tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10731782807215998712024-02-08T14:10:43.098+11:00On Senlac HillModelling, terrain craft and miniature wargamingAlan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-50290908532902186192022-11-21T00:20:00.002+11:002022-11-21T06:36:53.371+11:00Great War terrain in 6mm <p>I’m a dyed in the wool lead miniatures guy. 3-D and plastics just don’t feel right to me but each to their own. So, when I’m not scratch building, my default range of scenics for 6mm and 2mm is Irregular Miniatures. </p><p>I’ve had a bunch of their shelled buildings awaiting attention for some time. I’m itching to get into some Great War gaming so time to upgrade the terrain. Here’s a few work in progress shots of a couple of shelled villages. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2VhXZsVfgzmeGFXAouMOEdj7BurlCqfkRabOThxN4k_UX4jkWWoF2jlB6fIOBmZX9MqtvLxUCeHMJHzV9WpBgVQoacN69CKGO8EpOz9EwWnDqLKZhwzYyf1eW_t363qfhUhwJGWsg4GzknTwjn7nDX-gXtQFpJUJI19It5EHNdtlqs9BERnC7pbu/s1440/37AB3139-0891-46F0-A3C4-C0635D516CED.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2VhXZsVfgzmeGFXAouMOEdj7BurlCqfkRabOThxN4k_UX4jkWWoF2jlB6fIOBmZX9MqtvLxUCeHMJHzV9WpBgVQoacN69CKGO8EpOz9EwWnDqLKZhwzYyf1eW_t363qfhUhwJGWsg4GzknTwjn7nDX-gXtQFpJUJI19It5EHNdtlqs9BERnC7pbu/s320/37AB3139-0891-46F0-A3C4-C0635D516CED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After mounting a number of pieces from the 6mm scenics range on MDF, I based with ground up cork (for additional fallen masonry surrounding the buildings), gravel, find sand then grout. These were sprayed black then the masonry painted with Vallejo French Mirage Blue followed by Army Painter Runic Grey Speed Paint. I picked out some additional features in various colours (more to do on this). Following this was a drybrush with Army Painter Drakes Tooth then finally a Nuln Oil wash.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2N3ICQ2HapnR1qVbqKd6Ljv4M_JKBYuWMBk2e8oR_-OVTs3ii3HW5rF0oTb0-AxQISbe_uZVMvf8mSrNOVlTH0K2tDL5VmTfrNr0rtDq76MWQbDdmE48I02VSgtixTaK1ejfFIQtgRlqvGbZPPJg3Smb3-3ZeLPImHpC_uhR-ds-J-VArQYDLecV/s4032/44401AF0-66D1-459B-A1DF-63B76FEB16ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2N3ICQ2HapnR1qVbqKd6Ljv4M_JKBYuWMBk2e8oR_-OVTs3ii3HW5rF0oTb0-AxQISbe_uZVMvf8mSrNOVlTH0K2tDL5VmTfrNr0rtDq76MWQbDdmE48I02VSgtixTaK1ejfFIQtgRlqvGbZPPJg3Smb3-3ZeLPImHpC_uhR-ds-J-VArQYDLecV/s320/44401AF0-66D1-459B-A1DF-63B76FEB16ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Poilus are Irregular Miniatures 1914 French Infantry (GWF01-06). </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8m9vEcuswWv5vNCd1WTZ-fuDkmPUBQiroOYnzk91h9bIpKxrOM1KUBbAxRtHu0RW-p8piOrLm0p516cJpEKqBzOxwBJ2SThd2yZtHPF-J20nWJrAX2ccF-AFgR0xHn_3dQpfWiy9d60df2Y0JIJ0Z9ZfC1b8epCfLUbRa_dsT0Cy6gRvqPHhfRNm/s1440/ED103FB6-3043-4332-AE87-31E20AB586A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8m9vEcuswWv5vNCd1WTZ-fuDkmPUBQiroOYnzk91h9bIpKxrOM1KUBbAxRtHu0RW-p8piOrLm0p516cJpEKqBzOxwBJ2SThd2yZtHPF-J20nWJrAX2ccF-AFgR0xHn_3dQpfWiy9d60df2Y0JIJ0Z9ZfC1b8epCfLUbRa_dsT0Cy6gRvqPHhfRNm/s320/ED103FB6-3043-4332-AE87-31E20AB586A0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5A-MrUhRpl-iwXJNeIRxLk-JCqrA86LXrQdkrZSXOLkmDR4zy30RPa4HUJl2fhTO7g6aZoe3HRnUfCw7VYjgB8n48SJRAC1xSEOZp9NhOlKFToukuz3IBJwO2Wn8FLGqWqilns9995UvU0OYx4DA-0fS_YZvKBwD25W3ZOI9P8O3LK2jWlHoH02v/s1440/FA54C4F0-1250-4399-9AE1-A3612F50C288.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5A-MrUhRpl-iwXJNeIRxLk-JCqrA86LXrQdkrZSXOLkmDR4zy30RPa4HUJl2fhTO7g6aZoe3HRnUfCw7VYjgB8n48SJRAC1xSEOZp9NhOlKFToukuz3IBJwO2Wn8FLGqWqilns9995UvU0OYx4DA-0fS_YZvKBwD25W3ZOI9P8O3LK2jWlHoH02v/s320/FA54C4F0-1250-4399-9AE1-A3612F50C288.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still a WIP as I’ll do more dry brushing and details then flock when all the washes are dry.</td></tr></tbody></table>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-83060284300041922152022-11-17T01:51:00.000+11:002022-11-17T01:52:24.699+11:00Green, Blue and white stuff - adventures in casting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I’ve been fascinated by casting ever since I was taught to pour plaster into animal tracks as a Cub Scout. In later years watching experiments in archaeometallurgy fired my imagination and is something I hope to experience first hand one day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iBAyEy3FBB0" width="320" youtube-src-id="iBAyEy3FBB0"></iframe></div><p>More recently I had an opportunity of a lifetime to be taught a little of the art of miniature casting by a friend in the business. In this case I was casting with pewter using a centrifugal air pressure spin casting machine. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHI1-zk28Fr0gN7J6bYmo0yK4tsOPdmVRiMwcTNEmYywdskiWmGL-gQ0Gao5VD1_cKVb295PZQu6twP1IUxBDeBOhAzpERqOHwAkvRZXbSBYJEYKCdk_GkIMzRaPF7puyJchGRVPLQZS6A8Tqg8EB7P687zPkDnvvonwNJz9OFXIz02_yM5ypzisM7/s2048/824E3EEA-7B48-4E88-9536-C3EBADD7C80A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHI1-zk28Fr0gN7J6bYmo0yK4tsOPdmVRiMwcTNEmYywdskiWmGL-gQ0Gao5VD1_cKVb295PZQu6twP1IUxBDeBOhAzpERqOHwAkvRZXbSBYJEYKCdk_GkIMzRaPF7puyJchGRVPLQZS6A8Tqg8EB7P687zPkDnvvonwNJz9OFXIz02_yM5ypzisM7/s320/824E3EEA-7B48-4E88-9536-C3EBADD7C80A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQ3NSyGCtFkQfamRahYLuCmRvl20dPmOftGmz2v6tNI2FqiYsSU114JuTxtRYu7ChXypH0J6viSrJhTNjHNLhjd5e8EYMNIaN5rO7HZkqkdSgZGPLAaxv13uvw-AL6NlNZiDFBfCBWuUFksJ7c66U-knxOv-xE4wfsCnvNrwn-zQRiKsFk9ooCjjP/s4032/C05B27A6-5B6A-4F20-852F-81C82272E7B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQ3NSyGCtFkQfamRahYLuCmRvl20dPmOftGmz2v6tNI2FqiYsSU114JuTxtRYu7ChXypH0J6viSrJhTNjHNLhjd5e8EYMNIaN5rO7HZkqkdSgZGPLAaxv13uvw-AL6NlNZiDFBfCBWuUFksJ7c66U-knxOv-xE4wfsCnvNrwn-zQRiKsFk9ooCjjP/s320/C05B27A6-5B6A-4F20-852F-81C82272E7B1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Alas, metal casting at home is a bit beyond my capabilities at present so I have to be satisfied by simpler techniques. Enter stage left, Blue Stuff by Green Stuff World! This magnificent thermo plastic allows simple one- and two-piece moulds to be made just by heating the plastic in hot water. These moulds are often used with epoxy putty - such as Green Stuff or Milliput. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXNUmSnPxj0CUaRcoc-20E2fxfszg6QGsiTLWe_WAgbV-Y5sny1lI1M51Pts6evixxcDbWAZnfTT4miLWpj_oM13p5jP18hpiYiuedYQf7GoxNsn-SLj9dqgMNrF7hNJUF0DHK3YCzBGjn2hs8zAJeMescLVbF9kP9voM0l2i3VKwCgMtAKc-6SA_/s4032/D9EAB512-63F7-4BD0-A237-BF7B2C80065A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXNUmSnPxj0CUaRcoc-20E2fxfszg6QGsiTLWe_WAgbV-Y5sny1lI1M51Pts6evixxcDbWAZnfTT4miLWpj_oM13p5jP18hpiYiuedYQf7GoxNsn-SLj9dqgMNrF7hNJUF0DHK3YCzBGjn2hs8zAJeMescLVbF9kP9voM0l2i3VKwCgMtAKc-6SA_/s320/D9EAB512-63F7-4BD0-A237-BF7B2C80065A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />When casting with Blue Stuff I favour having the mould supported with a small box to reduce warping during the casting process. It also allows for a nice flat finish to the back of the piece when using one-piece moulds.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0q9_ife2UwO8s9f2n4cVJ99ow03VzxU7QbaRXGDU3ZiuOnEgBS23Mzy0SiV38vzB74TXaXhcAhHd8uBJb4a_IG2fZqyRACd9oyet4MVfBZpUQWsp49tpmCF5pkS_o70jTFt6xuGhLXi5MGBBJ0dZKzqh09uFQjB5xk3uFzeY8qLTR7OCJ8c4BhUaP/s4032/426A6C2A-6764-424C-977B-F763381C0446.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0q9_ife2UwO8s9f2n4cVJ99ow03VzxU7QbaRXGDU3ZiuOnEgBS23Mzy0SiV38vzB74TXaXhcAhHd8uBJb4a_IG2fZqyRACd9oyet4MVfBZpUQWsp49tpmCF5pkS_o70jTFt6xuGhLXi5MGBBJ0dZKzqh09uFQjB5xk3uFzeY8qLTR7OCJ8c4BhUaP/s320/426A6C2A-6764-424C-977B-F763381C0446.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Blue Stuff mould was pressed into the supporting box made of coffee stirrers and MDF before the impression was made. While the master was in the Blue Stuff, I flattened the upper surface by inverting it and pressing it down onto baking parchment on a work surface. You have to have to experiment a bit to get the exact amount of Blue Stuff required but this really improves the end result. </td></tr></tbody></table><p>While I’m happy with the mould, I’ve had varied success with Green Stuff putty and Milliput in these moulds. The success of the final casting depends on carefully pressing the material into the mould to pick up all the surface detail. Incomplete edges and corners are common.</p><p>In a rare trip into the city today (over two years now happily working from home!) I stumbled across Green Stuff World Acrylic Resin (350g) in Mind Games’ CBD Melbourne store which claims to offer a non toxic ‘ceramic’ when mixed 3:1 resin powder and water. Setting in under an hour and mixing to a pourable consistency, I felt it presented a solution to the problems I was having with epoxy putty (and a significantly faster drying time).</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbANFGsEgfxnl73dzJGOiT3ng2k-8W_WwZ5dHIo8MZxcpCRsmUmot508YbGKY6md_H3Jk0z1XkZtqJdOwlYCIlE0dEKAgS62bBKTWM-R-hrDXZd-ESvGaMKVgj2wLcJgBxhwPx_439oKv2IaUhhtzTCLY2avQoruRjPzA-Z8gh1txb75afg6uZ9fEB/s4032/7D677BEC-6294-49F9-AA68-416DE49FAC43.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbANFGsEgfxnl73dzJGOiT3ng2k-8W_WwZ5dHIo8MZxcpCRsmUmot508YbGKY6md_H3Jk0z1XkZtqJdOwlYCIlE0dEKAgS62bBKTWM-R-hrDXZd-ESvGaMKVgj2wLcJgBxhwPx_439oKv2IaUhhtzTCLY2avQoruRjPzA-Z8gh1txb75afg6uZ9fEB/s320/7D677BEC-6294-49F9-AA68-416DE49FAC43.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Careful measuring always pays off. I will get small plastic ‘shot glasses’ for mixing in the future.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKjo1s5r_AbYMwDVj9B2ot5qEXDrt1VS9ogvAdY60r58NBHXHXBK1zEStpDCJQaUuEhpRqRMH7pS6Zv_VVdn4Mg8DhaM84Aqtmb3HbWb9rGxkZWeN5ZjP7Gw1pJOvvWsXdEmuQnrbn2anO9VIzydHHTSsN7QxiFV_i2fbIwvkhMt_-0tyhCj1Vz5c/s4032/662835B6-8E60-4ABE-A7F0-AF18A6587BBB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKjo1s5r_AbYMwDVj9B2ot5qEXDrt1VS9ogvAdY60r58NBHXHXBK1zEStpDCJQaUuEhpRqRMH7pS6Zv_VVdn4Mg8DhaM84Aqtmb3HbWb9rGxkZWeN5ZjP7Gw1pJOvvWsXdEmuQnrbn2anO9VIzydHHTSsN7QxiFV_i2fbIwvkhMt_-0tyhCj1Vz5c/s320/662835B6-8E60-4ABE-A7F0-AF18A6587BBB.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">28mm windows poured with acrylic resin with Green Stuff and Milliput examples beside the mould</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqxTYkKACzQ8-0IA9sRxBtYg_8-4aephBoQCPGPV_jFy-7LL29rNs3tjzqAMcgvWpAtCZRymbWDZnMa7TKXx9P2mRwsRuEPJCs7bVC2garjAymAvC1gA4mdb45xw3k4WuogfJlUpte2SDxPh0a9YJYDZvjsyBV2K6Yn_ojnyTryxQoNN1htMPy_0R/s4032/D33C6B39-54CB-48FC-B138-EC84C616421E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqxTYkKACzQ8-0IA9sRxBtYg_8-4aephBoQCPGPV_jFy-7LL29rNs3tjzqAMcgvWpAtCZRymbWDZnMa7TKXx9P2mRwsRuEPJCs7bVC2garjAymAvC1gA4mdb45xw3k4WuogfJlUpte2SDxPh0a9YJYDZvjsyBV2K6Yn_ojnyTryxQoNN1htMPy_0R/s320/D33C6B39-54CB-48FC-B138-EC84C616421E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Stuff and Milliput bell tent castings showing loss of detail and incomplete casting. This Blue Stuff mould was also formed using tye surrounding box - it is just pictured here removed from it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It’s early days but the first set of castings (windows for 28mm buildings and 6mm Bell Tents) suggest the acrylic resin to be a viable alternative. The edges of the window broke off in the mould possibly due to my handling and the need to allow further curing time. But the crisp detail is definitely encouraging. Is it too brittle for fine work? Time will tell!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZVq1gkN4j37U4m3jsHLlleWY3ZnwrWY5ynY71DgMJbDxWMXMogMbVjhx4HiNlid1E9gDRhW0hcu73bgBHF7vLCV-J18q7ABnPdTrhF9Vuz9efGyVgVGJxjR9HXa3NlgHWx82oNR7uwxLwaBERV7Eq83iTAF1pkBSpDUmKPPrMQBOCd6emNI44rrt/s4032/B21FF057-4574-40E3-9361-AC26BB5013A9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZVq1gkN4j37U4m3jsHLlleWY3ZnwrWY5ynY71DgMJbDxWMXMogMbVjhx4HiNlid1E9gDRhW0hcu73bgBHF7vLCV-J18q7ABnPdTrhF9Vuz9efGyVgVGJxjR9HXa3NlgHWx82oNR7uwxLwaBERV7Eq83iTAF1pkBSpDUmKPPrMQBOCd6emNI44rrt/s320/B21FF057-4574-40E3-9361-AC26BB5013A9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Stuff Acrylic Resin castings demoulded after less than one hour!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I’ll keep experimenting and will certainly branch out into using proper silicone moulds and resin in the future, but Blue Stuff and acrylic resin are very useful tools to add to my modelling arsenal!</p><p><br /></p>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-62154904009909610022022-10-30T14:30:00.004+11:002022-10-30T14:34:30.997+11:00Wolseley versus Arabi Pasha, 1882: HotE in 6mm<p>Exploring how I might use the Wargames Research Group fantasy rules, Hoards of the Things, has been on my to-do list for years, nay, decades! There is an active Facebook group and WRG released a second edition in 2002. There is talk of 2.1 being out there but I have yet to track a set down. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyqHLpIb4XBJx9QAB0JEVyyCuDgD9RyUQusoLyWVt1DuROYgLksrkflvKNbuw4gQBHvF-u9GC944i2YH-9qnqITqHiUIAE-2oHqyJW7pCdqWrl7igP7ctamrBW0feSgJNaGH2u59-KZ-M3n_EaNBwwSQQYic6LXyoX3wnASz098xN3iZQd6Kjl5ri/s630/FC4C247A-0A7E-44C9-84AF-0CDB79ED1477.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="487" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyqHLpIb4XBJx9QAB0JEVyyCuDgD9RyUQusoLyWVt1DuROYgLksrkflvKNbuw4gQBHvF-u9GC944i2YH-9qnqITqHiUIAE-2oHqyJW7pCdqWrl7igP7ctamrBW0feSgJNaGH2u59-KZ-M3n_EaNBwwSQQYic6LXyoX3wnASz098xN3iZQd6Kjl5ri/w154-h200/FC4C247A-0A7E-44C9-84AF-0CDB79ED1477.jpeg" width="154" /></a></div><p>While the fantasy setting has some interest to me as an another option for gaming in the style of Osprey’s <i>Of Gods and Mortals</i>, the adaptations of HOTT:</p><p>1. <i>Hordes of the Empire</i> (HotE): the Victorian colonial Mr wars adaptation of HOTT by Paul Potter, Blake Radetzky and Terry Webb.</p><p>HotE and related resources can be obtained through the DBA & HOTT Wargaming Facebook group. If I find a reliable web link I will update this post.</p><p>2. <i>Hoards in the Trenches</i>: the Great War version by Matt Kirkhart.