Flee Market Find

Just had to show you my flee market find from my summer trip to Darlecarlia. It is a bit out of scale but I probably will build a stone foundation for it and turne it in to some kind of medieval Swedish Keep.

I put a 28mm perry mini in the picture for the scale.

"Gruvettan" HMG support

Thought that the Miners from the Socialist union "Gruvettan", for our "A Very Moderate Swedish Conflict" club project, needed some real firesupport so they now have got themselfs one of the few Swedish made HMG´s the "Kjellman Machine Gun" .

It will be a good addition for "Gruvettan" as the Defender of Strängnäs have started the arms race...

All minis are from Musketeer Miniatures.

"Gruvettan" Squad #2

I have painted med some more Miners from the Socialist union "Gruvettan" for our "A Very Moderate Swedish Conflict" club project.

The 2:nd squad have been reinforced with a Lewis gun. The Lewis gun was newer in use in Sweden but both Norway and Finland used it so "Gruvettan" have got theirs from some fellow Norwegian Socialists:)

All minis are from Musketeer Miniatures.

A Very Moderate Swedish Conflict AAR #3

Last monday I and Björn had one more try out of some rules for our A Very Moderate Swedish Conflict club project. This time it was a set that I had put together by using the best parts of Muskets & Tomahawk, Triumph & Tragedy, Mud and Blood and of course some of my own ideeas.

The gaming area was 120x120cm and we used 400 points forces, the points are not totaly set, but a 200 point force would be a good start for each player.

The Scenario I set-up was ofcourse a 3rd part of the ones we already played, with the same main characters, like a mini campaign:) This time the Red´s had escaped with the captured White Tank and was hiding in the Swedish contryside just out side the village Surahammar.

The Red sits in their camp discussing their next move when the White force suddenly stumble in through several roads, a devious plan to cut of all escape routs or just pure luck?

OOB - White

Swedish Army
Leader Second Lieutenant Sthål

2x6 Swedish Regulars Squads with Experience Level: Trained and Morale Level: Confident, one of the groups had a Automatic Rifle as support weapon.

1x3 Mortar Squad with Experience Level: Trained and Morale Level: Confident and of course a 60mm mortar.

1x6 Landsstorm Squad (Militia) with Experience Level: Green and Morale Level: Poor

Huddinge Frikår (Militia Freikorp from Huddinge outside Stockholm)
Leader Landsfiskal Sixten P Hydén (Landsfiskal would probably translate in to Police chief in a rural area.)

2x7 Freikorp militia with Experience Level: Green and Morale Level: Confident, one of the groups had a Automatic Rifle as support weapon.

1x Armoured Car with Experience Level: Green and Morale Level: Confident, and a HMG.

OOB - Red

Young Eagles (Socialist Youth Movement)

Young Eagles Leader Elrand Tagesson.

1x8 Young Eagles with Experience Level: Green and Morale Level: Good and a Aggressive attitude;)

1x Strv m/21 (Tank) with Experience Level: Green and Morale Level: Good and a HMG.

Fagersta Röda garde (Communist Worker Militia from the industrial town Fagersta)

Red Baroness (Communist leader) accompany by Commissary Kurt.

1x8 Communist Worker Militia with Experience Level: Green and Morale Level: Good.

"Gruvettan" (Socialist Mining Union Militia)

"Gruvettan" Union Leader Engelbrekt Engelbrektson

1x6 Miners Militia with Experience Level: Trained and Morale Level: Confident and loads of Dynamite.

The Reds won´t give up without a putting up a real fight and starts to move out of camp to meet the enemy..

The Miners rush across the stream behind the camp to set up an Ambush in a grove for the Advancing Freikorps.

Huddinge Freikorps advance like sitting ducks in the open along the contry side road... but what to expect from the City boys...

The White Army boys seem to know how to use the terrain for protection, but they did deploy the small Mortar Squad ON the road...

In the Red´s camp the Young Eagles Leader Tagesson have huge problem to get his young warriosr to leave camp...seem like hi haven´t provided the candy he promised...

Genial Swedish Contryside...just the cows missing...

The White Soldiers seeking cover by the stream...

At last Erlandsson manages to at least get the Tank up and going, but them the eager Fagersta Röda Garde run in the way...

