tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51340979607134025382024-02-07T19:50:18.847-07:00Move, Shoot, AssaultA site dedicated to military history, painting, modeling, and miniature wargaming.Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-54329517357109044672018-02-03T01:11:00.000-07:002018-02-03T01:30:22.766-07:00Army of DarknessEver since watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/" target="_blank">Army of Darkness</a> as a kid I wanted to have my very own undead army. I decided to take a stab at it and here are the first batch of figures.<br />
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They are 15mm figures from <a href="http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/skar.html" target="_blank">Splintered Light</a> and <a href="http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-15-mm-skeleton" target="_blank">Miriliton</a>. 3 poses from each manufacturer. They mix perfectly. I've based them up as if ancients, four figures per element, on a 20x40 mm base from <a href="http://www.renedra.co.uk/product.php?product=140" target="_blank">Renedra</a>, with flexible sheet steel from <a href="http://www.litko.net/products.php?product=8.5x11-inch-Flexible-Steel-Sheet" target="_blank">Litko</a> on the bottom.<br />
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They are just the start of the army that I have no idea when I'll finish. I've got all kinds of melee and other baddies to go with them along with a whole mass of individually based guys for casualties, skirmishing, or running RPG's. I picked these guys first because they had the least amount of gear to paint.<br />
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I mostly just used drybrushing to do them. I used the Reaper Master Series <a href="https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/bone%20triad/latest/09748" target="_blank">Ivory Bone Triad</a> for the bones.<br />
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I'm sort of "meh" on them. I don't love how they turned out, but en masse I like them well enough and they are done. If I did it again I think I would based 6 archers on a 40x40mm base in a more loose formation. Thinking of that, I made up some 40x40mm bases with sheet magnet to help move them around and make them easier to pick up.<br />
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There you have it, finally out of the way, and off my painting table. My very own groovy undead archers😉.<br />
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Thanks for looking.Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-22078905703739950182018-01-04T23:03:00.002-07:002018-01-04T23:03:46.656-07:00Angry SaxonsI started working on some Anglo-Saxons for Saga and here is my first unit (1 point) of warriors painted up and ready for battle. All are Patton sculpts, seven from <a href="https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/The_Viking_Age--category--24.html" target="_blank">Gripping Beast's Viking Age range</a>. A mix of Saxons, Danes, and Vikings I believe. The guy with braids is a Saxon Miniature now owned by <a href="https://us-store.warlordgames.com/collections/saxons/products/saxon-ceorls-a" target="_blank">Warlord</a>.<br />
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<span id="goog_2144532500"></span><span id="goog_2144532501"></span>These guys are Ceorls or freemen. I've painted them up to be drab for the most part. I find that people paint Viking Age stuff way too colorful. When I get to the Hearthguard and Warlord I'll be adding more colors to represent rarer and more expensive cloth. The shields are hand painted. I hoped that they would make the force look unified. I plan to decorate the bases later when I have more units done.<br />
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The photos are all with my iphone6 with typical editing for color and light corrections on the same screen, highlights mainly. I just did a bunch of remodeling in my game room so I hope to get my lightbox and Canon back in action in the near future.<br />
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I'm pretty happy with them. I learned A LOT painting them. I haven't painted much 28mm so they were a real challenge for me. There were three things that were very useful for me when painting them.<br />
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They are readily available and inexpensive on Amazon or a local craft store such as Michael's in the US. I did not use the mixing side much as most of the modern paint ranges have a pretty good selection of colors to make triads and or layers. I use Vallejo mainly along with a few Reaper Master Series paints and the Games Workshop washes. I used the other side to select colors so I could achieve schemes that were complementary and pleasing to the eye. A $5 tool most everyone should have in their kit.<br />
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Second was the <a href="http://1000footgeneral.blogspot.com/2012/09/dark-ages-color-palettes.html" target="_blank">Dark Age color palette from 1000 Foot General</a>. <br />
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Thank you! Awesome resource. I found that some of the colors were maybe off a bit, but it was a great place to start. I struggled with a soft yellow. I'll be working on that again in a future unit.<br />
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Third and last was <a href="http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=8747" target="_blank">Painting War #7 by Albero Mateos</a>. Available from <a href="http://www.northstarfigures.com/" target="_blank">Northstar</a>.<br />
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Great resource. Some of the paint schemes are insane the number of layers used. I'll admit I skipped some layers. Really helpful on a lot of things. If you want to go beyond tabletop standard I think this will help. I hope I achieved something a bit nicer than tabletop.<br />
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Here's a little video I did of them for fun.<br />
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It will be a while before I'm ready for Saga but in the meantime I hope to use them on the tabletop playing <a href="https://theministryofgentlemanlywarfare.wordpress.com/blood-eagle/" target="_blank">Blood Eagle</a>.<br />
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Thanks for peeking in. Be sure to leave a comment if you liked them or hated them. All criticisms are welcome.<br />
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Cheers!Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-69661836765791465202017-06-17T22:29:00.000-06:002017-06-17T22:29:13.614-06:00Coming soon to a Cave near you!15mm Cavemen and dogs from <a href="http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmfantasy.html" target="_blank">Khurasan</a>, 15mm Cave Bear and Dire Wolves from <a href="http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/15anandcr.html" target="_blank">Splintered Light</a>, all painted by yours truly. I'll be working out a game soon. Enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture with the iPhone and flash on. You be the judge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the youths better than the men. I like the dynamic poses.</td></tr>
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Everything painted real nice for me. The detail and castings are all good. Played around with reverse drybrushing (light to dark) and it seemed to work alright for me.<br />
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I'm convinced that if I ever want better photos with the Canon i'll need a new lens with a larger aperture. I can use the lightbox and get better results but I would rather get photos on the game table and have the lightbox packed away or sell it off for that matter. Honestly if the iPhone ever had an aperture priority setting I think the Canon would almost never see action for miniature photography. With my current glass the only thing it has going above the iPhone is depth of field were everything is in focus at all depths in the picture. This group photo (using iPhone) almost achieves it but the women in front are a bit fuzzy.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed. Not sure whats next. I have some WWII bits i'd like to finish up, a mess of Stuarts, and some pointy headed wizards i'd like to give a go at. There is also masses of Saga stuff in 28mm I want to do...<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-411553207237562972017-04-04T19:38:00.001-06:002017-04-04T19:58:55.975-06:00These are the Droids you are looking forPart Two of my mini diversion using Lego mini-figures.<br />
