tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74322260561046516612024-02-06T23:22:15.241-05:00Drums of War a historical miniature wargaming blogMiniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-84277420893632483322020-09-02T15:32:00.003-04:002020-09-02T15:34:35.402-04:00Wargaming Pop Culture icons: Gilligan's Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUB9iDG8Otp7NHfi9lBX9H37_fdx_pOGL2NeosUIZNqb4JVmanRRFARddhlitVrhv93pyep1WMf4tKLKK2dn8Xs2iVaPwJSBja_lfrZNhq8GXqq-vXn_ti-v2LNJCEWCQbW7NhS-Wqhc/s960/Gilligan%2527s+Island+icomn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUB9iDG8Otp7NHfi9lBX9H37_fdx_pOGL2NeosUIZNqb4JVmanRRFARddhlitVrhv93pyep1WMf4tKLKK2dn8Xs2iVaPwJSBja_lfrZNhq8GXqq-vXn_ti-v2LNJCEWCQbW7NhS-Wqhc/w400-h225/Gilligan%2527s+Island+icomn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>If you grew up in the 60's, 70's and even the 80's, how could you not need to have this group of castaways available for any Pulp gaming action? I felt the same way and then I realized that no figures that I know of exist for them. Thus began a mid Corona Virus quarantine search of 28mm mini producers to find my crew and passengers of the S.S. Minnow.</p><p>Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom that ran on TV between 1964-1967. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNWwQK0gxAGGAaxhq2xRfh6fehJ70Pv1Wp5K_Sna1xxvf4zjua2LCY2fsbEByQR70SF3HnLzRpQIIQENf3P1nDTS_OTqZxrDKoEiRz50IaDf-jMA34JV2cgEhDKF8y8lPsfsMkQvRt0U/s1600/Gilliagn+TV+weekly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1141" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNWwQK0gxAGGAaxhq2xRfh6fehJ70Pv1Wp5K_Sna1xxvf4zjua2LCY2fsbEByQR70SF3HnLzRpQIIQENf3P1nDTS_OTqZxrDKoEiRz50IaDf-jMA34JV2cgEhDKF8y8lPsfsMkQvRt0U/s640/Gilliagn+TV+weekly.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The show followed the seven castaways and their adventures on an uncharted, deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. It has run in syndication ever since so new generations of fans can keep enjoying this bunch, or maybe at least so all of us in middle age can. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wQx6jo4vt5TiDDUEaE3zvVYIC-L3SFLYbjQIhDHfW2JDfMuRc6pD89Y5rXuE8xCohEYpMEcdgLvzh66SWfuyTN2b3gn3-HSVAaFepHQCW7EmtqlMGr2RTPTzXfE8QfnGK4D6sFEBLR4/s900/Cast+photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wQx6jo4vt5TiDDUEaE3zvVYIC-L3SFLYbjQIhDHfW2JDfMuRc6pD89Y5rXuE8xCohEYpMEcdgLvzh66SWfuyTN2b3gn3-HSVAaFepHQCW7EmtqlMGr2RTPTzXfE8QfnGK4D6sFEBLR4/s640/Cast+photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Our cast of characters from rear L to R: Thurston Howell III, "Lovey" Wentworth-Howell, Ginger Grant, Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby, Mary Ann Summers, Gilligan, and Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D.<p></p><p>I was able to do a pretty good job of finding appropriate figures. I did settle on a Mrs. Howell figure from a few episodes of her playing the part of a Victorian lady.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3n3oBaIqj-CsQBQ0jyi18mvrT_QPHmFvDkxe4b4dCJOEZVVLbpLfr4_9zEuQos77r1zzUnFXZK7Uv_vXNGbtqJJdghyRODXJj7RrxHUxlvKWcWwz3EMcx4DoP5mRiwfcYMSp7sh5Z4QY/s259/mrs+howell.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3n3oBaIqj-CsQBQ0jyi18mvrT_QPHmFvDkxe4b4dCJOEZVVLbpLfr4_9zEuQos77r1zzUnFXZK7Uv_vXNGbtqJJdghyRODXJj7RrxHUxlvKWcWwz3EMcx4DoP5mRiwfcYMSp7sh5Z4QY/s0/mrs+howell.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1GuxKF84rLoxGQYVa2MLLGQ-rxg9RruCVKNaFQxIygs7yn1nZxnpM6kYJx8F9OYkhgngT-3b1QN1ozj-nACqZKAiZ1FWvAiwhNO4qvIyMCbsHoLFSm18nAwxfDglCT0zmqyTjwojH10/s900/Mary+Ann.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1GuxKF84rLoxGQYVa2MLLGQ-rxg9RruCVKNaFQxIygs7yn1nZxnpM6kYJx8F9OYkhgngT-3b1QN1ozj-nACqZKAiZ1FWvAiwhNO4qvIyMCbsHoLFSm18nAwxfDglCT0zmqyTjwojH10/w320-h213/Mary+Ann.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I also went with a figure that represented Mary Ann wearing a sun dress.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNVHy8d8GaquLUCDXJSn9c5rD2HE36YFmRFXyUH1mFrZpCTGW-qIQL-nE7z3ukhwdDlJ8lGPC3d9UubwPcY9BFkWpVmBBa3610TXFtXbDVKdlZKfXx7Lv4KBu96pD4DyqXBTV5YwyYjs/s1339/Gilligan+TV+guide.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="998" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNVHy8d8GaquLUCDXJSn9c5rD2HE36YFmRFXyUH1mFrZpCTGW-qIQL-nE7z3ukhwdDlJ8lGPC3d9UubwPcY9BFkWpVmBBa3610TXFtXbDVKdlZKfXx7Lv4KBu96pD4DyqXBTV5YwyYjs/w298-h400/Gilligan+TV+guide.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The series ran for a total of 98 episodes and also produced three made-for-television movies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJSIYSkyn9zkrE_Iw1JT56ppF7XjTVjrvldOxvIpj1c8BarGaOxVtpvIAezBmiApYJl2znTS9jqMrVsAA1XIbGv81lZHiOtPN5odsIdn2n7p05sY32o3AqcjLLTe8a4rXpWFpjeWCGrM/s2048/Gilligan_DSF7732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJSIYSkyn9zkrE_Iw1JT56ppF7XjTVjrvldOxvIpj1c8BarGaOxVtpvIAezBmiApYJl2znTS9jqMrVsAA1XIbGv81lZHiOtPN5odsIdn2n7p05sY32o3AqcjLLTe8a4rXpWFpjeWCGrM/s640/Gilligan_DSF7732.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>So, now that you may have been introduced to our characters or had a refresh here are the figures I used to create the cast.</p><p>The Skipper, Mr. Howell and Mary Ann are from <a href="https://pulpfigures.com/products/view/106" target="_blank">Pulp Figures</a>. The Skipper was modified to remove the club he was holding and had a bit of green stuff added to fill out his mid section. Mary Ann still needs to have a bit of painting done to add a bit more color, maybe flowers, to her dress. Mrs. Howell is from <a href="https://www.reapermini.com/search/coraline" target="_blank">Reaper Miniatures</a>. Ginger and the Professor are from <a href="https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=modern-%26%0D%0Apost%252dapoc~modern-non%252dcoms-%2F-civilians" target="_blank">Hasslefree Miniatures</a>. Believe it or not, Gilligan was the hardest to source. There are sailor figures out there, but they are mostly fairly brawny depictions. I needed a much more slender character. By chance I happened to stumble across an old line of figures (still being produced by the original sculptor) called <a href="http://tin-soldier.com/rpg4.html#pic_149" target="_blank">Reviresco</a>. While a bit rough compared to modern sculpts, it worked for my needs and my main characters for Gilligan's Island were now complete. </p><p>Now all I need to do is go back and rewatch some old episodes to collect some possible game scenarios and additional characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps anyone who might be interested.</p><p>Feel free to check out the first post in the series <a href="https://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2020/09/wargaming-70s-pop-culture-icons.html" target="_blank">Wargaming Pop Culture icons: Jonny Quest</a></p>Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-25992727071532357892020-09-02T14:17:00.014-04:002020-09-04T07:47:58.191-04:00Wargaming Pop Culture icons: Jonny Quest<p><span style="text-align: center;">Pulp wargaming has allowed me to return to my youth with a cast of characters right out of some of my favorite after school television shows. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm a child of the 70's. My dad flew Huey's in Vietnam. </span>We both thought Evel Knievel was badass (although I wasn't allowed to say that word out loud). But I was allowed to have an awesome metal lunchbox and thermos to take to school with his picture on it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgew9yUDlCDQB1gZnZ4ODnvsuynhWhNzGdpvOA2Bci_ghisjFMty7xv3rIdgLKtP5D9_zuJIn87x66LF2dGnqeRY48UOtzwMdQ-0ckgPHMUNsMpIynA5fLYZuYFrNqK_m7Qftrw-MYtam8/s1600/Evel+Knievel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1600" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgew9yUDlCDQB1gZnZ4ODnvsuynhWhNzGdpvOA2Bci_ghisjFMty7xv3rIdgLKtP5D9_zuJIn87x66LF2dGnqeRY48UOtzwMdQ-0ckgPHMUNsMpIynA5fLYZuYFrNqK_m7Qftrw-MYtam8/w400-h278/Evel+Knievel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> But even as great as that was, once that schoolboy status symbol of coolness was safely back on the counter at home, it was time to hit the power on the old Zenith for an afternoon of TV viewing bliss. </span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8_QPtTuqAKjp8DBxYb_pZO5a1P2_g3_E_BhhOzPe3NH1JaU6iDI8FfYlBkxzlKqUKe3HGIYDbP8t424jn3zy8dzo2FFKIBKs06JGly2dFJ2Oq1q2AHgsLqpbS35JfIauqjOT0kLC6vQ/s1600/TV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8_QPtTuqAKjp8DBxYb_pZO5a1P2_g3_E_BhhOzPe3NH1JaU6iDI8FfYlBkxzlKqUKe3HGIYDbP8t424jn3zy8dzo2FFKIBKs06JGly2dFJ2Oq1q2AHgsLqpbS35JfIauqjOT0kLC6vQ/w400-h300/TV.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I wasn't really a big fan of "fantasy" gaming until this year. I'm still not into games like 40K, but I have discovered Pulp Alley. After a few solo games I was hooked. I realized I could actually relive some of the fond memories of my youth, specifically from those long ago television shows I enjoyed, within this genre of wargaming. Working from home during quarantine since March has allowed me to do a bit of research into the topic. Come to find out, figures for most of these are not actually available. I was bummed at first and then decided a good way to spend time between work editing was to try to source figures that could be used for my new found wargaming obsession. I have since completed the main characters from three of my favorite shows from that era. First up is:</p><p><b>Jonny Quest</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinxrY_dIQZxkxPqtkBGjqQuWppT7qXl_rRMtoRhfrnv4cz0oITmP-hdO7IxbB89TCnRtJHNwC015-kZVQznyHn3lf9hh_WEsXGcJOpsiqy0ALAevTa7lJaKiVId9utgPpaS8TsneYwjA/s1512/jonny-quest+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinxrY_dIQZxkxPqtkBGjqQuWppT7qXl_rRMtoRhfrnv4cz0oITmP-hdO7IxbB89TCnRtJHNwC015-kZVQznyHn3lf9hh_WEsXGcJOpsiqy0ALAevTa7lJaKiVId9utgPpaS8TsneYwjA/s640/jonny-quest+logo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Being born at the tale end of the 60's meant that many of the cool comics and shows were still around well into the 70's. Enter Jonny Quest. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RQqmcUzIuVYyRu4JvrRsV8dENuniNtCzf8h65JMQI0w9ks0apAwBJDanKJA85DVNeRnbYQJ8-jWI0qCKD7rxQbywOfbVyAQGA1FfynnELALrNXrI3YvnbBWJVERZ8tjaG9p6e2eagBU/s882/Jonny+Quest+comic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RQqmcUzIuVYyRu4JvrRsV8dENuniNtCzf8h65JMQI0w9ks0apAwBJDanKJA85DVNeRnbYQJ8-jWI0qCKD7rxQbywOfbVyAQGA1FfynnELALrNXrI3YvnbBWJVERZ8tjaG9p6e2eagBU/s640/Jonny+Quest+comic.jpg" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jonny, his dad Dr. Benton C. Quest, Roger T. "Race" Bannon, Hadji Singh, and their dog Bandit came to life in the first Gold Key Comics issue #1 The Mystery of the Lizard Men. It is also the same year the cartoon TV series Jonny Quest entered homes and ran for a total of 26 episodes until March 1965. Doug Wildey was the artist who created the Jonny Quest franchise. <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">As a fan of his artwork I feel confident that illustrator Doug Wildey was an alien from the future. This is concept artwork by Doug for the very first episode of Jonny Quest (The Mystery of the Lizardmen) which aired on October 2, 1964. Could Doug be the true inventor of Facetime?</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliF0JkAuTDt_rR1hUWzFw-WhjYLlg4_DUqWUYpj1BN66FrPC4rY7vEzg1UmsSeYA76A9dr23KVPVVnNizJRPnTZceOCyojMV1oPvTgy2QyStMqTl619FxcYiCm6yNGmWAsxgCUujaaiQ/s672/Jonny+Quest+facetime.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="293" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliF0JkAuTDt_rR1hUWzFw-WhjYLlg4_DUqWUYpj1BN66FrPC4rY7vEzg1UmsSeYA76A9dr23KVPVVnNizJRPnTZceOCyojMV1oPvTgy2QyStMqTl619FxcYiCm6yNGmWAsxgCUujaaiQ/w174-h400/Jonny+Quest+facetime.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">It took me some searching to find appropriate figures. There is someone in St. Louis who made a set for Jonny Quest but he charges $50US for the five 28mm figures and I wasn't ready to pay $10 per figure. I also wanted my Dr. Quest to be a bit more scientist than a guy in leather jacket with a machine gun. Also, I didn't think I wanted either of the boys armed. The figures for sale had Hadji holding a sword. So the search continued. These notions are what took me so long in sourcing figures I wanted to use to put the Quest team together. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GbQjcvs5V3KmEgJuITQk-8cN4v9CawlOXTOh35tV0sENN3_2fyRHaNPlj-8Q6zwjIP5HBKsoq9g7Tp0VA9MXwsR-6TdpZaXU1FD0LVom5tkDJ_l4-zzlWW9r8oZ9ym_rMhPJ695S0XM/s2048/Jonny+Quest.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1601" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GbQjcvs5V3KmEgJuITQk-8cN4v9CawlOXTOh35tV0sENN3_2fyRHaNPlj-8Q6zwjIP5HBKsoq9g7Tp0VA9MXwsR-6TdpZaXU1FD0LVom5tkDJ_l4-zzlWW9r8oZ9ym_rMhPJ695S0XM/s640/Jonny+Quest.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-fheEOzqPquGMxNomILPIhCompJZLmm-eCvc0huERN99TUjogazIPcfYJh9DEkkCCG8ZomoqGRugN8bsLabA8M7uxIj-hADTI-bKZexweZ8k6vyC_bzv7bxikmiOXLsNKWjFyX-vhyM/s2048/Quest_DSF7739.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-fheEOzqPquGMxNomILPIhCompJZLmm-eCvc0huERN99TUjogazIPcfYJh9DEkkCCG8ZomoqGRugN8bsLabA8M7uxIj-hADTI-bKZexweZ8k6vyC_bzv7bxikmiOXLsNKWjFyX-vhyM/s640/Quest_DSF7739.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both Dr. Quest's head and Race are from <a href="https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=modern-%26%0D%0Apost%252dapoc~modern-adventurers" target="_blank">Hasslefree Miniatures</a>. The figure I used for Race had a Katana sword on his back that I had to remove. I also removed the bearded head for Dr. Quest and added it to a body of a scientist figure from <a href="https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product-tag/science/" target="_blank">Crooked Dice</a>. Jonny's head and Hadji came from <a href="https://www.reapermini.com/search/children+human/latest/50042" target="_blank">Reaper</a>. Hadji is actually the little girl in this set with some sanding to the shirt and the addition of the turban. Jonny's body as well as Bandit are from <a href="https://www.rebelminis.com/28liongale.html" target="_blank">Rebel Minis</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">I think they turned out well and give a good sense of the characters. </span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">I am not totally satisfied with my version of Hadji, but he'll have to do. </span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Now I just need to find some appropriate Lizard Men for them.