tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460630794107702562024-02-07T07:50:58.614+00:00Diary of a Gaming MagpieA Hobby blog about wargaming, miniature painting, board gaming and other musings.
Why magpie, I hear you ask? Simple: I'm constantly being distracted by new shiny things. Come in, make yourself at home and feel free to leave a comment. Caw!Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-77949779231250989022017-06-06T21:36:00.001+01:002017-06-06T21:36:12.346+01:00Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge VII (belatedly)<i>Oh crikey, is it June already? I started drafting this post weeks ago, and just never got around to finishing it...</i><br />
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Here's my belated wrap-up on what I managed to get painted during the Seventh Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, running December 2016 through to March 2017. A staple of my hobby calendar, there was no way I'd miss it despite knowing early 2017 was going to become quite different in my household, with a baby due to arrive! As expected, it was a fairly subdued showing for me, largely because of the little one, but also with a good share of my time for hobbies being taken up with a couple of regular board games nights. Still, the Challenge remained a highlight of my miniature gaming year, and it was awesome to balance out my own lack of output by getting involved with minion duties - shout out to the Friday crew fort all their awesome work.<br />
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I started out with some SCW, a project I've been plugging away at for some time. I seem to still have a sizeable lead pile for it, but pretty soon after the challenge opened I got cracking on my last few Carlist <i>Requetes</i>, though they were only entered just in time for the Challenge Cut.<i> </i><br />
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Painted to match my other <i>Requetes</i>, the rather colourful and impressive flag is from Flags of War.<br />
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For the '<i>Terrain: Home' </i>Theme Round, I represented the senseless destruction of life and property that has been a part of conflict throughout the ages, with a Mediterranean farmhouse destroyed in the the fighting. Once someone's home, reduced to a burned-out shell. Intended for the SCW, a reflection of the a violent repression unleashed against civilians in both the Nationalists and Republican zones, as the antagonists sought to root out suspected enemy sympathisers or "Fifth Columnists" or take revenge for perceived injustices.<br />
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It is a Timeline Miniatures ruined farmhouse kit, to which I added rubble, texture and detailing.<br />
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My third entry was for a Theme round again: this time '<i>West</i>'. I stretched the theme round definition and submitted two wonderfully characterful sculpts are from Statuesque Miniatures' Pulp Alley range. The gentleman, I named Commander Hector West, US Naval Officer (retired), decorated veteran of the Great War and joined by an associate, Camila Valentina Lopez, a beautiful but deadly bounty hunter.<br />
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Then, oh gosh, another theme round: <i>'Characters or scene from...'</i> For this, I was working on a few miniatures from the 'Marvel Universe Miniatures Game' by Knight Models. The Marvel characters nail almost every category in this Theme Round: they feature in a gamut of Movies, Comic Books and TV Shows, a bastion of Western popular culture for decades (perhaps not 'piece of music', though). Perfect for me too: few miniatures to paint, and lots of variety to keep me interested. And for (the now-discontinued *grumble*) MUMG, I'd chosen the X-Men Faction, a major reason being the 90's animated TV series that I grew up with, and loved. I really should watch it again, to see how it's aged.<br />
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So I did want paint a whole team of X-Men for this Theme Round, hoping even for all seven that I'd picked up from Knight: Wolverine, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Gambit, Colossus, Jean Grey and Cyclops.<br />
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But disaster: I hit my whole set of these Knight Models with an can of old spray primer, which 'gritted' really badly. This really set me back, and led to some weeks in February was spent stripping them back, then re-prepping and basing them. But I got them sprayed back up and Scott Summers, aka Cyclops painted: their leader and Professor Xavier's right-hand man.<br />
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And finally, just towards the end of the Challenge I contributed my Curtgeld. For this, I had a huge amount of help from IainW, who put a shout-out for someone to collaborate on a diorama with. Iain had both the miniatures and a cunning plan.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The Battle of Marignano pitted the young King Francis I of France against the Swiss Confederacy during the Italian Wars, and resulted in a decisive French victory, establishing the dominance of French Gendarmes and artillery over the Swiss phalanx tactics. In celebration, Francis requested he be knighted on the battlefield, by the Chevalier Bayard. Iain had suitable miniatures for both the King and Chevalier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chevalier Bayard, real name Pierre Terrail (1473 - 1524) seems like one of those larger than life figures of history, known as the "knight beyond fear and reproach", though he apparently preferred just "the good knight". He was considered the epitome of chivalry and most skillful commanders of the age. He boasts some rather </span>excessive<span style="font-family: inherit;"> headwear and fashionable mustard leggings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So by a long way my lowest challenge output yet, just a handful of miniatures. But, I had anticip</span>ated a small tally and set a low target, and judicious use of the theme rounds meant that I managed to hit my 200 points in the closing week.<br />
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If anything, I've fallen deeper into a miniatures hobby lull in the months since, barely picking up a brush and seemingly little able to motivate me. That doesn't feel like a problem to me at the moment. Instead, I've been leaning pretty heavily into a multitude of board games and card games, more social than just sitting upstairs painting and very much more accessible both in terms of access to people to game with, and requiring less time and focus away from the table.<br />
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But, I've been a miniature gamer for so many years, I've no doubt that I'll just take this little hiatus, but be back at it when I find something to inspire me. I do have the rather excellent <i>Operation Market Larden</i> event coming up this weekend, where I get to enjoy some frankly stunning looking games using my favourite rulesets, which might get the creative juices flowing!Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-74968165404112453892016-10-18T21:14:00.000+01:002016-10-18T21:16:19.826+01:00I Aten't DedWell, it's been a while. More than five months since my last post. But no need to worry - I've not fallen off the ends of the earth or been taken by dimensional horrors (yet). No, it's just been a deeper summer lull than usual for me, with little miniature hobby enthusiasm to post about. Due in parts to other hobbies, distractions and general life stuff. Including quite a few games of <i>Netrunner</i>, both in my local 'meta' and travelling to a couple of organised play events.<br />
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But I've been languidly back at the brushes in recent weeks, to the the point where I've actually finished something - huzzah! Yes, another two <i>Requetes</i> for the SCW, started months ago, sat idle for the summer and finished off over the past fortnight.<br />
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But beyond these, I've not been totally idle. After the last AHPC, I dug out all of my terrain for a good sort out, into worthy completed pieces, bits that needed some repairs or a refresh to meet current standards, and stocktake the many bits and pieces that I've picked up over the years. One of the new pieces that I built was this walled apple orchard:<br />
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This was my first dabble in using the crazy-cheap trees that can be sourced from China on eBay. While a bit uniform and of dubious colour, I tarted mine up with some paint and reckon they came out ok. As good as model railway trees on the cheaper end, anyway.<br />
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While I could have squeezed a couple more trees onto the base, I left it a bit roomy to easily fit miniatures on, giving the effect of an orchard while hopeful the trees would get less mauled with usage. I did briefly consider doing the trees separate to the main base, too, but felt it unnecessary..<br />
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In a nutshell, what I've been up to miniatures-wise. But, as they say, 'winter is coming' which means we're heading full tilt for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. For that, I've got miniatures to prep, including a new project with that brother of mine Gharak. You should definitely see more of me over the winter months!Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-74659356116314980352016-04-30T22:07:00.001+01:002016-04-30T23:11:51.626+01:00A New Distraction!It's all been a bit quiet from me here since the end of AHPC VI. Reason for that is I stumbled on an active Netrunner community locally, and decided to take up the many opportunity for some gaming with <i>cards</i>. A new interest that came out of nowhere! <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCCnhnBXwM2Ih55VVUm72xrsyWVd5EyZwefjcf9VP7iqayahb2tyerIloMhcS60s7H5_ldund8zjedEsJ98TOHzhgELjq2Jp_TFsXtrHs0aGSIJUfpP8wU9FooCl1xRdA5y-jD92uec7p/s640/blogger-image-547048231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCCnhnBXwM2Ih55VVUm72xrsyWVd5EyZwefjcf9VP7iqayahb2tyerIloMhcS60s7H5_ldund8zjedEsJ98TOHzhgELjq2Jp_TFsXtrHs0aGSIJUfpP8wU9FooCl1xRdA5y-jD92uec7p/s640/blogger-image-547048231.