Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

 A few years back, my friend David sold me his beautiful Hammerin' Iron Fleets. This month, I finally got a mat for it, and David (different one) wanted a game. He had bought Confederates after seeing my box full of both sides, so we got the rules and had a bash! My Union vs his Confederate fleet - He was using his starter set , so we were a little over 6000 points a side. I was using (all descriptions from Peter Pig site ): USS Fuschia 'Common small wooden screw boats'. USS Miami (I) 'Well armed side wheeled wooden ship' USS Miami (II) as above! USS Essex 'Slab sided union ironclad' USS Planter (If you do nothing else with these links, go and read this one, it is jaw dropping!!) 'Fairly innocuous side paddler'. USS Sassacus 'Very big double ended steamship/sidewheeler looks powerful.' David's ships were: CSS Arkansas 'Powerful casemate ironclad'. CSS Tuscaloosa 'Good Casemate ironclad'. CSS Governor Moore 'Cot...

After a period of sabre rattling, relations between HM government and the Republic of Colombia have rather taken a turn for the worst. Admirable Trigo de Cobre of the Colombian Aeronef fleet had been threatening to disrupt British rubber suppliers from Brazil, so the British Admiralty despatched an aging Albion class carrier (which had been modified so it's command tower was to the right of the flight deck, instantly cutting landing casualties by 85%), with two Cossack class frigates as escorts to Ascension Island. They were to be joined by Force H, three cruisers from the Antilles, and a stronger, battleship based Force B from the Cape any moment.  The Colombian admiral has mobilised almost the entire fleet, seeking to strike down a soft British target before heavier reinforcements could arrive. The vanguard of the Colombian fleet, two gunships, two bombers, three patrol craft and the airplane tender had been on an intercept course, hoping to trap the carrier, forming up as soon a...