Panzer Grenadier Kompanie CHUK

Fall In

2011-11-19T18:40:00.004-04:00

Fall in went as well as expected. Cannot say enough how the Ganesha Games engined Songs of Our Ancestors gives an enjoyable fluid game. Everyone enjoyed themselves.note the lmg and assistant gunner on a metal base, the Ryshi rhyflers are also on squares to make them more apparent. Reinforcements for the Caravan Guard. and measuring stick

F-150 - Saving Milwer Rynn last update before Fall in

2011-10-24T16:55:00.003-04:00

ok so here are the last items to be painted up/ built for the game. I'd hoped to make another building or 2, but no such luck. without further ado .. Motor Pool Armed Motor pool N gauge brass corn (thanks http://rothgarwb.blogspot.com/ ) ,need to touch up those tips, and toothpick snake rail fences. all mounted on floor tile samples from Home Depot. Snake Rail Pen, with the mayors prize pigs. another view of the corn and Armed Motor Pool If you're at Fall In stop by and say hey, or not.

F-150 - Saving Milwer Rynn playtest

2011-10-16T00:17:00.002-04:00

Ok so here are some shots from a test run of my Fall In game. Laid it all out, played it through, saw what i needed more of so the table looks right. Game flows well, I'm really happy with the Songs of our Ancestors rules.

Quar vs corporate NI and raptors GRUNTZ game

2011-09-23T12:08:00.004-04:00

hmm blogger is acting up thats what you get for free. ok, lets try this ahh. Here are some shot of our 3rd and possibly last GRUNTZ game. At least in this incarnation. Here is how you win. MASSED FIRE. otherwise you either don't hit, or don't wound. The game could probably be fixed. enjoy the pics massed rifle fire carries the day. run away run away.

F-150 - Saving Milwer Rynn

2011-09-18T23:31:00.003-04:00

Ok so I'm running a SONGS OF OUR ANCESTORS game at fall in. Here is the blurb

F-150 - Saving Milwer Rynn

Fri. 4:00:00 PM, 4 hrs, 6 players GM: Scott Cramer Sponsor: Ganesha Games, Prize: 50% off cupon Ganesha Games Other 15mm, Rules: Songs of our Ancestors Darhlington a sleepy village in North Mid West Elghmore. Used to be "on the way" to the front, just another village under Crusader control. Things have heated up since a brew up between Troopers and locals that resulted in the death of a prominent local farmers son and the disappearance of Milwer Rynn. -------- Here are the Son's of Darhlington outside the Green Door Tavern. Grieving Father Grieving Reinforcments Black Marketeers Black Market Back Up Ambush Ambush 2nd Squad

Quar and Trencher Tanks

2011-07-27T22:46:00.004-04:00

15mm ZombieSmith Quar and Proxy Models Trenchers. Note the rhyflers w added AT Grenade

Micropanzer SAS

2011-06-18T15:37:00.004-04:00

Here are the MicroPanzer SAS painted up in "urban" Mars Cammo.
These are going to represent Starship and Starport Security Forces. These are very nice chunky GZGesque minis that have a good amount of detail that takes well to my painting method of relying on the wash to bring out the details.
i cannot recommend these enough, and Jason is a treat to deal with. MicroPanzer should be supported in his goal to bring his line and game to fruition. coming soonish SAS in non urban Mars Cammo and his alien painted in an ERB Thark fashion.
As always click on the image it might get bigger.

late update

2011-06-13T15:34:00.004-04:00

yea so I ran my game at the CON. I made the mistake of NOT saying mature audiences so it was listed as 15+ OK. Which i figured would be fine. However i wasn't counting on a parent bringing a less than 15 yr old as if he was going to play with him, then wandering off not to return, or the other "parent" that brought a 15+ and his little brother then proceeded to read a news paper. The adults that had played in previous games i've run with tickets walked away before the game started not wanting to play vs children, but leaving a few empty spots. I can't blame them. Luckily i had the game set up as 3 - one on one games so we were able to carry on.
RE the USE ME rules all of the kids picked them up fast and by turn 3 were going at it with little prompting.
I will never run another game without clearly stating ADULT THEMES MATURE AUDIENCES. I was seriously appalled at the "father" that abandoned his child at my table, and the jingoist rhetoric that freely spewed from his mouth. just vomiting back his parents and the TVs ignorance " everyone not toting the party line or protesting is a terrorist. " He settled down after I pointed out that George Washington and the rest of our founding fathers were considered Terrorists by the British Crown, and advising that such talk would NOT be tolerated at my table. It was nice to see the 15+ yr old hand him his ass since he underestimated the determined Militia of the Workers Union, and rolled poorly at critical times.
I didn't take any pics, however here are some pics from when GPT and I got in 5 games on e weekend.