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div>Android: Netrunner is an asymmetric Cyberpunk Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games. One player plays a Mega-Corporation looking to advance their agendas while protecting their secrets and servers. Their opponent plays a plucky 'Runner' looking to hack servers and steal secrets, for reasons including profit and anarchism. It's huge fun to play from both perspectives, with the asymmetric design offering hidden information, bluffing and clever plays galore. </div><div><br></div><div>This past month, I've been enjoying throwing myself into learning the game, which has a well-developed 'meta-game'. The theme and depth/complexity seems to draw an older crowd compared to its competitors, and the local players have been invariably friendly, welcoming, inclusive and generous with their time in showing new players like me the ropes. And I appreciate FFGs LCG format - no blind packs and artificial rarity of cards nonsense! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyWhsi5buvmuQynoffEyL5GSN5_KK9gqj535nb_6lbS4NORELccw8VT7GL7Sz1baDcsn9tyaEWYzjDdyrw2FiTK37gUDCMH7Y-9ZUapKbtjWzqzW-zC68db8FFDbl2ddpEypE46y8aaT6/s640/blogger-image-541120060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyWhsi5buvmuQynoffEyL5GSN5_KK9gqj535nb_6lbS4NORELccw8VT7GL7Sz1baDcsn9tyaEWYzjDdyrw2FiTK37gUDCMH7Y-9ZUapKbtjWzqzW-zC68db8FFDbl2ddpEypE46y8aaT6/s640/blogger-image-541120060.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm fortunate that there's two regular local meets a week, and a group of players that play over lunch at work. Those opportunities mean I've played something like 50 games over the past month - a bit embarrassing compared to how infrequently I tend to actually get minis onto the table. It's not entirely fair to compare with wargaming of course, with A:NR being a 20-40 minute game and hugely more transportable! </div><div><br></div><div>A:NR is a great game, definitely recommended by me. But where does that leave wargaming? Well no change, really: I've been at it for ~20 years and it's always been a hobby that's waxed and waned with competing hobbies and pressures on time. Post-AHPC, I've been surveying my terrain collection and have been fixing and rebasing various little-used pieces to bring them up to scratch. I'll continue with that, until my enthusiasm gets fired up to paint some minis. My fresh copy of the new version of Lardy rule set Sharp Practice is a likely candidate for that! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR53FKUx40FTeCS_26KbFSZ8YcO2pVXCBGrytUmqEYSdVB2hW-kVtKqmtxSFNlE23tuFFLJs7WZIJcEC-NM77kVPe2hRfMookbJJHr3Xwh7qFP12urDMyx388uXPJa0uRDZaEaYW5HSTKN/s640/blogger-image--20633557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR53FKUx40FTeCS_26KbFSZ8YcO2pVXCBGrytUmqEYSdVB2hW-kVtKqmtxSFNlE23tuFFLJs7WZIJcEC-NM77kVPe2hRfMookbJJHr3Xwh7qFP12urDMyx388uXPJa0uRDZaEaYW5HSTKN/s640/blogger-image--20633557.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-85933874188654850402016-04-09T17:10:00.001+01:002016-04-09T18:43:22.906+01:00Sixth AHPC - March 2016 and Final Tally<div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The dust has settled after the manic last week's of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. Votes have been cast and prizes awarded, as things should be. The Challengers are able to shuffle back into the sunlight for another nine months. </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My first entry in March was my <i>Curtgeld</i> for the challenge, for which I drew on our shared interest in the Spanish Civil War: that's what I've been painting for most of the past year, and Curt's own collection has been a great inspiration. So here's my rendition of Eric Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, from his time serving in the Spanish Civil War.</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqcMvrezSPguGf7cixtkbRpYleXHesJGQa81IrbwJ17MMDss7bcC-l0B8beC5Y2bVgRoz0z1UHXrSZdNzwzSxZybNs1Bm-3rLauQQkdXBsJvcFSjYYdwq_4ZF_jwEpOt50RnFv_RIqP7_/s640/blogger-image-1790751122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqcMvrezSPguGf7cixtkbRpYleXHesJGQa81IrbwJ17MMDss7bcC-l0B8beC5Y2bVgRoz0z1UHXrSZdNzwzSxZybNs1Bm-3rLauQQkdXBsJvcFSjYYdwq_4ZF_jwEpOt50RnFv_RIqP7_/s640/blogger-image-1790751122.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>He's from Artizan Designs' Thrilling Tales range, they've managed a very good likeness.<br></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPicJDhj6OAoqARPjaF8uTd3Jqmz8WVg6IIwe3-mn-A6Y-TtvhCsAAg6Cp2WtLkld89povbcVKhC4W1QfY0CX7Rc1SYOboUHGHb6Sai79ZPSggu-jgLq_b0e35H54eSuXUvFiczAXJCAY/s640/blogger-image-1195770086.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPicJDhj6OAoqARPjaF8uTd3Jqmz8WVg6IIwe3-mn-A6Y-TtvhCsAAg6Cp2WtLkld89povbcVKhC4W1QfY0CX7Rc1SYOboUHGHb6Sai79ZPSggu-jgLq_b0e35H54eSuXUvFiczAXJCAY/s400/blogger-image-1195770086.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In December 1936, Blair, a democratic socialist and staunch anti-fascist, set out for Spain to fight for the Republicans. Entering Catalonia from France, he encountered the conflicting factions supporting the government in Barcalona, and joined The Worker's Party of Marxist Unification - POUM. Sent to the quiet Aragon Front, he initially saw little action, only deprivations visited on the loyalists from lack of supplies. Having recnently married, his wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy visited him there.</span></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bVWQPq3b5UkgMd6tR_zTm7Ad3PcIO72F3n9TYd_5a_HVUOTEBuyMLikSo3AtI2cYBJZ-Q5sAetPxygxb6KTjnltvtwBA25LPl964qznXg_Ca-FhsonKZldLQIGlyEfTwl4_aWv7SgoGQ/s640/blogger-image-1204434139.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bVWQPq3b5UkgMd6tR_zTm7Ad3PcIO72F3n9TYd_5a_HVUOTEBuyMLikSo3AtI2cYBJZ-Q5sAetPxygxb6KTjnltvtwBA25LPl964qznXg_Ca-FhsonKZldLQIGlyEfTwl4_aWv7SgoGQ/s400/blogger-image-1204434139.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He traveled to Madrid, intending to join the Communist party's International Brigades. There he was appalled at the factionalism dogging the Republican cause and denunciations of POUM from the Communist press, and resolved to return to Catalonia instead. Back at the front, he was wounded in the neck by a sniper and ruled medically unfit to serve longer. Blair being 6'2" was probably a factor, you can identify him in the photo below standing a head taller than his comrades. By June, POUM had been outlawed as a "fascist" organisation that hindered the Republican cause, and as its members were arrested and put on trial, Blair fled to France and then back to England. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJTMhMGpfZUmnXg1GStTGUNdn8Xxv4LhYAVqyKpFAXPXh-H6wDOLR48NwC_usmCkFJSwCim5IaUYojk-z67NC4IrSoroQoxp3Ws4Fkk8PGlJV0Lt-2-zUiYcDVRaWas34SSyGIuMXnZ3I/s640/blogger-image--770934763.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJTMhMGpfZUmnXg1GStTGUNdn8Xxv4LhYAVqyKpFAXPXh-H6wDOLR48NwC_usmCkFJSwCim5IaUYojk-z67NC4IrSoroQoxp3Ws4Fkk8PGlJV0Lt-2-zUiYcDVRaWas34SSyGIuMXnZ3I/s400/blogger-image--770934763.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So why a "gambler, daredevil or risk-taker"? Well, I thought as a published author, setting aside his burgeoning career to participate in an unpopular foreign conflict for his beliefs was quite a colossal gamble. And actively seeking combat to fight for what he believed in was undoubtedly risky - he travelled specifically to fight, not as a writer, though he later wrote classics about the conflict. </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr1vWDxg53afwvaBfts9hwA_zBw4ietgdmhlxW0nxy2GOtcr2qggPrnujmMlyc2ZKHPJcPx8PXCS75oeUxbRUwz5F3TsPV5oulTMT1reWyoslgH2DAJwsvraahZL_KfojxZjRjucNXMsp/s640/blogger-image--1241303474.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr1vWDxg53afwvaBfts9hwA_zBw4ietgdmhlxW0nxy2GOtcr2qggPrnujmMlyc2ZKHPJcPx8PXCS75oeUxbRUwz5F3TsPV5oulTMT1reWyoslgH2DAJwsvraahZL_KfojxZjRjucNXMsp/s640/blogger-image--1241303474.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I painted him as best I could to fit in with Curt's existing SCW collection, choosing appropriate colours as best I could and using more subtle skin tone to my usual. The base is left bare for Curt to match. I couldn't resist giving him a patch showing his allegiance to POUM, a white hammer and sickle on red. </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK0p1bNLBeBZAdgF9GkFqivJIGPkhmctekKiDc9WRTBOD1wsyKJfNaIRS1wKd0g2pHP9j515d4N9GTSFrhKzLv5vv1ywXDHbLKUkEKoTMRESw3_hKLscqyQ54wJ4K64at3CzcrcTkQlts/s640/blogger-image--613948032.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK0p1bNLBeBZAdgF9GkFqivJIGPkhmctekKiDc9WRTBOD1wsyKJfNaIRS1wKd0g2pHP9j515d4N9GTSFrhKzLv5vv1ywXDHbLKUkEKoTMRESw3_hKLscqyQ54wJ4K64at3CzcrcTkQlts/s640/blogger-image--613948032.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For the challenge theme round, 'Gamblers Daredevils or Risk-takers', I entered a diorama of a downed Spanish Civil War Republican fighter, whose pilot managed to nursed his beloved "Mosca" into a crash-landing.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbYLrQQ6sQvwp_f5PdkSEXMr-H-2R7Wbj7vOjeYOaJ7CrosavwJ1hV6NqrSzZFpMme9oE_GIzEojLvdVOWcR1Qy_HSmcTWNeWTlud9EjvHyCvNvfi5I2qlejS5jd5bJar-Rz8yCycbKAo/s640/blogger-image-104637784.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbYLrQQ6sQvwp_f5PdkSEXMr-H-2R7Wbj7vOjeYOaJ7CrosavwJ1hV6NqrSzZFpMme9oE_GIzEojLvdVOWcR1Qy_HSmcTWNeWTlud9EjvHyCvNvfi5I2qlejS5jd5bJar-Rz8yCycbKAo/s400/blogger-image-104637784.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Republican pilots of the SCW were doubtless daredevils, gamblers and risk-takers. Outnumbered, they started the war with obsolete planes and were quickly up against the German Condor Legion and Italian Legionary Air Force supplied by the Rebel's allies. The Rebels superior air power, innovative and controversial use of it contributed to many of their successes, and to Republican defeats.<br><br></span><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fglh6jHkpc74WD1w0mtrNCqcz5VCeq0wrjgHXPHfPmrjEJYThzF_KuWWKyNWu4wUKblw_QWips5rzjesFIBuSE3ne8UfFY1QYnX48ieOR3N_wfHAMq_bmSWSHSorprKIC0zaog78m3Km/s640/blogger-image--1187447654.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fglh6jHkpc74WD1w0mtrNCqcz5VCeq0wrjgHXPHfPmrjEJYThzF_KuWWKyNWu4wUKblw_QWips5rzjesFIBuSE3ne8UfFY1QYnX48ieOR3N_wfHAMq_bmSWSHSorprKIC0zaog78m3Km/s400/blogger-image--1187447654.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The plane is a Polikarpov I-16 Type 10 fighter, nicknamed the "Mosca" (Fly) by the Republicans and "Ratta" by the Rebels. More than 250 I-16s were supplied but the Soviets to the Republican Air Force. This is a 1:48 scale kit from Czech company Eduard. I was originally looking to build a reconnaisance or light bomber, intending to do a larger plane but under-scale in 1:76. But the SCW is less well served by kits compared to WWII, so I went for this larger I-16 in quick-build 'weekend edition'. It's got a pleasingly Soviet functional look, it's snub nose making it look a bit like an oil-drum with wings. I was really chuffed to snag one for a mere £9 with delivery too! Unfortunately, the decals weren't usable, but I painted on the main markings. