Stand To, 2016

We had a ride down to Shildon today to the wargames show Stand To. Here are some photos...

A very nice Sudan game.

 More desert action. Rapid Fire!, Knightsbridge I believe.

 A nice looking 40k game.

We had a nice look around, we had a look at the trains too. We had a nice lunch as well, and I bought myself some very nice Leven Miniatures 6mm buildings which I have primed already. I also bought this for only £10.
                                
I'm very pleased with it.

A grand day out!.

War games at Shildon

Today Carol and I had a very enjoyable trip down to Shildon Railway Museum to see the wargames show Stand To.

 IWG presented the Battle of Coron 1501 between Venetians and Turks.

 Splendid armies.

 Lovely flags.

 They were using "Pike and Shotte" rules by Warlord Games.

 We had a nice chat with IWG member Robbie Rodiss, here is a link to his blog... link

 Also there was Andrew Wylie with his "Dead Mans Hand" Wild West game.

 Here's his cowboys with his PDF buildings.

 And a tank!, a Crusader tank on a railway wagon. I love tanks.

I bought a couple of resin tanks from the irrepressible Brian Waugh 'cos I love tanks you know. link

I also bought a Conflix pre-painted house from Midlam Miniatures  link and some pre-ordered 15mm Ancients from Colonel Bills  link ,they give a nice 10% discount if you pre- order and pick up at a show. I also bought a pile of MDF bases from Eagle Figures link.

Happy days!.

Prudhoe Castle

We had a nice couple of hours at Prudhoe Castle today. A treasure on our doorstep, Prudhoe Castle is in Northumberland and repelled the besieging Scots.

A Grand Day Out.

We had a grand day out at Hartlepool yesterday. here's me and John at the wheel of the Trincomalee.

The stern, a fine ship indeed.

This small cannon shot a piece of rope into the harbour and made a hell of a bang for such a small gun, God knows what a big cannon would sound like.

The Trincomalee was a Royal Navy frigate built in Bombay in 1817.

Back home... sunburned, splitting headache and in a foul mood. A face that could curdle milk!.

But still a grand day out.