Workbench Update -
* 15mm 1941 era US Marines (Flames of War)
I have spent a lot of time "agonizing" over the basing of these guys. Wake Island had very "white" sand with scattered brush. After a few test bases I think I have the combination down right. These are figures from Eureka Miniatures and I ordered them to represent the mixed composition of the forces on Wake Island (Marines, Army Air Force, construction workers). These really are very nice miniatures. I have one platoon based. I am going to prime, paint and base them and use them as my benchmark.
* 28mm SS (AE WWII)
I have these guys primed and their pants painted. The separate heat system Bolt Action uses is a challenge to paint. I am thinking maybe gluing the heads to nails so I can handle them.
* Caesarian Roman Army (Warhammer Ancients)
My Romans are sadly neglected these days. I need to put more effort in here. Some cavalry I think.
* SS-Panzergrenadier Kompanie (Flames of War)
My Panzergrenadier Kompanie continues to grow. Currently it consists of:
1x Kompanie HQ
2x SS Panzergrenadier platoons (motorized)
1x SS Panzergrenadier platoons (armored)
1x SS Pioneer platoon
1x SS HMG platoon
1x SS Morar platoon (six tubes)
1x SS leIG (2 leIG 18)
1x SS AT platoon (4x PaK 38)
1x SS AT platoon (4x PaK 40)
1x SS AT platoon - motorized (2x PaK 38 mounted on 1 ton half track)
1x SS Tank platoon (6x Pz35(t))
3x SS Tiger tanks
I am working on an armored car platoon; a three gun armored artillery platoon; light AA and a "whole passel" of Pz IVs.
* Fallschirmjager Kompanie (Flames of War)
Recently I have completed:
1x Fallschirmjager (FJ) platoon
1x Fallschirmjager Light AA platoon
My entire Fallschirmjager Kompanie consists of:
1x Fallschirmjager Kompanie HQ w/attached HMGs
1x Fallschirmjager platoon
2x Fallschirmpioneer platoons
1x Fallschirmjager Light AA platoon
I have some recoiless rifles and PaK 40s I am working on.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Send in the Marines!
Some time ago (five years?) I purchased some 15mm US Marines in the 1941 pattern uniform. I had just finished painting a USMC E-series rifle company. I have always liked the early war uniform, but after painting 150+ Marines, I was not enthusiastic about repeating that.
So these miniatures have sat in a box since then and I actually forgot about them. I happened to pull the box of my shelf to look for something and there they were. They deserved to be rescued from the limbo of my closet shelves, so I decided to paint them up.
My WWII game of choice is Flames of War (FoW), which does not have any Pacific supplements. There is a FoW Yahoo group dedicated to WWII in the Pacific, but I have decided to 'build' the unit as a US Army rifle company from the FoW mid-war North Africa supplement. That way I can use them in regular FoW games.
The figures I have are made by Eureka USA
(http://www.eurekaminusa.com/catalog.aspx?c=Wake%20Island%20Marines&cid=258&pageIndex=0).
They are very nice miniatures and I am anxious to get some paint on
them.
Tim, they call him...
Thursday, March 8, 2012
So last September, while going through the flea market tables at Gateway 2011, I ran across this little gem and its first expansion for $60. I always wanted to give it a try so I picked it up. It sat on my shelf until a few weeks ago when I got it down from my game shelf and arm-twisted a fiend in to playing it with me.
I have to admit we found the first game a bit frustrating mostly due to the command control card system. You can't always get your troops to do what you want them to do. At the end of the day the game 'felt' right. Since then I have played a few more games and each once increases my enjoyment and respect for the system. At first glance it would seem that the rules are too simple and the strategy is lacking. What I have discovered is that the rules may be simple, but the strategy can be complex.
It can be a quick game and is very satisfying to play. This is a new favorite of mine...
Tim, then call him...
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