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War-gaming and figure collecting and painting have been the one hobby I have always had an interest in, and have found always possible to do, no matter the weather or other circumstances. At present it is my daily relax at the end of the day, when kids are asleep and all is calm, I find peace with my paints...

Wargaming

In terms of gaming and figure collecting I prefer the 28mm scale for just about all periods; ancients , medieval, pike and shot, horse & musket and fantasy. Its just a nice size figure to paint, for the detail without being excessive in size, nor too fiddly to handle.
For WWII, I prefer the 15mm scale game Flames of War, as I feel if you are going to include tanks at 28mm scale then the range becomes a little contrived if you are trying to shoot your main gun, the rounds would probably land in the neighbours garden...

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Friday, February 24, 2012

AHWPC - Stowage! Its a dirty word!

Work continues on the horde of halftracks...

stowage!

I finished painting all the little bits of stowage from the sprues I had clipped out en-masse earlier. Over 140 of the little buggers... I tell you if I see another frickin jerry can I'll...@#$$%^&! Sorry please excuse the outburst!



Well I have just finished gluing them all into place, in a varied arrangement so hopefully no two halftracks will be identical. After that I've gloss varnished the areas where the decals will go; the black crosses and Vehicle ID numbers as per the GPG HQ in earlier post.

So hopefully they will be completely finished this weekend.

After that I am about 50% finished doing the HMG platoon, so progress is starting to be made.

After that, I have options of the PaK40 platoon, 8cm mortar platoon, 10.5cm howitzer platoon, or 15cm nebelwerfer platoon...

I know I started off the Typhoons earlier, but my recent gaming in FoW has all been Germans, so I am looking to expand their options on the battlefield. That, and my two regular opponents and I are looking to start the two Axis of Attack campaigns from the D-Day supplement book; Cutting the Cotentin, starting off with Utah beach landings, so Germans against the US, and Breville Gap starting off with Sword beach landing, so Germans vs Brits.

Looks like its going to be an interesting and busy year of FoW gaming :-)
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3 comments:

  1. My word thats an awful lot of baggage you are carrying around! It will be worth it when you see them all in place.

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  2. Bloody hell, that's a lot of stuff!
    I can't wait for PSC to release those HTs in 20mm scale!
    I'm jealous! ;)

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  3. The baggage should look excellent when glued into place!

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Games of toy soldiers and dice

Looking back as a younger player, I recall I probably took this all a little too seriously, exploding into flung dice and figures if things went wrong, my luck was bad and I lost...

Now I realise, the fun is simply in playing and enjoying the game, win or lose. And learning to laugh if lady luck farts in your face...So long as the game looks good with painted figures and realistic terrain, I am thrilled to get a game.

And of course an opponent of a similar mind set helps too, to make the game an enjoyable occaision.

These days I spend far more time painting figures and making terrain than I do get to play actual games, so when a game comes around I have usually forgotten half the rules and the subtle tactics of the specific game, invariably resulting in a loss! But as long as it looks good, and I have a laugh while playing, I'm happy.