Gallic Chieftain Chichester

 Another item on my list for my visit to the Chichester museum and their unique well preserved Celtic helmet and tomb of a 1st century BC grave goods. 

The helmet is extraordinary, although in my opinion I think multi coloured horse hair in the plume or even perhaps feathers. 

Cheers

Matt

Fishbourne Palace

 I managed to tick off a bucket list visit to Fishbourne Palace near Chichester. The museum is quite fabulous but does need an upgrade to bring it into line to modern museums. 

Less than 1/3rd of the villa has been exposed.. 

The most famous of the mosaics at Fishbourne 

The previous 1st CentrueyMilitary post on the site 

A nice model of a 3rd century trade ship

Painted Wall plaster remnants 

In the afternoon we decided to travel down to the coast only a few kilometers away to the village of  Bosham with its small port. To our surprise when visiting the HolyTrinity church we found the burial marker for King Cnut daughter, then a tapestry showing the departure location of Harold Godwinson when he visited Normandy  to deliver his note to William. Also across the mill stream once stood the Earl Godwine great hall and palace where on the steps King Cnut braved the tide in his attempt to command it while it rushed in. 

Harold entering the chapel at the holy trinity at Bosham. 

Partizan October 2024

 Well another Partizan done and dusted, as always fabulous and I think the best event in the UK for historical Wargaming. This year I helped set up and play on “the Bunkers, Free State Of Jones” Brother against Brother ACW game. I also completed a bit of shopping and caught up with a lot of people from the Rapid Fire we2 world and from the Analogue Painting Challenge lads. I did a nice bit of shopping picking up the new 28mm 50 odd Perry Vendee and Chouan range, 2 cavalry box’s hussars, 3 boxes victrix French, two blood bowl teams halflings and goblins, front rank 6lb guns, loose 2000ad figs, Calpe Prussian landwehr cavalry, EWM Belgians and German bits, Britannia bits, gripping beast celts and Gringo 40 Mamelukes. 

A few pics from the day 

Shaun and my Brother against Brother game “Free State of Jones”