Sunday 19 January 2020

Wargames Terrain circa 1965/1966.

The tribute to Peter Gilder was never going to be a series of regularly created posts especially given the paucity of information re the late great man. Im pleased to say I very recently purchased some Donald Featherstone ephemera and amongst the magazines was the following;
This was published around 1965/1966 and was an attempt to help the wargamers create some half decent terrain. Naturally Featherstone enlisted the help of Gilder who had introduced himself to Featherstone and had also made a gift of a finely crafted hill that was shown in several articles by  Featherstone and in a couple of his books. 
 Fresh from his triumph that was the 1965 demonstration of the Battle of Waterloo Peter Gilder was starting to make a name for himself as not only a skilled figure sculptor, but also a skilled terrain maker and fine figure painter.



I can only apologise for the poor quality text and photograph but one should remember that these are originals pages now some fifty five years old!!! I am however pleased that I was able to obtain this piece of wargaming history that I feel needs sharing with any interested wargamers.

7 comments:

  1. This is quite a find! Thank you for scanning, posting and sharing it here.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Not a problem Stokes. Ive been lucky enough to pick up a few interesting magazines including one by Jack Scruby where he describes what and how to wargame, dated 1958.

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  2. Excellent... plasticene and plaster of paris... classic stuff indeed...

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    1. I know, but needs must and the pioneers weren't as lucky as we are.

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  3. Nostalgia overload here!
    I remember the Airfix ACW picture from my school years and could never find it no matter how many old books I bought!
    Excellent find Sir.

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    1. Thanks, I am a bit of a completest and have been furiously searching for early Wargamers Newsletters, Im pleased to say I was able to obtain a few annuals etc that mention Gilder.

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