Joe Saunders is one of the nicest guys you'll ever hope to meet in the hobby - he's an artist, a modeller, and a gifted teacher who wants to share his many skills so the rest of us can build better looking models and fight our miniature battles on better looking tables. In this interview, we talk about Joe's background with Games Workshop Canada (remember them?), building his YouTube channel, and his work with Battlefront. We also discuss Joe's recent decision to get into Napoleonics gaming (One of Us! One of Us! One of Us!).
In the second half of the podcast, Mike and James go into the Canadian Content Corner to talk about a little known and horrific battle, Kapelsche Veer, in the winter of 1945 as Canadian troops (Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), some of them in canoes (!), cleared stubborn German defenders in a brutal week of fighting along the Maas River in northern Holland.
In the What We're Doing segment, Mike talks about his early adventures in 3D printing, and his favourable impressions of Sam Mustafa's Napoleonics rules, Lasalle 2. James talks about how artillery takes up a lot of space on the battlefield, and revisits his beloved Bavarians being annoying to Napoleon at Hanau in 1813. We also talk about how things are looking better for HotLead in March (woot! woot!) and we look ahead to CanGames in Ottawa on the Victoria Day Weekend in May (hmmmm, gaming, or gardening????).
Links to This Episode:
Our Guest, Joe Saunders:
Miniature Landscape Hobbies YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MiniatureLandscapeHobbies/about
Joe's livestream on Building Terrain:
https://youtu.be/5A05nKypJww
Joe's Etsy Store:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/JoeSaundersTerrain
Joe on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/Miniaturelandscapehobbies
Joe's Books for the CWP Virtual Library:
Peter Morby, Creating a Napoleonic Wargames Army, 1809-1815 (Crowood Wargaming Guides) Creating A Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809-1815 (Crowood Wargaming Guides) eBook : Morbey, Peter: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store
David Miller, Fighting Men of World War Two: Axis (Simon and Schuster) Fighting Men of World War II - Axis eBook : Miller, David, Smith, Graham: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store
Canadian Content Corner:
Paul Woodage of WW2TV talks to Edwin Popken on the Battle of Kapelsche Veer: https://youtu.be/8_LzRfAuARY
James Holland and Al Murray of We Have Ways podcast talk to Mark Zuehlke about the Canadian Army in NW Europe:
https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/the-canadian-story/id1457552694?i=1000548427211
Other Stuff Mentioned:
Becke and Summerfield, Hanau 1813: Napoleon's Retreat from Liepzig
https://kentrotman.co.uk/newbooks/hanau-1813-napoleons-retreat-from-leipzig/
Sam Mustafa's Lasalle II rules: https://sammustafa.com/lasalle/
HotLead 2022 (Mar 18-20) https://hotlead.ca
CanGames 2022 (May 20-22) http://cangames.ca
Our Closing March
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment:
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment - Wikipedia
The Lincolnshire Poacher: March of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment https://youtu.be/s6vyUcF_F2k
Contact Us:
Mike: madpadre@gmail.com
@MarshalLuigi
www.madpadrewargames.blogspot.com
James:
jamesmanto@gmail.com
@JamesManto4
www.rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com
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