Mass Battle

An 800 point battle, yep, everything we had was on the table in one big mass game of Dust Warfare. Phil and I taking my SSU up against the Axis commanded by Will and Mark. We left out the most of the Hero's, with only one per side so not to complicate things to much. Three helicopters and one plane on the board looked awesome, along with all the walkers and tanks on both sides. Oh.. and one or two infantry models as well….LOL…only 20 units versus 24… not many really.

My new huts look pretty cool in black and white, (love Photoshop) not so much on a brown matt, one day I’ll actually get around to finishing off my winter table.

The Helicopters actually did there job in this game, unfortunately not a lot else did and the SSU took a good old fashioned beating.

I really need to re-read the rules and play more, same old story, too many games and not enough time. That’s no excuse, just a fact, still great to see all the toys on the table.

After the mascara in Dust we rolled out a quick game of Legends of the Wild West with some real basic gangs. The Cow Girl’s versus the Mexicans in the Vendetta scenario. The Cow Girls hold up in the tavern in the middle of town as the Mexicans came at them from two sides.

Sneaky Mexicans moving around the back of the builds to try and outflank the Girls on a third side, which ultimately meet in a fire fight with some six gun action and the girls kick Mexican butt.

Deadly dynamite took out two of the Girls in a lucky throw through the window.

The Cow girls fort off the Mexicans in the end for the win as Mexicans broke and ran for the hills after losing half there gang early on. But they managed to stay in the game for another three rounds before finally failing there “Head for the Hills” (morale) roll. By which time they had made a good fight back and taken out half the Cow Girls. It’s fun little game.

W.I.P Dust Quonset Huts

I spent a bit of time last night playing around with various type of masking tape and air brushed the first layer on the huts. It went pretty well with the exception of my white paint mix that clogged and then I over watered it. So some of the white went a bit runny. Not that it should be a problem once I run a wash or two over it and add some snow effect. (Photos not the best, just a quick snap from the ipad)

Club Day

South Auckland Club day was a quite affair this month, with a few of the regulars away and some having to leave early. The usual FOG games going, along with some Lord of the Rings and Bolt Action.

Phil and I played a couple of games of Infinity, using all his building. But only at one level as if we were in an underground complex, which made for quite a different gaming experience. We used the YAMS rules for both games. I tried out my Preta spam list and adjusted it for the second game after a few things became apparent in the first game. Suppression fire made a good impact and both sides making good use of it.  I really must get my models painted, now that I’ve got a good core base for my lists.

I lost the first game 3VP to 4VP, which was pretty good for me. I’m still struggling with working out how to best score points of some of the missions. (more practice required I think). The second game I lost 2VP to 5VP, again with some of the mission messing me up. But the game was a really hard fort one, with my Preta’s really working well. I’ve finally got the hang of them I think. Also helps when you have six of them.

And to round of the day I pulled out Wings of Glory for a quick game. My Zero’s losing against the Allied… never helps when you crash into your own planes and cause damage of 50% in the first turn on one plane. It’s a great fun, not to serious game.

So three losses today, but all good fun.

Focke Wulf FW190

So I finished up my first Tamiya model kit in about 20 years. It was quite alot of fun to paint up and a good challenge to build. I’ve got a good list of things to improve on my next model build. All just small things that should make for a much tidier looking model. I’m still quite pleased with how it came out, even with all those mistakes I made.  I think the hardest part was the nose cone decal, I ended up tweaking it just a little bit too much and broke the decal… live and learn. Looking forward to starting on my P-38 Lighting next, which will be my next model kit build. But that will have to wait a bit as my Egyptian army for FOG needs finishing, along with a long list of dust models. 

Omaka 2013 Air Show

Here’s a few of my favorite shots I took at he Air show over Easter.

Modeling Skills

My progress on my Tamiya FW190 model has been zooming along, to the detriment of all those unpainted figures I have. My modeling skills are what I expected.. rusty as. It’s been fun working on a pure model kit that wont see any gaming table… well maybe as a prop/scenery. It’s to fragile for any serious gaming. Now I just have lot’s of decals to go.

A blunder with touching the canopy when I had a dot of wet glue on my finger tip fogged the clear plastic. A real bugger, certainly an experience I wont repeat in any hurry.

I’ve enjoyed making it that much, I've already bought a P-38 Lightning and have it on the shelf for my next project.