tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42747091385182162022024-03-13T09:04:46.674+01:00WarPaint StudioBaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-47936701512756781962017-02-15T12:14:00.000+01:002017-02-15T14:48:54.966+01:00Poldercon 2017<div class="MsoNormal">
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years I organised a Bolt Action Demo there and that was a lot of fun. (<a href="http://warpaintguy.blogspot.nl/2015/02/poldercon-2015-video.html" target="_blank">you can have a look at the video here</a>)You get a lot of players to your demo table that
are interested in playing the game and you get to go through the game mechanics
and rules for 1,5 hours. At the end the players will have a good grasp of the
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This year I planned on doing the Bolt Action demo again but
only a month in advance my employer organised a weekend activity for the whole
company. Exactly in the Poldercon weekend…. I was gutted I couldn’t go myself
and meet up with the Poldercon crew again but I was able to get two club members
from my gaming group to organise the Bolt Action demo for me. One of them
already helped me last year so he knew what to expect. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I did manage to make a very quick visit though. I took a
small detour on the way home and had half an hour at the show to look around,
shake some hands and talk to some people. If you were there and you didn’t see
me I’m very sorry.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The tables looked stunning as ever and there were a few that
really stood out. Another thing worth mentioning was the<a href="http://www.imaginativeminiatures.com/index.php/webshop" target="_blank"> Imaginative miniatures</a> stand. These guys have build up there wargaming store from the ground up and it
looked really professional this year, well done. Unfortunately I didn’t bring
any money so I didn’t buy anything.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hopefully I’ll be able to make it again next year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Emiel Scheier provided a "Gates of Antares" Demo. I didn't get a look at the miniatures unfortunately. GoA isn't really my cup of tea but this table looked like a lot of fun. Emiel knows how to organise a good game and the table looked great. The purple Styrofoam and bright blue painted starfish made it look like a real alien planet.</span><br />
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This was Jan Willem van der Pijl's table. It had a massive tower in the middle and some funky spaceships floating around it. From what I got in the short time I was there was that an evil dictator took hold of the planet's Atmosphere factory and threatened to shut it down killing everyone on the planet.<br />
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This was a beautiful Infinity table. I don't know who was running it but it looked really great. The fantastic terrain and scenery really makes it come to life. The little details like "Mexico will pay" had me laughing.<br />
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SebBaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-74947572073656609232017-02-14T15:53:00.002+01:002017-02-14T15:53:57.463+01:00Projects in between<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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When you're recovering from a hobby burn out it's nice to pick up some small projects that won't take you too long from start to finish. I have a couple of those projects in a special box and have painted up this model now. Like the other models in the box it is a bit more exclusive model. The downed pilot from the "battle for Macragge" box set. It took me just a couple of hours and it is good to get something finished again. I really like the glowing effect on the model. This was why I wanted to paint up this model anyway. I don't really like the skin tone, too pinkish for my liking.<br />
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I've been in the wargaming hobby for quite a few years now and it was back in 2010 that I started this blog. I started mainly with Games Workshop models and articles but over the years my interest for other gaming systems grew. On my blog I wrote quite a few articles but in 2014 the number of articles dwindled fast. I also started to post on my facebook page and I also started a new blog to keep my Bolt Action posts separate from my Games Workshop posts.<br />
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Now I'm pulling it all back together and I will add more old content from the other platforms and post them here.<br />
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The blog now has some post that have bad links and some pictures that are missing. I'll have to go through all the old posts and see if they need fixing. What can't be fixed will be deleted unfortunately.<br />
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I have rearranged the blog here and there and I'll add new pages and content over the next few weeks. I have also updated my blogroll. Every blog that wasn't updated in the past 6 months was deleted. If you have a blog and you want to be on the blogroll then please drop a message. I'm also asking other bloggers again if I can be on their blogroll.<br />
With all the patchwork and restoration work the blog will look a bit like the Frankenstein monster but I hope you can forgive me. Hope to get things sorted out soon.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I went to the Crisis Miniature wargaming show in Antwerp this weekend and had a really good time. It's always good to get inspired by other people's awesome tables and beuatiful models. I got some goodies again from Warlord Games, a lot of great scenery bits and bobs for my next big project and the new Spectre : Operations rulebook. Best bit of the show was talking to </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1008596004" href="https://www.facebook.com/ivan.nylander" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Ivan Nylander</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> about his stunning demo table and he gave me quite a few tips, Also great to speak to Matt Adams from Spectre. Thanks a lot for the rulebook guys, expect to see a game of spectre in <a href="http://zangali.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Zangali</a> soon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Some time ago I won a Sigma corps pre release Biohazard miniature and now I have painted it up. I really like the pose and detail of the figure and I was quite happy how it turned out. Unfortunately I used a different matt varnish then normal and the whole thing came out ultra shiny. I tried to restore the paintjob but it's kind of messed up. dissapointed with the result but excited about the new range of models that is coming out for the new</span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=615503585280099" href="https://www.facebook.com/BiohazardGame/" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Biohazard Game</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> that is coming out soon. make sure to check out their page.</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BiohazardGame/" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/BiohazardGame/</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You've probably heard all about the new Bolt Action rules by now or maybe you've even read the article in the latest WS&S edition... I'm proud and feel honored I was asked to write this article and the biggest plus was I got the rules early. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The new rules play very nicely and are a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to more games.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This was my very first published article and included pictures of my models and gaming table so I feel very proud. It being my first I can see now where I can improve if I would write another article but I'm very happy with how it turned out.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Make sure you subscribe to this great magazine or download the digital copy:</span><a href="http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pw/wss/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pw/wss/</a><br />
