Hammerhead 2024.

Greetings…

It was a nice early start today as we set off to Newark Show Ground for this years Hammerhead Show.

I’ve become very fond of this event over the years… Unlike a lot of other U.K. shows this one is all participation games and I think it makes for a ver different atmosphere… 

It seemed to me that there were a lot more younger people and more women … Similar in a lot of ways to Tactica.

People are more engaged with the games and tend to stay longer… Unlike me this time… I only had about two hours to run around like a mad spending fool 🤣.

Here are some pictures of a few of the games that caught my eye… There were actually 38 participation games so I missed a lot but also didn’t get a chance to take a decent picture of others… Due to … ‘shock horror’!… people getting in the way while enjoying themselves 🤣😂🤣

All the tables looked busy which can only be a good thing.

A nice looking Conquistador Game from Like a Stone Wall Wargames Group.

What a Beaver…French and Indian wars… From the Forest Outlaws Gaming Club.

Toonkrieg WW11 Bash.. From Reveille Studios.

Delightful bonkers stuff beautifully presented… Just the sort of game I like.

Just Follow the Rhynes… From the Very British Civil war Forum (I Think).

Kiss Me Hardy 2… From the Harrogate Wargames Club.

What a Cowboy… From The Bunker.

Cowboys and Dinosaurs… What’s not to like.

The Eagle Has Landed…Sort Of! … From the Cowards Wargames Club.

Oberst Steiner v’s Captain Mainwarings Home Guard.

And of course… 

Terrain and Paint…

Books and Rules…

And…

Something good and silly 😁

It was a quick but very enjoyable visit… I also managed to catch up with a fair few people but I know I missed a fair few more…

Hopefully I will have more time at Partizan.

All the best.  Aly

Hammerhead... 2019

This weekend Dave Andrews and I popped over to Hammerhead in Newark...


https://www.hammerheadshow.co.uk/


I must say this is an excellent show... the whole premise is that all of the games are participation games... participation games may not be your thing... but it certainly keeps people in the building... And it is definitely popular...
The show was indeed busy.


There were a lot of lovely games... due to various distractions I didn't take that many pictures... but here they are...

Paperboys ... from Peter Dennis.

A witch racing game... a lovely building.

No idea what so ever... but delightfully weird...

Wytch King or Parliament... by the Bunker Boys... lots of madness on every inch of the table...

A lovely Pulp Adventure game... What I find hard to believe is that this is a gaming mat...

Albedo Combat Patrol... based on the comic Albedo Anthropomorphics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_Anthropomorphics


https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol


Definitely not everyone's taste... but very nicely done...

A nice WW2 game...

Star Wars...

Wellington in India... Very nice...

A Very British Civil War...


Did I buy anything?
Of course I did...

Some lovely buildings by EWM...
I like these ... they are a nice size and I think they will fit well with my Hudson and Allen buildings.
If you went to Pauls stand I hope you got a handful of his ginger nuts...


https://earlywarminiatures.com/


Okay...
I want you to brace yourself now...


Maybe Dave and I were tired ...
Maybe we were possessed by daemons...
Maybe we  went out off our minds...
Maybe we were hypnotized into buying the first thing we saw..

6mm Napoleonics...
Yes...
No you are not seeing things...
6mm Napoleonics...
The scale of the Devil...


And...

Hex terrain...






Okay...
Dave and I have both got a set of Command and Colors... we have talked about finding a way of using miniatures instead of blocks and what scale could we use...
And while we were looking at Baccus Miniatures Napoleonics we thought ... lets do it...


https://www.baccus6mm.com/


It was just a short jump to Kallistra...


https://www.kallistra.co.uk/?page=8


I think my butterfly is asserting itself...


This one wont be happening overnight... I am still trying to work out how to paint the little buggers let alone do the terrain... I also want to finish my WSS.






All the best   Aly