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My imagining of a Separatist Droid Battalion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Droid Battalion with various Leaders and support units.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Droid Commander and his 2 security droid bodyguards.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Battalion all equipped with short blasters. I imagine Battle Droids as very binary working in pairs to be most efficent. A battalion includes 2 companies of 2 platoons where each platoon has 2 squads each with 2 teams. 128 Battle Droids per battalion.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each Droid squad is made up of 2 teams of 8 droids with a leader included (show bottom left).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dwarf Spider Droid 1 of 2.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Destroyers or Droideka 4 of 8. 1:16 ratio to Droids.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jengo Fett. I imagine him as having done some dirty work on the outer rim for Dooku between Episode I and II.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Droideka, 4 of 8. I made the Naboo variant with rear armor plates.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Super Battle Droids. 8 of 16.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Super Battle Droids, 2 per team.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dwarf Spider Droid 2 of 2. I copied this second one, ordering up all the needed parts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A couple of dastardly conspirators. Sith Count Dooku and dupe Nute Gunray of the Trade Federation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Homing Spider Droid. Probably the largest type model I would use in a game. Anything bigger would be for a scenario.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Droid Battalion. I need another, NO!</span></td></tr>
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I do have some other support droid stuff that didn't fit in nicely that I may use in the future. The Rebels will be next. I'm excited about them because I can use them has Separatists, Rebellion, or The Resistance. After that I'll finish with classic movies and the Galactic Empire. I'm not planning on doing The First Order but we'll see how I feel about it as the next movies release.<br />
<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-10866525232250476862017-03-22T23:02:00.000-06:002017-03-22T23:02:50.794-06:00A mini diversionNot so much a mini distraction, but a minifigure one!<br />
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I've been having a lot of fun with the kids and all things Lego. I decided to collect some armies to play with. No painting, no fuss, loving this.<br />
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Here's mostly a photo dump. I'll have more to share in the future.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clone Trooper Platoon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lieutenant Flux and Sergeant Rip enter the field with a couple of ubiquitous Jedi.</td></tr>
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That's all for now. Droids will be up next.<br /><br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-90688018985676359952016-11-06T21:03:00.002-07:002016-11-06T21:03:55.929-07:00Vasilly Half-TrackI finally completed the recovery vehicle for my early war German panzerkompanie. This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._9" target="_blank">Sd Kfz 9</a> has been in the works for nearly 6 years. I bought it shortly after Blitzkrieg was released in 2010!<div>
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I've had it mostly painted for years but I never put the driver in and I always thought it was too plain and generic. After years of collecting various models I finally felt I had enough baggage to finish it off properly.</div>
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The barrels are Battlefront, but I forget what kit, perhaps the Famo itself, driver came with the vehicle, a passenger from a Battlefront motorcycle crew, stolen bicycle and tire pile from <a href="http://www.peterpig.co.uk/" target="_blank">Peter Pig</a>, barbed wire from Gale Force 9 (Battlefront), and box and fuel can from <a href="http://www.baueda.com/" target="_blank">Baueda</a>.</div>
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I put little effort into faces at this scale (15mm). They get a flesh wash and that's about it. The driver didn't really pick up any depth, oh well. Perhaps I'll go back and fix his face a bit, then again, nah...</div>
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It seems my days of finishing complete units and entire companies is behind me for the present time. I'll need to take satisfaction in filling a few holes in the collection.</div>
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So there you have it, as I like to refer to him as: Vasilly Half-Track. Why Vasilly? Well, its silly big!</div>
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Supplies from <a href="http://www.baueda.com/" target="_blank">Baueda</a> based up as Jump off Points for Chain of Command, objectives, or battlefield accessories. More messing around with the <a href="http://orangemonkie.com/foldio360/" target="_blank">Foldio360</a> and <a href="http://ezgif.com/" target="_blank">EZGif</a>.<br />
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I'm not excited about the photography. I think they look better in person. I used my new <a href="http://orangemonkie.com/foldio2/" target="_blank">Foldio2</a> to shoot some of these shots. It definitely helped with the lighting issue I've had. I'll probably need to tone it down a bit because I think I over exposed them. Where it did help a ton is there is little to no color correcting required when you have adequate white light. I've also picked up a second light for the light box. With that I should be able to provide more back lighting. Perhaps they are not as bad as I think because they are after all TINY. My lens is also the cheapest piece of glass that came with the Canon and not suited for up close at all. Santa Macro maybe?<br />
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There should be a picture of 3rd company in here next but it seems I got interrupted and failed to finish shooting the last one. No matter its like the other 2.<br />
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Here is the Battalion commander and another higher command long range radio equipped tank. I used the thinnest wire I had to make the antennae supports. It should be obvious its a game piece and not a scale model of that.<br />
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Here is the whole force. All the turrets are magnetized and they are based on 1 inch washers. I'm using different tufts to delineate the officers.<br />
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Our family is very blessed to have secured a spot in the local public charter school that also happens to be right in our neighborhood. The charter school is very academically focused teaching a classic liberal education. Don't be fooled by "liberal", there is nothing political about it.<br />
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Thomas Jefferson said in 1779 "Those persons, whom nature has endowed with genius and virtue, should be rendered by liberal education worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens; and . . . they should be called to that charge without regard to wealth, birth or other accidental condition or circumstance."<br />
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The liberal education is delivered through the teaching of "Core Knowledge" as described by E.D. Hirsch, his book "<a href="http://books.coreknowledge.org/product.php?productid=16156&cat=0&page=1" target="_blank">Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know</a>", and the <a href="http://www.coreknowledge.org/" target="_blank">Core Knowledge Foundation</a>.<br />
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Her school has adopted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplite" target="_blank">Hoplite</a> as their mascot so I'm back this year with another batch of Hoplites. I think I did a much better job on these citizen soldiers than last years batch. I realize now that I was so rushed to get them done last year I didn't even bother to post them. One photo made it to the full site and i'll at some time put them in the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/miniaturemachinations/ancients" target="_blank">Miniature Machinations Ancients Gallery</a> along with these new ones.<br />
