tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77797645808841058592024-03-18T16:03:44.829+13:00WargamingnzInane ramblings on war gaming and other hobby stuff!!!Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.comBlogger883125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-26217509041606392272024-03-13T21:10:00.004+13:002024-03-13T21:10:47.532+13:00War of the Austrian Succession scenario ..<p>Adrian and I took the afternoon to play a War of the Austrian Succession game, using his 15mm armies and scenery... it's too gorgeous not to show off a few photos. The action was between Spanish and Austrian froces.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4_SaKkMmsVIMQIbvDio3SuSArkxffqvqZvLRi3KjiABC7LNzJpGcmggZKO-5Cs4dii9nUOWznuQ48iICtXgh9h_2cLSSzwk8WDuOVefFDJq-HqxoUWZxdg4XbeimDwwxb9T1FkMboDmoyMYDxPQWmwjJGmnL51JTjFFiUTmUItoO9aILkExgUuHjDc_N/s4032/IMG_2274.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEjQ4_SaKkMmsVIMQIbvDio3SuSArkxffqvqZvLRi3KjiABC7LNzJpGcmggZKO-5Cs4dii9nUOWznuQ48iICtXgh9h_2cLSSzwk8WDuOVefFDJq-HqxoUWZxdg4XbeimDwwxb9T1FkMboDmoyMYDxPQWmwjJGmnL51JTjFFiUTmUItoO9aILkExgUuHjDc_N/s320/IMG_2274.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVaxUddGfTbxY1daAAcIZMEs6Ztd0dXrCqnV9rCGhsJps_XNsxaiLjJT3PeOYd9xpQNJhkjLvRqEer9RfY1ulb6zUeBgJTv3x2hRrhzLqolY75OhNjcdEecFRBnjw1b1Qw2mw8mEoimWUwk8jjrX9687J1eip7kavNxnyRkbj1CM87EYdPUUZcBU8Jd3E/s4032/IMG_2275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The figures are Irregular 6mm, as usual, base labels still to come.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVK1cJiIS1gDyIpz8V14nusyiuWM8yCRQGRPHR7mNn0Ep9JjLuSdeiUsQ4da88usHW26uaNZ6U7pzkcptDgSNJ59ccdNC09rCYL2LSOB7Ct4RvCAU2s8Ao62TTSaaiavfHbO2JoFa3dxIHKc-hvBvHRAFfOZgj9gF23SljrkEALHrBx9zKrfgayJseXQ9/s4032/IMG_2261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVK1cJiIS1gDyIpz8V14nusyiuWM8yCRQGRPHR7mNn0Ep9JjLuSdeiUsQ4da88usHW26uaNZ6U7pzkcptDgSNJ59ccdNC09rCYL2LSOB7Ct4RvCAU2s8Ao62TTSaaiavfHbO2JoFa3dxIHKc-hvBvHRAFfOZgj9gF23SljrkEALHrBx9zKrfgayJseXQ9/w400-h300/IMG_2261.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCU18YwW5yj9vO226YkASrX_A2IHDawzssI2Pm4AllE0PfHkXQcJ0DO89-TUBwpcihOvbWwSxXnXfdzuQTy5gHu7tPB8acTtiRYX5B1mzfeMTKkbMLi-sslES6TSsbnuENFO-qoeh_XmmOfsjcctJ9YQ4I72HEgQjBOKY0EfNTN8wjCztcYdN1kWhhxGr/s4032/IMG_2263.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCU18YwW5yj9vO226YkASrX_A2IHDawzssI2Pm4AllE0PfHkXQcJ0DO89-TUBwpcihOvbWwSxXnXfdzuQTy5gHu7tPB8acTtiRYX5B1mzfeMTKkbMLi-sslES6TSsbnuENFO-qoeh_XmmOfsjcctJ9YQ4I72HEgQjBOKY0EfNTN8wjCztcYdN1kWhhxGr/w400-h300/IMG_2263.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn2kQ4p-H74y4Fxm69y0FDs04A1ygLxHnTmq_Yy5h5alHIQrVCmCbYgisEq5BExj1yClRfk8tCPx6-yZiK4lykrL34qxro9nOHxMGRol2pRWdHOUBkiAOALrcO7_0pS_BExIrpWoX0YO1_IB5bVyjWf4YU6W3Erg-i-Y82g0uNXDydTObTiERahwikFTa/s4032/IMG_2264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn2kQ4p-H74y4Fxm69y0FDs04A1ygLxHnTmq_Yy5h5alHIQrVCmCbYgisEq5BExj1yClRfk8tCPx6-yZiK4lykrL34qxro9nOHxMGRol2pRWdHOUBkiAOALrcO7_0pS_BExIrpWoX0YO1_IB5bVyjWf4YU6W3Erg-i-Y82g0uNXDydTObTiERahwikFTa/w400-h300/IMG_2264.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>They are clearly (I hope) not photographed in a game context here, just clustered together for the photograph ☺</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-50821613338363853842024-03-10T20:40:00.000+13:002024-03-10T20:40:02.336+13:00The VSF world's naval elements in HotT<p>Andy and I have been talking for several months about how we might include naval elements into our HotT (Hordes of the Things) games. Why? Partly the aesthetic.. we both fancy the look of some suitable fantasy and especially VSF naval 'ships'. I'd also had a taste of the use of naval elements in some DBR games with Keith.. and liked what I'd experienced. This was an itch that needed to be scratched. I am careful to make it clear however that we are NOT looking for a naval game, merely an additional layer of 'flavour' in our HotT games.</p><p>Currently the HotT rules allow for 'water lurkers', but these are relatively limited in use (as are all lurkers). That is not to say they lack use, merely that they were not quite what we were looking for. That is just a matter of taste.</p><p>We decided to see if we could take the DBR rules for Ships, Boats, and Galleys, and adapt them to HotT games. This game was out first 'play test' to see what we had. We placed the games in the Weird World War 1 genre, with our WWW1 German and British armies.</p><p>My British army contained:</p><div style="text-align: left;">1 x Hero general<br />1 x airboat<br />1 x boat<br />2 x riders<br />2 x blades<br />3 x shooters</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Andy's German army contained:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1 x shooter general</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 x Boat</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 x Horde</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 x Blades</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 x Behemoth</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 x shooters</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEj6pmIh9qnX8q-ZeNrfd3Ugc68QlqZxYVU2gFxG4Vi7ltmgc8LBaYD5iK775hmz_6LtHgcmArWncuDeDz4R1fNpWWaJrobz5QPC6F2LezoUjqKcQCPKqi7MgYbusZw-yqP8GBTCx4JRrB_7piqawSYTz9Zp07Rdlc1GdAwaZ6fxXveUEJVHeu8KBMDYWZrH/s4032/IMG_2227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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Both boats were carrying their compulsory land element, and so the loss for the British cost them their Boat and a blade</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/AVvXsEigkkZWx5MzOiWMnScEuuZd0mQHR7CsIIWot8WqG3EuidExh7LIhuY4CfCcwGQfmlAHiZUzvlm6jGzMkBvMArjyrJyQ0VVYGFSlJ-e6JwRKvpcjAQ6PTDmJjZddy3Xag3MA27HOfUEg4689WDqeFTM3brG988tKbwZ7uq4tcWUKBXeKKHeox7EKSMMi7lMe/s4032/IMG_2235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkkZWx5MzOiWMnScEuuZd0mQHR7CsIIWot8WqG3EuidExh7LIhuY4CfCcwGQfmlAHiZUzvlm6jGzMkBvMArjyrJyQ0VVYGFSlJ-e6JwRKvpcjAQ6PTDmJjZddy3Xag3MA27HOfUEg4689WDqeFTM3brG988tKbwZ7uq4tcWUKBXeKKHeox7EKSMMi7lMe/w400-h300/IMG_2235.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action continues on land</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Andy placed the Blade element on the Boat base simply to remind himself that it was there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOagaY-olV3bgd0FgL84TCV_BCeXez1T-Cl1-Qs44dR0yGYMjIYPw-TZHY61D_54ueKwE4eoU_Xu8UbNJHUvrGRQpK7XThW1_tA3ACI6Itlc1g1-aYLNukIzqhPPllVlcdzB4Cw___XZooPPtrsTQdSQvcZQDaRlqCaiK-51AvVETrzrLDRI6WbyP7FS6U/s4032/IMG_2244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOagaY-olV3bgd0FgL84TCV_BCeXez1T-Cl1-Qs44dR0yGYMjIYPw-TZHY61D_54ueKwE4eoU_Xu8UbNJHUvrGRQpK7XThW1_tA3ACI6Itlc1g1-aYLNukIzqhPPllVlcdzB4Cw___XZooPPtrsTQdSQvcZQDaRlqCaiK-51AvVETrzrLDRI6WbyP7FS6U/w400-h300/IMG_2244.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5FiM_GyZk7mWu4EPXuJ-INv9F2AUDDwYtp7q-bpL9JGApAeO57z_dXpKS9ZXIT9tf77OtbtpU_aPuvPU3rmJSVELqgioyz4cImBCbsq-2XuBSEQpcgY0lu5HMZjcBHz0xosmFrHizj0s6sVdd3dxgn_5HqnK6I0IRFfLoKeB2bxoiCEdMaLGh1l4y5MZ/s4032/IMG_2245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Basically well.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Our DBR adaptation requires naval elements to carry one land based element (as with DBR). If we assume that is necessary (we have included that requirement for now) then I learned that when the opponent has a naval element too, it is better to disembark the land element asap.</li><li>The adaptations are probably not a tournament option because if you are the attacker, with a naval element when your opponent doesn't and if she therefore chooses not to pace a river or waterway,, that means you've effectively lost 3 AP (even though they don't count towards losses). The same thing happens with a water lurker, but that of course is only 1 AP</li><li>The option of a Boat vs Boat combat is interesting</li><li>We found several more areas that need consideration. The DBR rules include March moves which don't exist in HotT. Rather than add them in (an unnecessary complication, as we don't intend to change the fundamental nature of the rules.. they work just fine) we have another plan.</li><li>We found we needed to add in 'waterway' as a terrain feature, again essentially mirroring the DBR rules. </li></ul><p></p><p>Once we are happy with progress, we'll post our suggestions for comment. </p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-46725305269861014562024-03-06T14:27:00.009+13:002024-03-06T14:27:59.218+13:00Arab mounted troops for the Middle East WW1<p> I've just completed the painting and basing of 8 stands of Arab camelry, and 8 stands of Arab cavalry, for the Middle East in World War 1. These are intended for my preferred rules set Great War Spearhead, and each stand represents the equivalent of a squadron in European terms. The figures are from the Irregular 6mm range.</p><p>I am still thinking about the base label format for these, so they are as yet unlabelled.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg8wud_LQmEz-Aw3oenolGlN17h-EQlhZaNgwj_2jP12GHYZCQ3RdpZIMH0MccCXlIIIDBQjibRQkpPpyZ00BZ77x3ZCpLqxvUex-90SSRIKBgpsCt29lEexK5Fe9OphVXhkICDLET7z4AbMhTzE0Ieec1_rqUa38ip1EzQIWurYuSKySCu3jI25BdQ6o/s4032/IMG_2206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg8wud_LQmEz-Aw3oenolGlN17h-EQlhZaNgwj_2jP12GHYZCQ3RdpZIMH0MccCXlIIIDBQjibRQkpPpyZ00BZ77x3ZCpLqxvUex-90SSRIKBgpsCt29lEexK5Fe9OphVXhkICDLET7z4AbMhTzE0Ieec1_rqUa38ip1EzQIWurYuSKySCu3jI25BdQ6o/w400-h300/IMG_2206.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlKu0i6qmJ9KolpY40XMzyfqty_wW9KgU5M3yBb3sufJfbcexcnWCKW3cGzWRtHCkgNuD8LTYFjimtZyR6U9QO62D1JDjc-rS8_tB2wIlCZwzOiqN-Psyay2pRZjD7dUFZ2i5DvzTVoNbmQN19gTeFSqsM5SV6YusViC21ri8WQCr7b9bz1vIQgipN2Ku/s4032/IMG_2207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlKu0i6qmJ9KolpY40XMzyfqty_wW9KgU5M3yBb3sufJfbcexcnWCKW3cGzWRtHCkgNuD8LTYFjimtZyR6U9QO62D1JDjc-rS8_tB2wIlCZwzOiqN-Psyay2pRZjD7dUFZ2i5DvzTVoNbmQN19gTeFSqsM5SV6YusViC21ri8WQCr7b9bz1vIQgipN2Ku/w400-h300/IMG_2207.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHy2TJky8qQuGYfAxS59_YsgDKCOnziLoGF4KQvZQUKyukuMHs5XXzwVD2-Fd93p3Lga21A_heiLAoMCfUEMhyZpyRr27viaCi5ia3ZxNd3Ke31y2z0RSZgpCjHCy_YpMcv5XBgAYmJYTOOrqWnMv0xX-nnsaO2-AqSe0MLnh9G3rgZcNaFm6b44gdVvL/s4032/IMG_2208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHy2TJky8qQuGYfAxS59_YsgDKCOnziLoGF4KQvZQUKyukuMHs5XXzwVD2-Fd93p3Lga21A_heiLAoMCfUEMhyZpyRr27viaCi5ia3ZxNd3Ke31y2z0RSZgpCjHCy_YpMcv5XBgAYmJYTOOrqWnMv0xX-nnsaO2-AqSe0MLnh9G3rgZcNaFm6b44gdVvL/w400-h300/IMG_2208.JPG" 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/AVvXsEjW3iC-U-o5Go_Bw-lIQH4iJFUJZxaws0GE5IEuJBbodf_QLJ4QINx8CaeEUqzH4Fagj_ge9Gc7lkR_nqXqwrbcmVJgjlwprqSxruzjNDRqoqQk2AFs2e8M7WgqApzXVYbLo9aLk-Ts1iiS5nK6UZa4FDAfzXb2_6I6iQGW9uEdI1AdW3K7z04Wjqinr54G/s4032/IMG_2209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3iC-U-o5Go_Bw-lIQH4iJFUJZxaws0GE5IEuJBbodf_QLJ4QINx8CaeEUqzH4Fagj_ge9Gc7lkR_nqXqwrbcmVJgjlwprqSxruzjNDRqoqQk2AFs2e8M7WgqApzXVYbLo9aLk-Ts1iiS5nK6UZa4FDAfzXb2_6I6iQGW9uEdI1AdW3K7z04Wjqinr54G/w400-h300/IMG_2209.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cavalry and camelry on the right, the Arab infantry I completed several weeks ago are on the left.</td></tr></tbody></table>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-5175396962262335112024-02-23T21:17:00.005+13:002024-02-23T21:17:40.946+13:00Orcs and Pirates.. <p>Introducing good friend Jon to some HotT (Hordes of the Things) goodness. He enjoyed the opportunity to play something less serious than usu, something light hearted, something with built in laughs. In this case he took my Orcs vs while I played my Pirates (both in 20mm). </p><p>These are just some random shots of the second game we played.. a lot of fun.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkTTEmFbVzsHA2gQe5Eu9FRIsutnHOpiJa1pX9iNwTf84f3c5kVOQ9CNZlWeDc3qtnM4c4y6tHxlWX1fFKzlS2MPrZHRgrRy6Z87i-87I3ziqTFlXzu1RsvdrrkSJBX1oFPLOUYR3Lz4u0NYx1EbTTUEIvL-jmp6T8Hrx3OhyiK8MfkN5S05VbmgCge84/s4032/IMG_2155.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEixkTTEmFbVzsHA2gQe5Eu9FRIsutnHOpiJa1pX9iNwTf84f3c5kVOQ9CNZlWeDc3qtnM4c4y6tHxlWX1fFKzlS2MPrZHRgrRy6Z87i-87I3ziqTFlXzu1RsvdrrkSJBX1oFPLOUYR3Lz4u0NYx1EbTTUEIvL-jmp6T8Hrx3OhyiK8MfkN5S05VbmgCge84/s320/IMG_2155.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9FyCgk9_cQwTcxoZZcOr74bI6jLsxISZt4kOy9vxqpTeTIQzptpAJYeMvljwGh4uNtv5mfZ6QIjq70Y9KAxnlXdFpA8YF10SUVyF381YwILx8Sb96E0lJDtzPvAGUsPHiivJ504CuipOkkNlD1q9CQO19s_MMcUSqy8F_2B-rTQqym3iedYPnqRWTrVM/s4032/IMG_2156.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEib9FyCgk9_cQwTcxoZZcOr74bI6jLsxISZt4kOy9vxqpTeTIQzptpAJYeMvljwGh4uNtv5mfZ6QIjq70Y9KAxnlXdFpA8YF10SUVyF381YwILx8Sb96E0lJDtzPvAGUsPHiivJ504CuipOkkNlD1q9CQO19s_MMcUSqy8F_2B-rTQqym3iedYPnqRWTrVM/s320/IMG_2156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK2L_sjLxL0KSafgUwtH_gPISqUQcPlkifEBIPktsiDOr5Y22HRGfF3rJ2MuH8oJwFUSD25VyV-PDCcVyGRtultlWWZVpRXpYuGnT_fh5iOlsIvNf0WcuI-Vt1gH0GOwcDFeTQSC0PqkCbPB0hPwCbaz7hjEd6vlqrP-JqwBTYoUQHoFhy24r1C-FXY1Y/s4032/IMG_2157.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEiWK2L_sjLxL0KSafgUwtH_gPISqUQcPlkifEBIPktsiDOr5Y22HRGfF3rJ2MuH8oJwFUSD25VyV-PDCcVyGRtultlWWZVpRXpYuGnT_fh5iOlsIvNf0WcuI-Vt1gH0GOwcDFeTQSC0PqkCbPB0hPwCbaz7hjEd6vlqrP-JqwBTYoUQHoFhy24r1C-FXY1Y/s320/IMG_2157.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj6YBVtXJ4wck7WZvz2e9ZFwokrUPGcRTEEAC_41JweXlK4f94mY1qp4vqfsOgJC6o4gQ0sn5uNC-D_FsKkAyY_IEK6fKANJZSZlHl0YAnEkQUZ5cm2Mh1n68M4O1AV2PyBNmHXvEvA94KMC1tz9fTkqmZi5Z-UYAFIAebZ9YXLGedTMKrrpQguS13Oic/s4032/IMG_2158.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEiZj6YBVtXJ4wck7WZvz2e9ZFwokrUPGcRTEEAC_41JweXlK4f94mY1qp4vqfsOgJC6o4gQ0sn5uNC-D_FsKkAyY_IEK6fKANJZSZlHl0YAnEkQUZ5cm2Mh1n68M4O1AV2PyBNmHXvEvA94KMC1tz9fTkqmZi5Z-UYAFIAebZ9YXLGedTMKrrpQguS13Oic/s320/IMG_2158.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8zSIW7dI2c8LFNpk3Zwg5NLSE9VdRuiYt3nd9qZcwsymyrh4Hdw8oDy0C9-_zt77A3wjPqCWN4meD-toSGunQLXrCMHlePCZihHR3VJ4YhtwyOCW9cPJWbH9V5KZqnW60swjZvRLVVwDkIT83czeaD37yuNNN-9-G8DLy85FQpwPm4E_1Rm9V70FL2Oz/s4032/IMG_2159.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEjN8zSIW7dI2c8LFNpk3Zwg5NLSE9VdRuiYt3nd9qZcwsymyrh4Hdw8oDy0C9-_zt77A3wjPqCWN4meD-toSGunQLXrCMHlePCZihHR3VJ4YhtwyOCW9cPJWbH9V5KZqnW60swjZvRLVVwDkIT83czeaD37yuNNN-9-G8DLy85FQpwPm4E_1Rm9V70FL2Oz/s320/IMG_2159.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-72952703423726292142024-02-11T21:24:00.001+13:002024-02-11T21:24:13.791+13:00Arab troops for the Middle East World War 1<p>I've returned to the Middle East 1914-1918 WW1 project, this week with the start of the Arab troops. Here are 9 bases of Arab infantry, all Irregular figures. These could serve with either British or Turkish forces, and of course for the Arab Revolt, which I often felt ought to be called the Wars for Arab Independence. I haven't yet created labels for them.. oh well, soon..</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi88etR_7qSRMxZpd0a57ppP6f5z0ilqPkCvBvKlA8DRmB4J5qkGFBdzjw2_N6BPxqrjkYbL4LNCgEXz-Bm1DP-i4q2XVJCFNyXJBzF22hR9wqTX0ywUnxzLNiV0kHR9oGxeJ6tFSsrbY_9RyWFzJHLJINSVHsZ5d9tgig1kEXjdFbteAIGrI3HuwClf0L/s4032/IMG_2076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi88etR_7qSRMxZpd0a57ppP6f5z0ilqPkCvBvKlA8DRmB4J5qkGFBdzjw2_N6BPxqrjkYbL4LNCgEXz-Bm1DP-i4q2XVJCFNyXJBzF22hR9wqTX0ywUnxzLNiV0kHR9oGxeJ6tFSsrbY_9RyWFzJHLJINSVHsZ5d9tgig1kEXjdFbteAIGrI3HuwClf0L/w400-h300/IMG_2076.