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out my second post in the series</span> <a href="https://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2020/09/wargaming-pop-culture-icons-gilligans.html" style="font-size: 11.5pt;" target="_blank">Wargaming Pop Culture icons: Gilligan's Island</a></span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">You can also follow along on a new Pulp campaign <a href="https://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2020/07/quest-of-tiki-mask-prelude-to-pulp.html" target="_blank">Quest for the Tiki Mask</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> </p>Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-19946079643676998122020-08-31T13:39:00.007-04:002020-08-31T13:47:51.019-04:00Quest of the Tiki Mask, Part One of a Pulp adventure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">To recap</span> our <a href="https://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2020/07/quest-of-tiki-mask-prelude-to-pulp.html">previous post</a> our cast of characters are searching for the f<span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">abled Enchanted Tiki Mask of Bronze is believed to be the icon of the great Polynesian warrior chief Haruki which has gone missing from the</span> <span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Museé des antiquités de Polynésie. </span><br /><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGc__ox-Fb87hycolnNiLNf2hsaTGzYeA2nsT7SEY1y37Ym3rQTxLQg9Tmas_vAK9Y13Dk7u7QCUq3w47c2aB7fGsaYRnTKnoQ2OMQVUd89GPUcIGsfSEHeZ-cQu36ajX_VWEze5QkLQ/s2048/Dr+Quest+works+on+experiment.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGc__ox-Fb87hycolnNiLNf2hsaTGzYeA2nsT7SEY1y37Ym3rQTxLQg9Tmas_vAK9Y13Dk7u7QCUq3w47c2aB7fGsaYRnTKnoQ2OMQVUd89GPUcIGsfSEHeZ-cQu36ajX_VWEze5QkLQ/s640/Dr+Quest+works+on+experiment.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Our story begins with Dr. Benton Quest working in a remote makeshift laboratory near the Kaimondake volcano, who has been captured by Dr. Napoleon Zin and Ernst Stavro Blofeld, being forced to work on a diabolical experiment they plan to use to control the world. The experiment is intended to use to mystical powers of the Polynesian <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Enchanted Tiki Mask of Bronze</span> to create a mind control device that will bring unsuspecting victims under their influence when they view the mask. How do they plan to achieve this you ask? Very good question. The fabled Tiki Mask of Bronze has been lost for generations and is one of the most treasured artifacts in antiquity. The evil duo hopes to use the mask in public museum displays and flood the world with images of the mask once it is announced that it has been “found” to launch their sinister plan upon the people of Earth.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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An earlier bad dice roll, during a random event, has sent Race Bannon back to his original starting point for the next several turns.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljtEy9HY949PRHjiS2jFgb3M6GxIhyphenhyphenYjlsRFyVKb2V2oS4JtvM75YbqBJ8kzhz5rf0fa1OEBEJH6zXHXqWoswt_Be1nWLWkVQxfvXnRt5_6VutDmJU5Wgc-rsabzuqEQKNgYJQ_Rctgg/s2048/Race+is+lost.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljtEy9HY949PRHjiS2jFgb3M6GxIhyphenhyphenYjlsRFyVKb2V2oS4JtvM75YbqBJ8kzhz5rf0fa1OEBEJH6zXHXqWoswt_Be1nWLWkVQxfvXnRt5_6VutDmJU5Wgc-rsabzuqEQKNgYJQ_Rctgg/s640/Race+is+lost.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr. Quest must complete his task within six (6) game turns. To give a sense of urgency to the game and also some timeframe, I pre-determined that the villains would only allow Dr. Quest a set amount of time to complete the task they laid before him.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYx5O4DAjekHFTndT5765cOAuCRrIERZLZRJe3FQdMXWG09lns3fzDw44hXyEjPyt1SSiRO8iawm2N1PUKsAoOe4uqHTZbqisc7laR51-QPKT1S-toUre30UIfnS8sbKubiEUtvuyOjA/s2048/Blofeld+w+cat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYx5O4DAjekHFTndT5765cOAuCRrIERZLZRJe3FQdMXWG09lns3fzDw44hXyEjPyt1SSiRO8iawm2N1PUKsAoOe4uqHTZbqisc7laR51-QPKT1S-toUre30UIfnS8sbKubiEUtvuyOjA/s640/Blofeld+w+cat.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the end of each turn a dice roll would give me a yes/no answer to see if he made progress during that turn. Four out of six YES and he would have completed the objective.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vDkIQFrbePvI2HJcalXqmH6U-_QG_psootYO97Fo3jwuXmnnjE8joklspj4KvppPhilBBm79dg8lzsBKA9LZLUA2fzSldvxKENNlNNnw-dN9PU1yw2X0NAMtuwhNte-QLjBpTxeSPU0/s2048/TheSpyonBoat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vDkIQFrbePvI2HJcalXqmH6U-_QG_psootYO97Fo3jwuXmnnjE8joklspj4KvppPhilBBm79dg8lzsBKA9LZLUA2fzSldvxKENNlNNnw-dN9PU1yw2X0NAMtuwhNte-QLjBpTxeSPU0/s640/TheSpyonBoat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile the foreign spy arrives for his mission to confirm Zin and Blofeld have been working on a plot together and potentially liquidate them.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_6ixxAf74zglRSQpxjDQUvGdVtOfokCGnG7l35r34b82FT6ua26KZLwtNamiPYjkQqVmYRoRKinvOCEZ_mjR7Xe7-l5gHJBSoqaigNlEJQKr3NVRlimGMfdr3YawHAtI7rEvhmn6-jo/s2048/Spy+arrives+at+dock.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_6ixxAf74zglRSQpxjDQUvGdVtOfokCGnG7l35r34b82FT6ua26KZLwtNamiPYjkQqVmYRoRKinvOCEZ_mjR7Xe7-l5gHJBSoqaigNlEJQKr3NVRlimGMfdr3YawHAtI7rEvhmn6-jo/s640/Spy+arrives+at+dock.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He doesn’t have long to face off against one of Zin’s men who spots him while on patrol. Our spy is able to make quick work of Kiyoshi.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bwPDQFZ80CkscloYHnsqjOmbI4uXJzHa-obAM1Qg6CmGiqkJzRLmxwlIUvsVMmxmCK0fwABRrmywvXxg7fEGxt48rgwiLJigx26kWERzFLEFFJ1BIh0uNbFlnr12Jdnu9i4MAkzgWKs/s2048/samurai+by+stream.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bwPDQFZ80CkscloYHnsqjOmbI4uXJzHa-obAM1Qg6CmGiqkJzRLmxwlIUvsVMmxmCK0fwABRrmywvXxg7fEGxt48rgwiLJigx26kWERzFLEFFJ1BIh0uNbFlnr12Jdnu9i4MAkzgWKs/s640/samurai+by+stream.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOZYlqT3-E8YOXwkI5vfRnKiO06gPLu3azBsxCgwwTe_clbDbBm4kkrxJVPGNnqn1bGpjmEK1OtJw1Q14DKFm-u5Yj3obBmBh7iLQiGCphJUM67kPHWYGJR7b4ZdHWK-kbTipXtHOdEY/s2048/Spy+fights+samurai+on+dock.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOZYlqT3-E8YOXwkI5vfRnKiO06gPLu3azBsxCgwwTe_clbDbBm4kkrxJVPGNnqn1bGpjmEK1OtJw1Q14DKFm-u5Yj3obBmBh7iLQiGCphJUM67kPHWYGJR7b4ZdHWK-kbTipXtHOdEY/s640/Spy+fights+samurai+on+dock.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">A patrol of Giant Flies has spotted something just off shore and align themselves to protect the docks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIb_jwj6Y-7Kf1tiGR-_eeBqvWKH71Fn5xnYWa0WyLMwzYUZpdIFaz8H7M80SRZG-HCM9aJpZVnrWtPvF0B3QO96iP1Nyb9Dl5YxtbWcyJYG5eiVrEa6EzcU0qYUat8flogN351MOlBk/s2048/Giant+flies+on+patrol.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1769" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIb_jwj6Y-7Kf1tiGR-_eeBqvWKH71Fn5xnYWa0WyLMwzYUZpdIFaz8H7M80SRZG-HCM9aJpZVnrWtPvF0B3QO96iP1Nyb9Dl5YxtbWcyJYG5eiVrEa6EzcU0qYUat8flogN351MOlBk/s640/Giant+flies+on+patrol.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Maj. Andrea Francois</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and his unit of French Foreign Legion sent from their base in French Indochina to find and recover the mask for French Polynesia.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3L2vdoOrrktxvqSJGxU4miYEhgQiMrttnabn6P1dqd0cD_vwsffmuEViY9r3mofWDDMxhvJzUifBEFF6nXfcctaXWlthVBTMx0WLETXRg6b30bFc5y92XPbuRqQZ1ngTC0nz_wwr4Fw/s2048/legion_flies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1385" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3L2vdoOrrktxvqSJGxU4miYEhgQiMrttnabn6P1dqd0cD_vwsffmuEViY9r3mofWDDMxhvJzUifBEFF6nXfcctaXWlthVBTMx0WLETXRg6b30bFc5y92XPbuRqQZ1ngTC0nz_wwr4Fw/s640/legion_flies.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The flies prepare for an attack</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhrI-RyNKR9ABAYenp7hKF_9e1k4I9hX8NbSFXv3hgk6AAUDTcTkozhDHGivkfH8GMSeViEtMpFQVwjIXKEcmk7IWuHqRxCIRobbegW4pWztRVUz2eiCkGHsrF7d3af9PBZKPYiw3b38/s2048/Giant+flies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhrI-RyNKR9ABAYenp7hKF_9e1k4I9hX8NbSFXv3hgk6AAUDTcTkozhDHGivkfH8GMSeViEtMpFQVwjIXKEcmk7IWuHqRxCIRobbegW4pWztRVUz2eiCkGHsrF7d3af9PBZKPYiw3b38/s640/Giant+flies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A fierce battle against the flying creatures ensues.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUl6U83ifj8XUvv4vX60ELsY4vmaLakdO5TD9Mda81C-z0BhT_hkN0MKzZLuEQc8JS52wA5I3F7OHQ7MVKjX0DLpkifKCpdPRNL07utX7GER8Oqx1sDEJMoV_KhBY0PrFSajjsFxtdZTU/s2048/Legion+encounter+giant+fly.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1787" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUl6U83ifj8XUvv4vX60ELsY4vmaLakdO5TD9Mda81C-z0BhT_hkN0MKzZLuEQc8JS52wA5I3F7OHQ7MVKjX0DLpkifKCpdPRNL07utX7GER8Oqx1sDEJMoV_KhBY0PrFSajjsFxtdZTU/s640/Legion+encounter+giant+fly.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgwztMgImXi6KzOcLyDSGP9NUw9VJLJrok1KHWtDuAWcL2rYl2CZiI4zS44-QpU2crXYIeGGzibbpkhzZn__1ITCnTn-Qooc-XA-MNbUq0C_NU2_ATJNVSriJSqnHDyoeoz17mCjKNU4/s2048/Legion_flies+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgwztMgImXi6KzOcLyDSGP9NUw9VJLJrok1KHWtDuAWcL2rYl2CZiI4zS44-QpU2crXYIeGGzibbpkhzZn__1ITCnTn-Qooc-XA-MNbUq0C_NU2_ATJNVSriJSqnHDyoeoz17mCjKNU4/s640/Legion_flies+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Major and his trusted NCO </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sgt. Eugene Olivier along with the men in their unit Remi, Edouard, Vicor, Frederic are able to defeat the flying menace.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nysvZ1BnVCNgUVjikUWOVH4V3KFcnPmmjk2ukucf8W9vkmyQp0yVh_B_XLzCAXyU2VpOAMYKPJ72YCAggmCTw4qEpcDjvV_cmXlAk0gC-IjkNdc7l4GmzAueI7VKMaVjAySj__VJ5Jo/s2048/periscope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nysvZ1BnVCNgUVjikUWOVH4V3KFcnPmmjk2ukucf8W9vkmyQp0yVh_B_XLzCAXyU2VpOAMYKPJ72YCAggmCTw4qEpcDjvV_cmXlAk0gC-IjkNdc7l4GmzAueI7VKMaVjAySj__VJ5Jo/s640/periscope.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The legionnaires survey the village to check for any additional threat and then make their way across the bridge from the docks.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lwIUOGBwnlUfPSOjCznw6WZ3U7fcTVFtvxefWIk82vCZKJxCi3QsRoJTcPVQn4Um7CQjkbJAedbPlDplBu5efaScpR8kf14kM3NC3V7iRu3rieu35093o7UawO3vGOCnbbQxpvA1qtY/s2048/legion+cross+bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lwIUOGBwnlUfPSOjCznw6WZ3U7fcTVFtvxefWIk82vCZKJxCi3QsRoJTcPVQn4Um7CQjkbJAedbPlDplBu5efaScpR8kf14kM3NC3V7iRu3rieu35093o7UawO3vGOCnbbQxpvA1qtY/s640/legion+cross+bridge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remi is left on guard duty and watch over the landing boats.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVLnTknb5dDuAOnv9j4y5XdNRa2DWpZPjZsLwKnKZOc_-_NFuQ0nly2bK61H15-QrNHxi5Pd3wxpXl5wR8NCs0vA6MB4K30MCfOa3ibGE9LgGuOmJQ1DDtvnGkI_FHmajtdpCrSgJ8_s/s2048/Legionaire+on+dock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVLnTknb5dDuAOnv9j4y5XdNRa2DWpZPjZsLwKnKZOc_-_NFuQ0nly2bK61H15-QrNHxi5Pd3wxpXl5wR8NCs0vA6MB4K30MCfOa3ibGE9LgGuOmJQ1DDtvnGkI_FHmajtdpCrSgJ8_s/s640/Legionaire+on+dock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OWKpg1wvUD0g4lFkrvsKtUXZzCNyOQ3x_jugNeSIFSBLf1wZkb-529XzEPxnzepAUWhUdM_U3ajwSJYa4HYVfr7kIkvS8SzV5qs4D9vSy5SDD5LgThbbfIXYJSS-pXmmAiD4qU80KhY/s2048/Blofeld_Spy+in+house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1407" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OWKpg1wvUD0g4lFkrvsKtUXZzCNyOQ3x_jugNeSIFSBLf1wZkb-529XzEPxnzepAUWhUdM_U3ajwSJYa4HYVfr7kIkvS8SzV5qs4D9vSy5SDD5LgThbbfIXYJSS-pXmmAiD4qU80KhY/s640/Blofeld_Spy+in+house.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The foreign spy finds the house being used by Zin and Blofeld to hold Dr. Quest. Unfortunately he is quickly dispatched by being knocked out by one of Zin’s men.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vD_Alxpcqi1T0JckWV-RnlJixEfrh14xX-or99zEQ_QfLyalD91ojqqhCkIGDaENtgKJwgWCO4rU4aAELLqwqRtd2kkmDL-69CpJck-PYJ9NsaYJ4YHHbuUpl3563c9ayxI49VoUkZQ/s2048/DrCornelius_Samuri_bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1420" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vD_Alxpcqi1T0JckWV-RnlJixEfrh14xX-or99zEQ_QfLyalD91ojqqhCkIGDaENtgKJwgWCO4rU4aAELLqwqRtd2kkmDL-69CpJck-PYJ9NsaYJ4YHHbuUpl3563c9ayxI49VoUkZQ/s640/DrCornelius_Samuri_bridge.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our explorers meanwhile have been chased through the village and are trying to escape on a small boat they find at a dock. They have been unsuccessful at finding the mask, Dr. Quest or Race. 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He must still find Dr. Quest but has some unexpected company he will need to deal with first.</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR6V6CayqSAnJxbZ-5jVlfUg8mr6TXz34qsUWuEO8KKfHt0btvcyJaCgcfoixhAaZ5gRg6r87j-VfWJ0mulaxOKl1beI2uqslfLH7ZoIvqw72KTSmUACWOPrGHKrh_Zf4Webv2GRadtc/s2048/Race+v+Samurai.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR6V6CayqSAnJxbZ-5jVlfUg8mr6TXz34qsUWuEO8KKfHt0btvcyJaCgcfoixhAaZ5gRg6r87j-VfWJ0mulaxOKl1beI2uqslfLH7ZoIvqw72KTSmUACWOPrGHKrh_Zf4Webv2GRadtc/s640/Race+v+Samurai.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By this time, Major Francois and his men have arrived in the heart of the village and after successful building searches have located Zin, Blofeld, Dr. Quest and more importantly the Fabled Tiki Mask they were looking for.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zin heads after Dr. Quest but Race Bannon sees his old friend in trouble and comes to his aid.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6ssABGP5In1NwpTqmdD-AaPKVKtzySYfHzynwy7ua4iC1RtKIjUfu1PAZUGWpLQyo6AgacLbzwGcwS3hUn7mVPI_CotoxXCxEbV3WOy2f0vCWMNZJvY-vt4oAEpTEO1D6BYCnPt_B20/s2048/Race_Zin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6ssABGP5In1NwpTqmdD-AaPKVKtzySYfHzynwy7ua4iC1RtKIjUfu1PAZUGWpLQyo6AgacLbzwGcwS3hUn7mVPI_CotoxXCxEbV3WOy2f0vCWMNZJvY-vt4oAEpTEO1D6BYCnPt_B20/s640/Race_Zin.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The scuffle allows the Legion to catch up and capture Zin. Blofeld is able to elude capture by hiding in a nearby thicket. Race and Dr. Quest join the Legionnaires and are transported back their base.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcLa1qlmq2Zr42Jxwa6XIC5EmaxR7Oz5-xrRiQEFr-0HOCBGfV4qzANBsehNR4GD0Ke6DT6-Dt7FWLP1RLcMs0muK8gRxRhquM0fyO_8H03bmb-R1OthTgA1dfVLXZ3JMs-VQHX6JM28/s2048/Zin+captured+by+legion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcLa1qlmq2Zr42Jxwa6XIC5EmaxR7Oz5-xrRiQEFr-0HOCBGfV4qzANBsehNR4GD0Ke6DT6-Dt7FWLP1RLcMs0muK8gRxRhquM0fyO_8H03bmb-R1OthTgA1dfVLXZ3JMs-VQHX6JM28/s640/Zin+captured+by+legion.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember our spy who was knocked out? He seems to have vanished. And while searching the main room where the Dr. Quest and the mask were being held, Major Francois has found something he will take control of personally.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBk2cohmL7SYLixgR6_Q_EIXYstvss9aWoxtegjcK4ztgHGg69jUUXvCOWuL_1W06CQGCb9H1CvzPs7T6phlD-1W5fHWVAFVtrA5-2Pm8vaok0TM8XNaiwtqLIlmjsHShOvwpVpz_GhQ/s2048/Legion+commander+finds+gold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1557" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBk2cohmL7SYLixgR6_Q_EIXYstvss9aWoxtegjcK4ztgHGg69jUUXvCOWuL_1W06CQGCb9H1CvzPs7T6phlD-1W5fHWVAFVtrA5-2Pm8vaok0TM8XNaiwtqLIlmjsHShOvwpVpz_GhQ/s640/Legion+commander+finds+gold.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next time…will the explorers escape on the boat and be reunited with Race Bannon and Dr. Quest? What has become of Blofeld? What will the French do with the Fabeled Tiki Mask and Dr. Zin?</span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stay Tuned for the next exciting episode in this campaign.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A recap of the prelude to the campaign can be found here: <a href="https://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2020/07/quest-of-tiki-mask-prelude-to-pulp.html">Quest of the Tiki Mask, a Pulp adventure</a>.</span></p></div>