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One of the things in this hobby I really enjoy is the little side projects that tie in with the project you're working on but isn't one of the core models for the game. I have painted a lot of uniforms and a couple of vehicles in the past months so doing something completely different is a welcome change.<br />
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When I was going through my bitz box and other boxes of unpainted miniatures looking for bits to use for my IED's <a href="http://zangali.blogspot.nl/2016/06/a-nasty-little-surprise.html" target="_blank">(see article here)</a> I found a blister of Warlord games' Hail Caesar dogs with a handler which I bought some time ago when I was going to do a Frostgrave project but I completely forgot I had it. Somehow that project never started so I can use the dogs for the Zangali project.<br />
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I plan to use them for my own wargaming rules that I'm still working on (slowly). They can have a sort of simplified sentinel role. I see them on a gaming table as guard dogs that patrol an area and can raise the alarm and/or perform an assault with specific rules for attack dogs. Either way it will be fun to incorporate them in the games and scenarios.<br />
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As you can see I painted them up differently from the ones on the Warlord's webshop, I have drawn my inspiration from the dog pictured in the "Gola Park Rangers" article that you might have seen. If not you can <a href="http://zangali.blogspot.nl/2016/05/gola-park-rangers.html" target="_blank">find the link here</a>.<br />
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To the tower I made some major changes. I didn't really liked the walls of the original so I cut those out and green stuffed some sand bags. I also painted up a bit of bandage in some camo colors and torn the bottom off to make it look ragged.<br />
All the roofs in this far east set are quite plain and simple and look a bit off to me so I bought a bamboo sweeper at the local pound store and cut some of the bristles off and used that for the roofing. You can see it makes a big difference. If I would do it again I would make it look more like two small layers instead of one big one but hey...<br />
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The problem I had with the <a href="https://www.4ground.co.uk/" target="_blank">4ground buildings</a> is that they look really polished, plain and all look the same. Also if you put them on a grass matt like most of us do they look out of place and usually don't fit in with the gaming table.</div>
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The whole thing is on a MDF base, the cobble stones are just textured wall paper and then painted and washed. I added a little shed made of coffee stirring sticks some walls, 2 gas pumps from my son's old garage set and some lose bits and pieces that fit in this setting. And YES, that is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mater_(Cars)" target="_blank">Mater from Cars</a>. everybody always asks me that. I did repaint and changed him a bit but somehow he is still recognisable.</div>
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For this destroyed house I just put the whole thing on a MDF base again. The wall paper cobble stone is also the same and blends in with my road sections of the gaming table. I just used a Games Workshop crater to create the impact point just next to the building. Even though it missed the following explosion still destroyed most of the house. A direct hit would have destroyed it completely. With all the lose debris sprinkled loosely on the base it creates the feeling of total destruction a a heavy bomb</div>
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And lastly no French village can do without a Café. I can just envision René Artois from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Allo_%27Allo!" target="_blank">"allo allo"</a> there going round with some drinks while planning how to get his hands on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fallen_Madonna" target="_blank">the fallen Madonna with the big boobies</a>.</div>
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I think you get the idea now of how I made this. I must say that the chairs are from 4Ground also but the tables are made by me.</div>
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The last tip I have really is that I flocked the edges of the MDF bases with the same flock as my gaming table so the buildings blend in perfectly</div>
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SebBaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-89531922515049493382016-06-27T12:54:00.000+02:002017-02-09T12:55:37.299+01:00Toyota Technical .50cal painted (Empress Miniatures)<br />
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I have ordered a couple of Toyota Technicals with a .50cal and gunner from <a href="http://www.imaginativeminiatures.com/" target="_blank">Imaginative Miniatures</a> a couple of weeks ago. The Empress Miniatures Toyota technical can be bought with and without a 50.cal for the same price which is odd but doesn't include a gunner so I bought that additional model as well. The gunner looks a bit middle eastern to me because of the head scarf. But my militia rebels have the eureka Masked Somalis so next to them he doesn't look out of place. And even though he doesn't show much skin the bits that are visible are painted up with a dark brown skin color to make him look African.<br />
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I have painted the first one white,...well white with a lot of dust and mud and some damage. I wasn't sure about the windows, go safe and paint them black or paint them up in a blue gradient. I chose the latter and like the sky reflection.<br />
I really wanted this to be a "Toyota" and was thinking about painting the letters on the back but that was quite daunting because I can't paint that straight. In the end I just printed the Toyota logo on paper, cut it out, soaked it in watered down PVA glue and stuck it on the back. Then with the sponge technique I weathered the back like the rest of the truck and used pigments for mud.Now you can't tell it's not painted on.<br />
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And then the Gunner. I didn't want to glue it to the car but I wanted to be able to take it off whenever needed. I cut a small piece of thin plastic card to fit in the back and as you can see in the picture above both options look nice. I 'd like to add some empty shell casings around the gunners feet but I couldn't find my ultra thin plastic string. I might do that later or just with the other Toyota I still have to paint up. I think that one will be painted red, what do you think..?<br />
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Cheers,<br />
SebBaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-34386855885744259172016-06-22T12:58:00.000+02:002017-02-09T12:59:00.995+01:00homemade IED (toy)<br />
