Microarmor for 1944

Here is a batch of 1944 Germans to fill out the first scenario of a MarketGarden series of games I will run at the club over the next year or so. The hetzers are standing in for Pzjd IVs...shhh... Infanty are mostly Adler, rest are GHQ.

Dice bargain at Value Village!

Yesterday I found a bargain at the 34th Ave Value Village thrift store when I was rummaging around with the kids - a bag of 50 high quality assorted polyhedral dice for $5! Whoo-hoo! I picked up one bag and there were two others on the shelf in the toy section when I left.

Now, I suppose I don't really need all these lovely dice....but you can never have too many, and they normally go for a buck each or so.

 

This one is a bit of a mystery - anybody know what this icon on the 6-face represents? The other sides have normal pips.

Romans done, 6mm moderns

Just finished the forces for two of the Roman Civil War CCA scenarios pitting Caesar vs Pompey. Here we have some medium legions, light cavalry and commanders.

And also some modern microarmor that I picked up at a club auction a little while back. Here we have some some Sheridans done in my first attempt at NATO 3-colour camo scheme. I have always wanted to do some Cold War stuff, mid 80s central Europe, but I have not yet found scenarios or rules that work for me. Suggestions welcomed!

Reaper Bones and some more 10mm

I tested a batch of my Reaper Bones bonanza of figures, here are 12 goblins:

They are not bad, the sculpts have lots of character, perhaps a bit less sharp in detail than metal, as you would expect with a polymer casting, but they take paint well. They are cast in a rubbery plastic that apparently does not require priming. I coated mine with Vallejo sepia wash prior to painting to bring out the detail. Worked perfectly.

I also made more progress on the 10mm Roman Civil War CCA project. Here are a warband (Pendraken)

Medium legion:

and Lights (use of ahistorical green was intentional to key them as lights for CCA)

And now for something completely different

A few new things to put up here, including some 24th regiment of foot teddy bears:

And enemies...giant rats....the first figures completed from my huge batch of Reapers Bones that will take a generation to paint:

The bears are intended to get the kids into some gaming, perhaps they could battle the rats for jujubes using the Song of Fur and Buttons rules.

A few more 10mm Romans, some of these are very nice Pendraken:

Other news, this addition to the family:

She is a lovely 2-year old Golden / Pyrenees cross named "Milly".

Fireball Forward Germans

Here we have some German Heer by Valiant in 1/72 for a Fireball Forward scenario I am hoping to run in the next few weeks.

DBA Abysinnians II/62 first blood

I recently painted a Nubian Christian DBA army for my chum Dennis in exchange for this Abysinnian DBA army, mostly Essex I think. The Elephant General is an interesting element to play, it's vulnerable to quick kill by lights, but I used it very aggessively thinking that he's stompy as hell but hard to kill, so just give'r and let the chips fall! Fun army to play, need to be aggressive I reckon, with ample warbands and Jumbo needing overlaps and decent match-ups to ensure they make the most of their q-killing ability.

First 2 games against Nubians were close wins.