</div>Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-74996631473211111902020-07-23T19:23:00.006-04:002020-08-31T13:57:24.744-04:00Quest of the Tiki Mask, a prelude to a Pulp adventure<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the last six months or so I have become a fan of pulp gaming. I guess the inner 12 year-old in me remembers and enjoys the genre from days gone by. Plus, I can include a variety of different decades in the same game and throw in impossibly large animals and bugs. A good way to get a wide variety of figures on the table. The rules were a bit of a mixture I created using a simple spy game "Meet me by the Pots on the Edge of the Souk" from issue 390 of Wargames Illustrated and Pulp Alley. I think it went well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now that I have my own wargame room I can leave the 4'x4' table set up and make changes as need, including a different set if I need to. I am planning on turning this into a campaign game that should bring me through the end of the year or at least until I get bored with it. I have included a variety of factions each having the same main objective to find and control the famed Enchanted Tiki Mask of Bronze. To extend the game and in keeping with the flavor of the period, I am using a system of stunned, knocked out or gone missing for my main characters instead of killing them off. Henchmen on the other hand always seem to be killed and then recycled so that is how I plan to start.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">PRELUDE</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our story begins in Polynesia where the tiki mask has gone missing from the Museé des antiquités de Polynésie. The fabled Enchanted Tiki Mask of Bronze is believed to be the icon of the great Polynesian warrior chief Haruki.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Race Bannon, husband and wife archaeologists Etta and Dr. Milton Cornelius and Royal Geographic cartographer Benjamin Fanning have been making their way through the Japanese forest near Mount Kaimon and the Kaimondake volcano several hundred kilometers east across the East China Sea from Shanghai in search of Dr. Benton Quest. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Dr. Quest has been missing from the explorers for more than a week. The team, including Dr. Quest, had been searching the area on a tip that the fabled Enchanted Tiki Mask of Bronze. Dr. Quest had mysteriously vanished from their camp at the base of Kaimondake volcano four days earlier. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Little do they know that evil masterminds Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Dr. Napoleon Zin have captured Dr. Quest and are forcing him to work on a sinister experiment they are hatching together. The project will use the mystical powers from the Enchanted Tiki Mask of Bronze.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> They are hidden in a remote costal village not far from the volcano guarded by Zin’s Samurai bodyguards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt;">Meanwhile a foreign spy, arriving by boat, who does not know the Tiki Mask or Dr. Quest has been captured, has been sent to confirm Zin and Blofeld have been working on a plot together. Once confirmed, he may be required to liquidate them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To make matters worse, a group of French Foreign Legion, led by Maj. Andrea Francois and his crazy Sgt. Eugene Olivier along with four Legionnaires have been dispatched from their base in French Indochina to find the mask rumored to be in the area and claim it back for French Polynesia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">As Christmas break was creeping up and looking for some side entertainment, I thought I would revisit the classic tale Moby Dick. Call me Ishmael or perhaps Crazy. Yes, crazy for sure. Sometimes my brain and imagination run wild and a few Google searches later I had ordered a few whale boats and crew from </span><a href="https://eurekaminusa.com/collections/civilians-whale-boat-crew-28mm" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Eureka Miniatures USA</a><span style="text-align: center;"> and also found an older back issue of Wargames Illustrated #99 which had a small set of rules written by Chris Peers. The rules have been expanded a bit by the </span><a href="http://www.beerandpretzelwargaming.com/the-great-white-whale/evolution-of-an-idea" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Houston Beer & Pretzel Wargame Club</a><span style="text-align: center;">. Follow the link and you can find both their version and Chris Peer's version from WI on their page.</span><br />
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Living in New England, home to some of the most well known whaling fleets from Nantucket, New Bedford, New London and Stonington, which are all within a one-three hour drive from my home, my brain just said this is some local history I could explore through gaming. Stonington and New Bedford are only 66.42 nautical miles apart (123km or 76mi), just to give you an idea of just how close the major fleets were to each other. Stonington and New London being the closest to me. New London, known as The Whaling City, was home to the largest fleet outside of New Bedford during the 1840's. Connecticut's whaling heritage dates back to the 1600's. Both Stonington and New London profited greatly from the whaling industry's oil production and each even had their own banks that were born of the whale fleet.<br />
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The industry even had the first and only newspaper devoted to whaling. The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchant's Transcript was published in New Bedford.<br />
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So I plan on continuing my research into this period of New England history. As for the game, it went well for my first time out. I plan to get a few more games in and perhaps flush out a few house rules as well for it. It plays pretty solid on it's own including solo. I think this is due to the random and unpredictable actions of the whale. So a bit of a quick post mainly to show off the models I completed over the Christmas holiday. Below is a quick look at my first voyage from the log book of my whaler the Forgiven.<br />
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The captain and crew of the Forgiven have set sail out of Stonington, Connecticut on their first cruise in search of the great Leviathans to fill her hold full of oil and their pockets flush of cash whatever their take may be. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It looks as though they are out of luck as the creature senses them and dives.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a flash he is back as he breaches the surface in a great commotion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our islander strikes with a powerful blow of his harpoon. The great whale soon takes them on a Nantucket sleigh ride.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately the beast has crashed the small craft to bits sending the crew into the deep blue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swimming for their lives the sailors hope for another morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today the sea has won.</td></tr>
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<br />Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-57477601784494306152017-07-08T23:58:00.000-04:002017-07-10T13:33:45.816-04:00First Normandy WWII Bolt Action game I have been a bit busy these last few months painting my first World War Two figures in 20mm. I hadn't actually considered WWII, but since most of my painting time is spent with other members of the Miniature Modeling Mayhem community during almost nightly Paint & Chat sessions, I was soon intrigued by our historical discussions about the period. Much thanks or perhaps blame to <a href="http://themadtinhatter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">MadTinHatter</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiP4oXGC3McvLaB_y4sWbLw" target="_blank">Hengist</a> for this diversion they set me on. Also a shout to <a href="http://jacksarge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jack Sarge</a> down in Tasmania for parting with a large assortment (at great deal) of AB Wehrmacht to get me started.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXYOx6dZmigxZHSD5YJHxlv0crN53HkDH3Su7xC8Ybbq332CDLoEJy833cP2izbJ6yGJkaZlcUC2QlsxJ44OuLEnIJ8eDziKF_0ZjxVd_kr6GQHDn3-bKw_AYXb54Ww1NR_u3XDXDlxQ/s1600/First+Men+IN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="415" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXYOx6dZmigxZHSD5YJHxlv0crN53HkDH3Su7xC8Ybbq332CDLoEJy833cP2izbJ6yGJkaZlcUC2QlsxJ44OuLEnIJ8eDziKF_0ZjxVd_kr6GQHDn3-bKw_AYXb54Ww1NR_u3XDXDlxQ/s200/First+Men+IN.jpg" width="131" /></a>During the Christmas holiday last year I was able to read a couple of excellent books (well, I read one just before the holiday) written about the United States 82nd Airborne division and the German 6th Fallschirmjager Division.<br />
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I can't recommend these two books enough. I really enjoy painting both sides of any period/conflict I plan on gaming as well as researching both armies to broaden my perspective. These two titles won't disappoint if you are interested in the parachute slugfest that preceded the D-Day landings.<br />
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When I started down the World War II road I knew I wanted to stay with my favorite scale of 20mm. I already had some terrain I could use and the price and place to store my armies would be a bit more reasonable in 20mm than 28mm. It's no secret I am a fan of skirmish style games with figures based individually. I had already been playing a modern version of Bolt Action thanks to <a href="http://jayswargamingmadness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jay's Wargame Madness</a> who took the time to modernize the system so to speak. So Bolt Action would be my rules of choice for my World War Two gaming. A very generous infusion of military budget from General ze Wife and the Queen Mother during the holidays helped supply the troops and some basic armour needed in the Laundry Room Barracks. The majority of the figures are from <a href="http://abfigures.com/" target="_blank">AB Figures</a> which are absolutely stunning figures and a pleasure to paint.<br />
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Sometimes keeping up ones motivation can be hard when you are working through an entire army, let alone two. <br />
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This is now actually four because of an errant click in Google that sent me spiraling into the desert war in North Africa. Well at least I am know the proud owner of a totally unique French Foreign Legion force and some of the Perry's 20mm Afrika Corps figures from their days at Wargames Foundry. Anyway, back to France. I knew I was going to need a good terrain board for France. After reading about the battles for the hedgerows in northwest France I was going to have to get busy. Plus Mark (Hengist) is always talking about the importance of a great 'set' as he calls it. It's true. The more detail your board has, the more immersive the game experience becomes. The only problem was I had never made a terrain board before. Up to this point I have always used some sort of terrain cloth and a few trees and odds and ends scattered around the board. I have made a few buildings for my moderns and my F&I War projects but never anything like a church or multi-level stone buildings. This was going to be interesting. As I do, I started with some research. This only led me to be more confused at how I wanted to create my own board. So after looking at copious pictures I just went out into the barn and started drawing out some roads etc. Just a small note-I have created pieces of grass/field that will cover my road(s) so I can use the board for different periods and such. I wanted a board that would not totally lock me into just playing the same patch of grass every time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carentan was a bit of my inspiration.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early on in the board build. This is the first 4x2 panel. Key ingredients are loads of white glue (PVA), sand, <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What WWII action didn't involve some in-town fighting and machine gun fire from the bell loft?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beat up old stone house. 20mm AB figure for scale. The house and the church are made from those tile cork boards you can buy in packs 1'x1'. They are easy to cut and harden right up once given a good coating of 50/50 pva & water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An early view of the second 4x2 panel.</td></tr>
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The base of the boards are those pink foam insulation panels each measuring 4'x2'. When put together the board measures 4'x4'. I tried to create the road system so I can add additional panels and they would line up to create different terrain or enlarge the playing surface at some point. I should have taken more in progress photos but I never intended to do a tutorial or anything. I wasn't even sure I would be able to pull it off. But I do think I was able to get it into a playable state.<br />
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The race was on to finish the board for late June and early July because General ze Wife and the youngest Teenage Spy had been granted two weeks of r&r at the Queen Mother's home with a small side trip and beach siesta at Colonel Sis N. Law's compound. I was tasked with guarding the fort and minding over the other two Teenage Spies. Furious evenings were spent in the barn preparing the table and finishing off some Sherman's.<br />