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Now that the Zangali Army and rebels are done it's about time we have a little game. For the first mission I still miss one little model, more a marker really. Something that can go BOOOOM!!!<br />
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I have been looking at I.E.D.'s on google for a bit so I hope the CIA will not be knocking on my door. There are a lot of different kinds of IED's hence the name <u>Improvised</u> Explosive Device. I had a look at some pictures of what it should look like and when I saw the very first image that came up I immediately thought of warhammer 40K orks. The shells and mines look just like those and I still have a good few of those. I quickly rummaged through my Bitzbox and found a few suitable pieces I could use.<br />
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I simply cut of a few rokkitz for the shells and used a melta bomb as a landmine. I shaved the shells down a bit so they would look a bit sunken into the ground. I then added some small electrical wiring and then added the sand. After that I painted the whole thing up and added some grass tufts.<br />
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I pretty pleased with the results and will make a few more. Now I know the whole idea behind an IED is that they are concealed and not spotted easily but for wargaming that doesn't work. Then I could just as well put sand on a 25mm base and say it's an IED marker.BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-57317809733580301132016-06-19T12:59:00.000+02:002017-02-09T13:00:58.685+01:00First Rebel Militia Finished<br />
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Now that the Zangali Army infantry is done it's time to start painting their adversaries, The Northern Armed Militia (NAM) a.k.a. The Banga Boys. These are the militia rebels that have joined <a href="http://zangali.blogspot.nl/p/people-of-zangali.html" target="_blank">Lebon Banga</a> in his war against Anan's government. These are the men who want to take their guns all the way from the northern jungle to the capitol in the south, overthrow the government and end Ime Anan's reign.<br />
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These are the first 11 models I painted up for the militia. They are 28mm <a href="http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/somalis-837-c.asp" target="_blank">Eureka Somalis</a>. Because they are rebels I gave them a variety of colours. I didn't want them to have uniforms or anything, I wanted them to look like armed civilians. I even gave two men a football shirt. I got the idea when I first saw the models and I used some old decals for their shirt numbers and player name. No one will really see these are actually world war 2 German tank numbers will they.<br />
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It's fun to paint models with more freedom then you get with regular army models. I can mix and match colors whatever I like. I have about 15 more of these models and by mixing the masked and unmasked models you don't really see that there's only a small number of poses available. Soon I will also add some <a href="http://www.spectreminiatures.com/collections/african-militia" target="_blank">Spectre miniatures</a> to them but more about that later....<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When you're making a Jungle themed gaming table it's nice to have some actual jungle pieces. In this topic I'll cover how I make my jungle pieces. I hope to show you how I do it so you can copy this or you can change them to fit your jungle table. I like my jungle to be modular so I can have different set-ups with every time I set up the gaming table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>Step 1:</u></strong> Get a sheet of 4mm thick MDF and mark out some organic shapes with a marker. Before I drew the shapes I measured out area's of 3"x3", 6"x3", 9"x3" and 6"x6" and drew the shapes in there. You can see it on the picture below. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(ignore left side of the picture, those will become mountains and hills for a later tutorial)</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>Step 3:</u></strong> You might want to add some rocks to your jungle.You can get bags of tree bark from the garden store. They are pretty cheap and a large bag will last you a lifetime. Funnily enough the tree bark will look more realistic then using actual rocks and will keep it light in weight. The tree bark is still a bit moist when you take them out of the bag. You can leave them out of the bag for a couple of days to let them dry but I heated up the oven and then put the tree bark in the oven on a baking tray with the oven turned off. The heated oven will dry the tree bark in about half an hour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>Step 4:</u></strong> When the tree bark is dry I take a stiff toothbrush and start scrubbing the tree bark. Lots of dust and small bits will come of and the edges will get that realistic rock like appearance. This also prevents the rocks from chipping later on when you have painted them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>Step 5:</u></strong> Take a hot glue gun and glue the pieces of tree bark down on the bases. Try to work as neat as possible and watch out, hot gue gun is...hot. I got some minor burns from the hot glue dripping from the gun. But if you want good looking scenery some second degree burns are a small price to pay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><strong>Step 6:</strong> </u>This is a <u>very important step</u> which should not be skipped. Take some PVA glue and water it down with about 40% water. Now take a brush and coat all the bits of tree bark with a generous splash of the watered down PVA mix. The dry tree bark will soak up the mix and it will make it stronger, prevent it from chipping and makes it easier to paint later on because the tree bark will not soak up your paint. I water the PVA down because the tree bark will soak it up a bit easier but also because you will keep the most detail like this instead of with pure PVA glue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><strong>Step 7:</strong> </u>When the PVA mix on the tree bark is dry we can start to add sand to the bases. I coated the topside of the bases with pure PVA glue and then dumped them into a bucket of sand. Make sure the sand sticks to all the areas and no white parts are showing. Shake off the excess sand and leave them to dry. Also make sure no sand is glued to the underside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Step 8:</u></b> It's time to get the jungle bases painted up and plant the trees and plants. When you are making a complete jungle table I suggest using the same color for the jungle terrain pieces as you're using for the gaming table. This will make sure your scenery blends into the table seamlessly. When you do this it's a good idea to go to your local DYI shop and buy a can of cheap matte paint in the desired colour. I bought a can of a sort of light beige sandy colour. You can also do this for your rocks, hills and mountains just make sure you buy a water based paint because it will dry faster, smells less and will not melt any polystyrene you might use in your scenery pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>Step 9:</u></strong> Now paint up the rocks with your desired colour. Once dry also wash the rocks and drybrush with the original colour. Now with the rocks you want to create a bit more depth and contrast so use lighter colours and drybrush at least two more times. I used a grey'ish/ brown color and drybrushed it with Vallejo Brown Sand , then Vallejo Iraqui Sand and last Vallejo Ivory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><strong>Step</strong> <strong>11:</strong> </u>Now the painting is done and dry it's time to get creative with some plastic (aquarium) plants and model trees and foliage. A cheap and good place to buy these is Ebay where you can get quite a variety. Start with the larger pieces and work to smaller pieces. Just place them in a irregular pattern. I use a hot glue gun and super glue for this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <strong><u>Step 12:</u></strong> Some plastic plants might look a bit too much like toy trees. Ad some different colours of green and brown with an airbrush if you have one but you can also use a drybrush technique to create depth. I also removed most of the obvious moldlines and flash but this can be a bit of a tedious job... I finish this step by spraying some matte varnish over the plants and trees to take of the plastic/shiny look. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of this to show you the difference but if you compare the picture from the last step with the picture from the next step you will see I have painted the palm trees up, added some green variety to the plain green leaves and gave it a matte coat of varnish to take the shine off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Step 13:</u></b> Now it's time to add the last bit to your jungle bases. I have added some small green flock here and there and for the fallen leaf effect I used a kitchen mix of Italian herbs. Very cheap and you can get a lot of different kinds. At first it is kind of smelly but that will go after about a week. I have also added some grass tufts. I have bought these from Gamers Grass, great service, good product and good variety of colors, shapes and sizes. I mix up the tufts and then I'm done. ready to use on your gaming table.</span><br />
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BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-17115973424237328792016-06-14T12:46:00.000+02:002017-02-09T12:49:11.584+01:00Zangali Battle report<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody>
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Finally it is here, the very first Battle Report of a skirmish game in Zangali. I am developing my own set of skirmish game rules based on my experiences with other rule sets and games. When I'm completely happy with the rules I will publish them here on the Blog, for now I will just show you the pictures and talk you through the mission without going into too much detail. If you have a question just let me know.<br />
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This is the first battle report I publish and i have spend quite a bit of time preparing a mission, playing the game en taking the pictures. However, most of the work went into creating a comic book style battle report. Let me know what you think, Do you like it and would you like to see more? Do you have any ideas to make it better, Do you have suggestions to improve on the quality? (keep in mind I'm no professional photoshop guru) please let me know, your feedback is very important to me.<br />
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How to read the battle report? You can just click on the first picture and if you click on the right hand side of the image it will load the next. This way you can read it as a real comic book. You will get a general feel of the game and how the turns went. If you want a little bit more information you can also read the text between the images. The text will have a number corresponding with the page number in the top right corner of the image.<br />
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Without further ado,... please enjoy "Zangali, mission 1 : Jungle Patrol"<br />
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1. It was still early in the morning when 2 HMV's with soldiers drove through the jungle. They were on their way to relieve their fellow soldiers guarding an check point near Nabali. There had been rebel activity in the region but it had been peaceful for the past two weeks.. all that was about to change.</div>
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The Northern Armed Militia had prepared an ambush and several groups of rebels waited for the soldiers. When the 2 HMV's were in sight the first rebel group fired a RPG at one of the HMV's. The HMV's armour is just too thick for normal bullets to penetrate so only the RPG had a chance to do any damage.</div>
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The RPG rolled a 5 to hit which was just enough, to penetrate RPG with Caliber 3 needs to roll a 4 to do superficial damage and a 5+ to penetrate the HMV's Armour(7). They roll a 4 and then roll on the damage table. The RPG has hit and blown a tire, the HMV can now only move 6"at most, the crew is stunned and have a +1 penalty to hit when firing for the rest of the turn and the next. Also the HMV's armour is lowered from 7 to 6.</div>
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The two HMV's both fire their .50 cal's at the group of rebels and manage to kill them all. Heavy firepower and at short range they are cut down easily.</div>
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2.in turn 2 the unscathed HMV takes the lead but fails to spot an I.E.D. In this scenario the patrol has to use this road and the Rebel player can place 1 IED. The player controlling the patrolling vehicles just has to hope the best of it. In this case the the IED was triggered when the vehicle was within range and a roll was made on the IED-table. The roll of a 4 means it is an anti vehicle IED (heavy) and all units within a 3" radius take a Caliber 4 hit. The next roll penetrates the HMV's armour and it blows up.<br />
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3. The HMV is taken out by the IED and all soldiers in the vehicle must make a "save test" on a 4+. All but one survive but have to take cover and go down.<br />
When the soldiers have just pulled themselves together another group rebels jumps out from the undergrowth and start firing at them. Their RPG misses but their AK47's score two hits of which the soldiers fail to save one resulting in another casualty.<br />
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4.The soldiers are now in complete shock and fail their activation test but luckily there is another HMV to rescue them. The Vehicle moves slow but it's gun is still a fearsome weapon. The HMV moves in close and fires resulting in another three dead rebels and one fleeing the scene.<br />
But the just around the corner another threat is lurking, like a tiger stalking it's prey a Toyota Technical fitted with a .50 cal and gunner lie in wait.<br />
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5. The HMV is caught by surprise and a storm of bullets hit the vehicle knocking out it's weapon (.50.cal). Meanwhile the one surviving rebel fails it's activation test and therefor continues it's run (flee) to the table edge. Just before he reaches safety (table edge) another group of rebels jump out of the jungle. They fancy a shot at the surviving HMV. Because it's armour value is lowered by the RPG impact they now have a chance of doing damage with their AK47's but their LMG is the only weapon with a high enough caliber to actually penetrate the vehicle.<br />
The two surviving soldiers from the other HMV understand the threat and move in to cover the HMV.<br />
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6. In a brief but fierce exchange of fire the soldier prove that their training is giving them an edge over the cheaper rebels. The rebels spray wildly but only score 1 hit which was saved but the soldier manage to kill 2 of the three rebels making him run for the hills (flee).<br />
