tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84847711821861294982024-03-28T12:53:07.949+13:00Bydandrrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.comBlogger837125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-58955628511950062652024-03-26T20:43:00.000+13:002024-03-26T20:43:16.494+13:00Butterfly Painting.......<p> Its a real pot pourri of different, recently painted figures tonight, the butterfly that often affects my purchasing decisions, has now manifested itself in my painting, too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmex-bOxPjKJ4cbi-iUE9INJNMmFWBqLj92W3KXQdzaMxhMt3M6bE95L7pO6TP4dOkphNrf4NEtUTQtQThXGEJaKbe-HaWqR7zMDWOmdAsFbgRLiCkR8wk-RZHewj4Dz3aFcdvb1fp4JUC4Po0Tuc5n0Mhlba9wVn3_s1_7McGRJknlNu6rKgT1hK60oR/s2392/20240326_200151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2392" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmex-bOxPjKJ4cbi-iUE9INJNMmFWBqLj92W3KXQdzaMxhMt3M6bE95L7pO6TP4dOkphNrf4NEtUTQtQThXGEJaKbe-HaWqR7zMDWOmdAsFbgRLiCkR8wk-RZHewj4Dz3aFcdvb1fp4JUC4Po0Tuc5n0Mhlba9wVn3_s1_7McGRJknlNu6rKgT1hK60oR/s320/20240326_200151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First up, for the sake of completeness, it's the last pair of 1st Corps Fallschirmjaegers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9df-HHc5tao0JyeMF-EKxUo5yq-hrbzcueHLOaWx77p4D41ObFSUka9YsoeWMuKSNz6gPBplkLJb2b3P6oWlO-PkU8ARwtorJGdDSzIAhRfg0TUko6Xbl9uqLZhE0ISeo1eQUYSy8eTROLQ1qyhJrsslE7B0h5atV9l9Uqaz3tGxsu2jP7ScaaZzT3MM/s2793/20240326_200204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="2793" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9df-HHc5tao0JyeMF-EKxUo5yq-hrbzcueHLOaWx77p4D41ObFSUka9YsoeWMuKSNz6gPBplkLJb2b3P6oWlO-PkU8ARwtorJGdDSzIAhRfg0TUko6Xbl9uqLZhE0ISeo1eQUYSy8eTROLQ1qyhJrsslE7B0h5atV9l9Uqaz3tGxsu2jP7ScaaZzT3MM/s320/20240326_200204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKLwzIXlEj0DFyUzEveFtnkHpaGPYNXmBmAm85uD7Q3XDlKMYAHblHwWYhbqcq0bwVKrj-qT7kAG3_NSP21mana_0q2-4KLzEVNzUdIE5Uti8C2B-pd5zIedbJHOBEVNY8fwMXSNYGfiMv5zgQ4p2UzvjkRlpzH9f4njeJ2GRTvx5f3GhrelHggxDa5fD/s2679/20240326_200214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="2679" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKLwzIXlEj0DFyUzEveFtnkHpaGPYNXmBmAm85uD7Q3XDlKMYAHblHwWYhbqcq0bwVKrj-qT7kAG3_NSP21mana_0q2-4KLzEVNzUdIE5Uti8C2B-pd5zIedbJHOBEVNY8fwMXSNYGfiMv5zgQ4p2UzvjkRlpzH9f4njeJ2GRTvx5f3GhrelHggxDa5fD/s320/20240326_200214.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next, the first of the 28mm Spanish Civil War figures from Templar Miniatures - these are Republican Assault Guards</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uZvAAuLoDhhmFUIpaW4lH693kPejCoCMfNERxsYFqn3vS5VCYVFk1LwnUpDn1xaoQ4UyjCWBdO84twt2zZQqJbUMaXmiU6oqG3cuYq8X_37iHPanA0wB-98sZ7dZty4oDNqngL8RUwjMUqs1NefmEzM5Md1haA_EsfqpSiFpoULAv49x2klRb9YidW48/s3707/20240326_195641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="3707" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uZvAAuLoDhhmFUIpaW4lH693kPejCoCMfNERxsYFqn3vS5VCYVFk1LwnUpDn1xaoQ4UyjCWBdO84twt2zZQqJbUMaXmiU6oqG3cuYq8X_37iHPanA0wB-98sZ7dZty4oDNqngL8RUwjMUqs1NefmEzM5Md1haA_EsfqpSiFpoULAv49x2klRb9YidW48/s320/20240326_195641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Cuerpo de Seguridad y Asalto (English: Security and Assault Corps) was the heavy reserve force of the blue-uniformed urban police force of Spain under the Spanish Second Republic. The Assault Guards were special paramilitary units created by the Spanish Republic in 1931 to deal with urban and political violence. Most of the recruits in the Assault Guards were ex-military personnel, many of whom were veterans. They would later on be reformed and utilized in the Spanish Civil War as army infantry divisions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At the onset of the Spanish Civil War there were 18,000 Assault Guards. About 12,600 stayed loyal to the Republican government, while another 5,400 joined the rebel faction. Many of its units fought against the Franco supporting armies and their allies. Their siding with the former Spanish Republic's government brought about the disbandment of the corps at the end of the Civil War. The members of the Guardia de Asalto who had survived the war and the ensuing Francoist purges were made part of the Policía Armada, the corps that replaced it.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQdyJoqZJIU8jp2GoQxXPWWiDbiv0ysC2Z3r8CVKgRgfPHVLvK3GmKMo1-c3XYBJdp2Gi5ZL7B5lx_Hw6LH7mLgbhbFMg-koVQ_Vcxwn9-a8skGqEOYWZkh_uRI1pdR9Y4bIfLxjnCWcjtQ9Po7SPpFBMP7GFuUjtz9OJbDCsbyS8H7f_YwTOkuScvEG5/s2033/20240326_195821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2033" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQdyJoqZJIU8jp2GoQxXPWWiDbiv0ysC2Z3r8CVKgRgfPHVLvK3GmKMo1-c3XYBJdp2Gi5ZL7B5lx_Hw6LH7mLgbhbFMg-koVQ_Vcxwn9-a8skGqEOYWZkh_uRI1pdR9Y4bIfLxjnCWcjtQ9Po7SPpFBMP7GFuUjtz9OJbDCsbyS8H7f_YwTOkuScvEG5/s320/20240326_195821.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaKZFHqm9jr2N_3wOk86hLO3JtQs6U2b-5yVy3qhYaogQUOZOod_Z27dn6rXM_5NF_BZM6NC7PLdlbkkTtF4ikDusFyx1NZyxRES4xvPCu5QOoKZe77s-qBoxNSWrmVvQG1H4dad1UcvjzO3QjCprk1bc7jpwk0aN10jWNbqeGm4UoV13bP2yt4CBKPqR/s2280/20240326_195831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="2280" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaKZFHqm9jr2N_3wOk86hLO3JtQs6U2b-5yVy3qhYaogQUOZOod_Z27dn6rXM_5NF_BZM6NC7PLdlbkkTtF4ikDusFyx1NZyxRES4xvPCu5QOoKZe77s-qBoxNSWrmVvQG1H4dad1UcvjzO3QjCprk1bc7jpwk0aN10jWNbqeGm4UoV13bP2yt4CBKPqR/s320/20240326_195831.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Of all the reserve forces that had remained in the government zone, the Assault Guards were the most highly regarded by most of the population. This made a large number of serving soldiers decide to join this body; to avoid the misgivings and suspicions that military affiliation had created among the workers' militias. This fact reached the point that the President of the Ministry of War, Largo Caballero, had to prohibit Army officers from joining the Assault Guard without authorization from the Ministry of War. The Assault Guards distinguished themselves as a reliable and shock infantry to which the Republic always entrusted its most delicate operations, such as the battles of Madrid and Guadalajara, the securing of Belchite, and the suppression of the events in Barcelona during May. Later in the war, the Assault Corps became the elite of the Spanish Republican Army. The writer George Orwell reflected on it in one of his most outstanding works:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"They were splendid troops, much the best I had seen in Spain [...]. I was used to the ragged, scarcely armed militia on the Aragón front, and I had not known that the Republic possessed troops like these. It was not only that they were picked men physically, but it was also their weapons that most astonished me..."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDM_CvkBFR4VZsbgDy7nCJZM9KTVqMeTP_Wz6XOSMOI15g98q0LaOpxQdwoZZaLIgMIINmpwRhr0EUaZxIN5WKJBQ4iZzoZYJGS9_3rcV-Wj6w_5PPn4mMMyZ89TJovFXX4MezU3XUBmGvNcL3pi5b075NWcHLxcH8urojrv7Pt-WLMFyGYvfTr50uBplN/s2369/20240326_195854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2369" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDM_CvkBFR4VZsbgDy7nCJZM9KTVqMeTP_Wz6XOSMOI15g98q0LaOpxQdwoZZaLIgMIINmpwRhr0EUaZxIN5WKJBQ4iZzoZYJGS9_3rcV-Wj6w_5PPn4mMMyZ89TJovFXX4MezU3XUBmGvNcL3pi5b075NWcHLxcH8urojrv7Pt-WLMFyGYvfTr50uBplN/s320/20240326_195854.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ND-UpadOCPp5MOiFXrQA1pdDT3p4-GIX8lQRI5-qsDb68QqF21h7WgSIhfvaCsGDQFw-8_ochBsf_NJdoHH4HR3l05GZsDRAau_1VnSdl-_sHJ6id5eCWxb3Kk4BIknrV7RQKnzXLs4PAlbChhY3As0CcLwsBZmrk4beh1-GSw8S88b9p-OhMejTkOKu/s2462/20240326_195906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2462" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ND-UpadOCPp5MOiFXrQA1pdDT3p4-GIX8lQRI5-qsDb68QqF21h7WgSIhfvaCsGDQFw-8_ochBsf_NJdoHH4HR3l05GZsDRAau_1VnSdl-_sHJ6id5eCWxb3Kk4BIknrV7RQKnzXLs4PAlbChhY3As0CcLwsBZmrk4beh1-GSw8S88b9p-OhMejTkOKu/s320/20240326_195906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Carabineros (frontier guards) and the Assault Guards were the Spanish police and paramilitary corps where the 1936 coup found the least support. When the Civil War began, over 70% of the Assault Guards stayed loyal to the Spanish Republic. On the other hand, in the Guardia Civil the breakup of loyalists and rebels was distributed evenly at around 50%, although the highest authority of the corps, Inspector General Sebastián Pozas, remained loyal to the republican government.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EZgcC6aLnwi499qkPW0UR5cBqZ8at2P9YPjTcajPxpqzGlh5kX1q5Vb100HlF3OBrHnMkn5OdqGvnG1JoiQVhJvtb4Q-e6Tw7BmJsIecnzd1xN4mdf4PIu4ocm5BQje010knuaHkGSYGT0YJhW7db5ei5div30voupILJoGcuEILpIOhWygUMUsGxc_Z/s2577/20240326_200005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="2577" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EZgcC6aLnwi499qkPW0UR5cBqZ8at2P9YPjTcajPxpqzGlh5kX1q5Vb100HlF3OBrHnMkn5OdqGvnG1JoiQVhJvtb4Q-e6Tw7BmJsIecnzd1xN4mdf4PIu4ocm5BQje010knuaHkGSYGT0YJhW7db5ei5div30voupILJoGcuEILpIOhWygUMUsGxc_Z/s320/20240326_200005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next, some characters for Pulp games or civilian bystanders for 1930 or 1940 era games ie SCW or WWII - these are from the excellent Brigade Games Mob Wars range.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQx_6TnipZJgk1UyCqNnM5rDjHH2_boXW-q1j5Je3y9hyphenhyphen5HkezVUPTzBM1QqtsAf7pc9thED4k69P9SgqXnkoAa7ChsoE4d27jYPlJ35wtjDJS0t2wLy8E7Hj-I6PLEEjL3QAfEcIU5-d591feRGuuFwHLMOO6oEY4hhpEv2GxvP0fMWXanubC3SwrgYO/s4080/20240326_200326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQx_6TnipZJgk1UyCqNnM5rDjHH2_boXW-q1j5Je3y9hyphenhyphen5HkezVUPTzBM1QqtsAf7pc9thED4k69P9SgqXnkoAa7ChsoE4d27jYPlJ35wtjDJS0t2wLy8E7Hj-I6PLEEjL3QAfEcIU5-d591feRGuuFwHLMOO6oEY4hhpEv2GxvP0fMWXanubC3SwrgYO/s320/20240326_200326.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, the first four Renegade Woodland Indians have also had some warpaint applied - although I decided not to do actual facial warpaint on this batch - that may change on some of the future batches of these figures.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DbGgUfuM8uWSU2G6l3C__z4-1ZYQv5yczWiaJPS33w_Q2G0j2MMQt8CYFSESgI33YaWpdffJonpsC_nrgEAnU_cPjqtahavmIfJZZ_XP_80qWfHOxKvN34tc4vjpQCsQo83xXSdY0xbQ1sQNG-FeT2W-KrEDclC48ga3AkBfKGi58wrpazvw2o5AQiB2/s3402/20240326_200539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="3402" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DbGgUfuM8uWSU2G6l3C__z4-1ZYQv5yczWiaJPS33w_Q2G0j2MMQt8CYFSESgI33YaWpdffJonpsC_nrgEAnU_cPjqtahavmIfJZZ_XP_80qWfHOxKvN34tc4vjpQCsQo83xXSdY0xbQ1sQNG-FeT2W-KrEDclC48ga3AkBfKGi58wrpazvw2o5AQiB2/s320/20240326_200539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You cannot "pass" when it's your sides turn - so you can't "save up" your turns until later (like Iron Cross or 1914 by Great Escape Games)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawE92oyFBuwAhlLUcZuwyxM1xM6bOQ_CasABIsmqCm6_tmk1eS3wIyH42eLmQsx1TDqB7M6ww8JxBIKmruuHx8BuHZSWVOKZ3gu-W1h5eETkLAaqzyxMGqcF4OisY1FDlbbQabQv7GzPxHBU8YJDRzU8duKPZtxRQQQsHWMM0-0xfgDeR06JBGkPiwiKf/s582/Red%20Actions.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="416" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawE92oyFBuwAhlLUcZuwyxM1xM6bOQ_CasABIsmqCm6_tmk1eS3wIyH42eLmQsx1TDqB7M6ww8JxBIKmruuHx8BuHZSWVOKZ3gu-W1h5eETkLAaqzyxMGqcF4OisY1FDlbbQabQv7GzPxHBU8YJDRzU8duKPZtxRQQQsHWMM0-0xfgDeR06JBGkPiwiKf/s320/Red%20Actions.jpg" width="229" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The QRF for the rules is shown below, for anyone who is interested.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRl6kxRBq0mcGHvkzZSCciKBCCMcNL0YDADpstitcT6VkZLMJ4soIdZQg1G2k3nG2n2FtZ9tnURZesGRtKwmUPB2SBt2CPRmoiCvkTotzOkEW-jbtC8iSq6nlStlK-Da6suthNCxmgu5XJyTu7zF7y4ojsPm7z_jhaq3Pv7HXBAW5-9hhp_8i5p2P14KUb/s2552/20240324_141223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="1750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRl6kxRBq0mcGHvkzZSCciKBCCMcNL0YDADpstitcT6VkZLMJ4soIdZQg1G2k3nG2n2FtZ9tnURZesGRtKwmUPB2SBt2CPRmoiCvkTotzOkEW-jbtC8iSq6nlStlK-Da6suthNCxmgu5XJyTu7zF7y4ojsPm7z_jhaq3Pv7HXBAW5-9hhp_8i5p2P14KUb/s320/20240324_141223.jpg" width="219" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8F4_EcQ4ER03gMIHPpoJapQTovnm58PoKy6JPIlniabHLzgesRwG6PAGtUtdYBTSVKIb2SNNRI5JiSDLBCcEPGaLGrEpbmXHDz_FYtgydvEfEGY85CcBQVBMqi58GHPqJkgRm5DjECjWcbrdHrIkspLKMb_7t7lzZIEDBjvzVsXxUrAOWiV08RyA-Xle-/s2671/20240324_141245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2671" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8F4_EcQ4ER03gMIHPpoJapQTovnm58PoKy6JPIlniabHLzgesRwG6PAGtUtdYBTSVKIb2SNNRI5JiSDLBCcEPGaLGrEpbmXHDz_FYtgydvEfEGY85CcBQVBMqi58GHPqJkgRm5DjECjWcbrdHrIkspLKMb_7t7lzZIEDBjvzVsXxUrAOWiV08RyA-Xle-/s320/20240324_141245.jpg" width="220" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMHMyAep5K7xC4qNaBr_Av9QSuGc-Jy13NqcuTN1zS7TeMPFRcHiFpU8QEwD-C6HwEYv_tjK_fPQFMsz2uIxgZryD6M-UkU988oa7S-Al2buKeDeJHoSuvRvSOSxytOC_NvNVngPfsfO1RxTqF42F0qrkkvL4eCk2cdY0dI61O9qvr85BF6eJE2_7udN0/s2753/20240324_141256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="1745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMHMyAep5K7xC4qNaBr_Av9QSuGc-Jy13NqcuTN1zS7TeMPFRcHiFpU8QEwD-C6HwEYv_tjK_fPQFMsz2uIxgZryD6M-UkU988oa7S-Al2buKeDeJHoSuvRvSOSxytOC_NvNVngPfsfO1RxTqF42F0qrkkvL4eCk2cdY0dI61O9qvr85BF6eJE2_7udN0/s320/20240324_141256.jpg" width="203" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2OHAbQaSVJM3OP2cyZ10FrkkXIDKaDBR8tr3nKQMOpK3ISnojdfD52epk_uRipbmKrhbczyT7C1u4x3tLjabKcDTwxXn_o88Dw9tyrnU_nt0Qdg__7tRUKAh599c8JlPLmVsDUHX8x73oq5orhjLiqX4SUKynX8FHwmkLlMDC6tCeG_ffykkx5t_car6/s2870/20240324_141249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2OHAbQaSVJM3OP2cyZ10FrkkXIDKaDBR8tr3nKQMOpK3ISnojdfD52epk_uRipbmKrhbczyT7C1u4x3tLjabKcDTwxXn_o88Dw9tyrnU_nt0Qdg__7tRUKAh599c8JlPLmVsDUHX8x73oq5orhjLiqX4SUKynX8FHwmkLlMDC6tCeG_ffykkx5t_car6/s320/20240324_141249.jpg" width="205" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL94LNOOrNhmCKvm7AvxjVi8uaZ-u-CicOywk1yCJRC6rd_Nh5K35FBEOO4I5c1j8sssWddhoXKGG7bi5S7YtpIdesyLfl-KN78gy5Lyys390gZvxsfoAGjk5I5NY0VUSYF2_Ew5ICZAkd7vs6VVqc7oywuwMcN8xWhczDFUqw3_whGfK6jRiqpDaAND93/s3802/20240324_121057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="3802" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL94LNOOrNhmCKvm7AvxjVi8uaZ-u-CicOywk1yCJRC6rd_Nh5K35FBEOO4I5c1j8sssWddhoXKGG7bi5S7YtpIdesyLfl-KN78gy5Lyys390gZvxsfoAGjk5I5NY0VUSYF2_Ew5ICZAkd7vs6VVqc7oywuwMcN8xWhczDFUqw3_whGfK6jRiqpDaAND93/s320/20240324_121057.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Each force has a number of cards, with all the stats for the various units. For example, if you look at my Naval Infantry card, they can move 5 inches, fire 18 inches effective range (double for long), when firing, they add up all the bases in the unit and multiply it by 5 to see which column they are looking at for the result of firing, if they have to do a Fear test, they must score 7 or less on 2 D6, likewise for Serious event or Rally test.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RrcuAd-tVJOpuavMM3G3a7Qhhyphenhyphen-UoM-N_WBHMRG7cOdxT-qKs787ErBoORuO5xDlKXNOkZEqNv-UJK2iVUGHXAIeey9IkmgLeFX9bbu3TJirY8RC2d_U3bIJwOF-Ahz0bofsfLLk1SoqDXtQr2gQGQ4zRlDeHEqNKl5x1kLGDaA6VUcwblNi59kpb0sK/s3097/20240324_104712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="3097" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RrcuAd-tVJOpuavMM3G3a7Qhhyphenhyphen-UoM-N_WBHMRG7cOdxT-qKs787ErBoORuO5xDlKXNOkZEqNv-UJK2iVUGHXAIeey9IkmgLeFX9bbu3TJirY8RC2d_U3bIJwOF-Ahz0bofsfLLk1SoqDXtQr2gQGQ4zRlDeHEqNKl5x1kLGDaA6VUcwblNi59kpb0sK/s320/20240324_104712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View down the length of the table - Reds to the left (appropriately!) the others to the right, with Poles right off down in the far top left corner</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hdblYl0J_vbgYW4ClHlxbUZAGiRY_B3kQAyK6Tsf2233CFq5Ott-dmibVjn2lI9xeF4zm9S9d4b0hzbEBM8GC551lIS3PFVoeQuRFQQs03myzpPwvyuuDzpkbhST7HwT7JHSzkCzm6E93LZXUZe7a36sTwfPmc_1dfZuV717Yy9VZztME71RYcnNeUCH/s2378/20240324_104732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2378" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hdblYl0J_vbgYW4ClHlxbUZAGiRY_B3kQAyK6Tsf2233CFq5Ott-dmibVjn2lI9xeF4zm9S9d4b0hzbEBM8GC551lIS3PFVoeQuRFQQs03myzpPwvyuuDzpkbhST7HwT7JHSzkCzm6E93LZXUZe7a36sTwfPmc_1dfZuV717Yy9VZztME71RYcnNeUCH/s320/20240324_104732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Джулия Большой Рот (Julia Big Mouth) - delivering an inspiring speech to the Bolshevik forces defending a vital railway station.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5efcwsRBAebW8HOWa6n_AYWRXMQgvYUF19oaouQBIFNjaEhkWP0UMDTbi5m9D7Vi7mCuWSwuXvixkvacVLDpYaEgxWxQzUT8qmETW6pkQNN8gnxbuX6IxDjEjkskXxPAAhyGFmY2O1DVVWzdNQ2hRZnaM5s9uey_HADU9wrQPxBK8o3ANuoFpmsvuZu4p/s4080/20240324_104758.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5efcwsRBAebW8HOWa6n_AYWRXMQgvYUF19oaouQBIFNjaEhkWP0UMDTbi5m9D7Vi7mCuWSwuXvixkvacVLDpYaEgxWxQzUT8qmETW6pkQNN8gnxbuX6IxDjEjkskXxPAAhyGFmY2O1DVVWzdNQ2hRZnaM5s9uey_HADU9wrQPxBK8o3ANuoFpmsvuZu4p/s320/20240324_104758.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The initial deployment of my force</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwVznRytp6xTkN7yMhHCuyLpdGeRsbPO4m4ZzWaZ3mIAP1ho-RMvwKJieihLlcn7g8w5seX3PVmy_1l3wij2GdJobAbwjCH0BtbFX8Aqbf3SaZm0qTRKWojExawvha_7_sp6aIjGjDcmKPe3G1mwKIhwlo5vIwqf463kpPb_rYfE7oZnaPNOKF-qG6nsu/s3110/20240324_104839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="3110" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwVznRytp6xTkN7yMhHCuyLpdGeRsbPO4m4ZzWaZ3mIAP1ho-RMvwKJieihLlcn7g8w5seX3PVmy_1l3wij2GdJobAbwjCH0BtbFX8Aqbf3SaZm0qTRKWojExawvha_7_sp6aIjGjDcmKPe3G1mwKIhwlo5vIwqf463kpPb_rYfE7oZnaPNOKF-qG6nsu/s320/20240324_104839.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paul's Polish force (Julians figures, all by Siberia Miniatures out of....well...Siberia!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSaQVzKXlvjHf4AlsiQXKILfKTuxf-2vnCPbCRvj61j7T5cffEGjvT-NB80kj9zrjsLxpjsZvTkC4frzLandYWtoaoa9vWvx880x5UC3HOxPxlbiGq5ACQRM-VMWLlDSxsMVslw95vripyHYvf5jJtLQdl0IAtGwMULTYM7EPsvjGbutwN84gfNvo0_M2/s4080/20240324_104921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSaQVzKXlvjHf4AlsiQXKILfKTuxf-2vnCPbCRvj61j7T5cffEGjvT-NB80kj9zrjsLxpjsZvTkC4frzLandYWtoaoa9vWvx880x5UC3HOxPxlbiGq5ACQRM-VMWLlDSxsMVslw95vripyHYvf5jJtLQdl0IAtGwMULTYM7EPsvjGbutwN84gfNvo0_M2/s320/20240324_104921.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Кэтрин бессердечная (Katherine Heartless), the Cheka Commissar, keeps a steely eye out for any hesitation or signs of cowardice!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ySyKtZZRNay3EQjvye4Xw9JDdfuZTrcs7UM3NbrQuI1vmdpNoJ4E6Tx4I3f8fBIStIH0_DJda5139BjEwO3CKLaaHFwsWZsn1vCsWxDQzbRhpvNWYTuicVEKrdlhZUThMT2USYZPbiw0LCpmWvsC7vP29BL4BT2o2k82agt4hqQB5ad53CNn4KZQwoAI/s4080/20240324_113131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ySyKtZZRNay3EQjvye4Xw9JDdfuZTrcs7UM3NbrQuI1vmdpNoJ4E6Tx4I3f8fBIStIH0_DJda5139BjEwO3CKLaaHFwsWZsn1vCsWxDQzbRhpvNWYTuicVEKrdlhZUThMT2USYZPbiw0LCpmWvsC7vP29BL4BT2o2k82agt4hqQB5ad53CNn4KZQwoAI/s320/20240324_113131.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of views from the window of Barry's gaming bunker</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA25wH6K-_0EWSfwYmnVrRPUCthKBn44cE-8M_ssRCoRSa2ryDy0TVPb43IPhyMtm3ibUzHJJOUCSUDoyPo8XuLoVH3-OAoLGMur9o8Ygsp_bQJXkW5QV4QBl3qETDSX7knRBVWRnMS2wVV9WWkBS5GLgnT-Tic5xwqAR8yQRtSxWact7sMiDSyyrEL6JI/s4080/20240324_113204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA25wH6K-_0EWSfwYmnVrRPUCthKBn44cE-8M_ssRCoRSa2ryDy0TVPb43IPhyMtm3ibUzHJJOUCSUDoyPo8XuLoVH3-OAoLGMur9o8Ygsp_bQJXkW5QV4QBl3qETDSX7knRBVWRnMS2wVV9WWkBS5GLgnT-Tic5xwqAR8yQRtSxWact7sMiDSyyrEL6JI/s320/20240324_113204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ricks very nice figure of the Anarchist leader, Batko Nestor Makhno.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1lB0yk1Shu3XWd2RzzkAMtlGwtpKCEnUoZH7jpWhF2YkUlwhWcdgXyQjQ43UapV5bKqXf5jIMdIE9Wyddkr-TnuvK1zefpRtkr6Tq2nHLpLFyZ86W6hJdpLft0fqpVzL2w6NSGa1fs_i1-w6CSG2kpWKx4sPd3EDeUH7j6XzEepJ2-ueZ6tlBrFRe27v/s4080/20240324_122038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1lB0yk1Shu3XWd2RzzkAMtlGwtpKCEnUoZH7jpWhF2YkUlwhWcdgXyQjQ43UapV5bKqXf5jIMdIE9Wyddkr-TnuvK1zefpRtkr6Tq2nHLpLFyZ86W6hJdpLft0fqpVzL2w6NSGa1fs_i1-w6CSG2kpWKx4sPd3EDeUH7j6XzEepJ2-ueZ6tlBrFRe27v/s320/20240324_122038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whites advancing in the centre.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmD22yyQFZIiPLI2QBLTWwN8gihbeCkF0U6QvpAcgefkQpskyMoHRFR_pKq6KsqSMoLz65dzEHLmHy72nqEGEAJ_g8DTT5qhbYyxpzr0D4JxNFEidYUFj5VBnzayMJwydZEJrNWRzRKG_9P1ndYfEXdC0IQRZKq2vcDCLVOdsqG1GRs5wyFS_MzNzh2fX/s4080/20240324_122142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmD22yyQFZIiPLI2QBLTWwN8gihbeCkF0U6QvpAcgefkQpskyMoHRFR_pKq6KsqSMoLz65dzEHLmHy72nqEGEAJ_g8DTT5qhbYyxpzr0D4JxNFEidYUFj5VBnzayMJwydZEJrNWRzRKG_9P1ndYfEXdC0IQRZKq2vcDCLVOdsqG1GRs5wyFS_MzNzh2fX/s320/20240324_122142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My armoured car moves up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoF-TNL6iQUm-oR8PCWNcq-ZVPrJmvpL29Qjl7Pv9y2m0qLQS8tFnf_33aZOEYktRVF1Es1AYhh8heW_GIVI9mROp1G72qXrU620BAmYWCDYoGhDwFIwoG9UQAewI253LAW-cIIPF8og4YjeNEtMHK1xDhChMaz_fcob50dBJyzDKOxQ-EYG6oXJNTcEY/s4080/20240324_122630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoF-TNL6iQUm-oR8PCWNcq-ZVPrJmvpL29Qjl7Pv9y2m0qLQS8tFnf_33aZOEYktRVF1Es1AYhh8heW_GIVI9mROp1G72qXrU620BAmYWCDYoGhDwFIwoG9UQAewI253LAW-cIIPF8og4YjeNEtMHK1xDhChMaz_fcob50dBJyzDKOxQ-EYG6oXJNTcEY/s320/20240324_122630.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As does the Polish counterpart, with cavalry in support. White markers indicate the unit has taken an action this turn.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEduJy6Bw3Oa15cKMYwnMXGwmZ6_uBJYwyceo5fxTtUp1kYrkix74rS1IInCJI-r5ABY_ZWhw4Nl9r54GVNsbOBuRis69Yoq465ryCyn_w3eo174KjviubC9fDJJiAT1RUEhqbtJvsTeSXcdipV9bMlNKRpn_UIRzFgdIGsra6G-9mnM8fjLnzS-j-INEc/s4080/20240324_122641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEduJy6Bw3Oa15cKMYwnMXGwmZ6_uBJYwyceo5fxTtUp1kYrkix74rS1IInCJI-r5ABY_ZWhw4Nl9r54GVNsbOBuRis69Yoq465ryCyn_w3eo174KjviubC9fDJJiAT1RUEhqbtJvsTeSXcdipV9bMlNKRpn_UIRzFgdIGsra6G-9mnM8fjLnzS-j-INEc/s320/20240324_122641.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Polish cavalry galloping forwards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC0OdHHVEk5QHKOc1tb4-ly7blD9HFB6QeXQT_mV4l_jj3OVSpWbwub2mldsyfgk-wzTUvn6x1ZLaXcLn5Q87cqZNl23PoRqfqcTdxC0urdkQaFHAVPuOJDvPFx5R-jrjUYxrvKBuGxOrPHR-ZAtNg0kv3q-ZYvB5Q4H6rdtfdPd05VMedLnmEkXv16nK/s320/20240324_123237.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Polish C in C.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigW6GcXquWg6HClQ_FQblIgBSsbI2-rjyiikqrdec4-Pm0wQHsVETS7L-BbkMVnwGOoXJtWrsY657mXnoF0ap5p3WjMCNqB1KZAZGAB6S4aY-NMbuJ13eCbdDhzNgxBzfCh23L7MWmxYdyTAj4MzjSdG6SmFhESoBntDZVNQFtnuec9hFQM48JFagXCh2T/s4080/20240324_135133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigW6GcXquWg6HClQ_FQblIgBSsbI2-rjyiikqrdec4-Pm0wQHsVETS7L-BbkMVnwGOoXJtWrsY657mXnoF0ap5p3WjMCNqB1KZAZGAB6S4aY-NMbuJ13eCbdDhzNgxBzfCh23L7MWmxYdyTAj4MzjSdG6SmFhESoBntDZVNQFtnuec9hFQM48JFagXCh2T/s320/20240324_135133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The centre of the table with Barrys advance being held back by Bolshevik fire power.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhruFFyLlUMsPgfYXUi86VcSWTdeLu3FT_3DH7GPjTjUVbIEXtMLUn_6h7NXfWL01iA4u437VBOQmJtSPXUqGyXKKPjYr_ipvVk07S9ThL6idRRNeTJb65HceDih2wwFB3-9oYJnPWOqONDNK80jJNWkwpvKJwGT2eEp_ko9jnY4xXgKwitP9errrvygm/s3953/20240324_135743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3953" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhruFFyLlUMsPgfYXUi86VcSWTdeLu3FT_3DH7GPjTjUVbIEXtMLUn_6h7NXfWL01iA4u437VBOQmJtSPXUqGyXKKPjYr_ipvVk07S9ThL6idRRNeTJb65HceDih2wwFB3-9oYJnPWOqONDNK80jJNWkwpvKJwGT2eEp_ko9jnY4xXgKwitP9errrvygm/s320/20240324_135743.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But on our right flank, Chris was being sorely handled by Rick, who had more than his fair share of support weapons and was slowly (and sometimes not so slowly) whittling down the Red cavalry.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmhBEYAOR39gBUyIfIfaPtQzXpjqhSpUHIyXuqypq2E5tRjkbQHNwl1eeDz-C5TGd9Bou1WgiTnwnNI0QoSKc1n0PAkv0OGfvWXlvWWA0WzroIN6YPILNQnJZTpqR7VIgZLK7FKQMx5pOIToZQLK-SZ-_9oKXgAYB9PWwcEeXK1n1OPLX6iGdk2p3h2nx/s3547/20240324_135748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3547" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmhBEYAOR39gBUyIfIfaPtQzXpjqhSpUHIyXuqypq2E5tRjkbQHNwl1eeDz-C5TGd9Bou1WgiTnwnNI0QoSKc1n0PAkv0OGfvWXlvWWA0WzroIN6YPILNQnJZTpqR7VIgZLK7FKQMx5pOIToZQLK-SZ-_9oKXgAYB9PWwcEeXK1n1OPLX6iGdk2p3h2nx/s320/20240324_135748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View down the table around the mid point of the game</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvMJZNrpxw7WUdv49h0kazc1JIESXA1g4zI5AP0ESWdDSEkJb2lPHoFj6mdjVDGqXdWy0eMcCfVaxsKUjv3W6bW1sEPFV2EgUyceD48A_eeBJDRs7hDMYqAxyuT6RJIYoINfqOBAGAd43VSUlAXsy1aGR2CrAjNYnJLHLevIeSObTM3tvBuAk-7fxQwm-/s4080/20240324_135816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvMJZNrpxw7WUdv49h0kazc1JIESXA1g4zI5AP0ESWdDSEkJb2lPHoFj6mdjVDGqXdWy0eMcCfVaxsKUjv3W6bW1sEPFV2EgUyceD48A_eeBJDRs7hDMYqAxyuT6RJIYoINfqOBAGAd43VSUlAXsy1aGR2CrAjNYnJLHLevIeSObTM3tvBuAk-7fxQwm-/s320/20240324_135816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Chinese continue to advance, despite losing a number of their support weapons to Red fire.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievRh-sSgeI8_ZCnfLqTSWwuUxhOT8gGCH2Jo__6xe5QeTxxHpwcXfvKc2NG0OD-7-5gNfH2uenR2j2IqEMP6KNVlskuQ5Y9CNd8p8EZnm1llYd0lfawYmOP3B2iNPm_o9MbJlYAh52rYhYHsIpn5iG6lr5BVs_rSK8qAfmM9ljf1qGsKXk-MztaDxnyg2/s4080/20240324_135826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievRh-sSgeI8_ZCnfLqTSWwuUxhOT8gGCH2Jo__6xe5QeTxxHpwcXfvKc2NG0OD-7-5gNfH2uenR2j2IqEMP6KNVlskuQ5Y9CNd8p8EZnm1llYd0lfawYmOP3B2iNPm_o9MbJlYAh52rYhYHsIpn5iG6lr5BVs_rSK8qAfmM9ljf1qGsKXk-MztaDxnyg2/s320/20240324_135826.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVTNyPTxAGmJWg7X9xO_qFeCax02V69Q-GhHjF3tsEwQKBi1cbQpOxVfaIALhLW23WMvojTvQiZ6DnbUcuI3MpvU4mmW7ulmNtaa9FGet2KZmh-H_8LNg79vL3m0SH1nqCNw0cb97GVQADl5uNCYllBqR2wTT41ZvhAvH4bf9AYuQEUjYcajuBzs9atGK/s3316/20240324_135834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my high points, my artillery scores a direct hit on Barrys FT17 - the only tank on the table!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEq3r374jXuOxv4eeL5M4qjHLtx37A_Q9WWBcKKBirav2toAMhbG2f7roLmfaWFgs9_yZORJGwRNroTAqcJPCmET4SX2urEVLicjHfjvXQADlzMqz-BjfU9whKXCewy7DKSMQBSh4sYd6mn5-BXPSGgNsVfLIUfOwMy8AdQ3E5999zodsCTkB7rJl04Ere/s4080/20240324_140141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEq3r374jXuOxv4eeL5M4qjHLtx37A_Q9WWBcKKBirav2toAMhbG2f7roLmfaWFgs9_yZORJGwRNroTAqcJPCmET4SX2urEVLicjHfjvXQADlzMqz-BjfU9whKXCewy7DKSMQBSh4sYd6mn5-BXPSGgNsVfLIUfOwMy8AdQ3E5999zodsCTkB7rJl04Ere/s320/20240324_140141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian insisted I take a ground level image with the AAA and the burning plane both in it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZicyslhm9kuTyQ05x0ReA0dMJkzvk4x_m6RdXfV1ZHTQxUL3z-f0XOZ37BysITcEz5IP9cvKCJZyWWYu2KECy0h8hgN3gNMDo_wGh3RLMMDywYa2_7TdizsjbxJb_M3sSgPm2MjFtBBBKKsmthyphenhyphentrJ8EWKo1VC15VRIcJpKWnMgHtY31fcjEwuV9tmdl_/s3432/20240324_142151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3432" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZicyslhm9kuTyQ05x0ReA0dMJkzvk4x_m6RdXfV1ZHTQxUL3z-f0XOZ37BysITcEz5IP9cvKCJZyWWYu2KECy0h8hgN3gNMDo_wGh3RLMMDywYa2_7TdizsjbxJb_M3sSgPm2MjFtBBBKKsmthyphenhyphentrJ8EWKo1VC15VRIcJpKWnMgHtY31fcjEwuV9tmdl_/s320/20240324_142151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The much-reduced Bolshevik cavalry are still playing their part, pinning Ricks forces in position.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjn16SREeVgWYFUc_YOhwPDIN8xgskiHRLLgy8u4U0xFN_aIPuvp3OoAAE22Z_QlGc7a7vLiXhXerRu0tzb1ldfMj54td2TuMfPgTObPlhlpriJZ7Ycmb7pBlOmx1dYwnco7OWU17ofLNdrZXeoFF0XnTdg38cvoGMDJTH4YLhbIURmTwxeMk21wbLybaN/s4080/20240324_144408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjn16SREeVgWYFUc_YOhwPDIN8xgskiHRLLgy8u4U0xFN_aIPuvp3OoAAE22Z_QlGc7a7vLiXhXerRu0tzb1ldfMj54td2TuMfPgTObPlhlpriJZ7Ycmb7pBlOmx1dYwnco7OWU17ofLNdrZXeoFF0XnTdg38cvoGMDJTH4YLhbIURmTwxeMk21wbLybaN/s320/20240324_144408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nasty surprise for the Whites, 2 HMG's concealed in the village building shown below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoVYgcw01d8yJYSMBcmCV1uB7232VymtGMEcZ_AqROXF4JYT3-m3it7yAMTZ1B4cNdTQnxn7orwPSoNnscNVDfqHBmH_BtI6ctZ9a5SHan4NJ59cyKj7wr-1pttsrwoto9G2zQcPkJa2dQDYYZH85H6U6ypVoH70feo5-ORsTPzJdV0FEoimR23yC_yPr/s4080/20240324_144420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoVYgcw01d8yJYSMBcmCV1uB7232VymtGMEcZ_AqROXF4JYT3-m3it7yAMTZ1B4cNdTQnxn7orwPSoNnscNVDfqHBmH_BtI6ctZ9a5SHan4NJ59cyKj7wr-1pttsrwoto9G2zQcPkJa2dQDYYZH85H6U6ypVoH70feo5-ORsTPzJdV0FEoimR23yC_yPr/s320/20240324_144420.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GwGfzXN6pW99yLYKHTfakVGryUKdEMGN7dZxwPQzi49WhIsdJdoIuHCfh95KCvEbBpwFyqOpoYq1dzd0S7Tgf8rkhQXc0PxYUi06kXirJPQHP0z0rwk8x2mkPW2ruBkKZ9FH1udlVekLoIYFEs198LqKngcjZFwvARVwmoxfMG_Q7VuZfZL9TGV9n0Ix/s4080/20240324_152036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GwGfzXN6pW99yLYKHTfakVGryUKdEMGN7dZxwPQzi49WhIsdJdoIuHCfh95KCvEbBpwFyqOpoYq1dzd0S7Tgf8rkhQXc0PxYUi06kXirJPQHP0z0rwk8x2mkPW2ruBkKZ9FH1udlVekLoIYFEs198LqKngcjZFwvARVwmoxfMG_Q7VuZfZL9TGV9n0Ix/s320/20240324_152036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bolshevik left flank (me) repositioned to meet the Polish threat. Note the absence of my second field gun, which had now also succumbed to a Polish cavalry charge!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4m4ck8txw0svmvmcj6SKVLAI_Y5uYBSNLKNTCDB53P-VFmntWTBNMJA-4uDoO7cyt9lzKAyIke9rk_SzRGnT49Ub315DgoFAe82eVBF2_qPy1lQ6e7kwQM3P3Sq5hnOrKFC_jBnChdsiRqduuBnDWKjFw-T5fNTfhDNl0KUIBeKNJw9uewrCRxwNN21-E/s3861/20240324_153454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3861" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4m4ck8txw0svmvmcj6SKVLAI_Y5uYBSNLKNTCDB53P-VFmntWTBNMJA-4uDoO7cyt9lzKAyIke9rk_SzRGnT49Ub315DgoFAe82eVBF2_qPy1lQ6e7kwQM3P3Sq5hnOrKFC_jBnChdsiRqduuBnDWKjFw-T5fNTfhDNl0KUIBeKNJw9uewrCRxwNN21-E/s320/20240324_153454.