September 2025

Great month working on the hobby. I spent at least one hour a day, sometime much more on the Quar and VSF projects. I am all caught up on my Quar backlog, and major progress on the VSF front. 

Budget has taken a beating again!

I now have 1 of each vehicle

Two mercenary squads plus some odds and ends

The whole Quar collection

VSF cav

Heavy camel corps

Zanzibari troops to serve as enemies

Naval detachment

Civilians and a few deserters

Gun crew

Club game of Dracula's America

Club game of GDA2

Rebellious natives

Askari

Eastern infantry

Yet to be named unit

PAINTING 

62 points of Quar

116 points of Colonial/VSF

Total: 278

YTD: 1045

Next up: 

1) Continue the VSF project- just got a big batch of lead at a good price.

GAMING 

1x Dracula's America at the club

1 x 5 Parsecs from Home (modified) at home

YTD: 26

BUDGET

$463: $452 on VSF figures from TMP, $11 Quar subscription

YTD:  $3189 (Sold: $1367)  

5 Parsecs from home and Galactic Heroes

I started a new 5 Parsecs from Home campaign using a the 5PFH campaign generation rules but using the Galactic Heroes (a Fist Full of Lead variant) rules with the activation system from Combat Patrol. Worked very well.

My six crew members were hired to get a data disc past the security troops at the border of an exclusion zone. I though we would walk right through outnumbering the guards 6 to 3. 

Putting Rax on the second floor with her hunting rifle, Captain Jorren led the others in a skirmish line to make their way through the border. The guards proved to be excellent shots and fighters, cutting down 4 of the crew. Rax shot down the enemy leader, and Jorren took out one trooper after a see-saw fight on the cliff. The pair finally sprinted past the last guard to accomplish the mission. 

Most of the wounds proved to be minor, with Kragh and Talo being in the med bay for a week and the others back in action. We even picked up a new recruit. 

Mission: get the data disc through this border zone

Making a break for it ends with two crew caught in the open and gunned down

The plan starts to fall apart

Kragh gets taken down in hand to hand

Casualties mount

The battle develops on the cliff

Sniper!

Jorren gets the advantage

Firefight

Take that!

Let's go!

Victory...but at what cost?