Letters to the Editor of the Hereford Times, Summer 1915 (Pic Heavy)

[Plynkes]

Recently I have been taking an interest in the doings of my local regiment during the Great War, with a view to perhaps gaming some of their exploits. Well, one of my local regiments. Currently the local regiment is "The Regiment", those secretive boys from Credenhill, but they weren't around in 1914, back in those days the honour of the county was upheld by a territorial regiment. Their introduction to the war was a harsh one, they were sent to the Dardanelles...













Extracts from "Manu Forti: A history of the Herefordshire Regiment 1860-1967" by Lt-Col. T.J.B. Hill MBE, KSLI.

Figures are by various manufacturers and some of them have undergone a little surgery. Nothing too drastic, all operations were successful. Brits in serge Service Dress and Wolseley helmets. Suitable for the Dardanelles, Salonika, Palestine and Back of Beyond. I won't be making any more, as Woodbine designs announced they would be releasing these troop types halfway through my conversion project.  Nice timing, chaps. Grr. Bloody typical, eh? I shall be buying any more as and when I need them, not making them myself.

Hopefully some game reports will follow, providing I can get the gang together. And looking at the Regiment's battle honours, I'm thinking about following them right through to the end of the war on the tabletop...


Suvla
Landing at Suvla
Scimitar Hill
Gallipoli 1915
Rumani
Egypt 1916-17
Gaza
El Mughar
Jerusalem
Tell Asur
Palestine 1917-18
Marne 1918
Soissonnais-Ourcq
Ypres 1918
Courtrai
France and Flanders 1918

Some gaming to be had somewhere amongst that lot, all right. Stay tuned.

[commissarmoody]

top notch set up, Makes me want to jump into a game of the old great war.

[Will Bailie]

Wow, Poly, that's very poignant.  Really gives one reason to pause and remember.  And great job on the conversions!  Definitely time well spent.

[Poliorketes]

Impressive

[Hammers]

Very sad, but very beautifully displayed. A fantastic array of painted miniatures.

It's a bit dualistic, wargaming, isn't it? On a similar note I was thinking just yesterdayas I was re-watching Young Indiana Jones, how Speilberg managed to combine his boyish fascination with war history with a genuine reflective sadness over the consequenses thereof.

[andekmcc]

excellent painting, great conversions.  Must have cost a fortune to buy all those copplestone castings guys just for the heads, or did you find other uses for bits of them?  You've now got some unique figures though.

[Geudens]

You're my man!  This is really the way to approach the subject.  Well done!

Rudi

[Plynkes]

did you find other uses for bits of them?

Sadly no, I haven't been able to think of anything to do with them, and I'm a bit ham-fisted anyway, and so the figures donating parts tend to get a bit mauled in the process anyway. So yes, pretty expensive way to get the figures you want, but I didn't mind. The Copplestone chaps were just lying around failing to inspire me into painting them anyway, they deserved it.

Forgot to mention, these figures were my first go at trying out the new GW washes people have been raving about. I'm mostly pleased with the results, and so I think I'll continue using them.

Thanks for the positive comments.

[andekmcc]

Forgot to mention, these figures were my first go at trying out the new GW washes people have been raving about. I'm mostly pleased with the results, and so I think I'll continue using them.

The results are good.

Have I missed something? what washes are these, I use some GW washes but I've had them for a while now is this something new/different?  Most of the time my washes tend to be just standard paint watered down.  I only use ink washes sparingly as they usually always leave a glossy finish to the figure - not such a problem with decent matt varnish though.

[Geudens]

Have I missed something? what washes are these, I use some GW washes but I've had them for a while now is this something new/different?  Most of the time my washes tend to be just standard paint watered down.  I only use ink washes sparingly as they usually always leave a glossy finish to the figure - not such a problem with decent matt varnish though.

Have a look at the GW site.  The "old" washes (ink, rather) are no longer available.  The new ones are "proper" washes (so to speak).  When applied, allow to dry (effect changes for the best after drying).  DON'T MESS WITH'M while they are still wet, it'll ruin your paintwork/shading.  They are not replacements for inks, but do very well for shading (IMHO) and they dry up matt, but take a while to do do.  Remember: DON'T MESS WITH'M while they are still wet!

Rudi

[keeper]

Great work - well put together!

[andekmcc]

Have a look at the GW site.  The "old" washes (ink, rather) are no longer available.  The new ones are "proper" washes (so to speak).  When applied, allow to dry (effect changes for the best after drying).  DON'T MESS WITH'M while they are still wet, it'll ruin your paintwork/shading.  They are not replacements for inks, but do very well for shading (IMHO) and they dry up matt, but take a while to do do.  Remember: DON'T MESS WITH'M while they are still wet!

Rudi

Thanks for the info I'll have a wee look see.

cheers

Andy

[Aaron]

Fantastic Ply! It also perfectly sums up my love/hate relationship with gaming the Great War. I'll get an initial wave of enthusiasm th whip up my lead "pals battalion" then I make the mistake of re-reading one of Lynn MacDonald's books or one of the many veterans' memoirs in my collection and become utterly depressed and abandon the project yet again.

[PeteMurray]

I think this is a great project. It's the kind of thing that shows up here that has hauled me into the Great War as an area of interest.

Well done, Poly.

[Phil Robinson]

Superb, probably the best post of the year in my book.