Friday, September 22, 2017

20th August, Newark

THE OTHER PARTIZAN
The day after Bosworth (well, Bosworth is a weekend event so, really, 'taking the Sunday off from Bosworth') saw us in Nottinghamshire for 'The Other Partizan' ... traditionally the start of the autumn season but now shifted backwards in the calendar, and definitely now a summer show.

For the Partizan shows we ship a lot of gear into the History Zone and form something of a cooperative comprising the Northampton Battlefields Society, the Society of Ancients, the Lance and Longbow Society and the Naseby Battlefield Project.  We join the Pike and Shot Society, Civil War Centre and The Battlefields Trust.  There is a lot of overlap between these associations.





embracing the wonderful weapons display ...


 ... and everything you could possibly need to interpret the battlefields of middle England ...


 ...  Phil's ubiquitous detailed model of Naseby...


... and a participation game of Northampton 1460 ...


That kept us busy for most of the day ... if you aren't a 28mm enthusiast there really isn't much for you on the trade stands at Partizan (I've never really understood that quirk of the show so I struggled to spend my pocket money and will have a big splurge later in the year when there's a more inclusive selection of traders) ...

But Partizan probably wins these days for its selection of games and displays.


Not all of them 28mm of course (the better ones, indeed, far from it) ... although the ancmed ones generally were and the were very good ...


Crecy won the most plaudits but Lincoln did a good participatory Battle of Lincoln ...


 (inside the walls of course) ... and, in the classical period, Simon's TTS game was very impressive


... and, comparatively understated, I also enjoyed this Italian Wars set up ...


... with some big buildings ...

OK here's an out-of-period collage from the Naseby game ...


See ecwbattles for much more on that project ... and here's a glorious eye-level shot of some of those Greek Hoplites in Simon's game ... 

(the Spartan Phalanx)

Aren't the cameras on today's mobile phones splendid?

I won't make lots of comments on Partizan ... it was a nice day out and useful for the Societies ... It was only a short gap before Hereward and I hope we'll all be back at the Showground in the new year.

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