophy.
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Wonderful looking game and excellent attention to detail.
Was it a demo game or participation?
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Cracking! Well done
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That is one impressive game, the sort of thing we mere mortals only dream of!
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Wonderful looking game and excellent attention to detail.
Was it a demo game or participation?
Demo, though we made sure that we were actually demonstrating the T&T rules for interested bystanders. My experience of running participation games at certain shows is that, while a few interested individuals play, you also get used as an unofficial creche.... :)
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I've said it elsewhere but it bears repeating, this was a top table with a lovely level of detail and with friendly players. We enjoyed it greatly.
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Fantastic game board and a very interesting topic!
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A positively superb game, as everyone else said ;D
I have a couple of question regarding some of the figures : are the Abyssinian cavalry commercially available or just conversions of yours ? Same re the Bersaglieri. Oh, and where did you get those vultures ?
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The Bersaglieri look like they're from Askari Miniatures to me. I have some of those somewhere.
Top job, James. Well done.
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Speaking of the Abyssinian horsemen, I might just as well hotlink a pretty close-up of the lads, nicked from Giles Allison's blog
(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o117/GilesAllison/Salute%202011/IMG_3770.jpg)
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Plynkes is right, Bersaglieri are by Askari Miniatures.
The Ethiopian cavalry are by Castaway Arts, pinched from the Colonial 19th Century range.
http://www.castawayarts.com.au/catalog/catalog_main.php?cmd=groupload&group=22
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Those horsemen are very nice looking miniatures. I hope Empress plan to add to their existing range.
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Plynkes is right, Bersaglieri are by Askari Miniatures.
The Ethiopian cavalry are by Castaway Arts, pinched from the Colonial 19th Century range.
http://www.castawayarts.com.au/catalog/catalog_main.php?cmd=groupload&group=22
Thanks James : they seem to match the Empress castings rather well.
I agree with Cram : the Empress range deserves new additions. I don't know how well the figures would sell (this is very much a niche period after all), but here's my grocery list for what it's worth :
Italians :
* Divisional/brigade command (HQ group with a couple of officers, an orderly and a radio operator for instance)
* Bersaglieri
* Light mortars
* Askari HMG's
* Camel-mounted artillery
* Separate head sprues
Abyssinians :
* HMG's and heavy weapons
* Some cavalry
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The above additions would be very welcome! I'd very much like to see at least one more pack of Abyssinian tribal levies with tribal weapons aswell though. I guess much depends on how well their existing range is selling. Maybe Empress would be kind enough to tell us if there is a good chance of them releasing more for this range or not?
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Well, we know the Empresses and their prince consorts read these august fora, so maybe they will indeed tell us whether we're daydreaming of not :D
Most of the Italians could do double duty as SCW/WWII types, so there may be hope there from a marketing perspective.
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A magnificent set of figures and outstanding terrain. I think I might try to emulate some of it because I'm working on the Italian invasion of Somaliland (1940) and the subsequent East African Campaign - but I'm doing it in 1/76 and 1/72.
Excellent work and I look forward to more.
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Lovely work Mr Morris.
I seem to recall something similar not so very long ago where the sole survivor was an Italian journalist who fought his way out and fled to the hills ... [grin]
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Lovely work Mr Morris.
I seem to recall something similar not so very long ago where the sole survivor was an Italian journalist who fought his way out and fled to the hills ... [grin]
Yes, Signor Marinetti was a very lucky chap! :)