More Rules of Engagement

An update!

These are intended to be used as a low quality german platoon using the optional rules from the great Escape Website, about half done at the moment

http://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/documents/Web%20Downloads/German%20Low%20Grade%20Platoon.pdf

The snow was made with a 50/50 mix of Bicarbonate of Soda and PVA, after reading this guide.

http://missing-lynx.com/articles/other/create_snow_cheehongahn.html

28mm English Church

Despite this project languishing in the back of the cupboard tonight I felt inspired and some progress was made. After deciding on a final shape, the polystyrol foam was cut out , holes punched for the windows and the texture surface board applied. Nothing is fixed at the moment, still waiting for the PVA to dry, after which there will be a lot of filling to do.

The tower top will probably feature battlements that can be found on a few English Churches

To Hide the ugly joins on the corners i'm going to user quoins as shown below.

Fallschirmjäger

We tried out Rules of Engagement last week, which went well. The lack of fire support for the Fallschirmjäger took it's toll though with most of the casulaties cause by a rogue Russian lend lease Churchill. Not to worry though a Stug G has been ordered to tip the balance!

Big Dave my regular opponent has posted some pics here:-

http://rofe.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1195



You can see a previous battle report here (before everything got winterized):-

http://rofe.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=447

The Fallschirmjäger See Action

After a bout of painting the Fallschirmjäger got a game! We played Troops Weapons & Tactics by Two fat Lardies , the game went well the Fallschirmjäger facing off against some Russians in the snow, the rules seemed ok apart from the force mismatch between elite Fallschirmjäger and regular Russians. Lets just say there were a lot of dead Russians.

Next time we play it will be with a bunch of pine trees(secured in a bargin ebay auction) and we are going to try Rules of Engagement to see if close combat works any better.

More Fallschirmjäger

Ok, I can't stop painting these, everything else is on hold till my enthusiasm dries up. The Winter smocks were probably a mistake as I can't see any evidence they were ever issued, splinter camouflage from now on.

On the topic of splinter camo, previous attempts have never been that good, however my discovery of this guide and some new brushes have given some very pleasing results.

http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=9418.0

Ardennes Fallschirmjäger

Another longer term project, these are somthing i've wanted to do for a while. I was inspired following a game of Flames of War. The original idea was to do these in 15mm for FOW, however as the book isn't out yet I thought i'd paint some up of the bucketfull I have in 28mm.

1938 Game 3

We had another good game of 1938: A very British Civil War on Saturday, the Communist Sailors of Hull tried to recapture their Commisar from my BUF (though why excatly they were trying to do this after he shot the comunist hero Burt Brown in the last game is beyond me). This was our biggest game so far with 30-40 miniatures per side and the arrival of the communists T-26 Tank.

Full battle report will be linked as soon as Bad Dave has written it.

http://baddave.pbworks.com/The-Rescue-of-Commissar-Green

A Brave BUF Sentry runs to call reinforcements from the nearby telephone box.

Maureen the Transvestite Medic

Another couple of Militia painted; unfortunately the conversion of the British Soldier into a female medic has gone somewhat awry. The MG 34 gunner conversion is better though (gun was originally an MG42).

Models again are from Bolt Action.

The ranks are swelled

Two new militia members, not sure what I'm gonna do with the armbands yet, my painting skill is not up to lightning bolts in that size!

Models are from Bolt Action

The Reverend and Pal

I was going to use these two to lead the Sons of Crowley, but now i'm not so sure. I'll probably incorporate them into the militia units that are next on the painting table.

From my cold dead hands...

My Enfield rifles have arrived and conversion has begun on the cultists and characters. once the green stuff has hardened I will trim off the excess and prime the miniatures



I don't know there is just something about Charlton Heston in this pose.



Reverend Green becomes Reverend Resistance!

A more long term project..

In an attempt to save some cash I've elected to build a 28mm scale Church suitable for our 1938 game. I've built plently of scenery in the past most recently for our 10mm Coldwar Commander games, but nothing of this magnitude. It'll certainly be a challenge, the progess and outcome of which i'll document here.

The bulk of the materials arrived the other day which you can see below.

• 2 Packs of Wills Crazy Paving for the paths
• 1 pack Quoins/CornerStones for the corners of the building
• Terrain Board Small Regular Ashlar, stone work for the walls
• Pack of 10mm Polystyrol, for the actual construction
• #803 S-Scale City Shingles, for the roof
• Buckets and Barrels to give the piece some character
• Reinforced Rustic Doors, for the back/side doors
• 21mm x 15mm Stone Windows
• 20mm x 8mm Stone Windows
• Bag Leaf Litter
• Big Dave also kindly donated some gravestones which will spruce up the outside.

The only thing i'm really missing at the moment is a main door for the church and possibly a wall for the exterior. All being well the plan is to start this at the weekend!

BUF HMG Team

An addition to the BUF Forces a Vickers HMG, model is from from Artizan.

Cultists! (Part II)

Finishing off the flamethrower wielding cultist...

Inking. A bit messy here, I only use a few inks red, green & brown. For anything else thinned down black acrylic.

Shading after inking...

Final shading and highlighting, this isn't a character model so i'm not going crazy here, there are plenty more cultists to paint!

Detailing and finishing the basing, i'm happy enough with this guy so will use the same scheme for the rest of the unit. Update to follow when my Enfield rifles arrive...

Paints Used:-

Robes - Foundry Bright Red 15

Tabard - Foundry Royal Purple 19

Head Covering - Foundry White/Grey 33

Flamethrower - Foundry Chainmail 35

Webbing - Foundry Black/Grey 34

Cultists! (Part I)

This is my second unit for 1938, a group of religious fanatics I will call the Sons of Crowley I'm still waiting for some Lee Enfield rifles with which to convert most of them, however a couple have appropriate weapons which will allow me to get straight onto painting them.

The cultists are from Artizan's Thrilling Tales Range

These two will need Lee Enfield conversions, before priming

A base coated flame thrower armed cultist

Some further base coating with the base finished for now. I like to paint the bases first as the dry brushing tend to be messy and avoids repainting later. Once the model is finshed the base will be completed with flock etc. Coming Soon Part II with highlighting and shading...

1938

A couple of sample pics from a recent game of 1938: A very British Civil War, the blue Guys are the BUF (British Union of Facists) painted by me (I always seem to get the bad guys).

You can read a full Battle report here posted by Big Dave my regular opponent :-

http://gwargamesp.18.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=838