Lots of irons in lots of fires, and blogging regularly has received the axe, but I am still out here doing my thing, and I got in a bit of painting and gaming in January and February.
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| Finally got my Pozzuolo del Friuli scenario on the table using modified One Hour Wargames "Machine Age" rules |
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| Morschauser Shock modified for Fantasy, One Hour Wargames scenario on 2/3 scale table, i.e. 24" square. |
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| Morschauser Shock and Horse & Musket modified for VSF. One Hour Wargames scenario. Full scale, i.e. 6" bases and 36" square. |
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| For reasons, I started painting the Battle of the Alps (Italy and France) in 1/72, with multi-figure basing. this is the first platoon of alpini. |
I also painted five additional 28mm lizard warriors - one Reaper Bones and four Dark Heaven - and have gotten the first platoon of 1/72 French started.
Oh, and I played the classic GDW game, Battle for Moscow, several times in a single day, and also a game of Burning Mountains 1916, from Compass Games - with turns spread over three days.
Cheers!
You have been busy! I am not familiar with the Compass Game title. I have a fascination for early WWI operations in the mountains of Italy too. I must investigate!
ReplyDeleteWith your interest in Italy and early WWI, I definitely recommend it. Even though I played solo, there was a definite thrill when the one side or the other managed to set up a flanking situation or cut off isolated units from their supply lines. The version I have is from Paper Wars, but it looks like there are other - presumably more recent - printings. It's not a terribly complex game, indeed it's only slightly more complex than Battle for Moscow, which is billed as an introductory game. The variety of terrain types did require frequent checks on my part (movement cost and stacking limits) but for the most part the rules were learned after a few turns and I could focus on strategy.
DeleteLots going on John - I like the 1/72nd guys
ReplyDeleteI owe my return to the smaller scale in no small part to your blog! I believe you're using 10s or maybe 15s? I thought about those as well, but decided to match my existing 1/72 WWII figures.
Delete10mm size, though 1/72nd is still my favourite due to Airfix defining so many games in childhood!
DeleteLooks like you've been busy wargaming. That's great!!
ReplyDeleteImpressive results painting so small soldiers. Are they Esci?
Thank you, Roger! They are Esci but as re-released by Italeri. In the past I agonized over painting small figures - because I used to use black-line. These I painted as if they were 54mm toy soldier style including a seal of Mod Podge (albeit without the final gloss varnish). No shadows, no highlights, no black-line. I'm most pleased with their simplicity and was able to knock them out in just a few painting sessions.
DeleteThose webbings are very delicate in this scale. Impressive.
DeleteA very busy couple of months John! All of your games looked great and I really like your painting technique for your 1/72 figures!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Brad! I've been squeezing hobby time in here and there. Keeping picture taking to a minimum and not blogging everything has allowed me to do a lot despite other time consuming activities.
DeleteGreat to see an update and such a marvellous variety of figures and games.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Thank you, James! My butterfly-nature is in full view in this post!
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