tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59953369886337503172024-03-16T21:47:11.341-07:00The RegimentThe trials and tribulations of a group of Wargaming magpies in WellingtonPrinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13153507034885725737noreply@blogger.comBlogger531125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-64378159296223188222024-03-16T21:44:00.000-07:002024-03-16T21:46:39.457-07:00One PG-13 Greek? <p>I have been doing a lot of work on my Mycenaeans this last week and I'm really happy with how progress is ticking along. First off, the strike wing of the pre-Trojan War list: <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu2dLdRhMiGT9mAqDHJmZg7ykpGKy099CZPkrt6s22bqKsk2CpicP32i18rjeivdkYFu0e8WvT_T-iZlmLs0J9rh_WQOyb6cSVPDiwxPHIwBeHIytJ3zzNMqeMXwxr_iCDwXRuF_aVkuVg33lfDXXCj09IYGDpk9TCcHoFLkjy2djeDL4xJYNcPvP35k/s2774/IMG_5110.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="2774" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu2dLdRhMiGT9mAqDHJmZg7ykpGKy099CZPkrt6s22bqKsk2CpicP32i18rjeivdkYFu0e8WvT_T-iZlmLs0J9rh_WQOyb6cSVPDiwxPHIwBeHIytJ3zzNMqeMXwxr_iCDwXRuF_aVkuVg33lfDXXCj09IYGDpk9TCcHoFLkjy2djeDL4xJYNcPvP35k/w400-h160/IMG_5110.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The chap in the blue sash is (GASP!) Museum's model of Priam of Troy but in a twist, I decided the model was great and he'd make an excellent General. Irony of ironies, he'll be subbing in for Nestor in the Trojan War Achaean version of this list. </p><p>Overall, I like the group but I am umming and ahhing about whether to repaint the chariot outers as cowhide in the same way I'm going to do the figure of eight shields on the spearmen, mostly to break up the overwhelming wall of tan. I think I'll do some spearmen and see how I feel about the cowhide. If it works, the chariots might get redone. <br /></p><p>Next off, some formed bowmen: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfC7F8f4fWGf4aC9NIKUufKW2qceztex9EL9g1z_bzbsnBXpyU_h6Soacoxp0p_752mPWIpE7Eo_xiGr7ueMPxYhQCM2kIIMOjDwnVoaOAluXwlaET3QwzPMoSocea6PuuKLKxETD5UtaSdYldfNbvXY9nLa6PclYSJX2m3RsAm56nJcSkL-rpTKQ26o/s2950/IMG_5111.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2950" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfC7F8f4fWGf4aC9NIKUufKW2qceztex9EL9g1z_bzbsnBXpyU_h6Soacoxp0p_752mPWIpE7Eo_xiGr7ueMPxYhQCM2kIIMOjDwnVoaOAluXwlaET3QwzPMoSocea6PuuKLKxETD5UtaSdYldfNbvXY9nLa6PclYSJX2m3RsAm56nJcSkL-rpTKQ26o/w400-h206/IMG_5111.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p>Unlike my skirmishing archers, these are all wearing boar tusk helmets and carrying actual swords and they look great. Once again I did the dirty on the Greeks, I subbed in the figure for Paris from the Trojan heroes pack - I like having character models in my units and this unit of bow isn't getting the full blown standard and musician (because all the generals in this army are <i>Included</i>) so I thought I'd use it. <br /></p><p>Finally, and two of the bases I like most, are the two Myrmidons:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgzFVZPrc7M4vZuFTe2CZpcLfKUtkNS948PZK_419gXVHqCbxcvSv58Hsb1chkmz2inTcYFei1wmSLHjc9EqanyLaDLnXz2dAwaQf4_ViJZKWkF3_XrGp2FLyARc3vkErGm65pCFClf0lBgl9XJ5-I549h0Jl1ve8EV1btDVho0OIqbrOzUxl4sm2YQM/s2851/IMG_5112.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2851" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgzFVZPrc7M4vZuFTe2CZpcLfKUtkNS948PZK_419gXVHqCbxcvSv58Hsb1chkmz2inTcYFei1wmSLHjc9EqanyLaDLnXz2dAwaQf4_ViJZKWkF3_XrGp2FLyARc3vkErGm65pCFClf0lBgl9XJ5-I549h0Jl1ve8EV1btDVho0OIqbrOzUxl4sm2YQM/w400-h211/IMG_5112.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p>You can see Achilles in the centre of the right-hand base with the standard and musician. The chap in the centre of the other base was a bit PG when I ran the contrast paint over the skin and discovered it just kept going. 😆 I like the fact these bases add a huge whack of colour while still sticking pretty close to the tan / bronze / black palette of the rest of the army. <br /></p><p>Achilles was the first of the Greek heroes to make an appearance. Agamemnon, Odysseus, Ajax and Diomedes will be used on the various Spear generals (alongside Nestor in his chariot) to add some serious amount of character to the general bases. <br /></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>It's club day and I'm helping out Blogger Pel with a teaching game of Late War Flames of War so will be helping a new player navigate how Tigers kill Cromwells. I'm also playing another test game with the Italians so will give them a burl against a MW British Para outfit with Churchills (!)<b> </b>I'll keep working on the Mycenaeans as well - I'm really enjoying how the army is coming together. I also need to get into some camp work at some stage...<b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-43355728937151599952024-03-09T17:06:00.000-08:002024-03-09T17:06:39.911-08:00AVANTI SAVOIA! <p> AKA once again I reveal secret pre-tournament tech. Club day this week was an outing for my Flames of War mid-war army for our club competition in April. The list is: </p><p><i>Compagnia Carri</i></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> M14/41 HQ</li><li>5 M14/41</li><li>5M14/41</li><li>4 Semovente 75 <i><br /></i></li></ul><p><i>Compagnia Motociclisti</i></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Motociclisti</i> HQ</li><li><i>Motociclisti</i> platoon</li><li>4 47mm <i>Elefantini</i></li><li>3 Breda HMG</li><li>5 L6 Carri<i><br /></i></li></ul><p><i>Support <br /></i></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Captured 25pdrs</li><li>2 Lancia da 90 <i>autocannoni</i> </li></ul><p>They attacked Pelarel's British Rifle Company and Crusader Company in Toehold! Pelarel deployed a Rifle Platoon, his HQ, some 17/25pdr Pheasants, 81mm mortars and 25pdr artillery with some 6pdrs in ambush. Off table were his Crusader HQ, two platoons of Crusaders, a Rifle Platoon and some carriers. <br /></p><p>Pel mostly focussed his deployment in the centre with the guns and rufles deployed around the central hill: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwU2FJ985YFjIhCNzRk6sNDhcrpKAFfZW_jGUOcYhfBqmvj1M19-8oKyV6yUOHn1OQZi3CelB3BuORTQGhABSZjLsIfDg6eHUQ_RudPu850_vX-xxsrxEtOTkwbVfv40yyGM4Wln_B0t9uni4BzZvPNYWh4_uMIfJIvZ-Hy8c7_Yu7dijTVc7G0eCGMo/s4032/IMG_5094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwU2FJ985YFjIhCNzRk6sNDhcrpKAFfZW_jGUOcYhfBqmvj1M19-8oKyV6yUOHn1OQZi3CelB3BuORTQGhABSZjLsIfDg6eHUQ_RudPu850_vX-xxsrxEtOTkwbVfv40yyGM4Wln_B0t9uni4BzZvPNYWh4_uMIfJIvZ-Hy8c7_Yu7dijTVc7G0eCGMo/s320/IMG_5094.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>I decided to push both sides of the Toehold deployment because while I pondered a dedicated shove on the objective on my right (behind the village) the closeness of the two lead me to decide to make a cheeky shove on the left as well to try and split the defences. I pinged one of the Pheasants in the first turn and thought to myself "well, that should solve that problem" and mean my right hand push should be bothered. Oh boy was I ever wrong. <br /></p><p>By the third turn, I had pushed hard forward, wore the 6pdr ambush and threw A LOT of MG dice in reply. I got three of the 6pdrs and again, thought "well, that should solve that problem." Still wrong. Pel carried on his just infinite ability to roll successful Last Stand
test and his well located CO kept the 25pdrs unpinned and his remaining AT guns in the game! <br /></p><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQdVcA4_ulvgdEUCw69sUutarU_ZcLCK8t8z5IbA9XFxiMcodxtE0twCpG6d9cr7s6a90op5_st6OF4CVLm8WCVz_ZwsmsQz4ZaEN4FVH_8YkwpaToSf81FRu0GXio4i9TZNdttDsJWoiLuHwifWzU_7vVcdbGhqhR_JXxHBxqp1N1hBsX7hUvMxavHo/s4032/IMG_5095.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQdVcA4_ulvgdEUCw69sUutarU_ZcLCK8t8z5IbA9XFxiMcodxtE0twCpG6d9cr7s6a90op5_st6OF4CVLm8WCVz_ZwsmsQz4ZaEN4FVH_8YkwpaToSf81FRu0GXio4i9TZNdttDsJWoiLuHwifWzU_7vVcdbGhqhR_JXxHBxqp1N1hBsX7hUvMxavHo/s320/IMG_5095.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>His reserves all arrived on his right flank and had a pretty torrid time of it. The first platoon of Crusaders met a bad end at the hands of the Lancias from downtown and the Rifle Platoon was reduced to below combat effective in a disastrous assault when the Elefantini and the Motociclisti scored MANY hits. At this point I tried to put as many tanks ready to assault the hill as I could and the L6s tried distracting the 25pdrs: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J6PPUqu6bjoaOAb5wsFb_JVlWTbPU7oupRaysOGHkKc_WYzevI1s1ma89Ttw7_Y30HKPIeRJU8UNfQi3ZVG7AaTnu9WFsHWBNeUfd410L5e_ERDhUff_XSzhAbMm1zm4h3gVtCxhmmO0lti18A1euRBpxWarJ4k4b26RZ2qXswVg2vUl67d2NIbchXM/s4032/IMG_5096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J6PPUqu6bjoaOAb5wsFb_JVlWTbPU7oupRaysOGHkKc_WYzevI1s1ma89Ttw7_Y30HKPIeRJU8UNfQi3ZVG7AaTnu9WFsHWBNeUfd410L5e_ERDhUff_XSzhAbMm1zm4h3gVtCxhmmO0lti18A1euRBpxWarJ4k4b26RZ2qXswVg2vUl67d2NIbchXM/s320/IMG_5096.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I missed a couple of pics from turns 4 and 5 where all of Pel's reserves were on. His Carrriers were in the village (aand the centre hill also had 5 Crusaders on it! In those two turns I lost all of my M14s, my L6s and the Lancias. In return, I got all the Crusaders. In turn 6, Pel tried to assault the infantry platoon with his mostly intact one and my defensive fire was stupid while his saves were appalling! <br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa4vfOSA6qvyIrAGdXDIPxxlBJr8sOTqNy1M-Z3aqrQLy7CjcQPOXBJ_YH6fa996IdFvS2CdHf0YB9m9USga42d4Xq1R5kty1Xge44HNV5MeHCMhEkDrEwFXCA_Fpvnpqb3b7sPhNfMJFyZewCMKbnS_CQq4oEmr_kz7NFeiVcZ_Tqs4p9EXYJQ0gCvs/s4032/IMG_5098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa4vfOSA6qvyIrAGdXDIPxxlBJr8sOTqNy1M-Z3aqrQLy7CjcQPOXBJ_YH6fa996IdFvS2CdHf0YB9m9USga42d4Xq1R5kty1Xge44HNV5MeHCMhEkDrEwFXCA_Fpvnpqb3b7sPhNfMJFyZewCMKbnS_CQq4oEmr_kz7NFeiVcZ_Tqs4p9EXYJQ0gCvs/s320/IMG_5098.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This is the point where the Pheasant finally gave up and ran away after I shot the Rifle Company CO off the table with my Motociclisti, Pel's infantry platoon routed and the 6pdr quit the field. The game was still very much afoot! <br />
<p>And yet, the following turn it was over: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YBIqCLglHZDjRHTQehyQw3-IptHuqDaSVO6UMQP0R7DjMhq_2FpNzeRTcsrw3-LrYJA_eRzdlP_9nMwWjHD20aJjhyphenhyphenr8fWKc6-76GdQ3gtw5cShabGEu3mRLDt2L9Bshs8a5kwg4wFJwRENlroD-eAXeroxceQsDOu0ckcLDbgYtM4k1LraH96Ai4m4/s4032/IMG_5099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YBIqCLglHZDjRHTQehyQw3-IptHuqDaSVO6UMQP0R7DjMhq_2FpNzeRTcsrw3-LrYJA_eRzdlP_9nMwWjHD20aJjhyphenhyphenr8fWKc6-76GdQ3gtw5cShabGEu3mRLDt2L9Bshs8a5kwg4wFJwRENlroD-eAXeroxceQsDOu0ckcLDbgYtM4k1LraH96Ai4m4/s320/IMG_5099.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Pelarel's last round of shooting with 2 81mm mortars and his carriers removed enough of the 47mm guns that the last one failed his 3+ Last Stand (AARRRGGHH) and fled and meant there wasn't much I could do to reasonably assault the objective so we called the game there. </p><p> Had the one gun stuck around and removed a carrier, I think I would have tried to carry the infantry assault but it would have been a tough ask to both take the objective with that infantry platoon and then hold it as Pel would have broken off any carriers who survived the assault and would have MGed my tiny platoon to death as it stood around in the open! </p><p>It was a much closer game than either of us expected - when I'd removed most of his AT guns before his Crusaders arrived, Pel reckoned the game was mine. By turn 6 when all my armour was toast, we talked about calling it there but one round of good shooting by me hauled the game back to a contest. </p><p><b>Thoughts? </b></p><p>I mostly like the list but I'm umming and ahhing about the 9-point platoon of L6s. It's pricey and while I deliberately used them to distract Pel's 25pdrs so mine did the work I needed them to (noting that they absolutely did not do that....grumble grumble) I could have achieved the same with a 6-point platoon of AB41s. It's not *another* assaulting platoon but I'm also middling on whether I need that. So a bit more thinking to do there. </p><p><b>Test Wheels</b></p><p>I haven't had a huge amount of hobby time this week but have invested what I did have in prepping my chariots and, since the horses, bases, and actual chariots (if not crew) were ready, I thought I'd take one through from end to end to see how it came out and I'm pretty happy: </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXPP-G_LyFfw04oHVGY-pPTMaJu9bms_VKC0Sy89xJf9NFL-QpHw2hRKNdVTTk6z6GW9xS0dafDNTGfijNMciMkqzotVW6Bqe2En4a6YIfrdShCpbsc3xfUDUajGZCth1OIC8lITQFUlw04JHnvo7uXmF7SPOhcfUIG0Xw84MBTjmLag_HLAsjpxQioc/s1891/IMG_5106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1891" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXPP-G_LyFfw04oHVGY-pPTMaJu9bms_VKC0Sy89xJf9NFL-QpHw2hRKNdVTTk6z6GW9xS0dafDNTGfijNMciMkqzotVW6Bqe2En4a6YIfrdShCpbsc3xfUDUajGZCth1OIC8lITQFUlw04JHnvo7uXmF7SPOhcfUIG0Xw84MBTjmLag_HLAsjpxQioc/w400-h313/IMG_5106.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p> I realised I needed to put a very gentle wash over the metals to give them a bit of depth and given all my Heavy Spear for this list will be in Dendritic armour, like this charioteer, that's going to look much better. </p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>More chariots and if hobby time allows, I'm going to get stuck into the Myrmidons and formed bowmen. Then it's just 12 bases of spear to go and this army will be done! <br />
</p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-1347549862471776842024-03-02T16:13:00.000-08:002024-03-02T16:13:24.191-08:00Playing catchup and preparing for new things! <p>There's been a lot of 40K excitement going around my gaming group at the mo and I've definitely enjoyed playing some 10e so have decided it's time I got in for a real game. For some reason, though, I decided that I should do it with something stupid: <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3BDxBH6oxEFoGlfHCegyY0a8Wx2C4yjQpt6GDLnzAXkw5NtpKIh-mGbTWSVwDDJ7lNI3hfC0NqimMF2wHbi8AagXBUGIMvWbsTtFI8Wc2Pl6UXFbLC2iS4bknwxucwjZjBtpxyQaRYLlnK1alqmbAOmXI0pePS9kLspX1s4QNiRXh0iGJ-wKiS0pBIU/s2845/IMG_5087.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="2272" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3BDxBH6oxEFoGlfHCegyY0a8Wx2C4yjQpt6GDLnzAXkw5NtpKIh-mGbTWSVwDDJ7lNI3hfC0NqimMF2wHbi8AagXBUGIMvWbsTtFI8Wc2Pl6UXFbLC2iS4bknwxucwjZjBtpxyQaRYLlnK1alqmbAOmXI0pePS9kLspX1s4QNiRXh0iGJ-wKiS0pBIU/w320-h400/IMG_5087.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>I've repainted my original Freeblade Errant to match his colour palette with my Armigers so I have a coherent House Cadmus lance. I removed all the transfers, cleaned up the panels and replaced all the transfers. It was a fairly easy job to do but I'm pleased with how it came out. Here's the whole lance together as a 1000 point list (with Callidus <strike>Assistant</strike> Assassin): <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhKIKe2zXQPKCjYT8_bG96vXMRRAEqaRTGNsUx7UNBO96s6EpyzAaZxwlPwU9asx1p_5c-TUSWEuHdpsJKkBCqkcLYCjnajhpez-alWcSFZAN9C9xzAIAIqqmBneKGNILNf4q66cizKKRG09XQ2r_etIn0T1SBqAGlZKIHKjHOmCQILpdQhR8jbz0TLQ/s2797/IMG_5088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2797" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhKIKe2zXQPKCjYT8_bG96vXMRRAEqaRTGNsUx7UNBO96s6EpyzAaZxwlPwU9asx1p_5c-TUSWEuHdpsJKkBCqkcLYCjnajhpez-alWcSFZAN9C9xzAIAIqqmBneKGNILNf4q66cizKKRG09XQ2r_etIn0T1SBqAGlZKIHKjHOmCQILpdQhR8jbz0TLQ/w400-h258/IMG_5088.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I'd like to get this up to a full 2000 by adding a couple more big-boi knights, specifically the Cerastus knights but sweet Christmas, they are $400 a pop down here and that's all sorts of stupid. I do have a list that is a Knight Lance getting some assistance from our favourite lazy Inquisitor too and so that might be the logical endpoint. <br /><p></p><p>And since not buying a Cerastus Lancer made me sad, I did something fun. I started on my Mycenaeans: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NBH1dWhSrgUW84apSjOlq6u2CrApKIeh99zicgb2BsPuIeuxWoSZ7tgrZ80nKYKT72gnn3Xxp0oXF-GuG6zD7D52iWlk9V2_8EmA3FHlEZCEjPp2jTvCYss4MBTaEcrng-rD-G4g_19wNL9sxIrakYecmcQ1MyaqTdwOYNc-fqca_b-aWHFfZB6G-6A/s3315/IMG_5090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="3315" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NBH1dWhSrgUW84apSjOlq6u2CrApKIeh99zicgb2BsPuIeuxWoSZ7tgrZ80nKYKT72gnn3Xxp0oXF-GuG6zD7D52iWlk9V2_8EmA3FHlEZCEjPp2jTvCYss4MBTaEcrng-rD-G4g_19wNL9sxIrakYecmcQ1MyaqTdwOYNc-fqca_b-aWHFfZB6G-6A/w400-h189/IMG_5090.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First off the Light Foot Javelin. These are the key skirmishers for me as the army doesn't have any light cavalry (obviously!) so the full six allowed bases seemed like a good idea. I've put aside four of these to be chariot crew for my Light Chariot Javelin (and to make them distinct from my Light Chariot Impact.) <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJ5jJ__CEOWUPUpo-zJQ3pONlUGqiUqScgzO_wKz83GjzyMoehYFK75ZdDkNYcT2Q6JjN4IXFmU9MJTMobgMzMkpqm4iFGx3ryUJ-yrv6ckiN4Yehj_rIcfq3yXjjUmhAZoDeCFg6jbG-fzy0vntqw7BRzAmGS0ZChTDeh_T1UwamarYFGLLge-1jFdc/s3387/IMG_5091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="3387" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJ5jJ__CEOWUPUpo-zJQ3pONlUGqiUqScgzO_wKz83GjzyMoehYFK75ZdDkNYcT2Q6JjN4IXFmU9MJTMobgMzMkpqm4iFGx3ryUJ-yrv6ckiN4Yehj_rIcfq3yXjjUmhAZoDeCFg6jbG-fzy0vntqw7BRzAmGS0ZChTDeh_T1UwamarYFGLLge-1jFdc/s320/IMG_5091.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The second set are some Light Foot Bow and Light Foot Sling. The Light Foot Bow are mostly intended to be Support for Nestor's Pylian Spearmen in the Trojan War list but I have options in the core list for them too. The slingers were just a nice novelty. <br /><p>I began with the skirmishers since they seemed like a good test of the paint scheme. Plenty of skin, boar tusk helmets on the javelinmen and linen outfits for all. They do feel a touch monochrome but I also expected that going in and it's come out pretty much as anticipated. In some respects, it's not much different to doing a Dark Ages army - I'm just working in a different palette of brown! <br /></p><p>This is my first experience with Citadel Contrast Paint and I'm mostly pretty happy. The finish is a bit inconsistent depending on how vigorously I shook the pot, and it very occasionally produces some white spots of primer, but overall, I'm happy with the look and the speed to finished that I get with it. Also it was a chance to test out the basing - given the monochromishness of the whole thing, a bit of green seemed like a good idea. <br /></p><p>It's not a bad effort after I took a week off last week and spent it playing boardgames with my excellent nerd friends. This is as close to tabletop as I got: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAju2LstSv-pbS2E20kCHtHvtWqz1zsKUhrzcrnJySH-y5Km66_ELMLbCwzokvcEs4z6XHKVT_2QUQzNke076cJb3JlWs9bpIXrDHNfYNJC1LF6r6T0q9zJ1g1vRYHYDbw-jJD5mB_wNLXzNiPKcnDVsRYojqAs9SIBYUmWm1RWYCfDtTO6QSQhuV3pc/s4031/IMG_5077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="4031" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAju2LstSv-pbS2E20kCHtHvtWqz1zsKUhrzcrnJySH-y5Km66_ELMLbCwzokvcEs4z6XHKVT_2QUQzNke076cJb3JlWs9bpIXrDHNfYNJC1LF6r6T0q9zJ1g1vRYHYDbw-jJD5mB_wNLXzNiPKcnDVsRYojqAs9SIBYUmWm1RWYCfDtTO6QSQhuV3pc/w400-h184/IMG_5077.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I enjoy an occasional game of Magic cards - at least this year I got to summon the Reaver Titan, even if I didn't get to crew it or attack with it...maybe next year. <br /></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I'm running out my Wallachians for a game or two at our next club day and we've got our club annual competition coming up in April and I'm quite keen to give my list for that a run just to make sure I'm not completely crazy. <br /></p><p><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-17249324804836271782024-03-01T22:23:00.000-08:002024-03-01T22:23:32.769-08:00Pooch's February update- 2024 is well underway!<p>So that's it, February is done too, so what have I made progress on then?</p><p>I'll give you a hint, there is still a lot of bugs!</p><p><b>1. Paint something bought <i>before </i>2024</b></p><p>I promised bugs, and this month I managed to complete the last of the Tyranids I bought in 2023- which feels like quite the milestone! </p><p>First up is a Tyrannocyte, a tyranid drop-pod-egg-thing, which I had spent a long time hating, but now quite like!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU382ZIY7tj7TgyUo9CYjvTpkeVm_ti6y32lvMGPbfjjx-qXl9gyUkYbaH_nfsIL-sHZoR8juwtmosVCkQDYWbdD0_mK6xbW3Ocb7ZfovVlIIff5X2Q5uIFqcJh1PuX7DnuAvnHx8kJuReITQGUaFPfYmg8U_Vf0ZNr3aYIluCAQFum4s8Yo6qMUp9EIk/s2016/IMG_5688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU382ZIY7tj7TgyUo9CYjvTpkeVm_ti6y32lvMGPbfjjx-qXl9gyUkYbaH_nfsIL-sHZoR8juwtmosVCkQDYWbdD0_mK6xbW3Ocb7ZfovVlIIff5X2Q5uIFqcJh1PuX7DnuAvnHx8kJuReITQGUaFPfYmg8U_Vf0ZNr3aYIluCAQFum4s8Yo6qMUp9EIk/w300-h400/IMG_5688.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And second up is yet more Termagants- I actually finished enough to get me to 40 termagants, but decided that rather than show you just more Termagants, that I would show you the three weapon options I have ended up with, using Potbelly's awesome 3d printing services.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPDpcclUGEQwJ77j8g2WhCVCnsHLJO4T2A1o6fVO5w1iOFnffW36Ojnl5u1tfWwrbc0NX_wKUMVD9yrdUhWYbVEpumHHoqoPxcJB6lIDkzAf1HB2-4tjnk2GF0Peiow7jm8AAs0ZPZcaK2xG7VWrzOk6VRSD3aRJkhk_gbY-_NMOhXK1YJzNmyeZKoew/s2016/IMG_5679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPDpcclUGEQwJ77j8g2WhCVCnsHLJO4T2A1o6fVO5w1iOFnffW36Ojnl5u1tfWwrbc0NX_wKUMVD9yrdUhWYbVEpumHHoqoPxcJB6lIDkzAf1HB2-4tjnk2GF0Peiow7jm8AAs0ZPZcaK2xG7VWrzOk6VRSD3aRJkhk_gbY-_NMOhXK1YJzNmyeZKoew/w400-h300/IMG_5679.