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I think we are only giving three figures to the teachers so we'll have a few to add to our collection. These are the gifts.<br />
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I've taken artistic liberty on the colors. Mainly to create a palette that goes with the shield transfers from <a href="http://www.littlebigmenstudios.com/catalog/" target="_blank">Little Big Man Studios</a>. The transfer are cool but I do have one problem with them. They are really <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">too</u> nice for my painting. In some ways I think they take away from what I have done. <br />
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The photos turn into a showcase of the transfers and no so much the figures. That's pretty common when people post up figures using them. Lot's of compliments on the shields with little mention of the figures. I may go back to the waterslides that came with <a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/new-plastic-ancient-greek-hoplites/" target="_blank">the figures</a> or try to paint my own next time.<br />
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Here are a couple of spares that I had leftover from last year.<br />
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You should be able to see that my painting has improved. I had more time this year to pick out the details. I used more highlights and didn't use washes very much this time. I'm not going back on them as they will display or fight all the same and they look fine together with the others.<br />
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I may have to bust out some Reaper pre-painted skeletons I have and make up a quick opponent so we can try a couple skirmishes.<br />
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After release it was clear to me that it was not exactly what I was hoping for. I wanted a game that would touch more heavily upon NATO's reliance on airpower to counter the Warsaw Pact's numerical superiority in tanks. It seems to be essentially Flames of War with streamlined rules. No problem, that's fine with me but at that I would just prefer to stick with WWII.<br />
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To play Team Yankee you need a shed load of tanks and I just don't want to invest that much money and time to paint them. I am also in the camp that the 15mm size figures are too large for a game that can have so many. I could scale down the numbers but if I am going to explore this fanciful period of gaming I WANT to have tons of tanks. So I subscribed to the 6mm cold war gaming group think.<br />
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I still want to play some Cold War Gone Hot scenarios but I'm not planning on Team Yankee at this point. I may take a crack at developing a homebrew rule set which incorporates lots of on and off table aircraft interaction. Cobra's, A-10's, MiG's, yes!<br />
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So I figured I'd just bid my time and pick up some 6mm figures whenever the bug hit me. Well the bug hit me when GHQ put their T-64 model on sale recently. I went to the <a href="http://www.ghqmodels.com/" target="_blank">GHQ website</a> and looked at the free stuff and found an appropriate <a href="http://www.ghqmodels.com/pages/military/country_histories.asp" target="_blank">TO&E</a> for my envisioned 1986 WWIII Soviet force. A regiment of tanks it turned out, 31 tanks. I ordered up 7 packs and they arrived lighting fast (6 days).<br />
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They come nicely packaged and they have almost no flash.<br />
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Reading the back of the package is a complete affirmation of my manufacturer of choice. Made in Minnesota and <i>unconditionally guaranteed</i>. That's refreshing.<br />
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I put one package together as a test. (I'll get to the rest after I wrap up a couple other things). The quality is outstanding and the detail is amazing for something so small. <br />
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Some people glue the turrets down and put them on bigger bases to protect them. I wanted the option to turn the turret. I am not too worried about damage as they will most likely only ever be played with in my carpeted game room. So I magnetized the turrets with tiny magnets. <br />
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I removed the tiny bit of flash beneath the hull at the turret hole and glued a magnet in. Next I removed the turret pin and glued on a tiny magnet. Everything is tiny about these. Once dried I carefully cleaned up any excess glue with a fresh blade and reamed out the hole topside ever so slightly.<br />
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Resulting in this fine specimen of Soviet steel. They are small! Shown here based on a 1 inch washer. I didn't glue them on the bases until later.<br />
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I got to the business of painting. Using my new <a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/t-64-battle-tank" target="_blank">Osprey book about the T-64</a> I selected a paint scheme that suited me and was plausible. Basically the scheme on the cover.<br />
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I wasn't about to get into buying some fancy paint set to do this project so I used what I have. It's more than ample. Seriously at this scale it's not necessary to buy some super accurate paint set such as the <a href="http://www.migjimenez.com/en/" target="_blank">Mig Ammo</a> stuff. That stuff is for serious scale modelers working on dioramas.<br />
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Using what I had I quickly got these done. They only take about 20% the effort as a 15mm tank. There is only so much you can do on them. Sure, you could do more highlighting, weathering, and whatever but it would only really show up in hi-res photography. I definitely spent more time assembling, priming, and doing all the base work than painting the tanks.<br />
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The final result.<br />
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Did I mention they are small? Shown with a 15mm Sherman howitzer.<br />
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My camera setup sure has me stumped. Above are shot in RAW and edited. Here below is an unedited .jpg from the iPhone. Not bad, but a bit blue.<br />
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Here is one from the Canon shot on automatic. Unedited, only cropped and saved as .jpg from RAW.<br />
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I've lost depth of focus by going off aperture priority, but other than that I think it is as good as the first shot.<br />
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Aw, heck here is one super close-up, this photography is driving me batty!<br />
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Anyways, thanks for looking and tolerating my ramblings on photography. Be sure to leave a comment if to liked them, hated them, or are apathetic. If anyone wants I can post the painting details. The colors used and such.<br />
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Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-49965758963792584802016-02-27T23:18:00.000-07:002016-02-27T23:18:53.912-07:00The Final MouseI finished the last figure, Lilly, for the <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2016/01/mice-and-mystics-rats.html" target="_blank">Mice and Mystics</a> project.<br />
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Here are all the heroes together. Watch out minions these mice look like they mean business!<br />
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The first game hasn't materialized yet but I am sure fun will be had when it does. I am already starting to think about the next expansion assuming this turns out to be fun and interesting for the mini-me's. It's nice to have a project fully completed.<br />
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I'll be sure to post a final review once we play the first game, meanwhile I will be working on collating, editing, re-shooting, and posting all the pictures together in the gallery on the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/miniaturemachinations/" target="_blank">full website</a>.<br />