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I built the kit as is, as Google-fu'd pictures of crashed I-16s seemed to be impressively whole - they must be pretty sturdy! So I just knocked some bullet holes in and had fun doing some mangled landing gear and a shrub that had been clipped as debris:<br><br></span><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><font color="#000000" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-QXPRhlOXCawKO4TEAp8gmvpSP2KOvIDshj1nPzbGyPMDY3CW7ClQqNlpdTAv__xUZb3DYf47Fq2A0PG1_kgztMXDBWzZZd_1kptGCqNw-wb_BhgxGKfXSVUo42T0679ZwDKcSUNllZF/s1600/blogger-image-782343309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-QXPRhlOXCawKO4TEAp8gmvpSP2KOvIDshj1nPzbGyPMDY3CW7ClQqNlpdTAv__xUZb3DYf47Fq2A0PG1_kgztMXDBWzZZd_1kptGCqNw-wb_BhgxGKfXSVUo42T0679ZwDKcSUNllZF/s400/blogger-image-782343309.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></a></font></div></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><br></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The embryo for this idea was originally to be my Curtgeld - A thought to do a SCW pilot as 'daredevil' for Curt. I ditched that idea quickly when I remembered that Curt had already put on</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> that scenario! - http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/worst-case-scenario-12-condor-down.html</span></div><div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The pilot miniature is from the SCW edition of Painting War magazine.<br><br></span><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><font color="#000000" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgni399iB8qFWhKfnG3oBWx2GBqbWFcuMtAfB71Mtnt76W2mQhY0i9Sm-0zmddUQAcZ7K9giXoCeiBU4QjuoDiXM0nhoRHOcL6Mmptb-3YVdiWg5wGaRean_ap21m58DZ-cOb2acNCgXIJq/s640/blogger-image--625594776.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgni399iB8qFWhKfnG3oBWx2GBqbWFcuMtAfB71Mtnt76W2mQhY0i9Sm-0zmddUQAcZ7K9giXoCeiBU4QjuoDiXM0nhoRHOcL6Mmptb-3YVdiWg5wGaRean_ap21m58DZ-cOb2acNCgXIJq/s400/blogger-image--625594776.jpg" width="273" style="border: none; position: relative;"></a></font></div></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><br></div><div><div class="" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A really neat miniature, though much skinnier and more finely detailed than the main 28mm SCW ranges. Mine also had weird casting issue of horizontal lines all the way down the front, it looked almost like 3D printed minis do. I got most of them off eventually.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0_rzw-c9P_q5F32MqXpI9kQlBcMZ9xPCd1_0b4pls4khRSxJrntAudi1Zx47z9t3SAzrDdCVbMlVszrL8xoZ0m0-SL0oojMQS54Ce2ZsohLsa1XgkOnATdOrBKKLKXDOha4X0-iQ6c3X/s640/blogger-image--1784120616.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0_rzw-c9P_q5F32MqXpI9kQlBcMZ9xPCd1_0b4pls4khRSxJrntAudi1Zx47z9t3SAzrDdCVbMlVszrL8xoZ0m0-SL0oojMQS54Ce2ZsohLsa1XgkOnATdOrBKKLKXDOha4X0-iQ6c3X/s400/blogger-image--1784120616.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lastly the theme entry was a gamble for myself - I only got the pilot the weekend before the deadline and ordered the I-16 the following. Very fortunate it arrived by Thursday to build and paint, and that I could find enough time to get it and the pilot done (Curt's impromptus extension bailed me out there)! </span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Next came a SCW Schneider m1908 70mm mountain gun, submitted on the final day to provide some heavy firepower for my Nationalists. A squat little thing in a fine Empress kit. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxl134lelOq6UKpRy-PIyx756P48GP1e9w9ZoyDQEzyU07i6n5e8zike_Na9cP1swDp1QZ6BnXNDDO1FUueW9hPifFBoqrVWwtrPhXb11oPHQ89ScWa41-FFage_8gwbIIudAnAt-x2AO/s640/blogger-image-1907385461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxl134lelOq6UKpRy-PIyx756P48GP1e9w9ZoyDQEzyU07i6n5e8zike_Na9cP1swDp1QZ6BnXNDDO1FUueW9hPifFBoqrVWwtrPhXb11oPHQ89ScWa41-FFage_8gwbIIudAnAt-x2AO/s400/blogger-image-1907385461.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6bIQoLZfoXcFB-rhIpHufEml_R0zCKO57waa7cvB-e0Gpak9EqybhveHpAEs4cqzk_o3hUGd5uw_YWmHgK7E1L8JN_ogILujKhxm4t5aaOUSgRp_Z_K7EYUQJkq4PCFXWT1HEBMpUlBz/s640/blogger-image-1616455147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6bIQoLZfoXcFB-rhIpHufEml_R0zCKO57waa7cvB-e0Gpak9EqybhveHpAEs4cqzk_o3hUGd5uw_YWmHgK7E1L8JN_ogILujKhxm4t5aaOUSgRp_Z_K7EYUQJkq4PCFXWT1HEBMpUlBz/s400/blogger-image-1616455147.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></a></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Each Spanish infantry battalion had one of these, and unlike many support weapons there were actually enough for the Peninsular army to receive their allocation. They were typical detached and brigaded together into batteries. I couldn't find that much about them online, nor many pictures of either real ones nor painted miniatures. The camo is conjectural but a saw a B&W photo of one in a camo scheme and the green/khaki colours seemed most likely to me. It received a heavy dose of chipping and more weathering pigments than the photos suggest. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqkjULlGu6orJ8GJshwsJOk12U2MSqQSL2f4ic0I55h5ylVyU2vmjE4azPjfQbtJrn8mp61dydKQfooJ9ttlUotQtk6bWro04xAuJneRn0rKchehPd0Z3OEysAcM5KT3_5DNz_Y2s0j5i/s640/blogger-image--1877140824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqkjULlGu6orJ8GJshwsJOk12U2MSqQSL2f4ic0I55h5ylVyU2vmjE4azPjfQbtJrn8mp61dydKQfooJ9ttlUotQtk6bWro04xAuJneRn0rKchehPd0Z3OEysAcM5KT3_5DNz_Y2s0j5i/s400/blogger-image--1877140824.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This was a real bugbear on my painting desk. I blitzed through the crew while on holiday at the start of this month. But the gun took me ages, working at it on and off. The hassle of basing it up after painting, not my favoured method. But I'm pleased with the result. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMLI5ylcAGhgNafnz1OOw1XuQ1nJiXo0bfqISnpcnhN0HeAHySGXzbtT43Th83zts7xbErN-4vgJAcLhV5K9J4nPzimpciZm7pD2PVczELkkrgM0KuPBLc4zNLHDo2uzrQXYtZI6T1iSH/s640/blogger-image--1735267116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMLI5ylcAGhgNafnz1OOw1XuQ1nJiXo0bfqISnpcnhN0HeAHySGXzbtT43Th83zts7xbErN-4vgJAcLhV5K9J4nPzimpciZm7pD2PVczELkkrgM0KuPBLc4zNLHDo2uzrQXYtZI6T1iSH/s400/blogger-image--1735267116.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I then cast about for something to quickly work up for the finale. I received these Pulp Miniatures 'cowled cultists' for Christmas. As my Secret Santa got me 'evil hooded' cultists as well, I settled on doing these in a colour scheme of grey robes, and will save the classic purple for the hooded cult. I feel like these need a decal of some kind to break up their robes, and will keep an eye out for something suitable. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJqtlIstDgxkgsRkgL0F5LCW0sZxfEUX0urBsHUqDHMzmx6iNRN_MpQG-17s9-cAGRm15yxecfYfEeLps-P5q6Z9ticN1ZqM1EMNxAJ47kFRZsUgiVqNDIRntGmifQlr_74NmzghRs2Ct/s640/blogger-image-654420143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJqtlIstDgxkgsRkgL0F5LCW0sZxfEUX0urBsHUqDHMzmx6iNRN_MpQG-17s9-cAGRm15yxecfYfEeLps-P5q6Z9ticN1ZqM1EMNxAJ47kFRZsUgiVqNDIRntGmifQlr_74NmzghRs2Ct/s400/blogger-image-654420143.jpg" width="400" style="border: none; position: relative;"></font></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I imagine that and the other half of the group will form a 'not-necessarily-evil' cult, that may work to aims that aren't so blatantly nefarious as global domination, annihilation or the attempted summoning of elder beings. 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It's a great pleasure to be able to participate once again, this time my fifth challenge. Also to Curt's excellent bunch of minions, whose amusing commentary and enthusiasm was appreciated by all and really gave this challenge some new facets. And to Resident Statistician Miles, because what isn't improved by a resident statistician. And finally to my fellow challengers, whose outstanding work keeps my enthusiasm and creativity up across the whole year. Here's to AHPC VII!<br><br></span></div><div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-14877064540433868932016-03-20T08:50:00.001+00:002016-03-20T09:28:24.940+00:00Sixth AHPC - February 2016<div>February definitely wasn't a classic month for my AHPC VI entries. Unfortunately, the home improvements for 2016 really took hold and sapped hobby time and energy throughout the month. </div><div><br></div><div>,y first entry was chosen to just nip me over the line in my tightly run race to 100 points against Juan. This pair of <i>Quintos</i> (conscripts) join my mountain brigade, who have green-piped <i>gorillo</i> caps, rather than the usual red. 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Since then I picked up a weighty bag of lead from Empress to bulk these out to a full section with support options. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEegHMNK2FljMEnZGykIGl_Y9X-E0wfFkngstlQ_xEvinVTJW36uSExEQigwQ5PgWhietygV6AFcKHbFcwM4LsLZ_ArsU6HQJdijJWXWLKkYY2qWq6ZgYN6FcAfQRz3hNZ1FQaAb5a_rdp/s640/blogger-image--1798364425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEegHMNK2FljMEnZGykIGl_Y9X-E0wfFkngstlQ_xEvinVTJW36uSExEQigwQ5PgWhietygV6AFcKHbFcwM4LsLZ_ArsU6HQJdijJWXWLKkYY2qWq6ZgYN6FcAfQRz3hNZ1FQaAb5a_rdp/s640/blogger-image--1798364425.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My next entry came nearly a fortnight later: to the L'Amour bonus round. I had just the ticket in the lead pile, drawn from a stable of Saturday evening TV when I was young: the Swash and Buckle of Sean Bean playing Sharpe in the adaption of Bernard Cornwell's novels. Of course, each episode was basically the same: a dastardly villain, an incompetent or nefarious British officer, the relaxed cameraderie of the 95tn rifles, Sean Bean doing his heroic stuff....and a love interest. And sometimes a different love interest from episode to episode! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This mini from Brigade Games in the US is the spitting image of Teresa Moreno, a Spanish partizan working to evict the (dastardly) French from her beloved Spain. She meets Sharpe on a typically unlikely errand for Wellesley with his 'chosen men'. They fight, romance and the rest, is history. 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They've languished in the lead pile since then, undercoated but unloved, for more than five years (and through 4.5 Painting Challenges!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These were posted up in March, but mostly done in February and as they go with Theresa above, so I'm claiming them for February. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukJ2JmYBd3az3TL1_-etrbjtjG3pIfE66HbDKu1GHCq3VF9f84McR0q2cB2ys3fv2egH6_KV50OL3DI0oc3_caJOPt9zAjRtWc6_vNYNbubGhgPTdP8DJmgZK7qpDHE1918S-DJxu2ofp/s640/blogger-image-924750511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukJ2JmYBd3az3TL1_-etrbjtjG3pIfE66HbDKu1GHCq3VF9f84McR0q2cB2ys3fv2egH6_KV50OL3DI0oc3_caJOPt9zAjRtWc6_vNYNbubGhgPTdP8DJmgZK7qpDHE1918S-DJxu2ofp/s640/blogger-image-924750511.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>March's offerings more interesting, but the challenge is nearly over; less than 24 hours still to run. 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This mounted <i>Carabinero</i> conversion came out pretty well, might have to make myself some more of them. I had envisaged just using him as a marker for a supports choice of a mounted section, but maybe a whole team of them would look great on the tabletop. Or some mounted <i>Requetes</i>...</div>
