Above is a pic of Lt. Colonel James Galbraith, Regimental Colour in hand, alongside Bobbie the regimental dog and some of the other "Last Eleven" survivors of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment, making their last stand in one of the walled gardens just South of Khig village, a few miles West of the Afghan town of Maiwand.

Sunday, February 25, 2024

900 Military Scale Models on Display in Anaheim March 7+8

My friend Mark Deliduka will be celebrating completion of his 900th or so scale model military vehicle by setting up his entire HUGE collection, all built by him, for display on Thursday March 7th and Friday March 8th, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 11217 N Anaheim Blvd. in Anaheim, California, which is the same spot where the "St. Crispin's Irregulars" wargaming club meets on a weekly basis.  The building has its own parking lot conveniently attached.

I strongly encourage anyone reading this who is relatively local to the address and interested in scale modeling and/or Armored Fighting Vehicles to stop by for a visit, enjoy checking the collection out in person, and have the chance to pick Mark's brain re: any and all things scale model making related.

I've known Mark for close to a decade-and-a-half but only once before have I seen his entire collection laid out for review.  That was a few years ago, possibly on the occasion of reaching 800 finished pieces, but I don't remember for sure if that was the case.

Anyway, the good news is I took a few pics:
















Mark is a great guy who's always happy to answer questions and share modeling tips.  I will definitely be stopping by at some point myself and if I'm lucky maybe I'll get to see some folks who are reading this now there!


UPDATED WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 2024:

Here's a pic of the first of an expected 4 or 5 tables Mark will lay out.  This one holds all his German AFVs...


And a few more featuring his Russians, Americans, and Europeans:






Thursday, January 25, 2024

Convention report: Mini-Wars 2023 in Buena Park, California

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

It's been way, way too long since I and my good buddies Dan Gurule and Shawn Hutson teamed up to run our CAMERONE: NOT MEN, BUT DEMONS! game for the second time on Saturday October 14th at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Buena Park, about one hour's drive South-East from my home in Los Angeles.  The game was a terrific success and I think the convention overall was a big success as well, in terms of having lots of great looking games on both Saturday and Sunday, most if not all of which appeared to this casual observer (casual because I was pretty busy throughout either GM'ing Saturday or playing Sunday!) to be filled with players enjoying themselves.

I wish I'd been able to post this AAR much sooner but a combo of hometown and world events sucked up way too much of my time -- but better late than never!  

I took a lot of nice pics at the con, and -- sad to say -- I haven't seen any pics of the con on the web, though I have seen a bunch on Social Media.  So here, a few months overdue, are my photos from Mini-Wars 2023...

DAY 1:




American Civil War "Battle at the Crossroads"...


Isandlwana in 28mm...


Camerone run by "Last Stand" Dan Gurule, "CAPT SHANKS" Shawn Hutson & myself...











































DAY 2:

"Last Stand" Dan's US Navy running the Chinese rebel boom on the Yangtze AKA: The Sand Pebbles Redux...































































VILLA RIDES! (THE TRAIN)...

















































































































Villa's revolutionary losers commiserate...


While to the Federale victors go the spoils...


Here's a LINK to 3 pages of even awesome photos from Mini-Wars 2023, courtesy of San Diego Historical Gamer on his Flickr page:


Managed to copy & paste some of San Diego Historical Gamer's great pics:






































Next up on the HMGS-PSW calendar: SAND WARS 2024, Saturday May 18th & Sunday May 19th in Mesa, AZ...