The Polikarpov I-16 from Old Glory/Little Fokkers

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Originally posted 6th October 2012

Old Glory advertised their "Little Fockers" range of 15mm aircraft on TMP a couple of weeks ago, and such is the power of advertising that I couldn't resist buying the four different WW2 Soviet 'planes that they do.

First to leave the painting table is the teeny tiny Polikarpov I-16 fighter: very dinky!

Yet More Gebirgsjaeger

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Originally posted 9th September 2012

The final two units of the Gebirgsjaegers company:  the third platoon, and an anti-tank gun zug from Regiment. 

Again I'm struck by the contrast in quality of figures from Battlefront. The anti-tank gun team are works of art: a joy to paint and come our brilliantly. The infantry are manikins:  horrible compared to the ATG crew. 

Ah well: just a few Peter Pig skiers to paint to finish the project, and then on to the Harook: bird men with guns from Mad Robot!

AAR: Let's Get The Bastards!

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Originally posted 27th August 2012

More from the extremely talented Sergeant Perry: this time it's five different battle reports featuring the same scenario from the Welsh Guards scenario pack played at the same convention.

Just count those Churchills:  I think they needed a bigger table!

AAR: Action at Galmanche

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Originally posted 26th August 2012

"Sergeant Perry" is a long time contributor to the TFL Yahoo Group. He plays IABSM in 20mm with a stunningly beautiful collection of figures, vehicles and scenery.

His After Action Reports are always very picture heavy. Here are three featuring the same scenario from the IABSM v3 rulebook: Action at Galmanche.

Gebirgsjaeger MMG Teams

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Originally posted 19th August 2012

More Gebirgsjaeger: this time the MMG platoon. I'm very disappointed. The casts from Battlefront were very poor, especially on the chaps actually firing the machine guns. If you look closely, you can actually see that one of them is missing half his head!

Well, Rob, you may say, why didn't you just get them to send you some more: they're very good at that sort of thing. 

Well, I'd reply, they're very good at that sort of thing because they have plenty of bleedin' practice! If they had the quality control to start off with, then I wouldn't need to bother! I love BF stuff, on the whole, but sometimes they do themselves no favours.

No, the bad casts can stay up here for all to see: I'm bound to buy the three MMGs I need for theSchwerer Zug anyway so, assuming they are of respectable quality, they will be the ones I eventually use on the tabletop. Pity it's only Battlefront who do Gebirgsjaeger in 15mm. For now! Plastic tank anyone?

Murphy's Heroes

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Originally posted 10th August 2012

I'm just back from holiday: two weeks in the Nederlands. Whilst I was there, I managed to get over to the Murphy's Heroes club in Delft for a game of IABSM.

An excellent late war game put on and refereed by Dick Bax, set somewhere in Poland, where  I played the Soviets attacking Derk Groeneveld's Germans.

Modesty forbids me from mentioning who won a glorious victory (!), but a big thank you to Dick and Derk, and the rest of the Heroes, for their hospitality.