The HMV now has no weapon to defend itself from the Toyota Technical so the sergeant makes his men get out of the vehicle and lay down covering fire.<br />
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7.The soldiers with their AK47's can penetrate the Toyota's armour of 6 and manage to do so. They take out the vehicle wit 3 penetrating hits. The driver is killed but the gunner miraculously survives. Dazed and confused he looks for his weapon. he then makes a charge towards the soldiers and even manages to kill 1 soldier. In the return fire the soldiers kill the last rebel with all their firepower.<br />
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8. With all the rebels killed or fleeing the surviving soldiers escort the crippled HMV to the table edge to finish the mission with a victory.</div>
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Here's an overview of the table on which we played this mission. The patrolling HMV's moved in from the right and had to get to the left hand side.</div>
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I ordered a couple of Humvees from <a href="http://www.imaginativeminiatures.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/empress-miniatures/vehicle/empress-miniatures,-humvee-50-detail?Itemid=381" target="_blank">Imaginative Miniatures</a> to bolster the RAZ forces. It took me a couple of days to paint them up but overall it went very quick and smooth.<br />
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The models I ordered were the Empress Miniatures: Humvees with .50 cal. The main body, wheels and suspension are made of resin. the hatch and .50 are made of pewter. The resin is pretty smooth and there was only one air bubble I had to fill, remarkably the same size air bubble was in the exact same place on both models, the rear fender. The details look good and smooth. my only gripe is that the windows are not completely smooth and are really hard to sand because of the angle.<br />
The pewter is good and hardly any cleaning needed to be done. However. with these thin barrels you can very easily bend them by accident. Something to watch out for.<br />
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Because most of the fighting in Zangali will be done in a jungle environment I painted up the Humvee's with a NATO camo colour scheme. Below is a short tutorial in how to get a result like this the easy way. There are other and maybe better ways to achieve this look but I like this one.<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b>Again add a layer of blue tac in a camo pattern on top of the green and the blue tac that was already on. (note; make sure you wait till the paint is 100% dry)</b></li>
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It took a little while but I have now finished painting my Republican Army Zangali (RAZ) force. These are all Eureka Miniatures 28mm ZANLA models. I have 29 of them in various poses and with several different weapons although most models have an AK47 or a rifle but I also have some with RPG's and LMG's. I have only a few duplicates.<br />
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I have given the RAZ men a mix and match outfit. Most of the men wear combat combat boots and army clothing but some have sandals and/or a t-shirt. I have painted the duplicate models up differently so you don't even notice there are some "twins"in the army.<br />
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The colours I used are;<br />
<b>Camo:</b> Vallejo Brown Violet, Vallejo Flat Earth, Vallejo Khaki, Vallejo Black Grey.<br />
<b>Webbing:</b> Vallejo German Camouflage Beige.<br />
<b>Berets: </b>Vallejo Burnt Cad. Redy, Vallejo Red.<br />
<b>Skin:</b> Vallejo Chocolate Brown, Vallejo Flat Earth.<br />
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I just painted these models in the colours above and painted the rest of the details like eyes, knives and weapons. then I washed<br />
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the models in a light wash of Agrax Earthshade (still the best wash imho). Then repainted the models<br />
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It's a shame I can't take better pictures. the colours in these photo's are a bit off. the vibrant red berets are really more burgundy red and the skin depth doesn't really come out good on these pictures but you get the general idea.<br />
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I will use these models for my upcoming battle reports with various rule sets. I now have about 30 Eureka Somalis on my painting table that will feature as my rebel militia.<br />
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BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-71368991581147831332016-04-29T13:13:00.000+02:002017-02-09T13:14:39.176+01:00Workstation update<br />
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I thought it would be nice to show you, the reader where the physical side of my hobby comes to live. This is my work station. This is where I build and paint the models and scenery. I like to keep everything at arms length so I can just sit down and work. My work station isn’t always as tidy as you see it in the pictures. When I start a new project, say a unit, tank or some bits of scenery I try to start with an empty desk but during the project I tend forget my Clean Desk Policy and there are bottles of paint, glue, sprues, etc, etc everywhere and I end up with a working space of about 12”x 12”. I have bought a lot of different hobby tools over the past 10 years and not in this picture is the mountain of stuff I have accumulated to use one day for a special project, a bit of scenery or just can’t part with. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I currently use two types of paint. I still have a lot of citadel paints from the time I did a lot of Games Workshop but in the past 3 years I have made the transition to Vallejo paints. I have about 100 Citadel pots and about 150 Vallejo bottles I use. I have an airbrush that I use for priming and base coating infantry models, vehicles are painted mostly with the airbrush (Harder & Steenbeck evolution silverline) but I use a normal brush for the details on infantry models.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In these pictures you can see I’m doing a lot of Bolt Action. For the past 3 years I have made a couple of gaming tables, boxes full of scenery and 4 different armies. I have a British, US Marines, Germans and Japanese army and all armies range from 1200 to 3000 points. I have two Ikea Detolf cabinets in which I keep some of my painted models. Not really clear in this picture but at the bottom of the cabinets you can see my 40K Orks, my first love so to speak and they are still very dear to me. <o:p></o:p><br />
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BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-84137537615525914702016-04-22T13:18:00.000+02:002017-02-09T13:19:22.596+01:00The start of an Imagi-Nation<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It was only a couple of months ago when I was at a Dutch wargaming convention called <a href="http://www.poldercon.nl/" target="_blank">Poldercon</a> that the seed of creating a fictional nation of my own (Imagi-Nation) was planted. I have always been thinking of cool scenarios and rules for wargaming in a modern setting but I just never started writing things down, I didn't even had any modern range miniatures. For the past three years I have been really busy with Bolt Action and promoting it in the Netherlands. I have a few demo tables, a ton of scenery and four different armies but all WW2. Before that I played a few different games and all in all I have been wargaming for nearly ten years.<br />
