Ready, set........

With less than 12 hours now to the start here are a few shots of the table. Some of the crew have spent a fair part of the day getting things together and getting the table set up .

 Looking over Gettysburg, past the cemetery gate house and onto the round tops.

From the other end.

Proof that Gav has actually done something!

General Meade's H.Q.

The gate house.

Let the battle begin!!!

Aussie Style

A bunch of Australian wargamers got together last weekend for a big refight of Gettysburg.

Follow the links below to 3 great reports to what looks like 3 great days of gaming in Oz.

Day 1 here

Day2 here

 

Day3 here

Check out these reports and enjoy. 

Through the streets of Gettysburg

With less than 4 days until kickoff now, the organising group are well on the way with the final preparations.  QR sheets have been printed and laminated, firing arc templates are being finished off and T- shirts are almost ready to be picked up. All we need now are the players to turn up on Saturday morning.

Here are a few more shots of the town of Gettysburg. All the buildings, fences and trees are just placed on top of a ground board. This way things can be moved or removed to allow for the placement of troops during the game.

I would like to thank Captain Richard from http://captainrichardsminiaturecivilwar.blogspot.com/

for the wonderful buildings he makes for his layout. The Eagle Hotel wall was inspired by the Captain's work from this post here.

                  and Pat from http://wargamingwithsilverwhistle.blogspot.com/

for the fantastic post on his Old West town here. This post by Pat came along at just the right time as  I was about to start on the making of Gettysburg.

If you have not visited these sites before.... get over and have a look, you will not be disappointed!!

See you all on Saturday guys!

Lutheran Seminary

Geoff Martin, known as "GOD" next weekend,( he will be the main umpire) has been busy working on a number of terrain items for the game.

Here is his model of the Lutheran Seminary taken from a free download here.

The download is for a 15mm building but Geoff has re sized it to suit this 28mm  game. Basically it is printed onto paper and then glued onto foamboard .

 Very nice work there Geoff!

This time next week and we will be half way through the game!!!!

2nd Corps Artillery contribution and Johnson's Division on Parade

Russell has been at it again!

This time with his artillery and then some shots of  Johnson's Division.

First two are my share of the six guns in 2nd Corps Artillery Reserve.

 

I have converted one into a 20pdr Parrott gun, the biggest pieces for both sides. The Rockhampton (Va) battery in the 2nd Corps reserve had 4, and the Lynchburg (Lee) Battery in Johnson's Division had another 2, as well as a 3" rifle and a 10pdr Parrott.

 

I used a 12pdr Napoleon barrel as the base, filing off the barrel mouth lip, and an aluminium and a brass tube to build up the breech reinforcing ring, the signature of the Parrott artillery pieces (they still burst with alarming regularity).

 

Happy with the outcome.

 

 

 

   Also two shots of the assembled Division and Johnson leading them. 42 infantry bases with 236 figures, 5 artillery pieces with 20 crew, Johnson and his orderly.

 

 

 Absolutely fantastic painting and beautiful base work Russell.

ALSO,

If you haven't already been over to Craig's Wargaming Blog then go take a look at the wonderful work that Craig has done on Hood's Division.

Here is a teaser,

There are a lot more photos of Craig's very fine work on his blog.

Steuart's brigade

Some more fantastic work from Russell Briant.

Here is what Russell had to say,

Look out for Grace the dog on Steuart's stand. She was the mascot of the 1st Maryland regiment. She was killed in the regiment's second assault on Culp's Hill on 3rd July 1863.

In life she was more of a hairy grey mongrel but the model 'Small English Dog'  from Eureka Miniatures I thought looked better in white, contrasting with the grey uniforms.

 

 

I am sure you will all agree that these are very fine looking chaps about to further the cause for the South!!

Looking forward to seeing these guys in the flesh!

Coming Soon!

With less than two weeks to go, Gettysburg is just around the corner. If you have not yet returned your registration form to Chris please do so ASAP as we need to know who is coming. If you are interested in playing please get in touch as there may well still be some gaps. I suspect that there will be enough troops so if you want to join in but have no ACW troops , don't worry just let us know.

I know the QRS sheet here is crap!!. We are supplying "good" copies for you at the game. If you do want one to print off before hand, get in touch and I will email it to you.

 Just as a bit of a taste here are some photos from one of our practise games.