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Little painting done during February so far, though I have been back at the brushes this week. I've also got a week off next week, giving me some chance to make up for lost time. </div>
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I managed two entries into the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge in December - not bad going considering I had some bits to finish off before it started, and the Christmas festivities with families. Well the second wasn't posted until January, but I'll claim it for adember as 95% of the painting was done then. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But GW's recent replacement of the classic Warhammer world with 'Age of Sigmar' has brought Gharak back into the miniatures hobby after a couple of years hiatus; certainly unexpected. And his enthusiasm to do some kind of AoS/Realms of Chaos mashup with warband-based narrative games has piqued my interest <i>a little</i>, I admit. What could be more nostalgic for me than painting up some Games Workshop minis? </span></div>
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-2700554194860744362016-01-17T22:18:00.001+00:002016-01-17T22:19:50.921+00:002015 in Review, into 2016<i>(This post published a week later than planned, due to a Blogger posting error) </i><div><br></div><div>I don't think I normally do an annual review post. But I did cast my eye back over the year's productivity and was quite pleased with myself so thought I'd indulge with a brief post. <div><br></div><div>2015 was a year of two projects, both jolted forwards by the AHPC, as usual. First, bringing the Sudan project to a good place to pause, with 'enough' painted to play either Black Powder or other rule sets of choice. Then I was pleased to put on a game at the Wyvern Wargamers Too Fat Lardies event. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNj6Me4TWBjSyQfEw91qYv_PprMrMBWnwxR2wUevYByZuM3GiZGF0vW_fjfBGmfwbJhAD3tVODJHTn80QDxhfFzT7lm52TbsBo_EqRh3quEu594ulzsMIk8WZjXx5cLqwIl-VdJOPqEgf/s640/blogger-image-343044397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNj6Me4TWBjSyQfEw91qYv_PprMrMBWnwxR2wUevYByZuM3GiZGF0vW_fjfBGmfwbJhAD3tVODJHTn80QDxhfFzT7lm52TbsBo_EqRh3quEu594ulzsMIk8WZjXx5cLqwIl-VdJOPqEgf/s640/blogger-image-343044397.jpg"></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf286ZFquQ7CLmyz1djYd47qgH0QnUTtWeNsHkgUiKDBUosP4obAwQa4GrN53LCLKW6VYeia05LCDqkTudhQeBBVSUdIZ6-TWjIAGrOOXkrOUUp7-_1w23lfiez25pnh75xezTiANNovdG/s640/blogger-image--1289745506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf286ZFquQ7CLmyz1djYd47qgH0QnUTtWeNsHkgUiKDBUosP4obAwQa4GrN53LCLKW6VYeia05LCDqkTudhQeBBVSUdIZ6-TWjIAGrOOXkrOUUp7-_1w23lfiez25pnh75xezTiANNovdG/s640/blogger-image--1289745506.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Most of the year I've been working on forces for the Spanish Civil War. They've only seen the table a couple of times, but I think they are shaping up to be one of my best painted projects, and I'm taking my time to add extra details. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij94qQ_ftXMUxWh1ku25ZPP39Tx-NZ-G_eGiDk_ob0jbj9XU6euQFT_K-AYdFe4sZI8gtsF8Zp7ZrFqELFzpDbGfcWGucjS3oY3AVcQTSG5AUShG4Ii0P8ZCSrx6nmY6iYPTdtZJN4TKZj/s640/blogger-image-1175033564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij94qQ_ftXMUxWh1ku25ZPP39Tx-NZ-G_eGiDk_ob0jbj9XU6euQFT_K-AYdFe4sZI8gtsF8Zp7ZrFqELFzpDbGfcWGucjS3oY3AVcQTSG5AUShG4Ii0P8ZCSrx6nmY6iYPTdtZJN4TKZj/s640/blogger-image-1175033564.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgv2a02sMgvo4lji5xrioCHmQJGR3i4YgzZ_vlwlySccNSG_6YJ1P4M5vic__2NjQvyc52TGZGQ3qOgH6FGd4y2zimoQHjWFgHK82SSHfInlquFpJMC3KUBo6vxYRVduhesd-BDKFS1lA/s640/blogger-image--1888700601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgv2a02sMgvo4lji5xrioCHmQJGR3i4YgzZ_vlwlySccNSG_6YJ1P4M5vic__2NjQvyc52TGZGQ3qOgH6FGd4y2zimoQHjWFgHK82SSHfInlquFpJMC3KUBo6vxYRVduhesd-BDKFS1lA/s640/blogger-image--1888700601.jpg"></font></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Painting over the summer stuttered due to the purchase of a PS4, but picked up again in the autumn. </span></div><div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Games-wise, 2015 was a bit intermittent. Chain of Command has been by far the most played rule set, in WWII, the Spanish Civil War and AVBCW. I always enjoy games of it, it offers challenges and excitement. Beyond that, I invested in Star Wars Armada, which I do like, but hasn't seen the table enough to earn back the steep buy-in cost (but...Star Destroyers!). </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I made it to three gaming shows: Salute, The Other Partizan and a local show. None saw excessive shopping or dramatic lurches into new projects - probably for the best! </div><div><br></div><div>In other highlights, I was pleased with my 'er Madge' entry for the AHPC:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wWVhYfa7-QejL-7BThlWyiU47Z2LY0g3roD3bn0HeJ8L1x9c-yQsnYlXmKYmfYFeVwdewB8ho5Oej0zQLEnUbQr3EkwPRPLBkO9Pf-6Dgn1N0u7wYkp_FoWiAx2cgHAbbnqNFgi0JxIv/s640/blogger-image-1863392194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wWVhYfa7-QejL-7BThlWyiU47Z2LY0g3roD3bn0HeJ8L1x9c-yQsnYlXmKYmfYFeVwdewB8ho5Oej0zQLEnUbQr3EkwPRPLBkO9Pf-6Dgn1N0u7wYkp_FoWiAx2cgHAbbnqNFgi0JxIv/s640/blogger-image-1863392194.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And some of the terrain bits I knocked up:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3vAxN92DCwmul7n8-VwWrN5xyASptCS-T1keqMt9fGIrgfoe-Cfr32_zQ4EfYL0YAsVTpbVSnGtBu_4XaAUdGtsnDH8xLdG7CbT0682mw6tNaYUxHEhNJG-iDeRukoAdkcK5xJ3Zfqau/s640/blogger-image--304071527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3vAxN92DCwmul7n8-VwWrN5xyASptCS-T1keqMt9fGIrgfoe-Cfr32_zQ4EfYL0YAsVTpbVSnGtBu_4XaAUdGtsnDH8xLdG7CbT0682mw6tNaYUxHEhNJG-iDeRukoAdkcK5xJ3Zfqau/s640/blogger-image--304071527.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So, what will 2016 bring? Firstly, finishing up the SCW project to three sections of infantry and a range of support options. And a big sort out of the terrain, focused on the Iberian peninsular for both SCW and Napoleonics. Rework or replace pieces that are out of favour and add some new, most urgently large hills and maybe a river. I've sourced another cloth that I aim to pimp up and am hopeful will at last the boards/terrain tiles/cloth debate for me and give me something to tie my terrain collection to. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Plenty to be getting on with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Other than that, I reckon Pulp will feature, perhaps with a Lovecraftian edge. Other than that, we'll see if new projects take off, or perhaps revisiting old - Gharak and I have talked about dusting off the Napoleonics again, which haven't seen the table in an age. I'd like to get to. A show I've never been to before, and for once will probably give Salute a miss. I'm hoping I can get games in more consistently too, either up at the club, with Gharak and friends, and even just bring some of my favourite board games to the table more often. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's to 2016! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-28724268593427731742015-12-25T18:04:00.001+00:002015-12-27T11:02:58.676+00:00Finishing up Before the Challenge, pt.2More accurately, finishing up <i>during</i> the challenge. <div><br></div><div>Aye, more Spanish Civil War to show you, that I didn't quite manage to finish for the Wyvern all-day game, but worked on<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> slowly this month. With two sections pretty much done, I'm working on support options at the moment and this Army Hotchkiss machine gun team should do the job nicely. From Empress, fine sculpts with a head swap to give both helmets, if a bit fiddly to assemble the gun. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ocrsD3bfDUauScych64Ul5xaXOyZlsSjZhmUG2cmep3E58nSAefkGGKX8tqhbsQEsEtFtoWecwlDPhAXSJphCqw33setIow5VBXJEqi-yS6iiQcXUvNlTJt98yJ63td01f_J5ukzu7PR/s640/blogger-image-850519137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ocrsD3bfDUauScych64Ul5xaXOyZlsSjZhmUG2cmep3E58nSAefkGGKX8tqhbsQEsEtFtoWecwlDPhAXSJphCqw33setIow5VBXJEqi-yS6iiQcXUvNlTJt98yJ63td01f_J5ukzu7PR/s640/blogger-image-850519137.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTK16kdBT0__PIpcjwEmJJ6yAHk3gc4oONxwgBstxi7UrvUrVlAF5sFz4aqmz4Yci4yq533DjUL5KltWtQPrIE8liAhsRGA5iT3IbiGtxyaIBld9fDYCOQYgpM1NjSQd3Je-oO_nAqxLI/s640/blogger-image-1682031595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTK16kdBT0__PIpcjwEmJJ6yAHk3gc4oONxwgBstxi7UrvUrVlAF5sFz4aqmz4Yci4yq533DjUL5KltWtQPrIE8liAhsRGA5iT3IbiGtxyaIBld9fDYCOQYgpM1NjSQd3Je-oO_nAqxLI/s640/blogger-image-1682031595.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ-L-P917Xkd9OKSVsm_tCasu50cP7UaQhinAbL7PHDYu5LHNjqbib3dzwmUbTWv0TpAwnkajlNQTfYljlgMq6H5Qjd41cGsxO5UO6JRgL9ps0pfi9GmeNgfvrhhwWNhzMKJdA6fLzBtx/s640/blogger-image-1877890967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ-L-P917Xkd9OKSVsm_tCasu50cP7UaQhinAbL7PHDYu5LHNjqbib3dzwmUbTWv0TpAwnkajlNQTfYljlgMq6H5Qjd41cGsxO5UO6JRgL9ps0pfi9GmeNgfvrhhwWNhzMKJdA6fLzBtx/s640/blogger-image-1877890967.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Also this Bilbao armoured car to support my <i>Carabineros</i>. A fine resin model, also from Empress miniatures. This featured in the all-dayer, though true to form for freshly painted miniatures, didn't really achieve much. </span></div><div><br></div><div>As Gharak pointed out, it did need some weathering. I think I got a bit carried away. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKdyZpIOFFhn4OcIzBojNx2X3H9NW87jwagTnqq1JdyAibpzLsVix2o9Oogn8Kiea2JFUGL0RfYfq1tc1QTkVzisxEA0pfS9MtuCiH-TR5yFLcN-cYaiPcV3QhZ-j6hViQXTsnqRsFrs7/s640/blogger-image-563512373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKdyZpIOFFhn4OcIzBojNx2X3H9NW87jwagTnqq1JdyAibpzLsVix2o9Oogn8Kiea2JFUGL0RfYfq1tc1QTkVzisxEA0pfS9MtuCiH-TR5yFLcN-cYaiPcV3QhZ-j6hViQXTsnqRsFrs7/s640/blogger-image-563512373.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This served as a test piece for a pot of pigment fixer from Vallejo that I picked up. Previously, I was happy with the subtle effects that I could get, but unfortunately they were rubbed or blown off when dullcoting. The fixer seems to work well at what it should do, but instead I struggled to get the same subtlety of effect with it: it tended to clump where the fixer was placed. 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I hope you all have a happy and contented festive season. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ0FhZVBlyntjzYTyidSXG8ruB-KGQ9amFnolV9kvN5Go3lpoLpfV7VWGHW8cOQXaqAHFjFJHyAK78PF9nL5KYnrEXZkYr6VIPaSomRbUPtkqpazFzyjmQHPEoswmiFAWH9iYwtvgpZAp/s640/blogger-image--453734784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ0FhZVBlyntjzYTyidSXG8ruB-KGQ9amFnolV9kvN5Go3lpoLpfV7VWGHW8cOQXaqAHFjFJHyAK78PF9nL5KYnrEXZkYr6VIPaSomRbUPtkqpazFzyjmQHPEoswmiFAWH9iYwtvgpZAp/s640/blogger-image--453734784.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Thank you to my blogging Secret Santa, who generously chose me a selection of nefarious armed cultists from Artizan Designs. Very useful antagonists for Pulp adventurers, including one toting a flamethrower! 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Empress miniatures as usual, and one has a head swap for a jaunty red beret. </div>