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4JBKbSoAKCICgK5cH_M3hWHrJoHY7J3x9QjP-5V0v-v9q9tQoUihH_j1lGOiRK1GmNbs0G8_Xo2zYp7SV9CEgviB9ohd60HO6_jQWXgpmJUPQxFRh4nvZfoz-lpAZrgItQ5zPrcKUjioNLCLScCP60omgMZTz-MlhyCIInzi7nSCb6phKQmRqrxlE-RS/s4032/IMG_2077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4JBKbSoAKCICgK5cH_M3hWHrJoHY7J3x9QjP-5V0v-v9q9tQoUihH_j1lGOiRK1GmNbs0G8_Xo2zYp7SV9CEgviB9ohd60HO6_jQWXgpmJUPQxFRh4nvZfoz-lpAZrgItQ5zPrcKUjioNLCLScCP60omgMZTz-MlhyCIInzi7nSCb6phKQmRqrxlE-RS/w300-h400/IMG_2077.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-22942550374479626052024-02-09T14:14:00.002+13:002024-02-09T14:14:35.282+13:00Somewhere in the Peninsular .. maybe.. 1809 .. maybe<p>Spain, maybe... 1809, maybe... and a semi historical game using my 25mm armies, and the Volley and Bayonet rules. I say maybe, because the forces used included O(for example) British heavy cavalry which were not a feature of Wellington's Peninsular army. But this is only a semi historical game, with a small Spanish force held up in a fortified town complete with star fort, a besieging French force, and a British column on the way to relieve the seige.</p><p>The Spanish began the game occupying the town and fort (Jon's 15mm terrain, and a beautiful piece, too). Their troops were stationary. They were besieged by French troops occupying hasty works. The British relief forces were due to arrive turn three.. The French had 8 game turns in which to eject the Spanish and occupy the town and fort.</p><p>On the first turn Jon's French (including brigades of converged grenadiers M6 shock troops) assaulted the fort.</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/AVvXsEiTByN_94wHKPzTJmBvMJIC_ZDoNq1jHIDg45dDA22ufIoMXvDxiAZ6AR_GX5QCX9GgKm2XtUSc2UakAeuuggmMQhpHeiXlUjHP1osgdx9qItOZDp7SrhKZlxsxcNZ-HqeuXp9DivnNOIwi6StNNJkXZKrK3MI9QkH08Z_brjAZ7ol9Du-_YFmGy5LB_qrB/s4032/IMG_2035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTByN_94wHKPzTJmBvMJIC_ZDoNq1jHIDg45dDA22ufIoMXvDxiAZ6AR_GX5QCX9GgKm2XtUSc2UakAeuuggmMQhpHeiXlUjHP1osgdx9qItOZDp7SrhKZlxsxcNZ-HqeuXp9DivnNOIwi6StNNJkXZKrK3MI9QkH08Z_brjAZ7ol9Du-_YFmGy5LB_qrB/w400-h300/IMG_2035.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Turn 1 French assault on the Spanish.. soundly defeated</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The first assault was defeated, the net result was an entire French division going into morale collapse.<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/AVvXsEgx-cAS7nN87LXnebO7a6RV7UagOMV1bsb5nqf1QbDznit-fMPjUf6JsWI0PeeWZAQBZ8MIQXqpeUG-1-ty9KE3EdbyuWoy8ozWkwjoi2yJOWFVJode9TyXk8U8HJUAQuVeXp1EfrRtgN_rtAaneToXhg8jUBxIX-lpiR-4v4WlEaDgwwdOkbVfgl4QnuBC/s4032/IMG_2036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-cAS7nN87LXnebO7a6RV7UagOMV1bsb5nqf1QbDznit-fMPjUf6JsWI0PeeWZAQBZ8MIQXqpeUG-1-ty9KE3EdbyuWoy8ozWkwjoi2yJOWFVJode9TyXk8U8HJUAQuVeXp1EfrRtgN_rtAaneToXhg8jUBxIX-lpiR-4v4WlEaDgwwdOkbVfgl4QnuBC/w400-h300/IMG_2036.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up of the first assault, which included a charge by a brigade of French Chasseurs, top right</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rBFaso-lHGrKSzb-UBmeNxIWzOJCPous6e7PKSGq2tU6__EoLDLuGmpWS8ud3OVBFN9VwPYm-ciFunNQlrtADvEI-LtUSq8fcl0kOmuYjUr9bm7icMl8Fg7BuO2h7KnWTj5nDe8RRDZh6gavTEwjJBblDt_Yw3T7kin2-Vv-39X6e8UrDgQMDI5P0CeY/s4032/IMG_2037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rBFaso-lHGrKSzb-UBmeNxIWzOJCPous6e7PKSGq2tU6__EoLDLuGmpWS8ud3OVBFN9VwPYm-ciFunNQlrtADvEI-LtUSq8fcl0kOmuYjUr9bm7icMl8Fg7BuO2h7KnWTj5nDe8RRDZh6gavTEwjJBblDt_Yw3T7kin2-Vv-39X6e8UrDgQMDI5P0CeY/w400-h300/IMG_2037.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></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/AVvXsEhqmv-n6in8P6t9KWj56l3bg2_C2ZtZKbQUDZZdl4p3214XKRg5LCAlVdZcJKDjnrkdg9SJdJs_M2J5cOJr9xyhbI5pglomX1QGl54mKHVOQKai3fY8xFWdgIK7O7SAHlv0AUneRIg6_EtmWD6Pv7MrPVteKxLBB01JUgo_V0peBtbHQJ1shi7_RLVfTtQR/s4032/IMG_2038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmv-n6in8P6t9KWj56l3bg2_C2ZtZKbQUDZZdl4p3214XKRg5LCAlVdZcJKDjnrkdg9SJdJs_M2J5cOJr9xyhbI5pglomX1QGl54mKHVOQKai3fY8xFWdgIK7O7SAHlv0AUneRIg6_EtmWD6Pv7MrPVteKxLBB01JUgo_V0peBtbHQJ1shi7_RLVfTtQR/w400-h300/IMG_2038.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Spanish had occupied an outlying village on the left with a single regiment. The aim was to draw French troops away form the main works, buying time for the relief column to arrive. The French however eject the Spanish in turn 2.</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/AVvXsEi3zTjthkNFh3Uitr-OgpJJ8pCUGoLpw_Of8TKDwXa-N54Ut6lC-xblb8UXg3pbPkzhzgvvOH21UxoPvkFH0BunS6JQgEgmc4lbeX-AzojOVY4kg69bpUDYXgyG8sMIDrc8KgC_Jwh0M_k1LYnosA3OM3Wct6qsKartAVAKXKxibq3tPslc2QMysY3HDQzt/s4032/IMG_2039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zTjthkNFh3Uitr-OgpJJ8pCUGoLpw_Of8TKDwXa-N54Ut6lC-xblb8UXg3pbPkzhzgvvOH21UxoPvkFH0BunS6JQgEgmc4lbeX-AzojOVY4kg69bpUDYXgyG8sMIDrc8KgC_Jwh0M_k1LYnosA3OM3Wct6qsKartAVAKXKxibq3tPslc2QMysY3HDQzt/w400-h300/IMG_2039.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two successive assaults by the French on the right flank of the fort see the right flank defending Spanish division exhausted, with a single defending regiment remaining</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/AVvXsEgNY0zza2v4Wg07HirT3OMGUBKXHDi0fQQG4DCf63XI3vu9qhmJwLA-KQBCq2JZIoljDHqT9DQIdX49aBxzUtJ3amjgrlshXDc2tQkrPZU9dFuE5dKQc7PwO9s7AdCmhHe4wGCuqYKmVENbJ11NcP48utK5YDP94IfQpRijqP2xpebzVZTA65zYljfsRsal/s4032/IMG_2040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNY0zza2v4Wg07HirT3OMGUBKXHDi0fQQG4DCf63XI3vu9qhmJwLA-KQBCq2JZIoljDHqT9DQIdX49aBxzUtJ3amjgrlshXDc2tQkrPZU9dFuE5dKQc7PwO9s7AdCmhHe4wGCuqYKmVENbJ11NcP48utK5YDP94IfQpRijqP2xpebzVZTA65zYljfsRsal/w400-h300/IMG_2040.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The British relief column arrives, the cavalry taking the left to pin a force of French cavalry.</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/AVvXsEh6updeBmBPJykYSXoW94sjPxuurXQYTkj2sjTt5joSBowi5_GlV1JNjVfyFTwX__JLXarlM-P6jvLt0sjXSGrR02TvW6eVjK2nyY-ekWkplaJEbXj6xT8pbZc5oslXmsOgvdUmZ26XjdHzYXCo0XJrrwehF86MJBcB21zXzascxiF5u42jszeOHqw3_Vow/s4032/IMG_2042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6updeBmBPJykYSXoW94sjPxuurXQYTkj2sjTt5joSBowi5_GlV1JNjVfyFTwX__JLXarlM-P6jvLt0sjXSGrR02TvW6eVjK2nyY-ekWkplaJEbXj6xT8pbZc5oslXmsOgvdUmZ26XjdHzYXCo0XJrrwehF86MJBcB21zXzascxiF5u42jszeOHqw3_Vow/w400-h300/IMG_2042.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French forces fighting their way into the fort on the 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/AVvXsEicISQsuNMLpcartbL4Z2G2UW8JT6SgnR2iMarfJMB8QPzr7-c04OSUkg-PywVWXpik-SPHpuT4kmi6WKMg2HdySlDf9BOCJdEyWwNsyyNFKRJorBkTvHlm61EXAp4B5pGnt1RQYarU-KHY1OTFpyCuMgqUZpYDbHIsIbjs2gBcclRJS5BAUPMMZH4UlaPJ/s4032/IMG_2047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicISQsuNMLpcartbL4Z2G2UW8JT6SgnR2iMarfJMB8QPzr7-c04OSUkg-PywVWXpik-SPHpuT4kmi6WKMg2HdySlDf9BOCJdEyWwNsyyNFKRJorBkTvHlm61EXAp4B5pGnt1RQYarU-KHY1OTFpyCuMgqUZpYDbHIsIbjs2gBcclRJS5BAUPMMZH4UlaPJ/w400-h300/IMG_2047.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The relief column assaults the French forces holding the outlying village on the Spanish left</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/AVvXsEhEQrcTbk75RzdGhNKQp9o-LTbJQQJe3qgqbWYqhlYKED9pZbPvn4qiCUSwwMw5jd2LoU21nsGSlwN_N0GEyVbNFkDO3iUBzgQqNrFmEh2XADa374riUSuK7zz0Btt6fY8C6mQnqzLcJu_mxJQEqStqzPoZORvWmz7bI9Z7q-pKAdEwJA4oEZUMKQfm3F9p/s4032/IMG_2048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQrcTbk75RzdGhNKQp9o-LTbJQQJe3qgqbWYqhlYKED9pZbPvn4qiCUSwwMw5jd2LoU21nsGSlwN_N0GEyVbNFkDO3iUBzgQqNrFmEh2XADa374riUSuK7zz0Btt6fY8C6mQnqzLcJu_mxJQEqStqzPoZORvWmz7bI9Z7q-pKAdEwJA4oEZUMKQfm3F9p/w400-h300/IMG_2048.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French infantry are now swarming into the fort.. the end is near for the few remaining Spanish defenders</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/AVvXsEjrhFRCrrPWW2_vVbvfrW-Y-THzhACps9y69kuuRq0KX8SH5ZxZzvoLd5R0wv1Gy3Lpk4JFaaTQHGE67_n4mV_PfgfBhhQqJGeRLNK9vABhfcG5PsCMfkJSMtPnkpwPpQeGjVFrqPpOGqH8ht01NaHIdPeU_XwPddoJtsZpbaH2V1SWnicmi63DIjQbZVdM/s4032/IMG_2049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhFRCrrPWW2_vVbvfrW-Y-THzhACps9y69kuuRq0KX8SH5ZxZzvoLd5R0wv1Gy3Lpk4JFaaTQHGE67_n4mV_PfgfBhhQqJGeRLNK9vABhfcG5PsCMfkJSMtPnkpwPpQeGjVFrqPpOGqH8ht01NaHIdPeU_XwPddoJtsZpbaH2V1SWnicmi63DIjQbZVdM/w400-h300/IMG_2049.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French cavalry pinning the British cavalry</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/AVvXsEh72oYy7lDhH2nD2NA0b12cyurT2wF_Iw-RFAgnWXdqkh7_wWFkUzcPjk99-D8zgWC6FsQnpt1oUa4bxaIxKXLsS5SX_IZXIbOQs9Wu31lSvhtQ-rhLygM43YF_eXrinTn4zYcieMn90cnHaDfDivs9Qgj2LS26cjDYt0196F8YzzwQNonmEG8Et3HA3XrW/s4032/IMG_2050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72oYy7lDhH2nD2NA0b12cyurT2wF_Iw-RFAgnWXdqkh7_wWFkUzcPjk99-D8zgWC6FsQnpt1oUa4bxaIxKXLsS5SX_IZXIbOQs9Wu31lSvhtQ-rhLygM43YF_eXrinTn4zYcieMn90cnHaDfDivs9Qgj2LS26cjDYt0196F8YzzwQNonmEG8Et3HA3XrW/w400-h300/IMG_2050.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aforementioned British cavalry ..</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEiHiQmRkCGarjwDpAwWb8AXCBXwT6on78ILirmi6t2-mBKqGc9NajT5blfnNw4kRVcc_53shT1LdFA18IKroTJ_r8OG_bBYIVlSWDufZozVlSXygcouRlNty4zS5RcQZHDR4gNjTRYyaCfGvMVO7PcOe7St0J2xoGm78dmuE_WoovRNdM96RwqgvKMqhieb/s4032/IMG_2051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiQmRkCGarjwDpAwWb8AXCBXwT6on78ILirmi6t2-mBKqGc9NajT5blfnNw4kRVcc_53shT1LdFA18IKroTJ_r8OG_bBYIVlSWDufZozVlSXygcouRlNty4zS5RcQZHDR4gNjTRYyaCfGvMVO7PcOe7St0J2xoGm78dmuE_WoovRNdM96RwqgvKMqhieb/w400-h300/IMG_2051.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the two Spanish defending batteries in the fort remains... but not for long</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0TWQZwIWLRPwcHM4XY59_2veMe0rXvubbMuR0hL6wYArp8imwc7ENhWOtDCPdcutfzm685HsC7Y6VzHJSzovLlpCpC2i68lM0i1lTZofzKJNkb59xnJjkUDJWIsqmDZf1n1TIuT-9nuRjq4yDLT7_5uoJ0XcwEvnIuSaFoeLEECN3w3VU7RcvKUWLEYG/s4032/IMG_2056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0TWQZwIWLRPwcHM4XY59_2veMe0rXvubbMuR0hL6wYArp8imwc7ENhWOtDCPdcutfzm685HsC7Y6VzHJSzovLlpCpC2i68lM0i1lTZofzKJNkb59xnJjkUDJWIsqmDZf1n1TIuT-9nuRjq4yDLT7_5uoJ0XcwEvnIuSaFoeLEECN3w3VU7RcvKUWLEYG/w300-h400/IMG_2056.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French infantry are now completely in control of the fort and town</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbHXbI9yRzVXNzFSAEvKcOlQSeAUBf3upqGdOXH1FR5EdAUGFH58CNONtx0QJ9HqfmnEwJh1WWPRwkIkwKmdwMiBPK3t9syL4wjAEBsV0IsN8HOTwHTchVp9W7j8gz8rZvOJVJttS1NZJFhFoOrQxvZN77atOQKmbEj_keQQz_yfoJWnFaXnL_dSMKS39/s4032/IMG_2057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbHXbI9yRzVXNzFSAEvKcOlQSeAUBf3upqGdOXH1FR5EdAUGFH58CNONtx0QJ9HqfmnEwJh1WWPRwkIkwKmdwMiBPK3t9syL4wjAEBsV0IsN8HOTwHTchVp9W7j8gz8rZvOJVJttS1NZJFhFoOrQxvZN77atOQKmbEj_keQQz_yfoJWnFaXnL_dSMKS39/w300-h400/IMG_2057.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>This is turn 6, and it is clear that the British relief column has failed to relieve the Spanish force which has been completely eliminated. In addition, with only two game turns left there is no chance that the British can retake the fort.</p><p>The game was fascinating. When Jon suffered one division exhausted in his first turn assault things didn't look hopeful for the French. However as we learn repeatedly with Volley and Bayonet, 'it ain't over 'til it's over'... </p></div>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-2069688966010394672024-02-01T20:31:00.002+13:002024-02-01T20:31:48.171+13:00An 'aircraft carrier' for HotT.. one final naval element<p>Can you ever have too much of a good thing? Well maybe. There was a craze went around the 'modelling' web a year of two ago for building space ships from clothes pegs... it eventually went quiet, but not before folk had demonstrated some wonderful creativity.</p><p>Having created three 'naval' elements for my HotT armies, I had the bug, but realised this was not something that could go on forever. However I wanted to create just one more.. a matter of indulging the creativity, and the old fashioned model building, rather than any necessary desire to create elements for the games, simply because I had enjoyed the process and the challenges so much. After all we have not yet trialled the 'naval' rules, so have no guarantee that this will actually work.</p><p>That said, as friend Jon and I have discussed, this is a hobby of multiple dimensions, one is the gaming, and another is the modelling. So .. given that in our 'mind's eyes' these naval elements are likened to airboats, it did seem reasonable that one of the elements should be some sort of 'VSF aircraft carrier'. Aren't airboats about projecting airpower? This is it.</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/AVvXsEgavXCXKPxzlZNo-DKSVQshf1myidwnqzJASk35nRAwkKEEHezy7G6mY0r_bKUxWfo54MPqNLnRuQINqN-g50_Nf6Qpf8ILmWmHAKVla0dnhKYR9Q2TcHxYSM5vyck0F6IE0aja7G3XNBR40VVH7LO1Ik8rmQ4gt5zlor3M2hOo23iSlO-lIy07s7J3cvdK/s1920/IMG_1990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavXCXKPxzlZNo-DKSVQshf1myidwnqzJASk35nRAwkKEEHezy7G6mY0r_bKUxWfo54MPqNLnRuQINqN-g50_Nf6Qpf8ILmWmHAKVla0dnhKYR9Q2TcHxYSM5vyck0F6IE0aja7G3XNBR40VVH7LO1Ik8rmQ4gt5zlor3M2hOo23iSlO-lIy07s7J3cvdK/w400-h225/IMG_1990.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The core of the ship based on a couple of shapes carved from core board.</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/AVvXsEi2abswy_8b6zCSA4p92pcr_79goRGvYo-i2g_EMcOmGwHwv9vdpgzwbGnRau2PPtYP8B0MFim20qk8VNkBUwS2OW33rnShDvjco2fWFapTJdHAbLhDh4zLX9Jm4SBMiINME7EvdwN_Ml3aH5rg7VEfuaDMEASE2ExThAM45TDyc8Dd-YSCe5JGS6oxZq6h/s1920/IMG_1991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2abswy_8b6zCSA4p92pcr_79goRGvYo-i2g_EMcOmGwHwv9vdpgzwbGnRau2PPtYP8B0MFim20qk8VNkBUwS2OW33rnShDvjco2fWFapTJdHAbLhDh4zLX9Jm4SBMiINME7EvdwN_Ml3aH5rg7VEfuaDMEASE2ExThAM45TDyc8Dd-YSCe5JGS6oxZq6h/w400-h225/IMG_1991.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The core is 'clad' in light card. I wanted some sort of pseudo- carrier/dreadnought (a bit of a cliche, I guess), so it needed gun turrets down each side</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/AVvXsEj17c4_vi6_vhjYHtST8ggcVeIzjkDneqzG7-sF-7SaOSTGNCY3xvfR8mkXT9hddvBw9SrpW4Iy3cuY_9RDe3shlj8Yx805J1QxPZrlyBLCGWBIwOjjWyzU3rO4VR5bp95Go4SxiVNg5LKt8Dl1U2_CH6ANhBPY1_QsqM5xpY4a6no4yKOD0oBp8t5eo7im/s1920/IMG_1992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17c4_vi6_vhjYHtST8ggcVeIzjkDneqzG7-sF-7SaOSTGNCY3xvfR8mkXT9hddvBw9SrpW4Iy3cuY_9RDe3shlj8Yx805J1QxPZrlyBLCGWBIwOjjWyzU3rO4VR5bp95Go4SxiVNg5LKt8Dl1U2_CH6ANhBPY1_QsqM5xpY4a6no4yKOD0oBp8t5eo7im/w225-h400/IMG_1992.JPG" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flight deck is added</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilziCtzu0iUMwrdYFp2NOhjgEnt5KKuUc45ChcYV8qBZ_BNxBhUg8mmk81jLpj6B3dfMw0amh31Btapm1pwSZnSUgntA58Yv2E7TmWbVgY8uGHIoOoieQ8JFVdNZdWR2HaWwltGETwh00xkkYI7XoIA1kQi54ARhkyID9aQm6BFRtvZI9j2Z6iIp2rQZHB/s4032/IMG_2015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilziCtzu0iUMwrdYFp2NOhjgEnt5KKuUc45ChcYV8qBZ_BNxBhUg8mmk81jLpj6B3dfMw0amh31Btapm1pwSZnSUgntA58Yv2E7TmWbVgY8uGHIoOoieQ8JFVdNZdWR2HaWwltGETwh00xkkYI7XoIA1kQi54ARhkyID9aQm6BFRtvZI9j2Z6iIp2rQZHB/w400-h300/IMG_2015.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final products, from left to right an orc ship, two VSF ships, and a VSF submarine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This has been one of those projects that hasn't necessarily been 'gaming focussed, but a lot of fun. The project engaged some good old fashioned imagination, and model making skills, using spares, scraps, and recycled materials.. the sort of thing I love most. I am pleased with the final products, and am looking forward to seeing some of these on the table. Now I just hope we can generate some 'naval' rules that work. Watch this space.