All Packed Up

The luggage is finished.  It felt good to put paint to a model after so long.  I painted it over the course of two nights while watching "The Addams Family".  The sculpt is nice and easy to paint.

Brad pointed out after I was finished painting that the knot holes on the lid look like eyes (I did not notice that the entire time I was working on it)

"The Luggage had an elemental nature, absolutely no brain, a homicidal attitude toward anything that threatened its master, and Rincewind wasn't quite sure that its insides occupied the same space-time framework as its outside." ~Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic

 

The arrow on the base is to help identify what tile on the Guards Guards board the luggage currently occupies (since the base is just a little too big).  It is nice seeing the luggage run around the board eating people.

Next up on the painting block is Lord Downey...

Kevin

More Discworld

On my recent trip to Ireland, I was lucky enough to find a copy of both "Guards Guards" and "The Witches" (the former was a very thoughtful gift from my girlfriend).  Once I get the rules down for both games a little more I will make a review post with more details. 

To enhance both games I ordered some of the Discworld Minatures from Micro Art Studio.  The models are very nice and alot of fun to work on.  I have not picked up a paint brush for a few months, so I am looking forward to painting these.

The Luggage is the first off (since it is one of my favorite characters and the model looks cool).  In the Guards Guards game, the luggage roams the table sending any character it comes in contact with to the hospital (this happened to Josh in round 2 of the first game).

 

Kevin

Tank Aces

I am looking to start a small Tank Aces campaign sometime this week.  I have a few people new to table top games in my group and I figured this would be a good introduction without overwhelming them.

I have several small Tank forces at my disposal including: Germans (StuG and Panzers), British Sherman, and I will be using my Canadian armored company (Market Garden list).  There will also be a force of Soviet T-34s.  Pics to come.  

In Tank Aces campaigns there are special in game objectives called "Tactical Edges".  There are six per game that a placed through out the battle field.  They can be captured like all other objectives in FoW.  Tactical Edges allow the holder to use a re-roll.  This re-roll can be used on a die roll the player failed, or used to force their opponent to re-roll a successful role.  Each Tactical Edge can be used for a specific type of role; one can be used on firepower tests, another on skill test etc.  Click here for a full list.  The other interesting part to Tactical Edges is that no one knows which is which on the table top until they capture it.

Instead of just putting pieces of paper down, I decided to design my own tokens.  I had some cargo from Forgeworld Warmaster series collecting dust.  I tried to keep them all identical as I could to keep the mystery of  their contents in game.  
 

 Kevin

Plastic Germans are Completed!

My plastic Germans from the Open Fire box are done!  Check it out.  More tanks to come next week as I work on some Panzers.

 Kevin

Shermans Hit the Road

The last of the Germans are coming along slowly.  Getting tired of white uniformed infantry...

A group of friends are planning to play a 4 week Tank Aces campaign starting in 2 weeks.  To prepare for this I have built of the plastic Shermans from the Open Fire box.  I have also picked up a box of Panzers IV to add to the StuGs.  More details to come about the campaign.

Kevin

Break from Germans to Build Buildings

While I am working on the last 6 German infantry team, I thought I would show off one of my new buildings.  I was going for more of a rustic farmer look.  I wanted to try something different for the roof top.  I remember reading an article about building Rohan houses for the Lord of the Rings miniature game.  They used teddy bear fur to make a thatched roof.  I found some fur and tried it out.  Lots of glue and longer drying times, but I like the feel of it. 

Kevin

Tank Fright

This week I started to work on the second German platoon as well as the Panzerschreck team.

The Panzerschreck (tank fright) was a infantry anti-tank weapon. Similar to the PaK40, after the Germans started to fight against the Soviet Union's T-34 tanks, they realized they needed something stronger then the anti-tank rifle that they were current using. Eventually the Pazerschreck became the bane of Allied armour. The fin-stabilized rocket the Panzerschreck fired could penetrate up to 200mm thick armour, however it did have a limited range (150-180 meters)

One of the supposed downsides of this tank killer was that when it was fired it produced a lot of smoke (both in front and behind the weapon). This made it difficult to shoot from inclosed spaces as well as revealing the wielders position.

The Panzerschreck team should be a good addition to my German force. By attaching it to other infantry and can add some anti-tank support wherever I need it.

 

 

Kevin