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One of the great things about the SCW is the fine collection of flags on offer. I felt my Carabineros should declare their allegiance, another head swap for the full effect:</div>
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The flag is from the excellent and very reasonably priced Flags of War range of flag sheets. I rather dislike flagging, hence why I've recently used Flag Dude's pre-assembled offerings. I completely naffed up the first attempt at this one, ruining my preferred Republican. And I even made a couple of errors on this second attempt, <strike>but managed to recover it</strike>. (Damn flag is upside down, will fix it in due course - thanks for pointing out).</div>
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Last weekend Wyvern Wargamers held the annual winter all-day club. Three of us, plus my visiting brother Gharak got all of our toys it to play a game of big Chain of Command Espana. We played the Battle of Seseña October 1936, an excellent scenario kindly posted by <a href="http://mylardiesgames.blogspot.com.es/2015/01/sesena-29-october-1936-big-chain-of.html" target="_blank">Gaming with TooFatLardies</a>.<br>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Following the fall of Toledo to the hands of the Nationalists forces in late September 1936, Madrid became now the next objective of Franco’s Army of Africa columns. These approached the capital city almost unmolested, as the morale of the Republicans crumbled and by late October they were to less than 100 km away.</span></div>
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Ian and Matt took two platoons of infantry to represent Lister and Burillo's Republican columns, equipped with light support weapons and a mighty three T-26s for their assault. Defending Nationalists comprised of a platoon of Moroccans (kindly lent by Wyvern Stu, cheers!) garrisoning Seseña and Gharak's Civil Guard in Esquivias. If we were lucky, a column of Armoured cars might turn up too! (standing in for the Italian tankettes present on the day).<br>
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As on the day, the scenario had the T-26s charging forwards into Seseña and on towards Esquivias.<br>
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Lunchtime brings stalemate and the end of our first game. The Republican forces hadn't managed to capitalise on their surprise and take Esquivias but keep a foothold in Seseña. The Moroccans are battered but remain an effective force, but of course two of those T-26s remain in a commanding position. Honours even, but a strategic Nationalist victory. <br>
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After a break for lunch, we set up a second scenario to continue the Republican push, moving the battlefield westwards and each side bringing up reserves. We ran a patrol phase and the attack and defend scenario. </div><div class="mobile-photo"><br></div><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA4Zf4aF9ZQ8W5zAc-27-FNC4ZaEj9iRFzO12jSTMLpCW39zWlhCb54fdUgbhjGY2al4CyqnXvaCD-oNJ1kXRQQO394I18I4bv2-6LO6pg52f2YDin5X45X8dR5hnL-2ESP8t9vHFNKOZ/s1600/FullSizeRender-775193.jpg" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA4Zf4aF9ZQ8W5zAc-27-FNC4ZaEj9iRFzO12jSTMLpCW39zWlhCb54fdUgbhjGY2al4CyqnXvaCD-oNJ1kXRQQO394I18I4bv2-6LO6pg52f2YDin5X45X8dR5hnL-2ESP8t9vHFNKOZ/s320/FullSizeRender-775193.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6227114927510768946"></font></a><br>
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And the Natuonalist airforce is scrambled to provide close fire support. </p><p class="mobile-photo"><font color="#000000" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LvGRA7Iz_5WEZv9mFpRHBCWd8IUrDOcfPhgyODbLgCMyxMYTuy3i83MlUD-CXjw5sRujbtPfV9gD2upfOqvUlos5YLCL4bFpK_K-75jpWWtBh69rZCU5PPCpgL8i0M2IAJ7DQuk_ZFNJ/s1600/PC060793-779736.JPG" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LvGRA7Iz_5WEZv9mFpRHBCWd8IUrDOcfPhgyODbLgCMyxMYTuy3i83MlUD-CXjw5sRujbtPfV9gD2upfOqvUlos5YLCL4bFpK_K-75jpWWtBh69rZCU5PPCpgL8i0M2IAJ7DQuk_ZFNJ/s320/PC060793-779736.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6227114947457965986"></a></font></p><p class="mobile-photo">Game two saw Matt and I's infantry grinding away at each other from range, my Moroccons having the edge, but three wounded leaders bruising their morale. </p><p class="mobile-photo">Meanwhile on the Republican left, Ian Column, better supported by armour that we were unable to draw a bead on and neutralise, managed to maintain up relentless pressure, eventually shattering Gharak's platoon. Game two, a clear Republican victory, but at quite a cost. </p><p class="mobile-photo">All in all a great scenario for the day. Taking the Nationalists, I expected a battering from all that armour and us to be able to do little to mitigate them. But I had Moroccan firepower, six command dice and a sprinkling of luck in my favour. Gharak's platoon suffered the worse, but I gather he enjoyed a day back at the historical gaming. </p><p class="mobile-photo">There were three other fine looking tables taking advantage of a wet Sunday afternoon, a massive 14' AWI game using Carl's huge collection. This was still going on when we'd packed up and left but looked like a close game. </p><p class="mobile-photo"><font color="#000000" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhf_2csL2tiMoGKd6uCyMEVzmzesOSDTRfVGqcWFtqRIgPDDs0otr-CEG-p4o3pXzaNi0O2AZVp3VgbQyMOmXtsMfQll704tWS49_-XJQGrrN5DBdCdLnIyhmbb2jZTsqXT97IR8S9GZoT/s1600/PC060744-724811.JPG" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhf_2csL2tiMoGKd6uCyMEVzmzesOSDTRfVGqcWFtqRIgPDDs0otr-CEG-p4o3pXzaNi0O2AZVp3VgbQyMOmXtsMfQll704tWS49_-XJQGrrN5DBdCdLnIyhmbb2jZTsqXT97IR8S9GZoT/s320/PC060744-724811.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6226016488977926434"></a></font></p><p class="mobile-photo">A smaller game of Sharpe Practice, hosted by the esteemed Rich Clarke himself, using a work in progress second edition of the rules. </p><p class="mobile-photo"><font color="#000000" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-RuxS8CBx35BYSzchlxuOvt8MkA5NCvxfZHo7VTBl1dMfCCDu5F13c1m8b94yJ2N9nyTSOUmgiPN24dbzvEAieQD4EKPgW-2K27xrjcSsx4STicPGkCJbNWcAxn1kT_YfVuWts8cx70H/s1600/PC060755-727912.JPG" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-RuxS8CBx35BYSzchlxuOvt8MkA5NCvxfZHo7VTBl1dMfCCDu5F13c1m8b94yJ2N9nyTSOUmgiPN24dbzvEAieQD4EKPgW-2K27xrjcSsx4STicPGkCJbNWcAxn1kT_YfVuWts8cx70H/s320/PC060755-727912.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6226016503289112690"></a></font></p><p class="mobile-photo">And a fabulous WWII game using Ade's extensive collection. </p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_77K-nMMDs4mBFTfltInIlZLuM2WhLClVIZpWkfgHtSynXs7pjTCp9y2b88_bOKS95TOmZ0fBpdULL31y0eNFOaj2_GMSVOso5U8dj8tJM2euiI1a3L5AwSWWdWMCXLy7P6bm0ZnLgPzP/s1600/PC060757-730830.JPG" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_77K-nMMDs4mBFTfltInIlZLuM2WhLClVIZpWkfgHtSynXs7pjTCp9y2b88_bOKS95TOmZ0fBpdULL31y0eNFOaj2_GMSVOso5U8dj8tJM2euiI1a3L5AwSWWdWMCXLy7P6bm0ZnLgPzP/s320/PC060757-730830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6226016516090859122"></font></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><br></p></div><div class="mobile-photo"><br></div>
Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-58227969704250269802015-11-25T19:27:00.000+00:002015-11-25T19:27:20.316+00:00The Sixth Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge<div class="mobile-photo">
Yes, a sure sign that 'Winter is coming'. No, not the sudden turn for the colder in this fair isle, our favourite Canadian blogger's announcement that once again he is going to run the annual painter-blogger extravaganza, the <a href="http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span id="goog_525255105"></span>Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge<span id="goog_525255106"></span></a>.</div>
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If you've not heard of it already - where have you been hiding? Three months of a packed roster of great painters applying their craft to lead, plastic and resin. I heartily recommend it as a fine way of passing the winter months with cameraderie and just a little friendly banter. So if you fancy it, get on <a href="http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/the-die-is-cast-sixth-annual-analogue.html" target="_blank">over here and sign up</a>!<br />
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It's been quiet around here, but how's the time to get industrious. After a summer with limited painting, I feel fairly well prepped, both mentally and in undercoated lead and plastic. But there's still a bit for me to do in the next four weeks, including finishing off everything that's part-painted!
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Right, now where did I leave those brushes...Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-39445824814665604032015-11-08T15:37:00.001+00:002015-11-08T15:39:27.872+00:00Wish List to Santa 2015<div>
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Christmas is coming! Which means the blogosphere is abuzz with excitement about Ian and Cath's <a href="http://walladvantage2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/last-call-for-secret-santa-2015-and.html" target="_blank">legendary Secret Santa</a>. Once again I'm joining the fun so I can look forward to opening something hobby-related to open on the day. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkc9mX8nNI0MSH8eVzwG9K650xIYkFBPQ2NfA8KGNhS3Vsz3W0NOAGvNJmYANuRaGzptsyg1-UCV0a2MD41h37HZIDh7Xl959NFZeDbmLCyCmpTInOJtjHPO40rYRhvf0JQu0FFaPnigKe/s640/blogger-image-752521437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkc9mX8nNI0MSH8eVzwG9K650xIYkFBPQ2NfA8KGNhS3Vsz3W0NOAGvNJmYANuRaGzptsyg1-UCV0a2MD41h37HZIDh7Xl959NFZeDbmLCyCmpTInOJtjHPO40rYRhvf0JQu0FFaPnigKe/s640/blogger-image-752521437.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Empress Miniatures Spanish Civil War (which ended up being a focus of painting this year, if not gaming)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pulp Alley Leagues - A Pulp Alley Expansion</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Footsore Miniatures Arthurian/Late Roman ranges</span></div>