Fagersta Röda Garde get caught in a deadly crossfire from the White Soldiers on the other side of the stream and the Armoured Car...

The Brave Worker Milita from fagersta falls to the deadly fire from the Whites and to the deadly persuason attempts by Commissary Kurt to get them continue their advance against the White enemy...

The White Soldiers have proven to be able to handle the Fagersta Red Guards with ease...Now they just have to cross the stream to be able to recapture the tank...

With the Red Guards out of action and the Young Eagles still in the camp it looked like the Whites would have an easy day...

Meanwhile the Huddinge Freikorps have discovered that it is more safe to advande throught the contry side even if you have to try to avoide the cow dung that was placed like mines, must be an evil trick by the Red´s...

The Huddinge Freikorps Armoured car continued their advance along the road and gor some fina targets presented as the Fagersta Red Guards run across by the bridge...

Young Eagles wasn´t impressed by their leaders promisses, they wanted their candy NOW! or they wouldent fight...

At least the Tank advanced and put up a fight to cover the Red´s left flank...

As the tank was out of Infantry support and there was no other Red troops on the left flank the Whites could concentrate their fire against it, and they even managed to drop some mortar rounds on it...forcing the tank to withdraw some...

The Mortar bombard was apperently what made the Young Eagles to  realize that their would be no candy at all if they didn´t win the day first... They started to advans to the bridge...

The Red´s left flank was hard pressed by 3 Squads of army soldiers with mortar Support...

General advance by the White Soldiers that now had crossed the stream and started to move through the field...

On the Red´s right flank the Miners had sprung their Ambush, but they coulden´t get close enought to get good use of their dynamite as they wished, so it all turned in to a gunfight there the Miners was heavely outgunned...

The Young Eagles had reached the bridge just as they was caught in a heavy Mortar Bombardment...

With a whiped out Red Guard, a depleted Miners squad a damaged AFV and the Young Eagles on the run the Red´s had a tought day... and the moral was very low...one could say non existing...the tank was abandoned and the Red´s run for the forest...

Conclusion

This was a veru fun game even if I lost it, the rules needs some more work, but I think we can have something that will work at our club when we play 6-10 player games, but that we will not know untill we test them with that many splayers during the late summer I hope.  I will work on with the rules during the summer or at least as long as the inspiration last;)

Lady de Thott

"Lady de Thott" This was a extra minia that I got from my friend Tony as a gift, but sins I already had a copy of it I painted it up for his 14th century Danish forese.

So now she will represent Juliane Pedersdatter of the House of Grubbe. I hope her husband Peder Axelsson and the other knight from the House of Thott will protect her properly from the villians of the House of Grübendal...

The miniature are from the Perry WotR range.

200K and Dux Suecia Campaign AAR #5

200 000 pages views for my blog sins I started it back in april 2010, I´m realy glad thet my beloved hobby can have such a interest. Thanks also to you 331 that choosen to follow my blog, without you I would never reached the 200K mark :)

So to celebrate I have at last finished the AAR for my and Jonas 5th Dux Suecia Campaign game ( i.e. migrating the TFL Dux Britanniarum to 15th century Sweden and the Kalmar Union War.) that we actually played some month ago, I hope yu enjoy the pictures and read.

In early december 1466 we had a big union forage party that was out to get their hands on the christmas food, and in the process of gettin g the food they also managed to rout a big rebell force that was on the march for Västerås to lift the Union seige...

Now there is early march 1467 and the castle of Västerås are still under siege and the crew wont last fot to many days...but there is a relife force on therie way from Dalarna...

As we newer tried a "battle" usin the Dux Britanniarum rules we decided to run one there the relife force will meet the seige force in the open field...maybe not an open field but in battle at least:)

OOB

Swedish rebells forces (Commanded by Jonas) Influence: 4 (Need to get 5 before he by the Allmoge will be elected Hövitsman/High Leader of the rebellion)

Comander Nils Bosson Sture of the House of Natt och Dag
4 units of 6 Allmoge each

Leader Sten Gustavsson of the House of Sture
2 units of 6 Hardened Allmoge each

Leader Ivar Axelsson from the House of Tott (That more or less just have turned side from pro union to rebell)
1 unit of 4 Frälse

1 unit of  4 Handgunners/Skirmishers

Union forces (Commanded by me) Influence: 1

Comander Marsk Erik Nilsson of the House of Oxenstierna (Cousin to the Archbishop)
2 units of 4 Frälse each

Leader Erik Karlsson from the House of Vasa (Brother in law to Erik Nilsson)
2 units of 6 Fotknektar each

Leader Trotte Karlsson of the House of Eka
1 unit of 4 Skyttar
1 unit of Light Artillery

1 unit of 4 Handgunners/Skirmishers

As this was a Battle we was allowed to use our influence to rally nwe troops for our couse, The Swedish Rebells managed to get one more unit of Allmoge, big surprise...  The Union side got a Light Artillery piece as reinforcements.