</p><p>There are some (somewhat questionable) downloadable versions of HitT for those Google savvy types among you, the only link I feel comfortable advertising is the v.5 <a href="http://ianjgow.blogspot.com/p/hordes-in-trenches.html?m=1">http://ianjgow.blogspot.com/p/hordes-in-trenches.html?m=1</a></p><p>To that end, my first project for HotE will be the Anglo-Egyptian war of 1882. I came separately, rather surprisingly, to the same view as Featherstone that Lieutenant-General Wolseley’s 1882 expedition to overthrow the dictator Said Ahmed Arabi foreshadows the British expedition to the Falkland Islands to eject the Argentinian junta one hundred years later (Featherstone, <i>Tel El Kabir</i> 1882, Osprey Campaign 27). </p><p>Both campaigns lasted four and a half weeks and, due to logistical constraints, required the British to deploy their crack regular regiments not normally used for these purposes. While in wargaming terms the engagements are a little unbalanced, the variety of units on both sides make for a fun miniatures project - household cavalry, armoured trains, the Naval Brigade, Egyptian veterans redrafted into service, Sudanese conscripts, Bedouins, Krupp ordinance! </p><p>There are no doubt some great new lines in 6mm Colonial miniatures out there - more-so with the growth of 3-D printed options - but I am an avowed metal figure gamer and rusted-on (or the non-ferrous equivalent) user of Irregular Miniatures. <a href="https://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/6mmRanges/6mmColonial.htm">https://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/6mmRanges/6mmColonial.htm</a></p><p>In typical fashion, I rushed into the first set of elements, probably sacrificed the paint job a bit and went with what I had for basing - I may add some detail later - but here they are (With HotE/HOTT descriptors):</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_ymkXEErfmqUiQx-2VadeS6-z_oJrJ9LmEmZ7FOvFiAz2q4ExXrs7JjU6F9Ioldpd8dPlpCYjTWPfZSpN6R-boOxxBB9-nvTfMotmbSAGF7ZKe_yr7QZy0Bh5dza7QHnISW5rTdGEO4gqRS_SX04g8qlTm4mzQVhIkisjw7tmP6OTXj06slnYbvS/s4032/2D2E9C24-72C1-4D15-853D-792EFE802C00.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_ymkXEErfmqUiQx-2VadeS6-z_oJrJ9LmEmZ7FOvFiAz2q4ExXrs7JjU6F9Ioldpd8dPlpCYjTWPfZSpN6R-boOxxBB9-nvTfMotmbSAGF7ZKe_yr7QZy0Bh5dza7QHnISW5rTdGEO4gqRS_SX04g8qlTm4mzQVhIkisjw7tmP6OTXj06slnYbvS/s320/2D2E9C24-72C1-4D15-853D-792EFE802C00.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Egyptian/ Sudanese lancers would be classified as ‘Riders’ in the HotE Egyptian 1882 army list.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafrilhdMB5QmP3HaSV_fsQzbJ8h9QFdxj2NieaZj5eqwplsyba0MHUUPnJCOe-DP8IDW9XfhX-0xJ392CdR1en2DqrYVUzopI06unA2Y8fzZn1bVuZBCiv2CoZn5w0HdM4Q7x3StfXqZDWuzkEuFOHw0HSC5EhbMJ8dHc5ipjC8tECGgYfBV0Z4bT/s4032/7AA3B61E-B170-4375-8A69-5BFF06352C77.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafrilhdMB5QmP3HaSV_fsQzbJ8h9QFdxj2NieaZj5eqwplsyba0MHUUPnJCOe-DP8IDW9XfhX-0xJ392CdR1en2DqrYVUzopI06unA2Y8fzZn1bVuZBCiv2CoZn5w0HdM4Q7x3StfXqZDWuzkEuFOHw0HSC5EhbMJ8dHc5ipjC8tECGgYfBV0Z4bT/s320/7AA3B61E-B170-4375-8A69-5BFF06352C77.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Bashi ‘Hoard’ (back left), two Sudanese ‘shooters’ (centre) and Bashi-Bazook ‘riders’ (right).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieaUd59nuecPL1yaDe5_LMEUSp1K5YhDyiw3EfXeM8BNosbkuKOsKimBnXMio9ta9_I96A91MN-2G29MFeadstm1CY7E3EjjkKIEjl8zG0_KoDDHrruNWTcuuf2sp9Vbsk9VRZmDe_1LfkUIRzbnwb0ciEV004cbw62-kf1PrxHsS9RT6W9Us_1Pb/s4032/8E11023D-D223-49BF-8B52-1C9E1D3FE933.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieaUd59nuecPL1yaDe5_LMEUSp1K5YhDyiw3EfXeM8BNosbkuKOsKimBnXMio9ta9_I96A91MN-2G29MFeadstm1CY7E3EjjkKIEjl8zG0_KoDDHrruNWTcuuf2sp9Vbsk9VRZmDe_1LfkUIRzbnwb0ciEV004cbw62-kf1PrxHsS9RT6W9Us_1Pb/s320/8E11023D-D223-49BF-8B52-1C9E1D3FE933.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Egyptian infantry in foreground (Shooters) </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMkU56D3eJSJ_SJR2FrCZmOtWiTZVvOvJXuW9sRd4IwyHcd0W2xh45Ql1Eint6z1gWEKjs4Ru8HANNxVfjCJ3pdee__UARwkVHOYa_6ZwHkmaMea88-DXW6tNoHCA7tkDygkrrYqxGJ1CxOaxjaWN1v_odexTGE0vchGBsEw14dG4vw62jIyM8aKr/s4032/208F7961-58E0-4A80-9AF6-AE3F46AAD57B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMkU56D3eJSJ_SJR2FrCZmOtWiTZVvOvJXuW9sRd4IwyHcd0W2xh45Ql1Eint6z1gWEKjs4Ru8HANNxVfjCJ3pdee__UARwkVHOYa_6ZwHkmaMea88-DXW6tNoHCA7tkDygkrrYqxGJ1CxOaxjaWN1v_odexTGE0vchGBsEw14dG4vw62jIyM8aKr/s320/208F7961-58E0-4A80-9AF6-AE3F46AAD57B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 bases of Krupp artillery (foreground) and the ‘General’ in the centre. The army list only calls for 1 artillery base but given there were 75 Egyptian guns at Tel El-Kabir, I upped the numbers!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNw6nmAmc7hWs64XyPmvqWHg6pmB-8RyLQ8tDj3XpfB5_0x93eFAYpOC3nAcyzGnrhdGJKSeDKxjeUdbLuctuzV5uOwDk9HtwDkVqqk8XcBRmhT29chBWelxPRTBzjQeV1WyuP5ifoVnuRWbP7D7-wx_tTt8X53VOuNGpKqAtBjd3a-srCEwZR5gQ/s4032/644DCEEC-B581-40A6-B4BF-2FE479999F23.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNw6nmAmc7hWs64XyPmvqWHg6pmB-8RyLQ8tDj3XpfB5_0x93eFAYpOC3nAcyzGnrhdGJKSeDKxjeUdbLuctuzV5uOwDk9HtwDkVqqk8XcBRmhT29chBWelxPRTBzjQeV1WyuP5ifoVnuRWbP7D7-wx_tTt8X53VOuNGpKqAtBjd3a-srCEwZR5gQ/s320/644DCEEC-B581-40A6-B4BF-2FE479999F23.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of the ordinance - I’m a gunner at heart!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcBz1vB-Iz0RHHizOCu88mfiN3kWIVtpPoOe4wV2tvrnhOrjweCl_twVpTMXtoYs_Z73MHhE7fsY8AGDAJBBVpeAw_3H7R5VoR7nLJCNsfXWcMpv13ftbwKZq86wFnMHi0RllFugtgqlJ57mUxR0JCVlfvxV1V9kV-XNULpsbxFeS1rhmqQ5rq1gP/s4032/989F3B89-9848-485A-91C9-34FFFC4541D6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcBz1vB-Iz0RHHizOCu88mfiN3kWIVtpPoOe4wV2tvrnhOrjweCl_twVpTMXtoYs_Z73MHhE7fsY8AGDAJBBVpeAw_3H7R5VoR7nLJCNsfXWcMpv13ftbwKZq86wFnMHi0RllFugtgqlJ57mUxR0JCVlfvxV1V9kV-XNULpsbxFeS1rhmqQ5rq1gP/s320/989F3B89-9848-485A-91C9-34FFFC4541D6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of the irregular infantry </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OFpNnOEBd_pfTSJlucaL8k8yzcaAYyAiAW0QcNvnQOLe7Sf2T0MfxxIqtnOJtlcCivuv9AzEcD-xxs-YSSkiik0Hmp6tZCWy1EMfiC_qAwwPnImnW3QUkvI509qryZHaoH-SKOzp2Q2cJFizp9CpCPTbym_KTwLRD5wgP6N4sbHDHY61GNuwShFD/s4032/58596202-D9A1-45F5-B7A9-B9DE5642DE1D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OFpNnOEBd_pfTSJlucaL8k8yzcaAYyAiAW0QcNvnQOLe7Sf2T0MfxxIqtnOJtlcCivuv9AzEcD-xxs-YSSkiik0Hmp6tZCWy1EMfiC_qAwwPnImnW3QUkvI509qryZHaoH-SKOzp2Q2cJFizp9CpCPTbym_KTwLRD5wgP6N4sbHDHY61GNuwShFD/s320/58596202-D9A1-45F5-B7A9-B9DE5642DE1D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">‘Lurkers’ Bashi-Bazook skirmishers </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDrZAe1y6GhqM-HCHdfIcuihHn-1TYplBa23qinlie6E_p_z0utc95oawwZ5vY8QP59mXJ-iXFV9hWNSarpF_rMPxMBYis_Z9UaIxa2aZZuG25_JMQ9Scnv2-f8LQ6sk94EBjZwJ4PmX62VlM9A8ATg3DYWR4ch_Jf7gfQ7yi_671YueMKU6X2A4N/s4032/D2E491D6-9322-47BB-A834-372E3CCB44A2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDrZAe1y6GhqM-HCHdfIcuihHn-1TYplBa23qinlie6E_p_z0utc95oawwZ5vY8QP59mXJ-iXFV9hWNSarpF_rMPxMBYis_Z9UaIxa2aZZuG25_JMQ9Scnv2-f8LQ6sk94EBjZwJ4PmX62VlM9A8ATg3DYWR4ch_Jf7gfQ7yi_671YueMKU6X2A4N/s320/D2E491D6-9322-47BB-A834-372E3CCB44A2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Egyptian army of the Arabi Pasha mustered</td></tr></tbody></table>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-64647258635596635472022-09-02T00:10:00.002+10:002022-09-02T00:19:36.914+10:00Split rail fences for 2mm ACW<p>Felling the timber, splitting it into rails and stacking it along your farm boundaries must have been a punishing task in the 19th century.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA6uUc3QCbpUKuDYI6kVJFXVf4QyI0vYEJ749oJ09cs-5Eh6rbS79f3XEpjEIR_kjwrV6sk-7MXO0PKLssEQJrvu8nh8sep3e3wTypOJ0LQzWt3YzvDK4zFHbiUcIHhgWyWJOsc4gRgGKRXoxz87-4rIQxxYoLvRrFYfmRpZ6C6jKQHMhns4InaQj/s456/3F1F430F-A3AB-405D-818C-1421FFB10607.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="456" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA6uUc3QCbpUKuDYI6kVJFXVf4QyI0vYEJ749oJ09cs-5Eh6rbS79f3XEpjEIR_kjwrV6sk-7MXO0PKLssEQJrvu8nh8sep3e3wTypOJ0LQzWt3YzvDK4zFHbiUcIHhgWyWJOsc4gRgGKRXoxz87-4rIQxxYoLvRrFYfmRpZ6C6jKQHMhns4InaQj/s320/3F1F430F-A3AB-405D-818C-1421FFB10607.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Punishing, in a very different way, is an apt description for scratch building split rail (snake) fencing for my 1:800 (eg. 2mm) ACW terrain!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-wmwk8MCb88clYFniH_f_Rt5XPZty3ZJDjVhLuHXlQID0obGfRt5RAl-SJQTtUghtOgcYCCgmTCYrACkeCqNmI4F_FmBz8yc8g03zmeDCNHWsR9MrQW1fSu5PJgoisU-IjZEXrHO5HwjTLih8uk_seanO8vA7Z2Lhh0KV3obgw6MzD1MDJKks1tH/s4032/8F46B75E-B614-4DB0-A398-E898788F91E3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-wmwk8MCb88clYFniH_f_Rt5XPZty3ZJDjVhLuHXlQID0obGfRt5RAl-SJQTtUghtOgcYCCgmTCYrACkeCqNmI4F_FmBz8yc8g03zmeDCNHWsR9MrQW1fSu5PJgoisU-IjZEXrHO5HwjTLih8uk_seanO8vA7Z2Lhh0KV3obgw6MzD1MDJKks1tH/s320/8F46B75E-B614-4DB0-A398-E898788F91E3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I have to admit these little guys spent more time stuck to my fingers than to their bases. Nevertheless, the struggle yielded the equivalent of 14 chains (chain = 22 yards) of fencing for Wilmer McLean’s farm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P66g23E7mw7HD3sSTLgarg_SCauFTun8DUctoRfg1Ics0CmrlYRvRLAOICELSILVITCjh3wz_5mGwnlKn-IGHwwtTXthAtAA13BJB-yl17fhhBm0YMVVKBMt0W6n3RFmKyi7hIq-YYeF6ijMjhaUeQC8P-_6WQJdiTnws7BZVhXpgyaF4gei60ej/s4032/E1D86712-D1BB-4A8A-A23B-78F06377685C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P66g23E7mw7HD3sSTLgarg_SCauFTun8DUctoRfg1Ics0CmrlYRvRLAOICELSILVITCjh3wz_5mGwnlKn-IGHwwtTXthAtAA13BJB-yl17fhhBm0YMVVKBMt0W6n3RFmKyi7hIq-YYeF6ijMjhaUeQC8P-_6WQJdiTnws7BZVhXpgyaF4gei60ej/s320/E1D86712-D1BB-4A8A-A23B-78F06377685C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The method, while fiddly, is fairly strait forward.</p><p>I cut a series of 50mm x 1mm strips (sorry, back to metric for this) of 0.5mm Evergreen Styrene sheet which was scored every 5mm on opposite sides.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBQI4StsdYO6tX9pUQCHqzDV6Ya5qBE9CA3Ers4Irg5wRv17_tRit3dTzNHstq5K79LjIQ4JcB_6saL2jIJ0A0qEmmJVyq7lLjZudvEC-7nN3RtDtk9ttSS1UzasJP_PpdeRa5BU8E1B5sopR2zfsq1xlCLYlihFgDjeYh42BsAknA_7CWDGW8C8B/s1440/CC9421C7-FC8F-4EC0-8BB6-76ED91AA0851.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBQI4StsdYO6tX9pUQCHqzDV6Ya5qBE9CA3Ers4Irg5wRv17_tRit3dTzNHstq5K79LjIQ4JcB_6saL2jIJ0A0qEmmJVyq7lLjZudvEC-7nN3RtDtk9ttSS1UzasJP_PpdeRa5BU8E1B5sopR2zfsq1xlCLYlihFgDjeYh42BsAknA_7CWDGW8C8B/s320/CC9421C7-FC8F-4EC0-8BB6-76ED91AA0851.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I then bent each scored point to form a zigzag long enough for my bases. This was attached to the base (via being glued to various fingertips) using Superglue. Then 5mm lengths were scored in the centre and bent into a right angle piece using tweezers. These were glued to the outward facing points of the fence to represent the crossed over rails.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sfMgdRxdzd7RgAxnur5bDUUGFNnf2JM-7D8ioLKPuExI5yZesyjL7Y9NgyEz09FDFeM_zQMBGcMm-TDa58t4h25iPpowpCLyZpsBNnPkZjRU-xUGPRM1R7uvHvrDBh38W5HCdrg9ZPIo0CQLHH7RodFd4jjXbILMAEoAc0y-7q6CusJBVwWdqLvh/s1440/AEAEC51F-426A-43D8-B9C8-FC3E30665A1D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sfMgdRxdzd7RgAxnur5bDUUGFNnf2JM-7D8ioLKPuExI5yZesyjL7Y9NgyEz09FDFeM_zQMBGcMm-TDa58t4h25iPpowpCLyZpsBNnPkZjRU-xUGPRM1R7uvHvrDBh38W5HCdrg9ZPIo0CQLHH7RodFd4jjXbILMAEoAc0y-7q6CusJBVwWdqLvh/s320/AEAEC51F-426A-43D8-B9C8-FC3E30665A1D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The roughed up 45mm x 10mm base of styrene was coated carefully with fine sand (using PVA) and then undercoated with Vallejo grey primer (73.601). I washed the dry undercoat with Liquitex raw umber acrylic ink. Then, I painted the fence rails dark brown. These were dry-brushed with Army Painter Drake Tooth. My flower meadow mix of flocking was glued in place then a light coat of Vallejo Mecha Dark Rust wash (a staple in my paint collection) was applied on the rails. Done!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtDgj9PiWfgdrhfk0mhp5wJbTLGT8LfrJu3UgNnZZ3A_Gk9ru5CUA5o-smRrGuv4Ow0Jo17Sk-tCWmdO8SZIkGIQiRmZpFt4gE6M-TA4d2gkJg2Dc46GzlTeLvRZJjzby5A-nu8R2Dypwtnaw3Mx1bylnaqYJmjjT6mbt6I2t5vxvkX7ZKb75bkMc/s3227/D8D57BA6-F20E-4569-8083-D7019BD42848.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3227" data-original-width="2912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtDgj9PiWfgdrhfk0mhp5wJbTLGT8LfrJu3UgNnZZ3A_Gk9ru5CUA5o-smRrGuv4Ow0Jo17Sk-tCWmdO8SZIkGIQiRmZpFt4gE6M-TA4d2gkJg2Dc46GzlTeLvRZJjzby5A-nu8R2Dypwtnaw3Mx1bylnaqYJmjjT6mbt6I2t5vxvkX7ZKb75bkMc/s320/D8D57BA6-F20E-4569-8083-D7019BD42848.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVxjY_6N7j4y3gF5XoavsscF6HLmNwhMXZzbIYEJn50e-Cb-9H7siFXbxK2aFrspUbme01TFXOoZt89BJYpeYxlVxhAhzYSVoOW-c50gS_t8nwRXMxXd3pkCZzXF5oIW4wqJC5N3wT3rdbdy32JpDb-AsavAcJgF3xbtVOT6uhPFLQwIK9n_SGNZ5/s1440/9E4489F4-B186-4362-806B-93D485272402.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVxjY_6N7j4y3gF5XoavsscF6HLmNwhMXZzbIYEJn50e-Cb-9H7siFXbxK2aFrspUbme01TFXOoZt89BJYpeYxlVxhAhzYSVoOW-c50gS_t8nwRXMxXd3pkCZzXF5oIW4wqJC5N3wT3rdbdy32JpDb-AsavAcJgF3xbtVOT6uhPFLQwIK9n_SGNZ5/s320/9E4489F4-B186-4362-806B-93D485272402.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />These simple 2mm terrain pieces add, I feel, some period flair to ACW battlefields at this scale. Maybe cornfields and a peach orchard next!<p></p><p></p>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-25282404366133173012021-03-16T00:13:00.000+11:002022-11-20T21:09:04.747+11:00The Isolation Chronicle: Desperate Gunfight! Tin Men Defeated! Strange Creatures from Airships Attack Town!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><b>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ </b></i></span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">🜌 </span><i><b><span style="font-family: courier;">The Isolation Chronicle, 28 March 1871 </span></b></i><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">🜌</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><b>~ </b></i></span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><b>~ ~ ~ ~ </b></i></span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: courier;">Strange Creatures from Airship Attack Town!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>D</i></span><i style="font-family: courier;">esperate Gunfight!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>Great carnage!<br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>About 6 o'clock this morning the early risers of Isolation Gulch were astonished at the sudden appearance of a flaming airship which has been sailing throughout the Territory<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="https://www.livescience.com/33419-cowboys-and-aliens-real-ufos.html" target="_blank">source</a>]</span>. It was traveling due north and sailed over the main street and appeared to crash on the outskirts of town. Early reports that it was an Army balloon in distress were soon quashed with the arrival of a sight that fixed in those townsfolk present a fear of Judgement Day come early!</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><b>Dramatis Personae</b></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GgpV-5cHnBTLRFiDlqNlaKoNXdIkIpMBSTp-3OLbIx3i_i30O4NpvoTimaVltBUhCNy6ILUKWlJOiLPIkmLoWeUUNZfWLtup7fhTItZhVRzwNsqqeaPpXHzB6LIAmMfhWtCnxq283kE/s2048/Dramatis+Personae.