Tag Finished!

The tag and his two fast pandas are done.

Now onto the basic spots

Back to hobby

After a nice break over Christmas with too much food and drink it is back to the hobby.  

Have an infinity N3 game planned for the weekend.  We will be uploading it as a Batrep (maybe we will try a different style).

I am doing Yu Jing (JSA sectorial, so not many new profiles for them yet).

We will be doing a complete N3 tutorial maybe over the next couple of weeks.

Here is the WIP on the Yu Jing models.  As you can see, the tag is coming on fine, along with some keisotsu.

Christmas Time....yay

So visiting family for Christmas,  I have had a British Airborne army from a friend (quite excited, they may be my first hobby project of the new year). Looking to do 2 platoons of infantry with support from recce jeeps.  I also had Zombicide and expansion from another friend.  Had a quit game last night, may try to do a piece on that, but don't know if I have the time to paint the ton of zombies.  Looks to be fun.  Looking online I would love some of the kickstarted exclusive characters (especially Sheldon or Leonard as I am a nerdy researcher) but missed out on that :-(

Have a great holiday people

Iron Hands Army

It has been a while since I posted any 40k content.  I promise when I get round to producing the gallery, the full 10k plus points I have of just post heresy iron hands will be shot with the proper lighting and have the exposure they deserve.  Until then here are some teaser pics of some of the many HQ choices, vehicles, and part of the attached inquisitorial retinue.  Enjoy!

Bolt Action Carentan Battle Report

Had a great game of bolt action this evening.  We tried out a homemade scenario for an assault on a town by an infantry force.  Used U.S. airborne against veteran Germans.  Was a thrilling game.  Will post the scenario when I neaten the presentation up (it is scribbled on my iPad at the moment).

So without further waffling, here are the army lists:-

U.S. Airborne

Richard Winters (rules from Battleground: Europe) with one Veteran soldier

2nd Lieutenant 

Sniper Team

2 Bazooka Teams

Medium Mortar

Eugene the Medic

3 Paratrooper Squads(11 men plus NCO with SMG, 1 SMG, 1 LMG, Anti-Tank Grenades)

German Forces

Hauptmann

Oberleutnant 

Medic

Sniper Team

MMG Team

Panzershreck Team

Flammenwerfer Team

Medium Mortar

Pak 40

2 Veteran Grenadier Squads (9 men plus NCO with Assault Rifle, 2 LMGs, 5 Assault Rifles)

2 Veteran Grenadier Squads (9 men plus NCO with Rifle, 2 LMGs)

Veteran Grenadier Squad (9 men plus NCO with SMG, LMG, 7 SMGs)

Inexperienced Panther

Of course both sides could rely on intermittent support(hindrance) from Beelzebubbles the hobby cat

The scenario would see a desperate infantry assault on the town.  Due to the rules of the scenario, the defenders may be more or less prepared to deal with the attack.  However, due to the Veteran status of the German troops, it was more than likely that they would put up a hard fight and be organised in defence.  As it happens, the only unit to not come of when and where they wanted from reserve was the Hauptmann!  He actually rolled a FUBAR!  We reasoned that he must have been served improperly prepared strudel and coffee, so executed his pastry chef before joining the defence.

As usual, I will edit the video then post a link here and on the Battle Reports list.  It does seem to take a huge amount of time to upload the video to YouTube in 720p though,  last video took hours!  The files are massive it would seem.

Finishing off ruined farmhouse

Nearly finished the warlord games ruined farmhouse.  Just need foliage for the tree, but I ran out and the local hobby shop has none in stock :-(

When the PVA dries they will look great.

And they are done....for now

So here they are.  All done at last.  A full shelf packed tightly of German infantry.  There are 5 full squads and some men left over so I can change it up a bit.  I have 2 squads with STG44s, 2 with rifles, 1 with SMGs and some extra rifles and a LMG if I need to change the setup.  All have some panzerfaust a in them, with a selection of NCOs (I doubt I will ever field all of them in 1 game, so this gives me a lot of versatility)

Also present are a Panzerschreck team, sniper team, flame thrower team, MMG team and a Mortar team (should cover the support base lol).  I also have a Pak40, just in case.  

Command options are a platoon commander with aide, a higher command model (Otto Skorzeny), a medic and an observer.  There are also 3 field police waiting for their checkpoint to arrive!

I have 5 or 6 spare minis, that I can assemble up if I do need any more rifle men.  Don't think I will but just in case lol.

As I mentioned before, due to the Vallejo Airbrush Paint set being ordered as a Christmas present, I cannot paint vehicles yet.  Waiting on a shelf that is beginning to look like a car park for painting are the following:-

3 Panthers

1 Hetzer

1 Marder 2

1 Puma (I think, may have this one wrong)

1 Jagpanther

1 Tiger

4 Hanomags

1 Junkers

the chances of fielding all these tanks are very slim, but they do look awesome lol.

Will post vehicle update after Christmas.

Grassing the Wermacht now

Using a Flockbox, which is great for clumping the static grass onto bases in a realistic manner.

The static charge attracts the grass to the model, sticking it to the glue in a upright manner.  Quite cool actually

German Heer Nearly complete

The second batch of my panzer grenadiers are nearly finished.  They are just waiting for their bases to be dry so I can finish them and flock/grass the little buggers.  That will probably wait until tomorrow now, 

I am liking the flamethrower team and can't wait to use them.  The helmets with webbing will have scatter on them like the first group when I get round to basing them tomorrow, shown here...

Infinity BatRep Tohaa vs Ariadna

Will be having a 300 point infinity batrep this evening.  I am fielding my tohaa force in a 300 point adapted "seize the antenna" mission.

My list is as follows:-

 Tohaa | 14 models

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Combat Group #1

 Makaul Flamer (15|0)

 Sakiel SWG (20|0)

 Kamael FO (15|0)

 Makaul Flamer (15|0)

 Ectros Lt (50|0)

 Kamael Combi (12|0)

 Makaul Flamer (15|0)

 Gao-Rael Spitfire (38|1.5)

 Kamael FO (15|0)

 Clipsos FO (27|0)

Combat Group #2

 Auxiliar HMG (25|1)

 Auxiliar Baggage (10|0)

 Auxiliar Baggage (10|0)

 Gao-Tarsos Combi (31|0)

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298/300 points | 2.5/6 swc

open with Aleph Toolbox  : http://goo.gl/5DZmGi

Nothing too shocking in there, I would uses some of the newer Tohaa models, but they aren't painted yet :-(

My opponent's forces are as follows

 Ariadna | 14 models

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Combat Group #1

 Line Kazak Lieutenant (9|0)

 Uxìa SupInf (25|0)

 Veteran Kazak AP Rifle (47|0)

 Line Kazak Observer (12|0)

 Line Kazak HMG (29|1)

 Line Kazak Rifle (9|0)

 TankHunter Autocannon (40|1.5)

 TankHunter AP Rifle (27|0)

 Highlander Grey T2 Shotgun (28|0)

 S.A.S. CRAP (23|0)

Combat Group #2

 Dozer Mul Control (18|0)

 Traktor Mul Katyusha (18|1)

 Volunteer Rifle (8|0)

 Volunteer Chain (6|0)

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299/300 points | 3.5/6 swc

Here is the link to the youtube video. [link]