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I'm going to take it easy over the next few weeks. I'm looking to clear a couple smaller projects out of the work zone. Thanks for tuning in.<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-63283144717224295052016-02-16T22:12:00.000-07:002016-02-16T22:12:58.129-07:00More MiceI finished Maginas and Tilda for the <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2016/01/mice-and-mystics-rats.html" target="_blank">Mice and Mystics Project</a>. Both rather challenging when it came to painting the cloth. My normal process is to base coat with my middle color, drybrush a highlight, followed by a Vallejo black wash mixed with the base color. After that I go back in and drybrush/re-layer in the highlight color and one brighter.<br />
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The brown wash turned out super dark and obliterated the highlights. I had to layer back the whole thing. I think I lost a lot of depth but I called it good enough. 3 Layers just really does not do it. If you want a nice layer effect with good depth and shadow I think you need to have 5 or so layers for it to work nicely.<br />
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After the brown experience I knew that using any kind of dark wash on Tilda's white palette would be ruinous. I decided to forgo the wash altogether and layered the whole thing up ultimately using 4 to 5 layers on the cloth and 6 layers on the fur. I wanted the fir lighter than the cloth so I used the last 2 whites for that. I wish I had achieved better depth (3 layers used) on the purple hood but its not too bad. Its not nearly as important as getting the white (the dominant color) to look decent. Here is the <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2016/01/greedy-cockroaches.html" target="_blank">palette</a> used.<br />
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The first three and last are Reaper Master Series Paints and I thought they were excellent. I had way less issues with the pigment separating when thinned as compared to Vallejo. Sometimes when building up layers using thinned paints I get a hard edge on the layer when it dries. Its especially prevalent the lighter the color I am layering with. I must be thinning too much. Either I am getting better or the Reaper paints don't separate as much. I think the paints had a lot to do with it, I like them. I will use more of them and if my suspicion is true will be collecting more.<br />
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I could never figure out what Maginas is holding with his tail. I decided it was an hourglass in keeping with some of the game material so I tried to paint it as such. Perhaps it will be revealed whilst playing.<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-13490952981142043242016-02-10T13:41:00.000-07:002016-02-10T13:41:00.614-07:003 down, 3 to goI'm getting down to the wire. I need to finish 3 more by Friday afternoon.<br />
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Collin, Nez, and Filch.<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-88335914751995375932016-02-05T23:14:00.000-07:002016-02-05T23:14:03.621-07:00Minions!I finished the <a href="http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/mice-and-mystics" target="_blank">Mice and Mystics</a> minions! The spider is complete.<br />
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I really knocked this creep out. I used some google images of tarantulas and went for high contrast. I finished him in one sitting of about 1 1/2 hours using this scheme from my palette as I described in a <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2016/01/greedy-cockroaches.html" target="_blank">past post</a>. I just layered it up using drybrushing on the fur and thin layers on the legs.<br />
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Next up are the heroes. I'll probably paint them all together or at least 2 at a time.<br />
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Go Broncos!Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-92133860622988043182016-02-03T22:19:00.002-07:002016-02-03T22:19:22.523-07:00CentipedeI finished up the next monster for <a href="http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/mice-and-mystics" target="_blank">Mice and Mystics</a>. It's the Centipede and he's very large compared to the mice heroes I'll be getting to next week (cross my fingers). I found this picture on a Google search and liked it as the model for my painting.<br />
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You might notice the base is slightly warped. There are definitely some limitations to plastic miniatures and that's one example. I did clean up a few mold lines but they are present and I didn't feel compelled to fix everything on them.<br />
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The bug is pretty big. I've pictured it here with a Reaper 28mm figure along with the other baddies. Certainly a large foe in 28mm and gigantic in smaller scales. I think the ratman would be oddly proportioned as a 28mm monster. Perhaps a were-rat Champion?<br />
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Next up is the spider, I hope to have it done by the weekend. The deadline is next Friday, argh! I hate rushing myself, it takes the enjoyment out of it. Hopefully the kid's reaction will make up for all the late nights I expect next week with the mice.<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-58158015451375963072016-01-29T23:27:00.000-07:002016-01-29T23:27:28.288-07:00Greedy Cockroaches!I got the next batch of baddies ready for my <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2016/01/mice-and-mystics-rats.html" target="_blank">Mice and Mystics project</a>.<br />
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Challenging little vermin. They are very flat miniatures and the sculpting and molding not as nice as the rats.<br />
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I had a devil of a time figuring out how I wanted to paint them but decided to go with as high of contrast as possible. First I searched Google for cockroach images and selected a couple as examples. Many were surprisingly quite yellow so I went with that look.<br />
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I'm not very good with color and without some help and some cheating tools I'd be totally lost. I probably like painting World War II figures so much because its sort of paint by numbers with all the great reference material and tutorials out there. Lifelike or Fantasy I have to really think about it.<br />
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I have this Saga project that has been brewing for a long time that completely terrifies me with all the period appropriate fabric decisions I will need to make. That apprehension lead me to make this some time ago.<br />
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Its a piece of sheet metal in a picture frame. On it I have primed and painted nearly every Vallejo color I have on a small Flames of War base and put a piece of magnetic sheet on the back. Looking at the paint bottles or an online reference sheet was not working for me so I went with this. Now I can just grab a few bases I think would look good together and play around with them like this.<br />
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These are pretty helpful figuring out pleasing color schemes for fantasy or historical miniatures. <a href="http://houseofpaincakes.com/colour-theory-introduction/" target="_blank">House of Paincakes</a> did a whole series of posts last year on color theory that is very informative and you should check out if you are stumped by color choices like me.</div>
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In the end I messed with them too much and spent too much time on them. I also decided that I really don't like the sculpt. Something about how flat they are. I think if the front leg was positioned forward they would be more appealing. As they are, I really had to exaggerate the eyes or they looked backwards to me. I kept looking at them thinking the tail end was the front.</div>
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Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-37595941534371415332016-01-27T22:06:00.000-07:002016-01-27T22:13:54.812-07:00Mice and Mystics Rats!I decided to give <a href="http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/mice-and-mystics" target="_blank">Mice and Mystics</a> a go.<br />
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I read a good review on <a href="http://www.wwpd.net/2016/01/review-mice-and-mystics.html" target="_blank">WWPD</a> which piqued my interest. I researched the game on the <a href="http://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/mice-and-mystics" target="_blank">manufacturers website</a> and was pleasantly surprised to find additional content in the way of expansions. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/124708/mice-and-mystics" target="_blank">Boardgame Geek</a> gives it a 7.5 of 10. The final clincher for me was when one of my wargame buddies said his daughter had little interest in the game at first but once he painted up all the miniatures she loved it and can't play it enough.<br />