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKwNLW-stWOM5j2WHcN0_5AnIOzF_OwCNFSSOy9oTRRBDpk0rHAFtoXAOGvsKD_c1D11VClvzFYXQG_Y1XTYStC2LpaQ74rj8y8veOpvkkOHPHAu6L5vCtPvV9L9S98OIhVBsQ-VpJatOvOQTTYkbU04UnMRHNSEuG1zLRPDk8shdS4wTc0N948z1Hh4n/s4080/20240324_153505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKwNLW-stWOM5j2WHcN0_5AnIOzF_OwCNFSSOy9oTRRBDpk0rHAFtoXAOGvsKD_c1D11VClvzFYXQG_Y1XTYStC2LpaQ74rj8y8veOpvkkOHPHAu6L5vCtPvV9L9S98OIhVBsQ-VpJatOvOQTTYkbU04UnMRHNSEuG1zLRPDk8shdS4wTc0N948z1Hh4n/s320/20240324_153505.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three Polish HMG deployed in the woods, plus the armoured car on the road, destroyed or suppressed most of my support weapons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfr8Ih7l2ZtAdEOlI7dO6AU17or9HTx5k5aChnkJ7hj6lH2f-evgSx-4Jo6PfYsuIKtZUjebKt8bOusba8tGU-MhMNRIGxllJlf_xTcXHHvZy9tes_RjkM2CEdQom9ZKz1-cqVXVu5GQNO_qAjm_KKNqOV4yYAafJeYzA4JoFE52w13Plq_9iAc0gfnDn/s4080/20240324_153532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfr8Ih7l2ZtAdEOlI7dO6AU17or9HTx5k5aChnkJ7hj6lH2f-evgSx-4Jo6PfYsuIKtZUjebKt8bOusba8tGU-MhMNRIGxllJlf_xTcXHHvZy9tes_RjkM2CEdQom9ZKz1-cqVXVu5GQNO_qAjm_KKNqOV4yYAafJeYzA4JoFE52w13Plq_9iAc0gfnDn/s320/20240324_153532.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Julian was getting hammered in the centre, too (don't mention how the cavalry were fairing against an armoured car, two artillery pieces and four HMG's!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmsuyKiS9J-_0ggW3nxKnddoHIcItcNrOwPF2pYHul8hQkiY_p9ajIdQYN1ww0C9hMjfrbCGuZx3Foh9CHZwWwbA_OFcDlQP6xx89ZC_G2A4mvOM5S_VAO5HtCMWbuA8GK6m7r9yuDFCyATWk2TaH4ax4cWhJ2sVqWnGifilmSf_1MOOncQHkNR_aoxmM/s3221/20240324_153714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="3221" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmsuyKiS9J-_0ggW3nxKnddoHIcItcNrOwPF2pYHul8hQkiY_p9ajIdQYN1ww0C9hMjfrbCGuZx3Foh9CHZwWwbA_OFcDlQP6xx89ZC_G2A4mvOM5S_VAO5HtCMWbuA8GK6m7r9yuDFCyATWk2TaH4ax4cWhJ2sVqWnGifilmSf_1MOOncQHkNR_aoxmM/s320/20240324_153714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "lucky" Polish cavalry unit (above) that charged and destroyed both my field guns, and (mostly) lived to tell the tale!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio07WF62vlzls2JSH67y_y6AH5XVTIHVwZA_C6tzJBhuJqiN4AInkdyireZ1V9al_pZniQQDIwwGC2nJlO_unT2FRS5QSFJ-GYP-9WuCVKqkFiKREKm5tOOFXT-wS11C6S-hIwDtJhLxIIwGC2BVCQcvuJdyEtJa4yvmBkIE4waFToPJNmNWhI4AgAvewH/s3403/20240324_153726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="3403" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio07WF62vlzls2JSH67y_y6AH5XVTIHVwZA_C6tzJBhuJqiN4AInkdyireZ1V9al_pZniQQDIwwGC2nJlO_unT2FRS5QSFJ-GYP-9WuCVKqkFiKREKm5tOOFXT-wS11C6S-hIwDtJhLxIIwGC2BVCQcvuJdyEtJa4yvmBkIE4waFToPJNmNWhI4AgAvewH/s320/20240324_153726.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We called the game at this point - I was down to 2 suppressed HMG plus the largely intact infantry, Julian had no support weapons at all, and the cavalry was basically gone .... time for the Chekist <span style="text-align: left;">Кэтрин бессердечная</span><span style="text-align: left;"> to jump in her staff car and reposition herself - and everyone else to betray the revolution and abandon the defence of the railway - feels like some decimation might be in the offing!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4MW9TAWvYAJDI8DsFQBc_kq3iM8E_4UJeeaHVjXBSsCu5smJW-hTkIqE7pEg6dXoSo-3l4DxFKDONIfLnniv7MyR_gjorzmRgsBCUJpiVwzMUvrZKvIjYEPNA21GcozX5pdZeVvJxEJ28Q0wHbz3adi2OYDcGMVHlmlU625fa_i1UyDxFMhvJ-hC-M0I/s4080/20240324_153733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4MW9TAWvYAJDI8DsFQBc_kq3iM8E_4UJeeaHVjXBSsCu5smJW-hTkIqE7pEg6dXoSo-3l4DxFKDONIfLnniv7MyR_gjorzmRgsBCUJpiVwzMUvrZKvIjYEPNA21GcozX5pdZeVvJxEJ28Q0wHbz3adi2OYDcGMVHlmlU625fa_i1UyDxFMhvJ-hC-M0I/s320/20240324_153733.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Polish infantry, who did no more than march all day, will be buying their cavalry mates a few drinks tonight, no doubt!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, that was all a lot of fun and it was great to get a portion of my RCW collection out on the table again, even if the result was an ignominious defeat and the loss of the strategic railway station! Hope you have enjoyed reading about it half as much as we enjoyed playing it!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-1281470904980213542024-03-23T17:00:00.003+13:002024-03-23T17:00:32.505+13:00Yet More German Blitzkrieg Kit<p> These were painted a few days ago, before I went off to Taupo for a work trip, but I am only getting around to posting them now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10RNm-faZWCJQyto73YXx5Kmvwwe7FYnvYzj5uzQS-3fPGhq4xOOaCe71y7jfsshpORewIvIYA3T50zw4n059PD75iu_pHnyx2DhAi3LH81wlfH4JHgazl8vhG4WmbKxp7y3Ghee7yKNX14KEf74NwMbvvHXZz6v3YPnJpcsTnt5lg5nlnQNoqUXJDGFk/s4080/20240317_113853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10RNm-faZWCJQyto73YXx5Kmvwwe7FYnvYzj5uzQS-3fPGhq4xOOaCe71y7jfsshpORewIvIYA3T50zw4n059PD75iu_pHnyx2DhAi3LH81wlfH4JHgazl8vhG4WmbKxp7y3Ghee7yKNX14KEf74NwMbvvHXZz6v3YPnJpcsTnt5lg5nlnQNoqUXJDGFk/s320/20240317_113853.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second of the Opel Blitz trucks - this one had the cab mounted triangular sign upright......</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJG8pTn527REJCmBHKneGcwV5-57Q2rydpLD4xxyr_ItBlqK2kg1YkCm7QVFjfE-dkBZVRDxp-jfm5yg_BMbtqfVX2210qsln0-C3U4deRE_BWd2OCaY7ebWDq9e0eEInA-VxgBLLY7es5NxI1zOHMysg9qoZzOXAeSKpmIPE65XG2p-3RQxjQ0KiGmqu/s4080/20240317_113908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJG8pTn527REJCmBHKneGcwV5-57Q2rydpLD4xxyr_ItBlqK2kg1YkCm7QVFjfE-dkBZVRDxp-jfm5yg_BMbtqfVX2210qsln0-C3U4deRE_BWd2OCaY7ebWDq9e0eEInA-VxgBLLY7es5NxI1zOHMysg9qoZzOXAeSKpmIPE65XG2p-3RQxjQ0KiGmqu/s320/20240317_113908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..... now, thanks to the power of Google, I know what this is for - viz "The triangles were fitted to the cab roof or above the windshield (on buses and vans). With trailer in tow the triangle was up, w/o trailer it was folded down (apparently this rule was often neglected in the Wehrmacht!). In most cases the triangles were actuated by lever from the cab."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpZHfwQhFjFGaJBcxU8wQsivUzfi_fFobgBtifyak1K4OixEZIob4tFwXCH_B4aa2BSGr1gX0hYSPVhxx1CBvEWia0QDbiYeW4h5vqqZTXyq8szP8Ik9GnFIpqJOJxWdSat2DPaYEJkHVUL6fvtmdjzQBfWuZ82NelDihVWjiT4Rn9DQZB3KAN6aTUsFo/s4080/20240317_113927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpZHfwQhFjFGaJBcxU8wQsivUzfi_fFobgBtifyak1K4OixEZIob4tFwXCH_B4aa2BSGr1gX0hYSPVhxx1CBvEWia0QDbiYeW4h5vqqZTXyq8szP8Ik9GnFIpqJOJxWdSat2DPaYEJkHVUL6fvtmdjzQBfWuZ82NelDihVWjiT4Rn9DQZB3KAN6aTUsFo/s320/20240317_113927.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Additional info as follows: "If the yellow triangle was up, then the truck was towing something (trailer, gun, etc). If there was nothing being towed, the triangle was in the down (flat) position. It was to let oncoming vehicles know how long the truck would be. Nothing was needed to the rear as following vehicles would clearly see anything towed." So, it seems like I need to paint the triangle yellow!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24TlCNmoODpr5jwUVtdO_pNikdZdHksFd_3UvJ8068gbRhoWmpsto69dsdu_2vsd4kBXkMKwtJPazIsP6yKBUvOs_Cv2U9hM750W00uP8-kSvhO-S1N63hDZb_V_5bEq0O5KuJPMphyhHZNyKxIdXug-3xHUfrezg-cbS5s8S54aIHHAqj9MOWesC0KYg/s4080/20240317_114447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24TlCNmoODpr5jwUVtdO_pNikdZdHksFd_3UvJ8068gbRhoWmpsto69dsdu_2vsd4kBXkMKwtJPazIsP6yKBUvOs_Cv2U9hM750W00uP8-kSvhO-S1N63hDZb_V_5bEq0O5KuJPMphyhHZNyKxIdXug-3xHUfrezg-cbS5s8S54aIHHAqj9MOWesC0KYg/s320/20240317_114447.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next, I built the two wheeled carriage portions of the 88mm gun, and here it is being towed by both the SdKfz 10 and SdKfz 11.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_Pq_eFxJFbbPpRdBYhidBNcEOA72dBcEfguj-dP3QUVQzulhqHohKjcRb38ihv9L14MrIahlLqqKTx_bzNrMGIfJfzBc_E9-vfz-Wp14IxTkqREvZgNfNJJd_63Q63lJ9URIL6EdItPtQzJs8L1qKNTotWQpjhaPKkyZ60CfyE8XsisW8oPV4o7k06RX/s4080/20240317_114521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_Pq_eFxJFbbPpRdBYhidBNcEOA72dBcEfguj-dP3QUVQzulhqHohKjcRb38ihv9L14MrIahlLqqKTx_bzNrMGIfJfzBc_E9-vfz-Wp14IxTkqREvZgNfNJJd_63Q63lJ9URIL6EdItPtQzJs8L1qKNTotWQpjhaPKkyZ60CfyE8XsisW8oPV4o7k06RX/s320/20240317_114521.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It does not quite work, as I cannot fold the side trails up, because the gunner is fitted in place - but it looks better in motion like this, than just moving a fully deployed gun and crew around the table!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUb5dN6aiEn1ZXbK64OzD1sf78P0OaR51GUMxV1QlcovVp8HHWYohmycIi0otP7ALYUIKNvqBL6tNfe6CbrOBNVIXO-9LBlSzRtgQaVTePuMxrlR-pn4kgudYv8mkDzUhrezekGJ-ImLA6EeRBvmU5-39K2yqvCuBoiFayLbkyA0-9EOxSHYVlpFdbBMZ/s4080/20240317_114534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUb5dN6aiEn1ZXbK64OzD1sf78P0OaR51GUMxV1QlcovVp8HHWYohmycIi0otP7ALYUIKNvqBL6tNfe6CbrOBNVIXO-9LBlSzRtgQaVTePuMxrlR-pn4kgudYv8mkDzUhrezekGJ-ImLA6EeRBvmU5-39K2yqvCuBoiFayLbkyA0-9EOxSHYVlpFdbBMZ/s320/20240317_114534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPHAKbP04svsOH9gRBocUl2n3x8QTpwRYKCgnXBxTt7xPfszxXkwukeLQMm-8tOoRBO_ZT_vIpnZbkYgJVHB0NuIhHNNkaqxyuJPyEz6B-u-7TvzF7CZZuPaSDe7FkZeQATLfid_v3mTOdmY6QvLXM8Xe9EZOb4-NyCk8ZC2JXVcUe_3ht6bCIhjZeVrQ/s4080/20240317_114814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPHAKbP04svsOH9gRBocUl2n3x8QTpwRYKCgnXBxTt7xPfszxXkwukeLQMm-8tOoRBO_ZT_vIpnZbkYgJVHB0NuIhHNNkaqxyuJPyEz6B-u-7TvzF7CZZuPaSDe7FkZeQATLfid_v3mTOdmY6QvLXM8Xe9EZOb4-NyCk8ZC2JXVcUe_3ht6bCIhjZeVrQ/s320/20240317_114814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of action shots showing the wheel assemblies off to the side (in reality the tow vehicle and wheels would be a lot farther away, I am sure, but I used some artistic license to fit everything into the available space1</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOu0AxgCHaaFVaF9UDBlFEQuKURR_aR-MkaGzPeopDPT3ad8ozuBir-vzJn6OR9nMvCk1JvmDL-unRxLhyGX51xUTnOMxob9cXzwr0snx1VxZ_3I0HyVHuUrr0_dpMEnhIb2L0QbBw05nBy2fvIg-e3zXTKtRGTb7x9xNHLuLRcWA88XJ__enmZnrViRd/s4080/20240317_114939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next is a recently assembled and painted Pak 40</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ObV4tu1MiP8DhtN2x0sNbFZA9NwXDGEGl2RmJGYRfNFEMOQlUh0NXOpmwGgCIMkjs_qKCQ-ni7be7vG3NQBL0LiPeEDyiG_Pb8WezpN_Cd4dhCEIxNbNyuqRlYWfMNQ0UKCZblOC7L6unFU9PkHiLvJ-9VCLy0YOV44OoMvNDmHE_gkIxQyKYdvm4ow6/s4080/20240317_115336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ObV4tu1MiP8DhtN2x0sNbFZA9NwXDGEGl2RmJGYRfNFEMOQlUh0NXOpmwGgCIMkjs_qKCQ-ni7be7vG3NQBL0LiPeEDyiG_Pb8WezpN_Cd4dhCEIxNbNyuqRlYWfMNQ0UKCZblOC7L6unFU9PkHiLvJ-9VCLy0YOV44OoMvNDmHE_gkIxQyKYdvm4ow6/s320/20240317_115336.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have not done the crew, as they are in mid war uniforms, with baggy trousers (pants) and short boots etc., which don't match my 1940 requirements - I will probably buy a metal stand-alone crew from Crusader to go with this gun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEmuCss1JG8n2ai47hUo2Z_R3HidF5SIvKDYXvUY2lWeO5x9HyNqjBN5IIw_abM2YOWEyoszm9mW-t6i_vLJ9Kw-U6LKX5zPwYRRSOcMOHoVZV3Nzyhb2nzvyzDuTfjskTOCrdR7tEjgaQ3RcbKLMJuzKlEAsnByvFYPQukFRdfULC5KJmZCXxDqpaWgA/s4080/20240317_115349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEmuCss1JG8n2ai47hUo2Z_R3HidF5SIvKDYXvUY2lWeO5x9HyNqjBN5IIw_abM2YOWEyoszm9mW-t6i_vLJ9Kw-U6LKX5zPwYRRSOcMOHoVZV3Nzyhb2nzvyzDuTfjskTOCrdR7tEjgaQ3RcbKLMJuzKlEAsnByvFYPQukFRdfULC5KJmZCXxDqpaWgA/s320/20240317_115349.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To finish up, here are a couple of pics out the window of my hotel room, looking out on Lake Taupo, where I have just spent the last three days struggling to stay awake through our annual strategic planning session!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdxU5yZEnnNlxXA-0Bp4H_hVZ5orl3JBlSjyZHYuUQNu_BXx7k5n4aDct9UaEoXoR7QXBCAt_ifM_gtwa8P9bliRFVaEj8pkS0PULprgRPXhv-NRoK0_Jyv5iP6pDcTkbXUv8rnLvHab5CTjYkjBgHTSPfvcIF0R2II46gRcDeQLeX6MuST_fYBL8nLCh/s3563/20240320_173159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="3563" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdxU5yZEnnNlxXA-0Bp4H_hVZ5orl3JBlSjyZHYuUQNu_BXx7k5n4aDct9UaEoXoR7QXBCAt_ifM_gtwa8P9bliRFVaEj8pkS0PULprgRPXhv-NRoK0_Jyv5iP6pDcTkbXUv8rnLvHab5CTjYkjBgHTSPfvcIF0R2II46gRcDeQLeX6MuST_fYBL8nLCh/s320/20240320_173159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqqqfwpohyphenhyphenc8I5qfZcwXqUtN5zNzgvpVtir4cZeERa8lmv9oKrBkY2902uNX66-X9beZOK_wxf74bOhW788C9MWA81TJSzLm1UgLeKHDNvyEYuqbcxdifOjvniRZwBWbcdcH4jWrXtTgr2H4gB5PpLOmmtbV9H6UdYKt8vUAtm7s0S2nHpwtFA6RRgUOb/s3190/20240320_173214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="3190" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqqqfwpohyphenhyphenc8I5qfZcwXqUtN5zNzgvpVtir4cZeERa8lmv9oKrBkY2902uNX66-X9beZOK_wxf74bOhW788C9MWA81TJSzLm1UgLeKHDNvyEYuqbcxdifOjvniRZwBWbcdcH4jWrXtTgr2H4gB5PpLOmmtbV9H6UdYKt8vUAtm7s0S2nHpwtFA6RRgUOb/s320/20240320_173214.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVufM_O17d71ziqW6gFSS3lXQ7To6BrW8Atn_lgGhAeAPOUoSxWr5hSOlrPvHBso39ODEcmO1BAOQy_ncoS2biA1j-KuMlah3p8wZset0WM5kE91RhKOSWQtap9tc7qw_hQeqCcF-y2pastwhp2-2aiqIUkmQaxNIXdXGhyphenhyphenFOqDIIXeLUGhXDl2w6CENwc/s550/Taupo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="550" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVufM_O17d71ziqW6gFSS3lXQ7To6BrW8Atn_lgGhAeAPOUoSxWr5hSOlrPvHBso39ODEcmO1BAOQy_ncoS2biA1j-KuMlah3p8wZset0WM5kE91RhKOSWQtap9tc7qw_hQeqCcF-y2pastwhp2-2aiqIUkmQaxNIXdXGhyphenhyphenFOqDIIXeLUGhXDl2w6CENwc/s320/Taupo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Lake Taupō is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of Taupō Volcano. The lake is the namesake of the town of Taupō, which sits on a bay in the lake's northeastern shore. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Area: 616 km²</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fish: Rainbow trout, Brown trout, Common bully, Northern koura, New Zealand smelt</p><p style="text-align: center;">Surface elevation: 356 m</p><p style="text-align: center;">Volume: 59 km³</p><p style="text-align: center;">Length: 46 km</p><p style="text-align: center;">Basin countries: New Zealand</p><p style="text-align: center;">Catchment area: 3,487 km2 (1,346 sq mi)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So, now you know! Thanks for visiting and I appreciate all comments!</p>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-57460548268846405282024-03-18T22:41:00.000+13:002024-03-18T22:41:03.920+13:00More 3D Printed Blitzkrieg Vehicles<p> These rolled off the painting desk a few days ago, but its only just time to post them now!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1IqqF2sepBCLIMPSTBMBANGYfZ1n_hl-EY8QOpxJX8eNb2CRKItPaI00zJEx32dXRadKj9k5NZK17BkcDzCHtSb5g142GwDpifE-9hx5Dy-VCiZX-cerDiGzUVH1FO2ZmKpgC6Cqm3l-p7R00KQYQ4H61ZiBNQutcSAJLQ4G_n3rz4eESGv8JBa5XGoB/s3487/20240309_134556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="3487" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1IqqF2sepBCLIMPSTBMBANGYfZ1n_hl-EY8QOpxJX8eNb2CRKItPaI00zJEx32dXRadKj9k5NZK17BkcDzCHtSb5g142GwDpifE-9hx5Dy-VCiZX-cerDiGzUVH1FO2ZmKpgC6Cqm3l-p7R00KQYQ4H61ZiBNQutcSAJLQ4G_n3rz4eESGv8JBa5XGoB/s320/20240309_134556.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First up, one of the two Opel Blitz trucks - above, the underside, showing the incredible amount of (to my mind unnecessary) detail that has been included in the 3D print.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQDg8b3JIY_6zqHim8GzpW0Dqby4k-ASx6MSGNZ8BePhQakkoCiG58QKCyQ7ghe8_BqL5Hipjhq8-X6tP54Xv71ns9qljCMw97VIg-0Gzu-nxYBJAUy_R5iNePceU1bi9OA0NsUcHJwCeEK2otJ5AHjGy0pNQoYqaLe5rR6WFztGLgU-ihzdjL8ErWh1m/s3635/20240310_094840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1603" data-original-width="3635" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQDg8b3JIY_6zqHim8GzpW0Dqby4k-ASx6MSGNZ8BePhQakkoCiG58QKCyQ7ghe8_BqL5Hipjhq8-X6tP54Xv71ns9qljCMw97VIg-0Gzu-nxYBJAUy_R5iNePceU1bi9OA0NsUcHJwCeEK2otJ5AHjGy0pNQoYqaLe5rR6WFztGLgU-ihzdjL8ErWh1m/s320/20240310_094840.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Followed by several different angles of the completed model.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpeNEs2Ac7FRwRd9pzknJkukaW2yRxtuzxM1oso2gcZ5y57ROdQYR3uIu9XU-AFFCWDYUPsXqgX2A0vnUNiY1_o2_ofedEpIQmiO4laafZplxSephNnCF_mLhyphenhyphenOZoCBIs7VvTvJYj6YIWRozrQrjgCxkeHovztXKfGTHcQCGhgQVJxb-EKwvk2e9BEv8C/s3491/20240310_094918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="3491" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpeNEs2Ac7FRwRd9pzknJkukaW2yRxtuzxM1oso2gcZ5y57ROdQYR3uIu9XU-AFFCWDYUPsXqgX2A0vnUNiY1_o2_ofedEpIQmiO4laafZplxSephNnCF_mLhyphenhyphenOZoCBIs7VvTvJYj6YIWRozrQrjgCxkeHovztXKfGTHcQCGhgQVJxb-EKwvk2e9BEv8C/s320/20240310_094918.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun was in the wrong place for the photo above, but I left it in, nonetheless.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0ElntZomELMC343seCQAFrSQJmO0_jRo2QWrAaP6vl5DqQP_dRzd-7RfsibAacoLN-6r6aaorHccvGMDi0K0UyB98MpgwSQLg5uVExKXMCKe_eNMSCvqJx7E8h4mXhCCIDduHamzFdAG7I7PLMcECzIXXdJuAStwjnzkSnLHMKJ8RgnJctAxDpItthal/s2819/20240310_095107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2819" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0ElntZomELMC343seCQAFrSQJmO0_jRo2QWrAaP6vl5DqQP_dRzd-7RfsibAacoLN-6r6aaorHccvGMDi0K0UyB98MpgwSQLg5uVExKXMCKe_eNMSCvqJx7E8h4mXhCCIDduHamzFdAG7I7PLMcECzIXXdJuAStwjnzkSnLHMKJ8RgnJctAxDpItthal/s320/20240310_095107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Secondly, it is the SdKfz 222 armoured car.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNvfTNPtsDtoUn-PwRaoaC-xZz_y2b7izAJ78IUrGv1n6h00W3O8RrzbDJDxfrW6XtZ371GusCpo5eofVcaxkIKbJmeWoIer9QWWPPY5aJ61DIyrOmZpc2S9Fr1T3Y6lIamH3ajbO78XgGZH5U7IwGIL051Mos9JV1lV5Een-8sXamyv7Uo0q3IL6oqMd/s3207/20240310_095354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="3207" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNvfTNPtsDtoUn-PwRaoaC-xZz_y2b7izAJ78IUrGv1n6h00W3O8RrzbDJDxfrW6XtZ371GusCpo5eofVcaxkIKbJmeWoIer9QWWPPY5aJ61DIyrOmZpc2S9Fr1T3Y6lIamH3ajbO78XgGZH5U7IwGIL051Mos9JV1lV5Een-8sXamyv7Uo0q3IL6oqMd/s320/20240310_095354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or is that Leutnant Grueber's "Little Tank"?!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmIOQ7Apt_gWKomoWfZdNeSFufJceqsfuhB5HWe7_QolcB0V9GpasVymklG5jF6ChHFfaJgApqqAefDGGQSwZFTLUvnJAdv9PH2ZBJ9_svV6FREU37BQUElbxWLzOGqNDmxSBWY0-NzLqre5pddmZ2KQOrGNy-nnH-TlIhdl8wA0KyiBCad7A6HS10vDR/s3364/20240310_095411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="3364" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmIOQ7Apt_gWKomoWfZdNeSFufJceqsfuhB5HWe7_QolcB0V9GpasVymklG5jF6ChHFfaJgApqqAefDGGQSwZFTLUvnJAdv9PH2ZBJ9_svV6FREU37BQUElbxWLzOGqNDmxSBWY0-NzLqre5pddmZ2KQOrGNy-nnH-TlIhdl8wA0KyiBCad7A6HS10vDR/s320/20240310_095411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3ZYBZBMsPbLYbHVq3xNUGgWBgBCK0gDROWUSJ-TPCB42LqhaWCZt2PwUl79QgpdDMM2ZvD0Bv3QlPAIdAz8I6z-B2yklZCqZS3A7wALugEcq5XtTPuOTJEPQ02GlQ-X1uwMIMGRcFEi-cBu-YNccyJnqjRGujItXoupoOrdrEc-IaukaPpS6QOHVHIJl/s2744/20240310_095434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Thats it for tonight - you may not hear from me for a few days as I will be away at our annual "Strategic Planning" for work, weds to Friday this week.</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-12398525289609379532024-03-16T14:13:00.005+13:002024-03-16T14:13:35.215+13:00Friday Night SP II Game<p> Another game of Two Fat Lardies Sharpes Practice II, using Julians collection of Perry plastic Napoleonic figures.</p><p>This time, Chris joined the fun, and played with me as the British rearguard, contesting a critical road intersection in the Peninsula with the vanguard of an advancing French force (Jules and John)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGOYwWGmL21kxMiNYhxLAHVo8XMokP4Ayqjo6vw_2CZ60Q236BpdMz5BDwH8-pp_cCud28iX6jA8d-gfSWeGRvqjOd3M3Uvi8GFYspfE5p2BQrC_TeNGiga5oAMOYdY7UxM3E4XLfRcISZC62qWAvf0S37np7YYstVX9xBiYI6ILXi59xryhyphenhyphen3O5ep6eU/s4080/20240315_164836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The "hand of God" is Johns, not Maradona's!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtKJ_9M3JN9ulENCkeao-2QrCO0xng_ohyMJtO2H8IaRyyTEHOhZWUkKHlYBE9pSeAACRJfRkiPesAMMRqbQL73PH31LxsOl6XDZYwZ60D4TZccOw03KtOhGJncRJgJl9bfhw1ATSOUNUfHsLG7DDJLzn1EQce8d40XOZx3YAVkggWgSdzMYaocfgUMrY/s4080/20240315_165211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtKJ_9M3JN9ulENCkeao-2QrCO0xng_ohyMJtO2H8IaRyyTEHOhZWUkKHlYBE9pSeAACRJfRkiPesAMMRqbQL73PH31LxsOl6XDZYwZ60D4TZccOw03KtOhGJncRJgJl9bfhw1ATSOUNUfHsLG7DDJLzn1EQce8d40XOZx3YAVkggWgSdzMYaocfgUMrY/s320/20240315_165211.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Les francais, bravely led by a unit of Dragoons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From where they were able to engage two units of French Ligne in the open at close range!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCCKQ7jKuvHFh90bg2ijeLE54xmVT2nfSdqhFhTch3yY5OP67QQAvayne4RchnECCNF6C40mUn9WhQCZj-RKOb4LcBf_4ugT3p4f31M3gMJjNI3386aLnorgQchQQVfEZvGK0hhPhDQUpoUxsXjuc2Bxy2weXkLojqm8XI-tToWowFxJDbZPhxmwn046Ja" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCCKQ7jKuvHFh90bg2ijeLE54xmVT2nfSdqhFhTch3yY5OP67QQAvayne4RchnECCNF6C40mUn9WhQCZj-RKOb4LcBf_4ugT3p4f31M3gMJjNI3386aLnorgQchQQVfEZvGK0hhPhDQUpoUxsXjuc2Bxy2weXkLojqm8XI-tToWowFxJDbZPhxmwn046Ja" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A general view from the French perspective at the halfway stage</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9L2ZX_wNYWC5IRxOBC1UoJ3PVdNjLNaP0GSF-V7WNzuMwyhPGJckOdEtgWCZRVB6WlKDU6dzDvx00xfQcw1mpR-iK6fBs18601reQFDaEgkHw7d_VKv1w9TYVwx-2VqJhE6pCUQOkKV-ZtOMaSvP1QjThDNIVToRp5_XdjA9i8wtsO1O8WOrahNaaIhBV/s4080/20240315_194718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9L2ZX_wNYWC5IRxOBC1UoJ3PVdNjLNaP0GSF-V7WNzuMwyhPGJckOdEtgWCZRVB6WlKDU6dzDvx00xfQcw1mpR-iK6fBs18601reQFDaEgkHw7d_VKv1w9TYVwx-2VqJhE6pCUQOkKV-ZtOMaSvP1QjThDNIVToRp5_XdjA9i8wtsO1O8WOrahNaaIhBV/s320/20240315_194718.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris's command opposite John, with my guys in the woods at the top of the hill, including Sharpe and his riflemen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66rRR9QaqqDKeBMye44RetsytaQUyXGsFwM1YYkN5MwGzXaK-AWtTYoZ6Q58GDAf4YuLzv56IhEmrgG1m40yi_bN7ajyTEeoMiWEteKyZ39E3w67gwFmL0uEg9vfSLxyZlLumrpp9sXLMY1rep7Dr-1Y1TBA9JB4NLxT_nz2KdmyIa2mt51U8YLfDjog9/s4080/20240315_195020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66rRR9QaqqDKeBMye44RetsytaQUyXGsFwM1YYkN5MwGzXaK-AWtTYoZ6Q58GDAf4YuLzv56IhEmrgG1m40yi_bN7ajyTEeoMiWEteKyZ39E3w67gwFmL0uEg9vfSLxyZlLumrpp9sXLMY1rep7Dr-1Y1TBA9JB4NLxT_nz2KdmyIa2mt51U8YLfDjog9/s320/20240315_195020.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Dinner break - very nice Thai take away - washed down with a nice Italian red wine courtesy of Chris again - he has discovered the above, a 1.5 liter bottle for $25 - his new favourite!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Unaccountably, after dinner, I failed to take any more images - things must have got too exciting! Basically, John and Chris exchanged fire on their flank, Chris had one unit accumulate a lot of shock markers and they had to pull back behind cover. My units moved up either side of the occupied farm, and supported by the riflemen and some Light Infantry in the woods on the hill, poured so much fire onto Johns Voltigeurs, Julians line AND the Dragoons (again) that Julian basically withdrew his entire command to the shelter of the woods, and he called the game around 2130 as the Brits were in full control of the farm and crossroads, with the French having no realistic chance of dislodging them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As we have never actually managed to get into close combat in SP II as yet (known as "fisticuffs" in Lardie parlance), we then did a quick run-through of what would have happened if the Dragoons had managed to bravely charge one of my standard line infantry units at a canter. We calculated the line would get 7 D6 and the cavalry 11. 5 or 6 is a kill, 6 adds a shock too. In the first round I rolled 2 x 6 and 1 x 5 - Julian the opposite, so 3 dead each and I was one ahead on shock - that is a draw, so we had to roll again. The second time around, Julian won by one casualty - so my line infantry was reduced to two men plus an NCO and forced to pull back - but Julian only had two brave Dragoons and their officer surviving - so a pretty Pyrrhic victory.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAscRcBRfQjfezfwXX1InkJGZ8adn3QNqAh5e2EWiL47l8OMYL23TjvrrZiCvThH-CWnYU7bbJmkAFWCIv4UtasYoESMOsu_7MmO4WrqEO0bEAGLuco-L8HTxq742kZthCyPW7YXjhPhfn8sAT0tRGCA45o78qFZ17OEwqD5ckGi8JWNUU5QyYtM9aB-Pq/s1600/IMG-20240315-WA0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAscRcBRfQjfezfwXX1InkJGZ8adn3QNqAh5e2EWiL47l8OMYL23TjvrrZiCvThH-CWnYU7bbJmkAFWCIv4UtasYoESMOsu_7MmO4WrqEO0bEAGLuco-L8HTxq742kZthCyPW7YXjhPhfn8sAT0tRGCA45o78qFZ17OEwqD5ckGi8JWNUU5QyYtM9aB-Pq/s320/IMG-20240315-WA0012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Another fun game of SP II - well I <i>did</i> win again, didn't I?! 😍💪 Hiding in woods and buildings is really working very well for me - it's an logical extension of the Iron Dukes "rear slope" tactics (well that's my story, anyway!)<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for visiting and extra special thanks to those who leave a comment!<br /><p></p></div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-62655489625270087682024-03-14T17:00:00.000+13:002024-03-14T17:00:10.729+13:00парад Красной Армии - Red Army Parade!<p> Here is the easiest and quickest of Peanut Butter and Jelly posts - a parade of my recently acquired and painted bargain 28mm WWII Soviet infantry!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC0wF8Dv38ZRRSV9f-KWhz-rpW9d6nqHqLoTG9I7DCXLO_3jYPWT_F96XunHLcqn-PZ3jW97d4F-migd8UmDdHBaTx6Oa870xJk3tnF_k_Q4x-7Vgh5m4K7oKBleSUum8kAfwLQBUbXzJXqq2yMLJkMVaNTmbwu2hFFSOGi78ktst6wBNz7eSj6EnEzpJ/s2965/20240314_161742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another full parade image to end on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Noe, in deference to the season, <i>these</i> unusual "figures" have appeared around our house in the last few days - along with hot cross buns and chocolate eggs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGf5TVYTWLe6ArHBDYvFIwkRzV4STaQPWHCAjaztCsTl-lG6sVKj5bj2gWlv-ydvphb8js20_KiG2iARmDdJWu1HZA6q5XLGBQkZvaqyi1H-noK_hFPlZphS5_F03wcDsGqnaYePrerLrBN9T5_JeTurvtfff0D8Xh36i6lkmXIKWMv1c9dH-7AFO6aR1/s4080/20240310_191833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGf5TVYTWLe6ArHBDYvFIwkRzV4STaQPWHCAjaztCsTl-lG6sVKj5bj2gWlv-ydvphb8js20_KiG2iARmDdJWu1HZA6q5XLGBQkZvaqyi1H-noK_hFPlZphS5_F03wcDsGqnaYePrerLrBN9T5_JeTurvtfff0D8Xh36i6lkmXIKWMv1c9dH-7AFO6aR1/s320/20240310_191833.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They should be ready for a full parade very soon!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUc2-xpn4rcn5MXQuZmDywf2cmp-DpEP_qH7OxGd5-G9BWYOc_AUIQ_8M1kU7_9Uwdjq5ZKgMwxOgcZbDFOjwEHXHgBVbKSxffNA4rBDXfP7R06x7ssfpnsxNrUmVpD9TgVYdEq-cGhSYR8_W-I0oXhgbmPdtaiamdVMywM6U_5hGzs7VZb-uyIfQzHPF/s4080/20240310_094138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUc2-xpn4rcn5MXQuZmDywf2cmp-DpEP_qH7OxGd5-G9BWYOc_AUIQ_8M1kU7_9Uwdjq5ZKgMwxOgcZbDFOjwEHXHgBVbKSxffNA4rBDXfP7R06x7ssfpnsxNrUmVpD9TgVYdEq-cGhSYR8_W-I0oXhgbmPdtaiamdVMywM6U_5hGzs7VZb-uyIfQzHPF/s320/20240310_094138.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First two images are some more "before and after" shots of my "enhanced" paint work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2291" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSISYgFFHWr9xfylnDri5x5YxiPdP6PkFCvnTdnmtEP02K30yrJvsxkLXnwSUp6EbSOtRQN1XNHTIMZRbsOtMkUIWyXx0Tex8OcI5ruhtBOUYasc90Rm4VaBbzqKAqsOi5vC_c6g-b24sCcj4U9Jb5X_Saxiy2RW6zEnOZCmo8l4ZLF7XdUcxoqHhXOZ8/s320/20240310_124312.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3D printed female soldier alongside the PSC female medic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYDX0I1AMs766wO9teni2QlJHZGsrxsQv0xQeQUGmH8V83CmZ4xP5LIEgjSTM-BbIwE9Jk4n1gkZbFcbwXmNvXKEn8dSpXbq9Wwd98ccyddkBRRjvZ7guj5qPfGOdQ_mCwmAMd2cSg-i1xYdAczGgJAOchFaIj0kVjjNp117ykRr1IdcAY6FET8t00B5i/s3443/20240310_124403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2641" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8alU06umBzkiXUN9GBGzzCMtudH4OYCDfanCbusDfpREbcYc8ZqDj0t__oxZfQucNCwurTMdEfjqB0F24IB8TxMo7hJDo7N8YyA5l-Ky0kWDX49qdreH0jTPsCeuZ5juCzPJ6CQWs2thR0LAm39ZelEWFtPGR7nPJuWFaDHiBSiUk1I6EAULmqHL3bNnb/s320/20240310_124518.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wargames Factory and PSC kneeling firing pose.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv8XPt1P19XuKsdmSga9YGNFNhdV7GQUF_Xll30edE9B4Pt1YcqPU9kkqdTNzWNE_DigmMXFNPpRm60H0MmB2ZmfmUkej2ZO_glplXN0sSCrpssolLuOLVCWoFadQa4mep5wrzwv4BQJV-qoHBTQM1yFUtW8rH_ZVQmHuKoyJrhbY0mS_XM1mddqoo9M2/s2602/20240310_124602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2602" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv8XPt1P19XuKsdmSga9YGNFNhdV7GQUF_Xll30edE9B4Pt1YcqPU9kkqdTNzWNE_DigmMXFNPpRm60H0MmB2ZmfmUkej2ZO_glplXN0sSCrpssolLuOLVCWoFadQa4mep5wrzwv4BQJV-qoHBTQM1yFUtW8rH_ZVQmHuKoyJrhbY0mS_XM1mddqoo9M2/s320/20240310_124602.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Wargames Factory and PSC officer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I think they all work quite nicely together and given I have about thirty of the 3d prints, roughly the same number of Wargames Factory figures, plus fifty-eight PSC now, that's probably as many as I need for an early Ostfront (think Barbarossa 1941) force to oppose the Blitzkrieg Germans - now I just need a couple of T26 tanks and maybe an armoured car and a T34......oh dear!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2xoGO8KLkcQzYeyALh5NE481wS8lDAJRUXkOkWa3kj7PVbL7BXqCUKwMHVyAiF58Qj7quorL-ZUDBcGsb22Na8L-59BQW7TdYxhddzeRR4mW_7L-DMiT6e2fph3Hrmk2v6xX8_O_92rVNlkocTMmUAw21Fv3jSt9DSJhs1AYUaoB6Jg5sn0MVazt3405/s336/butter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="336" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2xoGO8KLkcQzYeyALh5NE481wS8lDAJRUXkOkWa3kj7PVbL7BXqCUKwMHVyAiF58Qj7quorL-ZUDBcGsb22Na8L-59BQW7TdYxhddzeRR4mW_7L-DMiT6e2fph3Hrmk2v6xX8_O_92rVNlkocTMmUAw21Fv3jSt9DSJhs1AYUaoB6Jg5sn0MVazt3405/s320/butter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time for me to flutter off - thanks for dropping by!