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Trucks, lots of trucks, multi use USA and soviet lend lease. Finally finished except the pintle-mounted MMG's (and perhaps some paint). These are from https://rubiconmodels.com/. Just one hint if you are planing to purchase the Studebaker truck make sure you get the Katyusha kit instead as it comes with the truck deck anyway.
I have realized that I don't have a picture of my 8th army here. This is a side project, I have only completed one squad plus a few guys but here you go. or click here to see the image full sized
Italian Coastal Div. vs. British Airborne in the battle for the " Johnny 1" feature, in order to capture and hold Primosole Bridge in Sicily, 1943.
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Paul Sawyer & Alessio Cavatore Talk Bolt Action; Stalingrad, *3* more books for D-Day, Bolt action V3, Korea, organized game-play (https://play.warlordgames.com/).
In the quest to play something different and offer a chance for my regulat gaming buddy Dave to get a game with his Pike & Shotte , we moved from my FJ playing his IJA in bolt action last week to Me playing Royalists in a game of English Civil War ( ECW) Pike & Shotte this week. It was fun to be doing something different and learning ( well-sort of , despite Dave being a good teacher haha!) A new game.
It was good to find out that P&S is very similar to Black Powder , a game i intend on purchasing and playing properly in the future...but a little disconcerting that i played it as poorly as a drunk stick insect conducting the 'Last night of the proms"!!
However; another positive thing was how great Daves armies looked ranked up..made me long for that Warhammer Empire army on the table...it certainly whet the appetite and nice that my suspicion i missed ranked unit movements and bonuses such as flank attacks etc having gravitas in regards to combat, etc etc. Bodes well for my Black Powder purchase in the future.
Thanks Dave, Thanks for having two armies ready to go, and bringing all the gear to play including period scenery of your own!! It felt great to help someone play a ruleset no one has helped him play before..a good feeling for any of us to have that reciprocal social contract fulfilled for sure.
Terrain making 1945, not much different to my garage this weekend. Perhaps less pipe smoke and more polystyrene. (...also I can't convince my wife to help)
Podcast EP8: "A new hope"
It is a period of total war; Allied armies, landing in hidden locations in Normandy on D Day attempt to win their first Western European battles against the evil Nazi empire... A short time later, Soviet forces strike through Romania and into Hungary, and advance onto Fortress Budapest...
If this was scrolling up the screen and had a princess escaping stormtroopers and Vader this couldn't get any more exciting!!
Join both Dan and Rex as we look back on the D Day 75th and Fortress Budapest Events respectively. We also do a hobby round up and our usual segments.
We hope you enjoy this and remind you to check out both our blog and Youtube channel.
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Join Dan as he assembles and reviews the Med. Town Hall from Things From the Basement. available here;
https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com
This vid contains a tutorial of applying stucco texture to buildings and painting to a high standard for your tabletop- all suitable for a range of periods, scales and games.
We hope you enjoy this; if you do please "Like" , Subscribe and share this with others. Dan & Rex.
I found these images hiding away and wanted to share them so you could compare the corgi SDKFZ 7 with the warlord games resin.
I think youll agree those look more than comfortable sitting next to each other on the table top..but how about when we add the infantry next to them? Perry? Warlord? Artizan? Offensive? Hmmmm......
So ; heres my point for us. And a challenge to Rex for the next WIP podcast;
Scale. In particular the challenges of 28mm 'scale' wargaming.
Why cant we have nice things? why do we fight like cats in a bag over the size of models -especially vehicles and armour - to use?
I have a lot to say on the subject, and hopefully some of it might not even bore you!
We have the next episode 'In the Can' and almost ready to go, but this ones 'stood in the door' as our topic for the following podcast.
Have a great weekend team and get some games in!!
Dan
Rest In Peace.
Private "Bobby" Johns, The Parachute Regiment. Joined up to fight when aged only 14 years old.
K.I.A in Normandy, aged 16, 75 Years ago.
Utrinque Paratus.
I have uploaded my Soviet winter paint recipe here. I'm not the best painter in the world but if this helps someone then great.
The face of war? Or is it? This popular photo depicts a young solider overcome with fear in the trenches but is it for real or not? Its black & white so it must be real...
I understand that this is a scene from a movie called "The Bridge" (a 1959 film made in West Germany), its been used a few times to demonstrate the horror of war but only once have I seen reference to it being from a movie and not a real historical photo.
Regardless, it's chilling image.
Rex's Fortress Budapest Day photos, yes I may have overdone it a bit with the photos perhaps quantity makes up for the quality, tricky in a dark room. A couple I "borrowed" from the bolt action Aust/NZ web page also where mine weren't great quality.
Set 1 is my game 1, set 2 is my game 2 and the final set is general terrain and other peoples games.
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Rex's winter Soviets; Hobby update #3 Deep snow plus bonus indirect fire... still not there yet but close. Click on the image for the full sized version.
WWII Kreigsfischkutter 28mm/1:56 by Titan Terrain NZ (for Bolt Action?)
Join Dan as he reviews and shows off one of his current projects, and we compare it for scale vs. some Kriegsmarine minis. Find Titan Terrain NZ here; https://www.titanterrain.nz/category/... Highly Recommended product and company to deal with! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask below.