A blast from the past, well at least thats what happened to my ships!

Games night saw a smaller turn out due to poor weather. Even so 3 of us had the chance to play the old Man O War game by GW. It had been so long that, well, we forgot the rules and that is why my ships were blasted out of the water and I am sticking to that story.

I remembered I really liked the game (probably because I did not get blasted last time) and loved my Bretonian Fleet. I have been after a couple more Corsairs and Buccaneers for some time now but the eBay prices are exceptionally high for a couple of "6mm" models. Even so one day I will find the last Corsair I need.

Other games were 40K and a Pacific WWII Wings of Glory game.

Image time.

My Fleet in all its Glory

Closer to the Water, please note that Giant Squid was not part of my fleet.

The Chaos Dwarf fleet (boo hiss) most delightfully hand made.

Random sea monsters.

The Chaos Fleet (boo boo hiss)

40K still being played at the club after how many years?

WWII gotta love google earth and a print shop

Kityhawks Aussie style

Zeros, yep Japanese style.

They went to a watery grave far faster than I was expecting.

The two squadrons of Corsairs on the RHS were about to come seriously unstuck.

Pondering how to not lose.

Yep even the Galleon went down with all hands. I don't even think that my Pegasus knights had time to fly away. By the end I had 2 ships that could limp off the rest as they say were at the bottom of the ocean forming a lovely artificial reef system.

End of May X-Wing, Green Jackets, the Battle of Britain and some new scenics

Well just a quick post to finish up the month of May. Club turn out was nice.

More Battle of Britain fun

Looks like the Heinkel falls!

Green Jackets with a rather nice turn sequence based on cards. No the riflemen are actually prone not dead.

Deep in thought, "I wonder what is in that building and can I shoot them through the wall with my canon?"

Check out the canon template for canister, ouch.

Bavarian canon about to make an entrance

"Hit the cylindrical space station with all you've got."

New scenics for my tables, 3 mdf buildings, some scourer hedges and cobblestone roads from embossed paper glued to cork packing material.

different angle

New Idea for me, solo 6mm WWII.............hmm

A busy couple of months + Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge my out put for the 3 months

Well the club nights have come and gone and though games were played and photos taken I have not made much of an effort to update the blog. That said the last night that I missed had a great Battle of Britain Wings of Glory game play out. The game was played on the new London mat that came with the Kickstarter Straken model. To be honest I wished I was there as the planes just disappear into the background and it looks more realistic than I could have imagined. Very atmospheric. Here's hoping that Baz will run another night of the same mayhem.

What has kept me entertained games wise was the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com.au/ . For three months people across the globe spend their spare time licking brushes and splashing paint in an effort to challenge themselves to paint more miniatures.
Well I speed painted some stuff and came a respectable 21st out of 80 or so participants. But I am afraid that some of my paint jobs were, how would you say it "rushed" to get them done. Even so I really enjoyed the challenge and would give it a go all over again. Go on join or set up your own challenge. Con the club mates into a 10 miniature force in a two week period to get them started. This is what I plan with some of the gamers at my club.
I want to thank all the participants in the Challenge and the excellent effort run by Curt Campbell and his Minions (see the blog) http://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com.au/ , you really must have a look at some of the fine miniature painting efforts that occurred and really blow your brains going over some of the "statistics" generated for the blog participants. The Challenge theoretically made close to a half a million dollars for the ongoing gaming economy, by including minis bought, painted and then err um necessarily replaced.

Well my effort below.

3 months painting effort

different angle

These were painted but sold at CanCon prior to the final image

Forgot to add this one to the group

Forgot this one too

My "payment" for participating, just got to figure out how to get it to Canada without it falling apart. I have posted 15mm armies overseas with mixed success but not 28mm minis on plinths.

Oh is a Warlord Phillip of Macedonia miniature.

End of Feb at the Club

Reasonable turn out and the usual fare of games. If you are in the neighbourhood please drop in details on the side of the blog.

Blood Angels vs Chaos

Hmm what is this coming through the valley?

Yep that is going to hurt.

Infinity Terrain, lots of it.

Twas Nomads vs Yu Jing this of course is the (unpainted boo hiss) Yu Jing

Hiding in the terrain is the Nomads and this is why we paint our minis for this game.

Mind you in game 2 I did not paint the terrain fully yet.

Ariadna do not look well camouflaged on white.

Sort of looks cool (pun intended) with all the terrain arrayed

My Kuang Shi, really want to give these guys a run.

Yes sir that is another one, again!

Roleplaying does this to you. Sore thumbs for instance. All those spikey D8s and D4s

Barry and the Wings of Glory game, must ask Coke for some sponsorship money.