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Besides all that I am a lifelong fan of Ancient History, Mythology, and Fantasy. Role-playing games were a big part of my youth. This really speaks to me.<br />
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I've got a soon to be 7 year old so I am racing to paint up the figures by her February birthday.<br />
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Here are the first batch of baddies. Rats!<br />
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That's it for now, <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-future-of-blogging-for-me.html" target="_blank">my short update style I talked about recently</a>. If you like or hate them be sure to leave a comment, add my blog to your reader, or check out the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/miniaturemachinations/home" target="_blank">full website</a> as I build that out.<br />
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Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-49703400307177102642016-01-21T15:35:00.000-07:002016-01-23T14:37:54.340-07:00Jeep Mania!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Wily's patrol the borders</div>
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Solved jeeps with mortars</div>
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A collection of jeeps I have been working on after I got in a couple of games of Chain of Command.<br />
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In Chain of Command you begin the game by executing the patrol phase. A phase where your points of deployment, 'jump off points', will be established. The patrol phase is an abstract of pre-engagement scouting and reconnaissance. In game terms any old token, dice, or figure works as a patrol marker but since it is a miniatures game I wanted to do something that fit with the terrain instead of tokens.<br />
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That got me thinking about reckless young Americans plowing across field and wood at high speeds in jeeps. I'd bought (overbought) some jeeps from Battlefront a couple years ago to use with my Engineer Combat Company. I'd always planned on basing them on urban rubble bases like the engineers but the project languished. So once I got the bug about Chain of Command I decided the time was right to model the whole lot up.<br />
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The jeeps I bought were the ones without integral bases. Oh, boy what a bother to put them together. You have to glue the wheels and bumper on along with the other bits in the standard blister. It took a lot of fiddling, copious amounts of superglue, and lots of time letting things dry between pieces. There was even some thin plasti-card involved. I had to glue the bumpers onto the card before I could get them to line up nicely with the resin hulls.<br />
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In the end I was happy with the modelling result. It allowed me to get jeeps for the command teams of my Engineer company, the Damn Engineers! The one with 2 stars is for the 2iC, go figure. The painting is middling as usual.<br />
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I solved in my mind what the heck a mortar jeep was in a US Cavalry/Armored Recon Platoon. I do not believe it was ever vehicle mounted. The 60mm mortar was portable enough I think they set it up on spot. I saw Steve from WWPD just glued a mortar tube in the back of his and that seemed to solve the issue of identifying it. I wanted something to more boldly delineate it. I had the extra mortars and men so I went ahead in this fashion.<br />
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There are a couple more on integral bases that round out my Intelligence & Recon Platoon and a lone jeep for an artillery battery which was missing. I have plenty of jeeps and would borrow from other platoons as needed but the completist in me needed to have dedicated ones.<br />
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For the Chain of Command patrol markers I wanted them on round bases so I used fender washers, added a few extra figures I had to make them tell a story, a mini diorama if you will. I'd never painted one with a canopy so I took the opportunity to do one like that.<br />
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There are a pair of Greyhounds in there as you might notice. I've never had those before. An Cavlry/Armored Recon company or Task Force A for Flames of War could be in my future more easily now.<br />
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It was a long project but fun. It really reignited my enthusiasm for the figures. If I were to do it again I would probably use the jeeps with the integral bases by sawing them off and gluing onto round ones. I used what I had and really needed them fo<span style="font-family: inherit;">r the r</span>ubble bas<span style="font-family: inherit;">es, so </span>C'est la vie.<br />
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I just got the Kubelwagons (from the Black Friday sale no less!) I'll use to make up the German ones. So watch out for those later in the year. If you love or hate them please leave a comment, follow the blog, and add me to your blog reader.<br />
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Cheers! Here are a few more pictures of the Patrol Markers.<br />
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Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-21367500457140345162016-01-01T11:22:00.000-07:002016-01-23T15:03:12.740-07:00The Future of Blogging, for meI start the new year out wondering about gaming blog's and my efforts at this one.<br />
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I have mixed feelings on them. In aggregate they are great and provide tons of inspiration, information, and entertainment for their readers. Taken individually they are a real mixed bag. <br />
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The "good" blogs provide thoughtful commentary, interesting subject matter, and periodic postings.<br />
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Some blogs are "ok" but lack one or more of the mentioned attributes. Then there are those blogs that are just "bad". The "bad" ones probably can't deliver any of the mentioned attributes or they just do it so poorly that I don't bother with them. I wish the bad blogs would just quit it with their fuzzy photography and their tedious battle reports. Seriously, if you can't tell a compelling story or take a picture in focus just hang it up!<br />
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Rating blogs can be tricky because it comes down to personal taste. If someone is providing thoughtful commentary about historical war gaming, that probably gets my interest and I would rate the blog "good". If it's fantasy I'm also interested, to a point. If the fantasy talk is very specific about a game I don't play then I am probably not interested in the commentary, however it might have interesting subject matter in the form of quality photography of miniatures so I can still rate it "good". Periodic posting is probably the least important quality but it does play into a rating. Scattered posting is more than made up for when someone posts well constructed subject matter be it excellently painted figures, an interesting report about a campaign, or skillful terrain projects.<br />
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I'd like to optimistically think this blog rests in the "ok" category but it's probably just "alright" or "meh". I've definitely scaled back on the the slim content it ever delivered. I'm not posting here in the New Year to proclaim some sort of goal or resolution, <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2015/04/goal-or-not.html" target="_blank">I gave that up last year</a>. In reality I did a lot of hobby stuff last year I just didn't bother to post much of it.<br />
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I am posting today to let you know I am changing the way I am going to blog going forward. The blog is going to be more light with small updates, progress reports, and random thoughts or commentary. It's going to be more similar to how some folks have successfully used Facebook as a stream for their projects. PiersBrand's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pierspaintworks/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Kildare Paintworks</a> is a favorite of mine and a great example of a when subject matter does not always align with my interests but is still compelling because of good brushwork.<br />