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Finally the day had arrived. Board set-up day! This actually started exactly 10 minutes after arriving home in the General's staff car after her departure from the airbase in New York. I was giddy. Two glorious weeks for terrain to be spread out on the dining room table complete with air conditioning, coffee, beer, a bathroom! I had hit jackpot and it included a five-day stretch of no work to celebrate our independence from those opium hawking, tea drinking island dwellers with their penchant for fried fish and curry (no offense Gary and Mark you know I love you both dearly). FREEDOM! and victory were mine for the taking.<br />
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"Dad, what's for dinner?" a voice echoed like a blast from a mortar. I was startled. Confused. I had to think quickly. "There are hot dogs in the fridge", I said, "poke a few holes in them and then nuke for 30 seconds." Crisis averted. The raven haired eldest spy glared at me but sensed now was not the time to melee with me over rations.<br />
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Now that I had the models painted, board set and the house to myself it was game time.<br />
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The scenario called for control of the crossroads to declare a victory. The German 6 Fallschirmjager were garrisoned in the town and it was heavily fortified with MG teams, artillery and a StuG III. The American 82nd Airborne division were tasked with taking the town and securing the vital road link needed to move inland. We decided that starting with turn four each side would roll to see if they could add reinforcements. The Germans could add an additional veteran FJ team while the Americans would have an additional regular infantry rifle team and tank support from three Shermans from Company C of the 756th Tank Battalion. I would be controlling the 82nd Airborne while my opponent Old Man RPG would be in charge of the German 6FJ defending the town.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The forces were set. It would be a paratrooper slugfest. We got a tad over zealous fielding three rifle teams each with support weapons, tanks and a German artillery piece. Go big or go home I guess.</td></tr>
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which was to control the crossroads. Here was some inspiration I used for setting my own board up for the game.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first American paratroopers move cautiously through the hedgerows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Americans spread out and entered through three separate fields with their command taking a position in an old farmhouse on the northwest corner of the board.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A German patrol halts just prior to entering the open ground of a plowed field. Turn one was spent activating and advancing troops into position. Not much action really.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FJ6 struck first with a patrol firing on the third para team resulting in two quick KIA's.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An FJ6 MMG team in the second story of a bombed house was able to add to the 82nd's problems delivering another KIA to the Americans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FJ 6 had the 82nd in the southern most hedgerow zeroed in and were able to take out the Americans bazooka team and a MMG team in turn three.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Germans were able to turn from the defensive and now were bringing the fight to the Americans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 82nd tries to hang on with everything they have.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An American rifle team enters the fight from the tree line at the start of turn four to try and support the badly beat up 82nd.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately for the American's and additional team of German FJ6 join the fight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Germans are surprised when their StuG is taken out from a Sherman that had broken through the tree line onto a road leading into the town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A squad of paras jump in behind one of the Shermans for a bit of protection from the German offensive.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little did the Americans know that a German MMG team had them in their sights.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A second 746th Sherman approaches the German left flank.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Americans were hoping the tank support would get them back in the fight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Germans backed off their defensive position across the road for a bit more hard cover of the building.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 746th left flank and center were closing in on the town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Germans kept up a heavy counter attack on the Americans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to maneuver into the crossroads and seeing the German staff car to his front left this Sherman exposed and gave a well concealed Panzerfaust a close range side shot.</td></tr>
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At this point we were now entering turn seven and with most of the elements of the 82nd eliminated as well as most of their MG support and two of the three tanks from the 746th destroyed the Americans withdrew from the board.<br />
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It was great to get the board out and give it a go. I didn't think the hedgerows would be as hard to fight in and get through as they were. They really slowed my attack on the town. I did enjoy having the large variety of troops because it forced me to think about every move and shots were coming in and going out from just about every direction of the table. The hedgerows also created a situation for me, as the Americans, of really splitting my forces and each rifle team was fighting on their own where the Germans were able to move and create blocking positions with much more cohesion. I guess in that regard it played out fairly close to the history.<br />
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Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-70277921695318197562017-06-02T11:17:00.001-04:002020-08-31T15:38:27.266-04:00French Foreign Legion - Légion Étrangère - WWII<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know it has been a long while since my last post so I'll try to get back up to speed now that we are entering the summer months and I should have a bit more hobby time. I planned for 2017 to be spent mostly working on World War Two miniatures. Northwest Europe mid-late war to be exact. I have had some deviation to other periods to break it up a bit but I have remained somewhat focused on my project. I didn't really plan on doing anything desert related but I was trolling the web looking for reference photos on painting some StuG III's and came upon some desert photos. Well a couple of clicks later I saw a post about the French Foreign Legion's 13th Demi-Brigade defense of Bir Hakeim. One thing led to another and soon I found myself trying to find metal miniatures in 20mm. Just for a small side project I told myself. Besides, who doesn't love the mystery and intrigue of the legion?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now how to establish a harem in the Laundry Room Barracks and slip this lass past General ze Wife.</td></tr>
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There are some nice offerings in 28mm but if you are interested in 20mm (1/72) figs like I am, you will really need to do some digging or plan on doing plastic conversions of your own. I found a guy in France who does conversions/sculpting for this period and he casts his miniatures in small batches. I quickly purchased the three sets of miniatures he had on hand totaling about 61 figures including command, mortar teams, artillery teams, MG teams and fighting men. Most of the poses are unique with little repetition so you get a wide variety of useful figures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes I know they didn't all fight in their Kepi Blanc but hey, it's the legion and they look cool.</td></tr>
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The more I dug into and researched the 13e DBLE I realized I would be expanding this project from painting a few squads to creating the full brigade (well, a representation of it anyway). I am now on the lookout for figures to use for French colonial forces at the time including some pretty cool units that I will get to in future posts.<br />
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The brigade was created in 1940, and with the Senegalese
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The legion's defense of Bir Hakeim along with the 1st Free French Brigade against the DAK and Italians had lengthened the Axis supply route around the south end of the Gazala line while causing them losses. It also gave the British time to recover in the wake of their defeat at the Cauldron and regroup and set up a defense for the First battle of El Alamein. </div>
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Their are some fun story lines that could be used as wargame scenarios or objectives like French General Marie-Pierre Koenig's <span style="font-size: 12pt;">affair with English nurse and ambulance driver Susan Travers, the only women to formally be enrolled in the Legion Etrangere. She was an Adjudant-chef which is similar to the rank of lieutenant. Perhaps a victory condition or points is to capture her (sorry, just thinking out loud).</span></div>
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So after searching and finding my first figures, doing some research on the unit, finding some reference photos for painting/modeling I have completed about thirty of my guys thus far. Not huge progress, but steady progress as I continue my year of World War Two. I have also bought and painted a fort I can use for them to defend as well. It is Italeri's African House. A great model although a tad pricey but I think it was worth it. I will get some use out of it for my moderns as well I think and perhaps 19th Century Legionnaires on their quest to colonize north Africa. Did I just say that? Slap me. I really don't need another period. Arghhh, to late. I already ordered some figures. Oh, well...more to come on this.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">So here are some photos of what I have completed so far. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I'm not expert in WWII or specifically the desert campaigns but I've done a bunch of research to date and can hopefully steer you in the right direction for information. Thanks for checking this post out.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italeri 6139-African House. Aprox $50 US.</td></tr>
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Mrs. Claus and her elves, a.k.a. General ze Wife and the Teenage Spies, were good to dear old dad this Christmas. I compiled my wish lists with great care to hopefully ensure whatever was decided might possibly be a bit heavy in hobby related items than the traditional socks, pajamas, ect., etc, that my loves thought I needed. I can say this year was a complete surprise and more than I could have ever hoped for. Perhaps the General is warming to the idea of me spending all my time in the Laundry Room Barracks or perhaps she just wants me out of her hair in the evenings, either way, a small victory for my men and I was won this season.<br />
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The Queen Mother also contributed to my hobby pursuit this year. The platoon of German WWII paras were from her and the Father-In-Law General. Much, much, much to my surprise they also felt I needed to add to my collection of militaria. This was not as welcomed by General ze Wife who protested that I had already acquired more "old junk" than I needed. The Queen Mother just smiled and with a wave of her royal hand the General had to stand down. Sensing victory, I quickly stashed my loot out of site of the General and fetched a glass of her favorite fermented grapes to ease her temperament.<br />
The gifts from the Queen Mother and the Father-In-Law General were absolutely amazing. I could have never imagined receiving such amazing and well preserved items. They span the range from WWI to modern civil war. The photo below shows some of the items and include a JNA/Serbian helmet used during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. There are multiple original photos including one dated December 1, 1917 showing Company C, 118th Infantry at Camp Servier in Greenville, SC. There are a smattering of original WWII documents, a small hand made wooden child's toy ship and a cast toy of a WWII motorcycle. The old photos even included one of a girl in a bikini that had an old love letter to a GI with it. My WWII gaming is going to be mostly Europe, but going through these items just might spur my interest in the Pacific theater.<br />
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I hope everyone had as blessed a Christmas and Happy New Year.Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-45368395734344180062016-09-13T20:09:00.002-04:002016-09-13T20:09:59.598-04:00Modern Bolt Action I have watched tons of online videos and read countless blogs about everything from painting, basing, rules, terrain, how-to's, how-not to's (I'm sure I'm leaving something out) since I got back into wargaming historical miniatures last Christmas. It's almost a full-time job just trying to absorb the information. I have learned much to say the least, especially that there are more opinions about rules sets than I would have imagined. I've also learned to stay pretty quiet about the subject myself because if you do make a reference about a particular set, you are very likely to find yourself in a back alley knife fight with some rules lawyer. That said I have discovered one thing, I enjoy my models based individually and I like more of a skirmish style game.<br />