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-85743649797715085202024-01-27T16:30:00.002+13:002024-01-27T16:30:53.951+13:00Orc ships .... ahoy!!<p>This interest in modelling possible naval elements for the HotT (Hordes of the Things) armies isn't abating (even though we haven't yet tested the possible 'naval rule add-ons' we've come up with). I had thought for a while about the next element, and decided that something that might suit the Orc army would be a good idea. I must confess to having something of the stereotypical mental image with random bolted steel plates, crooked engineering, big guns, and of course red, all the result of exposure to the concepts of a large miniatures company which shall remain nameless.</p><p>Anyway, here it is.... step by step.</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/AVvXsEhmET7rdJW3OG-At9qBNs-hFfn5Wu28z7EPtkqjXo-yjnQ1EuWWpRyCrOm-wVlRRt9Pcysv2KC5sCC_0E9X2r7HgcZhBEfYPGQ6gWW3LkhzybrPe9ojS_sxuKowBWzav8f3CLihNeYIfisrnes7XeNDUD_WS23Zcg_SDnO3Gyqd7d1GtpU-ug74qXDB5437/s4032/IMG_1956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmET7rdJW3OG-At9qBNs-hFfn5Wu28z7EPtkqjXo-yjnQ1EuWWpRyCrOm-wVlRRt9Pcysv2KC5sCC_0E9X2r7HgcZhBEfYPGQ6gWW3LkhzybrPe9ojS_sxuKowBWzav8f3CLihNeYIfisrnes7XeNDUD_WS23Zcg_SDnO3Gyqd7d1GtpU-ug74qXDB5437/w300-h400/IMG_1956.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hull template, cut to ensure that there is somerthing approaching symmetry between the two sides of the hull</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuagw9T7htDwZdJ0zounfdzMkIDujZwBLqlVYc__iqyEhZiXKIFW5X1jcx4qaVlTcgLfZAMUhmiEBUkmgYnxcGFcRfO7_T3ElTPcNFzMoHZtA6bQQicKTrsubsMeDOvZWuY0BbjUo8nsJvuruQR8N8krCrhVZ_Yp4UAYa8pEHQbEBjfLJRkoMOs7OeL9C/w400-h300/IMG_1967.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Based on heavy card, using 'No More Gaps' to contour the waves</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/AVvXsEiMVMRvCUa-I7AC3CBu5wmX4rCnfz35L9F0AQyAaUsJOScsCID1_VQ5B4lrhSwJ96yt4DOIlvozOkfFYYeye9BxUAsyTHCUGAzyakfJ1BB2bNpM4JDWDaUVFQ2GjELAio_PQ7ED021aBTWqG-0BCpjPq4bvaoF2jtYPHM7-P3_4m2Ifvxmkx8pY9pYXsrPZ/s4032/IMG_1968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVMRvCUa-I7AC3CBu5wmX4rCnfz35L9F0AQyAaUsJOScsCID1_VQ5B4lrhSwJ96yt4DOIlvozOkfFYYeye9BxUAsyTHCUGAzyakfJ1BB2bNpM4JDWDaUVFQ2GjELAio_PQ7ED021aBTWqG-0BCpjPq4bvaoF2jtYPHM7-P3_4m2Ifvxmkx8pY9pYXsrPZ/w300-h400/IMG_1968.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this stage I felt that the model still lacked something, so proceeded to give it a couple of crooked funnels, and a little deck 'furniture'. just to pad it out a little. See the final photos for details.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Below are photos of the finished product, an Orc ship suitable for bashing and shooting.. as all good Orcs will know. The triangular sail was part of the remains of a small model of the Cutty Sark, most of which has disappeared in the mists of time, but some of which was still to be found in the bottom of my 50 year old 'spares box'.. and as any modeller knows, the spares boxes of old modellers are a veritable treasure trove.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z5i43DG4TAIwv5N9WI7Cep8ZtlH8CmP4pnwkvFhecb5Czws7qWnNpai8k7ckIBTdqVAAfZnbXXUGIOf2XWhU7dYI2SgrunZk6Tjvs_6xy_sB3QLfntPDov2Ixgu_4eJ_aUdQVFbNGDmjfT_WLdJBYlE29kVDMnEJceHummSrexaFbVCUN7yFmgSEX4Hl/s4032/IMG_1977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Z5i43DG4TAIwv5N9WI7Cep8ZtlH8CmP4pnwkvFhecb5Czws7qWnNpai8k7ckIBTdqVAAfZnbXXUGIOf2XWhU7dYI2SgrunZk6Tjvs_6xy_sB3QLfntPDov2Ixgu_4eJ_aUdQVFbNGDmjfT_WLdJBYlE29kVDMnEJceHummSrexaFbVCUN7yFmgSEX4Hl/w400-h300/IMG_1977.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkpBcumoMleX6QBMwEd-cc27sIB6WemClP7H3PX105GwWkzxw0YcYwYq8iiwtGvHvyLX1Jg0DKG7Ar4QsEurRG67HJCg1kF8EWL5h8fi_mBXQ6wg1Xpd9J09YZif__v6Xl5h7Zt5M-1JVCMTGmHgGNNYpzBml5RBlb3474K6ZZapYqKlOGq-kB7WM4LMW/s4032/IMG_1978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkpBcumoMleX6QBMwEd-cc27sIB6WemClP7H3PX105GwWkzxw0YcYwYq8iiwtGvHvyLX1Jg0DKG7Ar4QsEurRG67HJCg1kF8EWL5h8fi_mBXQ6wg1Xpd9J09YZif__v6Xl5h7Zt5M-1JVCMTGmHgGNNYpzBml5RBlb3474K6ZZapYqKlOGq-kB7WM4LMW/w400-h300/IMG_1978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKvKthvvgrTd98uTZN7ACRQAklFFIxPVSHIqNPi_1m82zosEvFrAstKHOyslr5580MiWxcU85GA-zqGl7GR2TvY7-J5Qqo4rGqe6H34LpVGyHjAHb7MA3v03lfcUBJHD8rMEOCDVt8yW0VQYdu58H3k6gKZqYk0pc91-q8w6FI4AwjrX7uoXMKMvzYabN/s4032/IMG_1979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKvKthvvgrTd98uTZN7ACRQAklFFIxPVSHIqNPi_1m82zosEvFrAstKHOyslr5580MiWxcU85GA-zqGl7GR2TvY7-J5Qqo4rGqe6H34LpVGyHjAHb7MA3v03lfcUBJHD8rMEOCDVt8yW0VQYdu58H3k6gKZqYk0pc91-q8w6FI4AwjrX7uoXMKMvzYabN/w400-h300/IMG_1979.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDCEeyVSt_1V_K02rkwYhGJG5SGIGvfiRfAJfbZRA2VO5Y7S7N3-k0ncFi3-PI-a4KlXLlq37NYzEPUp5WpXxj_o8pciQKzXF6tUPj3YcOhBjixGZhfhfjwtJtOp9aSZlyFLbGVu2PccgtYAgFbbfOqKZxV5_hXZJE7XKBdgXMsHyRQ4k6cUDfoLIJzds/s4032/IMG_1980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDCEeyVSt_1V_K02rkwYhGJG5SGIGvfiRfAJfbZRA2VO5Y7S7N3-k0ncFi3-PI-a4KlXLlq37NYzEPUp5WpXxj_o8pciQKzXF6tUPj3YcOhBjixGZhfhfjwtJtOp9aSZlyFLbGVu2PccgtYAgFbbfOqKZxV5_hXZJE7XKBdgXMsHyRQ4k6cUDfoLIJzds/w400-h300/IMG_1980.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I guess we really are going to have to try out the 'naval' rules (which as mentioned previously have been largely based on Phil Barker's DBR rules). If we think they work (and at this stage I can't see why the won't), then will publish them for anyone to use.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-88040056192474935442024-01-20T14:30:00.002+13:002024-01-20T15:33:11.664+13:00World War 2 in 20mm: A nostalgic view (4)<p>This is the fourth and last part of my WW2 wargames nostalgia series in which I feature the accumulated German forces. The core of this army was a collection I bought from friend Scott who had built the base of a later war German army. </p><p>I had mentioned that little if any of this kit has been used on the table. I realised that wasn't quite true, as I have been playing <a href="https://wargamingnz.blogspot.com/2023/01/crossfire-action-in-italy.html">a few Crossfire games</a> using the infantry of the various nationalities. I rate Crossfire as one of the best systems I have ever played - innovative, fast paced, giving a semblance of similarity to real world action that I've not seen in any other wargames rules. That said, I'm not very good at the game .... oh well.. and of course anyone is entitled to enjoy any rules set they like. </p><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/AVvXsEgAj-vo1fcmXaL7p8zDH_I9M5AjB7xtkwi8zj-KxufqlThvsYdrUCGHfmxOTCheIlxLdvFrGvWkN5_yEfKFiA0Lzjnqh60lTLebrVhVUHO1mXkKzyIzIJWyaEgPDgrXLkGeLsH2wG68sbI5xTG1kZTV4iFUFBtFM0hq3SgeNrIVSkzCqwnstm6RL7q-gfnn/s4032/IMG_1933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAj-vo1fcmXaL7p8zDH_I9M5AjB7xtkwi8zj-KxufqlThvsYdrUCGHfmxOTCheIlxLdvFrGvWkN5_yEfKFiA0Lzjnqh60lTLebrVhVUHO1mXkKzyIzIJWyaEgPDgrXLkGeLsH2wG68sbI5xTG1kZTV4iFUFBtFM0hq3SgeNrIVSkzCqwnstm6RL7q-gfnn/w300-h400/IMG_1933.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Spearhead terms, that's a regiment of infantry, and also an armoured (Gepanzert) infantry regiment.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkRMFsHdNS4WvO06djdKGHxfRLM7OJmLhUWbmzTsVRC4_Gqr2xsGwHYCe5g3vXup6_nBNyHhRR3k3q35LWzvb5Jg7YNM0t5nexUv32xQeDBAmaGg5hLmiWj7A8P7qMoTm9RaGqAdc_Lpwzg5aP6Wb99uoLXGxtB9FW5OwwMyDqPHEekwxapsngm1Jikib/w400-h300/IMG_1936.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p> The collection contains equipment for early, mid, and late, war options.</p><p><br /></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/AVvXsEhJR7dfWq16B21gIp3-NgnQtfN4YGKzAqSHQZnHO0CmaupL-EEQDW73yC_7joFxk4XpJvwfZvr8EMyWWhjrLY0w6_TxLRX1OGmNF3_tjNmWD1hcfPTBqVMsrSTIK8nykP4rVK3LH2OSfJftW_IJno7c_tv4ZJtWrsnGueRrzBV3tQVWaIFOQpkzg5pdKNBt/s4032/IMG_1937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR7dfWq16B21gIp3-NgnQtfN4YGKzAqSHQZnHO0CmaupL-EEQDW73yC_7joFxk4XpJvwfZvr8EMyWWhjrLY0w6_TxLRX1OGmNF3_tjNmWD1hcfPTBqVMsrSTIK8nykP4rVK3LH2OSfJftW_IJno7c_tv4ZJtWrsnGueRrzBV3tQVWaIFOQpkzg5pdKNBt/w300-h400/IMG_1937.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Late war armour... this stuff really has never been out on the table under my command</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/AVvXsEhOOBgq_057E7bR1P0PRTADJl8eW687PkSV0CGGZkqyEPC4Vizvjjg8wCLxnm6yuM0fIe0cLukwt_x4YYRl_sEQcKC2ZCrDxGOR0eT472GHHeHWnXJZFFZG7vv4f55iT5qwL1HYGVNBSBs99q-Tx37gp78eLfGoQ0YsnyHjjY-O9gKA0ZXlOrfX9t7hZmfL/s4032/IMG_1938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOBgq_057E7bR1P0PRTADJl8eW687PkSV0CGGZkqyEPC4Vizvjjg8wCLxnm6yuM0fIe0cLukwt_x4YYRl_sEQcKC2ZCrDxGOR0eT472GHHeHWnXJZFFZG7vv4f55iT5qwL1HYGVNBSBs99q-Tx37gp78eLfGoQ0YsnyHjjY-O9gKA0ZXlOrfX9t7hZmfL/w300-h400/IMG_1938.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott did a lovely job of this camouflage pattern</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/AVvXsEhket6cJkpoJbZC56vVC1kde3wzbULVgkwo298TN7zvhuZG4dmG9C8xYt312vC2QYephfi3QnNuoD7Xl1-8MK9_LxjLEFnS8GUuZltSnstcfUn2R4R0ZNbvH_4gpbD970aQoJlsPbiz2j4STB312TKLHZaBGVOVn3AiuGhADroSL5A95dx6rpHL3eIaZnNN/s4032/IMG_1939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhket6cJkpoJbZC56vVC1kde3wzbULVgkwo298TN7zvhuZG4dmG9C8xYt312vC2QYephfi3QnNuoD7Xl1-8MK9_LxjLEFnS8GUuZltSnstcfUn2R4R0ZNbvH_4gpbD970aQoJlsPbiz2j4STB312TKLHZaBGVOVn3AiuGhADroSL5A95dx6rpHL3eIaZnNN/w300-h400/IMG_1939.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mid and late war kit, Pz III's and IV's, and a range of StuG's .. oops, a gun barrel is off...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQro1XjDhWP-t4v8y38uRBuZGDDdBTWhKMCuR7Xjn_T7mLE9DraifncViuVJSjFicvEZVwdKfXy8LxYWBWHc_Fu7P9C8H7A5Bsi6ESBBI02G0WwdT4RnbOH3TUzXzQ_8kTNqGCzBqiF_pIJg2XA92BlhgFcyB_FGMniMXcvvIRw5rrFytCUKbDnbEVE3X/s4032/IMG_1940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQro1XjDhWP-t4v8y38uRBuZGDDdBTWhKMCuR7Xjn_T7mLE9DraifncViuVJSjFicvEZVwdKfXy8LxYWBWHc_Fu7P9C8H7A5Bsi6ESBBI02G0WwdT4RnbOH3TUzXzQ_8kTNqGCzBqiF_pIJg2XA92BlhgFcyB_FGMniMXcvvIRw5rrFytCUKbDnbEVE3X/w300-h400/IMG_1940.JPG" width="300" /></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/AVvXsEhFu9Awj3OYR-xHTgbQkXlXs7PCUFLTBeRcxRfh0CYRX9uWk3ycFgJS4mUuEoAcBCDZmK18uN2J9ns3gKsnLG707TWoHnqaxWgY3jObWo5sO4XuTkzvMdi5t3fMkVSA_PVLwi-vTah3mfvHqXNDAbDZl8jUuUv6R2DZlTWrNDdAmtPPF1kLVJx8MXFTqxj7/s4032/IMG_1941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFu9Awj3OYR-xHTgbQkXlXs7PCUFLTBeRcxRfh0CYRX9uWk3ycFgJS4mUuEoAcBCDZmK18uN2J9ns3gKsnLG707TWoHnqaxWgY3jObWo5sO4XuTkzvMdi5t3fMkVSA_PVLwi-vTah3mfvHqXNDAbDZl8jUuUv6R2DZlTWrNDdAmtPPF1kLVJx8MXFTqxj7/w300-h400/IMG_1941.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Air support - an Airfix Stuka. The canopy needs some repair work there.</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/AVvXsEidUJ9q1KVMsSsdtSBdz3-vmtKRzwdlec6K97xrCLf1uFTAqtEBkJfX1F3gKirV3DQ39aPfY_YtWwFEXvK741hq-Ns25RvbwcCro-dwJEYoYuaGP-tU0xv97iyQQTvVvsB1a7v-gBGvsN5dOeAHo59QcOsnspLiHGAmJhdLsHA6nZnedrrKMebgFBMKYmuc/s4032/IMG_1943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUJ9q1KVMsSsdtSBdz3-vmtKRzwdlec6K97xrCLf1uFTAqtEBkJfX1F3gKirV3DQ39aPfY_YtWwFEXvK741hq-Ns25RvbwcCro-dwJEYoYuaGP-tU0xv97iyQQTvVvsB1a7v-gBGvsN5dOeAHo59QcOsnspLiHGAmJhdLsHA6nZnedrrKMebgFBMKYmuc/w300-h400/IMG_1943.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early war armour, including some PzI's. In Spearhead we found close assaulting enemy infantry was a good use for them, provided there was of course no enemy armour around which took priority under the SH target priority rules</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The early war equipment has seen some limited table use ..<a href="https://wargamingnz.blogspot.com/2018/09/france-1940-20mm-action.html"> see the AAR here</a> and <a href="https://wargamingnz.blogspot.com/2020/05/somewhere-near-crimea-1941-spearhead.html">here</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHDx23icbp3dL9pHjqu5zW-C5d6_o6Dnd_973EVaaq8Ls9UUvuiKb-Yr4Ry6yHTAb3xeYRbJG28IsezzE-4Om_BddNlE8h6eIIqx4x81HBzUzonQc09AZHxgwuxOP3hQr76EIoKnCEgj9QlpzeUu4ZIvRoV2f6Rl0_6zFQInrVC9T8ES2wkY9vVZlbqW5/s4032/IMG_1944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHDx23icbp3dL9pHjqu5zW-C5d6_o6Dnd_973EVaaq8Ls9UUvuiKb-Yr4Ry6yHTAb3xeYRbJG28IsezzE-4Om_BddNlE8h6eIIqx4x81HBzUzonQc09AZHxgwuxOP3hQr76EIoKnCEgj9QlpzeUu4ZIvRoV2f6Rl0_6zFQInrVC9T8ES2wkY9vVZlbqW5/w300-h400/IMG_1944.JPG" width="300" /></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/AVvXsEi_XIXHlSjgP01b6ly_Z9KD9wTvvdZBXF3mcZApAx31a_5sej9MiKIts2tBPC9r1EZDlszTy-khkqVCrNd2-ebaoJAX4Qk9bgRdFBKXidrqibzibjHJ0shlJ-TQ9ZqXIM9GuJHLLBIh8GtSMBntjVQeuh5odSubt8J6WxzaHUbY7eDZIDzF-odIIqeloeK8/s4032/IMG_1945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XIXHlSjgP01b6ly_Z9KD9wTvvdZBXF3mcZApAx31a_5sej9MiKIts2tBPC9r1EZDlszTy-khkqVCrNd2-ebaoJAX4Qk9bgRdFBKXidrqibzibjHJ0shlJ-TQ9ZqXIM9GuJHLLBIh8GtSMBntjVQeuh5odSubt8J6WxzaHUbY7eDZIDzF-odIIqeloeK8/w300-h400/IMG_1945.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An additional box of sundry 'bits' .. again, never seen action on the table.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I began wargaming in 1971 with good friend Pete. This whole 20mm WW2 thing began at that time, with the first Russians assembled and painted that year. It's hard to think that it's been over 50 years of hobby'ing, with all of the painting and modelling challenges, and all those games. Some have been wonderful, some less pleasant. I'd have to say that 'less pleasant' I've found to be best defined by the nature of the opponent, not the nature of the outcome of the game. I've played bad losers, and bad winners, both equally repugnant. I played an opponent in a national competition who, on losing the game to me, through an entire bag of dice across the hall and stormed out. I'll bet more than a few of us will have equivalent memories to that. The people I game with now don't fit into either of those categories. They are simply good friends whose company I enjoy as we push miniatures around ever better looking table tops, often with a beer and a sausage roll. Some games even include collaboration as we see a move the opponent could make to our detriment, and share that with them Alastair, an opponent in a game just last night, did exactly that, twice. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've a few years of 'gaming still in me (well that's the plan). Continuing participation in a hobby that goes back to my childhood keeps me young in mind and spirit. As a secondary school Principal I kept a selection of Matchbox die cast military vehicles on the shelves in my study. They were there to remind me daily of what it was like to be a boy, to remind me of the fun and laughter, the insecurity, and the uncertainty, of adolescence. They reminded me of the constant need for empathy when dealing with the many troubled 'teens that I worked with daily. Similarly my 20mm WW2 collections remind me of all of these things, of what it was to be a boy filled with the prospect of a life ahead. Nostalgia is great, in moderation.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully as I grow ever more curmudgeonly my friends will remain tolerant of me. We all have our failings and our foibles. It's healthier and more useful to focus on what we have in common than on what could divide us, and to practice kindness, all in the spirit of good fun .. isn't that a great formula for life?