An AAR from Zippee, who recently played the first scenario from the Operation Compass Scenario pack.
A successful and enjoyable game, except for the fact that the Zipmeister's camera tripod fell apart just after he'd laid out the terrain. Accompanying illustrations are therefore of the desert in all its lonely glory. Enjoy!
I've added a couple of new entries to the list of WW2 15mm manufacturers.
First up are Obscure Miniatures with the somewhat controversial release of a range of 15mm Hitler Jugend figures. Here is the bumph from their website along with a couple of pictures:
"Well, here is the beginning of our "Battle for Berlin" range. To start with we have the Hitler Youth. The command is 15mm to the eyes and the infantry is 15mm to the top of the head. These are scaled to be children soldiers. If you ever really wanted to do Berlin and the end of the war with the correct figures here they are. Some of the helmets and gear has been over scaled to give that cast off, hand me down feel. We hope these fit in with some of your battles."
Next up is an entry for Zvezda, a Russian company that have been threatening to release 1/100th scale plastic tanks for some time. Their website is in Russian, but translates into English, but you will probably need to find a distributor from whom to order rather than being able to do so directly.
As far as I can see from the website catalogue, they have four models available now: an early T-34 (natch!); a T-26; a Panzer II and a Panzer III. Here's a small piccy pf the T-34 (not sure what that flag is doing at the back) which is apparently a five part kit. The picture links to the appropriate Zvezda page so you can see a bigger version, along with pictures of the front and back of the box showing more detail.
Originally posted 18th February 2011
Finally managed to get the FIAT staff car from True North finished, and added a couple of light tanks as well.
The second and third IABSM games of the New Year: a quick pick up game involving a Soviet assault on a Fallschirmjager-held village somewhere on the Eastern Front.
Terrific action, including some stunning exploits from Soviet tank-killers and a German anti-tank gun crew led by Leutnant Freddi Feuerzangenbowle!
I have now posted a proper review of Gaming Models' AB40 and Morris CS9 armoured cars
BATTLEFRONT AB41 COMPARED TO A GAMING MODELS' AB40
Originally posted 20th January 2011
Some new and somewhat rare additions to my collection. For the BEF, there is a patrol of Morris CS armoured cars; and for the Italians there are two AB40 armoured car patrols: one for the desert and one for Sicily.
All the models come from Gaming Models, a company that I have eschewed for a long time, put off by early reviews and the pictures on their website. A full review will follow, but suffice to say I am very happy with the AB40s and pretty happy with the Morris CSs.
Morris CS9 from Gaming Models
AB40 armoured cars from Gaming Models
The AB40s painted, more correctly, in dark green
Whilst sorting through all the files on my computer, I came across some photos of some of the first games of IABSM that I set up and ran myself.
Those of you who notice that some of the hedges in both these games are made out of green ring binder spines will be relived to know that I now have huge numbers of "proper" hedges!
The first game of the New Year: a scenario taken from the Operation Compass scenario booklet covering the early war in the Western Desert.
Today, deep within the heart of the Italian stronghold of Tobruk , the assaulting Australians find themselves on the end of a rather nasty looking Italian counter-attack.
Soviet heavy mortars; Lion class transports for the Felids to join the barn force; and a battery of US medium artillery.
Soviet 120mm mortars from Battlefront
Lion class transports from Khurasan
US medium artillery battery from Battlefront
A catch-up on photography this afternoon. First up, some T-34/85s for the Soviets; and the second platoon of M11 tanks arrives for the Italians.
Soviet T-34/85s from Battlefront
Italian M11 tanks from Skytrex/Command Decision
Originally posted 18th November 2010
Here's the second AAR from the Burton-upon-Trent “Beer & Lard Day”. This time we're off to the jungles of Malaya for action along the Slim River.
Click on the pic to see all.
This weekend saw the first Burton-upon-Trent “Beer & Lard Day”: a day’s wargaming that gives those people unable to easily travel down to Lard HQ for our annual events an opportunity to try out games from the TooFatLardies stable of rules.
My role was to run the games using I Ain’t Been Shot, Mum!, the Lardies’ WW2 company level ruleset. I ran three different scenarios on the day, the first of which was 3RTR at Hames-Boucres: the third game from the Defence of Calais early war scenario pack.
Battle report from a great game at the Farnborough Wargames Society: action from the Anzio beachhead in February 1944.
The last of the late war tanks added to the Gallery:
M14 tanks from Battlefront
A couple more units finished for my Italian WW2 army: a platoon of light tanks for the western desert and a platoon of Semovente 90/53s for Sicily (both shown below).
L6 Light Tanks from Battlefront
Semovente 90 from Battlefront
A couple more units finished for my Italian WW2 army: a platoon of tank destroyers and a platoon of armoured cars (both shown below).
Semovente 47s from Battlefront
AB41 armoured cars from Battlefront
A couple of pictures loaded: 2-pounder portees for the desert Brits, and light and medium mortars for the desert Italians.
A couple of pictures loaded: Matildas for the desert Brits, and 20/65 AA guns for the desert Italians.
Matildas from Battlefront
The second AAR from the Operation Compass scenario booklet. Action similar to that of Sidi Barrani, but this time east of Buq Buq.
The first AAR from the Operation Compass scenario booklet. Night time action at Sidi Barrani as 6RTR attempt to crush the last resistance from 1st and 2nd Libyan Divisions in the dunes to the east of the town.
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