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-83921506720771595132015-10-21T20:57:00.000+01:002015-10-21T20:57:08.293+01:00Kickstarter Find: Foldio2 Review<div class="mobile-photo">
For a long while, I was dissatisfied with my hobby photography setup. It was awkward to use, and I couldn't seem to apply enough light to my painted minis, despite lugging my painting lamp up to he loft each time I wanted to take some snaps of my latest work. </div>
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The lightbox offerings on places like Amazon were uninspiring each time I browsed, looking cheap and flimsy. But the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orangemonkie/foldio-2-bigger-and-smarter/description" target="_blank">Foldio2 Kickstarter</a> piqued my interest. A simple, nicely designed collapsible light box with LED lighting, a second kickstarter was being run for a refreshed, larger design. Not particularly cheap by any means, at $65 plus shipping but I'd <a href="http://wpggamegeeks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/sedition-wars-project-mini-update.html?m=1" target="_blank">read good things</a> about the first product and Kickstarter campaign.</div>
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And once again, OrangeMonkie delivered, pretty much on schedule. In a sleek box, that happily avoided customs charges, my light box, a choice of backgrounds and storage bag.<br />
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Opening it up, it's made in light but durable white plastic sheeting, and held together with quite strong magnets. These magnets hold it together when packed, and hold its shape when constructed.<br />
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It's a doddle to build up, just fold out and form an open-sided cube with the recessed magnets. There's a flap to stick one LED light strip at the top, and more magnets to hold your backdrop of choice in place. The backdrops are a nice matt felted paper.<br />
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The Foldio2 is a decent size to photograph even the largest miniatures - at 15" square, I think it'll take squads, vehicles or monsters easily. With a 28mm miniature for scale:</div>
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This shot was taken with just one LED strip, and the set came with two. And of course you can add further lighting if that's not enough. The LEDs are really bright and come with a dimmer switch built in. Both attach to a transformer with a choice of plugs, so should be usable worldwide. Each also had a light diffuser, meaning the Foldio2 claimed many improvements in the LED setup from the first Foldio.<br />
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<i>One LED strip stuck in place on the top flap - you can see how the three side-panels overlap and are glued by the magnets. </i><br />
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I've been using Foldio2 for a few months now and am really satisfied (look back and note the switch from my usual blue to grey background from July). I've found I can get more light, more evenly on the miniatures and am less reliant on pointing bulky lamps at small miniatures to get a decent shot, all the while struggling to reach the camera. It folds up and down easily for storage if needed. Simply, it does exactly the job I was looking for it to do. And it is durable and nicely designed. I've not tried OrangeMonkie's own photo-editing app to go with it, sticking with the reliable Snapseed for now.<br />
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I do have a few niggles with it. First, the magnets are held in recesses with white stickers, and a couple of mine have popped out. And of course, once a sticker has come off, it's never as strong. So sometimes when packing up/down, there's a game of 'find the misplaced magnet' to put back in its recess. Second, the set comes with two LED strips, which is great (there was a <i>four</i> LED option too). But there's only one logical place to stick the LED strips and it seems wasteful to have them both on that flap. I've found that holding the second just above the camera's lens gets a great even light, though is a bit awkward. There is a bottom flap but I think having it that low it sheds too much light on the shadowed portion of the miniature and washes them out too much. I'm worried that the LED strip isn't durable enough for me to keep manhandling in this way. Thirdly, I'd have <i>really</i> appreciated a pale blue backdrop to be included - that's my colour of choice. The set came with black, white, green and grey. You could use any paper-thin background of the right size, but the ones provided are a nice photo-friendly paper. At some point I fancy making/buying a terrain backdrop to fit it and blue would have been great for that too.<br />
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I'd heartily recommend it as a solid option if you're looking to improve your hobby photos. The Korea-based company OrangeMonkie have created a good, well thought out product and fulfilled two Kickstarters on a large scale, on time - very impressive! But it does cost a good few pennies so is definitely a hobby luxury, for those of you trying to get the best photos of your work that you can. With the Kickstarter long over, it's available at <a href="http://orangemonkie.com/product/foldio2-pre-order/" target="_blank">OrangeMonkie's website</a>.<br />
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And, for reference, his was my old homemade backdrop, made from cardboard box and some sheets of card as backdrop:</div>
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A significant improvement, all in all! I'd be interested to see other people's solutions. </div>
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-11971090785548269712015-10-20T19:10:00.000+01:002015-10-21T20:14:32.108+01:00Carlist Requetes Part Four<div class="mobile-photo">
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I've been off work this past week, but even that hasn't meant I've scraped together much more hobby time. Still I have now managed to finish a few more Carlist <i>Requetes</i> to join my growing band. Once again, it felt like a slog to get these finished because of the range of colours and my perseverance with free handing, but I'm oh so fond of the fine sculpts and those jolly red berets.<br />
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New feature for this batch: the green checked shirt on the rightmost gent is lifted straight from this classic plate:<br />
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The religious icon seemed a bit bare, so I added the streamers with paper, worked to shape, hardened with superglue then painted over to lose the shine. I'm pleased with how they came out and hopeful that they'll be durable enough for the gaming table. The icon-bearer is on a large base, like my officers, as Chain of Command has them able to issue orders to nearby units. I'll also add a standard bearer to the unit at some point - can't resist another splash of colour.<br />
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I think that gives me 17 <i>Requetes</i> done and another 9 or so all prepped to paint over the coming months. A handful of them are in helmets so can also do double-duty as regular army infantry in shirtsleeves.<br />
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This gent will join the SCW collection as well. Like WWII, the CoC support lists offer medical orderlies to tend the wounded. As my forces are themed for early in the conflict, I was struck with an idea that a local doctor might have volunteered (or been 'encouraged') by one side or the other to tend the wounded from smaller skirmishes. </div>
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I repurposed this gent from the lead pile, a civilian from Copplestone's Mafia range that seemed to have a scholarly look to him. He doesn't look too happy to be there, anyway.<br />
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He can also do double-duty as a civilian for SCW or Pulp games - the reason I dug the pack out of the bargain bin in the first place, in fact! <br />
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The SCW project will roll on, but soon you'll see something a <i>teensy</i> bit different. Bet you can't guess...*<br />
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* (though the project has been outed elsewhere already...)</div>
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<br />Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-9126150440141609102015-10-01T20:55:00.001+01:002015-10-01T21:00:05.123+01:00Trundling on...slowly!<div class="mobile-photo">
Hello, hello, yes I'm still here. The summer is winding down - though the UK is experiencing an Indian summer of course - and autumn and winter loom. Does that mean more painting on the horizon? Hopefully.<br />
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Still, I've had the brushes and tools up and down. And off the painting table is a start on support weapons for the Spanish civil war. First up, an army Chaucat light machine gun.<br />
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Two prone minis in plain green uniforms? Yup, nothing too taxing.<br />
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The gunner is wearing the Spanish <i>gorillo</i> cap. I've piped it in green instead of the typical red to denote the unit as either light infantry or mountain infantry. I went this way with my general aim being to collect forces suitable for the Northern front. I used the blanket rolls to break up the endless green, and avoided a grey-green painted helmet for the same reason.<br />
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I've a couple of packs of infantry to join these two at some point, once I've finished off the beret'd <i>Requetes</i>!<br />
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Also, as the troops have started hitting the table up at the club, it was time to finish off some markers that I'd made up for Chain of Command. Four more large explosions taking me to eight to lay out barrages. And 40 or so 'pin' markers to give a cinematic impression of incoming fire. This idea shamelessly taken from the esteemed Mr Curt Campbell of Analogue Hobbies:<br />