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My go to rules so far have been Force on Force and Danger Close. Both offer me the kind of quick, modern skirmish game I like to play. I am still experimenting with various rules and have also learned that having an open mind can be rewarding in this adventure. Many of the guys in my wargaming group on Miniature Modeling Mayhem play Flames of War and Team Yankee. I have not played those yet but I enjoy learning about the history of WWII from them during our video chats. I have recently been looking at options for WWII games and 20mm miniatures for WWII skirmish style games. I have a few moderns in 28mm, but I prefer 20mm just for the fact that I can store the models, terrain and vehicles more so than 28mm. During my search I stumbled upon <a href="http://jayswargamingmadness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jay's Wargaming Madness blog</a>. Jay is in California and plays a lot of Bolt Action as well as moderns with some really cool terrain and models. While digging around his blog I found a version of modern rules Jay has created using the <a href="http://jayswargamingmadness.blogspot.com/2016/06/bolt-action-modern-version-20-rules.html" target="_blank">Bolt Action rules</a>.<br />
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I downloaded the files Jay posted for free and gave them a try this weekend. They are easy to learn, fast play and very fun. I don't own the main Bolt Action rulebook or the associated order dice but I was able to use some dice I had laying around for this purpose. The rules are fairly complete as they are but I think I might pick up a copy of the main rules as well. I really enjoyed the mechanics of the game and like I said it was really easy to pick up. Of course (this is the part where rules lawyers should close there eyes and skip ahead) I added a few elements from other rules like Random Events ie: Fog of War to add some spice to my solo game. You can download his ruleset for free and he has also created some army lists to go with them. If you are looking for a fun, quick modern rule set I would encourage you to give them a try. That said, I am no expert on anything rules or even weapons for that matter. Some of you might find these rules to simple for your taste, etc, etc. I found them to be fun for me so that is about the extent of my approval. Below are some photos from the other night. Sorry for the quality of the pics. I was more concerned with picking my way through the rules. <br />
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A 5-man US Special Forces team are entering a village to extract a high level warlord from his compound. His compound is guarded by his personal six-man security force. The SopF are entering the town on foot from the west. The plan calls for the team to drop a sniper on a rooftop with line of sight to the warlords' compound as an overwatch element. Once the SopF sniper is in place two Ranger fire teams will enter the town from the main northern road. They are tasked with securing the street and bazaar in the middle of the village and acting as a blocking unit for the SopF. The village is controlled by the warlord and has three cells of militia present. Due to the value of the target of interest, the US forces also have two Apache gunships that can be mobilized if needed for Close Air Support.<br />
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Board size: 2'x2' Scale: 20mm Rules: Bolt Action Modern w/house rules for Random Events<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turn 1 action 1 saw the US Humvees get hit with a random event (red markers) right out of the gate (this is not a part of Bolt Action). The first Humvee takes incoming sniper fire.</td></tr>
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I was feeling pretty good about the US forces drawing the first three order die from the bag. It gave me the momentum to get my forces set-up. The fourth one went to the insurgents and the US was back with the fifth order dice which allowed them to get the SopF sniper on the roof. Everything was going well and then I realized that the US would only have one more order this turn while the militia still had four (each unit get's one order die). Yikes. Pretty nerve wracking to know that all hell is going to break loose and you are kind of out of options. Just two order die later would see the demise of one of the humvees and the four Rangers occupying it. I'm not sure I could have played that out any differently, perhaps concentrating on moving my SopF guys but that would have left them totally exposed on the street without the cover of the Rangers. I think what intrigues me about the way the basic order of play unfolds is that once you have played a turn or two, you realize very quickly that every single move you make needs to very strategic. Especially if you only have a few units and they need to get from point A to point B. You can find yourself in a really bad place if you don't think your way through each order.<br />
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I'm pretty positive I missed a bunch of stuff during this first game, I hope not. But I stress, although the rules might not be to your taste, I found them to be a very fun game and really quick to pick-up the basics.<br />
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Here are some additional photos. Not my usual AAR as I was trying to use the game to learn the rules but I didn't become bored or over confused when playing so I'll be trying this one out a few more times.<br />
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Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-36906998377746031312016-08-20T08:13:00.002-04:002016-08-20T13:27:23.356-04:00Rescue in Al-Qunytirah AAR<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.5pt;">After spending the better part of four evenings trying to get in my <a href="http://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2016/08/ambush-in-al-qunaytirah-aar.html" target="_blank">last game</a> (being a dad tends to cut into long stretches of my time), I didn't want to leave an event unresolved. Besides, General ze Wife and the youngest Teenage Spy were still enjoying the final days of their retreat with the Queen Mother. If I could get a new board set up and get a quick game in I would still have time to tidy up the fort, clean the mess hall and check on the laundry detail before I needed to pick the General and her trusty associate up at the airbase. In the last game, a Crew from the BBC had been captured by an insurgent militia (see previous post). During a major firefight in the game prior to the UN petrol storage base at Al-Qunytirah being
overrun, four BBC journalists were taken hostage. I couldn't just pack up the troops without continuing this story line so...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.5pt;">An informant provided intel
that the crew were being held at a compound in the lush agricultural area several
miles from the city where the battle had taken place. A team of U.S. Special Forces was assembled to rescue the
TV crew composed of a British reporter, a Welsh producer, an American sound man
and an Australian cameraman. Although the crew was working for a British TV
network, the Americans were chosen for the mission due to their proximity to
the location. Rumor has it British SAS were preoccupied watching a cricket
match and eating crumpets and tea. Sources have been unable to confirm this
though. It could actually be because I don’t have any British Special Forces
miniatures. Either way, a hostage rescue mission was underway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times"; font-size: 13.5pt;">The two Special
Forces fire teams would be four members strong. A Lieutenant attached to fire
team 2 would be leading the raid. Each team was made up of a team leader, SAW
gunner, rifleman and a Grenadier. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The U.S. Special Forces Fire Teams. Mostly Mars 72003 Modern US Soldiers.</td></tr>
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The two teams would use the cover of darkness
to arrive on the outskirts of the compound at dawn. They had been dropped
several km away and made their way to the southwest corner of a small village.
Two buildings were inside the compound but the informant did not know which one
held the hostages. Intel determined an enemy force of about 15-20 fighters were
in the village and the compound. The team would need to rescue the hostages and
make their way north to a rendezvous point for air extraction. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recon photo of compound looking west.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recon photo of compound looking south.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recon photo of compound looking southeast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U.S. Special Forces arrive at the village just before dawn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rescue team prepares to enter the village from the southwest. Here they will split up into two fire teams. Fire Team 1 will go northeast from this point. Fire Team 2 team will head north past the market (corner seen) and then move east toward the compound through the fields.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lieutenant gives some final instructions before the teams break apart.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire Team 1 moves out slowly. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shortly after moving into the village Team 1 is spotted by one of two insurgents in a ruined building. He fires into the first light of the morning slightly injuring a member of the team.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two insurgents in the building didn't know what hit them after firing that shot. Probably best to let operators just walk on by. It was lights out for those guys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire Team 2 makes their way through a field and keep moving toward their objective. You can see Team 1 behind them tending to the light wound.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team 2 is forced to split up after hitting a Random Event marker. Not a big deal as they just needed to check on some movement on the left flank. Just a stray dog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moving slower than normal due to the injury, Team 1 finds themselves in a tight spot. The brief firefight with the insurgents in the building has attracted the attention of three insurgents who were walking down the dirt road toward the compound (activated by hot spot). Two of the insurgents are able to spot the team making their way up a knoll to their right. They fire and miss. Fortunately the SAW does not and one insurgent is soon on his way to meet Allah. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hearing the commotion, the insurgents in the compound scramble to take a defensive position. Three members of Team 2 are heading to breach the compound wall on the southeast corner near a small garden area. The other two members of the team will enter from the southwest corner. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An insurgent on the rooftop spots the team moving through the field. He takes a shot and causes another light wound to the team. The insurgents who were moving up the road on Team 1's left flank are able to kill two of the team members in the chaos of the fight. Team 1 is taking fire from the left and from the their front. The two team members alive are both wounded and work as quickly as they can to move their fallen comrades and themselves to the cover of some thick brush. The insurgents don't spot them and run toward the compound.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slow and steady.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insurgents ready for a fight within the compound.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The compound is breached by members of Team 2.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crawling up behind an insurgent a team member silently sends him to martyrdom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three members of Team 2 reach the first building of the compound and throw in a concussion grenade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SAW gunner let's loose on insurgents on the rooftop of the next building.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rooftop threat is subdued.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After an intense firefight inside the compound, the Special Forces operators are able to free the hostages and regroup with their injured and dead on the dirt track in front of the compound. Shortly after regrouping a team member triggers a mine. Three soldiers and the producer are hit. The blast kills the Lieutenant. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sgt. Nelson takes control of the team and keeps their moral intact enough to keep them moving to the extraction point. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team encounters resistance from three insurgents who appear on the dirt track north of the compound and about 1km from the extraction point. The team opens fire on them and the SAW gunner hits his mark quickly eliminating the threat. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team has accomplished their mission, rescued the hostages, and no man was left behind.<br />
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Victory to the Americans for completing their objective of freeing the hostages and getting off the north side of the board.Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-36421931523780893862016-08-19T19:40:00.002-04:002016-08-20T08:35:39.778-04:00Ambush in Al-Qunaytirah AAR <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">With General ze Wife and the youngest teenage spy away from
base for a week visiting the Queen Mother, I decided it was prudent of me to
explore the General’s personal dining room. What I discovered was a perfect
table that would allow my men to spread out and stretch their legs and maybe
even take their vehicles for a spin on the narrow streets of a foreign land.
With the eldest of the Teenage Spies leaving for her new four-year training
assignment next week, I knew she would be too preoccupied packing her rucksack
to notice. The middle spy was my concern. Not that he would deem this worthy
enough to notify the General, but that his utter disregard for basic base
standards of tidiness could actually cause damage to my men or their
surroundings with his wayward pizza boxes or bottles of Coke. After a speedy
wave goodbye to the Commander of all my Men, I returned back to the fort from the air base after transporting
the General and her trusty associate. I’m just glad no MP’s witnessed my speedy
driving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As many of you know, I tend to enjoy gaming modern civil wars
and conflicts. I have recently been working on some Middle East rebel type
forces and terrain elements so that was one route to take. I have also been
working on some African militia but have not totally completed their basing.