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fleshborer, Strangleweb and Shardlauncher!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>2. Paint something bought <i>in</i> 2024</b></div><p>So, since I finished up everything I bought in 2023, that means the expansion of the Tyranid swarm is entirely new spend- not a bad thing, because it's a sign that while I am buying more things, I am also keeping up the momentum in getting them finished. </p><p>Having a hard rule of "no playing with it until it's painted" is helping me a lot too!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0Nn8UvLYil4V0uFVAf8GGilikg4ActL7mIEAFKtl8QTVLDttqmA-wQINtDZDayJyYJTKt4ziUOtw5Th5TfeaBuNvZ6mdoelbNc-H9YU0RYFZxcIrfEgM1ecxqqL-rvU5RRf46NKJ_chuA2oP9JZXuxNnfGI2NDEb7MKYXZ3QodK_crusKw-KcfUkj_c/s2016/IMG_5678.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0Nn8UvLYil4V0uFVAf8GGilikg4ActL7mIEAFKtl8QTVLDttqmA-wQINtDZDayJyYJTKt4ziUOtw5Th5TfeaBuNvZ6mdoelbNc-H9YU0RYFZxcIrfEgM1ecxqqL-rvU5RRf46NKJ_chuA2oP9JZXuxNnfGI2NDEb7MKYXZ3QodK_crusKw-KcfUkj_c/w400-h300/IMG_5678.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zoanthropes. Because nothing says "evil space bug" quite like they do!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDVi22knvNXQiiQHkLsqu7CqnJ_VT9FthEcYLl9C__JriWrB9l1ru780tmK0zMShHfW37ko7f_nK-8DwJQhyphenhyphenCGQvzqcbLV0zu5kcLzUYTbe3V3Bn8GjF4agqYJf_2YwS7o0WT3ly0VBil9l3nxcmnzXw7LHOMRIz_RNAu7xG1Nnqd8Svt7NOdryoaccI/s2016/IMG_5681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDVi22knvNXQiiQHkLsqu7CqnJ_VT9FthEcYLl9C__JriWrB9l1ru780tmK0zMShHfW37ko7f_nK-8DwJQhyphenhyphenCGQvzqcbLV0zu5kcLzUYTbe3V3Bn8GjF4agqYJf_2YwS7o0WT3ly0VBil9l3nxcmnzXw7LHOMRIz_RNAu7xG1Nnqd8Svt7NOdryoaccI/w400-h300/IMG_5681.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Pyrovore. Because why not have a bug that sets things on fire?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpDiwgoCKFW-7oT3UAaFEjR7ZJwccdj1fbgpzXQg5ntiylrs-r1Rerc8K0wqVFzm3GapbCZ6X8kzsPpCL2Gbiwgluc-9thjWpNfCYwvLtqZRULmTk7wrUwcgL0X60QblwtVhhyP2NSFL5-VRC4BA2noI2V3819T-CwA-XSfWdo4zNYoZoozRzgzIxoY0/s2016/IMG_5683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpDiwgoCKFW-7oT3UAaFEjR7ZJwccdj1fbgpzXQg5ntiylrs-r1Rerc8K0wqVFzm3GapbCZ6X8kzsPpCL2Gbiwgluc-9thjWpNfCYwvLtqZRULmTk7wrUwcgL0X60QblwtVhhyP2NSFL5-VRC4BA2noI2V3819T-CwA-XSfWdo4zNYoZoozRzgzIxoY0/w400-h300/IMG_5683.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front view of the fire spider!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2xhyoum7ShYRHpKHG3-nxEg5egkwFjP804sPyNJax6Ie2rwycKx9JKG5rNoFqwXx1nnHZl4C0boAAdbbfnrH1HeqFw_-gV3sM6k6uVy5V-QD3eDZWk6_o9T7lnC8Lj0gcG8h0uotxrnD16pgbN_GGU3daDxczcpVcGMzMlSqRR4autc81Z4ZtIOzheQ/s2016/IMG_5684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2xhyoum7ShYRHpKHG3-nxEg5egkwFjP804sPyNJax6Ie2rwycKx9JKG5rNoFqwXx1nnHZl4C0boAAdbbfnrH1HeqFw_-gV3sM6k6uVy5V-QD3eDZWk6_o9T7lnC8Lj0gcG8h0uotxrnD16pgbN_GGU3daDxczcpVcGMzMlSqRR4autc81Z4ZtIOzheQ/w400-h300/IMG_5684.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pyrovore kit also comes with Spore Mines, which are just fun</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC9ZL8QaSVYuqIR7OmBG7rL0vOMt3_GzgiJzJ4UjpkR9NOid8E3THP7zryPrJLEAwur8iZoxemqyDCCrfqlnGvNi-K4hCpY-5WXHUg2-14SoLlydW9jAB9uKpBjfQuNp1Hq3fFKaGJS5IO0L4Ymbah5p2-nQtyS339Y0G_RlPs0dxf7BhUOsFYJ5FjUU/s2016/IMG_5685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicC9ZL8QaSVYuqIR7OmBG7rL0vOMt3_GzgiJzJ4UjpkR9NOid8E3THP7zryPrJLEAwur8iZoxemqyDCCrfqlnGvNi-K4hCpY-5WXHUg2-14SoLlydW9jAB9uKpBjfQuNp1Hq3fFKaGJS5IO0L4Ymbah5p2-nQtyS339Y0G_RlPs0dxf7BhUOsFYJ5FjUU/w400-h300/IMG_5685.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tyrant Guard. Slabs of genetically enhanced bulk, with the sole purpose of defending my characters</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDqEskZ0LynnghEK2aSyUX0UHTu4B30dA-1hSHWzShg_n7MkRCfcWoFfbeyx_FTW4qdHaiekAmHJOPpreFXUjm7E6Wb_dyVpBq527tX5Yq2kD2EZk9M_KfHjMiMeLpLimv49pP2Gj9eI2W05gIlqAPCJq6QvfaV48ep2rgp23uUa_6CsBmJRvPduQi6Q/s2016/IMG_5686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDqEskZ0LynnghEK2aSyUX0UHTu4B30dA-1hSHWzShg_n7MkRCfcWoFfbeyx_FTW4qdHaiekAmHJOPpreFXUjm7E6Wb_dyVpBq527tX5Yq2kD2EZk9M_KfHjMiMeLpLimv49pP2Gj9eI2W05gIlqAPCJq6QvfaV48ep2rgp23uUa_6CsBmJRvPduQi6Q/w400-h300/IMG_5686.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They did not skip <i>any</i> gym days.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>A lot of these units have become key parts of my army list thinking at present, all while I iterate towards the list I take to Valleycon in a couple of months!</p><p>And with that, we are up to 1825 points painted...<br /><br /></p><p></p><p><b>3. Play a game of 40k each month</b></p><p>Just the one game this month, which saw my Tyranids fighting against Chaos Demons.</p><p>The game was a really interesting one- I scored <i>really hard</i> in the first three turns, then promptly got slaughtered and lost pretty much my entire army. But because I had gotten enough points in the first few turns, I ended up with the win! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHwIT1g8TW0IN45s26YQ5rWeyf9wwQ3HIOYGVddj85TXME8TLtg4MIlsB-jbv-OVB9oEZKBUOfGTDYK2Qa9OkCUXjL0aye74lF-i9yCMCqtWtf7K2xeXR7gp7oSuNw1YndUHnBNnNAbIMzo80aBOw3yYpdi5SNSvpBgB0VVmPoD4euuxVlvtTRmkz4z4/s2016/IMG_5646.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHwIT1g8TW0IN45s26YQ5rWeyf9wwQ3HIOYGVddj85TXME8TLtg4MIlsB-jbv-OVB9oEZKBUOfGTDYK2Qa9OkCUXjL0aye74lF-i9yCMCqtWtf7K2xeXR7gp7oSuNw1YndUHnBNnNAbIMzo80aBOw3yYpdi5SNSvpBgB0VVmPoD4euuxVlvtTRmkz4z4/w400-h300/IMG_5646.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tervigon and Pyrovore vs Belakor. Belakor killed a LOT of models!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>More 40k to come!<br /></p><p><b>4. Play a game of not-40k each month</b></p><p>In my "not 40k" I have continued the spaceship theme from last month, this time trying out Battlefleet Gothic, which is making a bit of a comeback with our local group.</p><p>I took command of the Tau component of the Demiurg/Tau fleet, and we successfully introduced the Greater Good to some Khornate Chaos Space Marines. </p><p>The Greater Good was successfully spread, but not before many ships were lost, including in some truly horrific boarding actions (I mean, Tau vs Khorne Bezerkers in the close confines of a space ship was never going to go well for the Tau!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QnSQ_MeoVCu1qEB8E0EKdWYcp_PDltXWa3l1uMfcNs1rXIncTJaxeq4LPFR26o02fMjbL4lkTt-Kr_un4cx7hsPpd6gZKHRqyH_0lYqiPAA8o9xCe2AUAyIlhyphenhyphenrLxYXXXnZZYG49So3VUqi5Bt8HJDqBVSM33bl5KJ6CNFtUl0yzGP6yymW6oJjdiBQ/s2016/IMG_5664.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QnSQ_MeoVCu1qEB8E0EKdWYcp_PDltXWa3l1uMfcNs1rXIncTJaxeq4LPFR26o02fMjbL4lkTt-Kr_un4cx7hsPpd6gZKHRqyH_0lYqiPAA8o9xCe2AUAyIlhyphenhyphenrLxYXXXnZZYG49So3VUqi5Bt8HJDqBVSM33bl5KJ6CNFtUl0yzGP6yymW6oJjdiBQ/w300-h400/IMG_5664.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>It was nice to come back to BFG, it has been..... more than a decade (maybe even two!) since I last played it, so was fun to come back to it and see how the refined rules play. </p><p>Maybe I can play Tyranids for that too...... </p><p>.....Bugs.... in..... SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.....</p><p>Pooch</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-14149313164373514102024-02-17T17:05:00.000-08:002024-02-17T17:05:53.083-08:00Lazy week...<p> Real life has been going on this last week after a bunch of painting and flagging progress last week and I haven't been in much of a mood, nor blessed with a lot of hobby time. <br /></p><p>First off. I painted another Tyranid for a bit more palette cleanse and he found his way into another potplant: <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7LKRCUNuJRA1HfmYWFSktNwmnBGVfaH36Xb1uu9gBv0sX1wEIPAn1-hb8auF_sgNAgX_n2uZa7T4A35EXblWT4vPx7DGQg8VC6NzoK51b0uQl2kEC5dbdilujyQQQckFwNCeoRmijzP8eKtsjPDGmsdF7d3oK8XXrq5ATnGGG7cV2GZDqThYt5C8CRs/s3024/IMG_5072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2629" data-original-width="3024" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7LKRCUNuJRA1HfmYWFSktNwmnBGVfaH36Xb1uu9gBv0sX1wEIPAn1-hb8auF_sgNAgX_n2uZa7T4A35EXblWT4vPx7DGQg8VC6NzoK51b0uQl2kEC5dbdilujyQQQckFwNCeoRmijzP8eKtsjPDGmsdF7d3oK8XXrq5ATnGGG7cV2GZDqThYt5C8CRs/s320/IMG_5072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I've got a few more random 28mm figures floating around on the to-do pile which is slightly reducing the pile of shame on my desk to a point where I *might* be able to see the to-do pile, as it were. On that note, I also did a couple of super easy models to start on my Inquisition Kill Team: <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01WBXNfi4s5wOTaarg9fTr2zKjmlQGc67cqkKSkEQsfNjcaCIi64Qi83ZjFVL8IY5dBUVHV3KrUa49JWn_eSHAeY-AkTCRF4GawHj-4HOEaTR5b2QfCtDgirT3IS20EPS_JGetpsjSoHZPtqoR16KaTRo7ilMblpFN9QE8EkYinSlbSGn19oSCQ2dvbU/s2702/IMG_5074.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2702" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01WBXNfi4s5wOTaarg9fTr2zKjmlQGc67cqkKSkEQsfNjcaCIi64Qi83ZjFVL8IY5dBUVHV3KrUa49JWn_eSHAeY-AkTCRF4GawHj-4HOEaTR5b2QfCtDgirT3IS20EPS_JGetpsjSoHZPtqoR16KaTRo7ilMblpFN9QE8EkYinSlbSGn19oSCQ2dvbU/s320/IMG_5074.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>Yep, this is what happens when I have about four hours of hobby time in a week! I do the easy stuff! :)<br /></p><p>Finally, we have our gaming club annual competition in a couple of months and I figured that I should probably make some minefields for the army. Handily I've been sitting on a collection of old CDs for making Flames of War minefields. I've got a whole extra set to do for my European-based armies, but these will do nicely for the Italians I'll be running. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmSr5T4MtQV5CGrDyoTvaDUQsLSAVmQQHMy9nScc7URFrD1cCOWdqaXkkd_2-2Ma8S6889XVyPcDtQtAH0o7axNFuhnhLgOov40tgbYoHdYrrR4zG-H7UGZjFpG3OOOsFhv1SvrxZns4GUV6ZcDm0C_MOiScKWPCwefKYbXI2EA_zeCkkEvadbWBP0ZI/s4031/IMG_5073.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1714" data-original-width="4031" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmSr5T4MtQV5CGrDyoTvaDUQsLSAVmQQHMy9nScc7URFrD1cCOWdqaXkkd_2-2Ma8S6889XVyPcDtQtAH0o7axNFuhnhLgOov40tgbYoHdYrrR4zG-H7UGZjFpG3OOOsFhv1SvrxZns4GUV6ZcDm0C_MOiScKWPCwefKYbXI2EA_zeCkkEvadbWBP0ZI/s320/IMG_5073.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>I've started on the second 15mm Spanish Tercio, but not made so much that I could justify claiming it for blog content. I did take all the Mycenaeans out of their box and check everything had arrived. It has and I'm even more excited about getting to work on them! </p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>Good question.<b> </b>Something pointful and complete I'm sure. <b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-47698407742540366912024-02-10T15:40:00.000-08:002024-02-10T15:40:32.009-08:00More Tyranids? <p> <b>More KoW</b></p><p>I had a full scale 2300 point game of KoW with Blogger Tank yesterday at the club and it has become abundantly clear to me that as my clubmates have adapted to fighting the glass cannon that is my Ghosties, I have not adapted quickly enough. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjN4hRksqnuDSEdyvFUtO8-DnFCBMiufpFGqIeGbojLOiFVrXWkkIt1LlzYBLPJtF7i7-1SzkSmyXgilHYczRWamGRTGb7wvIobDpybU-ZGk-212nDO32_VfKTSpGzVJLlqD9gh2Mug2d9-wO5V_APSS1XJ8P0SJaChCeDTz2tB2ahDCTjS8vhJ8Z3RtE/s4032/IMG_5060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjN4hRksqnuDSEdyvFUtO8-DnFCBMiufpFGqIeGbojLOiFVrXWkkIt1LlzYBLPJtF7i7-1SzkSmyXgilHYczRWamGRTGb7wvIobDpybU-ZGk-212nDO32_VfKTSpGzVJLlqD9gh2Mug2d9-wO5V_APSS1XJ8P0SJaChCeDTz2tB2ahDCTjS8vhJ8Z3RtE/s320/IMG_5060.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p> I'm not going to get into a full blow by blow but suffice to say Tank offered me some turn two charges (sensibly on his part as the alternative simply wasn't going to happen) and I flubbed almost all of it. My well placed double-charge in the centre failed to break
the Royal Guards and the countercharge hit me much harder than I
expected. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70sg2jtvJmJlUsDJzbRVonQReQyTDDnnSe08qBk5-7XiL9JK2tbCdwHSNKbM2OUBVzTVqyfulqsp9rH0p8NKa4hC-BNzL-kBhiBYFKepzET8oUurHetnR4UnmRAgWUfTNMAlAcJGmL1JjhonPkcfLrK4Y8tgBioEXFA6n4mQxRwhvhiy2gVRR3bdZ09Y/s4032/IMG_5061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70sg2jtvJmJlUsDJzbRVonQReQyTDDnnSe08qBk5-7XiL9JK2tbCdwHSNKbM2OUBVzTVqyfulqsp9rH0p8NKa4hC-BNzL-kBhiBYFKepzET8oUurHetnR4UnmRAgWUfTNMAlAcJGmL1JjhonPkcfLrK4Y8tgBioEXFA6n4mQxRwhvhiy2gVRR3bdZ09Y/s320/IMG_5061.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> My left stuck in some tough combats (I could really have used my <i>Horror</i> buff solo there instead of in the centre where it was) and centre held for a couple of turns thanks to Tank double-1-ing a couple of key Nerve tests. All the while I was attacking Tank's left flank:<br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNZHSQ157wAo1cZ1llDE7ddDLfSBawrhXHoW1UYVdjMmLqh602eN3Lyf58JSke-f5_cJqlzvo7HCQX3E3bRSBsgHO0C6FaMmEQfHgClIjzr2FHSYgMfzReX7wdQB691sancgz-kK-n7x_16uMjgyEeLzI5AL_EBLyVFQRArhZm4XlQXDAj2wt8Gag3QU/s4032/IMG_5062.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNZHSQ157wAo1cZ1llDE7ddDLfSBawrhXHoW1UYVdjMmLqh602eN3Lyf58JSke-f5_cJqlzvo7HCQX3E3bRSBsgHO0C6FaMmEQfHgClIjzr2FHSYgMfzReX7wdQB691sancgz-kK-n7x_16uMjgyEeLzI5AL_EBLyVFQRArhZm4XlQXDAj2wt8Gag3QU/s320/IMG_5062.JPG" width="240" /></a> <br /></p><p>This was meant to be how I won this game but with a little good luck and a lot of good measurement, Tank had placed his units such that I didn't have quite as many good landing spots for my flyers as I wanted. It ended well for me: <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv4jRPxgXnkV5HJlBwQ0CzrOC1bP6zUtF-1sVeKFhQaiYgN_ginX9XKSB3I8r8GnM_ZDrcgmOnzuVWcpMnQntcPZqUK4fnWW5n3qP9SCQhO2B4I-ofrXIgsKyuMAIyAugGzk32vF8fyVlo8KG3D3fFwS8Uy__XWmWWkzbFuIaz4e77Sk2Z1zNuwINcQY/s4032/IMG_5063.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv4jRPxgXnkV5HJlBwQ0CzrOC1bP6zUtF-1sVeKFhQaiYgN_ginX9XKSB3I8r8GnM_ZDrcgmOnzuVWcpMnQntcPZqUK4fnWW5n3qP9SCQhO2B4I-ofrXIgsKyuMAIyAugGzk32vF8fyVlo8KG3D3fFwS8Uy__XWmWWkzbFuIaz4e77Sk2Z1zNuwINcQY/s320/IMG_5063.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>But the total collapse of my centre and left (since I didn't find a way to end either of those combats in my favour!) lead us to call the game on Turn 5 with Tank still rocking his character Warwagon and giant armoured Dorf where I had effectively run out of models to steal the objective markers with! </p><p>It was a great game and as Tank's Dwarf-skill has comfortably overtaken my own, I'm off back to the drawing board to adapt to the lessons I've learned. I've got a couple more tricks up my sleeve yet! <br /></p><p><b>Spanish</b></p><p>I have done the Landsknecht Kiel (yeesh) and I kind of like how it's come out as a dense pike block. It weirdly feels more dense than the Tercios (which it definitely is) but this does have the advantage of not being able to mistake one for the other! <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNusHio11fQOPbmxv_z1OqL12AvS86IWuXxRopLCVBGX6MZMhvd_VC4MvhZ6wDM2rht6f0D0EXCt4HGgCOA2bvw6_kluFh8k5X815g3svOEyAXEKDzDzJmtUlzONzOlEPMBk5UgkqKOPDeOPJHn-7t9Wz1zluZJxxQwHWomlyFLNB3lAhcQEf6t-8zjFk/s2195/IMG_5066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="2195" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNusHio11fQOPbmxv_z1OqL12AvS86IWuXxRopLCVBGX6MZMhvd_VC4MvhZ6wDM2rht6f0D0EXCt4HGgCOA2bvw6_kluFh8k5X815g3svOEyAXEKDzDzJmtUlzONzOlEPMBk5UgkqKOPDeOPJHn-7t9Wz1zluZJxxQwHWomlyFLNB3lAhcQEf6t-8zjFk/s320/IMG_5066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I'm not super happy with the whole army, to be honest, but I have also reached a point of realising that fixing it would require repainting huge swathes of stuff and so I've decided that rather than do that, I'll focus on getting it finished consistently (even if I'm not super happy) and stick more flags on it to make the whole thing pop. With that in mind, more flags: <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOhaC5e357I6vcBneF-SjEpX6hXcymRzxbQxBmWbQXgsLgscMH_w1TDvuIy7o9HJ9t_SnDFnxjf9X0x8-M8zXsNciyxQEoHYgr53tcbQLvLWdz9sAYZCHiLb5f3LbfMXYIosNRIk9p1gwXJMhyj09xZ6_ukd9XMxO_AyXQHI8fxdje87q_aZb1Ic79yM/s3018/IMG_5068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="3018" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOhaC5e357I6vcBneF-SjEpX6hXcymRzxbQxBmWbQXgsLgscMH_w1TDvuIy7o9HJ9t_SnDFnxjf9X0x8-M8zXsNciyxQEoHYgr53tcbQLvLWdz9sAYZCHiLb5f3LbfMXYIosNRIk9p1gwXJMhyj09xZ6_ukd9XMxO_AyXQHI8fxdje87q_aZb1Ic79yM/s320/IMG_5068.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>Yeah, I added a couple more to the knights and did the first Tercio: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJTZKsQFvqV9ajEj4bA8bgASMNSI1uoGl-moTiNTWZFt2lByGJ3tP9QY-pvZLKLme2JMU9m8Cgos6gt0nrxT_ENN_hq-RtEs_-PyQY4-0LSL1-oUVqDUNMNOtVa7WnwIb4lLyiIvedWicZ6Bc_gZkrxBNvEckLkqMz5cBuCGAcTMO5rC6C1umlU7Ppxw/s2529/IMG_5067.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2146" data-original-width="2529" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJTZKsQFvqV9ajEj4bA8bgASMNSI1uoGl-moTiNTWZFt2lByGJ3tP9QY-pvZLKLme2JMU9m8Cgos6gt0nrxT_ENN_hq-RtEs_-PyQY4-0LSL1-oUVqDUNMNOtVa7WnwIb4lLyiIvedWicZ6Bc_gZkrxBNvEckLkqMz5cBuCGAcTMO5rC6C1umlU7Ppxw/s320/IMG_5067.JPG" width="320" /></a> <br /></p><p>So just two Tercio's to go now. </p><p><b>What about the Tyranids? <br /></b></p><p>Many moons ago, while I was living overseas, my wife bought me a couple of models as a painting project since I wasn't gaming a lot. I've been carrying these around for...too many years and decided to paint them: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjye5hsZVkTGdG_qf5zEUhyQWcwZsJtThrm9D8uwi9G4p-qP9BtIZQ9V2pJb1fMti-2GHcuprGfsvM3YJorAjUBGzpwWVe9GT7AVaukezahTdxZHWSnVlG0WIDH_BdHRtLzn4he88hTkO-nG5JbhHZoonkaNeGvwATb6mSU4Jx65cWYhmC11uTy5ErYbk0/s4032/IMG_5065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjye5hsZVkTGdG_qf5zEUhyQWcwZsJtThrm9D8uwi9G4p-qP9BtIZQ9V2pJb1fMti-2GHcuprGfsvM3YJorAjUBGzpwWVe9GT7AVaukezahTdxZHWSnVlG0WIDH_BdHRtLzn4he88hTkO-nG5JbhHZoonkaNeGvwATb6mSU4Jx65cWYhmC11uTy5ErYbk0/s320/IMG_5065.JPG" width="240" /></a></p><p>Doing an original 2e Tyranid Gargoyle just as a palette cleanser was a lot of fun. I've done about half of another one who will also find a home inside a potplant somewhere in our house. </p><p><b> Next Time</b></p><p>I'm getting to work on finishing the last two Tercios for my Renaissance Spanish as the Mycenaeans have arrived and that, well, that I'm really enthusiastic about.<b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-72269814940354374212024-02-10T00:33:00.000-08:002024-02-10T00:33:56.855-08:00Pooch's January update-2024 is underway!<p>And with that, 2024 is officially underway. Continuing on from 2023, blogs will be on or around the end of the month, so this one is on time... ish.</p><p>January was a very Tyranid heavy month (read <i>only</i> Tyranid!), probably the first of a few of the next few months!</p><p><b>1. Paint something bought <i>before </i>2024</b></p><p>The growth of my hive fleet continues! I took the opportunity of a holiday break to crank through a good batch of Tyranids, enough to get an army ready to start playing games!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS96uyuOf-LzX1N2ydHEGEsuQb3oExXNX7NuydReCiA3dJ1-5xaFQkHAzaGmWexDj7dv8psU7iamOnQ4yBjuQHovmYS9dwROCQ72vl4gOxqXKiqPwbevPh7oOsYuFBKTltbOG9fal2-rCgGrKuGoA3wmhyphenhyphentTDkOibLydJPw_WDUikuX9hXbcNyBrynOg/s2016/IMG_5599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHS96uyuOf-LzX1N2ydHEGEsuQb3oExXNX7NuydReCiA3dJ1-5xaFQkHAzaGmWexDj7dv8psU7iamOnQ4yBjuQHovmYS9dwROCQ72vl4gOxqXKiqPwbevPh7oOsYuFBKTltbOG9fal2-rCgGrKuGoA3wmhyphenhyphentTDkOibLydJPw_WDUikuX9hXbcNyBrynOg/w400-h300/IMG_5599.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">11 Neurogaunts</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-DZPPdz_vgW2Ovp4tVAlPXLWh6uEhHgfLjOlZgSYiX0yrgylqJ-7xQ1uO7_Z_8Z0WQVJ8ctuFjR5prKfJr-fCVN3Uz1X0BBAXTJBtKF8SOaFPz8Jx-PahCiO_RhA-o2_OeM6QjsOvtfKfHP3nBUEoNtfcnVNpy4u5KjxrkHInb6NGBLJCrSGDDem-hc/s2016/IMG_5601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-DZPPdz_vgW2Ovp4tVAlPXLWh6uEhHgfLjOlZgSYiX0yrgylqJ-7xQ1uO7_Z_8Z0WQVJ8ctuFjR5prKfJr-fCVN3Uz1X0BBAXTJBtKF8SOaFPz8Jx-PahCiO_RhA-o2_OeM6QjsOvtfKfHP3nBUEoNtfcnVNpy4u5KjxrkHInb6NGBLJCrSGDDem-hc/w400-h300/IMG_5601.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the neurogaunts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTneNKobGA9Zz2hLzVvGTF6k29KdqY7ocNlghMd8kdEu9TFZiPY1Yem4MFBXUU5A4lObc38zroZ206nugAGSUMLAPgb3Fs5zB-UXgf7gsPH3Tw4CbzIIenMGI-iig0RZ7feI0JRVQMochW_4wkuTjVzo_Zw9VIdG0T96EyDGVP86UinQkbwtipr2DVLk/s2016/IMG_5598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTneNKobGA9Zz2hLzVvGTF6k29KdqY7ocNlghMd8kdEu9TFZiPY1Yem4MFBXUU5A4lObc38zroZ206nugAGSUMLAPgb3Fs5zB-UXgf7gsPH3Tw4CbzIIenMGI-iig0RZ7feI0JRVQMochW_4wkuTjVzo_Zw9VIdG0T96EyDGVP86UinQkbwtipr2DVLk/w400-h300/IMG_5598.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 Hormagaunts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqto1WzizkroH1Z_p1M3exYyN5Y4uevaaUxWxX68TKu8DsJdhg4oqRa_0QNaqEv2cFsBPSffpVhVyLCRZBxRm8zY9NabbLLGjG1KJCI2hAWNjQSXuaVozswMcBdIC0xw0HkTJer88IdxR3lyf6fRITFmLT1VsrfjUHpOErFxX-XgMFGLgl0DJLvOeJ8M/s2016/IMG_5596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqto1WzizkroH1Z_p1M3exYyN5Y4uevaaUxWxX68TKu8DsJdhg4oqRa_0QNaqEv2cFsBPSffpVhVyLCRZBxRm8zY9NabbLLGjG1KJCI2hAWNjQSXuaVozswMcBdIC0xw0HkTJer88IdxR3lyf6fRITFmLT1VsrfjUHpOErFxX-XgMFGLgl0DJLvOeJ8M/w400-h300/IMG_5596.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ANother 5 Hormagaunts, rounding it out to a full 10</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uUslASA4vAr9LN81l57LvPOPDfRMFEYZc_U3pikqOl7CbLknlb86PvM_fv-5P7LdtPAMJcp2sTCJ6iQyt9BGHHNOmqgMF-VuzgI7R8APFmbm6MPwkcHO8aNTA2eGVpmWFHLrhM4wIPvhQxGNecjTSGwHFw1Dv6H0Iz_avsELjOOuQJ3uv2kLoXGkPDE/s2016/IMG_5594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uUslASA4vAr9LN81l57LvPOPDfRMFEYZc_U3pikqOl7CbLknlb86PvM_fv-5P7LdtPAMJcp2sTCJ6iQyt9BGHHNOmqgMF-VuzgI7R8APFmbm6MPwkcHO8aNTA2eGVpmWFHLrhM4wIPvhQxGNecjTSGwHFw1Dv6H0Iz_avsELjOOuQJ3uv2kLoXGkPDE/w400-h300/IMG_5594.