Quite a quiet week this week: must be the end-of-the-summer-holidays effect!
Despite that, today we have entries from:
Craig Ambler with a mixture of stuff; Mark Luther with more 20mm Japanese; a big entry from Owen; a big entry from Topi; almost as big an entry from Dave Bailey; Manuel with some slingers and ninjas; an unusually small entry from Kev; and 100 inches of fence from Treadhead!
Craig Ambler plays the first scenario from the Bashnya or Bust! scenario pack.
Another large upload today: not updating the challenge for a week is definitely not a good idea!
Today we have entries from:
Two pictures today: Egg's ships again (I love 'em!) and Treadhead's Martian tripods (to inspire me!).
Next up are some early war German SdKfz 7/2 medium-weight AA half-tracks from Battlefront. Now I was dreading putting these together, as I always have a difficult time with Battlefront guns: to fiddly for my patience! I am, however, please to say that these went together very easily.
I used GW Granite paint with an Agrax Earthshade wash, and I think they turned out very well. Recommended, and I have two more to paint up for late war.
Some more painting finished.
First up are the Allied Diamond T artillery tractors. These are great big trucks that were used to pull the M1 155mm howitzers of the US medium batteries, and are a more typical alternative to the M5 High Speed Tractors that are included in the FOW boxed set.
These models are from MMModels: a range that varies in quality to say the least. I am pleased to state that the Diamond Ts are very nice models that go together well, and paint up nicely. Recommended for anyone needing a really big truck, or who wants to field the more correct tow for a WW2 M1 artillery battery.
I've painted up four of the monsters. Here's a close-up of one:
A recent holiday took me to Dorset and, to my great delight, less than half an hour's drive from Bovingdon Tank Museum.
Bovingdon is a brilliant day out for anyone interested in 20th Century warfare and, of course, tanks. From the genesis of the AFV during WW1 through to an enormous collection of WW2 vehicles (my favourite bit) and on to more modern tanks up to and including the current campaign in Afghanistan. Superb!
Children will love it: both my daughters have no interest in wargaming, but nevertheless insist on going to the museum if we are ever anywhere near it. We have even been twice in the same week!
Here's a couple of pics taken last visit:
British Cromwell
British Lanchester Armoured Car
StuG (German, but in Finnish service)
Italian M11/39
Soviet KV-1
I take a few days off from updating the challenge to go to work, and another large set of uploads arrives in my inbox!
Today we have entries from:
Today's picture is from Kev: some Cossacks from the SYW. Incidentally, for those interested, Kev does run a painting service.
The last two After Action Reports rescued from Amokfigur's site-in-hiatus..
These are from the Franco-German border region, but one is from 1939, Neighbours at Neunkirchen, and the other, The Road to the Ardennes, from 1944.
A smaller upload today, consisting of the rest of Mr Melville's year-to-date catch-up (which neatly takes him beyond the 1,000 point mark) and, wonders will never cease, an entry from Mr Nissvik.
Today's picture is from Thomas...just in case anyone fails to believe him!
Another large upload today as a couple of people have sent me colossal updates!
Today we have entries from:
Today's pictures are from Mr Melville and Mr Slade. First up, Mr Melville's early war German armour; second up, Mr Slade's Vikings.
A couple of After Action Reports culled from the distant past of the Internet.
These are two Pacific Theatre reports from 2009: Australian Forces at Bougainville and Somewhere in the South West Pacific.
A huge update today as I have come back from hols to find my inbox stuffed full of achievements.
Today we have entries from:
Today's pictures are from Mr Luther, with some nice looking 109s; Mr Clarke, with some Soviets; Alexandros' tanks; and Mr Slade, with some US Sailors.
Luther
Clarke
Alexandros
Slade
A great AAR from Katzenstein, who fights the Vacqueville scenario from the 2014 TFL Summer Special.
An After Action Report from a game I played recently over in the Oxford area. It's Normandy 1944, a village called Belle Maison, and the Germans need to clear the road for their heavy artillery..
A couple of truck-mounted DShK HMGs for anti-aircraft protection. Can also be used against infantry, but are vulnerable to counter-fire. Battlefront models: very nice.
I've actually mounted the HMGs on thin wooden bases so that they can be lifted out of the trucks for ground use.
I've been wanting to get these Assault Crabs from Khurasan for my Hive army some time.
Although the picture doesn't show it very well, these models have a lovely layered, shell-like back that dry brushes up really nicely. I used several ever-lightening shades of red, then orange and finally a very, very light brush of yellow. Turned out really well.
A few people spurred on to submit achievements by discussions on the TFL Yahoo group: today we have achievements from Alexandros; Mr Bailey; Mr Stoesen; Egg; Leif and some Orks; and Treadhead (now Tripodhead?).
Incidentally, I have decided to count the 15mm but huge Martian tripods for AQOTMF as 'aircraft' in the points system i.e. 12 points each. This has nothing to do with the big box of them I have waiting in the lead mountain!
Today's picture is from Egg: more really nice 1/200th ships that take him 'cruising' past the 500 point mark.
A real first on today's update: an AAR in German!
Those of you who don't speak German need not worry: the report, or spielberichte, is in two parts. First up are some words which Google and I have translated for you and, secondly, there's a great cartoon strip version which is in German...but you can always look at the pictures!
Today we have achievements from a small number of contributors claiming a large number of figures. In no particular order, we have the Ambler Gambler (some Soviet tanks); Matt Slade (a monstrous amount of ACW material and then some bigger stuff); Topi (with loads of Italians); and finally Chris Stoesen (more railway tracks);
Today's picture is from Matt Slade, who would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids!
A great pdf AAR from Lars detailing his first game of Q13.
Lars does a lot of aerial wargaming. His website, Red Dragon Squadron, can be found here.
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