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At Poldercon I was doing another demo for Bolt Action and I got talking with Guy Bowers who was doing a demo game of <a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/black-ops" target="_blank">Black Ops</a> for which he wrote the rules. The game looked fun and eventually I sat down for an hour and let Guy talk me through the rules. Boy it was fun! I went straight to the Stand of <a href="http://www.imaginativeminiatures.com/" target="_blank">Imaginative Miniatures</a> who were also at the convention and were selling the Black Ops rulebook. Of course I asked Guy if he could sign my copy which he did.<br />
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In the weeks that followed I started doing some research to see what modern rule sets were available and during my search I also found some blogs about these weird African Imagination countries. <a href="http://bongolesia.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Bongolesia</a>, <a href="http://ultramoderngaming.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Zugando</a> & <a href="http://natonga.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Natonga</a> to name a few. I thought this was a wonderful idea, you just make up your own country and regime and throw in some cliche characters with a unique background story and place your wargames in that scene for which you can use multiple rule sets.<br />
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Then I also received my copy of the <a href="http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pw/wss/" target="_blank">Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy</a> magazine (issue 83) which was all about modern wargaming and even has an article on creating your own Imagi-Nation. This issue came at precisely the right time and I started thinking about my own Nation, I had to think about names, places, characters and a complete story and the more I got into it the more I enjoyed it.<br />
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As a result I now have a ton of raw material for stories and scenarios for the following months. A lot of modern 28 miniatures to paint and I have already built a complete Jungle table including mountains, a river, a guerrilla camp and a lot of jungle terrain. I can't wait to get playing and tell you guys all about it.<br />
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Here's a funny picture I don't want to keep from you. Guy Bowers (black ops) and Richard Clarke (Chain of Command Fighting season) were talking about their games. Both telling eachother their games were the best (tongue in cheek). well let's say it was a very amusing hour seeing these guys duke it out and just having fun. Great lads!<br />
<br />BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-53367440250761515032015-11-08T16:54:00.000+01:002017-02-09T16:54:55.054+01:00Crisis Antwerpen 2015<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">If you didn't go to the Crisis Wargaming show in Antwerp this weekend this is what you've missed. Loads of cool looking gaming tables of all different gaming systems. I had a lot of fun and I'm already looking forward to next year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you are looking to recreate the Battles of the pacific </span><a href="http://warlordgames.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">Warlord Games</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> have created some additional scenarios for you to use. More of these will be released later this year in the "Empire in flames" supplement book. Below is a copy of warlord Games' Jungle Road Ambush scenario. Whilst this scenario is tailored for British vs Japanese you can easily replace the Brits with a USMC force from the theatre selector section.Because these scenarios can be hard to find I have posted them here for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This scenario, like most Bolt Action scenarios, is designed to be played along the length of a six by four feet gaming surface.<br /><br />A 6”-wide road stretches from the south table edge to the north table edge, roughly bisecting the table into two equal halves. This road, being not much more than a dirt trail, simply counts as open ground and not as a road.<br /><br />Place a road block, like a large tree trunk, in the middle of the table – this counts as an obstacle that is impassable to vehicles.<br /><br />The rest of the table should be covered by a very high density of thick wooded and broken terrain, representing the jungle and rough going surrounding the road. All of the area outside the road counts as rough ground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This scenario is designed to be played between a British (and Commonwealth!) force and a Japanese force.<br /><br />The Bristish platoons should be taken from the 1942 – The Fall of Singapore selector in the Armies of Great Britain book. In addition to the choices in the selector, the force may also include one M3 or M3A1 Stuart light tank per platoon.<br /><br />The Japanese platoons should be taken from the 1942 – The Fall of Singapore selector in the Armies of Imperial Japan book. They may not include vehicles, nor any artillery units except for light anti-tank guns and light howitzers (as the only artillery these small parties could carry had to be broken down and carried by mules along the small jungle paths).<br /><br />You may of course play this scenario with forces of different nations to represent an ambush on an enemy column anywhere else in WWII. In this case agree or roll a die to randomly determine which force is in ambush and which is being ambushed. If you use vehicles with damage 9+ or higher, these can smash trough the obstacle moving through it at a Run, in which case the obstacle is removed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Japanese player must deploy half of his force (rounding down) in his set-up area more than 12” from the road south of the roadblock. North of the roadblock, he can set up anywhere, except that his units must remain off the road and more than 6” from the road block. All Japanese units can use the hidden set-up rules (see Hidden Set-up page 117), and of course can start the game in Ambush.<br />The British player must deploy half of his force (rounding down, representing a vanguard) on the road south of the road block, more than 6” from the road block and more than 12” from the south edge of the table.<br /><br />Japanese and British units that are not set-up to start with are left in reserve (see Reserves page 119).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The British player must try to move as many of his units off the north table edge. The Japanese must try to stop him, and inflict maximum damage. Note that in this scenario, British units are allowed to deliberately move off the table from the north table edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Keep a count of how many turns have elapsed as the game is played. At the end of turn 12, roll a die. On a result of 1, 2 or 3 the game ends, on a roll of 4, 5 or 6 play one further turn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">At the end of the game calculate which side has won by adding up victory points as follows. If one side scores at least 2 more victory points that the other then that side has won a clear victory. Otherwise the result is deemed too close to call and honours are shared – a draw!<br /><br />The British player scores 1 victory point for every enemy unit destroyed. He also scores 2 victory points for each of his own vehicles and 4 victory points for every infantry and artillery unit that has moved off the north table edge before the end of the game.