</div>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-39945322858796228802024-01-19T15:37:00.001+13:002024-01-19T15:37:28.989+13:00World War 2 in 20mm: A nostalgic view (3)<p> The third 20mm World War 2 army in the collection is the American. This army began life as some Airfix WW2 Infantry painted by my son Nick. He did a lovely job on them, painted for Rapid Fire I think. He moved on to ancients pretty soon after and the figures languished for a decade or more before I decided to renovate and rebase for Spearhead. There were a few vehicles in the collection, and I added to them to pad the army out to something vaguely playable using Keith's <a href="https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/scenario-generation-system/">WW2 Scenario Generation System</a>. The army is considerably smaller than the others, a function of late development and NO games to motivate completion. The army has never seen action on the table top.</p><p><br /></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/AVvXsEg-IQK7O6jE4HUEQjPlcaNoDmeu5zRlNSc6pqdzj8JO0BHxd8hlHYfGd8WQ2qnLXcd0HWdmJAN1TEl_Gv3Ckxa3k7QIhjIKB7YM8NDfwix15loINU7YZkpqhyphenhyphenjgYfgEiGvUgSu60j9KcwwYuZWerc9DeVCyuuPp88XC-F5YKIG52UE7tv556SxRXjjSzmhZ/s4032/IMG_1920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IQK7O6jE4HUEQjPlcaNoDmeu5zRlNSc6pqdzj8JO0BHxd8hlHYfGd8WQ2qnLXcd0HWdmJAN1TEl_Gv3Ckxa3k7QIhjIKB7YM8NDfwix15loINU7YZkpqhyphenhyphenjgYfgEiGvUgSu60j9KcwwYuZWerc9DeVCyuuPp88XC-F5YKIG52UE7tv556SxRXjjSzmhZ/w300-h400/IMG_1920.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The infantry, about a regiment's worth in SH terms</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/AVvXsEjpDDSLlbhSF8qut0KcZb3c6PuajTYmVi4PemRSnQwt4x7Q3eQ9fWMJU8KpVQDR4fIHlCoOHRtOCupcvQrYdafKEXwwgj1SmQ0Otv9rFdZegB06sDb8CGDdWQbqdI2KerCNvTn_V0vSAMtcQdIiuVCMz7VkAEQd8kSSf_FKM4q_aQ8A2_pvyGfEWnuE77Pi/s4032/IMG_1921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDDSLlbhSF8qut0KcZb3c6PuajTYmVi4PemRSnQwt4x7Q3eQ9fWMJU8KpVQDR4fIHlCoOHRtOCupcvQrYdafKEXwwgj1SmQ0Otv9rFdZegB06sDb8CGDdWQbqdI2KerCNvTn_V0vSAMtcQdIiuVCMz7VkAEQd8kSSf_FKM4q_aQ8A2_pvyGfEWnuE77Pi/w300-h400/IMG_1921.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An American army without jeep mounted recon? Exactly ... never</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/AVvXsEihfZwXw-70WSpDmSKU-D5mMPLakrjIkl8uOSI3KhAbyESphns9wXjuo_il71PlT7ZRjiP5-d5XqIy6aHQTLuZX42w9r0L8uNXIB-sNbPSrAl3-168JUBRxfZsQesQ_CxPxNKSzwT6BtIZYPJs0v2ZIRxCNFYofATygHT4XryGINk-apzb_lv-knwl-dVga/s4032/IMG_1922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfZwXw-70WSpDmSKU-D5mMPLakrjIkl8uOSI3KhAbyESphns9wXjuo_il71PlT7ZRjiP5-d5XqIy6aHQTLuZX42w9r0L8uNXIB-sNbPSrAl3-168JUBRxfZsQesQ_CxPxNKSzwT6BtIZYPJs0v2ZIRxCNFYofATygHT4XryGINk-apzb_lv-knwl-dVga/w300-h400/IMG_1922.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An M8 armoured car hidden in the corner of the box</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>The thing with American armies under SH is that their TOE's allow plenty of off table artillery in support .. why wouldn't you? If I had the motivation driven by 'gaming I'd expand/complete the army. As we say in our New Zealand slang .. 'yeah nah'.<br /><p><br /></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-27169475666734954172024-01-18T21:15:00.004+13:002024-01-19T10:56:11.651+13:00World War 2 in 20mm: A nostalgic view (2)<p>This is the second of my WW2 nostalgia posts, a review of 50 years of accumulated 20mm World War 2 wargames equipment/armies. </p><p>This time the British army, actually begun in the 1980s as a paratroop force for the WRG 2nd Edition rules, transitioned to the 'Rapid Fire' rules set, and subsequently renovated, and based, for the Spearhead rules too.</p><p>Then there was the gift from good friend <a href="https://wargamingnz.blogspot.com/2023/11/one-of-those-sad-days-saddest.html">Gerard Davey</a> of figures suitable for an early war British (BEF) army for France 1940. Those figures are pretty much as Gerard painted them, just rebased for SH</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/AVvXsEjmSRn7LpmJ-6YHbnuT_TNeV6AFepWTzZ51Vbs4b0Q4OJKIHqVcz4x1PRsNfD2zAPG8Ev7Uk6zZ9ycSCPmT8QKuGc9BQY-sCenQGQ5pXjJ4u5UFB-1NcpnTLUcv87VLFPQV56SX3Tvxcqmli13U_WbmDaC8v5oH6jH7EK6vs6hRE2lHO6X2HsHdrG6Pzv67/s4032/IMG_1902.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSRn7LpmJ-6YHbnuT_TNeV6AFepWTzZ51Vbs4b0Q4OJKIHqVcz4x1PRsNfD2zAPG8Ev7Uk6zZ9ycSCPmT8QKuGc9BQY-sCenQGQ5pXjJ4u5UFB-1NcpnTLUcv87VLFPQV56SX3Tvxcqmli13U_WbmDaC8v5oH6jH7EK6vs6hRE2lHO6X2HsHdrG6Pzv67/w300-h400/IMG_1902.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BEF 1940 infantry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62ST4v-YBSRBS7gnpKRixYJ7BvlmPdQ6FoQHDftj22GNZpzSJP6TrnN6Pu6jhTLlrAo6cWxV3lAeTl2RaX1zl2HCwOu2l7mr-TsrwyCCCgDDrqXa2Vq5-CVTN9hV_4hk2RDQ_ri3oHNtvk6A3yZBME727ZngR9SvlD8hgNv8ZZ_JkUyF1wO79eMUoqRhp/w300-h400/IMG_1906.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ubiquitous British Vickers MMG</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/AVvXsEhQ3Rabe2tedTJ_WbsbrdTZxfst2XZhZaR-fp-kzo08k6bBD3LmE2Sju8o5SWCL_smbECk6gDWXKK23JiiW-WnVL-mSbl1VqLMO8x6edvH3XGl3TtEQfDjSIzhSmg2KWhB7D6qDYoEcgKoEBaVylC2fiHyOpk77PbEvYnZbBsjK22oBmIlSUN97l8gBlLnc/s4032/IMG_1907.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3Rabe2tedTJ_WbsbrdTZxfst2XZhZaR-fp-kzo08k6bBD3LmE2Sju8o5SWCL_smbECk6gDWXKK23JiiW-WnVL-mSbl1VqLMO8x6edvH3XGl3TtEQfDjSIzhSmg2KWhB7D6qDYoEcgKoEBaVylC2fiHyOpk77PbEvYnZbBsjK22oBmIlSUN97l8gBlLnc/w300-h400/IMG_1907.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The late war infantry .. a battalion each of paratroops, commandos, and line infantry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uc_W1eeHlIaTEzv9eDfCc2L-e2xvk-3M0H1CgZILdNfRRA-SJMU1224nwDYDFquL1tqNHK7-4X73oZQIUUFUPfZwi5J80A7kntI6qwLVam6AtrqUQRm1HGMm9PPYPQQUOgEM8W1c4KWxGF61fRAj7OKNRGnl7aOVGVcXWVGNpjSA2REQNVo5whEcDFoq/s4032/IMG_1908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uc_W1eeHlIaTEzv9eDfCc2L-e2xvk-3M0H1CgZILdNfRRA-SJMU1224nwDYDFquL1tqNHK7-4X73oZQIUUFUPfZwi5J80A7kntI6qwLVam6AtrqUQRm1HGMm9PPYPQQUOgEM8W1c4KWxGF61fRAj7OKNRGnl7aOVGVcXWVGNpjSA2REQNVo5whEcDFoq/w300-h400/IMG_1908.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYnyhhHnovyyCiCUTob_C3uHCsSazeZciHZAyK6FCeURbOgNy_Vy9oPH07TtVISyqv9GUGZpvic3yJPHpb_ONc5qeLaSTriAtIBycE6fg_aJ96He_7G9AyMII3HaLwVmE_kLCFh2-jIeXHKFZT6VOPdqFLEguRmYvYLjYq37Jcv8mnIdNJRhbUD5IrloU/s4032/IMG_1910.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYnyhhHnovyyCiCUTob_C3uHCsSazeZciHZAyK6FCeURbOgNy_Vy9oPH07TtVISyqv9GUGZpvic3yJPHpb_ONc5qeLaSTriAtIBycE6fg_aJ96He_7G9AyMII3HaLwVmE_kLCFh2-jIeXHKFZT6VOPdqFLEguRmYvYLjYq37Jcv8mnIdNJRhbUD5IrloU/w300-h400/IMG_1910.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Airfix commandos</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/AVvXsEgWZJXIj3OETSqA93ZxOgBALnKHlh-4UfzDdmOv4taCaKl0lKCJOoeiHwvH14Qm_52MRT33kkNczH_8MGkYzz3qT4_Ax-fh5wtUasldEJLkbvxa6lV5_xizFjE-PNxrxh4QaUK0FL2qDl_nnGDP70T7czrURDhcW27xlLV-aNfFX4IWjFL18c1mYItE_47F/s4032/IMG_1911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZJXIj3OETSqA93ZxOgBALnKHlh-4UfzDdmOv4taCaKl0lKCJOoeiHwvH14Qm_52MRT33kkNczH_8MGkYzz3qT4_Ax-fh5wtUasldEJLkbvxa6lV5_xizFjE-PNxrxh4QaUK0FL2qDl_nnGDP70T7czrURDhcW27xlLV-aNfFX4IWjFL18c1mYItE_47F/w300-h400/IMG_1911.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recon jeep (one of several), and airborne 75mm guns</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/AVvXsEhkgiGBkAZiQGSMQ1zQAxq_nlo6NK9C4oEbA1u4FBh6EcOLTBhCpDMN_IPxEDIJf-jV750B8g4TMeip5ckBp5dFnTe8YsD1U8wUfCPLMNRmFy0_W6scDm2ELfwzq_NJI6ddoTjLXw8NalT8Kz7jhCQuagpV2knJVdJiAncD_w_8JXgLg5rmqGDsF0mExX4e/s4032/IMG_1912.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgiGBkAZiQGSMQ1zQAxq_nlo6NK9C4oEbA1u4FBh6EcOLTBhCpDMN_IPxEDIJf-jV750B8g4TMeip5ckBp5dFnTe8YsD1U8wUfCPLMNRmFy0_W6scDm2ELfwzq_NJI6ddoTjLXw8NalT8Kz7jhCQuagpV2knJVdJiAncD_w_8JXgLg5rmqGDsF0mExX4e/w300-h400/IMG_1912.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An airborne Tetrarch tank, one of two scratch built by an old school friend in the 70's</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/AVvXsEh1Giv31iT2ojjNtE3bft-gukk_TLgAvoE2xo-0bUovkNpqu4DhB2Hufl8O0z9g_KLIjhGpUWv8pcAqfgEH-qjR9kWwiVg2K8kT8Itney7IzpL7AXn_PvVdajIF1Hm0SylatZdiFMuE2NuqGcyrKXzmbkbyw4EnPlhUkM3uBpLFM55AvskC4ojqsMyyz2FI/s4032/IMG_1913.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Giv31iT2ojjNtE3bft-gukk_TLgAvoE2xo-0bUovkNpqu4DhB2Hufl8O0z9g_KLIjhGpUWv8pcAqfgEH-qjR9kWwiVg2K8kT8Itney7IzpL7AXn_PvVdajIF1Hm0SylatZdiFMuE2NuqGcyrKXzmbkbyw4EnPlhUkM3uBpLFM55AvskC4ojqsMyyz2FI/w300-h400/IMG_1913.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The late war armour, Cromwells, and M10 AT support, and some Churchills</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/AVvXsEgHGvUlkIChgyhwxtRHhUXwWtd6Etvr6_DfV8KXd9YpMFz8gDxjBZjjVtVZ2NNZPSKyAl0SiQmaPnvbLKgS39WwmntGN0ckzSl6T8QhlqXodfpUhas8VSbxDXi_wHMkd-hgMAxdB9gmidPQ_D5IdRsxKRZq3QgK5nynl5JsS7a6b9klhhJy2-j6FzJ_zWmR/s4032/IMG_1914.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGvUlkIChgyhwxtRHhUXwWtd6Etvr6_DfV8KXd9YpMFz8gDxjBZjjVtVZ2NNZPSKyAl0SiQmaPnvbLKgS39WwmntGN0ckzSl6T8QhlqXodfpUhas8VSbxDXi_wHMkd-hgMAxdB9gmidPQ_D5IdRsxKRZq3QgK5nynl5JsS7a6b9klhhJy2-j6FzJ_zWmR/w300-h400/IMG_1914.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Air support - a typhoon, and one for Korea.. a Vampire (again, yes not the correct ground support tool - it should be Corsairs, Thunderbolts etc, but also .. again.. too cool not to have on the table top)</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/AVvXsEgWnJ49rem66Oi7H79n5UvtBBeq7e_xfG0oIvHHFhG3WofuUVgn8HVlVdFMVveCike1DaLcwkDaXKnMo6aP0gFrLPzsaDxeaFooGm8RqUCfUu3dstERODVcnDxM1AGSuJHFDwfcCvUn4yQiUMlMEE9PVa6p_Sm2-HfLjzLMrlK7vzwzE1DHlV5Qro902bhb/s4032/IMG_1915.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnJ49rem66Oi7H79n5UvtBBeq7e_xfG0oIvHHFhG3WofuUVgn8HVlVdFMVveCike1DaLcwkDaXKnMo6aP0gFrLPzsaDxeaFooGm8RqUCfUu3dstERODVcnDxM1AGSuJHFDwfcCvUn4yQiUMlMEE9PVa6p_Sm2-HfLjzLMrlK7vzwzE1DHlV5Qro902bhb/w300-h400/IMG_1915.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early war armour - A13s, and Vickers Mk VI's</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7xygH0ZHaF7_yBCxXn4t7riLvDhyIHGrEE-W88lwfB9HRYliOhV3QBtyyxwRMHuUn16kMsQ9SzHWo9z5xZ8BjeWaEsPcn80pfSwJkFnd59eV1kgpuWUEeUeISiuCxE6HyMZhriPQQzsdRLp_sMdMRS2awjUrhvKrWXMo38d4OU7_Y_B7CQJb1RGDwdch/s4032/IMG_1916.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7xygH0ZHaF7_yBCxXn4t7riLvDhyIHGrEE-W88lwfB9HRYliOhV3QBtyyxwRMHuUn16kMsQ9SzHWo9z5xZ8BjeWaEsPcn80pfSwJkFnd59eV1kgpuWUEeUeISiuCxE6HyMZhriPQQzsdRLp_sMdMRS2awjUrhvKrWXMo38d4OU7_Y_B7CQJb1RGDwdch/w300-h400/IMG_1916.JPG" width="300" /></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/AVvXsEg0vhAkp7dCsA80H6kREyrea9jNtF94s8UHVLpbR8r9gPalZIXQde1jligYbG7_Z9KbiCCeoszNNG1bgO8BQMHHebY9Ry2bFOC4lJ2ATOVKqNr7JWdFHsynK1FRxYGOjYxghYK2TtPh7Gzci20RummE0Mnvzxy-TQueZiDCS0VTHMYHZcY7csc_g479q835/s4032/IMG_1917.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vhAkp7dCsA80H6kREyrea9jNtF94s8UHVLpbR8r9gPalZIXQde1jligYbG7_Z9KbiCCeoszNNG1bgO8BQMHHebY9Ry2bFOC4lJ2ATOVKqNr7JWdFHsynK1FRxYGOjYxghYK2TtPh7Gzci20RummE0Mnvzxy-TQueZiDCS0VTHMYHZcY7csc_g479q835/w300-h400/IMG_1917.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Airborne jeeps</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbd_SljXfHp3w17sVkrDukJk9nHZCWfHfMghJQb26u5EO9kTNozW4INGvVupApluHc7PxaAxYR2mlOq4SRyM0TL29yoVIcg0l_EsIRN77iVUMAxF-U62yOOKfo3trzrzHArwIoYFLbdwB-DdPCBfYFzUt7WfGXic9LmgEWN9dpGgarvYXp9uhoZwOYjZQ/s4032/IMG_1918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbd_SljXfHp3w17sVkrDukJk9nHZCWfHfMghJQb26u5EO9kTNozW4INGvVupApluHc7PxaAxYR2mlOq4SRyM0TL29yoVIcg0l_EsIRN77iVUMAxF-U62yOOKfo3trzrzHArwIoYFLbdwB-DdPCBfYFzUt7WfGXic9LmgEWN9dpGgarvYXp9uhoZwOYjZQ/w300-h400/IMG_1918.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Parts of the army (the early war troops) have seen some table top action, a few years ago. The late war equipment saw games in the 90's ( a few WRG 2nd Edition, and some Rapid Fire, games) but nothing since.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-20838532500036507302024-01-18T15:39:00.004+13:002024-01-18T15:39:51.405+13:00World War 2 in 20mm: a nostalgic view (1)<p> A couple<span> of photos I posted onto a local club Fb page last week had me thinking about the armies I have built over the years. It seemed reasonable (yes, I'm easily fooled like that) to review some of the armies I still have.. a bit of a walk down memory lane, a dose of nostalgia, if you like, certainly a little self indulgence.</span></p><p><span>I thought I'd begin pretty much where it all began: my 20mm Russian WW2 army. After a faltering start with some British in 1971, I turned to Russians. It was one of those classic wargames 'weapons creep' things. The rules we used at the time were not exactly balanced, and the players using German armies always got the biggest and best kit, it seemed. The only nationality that seemed to be able to 'foot it' with them was the Russian army. On offer at the time were the Airfix Russians, and the good old T34/76 and T34/85 kit (the double turret thing and the ability to swap them out depending on the year in which the game was set was very useful).</span></p><p>This is truly the nostalgia army, and when I decided to renovate/revamp the 20mm armies to play WW2 Spearhead about 10 years ago, these were the first to receive some TLC.</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/AVvXsEiVDYT0c7Ghm7n89_PsMRC8zEv12M2pdtNxAui9bah95JeYjFpmYXUubVJ5RbVTATjskxLJE0mFnvMh2OoD_F4lf2OZAWytj1ya9LPZ5WI4y12MM3ZCt4OkGU1Z9wmYdsqXBiYTmUOp6lMQ1URQWN3gBC7xAomdwOIbrFqccAngnzw3Ijs6v2rGuhTa3RwO/s4032/IMG_1889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDYT0c7Ghm7n89_PsMRC8zEv12M2pdtNxAui9bah95JeYjFpmYXUubVJ5RbVTATjskxLJE0mFnvMh2OoD_F4lf2OZAWytj1ya9LPZ5WI4y12MM3ZCt4OkGU1Z9wmYdsqXBiYTmUOp6lMQ1URQWN3gBC7xAomdwOIbrFqccAngnzw3Ijs6v2rGuhTa3RwO/w300-h400/IMG_1889.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The infantry box... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="text-align: center;">Here are three battalions of infantry in SH terms (each base represents a platoon). Model manufacturers have been obliging over the past 50 years and so I was able to add some infantry support weapons (and a wider range of AFVs).</span></p><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><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/AVvXsEg73PBLjDibuQu3cR94KHPY-09evgHyRJp7oJ7SgFnfSeiw1HdrvMg8XsFs-FfaOx34D0vv17JxJpzSYtVZZN7ncNvSyyMzLddNvDWWhAaL7L6hvEP2mwCc_FDPeXDCluXUqstGHs-hdvjquzu6luk36pXCWRJFJP-RLn_ZUBHGNPyz2b4YoaWiJ_9ujmAs/s4032/IMG_1890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73PBLjDibuQu3cR94KHPY-09evgHyRJp7oJ7SgFnfSeiw1HdrvMg8XsFs-FfaOx34D0vv17JxJpzSYtVZZN7ncNvSyyMzLddNvDWWhAaL7L6hvEP2mwCc_FDPeXDCluXUqstGHs-hdvjquzu6luk36pXCWRJFJP-RLn_ZUBHGNPyz2b4YoaWiJ_9ujmAs/w300-h400/IMG_1890.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A command base ..</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/AVvXsEhj01jp_P31WZgKDH7IphHOFSDQ8VhJSUr8yq44W70afLXYQmMrOjOVZhwj4R49uQ-n7smEaGwOkjzFeznr7GbZ-E_Dhk7HccT-quN1Met5B-MiJ3b8RQkV_SYwiSqsrFrW7n6y3CEe4-lKt_8EcRVwDbKY_ZTFNYGsyMH-fw-BHz-C4ZxovwqaBOJObQBA/s4032/IMG_1891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj01jp_P31WZgKDH7IphHOFSDQ8VhJSUr8yq44W70afLXYQmMrOjOVZhwj4R49uQ-n7smEaGwOkjzFeznr7GbZ-E_Dhk7HccT-quN1Met5B-MiJ3b8RQkV_SYwiSqsrFrW7n6y3CEe4-lKt_8EcRVwDbKY_ZTFNYGsyMH-fw-BHz-C4ZxovwqaBOJObQBA/w300-h400/IMG_1891.