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GgpV-5cHnBTLRFiDlqNlaKoNXdIkIpMBSTp-3OLbIx3i_i30O4NpvoTimaVltBUhCNy6ILUKWlJOiLPIkmLoWeUUNZfWLtup7fhTItZhVRzwNsqqeaPpXHzB6LIAmMfhWtCnxq283kE/w400-h300/Dramatis+Personae.jpg" title="Note: Miniatures for Capt. Morgan and Sgt. Collins should be reversed." width="400" /></a></i></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>The chill morning air was rent with the terrible clanking of what appeared to be two men wrapped in iron and brandishing pistols! With these armoured strangers came three creatures, grey, diminutive, almost child-like, who soon proved to be the greatest threat the town has faced since the terrible Cholera plague of 1852. Shambling behind these intruders was a deathly, </i></span></span><i style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;">corpse-like </i><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>apparition. It still wore shreds of butternut uniform suggesting it was animated at the nearby Confederate cemetery.</i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgQgiN3pvrjGtDO5gKm33Z1E6KOrxYiBdIpAAfblq3qIBYwIaPLUjOCtvAa-oO_Y91-C_3J94pMQZS8k4vfHlmPg4uisKsSwjkIbBn608oayHzJOw9AD1BSh2eD8SxH9njHA94tUN3A0/s2048/The+invaders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgQgiN3pvrjGtDO5gKm33Z1E6KOrxYiBdIpAAfblq3qIBYwIaPLUjOCtvAa-oO_Y91-C_3J94pMQZS8k4vfHlmPg4uisKsSwjkIbBn608oayHzJOw9AD1BSh2eD8SxH9njHA94tUN3A0/w400-h300/The+invaders.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>The townsfolk, having run to balconies and sidewalks to investigate the commotion, were heartened to see that the Territory Troopers had turned out of their camp by the New Cemetery to confront this strange host.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGfnJnRDXqebNYgw6OyIKmqbO2v7glSmx9LR_9CgLEfCsmTdfpgZ5QexaJny1R7E-cR83EdDQToHDsAWz6eUJNESZ-P5uDQgM66sAu6HwdPSsGZxkidp5EgafahyAhy4Vj5S4FZIt6AE/s2048/Troopers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGfnJnRDXqebNYgw6OyIKmqbO2v7glSmx9LR_9CgLEfCsmTdfpgZ5QexaJny1R7E-cR83EdDQToHDsAWz6eUJNESZ-P5uDQgM66sAu6HwdPSsGZxkidp5EgafahyAhy4Vj5S4FZIt6AE/w400-h300/Troopers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>Witnesses recounted that Captain Morgan, who led the Troopers, gasped audibly when he saw the alien posse that entered the main street. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;">Morgan was heard to cry, "How can it be? It's the Kelly Gang! </span><span style="font-family: courier;">Surely my eyes deceive me! </span><span style="font-family: courier;">And who are those grey children they bring with them ...?"</span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>Morgan had recently returned from two years the British Colony of Victoria and in recent nights had regaled the patrons of the Opal Saloon with the exploits on the Goldfields of these infamous, iron-suited Bushrangers.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>But, this correspondent can assure his readers that the good Captain's exclamations were cut short that morning, when the abominable grey creatures unleashed their lances of fire!</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVH4dRcTk_dUtul1skxHe9zMjSr8_Jm8tUhc6FpIqzv6VszeLHp_lJb17k78xXkijI7SXRs-fHDI6xAc020gKj_NsFNGquy-51VZz97VKAInf_A23tqDYcNdBS0khDvt82pzgtCDFEZF0/s2048/Fire+lance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVH4dRcTk_dUtul1skxHe9zMjSr8_Jm8tUhc6FpIqzv6VszeLHp_lJb17k78xXkijI7SXRs-fHDI6xAc020gKj_NsFNGquy-51VZz97VKAInf_A23tqDYcNdBS0khDvt82pzgtCDFEZF0/w400-h300/Fire+lance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>The infernal weapons shot beams of red, scalding light which struck Sergeant Collins and Trooper Bowman as they rounded the corner of the Undertakers' salon sending the rest Captain Morgan's troopers scattering for cover wherever they could find it. The smell of the charred flesh assaulted the sense of all present.</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5Hk3nN8OeVYI6id5pK8Z7paCfb6_dPmsI4rWpMVDau_6KT5BnznyY4BeOUwoDI_Zwo2gpTquC9YRtsxVlxtIzrvDXHOjkvqHz7yk3BLtGpx95qaBIGZDLfjBhLw0ROd2nH4DWpnLBZ4/s1788/Taking+Cover+by+the+Undertakers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="1341" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5Hk3nN8OeVYI6id5pK8Z7paCfb6_dPmsI4rWpMVDau_6KT5BnznyY4BeOUwoDI_Zwo2gpTquC9YRtsxVlxtIzrvDXHOjkvqHz7yk3BLtGpx95qaBIGZDLfjBhLw0ROd2nH4DWpnLBZ4/w300-h400/Taking+Cover+by+the+Undertakers.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>The townsfolk stood transfixed, as if enthralled by feats of illusion and thaumaturgy at a travelling circus. Then a voice called out "They must have come from that crashed airship!" Others fell to prayer, fearing they witnessed the Book of Revelation come to life before their very eyes!</i></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDTgt0xyxPoeHWJZIMxwv1kITUN-miUhNhJzUd9iFiqVs-RdjePVUxbqV7OUM4MM0RifjBJeYQz5LDZTnthM_b-H673xGs37tMNzV7Pw-xJNRZQfijsJkjcCUzn56a1kiFKGimgMjth4/s2048/The+creatures+advance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDTgt0xyxPoeHWJZIMxwv1kITUN-miUhNhJzUd9iFiqVs-RdjePVUxbqV7OUM4MM0RifjBJeYQz5LDZTnthM_b-H673xGs37tMNzV7Pw-xJNRZQfijsJkjcCUzn56a1kiFKGimgMjth4/w400-h300/The+creatures+advance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>The loathsome grey creatures stalked ahead of the Kelly Gang, no doubt sensing their unearthly weapons had advantage both in range and accuracy. Jacky Jacky the Tracker was observed by all making a valiant charge into the fray to try and turn the tide of the fight.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTJg6kI89AjYQbi_KbXPRX9a3vZDkYGK4HT9N-X_Cq1-SIk9k410P2MUbOJhw-5AVm40bCiISdK1j8SsNADXKX4ZzOXr_Syx7EbeKoBLZEGrjV-SbrXLWX0nxANekhOjJFtwH5k2uSVo/s2048/Jacky+and+the+Zombie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTJg6kI89AjYQbi_KbXPRX9a3vZDkYGK4HT9N-X_Cq1-SIk9k410P2MUbOJhw-5AVm40bCiISdK1j8SsNADXKX4ZzOXr_Syx7EbeKoBLZEGrjV-SbrXLWX0nxANekhOjJFtwH5k2uSVo/w400-h375/Jacky+and+the+Zombie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Jacky Jacky let loose a wild yelp and charged headlong down the street strait into the path of an awful, reanimated carcass from the recent Succession War. Being the bare-knuckle champion hereabouts, Jacky Jacky opened with the 'Hook to Hammerfist' blow, that won him his recent bout against</span><span style="font-family: courier;">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharkey" target="_blank">Sailor Tom</a>" Sharkey, but the horror shrugged it off and closed on him and with his flesh rending talons and fangs.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRvui2990a7x5lJKagppTx6_OtybvWdd7felw1a5xtn7KLaaH83UYNKIcnaHuUA03Ijd7hkF3hkXTL33B4rprahVJaEEkwdodOevd2sSR8ovS89DYAuMUU5OOAYB0-nhAmZnGDnoUalw/s2048/Ambush+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRvui2990a7x5lJKagppTx6_OtybvWdd7felw1a5xtn7KLaaH83UYNKIcnaHuUA03Ijd7hkF3hkXTL33B4rprahVJaEEkwdodOevd2sSR8ovS89DYAuMUU5OOAYB0-nhAmZnGDnoUalw/w400-h300/Ambush+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Just when the day seemed lost, Trooper Taylor appears from Isolation Gulch's back alleys and lets loose a hail of shotgun pellets at the grey invaders at close range! Ichorous fluids dripped from the pellet wounds and they fell back by the survey office, seeking cover.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Sur29ixSd8RVrf35fwYYHUCBUzho6qnuRWFKG6Wt_oAa3hjCpjwORnKIG9dX3Otynz4ByK5oFi2z1bTpMOsKPTXFvS7-Ml-M66JWJyymNTEqhF8WI5CQv1ZiHNCYqPQVWub980oYdCo/s2048/Ambush+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1663" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Sur29ixSd8RVrf35fwYYHUCBUzho6qnuRWFKG6Wt_oAa3hjCpjwORnKIG9dX3Otynz4ByK5oFi2z1bTpMOsKPTXFvS7-Ml-M66JWJyymNTEqhF8WI5CQv1ZiHNCYqPQVWub980oYdCo/w400-h325/Ambush+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Readers! It was High Noon! Not in a temporal sense, but certainly it was the tipping point in this bitter fight for the main street of Isolation Gulch. Jacky Jacky traded blows with his undead foe. Both now terribly wounded. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Captain Morgan fell, bleeding heavily after trading shots with the Kelly's from behind a horse hitched outside the Milliner's shop. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Corporal Stone, wounded, valiantly charged the armoured bushrangers drawing blood from both. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Trooper Taylor's shotgun finished off the second grey fiend and was saved a death blow by their Leader when its fire lance fell silent!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IjDzWF0KPfVAxn5t6GMIMH8aSOcyKFhuohbIy0WNfk93J-t2P3vG3bmK7pSoeSyAjSgk-KnO2UvdjtGC6gB4EwK18hLeCJlYh9nQTNOL0zROJWMrbJWdbjLY7z8ZEghbaDBvVDG0x5w/s2048/Grey+Leader+counters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2048" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IjDzWF0KPfVAxn5t6GMIMH8aSOcyKFhuohbIy0WNfk93J-t2P3vG3bmK7pSoeSyAjSgk-KnO2UvdjtGC6gB4EwK18hLeCJlYh9nQTNOL0zROJWMrbJWdbjLY7z8ZEghbaDBvVDG0x5w/w400-h341/Grey+Leader+counters.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Fearing the outcome, panic set in among the good people of Isolation Gulch and, I regret to report, your correspondent was not immune to this hysteria. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Shots rang out! The infernal weapons seared the morning air. When, finally, I peered over the Saloon's balcony, bodies, human and otherwise, littered the street. The Grey Leader stood alone, it's weapon alive again, sweeping the street seeking Sergeant Collins, now our only defender!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53v3SA2tYlG0LtA35G4x-CD0eCn6qjHLY_YyvODFxLP-NKsPios090j35sqlEsc1Ozr32VDOxCUeuIxDxBJvivE-WFd1KRVFN8CkVph2pEEehOAs2UV3OnwEbmEK-v3uD81gbu9O2LiU/s2048/The+last+stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53v3SA2tYlG0LtA35G4x-CD0eCn6qjHLY_YyvODFxLP-NKsPios090j35sqlEsc1Ozr32VDOxCUeuIxDxBJvivE-WFd1KRVFN8CkVph2pEEehOAs2UV3OnwEbmEK-v3uD81gbu9O2LiU/w400-h297/The+last+stand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">Collins charged with a 'huzzah' worthy of the Light Brigade, his fate similarly directed. Seeing the wrath of this seasoned veteran advancing, pistol blazing, the Grey Leader sought cover in the alley by the Livery Stable. Into that Valley of Death Collins charged, but a full blast of the alien's weapon downed him within feet of his prize. A terrible moan rose from the people of Isolation Gulch, as one. Fearing what was to come. But the Grey Leader seemed to disappear in the shadows, for no-one saw it leave. </span></div><div><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b> ~ ~ ~</b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Readers, the toll was too great. Captain Morgan and Sergeant Collins perished in the dust that morning. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">However, I am relieved to report that the remaining Troopers are recovering under the watchful eye of our very own Sawbones, Doc Gregor. The remains of the grey invaders were inspected but quickly turned rancid and were burned for fear of unknown pestilence</span><span style="font-family: courier;">. The Kelly's have survived their wounds thus far and they moulder in the lock-up awaiting interrogation and trial.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><b>~ ~ ~ ~ </b></i></span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~</b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b> </b></i><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><b>~ </b></i></span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><b>~ ~ ~ ~ </b></i></span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ ~</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><b>Notice:</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: courier;">A </i><i style="font-family: courier;">meeting of the </i><i><span style="font-family: courier;">Town Council held in the Opal Saloon shortly after these extraordinary events has called for a posse to be formed to search for the leader of the Grey invaders. <br />Volunteers of sound constitution and steady temperament are asked to gather tomorrow at dawn.</span></i></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><b>~ ~ ~ ~ </b></i></span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~</b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b> </b></i><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><b>~ </b></i></span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><b>~ ~ ~ ~ </b></i></span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ </b></i><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>~ ~ ~ ~</b></i><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Rules: <i><a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/product/146154/Shootin-Iron" target="_blank">Shootin Iron</a></i>, from Dave Bezio's Grey Area Games</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Miniatures:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Grey Aliens by <a href="https://cpmodels.co.uk/product-category/28mm-ranges/28mm-sci-fi/grey-aliens/" target="_blank">CP Models</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">Troopers and Kelly Gang by G<a href="https://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/online-store/deadmanshand/dmhminiatures" target="_blank">reat Escape Games, Dead Man's Hand</a> miniatures - 'State Police' and 'Kelly Gang' sets.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;">People of Isolation Gulch variously by <a href="https://www.artizandesigns.com/list.php?man=3&page=1" target="_blank">Artizan Designs Wild West</a> range; <a href="https://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_153&sort=3a" target="_blank">Eureka Miniatures Pax Limpopo</a> range; and, <a href="https://www.eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=806_807_809&products_id=12032" target="_blank">Shadowforge Wild West Wome</a>n.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: courier;">Terrain scratch built by author.</span></div>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-6682065002217212042021-02-27T23:23:00.030+11:002021-02-28T00:57:58.838+11:00Sci-fi crystal outcrop scatter terrain (scratch built)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Rocky outcrops seem to be a staple piece of scatter terrain for all sorts of skirmish gaming. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;">I've wanted to try may hand at crafting crystal terrain for sci-fi gaming and role playing for some time. </span>I have never tried any sci-fi skirmish gaming so I though this might kick-start that with a bit of cool and adaptable terrain.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQY4mKShjXfiDKmaZd_A6wTYrY1m2f7dpXgKn_yphe5QO8jSj-InUkoQn8Goi2QK8nxqh2wMuJge9KzK3fPzoSQZu1u7hQ3sqMBcqzUrOB9OX_w4t-Q9_YLRTHKxiXTpEuNMr2XIjeFM/s2048/IMG_0060.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQY4mKShjXfiDKmaZd_A6wTYrY1m2f7dpXgKn_yphe5QO8jSj-InUkoQn8Goi2QK8nxqh2wMuJge9KzK3fPzoSQZu1u7hQ3sqMBcqzUrOB9OX_w4t-Q9_YLRTHKxiXTpEuNMr2XIjeFM/w300-h400/IMG_0060.