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-15674507142031389312024-03-10T16:31:00.002+13:002024-03-10T16:39:38.691+13:00Last of the Fallschirmjaegers.<p> Or, at least, I <i>thought</i> it was - but I just discovered two black undercoated figures amongst the chaos on my painting desk - so they will have to be completed before this task can be signed off as done.</p><p>Not much excitement here for regular readers - they are the same batch of 10 1st Corps FSJ figures as in the first two sections - but with the addition of a two-man platoon command group. Keep going to the end, and I will throw in some bonus images of the most recent arrivals - I think they might be a bit of a surprise!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAicRsI287DH8lWuZH1yCiFQy3uCBI9jv2xDnHe0OqhX2u4SCkAB85oZQUH78NmM3dFPvEIMx-XjAEidriDQNO5aZ-9teesMMUHXrtcVbonOat_8PNPJ42-2RPVxo48TbIJoUhkM1bMaGtk23oOO3t6QHnwRHgZ2pE8dQCzR5ZDoMM07IE1wjhAG2sSRg/s2077/20240309_170932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="2077" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAicRsI287DH8lWuZH1yCiFQy3uCBI9jv2xDnHe0OqhX2u4SCkAB85oZQUH78NmM3dFPvEIMx-XjAEidriDQNO5aZ-9teesMMUHXrtcVbonOat_8PNPJ42-2RPVxo48TbIJoUhkM1bMaGtk23oOO3t6QHnwRHgZ2pE8dQCzR5ZDoMM07IE1wjhAG2sSRg/s320/20240309_170932.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two-man command group - Ok, but without being great, is my summation of the figures.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmVg6akLMfz7kHhf_QdCwbL-FQ-PR-wzbAsCUY0UMqlr2k4LTRNABSWLGiE9XpNDKxvJFki6JCI-BHEgovWimKw7Ks4b-a1AvQlt0IVswQz6PKXy3Iy3Cch_z6ak0WOM2fkP-vGbazbtkx5dFxX6OB11_07h8Em_ViR2wCvp1oZmfwYM_7zzJ4R2hWBj9/s2319/20240309_170952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2319" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmVg6akLMfz7kHhf_QdCwbL-FQ-PR-wzbAsCUY0UMqlr2k4LTRNABSWLGiE9XpNDKxvJFki6JCI-BHEgovWimKw7Ks4b-a1AvQlt0IVswQz6PKXy3Iy3Cch_z6ak0WOM2fkP-vGbazbtkx5dFxX6OB11_07h8Em_ViR2wCvp1oZmfwYM_7zzJ4R2hWBj9/s320/20240309_170952.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QkhSyg3xssAIVr3dMCtN6LZKaIL9he-Yz3AMcf6ZRPb6dAn9NwIDfgemOVO6Jjm2T1KAIAspASVZ_KyGUhHjupy79IKj5moWpmtgxCPgEAedoPFvLfLeBjztaNy62N-OB2axKLxwsLF4bcWGaEiwHSSwFP3_B3a-1dU4f5b8tPHXTanTQ-qmznQoTp7W/s2362/20240309_171013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2362" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QkhSyg3xssAIVr3dMCtN6LZKaIL9he-Yz3AMcf6ZRPb6dAn9NwIDfgemOVO6Jjm2T1KAIAspASVZ_KyGUhHjupy79IKj5moWpmtgxCPgEAedoPFvLfLeBjztaNy62N-OB2axKLxwsLF4bcWGaEiwHSSwFP3_B3a-1dU4f5b8tPHXTanTQ-qmznQoTp7W/s320/20240309_171013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MG34 team #1</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgjhyYcgjOYAMAP91CLCA4JlQX_0oTAxQxf72MlEggNW5wMm6djPYh25NP5hoKsFx36fqqNIiF7WaftCZG5D0Gxh2IIKWWrJjaYR4tkQ-20D8VM_IfJdk-KYv-WroEf_EGoIPxUZ05Xi7XrxVdO9quvVBji50oTe1aIrcvslZoJEOwezNq-l2mlp3jIzK/s2427/20240309_171137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1663" data-original-width="2427" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgjhyYcgjOYAMAP91CLCA4JlQX_0oTAxQxf72MlEggNW5wMm6djPYh25NP5hoKsFx36fqqNIiF7WaftCZG5D0Gxh2IIKWWrJjaYR4tkQ-20D8VM_IfJdk-KYv-WroEf_EGoIPxUZ05Xi7XrxVdO9quvVBji50oTe1aIrcvslZoJEOwezNq-l2mlp3jIzK/s320/20240309_171137.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rifle section #1</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-0O8_gRcEfbojKRjHXnlrJy57ozfYCncyvrQO2RYLyoEdiy_jLG6Lfd3i7SOfRxRmcuM4xIiMXDLtRj827dqYqaBXwDA62wQvSmlFq3eHCCSUD0lIsFKc62mxPtdQ3AIWhU3VvJ9AztWSd0nxiWI8z0aa7zDQIOLQaPDyjG5K97pVDtGWxD8W0Rii4UN/s2442/20240309_171252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="2442" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-0O8_gRcEfbojKRjHXnlrJy57ozfYCncyvrQO2RYLyoEdiy_jLG6Lfd3i7SOfRxRmcuM4xIiMXDLtRj827dqYqaBXwDA62wQvSmlFq3eHCCSUD0lIsFKc62mxPtdQ3AIWhU3VvJ9AztWSd0nxiWI8z0aa7zDQIOLQaPDyjG5K97pVDtGWxD8W0Rii4UN/s320/20240309_171252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nYGt3a1UpXvtR7TtUeRMPRHjc3pMEy3n4CFXcyIiHXxDq4uuz58m8JMHU-OpYkM9InFIEKB9dAsx-3AjIaZMX4BQxrYNOx5Xgusq89f-LUw-0NO4Dm3flC31NHECNt2Yon4UPbmALe_PkPGEHDNlAojWE5RuIo92bVO2i0z0mZBCfwa8sxfxOUPy6d9f/s2378/20240309_171317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The most recent arrivals are figures I have been trying to buy for about 6 months but seemed to be constantly out of stock with the supplier, Templer Miniatures, in Scotland. Finally, though, the guys at Templer contacted me to say the figures were available, so I ordered a few packs......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8A9B04yqlob1Ykadi3jnPhPFwduQ6sCXqI14PR5oowLu3m6v0ZN2KXKhkIgpX_aVzKZAi_T2-tQDEj9scukQ5YWj3aoIz0iq_JKMjQtO053hIOjHrVloQZxWHXY8FOJ5P1S_1rk-LRy0yRU1nRHfhI0UuOhSWJf-L2ot0MTlXTiLq51Ncvk9jNjQY4gy/s2360/20240302_145325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2360" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8A9B04yqlob1Ykadi3jnPhPFwduQ6sCXqI14PR5oowLu3m6v0ZN2KXKhkIgpX_aVzKZAi_T2-tQDEj9scukQ5YWj3aoIz0iq_JKMjQtO053hIOjHrVloQZxWHXY8FOJ5P1S_1rk-LRy0yRU1nRHfhI0UuOhSWJf-L2ot0MTlXTiLq51Ncvk9jNjQY4gy/s320/20240302_145325.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They may seem familiar to regular readers of this blog....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF2X2DIW82pnmZRpZatNYRUYlM-i7cMOflv7hH5vmWaEAmmoEaVllNxw9Fu6Kz7L5rcEaiODy79q4AVAi-SSTn2xw_GJqsDDvJ3nSoganiMzq-55CCYqsO_eytGFxXWBvwgagkM0_nuuzLEpKB6a1DZcAdUVK0zxFFF46AoyIR_Ieu5pcdJbYJIvRtNf_/s3080/20240302_145427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="3080" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF2X2DIW82pnmZRpZatNYRUYlM-i7cMOflv7hH5vmWaEAmmoEaVllNxw9Fu6Kz7L5rcEaiODy79q4AVAi-SSTn2xw_GJqsDDvJ3nSoganiMzq-55CCYqsO_eytGFxXWBvwgagkM0_nuuzLEpKB6a1DZcAdUVK0zxFFF46AoyIR_Ieu5pcdJbYJIvRtNf_/s320/20240302_145427.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.... yes, indeed, they are some rather nice Spanish Civil War miniatures.......</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39WLBhMA6uZ2nj1V_gv5v6rRw8ZZYVzULbOB6crlABu65JjzvN8XRGocejM55KT0NTLm0eOd_mLy496fPFZ2kSSDEgm3H2AXN0JD_iANyG6wxrcM1FlwmDB-LNiXA_Nf8VfAag-HXZP9ajXkZ8Z5dIRHoVBh3kSAix3ekR7XHjVg8iXAkAYJVfISWZv2p/s2556/20240302_145521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="2556" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39WLBhMA6uZ2nj1V_gv5v6rRw8ZZYVzULbOB6crlABu65JjzvN8XRGocejM55KT0NTLm0eOd_mLy496fPFZ2kSSDEgm3H2AXN0JD_iANyG6wxrcM1FlwmDB-LNiXA_Nf8VfAag-HXZP9ajXkZ8Z5dIRHoVBh3kSAix3ekR7XHjVg8iXAkAYJVfISWZv2p/s320/20240302_145521.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.... but the odd thing is, they are 28mm!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWrEdfrMLuYwOQOchF3pUXsyAxHV6BLO8PmcEyXQsPum-L2NEgZqhaaqatrSuA2bdVTyLKU69_6qdrwyDY7MVoKyCCOet0ZSmU5f95uqv2rmHFkEPeT8p0HzNMkO1dV41m0ukspyR-kF5U_2MHrVfS11FrsYvH-nAB4JRL8ElwnlvlnmK7rf2e_UP4S99/s2869/20240302_145623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="2869" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWrEdfrMLuYwOQOchF3pUXsyAxHV6BLO8PmcEyXQsPum-L2NEgZqhaaqatrSuA2bdVTyLKU69_6qdrwyDY7MVoKyCCOet0ZSmU5f95uqv2rmHFkEPeT8p0HzNMkO1dV41m0ukspyR-kF5U_2MHrVfS11FrsYvH-nAB4JRL8ElwnlvlnmK7rf2e_UP4S99/s320/20240302_145623.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first few images were, of course, Milicianas!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtQaEhYhSJEUZRTQYIhcYMIwTUYv-IRel27fL7WhbjVHmaMlYTSO1-lzoscg9oQna-A09Sn_YQuYJ8GPfwXLsxRsLeVhM5C4YKL9Mhk-2QCanqX_Yih8Fj56MV5krQ04qTQR9cQiFoxuSdQWiFXNRh-hwYoJ0RWwLojSRn4TSjUdZuvipJNRxuNSwHilL/s3258/20240302_150648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="3258" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtQaEhYhSJEUZRTQYIhcYMIwTUYv-IRel27fL7WhbjVHmaMlYTSO1-lzoscg9oQna-A09Sn_YQuYJ8GPfwXLsxRsLeVhM5C4YKL9Mhk-2QCanqX_Yih8Fj56MV5krQ04qTQR9cQiFoxuSdQWiFXNRh-hwYoJ0RWwLojSRn4TSjUdZuvipJNRxuNSwHilL/s320/20240302_150648.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I got some male colleagues too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIeWLR1L4yhK54F4HP7Jz_A7KcCMgZXr3-smAOToy9lFfMNzVPuME1Z3F9wUzTb_2WcYaTeAhonbve95CdjEQghw3s7GpWtxFYUopOGthhlXp74_oKlPnO0y2Hok3GUsAnQ25Pw3Y1rzrnpZahI95Vw8OSWFUOduP8QMKEb2LVDnDJ_-qV5KdrE7oRtuc/s2227/20240302_150737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2227" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIeWLR1L4yhK54F4HP7Jz_A7KcCMgZXr3-smAOToy9lFfMNzVPuME1Z3F9wUzTb_2WcYaTeAhonbve95CdjEQghw3s7GpWtxFYUopOGthhlXp74_oKlPnO0y2Hok3GUsAnQ25Pw3Y1rzrnpZahI95Vw8OSWFUOduP8QMKEb2LVDnDJ_-qV5KdrE7oRtuc/s320/20240302_150737.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, the senoritas are suitably diminutive, alongside the hombre!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qhMJ-OUJ0zmC0aiQ_paL64qbvCcb0zO2udEmp8Xu_A2l17KU4IlUECfTcM2ebBF3HTwePVu_Fwkij2djGE-6ouoIZMn2MNPVC1v5yODvm2nLtckWRAY__0Wicu0UoRcY7larRpf0n1_tTIcqsM03cbYRrHCtRxX14pPVilEhz4VH1fdZoE7zYL2wEGSq/s3502/20240302_151128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3502" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qhMJ-OUJ0zmC0aiQ_paL64qbvCcb0zO2udEmp8Xu_A2l17KU4IlUECfTcM2ebBF3HTwePVu_Fwkij2djGE-6ouoIZMn2MNPVC1v5yODvm2nLtckWRAY__0Wicu0UoRcY7larRpf0n1_tTIcqsM03cbYRrHCtRxX14pPVilEhz4VH1fdZoE7zYL2wEGSq/s320/20240302_151128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male Urban Militia</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S0g0rmOW5rjAyXonh2zhJmzWhP1IOKR3bNmkZOG7OGVwlHf8l88ilSNmO4Fse0hjBTYa-lFNgTJrhS6gqRP-QkWaT9m_a-CzJqh3UjgmSy94RmfIqVD532_U2FQB99IOd9XeAOUmTLUZI78BjCY4aHumc4YYiwMqwPEhAyh9AVCIFfBIlwlOzorpxmYQ/s2748/20240302_151445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2748" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S0g0rmOW5rjAyXonh2zhJmzWhP1IOKR3bNmkZOG7OGVwlHf8l88ilSNmO4Fse0hjBTYa-lFNgTJrhS6gqRP-QkWaT9m_a-CzJqh3UjgmSy94RmfIqVD532_U2FQB99IOd9XeAOUmTLUZI78BjCY4aHumc4YYiwMqwPEhAyh9AVCIFfBIlwlOzorpxmYQ/s320/20240302_151445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Assault Guards Command</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaYO4btHyzrFWvLqt-xvVpzi8mPfcfr7Roxm3P3LOsQnqKSXzPr4pqP7AFKjnP5FFXQ_Wy0JlTdlfGa71wWrk-bfJifjzH3YQZKFjkh11QUiPQ-SWJYS7wXJ2Imhcj7N4kP4AMK5ER1bsEaXjs4mmEslaHIounaZ0XLDdpJaZJQUYTHVwbkegIedkwZbI/s3073/20240302_152122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="3073" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaYO4btHyzrFWvLqt-xvVpzi8mPfcfr7Roxm3P3LOsQnqKSXzPr4pqP7AFKjnP5FFXQ_Wy0JlTdlfGa71wWrk-bfJifjzH3YQZKFjkh11QUiPQ-SWJYS7wXJ2Imhcj7N4kP4AMK5ER1bsEaXjs4mmEslaHIounaZ0XLDdpJaZJQUYTHVwbkegIedkwZbI/s320/20240302_152122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Assault Guards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Not sure when these will hit the painting table - after my start of the year spending spree, I have lots of stuff on hand to keep me busy - and as if I did not, I just picked up a nice bargain on our local online auction site, a bunch of 58 x 28mm PSC Russian infantry for the princely sum of $35 - probably about fifteen quid with our crappy exchange rate at the moment! They are exactly the same sculpts as the 20mm/ 1/72 figures I already have; not as detailed as some 28mm plastics, but still good enough and a great way to get more or less all the 28mm Russian infantry I might need one day, if the Blitzkrieg Germans decide to head East!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here is a quick taster:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYU-xxiVX8c2EVdfVD9k0oSx-nuJm4CzWnkewCCfL23qcRZZ-W8KhDRTAu3JNnb7KkxNyAb4iTwNnMjzAZWOPGs4_tJwDiSnMMzJNP5lkix8JDpp-BElgCM0lEnFSUPyoGIsEUjtoEiXa9zfca-cwOw-aXVDE9VwBIfgcm30bK51dpvQTNw7yPrjOJp8Vt/s3174/20240310_094425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="3174" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYU-xxiVX8c2EVdfVD9k0oSx-nuJm4CzWnkewCCfL23qcRZZ-W8KhDRTAu3JNnb7KkxNyAb4iTwNnMjzAZWOPGs4_tJwDiSnMMzJNP5lkix8JDpp-BElgCM0lEnFSUPyoGIsEUjtoEiXa9zfca-cwOw-aXVDE9VwBIfgcm30bK51dpvQTNw7yPrjOJp8Vt/s320/20240310_094425.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Officer and nurse - as purchased on left, after my attentions on the right. The great thing is, the basics are already done, so I "upgraded" about 20 figures in an hour or so - more of them soon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSeWL3eyJjj5pT6mjG0Nm_69qsL7EQkQh9RNj8QOBxyBk0f_fRF4s9DKpNBWbZqR2ARXN8FTH89TRpFOiVxcCfeIjO13oGnH3UHwNFRGNPzPSAr-tfM7fsZMDEbT0XBBZIfNaHd1PCK-N85VJA1vUU9W84f8RUfzsmLX0vUkvJt2jDEPv9b2WZ7R6YkCb/s3034/20240310_094611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="3034" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSeWL3eyJjj5pT6mjG0Nm_69qsL7EQkQh9RNj8QOBxyBk0f_fRF4s9DKpNBWbZqR2ARXN8FTH89TRpFOiVxcCfeIjO13oGnH3UHwNFRGNPzPSAr-tfM7fsZMDEbT0XBBZIfNaHd1PCK-N85VJA1vUU9W84f8RUfzsmLX0vUkvJt2jDEPv9b2WZ7R6YkCb/s320/20240310_094611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here they are, next to one of the two recalcitrantly unpainted Fallschirmjaegers, to give an idea of scale - I think they match up well, how about you?</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-26949772915126287192024-03-08T21:23:00.002+13:002024-03-08T21:23:58.995+13:00Sharpe Practice Thursday Game<p> Had an early end of week game on Thursday night at Julian's place - John and I in attendance. As John had not played before, I suggested Julian and I should take one side and he, the other - jokes! John and I had the French and Julian had a slightly smaller British force. Both sides had two light infantry units of 6 figures each plus a leader, then we had four line infantry (two each) of 8 figures plus leader and Julian had three I think...... or maybe, he had four line and only one light......</p><p>A very basic pick-up scenario (I think that's the "in" phrase the hip wargamers use!) with both sides coming on random entry points and the aim being to control the strategic hamlet - which rather stupidly, Julian had put right on the French table edge, so I walked on and in about two moves, we controlled it. I just sat there the rest of the game, holding the buildings and taking long range pot shots at Julian, that mostly missed, but occasionally did him some damage, whilst suffering no casualties at all myself!</p><p>All the action was on our other flank, where John did a great job, initially taking the fight to Julian and then trading shots toe to toe before eventually coming out on top and winning us the game! Vive La France! Vive L'Empereur!</p><p>Not a lot of pics as it was quite a static battle, but enough to give a flavour of the game hopefully.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtROlK3cpSk06CJv6Wu8CBRrV06XWo5S4TfG4fHe1uNYMkhSw0Us2Q5qRH7sPR8Oo41Wx2KHW4dpiy_VNQudYO9iyg8eOOkjGnt3k5Uz6_6WLUWMbadL1noGuAvCfMRcKwhpNRiyfreZP7IBAml6xuDKU9VPbcqV4JEcolnxXwuDwPCqzKHzISNTz_lkr/s4080/20240307_165305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtROlK3cpSk06CJv6Wu8CBRrV06XWo5S4TfG4fHe1uNYMkhSw0Us2Q5qRH7sPR8Oo41Wx2KHW4dpiy_VNQudYO9iyg8eOOkjGnt3k5Uz6_6WLUWMbadL1noGuAvCfMRcKwhpNRiyfreZP7IBAml6xuDKU9VPbcqV4JEcolnxXwuDwPCqzKHzISNTz_lkr/s320/20240307_165305.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Voltigeurs (above) and Ligne, move into position on our first activations.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVSwywHORm3owFAntcmOPUynPH2qQWtFR7vrQj12kV1DfuRIwNtsZLKH7RaOMuYdK4oJaKsFPlfosIi6ydczrTepDc0bwBLhX4gyrWLCNz4XNA8eR_YplcVNeGFCLHb92I2jCyBzmARXaW2oY9GXVrZbPXruh4xxv7klzdbvyQpiXvhX5d882oCip3_5X/s4080/20240307_165341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVSwywHORm3owFAntcmOPUynPH2qQWtFR7vrQj12kV1DfuRIwNtsZLKH7RaOMuYdK4oJaKsFPlfosIi6ydczrTepDc0bwBLhX4gyrWLCNz4XNA8eR_YplcVNeGFCLHb92I2jCyBzmARXaW2oY9GXVrZbPXruh4xxv7klzdbvyQpiXvhX5d882oCip3_5X/s320/20240307_165341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJF1OI6mrHOHlNb-1pbfxlKviFmsT5yaSTQYoVl2Hx2iQlg0G_eabodIXPx-Mv2izFlt-rKN4lJoZnRVU6WE1G2Y5IVrJ5uNL44hTXC7D98r_5fXLF8OGEebaxUelXFmxeVzl-MLOMthGTozU7U0T0p2Ma38P8bKzZzQVl9IORNIhiBlHgV60HKUOZn4n/s3551/20240307_173046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3551" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJF1OI6mrHOHlNb-1pbfxlKviFmsT5yaSTQYoVl2Hx2iQlg0G_eabodIXPx-Mv2izFlt-rKN4lJoZnRVU6WE1G2Y5IVrJ5uNL44hTXC7D98r_5fXLF8OGEebaxUelXFmxeVzl-MLOMthGTozU7U0T0p2Ma38P8bKzZzQVl9IORNIhiBlHgV60HKUOZn4n/s320/20240307_173046.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julians "large" command (one grade III officer with three groups) moves towards the woods, which John is hurriedly occupying with his faster moving Voltigeurs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOkh05SPqLqMktTE2Wqk_I4INSg7R0tUUjRwI0H2ZHbMaZt5NDXJgqoMkZZNvahDbRLGGSac6v4hnNW_i1aTedgbWpUdIj6VTlq_u5YOstfb-IicfFtshjNblgtggGlp2fF9oQ5lrrLyZYdA6rA85YokqRwHMbV8X5srcgpcqhKmG4LYI_iUhC5T3Xb9E/s4080/20240307_173053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Voltigeurs in occupation of one of the houses - giving them the "hard cover" bonus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IrpYfm6-9rhyphenhyphenRE3KenzotukDB5ThZmBRG3wlRRhbt256iJJqAIsXnLbVxHlgozRccoZ9aD8jJpIaSZBn-iGceRVSJTGK_87LpqLJ_g4Vf2C2iHvMYz_POs0XUwDmkQ_akQr3-eGI4gn0ccXySOVbtTwWFDoGKFmyai-CAVPIHJ4CJOMoZ9KD_dEChnoD/s4080/20240307_181001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IrpYfm6-9rhyphenhyphenRE3KenzotukDB5ThZmBRG3wlRRhbt256iJJqAIsXnLbVxHlgozRccoZ9aD8jJpIaSZBn-iGceRVSJTGK_87LpqLJ_g4Vf2C2iHvMYz_POs0XUwDmkQ_akQr3-eGI4gn0ccXySOVbtTwWFDoGKFmyai-CAVPIHJ4CJOMoZ9KD_dEChnoD/s320/20240307_181001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Long range shooting from my Voltigeurs killed one Brit and added 3 shock - much easier to do when the target is out in the open!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKnJT4fXI2HIMDqFS1d-cXCvcsW7zWOLp3g7mDIuoAtkQbIyZb3yO6fcsWkTgCa_FFEbwFiweDzhWaEM0VaHA81XK2OuXb_qCZUXzMS4y1b8HqvMRyt17liP6OWKWhGOyd5lt0sBDUyLl6MJSU1EfwLjS4kaV_owgywGbd56E1USsoZquzOZDjx0HH7S1/s2048/IMG-20240307-WA0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKnJT4fXI2HIMDqFS1d-cXCvcsW7zWOLp3g7mDIuoAtkQbIyZb3yO6fcsWkTgCa_FFEbwFiweDzhWaEM0VaHA81XK2OuXb_qCZUXzMS4y1b8HqvMRyt17liP6OWKWhGOyd5lt0sBDUyLl6MJSU1EfwLjS4kaV_owgywGbd56E1USsoZquzOZDjx0HH7S1/s320/IMG-20240307-WA0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Close ups of the action on John's flank, courtesy of John, of course!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipH3LWdxZhO3hFVhGKLXppC8n7duDSWUpI1jQEt5R5ebgw0yQfT7-YSCi1krr7cicWb6VG6ZESBk7jwUoOPtrOli7Cv5oeEGkUHNoufAo5Vh3PC9sj8wjTLQBiWqhf6gd3U5G_ZNkwR_Bd7gJBwzXc6Sn0_k6v3Hc9IabcrGTl2oCLd9JKJf6HtRmhYRHz/s2048/IMG-20240307-WA0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipH3LWdxZhO3hFVhGKLXppC8n7duDSWUpI1jQEt5R5ebgw0yQfT7-YSCi1krr7cicWb6VG6ZESBk7jwUoOPtrOli7Cv5oeEGkUHNoufAo5Vh3PC9sj8wjTLQBiWqhf6gd3U5G_ZNkwR_Bd7gJBwzXc6Sn0_k6v3Hc9IabcrGTl2oCLd9JKJf6HtRmhYRHz/s320/IMG-20240307-WA0007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The French are in the woods!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-Q_LEH2gq3Uv0woZ5aiFeMzS4IXcs1AKA0XhPMu0pEwRAFx9kRKmpLMzXsXRnMfcWgh6r-SOAX6d8GJ34shBIi5GsnOE4_Lqb-rMa4XEQyJHs_a7A1CNSrB7adq2nfPs-j-I8mewLGqZRoqg2a5joKtk7ONUioz7PhMEGqkdEcz9_n_NkWgNtlHesEMz/s2048/IMG-20240307-WA0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-Q_LEH2gq3Uv0woZ5aiFeMzS4IXcs1AKA0XhPMu0pEwRAFx9kRKmpLMzXsXRnMfcWgh6r-SOAX6d8GJ34shBIi5GsnOE4_Lqb-rMa4XEQyJHs_a7A1CNSrB7adq2nfPs-j-I8mewLGqZRoqg2a5joKtk7ONUioz7PhMEGqkdEcz9_n_NkWgNtlHesEMz/s320/IMG-20240307-WA0012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But shortly thereafter, the two remaining other British groups combined to kill four of the six Voltigeurs, driving them from the field!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMY485MWsS1wQaN2RuzUFq75p-WIKSkubSHDi7S4_dx2UUDKQ_hkh0bunfFJPKLL2AIKZ84JH-r-oxRls4fHlYiriKGDBpDYAu7cEtT2XjQQvJug3d3aJ6jw_T2UQpReUX-hy6b6QRQVduJK95qiPYI8_pIpoZRWKjXyFtBAmqm0i8C_CgFHqQlviwVju/s4080/20240307_184527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMY485MWsS1wQaN2RuzUFq75p-WIKSkubSHDi7S4_dx2UUDKQ_hkh0bunfFJPKLL2AIKZ84JH-r-oxRls4fHlYiriKGDBpDYAu7cEtT2XjQQvJug3d3aJ6jw_T2UQpReUX-hy6b6QRQVduJK95qiPYI8_pIpoZRWKjXyFtBAmqm0i8C_CgFHqQlviwVju/s320/20240307_184527.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Their sacrifice was not in vain, however, as reinforcements had arrived in the shape of the two units of Ligne. Their combined fire, plus some long-range sniping from my house bound Voltigeurs, drove back one British unit with three dead and six shock!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMV5O93qZkpQBotDg0tzgpytZuIWwWBsDXP5HQpqY-8WYM-54vAuOrVq1lnaguRrpHhwV0ARq2tRI-Ha-jTd_XY0ruAQHbw_B565wE_Oo34deRIzCXn8lDIDf-iiuRRfIiY_OTkSl8Z5xc9KKrEptCIJRvZwBmPnzsQL_UOG0kisYuKSX2bmIw0hGDS9W/s4080/20240307_185335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMV5O93qZkpQBotDg0tzgpytZuIWwWBsDXP5HQpqY-8WYM-54vAuOrVq1lnaguRrpHhwV0ARq2tRI-Ha-jTd_XY0ruAQHbw_B565wE_Oo34deRIzCXn8lDIDf-iiuRRfIiY_OTkSl8Z5xc9KKrEptCIJRvZwBmPnzsQL_UOG0kisYuKSX2bmIw0hGDS9W/s320/20240307_185335.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another round of fire - we had to take a pic of this dice roll - two dead and FIVE shock on the same unit - it was not long for the table!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugUYkFg2QcsxMotmzGaGpgCj2ZeH9nWFe8e8u3TuEyd3m9PTQRqOCW4aXH_b2QgPjC2SG6YabwdXNu9b8SI4gLmGjSlpbZ3g3QsOWbbPraYhCRgwRHAryELswKyw-_P0pt76ihmXLQRvrGp7aUjgwB4KjRGu4OrYGPl4BuOLuxUtAXbVW0MqxprjWPCUy/s4080/20240307_185716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugUYkFg2QcsxMotmzGaGpgCj2ZeH9nWFe8e8u3TuEyd3m9PTQRqOCW4aXH_b2QgPjC2SG6YabwdXNu9b8SI4gLmGjSlpbZ3g3QsOWbbPraYhCRgwRHAryELswKyw-_P0pt76ihmXLQRvrGp7aUjgwB4KjRGu4OrYGPl4BuOLuxUtAXbVW0MqxprjWPCUy/s320/20240307_185716.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A slight disparity in casualties as you can see - thus far, Johns Ligne has lost nary a man!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTgncUm3-3F9Q7hrsl6E5mzc4mGxwqON_E6_NAMvfod3vX3COuKBIZuo0REywxXgI8XTL4vis0GT7SLIyXxv25X6QdUZHIdx5V0Oct7wpxxHD_8LQdAh6sNj8f5bUrmfJ-Mx9r_WBhbxn-Opc25il-y6B0PdLQBo-4amSSU3Chm-3UTGsbWaYm7P7_UJ7/s4080/20240307_200022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTgncUm3-3F9Q7hrsl6E5mzc4mGxwqON_E6_NAMvfod3vX3COuKBIZuo0REywxXgI8XTL4vis0GT7SLIyXxv25X6QdUZHIdx5V0Oct7wpxxHD_8LQdAh6sNj8f5bUrmfJ-Mx9r_WBhbxn-Opc25il-y6B0PdLQBo-4amSSU3Chm-3UTGsbWaYm7P7_UJ7/s320/20240307_200022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">.... killing a British Light Infantryman - with one dead, the leader must roll one D6 - a score of equal or less than the number of troops killed means the leader is also hit.... !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKljC4mTioa7AYNYIxRDPv_x4jf6nQs5d2L2YVa2jFe-8KHQ8Ojdb6XSvwwTQ2Xz-sDP1PmBliCj1ePxtFNsGbq9uH6RwSI5XIdRjgdnBzP3z6b4G8RWEm5M47D6Kn3FJ7yTDuSfKPFkkmS4iuj5-umEVfXUFWAwJ8sXIL-ii51PfC2rNw_n6XJia9xlb/s2048/IMG-20240307-WA0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKljC4mTioa7AYNYIxRDPv_x4jf6nQs5d2L2YVa2jFe-8KHQ8Ojdb6XSvwwTQ2Xz-sDP1PmBliCj1ePxtFNsGbq9uH6RwSI5XIdRjgdnBzP3z6b4G8RWEm5M47D6Kn3FJ7yTDuSfKPFkkmS4iuj5-umEVfXUFWAwJ8sXIL-ii51PfC2rNw_n6XJia9xlb/s320/IMG-20240307-WA0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Johns close up of the LI and their leader - before he died!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYb3_oMatRPEm95Q4oLyC-Bhl025jxSoy6K0lgGZ-89wz3gqxz7guLOY1uyvEdQU2Js9gXGn_sDlBgO5RWIDEebrBTpdTVEm7o9NT62HP_nEx0aTkh8NaC_4qDLaXInPunyPVsUd-v8ICScwA26KZbF10oANhm1PdChnEBqV-FeefccAyehaI97c6wWWSC/s3376/20240307_201747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3376" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYb3_oMatRPEm95Q4oLyC-Bhl025jxSoy6K0lgGZ-89wz3gqxz7guLOY1uyvEdQU2Js9gXGn_sDlBgO5RWIDEebrBTpdTVEm7o9NT62HP_nEx0aTkh8NaC_4qDLaXInPunyPVsUd-v8ICScwA26KZbF10oANhm1PdChnEBqV-FeefccAyehaI97c6wWWSC/s320/20240307_201747.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">British return fire put a few shock on the Ligne...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlAxwcAEf6LtatNAmVPxsaaawHUFRKV3U0Jo71BQtal7TYkNFBJqzR6IvsKexQ5gexD4I0dZ87_A-vFnaL7x-L3RFIOFT7b3_2b6u7UqEVklqIT9JNezXHMm59OipPKM-V-NkV1Q5UiOWzTLPPHnWhMfS4AwTYhucTz-3OrOnVDa6fcDPxm4Ao2E8wwME/s4080/20240307_201800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlAxwcAEf6LtatNAmVPxsaaawHUFRKV3U0Jo71BQtal7TYkNFBJqzR6IvsKexQ5gexD4I0dZ87_A-vFnaL7x-L3RFIOFT7b3_2b6u7UqEVklqIT9JNezXHMm59OipPKM-V-NkV1Q5UiOWzTLPPHnWhMfS4AwTYhucTz-3OrOnVDa6fcDPxm4Ao2E8wwME/s320/20240307_201800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Brits really made no headway at all on my flank, with two of my units in hard cover, occupying the buildings, and the third in the light cover of the adjacent woods!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzdRvfpkYUvbGkT03nCF7IHFk3hYEZCF4_NTQpSBKEA8XGCbYqH2lWB603on4QTCNhX8wcEq1AGF8aTtE5zAXVQIIcZ679agchoVCnvqJz-8V7NCYQzJKyB0dy4Q7TfW1jgpEQTeqZltP8frQ9kqQogUIegZdIxogBg7GhVMJajY3YAEg9gMjvL3lgYv7/s2974/20240307_203343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="2974" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzdRvfpkYUvbGkT03nCF7IHFk3hYEZCF4_NTQpSBKEA8XGCbYqH2lWB603on4QTCNhX8wcEq1AGF8aTtE5zAXVQIIcZ679agchoVCnvqJz-8V7NCYQzJKyB0dy4Q7TfW1jgpEQTeqZltP8frQ9kqQogUIegZdIxogBg7GhVMJajY3YAEg9gMjvL3lgYv7/s320/20240307_203343.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julians army morale card had dropped to 5 (from 10 I think)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfaOJp0fAbZeMgmL0jNBlvaXepAvulpI3gBdOzxp3qWdU3S1lAi3vDqZtuPmWNnVkoSW2Tf-xUXf3W7RaPUggfdz098BDpAa3IAZQLtoS8Hrv9amllZYfb3hnA2QuBuWfe6BqZkFKmdpMpLphYSnkxA-Mks4rjmJVSlxmZb5RnKckuWJUBM7hyphenhyphenAhmqEIV/s2370/20240307_203350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1763" data-original-width="2370" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfaOJp0fAbZeMgmL0jNBlvaXepAvulpI3gBdOzxp3qWdU3S1lAi3vDqZtuPmWNnVkoSW2Tf-xUXf3W7RaPUggfdz098BDpAa3IAZQLtoS8Hrv9amllZYfb3hnA2QuBuWfe6BqZkFKmdpMpLphYSnkxA-Mks4rjmJVSlxmZb5RnKckuWJUBM7hyphenhyphenAhmqEIV/s320/20240307_203350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whilst ours was still on 8!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A3Hv4AvqjLVhJmCzG0_3_dRr4KKDusKalkf9a0kSJTnFpmIuHu0MDWAcOCaV_SHnrDJPydT-yILIHy7gs-z974cMgSkBa1OVIPGcNsVeHbI8u6TwNCNULMLHJ9Mj98t0YepXyAyF-uWMorGhnXxKVd1vrBxU333ZMnbhi5LGOqCSi4pi6QC3BSHrvaVX/s4080/20240307_203649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A3Hv4AvqjLVhJmCzG0_3_dRr4KKDusKalkf9a0kSJTnFpmIuHu0MDWAcOCaV_SHnrDJPydT-yILIHy7gs-z974cMgSkBa1OVIPGcNsVeHbI8u6TwNCNULMLHJ9Mj98t0YepXyAyF-uWMorGhnXxKVd1vrBxU333ZMnbhi5LGOqCSi4pi6QC3BSHrvaVX/s320/20240307_203649.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A second British unit close to departing the field ....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFz0rjY9jj_O_-UdaA2_J7fRAqmgfQLQVyeppAkXstzu_8qZ_iZA_c_zZQDt-ZWoaD1TDVIVFn6A7ewCIpQEEaAp-HbhJGLsIpfih8Yv7N8of3a4BrIAG7oK8vekuuqrIszFB-leSo01ugWkMga1IY2jkoA10r2lIPu1OqC2R6AFnxW2SjO8oo95-DcWR/s4080/20240307_203707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFz0rjY9jj_O_-UdaA2_J7fRAqmgfQLQVyeppAkXstzu_8qZ_iZA_c_zZQDt-ZWoaD1TDVIVFn6A7ewCIpQEEaAp-HbhJGLsIpfih8Yv7N8of3a4BrIAG7oK8vekuuqrIszFB-leSo01ugWkMga1IY2jkoA10r2lIPu1OqC2R6AFnxW2SjO8oo95-DcWR/s320/20240307_203707.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.... and the third was about to be overwhelmed too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFVzEiKM1U-V4PRnwqUNayhngf3980_XyjCmmdnnaCeKSqHE4p3YR7EA9o8OQtyo8ggvx8goqlUygJ6dax7hozYO0OpJWUMP-mvRVVR352H_tUhIX9x8V7M_fFX-yMD6S8dje5YA1FdXNkbNpLgL-OQzTnW0pdOCu7yKcKPUPw-zyNVXt7M0L729C-b2u/s4080/20240307_210149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFVzEiKM1U-V4PRnwqUNayhngf3980_XyjCmmdnnaCeKSqHE4p3YR7EA9o8OQtyo8ggvx8goqlUygJ6dax7hozYO0OpJWUMP-mvRVVR352H_tUhIX9x8V7M_fFX-yMD6S8dje5YA1FdXNkbNpLgL-OQzTnW0pdOCu7yKcKPUPw-zyNVXt7M0L729C-b2u/s320/20240307_210149.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian called it a day, with my entirely unscathed force in firm control of the strategic village!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A great little game and John did very well for a first timer. We had some good fortune, such as a few turns where all our units got to fire, then the turn ended and Julian was only able to activate one unit in return etc (if you have played SP, you will understand how the activation and command chit draw works!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Thanks for popping in for a visit and any comments are gratefully received!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-55192383051167528272024-03-06T20:44:00.000+13:002024-03-06T20:44:11.927+13:00More Painted Blitzkrieg Germans<p>I have finished off another batch of 1st Corps Fallschirmjaegers, and the final section is just awaiting their basing to be completed. So that is the platoon that arrived a month ago basically done and dusted - I might add a couple of support weapons such as sustained fire MG34 and a mortar, but don't think I "need" more than a platoon of paras for 1940 type games!</p><p>First though, I really liked one of the close-up images gaming mate John took of my Kraftradschutzen at our recent inaugural Blitzkrieg game - I thought it was really evocative of the era and could, in fact, have been an actual period photo - so I put it into the photo app on my laptop and removed all the colour - looks even more like a news/propaganda photo from 1939/40 now, I think!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhR28YZcC84M1bA5oTOJZnMIGTv0A5QQctCSr1Q2wQvSDrw1CkAZFqHPnEIDEthJ0LeNenjFdNU4k99Y39cdSmntLCwpxFbXZsmdkUDXn8DSQj_aBw3R_pFpCMhd9VXU2zZAyMtxi5NyjQiOOvs76bSyNmGot_jlWwYcgmbBjGYykeyQnjWW0gPq6loaMM/s2048/20240305%20BW%20WWII.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LMG team 2</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwLwW_9p_OQ4kjIk4sWU3HVIva3IIwTo5xaocSHNXIshAx4TcT6RYdx3YgQ9RWiWSJfYU9MQMdte9TOBDXyuF6fbLSTSE4EMEYKOJkMEWBO7gn12HZxctebOFblt-8b_QTJE6VjYk0Xc100og-2S9Ac5V7YNqbyUtaVifAHOeGX_zX-oDVDeF8zAS18Xa/s2475/20240306_195154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2475" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwLwW_9p_OQ4kjIk4sWU3HVIva3IIwTo5xaocSHNXIshAx4TcT6RYdx3YgQ9RWiWSJfYU9MQMdte9TOBDXyuF6fbLSTSE4EMEYKOJkMEWBO7gn12HZxctebOFblt-8b_QTJE6VjYk0Xc100og-2S9Ac5V7YNqbyUtaVifAHOeGX_zX-oDVDeF8zAS18Xa/s320/20240306_195154.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, tonight, my second 3d printed halftrack tow - this one I hope is an SdKfz 11!