Scenery

I took part in a fantastic WW2 game on Friday evening (thanks Shaun & Paul). Using the Crossfire rules we continued from a previous game with the Germans counter attacking american Airbourne troops in a French town.

The star of the game had to be the scenery in my opinion. Crossfire is a fantastic set of rules, but with the right scenery, it is even better. I shall let the pictures do the talking.....

Mechanized infantry and support moving up narrow French roads

Imperial Guard Officers for sale

These 3 classic officers are up for auction on Ebay at the moment. These older style sculpts look a lot better than anything released recently. Even if you have to field lines of the new plastic guardsmen, a couple of these guys will make them look just that little bit better.

I'm painting and buying using a points system now. This basically makes me sell off a few bits of my collection before buying new stuff. OK, it probably won't reduce the collection, but it should halt its exponential growth!

Giant Rat for sale!

I currently have a large scale ForgeWorld Skaven for sale. This is a new mint condition resin piece which is very rare. The model is very detailed and will probably take some effort to paint. Because I've gone totally mad, I've started the auction at £30 and I've thrown in FREE World wide shipping! with some nice insurance options (which could also be free).

I'd advise people to get bidding because new EC laws come into force next year that require every man, woman and child to have one of these resin models with them at all times. (OK, I made that bit up!).

I'll let the pictures describe the detail.....Click on them for more detail.

For clarification, these are 2 leather pouches under the rat's cape.....and not what I first feared they might be!

Clan Gobelin les ecumeurs des oceans

I currently have a mint set of "the sea scum" up for auction of EBay. This amazing set of Rackham produced goblin pirates is very rare. Rackham stopped making them a couple of years back, and then destroyed the moulds. These guys are notoriously hard to paint well as they are caricatures rather than just miniatures. The set I'm selling is 100% complete with cards, counters and books.

There will be a link to the auction listing in the top left corner of this page, while the auction is still active.

Not tonight Josephine.....

...because I'm playing Napoleonics with Paul and Shaun.

I'm really getting into Napoleonic wargaming now (as well as WW2). This is mainly due to finding some local players, who are easy to get on with and have the patience with teaching me the rules etc. Thankfully they both have lots of painted miniatures I can use, so that I don't have do a rushed paint job to get my own army on the table.

For anybody who thinks Napoleonics is just a pitched battle of attrition with evenly matched firing lines, its not. For instance the British infantry have a higher ballistic skill than the French. Then again the French can change formation without it reducing their rate of movement. (Something I personally witnessed this week when about 100 French language students tried to negotiate the ticket barriers at Brighton station, and then tried their hardest to queue single file for the bus).

I've just ordered myself a box of Victrix French Old Guard. There are 60 in a box, so I can practice more painting with my new glasses. In the meantime, here's a couple more pics from last nights game. Pay special attention to the advancing single British column with a casualty in front. That was the first kill of the game....and it was mine!