Author: toftstom
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Workbench
Two main things on the docket this week and both have a bit of a deadline. First off this beautiful but nightmarishly complex Rolls Royce Armoured Car kit from Empress. I’m amazed at the quality but lads, some instructions… please! A couple of dozen blurry pictures on facebook just don’t quite cut it and after…
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Workbench
It has been a funny few weeks and difficult to get really stuck into any projects. I did the typical thing of listing out everything I had in ‘active’ status (code for ‘unfinished’) and then worked out how I might like to proceed. Even more typically I then decided to start an entirely new project.…
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How Do: Sicilian Dwelling
Lot of pictures here to tell the tale rather than me blathering. This morning I had intended to make some wire trees for our Chain of Command Sicily campaign but couldn’t find any wire. Picking up the Osprey book about OPERATION HUSKY for some inspiration I saw a nice little shack on the cover behind…
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AAR: Solomon Islands Slug-fest
A novice Chain of Command opponent for me this week; easy, right? Well you’d think that, wouldn’t you… This one turned into a bit of a duel and at times could have gone either way. The scene is laid out below – imagine a smallholding growing rice and other bits of light cover er…I mean…
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Year One: Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ‘Oscar’
How could I forget! The final project of Year One of historical wargaming; this little bit of a hikō sentai that I did for Bag The Hun. Which, I might add, I still haven’t played. I would be interested in hearing how it is and whether it’s something that can be done in good time…
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How do: Southern European and East Asian Terrain
This is not a guide how to do anything but just how I have done it. If you would like to make fairly theatre-agnostic terrain that is cheap (if not very quick) and easy then please read on. No suspense; the finished articles are at the top! I’ll start with the basing on both. I…
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Glamour: Kalewa Valley, Burma
These are submitted without too much comment and represent a first effort at doing diorama-type photographs on a wargaming layout (roughly 4′ by 4′) representing a Kalewa Valley smallholding. I have ambitions of wargaming something around Gen. Slim’s advance and crossing of the Chindwin river which took place near Kalewa in late ’44. One day!…
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Reinforcements: US M3A1 half-track
This is the finishing touch to my US platoon and in fine me-tradition will have absolutely zero positive impact on the tabletop. That’s the way I like it, though. It makes the occasional victories so much more sweet; I can really go home telling myself “that win was all me”. I’ve tried to be clever…
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Reinforcements: US 37mm gun M3
The latest support to join my beleaguered US Armored Rifle Platoon is this beautiful 37mm AT gun kit from Rubicon. The infantry are slightly more slight than the Perrys but there’s not enough in it to cause any scaling problems. As you can see the gun is nicely detailed and the figures have some fun…
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Battle Report Lite: The Fiasco at Castelbuono
Well, fuck me, not my finest hour! Nor that of the 67th Armored Infantry Regiment… To set the scene somewhat; in anticipation of our upcoming Sicily ’43 Chain of Command campaign my clubmate Daniel and I thought we would have a ‘friendly’ warm up – Yanks vs. Italians. Given the home side are going to…
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