Sunday post #5

 This week has seen progress on a new project namely Chain of Command in 10mm. Diving right in with a pint sized campaign inspired by the Tactical Painter's wonderful AARs of his own exploits in Normandy. I'm not doing Normandy though at least not yet but Belgium in 1940. To be precise the Gembloux Gap campaign from TFL.

Progress has been relatively slow as I had to go stay with my dad for a bit as mum was having surgery and his luddite phone couldn't cope with the covid visiting medium i.e. video chat.

So far I've managed to finish a hamlet's worth of buildings and almost finished the German platoon and a support piece, I'm waiting for some paint to arrive from Pendraken. Next up will be the French platoon and the construction of a card railway platform and station.

Selection of buildings and defences

German command and supports

French platoon and supports

The buildings are a mixture of Timecast, Battlescale wargame buildings and Total Battle Miniatures the troops are Pendraken. Support vehicles are a mix of Pendraken and miniature figurines from Caliver I may also add some from magister militum later on.

I intend getting some force morale boards from Sabotag3d Wargame Accessories along with some similar boards for Infamy Infamy, which I also intend to do in 10mm.

Thanks to The Mad Tin Hatter for the name check and the introduction to the 10mm scale.

I will edit this later to add photos.

Another month with no post

No not health issues just lacklustre performance on my part but as no one reads these musings but me, honest I do, it doesn't really matter.

So what has happened since May, well not a lot. I finished enough of the Baccus ECW figures to try out the Montgomery scenario in the For King and Parliament rulebook. It went fairly well with a glorious victory for the King in no small part due to the rebel cavalry foragers not returning till the last possible moment.

Game start

Game end

Card decks

I sent off the 10mm Fantasy figures and bridge to Joshua Project HQ and was pleasantly surprised to see the good old Royal Mail nail the delivery by beating the paid for 48 hours target.

final unit of orc archers and the worse for wear bridge

To make a change from the ECW figures I started some Baccus late imperial Romans, cataphracts are a pain. I may do these under a 30 days 30 miniatures challenge, but upping the ante slightly by making it 30 days 30 bases. Obviously that will entail more than just the Romans, I also have some 10mm Arab light cavalry from Pendraken on the painting table two bases for To The Strongest and one for ADLG. Plus the newest project 1940 Chain of Command in 10mm using the Gembloux Gap pint sized campaign. Then back to the ECW. So could be a busy month at least work is still alternate weeks in and out.

Finished the rebel cavalry

So it transpires that a week in the office puts a bit of a brake on production, at least on the hobby front. It has taken me till today to finish the rebel cavalry for the FK&P introductory scenario of the battle of Montgomery.

I also finished a couple of gallant gentlemen and two colonel command bases and finally varnished three cabins and a watermill.

I have got the remaining rebel infantry set-up ready to undercoat and some more command figures now some additional bases have arrived from Pendraken. So this coming week of lockdown should hopefully see this mini project finished. Then all I need is a gaming surface to set them loose on. Mat ready but still need the large hill and possibly more stream.

Corona miniaturia or will this virus increase painting productivity

Ok so it's been too long since the last post. In which time the world has gone into isolation luckily I managed to make it to the Hammerhead show. Staying at the excellent Lions B&B in Newark and having a nice pint and very good dinner in the Prince Rupert, I even found some loo roll in Morrison's. This enabled me to pick up some supplies and more figures for the months ahead.

Unfortunately the mad tin hatter couldn't make the show so I was unable to pass on my contribution to the for Joshua Project. I'm hoping. The postal system keeps going for a while so I can get these delivered. I can combine this with my one period of daily exercises as its a three mile roundtrip of a gentle walk to the post office.

I have also been able to complete a few extra pieces, 25 orc archers from Pendraken and a damaged bridge from Battlescale wargame buildings.

10mm Fantasy for a good cause

Dwarves 

Normans masquerading as Rohirrim

So it's been absolutely ages since my last post, but this cause has revitalised my desire to paint so I thought I would put digit to mobile device and cover it in a blog post.

I picked up some orc spearmen and some orcs riding wolves at Warfare in Reading yesterday which I will be starting tomorrow.

The photos were done using my new folding photo booth and the camera on this device, they seem to have come out ok for a point and click shot.