Adventures in Wargaming
A Butcher Witch? Yeah I've heard of them. Looking for signs and portents in the entrails of slaughtered cows and pigs, using blood and organ as fuel for their magics. Frankly, it's a wonder the Church of the Empress hasn't locked them all up, but the Butcher Witches as an order are much more careful … Continue reading SITREP: Butcher Witch
We joined a mercenary company operating out of Ferrumgard due our trip out to the Marches. I was surprised to find them clad in Imperial Colours and luckily they were loyal servants to the Empress rather than sim. Well armed and well equipped, they proved to be very useful on the road ahead.Scribe Feldherr, Imperial … Continue reading SITREP: Dogs of War Part 1
Way back in April 2021, Anthalonica Wargaming managed to fund a Kickstarter called Bobbies, Baddies and Bootnecks. Designed to rapidly expand the offerings of Anthalonica from the initial release focused on British Police, the Kickstarter offered up 4 squad packs as the starting point before broadening out into a whole HOST of new additions. Ranging from French … Continue reading SITREP: Bobbies, Baddies and Bootnecks from Anthalonica
April is over and it's now time to catch up on what's I've been doing. A pretty good month actually, I managed to get a fair amount done! COLLECTING Shockingly, I continue on my "not buying physical models" spree, mostly because I'm just printing them instead. That said, a friend of mine and I did … Continue reading April 2022 Update
Previously on... Charge strays further from the 28mm light I assembled some buildings in preparation for a game of tiny machines of war Now, it should be said that my former housemate is someone who has managed to avoid ever collecting mainline Games Workshop, instead preferring to jump into the specialist games (such as his … Continue reading SITREP: … And Tiny Titans
With a company day off on Friday, I was able to arrange an evening of wargaming and food with my former housemate (who now lives relatively close that really, I should be playing more games with him). After some discussions, we decided it was time for him to get his Adeptus Titanicus collection out for … Continue reading SITREP: Tiny Buildings…
Thanks to the Easter break, my Dastardly regular opponent found himself with some free time on a Tuesday evening. Which for me meant it was time to finally get some playtesting of my fantasy rules in. I've mentioned them a little bit but this was the first time we actually got it onto a board, … Continue reading SITREP: A Little bit of Playtesting
Another 3d printed model - this time from Vae Victis. I spotted this "Evil Paladin" among the special characters included in the Match release and just had to get to work on him. With the mask and crown, I was strongly inspired by both the Leper from Darkest Dungeon and Baldwin from Kingdom of Heaven. … Continue reading SITREP: Faceless King
A long time ago, I picked up a few of the X-Commandos from Crooked Dice. These figures are some great 1970's Dr Who style government goons that pop up to shoot the aliens and die in the background. This wouldn't usually be my thing, but like anyone with a passing interest in the SAS, Crooked … Continue reading SITREP – Going Into The Archives
Ah boy - with all the Germans up to sneaky tricks, it's time for some British response. And what better than to bring in a real life Super Solider. Scots and Yorks maybe be joined by her (and other SSR personnel) depending on any possible threat, ready to assist with any sneaky Nazi tricks. By … Continue reading SITREP – Captain London, Special Scientific Reconnaissance
Replace the engine with one that gets reasonable fuel mileage. Add a fume extractor so the main gun doesn't choke the crew. Redo the wiring loops so they don't burn as easily. Mount a new gunsight, commander vision system and the interior screens so you can actually see what's going on outside. Attach the antennas … Continue reading SITREP – CVR Upgrade Program – Step 2
https://issuu.com/airsoftaction/docs/airsoft-action-issue-135-march-2022/74 Surprise, I've been writing for other people again. A friend of mine, Bill, is the editor for Airsoft Action and a keen wargamer. In the latest issue, he wrote up a piece on Black Powder Red Earth 28mm, extolling the virtues to the 6mm Soldiers crowd (no, not the tiny scale). He also asked … Continue reading SITREP – Writing For Other People
I am a keen fan of the CVR(T) family of vehicles, tiny armoured fighting vehicles which the British have been using since the 1970s and are still (with some tweaks and upgrades) in service with the British Army today. Maybe its from having a diecast one as a toy as a child or maybe the … Continue reading SITREP – CVR Upgrade Program – Step 1
One downside of not really going to wargames clubs anymore is that I can no longer rely on their vast collections of terrain. I've slowly been building up my own stockpile of things in addition to the literal pile of buildings I have, adding some lichen, scatter and trees to the boxes to add to … Continue reading SITREP – TREES! Glorious Trees!
Thanks to the Dastardly Regular Opponent, I got a Rubicon M5A1 kit. Seeing as my Churchill Tank platoon may need some recce boys to watch up ahead, I immediately jumped in to getting it built up! As you might expect from Rubicon, it's a pretty fantastic kit. That company has nailed down how to make … Continue reading SITREP: Roll on the Recce