AAR: The Battle of Kerens
/Originally posted 23rd March 2014
A warm-up game for Salute from Tom.
TFL Painting Challenge: Egg's Italians
/Originally posted 23rd March 2014
Plenty of achievements listed in the last few days, but nearly all from the usual suspects. Those of you who haven't painted much this year (and you know who you are) need to get those brushes out!
Today's achievements are from: Vidal Bairos; Jason Ralls; Leif; Mr Luther; and Egg. Here are Egg's Italian tanks:
Plastic Soldier Company Churchills: 19 of them!
/Originally posted 18th March 2014
I have finally finished my squadron of Churchill tanks: all nineteen of them!
These are really nice models from the Plastic Solider Company finished off with decals from the equally excellent Dom's Decals.
Battlefront Vietnam Sale
/Originally posted 18th March 2014
The large box from Battlefront has arrived!
All the vehicles I need to fill in the gaps in my Vietnam US forces and at a 40% discount. I'm generally no fan of Battlefront, even though I buy their models quite a lot but, in this case, they have excelled themselves.
The 40% Vietnam sale is still on until 31st March.
TFL Painting Challenge
/Originally posted 18th March 2014
My call to action seems to have had an effect: I have been inundated with achievements!
In no particular order we have more from Mr Hodge (sterling work, pun intended); Jon Yuengling; WillieB; Matt Slade; Mr Bax; Mr Bailey and Mr Plowman.
Today's picture is from Dave Bailey: some nice Resistance fighters from Peter Pig:
M48 A3 Pattons
/Originally posted 15th March 2014
In preparation for the large box that should hopefully soon arrive from Battlefront (well, if they will have a 40% off sale!), I thought I'd better clear the last few Vietnam-era figures on my existing lead mountain.
Here are two M48 A3 Patton tanks painted in two distinct styles: one is straight off the ship, pristine and covered in nice bright markings; the other is a more battered, sober vehicle.
Nice models...and if you're reading this before March 31st, get yourself over to the Battlefront website and stock up now!
TFL Painting Challenge: A Quiet Week
/Originally posted 15th March 2014
A quiet week on the painting challenge: only three updates (from Messrs Stoesen, Erikson and Luther).
Some on chaps: fingers out!
As inspiration, here's a very nice transformer tower from Leif:
AAR: Day of the Panthers
/Originally posted 10th March 2014
James Mantos brings us an excellent battle report from a recent Normandy game. Some really good photography as well: a recommended read!
TFL Painting Challenge Update
/Originally posted 10th March 2014
Some more achievements logged today. Contributors are Chris Stoesen; Jon Yuengling; Jon Deeks (a late entrant: welcome aboard); Jason Ralls; and Owen.
Here are Jason Ralls' hastati.
AAR: Airfield Attack
/Originally posted 5th March 2014
Chris Stoesen (author of the In the Name of Roma scenario pack for IABSM) brings us a battle report for IABSM in 6mm, put on by Mark Luther. Some excellent looking terrain and a great battle.
TFL Painting Challenge: Longship
/Originally posted 5th March 2014
A few achievements for early March: Stumpy continues re-basing like mad (277 infantry counted at half points); Mr Treadhead builds some buildings; Manuel gets ahead of himself by painting double the usual number of Franks; Mr Luther braves the cold to finish his next batch; and Chris Stoesen completes the Peter Pig Viking Longship.
Today's picture is Chris' Viking Longship:
M551 Sheridans
/Originally posted 2nd March 2014
Some reinforcements for my Vietnam US infantry: three M551 Sheridan tanks from Battlefront. Lovely models that come absolutely ram-jammed with stowage built into the models. The only negative point is the delicacy of the barrels of the HMGs: you can see from the photos how bent they are...and stay, despite my best efforts!
TFL Painting Challenge: Update
/Originally posted 2nd March 2014
Today's achievements, the first of the month of March, are from Leif (duck-breaker 1); Jason Ralls (another painting machine!); Egg; Plowman; Bailey and Chris Gilbride (duck-breaker 2).
Today's picture is from Dave Bailey: a dark ages watch tower for Dux from Warbases, which they specially shrunk down to 15mm for him.
AAR: Fischfang Day 1 - A
/Originally posted 27th February 2014
Craig Ambler has been working his way through the Anzio scenario pack. Here's an AAR from his last battle (although not the last in the pack) covering the opening phase of Operation Fischfang.
This was a truly colossal battle (the Germans have two companies of infantry!) that gave an excellent game.
TFL Painting Challenge: Duck-Breakers
/Originally posted 27th February 2014
A few duck-breakers this update. Pingu opens his innings with a septet of 28mm Zombie figures; WillieB bursts onto the scene with seventy 28mm WW1 figures (lulling us into a false sense of security, eh?); and Mr Ploughman enters the lists with fifteen 28mm figures.
Elsewhere we have achievements from Messrs Luther; Ström; and Bailey (the man is a machine!); Owen; Craig Ambler; and Danziger.
Today's pic is a little one from WillieB:
TFL Painting Challenge: Jon hits 1,000 points
/Originally posted 23rd February 2014
An exciting update today: we have our first "1,000 point" participant: Jon Yuengling.
In honour of Jon's achievement, here is one of his pictures:
AAR: Over The Hill
/Originally posted 23rd February 2014
Here is another AAR from the Mad Padre, but it's a blast from the past: the report from his first game of I Ain't Been Shot, Mum!
Exciting stuff, even if it was from many moon's ago!
TFL Painting Challenge: The Biscuit Tin
/Originally posted 20th February 2014
Here's today's update: achievements from Messrs Llano; Luther; Stoesen; Bailey; Weir and Ambler.
Mr Weir also gets full marks for trying to claim a biscuit tin in the painting challenge: full marks, but no points. In consolation, however, the offending item is today's featured picture:
AAR: The Cats Go Out At Night
/Originally posted 20th February 2014
An unusual AAR from The Mad Padre: a battle that takes place at night as the Canadians attempt to hold off marauding Big Cats in June 1944.
WW2 US Artillery HQ from Battlefront
/Originally posted 16th February 2014
Whilst waiting for more decals to arrive from Dom in order to finish my Churchill squadron, I thought I'd polish off something that has been sitting, half-finished, on my painting table for ages: the Battlefront US Artillery HQ.
Absolutely pointless in wargaming terms for IABSM, it's nevertheless another piece of battlefield clutter with which to dress the table.
Oh, and for those interested, the maps are made from the QR code found on the cards you find inside the Zvezda boxes. Just cut out a square or a rectangle from the QR code and add a little blue line (for a river) and some green patches (for woods) and away you go.