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Tyranid Warriors with ranged weapons</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpR9G4QRumIJ_Z5by7INZQrZigszU8uGf7XvjWzyZ1yh_MpljxY0JDCeZ1BVthjqJ3cBqN_dqCDrU3ag4p4X4nvPLZLRuiQqaRTTGCv2H3_SLFt6q2w1euEfNQN2o4GcPTK9He8L5yzWNkNVSQEbupm3zDWpx6wamJq9g0-_l1QT7ZhMtK0W0N-fZfhE/s2016/IMG_5592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpR9G4QRumIJ_Z5by7INZQrZigszU8uGf7XvjWzyZ1yh_MpljxY0JDCeZ1BVthjqJ3cBqN_dqCDrU3ag4p4X4nvPLZLRuiQqaRTTGCv2H3_SLFt6q2w1euEfNQN2o4GcPTK9He8L5yzWNkNVSQEbupm3zDWpx6wamJq9g0-_l1QT7ZhMtK0W0N-fZfhE/w400-h300/IMG_5592.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Five Ripper Swarms</td></tr></tbody></table>\<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrS0W3T7unfM7W2q1BGdTR0zB9_JyOI7iOfaIwLEnKHOgzRrOxpq8SSb8pek6_XTkpZYvccMlcJ5_lqQY2P6cf9aRC7iVHsd3l-837o1cqlE2YHmSzrF9S92EgCpXBJvaxHSvGoBrf71pt4o0zramEEJGikSar4_UkrFxdMryW_qUl6BMMonjBMJ5BDmc/s2016/IMG_5589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrS0W3T7unfM7W2q1BGdTR0zB9_JyOI7iOfaIwLEnKHOgzRrOxpq8SSb8pek6_XTkpZYvccMlcJ5_lqQY2P6cf9aRC7iVHsd3l-837o1cqlE2YHmSzrF9S92EgCpXBJvaxHSvGoBrf71pt4o0zramEEJGikSar4_UkrFxdMryW_qUl6BMMonjBMJ5BDmc/w300-h400/IMG_5589.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screamer-Killer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdEKnRBP_azWpAMRCu8mwfEZO4Mu7tQfGbnkCXokWy2fagsFhafuBNGLmAwgiVSXns2-KLTAQtq4p2Cd_CoIVcaTPPMnxX7_uNx76SskFTxpBvBqB4KzkvGf73QEbH149DygwKKE0XH-i0T-_5Ge0w9QH33lMfCgnEKccIoVQQmp3XVfiicXcgE_98bI/s2016/IMG_5591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdEKnRBP_azWpAMRCu8mwfEZO4Mu7tQfGbnkCXokWy2fagsFhafuBNGLmAwgiVSXns2-KLTAQtq4p2Cd_CoIVcaTPPMnxX7_uNx76SskFTxpBvBqB4KzkvGf73QEbH149DygwKKE0XH-i0T-_5Ge0w9QH33lMfCgnEKccIoVQQmp3XVfiicXcgE_98bI/w300-h400/IMG_5591.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the armour plates on the back of the Screamer-Killer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTX51zFjEFZhSakHietEBDIA7iDV70yT0jptl5zJ07B_7jMRf2pRErBUWbTQ_155LQfP7hTp9QeSBSEIdvh-yzSUHM2dOLpEVm7K4PIaqLmsUfwtRHQ-bQJzlhgoj8yhSNBcXPa5nZRZkQiCGJuUhyFbN7jHF_x48Rl1HMnj8YapKd61FrwuZ9cDBkh8/s2016/IMG_5587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTX51zFjEFZhSakHietEBDIA7iDV70yT0jptl5zJ07B_7jMRf2pRErBUWbTQ_155LQfP7hTp9QeSBSEIdvh-yzSUHM2dOLpEVm7K4PIaqLmsUfwtRHQ-bQJzlhgoj8yhSNBcXPa5nZRZkQiCGJuUhyFbN7jHF_x48Rl1HMnj8YapKd61FrwuZ9cDBkh8/w300-h400/IMG_5587.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neuro-tyrant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx63YAbYEdtXWk1PvZdr-ldknMBSNmTbuioDOW5IVN5h3IozDRvAZDPLAInpPPdcpXSZSL7H8YvqfC5KjLvqv6l9e9ovHxblv6D_mlDBhYUsJ1mFnyt-gWorblSs4YWsarXo-e3sXcxKAdvO9SL5GuVP95isy9nrWVQL9RK2kocl6F_-ELyJ3-N8FUH7k/s2016/IMG_5588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx63YAbYEdtXWk1PvZdr-ldknMBSNmTbuioDOW5IVN5h3IozDRvAZDPLAInpPPdcpXSZSL7H8YvqfC5KjLvqv6l9e9ovHxblv6D_mlDBhYUsJ1mFnyt-gWorblSs4YWsarXo-e3sXcxKAdvO9SL5GuVP95isy9nrWVQL9RK2kocl6F_-ELyJ3-N8FUH7k/w300-h400/IMG_5588.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back of the Neurotyrant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>2. Paint something bought <i>in</i> 2024</b></div><p>But wait, there are more bugs!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwp17ZyM920PX6-GvTgiFjD6JO9mc-YBe33RbWMfXzSjPShqcDFPpzb0UutLcy41F1tu15GEUMH7YmkUG1dF9NPYIbWR7t9-1xc4YiZ_UNH73PzVfhLS_uuJX525YBGRYsfZ5QcywgEY_CbS1Pco4HAf0clp_sz4Deob884rcDTN4_KRm3cXsUGziEDQ/s2016/IMG_5582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwp17ZyM920PX6-GvTgiFjD6JO9mc-YBe33RbWMfXzSjPShqcDFPpzb0UutLcy41F1tu15GEUMH7YmkUG1dF9NPYIbWR7t9-1xc4YiZ_UNH73PzVfhLS_uuJX525YBGRYsfZ5QcywgEY_CbS1Pco4HAf0clp_sz4Deob884rcDTN4_KRm3cXsUGziEDQ/w400-h300/IMG_5582.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But wait there are more Termagants!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ALD6fUWhbcCGJkhDUTPq5L6WTQlu-jYPiomHRfbwNs2-XpQOKZNMKgQ7sKQ719Zoic8ckW-iFr7LSDU_9UV6tBFS0E9UNLoAtX8_RBpLVlijaG6IumWIzjtN9DRD32KvloRbqTKngJ_2Ih_GXgotknrnHhj8tZj2-1JAa7i9xDE0jj7UOu4Kcg1XGfM/s2016/IMG_5584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ALD6fUWhbcCGJkhDUTPq5L6WTQlu-jYPiomHRfbwNs2-XpQOKZNMKgQ7sKQ719Zoic8ckW-iFr7LSDU_9UV6tBFS0E9UNLoAtX8_RBpLVlijaG6IumWIzjtN9DRD32KvloRbqTKngJ_2Ih_GXgotknrnHhj8tZj2-1JAa7i9xDE0jj7UOu4Kcg1XGfM/w400-h300/IMG_5584.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perks of 3d printing is I could add some heavy weapons to the Termagants, this time with some Shardlaunchers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi-q4B3Yl-folAnM6ZubT6JwrksVh-P9TK9que8RBbRsaxTSweIgy272jgT-k4sl5RsQ-jSpHDt_i3GqHXLtbsMCA_97icP4jwCc5Z9QpqjV752Y_v6TebYG5uMU4XkAl1UQ2TEbRGRPY6eOSmK5eUV6UzAR7RQTRfOJ83757MUElpyq2gCL5Yxsxvgg/s2016/IMG_5580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi-q4B3Yl-folAnM6ZubT6JwrksVh-P9TK9que8RBbRsaxTSweIgy272jgT-k4sl5RsQ-jSpHDt_i3GqHXLtbsMCA_97icP4jwCc5Z9QpqjV752Y_v6TebYG5uMU4XkAl1UQ2TEbRGRPY6eOSmK5eUV6UzAR7RQTRfOJ83757MUElpyq2gCL5Yxsxvgg/w400-h300/IMG_5580.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And..... some spore mines. Not exactly glamorous.....</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So, that's 1175 points of Tyranids painted so far!</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0sQdDFFZCu1dtz40tbSdIfGyeM3BZ8ePRO_w36J5iDTh0Jf25sCEzXZNgebRYS0hSykZdgcAEdvE8RLIWo1vxJIDzqSQKsqQMcX2KUsDrjzIa5BOGbabvnYf3zxcVR1uxs6daHJhYKOmfJ8AWDEhcWQITK0QDNwwZjxEr6mZ7ocrxMzB2PN9GwJWviw/s2016/IMG_5603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0sQdDFFZCu1dtz40tbSdIfGyeM3BZ8ePRO_w36J5iDTh0Jf25sCEzXZNgebRYS0hSykZdgcAEdvE8RLIWo1vxJIDzqSQKsqQMcX2KUsDrjzIa5BOGbabvnYf3zxcVR1uxs6daHJhYKOmfJ8AWDEhcWQITK0QDNwwZjxEr6mZ7ocrxMzB2PN9GwJWviw/w400-h300/IMG_5603.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tough to get them in a single photo!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><b>3. Play a game of 40k each month</b></p><p>I got in a good number of 40k games this month, against a variety of opponents.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlb6FDKh2Z_NQgvsSSYAc-EGodGHUSV5uWzVAamzO5qU7OoCGBMk5NnFtrp3JiwJi0cGd_4ye3TVfZhivWHGrouQIW7BjKpxu4OO0Csgtpqs1Biv5hxzDT74R-A-S9R2mn1RcGBYkWVQXTpXAEdQ9M7cQdKl4oUjKzcbj3JfV6UOPEnVSS1NSvmxDvTu8/s2016/IMG_5472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlb6FDKh2Z_NQgvsSSYAc-EGodGHUSV5uWzVAamzO5qU7OoCGBMk5NnFtrp3JiwJi0cGd_4ye3TVfZhivWHGrouQIW7BjKpxu4OO0Csgtpqs1Biv5hxzDT74R-A-S9R2mn1RcGBYkWVQXTpXAEdQ9M7cQdKl4oUjKzcbj3JfV6UOPEnVSS1NSvmxDvTu8/w300-h400/IMG_5472.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psycophage chomped on some Death Guard.....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCXfADgdrWYEdJ8cFJL1UVfRRi5H-Q_-vZj9O73BNL9EbSEPr7nOJrFRkbJ_HOTTJaumq6RQLfdX9EO5gFG_N7mo6LYokv7uxNceWY_3I4fVT2KJXevzq-dVK6jdRIS6ipH4lq3fP7OIWr6MRtDRYdZ0biL8uUcMX1zaBgg6H1JMlLb7B6pd3_SQCAy4/s2016/IMG_5452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCXfADgdrWYEdJ8cFJL1UVfRRi5H-Q_-vZj9O73BNL9EbSEPr7nOJrFRkbJ_HOTTJaumq6RQLfdX9EO5gFG_N7mo6LYokv7uxNceWY_3I4fVT2KJXevzq-dVK6jdRIS6ipH4lq3fP7OIWr6MRtDRYdZ0biL8uUcMX1zaBgg6H1JMlLb7B6pd3_SQCAy4/w300-h400/IMG_5452.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Imperial Guard were a lovely snack too....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR3IdCE0QJrIGhB7JLa2uDT0LLkt3lZnQXGS_pM-mCLAywTsCGQR_SRdQCTTJ0i55tbILOsJz6NiqEYJPI2qQY5Ni7Df3FxQ53VFdZpDD0OFlGKVA2VQBCbW44Dmp87KBAMuLWxr0mkv1h-6ha1PpdkBDzcFqbFTFBvyBgrUvbCeu-8Lh7Ltr8B3xaHg/s2016/IMG_5459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLR3IdCE0QJrIGhB7JLa2uDT0LLkt3lZnQXGS_pM-mCLAywTsCGQR_SRdQCTTJ0i55tbILOsJz6NiqEYJPI2qQY5Ni7Df3FxQ53VFdZpDD0OFlGKVA2VQBCbW44Dmp87KBAMuLWxr0mkv1h-6ha1PpdkBDzcFqbFTFBvyBgrUvbCeu-8Lh7Ltr8B3xaHg/w300-h400/IMG_5459.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snacked on some Imperial Fists as well</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0ju15Z3KTZifqFFniXOwoZhoBavx3u_LRFgKgEWMLQACFXOqSYcdscuZ5KqboSoyAyzwTpQqASqulKhc1KPlw78wK9KxbcmMnvzIVZBN47LHPrlJx9ntTJVuMcDzQ5TaDKkqAOuYDybuvX-uMI6ZVIvX9aCFKNUG_aag_nxnVuCl_9mVOJ97Uwiaysg/s2016/IMG_5460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0ju15Z3KTZifqFFniXOwoZhoBavx3u_LRFgKgEWMLQACFXOqSYcdscuZ5KqboSoyAyzwTpQqASqulKhc1KPlw78wK9KxbcmMnvzIVZBN47LHPrlJx9ntTJVuMcDzQ5TaDKkqAOuYDybuvX-uMI6ZVIvX9aCFKNUG_aag_nxnVuCl_9mVOJ97Uwiaysg/w300-h400/IMG_5460.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Screamer-Killer ate a tank too!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><br />4. Play a game of not-40k each month</b></p><p>I didn't manage it in the way I wanted to, but I did play some games of X-Wing with the kids, so I'll count it as this goal, but I didn't have the smarts to take a photo of the game in progress!</p><p>I'd best do better on this goal next month....</p><p>Pooch</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-30386606344323911432024-02-03T16:37:00.000-08:002024-02-03T16:39:15.450-08:00FLAGS! <p>It's progress on lots of things on my Renaissance Spanish this week. With my Mycenaeans winging their way here at speed, I seem to have found the motivation to get this stuff done. <br /></p><p><b>Generals</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN42Vx9KAlfGtLE4QTeNNSaFBKU25bLuxefLw0dUeKWY2mfJgvK0dHxqALoPg7qS2LxoI45fzgLHChZN6CPxYIDuU4JO4yTHmoxUjjPB_aqO9U3X5mInpXvfS8ofkQ5PZZAPDKVlhPqADsn1zo0ne5kSOeA2Tlk9lYR-HBDRv7r0nYaj9L8HfZwlz8buM/s3535/IMG_5050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="3535" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN42Vx9KAlfGtLE4QTeNNSaFBKU25bLuxefLw0dUeKWY2mfJgvK0dHxqALoPg7qS2LxoI45fzgLHChZN6CPxYIDuU4JO4yTHmoxUjjPB_aqO9U3X5mInpXvfS8ofkQ5PZZAPDKVlhPqADsn1zo0ne5kSOeA2Tlk9lYR-HBDRv7r0nYaj9L8HfZwlz8buM/w400-h236/IMG_5050.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></div><b> </b>I decided that I'd start with the flags on the generals because they were nice and easy. I had a 28mm flag sheet (thanks to the legendary Kevin Dallimore) printed out in 80% and 66%. The 66% ones are the ones I'll be using routinely, but I decided I'd stick the 80% ones on the generals so they're a touch bigger. <br /><p></p><p><b>Knights</b></p><p>I've finished the knights after several weeks of having the horses painted but the riders unfinished. They're not the most complex of models so I decided to make it harder. <b> <br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2E4Q8jmU5Naav-n3uaJzEzTWltUJzIwt4raq9NguiT5URlnhW_CXcx4ZAowh3n8VcXrO_t7Ho5xbn4nua0Zup7qfBOyPn68KtcXhV_Pkn7rP9jXmKI38JaHjpDLX3N-bxYHJWaozU5bKmEqqu8p1iMlsHDzA52B2-teGsFOV-ChFGDNtpKu-s4U0lYQ/s4031/IMG_5052.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="4031" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2E4Q8jmU5Naav-n3uaJzEzTWltUJzIwt4raq9NguiT5URlnhW_CXcx4ZAowh3n8VcXrO_t7Ho5xbn4nua0Zup7qfBOyPn68KtcXhV_Pkn7rP9jXmKI38JaHjpDLX3N-bxYHJWaozU5bKmEqqu8p1iMlsHDzA52B2-teGsFOV-ChFGDNtpKu-s4U0lYQ/w400-h171/IMG_5052.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Next time I come up with an idea like trying to paint candy stripes on a 15mm lance, someone please stop me. I've been working on these all week and my goodness, candy striping lances is HARD. I'm at least able to cover my more egregious failures with flags....<br /><p></p><p><b>Camp</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79Y-2_k57bZjCRqkBYnX773ICKcX3yzsOzrcJFrS5IHloiFLs1oL8iz3Pj-DOzY0e0xI_9xZvHjefXuSpvQjiMmqzy8UuJopyoK1g8AbcomFAjgrawOgwX6gfRuJ03mnT9Q24py7C68GXmM5LjuJi5JPTtJZkVkkkbPcYqVEQBqUkF6RfeH3Cbbc8SNk/s3206/IMG_5051.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2251" data-original-width="3206" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79Y-2_k57bZjCRqkBYnX773ICKcX3yzsOzrcJFrS5IHloiFLs1oL8iz3Pj-DOzY0e0xI_9xZvHjefXuSpvQjiMmqzy8UuJopyoK1g8AbcomFAjgrawOgwX6gfRuJ03mnT9Q24py7C68GXmM5LjuJi5JPTtJZkVkkkbPcYqVEQBqUkF6RfeH3Cbbc8SNk/w400-h281/IMG_5051.JPG" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p>Since I was putting flags on things, I figured I'd do this one too. The camp has a pikeman on it just so I could wang a flag on it and he got one of the 80% sized flags too since I had the room. It also proved to me that the normal infantry definitely needed the slightly smaller scale ones or they'd almsot never fit! <br /></p><p><b>Landsknechts</b></p><p>Progress here too. Most of the base coats are on which is more work than I've done on this army in months. They're probably another week away from done and then the last two Tercios come out of the box for me to get to work on. But no photos because right now there's nothing nice to look at! </p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>Club day! Games day! Also Landsknechts.<b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-30014309189506096162024-01-27T15:57:00.000-08:002024-01-27T15:57:39.437-08:00The lesser known Wallachian invasion of Asia Minor<p>Vlad III Tepes, the Impaler, once again went on a rampage in foreign lands, travelling back in time to invade the territories of Seleukos in Asia Minor! </p><p> <b>Battle Report<br /></b></p><p>I won the attack role and chose to meet the Seleukeid army on the plains! McBeth selected a lot of terrain, aiming to constrain my light horses' ability to ride all over the shop, but the placement roles put it all in useful places for me and the one bit I suspect he wanted to fill with his ally command, I was able to remove. <br /></p><p>To begin the battle, I pushed my light cavalry out in front of my army and, in particular, up the left flank, hoping to whip around the back of the Seleukeid phalanx: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWM1wfyAC45EaLlKIiGdxePLYFKlRlR7ixHCXF__np_7zXQatyN_RyGXvAQwprR6PnHqyikGi3sUR7HSkADIiUZzGyPwwk3rRLGvpb3uKFmTKCCp7PHkI0FXXVURJbhJasNVVtW_iQ4A8MgMwHstGGT8_OsP-S6GonwQmu1tjGB-byYdr0lIjxQLq33s/s3700/IMG_5040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3700" data-original-width="3022" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWM1wfyAC45EaLlKIiGdxePLYFKlRlR7ixHCXF__np_7zXQatyN_RyGXvAQwprR6PnHqyikGi3sUR7HSkADIiUZzGyPwwk3rRLGvpb3uKFmTKCCp7PHkI0FXXVURJbhJasNVVtW_iQ4A8MgMwHstGGT8_OsP-S6GonwQmu1tjGB-byYdr0lIjxQLq33s/s320/IMG_5040.JPG" width="261" /></a></div>McB promptly rolled enough pips for the phalanx to do some epic professional pikeman reployment and withdrew and reoriented to close the pathway I had to the back of the board. Very nicely done! We skirmished heavily on that flank before the phalanx separated to try and see off my light cavalry. After our light cavalry rode rings around each other, I eventually lost a pair of light horse in melee hat I definitely started with advantage: <br /><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NRHEULj9MJpa28t7ofJEAVvboSYEAARC-ow-bntjjWoEOsUThPuvHO0hJbu4GbrRc_4hQ49hVgnnW-9J3QX22nXLGsBnUbby9WgJ3Xl8_IElhtcYNIXrAk_nYV42RAl09G1vhvbkRZi3S8qI5fWBaP7N7DbESIoA2MzasvRl4_-skKpr3ZYNYQA4YsY/s4032/IMG_5041.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NRHEULj9MJpa28t7ofJEAVvboSYEAARC-ow-bntjjWoEOsUThPuvHO0hJbu4GbrRc_4hQ49hVgnnW-9J3QX22nXLGsBnUbby9WgJ3Xl8_IElhtcYNIXrAk_nYV42RAl09G1vhvbkRZi3S8qI5fWBaP7N7DbESIoA2MzasvRl4_-skKpr3ZYNYQA4YsY/s320/IMG_5041.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>We imagined that as the remnant of two of the LH units streamed away from combat, the last formed element retreated in some order while at the same time I managed to sneak a couple of light horse through the gap in the phalanx. You can imagine the picture in the 'Great Battles of History' book that would show this cunning manoeuver by Vlad Tepes to try and stop his left flank from collapsing! There were a lot of good stories in this game! <br /></p><p>On the right flank, the Seleukeid and Wallachian bowmen exchanged fire basically across the course of the whole game. McBeth and I both pulled troops back from the brink on and off which just made the whole thing drag out. I learned that in this context, <i>Pavise</i> is a handy rule! <br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx88xh2sVJPyPIcMCrAwgPv5W_yoETmaYg0FlCsFapbQYH80jk9ajx2jnLky_f0LzqQEwBktgBhsF_xSElh_6KclfOqKkCqnizuQU-dsoZs-D2WMTsI-Uvga33B-5ZAr6RnW_0RH35vUeBu_R7w_3pN0L1bqPrT_a9RRxm50AlMMjnF3y55Itdxg90G2Y/s4032/IMG_5042.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx88xh2sVJPyPIcMCrAwgPv5W_yoETmaYg0FlCsFapbQYH80jk9ajx2jnLky_f0LzqQEwBktgBhsF_xSElh_6KclfOqKkCqnizuQU-dsoZs-D2WMTsI-Uvga33B-5ZAr6RnW_0RH35vUeBu_R7w_3pN0L1bqPrT_a9RRxm50AlMMjnF3y55Itdxg90G2Y/s320/IMG_5042.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>In the end, McBeth pushed some Thracians and an elephant past my line to swing them onto the end of the bow line (and I started to panic with nothing but a pair of light foot there to stop them) but see below for how I absolutely got away with this...<br />
<p>Around the same time McBeth threw his Heavy Cavalry into one of my two groups of mixed Heavy Cavalry and Knights with a view to denting them badly before I could get the second group in and....well...it didn't go well. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mME5BbBVd6EjS1XJ4lYCidwenxFSFSqHiitr10QhpXdHeB_ZuiMxWNSr0TKg5C3_mvQCGWQ_fgDI5ilw5g3AYPzDq7DJ0uthyrvLAwKz8-RKV4Ho2DzVjJ1rRdEDL3JTkTdVFSgY3vHuHeYkozw1RmXt4RvtTxFFWHEssIIouLHwKGq8lUtNLXXESwE/s4032/IMG_5043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mME5BbBVd6EjS1XJ4lYCidwenxFSFSqHiitr10QhpXdHeB_ZuiMxWNSr0TKg5C3_mvQCGWQ_fgDI5ilw5g3AYPzDq7DJ0uthyrvLAwKz8-RKV4Ho2DzVjJ1rRdEDL3JTkTdVFSgY3vHuHeYkozw1RmXt4RvtTxFFWHEssIIouLHwKGq8lUtNLXXESwE/s320/IMG_5043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I won two of the combats by 4 and the other one drew which meant I was able to throw one of my extra cavalry into their flank and finish them off. I had enough scope to throw a couple of bases into the pike, knowing that'd be bad but it might just hold them for long enough to break the rest of the army. Could McB have unpicked this? Absolutely. But when his Strategos died in combat and he spent two turns rolling a 1 for pips, his large command, including those bits that were threatening to roll up my right, came to a grinding halt and gave me some breathing room. <br /></p><p>That's broadly how it turned out in the end. The light horse on my right managed to escape and find their way into the rear of McB's Elephant / Thracian formation and with the help of some Curteni archers made an elephant very pin-cushiony (this is where I also learned you can't rally elephants) which, with the death of the Strategos, pushed the Seleukeids over the break limit. <br /></p><p> It was a great game. It's one of those matchups where I desperately want to keep the pike out of the game because I simply can't fight them, and hope to exploit the fact that the Seleukeid frontage must be narrower than mine to try and give my mounted the advantage. McBeth played some very cool and clever moves, especially with his pike, to try and give my Light Horse something to think about. <br /></p><p>At the end of the game, we went over the evade rules some more as they're still one of the more curly bits of ADLG and discovered one very big screwup. We missed the bit of the rules where the edge of the world is not an obstacle. I should definitely have lost at least two, if not three more light horse which made the final score much closer. <br /></p><p>We also learned a little more about side-by-side conforming (which is actually really cool), when routs hurt things behind them and when they don't, why mixing impetuous troops with non-impetuous troops is a bad idea and I think we've finally nailed down what happens when a base is hit in the flank by light troops (and mostly what doesn't happen) so definitely feeling like I'm getting my head around this game. <br /></p><p><b>Some thoughts about ADLG in 15mm</b></p><p>McBeth, Scotty, clubmate BB and I all enthused about ADLG at 15mm. It feels like a different game than at 28mm which I think is mostly a result of the base size:table size ratio but also some of the armies one might do in 15s, you'd never do in 28s. </p><p>I really enjoyed running the army of light horse and even with the screwup about the edge of the world in evade moves, I felt like I had a lot of room to work with which is really appealing. The next time I run this army, it's going to have even more light cavalry. I've also made up a list with some chunkier infantry options too for a change. </p><p>Playing McBeth's Selekeids has given me some pause on the makeup of my soon to be inbound Mycenaeans but I think I'll get that on the table and figure it out from there. </p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I've been hard at work on the Spanish so expect the remainder of the Spanish cavalry and, hopefully, the Landsknecht Kiel. Playing 15mm ADLG has given me the oomph to get the Renaissance stuff done. <br />
