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Today, I playtested once more the rules for my skirmish game, 'The Battle for the Watchtower' several times. A gameplay lasts about an hour. It seems to be working out really well, though some fine-tuning was still needed. I’ve decided that the small lake will always be located in the center (instead of the tower). The warriors have to move around it, or can push an enemy in—forcing them to find a way out by the next round if they don't want to drown! The starting positions for both armies depend on where the tower ends up after the modular tiles are randomly placed on the 3x3 grid. The first two photos show different setups, while the rest are just atmospheric shots ;)

Perry mercenary halberdiers

Will be used for historicals/OPR

Hi all, long time Lurker!

I've been working on a 15/18mm fantasy range for some time, though it's slowly shaping up into a few factions.

Broadly Norse / Barbarian setting building on the ideas of Copplestone's Barbarica..which I love and own alot of. Conan-esque battles at the end if the lasT ice age, and a mix of material cultures.

Armies in the works at the moment are: Valkyries/Shieldmaidens, Savage tribesmen (hunter gatherers types), Norse, Barrow Undead & Bogmen (zombies)...with more to come after these get enough packs for "armies"...

Undead will be released this year!

Some images of models:

Available through Northstar Military Figures

Maceface Miniatures - Hornblower 15mm

Not much painting done this week but managed to add a late Roman hero from Footsore to my latest unit. Very happy with how he turned out!

I finished up painting the miniatures from the Pillage starter set, and I'm looking forward to putting them on the table in action in my next video Box to Battle part two on Youtube.

This little lot were painted well over 20 years ago and are still one of my very favourite armies. I'd love to hear what you folks think.

For many more pictures and waffle, please see my blog here:

https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2012/

Cheers

There we go—the terrain for my skirmish wargame, 'The Battle for the Watchtower', is now fully complete. As a final touch last night, I added a dilapidated palisade around the tower to ensure it wouldn't be too easy to reach. That is the game's scenario, after all: getting the warlord to safety inside the centrally located watchtower (which also doubles as a dice tower).
The game is lightning-fast, stripping away all time-consuming elements and bookkeeping. There are no cards, tokens, or counters cluttering the tabletop—just the miniatures, the dice, and a measuring stick.
Here are a few atmospheric photos. The final image shows one of the endless combinations possible with the nine modular tiles (25 x 32 cm).

Again, another blast from the past really..... this time Richard I of England both mounted and on foot. also, some "wargames standard" 1st Corp miniatures I was asked to paint up some years ago.

For more pictures of Richard and many other 13th CE types please go to my blog here:

https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-04-23T13:33:00-07:00&max-results=4&reverse-paginate=true

Cheers

1. An Ostwind takes a shot at a US Rifle squad and gives them a pin marker

2. A kubelwagen, halftrack and Puma move up

3. British paratroopers right after their drop

4. German fallshirmjagers after their drop

5. A rifle platoon runs to a pile of leaves

pictures of the Huns I’ve painted recently, Gripping Beast metal miniatures.

The AirCo DeHavilland DH2 was a "pusher" scout, introduced into RFC service in February of 1916 in response to the depredations of the Fokker Eindekkers with their interrupted forward-firing machine guns. Though in fact it had been in development for some time, before the so-called Fokker Scourge eventuated.

Not having access to a reliable interruptor or synchronizer for their guns, the British simply put the engine and propeller behind the gun instead of in front of it.

It thoroughly outclassed the Fokker monoplanes, but was in turn outclassed by newer German tractor biplane types, and was eventually withdrawn from service in 1917.

This 1:144 scale model was built in Blender and printed on my Mars Pro resin printer, just before it went irretrievably bung. It's taken me a while to get around to painting it, but here it is at last.