ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Partizan 2026… The Loot.

Greetings…

I almost forgot to post about what Loot I picked up at the show…

By my standards I don’t think it was too much…đŸ€”

A couple of interesting looking books..

And some MDF buildings… The Dark Age Roman Villa should be useful for my Late Roman Project.


Islamic Archers and a Rus Warband…
These are to add to the Khazars v’s Kievan Rus project that is ticking away in the background…
I’ve already assembled most of what I need but I thought a few more won’t do any harm… And they are such lovely toys…


Bad Squiddo Games… Women of WW2…
These are delightful figures and will fit nicely into my Dads Army Project.
Annie’s range is full of so many tempting toys… I had a lovely chat with her about the Female Resistance Fighters range she is having made… I suspect I will be adding some of them to my collection.

I have to admit I am finding it hard to resist getting some out and painting them right away.

I had a fun game at the weekend using my Shiny Napoleonics for the first time…so next up I should get some pictures posted ….

All the best.  Aly





Thursday, 21 May 2026

Partizan… 2026.

Greetings…

At the weekend, I made my way to Newark in the company of my old (old) friend David O’ Brien.

What a fine day out we had with lots of lovely games to look at…

So here are some pictures…



A lovely American Civil War game from The Bodkins…

This table became a rendezvous point for many of us throughout the day… At one point there were five Daves in attendance… surely this must be a record 😁.



A nice participation game from Here’s the Ruckus…



Samurai action from The Shrewsbury Wargames Society…




Operation Bagration from The Derby Wargames Society…



Chesterfield Old Boys… Bemis Heights.



Glasgow Tradeston Wargames Club…White Mountain.







The Iron Brigade’s… Assault on Kawajima Castle 1564.
A lovely game full of lovely details.



The Westbury Wargamers… The Battle of Minden.



Wild Geese from The Bunker…
Lots of entertaining details on this…


Like a Stone Wall… Cape Finisterre.







War of Spanish Succession from The League of Augsburg.
One of my favourite periods.







The God of War from The League of Extraordinary Kreigspielers.
Always filled with lovely things…


Operation Nimrod ( The Iranian Embassy Siege 1980) from Veteran Voices.
A really unique portrayal of the events of the day from some very informative people .






An impressive Seven Years War game from… Friends of a Military Gentleman.

Midgard Heroic Battles 

Mighty Empires.




Boondock Sayntes…

Full of splendid details…

Well that’s all the decent pictures I managed to take.. I apologise for those lovely games I missed.

My excuse of course is that I was busy judging the Vignette Competition…

The Winner was this lovely group from The Iron Brigade 


What’s not to love about Koi Carp 😁
A terrific day in grand company meeting up with loads of good friends… Mostly called Dave đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

All the best.  Aly