</p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-71631669354089104762024-01-20T17:48:00.000-08:002024-01-20T17:49:46.953-08:00Anniversary Weekend Workbench<p> </p><p><b>Deathwatch Combat Patrol</b> <br /></p><p>After much faffing, the third Aggressor has been done and added to my Deathwatch collection:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3phIn9HFC891d4K57bVF0o8uT6FdbhCHRFbN3Acn2sqtrAqKmunmpNyYvN3KtohtxKnmaeCAMUth0q5Rr-E3ZS-uJohor31Zj_yfXeyeSbkZLfIF7evIyJYy4TwMB9LPqsCChA4nBh-0IRlh5RRW3hyphenhyphenR69UvsanVdjUE6B_hROE73I3wuZXyiL7nFZEU/s1579/IMG_5030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3phIn9HFC891d4K57bVF0o8uT6FdbhCHRFbN3Acn2sqtrAqKmunmpNyYvN3KtohtxKnmaeCAMUth0q5Rr-E3ZS-uJohor31Zj_yfXeyeSbkZLfIF7evIyJYy4TwMB9LPqsCChA4nBh-0IRlh5RRW3hyphenhyphenR69UvsanVdjUE6B_hROE73I3wuZXyiL7nFZEU/s320/IMG_5030.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><p>Replicating old paint schemes, even when you've had the good sense to make notes on all your decisions, remains challenging so I'm pretty happy how well he fits into the wider squad: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoFexfMcIJvNdM5w3CZpBiPv69nao0hQUU7QZT5Oietv18Tc4MPgbYKqA_a0oSQoUceoLRq2aQwaYi0q5kXZYVcEYXQNHVQ9bFwKzDe4M4BKdqfyl-p5LrUUDHZF4Qfr0vUhp6YL9D0J4FF6YBbKS0iDBKT4kqmbKLnHixWgujySERRUo_McP9uzuqiQ/s1783/IMG_5029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1783" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoFexfMcIJvNdM5w3CZpBiPv69nao0hQUU7QZT5Oietv18Tc4MPgbYKqA_a0oSQoUceoLRq2aQwaYi0q5kXZYVcEYXQNHVQ9bFwKzDe4M4BKdqfyl-p5LrUUDHZF4Qfr0vUhp6YL9D0J4FF6YBbKS0iDBKT4kqmbKLnHixWgujySERRUo_McP9uzuqiQ/s320/IMG_5029.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The whole Combat Patrol is a real mishmash of stuff and, given Deathwatch, I kind of love it. The Lieutenant model is a Phobos Marine, the Apothecary is a Biologis and the Intercessor squad is half Stalker Bolt Rifles and half Auto-Bolt Rifles which is a nice vibe for Deathwatch. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKWRXEE0Y-V7deITXKoay5yEJyMjqITA239logsPJ32w-HQivqSdJu6rG49JdU6AX5QZKs_fVBUS_vgzKz8oaHbYhXeWUcYnNkZCs2wmy8Jd_LV2BTfuHviO54Tf4wqoe_O7q1oUB4mu36A6jcGhA2YQqJBjY0zSIK38TWgMx83JUk2aEi1eb_XIldqg/s4031/IMG_5032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="4031" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKWRXEE0Y-V7deITXKoay5yEJyMjqITA239logsPJ32w-HQivqSdJu6rG49JdU6AX5QZKs_fVBUS_vgzKz8oaHbYhXeWUcYnNkZCs2wmy8Jd_LV2BTfuHviO54Tf4wqoe_O7q1oUB4mu36A6jcGhA2YQqJBjY0zSIK38TWgMx83JUk2aEi1eb_XIldqg/w400-h109/IMG_5032.JPG" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Amazingly, given this army was never intended to be assembled in this way, the Intercessors are all unique chapter-wise and I think there's a couple of Blood Angels and a couple of Dark Angels across the whole force. Not bad given how much effort I've put into that over the years! <br /></div><p></p><p><b>ADLG</b></p><p>Because the nice people at Museum Miniatures have an excellent New Years Sale, I decided I have to get cracking and finish my Spanish so I can buy my Myceneans and get into another 15mm ADLG army, mostly because I REALLY enjoyed my game last week and the Myceneans will be a very different proposition. To that end, I painted the camp for my Spanish, partly so I can print some flags and test those out on the one lone pikeman on the camp base: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcG9A9FYkEZsyLyg1jB7kUHoR2Ox9sBVgKAQQnfHQm3_Y3_7kpJjIi-mPhZ6Gg9cg9rnnxmO97spEt_ItDGQrHWsXJG4sWZhqeQzL8E3UE27XvTLTqRcssJyn1I5WYtyx3q9L80VdPQeRBHTUYaUgfek4ByKxutGmruQqfgv3mWTd8WgfPlLw1uVRqrE/s3141/IMG_5038.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2270" data-original-width="3141" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLcG9A9FYkEZsyLyg1jB7kUHoR2Ox9sBVgKAQQnfHQm3_Y3_7kpJjIi-mPhZ6Gg9cg9rnnxmO97spEt_ItDGQrHWsXJG4sWZhqeQzL8E3UE27XvTLTqRcssJyn1I5WYtyx3q9L80VdPQeRBHTUYaUgfek4ByKxutGmruQqfgv3mWTd8WgfPlLw1uVRqrE/w400-h289/IMG_5038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Once I've got that squared away, I can work out how many more flags I need for the rest of the army. It was good to get back to painting the 15s - I've gotten so used to painting 28s over the last few years that I feel like I'm a bit of out practice now! <br /></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>Good question. I'd like to get the Deathwatch out for a Combat Patrol game or I might give the Wallachians another run. We've also got a Flames of War competition coming up in April and I wouldn't mind giving the list I'm thinking I'll play there a run either. <b> </b><br /></p><p></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-80373393909627711792024-01-13T14:25:00.000-08:002024-01-13T14:32:55.265-08:00I forgot to make blog material....<p> Yep. Played two excellent games at the club yesterday and remembered to take two whole photos of the second one. Some days I don't help myself with this insistence on a weekly posting schedule. <br /></p><p><b>ADLG</b></p><p> I played my first game of ADLG in 15mm yesterday with Blogger Scotty with my ancient Wallachians invading the plains of Al-Andalus to battle Scotty's nascent Taifa Kingdoms army. My Strategist and hordes of light cavalry meant I won the roll to attack. <br /></p><p>Scotty deployed a mix of medium foot and crossbow on his right with some Medium Cavalry Javelin, a solid centre of supported Heavy Spear and more Medium Cavalry Javelin and, on his left, some light horse and his Medium Knight Christian cavalry. <br /></p><p>I deployed a screen of light horse and my bowmen in front of my portable fortifications and camp, largely refused the centre other than some light horse and deployed my Crusader knights and Boyars on the centre-right and right. </p><p>My pip dice started stupidly and largely stayed there for the whole game. I had SO many 6s for pips. I don't think there was a moment during the game that I had any shortage of activations. So I advanced my lights aggressively, partly to pop Scotty's one ambush marker, and he responded by aggressively advancing his cavalry. </p><p>On my right, his Light Cavalry Javelin engaged my Light Cavalry Bow and as that combat stalled Scotty engaged my Heavy Cavalry with his Medium Knight and my Heavy Knight with his Medium Cavalry Javelin and the grind began. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tivkCGspoAT2pz_J0tiGeAB7NvcRhbyRYyv_dG93o8hTytzDi2LYYn2EvZFbEqoyTUOrhUaLNNbb_syqgqEXpypbgOhzqrsUSVhmWg2ZQGUsa8RrFlhbRFIalQ6d6_BXhVZDNqvDDWlCuZpDvW-8_zluSKIogqJcmv5QGdZpLyxC22Pd7wke9ZR7Nl0/s4032/IMG_5014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tivkCGspoAT2pz_J0tiGeAB7NvcRhbyRYyv_dG93o8hTytzDi2LYYn2EvZFbEqoyTUOrhUaLNNbb_syqgqEXpypbgOhzqrsUSVhmWg2ZQGUsa8RrFlhbRFIalQ6d6_BXhVZDNqvDDWlCuZpDvW-8_zluSKIogqJcmv5QGdZpLyxC22Pd7wke9ZR7Nl0/s320/IMG_5014.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Die roll included to rub salt into that wound...</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">As you can see from the photo above, Scotty got on the flanks of my Knights in the centre and I did the same on my right but these things that should have been sitters didn't wind up that way at all. Where his dice were bad, so were mine and where mine were good so were his. Until they weren't and my 6s were matched by his 1s... <br /></p><p> Eventually, the Heavy Knight managed to push through the Medium Cavalry Javelin and my Heavy Cavalry held up Scotty's Medium Knights to eventually break the Taifa Kingdoms. You can see in the photo above Scotty's Spear and Bow never really made it into the fight which also gave me a lot more room to move. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFE-y4h2kLIg2a2eW12II2qK5tygOPPzhsa0wrpq-ExEtsUfwFdl1w4KP10G9yyQ3GvoJtz7YMxOWpeVOGFgjaeobYiuM1cOcJULHPXXSSg2XxSnQLBCmkCqY01UnGeI99oz4hu6vJ-o1HnfoYRUboPxq0R7ruenvxqKPZONXrFazzUIdoD2937Vq-VQQ/s4032/IMG_5015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFE-y4h2kLIg2a2eW12II2qK5tygOPPzhsa0wrpq-ExEtsUfwFdl1w4KP10G9yyQ3GvoJtz7YMxOWpeVOGFgjaeobYiuM1cOcJULHPXXSSg2XxSnQLBCmkCqY01UnGeI99oz4hu6vJ-o1HnfoYRUboPxq0R7ruenvxqKPZONXrFazzUIdoD2937Vq-VQQ/s320/IMG_5015.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here we see a pivotal moment before my token resistance on my left flank collapsed (more on this later). Blogger Scotty's Medium Cavalry Javelin engaged my Bowmen and, over the course of two turns, broke them completely. That opened up the flank for Scotty's medium and loose medium infantry to crest a hill and sack my camp. Scotty charged up a hill into my fortifications (read: Levy) and I rolled a bunch of 6s and he rolled a bunch of not 6s and the Levy boldly defended the camp...! </p><p>It was a really good game made interesting because the slightly different board dimensions for 15mm meant there was (or certainly felt like) way more room to move with my light cavalry. Scotty's and Blogger McBeth's experience at an ADLG event last year also helped with clarifying things I had largely forgotten and getting a bit of good advice about some choices that would otherwise have been bad. </p><p>I definitely learned some things about the army and I think I'll get a bit more basing done to open up some other options. I also am going to have to go through and replace all the pewter lances with steel. They're just too bendy and I hate it. Very old school but as I think this army is going to see some more table time, I'm keen to get it looking it's best! <br /></p><p><b>What about KoW? </b></p><p>I had a great game with blogger Tank and didn't take any photos at all so instead, some tactical reflections on trying out some new toys. Tank's use of the new <i>Ordered March</i> rule for his Dwarves definitely made my flying circus a lot less terrifying and given he took one of my flying troops of <i>Spectres </i>on the first turn, it became a lot more about applying good old fashioned fist to face! <br /></p><p>The new <i>Ravagers</i> were impressive. Hordes of Large Infantry offer a fairly phenomenal number of attack dice and having <i>Crushing Strength(1)</i> and <i>Piercing(1) </i>on their melee and ranged attacks respectively definitely gives them utility. Almost makes the monetary cost of buying the models and the small stabbing while rebasing them worth it. <br /></p><p>The <i>Mindscreech </i>won me the game in the end (that and an extra turn - if we'd stopped at 6, Tank would have had the win!) - two turns of shooting Lightning Bolt at damaged units did enough to push them to rout. It was lucky to survive being charged by Tank's uber-dwarf-golem thing and I absolutely wasted a turn using it in a rear charge against some DEF6+ Dwarves but all-in-all an impressive performance. <br /></p><p>The <i>Bloodworms</i> were also impressive despite being fairly <i>meh</i> stat wise, they make up for that being Hordes with high Nerve Values and <i>Lifeleech(2) </i>gives them a bit more survivability. I might consider taking the less offensive version of the <i>Mindscreech</i> and using that to boost that healing and survivability. <br /></p><p>Because pictures are nice, here's the whole finished force: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cooMG-ZbWbGVH-00fYGC7tiTZ7uPqITa7PObCTVLRR83DrtpT4WLWwA26UY6Xz8goVSg0kotyu_DljQfnDMGRDcaNmDF3x4a5cldVGn-zrqj5YOxqW9iCw1ms16K8icj_rLADIIzuJ3jCRy8q8iRnOPWZc3bB3OTXol3y4T-GckBSdFLC4pdIKGundM/s3830/IMG_5016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="3830" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cooMG-ZbWbGVH-00fYGC7tiTZ7uPqITa7PObCTVLRR83DrtpT4WLWwA26UY6Xz8goVSg0kotyu_DljQfnDMGRDcaNmDF3x4a5cldVGn-zrqj5YOxqW9iCw1ms16K8icj_rLADIIzuJ3jCRy8q8iRnOPWZc3bB3OTXol3y4T-GckBSdFLC4pdIKGundM/w400-h233/IMG_5016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I do still need to finish the water effects but otherwise, I've got lots of interesting options to play and that makes me super happy. <br /><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I'm staring at the pile of stuff that wants doing and honestly at this point I have no idea. Next week will definitely be a painting post...<b><br /></b></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-76802537155642328722024-01-06T18:37:00.000-08:002024-01-06T18:37:22.158-08:00Finishing up something that's taken too long! <p> It's been a pretty quiet week on the hobby front. Last week's little accident certainly impeded any meaningful hobby progress that might re-open the wound which left me with a fair whack of downtime so I haven't got that much done this week until the last couple of days when it finally feels like I'm not going to do that! </p><p> <b>Apotheke? </b></p><p>He's done! I really do like this model and I'm pleased with how it came out. Given he's Deathwatch, I decided I'd give him the white helmet and some white trim on his Ultramarine pauldron just to pay some reference to the lore in which Apothecaries have white armour regardless of chapter. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIQ3ft2vrSIvyCSgLf-AD1sZ6RVoYWReghLG2sVl-o1X_taHd69w4qxiQ0GktD99Ik2Fh6WI65tVdqYnh0bnGGr81ecYk60tscZMaSUTbkI1i6qwxrKr-6jrQrE_LN93ueTQH7bkXw5dNxwIhZ5CJ4tbeP23y4OLE7AourziWDkZGz4DJpVmhMVKmDaE/s1532/IMG_5008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1489" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIQ3ft2vrSIvyCSgLf-AD1sZ6RVoYWReghLG2sVl-o1X_taHd69w4qxiQ0GktD99Ik2Fh6WI65tVdqYnh0bnGGr81ecYk60tscZMaSUTbkI1i6qwxrKr-6jrQrE_LN93ueTQH7bkXw5dNxwIhZ5CJ4tbeP23y4OLE7AourziWDkZGz4DJpVmhMVKmDaE/s320/IMG_5008.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><p>So now I'm just waiting on the third Aggressor to arrive from the UK and I'll be able to finish up the Deathwatch Combat Patrol. Given my Imperial Guard were utterly eaten by Blogger Pooch's Tyranids in our abortive invasion of Planet K I'm keen to send in the experts and give those bugs a bit more of a professional treatment! </p><p><b>Ghosties! </b></p><p>First off, I completed the rebasing job that created the aforementioned scalpel-adjacent incident and put some focus into finishing some things:<b> <br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeogoQCB4-oN356Blezjb12YtWSYX8bkNZKHSXb12v9gWeBw-hvJtWmGm_s665snwm6tZW2qpIopEflpJ2Os52a6ba6CfGn9inqmUcYRmN986OfGJOn5ykf2sjL0AogOnrwQxsU4PeTCmaz-Jrna4aJnIrm4wJQKyRnPJrRoieJ84-nAgqkcYLnBTHoMM/s3213/IMG_5006.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="3213" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeogoQCB4-oN356Blezjb12YtWSYX8bkNZKHSXb12v9gWeBw-hvJtWmGm_s665snwm6tZW2qpIopEflpJ2Os52a6ba6CfGn9inqmUcYRmN986OfGJOn5ykf2sjL0AogOnrwQxsU4PeTCmaz-Jrna4aJnIrm4wJQKyRnPJrRoieJ84-nAgqkcYLnBTHoMM/w400-h171/IMG_5006.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ravagers</i> (formerly <i>Spectres</i>),<i> Butcher Fleshripper</i>, <i>Butchers</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><b> </b>I've done some aggressive basing to get ready for club day this weekend. It's not quite done as the water effects still need to go on but I'll try and get those done during the course of the week and set before Saturday:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgL08Ur_KqZksNYwQ98CWvsXJm48gySndD7V3Sr1CBhxq2xD4MKJnqr_q0rGpXvfWOqUqborVlxtBX-Ts4jB8wtwHZRSMSnIaEWXhfQ7gdCkaBV11q6rl-QhfIpFHP8cp9uzMsyYo6X5B2haI-dXrPjkJxo6JeEgvGkiCUwtHoFCBL27N-chl5gLUbaY/s3134/IMG_5007.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="3134" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgL08Ur_KqZksNYwQ98CWvsXJm48gySndD7V3Sr1CBhxq2xD4MKJnqr_q0rGpXvfWOqUqborVlxtBX-Ts4jB8wtwHZRSMSnIaEWXhfQ7gdCkaBV11q6rl-QhfIpFHP8cp9uzMsyYo6X5B2haI-dXrPjkJxo6JeEgvGkiCUwtHoFCBL27N-chl5gLUbaY/w400-h328/IMG_5007.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Less of a glass cannon than usual? <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Just the two bases of <i>Reapers</i> to finish up this army I think. And maybe a Nagash. Maybe. <b> <br /></b></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I'm taking the new Ghosties out for a run so I'll see how that goes! <b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-78689253924972912722024-01-05T21:13:00.000-08:002024-01-05T21:13:31.419-08:00Pooch's December update and 2024 goals<p>So that's it, 2023 is done. There was a LOT painted this year, but it's fair to say that the goals more or less went out the window in December once I got super excited about a new project! </p><p>But still, lets look at what did get finished in December, before I share the goals for 2024...</p><p><b>1. Paint a platoon for Flames of War</b></p><p>This month's is VERY MUCH a cop out. I painted 4 PaK 36 AT Guns. That's it. Not the crew, those came from something I painted months ago. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQy4hYpsO2l3shUkITQSxW5n6yMoMgBprqJU8T5DRG3NlvmlS_ubkzdQeyKsk4DI-FW4VkkdeGh6ENAZLBB9FMPA7BVduzDtOqyz4uWOexvFYknRGMAtX9mlcb6GeJ9fiMDCdFpbSWjxKMKmIoTd7wV-LlHNCOlnHIRpZ5NS_-dDXQRZ1GPjvsBJI78Zs/s2016/IMG_5434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQy4hYpsO2l3shUkITQSxW5n6yMoMgBprqJU8T5DRG3NlvmlS_ubkzdQeyKsk4DI-FW4VkkdeGh6ENAZLBB9FMPA7BVduzDtOqyz4uWOexvFYknRGMAtX9mlcb6GeJ9fiMDCdFpbSWjxKMKmIoTd7wV-LlHNCOlnHIRpZ5NS_-dDXQRZ1GPjvsBJI78Zs/w400-h300/IMG_5434.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean. It counts. But isn't a win...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So... yea. That's something done at least.</p><div><p><b>2. Add something to armies I have already painted</b></p><p>You know how I said that I got <i>super </i>excited about a new project? </p><p>There has been a lot of talk in the group about 10e 40k, and wanting the game to be fun. We all love the fluff, but some of the previous editions with their rules bloat, and metagaming just really didn't feel good for the group, which meant that we never got into the swing of it. Despite pretty much all of us having full armies for it!</p><p>So, I decided that I wanted to get back to my 40k roots, and to do that, I would paint something new for it that I had never owned before. And I would pick something that <i>already</i> had a codex, limiting the risk of codex creep making a whole bunch of units obsolete- enter the Tyranids!</p><p>Added bonus with them was that there was <i>plenty</i> going cheap on the local trading site too! </p><p>In December, I finished up the Combat Patrol box, made up of a Warrior Prime, 20 Termagants, 2 Ripper Swarms, 5 Barbgaunts, 3 von Ryan's Leapers and a Psychophage. And I also painted three Tyranid Warriors too. To classify under this goal, I'll also point out that a bunch of those models together (8 termagants and 3 warriors to be precise) would also work as a Kill Team!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5ANlEx6LPF_gIMqKMwBvsHu5xmnHRpmrs3Qe5Qx31lyVJ-DV8CIPKgKBLeW6bclQjGhhXVSpP3KJCGJkJ7KInvA0wfCdYvk5VsNjKxYU7aKm_GUJS44-No5rISjQIOVVYjuJnkgOtuUwqDGUjjM_T0OaHcjxlLAtdNWn53Wrwm5nCVxbt2x-EIADcaI/s2016/IMG_5448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5ANlEx6LPF_gIMqKMwBvsHu5xmnHRpmrs3Qe5Qx31lyVJ-DV8CIPKgKBLeW6bclQjGhhXVSpP3KJCGJkJ7KInvA0wfCdYvk5VsNjKxYU7aKm_GUJS44-No5rISjQIOVVYjuJnkgOtuUwqDGUjjM_T0OaHcjxlLAtdNWn53Wrwm5nCVxbt2x-EIADcaI/w400-h300/IMG_5448.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole army so far!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUZhQGfUxv4cEKPlAx8R-kbvlYlt26Qs6OZFgZSagWCQj9Gvq53vWc15SSyUIc8d-bij4b3k8Hs-ivtH0MMs9I4WkdzHhTRCJcossjOwxsp0YNbX3Nhw24kABMoKeAUiUqRs11ELn817OSVZFsvUO7lj-6JbzuKx1JPxnU3xanL56JhrznC0gEpzkCWA/s2016/IMG_5438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUZhQGfUxv4cEKPlAx8R-kbvlYlt26Qs6OZFgZSagWCQj9Gvq53vWc15SSyUIc8d-bij4b3k8Hs-ivtH0MMs9I4WkdzHhTRCJcossjOwxsp0YNbX3Nhw24kABMoKeAUiUqRs11ELn817OSVZFsvUO7lj-6JbzuKx1JPxnU3xanL56JhrznC0gEpzkCWA/w300-h400/IMG_5438.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warrior Prime</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWj7hwqUZvoOIKakFFt5I20bSHzPXyuuxDFAQcccWHsgH-nd1y9vGKCZdD0LB0-kbvACOV6lXqAv0vRk9tgPeexZlGuil5qFmmrYyC4Q34igJSO2h1Y51R-GXZpM50BH2lyu8T0juoqN5jIUVqLk-_tQKBnf7s51H2Bu8CAocEYrU_Y38j-7Klw20mn4/s2016/IMG_5439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWj7hwqUZvoOIKakFFt5I20bSHzPXyuuxDFAQcccWHsgH-nd1y9vGKCZdD0LB0-kbvACOV6lXqAv0vRk9tgPeexZlGuil5qFmmrYyC4Q34igJSO2h1Y51R-GXZpM50BH2lyu8T0juoqN5jIUVqLk-_tQKBnf7s51H2Bu8CAocEYrU_Y38j-7Klw20mn4/w300-h400/IMG_5439.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of the Prime</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvmwtYAdJIifDek0I2lv58itUjbgw_SwQQ_-Cq1bJZ9QYsj3JGTdaNT_TSZVN1SZk1ZdaeQq10WTZBR5GVmiVbRza1aebWb6fYFg-skvJaQGuQv4o-Ml8Caph_G1WysCPd7SDoMLRB90GfzJmLmxO21rpHs8UauqMpRcyFHdGyD7bLZF7qCcaOln1-0o/s2016/IMG_5440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvmwtYAdJIifDek0I2lv58itUjbgw_SwQQ_-Cq1bJZ9QYsj3JGTdaNT_TSZVN1SZk1ZdaeQq10WTZBR5GVmiVbRza1aebWb6fYFg-skvJaQGuQv4o-Ml8Caph_G1WysCPd7SDoMLRB90GfzJmLmxO21rpHs8UauqMpRcyFHdGyD7bLZF7qCcaOln1-0o/w400-h300/IMG_5440.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't have a Prime without a unit of Warriors for them to lead!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIr0Qgu3HMTRlGIPB5mNS-AYGZdw2_3QQULdIvGMjtj1PrIVCMqRrE0SCjc4DolBRU6fMolsH2hzDcHjJ2giRNRnF3UyOK9LTJs_o0IVpSbDS60zk0QRqDUYxAqv4o0g_0f0Zo80cAfdL2SFxG0wVR_-auP4v6Pc_3cL9t1DpFLxRkN2us2U6f74wwm8/s2016/IMG_5441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIr0Qgu3HMTRlGIPB5mNS-AYGZdw2_3QQULdIvGMjtj1PrIVCMqRrE0SCjc4DolBRU6fMolsH2hzDcHjJ2giRNRnF3UyOK9LTJs_o0IVpSbDS60zk0QRqDUYxAqv4o0g_0f0Zo80cAfdL2SFxG0wVR_-auP4v6Pc_3cL9t1DpFLxRkN2us2U6f74wwm8/w400-h300/IMG_5441.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">von Ryan's Leapers. I assume von Ryan didn't make it.....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yNEUZXdaVo4LeN90hljvfYe5E1uHXVqapmP2FTUmMJCzRoSOTRNE6nvytaJTIWWYAQ3_Fo5kEc54kU15LkJiJBFeEaarxtygCQ8shgzdZ92mvOcYb622bsKXl1omNGY8RevRY0lO1W0Pj9mmK6NhuWqkukYyY3sMh6KxzGs5pNhqkYjvW8BUYqMAezg/s2016/IMG_5443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yNEUZXdaVo4LeN90hljvfYe5E1uHXVqapmP2FTUmMJCzRoSOTRNE6nvytaJTIWWYAQ3_Fo5kEc54kU15LkJiJBFeEaarxtygCQ8shgzdZ92mvOcYb622bsKXl1omNGY8RevRY0lO1W0Pj9mmK6NhuWqkukYyY3sMh6KxzGs5pNhqkYjvW8BUYqMAezg/w400-h300/IMG_5443.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbgaunts!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FLDQhXlunWmfeKOZdqYx4s3lCuqgmbA_c2uEA9qFmrDhGz6GknvOTK120QzoRx16u3sZcgPQmFXYLeSl-31TW8YdDtL83GHD4Bf7TPqaXGmJMl-o7eCkNKSJAxHa8yDxT78WN27dWrSQs79dcAaOIKUQZhsf6LnPy2fDKsGBp0E3oe5xXxj4DO7N78k/s2016/IMG_5444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FLDQhXlunWmfeKOZdqYx4s3lCuqgmbA_c2uEA9qFmrDhGz6GknvOTK120QzoRx16u3sZcgPQmFXYLeSl-31TW8YdDtL83GHD4Bf7TPqaXGmJMl-o7eCkNKSJAxHa8yDxT78WN27dWrSQs79dcAaOIKUQZhsf6LnPy2fDKsGBp0E3oe5xXxj4DO7N78k/w400-h300/IMG_5444.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psychophage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHjdRTd_nbv8cq1Dy769Z1jOn8FwhAN96B77dSMFA0taC1Yz22tJ8qWe5D5KpP-5oKg8tBxl1zqDr4n7qKbxwCgmtGH8_uxNYDNlm1aujY8W6HpCyoqn8PmGuxFs5VMYzv_sQ1jR-ys_Qktztra4fSKslyu3HHvyAt4e_bYcJFOOTAFobD4u-46HqaB4/s2016/IMG_5445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHjdRTd_nbv8cq1Dy769Z1jOn8FwhAN96B77dSMFA0taC1Yz22tJ8qWe5D5KpP-5oKg8tBxl1zqDr4n7qKbxwCgmtGH8_uxNYDNlm1aujY8W6HpCyoqn8PmGuxFs5VMYzv_sQ1jR-ys_Qktztra4fSKslyu3HHvyAt4e_bYcJFOOTAFobD4u-46HqaB4/w300-h400/IMG_5445.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's a LOT of teeth.....