Hum, both groups would work and give me an excuse to bring out my UN Force. But
what would they be doing? Think, think, think…oh, wait, of course, they could
be UNDOF forces. OK, troops selected. </span></div>
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about the forces engaging in the area of operation and I might just have a
solo game in the works. I have included some background information below to further explain the forces involved. You
can skip it if you like. I tend to enjoy as much background knowledge and
historical context as possible so I include it for you as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am using the Danger Close rules. I really like the way
these rules play, especially solo. It gives me a quick fun game, without being
too basic or overly complex. Another rule set I also really enjoy for modern
skirmish games is Force on Force. It’s a fantastic set of rules but I don't enjoy it as much playing
solo. I just feel I miss to much of the strengths of the system like the
ability for opponents to attempt to interrupt the intentions of the initiative player. Maybe my brain just can't work quickly enough. Anyway, I have created a few ‘house rules’ after having a chat about the idea
with a fellow wargamer. I have borrowed the idea of ‘Hot
Spots’ from FoF, where an insurgent unit has the ability to add units at random
spots on the game board. I also created my own rule that allows for totally
random events. These could be anything from a vehicle malfunction to IED to
grenade, etc. I place, generally when I set up the board so I forget about
them, a red marker in various spots on the board. These only affect regular
troops, this does not affect insurgents. When troops get within 4” of the
marker I draw from a selection of random event cards I made. These are always shuffled
and placed upside down so I can’t see what will happen. Whatever the card
action is the troops must react immediately based on the random event. FoF has something similar, but it comes into play in a different way. This
adds a sense of drama to the game and also allows for actions and events totally out of my control. Much like if I was playing against someone else. I really enjoy this
when I am playing solo to mix it up a bit. Hopefully I can explain how it works better when you see how that plays out in the AAR below. It might not
be for everyone, but I like it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Al-Qunaytirah, also spelled El-Juneitra/El-Kuneitra, is the
largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in the United
Nations monitored demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria in the southwest
of the </span><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Syrian Arab Republic. </span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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strategic petrol refueling supply base between the various UN observation outposts
manned by UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization)</span></div>
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Ziouani to the southwest and UN Camp Faouar to the northeast manned by UNDOF
forces. The 1,000-strong multinational force is an observer mission that monitors
the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Syria. It is now operating in a
much more volatile region because of the civil war within Syria.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Al-Qunaytirah was settled at least as early as Byzantine
times and served until the 19<sup>th</sup> century as a stopover for caravans.
By the 20<sup>th</sup> century Muslim Circassians, a Caucasian people, had
settled there and made Al-Qunaytirah their cultural center. With the formation
of modern Syria, the town grew more Arab in character and by the mid-1960’s had
become an important road junction, regional market center and military outpost
with more than 20,000 inhabitants.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Al-Qunaytirah was included in the territory the United
Nations incorporated into a DMZ between Syria and Israel and placed it under
the supervision of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). The buffer zone
is about 80 km long, and between 0.5 and 10 km wide, forming an area of 235 sq.
km. The zone straddles what is known as the Purple Line, separating the
Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights and the rest of Syria, where the
west line is known as ‘Alpha’, and the east line as ‘Bravo’. The zone also
borders the Lebanon Blue Line to the north and forms a border of less than 1 km
with Jordan to the south.</span></div>
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in the area in recent years. Below are actual events that I used to base this
game on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In March 2013, 21 Philippine peacekeepers were held by a
group of Syrian rebels who call themselves the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade. They
were later released and returned to their base. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were held hostage by the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade and were shown on video to be
kept as human shields. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the border crossing at Al-Qunaytirah. A UN peacekeeper was wounded in the
fighting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">On 29 November 2013 Syrian rebels attacked Irish peacekeepers
based at Camp Faouar. Their convoy came under small arms fire and was hit with
an explosion before rebels retreated. It was believed the damage to the convoy
was caused by an Improvised explosive device, which raised the prospect that
the attack was a carefully planned ambush. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In August 2014 al-Nusra Front rebels captured two separate UN
posts. An outpost manned by Fijian peacekeepers was captured and the Filipino
UN forces at the second post engaged rebels in a seven-hour firefight. Irish
UNDOF troops helped in the rescue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
rebel forces had vowed to “liberate” the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It is a routine day for UN troops in Al-Qunaytirah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing very exciting to report happening in
the Golan outposts, although a crew from the BBC has been making the rounds and
just arrived at the fuel supply base to do a few interviews. Pretty typical day
really. A convoy is on a routine mission transporting personnel back to the
petrol storage base from Camp Faouar. The route will take the convoy through
the nearly deserted town center, past the main mosque, market and hotel until
they reach the base on the near outskirts of the town where farmland begins. The
petrol base is a key strategic fuel supply depot for the outposts and is a high
priority asset to protect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The UNDOF forces must make a successful return to the petrol
storage base and must continue to protect the fuel supply and base. Insurgent
troops have been given two objectives to win. First they must successfully
ambush the UN convoy to prevent it from reaching the petrol base and supplying
it with additional forces and supplies. Second they must take control of the
petrol base without destroying the fuel tanks in the process. They need the
fuel for their own vehicles and generators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Board (kitchen table) size is 3’8’’W x 5’4”L with a variety
of middle eastern terrain elements.</span></div>
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squad leader. This will be the force within the convoy. Back at the petrol base
they have an additional two 5-man fire teams, a squad leader and a Lieutenant
who is the highest-ranking officer at the petrol supply base. No additional
forces beyond the convoy troops and base troops are available. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Insurgents have 15 forces available for the ambush within the
town. Local militia members are available at a moments notice to reinforce the
main cell if needed. Only additional forces can come from hot spot activations.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rules: Danger Close by Matt Moran (formerly Some Corner of a Foreign Field). Distributed by <a href="http://www.empressminiatures.com/page93.htm" target="_blank">EmpressMiniatures</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yellow
markers</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, marked 1-6, indicate “hot spots” where local insurgent
militia may appear and rally from to engage the UN force. If the UN force or
any single soldier arrives at a yellow disc both players will roll
1D6 (highest wins) for disc initiative. If the UN wins with a higher roll no
additional insurgent units are activated. If insurgents win initiative roll,
they must roll again. The number on the dice is the number disc they will
appear from unless a 6 is rolled. Then they may activate from any of the six
hot spots they choose. Only six additional insurgents can be activated in this
manner at a time. Markers placed at random on board.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Red markers</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, a
total of six, will be randomly placed on the board at time of terrain placement
unless someone not actively playing in the game is available to place them at
various spots on the board. Red markers only affect UN forces. When forces get
within 2” of a red marker, a random event card must be drawn. Troops must react
to whatever circumstance is outlined on the card. Cards already used are then
out of play for the remained of the game.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The report is below with detailed photo captions. It has taken me about 4 evenings to finish this game (dad duties like feeding the kids tends to get in the way) but has been great fun to get a fairly good size game in. I hope you enjoy the pictures and AAR. </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view looking north from the UN petrol base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My "BBC" news crew. Miniatures are 20mm from Britannia/Grubby Tanks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical quiet day at the base as the BBC crew interviews the base commander.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The UN convoy makes it's way throw the narrow streets past the mosque and a former hotel. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebel insurgents are using the mosque as a staging area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although this ambush has been well planned.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plan is for insurgents armed with RPG's to ambush the convoy from three spots. The market across the street from the hotel, the hotel and a deserted building next to the mosque.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A technical armed with a .50 cal MG is waiting for the first explosions to move in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insurgents prepare for a ground ambush from the alley behind the old hotel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insurgent figures are 1/72 Caesar 031 Modern Urban Resisters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All looks calm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My random markers placed on board for me by the eldest Teenage Spy. Red for Random Event and yellow for Hot Spot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just as the convoy enter Nafura Square...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...it is hit with a barrage of RPG fire from the old hotel and the market across the street. The M113 and SUV are disabled by the attack.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The technical speeds into Nafura Square shooting at the lorry killing it's driver and causing it to crash into the wall of the market.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UN troops exit the APC and the pickup truck and take up defensive positions while trying to get a handle on what is going on. They take their first casualty at this time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The UN petrol storage base can hear the explosions down the road and began to secure the base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insurgent gunmen surge toward the convoy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UN reinforcements leaves the base to join the fight but hit a hotspot near the south wall of the old hotel complex.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Six militia join the fight for the insurgents.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The APC is able to get break through the militia and the technical and make it to the burning M113 in Nafura Square.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The five-man team exit their APC and set up a defensive position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The UN force makes a valiant effort to move their injured and dead to the APC which they have managed to get turned around.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The UN rescuers have been eliminated in front of the hotel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insurgent militia rush toward the fallen Peacekeepers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The APC is able to get the dead and wounded from the orchard loaded and head toward base using back roads but is forced to back up to it's closest point of cover (Random Event). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The base prepares to defend itself. The best they can hope for is that the APC with the tank crewmen make it back in time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An insurgent throws a grenade (Random Event) in front of the APC as it nears the base. It only causes light damage and it keeps moving toward the base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The APC is stopped just short of the gate to the base by an RPG. It disables the truck but cause no other injury to the Peacekeepers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The living and injured Peacekeepers exit the APC and return fire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately they fall within steps of the base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The insurgent and militia force is to much for the Peacekeepers. The base commander is killed as well as four additional UN forces. The four remaining UN forces are overrun and lose control of the base. They are taken hostage. The base is now in control of the insurgents. The four Peacekeepers were released at a later time.</td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Victory went to the insurgents for winning both of their objectives-stopping the convoy and taking the base.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Learn what happens to the BBC in a rescue AAR <a href="http://miniaturewardrums.blogspot.com/2016/08/rescue-in-al-qunytirah-aar.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span>Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-13052936026897321972016-06-14T15:22:00.002-04:002016-06-23T09:44:22.145-04:00Preparing for (yet) another war.<h4>
<b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Are you preparing for another war,
Plutarch?" I ask.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">"Oh, not now. Now we're in a sweet period
where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,"
he says. "But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle,
stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.
Although who knows? Maybe this will be it...” </span></span></i></b></h4>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">So as I sit here in my corner of the Laundry Room Barracks looking at the glorious mountain of sprues and metal that will expand my troop levels ten-fold, I feel like you my dear readers are much like Katniss asking if I am also preparing for another war. If you are unfamiliar with the character, Katniss is the female protagonist in the book Mockingjay from The Hunger Games series. I must be the unidentified character Plutarch speaks of...the fickle, stupid being with a great gift for self-destruction. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Now one could rightly assume that because my men are little miniature soldiers that the <i>war</i> I am preparing for is to be battled on the traditional 8x6 tabletop. No dear reader, this will be a war with the Supreme Commander of All My Men, aka General ze Wife. A battle that will take every bit of courage I can muster and then some. If I could buy courage in a can, I'd order a case. They say a man's life flashes in front of him right before the end comes. I say it's a lie. Nothing is flashing. It's a slow motion roller coaster ride through hell. This time it was a few to many unauthorized purchases for my ever growing garrison of toy soldiers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">You see I am sometimes led astray - not that kind of astray either. Drug or alcohol induced misguiding of judgement isn't even a factor. Although it would at least give me an excuse. My maniacal frenzy and walk down the dark ally started with just a couple boxes, four actually, of Vikings and Saxons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px;">I intended to only buy one box of 50 figs for each. But the sculpts were just to beautiful to pass up. I know just when and where I turned down the wrong path. That path we all journey down once or twice, or maybe four or five..six? I don't know, I've lost count. The turn came after I didn't stop with the Vikings and Saxons. I needed more. I needed Chechen Rebels and some cold war Americans. I needed two SWAT vehicles, a couple of Challenger 2 tanks and four Land Rover 110's for my UN Force. I needed more though, much more like cold war helicopters-a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter and an Apache for it to battle with. I needed an American Browning machine gun team and Russian Utes MG team (two each just because I could), and two Russian Ural trucks and Saxon and Dragon anti-tank teams. I needed more modern Americans and some Vietnam era GI's I could convert into Croatian fighters. Yes, I knew after a week on assignment and visiting shops and online retailers I was in trouble. I couldn't stop. Ok, I did stop on my way home at a Wal-Mart. I only intended to take a quick look at their Matchbox and Hotwheels. My men are now armed with 12 additional Humvees. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">With Adrenaline now screaming through my body after my latest acquisitions, I was on an </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;">Epinephrine mountain top. When you reach the top do you just jump down? No. You plant your flag. You stake your claim. You bask in the glow of your accomplishment. You then buy two more boxes of hard plastic later mid to late war WWII U.S. Infantry and </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Fallschirmjager. My heart was beating faster than a school boy in a back seat with a girl after</span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"> dance. I didn't want this feeling to ever go away. What would be next I thought to myself??? The answer came soon enough when the General was pouring over the receipts of my last road trip while balancing the books. "I really hope you were eating white metal and plastic for lunch and dinner while you were gone."</span></span></div>
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Just wanted to do a quick update and post some photos of the mountain I have been working off and on over the past few months. I hope to do a small tutorial once my real life slows down a bit. I originally began building the terrain piece for my French and Indian War project which I am doing in 28mm. I originally was going to add trees native to the northeast United States and Canada, but have decided that I will also be able to use this for some of my other projects such as my 28mm Central America moderns and also my 20mm moderns by using some different trees and foliage. I think it turned out pretty well.<br />