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a quick summary of the project!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The The base structure is built out of 30mm and 50mm XPS insulation foam from <a href="#" id="https://www.knaufinsulation.com.au/product/multi-use-xps-board" name="https://www.knaufinsulation.com.au/product/multi-use-xps-board">Kanuf</a>. I used the 30mm for the base and (a combination of both for the crystals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The cutting was all done with a craft knife with a new blade so as to minimise tearing. The best result visually is achieved if you have an odd number of crystals per base and a range of sizes - I didn't always follow this rule, though! I used angled cuts with the knife to give texture to the edge of the base and to great some cracks in the crystals (see below). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, I applied a stone-like texture to all the surfaces (before gluing) with a ball of aluminium foil. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;">The crystals were hot glued to the foam base and in some cases I used a toothpick to help reinforce the join.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCiM42ynF5HCRAvbWVsROl3YJAiRu7Ca8rWfKGqiRPuFtjcIsn8APCNMdJXlmAAdLr9qB1uUxe5Yef0RBiBMkmUUCEoNlMFg1L_CcQ3zOk-CnnIbJA3VoQzl7-StkbYE8247xpC3SJcg/s2016/image9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCiM42ynF5HCRAvbWVsROl3YJAiRu7Ca8rWfKGqiRPuFtjcIsn8APCNMdJXlmAAdLr9qB1uUxe5Yef0RBiBMkmUUCEoNlMFg1L_CcQ3zOk-CnnIbJA3VoQzl7-StkbYE8247xpC3SJcg/w400-h300/image9.jpeg" style="height: auto; max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; width: auto;" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The whole piece is then coated with a sealing coat of Matte Mod Podge with black acrylic paint. The mix is roughly made up as follows: 4 parts Matte Mod Podge to 1 part black acrylic paint. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;">The ratio is not critical - just use what looks good to you. I left these to dry completely. It looks glossier in the picture below that it does in reality.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCQAsbpf4xmdStMLEZck8X2439O5Z8DfnR1ZMYJmEXZSv6xVBiNyDi_KMwRggyn98fQIXFv8nIV4mCk8FvGeF6sDir1SSs1wAcJL_JWdJNgDrAx-Z-3UP23sn5DO4wbxBjOEcQjlQYn8/s2016/image7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCQAsbpf4xmdStMLEZck8X2439O5Z8DfnR1ZMYJmEXZSv6xVBiNyDi_KMwRggyn98fQIXFv8nIV4mCk8FvGeF6sDir1SSs1wAcJL_JWdJNgDrAx-Z-3UP23sn5DO4wbxBjOEcQjlQYn8/w400-h300/image7.jpeg" style="height: auto; max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; width: auto;" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> The first top coat is a dry brush with Mont Marte Emerald Green for their Dimensions acrylic paint range. You can use any cheap paint you like but I did find this colour was particularly good for this project. I left a fair bit of the black undercoat showing through - especially in the thicker sections of the 'crystals' to create a sense of shadow and lower opacity.<br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZjFNaLTZDkSj7yxV1tVd-QwIEPQ_mpQhKigy5rFDsQF2zMjrIbg0Bin_XNpEGBcY2z-1tXEUfd56prct10lyF6ogP19mYT3ybQbI-QPYuzt1-CH1L9nfSY_DPGUqrW-zmGeN3LswJ9I/s1280/image8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1049" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZjFNaLTZDkSj7yxV1tVd-QwIEPQ_mpQhKigy5rFDsQF2zMjrIbg0Bin_XNpEGBcY2z-1tXEUfd56prct10lyF6ogP19mYT3ybQbI-QPYuzt1-CH1L9nfSY_DPGUqrW-zmGeN3LswJ9I/w328-h400/image8.jpeg" style="height: auto; max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; width: auto;" width="328" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" id="http://www.montmarte.net/product/view/premium-acrylic-medium-matte-135ml" name="http://www.montmarte.net/product/view/premium-acrylic-medium-matte-135ml"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next, I applied a black wash to all the surfaces using a mix made up of approximately, 20 parts water, 1 part black paint, 1 part acrylic medium and 3-4 drops of dish washing detergent (see below). This must be allowed to dry completely. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije66RTUbhQ3MgHVuRtdYznVi8Hgivp3HMCjLuPycnm0xikNjHhnv5JX10zYWIxxuZH9-IdJHVSANciEhalBgxnWjRpdy54BR3KVIlRCFkPS2h2n7hsjioEY4mWzuN7S9MrXtUWXkhxwY/s2016/image5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije66RTUbhQ3MgHVuRtdYznVi8Hgivp3HMCjLuPycnm0xikNjHhnv5JX10zYWIxxuZH9-IdJHVSANciEhalBgxnWjRpdy54BR3KVIlRCFkPS2h2n7hsjioEY4mWzuN7S9MrXtUWXkhxwY/w400-h300/image5.jpeg" style="height: auto; max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; width: auto;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, I mixed about three lighter shades of the Emerald Green and blended them out towards the edge, leaving the centre pretty dark to give a sense of depth. The edges of the crystals were then picked out with white (especially where they intersect).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a couple of shots of the final product with some Eureka Miniatures 1980s US minis in NBC gear (painted for post apocalyptic gaming).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq49VQO5QigGjaccXS-91v_ax364ABaSHYqxkSYTjpofL9xXYhkxnxrlVhROsBGYggnE70Td2jNRAceonQqeqMAhztP0-zeGTLFxoiKY7RUg2yVguqLCnHuEN-XrG0fG1jYh3lGrBzEA/s1280/Crystals+1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq49VQO5QigGjaccXS-91v_ax364ABaSHYqxkSYTjpofL9xXYhkxnxrlVhROsBGYggnE70Td2jNRAceonQqeqMAhztP0-zeGTLFxoiKY7RUg2yVguqLCnHuEN-XrG0fG1jYh3lGrBzEA/w400-h300/Crystals+1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HPtR2rizAsMSfXxE2ZurQDXkA9eufAk4h1AfhyphenhyphenCyqwdpr_X77EdvFYFekd4GOViJ3voHjUA0zQqYQx5sRNKs9ZgFYBlkrvAqaPjR_M2fa2sdpNZyXJLdJ4HYqZ1BfMqhqEpPWWEYKVI/s1280/Crystals+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HPtR2rizAsMSfXxE2ZurQDXkA9eufAk4h1AfhyphenhyphenCyqwdpr_X77EdvFYFekd4GOViJ3voHjUA0zQqYQx5sRNKs9ZgFYBlkrvAqaPjR_M2fa2sdpNZyXJLdJ4HYqZ1BfMqhqEpPWWEYKVI/w400-h300/Crystals+2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-4506446836999286382020-12-20T00:19:00.007+11:002022-11-06T23:33:41.979+11:00Scratch building Old West Buildings in 28mm<div>My youngest came up to me recently and said, wouldn't it be cool to play a miniatures game based around Cowboys and Aliens (not so much the movie, but the genera in general)! Well, I'd never considered gaming the Old West as an option - no reason, just wasn't my scene. But the idea was intriguing and we were heading toward (what would be months of) isolation and I knew a large terrain project would be just the ticket!</div><div><br /></div>In terms of gaming, there was a plethora of rules to choose from. I wanted a simple set of Old West skirmish rules and have selected <a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/product/146154/Shootin-Iron" target="_blank">Shootin Iron</a> by Dave Bezio's Grey Area Games. I also thought the Weird West gaming sub-genera might offer a good setting as well and have purchased <a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/dracula-039-s-america-shadows-of-the-west?___store=osprey_rst" target="_blank">Dracula's America: Shadows of the West</a> by Osprey Publishing which looks like it will fill that need admirably.<br /><br /><div><b>Construction technique</b><br /></div><div>The main structure of the buildings was made from 5mm foamcore which I got cheap from my local art supplier as it was 'water damaged' (but was fine in reality). In general, I used a wall height of 50mm with the false fronts of the commercial buildings being around 120mm tall. To ensure all the interior spaces were playable, I used removable gable and skillion roof types also made of foamcore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRy6hNFqLwNK0kkHVfaw2B_5UFSy7Z0JDr8MehFKALdafmdE4EFNoXwXMbzl_XN_Un1ITYqEildgU78hH8yfqtTNL1lCPH8p2Fx7BAbo1_TbmuEQUO7PHM209s5E_-OhBOJsgDNm6XgE/s2048/IMG_8739.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRy6hNFqLwNK0kkHVfaw2B_5UFSy7Z0JDr8MehFKALdafmdE4EFNoXwXMbzl_XN_Un1ITYqEildgU78hH8yfqtTNL1lCPH8p2Fx7BAbo1_TbmuEQUO7PHM209s5E_-OhBOJsgDNm6XgE/w400-h300/IMG_8739.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle9SN2eSOqfmYjvOpBmV_mZTdbo6Q3if0-2oC_NkG5Z2Yn3qXjbbkMkG1fpzeFDYMvAflmqnqyWh-0fyQqOyZJgcUcdAeRgW1Q-ODBshw7kAMVYwTcZdHJbCoJ2Ez2Le7pOLMD0H9yiU/s2048/IMG_9283.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle9SN2eSOqfmYjvOpBmV_mZTdbo6Q3if0-2oC_NkG5Z2Yn3qXjbbkMkG1fpzeFDYMvAflmqnqyWh-0fyQqOyZJgcUcdAeRgW1Q-ODBshw7kAMVYwTcZdHJbCoJ2Ez2Le7pOLMD0H9yiU/w400-h300/IMG_9283.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The exterior wall cladding was made with 190mm x 6mm coffee stirrers using a range of techniques including weatherboard/clapboard, vertical wood sidings and a board and batten siding <span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">- a style of exterior siding that uses vertical boards with “batten,” a vertical strip of wood to cover the seams.</span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUK8SAdh62zqQfFliJkoM09x0rN6kW-mFVY0XRRZLtiBYrFBTqeoEuZChoTEdYtn8eiCTSlvGO-zq15fwa0G4tyxr0xc7wEMU3_Z9JGjVmJRUHHt845ouVpu1pdsfJqFvFb1As2mbqw4/s2048/IMG_0005.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUK8SAdh62zqQfFliJkoM09x0rN6kW-mFVY0XRRZLtiBYrFBTqeoEuZChoTEdYtn8eiCTSlvGO-zq15fwa0G4tyxr0xc7wEMU3_Z9JGjVmJRUHHt845ouVpu1pdsfJqFvFb1As2mbqw4/w400-h300/IMG_0005.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br />Once the cladding was applied with hot glue I textured and weathered it by scratching an exaggerated wood grain into the coffee stirrer and then randomly bevelling the edges and cutting cracks into the ends of planks.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6b9Z9X2FdJiKgGuSY5QQFwDiqvfY97ULw2uhYXb6IDse19W8ZpzSNPDKwt1abhn_f21PvALKlyl9fm5OiMzpcmCmd0Zl0mO_OIv9DwB4CS-S3Uv3befBRShMc5M3krgiRcP4ZlU6jV4/s2048/IMG_0044.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBV2BJ_ahZKHwRVVtkG4RSTmCIsJ52miuqrXenqxXw6da2pc2ufuk5wATVcaVsz3Z3q5iNhR5kismEgXnvKlRoGlg1YjCKMupPmSeq5MTPZfr7hOv_KeYUP3gDqlKD8juRLkjkl8AqWT8/s2048/IMG_0045.HEIC"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBV2BJ_ahZKHwRVVtkG4RSTmCIsJ52miuqrXenqxXw6da2pc2ufuk5wATVcaVsz3Z3q5iNhR5kismEgXnvKlRoGlg1YjCKMupPmSeq5MTPZfr7hOv_KeYUP3gDqlKD8juRLkjkl8AqWT8/w300-h400/IMG_0045.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">The false fronts common to this era of commercial buildings were cut to a range of shapes to add a bit of interest and a combination of vertical and horizontal cladding applied to create a space for the signage and to add some character.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluM-ncEt-8QTWWg6tvLJPSR80u7qLc8-_ZM37gMKCeH4cU7x4RvDnEd2dzYhMCgbmaDIWMeSYK-UPJ0-YI-HYU0ZC_3Ly34ZPXSBszlcXfWVpS8bQL0QAc-e4-0R5GZQupWBaWj4QOCA/s2048/IMG_0002.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluM-ncEt-8QTWWg6tvLJPSR80u7qLc8-_ZM37gMKCeH4cU7x4RvDnEd2dzYhMCgbmaDIWMeSYK-UPJ0-YI-HYU0ZC_3Ly34ZPXSBszlcXfWVpS8bQL0QAc-e4-0R5GZQupWBaWj4QOCA/w400-h300/IMG_0002.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Flooring was added using the same coffee stirrers and textured the same way as the cladding.</span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoLF_iHMS446QnEdHnV9i8msY_nYb_HziB66qYe_CaGS7mCbsniFEtyPHrWLplYzKr4_0LpsFwPfG6gEa4mEErS3aCKEgS7rn-csybXAIVPsOMelGiQPBLEz2dBAgUDRiMuOsyd_loqc/s2048/IMG_9323.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoLF_iHMS446QnEdHnV9i8msY_nYb_HziB66qYe_CaGS7mCbsniFEtyPHrWLplYzKr4_0LpsFwPfG6gEa4mEErS3aCKEgS7rn-csybXAIVPsOMelGiQPBLEz2dBAgUDRiMuOsyd_loqc/w400-h300/IMG_9323.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Roofing types used included tar paper and battens, shingles and occasionally some corrugated iron. The shingles were cut from cardboard with each shingle being 5mm x 5mm. For the tar paper I used very fine grit 'wet and dry' sandpaper with wood battens. Corrugated iron was just corrugated craft paper.</span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL60ddQmGaREKo0g2s_bbI3zsOY9NYA_Z16UMTRTq-L36l7j3v16WXK7r-hSKiZYpOy4H5xsaHhk5M8Jbzq-gPocDYxVZEISeti-hzycvH2UyphnZulaEeqNQzmNr2I31qJUb6iclBlaI/s1440/4C0638B9-8C5B-4B75-A071-D034C6F8D76C.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1440" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL60ddQmGaREKo0g2s_bbI3zsOY9NYA_Z16UMTRTq-L36l7j3v16WXK7r-hSKiZYpOy4H5xsaHhk5M8Jbzq-gPocDYxVZEISeti-hzycvH2UyphnZulaEeqNQzmNr2I31qJUb6iclBlaI/w400-h358/4C0638B9-8C5B-4B75-A071-D034C6F8D76C.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">The finish I wanted for the buildings was that of very aged timber - timber that had not been painted for a long time (if at all) - giving a run down, or possibly abandoned appearance. I used Platypus Scotsman's <a href="https://youtu.be/ChVnNl9Ql0c" target="_blank">Grimdark Church</a> as inspiration. I also took some inspiration from an old church I saw in West Bendigo during a stay in the Victorian Goldfields last winter (in the 2 weeks between months-long lockdowns for COVID!).</span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGbh2wd0iGdD7kdEDSUuVD5aDx332MfxUfBtxK9U4_N88HiaCqdnIPxohk238E03cbAEuIJow6X_zSPvBjf3kgOwuoOEnKjkP02r_0j9bkrcetNRV5pAnPaCmRgVCRGgGTkYctwTFY7o/s1486/image0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1486" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGbh2wd0iGdD7kdEDSUuVD5aDx332MfxUfBtxK9U4_N88HiaCqdnIPxohk238E03cbAEuIJow6X_zSPvBjf3kgOwuoOEnKjkP02r_0j9bkrcetNRV5pAnPaCmRgVCRGgGTkYctwTFY7o/w400-h300/image0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This old Protestant Church was converted into a recording studio</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78m6EW3SEPR0hLSqgADilVVs54Rw41A-qunQrRP1iJ157d3XcuLCI1vQjAziE5hvbdma9LT7nc-ET9o7knWdbI3wcEMqzGahNDcyezXIm6INxXFPj71g1I5Wj5_GNj29Z5OmnfCOd47E/s1280/image1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78m6EW3SEPR0hLSqgADilVVs54Rw41A-qunQrRP1iJ157d3XcuLCI1vQjAziE5hvbdma9LT7nc-ET9o7knWdbI3wcEMqzGahNDcyezXIm6INxXFPj71g1I5Wj5_GNj29Z5OmnfCOd47E/w400-h300/image1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poppet head on the Nell Gwynne Reef in West Bendigo. It was a cold, foggy stay (just as I like it) </td></tr></tbody></table><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">The exterior surfaces were painted using the following technique:</span></span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Coat all surfaces with a mix of Matte Mod Podge and black paint (using the method described by Black magic Craft).</span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Brush all surfaces with a dark grey using a fairly wet brush to get good coverage (but leaving a little back in the deeper texture.<br /></span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Dry brush with a light grey</span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Then add a very light dry brush of white.