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRKCvpBrKWUggkXrsykSsRWIF_VezGOU4hOMv7Vpmgk7LVg1lkcwy1H4XzvDtW5LPjwzQqrHaqcu6-1tNgXScwxPttrZPrV-sGVLoJnsrJZK6vMKMyxZQHG6y9yxznq9t2sl25Uu6zPb4Q4DBpxA0gRdgKHrSR3bV0Opn_4tfH5BC95ck9vUEmu17QAQ/s2016/IMG_5446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRKCvpBrKWUggkXrsykSsRWIF_VezGOU4hOMv7Vpmgk7LVg1lkcwy1H4XzvDtW5LPjwzQqrHaqcu6-1tNgXScwxPttrZPrV-sGVLoJnsrJZK6vMKMyxZQHG6y9yxznq9t2sl25Uu6zPb4Q4DBpxA0gRdgKHrSR3bV0Opn_4tfH5BC95ck9vUEmu17QAQ/w300-h400/IMG_5446.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: one arm. Slightly used. Looking to return to owner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V3JYrQrQeUTSdbGZWZTrfMtiq4c0L833YJunCbqJJrHybFH-WEJy-hQZ9Qv28QAaBXoFp4SRX58_grZ4kJBdSQp9yBYOGAhTP7YMKpvPt6IZE58sG4Fa0b7B94lvmwBqYDfiHzND2ca9BJbZsrpK5QSuZhZkVAEB2xNu2EwLraBkga-nLX7YYUmBaZ8/s2016/IMG_5447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V3JYrQrQeUTSdbGZWZTrfMtiq4c0L833YJunCbqJJrHybFH-WEJy-hQZ9Qv28QAaBXoFp4SRX58_grZ4kJBdSQp9yBYOGAhTP7YMKpvPt6IZE58sG4Fa0b7B94lvmwBqYDfiHzND2ca9BJbZsrpK5QSuZhZkVAEB2xNu2EwLraBkga-nLX7YYUmBaZ8/w400-h300/IMG_5447.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four of the twenty Termagants</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Get used to seeing green and purple, I have many more space bugs left to paint!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>3. Finish up a piece of terrain</b></div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I know that I said that I would finish the last building for my Wild West town.... but I ran short of time, and so instead assembled these two wagons <i>also</i> for my Wild West town!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOn56b9bXE2YUx1gHdteg5fYnVJ9N_V8GFcJ9gXR19vFgd764XFF_utyrqxF0O9gbja9QfezNXTeS89ratHaEgmmPMOvr5ZBFyISqAel-2x3oqB6JmmeFaMZk5qVYqVBnzyVTb5nXduRnAmKF9o2SDUXFbBJMGaCncQwewLpHXS13p_IBjnPsSe0mBl_g/s2016/IMG_5449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOn56b9bXE2YUx1gHdteg5fYnVJ9N_V8GFcJ9gXR19vFgd764XFF_utyrqxF0O9gbja9QfezNXTeS89ratHaEgmmPMOvr5ZBFyISqAel-2x3oqB6JmmeFaMZk5qVYqVBnzyVTb5nXduRnAmKF9o2SDUXFbBJMGaCncQwewLpHXS13p_IBjnPsSe0mBl_g/w300-h400/IMG_5449.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two wagons. Does what it says on the tin.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I do still have that last building to make, which I should really do!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>4. Play a game a month, that was different to the last month</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>This month was our Remember December competition, (<a href="http://regimentnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/putt-putt-motorcycles.html" target="_blank">read McZ's report here)</a>, where I took my US Paras, supported by the F4F Wildcats I finished last month out for a run.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is always great to get out for a series of games, and I do so love my US paras. I was too busy with the games that I actually forgot to take any pictures reall, I only managed these two, the first showing my Paras holding on to a hill, and the second showing the British forces that were holding the hill opposite!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh3Av0jnW3UiSH5s2kOFlpOmsr5Jkud8m7vdozeUyIwDKZDRd8saRu-Lxlz1sn2AUoexiKUVrn6vKHAXY2jexAov9sVnSfB2csnzC9ahVW33gkxktav_XHW7CsF33jU8jP9iJbBYoK6XN1I1jj3XkYpyIZ6_4FUxR9zQlxAMoiFa2JOV3xGn3PcsgM5I/s2016/IMG_5303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh3Av0jnW3UiSH5s2kOFlpOmsr5Jkud8m7vdozeUyIwDKZDRd8saRu-Lxlz1sn2AUoexiKUVrn6vKHAXY2jexAov9sVnSfB2csnzC9ahVW33gkxktav_XHW7CsF33jU8jP9iJbBYoK6XN1I1jj3XkYpyIZ6_4FUxR9zQlxAMoiFa2JOV3xGn3PcsgM5I/w400-h300/IMG_5303.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my hill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeQFVULvb_Fm4Ll0h4Dnu8P9YRJ-Mo6s5nX_Tx0tAZT5tFfZ5R8EB07UM_Q8sc3mMS0vdPHDQ5yvB3fDlDAl86w7KMKV_JCg_ZfsAazG0Lu11Ip60nP7VsY-aWvRd-v75f0YVhLZr3EeVIgIw1sl0GUezjLEaGRm7tmcSm8OCVIf_neQRyui1rb-_LQA/s2016/IMG_5304.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeQFVULvb_Fm4Ll0h4Dnu8P9YRJ-Mo6s5nX_Tx0tAZT5tFfZ5R8EB07UM_Q8sc3mMS0vdPHDQ5yvB3fDlDAl86w7KMKV_JCg_ZfsAazG0Lu11Ip60nP7VsY-aWvRd-v75f0YVhLZr3EeVIgIw1sl0GUezjLEaGRm7tmcSm8OCVIf_neQRyui1rb-_LQA/w400-h300/IMG_5304.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is not my hill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>For that game, it's worth noting that at the end, <i>neither</i> hill was my hill....</p><p><b>5. Paint a Hundred Years War French Army for ADLG</b></p><p>Now, this one I genuinely failed at this month. I didn't paint a single thing. That'll be a problem for next year now I think!</p><p><b>So what about 2024 then?</b></p><p>I find having the monthly blog, with a set of goals to complete really good to focus me, and to keep a focus on actually completing projects, instead of keeping things in a 50-80% completed state. I want to have a slightly broader set of goals this year, but with a specific goal to actually get myself into playing 40k, and playing it enough to actually know the rules and army well enough that I enjoy those games!</p><p>So what's the plan for 2024 then? Just four goals this year:</p><p>1. Paint something bought <i>in</i> 2024</p><p>2. Paint something bought <i>before</i> 2024</p><p>3. Play a game of 40k each month</p><p>4. Play a game of not-40k each month</p></div><div><p>And that's it- I'd better get cracking!</p><p>Pooch</p></div></div></div></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-4351490794026723082023-12-31T16:21:00.000-08:002023-12-31T16:21:58.926-08:00New year, new experiences<p>Starting off with a trip to the medics to deal with a scalpel-related accident! No permanent harm, just some medical grade super glue and a fascinating conversation with the nurse about the variant uses of superglue! Starting off '24 with a bang, as it were. <br /></p><p><b>Ghosties</b> <br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oIQJO0HlpqaUp8wThRJa4aBJzLfi1EqIuJWuiESNA_nEFKUNAIIqQSdloJqnBa3qnlKyVy_aV74SRyHKePz0VHYRIZHgXzMjuajaHqAdCqjcjx0-83Dwq5CGNWjcVPGrbw8omj6cugSF5Z3w3chd2YfGgWWeAl0srfSwGQqVo2afRms4NXd-wk-uN6Y/s4031/IMG_4983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="4031" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oIQJO0HlpqaUp8wThRJa4aBJzLfi1EqIuJWuiESNA_nEFKUNAIIqQSdloJqnBa3qnlKyVy_aV74SRyHKePz0VHYRIZHgXzMjuajaHqAdCqjcjx0-83Dwq5CGNWjcVPGrbw8omj6cugSF5Z3w3chd2YfGgWWeAl0srfSwGQqVo2afRms4NXd-wk-uN6Y/w400-h102/IMG_4983.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p> These have been a solid grind over the break but pending a last run of highlights now slightly delayed by said earlier stupidity but they've come up really well and I'm super pleased with the results. Two full hordes of <i>Bloodworms </i>or <i>Svcarecrows</i> (probably <i>Bloodworms</i>) will be a nice change from the glass cannon <i>Reapers</i> I've been using in KoW up until now. <br /></p><p>I'm doing a bit of a rejig of the army to account for some of the changes in the last Clash of Kings to rebase some Ghosties into new units and to fix the fact that I put some of my LgInf on the wrong sized base...<br /></p><p> <b>2024 Plans</b></p><p>This time of year I normally sit down and have a think about what's on the block for the year. I figure it's some painting projects and some gaming projects:</p><p><i>Painting:</i></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Finish my 15mm Renaissance Spanish</li><li>Clear the 40K blacklog:</li><ul><li>Deathwatch and Space Marine Combat Patrols</li><li>Inquisition and second Breacher Kill Teams</li><li>Maybe get an Arbites squad and paint that.... <br /></li></ul><li>Start (and maybe finish) a Tomb Kings KoW army</li><li>Clear the Flames backlog:</li><ul><li>Sheridans for 7 Days to the River Rhine</li><li>Volksgrenadier Heavy Mortars</li><li>Repaint my Early War Germans<br /></li></ul></ul><p><i>Gaming:</i></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Play some full size 40K games</li><li>Play more ADLG</li><li>Play some 7DttRR</li><li>Play more Kill Team</li></ul><p><b>Next Time<br /></b>Well, stupid injuries will slow progress. I've booked in a Kings of War game with Blogger Tank in a couple of weeks so hoping to have that whole army redone and rebased for that. <br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-82269575345810880232023-12-23T16:05:00.000-08:002023-12-23T16:05:28.707-08:00And the guns went quiet...<p> ...on Christmas Eve. </p><p>Between the socialising, the shopping and the genuine come-down after a fairly insane 2023, I haven't painted a lot (but I have made lots of progress on my Karlach-led BG3 playthrough instead) but I have finished the things I was working on last week. </p><p>The <i>Scriptor Mortis </i>is done: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkhDklZi3KSlwRr9F44NchlM3OYn_d_ih2TYCJVqDy5vrSNycNXQ_XEl7-joxykTzYkncPJFfJn4o12vXMQNdIGFr1wGPeXEBG6XjgLw8COIxXQ807m-T-wvZsttDbRjwJ0WLN9fXkM2I_0lnFNQS7CenmjR8NJzEPE99uQIz4-4Pn2sfBoouL31TfgM/s1863/IMG_4966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkhDklZi3KSlwRr9F44NchlM3OYn_d_ih2TYCJVqDy5vrSNycNXQ_XEl7-joxykTzYkncPJFfJn4o12vXMQNdIGFr1wGPeXEBG6XjgLw8COIxXQ807m-T-wvZsttDbRjwJ0WLN9fXkM2I_0lnFNQS7CenmjR8NJzEPE99uQIz4-4Pn2sfBoouL31TfgM/s320/IMG_4966.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>A few extra highlights, fanging rust all over the metal bits, tidying up the candles and putting some squiggles into the book like he's writing and boom! I've also got most of the base coats on 20 Chainrasps to finish up the actual army (although I am still having thoughts about buying a Nagash to use as the actual giant in the list....)<br /></p><p>I painted my Cadian Ordnance battery! It wasn't especially difficult given they're mostly flat green with some tiger stripes on the gun shields but fixing up the crew and redoing the shoulders and generally just getting the whole thing assembled was a bit of a pain, especially after they nearly sailed off my balcony while I was priming them.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOsZbPa8QQcVehdwmLiUaiFaEJPJQjFVyPGmNDyzdRQLrNBudluvrwLm8Bt8PiLaw0_wetbokbvB-OpZmMxTlEcoz_cdb19SAghSPRXprbZUhaGJ9K3b8pGVf75IGPqZUUgEMGDcp44BV8AQ1ccEbDEZWSo862Bhp1v-gN_lKMNzaONHu3y-0sHQODyE/s2892/IMG_4968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="2892" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOsZbPa8QQcVehdwmLiUaiFaEJPJQjFVyPGmNDyzdRQLrNBudluvrwLm8Bt8PiLaw0_wetbokbvB-OpZmMxTlEcoz_cdb19SAghSPRXprbZUhaGJ9K3b8pGVf75IGPqZUUgEMGDcp44BV8AQ1ccEbDEZWSo862Bhp1v-gN_lKMNzaONHu3y-0sHQODyE/s320/IMG_4968.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This finishes up my Imperial Guard Combat Patrol so hoping to get them out for a run over the holiday break. A solid dig around my bits box also suggests I might still have enough bits to make the crew for the third heavy lascannon if I wanted to.<br /></p><p>Finally, I got the <i>Apothecary Biologis</i> built for my Deathwatch:<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-5E0uoNWbuQR3fxDFuO1aJ1CYuL4wPdmIAs4aXixSWUkW5JePbu2Vp9TV5YGnVxAFNAtnplZI0ROYKonopCq1Qt4XLTefVWpcwMMCxc8U2dh5xIeD9_9WjPNB_7bqGbzr7eX2oiXqqcY20bxGuoU2iEHZHXiKWfJDdTUQT5KBRKTnXAPaHGB2AVkTB0/s1236/IMG_4967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1236" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-5E0uoNWbuQR3fxDFuO1aJ1CYuL4wPdmIAs4aXixSWUkW5JePbu2Vp9TV5YGnVxAFNAtnplZI0ROYKonopCq1Qt4XLTefVWpcwMMCxc8U2dh5xIeD9_9WjPNB_7bqGbzr7eX2oiXqqcY20bxGuoU2iEHZHXiKWfJDdTUQT5KBRKTnXAPaHGB2AVkTB0/s320/IMG_4967.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>This is the first time in a long time I've had to break down a Primaris shoulder to replace the blank pauldrons with the embossed Deathwatch and chapter (this one is an Ultrasmurf) shoulderpads and boy I'd forgotten what a PITA that job is. At least when the last Aggressor turns up, I know those things have separate shoulders so that's one less drama llama. <br /></p><p>Blogger Pooch has sent a half-squad of Infernus marines from the new Leviathan starter my way which are more of the same and ooooof. They're going to be a pain. But this is where I live. I made this rod for my own back and I'm going to stick with it. It does mean that I will have all the bits for a Space Marine Combat Patrol too. <br /></p><p><b>Finally...</b><br /></p><p>Happy Holidays all. I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year and a glorious 2024. <br /></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>The finished Ghosts and, if this appalling weather keeps up, I'll attack finishing the basing on the whole box along with getting some more Deathwatch done and maybe, just maybe, some other bits and bobs from the painting pile.<b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-36510558670089720442023-12-16T20:11:00.000-08:002023-12-16T20:11:33.594-08:00Ghosts and goblins<p>Okay, no goblins. That way madness lies! <br /></p><p> </p><p>So I'm still working on ghosties and the <i>Scriptor Mortis </i>is *almost* done. I've got a few more highlights to do on the skin and bones and work out some way to get some scribbles into the book that I definitely should have painted BEFORE gluing it together....<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibfvpbS3g3zCL4UhFOPcwQhv4dlHbHobffpkSOhx96ynOh4iV19vtyvXJzay0f_Ffx7AkR2qXWer9q6ot0wtEh91lqjqzCe8V0T9D9buTUsiZZUgB8ZgBEWrDAotfC9iZILyghdSIMwG9XB7HDb1Pw22QNfcyezhuyDqVQn1bvB9tVNGtMcS3xW_STNc/s2035/IMG_4950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2035" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibfvpbS3g3zCL4UhFOPcwQhv4dlHbHobffpkSOhx96ynOh4iV19vtyvXJzay0f_Ffx7AkR2qXWer9q6ot0wtEh91lqjqzCe8V0T9D9buTUsiZZUgB8ZgBEWrDAotfC9iZILyghdSIMwG9XB7HDb1Pw22QNfcyezhuyDqVQn1bvB9tVNGtMcS3xW_STNc/s320/IMG_4950.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I mentioned a couple of weeks back I was waiting on some more 3D printed basing material and lo! it has been applied to both the <i>Scriptor </i>and these <i>Butchers</i>: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkDTIF11oN5nkERbSwxemxgWLy2B6GBnKEbB2S4vu6ifXlzNyIOn3kv3I3DRYB7ylIZAcGpl9fcGSaybZLuwD5-gI1XqcUK-UEFCIm670zB68hj3R8aTCHON2j83hJAw8VjKGcFmw6eboGgik11BT53RRPnGzM2IMCuTT1QLiFjjXlqhX8kPL6ELHcMM/s2593/IMG_4949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="2593" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkDTIF11oN5nkERbSwxemxgWLy2B6GBnKEbB2S4vu6ifXlzNyIOn3kv3I3DRYB7ylIZAcGpl9fcGSaybZLuwD5-gI1XqcUK-UEFCIm670zB68hj3R8aTCHON2j83hJAw8VjKGcFmw6eboGgik11BT53RRPnGzM2IMCuTT1QLiFjjXlqhX8kPL6ELHcMM/s320/IMG_4949.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b> </b>These <i>Butchers </i>are the first base of these Ghosties I've actually finished completely. They've been painted, based, flocked, had the flames done and I've put water effects into the puddles too. They're still drying though. Yep. That old chestnut. <br /></p><p><b>Next Steps - 10e 40K</b></p><p>So I can get a bit - just so - about things and when I discovered that the Imperial Guard Combat Patrol had some of the new Ordnance I had to find a way to do it without buying the new models since the crew would look completely different from my existing Cadians. 3D printing to the rescue: <b> </b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7PI_ACwfEJsecP8BT1IFXbum7vcM8jDFJmmSJ6VRu0sd86PGE2f1ZukoeiyQNJIL6z6tmDmd9UfEQ6Bh2N6igmo2b28q7fVX1NusyFfFKDbBicYDEyuOjuiEr5pHlblYwAGIoKwbRMCH3wGy1WDcu56RsYZ4qaxNx_pu6yGBc0vMerwDjKdX1Efp6IY/s3016/IMG_4951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="3016" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7PI_ACwfEJsecP8BT1IFXbum7vcM8jDFJmmSJ6VRu0sd86PGE2f1ZukoeiyQNJIL6z6tmDmd9UfEQ6Bh2N6igmo2b28q7fVX1NusyFfFKDbBicYDEyuOjuiEr5pHlblYwAGIoKwbRMCH3wGy1WDcu56RsYZ4qaxNx_pu6yGBc0vMerwDjKdX1Efp6IY/s320/IMG_4951.JPG" width="320" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thanks to my local guru Che over at <a href="https://www.potbellyminiatures.co.nz/" target="_blank">Potbelly Miniatures</a>, the two new guns have been printed and I'm reusing some old crew from weapons teams that are no longer part of Cadian platoons. I've raided the bits box and remade a bunch of the arms. Are they perfect? Not at all. But at least they match all my existing Cadians. This will also mean I can get the Imperial Guard Combat Patrol out over the Christmas break! <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Next Time</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I'll paint the guns! I'm also working on an <i>Apothecary B<b>i</b>ologis</i> from the new Leviathan kit to fill out one of the two missing models for my Deathwatch Combat Patrol too. <b> </b><br /></p><p></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-41421456604450354492023-12-13T14:03:00.000-08:002023-12-13T14:03:25.298-08:00Pooch's November Update<p>Wait. November is gone too? So there is only one month left of the year? I mean, there is less than one month because I am <i>always</i> late with my blog updates!</p><p>Goodness me, I'd better get a crack on with some painting....</p><p><b>1. Paint a platoon for Flames of War</b></p><p>We have our annual Flames of War event to close out the year for our club. This year's theme was mid war infantry forces, and I couldn't face painting up any more of my DAK due to finishing up a huge commission of Fallschirmjager which pretty much killed any motivation to paint my own Germans!</p><p>So instead, I found my US Paras, and then realised that as a part of Operation Torch they were supported by aircraft from the USS Ranger- specifically F4F Wildcats! </p><p>Cue some searching online for STLs and an order to Potbelly Miniatures....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9NPEJtnFtNt3V28JsuGHuYyDQVGTERQXEaPHBZlFm5EtUw73t66o5aYitZr3nQGXOvH97Sp0IUApGrNcMNX6aFhIVY73RbM50lTnsf64Jeo41SNELAePeIEIv2h0NZKoClFZI_ymMyUS2Uq68UXsw4Gun1lqJpkzJZyjdpcww_kCvFoVXizANzu0bQs/s2016/IMG_5305.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9NPEJtnFtNt3V28JsuGHuYyDQVGTERQXEaPHBZlFm5EtUw73t66o5aYitZr3nQGXOvH97Sp0IUApGrNcMNX6aFhIVY73RbM50lTnsf64Jeo41SNELAePeIEIv2h0NZKoClFZI_ymMyUS2Uq68UXsw4Gun1lqJpkzJZyjdpcww_kCvFoVXizANzu0bQs/w300-h400/IMG_5305.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zoooooooooooom!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>2. Add something to armies I have already painted</b></p><div><p>First up we have some more of the brilliant 3d Breed Wild West figures, continuing on my Cowboy theme for the last month or two. These Daughters of the West are super characterful figures, and were really fun to use a bunch of different colours on. I also finished up a Native American who I had in my "to paint" box for.... a lot longer than I'm willing to admit!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yXr6B9cHZr1aaT9127egtkuYHr8puWC2jJsJC599_tXLWGz4lc2onBfodlZAH3UPsXmUJ_yJde3U6mf9gJykRU6NMjnbpOIoYb_NK_O45ZtZsycMwlI9p_HZ7_X_avk7XUjVda7Ie44jMJSOzrH14cFOjjlUgsmQclPMXKuFiDrEFqtomi1-Sln-FJg/s2016/IMG_5319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yXr6B9cHZr1aaT9127egtkuYHr8puWC2jJsJC599_tXLWGz4lc2onBfodlZAH3UPsXmUJ_yJde3U6mf9gJykRU6NMjnbpOIoYb_NK_O45ZtZsycMwlI9p_HZ7_X_avk7XUjVda7Ie44jMJSOzrH14cFOjjlUgsmQclPMXKuFiDrEFqtomi1-Sln-FJg/w400-h300/IMG_5319.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first three. Pistols and Winchester Repeating Rifles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xvtq6dCuYKQuRdibny6Jziy9Bbf1HdzJcvRBmgGldoP9z4gQwtLrQxTxTWfh_Vg1W_nfSSWpmsZmN6HGsa8ssgukE8WlZln9KPkT9_JivKN9InY8GFnw1ABkfn60yB7u9e5ppyc7BCoYvHa-prHpEKghOAQNasj-jR-VD1rUUBGfZdFlQGlYkfQLkyA/s2016/IMG_5321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xvtq6dCuYKQuRdibny6Jziy9Bbf1HdzJcvRBmgGldoP9z4gQwtLrQxTxTWfh_Vg1W_nfSSWpmsZmN6HGsa8ssgukE8WlZln9KPkT9_JivKN9InY8GFnw1ABkfn60yB7u9e5ppyc7BCoYvHa-prHpEKghOAQNasj-jR-VD1rUUBGfZdFlQGlYkfQLkyA/w400-h300/IMG_5321.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second three, Pistols and a Shotgun</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fMx4qRVbJeqmeCET2UXeXsfwt2pRanpg2YK6QzWk05Mdgfgmy437jqcZrL_bwSYaW4_tob-HZu2A0ydX_4vMhop7Ytss2nzO7L-BY2ahkGK4WykAXmdiovwcQw1tTHCZ6jEntxB_9hsb-B_RZlTGZFsnl5-JexUBgnU-1MmQ_-Q38UbaoOy9CyP6-DI/s2016/IMG_5323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fMx4qRVbJeqmeCET2UXeXsfwt2pRanpg2YK6QzWk05Mdgfgmy437jqcZrL_bwSYaW4_tob-HZu2A0ydX_4vMhop7Ytss2nzO7L-BY2ahkGK4WykAXmdiovwcQw1tTHCZ6jEntxB_9hsb-B_RZlTGZFsnl5-JexUBgnU-1MmQ_-Q38UbaoOy9CyP6-DI/w400-h300/IMG_5323.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final one with another Winchester, and the Native American scout</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Secondly I did manage to finish up another Marvel character, this time it's Ghost Rider! This was a figure I wasn't <i>acutally</i> planning on getting finished, it just sortof... happened. It was a lot of fun doing the wet blending on the flames!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9adFDMGjyCu2pNpLb6sExI2pWZ1rnIXlkd97M1xCknhBmBBjOromwVG7l0uFJbOya5ADu_R0EqkDrnrfcCkpURtaLowS7CXwvrcqR_4sZlcHSJH7kM1woKWzbwqkZQ_Nt7GN6pXlU2mPhAnT-7rW0gS1UmJnW9vVUYdEPTMtPQ7vUZkdrqof8lgmg5vE/s2016/IMG_5324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9adFDMGjyCu2pNpLb6sExI2pWZ1rnIXlkd97M1xCknhBmBBjOromwVG7l0uFJbOya5ADu_R0EqkDrnrfcCkpURtaLowS7CXwvrcqR_4sZlcHSJH7kM1woKWzbwqkZQ_Nt7GN6pXlU2mPhAnT-7rW0gS1UmJnW9vVUYdEPTMtPQ7vUZkdrqof8lgmg5vE/w300-h400/IMG_5324.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flaming motorbike is very, very cool</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphlexl4okMHfM3gwmv-8A8eDpyjKvcpiXP8eUH9AeGXogu8CCRwBvQqzKQnyVYEt-MGFOUSw1FCBlunIJOoesGcYcuAzvzR0BPtxA1P7QhKZJL38_uAriAaXhYE95fVJ2Jhy_XOXsmWZpIFXX1qw7LZsxv_11UHHfuOwM0jsicNOj4wv8xG_mTYQVgrA/s2016/IMG_5325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphlexl4okMHfM3gwmv-8A8eDpyjKvcpiXP8eUH9AeGXogu8CCRwBvQqzKQnyVYEt-MGFOUSw1FCBlunIJOoesGcYcuAzvzR0BPtxA1P7QhKZJL38_uAriAaXhYE95fVJ2Jhy_XOXsmWZpIFXX1qw7LZsxv_11UHHfuOwM0jsicNOj4wv8xG_mTYQVgrA/w300-h400/IMG_5325.