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You might be saying "I guess PrivateSnafu is lowering the quality of his blog." In some ways that might be true, but I request that you please think of it differently. The reason I ask you to give me the benefit of the doubt is that with the change in the Blog format I am making public <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/miniaturemachinations/" target="_blank">my full Website!</a><br />
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Presenting Snafu's <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/miniaturemachinations/" target="_blank">Miniature Machinations</a>!<br />
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All the high quality efforts that I have tried to put into this blog will now go toward my website. The website is intended to be more of an archive or portfolio of sorts. When you visit you'll see that it is presently just an outline with the content still mostly residing here and in other locations. As time permits I'll be migrating a lot of content there. The website is going to allow me to explore a number of areas of interest I have, whereas this Blog has been mainly about World War II and Flames of War specifically.<br />
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I'll endeavor to keep the Blog going but not waste your time. I might go to a Facebook style page in the future but currently I just use a personal page for close friends and family so i'll continue on with the blog, using it to notify you of content that is added to the full site, my musings, and some progress reports on some painting and terrain work.<br />
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I'd love to here your thoughts about the change and what your initial reaction is to the website format. So please leave a comment.<br />
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Have a Merry New Year and Happy Hobbying!<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-4240277641274510322015-07-01T22:17:00.002-06:002015-07-01T22:17:38.215-06:00Getting in the (Bolt) Action Part 2I finished up these Americans last fall, took the pictures a couple months ago, and am finally getting around to posting them. They are the opposing force to the <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2014/06/getting-into-action.html" target="_blank">my Fallschirmjager</a>.<br />
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I've played around a half dozen or so games of Bolt Action now with them and it's proving fun. I haven't figured out how to win the Germans yet. The Americans always seem to pin the Germans into oblivion. I am definitely in the club that machine guns are poorly rated in the game. Machine guns are not significantly better than more riflemen. <br />
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I'll keep playing Bolt Action but am looking forward to using the forces with Battlegroup Overlord, Chain of Command, and Flying Lead.<br />
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Here they are. I'm not bothering with the Bolt Action points as I see their future in other games as well. Presented here in TO&E format.<br />
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Platoon Command<br />
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1st Squad 1st Platoon<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thompson equipped NCO and BAR gunner included, typical of all 3 squads.</td></tr>
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2nd Squad 1st Platoon<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One order die for Bolt Action, its a bit of a weakness for the game.</td></tr>
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3rd Squad 1st Platoon<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chain of Command and Battlegroup split these guys into 2 elements effectively. They manage it differently in the rules but get a result where you can achieve fire and maneuver more elegantly than another action die.</td></tr>
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Rounding out the platoon assets are the sniper team and bazooka team.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The extra man on the sniper team cannot take a rifle in Bolt Action so I just pay for an SMG as the closest option.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing the removable 2nd man of the team.</td></tr>
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A number of Company assets have been assigned to this platoon by the company commander.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Company Command Team. A captain and his carbine equipped staff. I'll be turning him into a Battalion commander later as a CO should have a carbine.</td></tr>
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Those assets include a .30 caliber machine gun from the weapons platoon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My best processed picture in this batch. Still struggling a lot with lighting and exposure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Show with removable man. If the loader eats it i'll need to mark it with a die or token.</td></tr>
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and a 60mm mortar team.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the focus, too lazy to retake.</td></tr>
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Considering the high priority of any action this force is assigned to they are also hosting an observer team from Division. I can use this model for an artillery observer or air support liaison officer in Bolt Action.<br />
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After playing a number of games I am wondering if 15mm might be a little too "fiddley". It hasn't stopped me from preparing another platoon and support for both forces to paint. If I wasn't so committed terrain wise to 15mm I would seriously consider 20mm.<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-85008966471807497502015-04-20T20:25:00.002-06:002015-04-20T20:25:41.991-06:00Woodland Warrior VillagersI've been working on some non World War II stuff lately. It's been fun and refreshing. I picked up some wonderful 20mm fantasy figures from <a href="http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/index.html" target="_blank">Splintered Light Miniatures</a> and painted up some for a game I'm brewing up for my kids.<br />
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These are the Villager Personalities from the 20mm Woodland Warrior collection. If you are familiar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows" target="_blank">The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame</a> then you will immediately see the striking similarity of the figures to the story. The were sculpted by Bob Olley who seems to be a legend in miniature making.<br />
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Our story, like The Wind in the Willows, begins with a humble mole awakening from hibernation.<br />
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Moley, as he comes to be called, befriends a Water Rat.<br />
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Moley and Ratty go on to journey with the hospitable Mr. Toad.<br />
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Finally Moley's curiosity leads them to the Distinguished Badger.<br />
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The four animals go on in story to great fame and become known as Faithful Friends.<br />
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The Villagers Personalities pack has a couple bonus figures as well. A Gentleman Rabbit,<br />
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and his Muskrat Lady Housekeeper.<br />
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In their entirety, Splintered Light Miniature's, Bob Olley sculpted, 20 mm Woodland Warriors Villagers Personalities, painted by yours truly.<br />
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Thanks for looking. Any comments are welcome. Next up is some WWII.Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-74356232665222801212015-04-19T15:27:00.001-06:002016-07-06T11:05:30.874-06:00GOAL! or notWell it's been a long time since an update and albeit my followers are few I thought I better update you on things. The months have flown by and here we are into the 4th month of the year. The time for hobbyists and bloggers to recap progress in the past year and set forth new projects and goals for the new year has come and gone.<br />
