The blog site of the award winning 'ESCAPE COMMITTEE' Wargames Group. The group is responsible for the 20mm Stalingrad Grain Elevator and more recently the Seige of Tenochtitlan in 28mm. We are based in Burnham on Sea, Somerset, UK, and have permanent rooms at our community centre, so if your in the area feel free to pop by.

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

AMBUSH ALLEY HITS BURNHAM ON SEA











the popular modern skirmish rules 'ambush alley' has been used extensivly at the club recently and has proved to work quite well.



we have had several games using 20mm figures and vehicles with afghan militia and us and gb regular forces, with a good few wins on both sides.



we have played the game as a demonstration game at the exeter show in may 2009 and 2010, and the responce was very encouraging, especilay the comments about the buildings and terrain.
the vehicles and figures in the pictures are from the collection of mark taylor and include vehicles and figures from:-
brittania,
s & s models,
all buildings and terrain features were built by shaun matthews for the club game, some of which are available from s&s models








Sunday, 30 March 2008

AZTECS IN 28mm


CENTRAL AMERICA

A CHANGE OF ERA

FOR OUR NEXT DEMO

GAME.

THE CONQUISTADORS

ATTACKING THE AZTECS, OVER SOME STRICKING NEW TERRAIN, WHICH INCLUDED CANALS, HOUSES, TEMPLES,

PYRAMIDS AND EVEN A SKULL RACK WITH THOUSANDS OF SCALE SKULLS, FRESH FROM THE SACRIFICIAL TABLES.

NEARLY ALL OF THE TERRAIN WAS SCRATCHBUILT, WITH A FEW RESIN WALLS AND HOUSES.

THIS GAME WON QUITE A FEW AWARDS IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST WARGAME SHOWS AROUND THE U.K.



















Saturday, 22 March 2008

Stalingrad Grain Elevator in 20mm




The basic terrain was constructed over a 6-Month period. The board footprint was 8ftx6ft, and the grain elevator is about 41/2 ft tall. We beleive it to be one of the largest wargame buildings ever made.

Basic construction was 3mm MDF , with a few off the shelf buildings, bought at shows.

The demonstration Game won several awards over the year and featured in most of the Wargames Press.









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Burnham on Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom
New Members welcome, with or without figures, contact Shaun at plugspanner@hotmail.com