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Originally I'd painted the chain silver, but this is so much better!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>3. Finish up a piece of terrain</b></p><div><div>The great 4Ground assembly line continues, this time with Johnston's Church! Overall it was a pretty easy build, and now I've just got one more 4Ground building to go, and one month to do it in.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hPg5G7gMfYoWT4XsntsbndvFOSecrK-3Ij2bM6f0RAzHQ93l5AoHK5pcAYeChdVyB_s6_Dmtp8Bnwiad3df8ZO8hWklh7uXhzDwtsBRFXxaR5wDsQJMCWv_bgVnMKnSjScjgoS1GiUhC5i_fVhD9XXgduQmFNXk6nrcxaTtaw8yl6erlxC0zZ6wzeLM/s2016/IMG_5326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hPg5G7gMfYoWT4XsntsbndvFOSecrK-3Ij2bM6f0RAzHQ93l5AoHK5pcAYeChdVyB_s6_Dmtp8Bnwiad3df8ZO8hWklh7uXhzDwtsBRFXxaR5wDsQJMCWv_bgVnMKnSjScjgoS1GiUhC5i_fVhD9XXgduQmFNXk6nrcxaTtaw8yl6erlxC0zZ6wzeLM/w300-h400/IMG_5326.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking awesome!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdMpFHpw287U7HwnoeKRc5IwylQgDom3g6rGOPkeydRUe7ZnDKLQAL0bWrc_lKVlh_Pt3sh8WVICtf_GKB2z3F_eV9gRDfQKVT0sr49Tvs37gEjktPEqTQvjh17BlQfDBBy9O9Njj3Nnx5bZU_moGftT0qigj4pOXWvvheb22ycQG0w3TVGQ4c8-Lz_8/s2016/IMG_5327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdMpFHpw287U7HwnoeKRc5IwylQgDom3g6rGOPkeydRUe7ZnDKLQAL0bWrc_lKVlh_Pt3sh8WVICtf_GKB2z3F_eV9gRDfQKVT0sr49Tvs37gEjktPEqTQvjh17BlQfDBBy9O9Njj3Nnx5bZU_moGftT0qigj4pOXWvvheb22ycQG0w3TVGQ4c8-Lz_8/w300-h400/IMG_5327.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4Ground including internal details like the cross is just so good.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I've got one last 4Ground building to make, so that's December's goal!</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>4. Play a game a month, that was different to the last month</b></div><div><div><p>So, initially I was going to talk about playing more Dead by Lead, because we played more of that and it was a heap of fun.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrrpBG_4R2vDd0Cj1aTSMzgMadNqhSH_bRBJjkG_PxiHDUwbRCsHziWOPNe3apWRL2L2WbGKjIg-fEW-_PRYcLI4E8nfLDYLLpkN8Zrpu-2iC9caNYQ4UxyK0bV25OWqafJQkmek_Hia5bSxveTr9sDA1_LKVWfZB_6TXh_HOOWxHWd-Mergk2GnSyHI/s2016/IMG_5213.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrrpBG_4R2vDd0Cj1aTSMzgMadNqhSH_bRBJjkG_PxiHDUwbRCsHziWOPNe3apWRL2L2WbGKjIg-fEW-_PRYcLI4E8nfLDYLLpkN8Zrpu-2iC9caNYQ4UxyK0bV25OWqafJQkmek_Hia5bSxveTr9sDA1_LKVWfZB_6TXh_HOOWxHWd-Mergk2GnSyHI/w300-h400/IMG_5213.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scene for this month's game- a bar room brawl!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAzbiuRuYtic3GRt-b9I4wg0gAM2YS2ox0d5fv1UKOP_Gin8sjWVtij6dI9-L3rJj8mpqLcQmGlqyHXgws9x7RugDhHmdrlBMBDccCNcsB7K3GxxrOvNT-sb2xqK2at5RHJ56iW7a8nD-LgLzkNf1d1xtnuZJESagHfa5-u5G2XmM82IUXIqFdday_ws/s2016/IMG_5214.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAzbiuRuYtic3GRt-b9I4wg0gAM2YS2ox0d5fv1UKOP_Gin8sjWVtij6dI9-L3rJj8mpqLcQmGlqyHXgws9x7RugDhHmdrlBMBDccCNcsB7K3GxxrOvNT-sb2xqK2at5RHJ56iW7a8nD-LgLzkNf1d1xtnuZJESagHfa5-u5G2XmM82IUXIqFdday_ws/w400-h300/IMG_5214.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three different gangs getting down to brawling!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwxQizxQpdPo7TgEfFSBKx9w8V8_4nl4KvvYXsmWyE8UDLyj6X_mIyqSBFx0hA8rcL1C1JiT4WqMUG7PG8yOcROrc8aGH84krGH37Z5MFchH2M3s_3HIjH13RuGJA8aPAYyBQo4Rey31cBeXy5e_EOOn5NUpl4CTmJnyIzIrGIJaeRrgNgNUTQqCmpKU/s2016/IMG_5218.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwxQizxQpdPo7TgEfFSBKx9w8V8_4nl4KvvYXsmWyE8UDLyj6X_mIyqSBFx0hA8rcL1C1JiT4WqMUG7PG8yOcROrc8aGH84krGH37Z5MFchH2M3s_3HIjH13RuGJA8aPAYyBQo4Rey31cBeXy5e_EOOn5NUpl4CTmJnyIzIrGIJaeRrgNgNUTQqCmpKU/w400-h300/IMG_5218.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multi-level brawl!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9UsYxh_6G1kpNdUBt9O7t-e99YiTA_Syq07dorSCQpj0fnSbTy1uOR4NqbbQ_HB9QY6hu8XAgGiBR8Pbm_ZGac32KlAx72Cy7ybIVs3tKtZRxEOU6PXkcvCti-L3VqbwpetCRO7FCSLGkVUhcw9mVt9P80HqY0h4TM_EWZG-yT-k8v8gAY-rcearzgU/s2016/IMG_5220.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9UsYxh_6G1kpNdUBt9O7t-e99YiTA_Syq07dorSCQpj0fnSbTy1uOR4NqbbQ_HB9QY6hu8XAgGiBR8Pbm_ZGac32KlAx72Cy7ybIVs3tKtZRxEOU6PXkcvCti-L3VqbwpetCRO7FCSLGkVUhcw9mVt9P80HqY0h4TM_EWZG-yT-k8v8gAY-rcearzgU/w400-h300/IMG_5220.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How the brawl ended- that is to say <i>badly</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But to achieve the "different to last month" I'd have to talk about playing Silver Bayonet with my kids, where the two of them worked together (reluctantly at times) to overcome one of the solo scenarios!</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT0ayVEYW04NXa3DRTIM_IkJ2SnNl3gFV12Bih9VmsercnEzkyVLPHbzQidqb_0IczQglCHF2ROi-JkWSZUA6-uMtIbUNLegi9jfV4BlDyM6-0AKX5KG4C8qCRnOso2s6tg_nDqOnGufOaTW9GzclD2NzWAqPhOb3Xa9VeplfSH7CogqjvMXUo6wT8GA/s2016/IMG_5315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT0ayVEYW04NXa3DRTIM_IkJ2SnNl3gFV12Bih9VmsercnEzkyVLPHbzQidqb_0IczQglCHF2ROi-JkWSZUA6-uMtIbUNLegi9jfV4BlDyM6-0AKX5KG4C8qCRnOso2s6tg_nDqOnGufOaTW9GzclD2NzWAqPhOb3Xa9VeplfSH7CogqjvMXUo6wT8GA/w300-h400/IMG_5315.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the table the kids built, before fighting a whole lot of Wolves!</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><b>5. Paint a Hundred Years War French Army for ADLG</b></p><p>Just the one base for this completed this month, some light-er knights.</p><p>I should really be painting more Knights, but decided to paint these just for something different.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EQU0JEboe7zLWotVzuQEq2yGNWcTcGXrA_saMUGs5-tkyNZ_CyGh9DvIl5aXPF0e2yZFUxYEv2-cN2Z0or_uKhyphenhyphenCJfOG4es8h8iH0nTywF55eLd8c8JdTuOW52CL1H6afcbD3d5cAmFlZoAFcwVmsg9_YKKShhdWLgfhoxgPp96pmcYx7_4x_qQi__A/s2016/IMG_5316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EQU0JEboe7zLWotVzuQEq2yGNWcTcGXrA_saMUGs5-tkyNZ_CyGh9DvIl5aXPF0e2yZFUxYEv2-cN2Z0or_uKhyphenhyphenCJfOG4es8h8iH0nTywF55eLd8c8JdTuOW52CL1H6afcbD3d5cAmFlZoAFcwVmsg9_YKKShhdWLgfhoxgPp96pmcYx7_4x_qQi__A/w300-h400/IMG_5316.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu44KPIAT4UzLSgbrwE2GD9nLbrlTVzn2jN4yHu1VuL7yfYrnc_f5KjU3sA6AfW13D5C6VdRmaJcv7YQbWF80ey6kAVXLZhGddzAu4XKJ3qYzMR9MK4GF4WGgwg-_mCIHdYTCE-8Lv9PjgO69uSrX7cYoxX-mdVhBiudSC20aJPt74GG_qVq-WSfLXjNY/s2016/IMG_5317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu44KPIAT4UzLSgbrwE2GD9nLbrlTVzn2jN4yHu1VuL7yfYrnc_f5KjU3sA6AfW13D5C6VdRmaJcv7YQbWF80ey6kAVXLZhGddzAu4XKJ3qYzMR9MK4GF4WGgwg-_mCIHdYTCE-8Lv9PjgO69uSrX7cYoxX-mdVhBiudSC20aJPt74GG_qVq-WSfLXjNY/w300-h400/IMG_5317.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div><p>And that's it- on to December!</p><p>Pooch</p></div></div></div></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-43253144668526494822023-12-09T20:35:00.000-08:002023-12-09T20:36:17.454-08:00Putt putt motorcycles<p style="text-align: left;"> This weekend was our club's annual memorial event for our late friend Nick, who we lost 8 years ago. A restricted MW Flames of War event lead me running an absurd Italian Motociclisti company you can see here: <a href="https://regimentnz.blogspot.com/2023/11/telegraphing-my-super-secret-tech-again.html" target="_blank">Telegraphing my Super Secret Tech again</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Game 1: Valley of Death </b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Clubmate Richard walked his British Rifle company into the Valley of Death (in hindsight, I needed to attack in this game and do this with motorcycles to draw obvious comparisons....) and basically shoved so much stuff up the board, I didn't have the material to stop him! <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPcY7XDt0slpWOQ1z7SUpbMpEkAj372E2mJwzM5JELbgfioJlu34s-DZcPeVfvcTmsXdbDNZY7Me0r6NLxhUEDAxOxwupRPgD9XdkEA8WAa55JLRHaARcbHuQU2_-jtfDg9gBS5BRAY676QYQ-J8GfARPpILAFLetpU4xaWDa06j0O36T-yWGHJiqoc0/s4032/IMG_4923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPcY7XDt0slpWOQ1z7SUpbMpEkAj372E2mJwzM5JELbgfioJlu34s-DZcPeVfvcTmsXdbDNZY7Me0r6NLxhUEDAxOxwupRPgD9XdkEA8WAa55JLRHaARcbHuQU2_-jtfDg9gBS5BRAY676QYQ-J8GfARPpILAFLetpU4xaWDa06j0O36T-yWGHJiqoc0/s320/IMG_4923.JPG" width="240" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">My Semoventes eventually saw off his Death or Glory Valentines (they chose death over glory) but everything took too long and my force was way too small to hold off all that infantry, even once I'd managed to remove Richard's carriers and Valentines. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5p2m8wcyIzoEc13Zc-M4nZ9wbk6A0ZRUPE6eDJ1LyPnjQi7DezturWkpP1CLvZXr9hic45HBJKALimXgRfc43FUwF3kjByaLeo_h_FXhiXtg4tI_MW6opjXu_CXU9scF92BM_u-HydVHcxSWrejIWyqpZYUtlBlyBoeNwSxti30R5oviCOmZfEfsjg4o/s4032/IMG_4928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5p2m8wcyIzoEc13Zc-M4nZ9wbk6A0ZRUPE6eDJ1LyPnjQi7DezturWkpP1CLvZXr9hic45HBJKALimXgRfc43FUwF3kjByaLeo_h_FXhiXtg4tI_MW6opjXu_CXU9scF92BM_u-HydVHcxSWrejIWyqpZYUtlBlyBoeNwSxti30R5oviCOmZfEfsjg4o/s320/IMG_4928.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> On the left of this photo you can see the highlight of the whole game - the remnant of my AB41 platoon which was overrun and captured by thieving British infantrymen. They had the gall to try and shoot up my Semoventes before MGing the cavalry desperately riding to the rescue! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPcY7XDt0slpWOQ1z7SUpbMpEkAj372E2mJwzM5JELbgfioJlu34s-DZcPeVfvcTmsXdbDNZY7Me0r6NLxhUEDAxOxwupRPgD9XdkEA8WAa55JLRHaARcbHuQU2_-jtfDg9gBS5BRAY676QYQ-J8GfARPpILAFLetpU4xaWDa06j0O36T-yWGHJiqoc0/s4032/IMG_4923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Game 2: Bridgehead</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">The second game saw me attacking around the flanks of Bob's Grenadiers. These two photos sum up the game: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgWzJ5hg83skubPIJMVFI9TjplrTKoif8ECoEA9XHQtMYM1CMPWIATNxkmXhvYwZiH_WxX1X5tAzyOS6hGV-LTAzdTnUAcVF51U2yIl4KR66N8SBq5XgLL2bXf3G1tX35q5-HG5bIcf8zEMYp5A_FPI2dpTlQqGEGhTb_mrQodfftvML5H8M_IeXt9dQ/s4031/IMG_4930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="4031" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgWzJ5hg83skubPIJMVFI9TjplrTKoif8ECoEA9XHQtMYM1CMPWIATNxkmXhvYwZiH_WxX1X5tAzyOS6hGV-LTAzdTnUAcVF51U2yIl4KR66N8SBq5XgLL2bXf3G1tX35q5-HG5bIcf8zEMYp5A_FPI2dpTlQqGEGhTb_mrQodfftvML5H8M_IeXt9dQ/s320/IMG_4930.JPG" width="320" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: left;">On my left, most of my army ran into an entrenched Assault Pioneer platoon and in the end, after six or seven turns, I had one 47mm gun on the objective held by 4 81mm mortars. A stalemate if ever... <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydkNHC_4cRtqVVc_6e6hoYhyfyQ6JyCJ2mLkNZTHinn3fj4xFyJ5V_Mr7qHJo9wOp03fM3LZecvt9NlLHtGsq6vaieAVPv-IEbsu7wl8iL9pwC0ZajfpPdy9HL3KeyMdd6dYD8m9pjxqlHV1kYFCFFdfrzMiDTmjTCZNJUJOFwX-gG3BPQx0BntU7Rx8/s4032/IMG_4929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydkNHC_4cRtqVVc_6e6hoYhyfyQ6JyCJ2mLkNZTHinn3fj4xFyJ5V_Mr7qHJo9wOp03fM3LZecvt9NlLHtGsq6vaieAVPv-IEbsu7wl8iL9pwC0ZajfpPdy9HL3KeyMdd6dYD8m9pjxqlHV1kYFCFFdfrzMiDTmjTCZNJUJOFwX-gG3BPQx0BntU7Rx8/s320/IMG_4929.JPG" width="240" /></a><b> </b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> </b>On my right, I thought I should be able to comfortably roll up 3 PaK38s and a couple of SMG teams before Bob's reinforcements arrived. When I lost an entire infantry platoon counterattacking into one gun (literally, one team at a time....) that whole thing fell apart. </p><p style="text-align: left;">In the end, I assaulted Semovente 75s into a forest and nearly routed the defending grenadiers but on the right, I lost all my troops, including my CO, an the company broke and I lost! <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Game 3: King of the Hill</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">My last game was against clubmate Pat, running late '43 Grenadiers. <b> </b><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8nOVIDAd0zcVIIj_MDqS4GAHi0ngI7eZUweJvVzCl7chl8aht3mqslvOTI3xEkGOeqGJOF8wn9GgdqPvBlBRgoPPqCxPlDBRmxyJA3OcdXahJwC0pSHIj18G6m929HcU5yp-GzYX5toKa-sLKShtQgA7d9RTW58K9xw5H0zoCBLtgOqbv35onG7eO3Y/s3554/IMG_4932.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="3554" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8nOVIDAd0zcVIIj_MDqS4GAHi0ngI7eZUweJvVzCl7chl8aht3mqslvOTI3xEkGOeqGJOF8wn9GgdqPvBlBRgoPPqCxPlDBRmxyJA3OcdXahJwC0pSHIj18G6m929HcU5yp-GzYX5toKa-sLKShtQgA7d9RTW58K9xw5H0zoCBLtgOqbv35onG7eO3Y/s320/IMG_4932.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p>I deployed a bit conservatively with some of my troops, hoping to be able to send the second infantry platoon to ride to the rescue of whichever objective looked like a goer. In the end, this is what it looked like: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPsuWSO1OtXAd9rlgTZKnLlj8NQwEhEX35LLVt3U9NPgNfXBXpdCVHJDr60lUbvlvg1KYidG6VGndTXU5MHy6HmxBOlmVmBUbp97bElSbso6uKUr59eMdnVPOdRMXqso3XkELlXVgd69-FXz1s_qDctmOPdX4g1fOv5vdjf6uj2KxYusREsDUFVNe_Ho/s320/IMG_4934.JPG" width="240" /></div><p></p><p>I threw SO MANY dice at that building full of grenadiers and didn't kill a gosh darn one. And the assault was shot off without even trying by the time I had to do it. In the end, Semoventes into a forest again and the expending of a whole infantry platoon to pare back Pat's defences (and his utter inability to unpin his HMG platoon) squeaked me home in that forest.<b> <br /></b></p><p><b>Thoughts?</b></p><p>This list was not great. Turns out (and no one is shocked) that 5 stand platoons on motorcycles, that don't make them meaningfully faster doesn't go well - especially once you add Passaglia Bombs and the Motorbikes, making them 9 points each! But I suspect it might still have some legs as a second formation alongside an armoured company. Being able to get some small supporting infantry and a bunch of useful things (and some HMGs, but hey) as core assets in a company could be hugely useful. </p><p><b>More Thoughts</b></p><p>The important thing about RD is that it's a fun day out with a bunch of friends and an excuse to get together, talk a lot of stupid and remember the passing of one of the best of us and that was the day I had. Many, many laughs over some utter absurdity. <b> </b><br /></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>Some painted models of some sort and a bit of a workbench pending the arrival of some bits off a local auction site...<b> </b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydkNHC_4cRtqVVc_6e6hoYhyfyQ6JyCJ2mLkNZTHinn3fj4xFyJ5V_Mr7qHJo9wOp03fM3LZecvt9NlLHtGsq6vaieAVPv-IEbsu7wl8iL9pwC0ZajfpPdy9HL3KeyMdd6dYD8m9pjxqlHV1kYFCFFdfrzMiDTmjTCZNJUJOFwX-gG3BPQx0BntU7Rx8/s4032/IMG_4929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-77672008691097176742023-12-02T20:27:00.000-08:002023-12-02T20:27:11.347-08:00Sunday workbench<p>It's been a quiet weekend in the windup towards the festive season as I've just been pottering around, tidying my painting desk and getting ready for a bit of dedicated work over the holidays. <br /></p><p><b> Some Success</b><br /></p><p>I've finished some Spanish! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbTvLVxDpTK010LL_JaUVnxliHIUyi4TkVkZ00kn4Ko1O8HbBPYUkKGyPen4VjjB7aNMZi8BbaYvvsco5UPN6Lekrona7tqg3bd38DjpZJY92mIG4hWa0UgAtGb6zUvLX61W-9q508awxbJe9GWCNYo7V6qqh9hDOrdkgk6IDO3__vT5syrdffYfsHUk/s2630/IMG_4910.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="2630" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbTvLVxDpTK010LL_JaUVnxliHIUyi4TkVkZ00kn4Ko1O8HbBPYUkKGyPen4VjjB7aNMZi8BbaYvvsco5UPN6Lekrona7tqg3bd38DjpZJY92mIG4hWa0UgAtGb6zUvLX61W-9q508awxbJe9GWCNYo7V6qqh9hDOrdkgk6IDO3__vT5syrdffYfsHUk/w400-h228/IMG_4910.JPG" width="400" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: left;">These two Medium Cavalry Carbine might, if I'm honest, be the most useless thing I could have painted. They're not in the starter list I was planning for, which is kind of stupid but I decided they were easier than starting a <i>Tercio</i>! But it does mean that I have some options if I can get the <i>Kiel</i> and one of the two <i>Tercio</i> done, then I have a list I can field while I suffer through the third <i>Tercio</i>....<br /></p><p>I've also rebased some <i>Nighthaunts</i> I found as a unit of LgInf <i>Butchers</i>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWX63LTc1Smdtzm1IfLqfS1Dr3-GOSz3toBbyjG6aXu6e5SuLVSbkb8YJaMwFWeOEan4G9h1XBfMcI2YTxLpgzgsGpfo9B6Yvb1wFkj6X7EAZ9fZEI4CIXToKiRb2DgKlffKwaYp8YCBadawfFtUbKgjRllVYe8MbDDhqHgt2lCcxupo-ns7iEwXH-Xzk/s3138/IMG_4911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="3138" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWX63LTc1Smdtzm1IfLqfS1Dr3-GOSz3toBbyjG6aXu6e5SuLVSbkb8YJaMwFWeOEan4G9h1XBfMcI2YTxLpgzgsGpfo9B6Yvb1wFkj6X7EAZ9fZEI4CIXToKiRb2DgKlffKwaYp8YCBadawfFtUbKgjRllVYe8MbDDhqHgt2lCcxupo-ns7iEwXH-Xzk/w400-h260/IMG_4911.JPG" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The unit I wanted to use for this is out of stock pretty well everywhere so I gave up and prepared for a different outcome. Our friendly 3D printer over at <a href="https://www.potbellyminiatures.co.nz/" target="_blank">Potbelly Miniatures</a> is making me some more basing material so that massive grind will finalkly get done over the break methinks! <br /></div><p><b>Things I was going to take photos of...</b></p><p>...but it's absolutely chucking it down today so priming is incomplete.<b> </b>I've also done a bunch of other prep for the Christmas break - built and started priming some M551 Sheridans (a gift from Blogger Pooch) that I'll use in 7DttRR - a game for '24); all the <i>Chianrasps</i> I need for two Hordes in my Kings odf War <i>Nightstalkers</i> and finished off a couple of models for Necromunda (a game I need to play again in the new year.) </p><p> I've also spent a bunch of time reorganising huge whack of my model storage, something that's been quite pressing now we're living in a much smaller space! One of my gaming clubmates, who's a dab hand with a laser, is doing some really solid work developing some stackable storage trays for me and when they're done, I'll definitely share the immensely satisfying moment of all my 15mm Flames models in their storage trays. The test set was SO pleasing. </p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>It's Remember December at our gaming club and I'll be making hoon hoon noises with my Italian Motociclisti. It won't go well but we'll have fun and that's the important thing. <b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-73406718890049575962023-11-25T19:25:00.000-08:002023-11-25T19:25:58.951-08:0010e Combat Patrols? FUN! <p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator">So I tried my first two games of Warhammer 40K 10th Edition at yesterday's club. <br /></div><div class="separator"> </div><div class="separator">Our first combat patrol was Grey Knights versus Heresy-era Alpha Legion. In my first turn, the Grey Knight Terminators and their Librarian commander teleported across the board after losing one of their number to a savage lascannon shot in the first shooting step! <br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq415zdj2ZVMk8v-ITo3478v1WdTbmBfJDiFDDPRydVELlv8YR2RqEHdphRdGjNXF0HDbMO5tOxi4KIoKo2G6tLcsVib_pV9xbsqNogkkm7Z-LqZjEhFIhkIcx5qlXDJg5iYUrA2tviHB5x-pXdcewyZ1tNnDXzz172jMCdyuylfXjVxQ6e0gJVTHV2MA/w300-h400/IMG_4893.JPG" width="300" /> </div>My Strike Squad eventually charged up the left flank and destroyed Scottty's Havocs and the Terminators waded into the Tactical Squad and slowing cut them to pieces for the loss of a second Terminator. And then Scotty's Contemptor (Helbrute!) turned around and came back from heading for my side of the board and committed absolute murder. Those powerfist hits wrecked my Terminators. In the end, the last three Strike Squad powered into Scotty's commander sending him to his doom before they too were ripped to bits by the Contemptor. <br /><p></p><p></p><p>