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I'm going to take this post to make a personal repudiation of that process.<br />
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First off, in spite of serious intentions, I failed to make my goal of providing two quality posts per month on the blog. I made barely half the goal at 11. It's actually an irony because I think that I had the content to publish worthwhile posts but there was a number of <strike>excuses</strike> reasons that it didn't happen.<br />
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Without boring you too much I have a 2 and 6 year old and I am the primary caregiver. Probably enough said there as family always comes before hobbies. I'm also very busy with real estate activities.<br />
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I also struggled with photography, in particular lighting. This put the stops on reporting a couple of different painting projects. I wasn't really happy with what I did publish though it was passable.<br />
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Lastly having hobby goals is not fun for me. I don't like the pressure of them on something that is supposed to be purely for pleasure and relaxation. It's probably one of the reasons I don't play in many tournaments. I create a list that seems competitive, don't have all the models, assess the probably of being able to paint them before the tournament date, and usually decide to pass.<br />
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So in light of all my issues I think the most sensible goal for me with a hobby is to have none.<br />
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I'm rather excited with the prospect. I can meander as I please and take whatever time I want to start or finish projects. Now I think it's important to state that I do have projects that I am working on and there are goals to finish them but they have no imposed deadlines. The only goal is to finish them at some point.<br />
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To that effect what you may expect to see from this blog is a commitment to continue providing quality posts. They may be at a similar rate, slower, or faster. They may be evenly spaced through out the year or come in lumpy. The non hobby life will dictate what time I can dedicate to reporting my hobby projects. Be assured there will continue to be posting as I do have a great sense of accomplishment when I finish things and I do like to get feedback and show things off a bit.<br />
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I've got some fantasy stuff I'm going to share next followed by some more 15mm WWII stuff for skirmish games as well as painting and terrain work.<br />
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That's all for now. Thanks for following along!<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-61746017129634051152014-10-29T13:32:00.000-06:002014-10-29T13:32:28.268-06:00Airbrushless CamoI picked up a great hobby tip from a fellow Flames of War tournament player back in February at GenghsCon 2014. I was commenting on his wonderfully painted German army and happened to ask about the camouflage on the armor assuming it was done with an airbrush. To my surprise Ian proceeded to describe how it had all been done with chalk and a cut down paint brush. It had a very nice soft edge unlike many brushed on schemes.<br />
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I was never able to get a good photo from him but I did find one I snapped with my phone. It's poorly shown above zoomed and processed.<br />
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Admiring his army very much I decided I'd make an attempt. I've resisted getting an airbrush for various reasons and as such have been rather slow to paint late war German vehicles. I have an entire <a href="http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=4356" target="_blank">German Armor company</a> I am working on and some <a href="http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=3413" target="_blank">Open Fire</a> StuG's that have been sitting in <a href="http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=4356" target="_blank">Dunkelgelb</a> for more than a year that are badly stalled because of my caution to paint late war camouflage without an airbrush.<br />
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Never the less I wanted to give this a try on a single vehicle and I thought I could give it a go as a support vehicle for my <a href="http://moveshootassault.blogspot.com/2014/06/getting-into-action.html" target="_blank">15mm German Bolt Action force</a>. I chose a recon vehicle with the HE (High Explosive) stat for extra pinnig power, the SdKfz 223. I even found a picture of the Fallschirmjager riding with the reconnaissance battalions in Italy as some sort of historical justification for having it in the list.<br />
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First I picked up a cheap set (~$5US) of chalk pastels at Michael's. Be careful not to get the oil based pastels, you want the chalk type to give you a nice soft edge.<br />
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Next match up as best you can the colors for late war camouflage. Take some fine sand paper and grind down the chalk into a fine powder.<br />
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I took an old brush #2 and cut it down to a stub.<br />
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The model is primed black, drybrushed with Vallejo Middlestone several coats and highlighted with 50/50 Middlestone/Buff. Now take your powdered chalk and paint/stipple on the camouflage pattern you want.<br />
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Here is where I thought this was a partial fail. The chalk just didn't stick as well as I'd hoped and was not bold enough for my taste. To fix that I took some paint (Reflective Green and Camo Medium Brown) and did a very small amount of stippling in the center of each swath of camo ala <a href="http://www.wwpd.net/2011/06/german-camouflage-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Jon of WWPD's method</a>. I think that helped to correct the color a bit as well. That is followed up by a overall magic wash (brown ink with Future floor polish), decals, details, crew, and minimal weathering with acrylics. I also tried for some dramatic edge highlights that I thought came out pretty good.<br />
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That's it, not too exciting but a method that I think has some potential. I'm unsure if it would be any easier than the WWPD technique but I think it might be a little more forgiving than the all acrylic's method. I think the stubby brush is the way to go along with mostly stabbing and stippling for the effect.<br />
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<br />Private Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290820833074533080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134097960713402538.post-57363721860959576762014-09-09T14:19:00.002-06:002014-09-09T14:19:33.617-06:00US 1st Armor in North AfricaI've always wanted to expand my US armor collection to include more of the tank models used in the early part of the American fight against the Axis. I've played Mid-war Flames of War before and always used my late war kit but somehow it just didn't feel right. After deciding to play in this years <a href="http://www.denvergamers.org/" target="_blank">TactiCon</a> in Denver I set about collecting and painting models that would scratch the itch I had for something "not a Sherman".<br />
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I decided on these 3 vehicles, believing they represented US Armor in North Africa. I was thinking my force was going to be something that might have seen action during the Battle for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass" target="_blank">Kasserine Pass</a>.<br />
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After spending considerable time painting I discovered in the unit history phase of my project that my perception was off by a lot. I had always assumed that the Lee was the main battle tank of North Africa but in reality the Sherman was more common.<br />
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1st Armored division "Old Ironsides" was composed of 2 Armored Regiments, the 1st Armored Regiment and the 13th Armored Regiment.<br />
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The armored Regiments possessed the standard 3 battalion arrangement used throughout the war with one Battalion made up of 3 companies of light tanks (Staurt's) and 2 Battalions of 3 companies each made up of medium tanks (Sherman's and Lee's).<br />