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<i>Not all pictured obviously. You'll have seen the unfazed Requetes before! </i><br />
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I think the smaller markers work better, the taller ones, I realised later, being about waist height on a mini: probably a bit much. No doubt I'll need more in future and focus on making more little ones. </div>
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In other news, those fine upstanding gentlemen Evan and Millsy are having a seventh - yes, seventh - blogiversary giveaway. There's some fine and very 'on trend' prizes on offer, so check it out:<br />
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-80455399903603721422015-09-13T17:14:00.000+01:002015-09-13T17:15:15.964+01:00The Other Partizan and SCW CoC<div class="mobile-photo">
I got a gaming double-header last Sunday, kicking off with a visit to The Other Partizan up at Newark. Nor a show I'd been to before, held (for the last time) at the gloomy and labyrinthine Kelham Hall.<br />
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Unusually, I was completely uninspired around the traders, resisting more Empress SCW on the grounds that I've plenty more to paint still.<br />
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There were some fine games on offer though, most impressive being 'Berne Baby Berne' by the Bodkins. Full of excellent touches like this camp scene<br />
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Staggeringly big Swiss pike blocks (three of them!)<br />
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Other games catching my eye were Simon Miller's sizeable 'To The Strongest!', a large 'L' table with two games on<br />
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And in one of the even gloomier rooms a nice looking Pike and Shotte skirmish game.<br />
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So what did I think of Partizan? Well it was a nice day out, but felt like an 'old school' wargames show, similar in feel to Triples at the Sheffield Octagon. While the grognards may grumble , I think its a good thing for the hobby that many shows have moved on to more modern venues with better amenities - not least some decent lighting! After all, what's the sense in all the effort to put on lovely looking games if people can barely see them? And the trader shaving to supply torches to their customers is a joke , frankly. The show didn't seem busy on the Sunday, so hopefully the more to a new venue will reinvigorate it.<br />
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After the drive home, I headed over to Wyvern for a game of Chain of Command Espana with Ian and Matt. For a three-player game, we had two under strength platoons attacking Ian's Civil Guard. The balance didn't quite end up being right and Ian was up against the odds, but it was a fun game nonetheless.<br />
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My Carabineros take up positing in an olive grove, preparing to rush across the open ground<br />
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Ian deployed a Machinegun team in a do I any position in the church tower. With Los across most of the board, this could have caused real problems. But the dice offered a fitting moment - with its first shot, Matt's T26's HE she'll scored a direct hit, with a triple-6. Which invoked a rule I hadn't come across in CoC: the building starts to collapse, and Ian's gunners had to rapidly evacuate and redeployed. A somewhat less dominant position!<br />
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The Republican advance continues, making best use of meagre cover.<br />
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Taking up firing positions in a fruit grove, the two sides got bogged down trading shots for limited effect on the big sections. Matt's T26 was a threat, but advanced dangerously close to get firing arcs, cue a bold, but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to bring it down with Molotov cocktails.<br />
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To break the deadlock, my troops led a desperate tear gas attack and assault against the fortified churchyard, but we ran out of time to bring all of the action to a close. While Matt and I's Republicans were steadily grinding Ian down, we hadn't achieved our objective of forcing the Civil Guard from the field: their heroic defence against massive odds took the game.<br />
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-35258559523174477592015-08-31T13:55:00.000+01:002015-08-31T13:55:10.502+01:00Bank Holiday Update: More Carlists <div class="mobile-photo">
Quick bank holiday afternoon with a few more Spanish Civil War Carlist <i>Requetes</i>. Just three this time, leaving ten or so still to be painted. </div>
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Once again, I enjoyed coming up with bedroll patterns to liven them up (humm, as if they need more livening with those jolly berets!). But they take ages, so the next batch may well all end up plain to speed things up a bit! </div>
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I'm off to Partizan in Newark on Sunday. No particular shopping list, perhaps some supplies and a pass at the Empress stand. I seem to be feeling a bit uninspired hobby-wise except for these SCW, maybe a decent show will perk up my creativeness. </div>
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-47104098781867155872015-08-18T21:39:00.001+01:002015-08-18T21:39:17.611+01:00'Viva, Cristo, Rey!': Carlist Requetes<div>
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The workbench reveals it's summer goodies at last: a group of Carlist <i>Requetes</i> for the Spanish Civil War. The <i>Requetes</i> were a motivated, well-equipped Traditionalist militia that fought for the Nationalist cause. The centre of their strength was the region of Navarre. They were distinctive for their dashing great red berets - bravery and faith were order of the day over camouflage!</div>
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I wanted my <i>Requetes</i> to look like a better equipped force than usual, so they're more uniform than my Carabineros, I sprinkled in some helmeted heads but kept some variety for the ragtag look. I read *somewhere* that early in the conflict helmets were rushed to frontline units unpainted, later being were painted in the field. I can't find the reference now, but I liked this idea - it almost gives a medieval look. For later batches, I'll probably do them a typical colour. The miniatures are all from the peerless Empress SCW range, a couple having head swaps and one or two being from a Foreign Legion pack - I needed 24 <i>Requetes</i> and preferred not to triple up on either of the riflemen packs. The webbing is slightly different but it isn't noticeable and adds to the ragtag look. </div>
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I'm delighted with how this force is coming together. But gosh it's slow, partly because of summer distractions but also as they take a long time. Despite efforts to speed up my technique by minimising the use of washes, the high contrast style uses a lot of highlights as I shy away from big jumps in highlights. That, the numerous colours and patterned blanket rolls on top! </div>
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<i>Getting more adventurous with my patterns</i><br />
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I've been reading Antony Beevor's <i>Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939</i>. I'm only a few chapters in, but it seems exceptionally well written and very readable, so far presenting clearly and succinctly what is often a confusing conflict. </div>
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Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-28739689312726183212015-07-30T21:20:00.002+01:002015-07-30T21:20:18.399+01:00Wvyern All Dayer - Chain of Command<div class="mobile-photo">
July brings another all-dayer up at a Wyvern, and Ade was kind enough to bust out his massive 15mm WWII Normaspndy collection. We played the first day of Operation Epsom using Big Chain of Command - the first day of the assault on 26 June 1944 by the two platoons from the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division supported by Churchill tanks.<br />
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Connor, Gav and I took the three British platoons agains a well dug-in two SS platoons commanded by Seasoned CoC players Ian and Bob. Ade was kind enough to umpire.<br />
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The town of Raurey (?) somewhat worse for wear after the naval and artillery bombardment.<br />
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The end of the patrol phase - a respectable attempt to reach the hedge line. But not wuite'a out jump-off points were thrown back and the Germans were in deployment range of it.<br />
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The game had a foreboding start , with this as Ian's Command Dice roll - so much for out preliminary barrage!<br />
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British troops cautiously approach the hedge line. The SS pioneers had done good work and were well dug in. A merciless fire erupted from the defensive positions and the morning mist meant the British couldn't bring their firepower to bear. The advance section was quick,y beaten back.<br />
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As the mist rose, the armour finally make an appearance, having been held up at a minefield on the way from the beaches. </div>
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Churchill crocodile does its work on the makeshift bunker, and the Germans wisely withdraw<br />
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In the face of all the British armour, the Germans melt away from the hedgeline and a general advance begins.<br />
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But with caution and wisely so. Two panzershreck ambushes fair to take out the hulking Churchills, and the teams are scattered by British reaction fire. </div>
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Sporadic fire continues, and British morale is shaken. But they reach the minefields and a Sherman flail begins to clear a path.</div>
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But the surviving Germans strike with their Panzerfausts, starting the collapse of British morale.<br />
