Club painting competition - Sept 2011

Every quarter we have a painting competition down the club; the only prize is that you get to choose the next quarter's theme. There were three categories this time - the historical, the fantasy/SF and the open.

Historical - 'Don't forget the cavalry'

More pictures to follow...

Club Night Games 3rd October 2011

Another walk-through of the games being played tonight. I think I got everyone's game, but if I missed any, I'm sorry. I have tried to name the rules and the figures - sometimes these don't match...

General view across the hall

Rapid Fire rules with WW1 figures

Song of Blades and Heroes rules,  LOTR collectable figures

General de Brigade Rules, 15mm figures...

...and a picture some of those figures. French Revolutionary Wars.

Hammers Slammers in 15mm...

...and some of the great terrain

Hail Caesar rules

40k Killteam

Bloodbowl - undead v. orcs

One of several 40k games in the club tournament

Kings of War rules, GW figures, no scenery! (A first run-out for the rules for Mac, keeping it very simple)

40k again

40k again

Guess what - more 40k

Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition, I think.

Club diary - October 2011

Normal gaming for most evenings this month, but a couple of things members should know about:

17th October - scenery evening. The club won't be open for gaming tonight as it's the annual scenery inventory and refurbishment. But there will be pizza (if you sign up in advance so Dave knows how many to order...)

24th October - Paul D will be running a Space Hulk party game over the fantastic 3D scenery he's spent the summer painting up! Sign up with Paul to get a place at the table.

And finally, the deadline for the 40k tournament 4th round games is the 17th October, so you had better get your skates on and get the results to Paul.

Warlords Display Team at Skirmish 2011

'Skirmish' is a local show to many of the Warlords; it's at a school in Sidcup, and attracts about a dozen games and about 25 traders of wargames and toy soldiers. A Warlords display team lead by Ian Spence took the Battle of Ayacucho along to support the show.

The Battle of Ayacucho in Peru occurred between the Royalists (Spanish) and Patriots during the South American Wars of Independence (1808–1829). Also known as the Battle of the Generals, it was fought on December 9, 1824, on the high plain in southern Peru and ended in victory for the forces seeking independence from Spain.

The terrain was constructed based on some contemporary maps of the battle and the use of modern technology. Google Earth and photos of the area were used and we consulted some South American experts who explained how the battlefield looked. The figures are all plastic 1/72 , from various leading manufacturers HaT, Zvezda, Strelets and Italeri. We have been using Dave Brown’s Generale de Brigade for Napoleonic battles, for many years. The second version was released in 2010 and became even more popular with us as various tweaks in the rules allowed smaller units of 15-20 figures to be represented in a realistic way.

Club diary - September 2011

The August recess is drawing to a close, and the South London Warlords open the doors on some semi-serious gaming again tomorrow.

5th September - The first club night of after the summer.

12th September - Club B&B in the back hall - take the opportunity to clear out the cupboards and the loft. Normal gaming in the main hall.

19th September - Club painting competition. Three categories this time - Historical ('Don't forget the cavalry'), Fantasy/Sci-fi ('Teams, gangs and warbands') and Open (anything painted since the last competition at the end of May).

26th September - Harry will be running a Wings of War party game.

Oh - and welcome back, everyone!