In an effort to update my blog I tried out the new Dynamic templates and while they do look fantastic, they don't allow the use of gadgets such as Followers or Owner or a Table of Contents, etc. This means they are useless for a blog like mine. While trying to recover back it lost all my settings and I had to go back to this template as the template I originally used was no longer listed. Bugger!
At least I did not lose all my photos like last time I tried to change the template.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
FOR SALE: Baccus 6mm Painted Nap British
Got some Naps I got ages ago to compare to my Adlers way back and just now getting around to sending off to a new home.
They are painted British Infantry - 4 battalions of 6 stands of 4 figures - total 64 figures unbased so you can base them up however you want.
Looking for $32AUD plus postage (email me for quote). Can pay via PayPal.
They are painted British Infantry - 4 battalions of 6 stands of 4 figures - total 64 figures unbased so you can base them up however you want.
Looking for $32AUD plus postage (email me for quote). Can pay via PayPal.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Latest 6mm Naps units
Finally finished another couple of 6mm Napoleonic units for my Waterloo project.
1st Brigade of the 1st Division of British troops, 2 x 1000 strong battalions of British Guards.
I did cheat with these a little. 90% of the figure was painted by a commission painter. I then based them and painted the unit facings, collars and cuffs and then all the plumes. Blue on gold facings with white on red plumes. Grenadier company has full white plumes and light company has green plumes.
Using the 15mm Empire basing, meant both battalions of 1000 men equates to 16 figures which when doubled out and double width makes 16 stands of 60 x 6mm figures. Very nice long units.
1st Brigade of the 1st Division of British troops, 2 x 1000 strong battalions of British Guards.
I did cheat with these a little. 90% of the figure was painted by a commission painter. I then based them and painted the unit facings, collars and cuffs and then all the plumes. Blue on gold facings with white on red plumes. Grenadier company has full white plumes and light company has green plumes.
Using the 15mm Empire basing, meant both battalions of 1000 men equates to 16 figures which when doubled out and double width makes 16 stands of 60 x 6mm figures. Very nice long units.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
2nd ADF figure painted
After this 1st figure:
http://wardepot.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-1st-20mm-adf-modern-figure-painted.html
I believe the base "tone" of the figure resulting from the base colour used on the uniform before the pattern of spots is too dark and too brown.
I added more beige yellow spots to the 1st test figure (on left below) and then began the 2nd test figure with the beige yellow base colour over the black undercoat (on the right below). I think it looks better.
What do you think?
This is what is should look like
http://wardepot.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-1st-20mm-adf-modern-figure-painted.html
I believe the base "tone" of the figure resulting from the base colour used on the uniform before the pattern of spots is too dark and too brown.
I added more beige yellow spots to the 1st test figure (on left below) and then began the 2nd test figure with the beige yellow base colour over the black undercoat (on the right below). I think it looks better.
What do you think?
This is what is should look like
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
My 1st 20mm ADF modern figure painted
I finally got around to my test paint of my 1st ADF digger using my new Vallejo paints and the following tutorial:
http://www.ozwargaming.com/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=3761&p=29894&sid=131f4f7b1bfc7e044975c8e698aa94ef
I pretty much followed it to the "T" except for the colours used on the base which I used my normal Caramel and Beige to match my terrain and table.
Am I happy with it? NO. There is something not quite right. Maybe the brown is too prominent?
The tutorial says to use Iraqi Sand for the base uniform and then add the wash and then heavy dry brush Iraqi Sand back over. I think this is too dark. in the bottom photo I have a sample of the Iraqi Sand on the left, Pale Beige from my basing in the middle and Yellow Sand on the right. I think I will use the Pale Beige next time.
Let me know what you think.
http://www.ozwargaming.com/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=3761&p=29894&sid=131f4f7b1bfc7e044975c8e698aa94ef
I pretty much followed it to the "T" except for the colours used on the base which I used my normal Caramel and Beige to match my terrain and table.
Am I happy with it? NO. There is something not quite right. Maybe the brown is too prominent?
The tutorial says to use Iraqi Sand for the base uniform and then add the wash and then heavy dry brush Iraqi Sand back over. I think this is too dark. in the bottom photo I have a sample of the Iraqi Sand on the left, Pale Beige from my basing in the middle and Yellow Sand on the right. I think I will use the Pale Beige next time.
Let me know what you think.
Iraqi Sand left, Pale Beige middle, Yellow Sand right
Friday, July 1, 2011
2011 ADF in Afghanistan Guild Build TASK 3
I only just made it! Task 3 was due by 30 June and while I had 30 afghans painted a few weeks back, I had not fully completed them with a few dips and painted bases. A few hours in the morning and evenings on 29th and 30th and all was complete.
So here are my 1st painted 20mm figures. Considering I have only ever painted 6mm prior to these, I think they turned okay.
So now I turn my attention to my recently reinforced (thanks to Matt at Wartime Minis) ADF diggers. With my recently acquired Vallejo paints, I am ready to paint up some Auscam. I am even tempted to now grab a unit or 2 of Australian SF minis. We'll see how the diggers turn out.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Force on Force AAR from Brisbane Muster - June 2011
This past weekend I attended the wargaming day in Brisbane called the Brisbane Muster.
