Ok not much sense in this post but catching up on a few hobby related things. I have managed some reasonable painting time over the past couple of weeks, biting the ‘tartan bullet’ I decided it was time I had some Highlanders in the Peninsular force. I actually had two units in the lead pile. First up then the 42nd Black Watch.
These are Warlord figures nicely sculpted although a few of the bayonets are a bit fragile.
Not surprisingly they were a true test of my meagre painting skills but I think I can live with the results. The GMB flags improve the overall effect
I have also been working away at another couple of generic Dark age units, these have been picked up then put back down many times but suddenly they are completed.
The last ACW game we needed some additional markers so I has a few casualty markers which I have popped onto bases as well, so some good progress
I have also played several games away from the dungeon, two down at George’s both of which he has blogged already, most recently a very close battle in our Smolensk campaign. I didn’t take many shots but here is my lovely Mortar battery before they were tricked into the open and killed ! After about 4 hours of fighting both sides were on the point of collapse, unfortunately the Russians collapsed first 🙁
And what of Vietnam, well Dave and Martin have been collecting Vietnam since covid, playing a range of different sized battles (one at Partizan was featured in WI a couple of months ago) last weekend they kindly invited a small group to play through a massive (really massive) game over three days in Scarborough. Gerry Elliot the host has a stunning gaming facility which was turned into jungle for the weekend. Far too much happened over the weekend to run through any details, but Dave and Martin had constructed a complex range of scenarios and objectives for us to play through using their own bespoke ruleset. It was a great pleasure to play I will just share some eye candy here check out their blogs for more details etc… it isn’t really a period I have gamed so I can’t even name all the various vehicles which were in play.
The full setup ! The gap in the middle being a river
Helicopters
Marines
Planes
Crashed objectives
Rivers
Marines attacking the rubber factory
Enormous VC trench system discovered on the hills
Tunnels !
Napalm
We did manage to rescue/destroy the chopper
Inside the tunnels which were very tough to clear out
Day two and the armoured convoy arrives
Marines trudging through VC infested jungle
VC take out our leading transport
More Napalm
We’ve finally captured the village
Anzacs attacking the trench system
Tough fighting in the village
As you can see it was a truly impressive setup, although it is rumoured there is more to come ! We all had fun, thanks to Dave and Martin for their huge efforts to make the weekend run and to Ged and his Wife for the facility and excellent housekeeping and support.
Hopefully a dark age battle later in the dungeon
Matt 😀