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCX1ggal9QXl6OHlLMyHVygvZBsUADyX8mmt-cCI8UmdL7cvZ1810lVaenM-o9eqqEvlZMPcOfOdw9A_l3_TweKmIGeFRMzT6qKw-OG_K-ybar4rjmuHLbR5b_kdVszO9HMEYsV7LBsTZTjG6pW7jlmGTQRhG4_TQbrZwlzE2wy0umCc0yxlEGL9wlOOiD/s2687/20240306_195216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2687" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCX1ggal9QXl6OHlLMyHVygvZBsUADyX8mmt-cCI8UmdL7cvZ1810lVaenM-o9eqqEvlZMPcOfOdw9A_l3_TweKmIGeFRMzT6qKw-OG_K-ybar4rjmuHLbR5b_kdVszO9HMEYsV7LBsTZTjG6pW7jlmGTQRhG4_TQbrZwlzE2wy0umCc0yxlEGL9wlOOiD/s320/20240306_195216.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXY5Kf1N9jkjbpemTl38-XpSB_uKyshK6yDtYy_t32uicpW4yt_ZkE4Ttyye8S8AzS_-nBYyNjUwt58inuDYmWyqMpditu7knit9SxRkJRui2B0YTkyX8ScQpug-3FVNkHdHov5uTfVphI4umhQtGXpPwuxI5MphQYqY6Knbs1Mcon7u5uYlclQBQRJ8w/s2682/20240306_195226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thats all for this evening - more FSJ shortly, no doubt, and the first of the Opel Blitz trucks has now been sprayed feldgrau, ready for detailing!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-41154468392446103202024-03-04T22:16:00.002+13:002024-03-04T22:16:52.953+13:00SdKfz 10 3D Print<p> The first of the recent 3D prints has rolled off the production line, and pretty nice it is too, even if I do say so myself. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyIIDg1WVUy2rWC_ThQdQc4nHR1qapDWV4HibGGKO9WxCvpGi3LQka9u_WS227rZR4Ls8dJa46qWjbpMUgbXrt-PP9DPTd8e_6YyrxxHpx0zTPipGG5xvKQ-w6WEaMZrnhuVOCfdduGcA1S-cDgcn7chfq5pKhO759xeeCZ0ANHrRHzEHGZF0vtq_kQYz/s3034/20240304_192546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="3034" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyIIDg1WVUy2rWC_ThQdQc4nHR1qapDWV4HibGGKO9WxCvpGi3LQka9u_WS227rZR4Ls8dJa46qWjbpMUgbXrt-PP9DPTd8e_6YyrxxHpx0zTPipGG5xvKQ-w6WEaMZrnhuVOCfdduGcA1S-cDgcn7chfq5pKhO759xeeCZ0ANHrRHzEHGZF0vtq_kQYz/s320/20240304_192546.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the SdKfz 10 halftrack tow vehicle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-zftH19GODfpkj6SnY_Y6shVl6p7jrexytdoyV18LxNwdbKf29s9jSXTpZkg1NdaDYLW8pOPsHpPnqeArcRAM7hY3atDsGowKYpNiLaRaI0bYGoCp9jaeam3CouXPOywMgxfwbliEF8zklbZgos20PtIISCt3GRaTtaSfEn3_p00w4QhdidXWKiHyrgx/s3256/20240304_192616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="3256" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-zftH19GODfpkj6SnY_Y6shVl6p7jrexytdoyV18LxNwdbKf29s9jSXTpZkg1NdaDYLW8pOPsHpPnqeArcRAM7hY3atDsGowKYpNiLaRaI0bYGoCp9jaeam3CouXPOywMgxfwbliEF8zklbZgos20PtIISCt3GRaTtaSfEn3_p00w4QhdidXWKiHyrgx/s320/20240304_192616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put one of the 28mm 1st Corps figures next to it, to give an idea of scale.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o0eG92-bXCfBq7jc5ahwPYe-XKKWqOWgp7WDREVq7almLGQ-wFwguTLgcTrriUNkNxN6WllfrqRY0uw6zLS2yWs6KycRwWZut28KDMb5B2oItAvIk9NxHBjuBub_V29yC-QJdfS-10nLg4dRNNaRBVujvTntz0FdEuJqEeQrbfUP8j7ZUIjxoobRiMal/s2937/20240304_192652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2937" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o0eG92-bXCfBq7jc5ahwPYe-XKKWqOWgp7WDREVq7almLGQ-wFwguTLgcTrriUNkNxN6WllfrqRY0uw6zLS2yWs6KycRwWZut28KDMb5B2oItAvIk9NxHBjuBub_V29yC-QJdfS-10nLg4dRNNaRBVujvTntz0FdEuJqEeQrbfUP8j7ZUIjxoobRiMal/s320/20240304_192652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Front and rear number plates come courtesy of leftovers from one of the SdKfz 251 kits built a few months ago.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nfuWovHaf_BnZdnfSYNTlXD8IWE-SyAJjjwIf5n-EUkIKMcpFT1nBYrnu30ZKENKFE2HWBnPg6DEwbAAZiVnaX0bZukNrDmQ9X5KVd3qmoHAE_um19s31oGAUBvXYdzgLIJ2fT8rLtN6jclvKq312OyLtgwBMK-T1uSN990OoHtcSSKOm0OOsGqxbQ7f/s2814/20240304_192708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2814" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nfuWovHaf_BnZdnfSYNTlXD8IWE-SyAJjjwIf5n-EUkIKMcpFT1nBYrnu30ZKENKFE2HWBnPg6DEwbAAZiVnaX0bZukNrDmQ9X5KVd3qmoHAE_um19s31oGAUBvXYdzgLIJ2fT8rLtN6jclvKq312OyLtgwBMK-T1uSN990OoHtcSSKOm0OOsGqxbQ7f/s320/20240304_192708.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNGIhe9YTfVHxaPXisK1RGTgRa0bHm-EWd5M-btwnlCsWblA-dxlZy6Dl98OJ_KXAZfwb2g0uGXDPJRKx1PebXi0mEUvzNqjtgy0uqlt_CNYezCbR5BMFZS-MXfXcESed6UX0-c4bIVpbRUPGhf9r9S2Tp99p1i1LOMsPcfleHTnvlkZGfwHsDINAt1k_/s2978/20240304_192727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="2978" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNGIhe9YTfVHxaPXisK1RGTgRa0bHm-EWd5M-btwnlCsWblA-dxlZy6Dl98OJ_KXAZfwb2g0uGXDPJRKx1PebXi0mEUvzNqjtgy0uqlt_CNYezCbR5BMFZS-MXfXcESed6UX0-c4bIVpbRUPGhf9r9S2Tp99p1i1LOMsPcfleHTnvlkZGfwHsDINAt1k_/s320/20240304_192727.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After previous discussion around whether the model was to scale or a bit too diminutive, I did some online research, as below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sviDdcawJpRXgEUKyNmdCbf80onuvpK2pLl8-dAAkWRDkifIrqsU2ZAPmMGnmntF_lLUjwJe7D2l0tFZOZXrWlCjPwyS9dDTZ-6uKeBYnr7sFb0I3DKWXBVrQEb793OqXnTkt-1Zp0vjkPUBONSzJJaWPrgcNGdn8ewptvNtRjSNfDFcE_GEYxrUSpQH/s888/Sdkfz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="657" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sviDdcawJpRXgEUKyNmdCbf80onuvpK2pLl8-dAAkWRDkifIrqsU2ZAPmMGnmntF_lLUjwJe7D2l0tFZOZXrWlCjPwyS9dDTZ-6uKeBYnr7sFb0I3DKWXBVrQEb793OqXnTkt-1Zp0vjkPUBONSzJJaWPrgcNGdn8ewptvNtRjSNfDFcE_GEYxrUSpQH/s320/Sdkfz.jpg" width="237" /></a></div>So, as you can see, the SdKfz 10 and 11 were considerably smaller vehicles than the more common SdKfz 7 we all know and love from the Airfix 88mm gun set etc. Using my bush arithmetic of 5mm - 1 ft in 28mm scale, 15feet x 6feet would make it around 75mm x 30mm - and that's about the size of the model. The larger mark 7 vehicle would be roughly 110mm x 40mm, so, a significantly larger footprint.<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for stopping by, and I will have another update on Blitzkrieg Fallschirmjaegers shortly.</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-39701088222962029272024-03-02T13:35:00.002+13:002024-03-02T13:35:44.620+13:00Friday Night Gaming - Blood Rage<p>On Friday evening, the first day of Autumn here in the Southern Hemisphere, Chris, John and I joined Julian for another game of the Viking mythology themed board game by CMON.</p><p>Here is a reminder, stolen lock, stock and two smoking barrels from Boardgame Geek:</p><p>"Life is Battle; Battle is Glory; Glory is ALL."</p><p>In Blood Rage, each player controls their own Viking clan’s warriors, leader, and ship. Ragnarök has come, and it’s the end of the world! It’s the Vikings’ last chance to go down in a blaze of glory and secure their place in Valhalla at Odin’s side! For a Viking there are many pathways to glory. You can invade and pillage the land for its rewards, crush your opponents in epic battles, fulfill quests, increase your clan's stats, or even die gloriously either in battle or from Ragnarök, the ultimate inescapable doom.</p><p>Most player strategies are guided by the cards drafted at the beginning of each of the three game rounds (or Ages). These “Gods’ Gifts” grant you numerous boons for your clan including: increased Viking strength and devious battle strategies, upgrades to your clan, or even the aid of legendary creatures from Norse mythology. They may also include various quests, from dominating specific provinces, to having lots of your Vikings sent to Valhalla. Most of these cards are aligned with one of the Norse gods, hinting at the kind of strategy they support. For example, Thor gives more glory for victory in battle, Heimdall grants you foresight and surprises, Tyr strengthens you in battle, while the trickster Loki actually rewards you for losing battles or punishes the winner.</p><p>Players must choose their strategies carefully during the draft phase, but also be ready to adapt and react to their opponents’ strategies as the action phase unfolds. Battles are decided not only by the strength of the figures involved, but also by cards played in secret. By observing your opponent’s actions and allegiances to specific gods, you may predict what card they are likely to play, and plan accordingly. Winning battles is not always the best course of action, as the right card can get you even more rewards by being crushed. The only losing strategy in Blood Rage is to shy away from battle and a glorious death!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKnl7W_gLjML3GbXdhsgCFT9_tFeSvVLV14Yh3Rh3uRj5KXZEf9dGn7XvWnhljYM9KJO8xRBO6cszoe7tdQMl4G4QAOhsEQSCvi2P7i8ID42P6YIgpCFzgn1WFxHGYcbMOVS8vKni6csDqUmpodEeF6WcaHUJQqCa_VaxV8ZQC5oPdRyoOugr5x9J6QMz/s4080/20240301_174706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKnl7W_gLjML3GbXdhsgCFT9_tFeSvVLV14Yh3Rh3uRj5KXZEf9dGn7XvWnhljYM9KJO8xRBO6cszoe7tdQMl4G4QAOhsEQSCvi2P7i8ID42P6YIgpCFzgn1WFxHGYcbMOVS8vKni6csDqUmpodEeF6WcaHUJQqCa_VaxV8ZQC5oPdRyoOugr5x9J6QMz/s320/20240301_174706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Clan - it is the female Vikings again, of course! Liquid sustenance was Italian and provided by Chris!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-DctQQPKC-Adj9FSTbKooUiBYYqMRL-uAAbB2igJEAIzOQ9_B7A2rVUVJj8tb2PtDb6rPGytrW3y8mbAyzG6YirKAOD-yL_4Z0PW5Ruppn2zEUDcJDnBiMMDX05b1ql8RC6pc1IrLfqxEGVMCcn3yk9q2hNKgDGZbA_-3umeIKpZQBp7rLE1GjGlb1ML/s1248/20240301_180456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-DctQQPKC-Adj9FSTbKooUiBYYqMRL-uAAbB2igJEAIzOQ9_B7A2rVUVJj8tb2PtDb6rPGytrW3y8mbAyzG6YirKAOD-yL_4Z0PW5Ruppn2zEUDcJDnBiMMDX05b1ql8RC6pc1IrLfqxEGVMCcn3yk9q2hNKgDGZbA_-3umeIKpZQBp7rLE1GjGlb1ML/s320/20240301_180456.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The table laid out to start, with bare limbs of John (bottom left, Chris (top left) and Julian (top right) - I had come straight from work and had grown up long trousers on!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTcbW5iulRoYfAeP_cK3R2PaSACxqovnrV2cxb14VxMO8TmBy4PEcBMahnF71N_KICn2hXR6blosYYsOgx2CfxUgOq8gXr2V13YExq4qohYKPaV_r2sxIEJd7Odfz7W7ahmxCP3vRTqqorz_ORm002wtDR19dFFMvOKlAbGeSa__nxkytKIkh9UFNlSO7/s4080/20240301_181650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTcbW5iulRoYfAeP_cK3R2PaSACxqovnrV2cxb14VxMO8TmBy4PEcBMahnF71N_KICn2hXR6blosYYsOgx2CfxUgOq8gXr2V13YExq4qohYKPaV_r2sxIEJd7Odfz7W7ahmxCP3vRTqqorz_ORm002wtDR19dFFMvOKlAbGeSa__nxkytKIkh9UFNlSO7/s320/20240301_181650.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Early moves in the first age. The black "Crow of Death" (I don't know its proper name) sits in one of the provinces which will be destroyed at the end of the "Age" - players with figures in that province when it's wiped out, gain extra points for dying gloriously!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif2wnQ8IOUZMCh6lgtLOFopICM0VP0hp8VBSQWF-Ce88YNfrV5zS5RBPBZRik6WqncX-vSh47pf_n1ZsAlvZe9E9Bxf3Pi2pjIvRull98pjFClvwgllYDn-m429K7Ni1GrlOXDb_FFSqIlqxQg4n-7DgVxoPe_hfR_wRk78ugLiWE0h1lzRcknlAqim3j/s4080/20240301_181848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjif2wnQ8IOUZMCh6lgtLOFopICM0VP0hp8VBSQWF-Ce88YNfrV5zS5RBPBZRik6WqncX-vSh47pf_n1ZsAlvZe9E9Bxf3Pi2pjIvRull98pjFClvwgllYDn-m429K7Ni1GrlOXDb_FFSqIlqxQg4n-7DgVxoPe_hfR_wRk78ugLiWE0h1lzRcknlAqim3j/s320/20240301_181848.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris sent his leader against my leader, a warrior AND a ship - a bit of a one-sided contest that I won - but what was his strategy??</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wPdC9yBFxIxeA9CUWPl1I_Dudm1s6WVnWa0kd5ckHozb3Xlbwmu3Em0ZQbyEOlRyUv25V_Sdm826_Hgc5h_TqtzEDANwuNnPn3cT4Pog4HqX5054xGmNEyBBsp3GjjfsWeKTea2QmuaZ4b1KtKQmZAwZbw3EBP2rIP8s4z2N9QqkofCdwiMe88zp1CV6/s4080/20240301_184955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wPdC9yBFxIxeA9CUWPl1I_Dudm1s6WVnWa0kd5ckHozb3Xlbwmu3Em0ZQbyEOlRyUv25V_Sdm826_Hgc5h_TqtzEDANwuNnPn3cT4Pog4HqX5054xGmNEyBBsp3GjjfsWeKTea2QmuaZ4b1KtKQmZAwZbw3EBP2rIP8s4z2N9QqkofCdwiMe88zp1CV6/s320/20240301_184955.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian faffed around pillaging a couple of remote provinces where no one was placed to oppose him, then he went into Yggdrasil, the central province that has no villages to plunder but gives you an extra point on all three measures the game points are measured by - RAGE, AXES and HORNS - everyone else piled in to stop him - I think he and I drew, so there was no winner! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLWPxKLJxSexFM0HWHJIXBepJqBshRelxb_EHg50RLfXQQaFnP3uuC-U3n9ANbJFZomk-n92XKHhkc0buWeJZuJvDXX6mFHS0K9cZAxmDGxwW4YppBYonryg6pbBHLAZq5K94tatYk6bhVM21lyIXsQ4s1O25Wwe8xMyI_ptRw6ddioob5PGQNFqwkP41/s4080/20240301_185431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLWPxKLJxSexFM0HWHJIXBepJqBshRelxb_EHg50RLfXQQaFnP3uuC-U3n9ANbJFZomk-n92XKHhkc0buWeJZuJvDXX6mFHS0K9cZAxmDGxwW4YppBYonryg6pbBHLAZq5K94tatYk6bhVM21lyIXsQ4s1O25Wwe8xMyI_ptRw6ddioob5PGQNFqwkP41/s320/20240301_185431.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Valhalla was filling up by this stage! Don't worry, at the end of the current age, you get points for them, and they all come back to life for the next age :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUbD9QqIrOWU3sXh_fE7xHVvR36NoSxsSzeVR5B2As5LYotTVRR22JHKTgo73twJ0gQwKxF05HshccuO2PeCep59l37v0TZsL4W1-fDGiTzjfqGskUXV-j9rnBhvt5RJSRtOZ8oQSgDvP-C2qeqYkR0u6vVpqiiMKlaS241Rw7oSzpPX-0a89wWM0_0BY/s4080/20240301_191348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUbD9QqIrOWU3sXh_fE7xHVvR36NoSxsSzeVR5B2As5LYotTVRR22JHKTgo73twJ0gQwKxF05HshccuO2PeCep59l37v0TZsL4W1-fDGiTzjfqGskUXV-j9rnBhvt5RJSRtOZ8oQSgDvP-C2qeqYkR0u6vVpqiiMKlaS241Rw7oSzpPX-0a89wWM0_0BY/s320/20240301_191348.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think this must have been early in the second age, in the top right you can see the "victory point" markers - yellow in the lead (me) followed very closely by brown (John) blue (Chris) and red (Julian)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLYoLukfhgHIKn2rjEdIgoNPl8A_oEg0ew-XR7V0HuOmE7uobLwyeDDDulgslLTDu3uFQQ6HvPt7rIkOqTnXJTuyb9QuSXi9cxUcp2Ow-c1S_PSZE3r4D1tlOT-HMki_zFNfg_DUm8SgejuYLLXboTtDvJjZHA7wPVn3iKd2oB1KkMAI2mPKIH3dAVmRs/s4080/20240301_193704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLYoLukfhgHIKn2rjEdIgoNPl8A_oEg0ew-XR7V0HuOmE7uobLwyeDDDulgslLTDu3uFQQ6HvPt7rIkOqTnXJTuyb9QuSXi9cxUcp2Ow-c1S_PSZE3r4D1tlOT-HMki_zFNfg_DUm8SgejuYLLXboTtDvJjZHA7wPVn3iKd2oB1KkMAI2mPKIH3dAVmRs/s320/20240301_193704.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is DEFINITELY the second age, as the Raven is in a new province!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikdL4THCRVE6JdZ5DkT7xv99dqQS2pyRFJ1ABXyjlVa8nGc-80HrOuilE2396xs51ofzbmrgKIVKH7GAvfbpgMnYatZH4l1-IKheuiqCojY5e6oxqUhwmIEMcLFhrc0jA19G_Mx4aNG8qQa83hcCi4OLlDeG6FUGZ0aok3A0ezxNkkjOezJIv0VfzTfok/s4080/20240301_193722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikdL4THCRVE6JdZ5DkT7xv99dqQS2pyRFJ1ABXyjlVa8nGc-80HrOuilE2396xs51ofzbmrgKIVKH7GAvfbpgMnYatZH4l1-IKheuiqCojY5e6oxqUhwmIEMcLFhrc0jA19G_Mx4aNG8qQa83hcCi4OLlDeG6FUGZ0aok3A0ezxNkkjOezJIv0VfzTfok/s320/20240301_193722.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John has fully occupied one province and I have done the same in the adjacent one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ3JcO_7cbXCNv2elKoJ-l4KPuRI42iTZz5V67WWWVnLALGWTZpGNJs5KFeAjxhABKZEY3PdcJDAP8h4i4gFLQ33dwdpAmLvdGeInUlPTuRLmajepmhmSH0T098wswyS6fgoAhWInPv18vNDvdC-tSZVZ_nNKgHEVnUbyOHgDCLNFRm86Zr67qVj87cdY/s4080/20240301_194411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJ3JcO_7cbXCNv2elKoJ-l4KPuRI42iTZz5V67WWWVnLALGWTZpGNJs5KFeAjxhABKZEY3PdcJDAP8h4i4gFLQ33dwdpAmLvdGeInUlPTuRLmajepmhmSH0T098wswyS6fgoAhWInPv18vNDvdC-tSZVZ_nNKgHEVnUbyOHgDCLNFRm86Zr67qVj87cdY/s320/20240301_194411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian brought on a "monster" - this one is a dark Elf, who is just a standard warrior worth one point in a normal province but is worth three in Yggdrasil - I sent my leader with support in to oppose him. I think I lost this time!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTxOBiSU8MbIU1JIFTRKdBQ-YlGXfKchMKo8DJc-QuxuX30_naRyiWxYHyukXdsXYymxPZqlIwws_djoTcWxfRSP0cjjZ2vZY0EkYoSQAutEOYUN8VGtMqJVZIzLqtFjOWh2-CzMWloeD9_Ftmw7I6u2Av-A9Gr-5dzGgJiFOYfDtKESclkMTQwysHwY_/s4080/20240301_211325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTxOBiSU8MbIU1JIFTRKdBQ-YlGXfKchMKo8DJc-QuxuX30_naRyiWxYHyukXdsXYymxPZqlIwws_djoTcWxfRSP0cjjZ2vZY0EkYoSQAutEOYUN8VGtMqJVZIzLqtFjOWh2-CzMWloeD9_Ftmw7I6u2Av-A9Gr-5dzGgJiFOYfDtKESclkMTQwysHwY_/s320/20240301_211325.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We moved on to the Third Age.... by this point, Chris was well out in the lead. with Julian right at the back - but he was piling up Rage etc on his game card that would translate into HEAPS of victory points at the end of the game.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqu-qgtqsowzUll6seHGbK5DZkOyB6jmYps9di6eSI6wd64d__VR_kXFW2QX8_jAl7y97Ssp907RGdqaQWcLHOS7Yx8HhOyAOhXnssvFKbN5XKsqz6Jce2UnMZxHeJlZ-KGFqWEGBA9fb5mBmae6m8HUafwO0H87HlzsFZoqyVE8j6qQ6fec0bF2REmqyQ/s2859/20240301_214215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="2859" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqu-qgtqsowzUll6seHGbK5DZkOyB6jmYps9di6eSI6wd64d__VR_kXFW2QX8_jAl7y97Ssp907RGdqaQWcLHOS7Yx8HhOyAOhXnssvFKbN5XKsqz6Jce2UnMZxHeJlZ-KGFqWEGBA9fb5mBmae6m8HUafwO0H87HlzsFZoqyVE8j6qQ6fec0bF2REmqyQ/s320/20240301_214215.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian brought on a BIG "monster" who was worth lots of points in combat - 3 or 4 maybe. He also had most of his clan in Yggdrasil as support.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwMD7bNQWEWQCPq_KuuAfM4TH1APh7zuXrcMq7cpEcYK5aRQLEwot-cCTdIKtIq8ARfusvjAjFtNWG0B5h3mhxrcLXecTaNZmR3ojumkuN_MhVtjsK49xUaaqstN1K6t7IUQqObuWDhri3rviTZqKIvGwIa1vcM2wPrOd1MdjVElJ8VM7aCLknFWW12OV/s2912/20240301_214543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2912" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwMD7bNQWEWQCPq_KuuAfM4TH1APh7zuXrcMq7cpEcYK5aRQLEwot-cCTdIKtIq8ARfusvjAjFtNWG0B5h3mhxrcLXecTaNZmR3ojumkuN_MhVtjsK49xUaaqstN1K6t7IUQqObuWDhri3rviTZqKIvGwIa1vcM2wPrOd1MdjVElJ8VM7aCLknFWW12OV/s320/20240301_214543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we all went in AGAIN! I only had my leader in, but it was part of a strategy to have at least 4 dead in Valhalla at the end of the Third Age! (I had a mission card for that you see)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEesdBrBVyCaUyHwm1uU7i1yE5mbwUWrzLcCIWrJBaTamjA_IVXNlnUdK9Fi_ZTaZSDqaXyEZjSf7ryHt6c2FqJt_29WvtmnOcp8yLTzj0RTIltWZpodonRag-Pl99q-2oG2M0WVQrLjHW0GPW-xrn6f8DMh7KqF7OUaLwPbiQkHzDDVHS9e11kUbICjTV/s3499/20240301_221013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="3499" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEesdBrBVyCaUyHwm1uU7i1yE5mbwUWrzLcCIWrJBaTamjA_IVXNlnUdK9Fi_ZTaZSDqaXyEZjSf7ryHt6c2FqJt_29WvtmnOcp8yLTzj0RTIltWZpodonRag-Pl99q-2oG2M0WVQrLjHW0GPW-xrn6f8DMh7KqF7OUaLwPbiQkHzDDVHS9e11kUbICjTV/s320/20240301_221013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Third Age ended, and we counted up the points - so many for achieving various mission cards we held, extra points for the Valhalla dead (Chris doubled his with a mission card and streaked out ahead in victory points) extra points for having the most warriors in a given province (I had managed to get two so closed the gap on Chris) and John was still in the running too - then, Julian counted up HIS points - he had maxed out his Rage, Axes and Horns during the game, and was able to claim SIXTY points, and as he counted them off he passed John, then he passed Chris, then he passed me - and he was in the lead by about ten points - Julian had won the game at the last gasp.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BUT THEN -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Chris pointed out that I had four figures in the province occupied by the Raven, for which I get 4 points each when the province is destroyed at the end of the Age - (which was the reason I put them there, obviously!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolJv5RctqHwT6JGqK65FEJ4Cap81muoVKkOVhB3SImEtGtlV07agfPuulwSlngcUakgxGYVwGQe_6B4owl5wPhDERvaLTHFWCOQ7T7Q-yIhwW1E9aa6MPGWLGZmucGb-ZJ6qbh5_rwZdMlajFdfb7dVD0N5UayvxuFnlYDFawS0E1L62qCwbuoH8yEu-h/s3706/20240301_221222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3706" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolJv5RctqHwT6JGqK65FEJ4Cap81muoVKkOVhB3SImEtGtlV07agfPuulwSlngcUakgxGYVwGQe_6B4owl5wPhDERvaLTHFWCOQ7T7Q-yIhwW1E9aa6MPGWLGZmucGb-ZJ6qbh5_rwZdMlajFdfb7dVD0N5UayvxuFnlYDFawS0E1L62qCwbuoH8yEu-h/s320/20240301_221222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We added 16 points to my total - and I overhauled Julian by two points - yeehah!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And what could improve on a fun night's gaming with three good mates and a couple of relaxing beverages, accompanied by pizza for dinner? Arriving home to find a small parcel of goodness had arrived from bonnie Scotland - I will update you on the contents in the next exciting episode of Blogger - Bydand!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MDzCx7Sigmiavo_T5xufSQTQyac-_ZJIU2NQ0AuTWgsBEUBhzg2CDRyEmOQ48VP1lyLq3a5bLDw3aT-ewepIoetamQ34n0lJmKr0u3ThW5VEw9rq6PKB_dKuuxMVQlTnmC_KffZNkTusbnN2Q_Q7meUWQwA1q49oC6_T8B8FNNxc5bzo7wVR_MEZRSii/s2893/20240301_230651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2893" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MDzCx7Sigmiavo_T5xufSQTQyac-_ZJIU2NQ0AuTWgsBEUBhzg2CDRyEmOQ48VP1lyLq3a5bLDw3aT-ewepIoetamQ34n0lJmKr0u3ThW5VEw9rq6PKB_dKuuxMVQlTnmC_KffZNkTusbnN2Q_Q7meUWQwA1q49oC6_T8B8FNNxc5bzo7wVR_MEZRSii/s320/20240301_230651.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for your visit - I hope you enjoyed the AAR and photos.</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-30252978880669330812024-02-29T18:44:00.001+13:002024-02-29T18:44:29.498+13:00Quick Update<p> As we get an extra day in February this year, I thought it was a good opportunity to get in one last post this month!</p><p>A couple of small groups of figures tonight.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_A5qHt10aTVXKIG8zGCha0NCbRH4iC4-lNIRF1egIfGuLIbYwayqhcw-Qb03r-nus7CUWvVPbbWBZc9ThBMkisSffdKwqe8f-iq24f0YbDR7Q7UXeVwUqcV3dxkxaotsp0iv74vvA7nH5qqEMm00aPz3uLOYizXWkIzb09W485V0axTGfei98aK3uadMP/s2052/20240228_190543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2052" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_A5qHt10aTVXKIG8zGCha0NCbRH4iC4-lNIRF1egIfGuLIbYwayqhcw-Qb03r-nus7CUWvVPbbWBZc9ThBMkisSffdKwqe8f-iq24f0YbDR7Q7UXeVwUqcV3dxkxaotsp0iv74vvA7nH5qqEMm00aPz3uLOYizXWkIzb09W485V0axTGfei98aK3uadMP/s320/20240228_190543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First up is the Fallschirmjaeger Hauptquartier group by Crusader Miniatures</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzx9KPypz-MfJWBi3I3vXGiIoVJ-cxZ-P41CIpCS3k3nKewtv-4LMSEGYLhBHm8_Cx9dpcsJsUTYXuwNGmWr3q3E9CbjTEpYKz0Mr2JHVat8YzUw3D2vviKYFiIY5KwNKdtfQSyCXqaxJSMuToUp6nj9PGxc-dnnf2D1IhwrxdxHxtXzNqjvpjkTRpq4E/s2241/20240228_190552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="2241" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzx9KPypz-MfJWBi3I3vXGiIoVJ-cxZ-P41CIpCS3k3nKewtv-4LMSEGYLhBHm8_Cx9dpcsJsUTYXuwNGmWr3q3E9CbjTEpYKz0Mr2JHVat8YzUw3D2vviKYFiIY5KwNKdtfQSyCXqaxJSMuToUp6nj9PGxc-dnnf2D1IhwrxdxHxtXzNqjvpjkTRpq4E/s320/20240228_190552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think you may be able to see why I am kind of wishing I had a company of these figures, rather than the 1st Corps versions!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIRigz8H3jNWGQHZcbghQIREvq6hX6wvT63F2Ylpo3cR7x-5XrmLj38ZNyMaIIjYop1g53KSPOYAT27PXYibdTJhcEp3_siKmTI5JNFn1-eMeyJUFQRrblyhn8i7CJQAgj9c8ph0ju040Gb-9H60DfWKhfygftifN1RPW9bmzdUK6q6VMVYUk4cSjHF3z/s2095/20240228_190604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="2095" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIRigz8H3jNWGQHZcbghQIREvq6hX6wvT63F2Ylpo3cR7x-5XrmLj38ZNyMaIIjYop1g53KSPOYAT27PXYibdTJhcEp3_siKmTI5JNFn1-eMeyJUFQRrblyhn8i7CJQAgj9c8ph0ju040Gb-9H60DfWKhfygftifN1RPW9bmzdUK6q6VMVYUk4cSjHF3z/s320/20240228_190604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2348" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJiJ1eMrtF2T9lesGh8JmP-NcuRYEu9CaKTWoOT46JjVVPSlEXWYF-L2TalveWSbvRQWvVcRJctDCiaxEx1rpNt1GgaPbPdpGmlWXsShw8Zci3V9iqUCNW0s9ZmoJEs_wZ1TfxvteaWbtS0RP8eilxRQrJFCEtHLzwsbBNCrwIzoM5A6rLMCXzhfHwHR0/s320/20240228_190625.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great figures and I may get a couple of support options from this range at a later date.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXL6rTENqLjeWsvmOsQUFaeiStF4QDipEINE9zp4P8fjCL-Ipu_-CPre9zybklExRMFVWW5wydRqRBzDRZyMWbDeSK9jU2qqyfzu3PUUQ2eMDbzeuudFsbTRZy97j9MNLtcCFUZ5QKdJJQjfMCsILOR6pU4bQ6FD2c1g81T8sW6ah_jYGt3vvUfuKI0p9C/s2086/20240228_190645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2086" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXL6rTENqLjeWsvmOsQUFaeiStF4QDipEINE9zp4P8fjCL-Ipu_-CPre9zybklExRMFVWW5wydRqRBzDRZyMWbDeSK9jU2qqyfzu3PUUQ2eMDbzeuudFsbTRZy97j9MNLtcCFUZ5QKdJJQjfMCsILOR6pU4bQ6FD2c1g81T8sW6ah_jYGt3vvUfuKI0p9C/s320/20240228_190645.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second group is a venerable piece from RAFM and probably dates form the 1980's. It is a sorceress on a palanquin and will (perhaps) play a role in some future Pulp scenario(s).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaf9JcbXVqr68FWAgb1TyRUSkNltGY8uLQzcUBOfVDTPJNuDLMA6wvSpupo0dztBvXJVkml6zkHreIel5KlookN5DLb7phpiOHxDrGwu8kjiXwLpbDcs4asRoCS5yT6ME4gDG5IzqwpjbiahhXM3T77IoZr1R_hA6ETBgHWvmOeQU30haHJ7LPpS8D6NgN/s2633/20240228_191051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2633" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaf9JcbXVqr68FWAgb1TyRUSkNltGY8uLQzcUBOfVDTPJNuDLMA6wvSpupo0dztBvXJVkml6zkHreIel5KlookN5DLb7phpiOHxDrGwu8kjiXwLpbDcs4asRoCS5yT6ME4gDG5IzqwpjbiahhXM3T77IoZr1R_hA6ETBgHWvmOeQU30haHJ7LPpS8D6NgN/s320/20240228_191051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All done in the "best possible taste" i.e. no nudity involved!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLG2BT4sw2fmwdfrI_iqdLMHA86eNJMQ5JJOLlAq4TWzn0f_YKVwuHEklsZrFlBslZUqs3VZiFcC5qxiz6uCoGG330ecbClC4HQTqjKAF52iG465ggrUP6xlqTL2rYFabem5NxZSG61n6ArR-Rtjxe9KUllRPJ1p8sY8nl3UJgJZwJ7DHc_mxhqzBYOyV/s2988/20240228_191105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2988" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLG2BT4sw2fmwdfrI_iqdLMHA86eNJMQ5JJOLlAq4TWzn0f_YKVwuHEklsZrFlBslZUqs3VZiFcC5qxiz6uCoGG330ecbClC4HQTqjKAF52iG465ggrUP6xlqTL2rYFabem5NxZSG61n6ArR-Rtjxe9KUllRPJ1p8sY8nl3UJgJZwJ7DHc_mxhqzBYOyV/s320/20240228_191105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEkAWhZ2I_EiVSSQBCqnRUzJTT8rIP1dPUetSEda29BGOgt6hbBa0Jf7E553rhhOGNe1cWH_fPiGhOK7vygXMGr4r4fuIDitA9WghXVxagWDXIN07dPBgDyGi0yPL_Wl138ObD-QJtNqLK0-XQKz450oAKwhDfzw6M8E048qTqCNr1-9M687GSmMfYdB4/s2860/20240228_191123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2860" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEkAWhZ2I_EiVSSQBCqnRUzJTT8rIP1dPUetSEda29BGOgt6hbBa0Jf7E553rhhOGNe1cWH_fPiGhOK7vygXMGr4r4fuIDitA9WghXVxagWDXIN07dPBgDyGi0yPL_Wl138ObD-QJtNqLK0-XQKz450oAKwhDfzw6M8E048qTqCNr1-9M687GSmMfYdB4/s320/20240228_191123.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The reclining lady will doubtless feature as some kind of evil female despot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2826" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsywRzUoQKjRLKJOC1s3qtlKWOSnuspAKdxeLBWaO8O-UYrlf-Q6rBaJBZ1RHjBLAhdsfU0vcRdfqXS2DnlJAE-S32DYQuq-O49S238ZzCbkaQA5-Edpn6rVDWqIFM2XGGFsyAaY6FN_aHFwe8IJ5DC8ihAkI2cy0vmsmzomNHwxIELE7gwxdFNcBvc1f/s320/20240228_191219.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The palanquin came in about 8 parts - the reclining lady was separate from the main body, and I had to attach the front and rear fittings through which the separate piano wire poles fit, as well as the two supports and the canopy that shades the recumbent figure from the glaring sun. A bit of faffing around (I actually initially thought the two support arms were just extra "venting" and discarded them!) but worth the effort in the end, I think.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Thanks for the visit, that is definitely my last post for Feb 2024 - but I am likely to have something new in a couple of days.</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-34461966904630107892024-02-27T18:46:00.000+13:002024-02-27T18:46:40.284+13:00Blitzkrieg Reinforcements - Like I Need Any!<p> Ordered quite some time ago from my friend Jean-Jacques at JJG 3D in France, these arrived today in a rather disheveled looking carton that seems to have had a hard journey. Contents all appeared to have survived ok - apart from a couple of wheels snapped off the SdKfz 222, unfortunately - but this has been easily rectified with the trusty Liquid Nails I always have on standby.</p><p>Here are a few images of what has arrived to add to my lead/plastic/resin pile.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg4g-60LfRU3DJV_kaBnBXJfaGBxQi-G5mHNQFfv69YNa2sZmJ4dM-Tgy3m7w0HjSuQC8rJcqMA4x7Or_RdXR9T1kzLeD993D7hyg3mEbVoeRicwnx0siGNY8vjj8unBO2HnT4GIxl4KkrmRUugYWOqyPstMBlDIkkn_3GOsVe-SBMfU2Q7RvR2f0IwcX/s2264/20240227_173644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="2264" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg4g-60LfRU3DJV_kaBnBXJfaGBxQi-G5mHNQFfv69YNa2sZmJ4dM-Tgy3m7w0HjSuQC8rJcqMA4x7Or_RdXR9T1kzLeD993D7hyg3mEbVoeRicwnx0siGNY8vjj8unBO2HnT4GIxl4KkrmRUugYWOqyPstMBlDIkkn_3GOsVe-SBMfU2Q7RvR2f0IwcX/s320/20240227_173644.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SdKfz 11 prime mover (I think) with 1st Corps FSJ for scale.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3UThrFUP-Xsklm6oZ6uQJUihV2dCHZvBEosN1MZ98Dld8srZBBRYTlaPm5tVw5q6x6iPNhUVxGh4A3_lDv9ryEqXak1DCI4UOMtnCdUKwc3vt7UJK28fZ7illxRcnC4MECq2YUPayJ_oIjFerQ_PWLuDkIMhzqXfcL2lgw-XyvqsUIN5SADxfo1ryIna/s2812/20240227_173702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="2812" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3UThrFUP-Xsklm6oZ6uQJUihV2dCHZvBEosN1MZ98Dld8srZBBRYTlaPm5tVw5q6x6iPNhUVxGh4A3_lDv9ryEqXak1DCI4UOMtnCdUKwc3vt7UJK28fZ7illxRcnC4MECq2YUPayJ_oIjFerQ_PWLuDkIMhzqXfcL2lgw-XyvqsUIN5SADxfo1ryIna/s320/20240227_173702.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5bK8VjQOoH31ettpDmOfp9S3YwoOjPVLcQQkQqpoP_qfq5yfrRC843RRaEprVMWlO_UONToOsGYa3VglNTVXaioZ4A7q-NbR0uuRuoL2bRas508aKOi-Q8YAzXAVPqhDatI6GSYPyZ-VHS8IOQx3NCjvqJTULvBf5A-rIFG8UlUMBLY-GFViwiZc78ex/s2434/20240227_173755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2434" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5bK8VjQOoH31ettpDmOfp9S3YwoOjPVLcQQkQqpoP_qfq5yfrRC843RRaEprVMWlO_UONToOsGYa3VglNTVXaioZ4A7q-NbR0uuRuoL2bRas508aKOi-Q8YAzXAVPqhDatI6GSYPyZ-VHS8IOQx3NCjvqJTULvBf5A-rIFG8UlUMBLY-GFViwiZc78ex/s320/20240227_173755.