My middle son's collection of vehicles expanded again, with these models taking on a coat of paint from my hand:
there was also the imperial ship in the set, it was relatively simple to paint, coming out like a tie fighter
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| this was the last painted models at this location the rack has now been moved away, ready for the next step ... |
The vague plan was to have some sort of battle including some part of the collection of Jeff Bluebear about once a year. The COVID issue messed with that, along with some moving houses along the way.
It has been a few years since the Seven Years War era "imagi-nation" of Bluebear's Saxe-Bearstein took to the fields of Mars.
Cod and I managed to get them into action in a meeting-engagement, that was super interesting, in that maneuver was also part of the action - something that gets missed often in the 'big battle' line-em-up and shoot.
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| a key moment in the battle for a hilltop |
We had the venue of AJ's Games for this event and it worked out well.
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| the game space formed our backdrop as patrons came and went exploring the game shelves next to our setup |
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| we were using the same scenario as the ECW game from the last tabletop action at my home (see previous post) |
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| time-lapse camera was set-up after we had built up the tabletop terrain |
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| I brought along a couple of guest observers from the Alpian Wars set by Jeff partly for discussion about the BloodAxe miniatures we were using |
The time-lapse covers the marching action well.
Essentially Stagonian forces managed to snag a hilltop, seen center right, and from there poured fire into the advancing Saxe-Bearstein columns.
With 2/3 brigades broken the Saxe-Bearstein army withdrew.
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| as usual dice rolls were critical in Black Powder rules you need a mix of low and high rolls ... |
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| sadly for Cod, running the Saxe-Bearstein forces he rolled opposite many times |
This opposite rolling made for a very stop-start affair for the Saxe-Bearstein force getting into the battlefield, or worse caused one infantry force to be left alone facing three times their numbers with artillery against them.
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| seen in the bottom right corner of the time-lapse, this was the only ground that Saxe-Bearstein was to take this battle |
Forced into the small 1/6th of the battle area, with little room to deploy, it was good effort that caused the Saxe forces to take down 1/3 of the Stagonians, who started with slightly more cavalry and less infantry than the Saxe forces had.
One of the neat parts of the random forces for the tabletop is that you get the more nuanced uneven engagements that happened in real life.
Again a great game from Jeff's troops!
With the coming game of 7YW with Jeff's minis, the plan was to use Scenario 11 in "Programmed Wargames Scenarios" by Charles Stewart Grant. So I decided that the likely last tabletop game here (move still in a limbo) would be to learn about the scenario before doing it in front of folks at the AJs game store.
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| panorama of the field |
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| one of the Scots arrival road |
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| the other |
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| mostly a straight forward sort of scenario |
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| set up as two advance guards 'meeting engagement' |
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| I did up a Royalist force |
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| and a Scots force |
Fun time to share with my eldest son, he commanded the Scots and won a straight forward victory!
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| Scots Command stand |
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| Royalist Command stand |
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| again the 'clip 2 comic' feature is fun to use |
Next up will be the much anticipated return of Jeff's Seven Years Wars game set. Then likely a final painting project completion from this location, another few space ships for my middle son's collection.
A little project for my middle son, to fill out his model collection.
There were three in the group, an AT-M6, the Razor Crest and an Imperial Star Destroyer
All came as basic grey plastic models, and I dressed them up with a base coat, a few layers of dark blue/grey. Then did detailing.
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| Razor Crest was an interesting challenge as I wanted to finish with a gun-metal 'slightly shiny' look |
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| I found this neat pattern for the AT-M6 on | a |
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| Japanese website, they used water transfers for the logos |
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| I did them free hand with a brush and included more metallic finish on these back parts |
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| the detail on the models made using a dry-brush technique effective |
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| I even managed to do an engine pattern that I liked |
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| the finished product looks good in any light |
I have now four more models, mostly from Rogue One, now on the painting desk and will have them done very soon. It looks like a move of home residence is very much in the offering.
This blog post has a load of really great photos of the Antietam battlefield in Autumn.
Autumn in Antietam
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| Confederate forces ready for BF&F |
