Partizan Pics Phil Olley Special

I've long been an admirer of the games Phil Olley puts on. I remember seeing some of his Eastern European set ups at some of the earliest Partizan shows I went to. There's something very clean and almost stylised about the games he puts on that appeals to me. There's an element of "toy soldier" somehow about them despite them being beautifully staged and painted. And they're always very colourful.

So it was great to see he had a game at Partizan this year and I took quite a few pictures.

I'm very pleased with myself for this shot.

I'm sure the castle is historically accurate but the detail of the door adds to the old school, "toy soldier" feel for me.

There's always plenty of detail and vignettes as well as the colourful units, like these two ladies...

...and the extensive camp.

This set of pictures are from later in the day...

The town has taken some considerable punishment by this stage.

 Fab looking game full of beautifully painted models.

Phil was deep in conversation both times I dropped by so I didn't get a chance to introduce myself. Maybe next time. 

ou can find more of his work on his blog Phil's War Cabinet

Partizan Pics Part Three

And still more pictures...

Napoleonics - look Austrian to me, but what do I know

This is a different Naps game I think - Waterloo somewhere? No idea why I only took one picture...

Some Sudan shenanigans

I think this is back to the Big Batallions game, later in the day

And another look at the WW2 desert game

An Indian Mutiny game by the looks of it

Excelleny photo skillz getting the tree in focus and the soldiers not quite...

Who doesn't love a game with a Nelly?

Lovely looking Infamy Infamy game from the Lardzone

And finally the lovely Oosterbeek game from the Too Fat Lardies.

So much detail...

LEDs in the smoke I think

The table was crammed with details and extras and it was sometimes hard to even see the soldiers