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The prime movers are intended to tow the two FLAK 36 88mm guns (one still to be assembled) in my collection.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(it is folded flat in v1)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNG0eFXUjoHAUOPKwbyeT4rK1zJTVdFII6eFNu1n0mh5OWgE8AVkeNtmMks8PrEmaISiJ-TUCTj-JjTzxXIPe2vCfU31aKdNhtMuJWrfmgTBNPUe2MDhcu3dFO31YwLBsxHzVa_E_cm2WqiLjnloZDJbx4j_4GVmiBEG4s8afJgT1bYp_i6Fv9LmwAqLAs/s2861/20240227_174713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2861" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNG0eFXUjoHAUOPKwbyeT4rK1zJTVdFII6eFNu1n0mh5OWgE8AVkeNtmMks8PrEmaISiJ-TUCTj-JjTzxXIPe2vCfU31aKdNhtMuJWrfmgTBNPUe2MDhcu3dFO31YwLBsxHzVa_E_cm2WqiLjnloZDJbx4j_4GVmiBEG4s8afJgT1bYp_i6Fv9LmwAqLAs/s320/20240227_174713.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, the SdKfz 222 to add to the 221 I already have.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODY-ij6zZFg0Csh5Z585rff1O-Lo4Ay0ls0z7Z18Jk0sV5tSob5qk5OEsBqPtt9CHGrxn7LKlRY_5UAjZpNBRfP5TcHF4PyNUNP51OlVKJ89E-gelXluTjf4rFnZb5ld-jtRmpYbDm8Bj-mGQbMEptbRTPzr7pUD9b-OM6bPAjPha2KsADYo9SKpKRDNv/s2698/20240227_174730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="2698" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODY-ij6zZFg0Csh5Z585rff1O-Lo4Ay0ls0z7Z18Jk0sV5tSob5qk5OEsBqPtt9CHGrxn7LKlRY_5UAjZpNBRfP5TcHF4PyNUNP51OlVKJ89E-gelXluTjf4rFnZb5ld-jtRmpYbDm8Bj-mGQbMEptbRTPzr7pUD9b-OM6bPAjPha2KsADYo9SKpKRDNv/s320/20240227_174730.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For those interested, the trucks and armoured car set me back 13 euros each and the two half-tracks were 8 euros, which to me compares very favourably with buying and then having to assemble a Rubicon or Warlord plastic kit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I currently have quite a back log of stuff to paint (next on the painting plan are another section of ten Fallschirmjaegers) so it may be a while till any of these see any paint - or, because they can be 50% done in one minute using a can of spray paint, perhaps they will be jumped up the queue? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Off to Julian place on Friday this week for another game of Blood Rage (the Ragnarök themed board game) so will do a quick report on that over the weekend I expect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for dropping by!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-83125650510533010842024-02-25T20:11:00.000+13:002024-02-25T20:11:04.050+13:00My First Sunday Game of 2024 - 28mm Blitzkrieg 1940<p> We finally managed to get some of our combined Blitzkrieg forces on the table - poor old Rick has been waiting three or four years to get his lovely French and British collections into action!</p><p>We used Andrew's homebrew rules, and I wrote up the scenario, which saw 4 German players attacking three Allied. The forces each player had were similar, but as befits the period, the Germans had an advantage in numbers, and a few "extras" - each German command had off table artillery available, whereas only the British player had this possibility on the Allied side (and as it happens, they had no opportunity to use it) and the Luftwaffe were programmed to appear three times throughout the game (three black face cards in the activation pack) versus only one red for the Allies. The Allies would gain a point for any German vehicle they destroyed, whilst the Germans could only score points for vehicles exiting the Allied edge of the table.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuL-wVu2kdyLvPtWUaD_l2mAeDS29IjWfdISwU-qHQ3-BDCxmHtRmB0529LfV3quJM4I2K89bXtbxxbd_Th4upyrAQ2ADis7tjG33b5JsCeD7iPq6_S-8oZFgFLVZYmGVWzpcFdFjBNnUzRde5XkShSOhp_yzS_aCBy_gBwkWY4poCjHMcCIacbGFeum2h/s2048/IMG-20240225-WA0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuL-wVu2kdyLvPtWUaD_l2mAeDS29IjWfdISwU-qHQ3-BDCxmHtRmB0529LfV3quJM4I2K89bXtbxxbd_Th4upyrAQ2ADis7tjG33b5JsCeD7iPq6_S-8oZFgFLVZYmGVWzpcFdFjBNnUzRde5XkShSOhp_yzS_aCBy_gBwkWY4poCjHMcCIacbGFeum2h/s320/IMG-20240225-WA0025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhor2JcIkwjVMcuWAA9QnaTZl4Sbq6bBtAALQHLlaIKYh3Ld_gpHZoE3d_tJqDIVze965GwLrs4lEG9vGSPDafk2QVgPlvci2NApg-kKV0KFSm-ckzQboqCUkXL69GvL2mJwq-Oa2MmEZBmFocvMUnUjODPfvBGNluLP1Y8XeVa8UkPKPm3e9EPnxZq41P/s2048/IMG-20240225-WA0024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhor2JcIkwjVMcuWAA9QnaTZl4Sbq6bBtAALQHLlaIKYh3Ld_gpHZoE3d_tJqDIVze965GwLrs4lEG9vGSPDafk2QVgPlvci2NApg-kKV0KFSm-ckzQboqCUkXL69GvL2mJwq-Oa2MmEZBmFocvMUnUjODPfvBGNluLP1Y8XeVa8UkPKPm3e9EPnxZq41P/s320/IMG-20240225-WA0024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>I sent Barry a map of the playing area and he kindly had it all set up ready for our arrival around 930am.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkfklYzvStQUIg2wCoLU9SegX_8pBwiK9s9X5bg1QmY2xmSSVCGemH52NXGrIuOVvs5MUTvLyWB5aNWMi9u6IC0YyrXipr9d22Rjd3WFCZ9IHVXSeJ4M-tmY7QB3e0FXRhWUqjlofFChGWiFYRxsyAtjXL9WxvcIVnxO6CHYIDQlfK8QYVlgpj8EgKvbX-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="320" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkfklYzvStQUIg2wCoLU9SegX_8pBwiK9s9X5bg1QmY2xmSSVCGemH52NXGrIuOVvs5MUTvLyWB5aNWMi9u6IC0YyrXipr9d22Rjd3WFCZ9IHVXSeJ4M-tmY7QB3e0FXRhWUqjlofFChGWiFYRxsyAtjXL9WxvcIVnxO6CHYIDQlfK8QYVlgpj8EgKvbX-" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The battlefield</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsnV2IEzLLB6fL0Q7j3w8l82BiC0WuB4G51OsQH_6oLtyW-UO6QRpfou4a74sDS4sv5bCAAD2D-tthD9jlDB6TaTwVRh0rTPy2gWRtRv1N-FDdXTPgjXMHaM5ppeCSVhQLQUg7cMTULEkEieUytq3jF9Uffy8muWFQsnV9TTuvuReiMJ6RrM4lQHYTkKK/s2222/20240225_105516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2222" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsnV2IEzLLB6fL0Q7j3w8l82BiC0WuB4G51OsQH_6oLtyW-UO6QRpfou4a74sDS4sv5bCAAD2D-tthD9jlDB6TaTwVRh0rTPy2gWRtRv1N-FDdXTPgjXMHaM5ppeCSVhQLQUg7cMTULEkEieUytq3jF9Uffy8muWFQsnV9TTuvuReiMJ6RrM4lQHYTkKK/s320/20240225_105516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My force - surprise, surprise - I took all recon, multiple motorcycles plus a couple of Sdkfz 221/222 armored cars.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDn9xMozgKhYzwtacCAi7HTt7OwT67Ov6NaKlYmKt3JNi47zvT2A7HKODZpWtmsTc6QTWxpOK124ORmN8i4JsogwpprQh-Z0UucBuhSI24CZ8z7vrIJKd_80B4-w9bNnoJA7363AfsRuzj3k8Ax0odm3pFjs4sf2uEIAgGAi19GISYRTobgZRaC6bTLXO1/s3042/20240225_105536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3042" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDn9xMozgKhYzwtacCAi7HTt7OwT67Ov6NaKlYmKt3JNi47zvT2A7HKODZpWtmsTc6QTWxpOK124ORmN8i4JsogwpprQh-Z0UucBuhSI24CZ8z7vrIJKd_80B4-w9bNnoJA7363AfsRuzj3k8Ax0odm3pFjs4sf2uEIAgGAi19GISYRTobgZRaC6bTLXO1/s320/20240225_105536.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How Barry interpreted my map - he did a pretty good job, we all agreed! Barry on the left and Paul on the right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG76YFnq2qBHP6XYso3_kx8OIVRoJj-aumt0KQQOYUiImcSJ7CPsU5tWhY3hEJmlro6HuiE_DK-J-J6hZ8pBXNYwl3VSs1KkC2ZADh-GJIXHR06lPDsOS6s7fySgSHxso17fdG8kOZsrKee-OMWC7yCxN6yO16DmR0PHkaEeXj4riEwBq4uuhwW47RV6_C/s1398/Blitzkrieg%20Map%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1398" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG76YFnq2qBHP6XYso3_kx8OIVRoJj-aumt0KQQOYUiImcSJ7CPsU5tWhY3hEJmlro6HuiE_DK-J-J6hZ8pBXNYwl3VSs1KkC2ZADh-GJIXHR06lPDsOS6s7fySgSHxso17fdG8kOZsrKee-OMWC7yCxN6yO16DmR0PHkaEeXj4riEwBq4uuhwW47RV6_C/s320/Blitzkrieg%20Map%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How the two forces maneuvered in general terms. Barry was on the table in place from turn one, the Germans were guaranteed the first initiative, thereafter it was the usual random draw from a standard deck of cards, black for German, red for Allied. The two Allied reinforcements could not arrive until the third allied initiative card was drawn. The last 4 turns were also pre-determined, Allied - German - Allied - German.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8GFYF6d2b8LJgSlLzqcNaA0HRHiJarkhGZlILS1SHCORtGHgcVZ2VsyAQ4zcpmRdf9VxZYgbmeC0wMe2t92pyiXh24RSZkhjN_LusWdYM3B9yXwdX2pvmgwZ7jGxp8eAu1wAyaAt5talYciG0DXx186yVoBwPTVs3i4Wuy7gsl9X8YmzpRYIbOrgKk1d/s4080/20240225_105553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8GFYF6d2b8LJgSlLzqcNaA0HRHiJarkhGZlILS1SHCORtGHgcVZ2VsyAQ4zcpmRdf9VxZYgbmeC0wMe2t92pyiXh24RSZkhjN_LusWdYM3B9yXwdX2pvmgwZ7jGxp8eAu1wAyaAt5talYciG0DXx186yVoBwPTVs3i4Wuy7gsl9X8YmzpRYIbOrgKk1d/s320/20240225_105553.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andrew's force of Pzkfw 38t and infantry in Sdkfz 251. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z-e6RndIzmE-WS-Fy6F_aWRjHNnPU9cokmaoVVp1viGDu3YELPOcv8-W-aPCSea5h2Bh-173n-KK2GXQJwre9bVeHKjAT4HlmzfdgS5AluRUU8pHD8xVushmAMnSUHexZjutocoLfvrGhF-lp_HUsnaXsIimfcgVyuuWn3Y0AJQ5ORIcF-EcKZV5nJSQ/s4080/20240225_105638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z-e6RndIzmE-WS-Fy6F_aWRjHNnPU9cokmaoVVp1viGDu3YELPOcv8-W-aPCSea5h2Bh-173n-KK2GXQJwre9bVeHKjAT4HlmzfdgS5AluRUU8pHD8xVushmAMnSUHexZjutocoLfvrGhF-lp_HUsnaXsIimfcgVyuuWn3Y0AJQ5ORIcF-EcKZV5nJSQ/s320/20240225_105638.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Brits got turn two and boldly advanced across the bridge towards the advancing Hun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCR8id8yJsRlAnghLpN4cUzG4coaX7aFswPxjGYRqLqoSSvqqsu_FlaCBxUmRKmVagOr5KnELHtcaHhncVETQLHm3R9VSebbgMVzzTLLm917oqOPPlQqzel5l1OSs60uf28-ZkZBVcb3RpLNSyps0R-vgNrwECHLRG1C6oendPdd58oCizIk4AIbmlcGg/s2048/IMG-20240225-WA0021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCR8id8yJsRlAnghLpN4cUzG4coaX7aFswPxjGYRqLqoSSvqqsu_FlaCBxUmRKmVagOr5KnELHtcaHhncVETQLHm3R9VSebbgMVzzTLLm917oqOPPlQqzel5l1OSs60uf28-ZkZBVcb3RpLNSyps0R-vgNrwECHLRG1C6oendPdd58oCizIk4AIbmlcGg/s320/IMG-20240225-WA0021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The British HQ - have you ever seen so many stiff upper lips in one place?!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YN8Kr5b8B7b1vkRafHyx7pIv6n_xVnVR0jq69jGvUxrO1uD4qkon82PtTSR44HCW9qtzE17cV3h17zoB2lfdgC9520qmpJY6BSRzaAYqXfN6CrgItWcbpHS2K5gYUQobHM-1eIUipcOqS5vdlYfKJ-RPIC1_rT-h1rcvwG7yDBpt0ChnYaiu21CUJcwE/s4080/20240225_105657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YN8Kr5b8B7b1vkRafHyx7pIv6n_xVnVR0jq69jGvUxrO1uD4qkon82PtTSR44HCW9qtzE17cV3h17zoB2lfdgC9520qmpJY6BSRzaAYqXfN6CrgItWcbpHS2K5gYUQobHM-1eIUipcOqS5vdlYfKJ-RPIC1_rT-h1rcvwG7yDBpt0ChnYaiu21CUJcwE/s320/20240225_105657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately for Barry, the British FOO was hit a number of times early on and forced to retire, and despite about four opportunities to rally one of his hit points off, he was unable to do so, and exited the battlefield around turn ten of the game, meaning the Allies had no ability to call on their already limited artillery support.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-79NyE1kWAvsbEi3pASsgZDFflFgGYA-D7LuHSDweWWL5ujAEykYN3BM8hszJI811nzPhG7MkqiBo4cYV9LqQ5WwqqWlyHjLg42rOjb27qiuvXJqorvJN1zfJQs4b3l5mrSmfDhS6SymcqgxFVTCD0Iq1clXaHE6kXjWugJ2yhVPBSz23iT6ywLIUN1Iz/s4080/20240225_112212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-79NyE1kWAvsbEi3pASsgZDFflFgGYA-D7LuHSDweWWL5ujAEykYN3BM8hszJI811nzPhG7MkqiBo4cYV9LqQ5WwqqWlyHjLg42rOjb27qiuvXJqorvJN1zfJQs4b3l5mrSmfDhS6SymcqgxFVTCD0Iq1clXaHE6kXjWugJ2yhVPBSz23iT6ywLIUN1Iz/s320/20240225_112212.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two Vickers Light tanks are already burning merrily as the pioneers occupy the Church on their side of the bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNRuYcBFbs9twEJqGh4hhzo9fpQNvOYUtpTTXWwM85HHldS3uct_mTF4MoSe7ctZOHMl9A065gYZ0k76ICJTPRVYitrVrbJ04vZis_pO5pfVwn9d3EKPTHEwWy8tAqh8Md8GCtOm-4XBngvW6XKVQV7xULvCDMahesOT6WpjNoIeosEWLyBkjpc84UcwP/s2048/IMG-20240225-WA0023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNRuYcBFbs9twEJqGh4hhzo9fpQNvOYUtpTTXWwM85HHldS3uct_mTF4MoSe7ctZOHMl9A065gYZ0k76ICJTPRVYitrVrbJ04vZis_pO5pfVwn9d3EKPTHEwWy8tAqh8Md8GCtOm-4XBngvW6XKVQV7xULvCDMahesOT6WpjNoIeosEWLyBkjpc84UcwP/s320/IMG-20240225-WA0023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, my recon troops are pinned down by the superior French forces opposite - motorcycles and armoured cars can't do much to dent a Somua and Char B!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7t83RPrdadpkBvhrgsb4kB4nuVpT9W7O9J2fN30dGx-yIOGEC98KHFVAsfIQynxi-HmXRpvNNHOtlUYJC5qcyGQBn5kYLcy2yd3IAclfAYY6l-_BBA3YvwPUUO554_EMVx1TD1ZElCIOf8fqbC8B7OaWe6KmupuHy6CYl9Mxzfuh2upS4YyqXBlZ40b-/s4080/20240225_125233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7t83RPrdadpkBvhrgsb4kB4nuVpT9W7O9J2fN30dGx-yIOGEC98KHFVAsfIQynxi-HmXRpvNNHOtlUYJC5qcyGQBn5kYLcy2yd3IAclfAYY6l-_BBA3YvwPUUO554_EMVx1TD1ZElCIOf8fqbC8B7OaWe6KmupuHy6CYl9Mxzfuh2upS4YyqXBlZ40b-/s320/20240225_125233.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Allies got an air support card and targeted the centre Sdkfz 251, as they can hit the main target plus up to two others that are within 4"... they missed the target vehicle and the tank - but hit Andrews HQ vehicle - verdamnt!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO0avtw-SZ4CtasThyX-wa_-wr2T-Ds1UXgkogkVEi5FlEz0oK7wHxOXnYZf53TkwJTwP2omXirvGEF5hpFb1gq93UrvDhvUF3Kbbwc2M4g0Fyt4m5UrQUAWw1ad0r06jS-tbOoRnFj0CFcZjzjC_hvctBpl4U79flbtYonb87de1V9EIucO2WW7dVZk6/s4080/20240225_125317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO0avtw-SZ4CtasThyX-wa_-wr2T-Ds1UXgkogkVEi5FlEz0oK7wHxOXnYZf53TkwJTwP2omXirvGEF5hpFb1gq93UrvDhvUF3Kbbwc2M4g0Fyt4m5UrQUAWw1ad0r06jS-tbOoRnFj0CFcZjzjC_hvctBpl4U79flbtYonb87de1V9EIucO2WW7dVZk6/s320/20240225_125317.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The infantry pulled back too, as they were patently not going to be able to assault across a river defended by three platoons of French infantry supported by two tanks AND a mortar.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Rf77ryGWEMm2lURkvjts_wKeETYgWdiK4kCP-Yub2OLw7TNYScLoTLKQ7Jhxp92UNHki2Qm62VfnYYK-nDNVyuuoDJPNKrKRP_zwjadFyzje3AQws18Ou3MxQlfDcqrpIuf_miV909dkvCaUCqkxn_Z225f6GDe2uRXyibCfnwL6im2GaQd0e3TaFYUJ/s4080/20240225_133043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Rf77ryGWEMm2lURkvjts_wKeETYgWdiK4kCP-Yub2OLw7TNYScLoTLKQ7Jhxp92UNHki2Qm62VfnYYK-nDNVyuuoDJPNKrKRP_zwjadFyzje3AQws18Ou3MxQlfDcqrpIuf_miV909dkvCaUCqkxn_Z225f6GDe2uRXyibCfnwL6im2GaQd0e3TaFYUJ/s320/20240225_133043.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the road (and small town) cleared, the transport column starts to move forwards down the road, heading west, deeper into France.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_A4QBTPwGxxrYooV4qXHs77QtvQE5ItiEoKUONBD5JWMIJWqnLwoui4sIPhVPxyds4N2BNFENcrievSyXN6ONB1HxtSbn0fn2_bg-O9BQV5XXGp97nq9wWcHX2iP0leI8aJa4Xcv5HmE2WvRlOyANVBF-1BoJafdo8nqfLttKVHUIVpKeK7wL6XQqQ3Q/s3127/20240225_144443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="3127" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_A4QBTPwGxxrYooV4qXHs77QtvQE5ItiEoKUONBD5JWMIJWqnLwoui4sIPhVPxyds4N2BNFENcrievSyXN6ONB1HxtSbn0fn2_bg-O9BQV5XXGp97nq9wWcHX2iP0leI8aJa4Xcv5HmE2WvRlOyANVBF-1BoJafdo8nqfLttKVHUIVpKeK7wL6XQqQ3Q/s320/20240225_144443.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A final assault by Mark's infantry on one of Ricks Panhard's came to naught ....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_br1ypKACjOCfxKgoVnUVpnTwZyKSFUB_J_EDOLRyEms6U9E7eLpf_C-egkwWi8GKAx358peaLtf_RXJZiK_ATjzbkdZBKolQx2tYakS_zuW0dAvWYmdtKgS3_QwW0SQktuVw01PZc7hsgUXSGtocEwpyrKe8cHQWQ1_61TrhjC2o9PZnBRPoFYCcbUQ/s4080/20240225_144519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_br1ypKACjOCfxKgoVnUVpnTwZyKSFUB_J_EDOLRyEms6U9E7eLpf_C-egkwWi8GKAx358peaLtf_RXJZiK_ATjzbkdZBKolQx2tYakS_zuW0dAvWYmdtKgS3_QwW0SQktuVw01PZc7hsgUXSGtocEwpyrKe8cHQWQ1_61TrhjC2o9PZnBRPoFYCcbUQ/s320/20240225_144519.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.... and the Allied left flank, all was quiet save the noise of burning German transport ....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMrW1Gmv0_4WPxiyALA1G44RoSqBuGa9i5-sfVcYzYmMOGu9rakEuVCug7xW1XA-tKzQmWd01zWA9MslsVfx313sFDb3MnGSK8lJIByXTyJcYxCLTGEbO0zKo1Te46xSigFVl_kFnO-w3V2Upub0dSnC65i38k2CScURT4dyY2EE6KxsKdMU9V2eda1T1/s3230/20240225_144605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3230" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMrW1Gmv0_4WPxiyALA1G44RoSqBuGa9i5-sfVcYzYmMOGu9rakEuVCug7xW1XA-tKzQmWd01zWA9MslsVfx313sFDb3MnGSK8lJIByXTyJcYxCLTGEbO0zKo1Te46xSigFVl_kFnO-w3V2Upub0dSnC65i38k2CScURT4dyY2EE6KxsKdMU9V2eda1T1/s320/20240225_144605.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.... but it did not matter, as a last-minute visit from the Luftwaffe had broken the morale of the two remaining British platoons, and to add insult to injury, Paul followed up with his infantry, pursuing the Tommies off the field. As Mark said (quoting Captain Mainwaring) "That's a typical shabby Nazi trick, you see the sort of people we're up against!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the end, the Germans won 7 - 5 as Andrew, Mark and Paul managed to get sufficient vehicles off the Allied table edge in the last 2-3 German turns. Everyone seemed to enjoy the game, even the Allied players commented that the scenario and special events gave a good flavour of what we all think the Blitzkrieg battles in France in 1940 were like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next time, we might try something based on Arras, and let the Allies have a few more tanks on the table (mind you, the Germans will have wall to wall 88mm guns!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope that was not too long or too many images - close ups were supplied by my opponent John - he sent quite a few more but I could not put all of them in the report!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-57500800016366772842024-02-23T22:48:00.001+13:002024-02-23T23:38:39.003+13:00Recent arrivals<p> Amongst arrivals in February were several packs of Woodland Indians from Crusader miniatures. Since buying the "Last of the Mohicans" character figures a while back, I have had an idea bubbling away of some kind of skirmish level game around the story of the Munro sisters et al - so when I saw Crusader had a decent discount on this range - £4 per pack instead of £7 or something like that - I ordered one of each pack. I was actually there, looking at German paras.....butterfly, butterfly!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktirnzztPAygxsWJcglALFxzsIqLdlMbnBB1nLf9RTnq_KYVShlEsfgLORuIuMOc65090Q3w66unV17zewhpUyfrgFdGxeXI0QWAIybEEd_cvqoyVgH5VGCAFovtwVDq86A7PVdJ95UAzhjxMIS_RSYwo4mZ1xMwf6E9Nd2AHhSuTgPBu7_p4N0uJ-5nJ/s3333/20240202_235512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3333" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktirnzztPAygxsWJcglALFxzsIqLdlMbnBB1nLf9RTnq_KYVShlEsfgLORuIuMOc65090Q3w66unV17zewhpUyfrgFdGxeXI0QWAIybEEd_cvqoyVgH5VGCAFovtwVDq86A7PVdJ95UAzhjxMIS_RSYwo4mZ1xMwf6E9Nd2AHhSuTgPBu7_p4N0uJ-5nJ/s320/20240202_235512.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvLAlVXhzinSgkXOS1t7MdDD2ISzeW5C0jNcXmg2VxCBsW9RwstRe18qNtlLDCpGH17HJiAKCk58I9g_SDA-tksAo94CAhp8NeeJSy3YPXzQUE-b0QPDMH3c36_8wV8Txw1iJA9mrioqkdL8JB94AMkKiyKSMMjrXLa9zANt6oKiD8prKNKDxuLHVLjLN/s4080/20240203_125905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvLAlVXhzinSgkXOS1t7MdDD2ISzeW5C0jNcXmg2VxCBsW9RwstRe18qNtlLDCpGH17HJiAKCk58I9g_SDA-tksAo94CAhp8NeeJSy3YPXzQUE-b0QPDMH3c36_8wV8Txw1iJA9mrioqkdL8JB94AMkKiyKSMMjrXLa9zANt6oKiD8prKNKDxuLHVLjLN/s320/20240203_125905.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Six packs of four figures, which will all be based individually - seems like more than enough for my purposes - I may just have to get a few British and French regulars too at some point.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd03-GTvozeph2ANwDwsPkLlNz7GL4-CpRNNPhBjZ2bm5Xr2FGKNcvA-t8jzjiEG31vGunwVXR7JACo_KykoZ8AVdywYsKLITJnf8z9x1r_UcRL6qg86cDz0vF5OO24IFNaUy12XC6R021FFL_oPTsdd67NMBifR6PCHp6OmHRRxRt6fkeQEqfTT8N52WP/s4080/20240203_125943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd03-GTvozeph2ANwDwsPkLlNz7GL4-CpRNNPhBjZ2bm5Xr2FGKNcvA-t8jzjiEG31vGunwVXR7JACo_KykoZ8AVdywYsKLITJnf8z9x1r_UcRL6qg86cDz0vF5OO24IFNaUy12XC6R021FFL_oPTsdd67NMBifR6PCHp6OmHRRxRt6fkeQEqfTT8N52WP/s320/20240203_125943.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Fallschirmjaeger command is done but I am not sure when I will get around to painting the rest of these, as there is quite a backlog of unpainted stuff in my pile - which is an uncommon situation for me, but I did go a bit mad back in January! In fact, I still have two purchases to arrive yet - some more of the JJG 3D prints from France, which are on the way now (finally!) plus a small force of figures from another manufacturer based in Bonnie Scotland - Templar Miniatures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And from the Boring Old fart files, here are a few images from the garden of fruit in production and being consumed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiJegs-uZ9pV6JyHI-3cA9K5Asm6Va76UNIMNhaS7jrV6WsLohfGukJ4Wy8t34WeZi7JQbobegpWLir0CbgoigxBD6dPFTfaqqB4-J1EKOQ2U9xMmrc21nzejwTFQJVk0ZKtgHrpkZwDfaqDDpuJ-2iA5CxLZIaR2HViFm-2-U07skxsryYf1y3i6QYUR/s4080/20240222_193652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiJegs-uZ9pV6JyHI-3cA9K5Asm6Va76UNIMNhaS7jrV6WsLohfGukJ4Wy8t34WeZi7JQbobegpWLir0CbgoigxBD6dPFTfaqqB4-J1EKOQ2U9xMmrc21nzejwTFQJVk0ZKtgHrpkZwDfaqDDpuJ-2iA5CxLZIaR2HViFm-2-U07skxsryYf1y3i6QYUR/s320/20240222_193652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The passion fruit vine, which has been producing fruit to eat for about a fortnight now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI-TUswmifQOWlUvzwnc1Ua0UHoJ8e3zNmSutAbQ2ZADJCwgaVyl92LrGCfC1fMm0Hb2XANXqEzgGOm173FUujf0B396NgHfs4s67xQdT1-j0pmHTS-jKSsTOih1t9EUOiyyrqzz7OWgwL1PfbB9rc57Mj-tD-AAVj25KCpEJ6w9jal3EIzGcfbu4i8rN/s4080/20240222_193703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI-TUswmifQOWlUvzwnc1Ua0UHoJ8e3zNmSutAbQ2ZADJCwgaVyl92LrGCfC1fMm0Hb2XANXqEzgGOm173FUujf0B396NgHfs4s67xQdT1-j0pmHTS-jKSsTOih1t9EUOiyyrqzz7OWgwL1PfbB9rc57Mj-tD-AAVj25KCpEJ6w9jal3EIzGcfbu4i8rN/s320/20240222_193703.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And one of the windfall apples!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EOc-C3oaIKtM7V8TjM1c95_7tB55deJuZWmvE3Yy3drBJggKoBYiO9uNOGDl3lm29csH7tkUuYHphDPua1lvkkbya3jo8VIrtxp1TDUzL6zNYcmhGdXx6mD4YDD-98-VZiYyHa3txVHc2osE6SQAwEy816c_d47gCHiYjq1CQFg3USGBsqYKYDQH-pxU/s2463/20240222_194905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2463" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EOc-C3oaIKtM7V8TjM1c95_7tB55deJuZWmvE3Yy3drBJggKoBYiO9uNOGDl3lm29csH7tkUuYHphDPua1lvkkbya3jo8VIrtxp1TDUzL6zNYcmhGdXx6mD4YDD-98-VZiYyHa3txVHc2osE6SQAwEy816c_d47gCHiYjq1CQFg3USGBsqYKYDQH-pxU/s320/20240222_194905.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just Googled passionfruit and currently, you can buy a box of 30 fruit for $45 - which makes our vine quite a money saver - there are probably close to 30 in that bowl in the image above!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Off to out inaugural 28mm Blitzkrieg game at Barrys on Sunday, with yours truly providing a significant portion of the German force PLUS the scenario - so fingers crossed it's a good one- an AAR will follow in due course, needless to say! </div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-18758104425283617672024-02-21T20:39:00.000+13:002024-02-21T20:39:13.919+13:00A Bit of This, A Bit of That<p> Lots of different bits and pieces tonight, including some terrain pieces - some of the latter brand new, others that were hanging around for a couple of years waiting for me to slap some paint on 'em!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLTVf8-I-75k-OESeAkcrY9qNwmAabl4yWZ5uHFurUfqlTA0JfiQvCVRlDEbdx6oD2fF8ZG2Xo0rUaFu2L6-Agyj0pDqCgUwvcginWrN-f0xKgYCvrhp4tbUeGF6bk3-Df7jGryYTiDpGKrqke-456ic1vKCPvjKBdaMpwZz0HcbDw818afyyOdTp8ABO/s1806/20240221_194023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1806" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLTVf8-I-75k-OESeAkcrY9qNwmAabl4yWZ5uHFurUfqlTA0JfiQvCVRlDEbdx6oD2fF8ZG2Xo0rUaFu2L6-Agyj0pDqCgUwvcginWrN-f0xKgYCvrhp4tbUeGF6bk3-Df7jGryYTiDpGKrqke-456ic1vKCPvjKBdaMpwZz0HcbDw818afyyOdTp8ABO/s320/20240221_194023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First up, a couple of ladies to inhabit my Three Musketeers world - these are nice hard plastic prints from Sally 4th Miniatures.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AtJeci_QXj7l1vJbgjHsQ-hB09Ahdi979FqLQS-DluSIGjY6f5ak7iJ9rAA_w8huKEHTeD5oosY4SeeNeu_pnZOFaeOd0N_R5JED17nDd0mkUkVTvPIgBxyX0wzXkMS8Mdohx6kwev7cZRqpBR7hFUljLcvX0bCDo7GW-ngmvgEWKmUr2ADu0IV5ivtC/s2261/20240221_194041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A Fox Hunting Lady (above) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i35XLYqqy1F8fo-6X0XT-zdzxVWb9I-MgpL7SLrLbL6NTa_XB8zAQBAvgcgzs0JshqGXUzBvuAb9uSzWiwo18WLX0sN0hp6opI3UaZF9S_tp3mJD7o9Vc4PnemA5m2Asz3iROeYv-Jkzy7YTGHDeXzf7QZu0zhDVmuSybKRY9E7KAe-YBNKQ2go9jZlg/s1836/20240221_194930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="1799" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i35XLYqqy1F8fo-6X0XT-zdzxVWb9I-MgpL7SLrLbL6NTa_XB8zAQBAvgcgzs0JshqGXUzBvuAb9uSzWiwo18WLX0sN0hp6opI3UaZF9S_tp3mJD7o9Vc4PnemA5m2Asz3iROeYv-Jkzy7YTGHDeXzf7QZu0zhDVmuSybKRY9E7KAe-YBNKQ2go9jZlg/s320/20240221_194930.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Lady of the Manor/Socialite</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="3694" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7_wqz0MEIjd8_I6V9RZFfzj5mucOEG7hYfSi5CFbfgbfpsC_Vf0ArQLEks6iTZfDUY3NCjMAttBJ1veUeZUUMrY-bQzwEGhl1zDard3lWjRNdkY_70RqIM4ZVvqs4unNc9qKQC7cd75BtioAruMhT6zlpith8zY6IGSEtSm6Ez4nz6PFh-zo1a_Qm6XM/s320/20240221_195613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The beds below are some of the older stuff I have had lying around for a while - they were bought at the height of the Border Reiver Pele Tower building phase 2-3 years ago - but have only been painted up within the last few weeks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU20rYAUXd8MaLWPnybOj3Ek-pevLY1qXUX9sNZFCVrAQ-Ko9d-RdJ-GahqrjJ16h-YCAVB3rcn7ySgHev-xjkQenMXTpMnyXReEs2_qjJz9NSl1Vah4GbTGCC9_N7ZQskAIBQqwLMPitrZb5hvbUTlt1HcmwZDaT7wZ1jNQUlLfo5PVGk5cxtY4_TLgF-/s3845/20240221_195916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="3845" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU20rYAUXd8MaLWPnybOj3Ek-pevLY1qXUX9sNZFCVrAQ-Ko9d-RdJ-GahqrjJ16h-YCAVB3rcn7ySgHev-xjkQenMXTpMnyXReEs2_qjJz9NSl1Vah4GbTGCC9_N7ZQskAIBQqwLMPitrZb5hvbUTlt1HcmwZDaT7wZ1jNQUlLfo5PVGk5cxtY4_TLgF-/s320/20240221_195916.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Thats it for tonight - hope you have enjoyed the show (and tell!) or, my Peanut Butter and Jelly post!</p>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-43633707499840863802024-02-18T19:13:00.000+13:002024-02-18T19:13:17.896+13:00A Recent Zombicide Black Plague Game<p> Julian and I played another game of this about 10 days ago. I took quite a few pictures and will add some commentary but to be honest, this sort of board game does not strike me as the most interesting thing to read about - so I possibly won't bother doing an AAR on any future games - unless it's a few months break between now and the next one....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5XCsVEMPBFfIWDJ8vWtGMnNXZgFltpMZXQNQ0z1IwDrmJs-ltUGX42RBCKo1XoORhDojjYbwNg2O_yj0L-iCipFNvj8sb6YjvBwwd-jaYBg95JN8LRcsa9fGZNSe2TmQHgtmDfWL3hQ4c_aMa50F1usyqo5-CYphtzmjfNGrwrvp0WVTJEN1SXBaI8n4/s4080/20240208_170509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5XCsVEMPBFfIWDJ8vWtGMnNXZgFltpMZXQNQ0z1IwDrmJs-ltUGX42RBCKo1XoORhDojjYbwNg2O_yj0L-iCipFNvj8sb6YjvBwwd-jaYBg95JN8LRcsa9fGZNSe2TmQHgtmDfWL3hQ4c_aMa50F1usyqo5-CYphtzmjfNGrwrvp0WVTJEN1SXBaI8n4/s320/20240208_170509.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the playing area for our game.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQwuIT9xYY9LpoAadf1g3vbZ4cXWBgQ4qoaSAywil1eJuwcuz6O7a1Z7wi6EqBBuq-23p7sfxjVimMQgpfXbLAHi7v8INt3Ixni70eaMgPWXPqR0bcLzKuzamZhT8RUGNxZfqCeJrUd-WA9Kvs05H9RKBEYvelw6ltzrsmV-FI9TuVyz61ZYKj7a2Dz7r/s2340/20240208_170528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2340" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQwuIT9xYY9LpoAadf1g3vbZ4cXWBgQ4qoaSAywil1eJuwcuz6O7a1Z7wi6EqBBuq-23p7sfxjVimMQgpfXbLAHi7v8INt3Ixni70eaMgPWXPqR0bcLzKuzamZhT8RUGNxZfqCeJrUd-WA9Kvs05H9RKBEYvelw6ltzrsmV-FI9TuVyz61ZYKj7a2Dz7r/s320/20240208_170528.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As it was only Julian and I, we had three characters each.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgSGlUYBtac-pvV6zdQ5bOuEmjoeozIrplFPWKGRufkC9jrfeEsNOXA7NqsvYJz_P0bspM4vNCa_v01wKfiU1_ZLiyBKZX4xECsBmiE6exuqKP2dHpHBJ0IgPCSrpZxAM80yD2LqoOtY3x6Ldlun3Xh4SrhkgjqS688EVEo7CWiMKBGAyTqS9yz-a3wYc/s4080/20240208_171531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgSGlUYBtac-pvV6zdQ5bOuEmjoeozIrplFPWKGRufkC9jrfeEsNOXA7NqsvYJz_P0bspM4vNCa_v01wKfiU1_ZLiyBKZX4xECsBmiE6exuqKP2dHpHBJ0IgPCSrpZxAM80yD2LqoOtY3x6Ldlun3Xh4SrhkgjqS688EVEo7CWiMKBGAyTqS9yz-a3wYc/s320/20240208_171531.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian again had Samson the dwarf - the only figure who STARTS the game with the ability to inflict 2 damage points.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Shh9bnpwKUAF19lk49dvWe9q_hrTtElKDvUKkac75PBucjDbwtdZfMOBRgEfgC6cAlcC4Iw5liuDghjg3ejUgGWDGnh5cTKs3geLjCRlpicpkf_yu0RR1Jq1nV2c9E0AiBdrAAnCsAGWLtYItqLXBDQnf9LaOKSBeBO1yU3eoUzJI6URswPdyn4kWbFb/s2762/20240208_171538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="2762" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Shh9bnpwKUAF19lk49dvWe9q_hrTtElKDvUKkac75PBucjDbwtdZfMOBRgEfgC6cAlcC4Iw5liuDghjg3ejUgGWDGnh5cTKs3geLjCRlpicpkf_yu0RR1Jq1nV2c9E0AiBdrAAnCsAGWLtYItqLXBDQnf9LaOKSBeBO1yU3eoUzJI6URswPdyn4kWbFb/s320/20240208_171538.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zombies enter, stage right - two of my three figures are in the near distance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdge25_Jnkd_aMofRi0iDXWgB8qTGJwJXfm4jNNngpEvM9xlXAACrm_ajk8L0Qz2Ds52XBANLr_y9hJBdobBHcmLHdTXHVUc_Sjj2Ny9chi5qRY54-jZtuJ32DL1k97Ld5bAp9yXA8epdyD-un8kSHKRemM0yHwjEg8goUHPUSQhiI5RvdRUwCu46DCen/s2294/20240208_171747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdge25_Jnkd_aMofRi0iDXWgB8qTGJwJXfm4jNNngpEvM9xlXAACrm_ajk8L0Qz2Ds52XBANLr_y9hJBdobBHcmLHdTXHVUc_Sjj2Ny9chi5qRY54-jZtuJ32DL1k97Ld5bAp9yXA8epdyD-un8kSHKRemM0yHwjEg8goUHPUSQhiI5RvdRUwCu46DCen/s320/20240208_171747.