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Richard's Musings: But First, a Slight Diversion
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016. But First, a Slight Diversion. In December the club is holding a themed FOW one-dayer in memory of Nick Garden, who passed away last year. I have taken a slight detour from my preparation for ValleyCon in order to put something together for it. British Motor Company (Italy) - North Africa (2016 Revision). Company HQ, 35 pts. Motor Platoon PIAT, 155 pts. Motor Platoon PIAT, 155 pts. Scout Platoon, 105 pts. 3 x Universal Carriers Extra MGs. Motor Anti-tank Platoon, 95 pts.
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Richard's Musings: 1943 British - Motor Anti-tank Platoon
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016. 1943 British - Motor Anti-tank Platoon. I've completed the next platoon for my 1000pt 1943 British Motor Company - a Motor Anti-tank Platoon of 6pdr portees with a dismounted option. Since Battlefront don't have anti-tank crew in their Italian Campaign range, I've reused some of my old 8th Army crew, with shorts converted into trousers using Milliput to make them better match the rest of the figures. I still have three carriers and the Company HQ to paint. I've painted the...
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Richard's Musings: March 2016
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Friday, March 18, 2016. Last week I finished off the last of my 28mm AWI Continentals figures for the upcoming Brandywine game. I only had 36 figures to do, but it was hard work. I enjoyed the first few, and got through the first battalion of 18 reasonably well. But the second battalion was hard going, and I was mighty glad to finish. But all is not lost, as I'll be getting some more practice with larger figures with the next items on the to-do list:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Richard's Musings: January 2016
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Monday, January 18, 2016. Just a quick update tonight. The major feature missing from my concept for an Italian-themed table was a stream. I've been undecided about this for a while due to the impact of the obstacle on gameplay, but I've gone ahead as the table definitely needed something to break up the base colour. And here is the table as it currently looks:. Saturday, January 09, 2016. This had to be tempered by needing to use it in a game, with streets and buildings sized around the Flames of War ba...
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Richard's Musings: June 2016
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Saturday, June 18, 2016. It's been a quiet couple of months, with just a few bits and pieces completed. I've finished some StuGs and Panzer IVs as support for my Italy-theatre Germans. I don't enjoy painting dunkelgelb. And I really don't enjoy painting it over Zimmerit. I have also painted up a few Warmachine models, as the upcoming release of Mk3 has rejuvenated my interest in the game. I'm going to go back through my collection for touching up and rebasing. Exemplar Bastions. Three down, two to go.
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Richard's Musings: November 2016
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016. 1943 British - Motor Anti-tank Platoon. I've completed the next platoon for my 1000pt 1943 British Motor Company - a Motor Anti-tank Platoon of 6pdr portees with a dismounted option. Since Battlefront don't have anti-tank crew in their Italian Campaign range, I've reused some of my old 8th Army crew, with shorts converted into trousers using Milliput to make them better match the rest of the figures. I still have three carriers and the Company HQ to paint. I've painted the...
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Richard's Musings: November 2015
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Friday, November 27, 2015. No wargaming progress recently as I've just come back from a week in Hong Kong. I was there for work, so the trip involved a few more visits to power stations and cement factories than would normally be expected. Lamma L9: 335MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine. Hong Kong International Terminals. It wasn't all about the infrastructure, however. View from Victoria Peak. With the trip out of the way, normal transmission should resume once we're all settled back in. I'm not going to mak...
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Richard's Musings: February 2016
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Monday, February 01, 2016. So, ValleyCon is over for another year. The venue was excellent: good location, plenty of space and an on-site cafe. All seven games were with people who I'd never played before, against a good mix of lists, the games were relaxed, played in good spirits, and I really enjoyed the weekend. My armoured cars won four games out of the seven, placing 7th out of 18, and were also awarded the prize for Best Army. The games went as follows:. Throughout the process, I've learned that ma...
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Richard's Musings: December 2016
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Saturday, December 31, 2016. I started 2016 with a long list of gaming goals. In the event, the realities of life meant that most of the items on the list ended up either annotated "2017? Or simply crossed off as unlikely to ever happen. That makes this post a rather short review of my achievements for the year. As we're out of town for the holidays, the photos in this post have to be repeats of ones from earlier in the year, rather than anything new. So, to summarise, what are my aims for 2017? Flames o...