Museum of Dartmoor Life

There's a good speaker on at the Museum of Dartmoor Life this afternoon...

http://www.dartmoorlife.org.uk/category/whats-on/

The long-awaited Blood Red Skies arrives...

Blood Red Skies arrived yesterday at Snapcase Hall. My lovely wife had pre-ordered it for me as a birthday present last year. This is the Battle of Britain bundle, so I now have 13 Spitfires, 13 Me 109s and a Boulton Paul Defiant.

Herewith the unboxing, game to follow ASAP.

Sir Francis Snapcase

A statue to be erected in Much-Piddling village square. The village's greatest hero, the Elizabethan swash-buckler and explorer (some would say pirate but b'damned to them), Sir Francis Snapcase. Born in Much-Piddling in 1540, 'tis rumoured he died in El Dorado in 1599.

The inscription reads: Sir Francis Snapcase, 1540 - 1599, "Singed the Queen of Spain's Bush"

What a Tanker!

I've pre-ordered the new rule set by TooFatLardies, What a Tanker! available here:

https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product/what-a-tanker-rules/

Being something of a lazy twat, I decided to order some 1/72 diecast tanks so that I could play a game as soon as the rules arrived. I found a great deal on eBay, 3 Tigers for £10.00 so I had to buy them. Then I bought 5 Shermans. The PDF of the rules arrived today and checking the rules I found that by serendipity I had managed to purchase two equal forces using the points system in the rules. 64 points cost to the Allies, 63 points for the Axis.

Three Tigers from 'Großdeutschland' Panzer-Grenadier-Division

Three M4 Shermans with 75mm gun

One M4 Sherman with 76mm gun and a Sherman Firefly

Beware, sheep on the road!

It looks like a flock of sheep are blocking the road by the cricket club. Jonesy can't get through with his sausage for Mrs. Kenwood-Chef, the retired Colonel's wife!

First Rule of 'Countdown'...

Snapcase Hall

As Jesse says, I have been working on Snapcase Hall. It's not much to see but I had to do the first test piece to make sure I liked the way it looked. I think I'm happy with this, so on with the rest now.

The left wall is internal, the right side with the window will be external.

Both these walls are internal, different rooms when built.

New Buildings in Much-Piddling

Chulmleigh, the Snapcase family bulldog gets his kennel at the gates to Snapcase Hall.

A new house in the village, this is pencilled in as the home of Edith Pilchard, spinster of the parish.

Edith is of course, a keen gardener.

A strange blue box has appeared next to the pub, obviously waiting for someone to paint a sign on it so that we know what it is!

.............and with great excitement, the construction of Snapcase Hall begins.