New Cydonia Flats

2011-03-06T12:41:00.003-04:00

Here we have the table for my cold wars 2011 game S-193 - MARS 2021 Sat. 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, 6 players The Year 2021. Mars has been partially terraformed, and colonized since 1999. Contact was lost with Earth during the 2012 solar eruptions. Currently the United Nations of Earth Martian Authority maintain a state of status quo. That has just changed as Factions take things into their own hands concurrent with a Cephalod lead Octopod uprising. Welcome to New Cydonia Flats, just outside the walls of New Cydonia. The Workers Union AKA WU are suspected of forming an alliance with the Octopods in thier struggle against the Corporate Fascist Cabal that the "owns" Greater Cydonia and much of the territories under UNEMA control.

Cold Wars Playtest

2011-02-18T01:24:00.005-04:00

Here are some shots from a play test of one part of my Cold Wars game. Octopods VS UNEMA
United Nations Earth Mars Authority

more on the units etc later.
the number on the stand is the Elan of the unit, all measurements are made from the line on the front.

table by Dave.

GZG SG15-X1 - Xenomorphs

2011-02-15T01:08:00.004-04:00

next up GZG SG15-X1 - Xenomorphs

Well what can i say other than these scream MAN IN RUBBER SUIT. The original purchaser did not have the heart to paint them after seeing the 2 poses so passed them on to me.

I gave them the heavy orangishred wash treatment no primer then one darker brownishblack wash, a dry brush, base treatment- finito.

i use a varying mix of acryllic paint, clear acrylic aka future, ink, and tap water to make my washes.

as always click the pic for a bigger view.

The Pit Demon is an earlier Cephalod attempt at gene splicing
not quite what they were going for. The project was abandoned and the cloning vats destroyed.
Recent Mining operations have "unearthed" a few hives.

MARs 2021 Octopod Uprising

2011-02-03T23:53:00.003-04:00

getting my forces together for the USE ME game i am putting of at Cold Wars this year -
first up the Octopod Uprising.
In my alternate reality, the Cephalods are the original sentient race on Mars. At this point they are making a resurgance formerly they were mostly underground having never fully recovered from their failed invasion of earth in the 1800's. The Octopods were bioengineered by the Cephalods using redmartian, and human DNA along with their own. Human settlers have taken to employing them due to their resilience to harsh atmospheres and innate technical abilities.
as always click on the pics for a bigger view. The Ocotpods are from the fine people at http://15mm.co.uk/
and their wonderful, order which specific mini you want feature, on most of their lines. The only other place I know that does that is irregular, actually no there you get one out of how ever many poses of that say - afghan rifleman that they have. not quite as nice as at 15mm uk but i wish more people would offer it.
As it was i was able to choose this specific unit composition. The Cephalods are from http://www.blackhat.co.uk/
available in the US from http://www.scalecreep.com/ after the game is over I will post the specific stats that i used to represent this force.

USEME campaign game 1

2011-01-24T12:29:00.004-04:00

Started a USEME campaign with our group. Loose map based thingy on a mining planetoid. The first game was a raid on an outlying supply depot. More werds later wanted to upload these while... Here is the overall scenario, this takes place on a mining asteroid in my alternate reality around the year 2017... Signals from earth became sporadic when the solar storms slowly increased in frequency and intensity. The cargo carriers runs became less frequent until they stopped. The last craft from earth was a year ago. It departed after a quick refitting and cargo exchange. Leaving rumors of an earth wracked by civil war and disasters natural and man made. Life continued on as usual for a while. A lot of the workers stay on the job for fear of the loss of the few needs that are met food water air. UNEMA and the 3 main corporations control most anything of value. There are some areas under individual or group control of varying morality, charismatic autocrats to town councils. Part of the Star port and Starport city, the slums, and back country.

