British command stand

Made these for the defunct Campaign we had been playing. As one can see I have been doing some painting while laid up with my knee replacement.  Campaign

Neulandia Campaign. Revenge for the surprise attack on the river.

  Rightfully wroth at the treatment given to Her Majesty's surveying expedition the Full Might and Righteous Anger of the Britannic Forces were brought to bear against the "bandits" that were responsible. Deep suspicions about the way in which the "bandits" had acquired a cannon in the last battle were set quietly aside (no doubt these will be addressed soon!) on the theory that you can only solve one problem at a time

 Spurning the offer of a couple of regiments of local troops the English began to hunt the bandits. By a series of rapid marches the British were able to trap the Bandit army before it could escape to its mountain fastness; the speed of their retreat was shown by the fact that the Bandits discarded their cannon during their flight. All was to no avail as they were trapped in a narrow valley just miles short of their mountain home. Knowing that escape was now impossible they turned like cornered rats to face the Fury of the Sons of Albion.

the bandit army deployed to cover the escape of its baggage train their flanks were well secured

 but the vast open area between the armies did not bode well against the firepower of the Brits

in an attempt to bring the Brits to battle the Bandits advanced

the British waited and lashed the enemy with concentrated rifle fire

the next turn saw the bandit line begin to fall apart 

with the cavalry and elephants suffering particularly badl

one elephant made it into contact and the "Devils in dresses" fought heroically;

losing four of their own but slaying the fearsome beast

elsewhere the effective British fire pined most of the bandit line

The general joined the cavalry to try to rally them 

just before they took fire from the British artillery

our more were slain including the Bandit leader 

(his fetish for dressing as Teddy Roosevelt will forever go unexplained now)

blivious to the carnage to their right a unit of Ghazis charged through the woods

and caught the Boer Mounted Infantry and wiped them out to a ma

hey now found themselves alone and far ahead of the rest of the army

nd soon felt the power of British rifles being wiped out in their turn

the rest of the bandit force slipped away into the evening gloom

 A very lop-sided win for the Sons of Albion, but they had not recovered the prisoners or stamped out the bandit menace. Pursuit was a must, failure was not an option, an example must be set!

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The narrative and photos about where provide by my good friend Anton.   The devil in the skirts are my Black watch Highlander.   Their support was provide by an Elite Irish regiment.  Along with some Boers from South African ( They hate the Ghazi so no quarter was given). The Lancers are the 10th Hussar who had been reluctant to engage the enemy at first.  The Pom Pom was crew by an elite squad of Britannia's finest Marines.  The expedition held true to the finest example of British military courage.  Part of the revenge is complete.  Click on the link acquired canon in last battle for the reason for the expedition 

New recruits for Neulandia Campaign.

The need to explore the island is going to required Naval forces.  The Naval branch now has been tasked to provide  inland and high seas protection.   Shortly a Naval shore party (Marines) will becoming.  Nothing like the  cold steel of the British Marines.

Now all I have to do is paint my new Marines from Studio Miniatures.   Talk about some really nice sculpts.  These 28mm miniatures fit in very nicely with my Perry Miniatures...

Her Majesty Attack Walker with 37 mm Gatling gun

It seems the campaign for Neulandia is heating up a bit.   With the appearance of  United States Steam robot.  Now the Mexican force have automated their cavalry.  Plus the use of the new American Model T Ford.   The British Expedition has quested support.

 What I did was go to Ebay to find some 40K Imperial Guard walkers.  At least I could find some fairly inexpensive (Cheap).   There I found a used Sentinel at was perfect.   All I had to do was make look like it came from the Victorian  SF period.    In order to do that I removed the Imperial Guard eagle. Cut off the guardsman's head.   The head was replaced with a spare head from the Perry Miniatures British Colonials set.   For the repaint I picked the color off the British Steam Engines of the period..   Hope you like them.  If you have comments or suggestions please post in the comments section. Oh I'm looking for 28mm British flags decals to place on the walker. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction.  

The dawn attack..

This is what it felt like to the troops.

British patrol attacked at dawn.

Here are some pictures of the surprise attack on the patrol.   The attack was launched at dawn.  All full account of this unwarranted attack can be found here :Duplicity-abounds

One regular unit (yellow) in the middle artillery unit, the far unit tribesmen.

Tribesmens attack and find out the metal of British troops

The enemy is beating back.


At this point the British retreat in good order.  As they had no way to defend against the artillery unit.  The

loses where 1 KIA and two captured do to their wounds.  The overall commander is making plans to recover the 

troops that have been capture.

Exploring the Island of Vectis Neulandia campaign continues. The boat patrol

Having made a the expedition base at the large Port on the west side of the island.  The British forces set forth on exploring the lands by using the rivers.   This decision was made to rapidly explore the land.  Part of the mission was to meet with the local in friendship.  Part of the goal was to set up trading post with the locals.  To sell fine English products like tea and crumpets.

It was hope to find out more about the people.  As from what was found was larges forests of exotic woods.  We British do love fine wood for many things.    Below is a map of the land that was explored by boat.

The expedition reported what they have discovered.

As we sailed up river to a fork the land is lovely rolling grasslands, rich and fertile with many prosperous looking farms and small towns

 The long term goals for the first year of exploration.