<br /><br />The Japanese player scores 2 victory points for every enemy unit destroyed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">British Reserves can begin rolling to come on the table from turn 1, and do not require an order test to come on to the table. However, they can only come onto the table along the road from the south edge of the table, and only two units per turn can enter the game, all remaining Reserves must be ordered Down.<br /><br />When Japanese Reserves become available, they come in from anywhere along the west or east edge of the table.<br /> </span>BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-22129289107765875572015-07-05T13:40:00.000+02:002017-02-13T13:41:16.341+01:00USMC Combat Engineers<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Bolt Action an engineer squad can consist of between 5 and 8 men including the NCO. They are much the same as a normal USMC rifle squad but you can have a smaller unit but have some minor differences in weapons they can have. Unlike a normal rifle squad they can not take 3 BAR’s but can only have 2 instead and no shotguns or pistols.. On the other hand you can take 1 flamethrower for 20 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other then that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there’s not much difference in load out or rules. It seems a bit odd that the point cost of an engineer is slightly higher then a rifleman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In my army I run a veteran engineer squad. I make them veteran because the unit is only 7 men and it makes them a bit tougher to kill. I have 2 BAR’s and also the pricey flamethrower in it. I have to constantly move aggressively towards my opponents units to get the flamethrower in range (6”) but because of the American special rule <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fire and manouvre” this isn’t a problem. I think the threat of the flamethrower makes many of my opponents nervous and they start moving units away from the engineers. In this way they disrupt the opponents strategy and this is a great tactic. Granted that if a unit comes within range it’s great to use the flamethrower but most players are smart enough to avoid that.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-13706192452004158132015-07-04T15:07:00.000+02:002017-02-02T15:21:10.660+01:00Willy's JeepThis is Sarge from Cars. I picked up this kids toy for €2,- and thought I might be able to use him for my USMC Army and now that he's done I'm not dissapointed.<br />
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The canopy is a bit off but doesn't bother me. I am going to use him as a transport jeep since he doesn't have a MMG. He also doesn't have an interior but the canopy is made of plastic and comes off easily so if you're a handy hobby man you could convert this model. </div>
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I just took off the headset (which was the hard part), filled some gaps with greenstuff and repainted him.</div>
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A Willy's jeep can transport up to 3 men so he comes in handy for transporting small weapon teams or a 1st or 2nd LT. Wheeled transports like these are a fast way to get your men where they are most needed.</div>
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First picture is the finished Jeep, second picture for size comparison and third pic is the original as I bought it.</div>
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<i>Sarge is a character in Cars and Cars 2. His model is a 1942 or 1941 WWII (World War 2) Willy's Army Jeep. He is a WWII veteran.</i></div>
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BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-68832622686911490842015-07-01T13:38:00.000+02:002017-02-13T13:39:53.518+01:00USMC 81mm Mortar<div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Bolt Action the 81mm mortar is classed as a medium mortar and counts 3 men in the squad that can upgraded with a spotter adding the fourth member to the gun crew. (which is historically inaccurate as you can read below but hey, it’s just a game)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The rules for mortars are a bit strange, you need to roll a 6 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on a D6 for a hit and then a 5 in the next turn if the targeted unit hasn’t moved. Lowering the needed result to hit by 1 each turn. Once a mortar has scored a hit it is ranged in and will only need to roll a 2 to hit in the subsequent turns unless the targeted unit moves. When a unit has moved the result needed to hit is reset to a 6 but there is no clear rule in how much a unit should move so if a unit only moves half an inch the to hit roll is still reset to a 6 which is a bit odd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can take three kinds of mortars like any other unit in the game i.e. inexperienced, regular or veteran. Since a mortar fires indirect rounds you do not get the -1 penalty to hit for inexperienced units. The only difference is that an inexperienced unit might suffer from the lower morale to come from reserves and thus delaying to come on the table for 1 or 2 turns if you’re unlucky. The other downside of taking an inexperienced unit instead of a regular or veteran is that they die more easily but since they are usually deployed near the backline they don’t get shot that often other then by forward deployed snipers and the opponent’s mortar. Putting your mortar behind hard cover or out of direct sight works great since you can use the Spotter to mark appropriate targets for the mortar crew they can’t see themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I always opt for the inexperienced mortar crew since the point cost is lower and I always add a spotter. Some Bolt action gamers call this “gamey” or not in line with how the game was intended but the rules are very clear about this. With the inexperienced crew you save a few points in cost but take some risk when it comes to taking (easy) casualties and coming from reserves, the 15 points difference is about right for that I think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>WWII USMC 81mm Mortar Historic Facts</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The M1 81mm mortar was the largest weapon in the arsenal of the Marine infantry battalion. It provided the battalion commander with a powerful and flexible indirect fire capability. Four of these weapons were assigned to each battalion, in either the weapons or headquarters company, depending on the table of organization.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes called "infantry artillery," or "hip pocket artillery," mortars were capable of quickly laying down heavy barrages. These could stop enemy attacks under the worst conditions. Able to fire at high angles, mortars could fire at targets in defilade, either under direction of an forward observer, or firing off map coordinates. In the Pacific campaigns, these weapons became an important part of the battalion's firepower, especially since they could be man-packed into positions that were inaccessible to artillery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The M1 81mm Mortar was a smoothbore, high-angle fire, muzzle loading weapon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weight: 136 pounds<br />Length of tube: 49.5 inches<br />Elevation: 40 to 80 degrees<br />Rate of fire (normal): 18 rpm<br />Rate of fire(maximum): 30 to 35 rpm<br />Range: 100 to 3,290 yards</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Several types of ammunition were issued for use with the 81mm mortar. All were fin-stabilized and came as complete units with fuzes already attached. The most common was the M43A1 high explosive round, with a weight of 7.05 lbs and containing 1.22 lbs. of TNT. Equipped with a superquick fuze, this round had a bursting radius of about 30 yards was commonly employed against enemy troops in the open. For dug-in or fortified enemy positions, the M56 high explosive round was available. Weighing 10.77 lbs, and with 4.30 lbs. of TNT, this round could be set for impact detonation, or for a short delay to enable it to penetrate before exploding. When used against troops in the open, it had a bursting radius of about 35-40 yards. Also available was the M57 chemical round. Filled with white phosphorous, this round was used for screening and obscuration and weighed 11.59 lbs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As an infantry weapon, the M1 mortar could be broken down into three separate loads. These were the barrel, weighing 44.5 lbs, the base plate, weighing 45 lbs, and the bipod, weighing 46.5 lbs. The M4 collimator sight fitted into a bracket on the bipod yoke, providing accurate laying for elevation and deflection. Aiming stakes were supplied in the basic issue items for each mortar, enabling the crew to lay their weapon on target for indirect fire. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Throughout the war and beyond, the four gun configuration remained standard for the platoon, which was split into two section of two tubes each. Two lieutenants were assigned to the platoon. One was the platoon leader and the other the assistant platoon leader. A gunnery sergeant served as the platoon sergeant and the sections were each led by a platoon sergeant. The mortar squad was the basic sub-unit within the 81mm mortar platoon, with a corporal as the squad leader. The following additional Marines were assigned to the squad: one gunner, one assistant gunner, and four or five ammunition bearers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cheers,</span><br />
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BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274709138518216202.post-43845622318981857182015-06-17T17:03:00.000+02:002017-02-09T17:04:21.399+01:00Review: 1/56 Plastic M4 Sherman (Warlord Games) <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have recently built and painted the Warlord Games / Italeri M4 Sherman Medium Tank and here’s my review.</span></div>
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<strong>First impressions<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">First impressions are good, when you pick up the box you’ll notice the slick Box art with the added gun flare, smoke and dust which are all digitally added. Set in a great piece of scenery it looks gorgeous but that might just be my opinion. The next thing you’ll notice is that the box is very light, well at least if you’re like me and used to put together resin tanks. The plastic tanks are really light and that’s something to get used to. You can also see that although Warlord Games sells these boxes they are produced by Italeri who have been making plastic model kits for years. Making this 1/56 kit specially for gamers is a nice step forward for both companies. But hey that’s just the box, it’s about time we have a look inside..<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<strong>What’s in the box?<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the box you’ll find just 2 sprues to put the tank together with. This is not a scale model this is a wargamers model so you don’t have to fiddle around with tiny bits and pieces that break off easily anyway. It’s nice that this kit also comes with a sheet of decals and you don’t have to buy them separately like with the resin tanks. The decal sheet has enough nice signs, letters, numbers and insignia to personalise your model the way you like. There’s also a comprehensive instruction manual something else the resin kits don’t include and you have to download from warlord’s website.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Putting it together</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The kit fits together very nicely and hardly any mold lines have to be removed. The detail is crisp and clear and there’s enough to make for an interesting model to look at. I had my model ready within 20 minutes. If you want extra stowage or a driver/commander you will have to buy them separately. The only minor issue is that when you fit the top half of the hull on the undercarriage you see a nasty line on the front of the model but this can be removed with greenstuff and some sanding, this is the same on the front and back of the tracks but this is much harder to get rid of. I have solved this problem with adding Vallejo pigments so it looks like there’s mud on the tracks and you do see the lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>Painting and decals<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because it’s a plastic model you don’t have to scrub and wash the model like you do with resin models. There’s no release agents left on the model and you can prime them straight after you’ve put it together which is very nice. With resin models you always have to hope that the paint will stick to all parts of the model after you have given it a good soak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The transfers or decals are really nice to work with. You just pick the decals you want to use and cut them from the sheet. Then put a few drop of water on it and the slide right off without breaking. They stick to the model nicely but I will always advise to use a decal agent or solvent to get the best result.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After you’ve painted the whole model you can really see and appreciate all the small detail that are on this model and you can start to play games with it.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<strong>Pros:</strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a good kit for this price (20 pounds).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nice and crisp detail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fits together easily and can be assembled in 20 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Comes with decals and instruction manual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No need to wash, scrub and bathe the model before painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Plastic is easy to convert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Looks great on the table next to your Warlord Games infantry models.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>Cons:</strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>You can see the hull is hollow if you flip the model upside down.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>The antenna and HMG can snap off.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>There’s a little work needed in hiding the lines where the two track sections and front hull come together.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's only one type of gun barrel included unlike other plastic tank manufacturers’ Shermans.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">No tank commander or driver included.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>The Final Verdict</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had a blast putting this model together and painting it and I think it looks smashing on the battlefield. I wouldn’t mind building another one or two for a tank platoon. I like working with plastic models so I’m definitely looking forward to making more Warlord / Italeri models like the M3A1 halftrack I have on the shelf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">4 out of 5 Service stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cheers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Seb</span>BaBuGameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610423736850032050noreply@blogger.com0