delayed pics various etc

2011-01-15T14:51:00.004-04:00

So here are some pics from my phone, i've been remiss on updating many irons in many fires a few of the fires still lit, a couple have gone out. FIRST UP a couple from a Legend of the High Seas game everything painted etc by Dave. Here is a USE ME game put on by Den Various things I painted or based or finished in a spurt of activity NEXT we have two USE ME games Dave put on LASTLY fortress generica in progress and a view of the madness that is my werk area. So there you have it next up Octopods and possibly some pics from Holiday Village 2010, which looks a lot like Holiday Village 2009. In the werks are 15mm hammers slammers combat cars and blower tanks. GZG not-aliens, more UN Earth Force Marines. Gearing up for my Cold Wars USE ME game " Mars 2021 "

- ORANJiSTAN OCT 30 2011 -read me first.

2010-11-01T22:51:00.002-04:00

Ok so the way i posted the pics part 3 is before part one, but... This comes before all of them so it is good it is at the top (in default mode) so, whatever.
and captions to the pics will be added . Thanks

SYNOPSIS ORANJISTAN 2011

Welcome to my parallel universe. The year is 2011.
Oranjistan has been a colonial battle ground through out modern history, forced to maintain a mostly feudal society. It shares a border with its hereditary tribal enemy Iranistan.
The village of Kahjd is on this border.
Kahjd is run by Abd el Kahjd. Kajhd is known for its robust Poppies. Since a UFO crashed nearby the poppies have mutated in color and potency. Another by product of the crash are Giant Ants. The locals have taken this in stride incorporating the Ants into their diet, even staging Ant Fights.
The Red Skull or one of his clones is still lurking about in the hills having split off from the main ODESSA enclave.
Groups of Grey Aliens have been spotted wandering about. They appear to be herding Dinosaurs, and are presumed stranded.
The US Marines are the current UN Peace Keepers. Their activities have been hampered by strict rules of engagement, or nonengagement, and the presence of Media 7.
A Media 7 crew is currently covering Medical assistance and care being provided by Aid workers to civilians in the contested border zone. They are accompanied by a trigger happy security team.
Enjoy your visit.
The 5 sides were:
UN Peace Keepers
The Red Skull
Iranistan
Mudjhadden
Grey Aliens
An Animosity Table was provided and appears below,
can't tell your friends/enemies without an animosity table.
insert table here

ANIMOSITY TABLE

	UN	ORANJ	MUJH	IRSTN	SKULL	GREY
UN	F	N	N	N--	E	N
ORANJ	N-	F	N+	E	N	E
MUJH	E	N+	F	E	N-	E
IRSTN	E	E	E	F	N	N+
SKULL	E	N	N	N	N	E
GREY	E	E	E	N	E	F
MEDIA	N	N	N	N	N	N

F-friend N-neutral E-enemy

Next we have the individual briefings, objectives and unit stats.
UN

You just learned from a border outpost that some aid workers have been kidnapped and might be in Khajd, on their way to Iranistan.

Your allies the Oranjistani Regulars are suspected to have dealings with the Red Skull.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Rescue the Hostages.

Do not attack anyone that does not attack you first

Do not get filmed shooting anyone.

Protect the Medics

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

Kill or capture the Red Skull

Special,

Oranjistani Regulars will activate when shots are fired. Unless they have prior orders they will follow your commands per their animosity table

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
Marines	INF	5	4”	AR 5”10”20”	ARMORED	+1

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
APC	HVY VEH	4	12”	Gun ports		+2

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

Oranji Regulars

INF

4”

Rifle 4”8”16”

Grenade 4” collat

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

TRACK

HVY VEH

8”

V HMG

10”20”40”

COLLAT

RED SKULL

You are a clone of the Red Skull who has become addicted to Heroin manufactured from poppies genetically mutated due to nearby UFO crash.

There is a truck full of product waiting for you behind the main building.

There are no human followers left in your enclave, they all left with that bitch Aryanna. Bah who needs them when you have the Automon 2007’s

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Pick up the narcotic shipment and exit it off the table.

Kill Greys and UN

Avoid being filmed

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

Find hostages and/or capture medics/media and exit from table

SPECIAL

Automon fire 2^nd time at no penalty if same target.

Oranji Regulars are on your payroll. You can activate them by giving a command making a roll vs Elan

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

RED SKULL

INF

4”

5”10”20”

ARMORED

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

AUTOMON

INF

6”

AR 5”10”20”

ARMORED

IRANISTAN

Some meddling aid workers have been kidnapped. The last message from your operatives came from this border settlement.

