May 2012

No painting points for this month but I did finish the first phase of tier raining the bases for 500 skirmish figures. I also have about 100 sci if figures primed for after the the basing is done. Have two games in progress on the table...sci fi and IABSM. Making this post from London while on vacation with my wife and son. Next two stops are Paris and Normandy. Will be on the beaches 5th and 6th.

1st Campaign Map

Found a hand drwn map from my first imagi-nation campaign.

Lots of fun getting into wargaming.

April 2012

April has been a great month for gaming and getting some side projects moved along.

PAINTING:
160 x sci-fi: 160 points
---started in Mach but finished and based in April.
50 points for buildings


TOTAL: 210


I also started basing the couple hundred individual figures on hand. Bringing the whole collection up to a basic standard. Also continued getting the ferrous paint in my storage boxes to keep the figures sliding around.
Gaming focus has been on Force on Force/Tomorrows War and I Ain't Been Shot Mum. Getting the hang of FoF and there are some game mechnics I really like such as the opposed dice rolling and wound mechanics.

Painting up the ARC Troops really sparked our gaming this month. Played a bunch of battles with my son.

I also made and ordered a set of generic cards for the Too Fat Lardies series of rules.

Fort Wilderness

This is the fort from Blue Moon...not sure what I will use it for but it is very nice. Maybe with the Song of the Splintered Lands animals.

Tomorrow's War--- shut out

Had my hat handed to me in a game of Tomorrow's War. Made a modified scenario from the rule book and used vehicles (stand in German half-tracks) for the first time. I was out maneuvered and out rolled during the whole game.

NOAH Force is tasked with searching the village for civilians and intelligence products. The Felid mechanized force will try to stop them and sanitize the village.

Looking down the road from the Felid side...half-tracks standing in for APCs.

NOAH Force prepares to move out.

Augments get the drop on a Felid team.

APC exchanging fire with a Recon Team.

BOOM!

First vehicle kill goes to this rocket launcher.

It gets bloody after that. Felid losses mount quickly.

Only three Felids survive to tell the tale of this massive defeat.

Downed Pilot

Another Force on Force / Tomorrow's War outing. This time we played the introcudtory "Downed Pilot" scenario on our new desert board.

My son used the Drop Troops again facing off against the Sahadeen defenders.

Rescue teams move in from the West to link up with the pilot in the center.

The defenders open fire as the first team emerges from the woods but they are quickly suppressed.

The two teams on the left get ready to cover the open ground.

Bounding overwatch takes its toll on the defenders.

A quick assualt forces the survivors to retreat.

Enemy troops move in to capture the shuttle pilot but are cut down.

The left flank move is working.

The package is secured.

Last chance for the defenders to cause some casualties.

Effective overwatch as neutralized the left flank threat.

Almost home...

Fanatic defenders ruch the withdrawing Drop Troops but are cut down.

Final score: 10 to 0; another victory for the Junior General.

Buildings- part 2

Second batch of new buildings. These are larger than the 1st batch and a much better fit for 15/18mm skirmish figures.

They are layed out on the new sand terrain board...simply brown paint covered with fine sand.