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Bullets,Bandages & Lard: Action Station!
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Bullets,Bandages and Lard. Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Having started the latest pint-sized Chain of Command campaign "Old Hickory" against new oppo Ian (this time I get to play as Germans), I saw in one of the scenarios there is a train station. I've already got a lot of Normandy buildings for 15mm but don't have a station so I set out to add one to the collection. The kit arrived next morning from Wales and I set about putting it together. Next came a heavy drybrush of the walls. The windows with the ...
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Bullets,Bandages & Lard: May 2015
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Bullets,Bandages and Lard. Monday, 4 May 2015. Jonny and the Diggers (part 2). View from the Anzac approach. There's about a 20"(50cm) rise from the near edge to the top of the slope. I already had a plan in mind of how I wanted the table to look. 6' x 6'. A long sloping rise, based on two foot square tiles with a cloth overlay. Gallipoli is surprisingly much more verdant than would first be assumed with plenty of vegetation (cotton bushes, long grasses and even pine trees! I'll be trying to make the dry...
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Bullets,Bandages & Lard: October 2014
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Bullets,Bandages and Lard. Thursday, 16 October 2014. It's NOT all WW2 and not even all Lard (that's a technicality - more of which later). Savage and godless. Heading to a settlement near you soon? I was unsure at first on painting war paint. In the end I just dived in and was pleasantly surprised I didn't ruin the test batch of figures. I'd acquired some autumn leaves too. Here among the undergwothe". Using Foundry's triads and Citadel reds and yellows for their vividness, I managed to paint all 20 of ...
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Bullets,Bandages & Lard: July 2014
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Bullets,Bandages and Lard. Monday, 21 July 2014. As I said last week's game may have been short on support points but it did give me the incentive to finish up a couple of loose end projects. The minefields and wire were in the last post but it also pushed me to finish my first platoon of panzergrenadiers along with enough extras to fill quite a few of their support options too. A full Panzergrenadier Platoon. Three sections plus command. Forward Observer and radio- again for either system. And finally s...
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Bullets,Bandages & Lard: March 2015
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Bullets,Bandages and Lard. Monday, 30 March 2015. 2015 Sooo Many Anniversaries! Pleased with how it turned out, I hatched a plan to add two more. The model is a 15mm Lil' Flying Fokker available from http:/ www.oldgloryuk.com/wwii-allies/44/157/412/420. With decals from I-94 which I picked up from here http:/ www.minibits.net/BR-122-p672/. But have since found out are also available at Old Glory. However. (I'll try to keep this short). After a few highlights and some tufts I thought they were "keepers".
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1866 and all that: The Year in Review
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1866 and all that. The occasional ramblings of a historical wargamer. 1st Obsession - Wargaming. 2nd Obsession - Historical Study. 3rd Obsession - Travel. Saturday, 31 December 2016. The Year in Review. So another year has ticked by and what hectic year it has been too. Work has been a constant round of travel, three major work projects completed, restructures and the some serious stress. I am so pleased to have this wonderful hobby to allow myself to drift away at times to preserve some sanity. Then I d...
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1866 and all that: 2nd Obsession - Historical Study
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1866 and all that. The occasional ramblings of a historical wargamer. 1st Obsession - Wargaming. 2nd Obsession - Historical Study. 3rd Obsession - Travel. 2nd Obsession - Historical Study. My Second Obsession - Historical Study. Ever since my school days I have had an interest in military history. In many ways my interest, some would say obsession, with wargaming is secondary to my love of history. That is where the project stands today. The expected publication date is sometime in 2016. 24 Russian Napol...
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1866 and all that: Retreat from Moscow
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1866 and all that. The occasional ramblings of a historical wargamer. 1st Obsession - Wargaming. 2nd Obsession - Historical Study. 3rd Obsession - Travel. Monday, 2 January 2017. I have completed the first full units for the Retreat from Moscow project and they make a good subject for the first post of the year. And a cavalry regiment. Labels: Retreat from Moscow. 2 January 2017 at 08:49. Very cool, makes me want to turn the heating up. 2 January 2017 at 09:17. 2 January 2017 at 13:26. Thanks Stu. I ...
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Bullets,Bandages & Lard: OML3 The Post 20th Century Games
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Bullets,Bandages and Lard. Friday, 12 June 2015. OML3 The Post 20th Century Games. Moving on to the games from the turn of the 20th century. First up is Stu Surridge's lovely Russo-Japanese War encounter based on the battle of Shaho 1904 using Through the Mud and Blood. Both morning and afternoon games were apparently bloody affairs and remarks were made about not wanting to be a leader as they nearly all died! Rob Avery stepped up like a hero at the last minute to put on an IABSM late WW2 Russian Front ...