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Sea Fleet marines.. Brittania miniatures, I think?</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/AVvXsEjaSDGTsodVUdBuAc2KHVHEefcgHAXhaLkSnzNb1CVTRnQSXcTZLfOcIeF4ImDZBq2ZT3dgveetugqjddnpuLOlDd2RsRwHanF3XAJ3eM4u-YDL9P-E5j2Tj7b9wIs5moTWDpFu3SqqxPwiONV_5IFUCRxNY8cWoZYJGdaghLYWdA04cnrF2bkzgboIpbTe/s4032/IMG_1892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSDGTsodVUdBuAc2KHVHEefcgHAXhaLkSnzNb1CVTRnQSXcTZLfOcIeF4ImDZBq2ZT3dgveetugqjddnpuLOlDd2RsRwHanF3XAJ3eM4u-YDL9P-E5j2Tj7b9wIs5moTWDpFu3SqqxPwiONV_5IFUCRxNY8cWoZYJGdaghLYWdA04cnrF2bkzgboIpbTe/w300-h400/IMG_1892.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 76mm infantry support gun stand (remembering that this represents 3-5 guns)</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/AVvXsEhLjlIBBK9PSOmQROd3ajCmqZiuJtoP5VuwHajlwF6nO3OIxlc0wUNt9L0Tom0iXyty2PTRA59x6WWd5o5gpch9NzltT8Grz2FmdQB6wtNYarLk4d7OsQFE4IidJUa5XBNxf9fJJGfXyacZIf2W34aBUyApZQH3xRTLhQGHsva-XqwjQe5_jksQqKEiRMWQ/s4032/IMG_1893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjlIBBK9PSOmQROd3ajCmqZiuJtoP5VuwHajlwF6nO3OIxlc0wUNt9L0Tom0iXyty2PTRA59x6WWd5o5gpch9NzltT8Grz2FmdQB6wtNYarLk4d7OsQFE4IidJUa5XBNxf9fJJGfXyacZIf2W34aBUyApZQH3xRTLhQGHsva-XqwjQe5_jksQqKEiRMWQ/w300-h400/IMG_1893.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first of the heavy armour (KV1s), and other support weapons, including Su76s, an SU85, an SU100 and a JSU152 (all Airfix conversions).</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/AVvXsEgVl-3KY7hCggtZlXsMqNU2HA2rzeA1UhIPh9MprVK1AY4o12OXO2oLd25Qm7jxRXjevDNjybTq7hnD-AP5iyFjiOjpsm8BOqUez46dwyvuRPFTmitbcUEAATszW8I1n-S1XdJnQtwl6zp17r4Q4TeczgzASWi9MCnbweWN2rFg_hvhWQq6gKPy_pf3iUjl/s4032/IMG_1894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl-3KY7hCggtZlXsMqNU2HA2rzeA1UhIPh9MprVK1AY4o12OXO2oLd25Qm7jxRXjevDNjybTq7hnD-AP5iyFjiOjpsm8BOqUez46dwyvuRPFTmitbcUEAATszW8I1n-S1XdJnQtwl6zp17r4Q4TeczgzASWi9MCnbweWN2rFg_hvhWQq6gKPy_pf3iUjl/w300-h400/IMG_1894.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided I wanted to be able to use heavier amour and systems in a speculative 'cold war gone hot' situation, and also tackle some Korean War scenarios, so a little post war air support (yes I know, the Mig 17 wasn't a ground attack aircraft, but it looks cool). I have three T54/55's sitting in kit form yet to be assembled, for this project. Maybe I should get onto that, if for no other reason than completeness?</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/AVvXsEimp3hqTRAD4w32SGnNbxFevCc78CEZpcKuBiidabdjrBuwCiJlAiBQ_E8IZ3-L3CrdTbruZMhK1p0DkuDLbkSr8nT4SdabCZ_atGv4JNb8MHnwWEF7dAp-XiD1C0Kkwt_7MGr_BpsnptbOs9pJxXU-3YowgNwfgNlsgcjCJZU7iG4twh-DL0zl3zar7AgG/s4032/IMG_1895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp3hqTRAD4w32SGnNbxFevCc78CEZpcKuBiidabdjrBuwCiJlAiBQ_E8IZ3-L3CrdTbruZMhK1p0DkuDLbkSr8nT4SdabCZ_atGv4JNb8MHnwWEF7dAp-XiD1C0Kkwt_7MGr_BpsnptbOs9pJxXU-3YowgNwfgNlsgcjCJZU7iG4twh-DL0zl3zar7AgG/w300-h400/IMG_1895.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In SH games, I never leave home without AA</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/AVvXsEhA3X-ZPtusRF4EYgK8xmg7U0q-bg2cu3a0lI3-5OcDdoKgFiwwezg9Qej5btqk-_1nQ4HiCgBrq-cjhBURaSirIVRnq7RmnRpInq54-LnLzbgtcQTvQ8qZGjNvD5LGJPkNGKwliid1wGwz_82WBvYHK3Nif8bvE3GF9lSZgR6a9PeYDcxjaSmLKK_OG6jQ/s4032/IMG_1896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3X-ZPtusRF4EYgK8xmg7U0q-bg2cu3a0lI3-5OcDdoKgFiwwezg9Qej5btqk-_1nQ4HiCgBrq-cjhBURaSirIVRnq7RmnRpInq54-LnLzbgtcQTvQ8qZGjNvD5LGJPkNGKwliid1wGwz_82WBvYHK3Nif8bvE3GF9lSZgR6a9PeYDcxjaSmLKK_OG6jQ/w300-h400/IMG_1896.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BA64 armoured car for recon..</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/AVvXsEiJ4mGU15tWUuQo4ckE155XdP2pzjkTdH3OKG9rg4RYrVL9XrdRp7JXRPUaR_e8GbU4h6pit98wHhZGTKxu87DqoXgr835R1OxPr0_zPoZhmHHpTVopNTyGyPrFjIjWETgMxhst7NgtWhwC0RupLKsBR-VuHUPCZufzpcxbm17NY0mg874dCGrKdDNaZChD/s4032/IMG_1897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4mGU15tWUuQo4ckE155XdP2pzjkTdH3OKG9rg4RYrVL9XrdRp7JXRPUaR_e8GbU4h6pit98wHhZGTKxu87DqoXgr835R1OxPr0_zPoZhmHHpTVopNTyGyPrFjIjWETgMxhst7NgtWhwC0RupLKsBR-VuHUPCZufzpcxbm17NY0mg874dCGrKdDNaZChD/w300-h400/IMG_1897.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main box of armour</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/AVvXsEiVDY0HQp6P2a9ZBFlV_390KazqiGQwbssorQWUh9mKvxR1f0US6iSIfDOZl-tiRYmcgwn-rubaMnKJMsWbo3EgUkWDUv1y2X_n6IGmgfnCERITG_enLyavdA_dQy_O8yWfa2jKfPJoYujrn9Hp7dsxu5tkpq9WtrH0VmGAktYc-ayI3Kkt62W7uC9giuva/s4032/IMG_1898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDY0HQp6P2a9ZBFlV_390KazqiGQwbssorQWUh9mKvxR1f0US6iSIfDOZl-tiRYmcgwn-rubaMnKJMsWbo3EgUkWDUv1y2X_n6IGmgfnCERITG_enLyavdA_dQy_O8yWfa2jKfPJoYujrn9Hp7dsxu5tkpq9WtrH0VmGAktYc-ayI3Kkt62W7uC9giuva/w300-h400/IMG_1898.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Ame<span>rican M5 Stewart .. lendlease. I can't recall the kit that gave me the running gear, but the hull and turret were scratch built.. one of those great Airfix Mag Chris Ellis projects. I couldn't get the colour saturation right in this photo .. it's actually an overall khaki colour)</span></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/AVvXsEha5Jg0OsGU9Ems0qACHtgK4Dti_pZ5-YXNMCYkmuqZf3gECiE862cqNaqEhuzRK5GXq45wVa4weahj8E9iOsNgL9poZAKBSCMj5E3e5sH5aOANod1qKIFv1f03mgv3jtq2WLuZ16OK_kZNUIUDwDlNwVB5FfnunFFghmwOMGRSWc0m3UPHz1W8OrNv1214/s4032/IMG_1899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5Jg0OsGU9Ems0qACHtgK4Dti_pZ5-YXNMCYkmuqZf3gECiE862cqNaqEhuzRK5GXq45wVa4weahj8E9iOsNgL9poZAKBSCMj5E3e5sH5aOANod1qKIFv1f03mgv3jtq2WLuZ16OK_kZNUIUDwDlNwVB5FfnunFFghmwOMGRSWc0m3UPHz1W8OrNv1214/w300-h400/IMG_1899.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A JS1 based on the old Airfix JS3 hull, with a scratchbuilt turret. Not sure how accurate it was/is</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/AVvXsEg3Y0Bh-R6HXiDBD-mpUAIzg5vbaxfsW9TymVXajSMd0a82zsotsLSgJOuQIVREz7i8iTlfxPhuJqjj0rVlQxZNuINXJugqASHGAyEtunLJjdZ2tYqFd6WrAoj4526muA_3ta4MXBRnhzgx3oWk3VS-EFQgMOltS8N7g0ctopFxvpn1jz9YzhEZvmf4t1Gg/s4032/IMG_1900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y0Bh-R6HXiDBD-mpUAIzg5vbaxfsW9TymVXajSMd0a82zsotsLSgJOuQIVREz7i8iTlfxPhuJqjj0rVlQxZNuINXJugqASHGAyEtunLJjdZ2tYqFd6WrAoj4526muA_3ta4MXBRnhzgx3oWk3VS-EFQgMOltS8N7g0ctopFxvpn1jz9YzhEZvmf4t1Gg/w300-h400/IMG_1900.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of lendlease M3Grants</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/AVvXsEgMRLdhAojgwV71wmwX5npe3esVS8ZnltcQXpzJgAp2EW91AmvwaC_BE20BA-toqvTLzgy1mzYesmrXL3BHiPiHX1ONdnpKvm8nnKR6uxcMJ17rwRRegqE155-x5pxylp-MZjAv7iebadWPncE283hhv-iqP4B27Jc2ERK0JBBF-Y_peuPfYnlisISHbsAk/s4032/IMG_1901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRLdhAojgwV71wmwX5npe3esVS8ZnltcQXpzJgAp2EW91AmvwaC_BE20BA-toqvTLzgy1mzYesmrXL3BHiPiHX1ONdnpKvm8nnKR6uxcMJ17rwRRegqE155-x5pxylp-MZjAv7iebadWPncE283hhv-iqP4B27Jc2ERK0JBBF-Y_peuPfYnlisISHbsAk/w300-h400/IMG_1901.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A scratch built BT7, built in the days before you could buy kits. The road wheels are from a T34 kit, and hull and turret completely scratch built (again, a Chris Ellis Airfix Mag project). I recall that hull front being challenging to make.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>One point of these first few posts is that having renovated these 20mm armies, I basically never play Spearhead with 20mm models. I rarely play Spearhead at all at the. moment, just the way it rolls. There will be plenty to come, of course. But these 20mm armies don't quite work for Spearhead. All troops should be based on 1.25" square baes. The base size is important as it reflects appropriate troop densities on the battlefield. AFV's in 20mm are of course too large, meaning that the models take up to much table space. basically the models don't therefore reflect the appropriate troop densities. Not an impossible obstacle of course, but one to bear in mind.</p><p>I'm not hopeful of this 'kit' ever getting onto the table again, but.. you never know.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-38421095279314489792024-01-16T21:04:00.006+13:002024-01-16T21:04:38.128+13:00VSF Naval elements for HotT<p> Andy and I have been contemplating the incorporation of 'naval' elements into our HotT (Hordes of the Things) games for some time, partly for the simple aesthetic, and also for some additional variation. My thinking has been inspired by the naval rules within the DBR rules set (once we have trialled them, I'll post them to the Fb groups etc for comment and 'massage'). Friend Keith played a DBR game usign an Elizabethan army with galleons, and I was hooked (thanks Keith).</p><p>Anyway, to play with naval elements, you of course need naval elements, and I have been trying to understand how I might make something suitable for my VSF armies. This is the result so far. The construction is a bit rough, and doesn't really stand close up scrutiny, but you get the idea.</p><p>The basic hull shape I drew freehand. I drew one side only, created a template, and then drew it along with a mirror image in order to get the symmetry the hull needed. The hull shape was cut from foam board, and the hull sides were added using simple thin card. This is how I managed to create the ram in the bow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-WZD_SBQPPF0Iv4t7baJkou_sagvppScynL7RaWwJ9KW1nqr6G5gTiWlAu4ndHVO71CIxUpwZDof9TIRmEj8XcusKhYSQxWp0FMLIXZAcK7AWBxwoYKqZ9mBj3ieDWbiJSJWGmQJpUEHSH3mmBwLoJwL6cmHwTyrZyggWMtvIeIr8gLTjCpmSN7PQtmG/s1920/IMG_1876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-WZD_SBQPPF0Iv4t7baJkou_sagvppScynL7RaWwJ9KW1nqr6G5gTiWlAu4ndHVO71CIxUpwZDof9TIRmEj8XcusKhYSQxWp0FMLIXZAcK7AWBxwoYKqZ9mBj3ieDWbiJSJWGmQJpUEHSH3mmBwLoJwL6cmHwTyrZyggWMtvIeIr8gLTjCpmSN7PQtmG/w400-h225/IMG_1876.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRSiUUrN4g7zO7Cr07N3SeyJvo0zYOvjEDarsrU95FXXJFz4yauCwSEdrYMcVZ3PmHA9bW_gtlnjuXKlh6SEtJHjncDZC_k3fVv-ecEs-DkdFKC3mRhgcRRwJDMZrQ_VIYrvxwwGmLgfBVmAqmhymXviaQambG-9OY4iuD87kI-sob3BYen9IPJwjsaei/s1920/IMG_1877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRSiUUrN4g7zO7Cr07N3SeyJvo0zYOvjEDarsrU95FXXJFz4yauCwSEdrYMcVZ3PmHA9bW_gtlnjuXKlh6SEtJHjncDZC_k3fVv-ecEs-DkdFKC3mRhgcRRwJDMZrQ_VIYrvxwwGmLgfBVmAqmhymXviaQambG-9OY4iuD87kI-sob3BYen9IPJwjsaei/w400-h225/IMG_1877.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The superstructure was created from the scraps and spares boxes. The funnels etc are dismembered parts of an old Bic biro refill. The inner refill tops were cut down to create the two forward turrets. The rear turret is the cut off end of an external fuel tank from an Airfix T34 tank. The turret 'casements' are slices taken from the inner cardboard tubes in dog poop bags (I've said before that with two Border collies we have an ample supply of these tubes).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfbHhrdZGQKqZHr3GxISJcuI3HRKPIppWh7sNpGpHtulzH4LnJ-nycbPa8c7rzKKc5w1lxOF6m3pSNUx9Ky2pmhcZiKpgXu6w1Tata_8PW8a7vCdfmdOZW5hWZ43i-jFIKR1a1qkhiaUljriW2HMeqOGkjw0AnQQHukI-R8smDBeiVO18gsxX-N8f8Qm2/s1920/IMG_1878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfbHhrdZGQKqZHr3GxISJcuI3HRKPIppWh7sNpGpHtulzH4LnJ-nycbPa8c7rzKKc5w1lxOF6m3pSNUx9Ky2pmhcZiKpgXu6w1Tata_8PW8a7vCdfmdOZW5hWZ43i-jFIKR1a1qkhiaUljriW2HMeqOGkjw0AnQQHukI-R8smDBeiVO18gsxX-N8f8Qm2/s320/IMG_1878.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIduz5fyv2URCkUOuPQqvfuCsKfs1ooXcxoigQ4zSntvF2V6s2ju_81fEtBshyRZSHBAi5yuWrzXbTXmqDYptabXZnjm6yF9mphp46u5unpPL53w39pb1AsdBmORAi91NvwMaeeYCmU7ezRg05q0bEs0wNz2Q11df3pmgQsNe-X65ZCSB5fz3Pjk49OTG/s1920/IMG_1879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIduz5fyv2URCkUOuPQqvfuCsKfs1ooXcxoigQ4zSntvF2V6s2ju_81fEtBshyRZSHBAi5yuWrzXbTXmqDYptabXZnjm6yF9mphp46u5unpPL53w39pb1AsdBmORAi91NvwMaeeYCmU7ezRg05q0bEs0wNz2Q11df3pmgQsNe-X65ZCSB5fz3Pjk49OTG/s320/IMG_1879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZTfeSSOlIPe8ntdAtS_qK416viVfrR5bLk3VNnC4Cd0WUbtFZsG1bXehqJsl25_CqHfGMlqhnrBg2K-oZEOMapTKUxO4T_peOSW-L8w3HNjmS669gALRPhqBuSPdilmYIjmNNEf80-WbFIkJnvR0GSUvkhZ-_XpEE0B5OZqSIn68FvH4g4SF7Ggf998-/s4032/IMG_1880.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEj9ZTfeSSOlIPe8ntdAtS_qK416viVfrR5bLk3VNnC4Cd0WUbtFZsG1bXehqJsl25_CqHfGMlqhnrBg2K-oZEOMapTKUxO4T_peOSW-L8w3HNjmS669gALRPhqBuSPdilmYIjmNNEf80-WbFIkJnvR0GSUvkhZ-_XpEE0B5OZqSIn68FvH4g4SF7Ggf998-/s320/IMG_1880.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx41o3uqY4Q0KVPFUpoWT-_G6h6aRBoq5ObuId5B6xNCCFO_VxeUxJ7oj66DjNK-Vd4AqYEl2Gh5PwenNDZ69bIO1aY2NP-6APMf_vqq0yVxeSW5_QXgAZJ__a4lWGwf3sPG8WdSFYOOQEHWCOGvLKnB64JpR8eLWGq30ln0OjGcAkvtPGA42L3Gq6Np2V/s4032/IMG_1881.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEhx41o3uqY4Q0KVPFUpoWT-_G6h6aRBoq5ObuId5B6xNCCFO_VxeUxJ7oj66DjNK-Vd4AqYEl2Gh5PwenNDZ69bIO1aY2NP-6APMf_vqq0yVxeSW5_QXgAZJ__a4lWGwf3sPG8WdSFYOOQEHWCOGvLKnB64JpR8eLWGq30ln0OjGcAkvtPGA42L3Gq6Np2V/s320/IMG_1881.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbwYbXLWF4ePwZOGNTtfMHsno5X-jR3J6K3yDvROFAoHdjfXefyf9skREkmp9EwDqAjEbMVvJ4FuTKZ57C7V9GNzpqi0Ob7QtmI6Kz-xziiandKqflpK3vkCGjQHmS_m4sdK1giH_qbyh39u648ZkdTJTxTzOvvpvNEClm9dJl4O4E9-Qfr54fsLBJcsY/s4032/IMG_1882.JPG" imageanchor="1" 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/AVvXsEiwbwYbXLWF4ePwZOGNTtfMHsno5X-jR3J6K3yDvROFAoHdjfXefyf9skREkmp9EwDqAjEbMVvJ4FuTKZ57C7V9GNzpqi0Ob7QtmI6Kz-xziiandKqflpK3vkCGjQHmS_m4sdK1giH_qbyh39u648ZkdTJTxTzOvvpvNEClm9dJl4O4E9-Qfr54fsLBJcsY/s320/IMG_1882.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Not the best quality piece of scratch building I have done (please don't look too closely at the photos). You get the idea. Now, some HotT games with naval elements.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-55659412109352057292024-01-06T22:28:00.000+13:002024-01-06T22:28:10.991+13:00Fantasy graveyard terrain for HotT<p>Friend Andy has been doing some design stuff in 3D, and printing the results. One of his recent designs offers some tombs and tombstones. He was kind enough to give me a few for a fantasy terrain piece for our HotT game tables. The piece could count as a stronghold, but I built it as a terrain piece, either 'rough going', or simply as a visual enhancement for the game aesthetic.</p><p>You can go to his web site, and buy the 3D print files, <a href="https://cults3d.com/en/users/Andrew_Gorman/3d-models">here</a>.</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/AVvXsEg2dtkyWghz9EH6Dt-xxDHxXhyphenhyphenU5pLmSMGNOiFZvQjMbghA1_E1aAZ-TfyrcOAwdQb4W3W4K7Ooa9AzvOFliEA5HfczmSNNrVwg2Y2k5brHjf5o-jvxdM6AfzQPOIcsZrFZuGx6pfLpEGou5jvXALOa_YXWWG0FYFMCAQxdpV_wlbTiTMGEXEyUZL9gwZ3C/s4032/IMG_1835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dtkyWghz9EH6Dt-xxDHxXhyphenhyphenU5pLmSMGNOiFZvQjMbghA1_E1aAZ-TfyrcOAwdQb4W3W4K7Ooa9AzvOFliEA5HfczmSNNrVwg2Y2k5brHjf5o-jvxdM6AfzQPOIcsZrFZuGx6pfLpEGou5jvXALOa_YXWWG0FYFMCAQxdpV_wlbTiTMGEXEyUZL9gwZ3C/w400-h300/IMG_1835.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fantasy cemetery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The figures were part of a generous gift from friend Andy. I have based them on 20mm deep bases. This means that they could be used as blades, or spears, or warband. I'm still not sure which I'll use, but then basing gives me options.</p><p>I also took the opportunity to touch up six bases of Gauls that I'd painted probably 40-50 years ago.. these are warband, on the deeper 30mm bases.