A team of Assassins and student agitators have been sent in to find the Hostages or take some new ones.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Find hostages and/or capture medics/media and exit from table

Kill UN

Don’t get filmed

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

Kill Oranjistanis

SPECIAL

Assassins and student agitators cannot be targeted until they fire, or regular troops/copter de buss/ come on table.

Persistent Bio Gas Truck Bomb travels 3 D6 a turn and explodes at or around the end of turn 3.

Reserves arrive at or around the end of turn 3 unless you call for them first.

Helicopter – MG armed. can pick up hostages and teams

Infantry squad in truck Infantry squad on foot.

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

ASSASSINS

INF

4”

R 4” 8” 16”

Melee+1

ARMORED

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

Student Agitators

INF

4”

SIDE ARMS 2”4”8”

GRENADE 4”collat

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
IRANISTAN regular	INF	3	4”	R 4” 8” 16”		0

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
IRANISTAN ROCKET	INF	3	4”	Rocket 5”10”20”collat		0

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
HELICOPTER	LT VEH	4	16”	LMG 5”10”20”		+2

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
TRUCK	LT VEH	3	8”			+1

MUJHADDEN

You are Abd el Kahjd chief of the hill tribe dwelling here

Ever since the saucer crashed your poppies have come up in multi colors, and much more potent. That maniac the Red Skull quickly became addicted. . The Red Skull is due to pick up an order. The truck is waiting for his arrival behind the main building. Your relations with the Skull are strained strictly cash in advance

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Protect fields

Keep your troops alive

Kill dinos

Have the UN filmed shooting at you or civilians.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

Kill Greys

Kill Iranistanis

SPECIAL

ANTS—opening the Ant pen will release 1D6 ants a turn. They will mill about randomly attacking anyone they contact.
One side effect of the addition of ants to your diet is that they will not attack your troops or the indigenous.
You lose points if Ants kill Medics or Oranjistani.

Tunnels—There are 3 tunnel exits on the table.

Cave under yurt

Double shanty

Shanty on hill

Your troops can enter any one and exit any other one turn later.

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

MUJHADDEN CHIEF

INF

4”

AR 5”10”20”

Grenade 4” collat

TYPE

ELAN

MOVE

WEAPON

DEFENSE

MUJHADDEN

INF

4”

AR 5”10”20”

Grenade 4” collat

GREY ALIENS

Since the Red Skull somehow shot down your “mother ship” things have not improved, much.
There is hope that your SOS got through before the sun storm took out 37% of the earths communication including your own. A sort of agreement has been made with Iranistan, and you can get a rest if you can get these Dinos and your crew across the border, don’t forget to let the Dinos graze on the poppies if you get the chance.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Exit dinos off table.

Find hostages and/or capture medics/media and exit from table

Don’t get filmed

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES

Keep everyone alive

Don’t let alien body fall into human hands

Let Dinos feed on poppies

Special:

Dino Wranglers

automatically maintain control of the the dinos they start with as long as they remain with in 10" of them. If the Greys are supressed -the dinos under their control move at 1/2 speed in random direction, unless in CC or in LOS of hostile unit.

Wrangler unit can take control of stray Dino with a communication check <4" style=""> 4”-8" +1 8"-10” +2 not allowed over 18"

Grey Command unit can use 1 of 2 Mind Powers each turn. The rest of the squad forfeits their action while this occurs.

Attack – 10” max range Opposed D6 + Elan +1 if under 5”

Attacker beats by 1 stunned, 2 = 1 wound, 3 = 2 wounds, etc etc. No carry over to other figures.

Control 10” max range Opposed D6 + Elan +1 if psychic, +1 if under 5”

Attacker beats by 1 stunned, 2 = 1 immediate action, 2 = 2 actions, 3+ = 2 actions + 1 action in their activation then stunned.