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, I managed to discover this spell in the dungeon/cellar. Roll 4 x D6 per action causing 2 kills on a 4+!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1rUu4oo1bHpuLpeYQrVrzRdcRdkDjwH9yUtrdkq5oCAucfQT0K6kDzT8zvgKJ3_yk0lSLZBWSgBoF6Uxck7pGHkUb5mhZczqe87Jz08273y55qKrnYzo7sIGSG6SYfpVNqgNtcXa57eIxDRC5D8C-HOIUO_JWt5hUOMuPro9xODtpuqsXf_8JV5OEzuB/s3017/20240208_172655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3017" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1rUu4oo1bHpuLpeYQrVrzRdcRdkDjwH9yUtrdkq5oCAucfQT0K6kDzT8zvgKJ3_yk0lSLZBWSgBoF6Uxck7pGHkUb5mhZczqe87Jz08273y55qKrnYzo7sIGSG6SYfpVNqgNtcXa57eIxDRC5D8C-HOIUO_JWt5hUOMuPro9xODtpuqsXf_8JV5OEzuB/s320/20240208_172655.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first building I searched revealed one "runner" - who was quickly dispatched!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wait, there are more.....!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGm2oSdXqs_lB6GHUGk2Zz3JweObC2HqrKY7LYaQ6lWCZSliKoU74dVwfXzLL1nvpQoJ7vS34JjPgyLwsd8uDRkh2eU_jOSPUs55zNylhYFCku4-F08ztUcOEj7F3R5x2STYYsDeUFrgCoWxKOgzr0TSpH2nyrm5HAkuSYGGF9XEAbiQlvgG9qzymmxZJ/s1985/20240208_180659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="1985" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGm2oSdXqs_lB6GHUGk2Zz3JweObC2HqrKY7LYaQ6lWCZSliKoU74dVwfXzLL1nvpQoJ7vS34JjPgyLwsd8uDRkh2eU_jOSPUs55zNylhYFCku4-F08ztUcOEj7F3R5x2STYYsDeUFrgCoWxKOgzr0TSpH2nyrm5HAkuSYGGF9XEAbiQlvgG9qzymmxZJ/s320/20240208_180659.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nelly the barmaid found, and quickly destroyed, the Necromancer!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rdIXLgep2nBdmiDKuVOnKA6J8ELmPuyZEJzp2vkZOEGC_oclU-wsxEJvX2aamhohA_77Vg64a3sF7pD7mkbf1UzdPQ0LyNxznGGM1SkdvKcFDlDCkHsvN07XwDyICRRoOofobZhc7G5V992OViJBHltfgiFxaz6_Hpnp74I3vxkBlGpzOSsVp-g6sBww/s4080/20240208_182900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rdIXLgep2nBdmiDKuVOnKA6J8ELmPuyZEJzp2vkZOEGC_oclU-wsxEJvX2aamhohA_77Vg64a3sF7pD7mkbf1UzdPQ0LyNxznGGM1SkdvKcFDlDCkHsvN07XwDyICRRoOofobZhc7G5V992OViJBHltfgiFxaz6_Hpnp74I3vxkBlGpzOSsVp-g6sBww/s320/20240208_182900.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nelly smashed in another door - and behind it lay - MORE Zombies!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfz1TuKcoNxkg9xACRfHZkC9zH_X-vAKDN8HQCbkAdsxSBh39V6V7BLfzH4FS8-a_yYppaRokebnx21lRtAH4MxoArcSqBZb3Y_tqyK76drTmmnb3Ukbcynwd0U9PFHllJD07NFfQafLq5tXZNkHlgO18kNSI53LqSXOepmRoZ_MXG3NoLjggLriStlKK4/s4080/20240208_182909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfz1TuKcoNxkg9xACRfHZkC9zH_X-vAKDN8HQCbkAdsxSBh39V6V7BLfzH4FS8-a_yYppaRokebnx21lRtAH4MxoArcSqBZb3Y_tqyK76drTmmnb3Ukbcynwd0U9PFHllJD07NFfQafLq5tXZNkHlgO18kNSI53LqSXOepmRoZ_MXG3NoLjggLriStlKK4/s320/20240208_182909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Samson the dwarf spent the remainder of the game as a decoy for the majority of the zombies in play, including an Abomination, by hiding in one of the cellars and creating a great racket banging pipes with his enormous tool (the war hammer!) - Zombies MUST head towards the nearest noise, so this was a good way to corral a lot of them in a dead-end passageway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2Z1QIhtSVJ32uoU8UK4d7lTFFmP34gwXNF8ZhkmFjengVDFpHf0MpKnB9ObyCcI3uP-JV78kjajjjjzWOwyJpvJGV5IYR2XP4kxlETQaW-QFcnYGsQJGTCygXCv1WVMv8YLC1y28Ydl_p3Z2EeuUoOTb0GdJPr2rdm4MYsKkp3_lz3nvo7xyzFo3uUeb/s3384/20240208_191557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3384" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2Z1QIhtSVJ32uoU8UK4d7lTFFmP34gwXNF8ZhkmFjengVDFpHf0MpKnB9ObyCcI3uP-JV78kjajjjjzWOwyJpvJGV5IYR2XP4kxlETQaW-QFcnYGsQJGTCygXCv1WVMv8YLC1y28Ydl_p3Z2EeuUoOTb0GdJPr2rdm4MYsKkp3_lz3nvo7xyzFo3uUeb/s320/20240208_191557.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">.... and next one, they are all gone! The game does seem to be designed to make things relatively easy for the player characters!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6tj-63Ys_Z7dEnrxZdLrkTJlMaQvsRoq-LE3xmYagPLmLm9SsJZqw1u9o_mDvX7K5uXoq-bjFk42Q9lhO0xxhCzWT3ubTfQdyKCVy4xULZcP_PrdTorPMZres8ty2LpsngdjOX-P6pkgzILoEB23B18hxS-Fw8f0r2uVapd4oETR-oKanVUgow2UkPq1/s3465/20240208_191951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="3465" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6tj-63Ys_Z7dEnrxZdLrkTJlMaQvsRoq-LE3xmYagPLmLm9SsJZqw1u9o_mDvX7K5uXoq-bjFk42Q9lhO0xxhCzWT3ubTfQdyKCVy4xULZcP_PrdTorPMZres8ty2LpsngdjOX-P6pkgzILoEB23B18hxS-Fw8f0r2uVapd4oETR-oKanVUgow2UkPq1/s320/20240208_191951.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above - the large herd of zombies congregating in a dead-end tunnel, thanks to Samson the dwarf and his noise making routine!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSH093Zj6TKL6FZGM94srew3H23MYyGgMQBMGseY_-iYJ1vcI2dzAAArIMpg8oJWDYv9Vb3pCn7oCz_n-5SVdZsXoFl1YXXQ9PXlWRw1sv3YxuoadsJbFwYUQ5IggZYs_CLZEAHkIcSIxobNiLNBLeRWkp5bz1EuMtzvHqFvRL67af6KECPvX2b9UVmcA/s2425/20240208_200814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2425" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSH093Zj6TKL6FZGM94srew3H23MYyGgMQBMGseY_-iYJ1vcI2dzAAArIMpg8oJWDYv9Vb3pCn7oCz_n-5SVdZsXoFl1YXXQ9PXlWRw1sv3YxuoadsJbFwYUQ5IggZYs_CLZEAHkIcSIxobNiLNBLeRWkp5bz1EuMtzvHqFvRL67af6KECPvX2b9UVmcA/s320/20240208_200814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Late in the game, Ann the Nun got her psychopathic hands on this death dealing weapon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfBMYODpPZSy8sILD9CoO7HTu-nT2h4wAFaU4hYQdZf5E3CeM4OPEqalrPRgMNFmXa8JkdhxyuPQUYPvgz68cyxuZH73jfvxfoSmZIsODvsGiDBnN2xySOeXSc53ylNRW0ho9Hq62b7WqIeMc9fX8L_aZ9WDWJsOn-jF2K7lkZ3r0ZNC7T6K7GkWAAKiV/s4080/20240208_203026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfBMYODpPZSy8sILD9CoO7HTu-nT2h4wAFaU4hYQdZf5E3CeM4OPEqalrPRgMNFmXa8JkdhxyuPQUYPvgz68cyxuZH73jfvxfoSmZIsODvsGiDBnN2xySOeXSc53ylNRW0ho9Hq62b7WqIeMc9fX8L_aZ9WDWJsOn-jF2K7lkZ3r0ZNC7T6K7GkWAAKiV/s320/20240208_203026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I managed to find quite a few of the tiles online at the manufacturers web site and have downloaded them and printed them off in colour, as I think I might be able to adapt the Zombicide rules and mechanisms to fight some Three Musketeer scenarios .... more of that in a future post!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Thanks for your visit and extra special thanks to anyone who takes the time and effort to leave a comment!</p>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-29380749949578744252024-02-15T20:51:00.001+13:002024-02-15T20:51:09.612+13:00First of the First Corps Fallschirmjaegers Painted<p> There is a lot of stuff nearing fruition on the painting desk currently, plus another Zombicide AAR I need to share, but tonight it's the first (of three) sections of Fallschirmjaegers. Each section comprises an NCO with SMG, two 2-man MG34 LMG teams and seven rifle armed Schuetzen. These are based up as two lots of three riflemen, the two LMG teams and the NCO and one rifleman.</p><p>Again, I am not so keen on these First Corps figures as their Wehrmacht equivalents - given the choice again, I would probably go with Crusader instead - but they will do the job and as we all know, it does not really matter what they look like - sometimes the oldest, most poorly painted figures are the ones that win the game for us!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieisizRyE9JNcbnOfc2O2WgWpw1Vxt8tsdx1kOJdPt85KyiDQmN-_8CpZm_i9NpEZUD9RxDicJifnlPDiRchlCT3co9NtUcP07O9zgryD3lMiBghSOhP-JOpROoeb5MFy2StIe_4XO5sDDORiiJMDie_NBg3wRk3aBDz_NnNWsXCRSLk5y3qfQyuttB6fW/s3483/20240215_201812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="3483" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieisizRyE9JNcbnOfc2O2WgWpw1Vxt8tsdx1kOJdPt85KyiDQmN-_8CpZm_i9NpEZUD9RxDicJifnlPDiRchlCT3co9NtUcP07O9zgryD3lMiBghSOhP-JOpROoeb5MFy2StIe_4XO5sDDORiiJMDie_NBg3wRk3aBDz_NnNWsXCRSLk5y3qfQyuttB6fW/s320/20240215_201812.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The whole section - once again, based on 50mm rounds of my own creation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2U7cvin-ZV-TpNTtrHSJeyWIjaGwOjYSJ9g5pkIO4LyDCKwE-GhDz8qsT0BhP3-ONmGRXfF8K1ATfyswm9EfLZgQCu1dy6iPvvOyMbXxWMmGRkeOq7xEFzRDvmZ-TZdQB2ETa_wRkThzbzvjAWyVJFe6RhDMCVO6n3PIjMNMmSU4QDyVs1ldd170QbxN/s2209/20240215_201846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="2209" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2U7cvin-ZV-TpNTtrHSJeyWIjaGwOjYSJ9g5pkIO4LyDCKwE-GhDz8qsT0BhP3-ONmGRXfF8K1ATfyswm9EfLZgQCu1dy6iPvvOyMbXxWMmGRkeOq7xEFzRDvmZ-TZdQB2ETa_wRkThzbzvjAWyVJFe6RhDMCVO6n3PIjMNMmSU4QDyVs1ldd170QbxN/s320/20240215_201846.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">LMG Base 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have turned out fine - just not awe inspiring - I will be working on something different for the next few days but the next post will likely be last week's Zombicide encounter at Julians place!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for dropping in for a visit and I hope you find time to leave a comment!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-83576181375404589732024-02-12T22:19:00.002+13:002024-02-14T22:35:02.126+13:00Some Recent Arrivals Painted<p> I have been quite productive recently, in an unfocussed, butterfly-like manner - with several different batches of figures on the go simultaneously, as well as some building and construction work - more of that anon.</p><p>Tonight, I present most of the Sultana Heteira's court by Effincool Miniatures - I say most, because the snake charmer is not yet finished - it's the snakeskin pattern. you see......! Here are the rest of the ladies, however, plus a few potential scenes from future Pulp scenarios....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHYnbx9NYVMjhuiE_QbZihnXsd3zVU8f54MnVVvKMdXzkRcn4F3jljGIU6Ob9wYsfwgVxSdFtb422VNtYo5SofA_BzSvBfiN-MvE3YW2x282XTVpckSPQGt_SYznCqQY7XOBXsfMBAjrKTBrs5o3jh4pAXMujIs8vFzkJC_Lcqv9RxurQDAAth1vr46O0/s3885/20240206_114650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="3885" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHYnbx9NYVMjhuiE_QbZihnXsd3zVU8f54MnVVvKMdXzkRcn4F3jljGIU6Ob9wYsfwgVxSdFtb422VNtYo5SofA_BzSvBfiN-MvE3YW2x282XTVpckSPQGt_SYznCqQY7XOBXsfMBAjrKTBrs5o3jh4pAXMujIs8vFzkJC_Lcqv9RxurQDAAth1vr46O0/s320/20240206_114650.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sultana and her retinue are entertained.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXauCgbWUCY0sKpwMLp9HY1xA_oLVmsTrdl6c7tV8hp1fSd_T8i9RkALRq9buhQLscDXneyQ_Oovlwq-doKzcKS0j1xj_CvgI5hcp7_iF89dYucZ2mcMTTYEC85kLMxKZZ2ArZ0K8bZYb-mOJDk95G0_hBR4npPqfOfk7sDPXdKKxKsR67y7IkwdptW_X2/s4080/20240206_114709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXauCgbWUCY0sKpwMLp9HY1xA_oLVmsTrdl6c7tV8hp1fSd_T8i9RkALRq9buhQLscDXneyQ_Oovlwq-doKzcKS0j1xj_CvgI5hcp7_iF89dYucZ2mcMTTYEC85kLMxKZZ2ArZ0K8bZYb-mOJDk95G0_hBR4npPqfOfk7sDPXdKKxKsR67y7IkwdptW_X2/s320/20240206_114709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Court entertainers</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgNfoj_h9UPrzyZQtZXL3Qu6Ufqtt4GWY1EdqHywkoOcHvzR9_QdnyViMPh3bsmJ9L9PL1X9iIH9rdc_qHxbbWN7xT3ZKezkMaIWxoaqIwusgaaEFq-jQSwISb923TfKMG7OJdFNZ8rGWM_WohyhrdG5ThaPi9AlBfoSd-rS5PeYvtOXw877kjslQe1CQ/s320/20240206_114933.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">European Slave Girls are employed in the Court of the Sultana.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr7jX5WY_7kX-_Gz77BqrbRQ1Utj7pH1YhbVEbJ5Vnh2lWcZyy0Ef3ibV3YfUjmvQkh9cw3hD4I9fo7v-QpeSOC9gHYO4bjZgCGcOqst9WOsBZzylh_uUWCyPruDt5-SX7I1tNQErNPnkOtj5bUoagVTRmjSsHjkmuZOViRq0Az2PeBX9qSWUYzs2YqAs/s4080/20240206_114942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr7jX5WY_7kX-_Gz77BqrbRQ1Utj7pH1YhbVEbJ5Vnh2lWcZyy0Ef3ibV3YfUjmvQkh9cw3hD4I9fo7v-QpeSOC9gHYO4bjZgCGcOqst9WOsBZzylh_uUWCyPruDt5-SX7I1tNQErNPnkOtj5bUoagVTRmjSsHjkmuZOViRq0Az2PeBX9qSWUYzs2YqAs/s320/20240206_114942.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Visiting African royalty pay their respects.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkISOuISq14mujnGnLy8Uv2lGRDRxP7-tExUprkha6p4Hsk5LOQnthqwdWV3gMNuBwYMBpBs_UwFOjg6n7WslF4T3R3Cf_PLb6O1MYlzKCBFeTSSGaNZv3dnVzlZm08HJXj8gFT4EyuEfZXICulOXsjyMhM_lQum4nVqlZve7di_ZrKPOBiK8ZFEdzB6H/s3624/20240206_115609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="3624" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkISOuISq14mujnGnLy8Uv2lGRDRxP7-tExUprkha6p4Hsk5LOQnthqwdWV3gMNuBwYMBpBs_UwFOjg6n7WslF4T3R3Cf_PLb6O1MYlzKCBFeTSSGaNZv3dnVzlZm08HJXj8gFT4EyuEfZXICulOXsjyMhM_lQum4nVqlZve7di_ZrKPOBiK8ZFEdzB6H/s320/20240206_115609.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A brash Pulp Hero tells these dames, what's what....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwblh0fytldJdZ5M87LM_XUWZLvxzSK7QeMbkPIMbw-oSVovexembDpmC5IWSKJI2TUDoC9E90MtrH4-lhCycCpsv85PWHDOPMIm-6gD5oDca0BZ3cneDNtd8PJV-x_ll8fvLJkqWvVb3s9Hq4wGiqijx3DtWgx_lOo-m8mt8GXpJvDQ2fUI4Kmk9r3tyf/s3617/20240206_115534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="3617" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwblh0fytldJdZ5M87LM_XUWZLvxzSK7QeMbkPIMbw-oSVovexembDpmC5IWSKJI2TUDoC9E90MtrH4-lhCycCpsv85PWHDOPMIm-6gD5oDca0BZ3cneDNtd8PJV-x_ll8fvLJkqWvVb3s9Hq4wGiqijx3DtWgx_lOo-m8mt8GXpJvDQ2fUI4Kmk9r3tyf/s320/20240206_115534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not so noisy now, is he?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am very happy with how these figures have turned out and I must just figure out how to work them into an upcoming episode of "The Desk Mask of Ramallah".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, I recently purchased and have just finished watching this DVD that many British readers may remember from their dim and distant youth - I am unsure if it is known to our N American colleagues?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPE22TFLBiKfygM3-K1-xBdjN25OW65rOehUZ1UfL9WJGFJi2ZF6Ia8DHXZ2KhYny1TIeBhqd7OBXNNOXUGwtNxx4kmLAoDP8aHqtxfENz-2EyiMlgXdEJfYyoXqfFvjfYN9uEHyIcU-yi29k5k6r67UFCLMeBhzkqzZqrHb16ZDzpLs2FaYeEYU_Enac/s2325/20240203_130032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>The Flashing Blade</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Flashing Blade (French: Le Chevalier Tempête) is a French television serial made in the late 1960s. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC children's television during the 1960s, with several re-runs throughout the 1970s. The British version of twelve 22 minutes episodes was created from the original four French 75-minute episodes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fictional story is based upon historical events during the War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–1631) between France and Spain and its allies. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, a supporter of Spain, laid siege to Casale, the capital of Montferrat on the Savoie (Savoy) border. Despite numerous attempts to scale the defences, the beleaguered garrison held out. The Savoy army was eventually defeated by a French relief force on 18 March 1629.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The castle of Casale, seen being besieged in the opening credits, was filmed at Château Gaillard in France.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Plot</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The series revolves around the efforts of a dashing French spy to engineer the garrison's rescue. François, the Chevalier de Recci, and his servant Guillot are trapped in a besieged castle on the border between France and Spain. When the Spanish elite hear of a possible truce between France and Spain, some of them do not want a truce because the capture of the castle has greater strategic importance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Spanish begin a bombardment in order to capture the French castle before any form of ceasefire agreement is signed. The garrison commander, General Thoiras, recruits François and Gullot to break through Spanish lines to get word of the attack to the French Army. The pair, with their superior swordplay and horsemanship, embark on a daring mission evading capture, enemy spies and pursuing soldiers to deliver their message. The series ends with the Chevalier bringing news of the peace conference's decision to the Spanish Forces surrounding the castle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUew9WcLu7NGKoCRd8E_qz8yybbUowDkXOCfup9cWmJIuQzxKm-KvJ9MGcd6mGK-lQUja_1AC9KOY1g3CT5MpLkdaj_QSuHHdBn87mRNlFPmP5NpK9NGsZroNHp0GAdZrND61nG5s3cdfM0DqZwH7fuQ6FsN9k8V3roC6HvgvIC6yj1rGtYB8z83BeQclR/s402/FB1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="402" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUew9WcLu7NGKoCRd8E_qz8yybbUowDkXOCfup9cWmJIuQzxKm-KvJ9MGcd6mGK-lQUja_1AC9KOY1g3CT5MpLkdaj_QSuHHdBn87mRNlFPmP5NpK9NGsZroNHp0GAdZrND61nG5s3cdfM0DqZwH7fuQ6FsN9k8V3roC6HvgvIC6yj1rGtYB8z83BeQclR/s320/FB1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hero and heroine of the tale - the Chevalier de Recci and Isabelle de Sospel.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FtDyddu-M60zuQHtSFoijHf9lgi9vHiVnPjzsWgwlI7wU2ciBGS3U5cJJw_LH6aXTWTwDLEjlCUugU2DMYT-yx5xcOFF60OCIvo0muSMr4_iWy8XHmBNyAMf5iynokFyBl04XZLaiPilTUFaY_PTW8LJiyyVff-ngn0chhwiXzkXBQrGb3TB-ZV5Ujei/s454/FB2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="454" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FtDyddu-M60zuQHtSFoijHf9lgi9vHiVnPjzsWgwlI7wU2ciBGS3U5cJJw_LH6aXTWTwDLEjlCUugU2DMYT-yx5xcOFF60OCIvo0muSMr4_iWy8XHmBNyAMf5iynokFyBl04XZLaiPilTUFaY_PTW8LJiyyVff-ngn0chhwiXzkXBQrGb3TB-ZV5Ujei/s320/FB2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The evil Spanish adversary - Don Alonso.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>As was to be expected, it is of its time (production values, what's that then?!) and does not really stand up to modern expectations, but I am glad I got it and no doubt I will watch it all again some day in the future, although I would be hard put to recommend anyone watch it, unless, like me, it's for nostalgia's sake!rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-61009900724557208992024-02-10T15:56:00.003+13:002024-02-10T18:39:59.809+13:00Ye Ballade o' Sweet Lady Mary Bell<p> I ran through a couple of quick "catch up/plot bridge" games recently, as I felt this story had stalled somewhat and my ideas for the next game were getting a bit "samey"</p><p><b>Game 1</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibq6edua8IAnNCpm6g9S7Z0w8uK13zzXyUhUSlcvoild4-2T5aKDK50DkoFW-fhCzQPbwm5lkuAUvzGoWYqsM_zzTMQt_c8Bc4BnNlwULOv-8zkohPTfd_GxjMUT8GP-flgKGHWc_2iizNtvnWuFy4WLepWmnHlk9lnltHiwWpPow2ROMvb8AOECLcCriz/s2540/20240122_184406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2540" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibq6edua8IAnNCpm6g9S7Z0w8uK13zzXyUhUSlcvoild4-2T5aKDK50DkoFW-fhCzQPbwm5lkuAUvzGoWYqsM_zzTMQt_c8Bc4BnNlwULOv-8zkohPTfd_GxjMUT8GP-flgKGHWc_2iizNtvnWuFy4WLepWmnHlk9lnltHiwWpPow2ROMvb8AOECLcCriz/s320/20240122_184406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the dead of night, a small party cautiously navigates the countryside not a million miles from Dunholme Castle, the border stronghold of Sir Julian Bell.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1TYVDdP3Smx9BScn6-4N3AwSJadOaQlM4jnRafqXinHbSYb25sgou5i8eMjKSF2GgSQZAPeWMrlvgRdGecape80aAdaop_4wlOkYnT1Ea3DUi7iBScsnLl392UC-3XBKZrDaEqFi17xEYoZBZPvXp2CDi5aDiOpOTBWNiufpoasEMUb_LlLT2Dhs9YRz/s3845/20240122_184935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="3845" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1TYVDdP3Smx9BScn6-4N3AwSJadOaQlM4jnRafqXinHbSYb25sgou5i8eMjKSF2GgSQZAPeWMrlvgRdGecape80aAdaop_4wlOkYnT1Ea3DUi7iBScsnLl392UC-3XBKZrDaEqFi17xEYoZBZPvXp2CDi5aDiOpOTBWNiufpoasEMUb_LlLT2Dhs9YRz/s320/20240122_184935.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rab Kerr, Lady Mary (in suitable attire) and a couple of the Kerr household reivers creep slowly through the darkness.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK_HNytEsDsUtRgWvLz2dhzbxY8kyNoxdH8jvOVUBxwIQQsN5hqMhGwQTz3xsiJC7K7GaLPOSdHoEN1z7xmTkNTkkwKzaQYPTfX2IwxdBkvI9EZJISJA-ErDAh7vVoOrz8x_KagMGNLWByUFFA1iH__Bxkb21isS81RGVm3EIXjlcsMYyekt2geHorWby/s3770/20240122_185439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3770" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK_HNytEsDsUtRgWvLz2dhzbxY8kyNoxdH8jvOVUBxwIQQsN5hqMhGwQTz3xsiJC7K7GaLPOSdHoEN1z7xmTkNTkkwKzaQYPTfX2IwxdBkvI9EZJISJA-ErDAh7vVoOrz8x_KagMGNLWByUFFA1iH__Bxkb21isS81RGVm3EIXjlcsMYyekt2geHorWby/s320/20240122_185439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The meeting place is just ahead, quietly now!" Rab whispers to the small crew.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWci4jCdgX4t_rQ8ji6LFj20g0A4F_-jlVbTv-3ECpghM6u7pWjZYJSsYBU-UasYQNw_USZB7LbTxOfEUmP9ex_YIU-dyGgXUpFySzPrV5w-OS3Jt2_DDrGyAdvi-frFU6qbWiFpxFDUW9Zo5qexM8_sc4qx0_Oo5wvWgeb4-5LPOS4n06hh0k6Aq5IwO/s3441/20240122_185501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3441" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWci4jCdgX4t_rQ8ji6LFj20g0A4F_-jlVbTv-3ECpghM6u7pWjZYJSsYBU-UasYQNw_USZB7LbTxOfEUmP9ex_YIU-dyGgXUpFySzPrV5w-OS3Jt2_DDrGyAdvi-frFU6qbWiFpxFDUW9Zo5qexM8_sc4qx0_Oo5wvWgeb4-5LPOS4n06hh0k6Aq5IwO/s320/20240122_185501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the dawn starts to break, a small girl is revealed, holding in her right hand a small clump of juniper bush. "Wait here, lassie!" whispers Lady Mary, and she disappears into the nearby glade, unstrapping the leather satchel carried on her back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrhL3JS9z-NVuW8H9BU_4A35-LKZ1EKeGfNA7AWlUwdTAx8W2xXdpxjNXXn0FdRc5sHMayMGe_zIjvFwgLBHtwF1o6MKpj27hrIMrOWAJLyvTXcUa1Xsb2o4Wszfy08pAKTSn2NVvn1gsPn8V-eno3nV9ZNd-H7i7z4atOGufgYu5kcaFHTurLIWcgGMv/s3023/20240122_185519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3023" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrhL3JS9z-NVuW8H9BU_4A35-LKZ1EKeGfNA7AWlUwdTAx8W2xXdpxjNXXn0FdRc5sHMayMGe_zIjvFwgLBHtwF1o6MKpj27hrIMrOWAJLyvTXcUa1Xsb2o4Wszfy08pAKTSn2NVvn1gsPn8V-eno3nV9ZNd-H7i7z4atOGufgYu5kcaFHTurLIWcgGMv/s320/20240122_185519.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few minutes later, the young girl leads a "maid" back towards the small hamlet where she lives.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYv8RRLcsLDvoLjVoCgikCgR4ES_ObEp3bZy-sKA8SiNruUTrlk1JxyGQa1G3tRzmCT9UJZGW07TlHEuHH9aMwKfMRtrjffbMRvjjg-KmzXtabPSzXNmGtWIYuEAWj9D7Ri952fEGM7MD6DmcBCdToLkBhK2Bvk4qPQOF7EAeQPP_Mnn6U7JwmmtvIwoZe/s3224/20240122_185539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="3224" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYv8RRLcsLDvoLjVoCgikCgR4ES_ObEp3bZy-sKA8SiNruUTrlk1JxyGQa1G3tRzmCT9UJZGW07TlHEuHH9aMwKfMRtrjffbMRvjjg-KmzXtabPSzXNmGtWIYuEAWj9D7Ri952fEGM7MD6DmcBCdToLkBhK2Bvk4qPQOF7EAeQPP_Mnn6U7JwmmtvIwoZe/s320/20240122_185539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Gude morning, Annie" says the watchman, giving the unfamiliar maid an appreciative glance as the pair walks confidently by.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdcR9pWRPfTTVDAfXVNdmZ8lixaJkPGXlifYGtDV0EBo6vvfPfcNG4mCFWD_bk8v69VGsKpgdt89mpYeG6_h4wIaoDlSge3SF347txJ9gk7Dy7Qh2qm7tHqTbLKGDBFgdi-z-Lju9tvsp_7FB5myYTqLkF4ftnYw3WpXiB340Wq2yP5fParrJjAHYDFdA/s4080/20240122_185551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdcR9pWRPfTTVDAfXVNdmZ8lixaJkPGXlifYGtDV0EBo6vvfPfcNG4mCFWD_bk8v69VGsKpgdt89mpYeG6_h4wIaoDlSge3SF347txJ9gk7Dy7Qh2qm7tHqTbLKGDBFgdi-z-Lju9tvsp_7FB5myYTqLkF4ftnYw3WpXiB340Wq2yP5fParrJjAHYDFdA/s320/20240122_185551.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Over here, mistress" Annie whispers to Lady Mary. "Here is my sister Jean, who works as a maid in Dunholme Castle!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHhfjMkXmS6v87JeSbiw-tJaU395B2fxYwjvF7u46KeqUOyQkOVby-hI9ddHPQs3tWc74ZHEWLxpOkUOlsnDg2ybc4lQ-Bx7LLqSA2adh5tZ0OxGlSXrdeTNV4hNmSWqNlJf379KBAuK-1fhvEx_oPMjL20FQKhnNLoLAv7Sk2KhjpBEkVrSmByRBXZUE/s4080/20240122_185615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHhfjMkXmS6v87JeSbiw-tJaU395B2fxYwjvF7u46KeqUOyQkOVby-hI9ddHPQs3tWc74ZHEWLxpOkUOlsnDg2ybc4lQ-Bx7LLqSA2adh5tZ0OxGlSXrdeTNV4hNmSWqNlJf379KBAuK-1fhvEx_oPMjL20FQKhnNLoLAv7Sk2KhjpBEkVrSmByRBXZUE/s320/20240122_185615.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As "the maid" adds water from her bucket to Jean's wash tub, urgent whispers pass between the pair.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmANxJE70Mh1O2-6WtSXnJV6FXJC9HKpnMyF6PC7XfwvfZcAbeZKpiczEI2Z0I-bRIsorwPIUXrgvjGi5TdfvRt-jyPml7EcoSZDmIAT4QYIls3DfXwLO96sYWqQEBYC0IVXG8krf-udrfqDjf_gCDEdyqC5R4ZFpDDdffMwVqq1jfEgMUOfxBAbh2SyA/s4080/20240122_185634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmANxJE70Mh1O2-6WtSXnJV6FXJC9HKpnMyF6PC7XfwvfZcAbeZKpiczEI2Z0I-bRIsorwPIUXrgvjGi5TdfvRt-jyPml7EcoSZDmIAT4QYIls3DfXwLO96sYWqQEBYC0IVXG8krf-udrfqDjf_gCDEdyqC5R4ZFpDDdffMwVqq1jfEgMUOfxBAbh2SyA/s320/20240122_185634.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I need some more water, Mary!". Jean exclaims in a loud tone, so that the guard can hear her words. "Head back to the burn and bring me another bucketful."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E-rCcfxjca6OaRhKNcrimo-CA9hZqhV30C6xMZLo0DkTGbfj7SCk975uxWLbPGmmFU2nRDjHZDmyH1IZEmy71uTP-FeYu0Odym5N2L8OmRe10EFwXgp_6QSUtmJKYeok30SKUqb7KVbvePr67QobaD-lFXL7ye8ljl-mO_36E-vFTtmiSq5Wx3eShJo6/s3484/20240122_185653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3484" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E-rCcfxjca6OaRhKNcrimo-CA9hZqhV30C6xMZLo0DkTGbfj7SCk975uxWLbPGmmFU2nRDjHZDmyH1IZEmy71uTP-FeYu0Odym5N2L8OmRe10EFwXgp_6QSUtmJKYeok30SKUqb7KVbvePr67QobaD-lFXL7ye8ljl-mO_36E-vFTtmiSq5Wx3eShJo6/s320/20240122_185653.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, "the maid" passes the watchman without let or hindrance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFJ7CYkxyeef2mgafi-bYc98768YAQeRkZNkuX7VYI-b5yIjZ7KHTt4Nm_LDZuzqCBPAbfo-sTHrOByOatAOM9TKdZVlpdmilJFhJmDi0B1P9g1i6i7xlEJc-EO9FsJpL6x0LWD-cTyks_1EQRazdtv1MB0lVP72UX57tMIthcPuaL_dxGE87O8TDxGAu/s4080/20240122_185712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFJ7CYkxyeef2mgafi-bYc98768YAQeRkZNkuX7VYI-b5yIjZ7KHTt4Nm_LDZuzqCBPAbfo-sTHrOByOatAOM9TKdZVlpdmilJFhJmDi0B1P9g1i6i7xlEJc-EO9FsJpL6x0LWD-cTyks_1EQRazdtv1MB0lVP72UX57tMIthcPuaL_dxGE87O8TDxGAu/s320/20240122_185712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He watches her swaying hips with interest as Mary disappears again into the early morning gloom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvz-ZKZnw8fGdDi04sBkWYTY8g857jVLyahx2z8dZGewu5md6dNKWZdunK2_8Jmf7c_yVx5kuWDLTb5Vtfkc9bMX3cvAJxZoGEanPkwGgO6JPTBhzqBA3feCHmdm598juXyB5oR8BRMFRMFX2eJ1JVJI-dCTc5U9Uv-JKdO08e8dRD9KE_VSFxW7wyQWXn/s4080/20240122_185813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvz-ZKZnw8fGdDi04sBkWYTY8g857jVLyahx2z8dZGewu5md6dNKWZdunK2_8Jmf7c_yVx5kuWDLTb5Vtfkc9bMX3cvAJxZoGEanPkwGgO6JPTBhzqBA3feCHmdm598juXyB5oR8BRMFRMFX2eJ1JVJI-dCTc5U9Uv-JKdO08e8dRD9KE_VSFxW7wyQWXn/s320/20240122_185813.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Restored to her "travelling clothes" Lady Mary quickly shares her news with Rab Ker. "So, it's on to Dunholme Castle then, lass? Right boys, off we go!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Game 2</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40QYT09zEAgAe8CH5irl5-UHR2RGmekcbbEgIJKb8Tk_C5AZizo_sQzRFkXeOtvSmq4gdYzJQOB3Fzza4XuRQRPISY41Ukb3OdrdwTXWVLNQZGbfeyotKPEJcDAwBYoqFrsPOf3wc_vYISlAp5XQyvVpygHk3BMU68cGrKcFjTaRNyAipqwlPRwfFKPmH/s3038/20240122_190557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3038" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40QYT09zEAgAe8CH5irl5-UHR2RGmekcbbEgIJKb8Tk_C5AZizo_sQzRFkXeOtvSmq4gdYzJQOB3Fzza4XuRQRPISY41Ukb3OdrdwTXWVLNQZGbfeyotKPEJcDAwBYoqFrsPOf3wc_vYISlAp5XQyvVpygHk3BMU68cGrKcFjTaRNyAipqwlPRwfFKPmH/s320/20240122_190557.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As dawn breaks through the windows of a spartan room in Dunholme Towers, Jessie Nixon steels herself for another round of "questioning" by Sir Julian and Lady Catherine Bell, and Sir Julians sister, Lady Barbara Faine.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx2uywCDyA3-OlDb173yurJ8Eg7ptN2V3gFHIsf-1dgZNpfu8wxH3x-0DdJDr-tmAucRkitaKRzuAMPlRZmOs91UwPn6p9HsuuISV9qjmT2i5osw0ScN0m6OdFE7tPaFkWWnRSSxRqd1L6mBaElIVKbyyhM-wBgTypqps2OBQ7Bv0AigWJrNMWxIOUJcL/s4080/20240122_190609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx2uywCDyA3-OlDb173yurJ8Eg7ptN2V3gFHIsf-1dgZNpfu8wxH3x-0DdJDr-tmAucRkitaKRzuAMPlRZmOs91UwPn6p9HsuuISV9qjmT2i5osw0ScN0m6OdFE7tPaFkWWnRSSxRqd1L6mBaElIVKbyyhM-wBgTypqps2OBQ7Bv0AigWJrNMWxIOUJcL/s320/20240122_190609.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"She is a stubborn little trollop" Sir Julian growls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdqd5z-hYSImWm_062GrpdYbFCqlzRLfDb0hwiciA5UcHQvIr_Vf5-JtZgdQVj2-KpK6QshxqqhqtoS06ZWe56BSFVUV73gU0wZeycvkqE1DjqCuJ8R52A5tiNR7S6BG8XJSzXImsthQwud2fCXv6MYhDd46Z0jNux8b9wKCpQG3YycERQiKSQP07kCs2/s3507/20240122_190630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3507" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdqd5z-hYSImWm_062GrpdYbFCqlzRLfDb0hwiciA5UcHQvIr_Vf5-JtZgdQVj2-KpK6QshxqqhqtoS06ZWe56BSFVUV73gU0wZeycvkqE1DjqCuJ8R52A5tiNR7S6BG8XJSzXImsthQwud2fCXv6MYhDd46Z0jNux8b9wKCpQG3YycERQiKSQP07kCs2/s320/20240122_190630.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"She is a worthless peasant, and she will break, soon enough!" sneers Lady Barbara. "But, brother, this work has brought on an appetite - let us retire for an hour and break our fast." </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGs1iBHZimiikYdLFmCt2KL3Ivl6ocLBTmvyvNbWMYW7Bxyt1sRPVi132u1RW43M-H6SDNFjC_07Pxs3Q1hQENDSWN5i2MRRpRU7bavbxjTdcUCr-eKAoSZ_sH9GhFlFKcnjqt1JqjB44V93mvb3439WjEP_2jOuw5iJzeG7wXvs_mHl6Ny4ye8RAmKU8/s3474/20240122_191417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3474" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGs1iBHZimiikYdLFmCt2KL3Ivl6ocLBTmvyvNbWMYW7Bxyt1sRPVi132u1RW43M-H6SDNFjC_07Pxs3Q1hQENDSWN5i2MRRpRU7bavbxjTdcUCr-eKAoSZ_sH9GhFlFKcnjqt1JqjB44V93mvb3439WjEP_2jOuw5iJzeG7wXvs_mHl6Ny4ye8RAmKU8/s320/20240122_191417.