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My research consisted mainly of what I found online including Battlefront's host of articles about the US in North Africa. I also decided to purchase a book to assist with the modelling efforts. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Blood-Armored-division-Tunisia/dp/0980659310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410280048&sr=8-1&keywords=Under+the+Gun+2%3A+First+Blood+US+1st+Armored+Division+in+Tunisia" target="_blank">Under the Gun 2: First Blood US 1st Armored Division in Tunisia</a> from <a href="http://www.oliverpublishinggroup.com/future_releases.htm" target="_blank">Oliver Publishing Group</a> was very helpful with unit organization and markings. I really wanted to have tanks with the iconic yellow stars and stripes! This book has many pictures of destroyed and captured US armor in Tunisia along with some full color renderings that were very helpful. Much of the book material came from captured German photographs at the end of the war which were made by the Germans following the disaster at Kasserine. Shown below is the famous Stuart, REBEL, which was captured intact.<br />
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After getting nearly done painting and having finished most of my research I was faced with the conclusion that the army list I made for the tournament was nothing at all like what was at Kasserine or perhaps at all! The <a href="http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1494" target="_blank">North Africa book</a> is very generous for US Tankers allowing you to mix and match light and medium tanks. In reality the TO&E's are like late war with companies that are comprised of 3 platoons of either light or medium tanks. I also discovered that the Lee's I so desperately wanted to field were probably only in the 2nd Battalion of 13th Armored Regiment which was not present for the battles of Kasserine.<br />
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So what's a Flames of War list builder to do? I decided to chalk it up to general quarkiness of open format tournaments and run with my list anyways. I would be facing Panthers, Churchills, and Soviet Tankovy after all so who cares, right?<br />
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I settled on this list:<br />
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First up I needed some jeeps to make a security section for Tank Destroyers in North Africa. I used M10's previously painted and featured <a href="http://forum.wwpd.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=16935#p16935" target="_blank">here</a>. It's too bad that Tank Destroyers are pretty much compulsory if you want to have any hope of going up against heavy tanks with an armored company.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MG's on the right and left are magnetized for optional use.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use the smallest star decal on bases to mark platoon commanders. He's also the only guy holding binoculars.</td></tr>
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Next up is the M8 Scott. My research showed that this guy was not present until the late phase of the Tunisia campaign. I painted him up anyways in more of a late war scheme thinking I might get some utility out of them there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like to identify the commanders as much as possible so he also got a flag decal and some stowage on the turret.</td></tr>
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This unit presented some interesting things in use and I do not think it is an optimum choice. I intended for them to be a direct fire smoke platform to roll with the tanks. They got destroyed in every game where my armored mortars did not. Having only 3 teams makes them susceptible to cowardice and leaving the battlefield. Being fast and tracked seems to represent a big threat because my opponents always keyed off on them. They are better kept safe in the rear truly but in that case I think there are more efficient use of points for smoke. The jury is out, I may have to do up 3 more and try running them as a unit of 6 in late war, though they lack smoke bombardment in that period. The half-track assault gun platoon is the more historically accurate choice for Kasserine. <br />
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When I decided to attend TactiCon I was not quite sure what the list would be so I bought a platoon of each tank type I wanted to use and an additional pair to use for my Company command teams.<br />
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First up we have the M3 Stuart HQ teams. Hooray for yellow Stars and Stripes! They are decals from <a href="http://www.i-94enterprises.com/" target="_blank">I-94 Enterprises</a> and they are wonderful. I love the Battlefront decals and these are every bit as good. They actually come off the backing easier than the Battlefront ones and had no silvering. There are also a mixture of US flags I used from <a href="http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=316" target="_blank">Battlefront</a> and <a href="http://www.mustanggamesystems.com/" target="_blank">MustangGameSystems</a>. The blue vehicle identification numbers are I-94 as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do I look dusty?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't feel dusty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do these gas cans make my tracks look big?</td></tr>
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A full platoon of Stuarts to go with the HQ. I really wanted to run 5. I never have much luck with trained light tanks so I wanted as much durability as possible for casualties or maximum assault capability.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took license to put the star on the front deck. No photographic evidence known.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The platoon commander is the tank with the figure.</td></tr>
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I did run into a good amount of other light tanks and in hindsight the M5 with 1 more point of front armor is a pretty good choice as well. It didn't feel mid-war enough for me so I used these with stabilizers. The M5 did see action in Tunisia as replacements for these M3's but it was late in the campaign like the Scott.<br />
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I really wanted Lee's. They are goofy and I like them. They have a main gun like the Sherman plus the turret mounted Stuart gun both with stabilizers! The turret has rate of fire 3, I suppose due to an extra crew member (loader). Here is the HQ I used.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dang we are up high!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long barrels here.</td></tr>
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A platoon of Lee's shown with the long barrels. All the barrels are magnetized so I can switch them into short barrels. The short barrel with a muzzle brake was used later to correct some serious recoil and vibration issues.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh say can you see.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...my super dusty...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...hull and running gear...</td></tr>
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That wraps up my North African foray. It ended up being 17 tanks and 3 jeeps, basically a new company of tanks. I plan to revisit north Africa someday and add half-track assault guns and white scout cars that I already own. I'll probably add another platoon of Stuarts or Lee's sometime in the future as well. I can only imagine when Battlefront revisits mid-war the flexibility of mixing light and medium tanks will probably be removed as they update to more historically accurate force organization diagrams.<br />
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My apologies for the mediocre photography. I still haven't got it mastered. I like taking pictures of everything in action, on the game table but, my lighting and or lens aren't not up to the level as other hobby bloggers. These photos were taken in an ad hoc lightbox arrangement. The single color ground and backdrop mess with colors, lighting, and focus. I haven't quite decided what to change, make, or purchase to improve my results. I'm leaning toward a new lens and some additional lighting for the game table so I can return to taking pictures of my hobby results in the field. The lighting will improve the game room generally and a new lens will improve my photographic options all around.<br />
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