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
GREY COMMANDER	INF	5	4”	Disruptor 4”8”16”		0

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON	DEFENSE
GREY	INF	4	4”	Disruptor 4”8”16”	0
				HVY 5”10”20”collateral

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
SAUCER	HVY VEH	3	12”	SHIELDS	ARMORED	+3

Saucer gives +2 defense 3"radius, +1 defense 6" Radius -vs- shooting only

	TYPE	ELAN	MOVE	WEAPON		DEFENSE
DINOSAUR	HVY VEH	2	4”	MELEE +2		+2

NOTE re USE ME mechanics, i added in/ tweaked a couple things such as adding an option to move twice at full distance but incur a +1 if shot at.
CO can pass an order on to a subordinate once per turn as an action roll -vs- ELAN.
broke hunker down into 2 separate actions worth +1 each.
+ of course whatever else is in the above stuff. That is if you've read this far.
I playtested using Star Grunt and USE ME. i was surprised they played out much the same. you can move faster in SG, and I would probably do the run gets you +1 per move action to make it more tempting.
USE ME made for a much more relaxed game and less of a mental exercise with the math and shifts.

ORANJISTAN 2011 FallIn 2010 part 3

2010-11-01T00:42:00.004-04:00

Iranistani Regulars exit the table with their hostages. -------------- An upper shot of all the action described in the closeups. -- Turn Six Iranistani reinforcements arrive. (not that they need them) With the UN's laser focus on the Red Skull, and complete disregard for their primary objectives, Find the hostages, protect the medics ----------- Oranji Regulars and Mujhadden fire on the Iranistinian Helicopter as Abd el Kahjid's controller watches his little minions carry out his commands. ----- Showing the ultimate gall, the Assassins try to menace the media crew that is filming them into becoming hostages. When that doesn't work they decide to give an exclusive interview live on Media 7. ------ While the interview is going on the UN APCs flee the table running over a woman carrying a child in the process. Viewed live or in rebroadcast by the majority of the planet that still has electricity. --------- We ended the game there.
The clear winner was Iranistan, with the Skull 2nd, Greys 3rd with Mujhadden a close 4th, and the UN not finishing, something about the fleamarket and the Oranji Regulars refusing to fire on the Red Skull an Mujhadden (as per the anamosity table)
If the game had gone on I think that the Greys and Mujhadden would have tied for 3rd. They were close to shooting down the Helicopter, and the Dinos had a ways to go.
THANKS FOR READING
If any of the players wants to add anything to the narrative please leave a comment.

ORANJISTAN 2011 FallIn 2010 part 2

2010-11-01T00:40:00.003-04:00

In an act of desperation the UN rams an APC into the iranistani regulars killing one, but failing to free the freshly captured medics.
The student agitators search this shanty and find one of the original Hostages.
In the background the Red Skull and UN keep trading wounds and chickens. Mujhadden pop out of one of thier tunnels and shoot the Grey Command Squad which was out of Saucer Shield range. ----------------------- Turn FIVE
KABLAMO, the Iranistinian persistent toxic gas truck bomb arrives. Killing a number of civilians including the other missing Hostage,
but giving birth to "Sajil" an Iranistinian super hero.
The UN APCs pull back to their squads hoping to pick up the wounded before they become kills. -- another shot of the explosion, Abd el Kahjid takes advantage of the chaos passes an order onto his ambush squad and they pour the fire on the Grey command team killing one and wounding another. ---------------- The Red Skulls shipment is safely driven off the table by a couple Oranji Regulars while thier buddies to teh left duke it out with the ants.
The Assassins wipe out the Media Handlers whilst the Media crew films the whole thing. -------