Her majesty's  colonial improvements for the Island of Vectis

The Capital
Impressive Embassy to help with local relations. 5pt
Build a Port for the export of products         30pts (On Hold)
Build a furniture factory and mill processing Exotic wood       18pts
trading post  (selling British good and fish & chips) 2pts
create road system to connecting territory         1pt
total   26pts
Army
1 X Elite Sharpshooters  Regular Infantry (Guards)     9pts
1 X Fierce regular Infantry (Highlanders) 7pts
1 x Irregular Infantry (Militia)  Unwilling Irish troops 4pt
1 x Irregular Cavalry ( Volunteers)                 4pts
1 X pom pom gun  well drilled                 6 Pts
total                                  30pts

Grand Total for capital            56 Pts
Build roads in territories to include capital area 4pts
Grand Total 60pts


Future if I last that long and not run out of money
1st Territory  ( year 2)
Resource is Ivory (Other)
create a factory to turn Ivory into exports and local sales 18pts  ( On hold)
Trading post to sell fine India Curry to the locals 2pts    (On Hold)
Fresh water plant to improve the natives Health 5pts    (On Hold)
Government outpost  ( To provide police )          2pts
create telegraph to next territory                 1

2nd Territory (year 2)
Resource Nitrates
create a plant to process  Nitrates                  18pts
Plant products explosive and fertilize 
Barrack  for troop and police                  1pt
create a road to next territory              1pt
trading post  and fish & chip dinner                  2pts
Research station for Nitrates                  18pts

3rd Territory ( future plans)
Resource Natural rubber
Create rubber plantation to harvest the rubber 2pts
create improved farming                2PTS
Outpost  police and troops                5pts
road system                        1pts
research station for new product for rubber        18 pts
Build a church                        ?pts

Build a local governmental office                ?pts

Reinforcements from the Queen for Neulandia

It seems the American have recruited an Auto bod.  The British expedition has requested help. The first will mechanical men is show below.

Also there is a request pending additional money from the Parliament to have the below walker be purchased from Krupps.

Neulandia British campaign. Part 1

THE ANCIENT AND SECRETIVE LAND OF MALAGASSY

    Founded uncounted centuries ago by the losers of a dynastic struggle on the mainland the island kingdom of Malgassy has long shunned contact with the outside world. The people display a fanatical devotion to their king and his family. Trading only occasionally with the Caliphate and the Slaver Kingdom the Malagasians have had little contact with the European interlopers.

    The island chain was once entirely controlled by the Kingdom. The southern half of the main island and the southern islands first broke away as part of a dynastic struggle within the ruling family and then fell under the sway of the dreaded worshippers of the Thuggi sect. This has led to a complete breakdown of order in the South, a circumstance that has allowed the Her Majesty to plant a colony with the avowed aim of crushing the "devil worshippers" and restoring order.

    The northern half of the Kingdom remains rich and densely populated. The centuries of isolation have allowed the Malagassians to carefully exploit every natural resource and rigorous management of these resources has made the Kingdom rich beyond what would be expected for such a small area.

    Relations with the British colony are aloof and coldly polite, with just enough hostility to discourage any attempt at commercial or social contact. Secretly the Malagassian ruler fears the new colony and has been feverishly collecting modern weaponry to help stave off any attempt to establish "order"  his lands. The most concerning point is that the colonial troops crushed the Thuggi in just one year, something that the Kingdom had not been able to achieve in fifty!

    Outsiders see the Kingdom as a mysterious land of temples and rituals, adorned with the wealth of centuries and only mildly aware of the progress of the modern world. This is only partially true, the Kingdom is intensely conservative but both the government and the religious orders place a high value on education and intellectual discourse and understand and can apply most scientific principals. The desire to avoid upheaval and the unpleasantness of sudden change has caused the powers that be to use a gradualist approach to modernization.

GOVERNMENT: The island is ruled by a semi-hereditary king. The "royal" family consists of about four thousand bloodlines grouped into five tribes. These tribes take it in turn to choose a new king upon the passing of the old. The next ascendant tribe provides the King's ministers, the third provides the provincial governors, the fourth the bureaucrats and religious ministers and the fifth the leaders of the military. This way there is constantly fresh blood being injected in all branches of government and all of the tribes must educate their children to fit into any role, assuring a well-rounded education.

ARMY:  The Malagassian military presents a confusing spectacle to outsiders. How does one try to understand an army that has Gatling guns but still insists that chariots are not only a valid but an entirely necessary piece of military gear?  The appearance of elephants and chariots may confuse western commentators but the hard core of the army is the long-serving infantry drawn from the military caste. The armaments of these troops have been carefully upgraded with the passing of time. While the costume and drill may be amusingly archaic the troops are deadly professionals at the time of battle. The cavalry is similarly drawn from a specific caste but has declined in importance as the power of the infantry has risen. Still they are useful for scouting and the occasional mad charge. The chariots and elephants are the most obvious relics from ages past but even these have been subtly adapted to more modern methods. the chariots have been armed with light guns firing out of the back and experiments have been conducted with mounting a machine gun to fire out the rear. The elephants are used mainly to transport guns through bad terrain and special armored ones have been trained to batter doors down or attack modern steam transports.

NAVY: Until recently the navy had lagged behind the other services. Using only sailing vessels for combat and transport their only real challenge until lately was keeping the pirates away from the inter-island trade. With the appearance of the Europeans the navy has reconsidered its role and is now rapidly developing a blue-water capability. The recent acquisition of modern guns and steam engines from the western powers has made a radical impact on both the design of the ships and their competitiveness with other powers.

The large yellow dot is the capital and major port.