</span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Using an Army Painter mid-brown wash I add some semi-random colour variations tot he planks<br /></span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Coat the whole surface with a black wash - like Mel describes here: <br /></span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Once it is completely dry, add very selective light grey and then white dry brushing to highlights using downward stroked to pick up surfaces light would hit.</span></span></li><li><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Finally, using a flat scraper in a carving tool set, I gently work all the surfaces to scrape off any thick areas of colour - this gives a very worn, aged look tot he exterior surface.<br /></span></span></li></ol></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOt5d4aZj9UPM1W63D78Ko2WJmkhq-R2rvGIuGL4_icgoVz_nGX13O3F6PBTyxiOGJvM_Acg-BViDRikQ3PyBPsho4fh46NFz4KdH0uDHg_zpF3QYfY4oFB0oFbKO-1GjLBbAFoj3MNo/s2048/IMG_9103.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOt5d4aZj9UPM1W63D78Ko2WJmkhq-R2rvGIuGL4_icgoVz_nGX13O3F6PBTyxiOGJvM_Acg-BViDRikQ3PyBPsho4fh46NFz4KdH0uDHg_zpF3QYfY4oFB0oFbKO-1GjLBbAFoj3MNo/w400-h300/IMG_9103.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFcJLUeue5_5f3t0sG7b90aqjz6VROOoyue1nkc-byooN_sYlNkefeWemK4M1WAckmDjDDcxIZCDgktx7TYP37vIXgymidyvDPt8ZcCsPv51PbhJRBMCrU0a6FtOFnq8QDHUr4U4_nc4/s2048/IMG_9187.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFcJLUeue5_5f3t0sG7b90aqjz6VROOoyue1nkc-byooN_sYlNkefeWemK4M1WAckmDjDDcxIZCDgktx7TYP37vIXgymidyvDPt8ZcCsPv51PbhJRBMCrU0a6FtOFnq8QDHUr4U4_nc4/w400-h378/IMG_9187.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blurry, but atmospheric! Figures by <a href="https://www.artizandesigns.com/prod.php?prod=1027" target="_blank">Artizan</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix8KM4Dw8dH-xLq6voF-nvOLO1p6PQOc8RNd26DqTrSw-yV2EtEZjHTl3qd5DrLXou4oifRV5zgGBY-G0dpWAAE_8WUbvGr3BXApTEZt9eRK0bOvvWpEj8lg4avF6h7hHtMT03XkG98Q/s2048/IMG_9353.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix8KM4Dw8dH-xLq6voF-nvOLO1p6PQOc8RNd26DqTrSw-yV2EtEZjHTl3qd5DrLXou4oifRV5zgGBY-G0dpWAAE_8WUbvGr3BXApTEZt9eRK0bOvvWpEj8lg4avF6h7hHtMT03XkG98Q/w400-h300/IMG_9353.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Doors are wither cut from wider 'tongue depressor' style sticks or were legend and brace doors made up using the coffee stirrers.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DhHlw7Fj3jaxe7qryFQawOG8bddZS36CUpDWgTcr5-rc27fUOzMd5kRWdd06joCqpaqbr_Io8YxVB76g6JfjV0E3zjggd2xWaIcZkx_mbYBM6W0tX1VHbyEgDDljAbiMcdoG-KIr2zk/s2048/IMG_1461.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DhHlw7Fj3jaxe7qryFQawOG8bddZS36CUpDWgTcr5-rc27fUOzMd5kRWdd06joCqpaqbr_Io8YxVB76g6JfjV0E3zjggd2xWaIcZkx_mbYBM6W0tX1VHbyEgDDljAbiMcdoG-KIr2zk/w400-h300/IMG_1461.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">Windows were made using thick clear plastic from take away food containers (the rectangular type) and very thin basswood strips obtained from a model railway supplier. I cut the plastic to the size of the window opening (all windows included vertical window frames that the plastic could be glued to) and then glued (with super glue) the basswood to the outer edge and to provide the mullions in the window. Just make sure you paint it to the final colour before you glue it onto the plastic as you can see the timber colour from the insider (found that out the hard way!).</span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4s554yxJ6N6gui98UnpNU5BDMnF2XpYjlT8X_Mj_naAApiMQTSOFyqezDyntHcl5qJjTg22Icsr3_J5UuCeVEH1grO1fah8U1pWtyBF8s4GsU7bMHaRS3azy0APYme1-23r7orltScw/s2048/IMG_1462.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4s554yxJ6N6gui98UnpNU5BDMnF2XpYjlT8X_Mj_naAApiMQTSOFyqezDyntHcl5qJjTg22Icsr3_J5UuCeVEH1grO1fah8U1pWtyBF8s4GsU7bMHaRS3azy0APYme1-23r7orltScw/w400-h300/IMG_1462.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3jMcgqj0dzERer_uGQcVLyjhZtF1kTM91E5OS1Ekr2Ej6xXLZEPYdhebDtgXqmg1x-j42SGYNJlqhTJ3_1B609tV55IxBbK9v7lbpzMzy1G1tPC4G89PDEvodDfxCww5qn1bQKR2hv8/s2048/IMG_1463.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3jMcgqj0dzERer_uGQcVLyjhZtF1kTM91E5OS1Ekr2Ej6xXLZEPYdhebDtgXqmg1x-j42SGYNJlqhTJ3_1B609tV55IxBbK9v7lbpzMzy1G1tPC4G89PDEvodDfxCww5qn1bQKR2hv8/w400-h300/IMG_1463.HEIC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eyeing off the 'hoopleheads' from the balcony of the saloon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>All of my techniques need a lot of refining - especially the doors and windows - but this project certainly kept me entertained in the quiet moments of the first wave of COVID.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-25513487460493207622020-06-11T09:40:00.002+10:002020-07-25T11:18:28.147+10:00I'm going back ... Back to the Blogosphere!<b><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Back to Blogging</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It's fair to say this has been a
neglected blog, of late. Mostly, because I have focused in the past year on posting on my Instagram
account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/modelsfromscratch/"><span style="color: blue;">Models From Scratch</span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">While the crafting community on
Instagram and YouTube are a wonderful bunch, and it's a great platform to
display your work, blogs provide a great opportunity to give more detailed
posts and (importantly) somewhere to record your techniques. There is nothing
worse than nailing a colour scheme only to go back a year later and not being
able to reproduce it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Anyway, I hope to get back to more
regular blogging with a focus on posts about scratch building terrain and even
some gameplay (shock, horror!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As it is for all of you, life has
been dominated by social distancing for a couple of months now. In Australia
we've had a fairly easy run with COVID-19 (thanks to decisive action by all
levels of government). That said, the financial impact on many has been
horrendous. Luckily I've dodged that so far with a job that
translates well to working from home. But, the crunch is yet to come in my sector (higher education).</span></div>
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an Old West mining settlement for some Cowboys and Aliens - Old West /
Weird West skirmish gaming;</span></li>
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terrain and miniatures for an antipodean setting for Of Gods and Mortals;</span></li>
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a shanty town and waaaay too many shipping containers for a post
apocalyptic setting!</span></li>
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shanty town well suited to modern setting and post apocalyptic gaming made of
cork sheet using methods learned from <a href="https://www.matakishi.net/">Matakishi</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNH8lkZP41NIps4hoQZEXpQ">Platypus Scotsman</a>.</span></td></tr>
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- a giant spirit dingo (scratch built) and Denisovan minis from <a href="https://www.eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EVFklFEZyVqGwltveU">Eureka Miniatures</a> for a planned display game of <a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/of-gods-and-mortals-mythological-wargame-rules">Of Gods and Mortals</a> (Osprey) at the (sadly) cancelled Little Wars Melbourne 2020. </span></td></tr>
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binge watching Deadwood (for the first time) I could not resist painting my
favorite characters using the </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Al Swearengen and Wild Bill minis from Artizan recently purchased from <a href="https://www.warandpeacegames.com.au/">War and Peace Games.</a></span></td></tr>
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<b>Update: </b>I have since discovered that the rules are part of a collected set by John Bobek, <i>The Games of War: A Treasury of Rules for Battles with Toy Soldiers, Ships and Planes </i>(2007): <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37718/games-war-treasury-rules-battles-toy-soldiers-ship">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37718/games-war-treasury-rules-battles-toy-soldiers-ship</a> A copy is on its way in the next week or two! I will review the rules in more detail then.<br />
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The mechanics of movement, shooting, melee and morale are provided but the set lacks a turn sequence and the morale rules are a bit unclear - but the rest is solid. I’m playing through a game to the identify gaps and will write up some homegrown solutions.<br />
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<b>Update: </b>thanks for a Review by Ryan Morgan on the above BGG page, I have learned that 'In chapter one Mr. Bobek lays out the ground work for interpreting his rules in the further chapters as well as discusses his philosophy for wargaming.'<br />
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At this point I just wanted to post some shots of the initial few turns and I will update on my thoughts soon. This blog has been quiet for too long!<br />
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<br />Alan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-26067139675736093382019-01-28T01:12:00.001+11:002022-11-20T21:10:08.626+11:00A craggy protuberance I need a craggy hill for the D&D adventure I’m working on - a great opportunity to try out my new interest in foam crafting! Still a WIP but here’s a progress shot or two.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, the young bloke’s Christmas stocking was stuffed with some <a href="http://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_144&sort=3a" target="_blank">Eureka</a> dungeoneer miniatures, the 5e Dungeon Masters’ Guide and a DM’s screen as a bit of a kick starter. I find using some miniatures and dungeon tiles or terrain helps the kids engage with the action sequences better (although in many parts of an adventure we stick to ‘pure’ paper and dice role playing).<br />
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Of course, I need very little encouragement to take up a new crafting project and swiftly got onto making some dungeon tiles. There is a wealth of advice on YouTube for dungeon crafting and I adopted the 2.5 D dungeon tile approach used by The DMG with reasonable success. I used foamcore instead of cardboard which worked fine. I have created a basic set of about 20 tiles but am working towards the full set of tiles outlined by <a href="https://youtu.be/UqbUV6wQ0rM" target="_blank">DMG</a>:<br />
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While searching for some additional goodies to populate the dungeon with I happened across the Black Magic Craft channel on YouTube which, among the huge catalogue of really useful videos, has a great tutorial for crafting an Earth Elemental out of foam <a href="https://youtu.be/Z1AKrIN1U3Q" target="_blank">here</a>. Here’s my attempt at the build - I’m happy with the results. I particularly think adding some areas of ‘dirt’ using model railway ballast gives the model even more of a feel of having just having been conjoured from the landscape!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-45190123323801685972018-10-09T22:49:00.002+11:002018-10-12T08:17:02.302+11:00Scratch built Nissen Huts, road barriers and shipping container 28mmSo often I find that terrain ideas are the motivation for new projects. Currently, I'm working on some items that lend themselves more to a Cold War era post apocalyptic setting than the classic Pulp that he’s been my recent focus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'The Road' (<a href="http://flavorwire.com/564607/not-with-a-bang-what-if-the-apocalypse-already-happened-and-no-one-noticed" target="_blank">Source</a>)</td></tr>
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My hope is that this will inspire some 'Apocalypse Alley' gaming using Pulp Alley rules based around the aftermath of a nasty biological weapon exchange. The leagues will give me the opportunity to use some of the Eureka Cold War era moderns in like thev 28mm US and Soviet lines they have in NBC/MOPP gear. <a href="http://www.eurekamin.com.au/gallery.php?g2_itemId=1107" target="_blank">Link</a><br />
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Keeping to my (nearly) zero budget terrain philosophy, I have been working mostly with cardboard, cork and wire mesh. Here are a few of the creations and the inspiration for them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'The Base' - a quick layout of the components I have built so far. At the moment I'm working on roads, finishing the perimeter fence and helipads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the look of these old Nissen huts built using 90mm postal tube and corrugated cardboard. The construction process is set out in a great article by <a href="http://www.wwpd.net/2017/09/quonset-hut-terrain-guide-bolt-action.html" target="_blank">Dennis Berwick</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bird's eye view of the base shows the mysterious generator spewing out toxic goop on the bottom right. Ultimately this will be outside the perimeter of the base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These street barricades are simple to make and will be useful for a range of modern settings. I used a cool tutorial by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlMj0uQfaxU" target="_blank">FearDaAlien</a>. They just need some ballast in the bottom as, being made out of foam, they tend to fall over easily.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've wanted shipping containers for ages - always been looking in toy stores etc. At last, I've found a great tutorial on <a href="http://panzerfaustnostalgia.blogspot.com/2014/12/scratch-built-shipping-containers-28mm.html" target="_blank">Panzerfaust Nostalgia </a>for making them out of card. I'm very happy with the result. Now for mass production! The container made out of 1mm card stock with craft store corrugated cardboard glued to the outside and plastic tubing for the locking mechanism.</td></tr>
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Thant's all for now. Study and work are weighing heavily on my crafting time - but the light is at the end of the tunnel!<br />