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I'll give you a brief overview of how I did it. The original idea came as I was helping my cousin cut up his old hot tub. Inside the tub was this yellow foam insulation that we took out in large pieces. I took those and stored them and after cleaning them up I cut and sanded the bottoms so they would lay flat leaving the rough, bumpy top surface. I did sand down a few sections to give me some flat areas and also cut a few spots for layering my "rocks". I primed the entire piece with some green spray paint and once dry started to glue my rock pieces in place using a hot glue gun. The rocks by the way are just pieces of rough cut pine bark mulch that I bought in a 40lb. bag at Home Depot. I sorted pieces by shape and allowed them to dry out before gluing them in place. I then started layering the bark pieces on top of each other to form my basic bolder structure. Once the piece was all glued, I started dry brushing a variety of grays, yellows, browns, etc. When I had the base coat of colors down, I completely soaked the piece in a pva and water 50/50 mix to harden the pieces and give it a bit of protection. I then started layering on dirt (dried coffee grounds from my pot), dried leaves (black tea and mulling spice and dried oregano) and finally added some moss to the rocks using the basic Woodland Scenics flock. I again coated the piece really well with the pva & water mix via a spray bottle. Finally I added some shading using some really, really watered down acrylic paint that I splashed on and allowed to run as it would naturally. I know I am missing a few odd bits of information, but I'll try to give an update in the near future.<br />
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-BobMiniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-54652493681312956732016-04-18T13:58:00.004-04:002016-04-18T14:06:04.306-04:00Latest projects- simple trees; an orchards and a crazy busSo just a few quick bits I have been working on recently including quick and cheap trees, and apple orchard and a bus for my central america project.<br />
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I recently shared on Miniature Modeling Mayhem some of the trees I have been working on. I am not an expert on terrain, modeling or anything else really, but I thought I would give making some trees a shot. If I had the funds, I would love to just go out and buy some really good looking one. But since I would rather spend my funds on figures and the periods I have chosen to game require trees, lots and lots of trees, I had to learn to make something that was halfway real looking and could be done inexpensively yet still looked good enough for the table.<br />
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I started out by searching in the craft shops for suitable dried or fake foliage that looked like trees. That was harder than it sounds until I found a package of something just called Naturals at a Michael's Craft Store. I have no idea what plant these come from, but they work great. I won't write out every little step here, to make it easier you can just watch the video I posted. Hope this helps you.<br />
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I have also been busy making an apple orchard. I want to be able to use this for a variety of periods and scales so it is about halfway between 20mm-28mm.<br />
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Latin American buses:<br />
If you are reading this, then you most likely know I am in the middle of creating a fictitious campaign based on a Central American drug cartel and their battle with both government and rebel forces. If you have ever traveled anywhere in Latin America you will know they love colorful buses. Preferably of the old yellow variety painted in crazy colors.<br />
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I recently found this gem in a toy shop and wish they had a few more. It might be a bit under scale for my 28mm central america stuff, closer for the 20mm stuff I do, but I think it will do the trick on the table. I can't wait to start painting it.<br />
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Here are a few more pics I plan on using for reference and to kick my imagination.<br />
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-BobMiniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-17230925464008487472016-04-18T12:43:00.002-04:002016-04-18T12:45:03.741-04:00French and Indian War - Fort Halifax<br />
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Somewhere in Maine there is a Top Secret training facility where the Supreme Commander of all My Men and I are sending the first of the Teenage Spies for in-depth training in Conservation Law. This training will consume the next four years of the tough, no-nonsense raven-haired lass. This is the spy who at times I have been able to convert as a double-agent. I have not been able to crack the spy's devotion to General ze Wife completely though. The General has tasked me with the very important mission of transporting the eldest spy, all the spies really and the General in a motorcade to this facility located deep in the woods. Hum, I believe this training is going to impact the military budget even further. If I'm lucky, maybe the Teenage Spy will get me a t-shirt or something. We shall see.<br />
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This quick trip is so the Teenage Spy can meet others like her. Some sort of spy orientation, a mini Teenage Spy convention if you will. I think I'll have to be very careful with my own secret plan. What plan you ask? Could this involve wargames in anyway? Haha, of course it does. This is why I have to use extreme caution so none of it get's back to the General. I had to implement my plan like it just serendipitously happened. This was accomplished with a small bribe to the youngest of the Teenage Spies. Maybe I should apply to spy school myself.<br />
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The location of my secret recon mission is not far...not days, not hours, but within minutes, as in 30 minutes, which is a very close distance if you have ever driven in the state of Maine. In this time frame there happen to be the remains of not one, but two...two, French and Indian War forts. The locations are within striking distance of the hotel I am using for my temporary barracks and not even far from the advanced training facility full of Teenage Spies. I only have time to get to one of them this trip though so have chosen the closest, Fort Halifax.<br />
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Fort Halifax sits in a strategic location at the intersection of the Kennebeck and Sebasticook Rivers and was an important communication and trade route. I would encourage you to listen to this interview from Colby College professor Daniel Tortora who wrote the book 'Fort Halifax, Winslow's Historic Outpost'. The interview is fantastic and loaded with historical information about the fort. He can do a much better job explaining it than I ever could. You can listen to the interview <a href="http://www.fieldstonecommon.com/tag/fort-halifax/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Fort Halifax, located in Winslow, Maine, is the oldest Block House in the United States.It began as a French and Indian War garrison and trading post. The fort hosted many historical figures such as Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, Paul Revere and Chief Joseph Orono. Only a single block house remains on the southeastern most part of the fort closets to the Sebasticook River. My goal was to try and get there and walk the grounds to get a sense of the scale of the fort and also to take a few photos for my own research. The original fort included two main blockhouses, a barracks, a main building as well as two additional block houses overlooking the area from atop a nearby hill.<br />
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Major General John Winslow arrived at the site after a five day journey from Fort Western to establish the fort with a force of 600 on July 25, 1754. Winslow described the activities that followed his arrival:<br />
<em style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">...On the next day, laid out the ground, began to clear it, seated our guns and mortars, hoisted the Kings colors with the beat of drum and sound of trumpet and discharge of our whole artillery and small arms, drank to his Majesty and called this place Fort Halifax....in this place we continued employing our people... in cutting timber and pickets,...sawing boards and plank, building storehouses, getting clapboards and shingles, procuring stones out of the river, making bricks, burning coals, etc. and by the seventh of August got in a good posture of defense.</em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Again, I encourage you to listen to the interview above or purchase the book to get a more in-depth look into this remarkable place. Here are some photos I took of the site this past weekend. Visiting sites like this is a great way to connect to the history of the period you plan on modeling or gaming.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The west side of the block house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The west and south side of the block house with the Sebasticook River beyond.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The youngest Teenage Spy actually enjoyed the adventure of locating and visiting the fort.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The upper door and gun ports of the block house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where the rivers meet in the southwestern most part of the fort complex.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back toward the east of the fort area from the rivers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rock outcropping. I put this here so you have an idea on color. I make most of my rocks like this out of pine bark.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Until next time. carry on men.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">-Bob</span>Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-24225268504312254612016-04-10T21:52:00.001-04:002016-04-10T23:16:36.913-04:00AAR 10Apr16: Raid on Diego Landymore<br />
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The weather finally broke after we were threatened with an another April snow storm but it turned out to be a wonderful spring day, still a bit on the cool side. Not cold enough for General ze Wife to want some help clearing the raised garden beds on the base. Knowing full well that I had a bunch of terrain ready for a go, I jumped at the chance to help the General early so I could get to the barn and get a game in today. I was solo today and although not all the terrain pieces are 100% ready, I wanted to use them so I could see where I needed to make adjustments and improvements once they were on the table.<br />
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Having most of my Central American 28mm forces completed, minus basing, I decided I would try a solo game using the Danger Close rules. Danger Close is from Empress Miniatures and used to be called Some Corner of a Foreign Field. I really like the way the rules play. They are simple and fast and although I know I made a few mistakes with them today my goal was really to use the terrain and not get a perfect game in. Like I said earlier, I really wanted to set the pieces out and see what I needed to do to make them better/more playable. My figures need a bit more Matte varnish and I realized that a few of the fields I hadn't finished off with a top coat of "dirt".<br />
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My scenario involved a fictitious Central American country's commando forces attempting to storm the compound of a drug lord who commands his own paramilitary force.<br />
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The drug lord is the notorious Diego "arbol" Landymore who controls one of world's largest cartels. Arbol is often seen in the company of his trusted associate, a Dutchman only known as PowerG. It is rumored the Dutchman controls the cartel's European routes. Arbol, so named due to his affinity for trees, is rumored to have made acquaintance with a woman known to run an international swingers club. She may or may not be in the compound. Arbol and his associates are to be wanted dead or alive. The compound is located in a fertile area surrounded by small farms and fields of sugarcane. His compound named Dinero Asesinato sits at the north end of a long dirt road running through the vast sugar plantation. Commando troops will attempt to enter the compound from the east and the south. From the south, the government commando force will need to secure the small farm and ensure the occupants do not send any warning to Dinero Asesinato. Securing the farm, they will then travel through the fields to a small lake midway between the farm and the compound. Knowing this action will slow their progress, the second unit of commandos will make the hard trek from east of the compound through the hill country. It is estimated that the team entering from the east will arrive at the compound first. The compound is heavily armed with Arbol's own paramilitary force who patrol the exterior and interior. The compound is guarded at the front with a fortified bunker. There are also two watch towers that guard the rear access road and entry points. The other tower has a look out over the fields and any approach from the lake. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is my table and assorted pieces of wood to make some elevation changes. The main table is 6x4 and the smaller one is a standard card table. The compound will be set up on the left in an elevated position overlooking the fields of sugarcane and farmland.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My homemade game mat. I think it turned out pretty well. It is a large 8'x7' piece of heavyweight felt that I have painted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A unarmed government drone keeps watch on the raid. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Arbol' Landymore's heavily armed and fortified compound. This is the watchtower overlooking the fields.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The watchtower overlooking the main entrance to the compound. The commandos struck first and took this joker out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The drug lord's paramilitary force patrols the compound grounds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the compound from above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking to the south showing the compound and the fields the commandos will need to cross to make their assault.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My much needed cheat sheet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sgt. Geraldo Rivera crosses a field.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commando Unit Uno will need to secure the farm and make their way toward the lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lake sits just on the outskirt of the compound.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arbol Landymore's boys keep watch for the boss.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The commandos move out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They will need to move cautiously through the fields in the late afternoon raid. They are taking advantage of having the bright Central American sun in the eyes of their adversaries. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commando Unit Dos starts to make their way through the vast fields of sugarcane.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arbol's guys come under fire from the commandos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vast sugarcane and hilly terrain has slowed the progress of Commando Unit Dos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commando Unit Dos has reached the outer edge of the compound and are engaged in a fierce firefight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commando Unit Uno take cover in the trees near the lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commando Unit Uno's machine gunner was able to take out a couple of Arbol's men, but was soon cut down himself.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The commandos work their way to the edge of the compound.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The drug lord's men are giving the commandos a good fight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Loco Capitan takes the fight to the commandos. He is able to kill three in short order.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The drone is sending back images that the government doesn't want to see. Their two units of elite commandos have all been killed by Diego Landymore's private army.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All is quiet at the end of the battle. Diego continues his ruthless rule of the cartel and the drug trade and the commandos never really made it inside the compound to capture or kill the drug lord or his trusted Dutchman.<br />
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Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-87632323411513217232016-04-07T16:03:00.000-04:002016-04-07T16:14:36.117-04:00Finding ideas for modern wargame scenarios<br />
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Much like in the scene above from the movie 'Wag the Dog', creating scenarios, especially for moderns, can come from a variety of sources and bits. Sometimes my modern scenarios are based on all factual, historical events. Sometimes they are a bit more imagi-Nation.<br />
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There is a small conflict flaring up again, an old holdout or hangover from the early 1990's in Nagorno Karabakh. Where you ask? Who is fighting? One group backed by Iran and one backed by Russia? Yes, all true.<br />
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I'll give you a very, very brief summary of the action. Between Armenia and Azerbaijan lies a contested territory controlled by an unrecognized state called the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). After World War I, Nagorno-Karabakh was caught between-and claimed- by two emerging nations, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Think Ottoman and Russian Empires, Nationalist parties and neighbors of Christian Armenians, Turkic Muslims and others. You get the point of this well rehearsed cauldron of animosity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original caption identifies these lads as "Armenian soldiers."</td></tr>
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So fast forward to today and the information age. We are supplied with an almost endless stream of information, photographs and video from established news agencies as well as locals posting to social media sites. To the observant follower of military matters and history, this vast information can be a treasure trove for creating scenarios. I tend to enjoy politics and world affairs, so I guess I am kind of a policy wonk who doesn't mind reading about things like this. You just have to pay attention, read and listen and sift through the data. Once you do that, you should have a few games ready to go in no time. I know I have a few in the works, even if they are just bubbling in my head now, from this current situation.<br />
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far to often, we have associated 'Modern' with Iraq and Afghanistan because it's out in front of us everyday. I would encourage you to put the sports pages down for a few minutes and pick up the front pages of The Washington Post, The Guardian or grab a copy of The Economist magazine. You never know what you'll find. It just might be the start of some research for some new scenarios...just be sure to share them with me (hint/hint).<br />
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Here's a link to get you started for learning a bit more about Nagorno-Karabakh:<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/newssearch/?query=Nagorno+Karabakh#page-3" target="_blank">The Washington Post stories about N-K conflict</a><br />
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Until next time. Carry on men.<br />
-BobMiniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-34827051476094227282016-04-07T12:03:00.001-04:002016-04-07T15:27:00.237-04:00Terrain reference: Northeastern United States<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hope today's post will be of use for anyone making terrain. It is really just a bunch of photos, taken in various seasons, from the Northeastern United States including Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York state. Pretty much a large part of the regions involved in the French & Indian War, American Revolution (American War of Independence) and a bit of the American Civil War.<br />
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All of these photos were taken by me while either out hunting the land, hiking or on my own property. I imagine most of it looked the same during the time of the above mentioned conflicts. I hope you might be able to use it for a resource for making trees and foliage or as a painting guide.<br />
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When I was looking around to find ideas for my own terrain projects, I realized it could be hard at times finding decent, non-tourist type photos. Let me know if this helps and if you have a blog think about sharing photos from your own area. You will be surprised how useful they can be to other wargamers. These are in no particular order. I have used the captions to make any notations I thought you might find useful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small footpath trail, Connecticut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frostgrave anyone?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traprock worn down along the Metacomet Ridge. The Metacomet Ridge, Metacomet Ridge Mountains, or Metacomet Range of Southern New England, is a 100 mile (160km) narrow and steep fault-block mountain ridge known for it's extensive cliff faces, scenic vistas and microclimate ecosystems. These type of trail systems can be found all over the northeastern United States and were the early roads of Native Americans and trappers and traders alike. It's also great because a trail access point is only a few miles from my home. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, sometimes our small rivers and streams do freeze completely here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To set games in this region you don't need many raging rivers, but you will need at least one small stream or river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the Teenage Spies out on the Metacomet Trail system.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Metacomet Range, Connecticut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I often use smaller scale forts even when I am using my 28mm figures. When visiting some of the old historic sites, you will find that you often have to duck your head when entering. The structures are not big at all, especially outposts, early homesteads and settlements or trading posts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The woods, New York</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stream, Vermont<br />
Notice that we don't have many 'blue' streams around here. You can't go wrong with very dark blues, blacks and browns when making water. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Salmon River Falls, a 110-foot waterfall located in Oswego County, New York. The falls are about 50 miles from the old Fort Oswego/Fort Ontario historic site. <a href="http://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/20/details.aspx" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top of the falls and the small stream that feeds it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from my deer blind. I image you could be ambushed pretty quickly in this type of terrain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My own wooded piece of paradise.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite hunting locations but also a beautiful example of the typical terrain found in the woods of New England.</td></tr>
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<br />Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-10458556049555357152016-04-04T11:01:00.002-04:002016-04-04T11:10:42.182-04:00Quick, easy and free basing material!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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After a quick self-imposed deployment to the Havoc wargame convention on Saturday, I was informed by General ze Wife that we shall be deciding samples of flooring on Sunday for the base. While the General's orders did cut into my plan for continuing outfitting my men of the Volunteers-Etrangers for action in the French and Indian War campaigns, it would be a good way to forage for much needed supplies.<br />
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The General has been planning to improve the base for some time now with new flooring. The way forward with this project is where we differ. You see, the General believes that your humble transcriber should be able to do this with the help of the eldest Teenage Spies. Perhaps I could, but for someone who can hardly build a proper model, installing new floors in the base seems absurd. Although the concept is intriguing for one reason only...I have yet to find a way to approach the topic of a redistribution of the saved installation funds back into my military spending budget though. The Overseer of Most All Things will not be keen on such a proposal so best to go cautiously down that path.<br />
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As with most wargamers I assume, deciding what we need to buy vs what we can build/make/bash is always a concern. So I wanted to share this terrain tip with you all. I'm sure many already know this, but if you are fairly new to the hobby, as am I, it might be of interest. In the tile area of a large box store DIY home repair place, there staring back at me was the most glorious of all signs- FREE SAMPLES. Wow! Yes it was to good to be true. Here in a variety of textures and material from mdf, hardwood and vinyl were ready-made terrain bases. I couldn't believe it. How had I not discovered this bounty before? So as the General requested my opinion for each color and material combination known to man, I would ask to see the sample. I would scratch my head, purse my lips, frown, raise an eyebrow, whatever it took really to keep these tree bases, er tile samples, coming my way. Each new sample bulged the pockets of my hoodie even further. Soon the General realized that I was keeping each of the free samples including the ones we decided were to dark, to light, wrong texture, wrong wood, wrong everything.<br />
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The General demanded to know what I thought I was doing? "I need to fully understand the variances of texture and color compared to what we have now," I replied.<br />
At that moment the Supreme Commander of all my Men completely and without reservation glared fire through my untruthful soul. I looked to retreat but was blocked by the overly helpful flooring associate who was inquiring if we would also like to look at ceramic tile samples. I immediately thought of Oliver Twist and wanted to repeat his famous line of "Please Sir, I want some more." forgetting that I had just been silently scolded. I knew the General was done with this exhibit of tile sample gluttony. The only action that would save me from undergoing a court-martial was to point to the free samples sign. Free, as in no expense, this is surely something the General would understand. I made a case for tree bases and rock bases and tried to explain that you can never have enough bases. Besides, they are free. FREE. Free with a capital F. Freeeeeeeeee, like a bird in the sky.<br />
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I had once again worn the General down. I was allowed to keep my FREE samples, all 35 of them, haha, yes 1,2,3..35! They will hopefully become bases for my collection of trees and various outcroppings. I think they will work great. They are roughly 3"x3" and 3"x4" and I think I will be able to find many uses for them.<br />
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I'll keep you posted on the progress I make using them. Now run out there and grab your samples before I get to the big box DIY place in your town.<br />
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Carry on men.<br />
-BobMiniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-25896950448095344902016-03-30T16:03:00.002-04:002016-04-05T08:47:18.663-04:00Coat of Arms <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So I have settled on this as the official Drums of War coat of arms. Pretty nifty I think. I didn't pay for for it or have it commissioned but I have claimed it as botín de guerra. Is that a skunk you ask? Well no, that is just the fiercest animal on the planet Earth, the absolutely stunning and amazing Honey Badger. These little creatures are some badd-ass dudes. One documentary actually shows a honey badger being bitten by a Cobra. He passes out and several hours later wakes up and walks off. For fun they capture, kill and eat venomous snakes. So yes, this creature will get top billing on flags my armies carry into battle or fly above their forts. Might not be historically accurate, but I think it's ok to put a little bit of ourselves or something special into our games.<br />
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Here's a funny video explaining the majestic creature. Enjoy.<br />
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-BobMiniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-60691119697448070762016-03-22T12:27:00.001-04:002016-03-22T14:42:43.553-04:00Parallel parking trains and other madness <div class="MsoNormal">
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that acquiring the accouterments of this hobby can be a challenge at times, a
bit like trying to parallel park a train. But isn’t the journey sometimes more
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few acquisitions for my men and I.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I was able to convince General ze Wife that much needed
reserve troops had to be trained for the French and Indian War campaigns I was
planning. The General, at first, questioned why these troops couldn’t be acquired
off a shelf from the Dollar Store. I had to state my case clearly and justify to the General that these
were much more highly skilled and prized fighting men than that bag of
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I had worn the General down. Besides, the Commander of all Things pertaining to me needed to finish preparing report
cards and also had exams to grade. The General had
little time for my foolishness and authorized my latest mobilization request. Hooah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After trading a serious supply of Wampum and more
than a few King's schillings, 18 finely chiseled <a href="http://us-store.warlordgames.com/collections/french-indian-war-1754-1763/products/french-indian-war-1754-1763-woodland-indians-war-party-boxed-set" target="_blank">Conquest Woodland Indian</a> recruits were called up for duty from their base at Warlord Games in Great
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">The boys have arrived in fine shape via Postal truck. Foolhardy and excited I rushed in to show off my new men to the General. Although the
recruits had been approved, The Supreme Commander of All My Troops did not
share my enthusiasm and questioned this expenditure to the military spending
budget once again. I could see the embers starting to ignite so I planned a safe retreat before the ginger-hair started to smolder, but the General quickly
dismissed me to The Laundry Room Barracks. Lady luck was indeed on my side once again. I’m sure more pressing matters were
on the General’s mind. Important things such as what would be served for dinner to the Teenage
Spies that evening in the mess hall. The General had not time for my glee. Something as trivial as the arrival of reservists, Indians at that, was of little concern as the day faded to evening. Morale check avoided.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Once the warriors had been introduced to their new home, they
were quickly allowed a warm bath and prepared for a primer coat by removing
some of that metal grub that is all to common on little troops the world over. One
might assume this was just the European way, oh relax, I’m kidding, a bit of grime comes
with troops in the Americas as well. However, I do wonder if this grime removal
would be double for troops originating in the Orient? These
fine warriors are now cleaned up, waiting for me to issue uniforms and assign
them to their units. Some shall become French allied Abenaki, the others British allied Monhegan. I admit I
am a bit concerned at making their kit the best it can be. They are amazingly
sculpted fighting men and deserve the concern of each brush stroke.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">The next acquisitions are a couple of new terrain items,
which include a nice piece of felt cloth and a yard of faux Grizzly Bear fur. The felt will be used as a board mat and is just a bit more than 6'x8'. It is of some fine medium-heavy weight felt material in a
dark sandy brownish color. With a few cans of spray paint, in a variety of green
shades, I was quickly able to turn this into something that looked like a bit of
varied and broken terrain. The piece of felt is heavy enough that the paint did
not soak through, so I still have the backside to use to represent a bit more
arid climate. Total cost for this was only about $5.95 yd. x 72” wide. I bought
a bit more than two yards so I’m in for under $15 and a couple more dollars for
the paint. Not to bad to get two playing surfaces. I do like the commercial mats from companies such as <a href="http://cigarboxbattlestore.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">CigarBox</a>,
but I really wanted to utilize the military budget on acquiring additional troops. The
faux Grizzly Bear fur was a great score. I had been looking at a variety of
fuzzy bath mats, towels and the like to try to represent some taller wild
grass. Again, if I had my way and could convince General ze Wife that overruns
are a regular occurrence in military spending, I would just buy the pre-made
variety and be done with it. But unfortunately I do not have access to U.S. tax
dollars like my own leaders in Washington, so I must compromise. The chocolaty
brown Grizzly fur came at a price about three times the cost of the felt. This had
me taking deep breathes while standing in line to check out. The General had already approved a few hundred dollars worth of spending for my units in the previous weeks. I didn't want to push my luck. But, I threw caution to the wind and approached it like a teenage boy in the backseat...just go for it my brain was saying. It was exhilarating. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Break the rules even though I knew better. I could live without beer for a week or two. Ha, besides, there might even be some extra hidden in the supply depot. As you can tell from the photo below which road I traveled. I was now an outlaw who would need to avoid the General's Teenage Spies. With an added can of grass green colored spray paint, I had the tools necessary to
kit bash that Grizzly into some proper wild grass. With these two items secured, I quickly raced back to base. The General and the most ruthless of the
Teenage Spies, a fair headed lass who is the youngest of the bunch, were on a mission acquiring goods for the mess hall. I had
to act quickly and decisively.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Because these items were acquired without the proper requisition and endorsement from the General, I needed to think like a
cunning supply Sergeant. The mission was to get them painted and into the supply depot, aka The
Barn, before the motorcade carrying General ze Wife and the hoard of spies
returned to the cul-de-sac. The supply depot was rarely visited by the General
but was a favorite place for the Teenage Spies to stash their Dutch Infantry
bicycles. Much like a chameleon, I knew the best idea would be to camouflage
these items in plain sight until they miraculously appeared on a future game board. With the board under attack from my men, none would be the wiser unless the Teenage Spies unravel my plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Miniaturewardrumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01158217173885752985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432226056104651661.post-62929632493484158192016-03-21T12:29:00.001-04:002016-03-21T16:22:55.041-04:00The Laundry Room Barracks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Welcome to the Drums of War miniature wargame blog. I hope to use this space to share ideas with other wargamers about topics such as terrain, rules, figures, etc. It's a place for me to talk about my hobby and passion for historical miniature wargames and the history behind them. Since I'm the "new kid" on the block so to speak, please bear with me. I know my painting isn't competition standard or my game board might not be the regular 6x8, but I hope you will enjoy my posts anyway. The hobby is a way for me to de-stress my hectic daily life and to get lost in the creative aspect of the hobby and broaden my historical knowledge. As of now I am mostly gaming moderns and the French and Indian War campaigns of the Seven Years War. For my moderns, mostly 20mm, I have concentrated on topics I know about, such as the Yugoslavia Civil War and the various civil wars in Central America. <br />
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I rekindled my passion for miniature wargaming after a 20 or so year break. Jobs, kids and family commitments can do that sometimes. In December 2015 I requested a military budget and funding from the Supreme Commander of all My Forces, the feared and formidable ginger-haired General ze Wife. The General hails from The Royal Colony of South Carolina and is of Scots-Irish decent, so as you can imagine, you do not want to hear the General's war cry. Expanding the military budget had to be taken with extreme caution. Late in the month of December, as the winter chill had settled in the New England woods, I opened my first "barracks" in a corner of the mess hall. The General did not take kindly to this nonsense and soon banished my men and me to our current home deep in a basement bunker now known as The Laundry Room Barracks. This is where I will be reporting updates to you about the progress of my troops. We are happy to be here. We have heat, a beer refrigerator, and a toilet close by. We have also been provided with a fairly ok Wi-Fi signal as long as General ze Wife's spies, ie: teenagers, are not streaming endless movies. I do not complain about these orders because I know that my men and I could be banished from the main base to the heatless barn with no toilet or beer within decent range. <br />
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My first miniatures back in the day were a pack of 25mm Old Glory AWI Continentals which I had primed. I only painted a total of two soldiers from that pack. They have now been re-enlisted into service for my FIW project. I also have a rather large collection of original 25mm Ral Partha British Colonials. They have been on leave in a storage box since about 1992. I recently recalled them back to The Laundry Room Barracks for inspection and to be issued uniforms. Yes, unfortunately most of the lot had only made it to the priming stage as well. Who knew being a dad consumed so much time and energy? Now that the General's spies have aged a bit, I am finding a little more time to paint, build terrain and learn new game rules.<br />
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I am glad to be back and learning so much from the wargaming community. One of the places that has been a great help is the Tabletop Commanders group on Facebook and Google+. I joined in on a Paint & Chat session (an international live video chat) a few months back and have learned a great deal from that community. I try to login as often as I can. I tell the General it's training. It's a laid back group of like minded individuals who are very welcoming and open to sharing knowledge of the hobby. I tend to get much more painting done because of the chat sessions than I think I would on my own. I encourage you to check it out.<br />
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Thanks for reading. Until next time.<br />
- Bob<br />
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