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In my alacrity to push myself around Partizan, to procure some decent photographs a get to chat with friends etc I managed to miss a few games to say the least! Somehow I managed to miss the entire Lard Zone(!!??), Simon miller's always stunning Simon Miller's, Lust for Glory, War of Spanish Succession game, and much to my surprise, the winner of the "Best of Show" the Veterans Voices!
I have decided to add a wee addendum to my Partizan Wargames Show, May 17th, 2026 report and leave you with the words of one of their organisers and a whole host of pictures, all in breath taking detail. What a game!
The words of Jonty.....
"The
Iranian embassy siege played out live on tv to audiences around
the world in 1980.
Six
days into a siege situation and after a hostage was killed the words
“Standby , Standby ….. Go!” Launched Red and Blue teams
into the assault. The aim was to rescue the hostages.
One
of our group of veterans was present throughout the operation as part
of Red Team , B Squadron , 22 SAS regiment.
The
idea for the game originated as a tribute. The initial build
was carried out by Purple Lion Creations and then a small team
carried out the internal detailing over twelve months. The 28mm
figures were sourced from far and wide but the SAS figures are from
1st Corps Miniatures.
Midway
through the build it was nearly skipped as no thought had been given
to how to arrange the model for a Wargame. The resulting design for
the stepped stand delivered a solution that works in separating the
floors and also giving the perspective of going upwards from top to
bottom.
The
build continued when our main model maker and lead in this project
was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Not wanting to be beaten the
project continued in spite of twelve months of chemo interrupting
build and painting time.
As
the build neared completion a call from channel 4 saw two of us
taking the model to a tv studio in London . The filming utilised the
model and its figures for the assault phase of a new tv documentary
to be screened early in 2027."
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You have done a terrific job there. Truly done us very proud.
ReplyDeleteWe were overwhelmed with the volume of interest on the day and following the show.
Having been invited to Warfare we will be displaying the set up in November. I say set up as it’s more than just a game. Chalky will be on hand to talk to anyone interested in his part in Operation Nimrod and the Falklands. He will not discuss Op Banner .
Great post Darrel, that was a tremendous and very unusual looking game. What a great idea.
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