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Just as an aside, I found this nice little article on post-apocalyptic ecology: <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/ecology-and-the-post-apocalypse/" target="_blank">http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/ecology-and-the-post-apocalypse/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-7077684946378999092018-09-12T01:25:00.000+10:002022-11-20T21:12:25.533+11:00Something's afoot at Mosquito CreekFar to the south of the troubled waterways of the Murray-Darling river system, something's afoot in a gloomy corner of Westernport Bay. Despite the recent storms, there's been a a noticeable increase in ferry traffic out to French Island in the past few weeks. The Master at Tankerton Jetty has been unwilling to discuss the contents of the barges that were doing nightly runs just muttering something about a government project.<br />
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The master's son was driving tarp-covered loads out to somewhere near Mosquito Creek by night - sodden, poor land, no good for grazing. By daytime he was ferrying working parties of prisoners and their guards to an 'undisclosed location'. <br />
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The island's only General Store was alive with rumour - was a factory being set up at the island's prison farm? Could the government be finally electrifying the island (long overdue), or was it something to do with upgrading the cable line to Tasmania? One thing was sure, if any of the Islanders new what was going on, they were keeping tight lipped. Les Johnston, who usually knows everything that's going on on French Island, says that when he was out near Mosquito Creek shooting foxes last week, he saw a strange glow off over the mangroves. Someone needs to go out and have a look - but because the prison is involved, nobody is game...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-9341798085112080552018-08-04T10:33:00.000+10:002018-09-12T00:41:16.772+10:00A Right Bloody Mess on the waterAs always my gaming focus swings wildly.<br />
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With the release of Matthew Clarkson's magnificent tome <a href="https://arbm1933.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-right-bloody-mess-has-arrived.html" target="_blank">A Right Bloody Mess</a> in 2017 and more recently Mana Press's <a href="http://www.manapress.com.au/maximillian1934/" target="_blank">Maximilian 1934</a> rules and the wonderful supporting ranges from <a href="http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EVpZyFkluFLRmJrPbR" target="_blank">Eureka Miniatures</a> (OK plugs over now!) my mind has turned to 'what if?' conflicts in the parched plains of this great, big brown land of ours.<br />
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I have been experimenting with Eureka Miniatures 'The Cars that ate Murrumbeena' range and there will be posts to follow on that. Today is just a little taster of the riverine consequences of this civil disturbance in Australia in the 1930s. Currently a work in progress.<br />
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My mind has been turning to monolithic dredges from the gold mining era being hauled across dry landscapes by traction engines to fight battles in the ephemeral, mineral leaden lakes of the interior - my take on American Civil War Cotttonclads - but I need to start a little smaller than that!<br />
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Today I give you a peek of my first addition to the riverine fleet for ARBM - the converted wool barge Willandra.<br />
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The Willandra is based on a real barge of the late 1800s (but no accurate dimensions could be found - so I faked it). She was built in 1879 and plied the Murray-Darling rivers as a barge for the Paddle Steamer Alert. These barges and the whole riverine transport system slowly declined with the spread of the road and rail network and many boats fell into disrepair. Now, I diverge from history.<br />
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With the outbreak of hostilities in the 1930s (see Matthew's ARBM) the road and rail network was again compromised by the warring factions. The massive (although ephemeral and unreliable) Riverine transport network of the Murray-Darling Basin flourished again. Old barges (once towed by Paddle Steamers) were retrofitted with diesel engines and pressed into service - valued for their shallow draft in these rivers full of sandbanks and snags.<br />
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Here we see the owner of sheep station at <a href="http://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/menindee-nsw" target="_blank">Minindee</a> along the Darling River in NSW on a run down to the market in Mildura to sell some of her high grade Merino wool - in great demand again for uniforms as the various militia kit up across the region!<br />
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But, soon enough, as resources become scarce due to the break down of trade across this huge continent, the trip to market becomes fraught with danger from attacks by land-based militia and even the occasional attack from small watercraft. Only last month an aged paddle steamer was sunk in the Murray River by spar torpedo boats from a timber-cutter gang turned feral in <a href="http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/barmah" target="_blank">Barmah</a>! The militia need uniforms so the wool must get through to the markets. Thus, the first 'woolclad' gunboat on the darling River is born - the Willandra! More to follow...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hotchkiss Gun, Nordenfelt and Wool Bales are all from <a href="http://eurekamin.com.au/news.php?newsid=EEVVAAZpZyEYaClvzI" target="_blank">Eureka Miniatures</a>, The Willandra is scratch-built of cork, MDF and plastic card. The other figures at from Bob Murch -<a href="https://pulpfigures.com/" target="_blank"> Pulp Figures</a></td></tr>
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The 'woolclad' Willandra is complete and ready to start plying her trade up and down the Darling shipping wool to the market in Mildura. Mimosa Herridge, the matriarch of Menindee Station is accompanying her shipment of the finest Merino wool down river.<br />
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Stopping to pick up a shipment from the neighboring property, Herridge is surprised to find a newsreel crew waiting for their arrival. The NSW Government's recently formed Ministry of Information wants to calm the jittery investors in Sydney by reinforcing that the State's rurl industries were still thriving despite the recent conflict.<br />
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The arrival of Herridge is a godsend for Ken G Hall the Movietone crew Director, Ken G Hall, but the Ministry's 'advisor' Major GPW Meredith (yes, the infamous commander of the failed Emu War!) quickly advises the crew to crop the armaments on the Willandra out of the shot as it doesn't send the right message!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-91189282610953335872018-05-28T22:31:00.002+10:002018-05-28T22:35:35.015+10:00Preparations for first try of C21 Air WarAs previous posts have hinted at, my first venture into modern aerial combat gaming will be a Falklands War project. I'm easing myself into the genre using <a href="http://www.wargamevault.com/product/58229/AirWar-C21-2nd-edition" target="_blank">Air War C21</a> rules by Wessex Games.<br />
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The first scenario will be a hypothetical encounter between a section of Sea Harriers intercepting a section of Argentine Dassault Mirage III's over San Carlos Water (Bomb Alley) on 1 May 1982, as the air war above the Falklands was just beginning to escalate<br />
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Gaming time is rare at the moment (study, work, yeech!) so it may take a while - besides, I'm still rereading the rules. Here's a few atmospheric shots of the table. Simple, but effective for 'whatever is at hand' set up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Carlos Water looks cold in the last light of day!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-28048989149856385982018-05-15T23:50:00.000+10:002018-05-16T00:31:36.780+10:00Retun to Ulsan - 14 August 1904My favourite pre-dreadnought action is the clash of Vice Admiral Karl Jessen Vladivostok Independent Cruiser Squadron (armored cruisers: Rossia, Rurik, and Gromoboi) and Japanese 2nd Fleet under Admiral Kamimura (four armored cruisers <i>Izumo</i>, <i>Azuma</i>, <i>Tokiwa</i>, <i>Iwate</i>, and two protected cruisers <i>Naniwa</i> and <i>Takachih)</i> off Ulsan in the Korean Strait on 14 August 1904.<br />
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It's a great scenario for a relatively quick game (although pretty challenging for the Russian player) and a good one for testing out new rules. For me, it highlights the great range of outcomes possible in naval gaming. I've played it about eight times now and each game has been quite different. Only one or two, by memory, have see the Imperial Russian Navy prevail, alas!<br />
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Now, to get yourself in the pre-dred mindset I can always recommend watching the clip from Turning Point (that you all know so well, I'm sure) if you can put up wth the soundtrack:<br />
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Not being a devotee of the rivet-counting end of naval wargaming rules, my go-to rules for a fun game (especially when playing solo) are <a href="http://www.wargamevault.com/product/100687/Coaling-Stations" target="_blank">Coaling Stations</a> by Twylight Games. What I like most is the card-based order mechanism where each squadron allocated a series of individual orders (move, turn, fire, make smoke, evade etc) by placing the cards in the order you wish to enact them, and then the player rolls against their allocated command rating (7 inferior commander, 8 average commander, 9 superior commander) using 2d6 and if the roll is equal to or less than the command rating, that number of orders are put in place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this case the IJN protected cruiser squadron (command of 9) had rolled a 6 and were able to put all four orders into action. They have to be performed int he order they are laid out in (L to R in this picture). <br />
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Alas, in this case, the shift to flank speed meant they steamed right past the Russians (top of picture) before being able to launch their torpedoes!</td></tr>
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So, if you have a command rating of 8 for your squadron and you lay out five orders (eg. cruise speed, fire main guns, fire secondary guns, turn 90 degrees and make smoke), a roll of 7 means you get to move forward at cruising speed, then for your main guns only that turn.<br />
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It's an interesting and easy to use mechanism. I place my cards for each squadron face down in order (top to bottom) before rolling against the commend. Sometimes I accidentally mix up the order which I put down to fog of war style mistakes by the crew. As you will see below, sometimes this has devastating consequences.<br />
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So, here's a photo-story of how the game played out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fleets sight each other</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First IJN salvo mostly straddles the Russian cruisers, but one shot finds its mark.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Naniwa</i> and <i>Takachih swing to port to close on the Russians.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second IJN salvo bites hard at the Russian cruisers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vice Admiral Jessen steers to port to try and distance himself from Admiral Kamimura's heavy guns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another IJN salvo starts to slow the Russian cruisers. <i>Naniwa</i> and <i>Takachih close on the rear of the Russian line of battle in the hope of coming within torpedo range.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Naniwa</i> and <i>Takachih pull within range of their primary guns and start to hammer the <br />tail end of the Russian line.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The effect of the furious salvos from the IJN must have interrupted communications - no Russian orders are passed on this turn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessen's gunnery officers finally receive the command to open fire as the stokers shovel coal for all they are worth. The Russian armored cruisers swing back parallel tot he IJN and open fire. Alas, to little effect.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another salvo from the Japanese takes out a forward turret on the Gromoboi.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rurik receives more hot stuff from the protected cruisers. The Russian fleet is badly damaged and <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lines of command in Admiral Kamimura's division are winning the day for the IJN, four orders are executed in one turn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessen orders a punishing salvo - with several shots penetrating the Japanese armour. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fore form the main and secondary guns of the IJN protected cruisers hits home with devastating <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Five hits and the Rurik is slowly sinking from the damage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Japanese salvo (not pictured) sends the Rurik, and Gromoboi to the icy depths. But then disaster strikes the IJN. After exercising excellent command under fire, Admiral Kamimura's orders are misinterpreted and his armoured cruisers are ordered to steer hard to port and slice through the <i>Naniwa </i>sending her to the bottom with all hands.</td></tr>
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As always, Coaling Stations and the Battle off Ulsan gives exciting results! However, a Russian victory seems always just beyond reach in this scenario. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-31204044296400104272018-04-22T00:43:00.002+10:002018-04-22T23:16:07.538+10:00Sea mat - ready for actionHaving spent the last few weekends focused on study, I decided to treat myself to an hour in the shed today to finish off my third gaming mat. My 2mm Thirty Years War project (see previous post) requires more attention than I can give it at present, so I was looking for an easy task.<br />