One of the many demo and participation games was a 15mm Force on Force game put on by Kevin and Mark. I joined this game as the insurgent player against a French force.
The scenario was that a small French recon team of 3 vehicles had been ambushed by a group of students armed with small arms and 1 rpg. One of the vehicles had sustained some damage and 2 of its crew were seriously hurt and in need of immediate evacuation. A QRF of another light vehicle and 2 x APCs with remote weapon systems were enroute to assist with the extraction of all from the site.
Meanwhile, the insurgents were attracking attention and numbers were growing.
The volume of fire the French were drawing made it impossible for the 2 surviving vehicles to man their fixed weapons and these remained buttoned up for most of the duration of the contact.
Soon after the ambush was sprung, the French QRF arrives on the right of the battlespace made up of another light recon vehicle with a 50 cal MG and the 2 x armoured APCs full of heavily armed French troops.
The lead vehicle hits some rough terrain and destroys its front end beyond repair, blocking the road for the remaining vehicles. The 1st APC veers left and into the creekbed and gets bogged while the 2nd APC moves north and around the carnage.
All newly arrived vehicles draw fire and soon all recon vehicles including the light vehicle from the QRF are either destroyed or heavily damaged. With the heavier armour of the APCs, the French begin to take the offensive to widen their area of control in order to get an evac chopper in for an increasing amount of seriously wounded soldiers.
More insurgents arrive and pretty soon the French are surrounded on all sides and fighting for their lives. The bogged APC gets itself out of the creekbed and up onto the southern bank and with infantry support, gains ground on the insurgents, clearing out a number of buildings and pushing enemy fighters back into a village.
The 2nd APC moving north spent a lot of time overwatching for any threats from the north but eventually needs to move. It pushes forward but is taken from the side by an awaiting enemy with an RPG. The vehicle is destroyed with all men onboard forced to fight their way into the cover of a high crop.
Enemy numbers are increasing and large groups can be seen approaching from the left. The French commander calls in a nearby Apache gunship which destroys a recoilless rifle coming into action and a number of insurgents. The effect of this is astonishing as the entire left side of the battlespace goes quiet from suppression by the gunship.
As more insurgents race through the village to get into the fight, the French begin withdrawing on foot along the road the QRF arrived on, leaving burning vehicles, and several severely wounded and 1 dead soldier.
As a gesture of goodwill, the insurgents take the dead and wounded to a Redcross site the next morning and disappear back into the mountains.
(more pics of a nearby Iraq demonstration by Bill)
One of the many demo and participation games was a 15mm Force on Force game put on by Kevin and Mark. I joined this game as the insurgent player against a French force.
The scenario was that a small French recon team of 3 vehicles had been ambushed by a group of students armed with small arms and 1 rpg. One of the vehicles had sustained some damage and 2 of its crew were seriously hurt and in need of immediate evacuation. A QRF of another light vehicle and 2 x APCs with remote weapon systems were enroute to assist with the extraction of all from the site.
Meanwhile, the insurgents were attracking attention and numbers were growing.
The volume of fire the French were drawing made it impossible for the 2 surviving vehicles to man their fixed weapons and these remained buttoned up for most of the duration of the contact.
Soon after the ambush was sprung, the French QRF arrives on the right of the battlespace made up of another light recon vehicle with a 50 cal MG and the 2 x armoured APCs full of heavily armed French troops.
The lead vehicle hits some rough terrain and destroys its front end beyond repair, blocking the road for the remaining vehicles. The 1st APC veers left and into the creekbed and gets bogged while the 2nd APC moves north and around the carnage.
All newly arrived vehicles draw fire and soon all recon vehicles including the light vehicle from the QRF are either destroyed or heavily damaged. With the heavier armour of the APCs, the French begin to take the offensive to widen their area of control in order to get an evac chopper in for an increasing amount of seriously wounded soldiers.
More insurgents arrive and pretty soon the French are surrounded on all sides and fighting for their lives. The bogged APC gets itself out of the creekbed and up onto the southern bank and with infantry support, gains ground on the insurgents, clearing out a number of buildings and pushing enemy fighters back into a village.
The 2nd APC moving north spent a lot of time overwatching for any threats from the north but eventually needs to move. It pushes forward but is taken from the side by an awaiting enemy with an RPG. The vehicle is destroyed with all men onboard forced to fight their way into the cover of a high crop.
Enemy numbers are increasing and large groups can be seen approaching from the left. The French commander calls in a nearby Apache gunship which destroys a recoilless rifle coming into action and a number of insurgents. The effect of this is astonishing as the entire left side of the battlespace goes quiet from suppression by the gunship.
As more insurgents race through the village to get into the fight, the French begin withdrawing on foot along the road the QRF arrived on, leaving burning vehicles, and several severely wounded and 1 dead soldier.
As a gesture of goodwill, the insurgents take the dead and wounded to a Redcross site the next morning and disappear back into the mountains.
(more pics of a nearby Iraq demonstration by Bill)
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