Normandy Manor: The Kit Behind the Brécourt Build
Normandy Manor & Brécourt · The kit and background
Our Normandy Manor kit grew out of Duncan Wasdell’s plan to add Brécourt Manor to his D-Day charity gaming table. Gary designed the building; Geoff Lacey at Purple Lion Creations made the conversion.
Manors like this can be found across Normandy. For a 28mm D-Day table, the building gives you a starting point for a manor and its surrounding compound.
The Brécourt connection
On D-Day, 6 June 1944, men from Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division attacked the German artillery position near Brécourt Manor. The guns threatened the routes inland from Utah Beach. The action was later depicted in Band of Brothers.
That history was the inspiration for the manor section of Duncan’s Normandy gaming table.
From Gary’s design to Geoff’s conversion
When Duncan Wasdell contacted us about extending the table, Gary worked up the shell of the building. We sent the kit to Geoff at Purple Lion Creations, who added the detail and adapted the surrounding buildings using kits from our World War Europe range.
You can now follow Geoff’s conversion in the build article, from the flat-packed parts to the finished manor and courtyard.
Getting the table ready
Logan from Bear’s Army worked on the battlefield at Sarissa ahead of UK Games Expo 2024. The manor became part of Duncan’s 16ft × 4ft Normandy table, used to raise funds and awareness for the National Kidney Federation and support Bear’s Army.
The charity-table article has the completed boards, the Games Expo games and Duncan’s own account of the project.
To build your own version, start with the Normandy Manor (28mm) and choose the surrounding buildings from the World War Europe range.
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