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rising sun reveals the imposing bulk of Dunholme Castle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzo1ABqhRsVNGviMbFeYRlP-t5QjfZ_Z8Oy0iZJrc_yKzCT_Q1gE8NcHxJmp-qq1Mauykl7JI_eXOi2S4Jf9VNhwkyI9aZIX2m_CevpuMN717eSxxkolON0ALHAQdgrB0Y8-5Y2WT3QZLwP6a8g6QirdiL7WR7NQeZINxFgULJYPbwGZ8by-3IH2A9wJx/s3277/20240122_191552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3277" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzo1ABqhRsVNGviMbFeYRlP-t5QjfZ_Z8Oy0iZJrc_yKzCT_Q1gE8NcHxJmp-qq1Mauykl7JI_eXOi2S4Jf9VNhwkyI9aZIX2m_CevpuMN717eSxxkolON0ALHAQdgrB0Y8-5Y2WT3QZLwP6a8g6QirdiL7WR7NQeZINxFgULJYPbwGZ8by-3IH2A9wJx/s320/20240122_191552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As her master and mistress relax over a hearty meal, a serving girl enters the room, ostensibly to clean up the evidence of the night's "discussions".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Mistress Nixon, fear not, your salvation is at hand. Here, let me help you up. Your clothes are over there - get you dressed and be ready to act!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibJ2OYqK1FPUXJ2bE9uqfrVp4IBehn0dm7D9k-ylWXEeONcdekLAx_m6vn5fIQQNulLk7525yIoeTWXBsd7d9U_b5CdQGRXkZbnU7PxsU05dW1KGxAnc1h6TSrnK_jJwfgD8Re9Yf5m42R87w6UAU6xs8ZhWPjqbBdZMVIcKciqf89yjnHd6Bk3bKuzW3/s4080/20240122_191627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibJ2OYqK1FPUXJ2bE9uqfrVp4IBehn0dm7D9k-ylWXEeONcdekLAx_m6vn5fIQQNulLk7525yIoeTWXBsd7d9U_b5CdQGRXkZbnU7PxsU05dW1KGxAnc1h6TSrnK_jJwfgD8Re9Yf5m42R87w6UAU6xs8ZhWPjqbBdZMVIcKciqf89yjnHd6Bk3bKuzW3/s320/20240122_191627.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In a few moments, Jessie is dressed and ready.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigm0a1D9WoC7JDEp7V84628kQYsj9-G3oauuXYyHry6TMIYeBLVrgr1wIKdwhkTm5VMFdQU5-7kKL1FcfFMKU93Zspc8PcZFhxQGKgXS4htVIQDvBsmfEubAFGn_Qw7igBVWQ_DmiXMLDdMN10kGQyyb_lwBO3HV4fPtqibp7xLasph7g3cCayhiXPAa0W/s3540/20240122_191804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="3540" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigm0a1D9WoC7JDEp7V84628kQYsj9-G3oauuXYyHry6TMIYeBLVrgr1wIKdwhkTm5VMFdQU5-7kKL1FcfFMKU93Zspc8PcZFhxQGKgXS4htVIQDvBsmfEubAFGn_Qw7igBVWQ_DmiXMLDdMN10kGQyyb_lwBO3HV4fPtqibp7xLasph7g3cCayhiXPAa0W/s320/20240122_191804.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the castle gates, a maid carrying water for the kitchen and a couple of local shepherds delivering meat on the hoof for the garrison are waved through by the sleepy guards, whose only thought after a long night on watch is for their beds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgpA06khweRPMiXH0yJb86gOlgS75k6u0rWGqZvHEZC5pfhRhEPdvU4uWJT5VPaHsIMxlcTFaRxw9HVWAR6NpVmgmhheQVX_pYKSOUSZ0uXBbvicA4k4qK-pLpIxB-5A50RDP7PNGTU5U2miWA0SM-Fd7KH0kmkss-7IU5pnC-KK-s47qn1kkAZG2L0kG/s4080/20240122_191838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgpA06khweRPMiXH0yJb86gOlgS75k6u0rWGqZvHEZC5pfhRhEPdvU4uWJT5VPaHsIMxlcTFaRxw9HVWAR6NpVmgmhheQVX_pYKSOUSZ0uXBbvicA4k4qK-pLpIxB-5A50RDP7PNGTU5U2miWA0SM-Fd7KH0kmkss-7IU5pnC-KK-s47qn1kkAZG2L0kG/s320/20240122_191838.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once inside, the shepherds head to the castle byre, whilst the maid moves towards a door in the main castle building.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOAEmom4fcnAvtUj5a2HdQYno5NKaa5atmL_FKTITIF1Vr1jJS3ww7_rejRpvBkll4TFB4i5ocAWtFyjzp7I_faD7GNS5WGFGXI6uyes3ia_Y9lyrjWWN3sP5ZLrz0DkmhrC_70CD5xD6_8-pklgbxxkWQUl5l9PJIt5UXmleLcFLL51AFaGFYvk8ZZsU/s4080/20240122_192103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOAEmom4fcnAvtUj5a2HdQYno5NKaa5atmL_FKTITIF1Vr1jJS3ww7_rejRpvBkll4TFB4i5ocAWtFyjzp7I_faD7GNS5WGFGXI6uyes3ia_Y9lyrjWWN3sP5ZLrz0DkmhrC_70CD5xD6_8-pklgbxxkWQUl5l9PJIt5UXmleLcFLL51AFaGFYvk8ZZsU/s320/20240122_192103.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I have to say, that bloody girl has some spirit" Sir Julian exclaims through a mouthful of cold chicken. "Spirt be damned!" snarls Lady Barbara. "She is an execrable wretch, and once we are refreshed, I am going to beat the truth out of her before its time for luncheon!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rfK_Ewk_V7BLRLWUEoxzvweDRyHbzY3SSQ4PocxcbvvdOXRowYyp4eBQAJEVX9a8ny85ffT2ISa-jtUtSk3OyOWE7IgPcgjv5ZGhlaXZFDCZknrkRR9EmIc0pbGJ5gDS3wDeFrnm0lMvdugPRfvmVBNsofwyWjPMY_VxUoQhvpDTlZtguJYfA_EvNBFt/s4080/20240122_192116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rfK_Ewk_V7BLRLWUEoxzvweDRyHbzY3SSQ4PocxcbvvdOXRowYyp4eBQAJEVX9a8ny85ffT2ISa-jtUtSk3OyOWE7IgPcgjv5ZGhlaXZFDCZknrkRR9EmIc0pbGJ5gDS3wDeFrnm0lMvdugPRfvmVBNsofwyWjPMY_VxUoQhvpDTlZtguJYfA_EvNBFt/s320/20240122_192116.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unobserved by the gentry, a maid enters the room behind them and quickly exchanges a few words with another servant.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjgH335BPvLT4pNNP6LuegmaZiksQ9yJVTE7U8h2jy7q6VDFT5hCCD2lT6COxsrY7FI90O-uXp-DTwDrCBAyISaHMmakMfuLs0MIquRnh8V2mfTmPaFZdseVH2ea25HQA6TPgxiOjt6mKKSzGvXSv2_EsZhvdkAOMXNdnY6lRp-NE01GEPZhiJm0NbysH/s3150/20240122_192207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="3150" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjgH335BPvLT4pNNP6LuegmaZiksQ9yJVTE7U8h2jy7q6VDFT5hCCD2lT6COxsrY7FI90O-uXp-DTwDrCBAyISaHMmakMfuLs0MIquRnh8V2mfTmPaFZdseVH2ea25HQA6TPgxiOjt6mKKSzGvXSv2_EsZhvdkAOMXNdnY6lRp-NE01GEPZhiJm0NbysH/s320/20240122_192207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shortly thereafter, Lady Mary enters Jessie's room. "Jessie, my poor, dear friend - quickly, there are clothes here in my bucket!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vaUnnFv3Dd5qK-8ZAr2uMo1euB0v6yw50NS3VSL-i8SYNnug8K9eRbFV-xFqPrBXn4embRmFkH7dysbs3iRgOFv0A8o3K1XD8CtAoFLepBt-ZQrqoBcMLYNDLy0wMN_AWPcF3H1Gckx0DkfNA6GhHdKTve9QDrHU2w3xvQVmbW7pHGFSn4FmvbwmSlhr/s3221/20240122_192306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3221" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vaUnnFv3Dd5qK-8ZAr2uMo1euB0v6yw50NS3VSL-i8SYNnug8K9eRbFV-xFqPrBXn4embRmFkH7dysbs3iRgOFv0A8o3K1XD8CtAoFLepBt-ZQrqoBcMLYNDLy0wMN_AWPcF3H1Gckx0DkfNA6GhHdKTve9QDrHU2w3xvQVmbW7pHGFSn4FmvbwmSlhr/s320/20240122_192306.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Minutes later, no sign remains of Jessie Nixon, the lady's maid!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Now, it's time to head back to the security of Caidhaugh Tower!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-31230309890302663522024-02-06T11:20:00.004+13:002024-02-06T14:26:56.425+13:00Friday Night Fantasy<p> My original title was "Zombicide: Black Plague with Julian and John" but then I thought of this one and imagine how many extra "views" I will get with this phrase!</p><p>Here is an AI generated image I got using the terms female fantasy adventurer nun!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIvJKUQ58oFKU_zfn7-LHVKNrQMxO3cL06DcBwdwczYfAhioa0HU_PhfZ04TJINEqlkSFQbt9qU17RMt1nByc9tlf6yyGgUaL2L0a_z2L1BmRTKEOIAk0w8q2zUI1ab7_MQ5QrX9CCs58_P7MLt0rFM8sEjBvdZhlbscDOkYKYoC5EVzGx34rsSdRY2TE/s824/Friday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="508" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIvJKUQ58oFKU_zfn7-LHVKNrQMxO3cL06DcBwdwczYfAhioa0HU_PhfZ04TJINEqlkSFQbt9qU17RMt1nByc9tlf6yyGgUaL2L0a_z2L1BmRTKEOIAk0w8q2zUI1ab7_MQ5QrX9CCs58_P7MLt0rFM8sEjBvdZhlbscDOkYKYoC5EVzGx34rsSdRY2TE/s320/Friday.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Now - on to the games!</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zombicide: Black Plague is a standalone cooperative board game for 1 to 6 players that brings the relentless zombie-killing action of Zombicide into a </span>brand-new<span style="font-family: inherit;"> fantasy setting, featuring different Survivors from all walks of medieval life and even some fantasy races like dwarves and elves!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The first two were practice/training exercises, just to get us used to the rules.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Julian, of course, in pre-game emailing, had already type cast me - here are my two character figures!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgINdTp6RkCChPylhbckDKQMI4PqihpIjOmU2Lb4bkakQ_NybfF2ZRTsOfxz47am9xFnapoqKB6PrVQqOvHI6ztXBnA6NY3SUwfVro0cUe7wqxGCs8vP1vadCkVWhQeSCS6Hx1CQbrRb8z2cPWcdO7_OgQPAhweKmZZmgWlFi918P6euHZnC9zlwfPSEYO0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1203" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgINdTp6RkCChPylhbckDKQMI4PqihpIjOmU2Lb4bkakQ_NybfF2ZRTsOfxz47am9xFnapoqKB6PrVQqOvHI6ztXBnA6NY3SUwfVro0cUe7wqxGCs8vP1vadCkVWhQeSCS6Hx1CQbrRb8z2cPWcdO7_OgQPAhweKmZZmgWlFi918P6euHZnC9zlwfPSEYO0" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqTUbRSlgy0S8_yVPkRAIxC608CQ_rRSdByZXom8jiIwvAbf89ycnTdudKjvOE1YbIYdM7BuFrWgZjJww-Uv2LlwsU9H9zjkRwegwJY-QcyTR5HYmAjZl5KFG12rXwORww08_b3bxQwtsTfbcOAuviKHbCREiKdosztBVgG9LOJjtkExHUbBdSr0oZHkxu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1201" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqTUbRSlgy0S8_yVPkRAIxC608CQ_rRSdByZXom8jiIwvAbf89ycnTdudKjvOE1YbIYdM7BuFrWgZjJww-Uv2LlwsU9H9zjkRwegwJY-QcyTR5HYmAjZl5KFG12rXwORww08_b3bxQwtsTfbcOAuviKHbCREiKdosztBVgG9LOJjtkExHUbBdSr0oZHkxu" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And as painted up by Julian below.</div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-gS5sLxtKFy8aMAZPo2KrqbKaIXvThs9b-9bPfswiX6PwF_3nqjfqTihXpdo4KWS3SPv1MB3UHlNVuwN74xWiStu5puyJwOtFTDRZjSOZ9fiYkHRImikGBBAQ8w0IVWKeD1MBIYKUxwJNKwR_ZqCob3swxIJPW1tIxPueuwj7yUYVyxKZq7i9Nl2nWuN/s2444/20240202_152550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2444" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-gS5sLxtKFy8aMAZPo2KrqbKaIXvThs9b-9bPfswiX6PwF_3nqjfqTihXpdo4KWS3SPv1MB3UHlNVuwN74xWiStu5puyJwOtFTDRZjSOZ9fiYkHRImikGBBAQ8w0IVWKeD1MBIYKUxwJNKwR_ZqCob3swxIJPW1tIxPueuwj7yUYVyxKZq7i9Nl2nWuN/s320/20240202_152550.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi8nCf9tu0k_C3Xx9dql35wxcnkil1fw_9ITG7I2z57BMW1oBkS-T9HvunQOqANLAE8z-Re6vPvYaNi_o5ZAgQxgg-5XPNgv5BGvHMHRhNT8HYgaFqfplRDkETc6DynnZNpQBZMYvDaW6joD1W6v_Rprmq8UqzKMVOrjfkGp2f9fRl0iDxyLroqb-xRT35" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi8nCf9tu0k_C3Xx9dql35wxcnkil1fw_9ITG7I2z57BMW1oBkS-T9HvunQOqANLAE8z-Re6vPvYaNi_o5ZAgQxgg-5XPNgv5BGvHMHRhNT8HYgaFqfplRDkETc6DynnZNpQBZMYvDaW6joD1W6v_Rprmq8UqzKMVOrjfkGp2f9fRl0iDxyLroqb-xRT35" width="96" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The various character cards for the game character card</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0GS5KB2gfqoLGy26ERVrAOvcLw8s3ZqyAHlTFpnIl9OZ7LKDUp4CH5kn-v6NfE9HcpDuuskHo5hFWKfwZFi9DECM0QXUoR2a3U49vuLPDOkUlVZ8xhLQvHfRgOVwilshIwGS-roDNjRfXEvKq9xr5ayFCAljyAcOsBkUv5bhhyv6fWkpmSWNIk-5R6hM/s3516/20240202_153001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3516" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0GS5KB2gfqoLGy26ERVrAOvcLw8s3ZqyAHlTFpnIl9OZ7LKDUp4CH5kn-v6NfE9HcpDuuskHo5hFWKfwZFi9DECM0QXUoR2a3U49vuLPDOkUlVZ8xhLQvHfRgOVwilshIwGS-roDNjRfXEvKq9xr5ayFCAljyAcOsBkUv5bhhyv6fWkpmSWNIk-5R6hM/s320/20240202_153001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each character has different abilities - Nelly the barmaid gets an extra move action right from the off. You get experience by killing zombies and retrieving articles during room searches and you keep track of those along the bottom of the character tracker - when you go from blue to yellow, you go up a level and get some extra ability. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZSHLeuRPtzjOsALYJsZHKXQXMu-gIz5QTrStH6Qy32_krTaErw8esD5zEVsvriMmZNeGJxbu6JAaBj-_3XPE0E6-oSdxGYJvHVJDrrlTnM8HDnNuwlrYHwByrMVMoghmhOpgsjofAkCvdxr-UMxWqvorwGgtxBlT-iMX2n7TJ31woqoM3xrBLch6C_HW/s4080/20240202_152052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZSHLeuRPtzjOsALYJsZHKXQXMu-gIz5QTrStH6Qy32_krTaErw8esD5zEVsvriMmZNeGJxbu6JAaBj-_3XPE0E6-oSdxGYJvHVJDrrlTnM8HDnNuwlrYHwByrMVMoghmhOpgsjofAkCvdxr-UMxWqvorwGgtxBlT-iMX2n7TJ31woqoM3xrBLch6C_HW/s320/20240202_152052.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "training area"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAg9U24te0WjAn5UeeJc7SKlrTfRX3SO5xrMGiY2oYVCw9ekrBJg4p7edr7Js7gNTyLnOSYc5EWXGe3XmdUU0qYf_ewRz15S-ifZHTgxxZJTby_s5dSihqKqeN90tg6wnOlYeibfT_9CfgY8jB2dDhr04GPC7waYOlJuPD6FjTuQKkOsTa-aZHpyYAi-Y/s3000/20240202_153707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3000" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAg9U24te0WjAn5UeeJc7SKlrTfRX3SO5xrMGiY2oYVCw9ekrBJg4p7edr7Js7gNTyLnOSYc5EWXGe3XmdUU0qYf_ewRz15S-ifZHTgxxZJTby_s5dSihqKqeN90tg6wnOlYeibfT_9CfgY8jB2dDhr04GPC7waYOlJuPD6FjTuQKkOsTa-aZHpyYAi-Y/s320/20240202_153707.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are various types of Zombies - Brute (I think) on the left and standard Walker on the right.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUd84Kisre4UgdTZNU9ddSSzFS0oFAN6mwwfkEhr_lSOcjWyl5yFw75GKZ1u0Ws7s0HjTpkM17QLrH7taZkMQZRgOea7BucFwR7dnO8KUxxSFWdyXndCecSYPXZ6eIlMm9goeIxryZRwe9ICTSAXsHMgbWl9xxz7Iz0WJrzuJ_SJsw2-bvh3e-rUPYZc6/s2819/20240202_154338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2819" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUd84Kisre4UgdTZNU9ddSSzFS0oFAN6mwwfkEhr_lSOcjWyl5yFw75GKZ1u0Ws7s0HjTpkM17QLrH7taZkMQZRgOea7BucFwR7dnO8KUxxSFWdyXndCecSYPXZ6eIlMm9goeIxryZRwe9ICTSAXsHMgbWl9xxz7Iz0WJrzuJ_SJsw2-bvh3e-rUPYZc6/s320/20240202_154338.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a Runner and can move two squares per turn rather than the standard one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every time a character enters a room for the first time, they may generate Zombies. This is done by taking a card from the Zombie generation pile. Zombies also have Spawn positions where they are generated at the end of each turn - the Zombie phase - this is when Zombies move too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGz_ZRSP7wfzZPRK6EVGgBVyHf3_mdha4ZO2QHSAQ-5i8W4qMPQoRmntDwTj5hPcoD4NGCOpn0VAMZSGQPW8R1cdrbgrRQDYnwDhwolYHerXkrWdQ3pzp_KpzsoltsK8LxVdUNbNWNMOiTryPK-wr6qoYbYQZlHKL1xWBQJzXf7ofqOqb3zUF4NV3Vj6gK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="591" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGz_ZRSP7wfzZPRK6EVGgBVyHf3_mdha4ZO2QHSAQ-5i8W4qMPQoRmntDwTj5hPcoD4NGCOpn0VAMZSGQPW8R1cdrbgrRQDYnwDhwolYHerXkrWdQ3pzp_KpzsoltsK8LxVdUNbNWNMOiTryPK-wr6qoYbYQZlHKL1xWBQJzXf7ofqOqb3zUF4NV3Vj6gK" width="263" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-usD-KiY7iKRmfHzSIn75SaK3af_md86SzFXaP8uJy3311SvAopJSY22kZz2yH_882P9WvuHnTKsZEzj_Rp7gyWVtOIoDC5BpLDYny6h3prJEC__TE5z9StOtu3d-a4dRAalb_Sb_z9M46pKO13JRQqpohfuYZB35nkxALaNAc1hEIefJndc-hTACchbm/s280/Zombie%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="180" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-usD-KiY7iKRmfHzSIn75SaK3af_md86SzFXaP8uJy3311SvAopJSY22kZz2yH_882P9WvuHnTKsZEzj_Rp7gyWVtOIoDC5BpLDYny6h3prJEC__TE5z9StOtu3d-a4dRAalb_Sb_z9M46pKO13JRQqpohfuYZB35nkxALaNAc1hEIefJndc-hTACchbm/s1600/Zombie%201.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a card - note the coloured flames to the left, as characters gain more experience, Zombie generation changes to match the highest experience level of any character on the board. (also note, amusingly, that Brutes used to be called Fatty, but as about 70% of prospective players of the game are probably fatties themselves, the producers changed the name in later editions - LOL!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVsOKhB8loFvZ6khq9STtF66zpmKlPKfss5yShdCigF489Hwwn5ii4wiIedP04V1XO0H_jU8qzYvEUC5-ndAxVlS7VRHoVa-mzmSf9CdkHnZ9f5AokiAAwsdUj2P2cHbp4Z9Bm7QCZ1hMj-vD-_ojrSPQ7OH7yEJRfCCWwTXJhM3EURqMxfWwKeBwoXKf/s3913/20240202_171852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="3913" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVsOKhB8loFvZ6khq9STtF66zpmKlPKfss5yShdCigF489Hwwn5ii4wiIedP04V1XO0H_jU8qzYvEUC5-ndAxVlS7VRHoVa-mzmSf9CdkHnZ9f5AokiAAwsdUj2P2cHbp4Z9Bm7QCZ1hMj-vD-_ojrSPQ7OH7yEJRfCCWwTXJhM3EURqMxfWwKeBwoXKf/s320/20240202_171852.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If Zombies are in the same square as any character at the end of the Zombie turn, they automatically inflict one "bite" - it takes three bites to kill a character.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5aeWTgMzoMjwBRPZGuFAj2LTmFeOTlJx7XzxlRpBrrV-u02qx2spxt9nqlCpqlj5Nxv24VVWPLh9t_Hk_rzvYqsLGGm7ytHdf2G66I5yBA5M61UiLWbJygeFiW5LC8fl8aKpMcbBX62s6-xFOcLoEI5OiXfETmVOh8HjHeogsCjCppMFBs4rHGe3PRomL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="567" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5aeWTgMzoMjwBRPZGuFAj2LTmFeOTlJx7XzxlRpBrrV-u02qx2spxt9nqlCpqlj5Nxv24VVWPLh9t_Hk_rzvYqsLGGm7ytHdf2G66I5yBA5M61UiLWbJygeFiW5LC8fl8aKpMcbBX62s6-xFOcLoEI5OiXfETmVOh8HjHeogsCjCppMFBs4rHGe3PRomL" width="251" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-U6JdMhdM57Vb8iRPOWKdH7vx_XrUekOaqvNqHzfT4BjNblxkgcVE0am5kQZRo7F03pQAiIjVx64HKKi2P_AOQNm1f9gJGHypR2YpneaovDs95KuAWCCkBqbbf6skYMFNZbTwYq-pFyAp2LC-8x9RDQ3rWo-8VOkuYu2YghyphenhyphenbiK4SV77fm7nCi0sfHXa/s4080/20240202_163252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-U6JdMhdM57Vb8iRPOWKdH7vx_XrUekOaqvNqHzfT4BjNblxkgcVE0am5kQZRo7F03pQAiIjVx64HKKi2P_AOQNm1f9gJGHypR2YpneaovDs95KuAWCCkBqbbf6skYMFNZbTwYq-pFyAp2LC-8x9RDQ3rWo-8VOkuYu2YghyphenhyphenbiK4SV77fm7nCi0sfHXa/s320/20240202_163252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zombies pursuing our heroic band through the small house.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John arrived about 5pm and we played the same training mission again but with six characters - I did not take any images of that game.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZhRYrnLq3ljK5gF_cIjAutwIuSLW1jLD2K7HeLTWjL70xLgjhvatIKc45wuluD8AVFNwnCSyagRmgXBnwYZnQaJpwHOzTBgf6Uc9mCan3tpGYR98ZVb7bHNpIRClfqp1Y72Q_P49uUvPk41FP2PL2nfCEPvYYjsT0uAPuPWKPKwZghTZNdiQQjFZ0HN9/s4080/20240202_185906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZhRYrnLq3ljK5gF_cIjAutwIuSLW1jLD2K7HeLTWjL70xLgjhvatIKc45wuluD8AVFNwnCSyagRmgXBnwYZnQaJpwHOzTBgf6Uc9mCan3tpGYR98ZVb7bHNpIRClfqp1Y72Q_P49uUvPk41FP2PL2nfCEPvYYjsT0uAPuPWKPKwZghTZNdiQQjFZ0HN9/s320/20240202_185906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobzKZKiKqs2T3HLwkM8HvP-p2nFbi_fwMjrddBgptn6H0etlExCKNS0bDymfBxaJLZC1wxzNnqc0qp5x6KZo8EV7kTf5m1olDK1rkEeXk44rq9SuzY6QifYwXQARYX1cr9J5wxZafz2ih_HeZUT4lxUK2CozS6NcpUYwRUUvL9NBcdajR45oY8UXofEDT/s1522/IMG-20240203-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1522" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobzKZKiKqs2T3HLwkM8HvP-p2nFbi_fwMjrddBgptn6H0etlExCKNS0bDymfBxaJLZC1wxzNnqc0qp5x6KZo8EV7kTf5m1olDK1rkEeXk44rq9SuzY6QifYwXQARYX1cr9J5wxZafz2ih_HeZUT4lxUK2CozS6NcpUYwRUUvL9NBcdajR45oY8UXofEDT/s320/IMG-20240203-WA0000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main event - here are the six figures (above) we had. John, the Actoooaar, took to calling his figures (the two on the right) after the Hemsworth brothers, Liam and Luke (or possibly Chris, I can't recall!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQn_SjNanIqKdtsYiFpQDbs_RqxPCdPqL_6lMeDsI14JeWRd3bllhVK7XjUqqTwCSALOSUHsHlZaYBwsDaNFHPJm95limdxdMTOXqGv6fWrE2hV3Aa31mqaqjCEbGMNSRhRT7bxoNZGCXqI4J3kVf021T9Koj4zYX2fXTncCst2FT82TJ4qBTtY4xv7-1/s1600/IMG-20240203-WA0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQn_SjNanIqKdtsYiFpQDbs_RqxPCdPqL_6lMeDsI14JeWRd3bllhVK7XjUqqTwCSALOSUHsHlZaYBwsDaNFHPJm95limdxdMTOXqGv6fWrE2hV3Aa31mqaqjCEbGMNSRhRT7bxoNZGCXqI4J3kVf021T9Koj4zYX2fXTncCst2FT82TJ4qBTtY4xv7-1/s320/IMG-20240203-WA0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Hemsworth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi64eZ3ofbyvnsUpCprpbZ2x6oSi4RMCvTrlp3r5LjGGbcxj54xnJU91ezTElp90oN3Zj5ec3FTBWyBWIkg_YhYADWl5oIgYrXHJQXK5LFTOgVO2ife9Duu8QgvQrmU7fbrVVi1_tNqLvkRl_AjdtZe36nT9mqYz0rwXJqEaHayIt6BXjADhaujlVdIu7Sc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi64eZ3ofbyvnsUpCprpbZ2x6oSi4RMCvTrlp3r5LjGGbcxj54xnJU91ezTElp90oN3Zj5ec3FTBWyBWIkg_YhYADWl5oIgYrXHJQXK5LFTOgVO2ife9Duu8QgvQrmU7fbrVVi1_tNqLvkRl_AjdtZe36nT9mqYz0rwXJqEaHayIt6BXjADhaujlVdIu7Sc" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the character cards for the game we played.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_RlMkw_Nlb_T8W26BGMIZ5VkrlunVi0a8lHZy7sZYyeuqBoAO67P7Za0jIbk3kgoQeQzXCgtHo95PQJfVhWELJdygxaDVDUlC4Q3rjmvSTNxk2NfW2QI-2YDj-_KpJAMNsQYm2FwvRZT93D-1VDBsk8LIq9FQ1BTbq5b-8enm7ty55iQ_YaA0cHrkG3P/s2804/20240202_185932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2804" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_RlMkw_Nlb_T8W26BGMIZ5VkrlunVi0a8lHZy7sZYyeuqBoAO67P7Za0jIbk3kgoQeQzXCgtHo95PQJfVhWELJdygxaDVDUlC4Q3rjmvSTNxk2NfW2QI-2YDj-_KpJAMNsQYm2FwvRZT93D-1VDBsk8LIq9FQ1BTbq5b-8enm7ty55iQ_YaA0cHrkG3P/s320/20240202_185932.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The game area expanded from three to six boards. Our mission was to search for a Necromancer, kill him, and also kill the Abomination he had summoned from the Underworld, as well as searching every room that had a red X marker in it - no doubt generating a horde of Zombies in doing so!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDYnEgI5ZaCjO-Kj2Km3pQwbGO_8YAVET2xLLuMRo-Trkge_t_HCPSsECLWOwY-JD3tD9Mg04-f8RxxSQe9D6YWh239jfcngxjwb3xaPmuY1MAvT4fv87yXHDYd8aqMNnvW76s7NVhUM82IQFA_HumO-tHL07b1Rto5IvD_cKeGh4xGk83N36LD9Sz4ET/s4080/20240202_203106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDYnEgI5ZaCjO-Kj2Km3pQwbGO_8YAVET2xLLuMRo-Trkge_t_HCPSsECLWOwY-JD3tD9Mg04-f8RxxSQe9D6YWh239jfcngxjwb3xaPmuY1MAvT4fv87yXHDYd8aqMNnvW76s7NVhUM82IQFA_HumO-tHL07b1Rto5IvD_cKeGh4xGk83N36LD9Sz4ET/s320/20240202_203106.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hemsworth's got lucky and accidentally stumbled upon the Necromancer in a room search early in the game. Against the expectations of the game play design, the Necromancer was caught cold and unable to summon up an army of Zombies to protect him - and without them, he was just a standard figure who could be killed with a 4+ on a D6 sword cut - easy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekS7rkLDSxOSmTqFKOgScsl7nEGcnqrytgWGz-O3HJBUiYvQkcO-3PHMdnDH0Xvu0zssgqGjhagVnp2eBwknTMpZZEwxEgVP1nv3opVpVE80GZsi5bLKkeq5zRA6JaX_mzf0XpZY4qXQsDsmW7LAXcB9iCo-LtqMSOP8MGkpmPSJYFTgNiBn15ZaVwnim/s4080/20240202_204226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekS7rkLDSxOSmTqFKOgScsl7nEGcnqrytgWGz-O3HJBUiYvQkcO-3PHMdnDH0Xvu0zssgqGjhagVnp2eBwknTMpZZEwxEgVP1nv3opVpVE80GZsi5bLKkeq5zRA6JaX_mzf0XpZY4qXQsDsmW7LAXcB9iCo-LtqMSOP8MGkpmPSJYFTgNiBn15ZaVwnim/s320/20240202_204226.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Despite the death of the Necromancer, the Zombies were multiplying all over the board.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBVhLDAnCrVJ6oe7TK98ZfwpxS-9zaAtnPxJn02-SGxraUSeyPoeN6r-LYwWoLedEwLEY1jzPp-6vQ7BQXIXBBJHC5RYBI7ao61MNbX5uo5roJ3LaoJ8YeOLyFdgwPAW7DHdLh6vJuYF-yZz-RyVWnT4bYEXBGCsNu5lzzY9U38J9wCNq5Xx3wrsSesi1/s4080/20240202_210517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBVhLDAnCrVJ6oe7TK98ZfwpxS-9zaAtnPxJn02-SGxraUSeyPoeN6r-LYwWoLedEwLEY1jzPp-6vQ7BQXIXBBJHC5RYBI7ao61MNbX5uo5roJ3LaoJ8YeOLyFdgwPAW7DHdLh6vJuYF-yZz-RyVWnT4bYEXBGCsNu5lzzY9U38J9wCNq5Xx3wrsSesi1/s320/20240202_210517.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had originally planned to split into three groups of two and search one row of rooms each, but that plan was quickly abandoned as we realised we would be wiped out that way. Nelly the sword wielding barmaid covered our left flank.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6213XWp6-7qf19KdlTB0xbsn4It11KDxF0b5FntqtVrYgfViIYnlBomztIW4rcbmWCWZdaQZImInkLD61t0T4qGB_4oa9aB5ufUdsyabm4IxtEZlFbIgMON4jUmAe2ntCDcCGsgk7jMPzjkkKG6S0zKDc_fpVvgABOAaaRegmyJbOcSsSDX_8itNFXRJC/s4080/20240202_210539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6213XWp6-7qf19KdlTB0xbsn4It11KDxF0b5FntqtVrYgfViIYnlBomztIW4rcbmWCWZdaQZImInkLD61t0T4qGB_4oa9aB5ufUdsyabm4IxtEZlFbIgMON4jUmAe2ntCDcCGsgk7jMPzjkkKG6S0zKDc_fpVvgABOAaaRegmyJbOcSsSDX_8itNFXRJC/s320/20240202_210539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While Julian and the Hemsworth's tried to move down the right-hand side of the board.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xlMSjvy2deMGR9ElQcevuhu7mr7gqMZTrBvTS8VykXkYqqI6-SGFckuFty0iC-uAtjLbTbIL6MBeH-PlyHGBqvVKqJIQ6JnZqlGKPyNiXsBGKTWS0kOO6tjzqt2Z8F4mXpAq-CC4gg6CG7vrC1VvoxZHrjRFICjc_24s46lVDwMO-ydKs_wirbYZR_Yo/s4080/20240202_210545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xlMSjvy2deMGR9ElQcevuhu7mr7gqMZTrBvTS8VykXkYqqI6-SGFckuFty0iC-uAtjLbTbIL6MBeH-PlyHGBqvVKqJIQ6JnZqlGKPyNiXsBGKTWS0kOO6tjzqt2Z8F4mXpAq-CC4gg6CG7vrC1VvoxZHrjRFICjc_24s46lVDwMO-ydKs_wirbYZR_Yo/s320/20240202_210545.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Abomination moved at one square per turn towards John and Julians crews. Fortunately, Julians wizard (Baldric perhaps?) found a "push back" spell in one of the room searches, so he was able to constantly hold the abomination off, as the rest of us searched high and low for something to take out the monster!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu7XwphFh5IAgbd0es4WUpuruxqL7GeHUSCBsXROQ6NE43TwC9gjCHOZQtQEOVgv_6mlRT9grZuFCW_5Gemrhnftwt0Jp9Bg_7tFKbtP-qhjtVQVljw17EWCNQXdr9295ph5Vl7eibwXQpcGwvmdA-QJCnmaIzedcZQN3duX_5-VNAY2Sntf9Y-EwUA9L/s1600/IMG-20240203-WA0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu7XwphFh5IAgbd0es4WUpuruxqL7GeHUSCBsXROQ6NE43TwC9gjCHOZQtQEOVgv_6mlRT9grZuFCW_5Gemrhnftwt0Jp9Bg_7tFKbtP-qhjtVQVljw17EWCNQXdr9295ph5Vl7eibwXQpcGwvmdA-QJCnmaIzedcZQN3duX_5-VNAY2Sntf9Y-EwUA9L/s320/IMG-20240203-WA0003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7CY-vQJPAyOxW7ZQeX9eRgZnw4g95niZDxH8LbqBEbYspIaTYII1dd53XL2OQNu0iPcha9DhFaEeVjAUVM8eVTwNmLYajuZWvpO2m5RLVIaM1YOTOwETN4eaafTMpAaNnbF7DP5qam-wU-TcPrBvuThXC2oXfwcHtV4l_9Hl82YyRBi8DbfjA0uPEi44/s1369/20240202_224442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1311" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7CY-vQJPAyOxW7ZQeX9eRgZnw4g95niZDxH8LbqBEbYspIaTYII1dd53XL2OQNu0iPcha9DhFaEeVjAUVM8eVTwNmLYajuZWvpO2m5RLVIaM1YOTOwETN4eaafTMpAaNnbF7DP5qam-wU-TcPrBvuThXC2oXfwcHtV4l_9Hl82YyRBi8DbfjA0uPEi44/s320/20240202_224442.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both Julian and I had discovered Dragon Bile in earlier searches. This could potentially take out the Abomination - BUT, we needed to also find an ignition source, namely a torch - the hunt was on!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73NpQhh73t5no_AM5sk2bYLRpkzQyF3ruaVSAzOGvf5_8G63YGv9e6ypo0EqPPNhvDciDCpxujG2xD-uQgU5j5mOk7fO-br79p_EKCiErHxhX-it2Z_eH3PZZnqN-1yEYBMGN_z24cGrIoMv2jcwhsiLLE34lLjjXSelItcPvytCgJt2CNrmo3tth9aqL/s554/Zombie%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73NpQhh73t5no_AM5sk2bYLRpkzQyF3ruaVSAzOGvf5_8G63YGv9e6ypo0EqPPNhvDciDCpxujG2xD-uQgU5j5mOk7fO-br79p_EKCiErHxhX-it2Z_eH3PZZnqN-1yEYBMGN_z24cGrIoMv2jcwhsiLLE34lLjjXSelItcPvytCgJt2CNrmo3tth9aqL/s320/Zombie%205.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nelly had located this little beauty in a search of the basement - very useful in dealing with the ever-increasing numbers of Zombies our frantic room searching was generating! It meant she had to get close to the enemy, but once she did, her "napalm" was deadly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O1IITIKMDQrjtEHXDd2G_DsqSEjuceEbPfLGOHd95fqd0SGvNaSIeW-rYFtQi4S3R9jZrjN0Z2KNG3u18Hs2hg4a67yEZqXo-kZv9478LfXvORDehTBXVWPjR2GEe-u4XLaHAWho3SBvXMIpBl_kirKhig9bjLB-U7Y5fMHwJk_374ktJG-NejnmFgk7/s3252/20240202_215010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3252" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O1IITIKMDQrjtEHXDd2G_DsqSEjuceEbPfLGOHd95fqd0SGvNaSIeW-rYFtQi4S3R9jZrjN0Z2KNG3u18Hs2hg4a67yEZqXo-kZv9478LfXvORDehTBXVWPjR2GEe-u4XLaHAWho3SBvXMIpBl_kirKhig9bjLB-U7Y5fMHwJk_374ktJG-NejnmFgk7/s320/20240202_215010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Hemsworth used his enormous weapon to smash down the door to the main block of rooms, causing a swarm of Zombies to appear. Being a true gentleman, (he is Australian, you see) he then stepped aside....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQYdP6boXeLPUMtwptKPJ5Lh_yOHETHgRs2bV8U2HiqoqwE7gEmP07PJ-k-YNNDZPCoZ-LHbYf88K_soOwGKWZVvGLu4CaZgLGXUtDcYCr3Y1g-79g7KbN_jevYMCJ1vutOCk4dtZcGQ3mT7236U4dih2sf1WBZld1ME9ZcM4RClH3_8Gvnw44-THUHI7/s4080/20240202_215335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQYdP6boXeLPUMtwptKPJ5Lh_yOHETHgRs2bV8U2HiqoqwE7gEmP07PJ-k-YNNDZPCoZ-LHbYf88K_soOwGKWZVvGLu4CaZgLGXUtDcYCr3Y1g-79g7KbN_jevYMCJ1vutOCk4dtZcGQ3mT7236U4dih2sf1WBZld1ME9ZcM4RClH3_8Gvnw44-THUHI7/s320/20240202_215335.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..... and let Nelly with her four actions plus one extra movement action, rush in and destroy the first batch with her napalm grenade spell!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxTMPt-VEmj9rbFvr6FLepHbNF-9R1LwD-enxPoa4pLCTuy4K-AEZWgNtR_wlDz6Tp9UTATPvU9e-xgfrbny_Kt0B-pomtaRZpQtJRaK-F-gG4yrdfwU_AX4OLYEDNCdSFIY40KSqfEfD4V-xURaEteI5nAcLlt1Aa7VtcYMb0iUgGfyBlsfBkIcCCfYU/s2658/20240202_215348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2658" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRxTMPt-VEmj9rbFvr6FLepHbNF-9R1LwD-enxPoa4pLCTuy4K-AEZWgNtR_wlDz6Tp9UTATPvU9e-xgfrbny_Kt0B-pomtaRZpQtJRaK-F-gG4yrdfwU_AX4OLYEDNCdSFIY40KSqfEfD4V-xURaEteI5nAcLlt1Aa7VtcYMb0iUgGfyBlsfBkIcCCfYU/s320/20240202_215348.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh dear - there are A LOT of Zombies between us and our objectives!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rzKGQqhmkpYzUedxJe6bFV7zf8lk9svtXvoP6Sk_UIaiJKF7a0mMO10auwVixn9VbkmBLQ6c__tT_r4eBLp9hycQgWEwAsNoCgm591Gud13cZqNlGlx0P7ri0agJvcTw3yG31eucfF8jZx6n4oPbwT1lmpMmBx4qIDgKEvdPphoeNjLloGD8R7nL7rbd/s4080/20240202_220122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rzKGQqhmkpYzUedxJe6bFV7zf8lk9svtXvoP6Sk_UIaiJKF7a0mMO10auwVixn9VbkmBLQ6c__tT_r4eBLp9hycQgWEwAsNoCgm591Gud13cZqNlGlx0P7ri0agJvcTw3yG31eucfF8jZx6n4oPbwT1lmpMmBx4qIDgKEvdPphoeNjLloGD8R7nL7rbd/s320/20240202_220122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, on the other side of the table, the Dwarf Samson was scything through the Zombies, keeping the Wizard safe to carry on containing the Abomination and a large group of other Zombies with his Push Back spell.