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I've had a sea mat half-made for some time and wanted to get it done to encourage me to return to some naval gaming. It's been some time since my 1:2400 Russo-Japanese War, Second Balkan War Ottoman and Greek fleets and WW1 ships have seen any action.<br />
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I've been pleased with the results I've had from gaming mats constructed from a painter's drop-sheet with acrylic caulking compound applied to provide some texture.<br />
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For this mat I used a dark grey caulk which provided a good base color. Over this I laid a wash of ultramarine blue then, after that dried, I picked up the texture with a dry-brush of off-white acrylic house paint. Once the paint was dry I applied an acrylic, semi-gloss clear sealant I purchased from an automotive supplies shop (for another job).<br />
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The result is a moody sea with a slight hint of reflection provided by the sealant (it was looking a little too matt without that). Someone with more patience than I would, no doubt, find the ideal method to provide the impression of the white caps on the waves. Perhaps using a sponge might have been the way to go?<br />
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For less than 2 hours work in total (not including drying time), I'm happy with the outcome and can't wait to get the ships out (well, I already have, as you will see!).<br />
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Update 22/04/18<br />
The mat will be good for my air war over the Falklands project too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Argentine Mirages send some 'hot stuff' towards a Vulcan bomber and its escort.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-4236573613236308452018-04-01T10:35:00.000+10:002018-04-03T23:41:09.738+10:00Thirty Years War in 2mm - basing using 17th century military texts<span id="goog_207926694"></span><span id="goog_207926695"></span>I've had a Thirty Years War (TYW) project in 2mm on the 'back burner' for a long time. A very long time! As I have mentioned in a <a href="http://senlachill.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/with-broad-sweep-of-eye-2mm-wargaming.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>, there are some terrific 2mm gamers out there who I am 'leaning on' heavily for this project.<br />
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For instance, for the 2mm enthusiast I thoroughly recommend a wander around Sydney Roundwood's blog (<a href="http://sidneyroundwood.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Roundwood's World</a>) and check out his wonderful <a href="http://sidneyroundwood.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/lutzen-1632-2mm-battle-of-thirty-years.html" target="_blank">Lützen</a> (1632) and <a href="http://sidneyroundwood.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/thirty-years-war-in-2mm-nordlingen-1634.html" target="_blank">Nördlingen</a> (1634) projects in 2mm. I liked the result so much, I have shamelessly copied the winter basing Sydney has used. <span class="st">After all, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I love about 2mm as a scale, one small bag contains a few weekends of work!</td></tr>
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<span class="st">However, I have added my own mark to the project by indulging my interest in 17th century military theory when basing the 2mm blocks. Rather than limiting myself to the standard approach of pike with two wings of musket, I have sought to reproduce the various deployments outlined in tomes such as </span><span class="st">Richard Elton's </span><i>The Complete Body of the Art Military</i> (1650) and Collonel (<i>sic</i>) William Bariffe's <i>Military Discipline, for the Young Artilleryman</i> (1657).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeU0qu2P7IheHSx7Pt8phc_ndpYgQAMR9qN6y3yQFzEImzIgbObyta7vzcLVImrts9HwSUqwDwr7qDc1wUScfluZJa-Tou3Sljq9HL_dTrbgefIoua65WjfnzNAhyawHdsyH8DaCZ41I/s1600/Elton+cover+1650.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="567" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeU0qu2P7IheHSx7Pt8phc_ndpYgQAMR9qN6y3yQFzEImzIgbObyta7vzcLVImrts9HwSUqwDwr7qDc1wUScfluZJa-Tou3Sljq9HL_dTrbgefIoua65WjfnzNAhyawHdsyH8DaCZ41I/s320/Elton+cover+1650.tiff" width="204" /></a>While in many cases the deployments of foot troops discussed in these manuals tend towards the theoretical rather than actually reflecting those used in the field, it helped me better understand the texts and posed interesting challenges in working with the blocks and the space available on the base.<br />
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Overall, the main <a href="http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/" target="_blank">Irregular Miniatures</a> blocks I used for these bases were:<br />
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<li>RBG7, 45 figure 1-2 pike/shot unit (15 pike/30 shot); </li>
<li>RBG12, 3-rank Forlorn Hope - 15 figures; </li>
<li> RBG33, 15 figure Pike block; </li>
<li>RBG25 Command - 2 figures; </li>
<li>RBG9, Swiss/Landsknecht pike unit (40 pikes); </li>
<li>BG2, Infantry in three ranks (24 figures) (these are from the Horse and Musket range; but make great musket units); </li>
<li>Oh, and of course, the Tercio! - RBG10, Tercio (100 figures 40 pike/60 shot).</li>
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What rules, you ask? I have yet to track down a set of rules that I am totally happy with for either TYW or ACW gaming in 2mm. Nevertheless, for TYW, I have been considering <a href="https://www.baccus6mm.com/includes/polemos/english_civil/english_civil_text.inc.php" target="_blank">Polemos ECW</a>, the 2 by 2 variants from the <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2mm/info" target="_blank">2mm Yahoo Group</a>, Jackson Gamers' English Civil War Rules '<a href="http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/ecwrules.htm" target="_blank">Charge yr Pike!</a> and the free older version of <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Father_Tilly/info" target="_blank">Father Tilly</a> (version 3).<br />
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My basing scheme is using a 50mm x 25mm bases (c. 2"x1") for foot and cavalry with each foot base being a regiment and each cavalry base a squadron. Command and artillery (and possibly detachments of shot) will be on 25 x 25mm (c. 1" x 1") bases. So, basically, a scaled down Polemos basing system.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When laying out the regiments I found it very useful to rule up the base to help with positioning the pike and musket blocks (RGB12 and RGB33 in this case). It gave them a nice, crisp military feel. <br />
In this case, I'm laying out 'a squadron or third part of a Swedish Brigade' as described by Bariffe, in <i>Military Discipline...</i>, p. 172.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bariffe goes on to describe a series of deployments for '<i>imbattelling larger numbers</i>' (<i>Military Discipline...</i>, p. 130. In the next series of bases I have adopted various forms of the '<i>double Crosse-Battle.</i>' In describing these forms of deploying regiments/squadrons of foot, Bariffe notes they '...<i>may bring most hands to the fight, with conveniency, so that one part of your Battle doe not cumber or hinder the other</i>...' (p. 130). </td></tr>
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Carrying extra fuel tanks, these pilots made the long trek from airfields on the Argentine mainland to the Falklands to engage the British Harriers over San Carlos Waters (Bomb Alley). With no capacity for aerial refueling, the Argentine pilots only had five minutes over the target in their before they had to turn for home and refuel.<br />
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And yes, I've taken the foolhardy step of not waiting for decals and painting the roundels and other markings by hand (yep, I'm 'cheap' and impatient!). Happy enough with the result although photography accentuates the failings! ;)<br />
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At this stage I plan to use <a href="http://www.wargamevault.com/product/58229/AirWar-C21-2nd-edition" target="_blank">AirWar: C21</a> rules by Wessex games <br />
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Harriers and Avro Vulcan nearly done. More picture soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-14761674568736694312018-03-14T23:55:00.000+11:002018-03-15T01:17:10.353+11:00Fields of Blue & Grey - 2mm ACW AAR<a href="http://A very different kind of American Civil War rules, that allow the grand sweep of corp level actions to be recreated while still using the regiment as the basic combat element. A simple set of rules, where command & control is as important as combat. Designed for 15mm figures or smaller, but usable with any scale." target="_blank">Fields of Blue & Grey</a> by Dan Abbott are a set of American Civil War war-gaming rules for fighting up to Corps sized battles with a regiment being the smallest maneuver unit. Abbott notes that "Ground scale is 1 inch = approx 50 yards and the players are meant
to be divisional and corp commanders, instead of brigadiers."<br />
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The combat mechanism is fairly simple based around opposing d6 rolls modified by the presence of leaders, terrain, the level of fatigue of the brigade and morale. Combat losses are essentially reflected by a build-up of fatigue at the Brigade level each time a regiment is in action. As the fatigue level of the Brigade increases it can effect the combat factor of the unit (called its 'volume of fire') and the morale status.<br />
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I used an older version of the rules (attached as a PDF at the bottom of the page linked to above) win which Brigades (and divisions) must pass a morale test every turn. A 2012 update moves away form Brigade and Division morale checks. Instead, the units fatigue and morale impact on the brigade's capacity to activate each turn.<br />
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Overall, I feel the first use of these rules gave an interesting game and I really liked the 'orders' mechanism and the inevitable consequence of the build up of fatigue. The impact of sustained combat on brigades is well modeled by the fatigue rules - a nice touch. I felt it gave quite a good 'feel' for the challenges faced by brigade and divisional commanders during the Civil War.<br />
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As a first time player, I did find the occasional situation where the rules were not explicit. For example, it was not clear on the difference between mounted an dismounted cavalry (except a reduction in movement for dismounted). <br />
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One of the difficulties I had was around understanding the impact of varying morale levels (disordered, shaken, beaten) on game play. Again, I believe this is addressed by the new activation system. There was a bit of record keeping (orders, morale status, commander ability and troop quality) but with a little planning and some more subtle on-board counters and a simple roster sheet, it would be handled easily.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example of some of the on-board counters that I used. The Litko skulls record the build-up of fatigue. Cardboard counters note the morale status of the unit/brigade. I used a Litko skull on a red base to show when a brigade commander is killed (they are replaced with a commander of lesser ability after 1 full turn. The red Litko 'cross hairs' mark a brigade commander that is wounded. I'll work on reducing the visual impact of these for future games.</td></tr>
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Here are a few images of the first battle I fought using my 2mm Irregular ACW forces. The scenario was sent early in the war and saw the Confederate forces (top of board) pursuing a Union infantry brigade that had retreated from an earlier fight. The Union commander had some support (cavalry, sharpshooters and artillery) hurrying in from the bottom of the board to reinforce the line.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Union 1st Brigade holds the open ground NE of a village (let's assume the top of the image is north) having fallen back in good order from a previous engagement. A column of union artillery (2 batteries) and cavalry regiment enter from the SW. Union sharpshooters hold the hill on the Union left flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brigadier General Tyndale's Brigade deployed in line of battle with a small reserve and his right flank holding the heights.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the SE, elements of Anderson's Brigade pursue the remnants of a Union division that fell back after an action that earlier that morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the SW, Brown's Brigade march quickly to deploy in the open ground to the south of the Union position. Brown's men are fresh having been in reserve during the morning's action. His men are still in column having marched hard to keep pressure on the retreating Union troops.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Union relief column cross the stream and the cavalry swing wide on the left flank. Tyndale's Brigade has hold orders while the cavalry and artillery have orders to advance to Tyndale's left flank and hold.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Confederates deploy into line. The final advance begins.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tyndale's Brigade have rifled muskets so get the first volley in as the Confederates close on their line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Union troops are spooked as the Rebs advance and their musketry has little impact.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Confederate line advanced to musket range (being armed with smooth bore muskets) and loose the first volley in return. The Union sharpshooters march down into the woods on Tyndale's left to deal with the Confederate overlap. they are elite troops and hold their own!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The musketry of the Confederate left flank finds its mark and the forced a Regiment back over the crest of the hill. On the Union left, the artillery unlimbers at the foot of the hill.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The musketry over the next couple of rounds takes a toll on the Brigade commanders. Tyndale is out of action for a full turn. The Confederate Brigadier, Anderson, is shot from his horse and falls to the ground, dead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lines of infantry continue to hammer each other with lead as the fatigue (white skulls) builds up. The intensity of the musketry from the Confederate left drives back yet another Union regiment. On the left, the Union cavalry seeks to take the mill on the Confederate right flank. Anderson's cavalry (dismounted) forms a line in front of the mill and holds firm!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Confederate advance falters on their left with a regiment driven back form the hill-top. Moral on both sides is beginning to falter. Both sides are now shaken but the Confederate advance pushes on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Union Brigade commander on the left is still out of action having been wounded in the melee in the woods. The Union forces have been battered but are not yet defeated. This is where the action concluded, without a clear victory for either side (although, definitely advantage to the Confederates). I expect another turn or two of Confederate musketry might have tipped the balance in their favour.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-6224900619931847562018-02-19T00:42:00.001+11:002018-02-19T00:59:02.642+11:002mm ACW ... progress!The curse of the blogger is your proclamations of new projects are there for the world to see. Looking back, I see I started this 2mm ACW project in June <a href="https://senlachill.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/with-broad-sweep-of-eye-2mm-wargaming.html" target="_blank">2014</a>! Curiously, this first post on 2mm has become on the the most visited pages on this blog with 1473 views to date! Must have been something I said! it's ^%$#&*-well time I finished it and actually posted some AARs! <br />
