Thursday, June 4, 2009

Partizan 09



This spring, as part of "Euro Assault 2009", I was fortunate to be able to attend Partizan in Newark. This was my first wargames show (after wargaming for something like 20 years) and I enjoyed it immensely. Here are some photos from the show, along with my recollections of the games. Remember to click the pictures for larger versions.


Mark Bedford and Warwick Kinrade's Crusades game. Muslims storming the breach


Wider view of Mark and Warwick's game



Detail of a fantastic "1066" display game


Look at the size of those shieldwalls!!


Great War on the eastern front with loads of cavalry

Seven Years' War action

More of the 1066 game


15mm WWII game on Kallistra hex terrain


Too Fat Lardies' Great War participation game


Great terrain from the Lardies


Westwind Shadows of the Third Reich arctic game


Love the LEDs in the U-boat hull!


Victrix's amazing Peninsular War display game


Great trompe l'oueil backdrop too


Crimean War game with redoubts a-plenty


Lovely Napoleonic Brits...


...awaiting deployment in the Perrys' game


Perry Napoleonics


Alan P. and the lovely display game


Wagram in 6mm


6mm Wagram game


"Britsh Civil War" game as the sun rises ;-)


More 1066 Shieldwalls


Look at all those models!


Spanish Civil War in 28mm
Partizan was fantastic. The quality of the display games was nothing short of excellent in almost every case. There were tons of vendors and it was very cool to meet some of the hobby's "celebrities" in person. This kind of thing might seem a bit silly to hobbyists in the UK who have a choice of shows on almost every weekend, but to a long-time painter and war-gamer like me who'd never attended a big show before, it was pretty special. Highly recommended and I hope to do it again in future!

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