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QiANrw3RBbkVDn_PLxuMiGWBIcMqMqND2ewew2Fxh2rpdqJ4CTHTRlT-gGCZNhyphenhyphennY8fTzvqObo88ngio9yCxZ_p2xTxQqOm6H-K1OvEMoUbEUVuWwVgaLTmLT-yaaVik5yJi0yuwfWtowrL3zDIdDK37crir-XFhCMiIWX5gxFmKgE-1MvdQd8aIbMbt/s4080/20240202_220350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QiANrw3RBbkVDn_PLxuMiGWBIcMqMqND2ewew2Fxh2rpdqJ4CTHTRlT-gGCZNhyphenhyphennY8fTzvqObo88ngio9yCxZ_p2xTxQqOm6H-K1OvEMoUbEUVuWwVgaLTmLT-yaaVik5yJi0yuwfWtowrL3zDIdDK37crir-XFhCMiIWX5gxFmKgE-1MvdQd8aIbMbt/s320/20240202_220350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After keeping out of the way for most of the game (well, Nelly didn't really need a lot of help before) Ann the Blue Nun (like the wine we all remember from the Seventies!) moved from the cellar via a tunnel and appeared behind some of the Zombies. Her special attribute was "Bloodlust melee", which allowed her a free move into any area occupied by a Zombie, then an extra turn of combat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFHLSH3iD4OP26IBR5ndaebVr5mFWBDPH9nG_XBRoiKrvP_1GBGI23OtYqopQLNBeY9Z_XFLXwH6qlVgdsXoD-FqXzYNr14FaYRh7oVFJgK1LyCBftwZD1gpyVIqDKIZmBuI1a9LLQE4JEgK1nylatK5SgydId7RY4vKYf1A2baMHc4hYxY6_XwA6HvgRQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="663" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFHLSH3iD4OP26IBR5ndaebVr5mFWBDPH9nG_XBRoiKrvP_1GBGI23OtYqopQLNBeY9Z_XFLXwH6qlVgdsXoD-FqXzYNr14FaYRh7oVFJgK1LyCBftwZD1gpyVIqDKIZmBuI1a9LLQE4JEgK1nylatK5SgydId7RY4vKYf1A2baMHc4hYxY6_XwA6HvgRQ" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpCdH2K8L7kg8i8UuUiVog_pQ6J4WoljTg4PwbNdxUvSQdchOQVyPTohEtYK_IeJoCAkpeNEWzs44nYuHwiBw2s-9sZ-uPU1vY6xeWNsS1thVGbyha9ztCIIGIZO3U6LbSary0KlM-eGZqXwcHD9juKF8jhQSiwOzgA7lxmUw_genoaYEXpEMGvSoqgEIh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="209" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpCdH2K8L7kg8i8UuUiVog_pQ6J4WoljTg4PwbNdxUvSQdchOQVyPTohEtYK_IeJoCAkpeNEWzs44nYuHwiBw2s-9sZ-uPU1vY6xeWNsS1thVGbyha9ztCIIGIZO3U6LbSary0KlM-eGZqXwcHD9juKF8jhQSiwOzgA7lxmUw_genoaYEXpEMGvSoqgEIh" width="207" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth9JDgCqgLIR16kY58QSpxfdn2BLAP3DRugGt80eG40keRM0dxApzfcbiDLdFyIyOEQmVnW8X6ksIPF8UYeYes_SChl8FJfefYAUnFWX4GQgNmQ3UigF8GXJ4FWahCTY_AgUYyzRUcHQCtMMK5qTNeHvBszsAoiTdWBVXHQ72wU7NZ5D-z2WgQEZLoWje/s3646/20240202_220843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3646" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth9JDgCqgLIR16kY58QSpxfdn2BLAP3DRugGt80eG40keRM0dxApzfcbiDLdFyIyOEQmVnW8X6ksIPF8UYeYes_SChl8FJfefYAUnFWX4GQgNmQ3UigF8GXJ4FWahCTY_AgUYyzRUcHQCtMMK5qTNeHvBszsAoiTdWBVXHQ72wU7NZ5D-z2WgQEZLoWje/s320/20240202_220843.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Girl Power - Nelly and Ann united after taking out half the Zombies! Now, all they have to do is find a torch!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3hnmUkypdctoiZplrG8kBv3G1951avk7uw38oqbkstCYqFubJzvoN4BhcZ97Dh-MJ22fYSlnhxs-4Vhg8Ox4GQ71Sr9fB4NdT1aOg6xe0KL5NG4PmiMqZ8PPtZ3eWck6RSPJ9VCJcftgOR30xL2HLKsYASaScQjL-gz_C7HJPSyl-06V3bN7CUSpr-wM/s3004/20240202_222404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="3004" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3hnmUkypdctoiZplrG8kBv3G1951avk7uw38oqbkstCYqFubJzvoN4BhcZ97Dh-MJ22fYSlnhxs-4Vhg8Ox4GQ71Sr9fB4NdT1aOg6xe0KL5NG4PmiMqZ8PPtZ3eWck6RSPJ9VCJcftgOR30xL2HLKsYASaScQjL-gz_C7HJPSyl-06V3bN7CUSpr-wM/s320/20240202_222404.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, back at the front door, the Hemsworth had three attempts with two dice to score a four or better to kill off a few Zombies.....bloody men, sigh!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However ..... the two girls quickly dispatched the rest of the Zombies and searched every remaining room - to no avail! The number of extra bloody crossbows and long bows they found was getting a bit annoying .......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA9dOutP-xYt7Ux8MIjhbvPwzuZAOd5gi2s8ErjaAoCZbk8wwlrrEgRgwEPI55xhhBCa7LCEdYpl5qiuuQMJhYlL-R6E_QL2XtCyXoNMGYiEcs3e0OThhfxz-ncsTVuyXTh1UteYWNzNAAjKwzeUMh3FII1caP6BhkBDKWUatnfOsaDsVttGdGxAbVXhC/s1399/20240202_224452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="1345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA9dOutP-xYt7Ux8MIjhbvPwzuZAOd5gi2s8ErjaAoCZbk8wwlrrEgRgwEPI55xhhBCa7LCEdYpl5qiuuQMJhYlL-R6E_QL2XtCyXoNMGYiEcs3e0OThhfxz-ncsTVuyXTh1UteYWNzNAAjKwzeUMh3FII1caP6BhkBDKWUatnfOsaDsVttGdGxAbVXhC/s320/20240202_224452.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Julian as GM had to fudge the rules, and let characters research a room, because we had no options available to get three kills on the Abomination as things stood - and one of the bloody Hemsworth's found a torch, didn't they?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A quick RV with Nelly and her Dragon Bile, then the door leading to the passage behind the Abomination and his mates was breached, Nelly ran up behind the Zombies, still held in check by Julians Wizards Push Back spell and hurled the vile of Dragon Bile and the flaming torch into the adjacent square - job done, game over!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa-dHvCo0xMTgQZ9jTPlEm1RqamNr3IWIZqxNGplbAXEk0d-861ZenNwv__BeOo0iaTw0DBzlkTdIMGD_Yh_IJ73fGMf_4fQs_omPBk9Tyvxag_IMop9YW5QRmjoo-b2CPfXtkx-CviENVdVd6MzC5JWlos6f9SQLJUrzIXIAot5jIQ2zh76sV_4RtfjV/s3297/20240202_224504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3297" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa-dHvCo0xMTgQZ9jTPlEm1RqamNr3IWIZqxNGplbAXEk0d-861ZenNwv__BeOo0iaTw0DBzlkTdIMGD_Yh_IJ73fGMf_4fQs_omPBk9Tyvxag_IMop9YW5QRmjoo-b2CPfXtkx-CviENVdVd6MzC5JWlos6f9SQLJUrzIXIAot5jIQ2zh76sV_4RtfjV/s320/20240202_224504.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNO9K056snBdpG935rgGtcvndBl2ArT04DdkZXP-vGj1aZRuwJcfBiaeLD318QAdyLUlwltjc3Xjkvu6bLDkunyHIlNwsqoyKfikWtTYYCEIw8yh5hPUQqE0qOyFts_XMSQWKkV7alezWuu81A4YXvPsqbjROTm4PzNBITQif762Shyphenhyphen9rwCrA0cX7ZZKl/s1600/IMG-20240203-WA0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNO9K056snBdpG935rgGtcvndBl2ArT04DdkZXP-vGj1aZRuwJcfBiaeLD318QAdyLUlwltjc3Xjkvu6bLDkunyHIlNwsqoyKfikWtTYYCEIw8yh5hPUQqE0qOyFts_XMSQWKkV7alezWuu81A4YXvPsqbjROTm4PzNBITQif762Shyphenhyphen9rwCrA0cX7ZZKl/s320/IMG-20240203-WA0005.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great fun was had by all - John got a bit upset when my girls took the piss out of the Hemsworth's poor fighting skills - but it has to be said, in addition to their rugged good looks, they did in fact <i>kill</i> the Necromancer <i>and</i> find the torch that enabled Nelly to kill the Abomination - so if they had not been there, things might have ended quite differently - and what was that you said about <i>"having a boy look"</i>, ladies - you searched that room too and didn't find the torch!</div><p></p>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-85329868273959250692024-02-03T15:42:00.003+13:002024-02-04T08:53:34.972+13:00Two Recent Dungeon Crawler games<p> I have taken the description from my friend Andrew, who hosted these games recently at his place. Again, we used a variation of his AS9 rules, and tiles/scenery collected from various Fantasy box games and Kick Starters backed by Andrew over the years. </p><p>In both games, the basic aim was the same - two groups enter an underground crypt/dungeon via separate sets of stairs, traverse the netherworld, picking up VP's, defending themselves from marauding demons and monsters, and potentially engaging in combat with each other, prior to exiting again via the other set of stairs.</p><p>We had a value of 22 points and were able to select our own warbands up to this value, with sorcerers etc costing 4 points, apprentices or skilled warriors 3 points, professionals 2 and "grunts" 1 point each. Virtually every roll succeeds on a 9 or better on 2 x D6 and the figures add their skill value to the die roll - so sorcerer adds 3, apprentice 2, professional 1 and grunt 0.</p><p>Activation was by a full pack of standard playing cards - all red cards were my group, all black Andrews - and in this game, there was no limit on how many turns one side could have in a row. All court cards had the chance of generating a beast/monster.</p><p>Let's see how we got on!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Game One</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8G5-MSXj0tqM-JpETEsPwX2yy0Kz2f2kzZENxSMrPlpJyK3sYf0-FI3B0IbIGFuKrHvVl-QuSjI7bRpIUdbrxMBdLc-Q5AOjBYgeDwS5_oOdYrcW_TRgsroCN3A-5zqUG0WhpHRDzUhoLAbsaKoDrc7OKxDAiIT2hyphenhyphenMWOPzhO7Nut8S_0eUov3VaVNEJ/s2560/20240126_172527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2560" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8G5-MSXj0tqM-JpETEsPwX2yy0Kz2f2kzZENxSMrPlpJyK3sYf0-FI3B0IbIGFuKrHvVl-QuSjI7bRpIUdbrxMBdLc-Q5AOjBYgeDwS5_oOdYrcW_TRgsroCN3A-5zqUG0WhpHRDzUhoLAbsaKoDrc7OKxDAiIT2hyphenhyphenMWOPzhO7Nut8S_0eUov3VaVNEJ/s320/20240126_172527.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Table layout</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgCXov4s7hX_y9ZzZtEolLf9BRGkn3P1K1srjy-zWdjSaxYhafKNnWVim9MbegFVPE781zPGM3ORLjnASs-B6qxOVkx190vHnImnCWOsXmgi-aEWQIoJevILPan-SyYrKGv_Ip8Jw5HdGQ75fTELK7X9Phx7W0VkLYds8xqVMkvZ0okpwEqVpozG6v7un/s4080/20240126_172538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgCXov4s7hX_y9ZzZtEolLf9BRGkn3P1K1srjy-zWdjSaxYhafKNnWVim9MbegFVPE781zPGM3ORLjnASs-B6qxOVkx190vHnImnCWOsXmgi-aEWQIoJevILPan-SyYrKGv_Ip8Jw5HdGQ75fTELK7X9Phx7W0VkLYds8xqVMkvZ0okpwEqVpozG6v7un/s320/20240126_172538.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTum2k4SYWUZf-fDS6jcaNxPH4VvESjWPwgHg0yC3YmZuVKLKM9Pu9-ELS5MsU5wbpQTjuPvhF9dypCNjA1OXU0hdS3ae1eh2cXmgw_HYCjEYpqLFvWCUoeMMX9I1g1EQfSz_PQaoPqShkVfGOLFqxVPKqcNbO2NpIDc77a383Jf1rFp44ClXQTlvavEhN/s2239/20240126_172708.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="2239" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTum2k4SYWUZf-fDS6jcaNxPH4VvESjWPwgHg0yC3YmZuVKLKM9Pu9-ELS5MsU5wbpQTjuPvhF9dypCNjA1OXU0hdS3ae1eh2cXmgw_HYCjEYpqLFvWCUoeMMX9I1g1EQfSz_PQaoPqShkVfGOLFqxVPKqcNbO2NpIDc77a383Jf1rFp44ClXQTlvavEhN/s320/20240126_172708.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My group - 2 x sorceresses, 2 x apprentices, three (professional) armed nuns plus two bow armed "grunts!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZsYab0F8_3y_LK3dzYOOKRzzgBZiq70CaccjzzzJuiZ98RcpH4Ua3nhEhm5mZuiol_yMTRYYVTmXQPEzYTq2m_FR19jQcrlSzTxGlbaZNGgaBdqy5XjdgVp_LVzd_Ef79IwvEHd9VqrZNhuHETY9zOi4sR5lx9u-IPjI3Ihjc867MjmxZfqbZ1iEidKb/s4080/20240126_172722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZsYab0F8_3y_LK3dzYOOKRzzgBZiq70CaccjzzzJuiZ98RcpH4Ua3nhEhm5mZuiol_yMTRYYVTmXQPEzYTq2m_FR19jQcrlSzTxGlbaZNGgaBdqy5XjdgVp_LVzd_Ef79IwvEHd9VqrZNhuHETY9zOi4sR5lx9u-IPjI3Ihjc867MjmxZfqbZ1iEidKb/s320/20240126_172722.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is Andrews group descending the other set of stairs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqTnFq6ROOSeO1Dh-SUvi3mkMs2I5uKFMqkG9xkANYbdHwuUKgJ6urXGXxCE37RE6QKlZ3Zr7TalL6JhoOQt_fV_ZJEiljwiSZC_0B4WhnPdGbStqPOIW1aVXJ9i_OIleRD8eRvxGXahpb0Kg7qPU5e24M74ACIDUWVaNi4oOx2I0vFK5lPypgKHz8WSI/s4080/20240126_172733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqTnFq6ROOSeO1Dh-SUvi3mkMs2I5uKFMqkG9xkANYbdHwuUKgJ6urXGXxCE37RE6QKlZ3Zr7TalL6JhoOQt_fV_ZJEiljwiSZC_0B4WhnPdGbStqPOIW1aVXJ9i_OIleRD8eRvxGXahpb0Kg7qPU5e24M74ACIDUWVaNi4oOx2I0vFK5lPypgKHz8WSI/s320/20240126_172733.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNHtL3fqwxZzjfUr5eU9vJcTtqrfHixxJnYzJAwqTkuWcPmIrVya8QJnio4kU6QK7KGsAea-CSkzqIn9EmtaMqWoqKMYJUC59vwFTpHUPY8scsQFzFtSp5c9fOpAVhtqOVuNLCs0I6EhFHY8A8ISiDaOsShpIboNFZ1bs-PPAD9s1T2QSZtrUcLu9G221/s320/20240126_172938.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the first monster that was generated:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZoqXB_Sva6w7Z2aEiD7lf1UL9d0fW69jVrnS5VgSuZJHWEpuqP8LD3UJl9dlXBlkCQVTCn8vRngeDW8a2fOvymRpVgFSMOPRGD9NG30pvijUtgwdP48J2g9tfuYn0dQfPOq56XfX1Q5HsQ6Oblz_Wwj4h-D8C4yimuduxVQsmwPwSHjeLTnddBO0Xt7i/s4080/20240126_173751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZoqXB_Sva6w7Z2aEiD7lf1UL9d0fW69jVrnS5VgSuZJHWEpuqP8LD3UJl9dlXBlkCQVTCn8vRngeDW8a2fOvymRpVgFSMOPRGD9NG30pvijUtgwdP48J2g9tfuYn0dQfPOq56XfX1Q5HsQ6Oblz_Wwj4h-D8C4yimuduxVQsmwPwSHjeLTnddBO0Xt7i/s320/20240126_173751.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The cards are repurposed from Frostgrave (I think), and the stars indicate how many points the monster adds to die rolls and how many hits it takes to kill them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdOI8hxzKyiTg9e7I0zS1j81d5nfck3F1_T8KBbT9h8wsM9_x2sKbhZweMznBuBH7hcb7nq9PQq585VO51u1lbDk9faf2LGgh-wB17GeVrTGzUk3Kx9DWmhVCs8M3esqzp3hzN2vp_N3eM8ZusDeYlpFS5Llyy7DIGGSfaJFlVuybFjpSTYubobTiBM5M/s4080/20240126_173825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdOI8hxzKyiTg9e7I0zS1j81d5nfck3F1_T8KBbT9h8wsM9_x2sKbhZweMznBuBH7hcb7nq9PQq585VO51u1lbDk9faf2LGgh-wB17GeVrTGzUk3Kx9DWmhVCs8M3esqzp3hzN2vp_N3eM8ZusDeYlpFS5Llyy7DIGGSfaJFlVuybFjpSTYubobTiBM5M/s320/20240126_173825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClLpTf5u662FNh2qyILnvK0oZjhOf_vuwf5iwdafxY_2ketiwhGyXWylSXHOACjUatXYEkX37S3OaBWU72PrAc6WcyhJmCnThB9WxFdpEMR3HA1UhWTQ-aPTHdrNtCMKq-nLOLw-2YUyP_T8QJJeszYhJKMsKK1SrYrxgOIiycDJCe8uWSHDcsjPEBkTy/s4080/20240126_175327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClLpTf5u662FNh2qyILnvK0oZjhOf_vuwf5iwdafxY_2ketiwhGyXWylSXHOACjUatXYEkX37S3OaBWU72PrAc6WcyhJmCnThB9WxFdpEMR3HA1UhWTQ-aPTHdrNtCMKq-nLOLw-2YUyP_T8QJJeszYhJKMsKK1SrYrxgOIiycDJCe8uWSHDcsjPEBkTy/s320/20240126_175327.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andrews guys successfully dispatched monster number 2.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG3jvmDZNsQ8YMF_NisaZusFap2Drx0mExAASw6te0kEItnSt4C5Z_4ZKi9stfdCiE0cmsEwwjQfhrPR2-HJFg8LNiNVdSnzzd6YpIt9pmtkfiE5PmqX8VtKYKatBCNGCwhCOsDWqGpd68thVUV8sFf6BTBSwyPQ7nmpIIFW5JUGRYN1zg2ih7r2sTuLY/s4080/20240126_175507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.... but was eventually taken out by a combination of Andrews players. Killing a grade 3 monster gained his group 3 VP.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrny4TCCiA8cvHZGNbLZqjmf_a7NtwOl3f-9sonhMRq_iv0XDAu_01ButfnD7VFWmewYbm4px0WVJk5WVBqUuqM5sSmwRPdDwkQ1pXkbe6hyphenhyphenRgYqRnHz7IF28icjm4PnElAxAfuOQdYgKzAcqiDvq3V_z7Qzqdl04P2y9wt-pt-t6Oxi-Qjayd8RNY7syv/s4080/20240126_181146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrny4TCCiA8cvHZGNbLZqjmf_a7NtwOl3f-9sonhMRq_iv0XDAu_01ButfnD7VFWmewYbm4px0WVJk5WVBqUuqM5sSmwRPdDwkQ1pXkbe6hyphenhyphenRgYqRnHz7IF28icjm4PnElAxAfuOQdYgKzAcqiDvq3V_z7Qzqdl04P2y9wt-pt-t6Oxi-Qjayd8RNY7syv/s320/20240126_181146.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In my sector, the third monster of the day appeared!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrdp3MxLBAJSRKxFCgkt1aNODD70rLd2Usaqhf3r4szCXLdY9UHkNBiQsAf5Am4-75y_GJ-rh-rfj-eJWiDCiBA4SyTS9vM-MKvi-6slrM7LVk6Id33nfA4yiB8mhtplcemrwYtcES_DuPQcMmADZbi3iYYzyiyRVlW6vDU7hXrZ40etqTrhseXcdnkOG/s4080/20240126_181212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrdp3MxLBAJSRKxFCgkt1aNODD70rLd2Usaqhf3r4szCXLdY9UHkNBiQsAf5Am4-75y_GJ-rh-rfj-eJWiDCiBA4SyTS9vM-MKvi-6slrM7LVk6Id33nfA4yiB8mhtplcemrwYtcES_DuPQcMmADZbi3iYYzyiyRVlW6vDU7hXrZ40etqTrhseXcdnkOG/s320/20240126_181212.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently, this figure is 40-50 years old and was a free toy in the bottom of a packet of breakfast cereal! (remember collecting those?!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz3ijdq8cZiIzW8AI8kLEPp4usc1QJahpxaiROhu_SmMJCkUC7rTpHFqeydcoCro9ptnZqi6q_-R3wRA-zKNOsbSKXrcnszN8TKa4QJIYjsz8Sq3OSZiUQDF6T5zaFKZ8EmBIOAJlKgl3rMth6ECyVeNE-CFKDCPBrmK90AcWMHKNjorYeRZNEzq_1XRp/s3210/20240126_181334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3210" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz3ijdq8cZiIzW8AI8kLEPp4usc1QJahpxaiROhu_SmMJCkUC7rTpHFqeydcoCro9ptnZqi6q_-R3wRA-zKNOsbSKXrcnszN8TKa4QJIYjsz8Sq3OSZiUQDF6T5zaFKZ8EmBIOAJlKgl3rMth6ECyVeNE-CFKDCPBrmK90AcWMHKNjorYeRZNEzq_1XRp/s320/20240126_181334.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly, the beast killed the nun - but was in turn killed by a spell from the apprentice Sigilist!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOluhS7eiFY_gaRZQrzpSRRS7JKKglkLTAo7wGyRexHMx0QvXbfmFUGEBaEYzQeCNZPGOcq3jrdXgQwjHDqNuu4COsyMXKMw7-W0eebpydGGZlJbni_OAP1XaiV9YY72qDFJbuebSmM7BSF6kHBYTtLcuk6vDB2Wbj4yvC9SoPyv5kNeZASio0QmZKBtaF/s4080/20240126_181537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOluhS7eiFY_gaRZQrzpSRRS7JKKglkLTAo7wGyRexHMx0QvXbfmFUGEBaEYzQeCNZPGOcq3jrdXgQwjHDqNuu4COsyMXKMw7-W0eebpydGGZlJbni_OAP1XaiV9YY72qDFJbuebSmM7BSF6kHBYTtLcuk6vDB2Wbj4yvC9SoPyv5kNeZASio0QmZKBtaF/s320/20240126_181537.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whilst I was tied up monster killing, Andrews team was getting ahead of me in the race to the stairs!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTFLZRt1qpnPHa1vL_JrvjOfcaAi03nSlKXVPhuQEamIDxbsDfyE95HB039arD-o69n3L76Q8NVuWmmqs-RHOmWadh4ZGnUKe06w3iMdDtJ3gb7uR2yJBKubEBdB2LpbFimYr2OI-YXvte5d7YP4k8HNJ_CKpFaO31vCAIeTf9O7txXSBhhzboV8YH1r2/s4080/20240126_181756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTFLZRt1qpnPHa1vL_JrvjOfcaAi03nSlKXVPhuQEamIDxbsDfyE95HB039arD-o69n3L76Q8NVuWmmqs-RHOmWadh4ZGnUKe06w3iMdDtJ3gb7uR2yJBKubEBdB2LpbFimYr2OI-YXvte5d7YP4k8HNJ_CKpFaO31vCAIeTf9O7txXSBhhzboV8YH1r2/s320/20240126_181756.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They unlocked another magic gate - and generated a giant wolf!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWaFVLJDJ89xVitzasapHq6PqLgfVwgWHRVnZZF79RK6tUH1EmpuzDLii2wVDeJvZv5zOxx8HkQsgZiLp14NWO0Ru21td9vNzMRyKhTMbOH3yvn2ScsqqUbhu4fSLgCSI0c30WQrHtQ6WDMPSn2vwwsNb5MMMHQCLbgHL6levW2KQbvTeEGp6INq0Lwib/s2690/20240126_181801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wolf charged forwards, but I think was dispatched without loss by Andrew's force.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhef-jn0haBt5zg7EGgLnyeSvogpmIUvOwUG1AK_If_QbKaDItM2F-V01sp5oFqJLN17OCTKrMGfwAXI7edN3sTE2hIoo448V71KJG0Pk-GWoC94c8ieeB8BUn_6lGp4UenDElU-P_y31unWTXc-BCjiU-IFR34crDPjhJcFtIM9ujbjUu2HaXKX2IN4xww/s4080/20240126_183458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhef-jn0haBt5zg7EGgLnyeSvogpmIUvOwUG1AK_If_QbKaDItM2F-V01sp5oFqJLN17OCTKrMGfwAXI7edN3sTE2hIoo448V71KJG0Pk-GWoC94c8ieeB8BUn_6lGp4UenDElU-P_y31unWTXc-BCjiU-IFR34crDPjhJcFtIM9ujbjUu2HaXKX2IN4xww/s320/20240126_183458.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My band spent some time gaining a few extra points in the centre of the table.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHEEzVAXdQCOaHIxBv3u3KaJPLw1vPnWUNV_myvidSz5Bi0VK8wxtOZU5VKcUiaJkuiqyFv7Su6ehzzV6YKadyg64b-Ofm4p050J-L0lDamEg0jiBL1wzZM-eeoUPOr12xNvwjPIAKDQvvq1geU_4OTNOXBqQTfzgmxTUv7gF5dYZg_z-1zWC9RfgRjha/s3531/20240126_184057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3531" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHEEzVAXdQCOaHIxBv3u3KaJPLw1vPnWUNV_myvidSz5Bi0VK8wxtOZU5VKcUiaJkuiqyFv7Su6ehzzV6YKadyg64b-Ofm4p050J-L0lDamEg0jiBL1wzZM-eeoUPOr12xNvwjPIAKDQvvq1geU_4OTNOXBqQTfzgmxTUv7gF5dYZg_z-1zWC9RfgRjha/s320/20240126_184057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andrews band has the exit in sight!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSJpoPkaUpVY-0qOgga4vfvW_JKgUuaNEp8qJ3KRUnENwVws2pOdCDf4fKyD2ZylB5eASDsCy2MGEuo8aAtY0e_EFWFveA3kpvTK9vQuAsjIKitMt0cVpEDTCtCXuaIFo-_5qe1Ry0vDA69dWVat6FwRueAG0Lzbvivk-1CBqNYhco_nPgTPdzGC6dWmb/s4080/20240126_184117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSJpoPkaUpVY-0qOgga4vfvW_JKgUuaNEp8qJ3KRUnENwVws2pOdCDf4fKyD2ZylB5eASDsCy2MGEuo8aAtY0e_EFWFveA3kpvTK9vQuAsjIKitMt0cVpEDTCtCXuaIFo-_5qe1Ry0vDA69dWVat6FwRueAG0Lzbvivk-1CBqNYhco_nPgTPdzGC6dWmb/s320/20240126_184117.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But they were moving extremely slowly and running low on activation cards .....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tHA4fMLdEVszWkvtfTj0NNWPEnDUzmeJC2KV-xLLMUNdkbyhske1zQOfEPvDuVgk-Z3TdQnCWhL61krplM7snhvHWUu2YOsdaA-mgRLHnPkrZee5jByLwEqhD6D4fsTuSkVtXOJ1bOrojhU5tf5sOHYY_PtzAOmX8M7TT-_rchEyiPBrH_IGUxHbLSo8/s4080/20240126_184819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tHA4fMLdEVszWkvtfTj0NNWPEnDUzmeJC2KV-xLLMUNdkbyhske1zQOfEPvDuVgk-Z3TdQnCWhL61krplM7snhvHWUu2YOsdaA-mgRLHnPkrZee5jByLwEqhD6D4fsTuSkVtXOJ1bOrojhU5tf5sOHYY_PtzAOmX8M7TT-_rchEyiPBrH_IGUxHbLSo8/s320/20240126_184819.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My group now had a number of turns one after the other, as the cards fell in my favour, finally!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mAd3qV48lX2-5khwOJ8wBUOKn1cYKqh2FY-FmSVuqN06M0g5qzqGU95kVglWIwCZDenxXk2gkwFD8GoqP1OI6dcbsd4fIYelAK-i8kCnA-kCdFdbgK6KDYI6Xjm6IeDswqEDQdssNXEceLJ9n7shBoXNJqg_YKz_M_7noEp94_fpd2ZutsFWIfThVF2j/s4080/20240126_184846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mAd3qV48lX2-5khwOJ8wBUOKn1cYKqh2FY-FmSVuqN06M0g5qzqGU95kVglWIwCZDenxXk2gkwFD8GoqP1OI6dcbsd4fIYelAK-i8kCnA-kCdFdbgK6KDYI6Xjm6IeDswqEDQdssNXEceLJ9n7shBoXNJqg_YKz_M_7noEp94_fpd2ZutsFWIfThVF2j/s320/20240126_184846.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHegXuOJOy0dX573DKZSdDncP2IbYi3D-DAf7O-hRLpHMGOYH0lhDRfCqLx3ucn1dPGRKw_IvV0Y_QSUM_BVtdLZPZsce61eWMch82x1KLSNvWQwIvEiDaBrcJG-YWLWSH8fdGy6_mMZYFwNDkr4NOdEjFPgYCXh7oDadU1EJDEZY1l0nIoHY-Igf2mjs/s3172/20240126_185410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Technically, a victory for my force, as Andrew failed to exit the dungeon but, in the points, count up, we had 37 VP each.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LQItW1id8LObBSbi3fLBUfw_G4CfgqvRFNL-DMM4pnhfCBJcShUIaNLua0f2yLTv4Ii6v5hDlwye7grIHcB3Psu05DCjX-bP9HUtSsyiYUyXwk1R_r7MaUX4itS9dy_tQfvZG5_XPOqlXq6Djk7d3zIwkzaq0Wh3wMMtcNgoq6_AYKQD2DJ5uvuoPBa6/s2672/20240126_190217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2672" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LQItW1id8LObBSbi3fLBUfw_G4CfgqvRFNL-DMM4pnhfCBJcShUIaNLua0f2yLTv4Ii6v5hDlwye7grIHcB3Psu05DCjX-bP9HUtSsyiYUyXwk1R_r7MaUX4itS9dy_tQfvZG5_XPOqlXq6Djk7d3zIwkzaq0Wh3wMMtcNgoq6_AYKQD2DJ5uvuoPBa6/s320/20240126_190217.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andrew killed more monsters but also lost more team members - so our scores were tied - except, of course, his entire band failed to escape the nether regions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The game had only taken about 90 minutes, so after a Chinese take away dinner, we reset, starting at the opposite ends of the table. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Game Two</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKF7c5UAp6RSOsGTEVXElXgLQKCiZZ2fiYcu1T9diipq07O1ab33DGoEv3kiDtzMMXO3br64wNcj3JYWRk-KvkWLAIh8ut2Yac5CvId8zDefTk9Yl2eV0f1ozpTikX1MyCz7TJarOJYcUwZVa8CNPMTENVNX-VMNQ_RXHnBzWoi3efzY5JC_H_ylMMlf_/s2368/20240126_201023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This monster was generated but its location was too far removed from where my band were located to be of any concern.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nL6Xt5nPa1J7fExrWn5rBzA-eqhjb1j1zB4mUrbSjIW5CrCyWs3nE-fmZggtlNGjYckiWR6vyCkOTfs-su79tWcjGLSs_m9R-2MZAA3lQnKeK8kkZLIwHUqamr-okjJuvFl_PiAsZP_X8fJqyLYaf7hDwHPXOpOIH2jGviKXxsLrYg7XSsJ6Akt05h9r/s3089/20240126_212325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="3089" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nL6Xt5nPa1J7fExrWn5rBzA-eqhjb1j1zB4mUrbSjIW5CrCyWs3nE-fmZggtlNGjYckiWR6vyCkOTfs-su79tWcjGLSs_m9R-2MZAA3lQnKeK8kkZLIwHUqamr-okjJuvFl_PiAsZP_X8fJqyLYaf7hDwHPXOpOIH2jGviKXxsLrYg7XSsJ6Akt05h9r/s320/20240126_212325.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fraulein Doktor Elsa Von Helsing, having dallied just a little too long to gain that last extra VP, was cut off and killed by the Lich Lord, but the remainder of the Nazi group made good their escape with a couple of cards to spare!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this time, there was a definite winner, with my SS-Verband coming out ahead, 33 points to 27.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As always, these games were great fun and had the added bonus of being my first games of 2024, albeit they were played in the last week of January.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last night, John and I partook of several games of Zombie killing at Julians gaff, but the AAR of those will have to wait a few days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to read my ramblings and I hope it was of some passing interest!</div>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-54151891025903048772024-01-31T22:35:00.002+13:002024-01-31T22:35:59.399+13:00Latest arrivals From the USA - WARNING R18 - Viewer Discretion Advised!!<p>I don't know how I found these figures originally a few months back, but since I did, I have had a mind to purchase a few and see if they are really as good as they looked on the Effincool Minis website</p><p><a href="https://www.effincoolminis.com/product-category/effincool-miniatures/">Effincool Miniatures – Effincool Miniatures (effincoolminis.com)</a></p><p>These figures will be used in my pulp adventures - somehow! - and I can report that they are, in fact, as nice as they seem in the images. John the guy at EffinCool was great to deal with - he felt one of the figures (the Sitarist) was below standard and the mold needs remaking - so added "some goodies" as compensation. Firstly, the figure looked pretty good to me when it arrived, and secondly, the "goodies" were two additional figures from the range - which, at US$7 each, is a fair bit of goodness, particularly as I only ordered 7 in the first place!</p><p>Anyways, here are the images, lifted straight from the website. The only surprise I got was, I had somehow assumed these would be resin, but they are, in fact, very nice, crisp metal castings. John tells me they are 32mm figures but that's fine by me for Pulp, as they can easily be explained away as an entire race of super models! </p><p>The concept is basically a Sultana (female sultan, not a dried fruit!) and her court.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lq9QF5pAM6sN8LuFtkg3OhDXd2VbUiMgEA4iJByyAR8_gonLVFRwiQL3UUEtACil7rjTDwFrFViu43E0tNpZs8VS1unyei9Kyd2Ll3GKDr1Sy49LYrj0HmGomEiWDDUB4L9Lh3nD48q5clfM0Ca0Bru7G3IzF9rkvG-SlVDlhZZuWnhwt2D_uOlqAgYQ/s640/e6%20Lounging-Hetaira.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lq9QF5pAM6sN8LuFtkg3OhDXd2VbUiMgEA4iJByyAR8_gonLVFRwiQL3UUEtACil7rjTDwFrFViu43E0tNpZs8VS1unyei9Kyd2Ll3GKDr1Sy49LYrj0HmGomEiWDDUB4L9Lh3nD48q5clfM0Ca0Bru7G3IzF9rkvG-SlVDlhZZuWnhwt2D_uOlqAgYQ/s320/e6%20Lounging-Hetaira.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sultana Heteira<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sultana's companion.</div><p>Looking at the images again, I have to say, the details such as the chains of pearls on the figure above are not as "proud" as they look here on the actual figures, but in all other respects, they ae very nicely sculpted and cast miniatures.</p><p>I am off for a game of Zombie killing at Julians place on Friday after work, so an AAR on that may well be the next post - first one for February - yes, we are a month down already!</p>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484771182186129498.post-23500169827152601962024-01-29T21:23:00.002+13:002024-01-29T21:23:35.556+13:00A Quick Painting Update<p> Tonight, I have the last of the Warlord Blitzkrieg Germans (Senior Officers/HQ), the first two 1st Corps Fallschirmjaegers AND a few more of the Three Musketeers figures hot off the painting desk!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveDrRxi8Onbh7DVnrzGOeKKEVJ8Gl7MGFPocYuLKS_nNpjCqCRkeStmC4Y65-f66jCIv1xw54GqCwXXN7i96foWl__XTD2We1iiBzgsBI6MfvuIjFqARBwEnQ-z6qNYECnweHd4aZYvzYORZLtJZ4Z2PVHjEUJNoDa5KSYBNPsDx3Rsxx2XhwAeDXhoo2/s4080/20240129_203840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveDrRxi8Onbh7DVnrzGOeKKEVJ8Gl7MGFPocYuLKS_nNpjCqCRkeStmC4Y65-f66jCIv1xw54GqCwXXN7i96foWl__XTD2We1iiBzgsBI6MfvuIjFqARBwEnQ-z6qNYECnweHd4aZYvzYORZLtJZ4Z2PVHjEUJNoDa5KSYBNPsDx3Rsxx2XhwAeDXhoo2/s320/20240129_203840.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a really attractive set and I think they have come out nicely.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EFDuK1aP7n95aVnyncqQ3ncCNfzdIRW80DHRRkMUx8hHsXw5gE8zjWeHZN7G8dqbjL3TEA3eyGjan_9GPguUwECJh8Vrpz6BZuHDAj3l3k9bWJUVCUGWr0PbfHUA-Q06k818c8yJLE_euomhZzq5XH1WUYEuzBigv1AtYCRSDx6WR3ha3geZXe-U2SP7/s4080/20240129_203902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EFDuK1aP7n95aVnyncqQ3ncCNfzdIRW80DHRRkMUx8hHsXw5gE8zjWeHZN7G8dqbjL3TEA3eyGjan_9GPguUwECJh8Vrpz6BZuHDAj3l3k9bWJUVCUGWr0PbfHUA-Q06k818c8yJLE_euomhZzq5XH1WUYEuzBigv1AtYCRSDx6WR3ha3geZXe-U2SP7/s320/20240129_203902.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I have taken images from every angle!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZAKvhUYKX3hZIY6Aq3EaZ-6GqPkAlH-mBU15wJzTvO0yDdVbYMmy7jtUpO92CQ_Yj_VT45-urUm74GoXYstZnYsqT2hzdQus5HBcsslQb30B-uNYjIzd7GEeXhiud5Kwsrpws_T_Cp2ImN0yAWLwgxTkO1bwMnEqZxIdcH1w_IZvBBmzTo-3qrqYC-JG/s4080/20240129_203923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZAKvhUYKX3hZIY6Aq3EaZ-6GqPkAlH-mBU15wJzTvO0yDdVbYMmy7jtUpO92CQ_Yj_VT45-urUm74GoXYstZnYsqT2hzdQus5HBcsslQb30B-uNYjIzd7GEeXhiud5Kwsrpws_T_Cp2ImN0yAWLwgxTkO1bwMnEqZxIdcH1w_IZvBBmzTo-3qrqYC-JG/s320/20240129_203923.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy - only a couple more of them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4d-1p5lA3T8CTTeU7dsIdCrs2792-f-qzDHnnEPRQRGItTegsITh0CakqU-3iF2zLsGTv1JKPGtweC1iFA01y7kHRZXT3mWOtGCs98jQWlgexFnjR3BTuiRf5wIE53vP2CeXsKbhcYVlfaNdlSTd5brbHPjuvoxvZIOZ3Ui8vvnVHUizynpxw8ekcggg/s4080/20240129_203945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4d-1p5lA3T8CTTeU7dsIdCrs2792-f-qzDHnnEPRQRGItTegsITh0CakqU-3iF2zLsGTv1JKPGtweC1iFA01y7kHRZXT3mWOtGCs98jQWlgexFnjR3BTuiRf5wIE53vP2CeXsKbhcYVlfaNdlSTd5brbHPjuvoxvZIOZ3Ui8vvnVHUizynpxw8ekcggg/s320/20240129_203945.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvGYFl45IvBdhDwt_KgOVDKM3t1iG0O9GGrWi9gFYvPM9iMr4Aec5x2vZSuP5RWRXhVgH4ov-qNg63cS4Y-dQfoEH-N-MaWG1SuBgYrq7_Frmv-ps53c41cCnswNodlWgeD_3I6d4N6UGJVW59AENV7L4dr2FSin9j9-hk_FPIPiPmnk3J4oeDnCkARSWR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="320" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvGYFl45IvBdhDwt_KgOVDKM3t1iG0O9GGrWi9gFYvPM9iMr4Aec5x2vZSuP5RWRXhVgH4ov-qNg63cS4Y-dQfoEH-N-MaWG1SuBgYrq7_Frmv-ps53c41cCnswNodlWgeD_3I6d4N6UGJVW59AENV7L4dr2FSin9j9-hk_FPIPiPmnk3J4oeDnCkARSWR" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, the rest of the Cardinals Guard, the Cardinal himself, and, of course, his most famous agent!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nice figures all, and I enjoyed painting them (apart from the rather stumpy and unattractive M'Lady figure!). I may be forced to substitute her for a better-looking version at a later date - purely in the interests of historical accuracy, I hasten to add :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for your visit and I will appreciate any comments you are kind enough to leave!</div></div><p></p>rrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316317334203888350noreply@blogger.com31