We re-racked and had a second game, where I took Scotty's Adeptus Custodes (hereafter referred to as Custards) against his stunningly lovely Heresy-styled Black Templars. I've never played with or against Custards before and by the gods it was brutal.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xKoJ40ESxrqvy3-LOnYGgw8rcIBu24Nsyi5yzx4TKFNdQ6xHhgJFq2EB_Vc8bvIe2HuXdW1SdK8ia7CdEKqfBPUnspR9ptPs7qPN0jOp-MaZleJgUL1-topFpj34GIpc9HMUD-GNr4tXYQ3fv0-vrLpXGedOK_XBrhIDzn7PYREOUuNmmUxLSocEVwM/s4032/IMG_4895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xKoJ40ESxrqvy3-LOnYGgw8rcIBu24Nsyi5yzx4TKFNdQ6xHhgJFq2EB_Vc8bvIe2HuXdW1SdK8ia7CdEKqfBPUnspR9ptPs7qPN0jOp-MaZleJgUL1-topFpj34GIpc9HMUD-GNr4tXYQ3fv0-vrLpXGedOK_XBrhIDzn7PYREOUuNmmUxLSocEVwM/w300-h400/IMG_4895.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p><b> </b>While Scotty's big squad of Acolytes and Neophytes blitzed my 10 Sisters of Silence out of existence, the squad of Custards and the Shield-Captain shredded a Primaris Repulsor transport, the 5 Assault Intercessors housed within and then crossed the field scoring VPs the whole way and finished off Scotty's entire force for the loss of one Custard and some damage on the Vexilliarius. It was brutal. <br /></p><p><b>Thoughts?</b></p><p><b> </b>Mostly pretty happy. The stripped back rules for 10e more generally are reduced to their simplest in Combat Patrol. Given my experience with 8e, the leap for CP wasn't that hard - and the very cleanly designed unit cards were really good to make that easy. I asked the occasional question to sort out the order of operations and learned some useful things about how wound allocation works and that sort of thing. A quick QRS of the keywords was a thing I definitely should have made for myself. <br /></p><p>I definitely figured there's some nuance I have currently missed (like understanding the trade-off of attaching your characters to things) and I'm genuinely curious about the balance in some of these boxes I will be definitely running out the Guard at some stage over the Christmas break to give them a tryout. <br /></p><p><b>Also... </b> <br /></p><p>I also built a cool model (as a reward for assembling flatpack furniture) which is part of my Christmas break Ghosties Completion Programme (TM). The <i>Scriptor Mortis</i>:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMYYhRnmFT2HPIo-5tb-TodfDfeajqSKZFiijOs0TSS8JEJ55q07deLv8P0rjkv6v9HeiQqB6DltED-0KS9f50k5kNdooD7J8yi9NtfDn8-2RAXtQ39bCgpftZRtRa9wUjXKsykM8GQeBAfWSzDSKdksGlyuZZb_ipWrDhYxWLE_6h4Xz8RWYgvmpwKg/s2348/IMG_4899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="1647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMYYhRnmFT2HPIo-5tb-TodfDfeajqSKZFiijOs0TSS8JEJ55q07deLv8P0rjkv6v9HeiQqB6DltED-0KS9f50k5kNdooD7J8yi9NtfDn8-2RAXtQ39bCgpftZRtRa9wUjXKsykM8GQeBAfWSzDSKdksGlyuZZb_ipWrDhYxWLE_6h4Xz8RWYgvmpwKg/s320/IMG_4899.JPG" width="224" /></a></div>will be a proxy for a Nightstalker <i>Mindscreech</i>. In the Nighthaunts army, this is the one serious spellcaster and so this particular model really just slots in beautifully. I'll also be assembling and painting some <i>Chainrasps</i> to proxy in as either <i>Scarecrows</i> or <i>Bloodworms</i> depending on my mood. <p></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I'm grinding Renaissance Spanish cavalry as I'm still painter blocked on the Landsknechts and the two remaining Tercios.<br /><b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-30239284458521099272023-11-18T16:17:00.000-08:002023-11-18T16:17:51.189-08:00Finally wading into 10e 40K<p> Yep. I've got a decent collection of the various types of Imperium models in my collection and I enjoyed playing 40K in 8e. I didn't really get into 9e as it really just felt like a rehash of the same rules bloat as 8e so it's been sitting, taking up space, for a couple of years. Blogger Pel played a couple of Combat Patrol games recently and that sounded like it might be right up my street so figured I'd look at my collections and work out what I could reasonably do....</p><p> Good news, I have most of the bits of three combat patrols. Bad news, I don't have all the bits for any of them. The easiest route was Grey Knights - Blogger Scotty hooked me up with a couple of spare Terminators and access to his bits box and boom, army done. So here we go:</p><p>First off, Librarian Aurellios: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvC-aDvJwewI8lP3A8Uua5y1Sa-xNUdRckVZ1awwQsdRngcc5U5qkhf7BODXoINroWVm4pSq_e9R7AgZDqHOtN4c-x1CjkZZGviGubcH2bVzUFWINgCnenyE-OFn142lhr7Gw1iKC1UkDNgqaMZrjIp7NeQfbSHxlbXCFJ96wXLYlOBbVXRCpen2LlrtE/s2202/IMG_4890.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2202" data-original-width="2176" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvC-aDvJwewI8lP3A8Uua5y1Sa-xNUdRckVZ1awwQsdRngcc5U5qkhf7BODXoINroWVm4pSq_e9R7AgZDqHOtN4c-x1CjkZZGviGubcH2bVzUFWINgCnenyE-OFn142lhr7Gw1iKC1UkDNgqaMZrjIp7NeQfbSHxlbXCFJ96wXLYlOBbVXRCpen2LlrtE/s320/IMG_4890.JPG" width="316" /></a></div>This is, amazingly, a GW Finecast and it's surprisingly good. I painted it up donkeys ago - I had this idea of fielding a Supreme Command detachment in 8e of Grey Knights in a Guard army just for the lolz. <br /><p></p><p> The main beef of the army is a Brotherhood Terminator Squad: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Yo5sEkQPlH7BhhavR5I9tnbeCOo4Zx2gC8iyq3bcdB8f28c8zop7TSfGkar5rc1eFNW2vp5xZ-2SFRrbcp60sVoEMFPixDRRo0lJk9Tk9IUR4f714AdKDtMXCy40koo2k0KzPAbRGdNmWIvFhKZ9gRITPXJQ0PufBfC3hVWCa0FuKYldOLYofZoyAr0/s2914/IMG_4891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="2914" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Yo5sEkQPlH7BhhavR5I9tnbeCOo4Zx2gC8iyq3bcdB8f28c8zop7TSfGkar5rc1eFNW2vp5xZ-2SFRrbcp60sVoEMFPixDRRo0lJk9Tk9IUR4f714AdKDtMXCy40koo2k0KzPAbRGdNmWIvFhKZ9gRITPXJQ0PufBfC3hVWCa0FuKYldOLYofZoyAr0/s320/IMG_4891.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>
One of the things that appeals about Combat Patrols is that the weapon loadout of the troops simply doesn't matter which means my love of Warding Staves as a sweet looking bit of kit is simply fine. This squad can, if you want, be swapped for a Nemesis Dreadnight which is both super cool and a really derpy model. I've been looking at some conversion ideas to make it look less like a baby carrier online...</p><p>Finally, half a Strike Squad makes up the rest of the army:<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIw7OCjrjA5YRrmvzdUA2W09HDneFS5YCv5T9Hu6NAL9ZxbHrJp8Al6T6rhs6Xg5q7bNigJtadq-Tls9j27KDR1Ue1xCVieDTRjqit-b0erhl73NGhGspsJwUcP88pnI0EPCAb-HAk7OZO4XZRXlZ71n5efyjJ5YGTuPRLMp6-CkfYCT-Gu1Yj7fWtCYU/s2415/IMG_4889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2415" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIw7OCjrjA5YRrmvzdUA2W09HDneFS5YCv5T9Hu6NAL9ZxbHrJp8Al6T6rhs6Xg5q7bNigJtadq-Tls9j27KDR1Ue1xCVieDTRjqit-b0erhl73NGhGspsJwUcP88pnI0EPCAb-HAk7OZO4XZRXlZ71n5efyjJ5YGTuPRLMp6-CkfYCT-Gu1Yj7fWtCYU/s320/IMG_4889.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p>The heavy weapon is wrong but I'm not changing that. It seems like a bunch of work for no real benefit. This is another one of those mometns where the weapon loadout not mattering makes me happy. </p><p>I'm hopeful that this is fun and somewhat balanced. It would justify picking up two models to finish the Imperial Guard one and three models to finish the Deathwatch one. I'd be well pleased if it could be managed and might be a light enough introduction to 10e for me to get into it. <b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>A report on how it went hopefully and some thoughts on 10e. Plus I'm trying to focus on getting my 15mm Renaissance Spanish moving again which is proving harder than I thought. <b> </b> <br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-76989666782254812752023-11-11T19:07:00.000-08:002023-11-11T19:07:33.091-08:00That's not how you rob a train...<p>It was club day and we decided that another game of Dead by Lead was required. This time we thought we'd try out robbing a train! Blogger Scotty's Amish Gangsters (yep....) defended the train while Blogger Tank's Apache AND my three-man Western Tribute Band both tried to rob the train! <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBXefYaxbXuzOreUGSFKHtfRO4N-LV4wvDR1gRQhowaeGaVH7COqYC3V4Pg5s9-LDcJnKhdQOpn2Vnv211EWtuQPC13r9StcXp7Zn9ykaSdIEYQ2o1120UFfpHaUoZy3gscM5nYT3Dyc74HR5WdFLM164K3jXTB4ASwuOqsHLC54I9bqodc1ajeyJPW8/s3916/IMG_4880.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3916" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBXefYaxbXuzOreUGSFKHtfRO4N-LV4wvDR1gRQhowaeGaVH7COqYC3V4Pg5s9-LDcJnKhdQOpn2Vnv211EWtuQPC13r9StcXp7Zn9ykaSdIEYQ2o1120UFfpHaUoZy3gscM5nYT3Dyc74HR5WdFLM164K3jXTB4ASwuOqsHLC54I9bqodc1ajeyJPW8/s320/IMG_4880.JPG" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>In the style of the train robbery in Legends of the Old West we gave ourselves horses to make running down the train a little easier. Tank's Apache warriors doubled up on their horses and the two gangs went after the train from both sides! <br /></p><p></p>
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Both gangs arrived at the train but the Apache made the first move, leaping into the passenger car while the Tribute Band tried to knock out the Amish mercenary, Alice, in the train cab, but she was well protected in the iron cab. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGSZHjRgNvdJEciNDyRWjCRKDP8867Zsx9XDoL5QwPeNs3K-Hs0cV4kmCHkjk_pIGwIl3uWyCfTIquJXaNEYAhu90C3e6-kxg6Yt_LkehV6H7XRRZcE_UyU3VswsTtYSPm7S5kvTCxGacsMf0SReM_Q8mdSA1SIE9yf6brxhNcNz9Y1SxDP8_Ahyphenhyphenc8uQ/s4032/IMG_4883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGSZHjRgNvdJEciNDyRWjCRKDP8867Zsx9XDoL5QwPeNs3K-Hs0cV4kmCHkjk_pIGwIl3uWyCfTIquJXaNEYAhu90C3e6-kxg6Yt_LkehV6H7XRRZcE_UyU3VswsTtYSPm7S5kvTCxGacsMf0SReM_Q8mdSA1SIE9yf6brxhNcNz9Y1SxDP8_Ahyphenhyphenc8uQ/s320/IMG_4883.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>
</p><p>The Tribute Band rode up alongside the train and Tuco fired off all his six gun at Alice, doing a great job of shooting her in the legs! Meanwhile, two Apache warriors had boarded the train. The first wore a shotgun but the second landed on board only to have the Man with No Name take a perfect shot and knock him dead. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4k6a_fX4FHmPJT2-HzLQmqbczC3L3viks_yvxjIQWNFbDmBxBgk-yiEM9wPN4kg5FwGGF6r5sLnzN2CJ0PwOQ-S2B3Su3Ug4fYCawXm_FKFkSKEiqpXWL9S4I5hQK4j0SX0eMKM5M6zyXuwUwQ1KZilLcyBpbeSVDV-tOt6hl0MMxTPdcF6KXXWpdNQM/s4032/IMG_4884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4k6a_fX4FHmPJT2-HzLQmqbczC3L3viks_yvxjIQWNFbDmBxBgk-yiEM9wPN4kg5FwGGF6r5sLnzN2CJ0PwOQ-S2B3Su3Ug4fYCawXm_FKFkSKEiqpXWL9S4I5hQK4j0SX0eMKM5M6zyXuwUwQ1KZilLcyBpbeSVDV-tOt6hl0MMxTPdcF6KXXWpdNQM/s320/IMG_4884.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>
Tuco went down immediately to the second barrel of the shotgun and as more Apache boarded the train, the Amish gang leader Ma Baker waded into the fray wielding her cane with fury seeing off a couple of Apache soldiers. The Man with No Name's hat and poncho were riddled with bullet holes from the Amish gangster on the coal car (he was VERY lucky!) but his luck wasn't much chop shooting back. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtLEQ4QTec7BXM_ocBY-h7X5k89cTKNXeGaYV6yVV8HgGiHbbUFZw_KoIrUQj0EZ7Y_8yjt3kOXea45uo5C1qGu2eEzdcd3c9VYrTwWVCe2ZjIhw2yFGFPnbEsPGUixTGsjFOpFYbvQkGXtju1WYQyDN9myE55bJbKuQCpPG_CkT2Snp5aHQTgr_dNQA/s4032/IMG_4885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtLEQ4QTec7BXM_ocBY-h7X5k89cTKNXeGaYV6yVV8HgGiHbbUFZw_KoIrUQj0EZ7Y_8yjt3kOXea45uo5C1qGu2eEzdcd3c9VYrTwWVCe2ZjIhw2yFGFPnbEsPGUixTGsjFOpFYbvQkGXtju1WYQyDN9myE55bJbKuQCpPG_CkT2Snp5aHQTgr_dNQA/s320/IMG_4885.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>
</p><p>In the end, Alice was still alive in the engine, Angel Eyes was on the roof of the caboose as the train left the board and the passenger carriage was absolutely awash with blood with dead gangsters and Apache and the couple still standing tripping over the corpses of their comrades. In the end neither the Tribute Band or the Apache managed to loot the train but the Amish didn't defend it so well either. </p><p>It was another hilarious game of Dead by Lead which we all enjoyed. And thanks to Tank, we rocked out the epic train. It was awesome. <br /></p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I've been doing a bit of work to finish up a Combat Patrol of Grey Knights (thanks to Blogger Scotty) so I can finally give 10e 40K a go...<b> </b><br />
</p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-14218567831033701722023-11-05T14:20:00.001-08:002023-11-05T14:20:21.949-08:00Dead by Lead- Jailbreak!<i>Following on from a <a href="http://regimentnz.blogspot.com/2023/10/dead-by-lead-what-do-we-think.html" target="_blank">very enjoyable game with McZ</a>, a few of the other Regimenters were keen to try out Dead by Lead too.</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>So, over the weekend we tried out Scenario 2: Trials and Tribulations. There were three of us, so we changed the scenario up to have one crew coming from one side, the other from the other size, and the defenders in the middle!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Conveniently the 4ground Sherriff's Office has two jail cells, perfect for this game!</i></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXV4YHpNv5pYYBYEHnv-03jCYu0yczECJxBfTunCBaVJF0nyax-ePQdpieBXpCPvRtEuhK59LPUQW3CCNNPEzkREnyOLmEhKBhXd-jrjOb-8e84Z9lRJTa7kWSOlUV2w1lYhLk7kS91zrqSJzkYW9x-0M5HbR07aEDr64YqoV87kVl9X_WkoWQcHSv98/s2016/IMG_5124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXV4YHpNv5pYYBYEHnv-03jCYu0yczECJxBfTunCBaVJF0nyax-ePQdpieBXpCPvRtEuhK59LPUQW3CCNNPEzkREnyOLmEhKBhXd-jrjOb-8e84Z9lRJTa7kWSOlUV2w1lYhLk7kS91zrqSJzkYW9x-0M5HbR07aEDr64YqoV87kVl9X_WkoWQcHSv98/w300-h400/IMG_5124.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the table before the crews were placed and the game began!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><i>On to the game....</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>"</i>Look Sherriff, I already told your deputy all I know. I was just minding my own business yesterday, when this whole thing went down.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now now, no need to pull your Iron. I'll tell it you, just.... just keep that in that there holster...</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Whisper Creek was quiet, nobody was renting a room at Rogan's, even the saloon was empty. There was a train coming tomorrow, but nobody wanted to be out in town after yesterday.</div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of the locals had come to blows over who's brand was on a particular set of cattle, which resulted in some words being thrown, and then some bottles, and then a couple of bullets. Now, all of that was normal fare in Whisper Creek, 'cept there turned out to be a troop of Cavalry who were in town, and they decided to make a whole thing out of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>And so it was, that the two leaders ended up in the cells, waiting for the train to come with the new Sherriff, as well as the car to take the cattle away to Bloodstone to sell.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGqGdz4LyjRsVS4eKbFaeT32KvLHtaaEH6OOka8AwrTkaWLUo-2TA_PyFNgMxg6MGeawGK5UJpC3boYc85fb4s2JC89TY4SXh58poG0iEq7oniyc0vlhEYNZbicP9BUcDArfMPxeuKbSmgvXTHk4Pa6BYxTkS8mKbFrsHZVE2Izi5y7iZp1AdM4kzpho/s2016/IMG_5126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGqGdz4LyjRsVS4eKbFaeT32KvLHtaaEH6OOka8AwrTkaWLUo-2TA_PyFNgMxg6MGeawGK5UJpC3boYc85fb4s2JC89TY4SXh58poG0iEq7oniyc0vlhEYNZbicP9BUcDArfMPxeuKbSmgvXTHk4Pa6BYxTkS8mKbFrsHZVE2Izi5y7iZp1AdM4kzpho/w300-h400/IMG_5126.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4ground make SUCH GOOD TERRAIN</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Now, the Cavalry didn't reckon on the trouble they had gotten themselves into. Their Sergeant was there, taunting the folks in the cell, unawares that around the town, a whole bunch of trouble was getting all set up ready to start.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIS6vQjoeNGpoqah96buxENXxlDNLfDAGFpG3ZEJZfj3E_3pln0gbLcAkGLsqBb6odH-h7xAoVVZu6VXjuAvmc_afWOZMlvGROCGub6-RMJDVQzUX2HL0127COu8XJpdt0Pxm1ziot-ne59YmC8WKQaiWkbOqIWwv98DKF0-8fMVGRcFTEN01VlLy9F8/s2016/IMG_5127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIS6vQjoeNGpoqah96buxENXxlDNLfDAGFpG3ZEJZfj3E_3pln0gbLcAkGLsqBb6odH-h7xAoVVZu6VXjuAvmc_afWOZMlvGROCGub6-RMJDVQzUX2HL0127COu8XJpdt0Pxm1ziot-ne59YmC8WKQaiWkbOqIWwv98DKF0-8fMVGRcFTEN01VlLy9F8/w400-h300/IMG_5127.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trouble.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>When one of the Cav, Jebediah his name was came out of the General Store (after taking more than a few things off the store owner's hands), he was quickly met by a hail of bullets from one of the locals, heading to free their boss. He ducked quickly behind a mule, which saved him, but the mule didn't have the same luck....</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhOJdPX2E-uDL9z_ee_iAL513_UHxTO5F4VoaNsspkwOHjN5282PpvAJiJ4z3AYE_iKnKbGnL7Haxdh2vG7DegNsl4V915SDanOp5SlYhzAvAwnSkYTMqy8KB1OBsSjDUkWdWYfhlXKvYWZRcYzhqkzSuLa78hoLrgNmj6y-z7HD1qnyYwtJ-mdN0CP4/s2016/IMG_5129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhOJdPX2E-uDL9z_ee_iAL513_UHxTO5F4VoaNsspkwOHjN5282PpvAJiJ4z3AYE_iKnKbGnL7Haxdh2vG7DegNsl4V915SDanOp5SlYhzAvAwnSkYTMqy8KB1OBsSjDUkWdWYfhlXKvYWZRcYzhqkzSuLa78hoLrgNmj6y-z7HD1qnyYwtJ-mdN0CP4/w400-h300/IMG_5129.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RIP Francis the mule</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Now, that particular local hadn't reckoned on Butch coming out of the Sheriff's office, with both barrels of the shotgun primed and ready to rock. With an almighty bang, that local was a goner.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ha8jSg4l66r6_N3W_Fgn8XqctkLKjUfbfihrpZzofyMw4NCj0sDcSWXHR1ScYAetuD4sOKJQKUMCWYllcf4X_sTalOm52FSV8pj_NbF1xGh00-bT0xrTt_56Y6_5CMw6tGcyMJqySYcukzdG9SCNm6cbxcX5T1ceQT-REw-3ZWLxD0xYI1ejzlMDtgI/s2016/IMG_5130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ha8jSg4l66r6_N3W_Fgn8XqctkLKjUfbfihrpZzofyMw4NCj0sDcSWXHR1ScYAetuD4sOKJQKUMCWYllcf4X_sTalOm52FSV8pj_NbF1xGh00-bT0xrTt_56Y6_5CMw6tGcyMJqySYcukzdG9SCNm6cbxcX5T1ceQT-REw-3ZWLxD0xYI1ejzlMDtgI/w400-h300/IMG_5130.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shotgun at close range.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Now, this whole thing had kicked off right royally by this point. From the other side of town, the other group of locals (Ma's Boys) were moving up to the Sherriff's office, intent on getting Ma out.</div><div><br /></div><div>From the top story, Butch emerged, holding his Winchester Repeater. He took aim at a local hidin' in an unfinished building. He stood up there, paused, and a crack rang out, followed by a hard <i>thump</i> as the feller fell from his hiding spot.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoaavm-Mi6x2orNeOHAz6SNxqxALekPuaSqq9z_l8PGb91Kxm2YTlSMYfqCBkj5cMs3Dqr2gLd0FvAv_uwRI_Jwlahsbya_HWVUr2eunzVT7vvNtGcKCus1aLsFhp6WA7VXKu5xcnobexWcutJI_SkJrmES9G3N-F7EkuTPMt5eqd41EwC6dTjr7gsUo/s2016/IMG_5131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoaavm-Mi6x2orNeOHAz6SNxqxALekPuaSqq9z_l8PGb91Kxm2YTlSMYfqCBkj5cMs3Dqr2gLd0FvAv_uwRI_Jwlahsbya_HWVUr2eunzVT7vvNtGcKCus1aLsFhp6WA7VXKu5xcnobexWcutJI_SkJrmES9G3N-F7EkuTPMt5eqd41EwC6dTjr7gsUo/w300-h400/IMG_5131.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butch coming out of the Sherriff's office</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Butch might be regarded as a pretty good shot, but he was <i>never </i>regarded as a smart man. So while he was there, aiming carefully down the road, making that great shot, what he <i>wasn't</i> doing was looking around him, and seeing the person standing right at the bottom of the stairs, pistol raised in his direction.</div><div><br /></div><div>The six shooter rang out, six bullets fired faster than a fly beats it's wings.</div><div><br /></div><div>And that was the end of Butch.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89J7ly_ABG3VbNvTIdl2Ykdm9txJz9y0Na3UMnst0bEIote-DXowAWT3bl_Z_a4RWNrQXwEMHeq9fYuzjoQgA8AdGMQqA5-fpDpx4SW6oO6Izd-yQreuzXrdghe_iieQz2RoShkWwkINnkPj9L0vbDl2_FkqbO2I6MkmaLxNxlWG3P8TPGE_X8Uk8YNc/s2016/IMG_5132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89J7ly_ABG3VbNvTIdl2Ykdm9txJz9y0Na3UMnst0bEIote-DXowAWT3bl_Z_a4RWNrQXwEMHeq9fYuzjoQgA8AdGMQqA5-fpDpx4SW6oO6Izd-yQreuzXrdghe_iieQz2RoShkWwkINnkPj9L0vbDl2_FkqbO2I6MkmaLxNxlWG3P8TPGE_X8Uk8YNc/w300-h400/IMG_5132.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Splat.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>While all of this was going on, at the same time the locals had gotten their way into the Sherriff's Office, where one hell of a scuffle was occurin'. The Sergeant was hard pressed, trying to fight off one of the locals, the two tuslin' over a Bowie knife.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPhsU2Y0PmznSv56eqTulHv-FG7oRLhQJCSukFOU2TOhkR0nII5tIKxIJ8znUleakkfGWdOFRoRO6kehcCR4Q-FfUR7w9XaO34aTtFsHuTDyQ7DDf9rSpjykmT6d46WgbmP-q8xCNGmCsDKLJCbG2MQ-MABW2sQHsmkOel7_mU-GVCYHSYPsseL9h2l4/s2016/IMG_5133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPhsU2Y0PmznSv56eqTulHv-FG7oRLhQJCSukFOU2TOhkR0nII5tIKxIJ8znUleakkfGWdOFRoRO6kehcCR4Q-FfUR7w9XaO34aTtFsHuTDyQ7DDf9rSpjykmT6d46WgbmP-q8xCNGmCsDKLJCbG2MQ-MABW2sQHsmkOel7_mU-GVCYHSYPsseL9h2l4/w300-h400/IMG_5133.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brawl!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jebediah, hearing that his boss was in trouble came runnin', only to end up on the wrong end of a tomahawk...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW9YQv1fkbDK-b4jVb8HTi_A6OgxFzJh7mnWBoaMfJUF5xl6kvWZGQI1tgO-Tir6lITaqRl60mRtNXGrZhDH7zI1j7IK7eYhq7QEjqf_ajpLdOB0-iH5coGj37iulyqlMgxb8V96FLGRoRjCaeu9nKUY3H6m5Fc8ERnfatqUO3rUQSu2x7jKJ9Lm99OQ/s2016/IMG_5135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW9YQv1fkbDK-b4jVb8HTi_A6OgxFzJh7mnWBoaMfJUF5xl6kvWZGQI1tgO-Tir6lITaqRl60mRtNXGrZhDH7zI1j7IK7eYhq7QEjqf_ajpLdOB0-iH5coGj37iulyqlMgxb8V96FLGRoRjCaeu9nKUY3H6m5Fc8ERnfatqUO3rUQSu2x7jKJ9Lm99OQ/s320/IMG_5135.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Brawl!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Fightin' in the Office was bloody and brutal. More and more of the locals piled in, first fighting the Cavalry, and then fightin' each other. The Sergeant was overwhelmed, and during all of that, both Ma and the Chief were able to get free.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know whether anyone got out of it, because pretty soon all that was left in that office was a whole bunch of dead and wounded folks, and not a whole lot of anything else.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfdvbwVSmdfwfVpFfiaFCB6OcQdc3LTtrLzhvAAR6cPaOUKc4USQ7NAUXrBDu-euwRWcZWWyWQjCJb6iDh6vqEJYOqqkj56Tw9PVjPBUFjRqOltudNQYYTvoLCYMIOQ50QfeAbFVfbMN3ln9DVXuRW0cnHGFH2TI3wt1vhAmNl-sNE7wKXmFBccCIQ0g/s2016/IMG_5136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfdvbwVSmdfwfVpFfiaFCB6OcQdc3LTtrLzhvAAR6cPaOUKc4USQ7NAUXrBDu-euwRWcZWWyWQjCJb6iDh6vqEJYOqqkj56Tw9PVjPBUFjRqOltudNQYYTvoLCYMIOQ50QfeAbFVfbMN3ln9DVXuRW0cnHGFH2TI3wt1vhAmNl-sNE7wKXmFBccCIQ0g/s320/IMG_5136.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ridiculous amount of Brawl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>And that's all I know Sherriff, honest. Now can I go...?"</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Another brilliant game of Dead by Lead, it remains a ridiculously cinematic and enjoyable game. The rules play quickly and simply, with plenty of opportunities for cinematic elements, and great moments where things did, or didn't work out!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>We will for sure be playing more....</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Pooch</div><div><br /></div><div> </div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-23750436625186807922023-11-04T19:49:00.005-07:002023-12-01T21:19:26.698-08:00Telegraphing my super secret tech again....