March 2025

I went off the rails on spending by starting a new project...Victorian Science Fiction. Add in some more 3D print file subscriptions and I have broken my plan for the year already. 

Good things going on at the club...we now have enough club members that we can have two games going. 

I will finish painting the big batch of Bad Squido Shield Maidens in April. That will finish the bulk of the on hand figures for that 28mm project. I have a few scattered remnants for kitbashing.

GDA2 Napoleonic gam eat the club I played in.

Club Bolt Action- Pacific game

Next up...Shieldmaidens

More generic fantasy 28mm figures

PAINTING 

61 x 28mm fantasy figures: 61

Total: 61

YTD: 249

GAMING 

1 x Club: GDA2 Napoleonics

1 x Chain of Command-Quar at home

YTD: 10

BUDGET

$892: $11 Quar subscription, $191 Wargames Atlantic 3D tribe year subscription, $50 rules, $640 figures

YTD:  $1453 (Sold: $0)

Quar Border Battle

Cowardly Crusaders broke the recent holiday cease fire by launching an attack to to destroy a Coftyran border outpost garrisoned by the colonial militia. The valiant defenders held off four times there number for as long as they could while reinforcements were called up. Crusader saboteurs planted explosive charges and destroyed the border tower with great loss of life to both sides, callously ignoring the cries of the wounded.

This dastardly act would not go unpunished. Coftyran reinforcements arrived in time to shoot up the raiders, and even destroyed an enemy light tractor. 

A great solo game using modified Chain of Command with lots of troops. The Crusaders had to blow up the tower and get troops back to within 12" of their baseline jump off points. They did blow up the tower, but suffered heavily while pulling back after losing their tractor to a lucky shot. They finally lost all their morale points...so I call it a draw. 

 Casualties----

Crusader:

13- KIA (including 1 NCO)

3- WIA (including 1 officer and 1 NCO)

11- POW (6- wounded) (including 1 officer and 1 NCO)

Tractor destroyed

Coftyran:

13- KIA [9 from the militia]

6- WIA

Tower destroyed

The battlefield looking towards the Crusader start line.

Militia in the border outpost.

Very effective suppressing fire to start the attack.

Tower defenders were slaughtered.

Reinforcements arrive.

1st tractor on the table!

Demo team gets into position. These guys would take casualties but get the job done. 

Last two militia troops fall back. 

Crusader mortar team tries to lay down smoke.

Adjust fire!

Demo team makes a run for the tower door, losing men on the way. 

Boom! Scratch one Crusader Tractor!

Reinforcements move up under the commander. 

Two sections on line, pouring out the firepower. 

Flanking force moves up. 

Crusaders advanced to far and pay the price.

A Coftyran section makes a dash to try to retake the tower.

A second Crusader section tries to support the demo team, but they are getting cut up by long range fire. 

Demo team runs from the tower...

While the tractor burns in the distance.

Crusaders are ordered to fall back.

Running for the gap in the wire.

BOOM! the tower explodes!

Despite the destruction of the tower, the Coftyrans are determined to make the enemy pay.

A Crusader section is cut down just short of safety. 

Coftyrans continue to advance to keep up the pressure...and take prisoners.

Crusader CO orders his troops to fall back, abandoning those too far forward to reach cover. 

February 2025

I ran my first game for the club, a Pulp Adventure "Island of Dread" game with modified 7TV rules. 11 players made for a big game!

Finished off the expansion on my Quar sci fi troops including the first round of vehicles. Such fun figures with plenty more to add. 

Attended Cold Wars in Gettysburg...4 total games (+1 GM no show that left 7 players hanging), mostly games run by the HAWKS club using Combat Patrol rules. Cold Wars was added back in the schedule late by HMGS and it showed with the attendance, vendors, and flea market. Kudos to the event staff for pulling it off. Special thanks to the HAWKS club for running great games. 

March will see two groups of generic fantasy figures on the painting table as I work through the last of the plastic sets. 41 figures total. We have a vacation at the end of the month so I expect a more limited output. 

April will see either some more Quar or a push to finish the plastic fantasy sets. 

I may have gotten the bug to do a Victorian Science Fiction and/or imagi-nations project. 

Island of Dread at the club

Teddy R vs the Tiger

Quar Crusaders

Mixed Quar civilians, crew, wildlife

Full Crusader force

Test game of my 6mm sci fi operational scale rules

1st batch of tractors (Quar tanks)

Weird WW2 using Combat Patrol

France 1940, same table and rules

Pulp with literary characters

Victorian Science Fiction

Loot...maybe a new project

PAINTING 

37 x Quar: 37

Quar vehicles and creatures: 42

8 x a few small figures/items for the Pulp game: 8

Total: 87

YTD: 188

GAMING 

1 x Club: 7TV Pulp

1 x 6mm sci fi test game at home

4 x convention games 

YTD: 8

BUDGET

$196: $11 Quar subscription, $185 at Cold Wars

YTD:  $561 (Sold: $0)

January 2025

A great start to the new year. 

The highlight of the month has been starting 3D resin printing. After some fine tuning, the prints have been flawless. I printed up 3-4 months worth of Quar figures and vehicles, plus a few items for the Feb club game. 

Great painting month. Finished a batch of fantasy figures and made major progress on more Quar. 

Registered for Cold Wars and got my room for Historicon. 

Spent significant time preparing for the club game I am running next month. Island of Dread with 7TV Pulp rules. 

Spent way more than expected getting items for 3D printing and my Pulp club game. Plus added two boxes of figures on sale late in the month. Feb has to be better!

PAINTING 

39 x 28mm Levy/militia: 39

3 x 28mm Sci fi: 3

59 x Quar: 

Total: 101

YTD: 101

GAMING 

1 x Club Blood and Plunder game

YTD: 1

BUDGET

$365---, -Quar tribe subscription, resin/supplies, bases, primer, glue, trees for pulp game, figures

YTD:  $365 (Sold: $0)