As the Castle of Västerås was in the rebells hands they had the option to deploy one unit in the Castle to be able to lower the drawbridge and make an attack...

But they chose not to...suppouse the big bombard sitting just outside the main gate got them think twice...cowards;)

One last thing was the pre battle activitys that was possible to performe the Union Commander Nils Bosson Sture of the House of Natt och Dag held a speache for his troops that will be remembered for a long time and raised the force morale...

The Union force held service but to no vain as the Archbishop didn´t seem to have the priority line to the man upstairs that he have claimed to have...

Now the battle could begin...

Along the mudy town road the Swedish smal group of Knights advanced in a hurry...

The union responce was to send some Crossbow armed knecht to take care of them...

The rest of the Union forces started to cross Svartån (Blackstream) on the parts that still had ice that held, it was a risky buissnes that could end in disaster...

The Swedish rebells advanced slowely acriss the mydy fields, no hurry as they hope that part of the Union forces would end up in the icy water...

The Swedish rebells was supported by the banners of Saint Olov and Saint Erik...

The knecht managed only to get away one uneffective crossbow volly before the Knights charged...

For a second it looked like the Knecht was going to evade...but instead they counter charged !!!

The Foot Knecht was some what hesitant about crossing the ice, the Knights decided to lead by example...

It was almost a disaster...as several of the horses slip on the ice and some even ended up in the whater...

As if that was not enought... the rebells advanced within shooting distance and opened fire with their crossbows...

The union Knecht got a real beating by the Rebell Knights...the way to the Union camp was open...

genneral advance by the Swedish Allmoge. The Rebell commanders had managed to gather so many of them that they didn´t all even got a chanse to shoot...

The Rebles left flank was protected by some German mersenary handgunners.

The Rebles left flank was protected by some German mersenary handgunners.

The Union Knights was still struggle to get across the ice, but the Rebell commander did not seize the moment... So the first group of Union Knights managed to form a battle line in order and Charge !

The Knights charged the right part of the Rebel line, they did some damage but got a real beating them selfs to...

Ispired? by the Knights the Union mercenary Foot Knecht started to cross the ice...

The Union Knights managed to get a part of the Rebell line to crumble but was to exhausted to follow up their victory...

Instead they got to taste the accurasy of the Allmoges crossbow fire...

By the bridge the Union commander had sent forward some handgunners to try to stop the rebell knights...

Half way through the battle the Union forces are very divided all around the battle field and both sides of Svartån.

The Union Comander Marsk Erik Nilsson of the House of Oxenstierna that had been leadeing the glorious charge by the first group of knight that managed to cross the ice now had to retreat, and as he was crossing back over the ice it all broke under him and his horse and they ended up in the Ice coald water...

Handgunners in a struggle with Knights...

Apperently the Light artillery made a big difference in the skirmishers fight with the Knights...

But they started to shoot to late, and the Rebell Knights rode in to the Union camp...

The Union Knecht under command of Erik Karlsson from the House of Vasa tried to turn the tide, but in no vain...

The Swedish rebell Knights plunder the Union Camp...

The seige of Västerås castle was lift, Marsk Erik Nilsson of the House of Oxenstierna  managed to get up of the vater and fled towards Stockholm with his remaining force it would take them 3 month to replase all losses.

The Swedish rebell Comander Nils Bosson Sture of the House of Natt och Dag and his followers feasted for three days to celebrate this greate victory. They to had taken their losses but they would be on the march to Stockholm within a month.

One again a very nice game of Dux britanniarum/Dux Suecia. This was the first battle we played and it was a very nice break in all the raids. I hope that we will get the time to continue the campaign during the autum and also get a chanse to field the minis I painted sins the game was played.