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A cagey game all in all, it felt like the British should have had the resources to smash through, but despite a reasonable tactical approach, the dug in and elite German platoons were just too tough a nut to crack. Also completely a game of two halves - the first dominated by Ian's above average rolling and Connor's impressive ability to roll kills for his own troops. But once the British armour rolled on, the Germans were reduced to hit and run attacks from the hedgeline while the Brits leapfrogged onwards to try to engage them. It felt like it went to the wire, but the loss of the Sherman and a lucky shot killing my platoon leader sent us packing. Well played by Bob and Ian and as Walsh, Ade out on an excellent, highly historical and challenging scenario. Cheers to all!<br />
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Also on the day, Dane and Chris had a great looking American War of Independence game in 10mm - I gather the British same out on top twice on the day.<br />
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The summer does bring its advantages, like a big reenactment event this weekend, Tewksbury Medieval Festival. It marks the Battle of Tewksbury 1471, a decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses. The Yorkists, despite being outnumbered, defeated and routed the Lancastrians, leading to a great slaughter in the 'Bloody Meadow' just outside the town. </div>
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Young Edward looks serious as the Armies assemble<br />
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Archers exchange fire.<br />
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Gunpowder weapons add further excitement</div>
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The Lancastrians advance<br />
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A fine sunny afternoon out, it's a big and busy event, despite the crowds it was easy to park up and traffic all flowed freely around the town - somehow! Lots of era eye-candy on display, all shiny armour and heraldry. I was thankful for the zoom lens and tilting LCD screen on my camera, helped me capture a few shots that I'm pleased even over the heads of the crowd of onlookers. </div>
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It's been a pleasant summer over the past few weeks, and I've realised I haven't put brush to miniature for over a month. While my painting hole is a cooler room in the house, the paint still dries too quickly to suit me. </div>
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Instead, I've hit the terrain. I had a therapeutic week building up 15mm 4Ground WWII buildings. They are really fine pieces, and ready for the tabletop, but still need the edges touching up and some details adding. </div>
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I've also churned out a bunch of small pieces that I've picked up over the months, ready for a game of 15mm CoC at Wyvern last weekend. First up 12 entrenchments for small and medium FoW bases. Well priced and I appreciated that they are all different sculpts. Thanks to Mike Whitaker of <a href="http://troubleatthemill.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/saturday-workbench.html" target="_blank">troubleatthemill</a> for the tip on these, sourced from <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/daemonscape" target="_blank">Daemonscape</a> on eBay for the princely sum of £4.99.</div>
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More defensive works - barbed wire at 2"x6" for Flames of War. Mdf bases from Warbases, toothpicks and some hobby barbed wire. </div>
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Next up a small copse of trees. These were from a bag of cheap Noch railway modelling trees, which means they aren't that durable and the flock is starting to bald already. Don't think they'll last that long, but I've loads of better woodland scenics armatures to build up at some point.<br />
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Last up for the 15s, some Landmark high walls that were on discount at Timecast, giving me 6' of walls. </div>
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A nifty sidestep to 28mms, I saw these nice cypress trees in the local (usually pretty mediocre) model railway shop. They were only £1.50 each too. Based for my 28mm terrain, they'll go nicely in Spain. </div>
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Last up, harking back to some of the first terrain I ever bought, I finally, finally painted the rest of my 28mm roads and junctions. I never loved these: while keenly priced and well detailed, they are a bit too chunky for what I was after and needed a lot of work to tidy them up. The originals feature in one of my <a href="http://infrequentwargamer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/british-95th-rifles-on-patrol.html" target="_blank">first ever blog posts</a> - so these have been sat awaiting the brush for at least 4 years! Once painted, they make a decent large rural roadway though. I took an opportunity to refresh the original ones, re-touching the rocks and flock to match my terrain from the last few years. </div>
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Last Sunday I got in a good game of Chain of Command with Ian up at the club. I took a small but powerful US Para platoon while Ian defended a farmhouse with Panzergrenadiers.<br />
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I'd be outnumbers and outgunned, so wanted to hit the PG's hard at the outset, but my first section was stalled facing two. We mad an error here and interpreted the walling as hard cover - soft would have made a more sensible game. The .50Cal was valued support, but didn't do the damage that I'd been hoping and a static grinding firefight ensued. </div>
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My second section moved to encircle the farmhouse, but Ian dropped his third into the farm itself, where it would be difficult to shift. This section took a battering as they tried to work their way out of the line of fire. </div>
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Eventually, the Para's brutal firepower and more consistent activations meant they could grind the Germans' morale down. A well timed assault by one of my sections, followed by a sub-optimally timed one by Ian (assaulting a section that just unpinned on the turn end...) closed the game with a narrow US victory. </div>
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Last weekend brought the Lardest Day in the Wyvern Wargamers calendar: where like-minded gamers travel from far and wide to indulge in a day of all things Too Fat Lardies. We're honoured to have the presence of Rich Clarke himself and other Lardy luminaries such as the esteemed Sidney Roundwood for our day's gaming.<br />
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And wow, what games were available. With two sessions everyone got chance to play some real cracking setups from a whole range of eras and Lardy rulesets: Dark Ages to modern day. The village hall was packed out with 10 games and nearly 40 gamers.<br />
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Once again Ade of <a href="http://bulletsbandagesandlard.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bullets, Bandages and Lard</a> did a sterling job of organising the day, as well as putting on an amazing <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: center;">Sari Bair-Gallipoli game using Big Chain of Command. Ade used a clever sharply sloped setup to represent the Anzac assault on the Turkish positions on the crest of the ridge, which looked outstanding but was a pain to capture in photos. I gather from the roars across the room that both games were particularly tense. </span><br />
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We had Rich Clarke running his upcoming <a href="http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=3773" target="_blank">Fighting Season</a> game, with modern British in Afghanistan<br />
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Returning from last year, a gorgeous Peninsular Napoleonic game of Sharp Practice by Jim. The buildings are Grand Manner and the boards are re-painted and flocked GW terrain tiles.<br />
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We had some 'Cold War Gone Hot' with West Germans looking to blunt a Soviet armoured assault. Fine looking terrain on this one, lots of neat details like the hot tub and washing line, and a large Aldi (of course!)</div>
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<a href="http://dusttears.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wyvern's own Stu</a> put on a lovely looking Russo-Japanese game based on the battle of Shaho, 1904. Stu did a cracking job of the new terrain tiles and pieces to really evoke the era and his growing collection looks excellent on the tabletop. </div>
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On the next table over, <a href="http://movealongnownothingtoseehere.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wyvern Paul </a>had Sharp Practice in the Wars of the Roses with his new collection - what a great ruleset that can cover such an expanse with just a little tinkering here and there!<br />
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Last but not least (for this post anyway, was this great looking game of Big Chain of Command - a really great job done here of pimping the 4Ground buildings with gardens and allotments (I've been building a few of these this week, and will thieve these ideas unashamedly). This game run by <a href="http://welshwargamesdevon.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jason </a>and <a href="http://stumpythetoxic.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Nathan</a>.<br />
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That's all the games that I photographed (my own excepted - for a future post). I know Wyvern Chris was running Dux Britannarium and I think there was a game of IABSM too, apologies to those that I missed. But one more thing must be remarked upon: the continuing tradition of Lard-themed 'tiffin' on offer<br />
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<i>What other event offers you branded cupcakes for all your rulesets of choice?! I can sense your envy from here. </i><br />
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All in all, a corker of a day in fine company, rounded out by a few beers in Evesham's finest (?) drinking establishment and curry house. Roll on OML4 in summer 2016!</div>
Phyllionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646063079410770256.post-70588969871110257702015-05-28T07:53:00.000+01:002015-05-28T07:53:43.748+01:00Oops...<div class="mobile-photo">
...this might stymie painting progress somewhat for the next few weeks! </div>
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Been dipping into Witcher 3, not a series in familiar with but damn it looks good.</blockquote>
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