I have painted my first batch of 10mm Midianite camelry from Newline Designs |
My wargaming is almost as diverse as my interest in history, but my most-recent big project was the War of the Austrian Succession with 10mm armies of nine combatant nations. I have also recently played many scenarios from Mike Lambo's solo battle books, created Franco-Prussian War armies with plastic 54mm toy soldiers, and fought scenarios from Airfix Battles with plastic green-and-tan Army Men. My latest big project is biblical-era battles in 10mm.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Tart
HAVE just finished a great read by Peter Fleming, older brother of James Bond creator Ian, which I spotted in a branch of Oxfam for £2.25.
News From Tartary is his account of a seven-month journey from Peking, as China's capital was commonly known in 1935, to Kashmir in what was then the British Raj.
The 3,500-mile trip was conducted while a Times correspondent, and involved much desert traveling in tough and often tedious conditions.
Some of the tediousness comes through in the book, but mostly it is an engaging and revelatory read.
Travel classic |
There is not a lot of military history per se, but there is quite a bit about the state of warfare between various Chinese factions, particularly the Nationalists, those paying lip service to the Nationalist cause, and those groups controlled or heavily influenced by Moscow.
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