</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/AVvXsEiDpd64U-VSvqWkCcWwmRwSmIYwFuB6djVmuP4SHoFVIblPVMtdCeGtyEQWygFUKUlOJxRanadhQeUJ3wj73VsWVT77dQsiGh1cWgcEqY3-893oqNnpMo2ER_AqiuL9T3f0CsHIUyaZUakGfLN2IbRXeFxrwLyTVudnVx4rKmlLj0TaGGdip_MktoTvappM/s4032/IMG_1789.JPG" 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/AVvXsEiDpd64U-VSvqWkCcWwmRwSmIYwFuB6djVmuP4SHoFVIblPVMtdCeGtyEQWygFUKUlOJxRanadhQeUJ3wj73VsWVT77dQsiGh1cWgcEqY3-893oqNnpMo2ER_AqiuL9T3f0CsHIUyaZUakGfLN2IbRXeFxrwLyTVudnVx4rKmlLj0TaGGdip_MktoTvappM/s320/IMG_1789.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gladiators</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/AVvXsEgmUTuY8NxH-TtgLUNmkTSe2sqjCIHBnuFs6W-m1pn0pyUwHYvYKlNKXxhjuRMIYUjRux8sK3B3gTlbWM9xwXfdYGcI92jcpn8bp5CbIS8o6EUDG4Jtw7XIwkY5vB9m4pT0-XI3vvjA3iVrSwPOPbulnu-4YAp4YZX1ByBPQoPzSQk5MHZ47SBOHs2N9UAB/s4032/IMG_1790.JPG" 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/AVvXsEgmUTuY8NxH-TtgLUNmkTSe2sqjCIHBnuFs6W-m1pn0pyUwHYvYKlNKXxhjuRMIYUjRux8sK3B3gTlbWM9xwXfdYGcI92jcpn8bp5CbIS8o6EUDG4Jtw7XIwkY5vB9m4pT0-XI3vvjA3iVrSwPOPbulnu-4YAp4YZX1ByBPQoPzSQk5MHZ47SBOHs2N9UAB/s320/IMG_1790.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3 bases of Gladiators</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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I found a number of German artillery pieces sitting unused in a box of what I thought was surplus 6mm WW1 models and figures, and a little research showed quite a lot of the Turkish artillery was in fact supplied by German manufacturers. </p><p>An easy decision, as the Middle East Turkish forces had no artillery yet. So.. a full division's worth of 77mm Field Guns for the Turkish army.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmo2Ssd4XD_BZyBWHN0EdeHIv3xsnVQKsx6icXJEE0eSlHK0elrHZ26sJ5MXXEkhNkjQyWF1Jdx0Ir1TMf6wz8lTrOWzUXOJQaWc3KIaxzI8P0yhUHY-mONuWcydKjwD6RylL6Z7v0sbnw6lNwfNfX3XIux2S1u45G8bBtO2z7Gb1A_OR8ybXgRWfEIiG/s4032/IMG_1735.JPG" 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/AVvXsEgBmo2Ssd4XD_BZyBWHN0EdeHIv3xsnVQKsx6icXJEE0eSlHK0elrHZ26sJ5MXXEkhNkjQyWF1Jdx0Ir1TMf6wz8lTrOWzUXOJQaWc3KIaxzI8P0yhUHY-mONuWcydKjwD6RylL6Z7v0sbnw6lNwfNfX3XIux2S1u45G8bBtO2z7Gb1A_OR8ybXgRWfEIiG/s320/IMG_1735.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84yma6Bp_jO7tJBTtIoLrdXoaxrL8pIFFVvGV1Zj2BLZnBW1PprCcd84urDKDBd4MVfE1DyhecCcK2BSYcFmezHaz5-qWmjNqutx6v83bdyTIj8zWnYzx98rq2cDYKFoWec2h9Ig1LOZ06OVKNwbn8nfUSMz4LE7LhLT5BpCdYV7FVKuzU8aFq8qPChEY/s4032/IMG_1736.jpg" 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/AVvXsEj84yma6Bp_jO7tJBTtIoLrdXoaxrL8pIFFVvGV1Zj2BLZnBW1PprCcd84urDKDBd4MVfE1DyhecCcK2BSYcFmezHaz5-qWmjNqutx6v83bdyTIj8zWnYzx98rq2cDYKFoWec2h9Ig1LOZ06OVKNwbn8nfUSMz4LE7LhLT5BpCdYV7FVKuzU8aFq8qPChEY/s320/IMG_1736.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-74359586802948817532023-12-20T19:17:00.001+13:002023-12-20T19:17:31.946+13:00Roman Gods eh?<p>The mythical Roman army (using those long since painted and discredited Airfix Roman legionaries) has sat around for quite a while. The original legionaries were painted in 1974/75 as the start of a Roman army for WRG Ancients 3rd Edition.</p><p>I painted up some <a href="https://wargamingnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/roooaaarrr-beasts.html">beasts bases </a>last week, and the army had another addition today: a God in the form of a 54mm Roman Tribune figure courtesy of friend Andy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRcYsO-OxuHgoZ_NALzaRH5W1my3AEL8PhH8XQVgaaM-YGOKwbjicM4udSMgDpMiHTZEZccLxzuqqAjnRHN5jtYHVDtN7r0s7TuP_Dr9dLzDQIEcwCeb325kU3RcPiRSrNU1PPdJRq5_KRdL9fGtzpcT4Aeokta-dbB8Wu_iwGfWSxQeaE3q6pmhG2jwX/s4032/IMG_1728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRcYsO-OxuHgoZ_NALzaRH5W1my3AEL8PhH8XQVgaaM-YGOKwbjicM4udSMgDpMiHTZEZccLxzuqqAjnRHN5jtYHVDtN7r0s7TuP_Dr9dLzDQIEcwCeb325kU3RcPiRSrNU1PPdJRq5_KRdL9fGtzpcT4Aeokta-dbB8Wu_iwGfWSxQeaE3q6pmhG2jwX/w400-h300/IMG_1728.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpUEZYveaAijHByaaVBeNB9I9H9bvv1c2CT4IyyP4qCr2Xi5AlJEvtqSW74lBKD8brUM4AFqhZz1PF0C-o6IFTkxz_DtcAr0jn1nXL264Z200BwO4f0rxu_4uoNsLvF_0xeKYuiomc6I6KizwcGcLfuJ19VbJ91oCBicKPj4Qj8iZ3Oohad0TLUk-5nKo/s4032/IMG_1729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpUEZYveaAijHByaaVBeNB9I9H9bvv1c2CT4IyyP4qCr2Xi5AlJEvtqSW74lBKD8brUM4AFqhZz1PF0C-o6IFTkxz_DtcAr0jn1nXL264Z200BwO4f0rxu_4uoNsLvF_0xeKYuiomc6I6KizwcGcLfuJ19VbJ91oCBicKPj4Qj8iZ3Oohad0TLUk-5nKo/w400-h300/IMG_1729.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The idea is not original (friend Nick created a cool Roman army a decade of more ago). It did however seem to be such a good idea, that I ought to do the same. When creating HotT armies I generally try to create a different combination of elements to the other armies I have, and I don't have one that is largely blades/beasts/God. This is it. There are some warband and spears to come.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-51156805233569233232023-12-07T20:29:00.000+13:002023-12-07T20:29:03.664+13:00ROOOAAARRR!! Beasts!!!<p>Some time ago I renovated some old Airfix 20mm Roman infantry, imagining a 'mythical' Roman army. Mythical because the old Airfix figures are not exactly historically accurate. There is however an appeal to using the figures, and of course Hordes of the Things as a fantasy rules set doesn't require any degree of historical accuracy whatsoever. There are of course enough of them to make a good HotT army.</p><p>Friend Andy gave me several sprues with gladiators and other bits, including some animals .. lions, a panther, and a bear. So what better than a few bases of beasts .. seems totally appropriate.</p><p>As the Romans were all painted and based several decades ago, they used a basing style that I don't use anymore, having (I hope) improved my basing considerably. However the idea of completely redoing the basing of the existing figures didn't appeal, so I had to replicate the old base finish style. I think it still works, I just don't like to as much.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xYE4fxK1xAckSK9Fk7NRn6yRs1FGq1LbYxYNDRFl-zwshLCrXohgq-yTH9o4xuV8QcZ6E2aBDdloTy5Ag1iYn34AHeKNIn25KFyLfg929Kmncc_yOw_McyNb3iY_HaJLTDOGqoZsv-TbHuvffiNx8OMMqeJ1tKfinPnqITc_43t9wF_XhCrfCiPIwvGL/s1920/IMG_1712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xYE4fxK1xAckSK9Fk7NRn6yRs1FGq1LbYxYNDRFl-zwshLCrXohgq-yTH9o4xuV8QcZ6E2aBDdloTy5Ag1iYn34AHeKNIn25KFyLfg929Kmncc_yOw_McyNb3iY_HaJLTDOGqoZsv-TbHuvffiNx8OMMqeJ1tKfinPnqITc_43t9wF_XhCrfCiPIwvGL/w400-h225/IMG_1712.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-T-68ybmZHMJgBYuuJ3ap0SO9yhqouC-hANxjyDaSu_w7S_edvEyprrLWtrKjPU-5cZbZWsh2G74taMfhyphenhyphenGO3acX1ECRCMYxzmyVGOoiSnpJr16mSku-xz3dVK_WLmoUeZ7AdDxI8lpD_vjVZ2ezdXhbqFrOJG09DFib02hn4Et7btfQgixjSIz1FOWO/s1920/IMG_1713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-T-68ybmZHMJgBYuuJ3ap0SO9yhqouC-hANxjyDaSu_w7S_edvEyprrLWtrKjPU-5cZbZWsh2G74taMfhyphenhyphenGO3acX1ECRCMYxzmyVGOoiSnpJr16mSku-xz3dVK_WLmoUeZ7AdDxI8lpD_vjVZ2ezdXhbqFrOJG09DFib02hn4Et7btfQgixjSIz1FOWO/w400-h225/IMG_1713.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4Znp8qHrkWKByZ8gt0PAXx6ymH0cETZOOLi4gtk6nCtBlqveZY-Ug3lJm6SMPI00yEvq4BPqWn3PjsmAuy8GhNOvx3eS7ULW9vIxuCDTEjFj4XvgcpDzz_4r-od-yEzh7gWXUSpIooWu6ZXuyi0HcawLuWoLWZpZ3DHhfx89eWILEY9q-2Ydt9evxVqw/s1920/IMG_1714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4Znp8qHrkWKByZ8gt0PAXx6ymH0cETZOOLi4gtk6nCtBlqveZY-Ug3lJm6SMPI00yEvq4BPqWn3PjsmAuy8GhNOvx3eS7ULW9vIxuCDTEjFj4XvgcpDzz_4r-od-yEzh7gWXUSpIooWu6ZXuyi0HcawLuWoLWZpZ3DHhfx89eWILEY9q-2Ydt9evxVqw/w400-h225/IMG_1714.JPG" 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/AVvXsEh8NMSFHU-kHpe64YZq53K9ZrQLcmsQyj3HtFkcznpkUjaZxVj-wOfYnfiQ_qdHMv-QD0ZyJ5NXePCweaNxjAz2rA_OqimGkuJJ_HWZGJAnOAzjqyf1msD8kfP2DBTr2sDBey-oxZWsQ5-koECKxTRRnIis7SI8hO33KWoH5Lxrh6fTMRZH-mhyphenhyphenOxTlakxK/s4032/IMG_1710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NMSFHU-kHpe64YZq53K9ZrQLcmsQyj3HtFkcznpkUjaZxVj-wOfYnfiQ_qdHMv-QD0ZyJ5NXePCweaNxjAz2rA_OqimGkuJJ_HWZGJAnOAzjqyf1msD8kfP2DBTr2sDBey-oxZWsQ5-koECKxTRRnIis7SI8hO33KWoH5Lxrh6fTMRZH-mhyphenhyphenOxTlakxK/w400-h300/IMG_1710.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beasts with a few of the Airfix boys..</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumcaRGT_uMLAED-QyL0WrARWKCnpOiV7PiYj7RJOR3Cb_TH2Pr3XXcM1YScUwg0t9PPTn2bSO0P0t1s2okmPh3brvxRg358bpB-W9hk2HNuuS5_BUkafGld2ycFFmPkNAPxgwB_t0xvWun2dxhVNYfMijMoXlMuvIQOXp1uV6CN6RMiCZq_zo6cmzs0fl/s4032/IMG_1711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumcaRGT_uMLAED-QyL0WrARWKCnpOiV7PiYj7RJOR3Cb_TH2Pr3XXcM1YScUwg0t9PPTn2bSO0P0t1s2okmPh3brvxRg358bpB-W9hk2HNuuS5_BUkafGld2ycFFmPkNAPxgwB_t0xvWun2dxhVNYfMijMoXlMuvIQOXp1uV6CN6RMiCZq_zo6cmzs0fl/w400-h300/IMG_1711.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-36247564531556189792023-11-25T14:37:00.003+13:002023-11-25T14:37:53.706+13:00One of those sad days, the saddest ...<p>I'm sitting in front of the keyboard in something of a state of shock, certainly a state of profound sadness, having this morning received the news of the passing of long time friend and 'gamer Gerard Davey.</p><p>Gerard joined our group of 'gamers and friends early on, sometime around the mid 70's, even before the Christchurch Wargaming Society was formally registered. He was an enthusiastic 'gamer, and a highly skilled modeller and scratch builder, and his work on his 20mm WW2 Italian army was legendary. He was a prolific painter in his day, building an especially large collection of 25mm Napoleonics, and a slightly smaller collection of 25mm ancients armies.</p><p>He was one of the group of us who made the first ever sortie down to Dunedin in 1975, his Morris Oxford, and my Austin A30 Countryman, hosted by veteran 'gamer Al Duncan, visiting a core group of 'gamers down there from whom we caught the 'ancients' bug.</p><p>He spent a large part of his early career as a commercial traveller, and I well remember the modelling box that he carried with him, spending those long hours in motel rooms scratch building miniature tanks and vehicles to 20mm scale. Some years ago he gifted me a selection of those vehicles. They are treasures.</p><p>We know that this end comes to us all as we return to the stardust of which we are made, and we knew that Gerard was terminally ill, with little time left on this earth, but despite that certainty I faced this prospect with that sense of denial one has that this would not happen.</p><p>I recall with a slightly discomforting sense of freshness the many barbecues we shared as a group, with Gerard ever the source of great jokes and come backs, and we recall with equal clarity the day Lorraine and I completely by accident bumped into him and Marion at the cafe that used to be on the pier at Akaroa, where they shared with us the exciting news that they were getting engaged.</p><p>He was a good friend, a kind and generous human being, someone with a wicked sense of humour and a healthy level of cynicism about life. It will for me remain both his sense of humour and his profound kindness that will be his lasting legacy.</p><p>Marion, Charlotte, and Alex, have every right to feel the sentiment expressed by WH Auden in his poem 'Stop all the clocks':</p><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">'Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone'<br />Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, <br />Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, <br />Silence the pianos and with muffled drum <br />Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. </div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead <br />Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, <br />Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, <br />Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. </div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">He was my North, my South, my East and West, <br />My working week and my Sunday rest, <br />My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; <br />I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. </div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; <br />Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; <br />Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood; <br />For nothing now can ever come to any good. </div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">W H Auden</div></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">And this morning's news brought these words for me:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipL-VB9QqoGf33uHtvZqv3024gzFXZ3pMrUp07NGvPjZed0LwxpFOD6Th657vQ0-deXnTkCfwJsYLAe8eF6p4_5Z8JJkOEaQovzhOyxWdzkkHW_SEXs1gPFDoYkE5OyMMnzSa8T4CmRnJrJf9FwFrjmXp4VR-Srgrie3pWJwM6tiksr6xAxIFm5ICwdOaO/s748/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2011.13.21%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipL-VB9QqoGf33uHtvZqv3024gzFXZ3pMrUp07NGvPjZed0LwxpFOD6Th657vQ0-deXnTkCfwJsYLAe8eF6p4_5Z8JJkOEaQovzhOyxWdzkkHW_SEXs1gPFDoYkE5OyMMnzSa8T4CmRnJrJf9FwFrjmXp4VR-Srgrie3pWJwM6tiksr6xAxIFm5ICwdOaO/w331-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2011.13.21%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="331" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is perhaps how I would best like to remember Gerard, at a BBQ on the terace at the then newly purchased flat and first home of Sue and Dave Merry. Gerard is the one in blue seated centre front.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfrnqH1brL7qLJJ-cz_NGdc_hDnICzcQyM5J3XFsI9YosiLRD7yJZA8hr3HL-K7g_niEDpTtjFboB3ZGJxc6u0STzOdc3FRRxxHPAybS5qdTpX-RnF3fJy4N7847n2H5eBIGISjkkxk6vvPpwfDpJhu49UwFdqui4OeDZIGm9LVq4dzMuG3cKxwKdGaWY/s3586/File_000.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3142" data-original-width="3586" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfrnqH1brL7qLJJ-cz_NGdc_hDnICzcQyM5J3XFsI9YosiLRD7yJZA8hr3HL-K7g_niEDpTtjFboB3ZGJxc6u0STzOdc3FRRxxHPAybS5qdTpX-RnF3fJy4N7847n2H5eBIGISjkkxk6vvPpwfDpJhu49UwFdqui4OeDZIGm9LVq4dzMuG3cKxwKdGaWY/s320/File_000.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> As they say, when they made Gerard, they threw away the mould. Our deepest sympathies to Marion, Charlotte, and Alex, and your extended family. Kia tau te mauri, e hoa mā!!</p><p><br /></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-63141961438497137822023-11-21T20:26:00.007+13:002023-11-21T20:26:44.205+13:00Barbarian Stronghold for HotT<p> The discussion of HotT (Hordes of the Things) strongholds recently, and some advice from Allan S to just have several 'generic' strongholds, led me to think about a stronghold for the several barbarian armies I have. I imagined an interesting 'diorama' or scene of some barbarian warriors executing prisoners around a fire, with a cave 'stronghold' in the background. The armies are 20mm.</p><p>The mockup looked like this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhczCD6AZP0aCssUEaKgLqQzHQq3qHScMzKoLCOezxIqdnTh5WxWrUoKDV-3Hzj9548Fr-VU4kzvoCh2sQSq26vi3qWMd84E6TElmKQXxSpzzMRnPnLE5ythCEtsyyIcQGGnUdRtnTP3WIWYDA846P5XWPSJ18SiE2imLWCa8UmkqR4Ilrs8kaFKuiFV_/s1920/IMG_1693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhczCD6AZP0aCssUEaKgLqQzHQq3qHScMzKoLCOezxIqdnTh5WxWrUoKDV-3Hzj9548Fr-VU4kzvoCh2sQSq26vi3qWMd84E6TElmKQXxSpzzMRnPnLE5ythCEtsyyIcQGGnUdRtnTP3WIWYDA846P5XWPSJ18SiE2imLWCa8UmkqR4Ilrs8kaFKuiFV_/w400-h225/IMG_1693.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This view part way through construction sows the general structure against the white base material background.