SP2 in the Basement

[Belisarius]

The vast majority of the figures and all the terrain and buildings are by my friend Chris Caves who keeps , annoyingly , assuring me that " everybody can do it " , while I know that he has a Talent for it and what appears " easy " and simple to him is hard to impossible for the rest of us. What I particularly admire is the Scale of everything he does , it just Looks Right on the table especially when the figures are set down beside it. I,ve thought for a long time that his work deserves a wider audience , we,re very lucky to have such talented individuals in our club and as I'm fond of saying " everybody brings something to the party " .

[Belisarius]

Can you advise as to the figure used for the hanged man?

. Sorry Shipka, I,m told that the hanged man is an old English Civil War figure and the Wailing women are ancient celts , possibly Wargames Foundry figures.

[Sir_Theo]

If you cant find the origin of the hanged man I'm sure someone (Dixon maybe?) Did a very similar hanged man model in their Old West range.

[Belisarius]

A grisly scene and all too frequent occurrence in the War, one wonders if the guerrilloes are poised to take their revenge further down the road, a setting for the next game perhaps .......

[Belisarius]

Black Tree Design do a hanged man on a gibbet , btw, they also have a sale on at the minute.

[Malamute]

If you cant find the origin of the hanged man I'm sure someone (Dixon maybe?) Did a very similar hanged man model in their Old West range.

 I would say the hanged man is by Redoubt Miniaturs from their ECW range. They do a vignette of figures in various stages of being hanged.

[Belisarius]

Yes I think you,re right  M ,  it looks like an old Redoubt figure. I,ve been looking at the B. Tree site, there seems to be a worrying , to me, amount of " torture " figures being offered by various traders. Ah well, here's a better pic of the ambulance and a ministering Angel for contrast.

[Andrew_McGuire]

I haven't seen any of the torture figures you allude to, and don't particularly want to, but, as anyone familiar with the activity by and against guerillas in the Peninsular War will know, hanging was the least of it.  If in doubt, take a look at some of Goya's etchings in The Disasters of War.

[Belisarius]

Yes Andrew, as you say the atrocities committed by the French and Spanish against each other were truly terrible , War to the Knife and all that entails. I,m familiar with Goya's etchings and as a student of the Peninsula War I,ve read a lot of the biographies in past years. The British came upon terrible scenes when they eventually advanced from the Lines of Torres Vedras, peasants crucified to doors ect.  I know it happened I just d,ont want to see it on the table .

[Andrew_McGuire]

I fully agree with you. Recreation of atrocities is not why we play wargames. It seems to get more acceptance - and even a degree of glee - in fantasy settings, but I'll leave the explanation for that to others.