| Mad Monarchist | 24 Oct 2013 11:20 a.m. PST |
Excellent game set up by Deal Wargames Clubs. The pictures are from the links listed below. link link
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| Tango India Mike | 24 Oct 2013 12:03 p.m. PST |
Wow, what a fantastic looking game. Especially like the landing paras with their 'chutes.
One question, what is the strange looking globe topped building? Looks like a water tower but may be an observatory…lovely scenery.
Tim |
BlackWidowPilot  | 24 Oct 2013 12:41 p.m. PST |
Excellent scenery, really. What figures did you use for the Danes? Rules? I for one always appreciate the road less traveled for WW2 as a gaming subject (along with all the other less well known subjects of the 20th century)…
Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net
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| Mad Monarchist | 24 Oct 2013 12:55 p.m. PST |
Leland, I'll try to dig up a few more pics for you. The blokes at Deal are regulars on the UK show circuit, and have done Madagascar, Iraq, and the Slovak-Hungarian border war of 1939, to name but a few of the more obscure campaigns. From what I can tell the Danes look to be simple conversions of SHQ's Dutch marines. Mishima, my guess is it's probably a water tower. The only way to be sure is to trawl to the catalogues of Germany's HO railway modelling companies, however. ;) |
| Etranger | 24 Oct 2013 2:40 p.m. PST |
Mishima – I think it's a Kibri water tower from their industrial range. Alternatively it could be a beer storage tower from their brewery! |
 Legion 4  | 24 Oct 2013 3:33 p.m. PST |
WOW !!!!!  |
| Joes Shop | 25 Oct 2013 7:10 a.m. PST |
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| donlowry | 25 Oct 2013 11:20 a.m. PST |
Are those cows in the proper livery for Denmark? |
| BlackWidowPilot | 25 Oct 2013 12:38 p.m. PST |
Are those cows in the proper livery for Denmark?
Of course they are, as they all only produce Havarti cheese like any good Danish cow should! Don't you know that's why the Germans invaded Denmark in 1940? It was the  that drew them like moths to a flame…
Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net |
| brunet | 26 Oct 2013 2:21 a.m. PST |
like the chutes, which firm? |
| ottenfeld | 26 Oct 2013 9:24 a.m. PST |
I love the Fokker D XXI in Danish colours. |
| Tango India Mike | 26 Oct 2013 4:17 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the responses. It was just curiosity – I'm not looking to buy one. |
| Come In Nighthawk | 18 Jun 2016 8:20 a.m. PST |
What scale is this?? 1/72nd, or 18mm (20mm)? |
| C M DODSON | 18 Jun 2016 11:23 a.m. PST |
Inspirational stuff. Bert wished. Chris |
| uglyfatbloke | 18 Jun 2016 3:26 p.m. PST |
That is just splendid..really splendid.. |
| Umpapa | 19 Jun 2016 2:29 p.m. PST |
I somehow expected Lego building. ;) Great scenery. Awesome. |
| Beaumap | 26 Jun 2016 2:42 p.m. PST |
very attractive – was it fought in 'real time'? |
| AdeDWS | 13 Jul 2016 3:40 p.m. PST |
Thank you everyone for all your positive comments and
apologies for no previous response as I have been "wandering in the wilderness" for sometime. The globe topped building is indeed a water tower, the Danish infantry were converted from SHQ Greatcoated German Infantry. All heads replaced with ones wearing Slovak helmets, the distinctive flare of the bottom rim being added from Green Stuff, which was also used for their backpacks and calf length trousers. Motorcycles were converted from SHQ BOWs with new sculpt bodyguards, Madsen mgs, scratching sidecars carrying scratched Madsen 20mms with one on an AA mount carried on a Frontline civilian truck, also converted. Over 100 figs converted in total. German paras with deployed chutes are Kelly's Heroes from Andy Grubb ( Grubby tanks / Britannia ) Rules used were Rapid Fire. Was it played in real time? Naaa but sometimes it felt it took longer to set up and dismantle than the actual campaign. Full credit to our member Chris whose idea it was. All it took was a couple of photos to convince me it was a good idea…….. |
| George Buzby | 01 Sep 2016 12:10 p.m. PST |
What a wonderful table you've set. I absolutely love it. Much too late to be helpful, but I contracted with Matt Hingley at Elheim Figures and he's sculpted several 1940 Danes for me. They can be purchased directly from his website. - George |
| historygamer | 01 Sep 2016 5:50 p.m. PST |
What was the water in the bay made out of? Excellent set up. |
| AdeDWS | 11 Sep 2016 7:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks George, I was aware that some are now available and even though the game is now nestling in our back catalogue, always helpful to know there are some out there.
Historygamer, the water was household emulsion painted over PVA coated 20mm thick Styrofoam boards. Several coats of gloss yacht varnish were added and boards left to dry in my shed. Unseasonably (for UK) hot weather had the unexpected result of turning the shed into an oven which rippled the surface of the varnish resulting in the water effect.
Thanks for all the positive comments everyone |
| McSorley | 16 Sep 2016 6:02 a.m. PST |
The wargame probably lasted longer than the war. |
| Maha Bandula | 25 Jan 2019 9:43 p.m. PST |
Interesting how far the wargaming world has come now that we have two very extensive ranges of Danes in 20mm; namely Elhiem and Early War Miniatures.
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| French Wargame Holidays | 27 Jan 2019 2:48 p.m. PST |
Fabulous looking game guys, well done! Cheers
Matt |
| Legion 4 | 28 Jan 2019 7:51 a.m. PST |
Again WOW !!!! Great all the way around !  |
| themodelwarrior | 29 Jan 2019 9:45 a.m. PST |
Drooling over all the detail and all the hard work that has gone into that board and game. Where did they get the parachutes from ? |
| Maha Bandula | 15 Feb 2019 9:53 p.m. PST |
For my own reference: the palace is most likely a 1/87 Vollmer kit (Bahnhof Nordstadt to be precise). link |