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUJVKwv9Ij8mEZ8p3L1F10M7tWcTTXdb89XuRev-rNpObA_lEPmWj-NWl92NdQxZEjwKyVngSJBF8cdfpK1f90huJwVFcCFcRUB78LPH-8yJAZlyu81YOtkQ5wB_KWRO1e_wyhaYuKCYI8oouEAbxvTwuti4Oti3nSwRuASbPjyZzJmm4y_4wc_sofvRw/s4032/IMG_1691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUJVKwv9Ij8mEZ8p3L1F10M7tWcTTXdb89XuRev-rNpObA_lEPmWj-NWl92NdQxZEjwKyVngSJBF8cdfpK1f90huJwVFcCFcRUB78LPH-8yJAZlyu81YOtkQ5wB_KWRO1e_wyhaYuKCYI8oouEAbxvTwuti4Oti3nSwRuASbPjyZzJmm4y_4wc_sofvRw/w400-h300/IMG_1691.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Foot warriors in the background. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>A slightly macabre stronghold, I know.. it's fascinating what the brain conceives.</p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-13182890551990225232023-11-16T21:24:00.001+13:002023-11-16T21:24:15.088+13:00Strongholds for Hordes of the Things<p>A discussion on the Hordes of the Things (HotT) Facebook group about army strongholds (the HotT equivalent of camps in DBA) led me to look at the strongholds I have created. I began with the supposition that I am not very good at creating strongholds, and haven't created very many of them. So I gathered the strongholds I have created and photographed them to put up in the Fb group. Here are the results.</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/AVvXsEgUS8bDuQU-p5vPdnthlHr5IcpPwZ0phKHPbN2qUqiBVPtiKT0X2qCrMzZu3cY9y11G9mgdDV5B8biwu7il4wDP-T-HBTHTAIygSnR82TWlwwiDsRFHSZCSnGAWjNwHKvjWh1xD9RUFIovsUKcT_KIFPwstFAnrz0cSmp3GL_muF3iA7S8In3dGSguzBZJd/s4032/IMG_1674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS8bDuQU-p5vPdnthlHr5IcpPwZ0phKHPbN2qUqiBVPtiKT0X2qCrMzZu3cY9y11G9mgdDV5B8biwu7il4wDP-T-HBTHTAIygSnR82TWlwwiDsRFHSZCSnGAWjNwHKvjWh1xD9RUFIovsUKcT_KIFPwstFAnrz0cSmp3GL_muF3iA7S8In3dGSguzBZJd/w400-h300/IMG_1674.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Undead.. something of a 'furnace of skulls', figures and skull commercial, all else scratch built</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/AVvXsEiBFN9bRheIqKyWtU8BkeXN7oPJBXtpqE2gK8-4fg-rA_1IiByj1BQbmhBCDwsFWYh0ZhHaSKmB3REAPFUSWJVCIBEBEc0DWN2RIjyWTl5mvfNP0JhRVjH1caxm209INDcB6zHkAIB8F1dZpde_DAikJt80ri0so8MjQVU2n_J33rHXPMaz2xacsXiMJEzG/s4032/IMG_1675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFN9bRheIqKyWtU8BkeXN7oPJBXtpqE2gK8-4fg-rA_1IiByj1BQbmhBCDwsFWYh0ZhHaSKmB3REAPFUSWJVCIBEBEc0DWN2RIjyWTl5mvfNP0JhRVjH1caxm209INDcB6zHkAIB8F1dZpde_DAikJt80ri0so8MjQVU2n_J33rHXPMaz2xacsXiMJEzG/w400-h300/IMG_1675.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spiders... a small plastic spider on the left edge, otherwise scratch built</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/AVvXsEiBB-6-57vcd7GyILf2zXLLRcKx7fuHanlqGGVfN-4CDO7Vx39dCsVLr_J0rkXBabI2kS2RPgOQ1DQIE-KmWxzqqSMGEMqNTmKVCzkC-BO_1x8og9m65l3Uh-jqMItQeT53q-rjeIzE8sY2NfBO_JIAfED27ZpMd50X7KVt7uiamVeHnlt3jVCMTsR5zlg9/s4032/IMG_1676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB-6-57vcd7GyILf2zXLLRcKx7fuHanlqGGVfN-4CDO7Vx39dCsVLr_J0rkXBabI2kS2RPgOQ1DQIE-KmWxzqqSMGEMqNTmKVCzkC-BO_1x8og9m65l3Uh-jqMItQeT53q-rjeIzE8sY2NfBO_JIAfED27ZpMd50X7KVt7uiamVeHnlt3jVCMTsR5zlg9/w400-h300/IMG_1676.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turkish VSF - the 'turrets' are old curtain rail end knobs, all else scratch buiilt</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/AVvXsEiKcJvrE5cDMo6rqReH5ziSAFuLLOoYmmZLlX64SohoKI-2mMA1ep8r0GGgzXCINd0Djgq8GVGZtdQsFGDGxRqZY_bchnV5GJp0G_hODYmLc914uJMRpHUHO-1mZjR_hSvELhd0XKnImGqueNkqHA06zMNZQ6wSKyrO-BhCmvYPuJBhCYd4QZCtRaHIU2kB/s4032/IMG_1677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcJvrE5cDMo6rqReH5ziSAFuLLOoYmmZLlX64SohoKI-2mMA1ep8r0GGgzXCINd0Djgq8GVGZtdQsFGDGxRqZY_bchnV5GJp0G_hODYmLc914uJMRpHUHO-1mZjR_hSvELhd0XKnImGqueNkqHA06zMNZQ6wSKyrO-BhCmvYPuJBhCYd4QZCtRaHIU2kB/w400-h300/IMG_1677.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pirates - figures and palm trees are commercial</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/AVvXsEg2DXwvrBpAWAXO7xBKSt4LfX2xZXZ7_8yFwM-HkGJjYxw0Zg3S6QDYez8ZH5z2qwD-dQS4L-0gv9Q0DbeS-ghMiSYegoBu1kr7W9wkpWq4_lyS3e7wYwXsmHwNk48ul5cqoI4IfSgylUt3-OsLePisZ6atjJg_HmhywQ3GAuhcVYE28LnUxJF0MlxHcW0m/s4032/IMG_1678.JPG" 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/AVvXsEg2DXwvrBpAWAXO7xBKSt4LfX2xZXZ7_8yFwM-HkGJjYxw0Zg3S6QDYez8ZH5z2qwD-dQS4L-0gv9Q0DbeS-ghMiSYegoBu1kr7W9wkpWq4_lyS3e7wYwXsmHwNk48ul5cqoI4IfSgylUt3-OsLePisZ6atjJg_HmhywQ3GAuhcVYE28LnUxJF0MlxHcW0m/s320/IMG_1678.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chaos, or more generally evil armies - the skull is a commercial piece, the rest scratch built using polystyrene packaging</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/AVvXsEiocNH283cxfc-6QrmG13kF8LHjQkPouKpmX85ccoP1bjflT5tDHcHoZiXdGaETKMcE9ckxhtdTHPLn5EQZXZGFgLjXjl4vLHwtKDuld5cC22jJazsnAeSpTlfOUyqTxb2oiJWNHKwDai6OqHb1ezFyN7mmrcxkyCf742rU_pm36tzYejG3NjtLI6Kj4pTF/s4032/IMG_1679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocNH283cxfc-6QrmG13kF8LHjQkPouKpmX85ccoP1bjflT5tDHcHoZiXdGaETKMcE9ckxhtdTHPLn5EQZXZGFgLjXjl4vLHwtKDuld5cC22jJazsnAeSpTlfOUyqTxb2oiJWNHKwDai6OqHb1ezFyN7mmrcxkyCf742rU_pm36tzYejG3NjtLI6Kj4pTF/w400-h300/IMG_1679.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lost Worlds - the Moai is an aquarium piece, and is the foliage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Strongholds are a great outlet for creativity, a great way of indulging our creativity as 'gamers and modellers. I have created more than I thought, but given the 15+ armies I've created, clearly there are quite a number missing their essential stronghold. I liked the suggestion from Alan Saunders that I use generic strongholds that will fit multiple armies. I like that. Thanks Alan.<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-20844440019276569612023-11-11T14:50:00.002+13:002023-11-11T14:50:08.409+13:00Counter attack May 1918<p></p><blockquote> May 1918. The Spring Offensive has started to over reach German capability, and the New Zealand Division has been tasked with a local counterattack to open a way though the German positions. In front of them is a German regiment occupying some hastily prepared defences based around some old pillboxes dating from 1916. Can the kiwis make the break though?</blockquote><p></p><p>The NZ Division:</p><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1st, 2nd, and Rifle Brigades</li><li>The divisional MG Battalion</li><li>2 regiments of 18pdr field artillery on table tasked with close support</li><li>4 squadrons (stands) of MkIV tanks</li><li>Off table, the divisional 4.5" howitzer regiment, and a regiment of 4.5", and 8", from Corps assets</li><li>2 sorties of fighter aircraft </li></ul></div><p>The German defenders</p><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>170th Infantry Regiment at full strength</li><li>a battalion of Stosstruppen</li><li>a regiment of Uhlan in support</li><li>a stand of tanks (A7V)</li><li>1 regiment of 77mm field artillery on table in close support</li><li>Off table, a regiment of 105mm, and a regiment of 150mm from Corps assets</li><li>1 sortie of fighter aircraft</li></ul><div>The New Zealanders attacked with 2 brigades forward, and one in reserve. The Tank Regiment tanks attacked through the centre. The attack was organised with a series of timed orders to allow assets to advance in support.</div><div><br /></div><div>The German regiment with Stosstruppen and artillery was deployed on table, the cavalry regiment off table in reserve.</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKur3Sntf5IaXMFqTvxAM6vaBACKMsJSFzUpFXDjJQUV3ICrwu3MbW8TV5dFeVFWFAo4mhzfZacRL5yI9lGteH7KaynlEiDkC34thjml_hThjON-Rszi1Ph7WxIuvB7PDqu8Fn4WYATbq47a113yITS8fkBvj5FJ5UsYa_9NnsQbjAvZ3bmw0xwhLje09/s4032/IMG_1624.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKur3Sntf5IaXMFqTvxAM6vaBACKMsJSFzUpFXDjJQUV3ICrwu3MbW8TV5dFeVFWFAo4mhzfZacRL5yI9lGteH7KaynlEiDkC34thjml_hThjON-Rszi1Ph7WxIuvB7PDqu8Fn4WYATbq47a113yITS8fkBvj5FJ5UsYa_9NnsQbjAvZ3bmw0xwhLje09/w400-h300/IMG_1624.jpg" 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/AVvXsEgU-JBnDOOyWy8lVqAo8IQGs6X8vw2wHTIaWqzP3Y7z5-MB5tB0jzErZc_MyqaXuJl0C-mI35y8OMRP0rLc5Tr8pbZfFxF9ha1X_mnK4ye-8-cj8hIZxLI4KbLIvy7e7oEEHeobJBhCL96zFT6D2aPs7VVpLqOe0Q-OGPQmumGJ4AI77YQOomLk787j4Hrv/s4032/IMG_1627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-JBnDOOyWy8lVqAo8IQGs6X8vw2wHTIaWqzP3Y7z5-MB5tB0jzErZc_MyqaXuJl0C-mI35y8OMRP0rLc5Tr8pbZfFxF9ha1X_mnK4ye-8-cj8hIZxLI4KbLIvy7e7oEEHeobJBhCL96zFT6D2aPs7VVpLqOe0Q-OGPQmumGJ4AI77YQOomLk787j4Hrv/w400-h300/IMG_1627.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-planned artillery fire first hit the ridge, and the village immediately in front of the attack. The ridge was unoccupied, but the village was ..</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/AVvXsEg2fjT3lmvhdQKY4oiqQoMynB4kWGS7WtxsvtYcytQceiNex4BeSeUQE5L37Tj06Nd3Xzh5qxUiC3SzfV-wwGDqPQzp-wNW7N67WlzIInm9exdGFx7tubNGWerqLWYztFMnG5WJGnoYgB_T_ehI6msg-d6DZBCpNZ7jT53QCW7ECDx1l7wJVacwKa2CF95C/s4032/IMG_1628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fjT3lmvhdQKY4oiqQoMynB4kWGS7WtxsvtYcytQceiNex4BeSeUQE5L37Tj06Nd3Xzh5qxUiC3SzfV-wwGDqPQzp-wNW7N67WlzIInm9exdGFx7tubNGWerqLWYztFMnG5WJGnoYgB_T_ehI6msg-d6DZBCpNZ7jT53QCW7ECDx1l7wJVacwKa2CF95C/w400-h300/IMG_1628.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The defenders of the village - a company of infantry and a company of stosstruppen</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/AVvXsEjs57WQ1DxGxRHqJ0AvoZK0UAmPTxdfQ2xxD1oWhlS-fudGEu0CUG3o7QwcQe3sW6XE9YzLjRJ7If8Mdxz8Rx0jjWXNf1djkb3voECNwpFbnVTXcmVecWctKdmkFjYKzYaFEB7R07A_vHRReVnPDd4fa-mkTXhPDTC-aSW188xAgzQqRcwYXjvQr4lyQmn8/s4032/IMG_1629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs57WQ1DxGxRHqJ0AvoZK0UAmPTxdfQ2xxD1oWhlS-fudGEu0CUG3o7QwcQe3sW6XE9YzLjRJ7If8Mdxz8Rx0jjWXNf1djkb3voECNwpFbnVTXcmVecWctKdmkFjYKzYaFEB7R07A_vHRReVnPDd4fa-mkTXhPDTC-aSW188xAgzQqRcwYXjvQr4lyQmn8/w400-h300/IMG_1629.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main weight of the German defence was further back</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/AVvXsEjHt_7jj1d4c_DUGBtlSSdaZqCY9NVmRwVb-MQAdd4ZzDuW3S5E1E39kGmG3w8BXflgOmZl26veZyDzCLjEyCL5ixZQVnqAgcjCG0cFtbe5ahQ2okGon7t_msqp9QKvY8Crok59i0gpB8keJvMBDcXopQcWJqI7pxWC1R_LZBT148Apsl4AqTpUQY4-wJ7F/s4032/IMG_1631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt_7jj1d4c_DUGBtlSSdaZqCY9NVmRwVb-MQAdd4ZzDuW3S5E1E39kGmG3w8BXflgOmZl26veZyDzCLjEyCL5ixZQVnqAgcjCG0cFtbe5ahQ2okGon7t_msqp9QKvY8Crok59i0gpB8keJvMBDcXopQcWJqI7pxWC1R_LZBT148Apsl4AqTpUQY4-wJ7F/w400-h300/IMG_1631.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The A7V unit is deployed centrally behind the main defence zone</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/AVvXsEjLYQ384WbR897yFGj3MD19A_2t3br5OiVERIedWlQM2v2uwQrbij4VWxiRl-k0DtIIJHffehBnW-X4Inwf35MagPuqypHbSKy1cLQet4plIzmFOnAVRfixAT8az155nkcl-oF0Boh7t9n31vW27PHp0T4elhiJZqFQttRhUXR_Gfjpj_aGJRbCRif80wfN/s4032/IMG_1633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYQ384WbR897yFGj3MD19A_2t3br5OiVERIedWlQM2v2uwQrbij4VWxiRl-k0DtIIJHffehBnW-X4Inwf35MagPuqypHbSKy1cLQet4plIzmFOnAVRfixAT8az155nkcl-oF0Boh7t9n31vW27PHp0T4elhiJZqFQttRhUXR_Gfjpj_aGJRbCRif80wfN/w400-h300/IMG_1633.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rifle Brigade on the left of the attack</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/AVvXsEiiWbc2zcDQm153RBlkxlPfh06p1lXwnbF1JazsW-aZhtXkFJwkqeRRSgrydpUvFlRKcQOz-4b36AXpshcCe9Ag3N4L049jB1LR2-cFQ6uf_glS7iM5DSKWCN1pNDltkNm_Jic8AJx-rm0w8JSJ6wUU5egtU7nl2B-JKulUvxE0hSxyfwscnyk9fo_-CaEq/s4032/IMG_1634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWbc2zcDQm153RBlkxlPfh06p1lXwnbF1JazsW-aZhtXkFJwkqeRRSgrydpUvFlRKcQOz-4b36AXpshcCe9Ag3N4L049jB1LR2-cFQ6uf_glS7iM5DSKWCN1pNDltkNm_Jic8AJx-rm0w8JSJ6wUU5egtU7nl2B-JKulUvxE0hSxyfwscnyk9fo_-CaEq/w400-h300/IMG_1634.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tanks .. one unit has already broken down</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZiG2mo2sNG9RuWqmY0yTRgoCw4PgRh1RrXWfSV321Fxh_Nlw8vYq_BiBkhrbl1RcmWDl5_ucX96-UaKwHmXA_JiM9uQHoFWj6TNVOSiabBdfK6KAvu6V-FGCXZaXh3g7EBF2nsatyO7u0reUXSI1hJrYyTxmrwaFeX5cFfuXbv35AOOqw_vTd5S-JC5K/s4032/IMG_1647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZiG2mo2sNG9RuWqmY0yTRgoCw4PgRh1RrXWfSV321Fxh_Nlw8vYq_BiBkhrbl1RcmWDl5_ucX96-UaKwHmXA_JiM9uQHoFWj6TNVOSiabBdfK6KAvu6V-FGCXZaXh3g7EBF2nsatyO7u0reUXSI1hJrYyTxmrwaFeX5cFfuXbv35AOOqw_vTd5S-JC5K/w400-h300/IMG_1647.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British artillery sets up on the ridge ready to support the Rifle Brigade attack.. but all defenders in their area have been eliminated. They have to limber up and race to catch u.p with the advance</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/AVvXsEjxIGYL2fWrIJkaSyMbeb1uPbKRxM61y74MDAkN-thhO7iXd_YE6xd1XsxPraOuT1wEMNtjT-3vm6LASKIXA9QSgWKksHod3ZPkZB7z2Pi4o4PTcMFaIvFYh2dqPGiKt8-LhHJBzrzfy59FI4NoZnMsQUTnx3cNQ_AemAHcK35h4JRgnF4rdqY0vKpluocd/s4032/IMG_1648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIGYL2fWrIJkaSyMbeb1uPbKRxM61y74MDAkN-thhO7iXd_YE6xd1XsxPraOuT1wEMNtjT-3vm6LASKIXA9QSgWKksHod3ZPkZB7z2Pi4o4PTcMFaIvFYh2dqPGiKt8-LhHJBzrzfy59FI4NoZnMsQUTnx3cNQ_AemAHcK35h4JRgnF4rdqY0vKpluocd/w400-h300/IMG_1648.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heavy artillery fire (105mm and 150mm) now falls across 2 Brigade and casualties begin to mount</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2HHft8QcNIRrSRb5cyCIv55Fs5BCLlTi_roNvcIOtHt8IE8Yicug8Ds1TkPmVQmr4ABi839Jlqx1t7ZrS-0kgA1P0im8lg-IE_gsgkxfdDke5tNao1X6FpPE97bQ5OztjQviat5vyIu-3b4MzoKaMKwnUZd-aKY6RxR-BLTmVz8SHTUM3hamiQ1pu-_X1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2HHft8QcNIRrSRb5cyCIv55Fs5BCLlTi_roNvcIOtHt8IE8Yicug8Ds1TkPmVQmr4ABi839Jlqx1t7ZrS-0kgA1P0im8lg-IE_gsgkxfdDke5tNao1X6FpPE97bQ5OztjQviat5vyIu-3b4MzoKaMKwnUZd-aKY6RxR-BLTmVz8SHTUM3hamiQ1pu-_X1=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A German airforce strike of fighter aircraft catches 2 Brigade in the open</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrB9MQVPQ6xATIBn40EfrCxcW3KAghnzRyVxS7-f1s432JACG1q9rGWM7WE1whVGsgk9HFNgLDULWEY64bfa7iB844I4MRt80JFarth10MZdSsadO6nnPXMUkpk-tuGSI8jAf1ZSdKLiHmBfSMIObUfvivnakQEOM09nPS7aQypq0uuiKwZaATW67gO7G/s4032/IMG_1659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrB9MQVPQ6xATIBn40EfrCxcW3KAghnzRyVxS7-f1s432JACG1q9rGWM7WE1whVGsgk9HFNgLDULWEY64bfa7iB844I4MRt80JFarth10MZdSsadO6nnPXMUkpk-tuGSI8jAf1ZSdKLiHmBfSMIObUfvivnakQEOM09nPS7aQypq0uuiKwZaATW67gO7G/w400-h300/IMG_1659.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first serious resistance on the German left, a company of Stoss, an infantry company, occupying some hasty trenches, and an MG company in an old pillbox</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/AVvXsEi9NwJ8uDvOfzqq_16069vDfX0aStU8ygvGLPNc3uEH9m0iuaKRFyM_iwn8QugqmI1ygfckeK4QrpUjAxFxO_hDofIvg8kDzZyNngcEYXAgceSfGEv36N4olA-LW7smWni0eiKVAKQ8P3NmJfj_2BmICq1uNoXsRHouCdYM6VajrNN25B2RjXMQ3JbeBeJ5/s4032/IMG_1660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NwJ8uDvOfzqq_16069vDfX0aStU8ygvGLPNc3uEH9m0iuaKRFyM_iwn8QugqmI1ygfckeK4QrpUjAxFxO_hDofIvg8kDzZyNngcEYXAgceSfGEv36N4olA-LW7smWni0eiKVAKQ8P3NmJfj_2BmICq1uNoXsRHouCdYM6VajrNN25B2RjXMQ3JbeBeJ5/w400-h300/IMG_1660.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Brigade successfully calls in the divisional 4.5" regiment</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/AVvXsEiitpYc80xNvNXIJrvAPTJKYT1-f2mIzggbUu0CBGXDtnIizAV5q6xYeJWqOSU1Vz1TrbzQF1vpWPlmX4AaeKRg_gL2vVciUotw94_13QCELjcDvRpruBOVQaznSzkS6X_OFlTEuysRjaFUjJGrXGcnglILV0WWVEMLnIygQbApV-7guPLF-Gdauf8A_10w/s4032/IMG_1661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitpYc80xNvNXIJrvAPTJKYT1-f2mIzggbUu0CBGXDtnIizAV5q6xYeJWqOSU1Vz1TrbzQF1vpWPlmX4AaeKRg_gL2vVciUotw94_13QCELjcDvRpruBOVQaznSzkS6X_OFlTEuysRjaFUjJGrXGcnglILV0WWVEMLnIygQbApV-7guPLF-Gdauf8A_10w/w400-h300/IMG_1661.