This week I finally sat down and completed some bits on my painting desk, so a lot will come off the desk this long weekend in France.
First up some Warlord Caesarian Roman casualty markers for Impetus, nice and quick, base colour, wash and simple highlights on the skin etc. I actually run out of basing materiel after these three, as I completed 12 in total…… sorted by the end of the weekend though!
Next up tribal Germans, than some more Roman’s
Cheers
Matt
Since I now have some evenings to return to painting minis I thought it was a good idea to kick off my terrain Tuesdays again (as my 3d filament printer has been going most of summer and autumn! )
I like to add civilian pieces to my tables and often will have a look in the charity shops for suitable pieces, this is late 20s early 1930s car for my ww2 or SCW table. I am thinking of adding luggage etc as though it is a refugee vehicle, but may just leave it to park next to terrain. This piece has been on my painting table for some time so I thought I would just complete it today. Quite happy with the results.
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| Nice detail in the HAT caisson |
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| Really nice piece for composition, now I need to revisit my other guns |
FOW Club Game
On Friday night my French mate Philippe invited me to join him down at the local wargames club Le Squigs à lunettes, in Laval (our regional capital 25klm away). I have not been to the club since before the pandemic. It was enlightening to see four female gamers and a lot of youth playing at the club, which bides well for wargaming in our area and region in general.
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| British objective marker |
Philippe had just completed his new desert Italian 15mm Flames of War army and we played against his “roast beef” English 8th army troops. We had four players in total plus Philippe acting as umpire, two English and two Italians, (or one Australian and three Frenchmen!). It has been at least 16 years since I have played FOW, so we spent a lot of time flicking through the rules, but all in all a great night out, with a few beers lots of laughs and some badly pronounced French and English across the table. The Italians were on the attack most of the night and it looked like a minor points win until the last turn the Brit’s successfully charged one of the victory points, I rolled three 1s (I needed 4s) with the defending units in the final turn to lose the game for the Italians ……… oh well lots of nice pictures at least of Philippe’s excellent kit!
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| Philippe explaining the rules |
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| The table layout |
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| Italian setup |
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British set up |
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| looking good first turn two crusaders burning on the right flank |
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| and two stuarts on the left flank |
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| First move |
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| One of the skirmish games, Rangers if the Deep I think, ideal for club nights, I think they got through three games for the evening. |
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| Not seen this game before, fast and furious with a turn timer.... looked good though and four female gamers, great stuff! |
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| Another of Philippe's objective markers.... bloody lovely |
Looking forward to get back to the club again this year, maybe next Friday
Cheers
Matt