<p>So it's that time of year again, when our club thinks about it's annual Flames of War end-of-year event in which we remember the loss of a close friend and clubmate a few years ago. Every year the organisers come up with something mad and this year blogger Pelarel decided it was going to be: </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>60-point Infantry companies</li><li>Only 1 top armour 1 unit and no top armour 2</li><li>Only 1 support platoon</li></ul><p>I've never really looked at the Italian Motorciclisti Company before. Now I have and I love it so I'll be running it for Remember December. </p><p><b>The List </b></p><p><u>Core</u><b> </b> </p><p><i>Motociclisti</i> HQ - 2 Rifle Teams on motorcycles<br /></p><p><i>Motociclisti</i> Platoon - 5x Rifle/MG Teams on motorcycles</p><p><i>Motociclisti</i> Platoon - 5x Rifle/MG Teams on motorcycles</p><p><i>Breda</i> MG Platoon - 3x HMG Teams<br /></p><p>Armoured Cars - 4x AB41 Armoured Cars</p><p>AT Guns - 4x47mm <i>Elefantini</i></p><p>AA Guns - 2x 20mm <i>Autocannoni</i><br /></p><p><u>Support</u></p><p>Semovente Platoon - 5x <i>Semovente</i> 75/18</p><p><u>Command Cards</u></p><p>For Italy!; Frontline Fighter; Motorcycles (3); <i>Bombe Passaglia </i>(2)<u> </u><br /></p><p><b>Getting Ready</b></p><p>I had two jobs to do for this one - rebase a motorcycle transport base and acquire and paint some AB41s. <b> </b>Blogger Pooch sorted me out with some spare bases and local 3D maestro Che at <a href="https://www.potbellyminiatures.co.nz/" target="_blank">Potbelly Miniatures </a>printed me the AB41s in a matter of days and I smashed them out in a weekend: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWqAUKhhgxlI7IfDh9aHDEmFAhTC2cgIaDnXpfOhlHjGOajELEbaCPICYPEjWpIyjleMGVu_TO9UOlyjwMHJAddfMKzk9_D6DB4vP4sjo7XkbTnI_0TYgqwr-5Ytdhd2HxkVXSF8uveXDQG0z_P0SjZvdHbo-tMUTSf04xA8d7fy56A-Mck8wvqY-rWA/s2649/IMG_4871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="2649" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWqAUKhhgxlI7IfDh9aHDEmFAhTC2cgIaDnXpfOhlHjGOajELEbaCPICYPEjWpIyjleMGVu_TO9UOlyjwMHJAddfMKzk9_D6DB4vP4sjo7XkbTnI_0TYgqwr-5Ytdhd2HxkVXSF8uveXDQG0z_P0SjZvdHbo-tMUTSf04xA8d7fy56A-Mck8wvqY-rWA/w400-h189/IMG_4871.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>The motorcycles I did a *long* time ago so just had to rebase the HQ from two motorcycles on one base to one on two bases and do a bit of repair work. Here's a fair sample of this absurdity: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg_-acxfyn-D4ttnsgCwOKpkvaqUzKQ1pwH6lylFEMnmFmYVR6FQywXT2lRVpNn0DCyIhLr_xnL1y0uiYmgAnOSMgNJY9H0GkgOMN64Ezv6U__Teqz2xcvznmIknVzvQWl49x0BWMMLnlQLK-p2xAMSIa3HoouDe9Lv9wT9Lmb8jSVug-x62PMUHLS08/s3532/IMG_4874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="3532" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg_-acxfyn-D4ttnsgCwOKpkvaqUzKQ1pwH6lylFEMnmFmYVR6FQywXT2lRVpNn0DCyIhLr_xnL1y0uiYmgAnOSMgNJY9H0GkgOMN64Ezv6U__Teqz2xcvznmIknVzvQWl49x0BWMMLnlQLK-p2xAMSIa3HoouDe9Lv9wT9Lmb8jSVug-x62PMUHLS08/w400-h186/IMG_4874.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Thoughts? </b></p><p>It's probably terrible. The tiny infantry platoons mean it's brittle AF but it has a lot of MG dice so should be able to deliver those tiny platoons. The Semoventes provide a template if I need one and some mid-range AT as well. But it's going to be SO MUCH fun to play. </p><p><b>Next Time</b></p><p>I've made a bit of progress on 15mm Spanish. Not enough for this week but enough....<b> </b><br /></p>McZermofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02328238991781649933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995336988633750317.post-40997822419127613752023-10-31T19:48:00.002-07:002023-10-31T19:48:14.807-07:00Pooch's October update<p>October is gone too, this is really, really ridiculous. But still, the painting train continues, and this blog is much more on time. So... I'll take that as a win!</p><p><b>1. Paint a platoon for Flames of War</b></p><p>This month was some odds and sods to finish up my second Afrika Rifle Platoon...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fqpm7Jjn19nNGjWfdGG8Cooa6uRPe3ey1bCr73KO8HQapYXXZ0NSWPVkDzk1U1GMNR7affuRaINzYzZlF1qPyyKJx2ZanYs9ZTI9PGpoqZwOFpepiW9w3a5mz_K561KUZECwczq9VhAi63YwgQiAKFAd49Qv5c7IQ8-atkCQalzux8PrLzD5KOkLDeU/s2016/IMG_5095.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fqpm7Jjn19nNGjWfdGG8Cooa6uRPe3ey1bCr73KO8HQapYXXZ0NSWPVkDzk1U1GMNR7affuRaINzYzZlF1qPyyKJx2ZanYs9ZTI9PGpoqZwOFpepiW9w3a5mz_K561KUZECwczq9VhAi63YwgQiAKFAd49Qv5c7IQ8-atkCQalzux8PrLzD5KOkLDeU/w400-h300/IMG_5095.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An HMG and a command stand to be exact....</td></tr></tbody></table><br />But also painted up some of the 3d Breed DAK that I had Potbelly print for me, to add a couple of extra teams to enable me to use my DAK as an early war army- namely a 50mm mortar and an anti-tank rifle.<div><br /></div><div>Much like everything Potbelly prints for me, they have come out an absolute treat.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHstOCel9gHGzx6uLjk4CQo4BRcbBUDaKbY-NKV35OAV9WfUKLkeZkKVk4cq1rrVFPKatdZobZmsfy4E-XtwN_3JHYCLmLHgYEBMYrX-xhDuQxZ9sAfJCvdHvnvXZjKLu52nVpKDbESK9WHqoclKpqnUrPZ31B4sB3hJzO2EGRWszJ7ptuZ9ZwrZbImJo/s2016/IMG_5098.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHstOCel9gHGzx6uLjk4CQo4BRcbBUDaKbY-NKV35OAV9WfUKLkeZkKVk4cq1rrVFPKatdZobZmsfy4E-XtwN_3JHYCLmLHgYEBMYrX-xhDuQxZ9sAfJCvdHvnvXZjKLu52nVpKDbESK9WHqoclKpqnUrPZ31B4sB3hJzO2EGRWszJ7ptuZ9ZwrZbImJo/w400-h300/IMG_5098.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkLvTfw6O7YgvxE_KUmVvWXC2DYTUFpo2FEZ8ZDeSy9QgzOSs7hiusNgISGDwPyxKElwfGyJeNhr7XPKmS3sHFB0VcQlg9R_gh_U88driF8vfA6m75-OST0eBAtZJmmLRJtH8hdSdDvctVLQFZwqNn-sHqD8HdCIN-zAJSdR5gx3vkAIsI3Kcxs5xMvk/s2016/IMG_5097.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkLvTfw6O7YgvxE_KUmVvWXC2DYTUFpo2FEZ8ZDeSy9QgzOSs7hiusNgISGDwPyxKElwfGyJeNhr7XPKmS3sHFB0VcQlg9R_gh_U88driF8vfA6m75-OST0eBAtZJmmLRJtH8hdSdDvctVLQFZwqNn-sHqD8HdCIN-zAJSdR5gx3vkAIsI3Kcxs5xMvk/w400-h300/IMG_5097.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>More DAK next month I think, as I need to paint up more things for Remember December this year!</p><p><b>2. Add something to armies I have already painted</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">First up this month is a new model for Marvel Crisis Protocol- or more, three models!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have actually had these on my painting table for some time, but the models kept breaking on me, and my level of frustration got so high that I <i>very nearly</i> considered never finishing them. The realisation that I didn't have any other Marvel models to replace them meant that I did finish them this month!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaAW_1VvO5D8nYPqggOuhrZ9xeQm1_42WBx7qXpeko69YOZXQ1kYlesSAEBkMhrsV-f3zMUJRbvgYglhEkd2ZtqHUM4jBtB6AWriKypvv58vTL19A7qS9iU9ASnrt1Qr-L4ezuKRY9XRgEtGUR_s8OatBO6kgk9vNMC8AI2Rdxl3Z06rnXS2VE9WH3ek/s2016/IMG_5120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaAW_1VvO5D8nYPqggOuhrZ9xeQm1_42WBx7qXpeko69YOZXQ1kYlesSAEBkMhrsV-f3zMUJRbvgYglhEkd2ZtqHUM4jBtB6AWriKypvv58vTL19A7qS9iU9ASnrt1Qr-L4ezuKRY9XRgEtGUR_s8OatBO6kgk9vNMC8AI2Rdxl3Z06rnXS2VE9WH3ek/w400-h300/IMG_5120.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So dynamic</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZb4ruM1067kb5ukrKp4vjgoBdxIEglgOxtnE9Hb4MImtwOVc4WtOgEaQhUz6OyQ27eYt_laIwgZGSLoBPpmPmv4cKjdXu-xY5DhWa-v-RRRbk8JO3XAzai5B-3DwR6bvl1u-_vyCBHgs4trC07CxBG9fzfL-HHebNa6p9Q6CWznObgvFBCGf8XiODls/s2016/IMG_5121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZb4ruM1067kb5ukrKp4vjgoBdxIEglgOxtnE9Hb4MImtwOVc4WtOgEaQhUz6OyQ27eYt_laIwgZGSLoBPpmPmv4cKjdXu-xY5DhWa-v-RRRbk8JO3XAzai5B-3DwR6bvl1u-_vyCBHgs4trC07CxBG9fzfL-HHebNa6p9Q6CWznObgvFBCGf8XiODls/w400-h300/IMG_5121.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So fragile</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Rolling with a bit of a Wild West theme this month, I also finished up a couple of Daughters of the West from 3d Breed and printed by Potbelly Miniatures, which I plan on using for Dead by Lead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTxxF2OVSNru9HoBw_XiVo11Bi-sPs9LcogF26lSCj1OpwUj8yNrmTKSl2ok8CxPOgLo-8pptTrt577ZBQrOINPZ2EomlPnj6qZ8FsHGaGSNn2tH7gxvQxar6SB3lOrtKcZTj6iZH-vEENXnFOFl7H_qUonlxVoj1ExrHLOurPszPJyzQ-EFGEEQUeIg/s2016/IMG_5118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTxxF2OVSNru9HoBw_XiVo11Bi-sPs9LcogF26lSCj1OpwUj8yNrmTKSl2ok8CxPOgLo-8pptTrt577ZBQrOINPZ2EomlPnj6qZ8FsHGaGSNn2tH7gxvQxar6SB3lOrtKcZTj6iZH-vEENXnFOFl7H_qUonlxVoj1ExrHLOurPszPJyzQ-EFGEEQUeIg/w400-h300/IMG_5118.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two pistols and a Repeater rifle!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGULceC1yZkamcFSdUIDIkTkyxKpRJgVuNsa0Yxc4Gm0kXWQrzCC2z5qoTxJiGtATTwNBPTLOWZTQEM1wWADveTSc9J2RdjQFf99-gTUJ37GP-7E0caJYYtDpjw5unqJ5rtpr86Rf4LRyQ0m0aSfrzqxSwZje4FqJYJGETi_AzCEggr8uMOgFdE9AT44E/s2016/IMG_5119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGULceC1yZkamcFSdUIDIkTkyxKpRJgVuNsa0Yxc4Gm0kXWQrzCC2z5qoTxJiGtATTwNBPTLOWZTQEM1wWADveTSc9J2RdjQFf99-gTUJ37GP-7E0caJYYtDpjw5unqJ5rtpr86Rf4LRyQ0m0aSfrzqxSwZje4FqJYJGETi_AzCEggr8uMOgFdE9AT44E/w400-h300/IMG_5119.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm really happy with them</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div><b>3. Finish up a piece of terrain</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Continuing in the Wild West as last month, I built up another one of the brilliant 4Ground kits I had lying around. I've got two more to go before I have them all assembled, so I reckon I might try and do one a month for the next two months to finish them off.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtK5m_5p73N-291EI6Vp-UrpPlAczD9ice2GqI1VCUy-NOIH2B1TwmxW4VDGBurvtgewYqgaIb7zN21Xw81jB-6QueORmnr0IEn7wO62g4K2rLNvOeUSIw8KGW8GWNi4GOv5HItMoZVCaYBt6OVOdCwmlopGuM2gt0-7Q18pOMTG74RHwfD4ASojZal4/s2016/IMG_5074.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtK5m_5p73N-291EI6Vp-UrpPlAczD9ice2GqI1VCUy-NOIH2B1TwmxW4VDGBurvtgewYqgaIb7zN21Xw81jB-6QueORmnr0IEn7wO62g4K2rLNvOeUSIw8KGW8GWNi4GOv5HItMoZVCaYBt6OVOdCwmlopGuM2gt0-7Q18pOMTG74RHwfD4ASojZal4/w300-h400/IMG_5074.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a cool looking building</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3HbnUeem0eQvV6ENpP-xAYWJXsX_AWSejUjpF_zbFmZhTNh7xRdyTRQA5-hhOiRD93JK7FWJQ9UT4ZGAlRIhAr12F3A59lHqeXBzfGTtRpg4s001Cmg31bJF-3OeOrzNeYERJRdXiPcBbXXrjg53vV6u1Ql-gjGgaF7EDVOczXX2JZrXkuMcPnJDhzQ/s2016/IMG_5075.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3HbnUeem0eQvV6ENpP-xAYWJXsX_AWSejUjpF_zbFmZhTNh7xRdyTRQA5-hhOiRD93JK7FWJQ9UT4ZGAlRIhAr12F3A59lHqeXBzfGTtRpg4s001Cmg31bJF-3OeOrzNeYERJRdXiPcBbXXrjg53vV6u1Ql-gjGgaF7EDVOczXX2JZrXkuMcPnJDhzQ/w300-h400/IMG_5075.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't have a jailbreak without a jail cell!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>And to further add to the Wild West experience, I also finished up these 3d printed boxes and crates from Battlekiwi.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtkZJ4jtYdy84txCUC6neVAn0MGCVsnbD_DEvocKSHS3APpj_2-cJSMl0kX4nS4wHHRyF7bVSrVGx7k5JhJeTcLDITlRG_J8OdU_bagcEbWslJ5HnxflKL_y13JNc5nxagIpFtyKIENt3Uq2EDSu0zVCvFn2YXwjk0aq38wGmM0eOKHv3JByX62Eg1wg/s2016/IMG_5103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtkZJ4jtYdy84txCUC6neVAn0MGCVsnbD_DEvocKSHS3APpj_2-cJSMl0kX4nS4wHHRyF7bVSrVGx7k5JhJeTcLDITlRG_J8OdU_bagcEbWslJ5HnxflKL_y13JNc5nxagIpFtyKIENt3Uq2EDSu0zVCvFn2YXwjk0aq38wGmM0eOKHv3JByX62Eg1wg/w400-h300/IMG_5103.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple paintjob, but scatter terrain is so damn useful!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b>4. Play a game a month, that was different to the last month</b></div><div><div><p><a href="http://regimentnz.blogspot.com/2023/10/dead-by-lead-what-do-we-think.html">As you saw in McZ's review</a>, we played the <i>really fun</i> game, Dead by Lead. </p><p>We deliberately set ourselves a simple "this town ain't big enough for the both of us" type game, wehere all we were doing was trying to kill each other. Read his review if you want the detail, in short, we really enjoyed it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafOv_jA8MZRoHUQ2Rl3WYZbG9zxk4OvOjsN12I1sbbsmuGoCaUYG7EQJlxv_NMjB3Cx8EmDdoeM7-v_Z15tRpAXq3E2uieiONW1tP0v9QaJJp44GjT8E1Ua28RVX5eK8bphPgHfB_Ux0VfJix3o9dWtLCHYbMhYaCXp18yMF7H-QeqM6Vz8FZhYL1_Aw/s2016/IMG_5107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafOv_jA8MZRoHUQ2Rl3WYZbG9zxk4OvOjsN12I1sbbsmuGoCaUYG7EQJlxv_NMjB3Cx8EmDdoeM7-v_Z15tRpAXq3E2uieiONW1tP0v9QaJJp44GjT8E1Ua28RVX5eK8bphPgHfB_Ux0VfJix3o9dWtLCHYbMhYaCXp18yMF7H-QeqM6Vz8FZhYL1_Aw/w300-h400/IMG_5107.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do love my Wild West terrain!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQt3jnKmDwC5UcqjAKJDRs4fTcMUj3yt2upKdF2z_rUuYeTtMw8AKB-5szoCazeWeQDaIXnFEXW8eaNyRCt_z1FXkWzDzxEcae3o8RQ2gwZSk3tNTv4bzfKqwWB0qOJgDNm2qQhyphenhyphenxL99rJjJI8uDmDewFLeN2cq6wwUgaYn_cK59bUX5DrKhcPhWYA_0/s2016/IMG_5110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQt3jnKmDwC5UcqjAKJDRs4fTcMUj3yt2upKdF2z_rUuYeTtMw8AKB-5szoCazeWeQDaIXnFEXW8eaNyRCt_z1FXkWzDzxEcae3o8RQ2gwZSk3tNTv4bzfKqwWB0qOJgDNm2qQhyphenhyphenxL99rJjJI8uDmDewFLeN2cq6wwUgaYn_cK59bUX5DrKhcPhWYA_0/w400-h300/IMG_5110.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3d Breed Cowboy, looking cool</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0V9WIm33P3sUba8t-4CoU_M9Z0ys6ZnyMQR4HSA1YH-E4zbYdR1xa-OMMs0cU6oYcCzmcLlu-wRVdtGcfOh-OOW7IbBPdv0CYstOkniyglqHP_HGGDmHWLWR73QNELqUd2P8fmUocQlx0JFXs90LkMo8rmMqFm-53Qbw1CfifpXW5qP6YuTFD93mD2g/s2016/IMG_5111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0V9WIm33P3sUba8t-4CoU_M9Z0ys6ZnyMQR4HSA1YH-E4zbYdR1xa-OMMs0cU6oYcCzmcLlu-wRVdtGcfOh-OOW7IbBPdv0CYstOkniyglqHP_HGGDmHWLWR73QNELqUd2P8fmUocQlx0JFXs90LkMo8rmMqFm-53Qbw1CfifpXW5qP6YuTFD93mD2g/w300-h400/IMG_5111.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cavalry Sgt dealing to on of McZ's Scouts with knife</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PtKeTLo211ReJcyKajzusP-gX75lFaepfMY7-DUoj1cS-U9C2WmFYDY_Vm-f-lY3c8cv3j2sXcn4WXbkjnCJdLPWYQmuOZ9exSg9XOMHMU77p9aGHuvn0YeUijx3ATiaT0VPFFWBCMCuouobBLi5UBKaql0_qFEAKPG9azGTHq078GvsefVHCLXa9AQ/s2016/IMG_5112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PtKeTLo211ReJcyKajzusP-gX75lFaepfMY7-DUoj1cS-U9C2WmFYDY_Vm-f-lY3c8cv3j2sXcn4WXbkjnCJdLPWYQmuOZ9exSg9XOMHMU77p9aGHuvn0YeUijx3ATiaT0VPFFWBCMCuouobBLi5UBKaql0_qFEAKPG9azGTHq078GvsefVHCLXa9AQ/w300-h400/IMG_5112.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The result of a VERY silly gunbattle</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zZZEELSAtDRR79REmJ7rDOteDGhy_U4nYG3142G4T5AWHPwldMfgUERPH6ttXGOF6SAecqHpMAaqZJqzFi3Dyie8813hfW0Pn6qx0iMXT00vqRNVegecJ8BRmnI1R1ufmLeltB-3k5pRTyVhh_H0XkNJb3DvZgab_n7eFJqhT693WHd_WI_xBHaUTQk/s2016/IMG_5113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zZZEELSAtDRR79REmJ7rDOteDGhy_U4nYG3142G4T5AWHPwldMfgUERPH6ttXGOF6SAecqHpMAaqZJqzFi3Dyie8813hfW0Pn6qx0iMXT00vqRNVegecJ8BRmnI1R1ufmLeltB-3k5pRTyVhh_H0XkNJb3DvZgab_n7eFJqhT693WHd_WI_xBHaUTQk/w300-h400/IMG_5113.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dimwit with the Repeater Rifle came up trumps in the end....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zZZEELSAtDRR79REmJ7rDOteDGhy_U4nYG3142G4T5AWHPwldMfgUERPH6ttXGOF6SAecqHpMAaqZJqzFi3Dyie8813hfW0Pn6qx0iMXT00vqRNVegecJ8BRmnI1R1ufmLeltB-3k5pRTyVhh_H0XkNJb3DvZgab_n7eFJqhT693WHd_WI_xBHaUTQk/s2016/IMG_5113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>It's a great game, I'm already lining up the next game!<p><b>5. Paint a Hundred Years War French Army for ADLG</b></p><p><b><i>Paint one base for ADLG</i></b></p><p>And so, the last push on painting up a whole mess of Knights begins- stripy lances for the win!</p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u2DGk5uspbjhHy6URfXY7Q6R3dmt_gi1ZlpLXjSr4a5dVPddwwJcfv7onja3g4GCBXiiD0b9Q41HK8iFt0bj9u0RxJ6hZX42Z1aNPKzZp1RQzLHJxpWrWVrpA6EapqftK6vb-rnaAD5MYDczziPN5AGgn7FGSw7eN1vc-5yFqewg3Vd-tNIFmEcj5VE/s2016/IMG_5093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u2DGk5uspbjhHy6URfXY7Q6R3dmt_gi1ZlpLXjSr4a5dVPddwwJcfv7onja3g4GCBXiiD0b9Q41HK8iFt0bj9u0RxJ6hZX42Z1aNPKzZp1RQzLHJxpWrWVrpA6EapqftK6vb-rnaAD5MYDczziPN5AGgn7FGSw7eN1vc-5yFqewg3Vd-tNIFmEcj5VE/w400-h300/IMG_5093.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6I5XKLhcPm7Gj2D641UNnWPAraVjDnv5ygtaV_FQCrq4ch8uGgrpQI9ip48imkdDZHcExcHGxQFaS_2_Y6-b73A0a_rqGzjtEAFJGFTxsX98jKPTjAxr6Tvrok3-oE8Bxwp46au62FoQsYvKSwyS9v2GS2TFrGwnqGoDlqEVfR7VgMnusqy3EeqF6Jw/s2016/IMG_5094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6I5XKLhcPm7Gj2D641UNnWPAraVjDnv5ygtaV_FQCrq4ch8uGgrpQI9ip48imkdDZHcExcHGxQFaS_2_Y6-b73A0a_rqGzjtEAFJGFTxsX98jKPTjAxr6Tvrok3-oE8Bxwp46au62FoQsYvKSwyS9v2GS2TFrGwnqGoDlqEVfR7VgMnusqy3EeqF6Jw/w400-h300/IMG_5094.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div><p><b><i><br />Paint one Knight for ADLG</i></b></p></div><div>I figured I'd better paint up my last commander too, adding further to the push to get more Knights done!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEile3JxhUlrmuyp-KO6KLS3SgM3OzozifU18om55t9vWnBjgPJQzRs7hX9980hde-valMBaVupMDoWoAAXK0tw_kaJ2JJWpst2_Dm0FBp21voTf5duBrrjKhjQhaYsvN3mV-C5BJ-kj4oy_NYf5e472tHwOw1z1QY3__MpdVvKF5yr5EO9VGRSS48zMJMU/s2016/IMG_5091.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEile3JxhUlrmuyp-KO6KLS3SgM3OzozifU18om55t9vWnBjgPJQzRs7hX9980hde-valMBaVupMDoWoAAXK0tw_kaJ2JJWpst2_Dm0FBp21voTf5duBrrjKhjQhaYsvN3mV-C5BJ-kj4oy_NYf5e472tHwOw1z1QY3__MpdVvKF5yr5EO9VGRSS48zMJMU/w300-h400/IMG_5091.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a prancing pony no less!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKmECtWBy1sxLX3EXma3oAsNOi1kgjsuA09uCnOPDq9hyMz_iwWYlLZW3BRygGG90eRv1vAvMDQkSqTG5RecqOnGhFYarGOBL7wx-JjsiqJz6wGpfauyKkujJTb_M6MrfJE5jLfgQ6h_1JHKQo7NQoqSqTB5izTRINV-5BMSIyD0JmEhypVuaZJDEec0/s2016/IMG_5092.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKmECtWBy1sxLX3EXma3oAsNOi1kgjsuA09uCnOPDq9hyMz_iwWYlLZW3BRygGG90eRv1vAvMDQkSqTG5RecqOnGhFYarGOBL7wx-JjsiqJz6wGpfauyKkujJTb_M6MrfJE5jLfgQ6h_1JHKQo7NQoqSqTB5izTRINV-5BMSIyD0JmEhypVuaZJDEec0/w300-h400/IMG_5092.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><p><b><i>Paint up an army of 15mm Celts</i></b></p><p>You know how I said I wanted to finish my 15mm Celt army in October? </p><p>Well, I did it...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2SuQLcT__qqy5IZyHH9aOV5rWmh6UuRnHH6ldEfgbdmTwlUqG7dy0b09zDefyW4q6G_sFjsH7KkwJAqaeKQ3cGVyDiozXZCmCdITQGOzve6dMVdd3yGUdCVb8gcoE1KBMl9IEzY2bk3o80mg1PZxRpVfxr-JPIxE-OpqW5fMvPHAG1ipX7Vnk0c822Q/s2016/IMG_5090.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2SuQLcT__qqy5IZyHH9aOV5rWmh6UuRnHH6ldEfgbdmTwlUqG7dy0b09zDefyW4q6G_sFjsH7KkwJAqaeKQ3cGVyDiozXZCmCdITQGOzve6dMVdd3yGUdCVb8gcoE1KBMl9IEzY2bk3o80mg1PZxRpVfxr-JPIxE-OpqW5fMvPHAG1ipX7Vnk0c822Q/w300-h400/IMG_5090.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the army in all it's glory!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And some close ups of the things I finished this month....<br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmOYRzOeqLoWar1PcDOua-d17hnSeXANLNVTXWpylv5pNc9dh4Oc17XgowVEpdkSsm3aFw43koswxPsU7shFl8JcKLCEdH6F4qzHePvFmdf7ZyM4-0bUJMtJG0BArYAik3aEYPqtMGdtrCnAERIsV3ektvMIIA6BXlYtP84X2D7G6ugdUnOkbD8Hbw7s/s2016/IMG_5087.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmOYRzOeqLoWar1PcDOua-d17hnSeXANLNVTXWpylv5pNc9dh4Oc17XgowVEpdkSsm3aFw43koswxPsU7shFl8JcKLCEdH6F4qzHePvFmdf7ZyM4-0bUJMtJG0BArYAik3aEYPqtMGdtrCnAERIsV3ektvMIIA6BXlYtP84X2D7G6ugdUnOkbD8Hbw7s/w400-h300/IMG_5087.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two bases of Soldurii, you can tell it's them by the dogs!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBTyFKjtvzRZHq4WQ2jTR0Q0ZaPnpRZ0-JL3TfAIjP1hzYbXu7vz4hnI1IAz7RLHSUEzfccMssrXFiYFFqMjzeIq0nT5ZnjsvFzbJEr4Eo_xOTn215OZonUeV7M5jzY6hnD9XAQrY5MDdrADD4h-wUYp21DvSd2agPD1aYs4_CM30AYyqMFBbCCox3ZY/s2016/IMG_5084.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBTyFKjtvzRZHq4WQ2jTR0Q0ZaPnpRZ0-JL3TfAIjP1hzYbXu7vz4hnI1IAz7RLHSUEzfccMssrXFiYFFqMjzeIq0nT5ZnjsvFzbJEr4Eo_xOTn215OZonUeV7M5jzY6hnD9XAQrY5MDdrADD4h-wUYp21DvSd2agPD1aYs4_CM30AYyqMFBbCCox3ZY/w400-h300/IMG_5084.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two more generals</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEJND1TQftT0mFYL8NzgjRwuNEZ9ovvdK-n2f51JMUpeE37NqnbjxrrNxePeuV9-7jkQ2nR2bhx4hQff5dyovaZJ9-ZSytJHL7BsG3tLEx1KKF_pkD1OZOvUkhMnSRk0I9A_zxBj8DLHdJiULIfgk4AzM5cfoUtFGgdzvhHOzxSh8JKQJJ6RqxZ1h6no/s2016/IMG_5083.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEJND1TQftT0mFYL8NzgjRwuNEZ9ovvdK-n2f51JMUpeE37NqnbjxrrNxePeuV9-7jkQ2nR2bhx4hQff5dyovaZJ9-ZSytJHL7BsG3tLEx1KKF_pkD1OZOvUkhMnSRk0I9A_zxBj8DLHdJiULIfgk4AzM5cfoUtFGgdzvhHOzxSh8JKQJJ6RqxZ1h6no/w400-h300/IMG_5083.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some heavy cavalry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVgz9tJ2J_KG4XvMBQsd6I9rwvo2mvYBvlQ0Ij1PR9aN4OvX-fLQRYl_66EqnyT4BhEt3xolSfMbbmbPD_jB-A2jQGWFqnxtdPHpfPqb6py_CtmHsb_m8MxuGdpcd03gmH3Mh5qbMB2YFZPlIOlwVo6yna82rrw4gRnt3_013XKAjMAn3AKCD8PU3dd4/s2016/IMG_5082.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVgz9tJ2J_KG4XvMBQsd6I9rwvo2mvYBvlQ0Ij1PR9aN4OvX-fLQRYl_66EqnyT4BhEt3xolSfMbbmbPD_jB-A2jQGWFqnxtdPHpfPqb6py_CtmHsb_m8MxuGdpcd03gmH3Mh5qbMB2YFZPlIOlwVo6yna82rrw4gRnt3_013XKAjMAn3AKCD8PU3dd4/w400-h300/IMG_5082.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And a base with a certain call back to a certain RPG campaign....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><p>Potbelly Miniatures have done a phenomenal job in printing all of these for me, they have come up an absolute treat. I really should get them out for a game!</p></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Pooch</div></div></div></div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746496591351069177noreply@blogger.com0