Musings of an easily distracted wargamer
Having completed the small Altefritzenburg contingent I decided they needed a little support (seeing as I had the figures…) so we have a mounted MG34 and Private Schulz, the medic! I think the figures are old Bolt Action. And next up, the first lot of Fallschirmjaeger. I’ve done these in very early uniform. Grey smock … Read more
The New Year started rather slow despite initial enthusiasm and great plans. Mojo went walkies for a couple of weeks and then the whole Wargaming Neutral plan went AWOL as well! I’d made some minor starts in stuff for Ayton this May but had struggled to really made progress. Then came Vapnartak in York. A … Read more
I have run out of steel bases so stage one of the Shinification Project is complete. This is most of the Swans/Altefritzenburg troops (guns, the band, and lancers to do) and most of the (N)Ottomans… Still cavalry to do as the bases I have are too big for the smaller RSM horses. So… here is … Read more
OK. The recent 42mm Shiny game has rather drawn me back to the days of gloss varnished figures. When I returned to wargaming in the early 90s and started my Mid-Republican Romans I gloss varnished them. Doing that seemed to make the colours pop. As I played a few more games and atteneded shows it … Read more