Some Changes and More...

Hi everyone! Been a while since my last update. Actually, have had this blog shut-down a short while as I put together new content and re-focus somewhat. However, I do have things back in order for the most part. I know a lot has gone on in the past few months and I plan on updating this blog much more often. Already I have updated some of the pages regarding the rules I use and some of the NEW game reviews I have done recently - mostly from my Dash of Elan channel on YouTube. Feel free to have a look and tell me what you think.

Be sure to check out A Dash of Élan blog link as it is my MAIN HUB for all my wargaming blogs! Everything from ancients, Napoleonic, to the Tabletop Commanders. It all is linked from there :)

Anyway, stay tuned for more. Here are some pics from a recent battle I had with the Panzer Grenadier Deluxe rules - a FULL video review will be up in the reviews section by the end of the week.

American and German Reinforcements Have Arrived!

As if I had a lot of free time, I have managed to boost my WW II forces considerably in the past month. New additions include a second platoon of U.S. Para, a second platoon of Armored Infantry (including five additional M3 half-tracks), and three more Sherman M4 (two 75 and one 76). Not shown in the pics is a P-38 I also finished. So I also have more "air" capability in the game (to go along with what I already have).



The Americans got major reinforcements this month!



Two full platoons of infantry added! To the left is my second platoon of armored infantry;
to the right another platoon of paratroops.

 

Three new Shermans, as well as 5 more M3 half-tracks!

For the Germans I managed to get another platoon of Luftwaffe field division infantry painted. Well, actually they are standard grenadiers - I just painted them in a more grey uniform. I will probably over-paint these guys in the more proper "green" tinted uniform. We shall see. Take note that these guys are actually mounted for the Panzer Grenadier rules. As shown in the pics this represents a full platoon of grenadiers (four bases). I also included an extra stand of LMG so I can swap out a "rifle" stand. In addition I also included a panzerfaust model (mounted individually). In Panzer Grenadier these little guys are added to a platoon to show the platoon has access to such an at weapon; once used, it is removed from the table (the panzerfaust model). So in a way this little guy is a simple marker  - but looks awesome! :)



The basing turned out quite good.



A full platoon with panzerfaust attached. Note the extra LMG team across the river.

Most are mounted for Flames of War (except the Germans who I mounted for Panzer Grenadier/Battlegroup). I may go back later and remount some of the American infantry on Panzer Grenadier bases so I can add to my forces for that game. Of course I will still be able to use them in FoW using my "lip" bases I created a few months back (see my earlier post on this).

All in all I am happy with the new forces. All are plastics (except for the three Shermans). This was my first time working with the BF plastics and although a bit fragile (to be expected of hard-plastic), they look pretty nice - better than say the PSC one which look a bit small and rigid, imo.

The painting is not finished of course. I still need to wash the models and finish off the bases with more detail. I basically followed my standard process of "painting to play", and worrying about the finer details later down the road.

Also, take note of some of the new terrain pieces I completed since last month. Managed to get a lot done actually, including stone walls, barbed-wire, barricades, farm animals! and a whole lot more. What funs :)

Some of the new terrain finished. Here are some barricades and barbed -wire.

Considering I have been extremely busy with school, as well as my ancients and colonial wargaming, I am pretty proud of myself for sticking with this project.

NEW Terrain and Bases!

School has kept me pretty busy past few days. So our Battlegroup Overlord campaign (and game four in fact) has kind of taken a back seat till later this week. I did manage to finish up some new trees (thanks to the trusty glue gun!). So I may actually throw down the new trees on the table for turn two of our BG game this week.

Some of the NEW trees displayed around the bridge. So much
better than the lichen covered trees.



Another pic; this time of a small wood. Still have to clean  them
up a bit as you can see some glue. All in due time.

On the Panzer Grenadier Deluxe front, just bought a ton of LITKO FoW bases (small). I will be mounting my infantry on these sized bases (with two - three models per base as recommended by the PG rules). They are perfect size and I will be able to use them with other rules as well (such as BG). For FoW I will be placing the small bases on the larger med. size bases with a figure or two already mounted.; kind of like a base on a base type deal. Works great really. I'll post some pics of what I mean below. I use celu-clay tp build up the med. size bases edge for a nice snug fit when I place the small sized bases on them.

The FoW med. base is on the left. I used Celu-Clay to build-up
the edges around it to hold a small FoW base within it.

 

Here is what it will look like with a FoW small base set within it.

 

I could also put single mounted models on the base as well
(although not as snug a fit of course).

Here I placed a FoW small base with models facing the short side
within the med. base. Works great!

Finally got around to figuring out how I will be mounting my 15mm figs for use in my Horse & Musket games (check out my link to my Project for 2015 above). I REALLY want to focus on the look of units so I am opting for the large 30mm square bases for my infantry. These will be mounted with five - six inf. in close formation. I wont go into too much detail here on that. I'll have more details in the future as I get the project underway later this spring.

Anyway, stay tuned. I have a BatRep going up soon of Battle four in our BG Overlord campaign (both a video AND a proper write up).

BG Overlord BatRep Posted... and some thoughts

Just updated the Battle Reports section of my blog today to include a game we played last night (Battlegroup Overlord). This was part of our campaign we have been playing, so it's pretty interesting. really fun game, even if a bit short. So, have a look in my Battle Reports section (link above), or click the link here... MEIN GOTT! to go directly to the BatRep.

Take note that I also did a video BatRep of this battle. So check that link out in the BatRep description, or just check out my YouTube channel (again, link above).

In other news, been pretty busy with school. I should be done tomorrow and will have more FREE time through Monday. Awesomeness! A good thing cause I want to start getting deeper into the Panzer Grenadier rules next week. Already planning a review and a battle report for these rules, stay tuned for that.

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