Khalkin Gol - the game(s)!

 With my blogging hiatus, I realised that I never posted any links to the culmination of the Khalkin Gol project - the game(s) themselves!

I ran two games at club for this, firstly the short attack by the Japanese at the start of the campaign, the attack of the Azuma detachment which served as a preliminary battle in the campaign.

Khalkin Gol - Azuma

and next, the main battle itself!

Khalkin Gol - main

It reminded me that I never did refight the final battle at club, what with moving and packing.....looks like I will have to refight the other two again then!

(Rapid Fire 2 rules used)

Royal Navy Ships of the Line

I was kindly asked by a friend of mine, who has been inspired by some recent games of Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls at the club, if I could paint and rig some ships for him. 

Of course I said yes and we looked at one of the Langton's starter sets. It comprises of the 100 gun Royal Sovereign, the 80 gun Caesar, a 74 gun and a 64 gun.

These were the first ships I have done for about 8 years(!) so I was a little nervous about getting back in to the swing of the rigging! I was actually really pleased with how they came out, I have better lighting these days and also magnifying specs which really helped.

Here are some close up shots of them:

100 gun HMS Royal Sovereign - this includes a little jolly boat from NavWar of which I had a few going spare.

80 gun HMS Caesar

74 gun 'Common'

64 gun 

Naval wargame

 Good to get my collection out at club last week!

Naval game at NBHW