Battleground 2015!

[Steve J]

Have a great day and look forward to plenty of pics

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Have fun all!

[Leman]

Looking forward to hearing all about this.

[Jim Ando]

Hi

I went to battleground with my nine year old son and had a great time.

We played the the excellent border reivers wild bunch game.

Unfortunately I only spent 12 quid at the pendraken stand .

Jim.

[jimduncanuk]

All set up now, really looking forward to it now!

Been back from Battleground for a wee while now. A 2.5 hour drive each way so not as tiring as the trip to York from Edinburgh. We left early enough to get home over the border before darkness fell having left in darkness in the first place.

My first time at this show and will probably visit again next time around.

A neat little show, not so little actually but constrained by the scale of the premises so doesn't have much upgrade potential unless there's another hall stashed away somewhere. A good mix of traders which some shows don't quite manage so I managed to get my lead, some MDF and some paint which I didn't get at a show last week.

I met a TMP'er in the canteen, 'Hi Jarrovian', going by his TMP handle he didn't have far to travel. The canteen wasn't up to much, under-staffed I would have thought but fortunately, being on a bit of a diet, I managed not to get too excited by the offered menu.

I exchanged a few Scottish Tenners with Pete Berry for a great big bag of 6mm ACW (and some MDF) which will allow me into Longstreet but only after I explore some of the Polemos options. A couple of more tenners extracted a few more Shermans from Dave at Pendraken and a few bottles of paint, nothing in particular that I needed but the colours were 'pretty'. I also got a couple of bottles of 'soft tone' can't remember who from, which I am now, apparently, addicted to.

I had a few short blethers with Leon, longer chats with Martin at Warbases, Stu at Colonel Bills, Erik at Figures in Comfort, Dave Lanchester at Dave Lanchester and a few nameless others (well I can't remember everyone). I took no photographs on the day, didn't see many others doing so apart from a young lady with a tripod. Has anyone blogged any pics yet?

So the plan, back at the ranch, is to finish off a bundle of 28mm Napoleonics by the end of the year, finish the Warmaster/Warband options still in the painting/basing queue, add a few more Shermans and stuff to my Pendraken WW2 setup and then the Baccus ACW stuff. By that time it will be well into 2016 and all priorities will have no doubt changed by then.

[jimduncanuk]

Has anyone blogged any pics yet?

Found some here:

http://herkybird-richardbradley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-show-2015.html

Thanks Herky

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great shots

[paulr]

 

One day I might get to a show like that...

[Techno]

Great shots

Hear, hear !

One day I might get to a show like that...

Same here, Paul. 

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Some nice looking games there. Off to our local show which is small, but is always a nice way to fill a few hours on a Sunday morning.

[Bodvoc]

Looks like a great show, wish I could have been there.

[Leman]

What he said.

[Roy]

Found some here:

http://herkybird-richardbradley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-show-2015.html

Thanks Herky

'Ey up... I'm in two of the photo's amongst that lot. Fame, at last! 

My favourite photo of the day has to be this one - note slight edit by me



The "Billy No-Mates" wearing the red top is me. Apologies Skywalker if that is you that I've caught up with my edit. Leon will have the original image (Facebook)

[fsn]

The "Billy No-Mates" wearing the red top is me.

that new aftershave not working out for you then?

[Leon]

Thanks for the comments, everyone I've heard from so far seemed to enjoy themselves, which is great news.  There's a host of reports I've seen so far, including:

- http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-show-2015.html
- http://jim-duncan.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-2015.html
- http://herkybird-richardbradley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-show-2015.html
- http://westerhopewargames.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-report.html

Off to our local show which is small, but is always a nice way to fill a few hours on a Sunday morning.

I know a couple of the traders, Colonel Bill and Grubby I think, were coming down to Bristol today so I hope they've had a good weekend.

[Steve J]

Well the show seemed quite well attended, which was probably helped by the wet and windy weather. Much better layed out than previous years, but most attention was on the traders rather than the games, some of which looked great but had no one on the table to talk to ! For once I didn't buy anything, but spent a pleasant hour or so there.

[skywalker]

Contary to popular belief Roy I do have a mate, he is invisible to most people but speaks to me when I am in a dark room with nice soft walls and a snug fitting white waistcoat
Redcar Ironbeards had a great day, our game went well and it was good to catch up with fellow gamers.

I will get some pictures of our game up on the Redcar Ironbeards website and facebook page within the next couple of days.

All that is left to say is a big THANK YOU to Dave, Leon and the team at Pendraken for organising a great event

[NeilCFord]

Well the show seemed quite well attended, which was probably helped by the wet and windy weather. Much better layed out than previous years, but most attention was on the traders rather than the games, some of which looked great but had no one on the table to talk to ! For once I didn't buy anything, but spent a pleasant hour or so there.

Bloomin' 'eck, that was one hell of a road trip!

Though given how unimpressive Revielle was, I might well consider it myself next year!

- Neil.

[Roy]

Contary to popular belief Roy I do have a mate, he is invisible to most people but speaks to me when I am in a dark room with nice soft walls and a snug fitting white waistcoat

Sorry Skywalker, I, of course, was referring to myself. 

If anything I should have labelled myself as the idiot who'd forgot to put sugar in the coffee for Andrew W. - That's why I was on my tod. Andrew had gone to salvage the breakfast order I'd messed up.

Some more blogs with show mentions:

Dave Docherty's

IWG's Colin

IWG's Robbie

[Steve J]

Bloomin' 'eck, that was one hell of a road trip!

I was refering to Reveille Neil . A day trip to Battleground would certainly be as you stated.