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and destroys the pillbox with the weight of fire, and the MMG company occupying the position</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/AVvXsEi5mL3ErwGVjUlkTAV665PY55V_LQwze8ZjcmQnhPtzcdlnWbfsE-IXdbLrEU1aoVqi9v0nxzUt5MosD5LCOvOORKGS2968kjCdJioslwpQs6YOvEFv4hPhmr6HC5mF8loqM6koyrBL_NkcrqqNsj0vLsbpKNonkLKObSujBWPgq16FuSZ0fiA_0vbw_av_/s4032/IMG_1662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mL3ErwGVjUlkTAV665PY55V_LQwze8ZjcmQnhPtzcdlnWbfsE-IXdbLrEU1aoVqi9v0nxzUt5MosD5LCOvOORKGS2968kjCdJioslwpQs6YOvEFv4hPhmr6HC5mF8loqM6koyrBL_NkcrqqNsj0vLsbpKNonkLKObSujBWPgq16FuSZ0fiA_0vbw_av_/w400-h300/IMG_1662.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rifle Brigade confronts the defended village to its front, A fierce fire fight develops which sees the German defenders eliminated</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/AVvXsEiJhl4K7iJQuEBOYAJgZjqzwlA7TBPde3DfAXL6CPvDYhHhjxCNuWqV-b5pD_5uCnEYkEjH5OrFc6gcktw-_i4GY_xfvWb_JkfoIW4IsvN8TUAuODtXWE6SRVeXlRM3zvNN62Y3tihZ3pxsjwrO-KZvG0vRtv3mr-ngYtMefc_NdaJCQYfcUcNGT5PP5b8Z/s4032/IMG_1663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhl4K7iJQuEBOYAJgZjqzwlA7TBPde3DfAXL6CPvDYhHhjxCNuWqV-b5pD_5uCnEYkEjH5OrFc6gcktw-_i4GY_xfvWb_JkfoIW4IsvN8TUAuODtXWE6SRVeXlRM3zvNN62Y3tihZ3pxsjwrO-KZvG0vRtv3mr-ngYtMefc_NdaJCQYfcUcNGT5PP5b8Z/w400-h300/IMG_1663.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overview at this stage</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/AVvXsEiVYbDDpZzBJrp9oyQMQKrXv_a-sxCJB-uHAtZmfLzPu_qqH3oi2USspRRHA4UQmZk3h4pjiN_B1p52vvHcdsIPryfHQTW3EbUg13CHVvSSGqvXuqrnMpU2Ce7dTBETpWWwCLvqM2gjiMRtNxF1X-VFmjF8z_qLD6cW8TFW1moj2N9WwgTKZKylkg3Nr17e/s4032/IMG_1664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYbDDpZzBJrp9oyQMQKrXv_a-sxCJB-uHAtZmfLzPu_qqH3oi2USspRRHA4UQmZk3h4pjiN_B1p52vvHcdsIPryfHQTW3EbUg13CHVvSSGqvXuqrnMpU2Ce7dTBETpWWwCLvqM2gjiMRtNxF1X-VFmjF8z_qLD6cW8TFW1moj2N9WwgTKZKylkg3Nr17e/w400-h300/IMG_1664.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Brigade bounds forwards with its infantry company to add their weight of fire to the MMG companies firing form the ridge at the left</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/AVvXsEidR8cQZoKxNWkY4GIrcuvddZeUzKfZY-qdHW5AQDrbfkVHaBe95DLpVcu6x2RcFnH61BLXlVZpXi77ZfSmDxvLpTarCqfq2uXo1f5c9i6ncXJk1v8pYe-wKuy-Flsa0mygv1BOnlLG8_ZokGUeuZs0k-JsgvLYbGlYw3yQtJ0qhdKR0NxgXbT2_U09u6eZ/s4032/IMG_1665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidR8cQZoKxNWkY4GIrcuvddZeUzKfZY-qdHW5AQDrbfkVHaBe95DLpVcu6x2RcFnH61BLXlVZpXi77ZfSmDxvLpTarCqfq2uXo1f5c9i6ncXJk1v8pYe-wKuy-Flsa0mygv1BOnlLG8_ZokGUeuZs0k-JsgvLYbGlYw3yQtJ0qhdKR0NxgXbT2_U09u6eZ/w400-h300/IMG_1665.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the Rifle Brigade now swarms forwards through the liberated village</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_4DQgcf2GvMBA5JqLs_15kdHHA_2kvgpQN3ziV74uQr8OFg_Mgw8FjwgOicU82LWdGZX59ERtBt0BaVypjl0HQPI2whwYJU_4oQVtqadpinUZcrHE0MNX2lw7mAukKMPq4OKR3zDbHhfxXMqyCViOXSUJjCvkGEAAtSW12cPgI_yuzGnwn6EoNIQQbYdR/s4032/IMG_1666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4DQgcf2GvMBA5JqLs_15kdHHA_2kvgpQN3ziV74uQr8OFg_Mgw8FjwgOicU82LWdGZX59ERtBt0BaVypjl0HQPI2whwYJU_4oQVtqadpinUZcrHE0MNX2lw7mAukKMPq4OKR3zDbHhfxXMqyCViOXSUJjCvkGEAAtSW12cPgI_yuzGnwn6EoNIQQbYdR/w400-h300/IMG_1666.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 brigade continues its advance from its reserve position</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/AVvXsEjSHMZ1FYqt7RQhCv9GxjkEFB9i_4P2cT3CXsJLqGTE1ufLkJa2sBF0cu3IQJZCzlLEi-npzKX7tcNqyjiCGuuro1RfCx8TCSZYTdrx_KY5KJwkrzx_Qk9I0MitsgYfi9eQN7BCQ1YipcP2oUiyDsNKJiQ__-3ueLpkfRdk1BvjcJXX706AFkCh_lxha3O4/s4032/IMG_1667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHMZ1FYqt7RQhCv9GxjkEFB9i_4P2cT3CXsJLqGTE1ufLkJa2sBF0cu3IQJZCzlLEi-npzKX7tcNqyjiCGuuro1RfCx8TCSZYTdrx_KY5KJwkrzx_Qk9I0MitsgYfi9eQN7BCQ1YipcP2oUiyDsNKJiQ__-3ueLpkfRdk1BvjcJXX706AFkCh_lxha3O4/w400-h300/IMG_1667.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The German cavalry regiment arrives behind the ridge on the German right (facing the Rifle Brigade) ready to take up a position that strengthens the defence</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP57P86zF-fuVROlF5CGZbZd8oNTZfYynJ5enxMohbbrsBCrHtlSBoeVf7hRArSrayNVzotElg6CDmNP4efhP3oXBbp0BvDMyS2dE1g6cMhw16rWyLosWF1aZ7uiCID1WToP5kmptIRegO9eOhXhhRrfbCcaWK9O6MPaZiIX7gvgPme3ikY55-GWqKWiob/s4032/IMG_1668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP57P86zF-fuVROlF5CGZbZd8oNTZfYynJ5enxMohbbrsBCrHtlSBoeVf7hRArSrayNVzotElg6CDmNP4efhP3oXBbp0BvDMyS2dE1g6cMhw16rWyLosWF1aZ7uiCID1WToP5kmptIRegO9eOhXhhRrfbCcaWK9O6MPaZiIX7gvgPme3ikY55-GWqKWiob/w400-h300/IMG_1668.JPG" 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/AVvXsEh7-CuTdLkAIk3yIPEnX4j6nf84hBAiOA4u0BTq2ORhcewIgLOTOtk5_gdu0o6u9Jjl-e3_dHJAkM7srFLgVFlCyegFtLexoNTn3kn3AF-2a3o3P1T87ciErc0UtC9fLX_UETInZwm31b65YAYUstl3ku_iZ28_TVQ637A6Fk8sUNaA0i_f-ouKuYrcW2lh/s4032/IMG_1669.JPG" 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/AVvXsEh7-CuTdLkAIk3yIPEnX4j6nf84hBAiOA4u0BTq2ORhcewIgLOTOtk5_gdu0o6u9Jjl-e3_dHJAkM7srFLgVFlCyegFtLexoNTn3kn3AF-2a3o3P1T87ciErc0UtC9fLX_UETInZwm31b65YAYUstl3ku_iZ28_TVQ637A6Fk8sUNaA0i_f-ouKuYrcW2lh/s320/IMG_1669.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Brigade has now suffered serious casualties (10 stands)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The battle was still in the balance as the night progressed and we had to call time. With the NZ Reserve Brigade advancing, and the Rifle Brigade still in good condition, the German defence would eventiuaklky be overcome.</p><p>Jon and I were keen to try a later war game that allowed more movement, and included tanks, and aircraft. The NZers had to sorties from the RAF available but were unsuccessful in calling either of them in. The German air sortie was successful, and eliminated two stands of infantry from 2 Brigade.. it contributed to the growing casualty list of the day.</p><p>The game played well.. we could have done more with pre-planned fire, but it turned out it was not necessary. The game was played using my 6mm armies, figures from Irregular Miniatures.</p><br />Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-10727168241132085862023-11-04T16:10:00.001+13:002023-11-04T16:10:27.201+13:00Big Battle HotT: Spiders vs Asag and the Rocks<blockquote><p><i>Asag's generals strode across the landscape, littered as it was with broken rocks, but more particularly with the mortal remains of thousands and thousands of spiders. Hordes of the things, seemingly unlimited in number, seemingly irresistible .. until that is they had collided head first with the armies of the mountains. Had they had a sense of smell, their senses would have been assailed by the smell of death, the cloying, lingering smell of .. victory. The rocks and stones knew no fatigue, only animation, or nothing, at the hands of the generals and their magicians, God-like in their work. Somehow they knew this would not be the end.</i></p></blockquote><p>A week or so ago Andy began work on an army of animated rocks, based around the Sumerian myth of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asag">Asag</a>. This was to be a 'horde' based army, in Hordes of the Things (HotT) terms, to match my Spider army (also a horde based army), now expanded to Big Battle HotT (72 point) proportions. The rock army is incomplete, so Andy supplemented it with Aliens for this Big Battle outing. I won't give a blow by blow account, merely a few comments along the way, with some concluding comments at the end.</p><p><br /></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/AVvXsEibkwv5jg9lcnwFzHK2X7WNqxO2N3_QG1l6UnP-cnV2NRAyWaqYDtbfyLtmfJH4BIowmEKZlJFWNNAiSI91_IzTeV9Pjm0jLZi0koaSs95qngUKWRF_Up3Z1OEjlTRgyY8p2zFCVk1XHmwyVrCAMo4aOkYyEzf4FbMKiAyxl7xbLrXElkKWA6UrM1NRqvAN/s4032/IMG_1569.JPG" 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/AVvXsEibkwv5jg9lcnwFzHK2X7WNqxO2N3_QG1l6UnP-cnV2NRAyWaqYDtbfyLtmfJH4BIowmEKZlJFWNNAiSI91_IzTeV9Pjm0jLZi0koaSs95qngUKWRF_Up3Z1OEjlTRgyY8p2zFCVk1XHmwyVrCAMo4aOkYyEzf4FbMKiAyxl7xbLrXElkKWA6UrM1NRqvAN/s320/IMG_1569.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The set up, spiders on the right, rocks on the left, with the flank anchored on a water feature.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qW0PGYAWa1F64_IBp2Atk5Hp1C6nO8bbiEj1UCaBJl4OipMdEbzsWUl6bip9UPoSVROGqdW55lIFkD8hS5vNPpmG7q49JRrp71-pXmmLuJj-R9vCqPCDIB804_2yZBBBfdkmev_PcwOlcJ1jZwDKeP3LYMFYjqri_vhntAedB_rlUJcBQeTA3wfRte3w/s4032/IMG_1578.JPG" 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_qW0PGYAWa1F64_IBp2Atk5Hp1C6nO8bbiEj1UCaBJl4OipMdEbzsWUl6bip9UPoSVROGqdW55lIFkD8hS5vNPpmG7q49JRrp71-pXmmLuJj-R9vCqPCDIB804_2yZBBBfdkmev_PcwOlcJ1jZwDKeP3LYMFYjqri_vhntAedB_rlUJcBQeTA3wfRte3w/s320/IMG_1578.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left flank makes a subsequent low PIP die roll, can't hold enough stands, and the whole army is pushed over 50% casualties</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This was a very good game. As always, the Big Battle version of the game plays differently to the standard 24 point game. My lessons with the Spider army.</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I was defender, and so chose a water feature for my water borne spider element. We used this per Gunboats in the Hordes of The Empire variant of the game. However a water feature down the flank seriously limits the use of the element. Had I placed a 'river' down the centre of the able I would have significantly enlarged the sphere of influence of the water element, and therefore its potential impact on the battle..</li><li>The army includes two airboats and two flyers. I split these between two commands. I was starved of PIPs often. I reckon that as a player your plan should work on the assumption that it can still work to some degree even when starved of PIPs. I didn't do that. Therefore aerials saw relatively little use. Had they operated together in one command I MIGHT ell have been able to leverage greater impact form the combat effectiveness against foot.</li><li>Gods are fickle eh</li></ol><div>Overall a really good game, with a well deserved victory to Andy.</div><p></p>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779764580884105859.post-13303741391504954032023-11-03T16:08:00.004+13:002023-11-03T16:08:21.162+13:00Naval element for the Spider army<p>A new element type for the Hordes of the Things (HotT) spider army, is a naval element. We plan on using the sort of mechanisms taken from the Hordes of the Empire (HoTE) adaptation to HotT (available on the HotT iOGroup). This one is based on one of the spider species that move around on water, on leaves etc 9see the reference in the illustration text below.</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/a/AVvXsEjxyB_7FfVKWRkAx7KoRHVdicvnMB9V2DScVgpQzZpEPKUfi0ul5W8N6nDmG7SPlxSWwt-EDyspSqIHylq3jRh6hpCHdFFZx-MpaDqIK2srFTDH4yWOOdfUbJRIjxl9ojDW-GVUO-MXiu4aFR_ReNdOhjsBrykcTgDYFavDWY1NExl2gfsGyy3Bbs7aslDs" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="760" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxyB_7FfVKWRkAx7KoRHVdicvnMB9V2DScVgpQzZpEPKUfi0ul5W8N6nDmG7SPlxSWwt-EDyspSqIHylq3jRh6hpCHdFFZx-MpaDqIK2srFTDH4yWOOdfUbJRIjxl9ojDW-GVUO-MXiu4aFR_ReNdOhjsBrykcTgDYFavDWY1NExl2gfsGyy3Bbs7aslDs=w400-h264" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/aquatic-spiders</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Here is my interpretation of Mother Nature in this regard. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqlc11jULbzqgibgqpk59UIeIANOz4f5ope1SQcOTunz4L0_2oDeKrZfoUacO_MroyPVfpZLxnwMtBR3uM9Tkdsr4jEil_5kvY8JVlCSQgUCbeTIZ5ZFFsmoZGs2Ciw1xGvQ90_iCV3d6fwVZZ2nPV3d3of5-5jSzm84vs5E1gBNSrYGq0bHUjiLYuXCK/s4032/IMG_1565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqlc11jULbzqgibgqpk59UIeIANOz4f5ope1SQcOTunz4L0_2oDeKrZfoUacO_MroyPVfpZLxnwMtBR3uM9Tkdsr4jEil_5kvY8JVlCSQgUCbeTIZ5ZFFsmoZGs2Ciw1xGvQ90_iCV3d6fwVZZ2nPV3d3of5-5jSzm84vs5E1gBNSrYGq0bHUjiLYuXCK/w400-h300/IMG_1565.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yXCfsGf_wHuadOcBm1x6XOnugwDq4OiMRsrSwzfd9qABv29IvBrEESwq4a8gYW8PsMXrukEFY541xszAu_Hj4P72BygPC79WW2cWF2c8HDvF-UpWj385B1rTUdJEvX_qbjVhMwkmHmP3kuy-FN2o0nECMC14aoAqfIRGraySBDM6YQfHTGnoi48LzSHd/s4032/IMG_1566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yXCfsGf_wHuadOcBm1x6XOnugwDq4OiMRsrSwzfd9qABv29IvBrEESwq4a8gYW8PsMXrukEFY541xszAu_Hj4P72BygPC79WW2cWF2c8HDvF-UpWj385B1rTUdJEvX_qbjVhMwkmHmP3kuy-FN2o0nECMC14aoAqfIRGraySBDM6YQfHTGnoi48LzSHd/w400-h300/IMG_1566.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sTkLlGwer_H1UBiYMiqs4zmHh4fY4ocYVQXbvuz-uUfEm4Oc0QEyJbSsbcI1j0AePexOtuWnIDzpzjRzhZsCY8p0lUptVfXUp5KXzBr2FlOP09pFlxNC7usnl8gIO5CWILxQd9uiklpRRhrfpFzysttg2511P4CLWi60yjvbcPKl77RZfaCdXbYc9IAR/s4032/IMG_1567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sTkLlGwer_H1UBiYMiqs4zmHh4fY4ocYVQXbvuz-uUfEm4Oc0QEyJbSsbcI1j0AePexOtuWnIDzpzjRzhZsCY8p0lUptVfXUp5KXzBr2FlOP09pFlxNC7usnl8gIO5CWILxQd9uiklpRRhrfpFzysttg2511P4CLWi60yjvbcPKl77RZfaCdXbYc9IAR/w400-h300/IMG_1567.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEKsVvfR2_Yig73wIS5PAMLsGUNkDK5EdjL6apbpVRewsvvWVqQ9wnNnvgGiDXA6rseyQM0_jM_erPEws3DL_mjazTV1US9rfHjWYTXkgW74I4Th1Yzru6biI9Lv8AV5iofuNLDOaj2WiCjXGhst9uoQe-uipRL_8ySqAURTvtLa6jT48aZvxD2ZbyDNo/s4032/IMG_1568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEKsVvfR2_Yig73wIS5PAMLsGUNkDK5EdjL6apbpVRewsvvWVqQ9wnNnvgGiDXA6rseyQM0_jM_erPEws3DL_mjazTV1US9rfHjWYTXkgW74I4Th1Yzru6biI9Lv8AV5iofuNLDOaj2WiCjXGhst9uoQe-uipRL_8ySqAURTvtLa6jT48aZvxD2ZbyDNo/w400-h300/IMG_1568.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>It will cost 3AP (as per an Airboat) but be used per HoTE:</p><blockquote><blockquote><p><i></i></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Gunboats cost 3ap and play as either a gun, mortar, or a machine gun. May fire in its own bound even if it moved. Gunboats move
400 paces. Gunboats are on 80mm deep bases (15mm). </i></li><li><i>Transports cost 1ap and play as the type element they are carrying if they are carrying one. If not carrying an element they have a
combat value of 0 and use the combat outcomes for Riders. Transports move 300 paces. Transports are on 60mm deep bases (15mm).</i></li><li><i>Both Gunboats and Transports may carry one element. Their movement is limited to waterways. If in contact with the shore they may
unload or load one element for the cost of 1 PIP. If a Gunboat and/or Transports are part of an army and a waterway is not placed on the
board these elements cannot be used and do not count as elements lost .</i></li><li><i>We have broken artillery down into 3 types - Guns, Mortars/rockets and Machine Guns. All 3 types use the artillery move rates, combat
factors and combat outcomes.
Guns: direct fire in their own bound if it did not move. Range of 8 inches. We are not distinguishing between type of gun, loading
method or crew training.
Mortars and Rockets: fire in their own bound if it did not move. Range of 5 inches and may fire over intervening terrain or elements.
Machine Guns: fire every bound even if they moved. They have a range of 4 inches. </i></li></ul><p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><i></i></p></blockquote>Robin Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057467066079369641noreply@blogger.com5