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Nevertheless, every project gets its moment in the sun, and 2mm ACW seems to be having just that. Besides, I want to start a Thirty Years War project in 2mm so it was time to get a wriggle on.<br />
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So, after a flurry this weekend painting is nearly complete and I am now working on basing (40x20mm). For me, one of the challenges with 2mm basing is to ensure they help show the direction the blocks are facing (very helpful with my dodgy eyesight). <br />
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When I based the Confederate force I was thinking I would need a label the rear corner for unit identification - I've since decided against that as I feel it detracts from the overall look on the table. Instead, I have decided to paint muddy ground behind the base to reflect the tramping of brogans through the pasture. I think this gives a good sense of movement for the units too.<br />
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I am working on some subtle 'landscaping' on each base with gravel, static grass and minute pieces of clump foliage. At this scale even the finest gravel looks like I'm recreating the Devil's Den! So some subtlety is required (in short supply here).<br />
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I can feel the project nearing the point where I can game with them (if I could only settle on a set of rules*!). In the meantime, I couldn't resist a quick layout for some pictures. I think the pictures show that 2mm - even with fairly rudimentary basing and paintwork can give a really good drones-eye view of civil war engagements!<br />
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*which will, of course, need to be sympathetic with my rather arbitrary decisions around basing!<br />
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The next challenge is to flock all the bare spots I left for labels on the CSA bases! Doh!<br />
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I've grasped the nettle and based them on a 40mm x 20mm (1 1/2" x 7/16") with two infantry blocks on each. I've been experimenting with adding a little detail to the base - in this case, the muddy path across the field left by the companies as they advance.<br />
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I'll look at adding some bushes and hopefully a fence or two (pebbles for stone or flywire for post and rail).<br />
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The 2mm project lives! <br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-2058841699199914092017-12-12T23:56:00.000+11:002018-02-12T07:07:08.520+11:00Desert gaming mat I’ve had a couple of attempts over the years of making gaming mats using latex caulking compound. My last attempt - a gaming mat for desert terrain, was my most successful.<br />
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The approach I took was to:<br />
1. Paint a plastic backed canvas dropsheet with an undercoat of off white acrylic house paint<br />
2. Once dry, scrape on a thin layer of grey caulking compound (painting first meant less compound was lost in the porous canvas - used less product!)*<br />
3. Sprinkle with fine grit while soft (I used sand)<br />
4. Once dry, paint with an acrylic house paint again - sand coloured - then dry brush with a range of other suitable colours - eg. browns and greys<br />
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*Its worth hiughlighting Lasgunpacker's comment below - there may be a durability issue with the latex not bonding as well to ;pain as it would to the canvas - good point, time will tell!<a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/13529298072677726064"></a><cite class="user"></cite><br />
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Here's what it looks like with some minis on it:<br />
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I have since completed a platoon of Bersaglieri, again from Eureka. The next step is to get them on the table for a little Operation Compass 'fun' using my recent purchase of Iron Ivan's <a href="http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/WW2--Disposable-Heroes-2_c_656.html" target="_blank">Disposable Heroes</a>.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-86284236370402833982017-08-27T00:14:00.002+10:002017-08-28T18:32:06.719+10:00A bloody morning on V-Beach<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">recently</span> managed to get a table set up to play the TFL <i>If the Lord Spares Us</i> scenario of the landings on V-Beach on 25 April 1915<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span>V-Beach saw one of the costliest landings of on the 25th April 1915. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">V-Beach was a "...sandy strip some 10 yards wide and 350 yards long, backed along almost the whole
of its length by a low sandy escarpment about 4 feet high, where the ground
falls nearly sheer down to the beach." (Sir Ian Hamilton's D<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>spatch of the 20th May, 1915). Behind was a concave grassy slope
rising to the cliff edge between <i>Sedd ul Bahr</i> village
and <i>Cape Helles</i>. The slope was lined with thick entanglements of wire set by the Turkish defenders.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defenses of V-Beach, 25th April 1915</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">In the early morning of
the 25th April, 1915, was to be made by boats containing three companies of the
1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, followed by the collier "River Clyde" with
the rest of the Dublins, the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, half the 2nd Hampshire
Regiment, and other troops. The place was very strongly fortified, and during
the 25th the landing was partially carried out at the cost of very heavy
casualties. On the morning of the 26th, Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain
Walford, who were killed during the fight, led the survivors on the beach to the
capture of Sedd ul Bahr village and the Old Castle above it. </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">(Source: </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"><a href="http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/v_beach_cemetery.htm">http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/v_beach_cemetery.htm</a>)</span></span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boats with the <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers row ashore while the SS River Clyde (bottom left) prepares to ground itself in the early hours of 25th April 1915.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turkish machine gunners in <i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Sedd ul Bahr</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> fort survey the empty shoreline. A stove in Fort No. 1 send out a lazy plume of smoke in the cold morning air.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Turkish wire entanglements and entrenchments behind V-Beach present a major obstacle <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusiliers are under fire the moment their boats touch the shore as Turkish MGs sweep the beach from </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Sedd ul Bahr</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> fort and the trenches beside Fort No. 1 (top left). </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SS River Clyde runs smoothly ashore 'without a tremor' under the fort. Sally ports cut into the site of the ship are opened and gangways set in place. Commander Unwin and Able Seaman William Williams (of the SS River Clyde) climb down to set up the lighters to form a bridge between the ship and the nearby spit of sand under heavy fire.</td></tr>
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The MG and shell fire was murderous as Unwin and Williams fixed the lighters in place while two companies of the Royal Musters stored out of the sally ports. Williams died in Unwin's arms later that morning and Unwin, severely wounded, was taken back onto the SS River Clyde. He later said:<br />
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<i>I stayed on the lighters and tried to keep the men going ashore but it was murder and soon the first lighter was covered with dead and wounded and the spit was awful; the sea around it for some yards was red.</i> (In Les Carlyon, <i>Gallipoli</i>, MacMillan, 2014)</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusiliers take heavy fire from the Turkish MGs as they leave their boats.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusiliers can't get off the beach and the Turkish MGs are taking a terrible toll.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">The remaining Royal Dublin Fusiliers push up the beach but Turkish rifle fire from the trenches halts them. One company is already annihilated.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Royal Munsters charge out the sally ports on the SS River Clyde and are met with a hail of bullets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The British just can't get the initiative - the <i>Tea Break </i>card comes up all to regularly and the Turkish MGs get to fire as they are within 'effective range'.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Turks start to file down the trenches to a position in front of Fort No. 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another company of the <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusiliers is lost.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The number of troops now exiting the SS River Clyde starts to give the British some hope of getting a toe hold on the spit. The <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusiliers continue to fight for their lives.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Keep going Lads!'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bloody end of the <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusiliers.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, some of the Munsters get ashore on the spit - at a terrible price.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire from the Munsters and the British MG on the SS River Clyde starts to suppress the Turkish MG <br />
in <i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Sedd ul Bahr</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> fort </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">The 2nd Hampshire
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small detachment of Turkish infantry below<i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> Sedd ul Bahr</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> fort also slow the British advance.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"></span></span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having decimated the <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Royal Dublin Fusilier, at the far end of V-Beach the Turks file down and deploy their MG to the commanding walls of Fort No. 1.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The MG in <i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Sedd ul Bahr</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> fort is suppressed by rifle fire from the spit and the MG on the SS River Clyde, but the MG in Fort No. 1 now sweeps the beach.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Push on! Push on! The British MG returns fire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tide turns! The Turkish MG in Fort No. 1 is suppressed. The remnants of the Munsters and the Hampshire's push up the beach having driven the Turkish infantry and MG from <i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";">Sedd ul Bahr</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua";"> fort</span></span></td></tr>
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I have the board pretty much set up having (since the picture above) added a considerable number of barbed wire entanglements to the collection (you can never have too many!) leaving only the two forts at either end of V-Beach to be completed, something to represent the SS River Clyde and some landing boats.<br />
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Tonight , I finished a very quick scratch guild (in cork) of a small, rather generic, Ottoman fort that will act at Ertogharal Fort sitting above the low cliffs at the west end of V-Beach. The above map suggests the fort was largely a gun emplacement so I'm looking into converting it to include some large naval guns to give the right feel.<br />
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However I've kept it pretty generic as I want to use if for my other ITLSU scenarios in Palestine and Mesopotamia. And who knows when I might need a fort in Belgium for some Western Front action!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0