So ladies and gentlemen. I go away for 6 days of family Christmas, and a sneaky bit of gaming, and half of you have gone mad and painted all the figures you have. Most impressive but can you all calm down. It's a marathon not a snickers (only Brits will understand that)
I did manage to do some painting before I went away and have done some more today.
DaveD and I played our 1st game of 02hundred yesterday, it has potential but the rules need putting in a much better order. It was a somewhat baffling.
These are SAS troopers for the Brits. I painted them somewhat lighter than the Germans, who were too dark
Couple of snipers and a bren gun for support
All these are Artizan designs
Commander and radio operator
Finally some proper support
2" mortar, K gun (when you need all the bullets), flame thrower and PIAT
Next up Dave and I are running a gangster game ar Hammerhead and we thought we needed a tube station. That I can make but the tube train was harder. A trawl of ebay found this kit. It was a nightmare to put together. the base is 5mm shorter than the roof. so much sawing and filing was needed. Overall it looks cool though
gave it a dirty silver paint job with red trim, seems to fit with the game
It's a big old unit, big enough for a gunfight
Finally we needed some buildings for 02hundred so I picked these up, Sarissa I think
Couple of fairly large ones
and a couple of sheds
Will work for Gangsters and pretty much anything else.
Scores on the doors
13x28mm infantry = 65
1x28mm train = 20
4x buildings = 2/3 cube =13
total = 98 pts
That will do for today. Just watched Medieval on Netflix (cancelled my membership - it's got really rubbish lately with some proper gems that last a series before being cancelled, and don't get me started on the total BS that is Ancient Apocalypse.). Anyway Medieval isn't great but it is about Jan Zizka and I feel the need for a Hussite army, cos obviously that's the kinda guy I am.
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Great grey stuff, Martin. I like your greyscale SAS team, but I am sorry to hear that '02 Hundred' is proving to be a bit more of a puzzle than anticipated. It's a shame, as the game's premise is spot-on for creating fun scenarios. I'll have to see if I can grab a PDF copy of the rules to see what could be leveraged for a cooperative game.
I like the sound of the Gangster game you and Dave are plotting. Your subway car is especially brilliant, and I can definitely see it being used for some dramatic confrontations. I can just imagine in my mind's eye, the car's lights flashing on and off, as two-fisted action unfolds within. Very pulpy!
Yep, I agree, 'Ancient Apocalypse' is trash - how did it ever get produced much less released? I'll have to check out 'Medieval' as I like the idea of heavily armed caravans. Sort of a middle-ages Texas trailer park with crossbows.
- Curt