ORANJISTAN 2011 FallIn 2010 part 1

2010-11-01T00:31:00.005-04:00

Part 1 of an AAR of the USE ME game i ran at Fall In. This google blogger thing almost always jacks with any paragraph formatting anytime i edit anything so this will be done in parts. Also be warned some of the pics are crappy, and are smaller lower resolution than the better ones.
Ok, on to the game. First a couple other rule variations i made up.
Most all of my 15mm minis are individually based with magnets. I use metal larger bases to then match whatever whomever i'm playing.
For this I used 40 x 40 for the main leader, then an assortment for everyone else - whatever made sense. I wrote the Elan each Squad leader base.
In USE ME all movement shooting etc is measured from the Squad Leader only. The other stands in the squads had to touch their Leader base. Every 3 wounds took out a figure. Slightly different that the core rules in which individual figures are targeted.
Also if you are hit you get a chicken/supression regardless of if you take a wound. A unit can only get one chicken. A chicken/supression takes one action to shed, and is automatic.
I think thats it for variations from the USE ME rules as written.
We start out with a blurry pic of turn one, From the Top the UN enters coming from the border Iranistan.
Across the street in front of the UN APCs the Red Skull has dispatched the Oranjistani Regulars to get his truck of product.
on the Right in the hills the Red skull himself
Bottom Center The Greys have thier Dinosaurs grazing on the poppies under cover of the shield Saucer.
Left Iranistinian agitators and commandos rush the shanties.
The Mujhadden are throughout the entire; table take the first shot of the game - at dinosaurs, and miss. What the media crew films. The Red Skulls minions are sighted on the hills, but the Red Skull himself eludes being filmed as does the Red Skull player. Turn 3 i think
The UN has deployed against the Red Skull (secondary objective) and sends his empty APCs to shield them from the Media Crew.
The Greys are moving on from grazing, and recieving harassing fire from the Mujhadden.
Iransistinian regulars deploy from their hiding spot (a duce 1/2 parked in the middle of the board) and immediately jump and subdue a group of Aid Workers.
Whilst the Assasins take a loss to the Giant Ants lurking in the first shanty searched.
Abd el Kahjid taking advantage of the direction of the media crew opens up on the UN forces in the open. They have also opened the ant pen and the ants begin meandering out. The media crew is drawn to the ruckus between the Ants and the Assassins in the shanty.
a couple turns later, and unable to be seen in the pic the Assassins exit the building and attack the Handlers while the media crew films the whole thing. The Red Skulls Automon robotic minion squad and the UN trade wounds and chickens.

Orangistan 2011 Fall In 2010

2010-10-11T23:47:00.003-04:00

So i'm running a game at Fall in. and the above image is of shanties I am building for same.
It is listed a Star Grunt, but whilst typing up the sheets for the sides i decided to do it using USE ME instead.
15mm uk will be represented in the minis used as will Old Glory command decision, Quality Castings, Irregular, Rebel, QRF, and GZG. for whatever thats worth.
S-320 - Orangistan 2011
The Red Skull or one of his clones is still on the loose and up to no good. Border incursions from Iranistan have put the Orangistan Army on hight alert. Peace keepers, contractors, the Media, dinosaurs, grey aliens and a marked increase in sunspot activity… as life goes on for the Mujhadeen.
more on this later...

USEME game #1

2010-10-06T23:15:00.006-04:00

Our first outing with USE ME rules. They are ultra simple as advertised. I liked how they played, and Think they could easily be tweaked to what i want from a game right now.
Here's what i don't like or am skeptical of at this point.
Missing dedicated CC and Infantry AT weapons, also suppression or morale.
1" template, why bother you are only going to hit one unit unless you are stacked on top of each other.
No Quick Action Sheet in the book itself.
What I like, intuitive, simple, seems to give decent results, appears very adaptable.
5 characteristics or values to each unit basic building block in the book is a single mini,
1, Type -Infantry, Lt, Hvy or Super Heavy Vehicle.
2. Elan - quality
3. Movement rate
4. Weapon
5. Armored yes or no

Initiative is determined by dicing then Elan 6's go per initiative order then 5's etc etc
Infantry is grouped into squads with a designated leader. Move the leader then group the rest of the squad in cohesion.
Squad to squad shooting is determined from leader to leader. Flunkies die first.
You can do 2 actions each turn, and you can do 2 of the same action however the second time you are penalized.

Everything is D6,
Shooting get a modified 4,5,6 to hit.
Penetration is an opposed modified roll. A heavy tank is +3 defense, and the best penetration bonus is a +1 so good luck.
Each mini can take 2 hits before death.
Winged, Struck, then Killed
It also gets progressively worse as it takes hits.

Our sides were
Earth Force Marines
2 squads of a Leader, 2 riflemen, a heavy laser, and rocket launcher -Elan 5
2 light gunships - Elan 4
1 tank -Elan 4

allied with
Mujhadden
2 squads of a Leader, 3 riflemen, and a rocket. Elan 3
2 mortars Elan 3
2 tanks ELan 4
2 artillery strikes.

VS
Corporation
2 squads of a Leader, 6 riflemen, and a rocket. Elan 5
1 HVY Mech Elan 4
2 Lt gun crabs Elan 3

allied with
2 squads of leader and 14 GIANT ants Elan 3
1 Lt helicopter gunship Elan 4

Considering it was our first game, I was the only person to have read the rules, and I hadn't played it yet either, it went very well. Much better I would say than our last game of Future War Commander, and that was about my 12th game of it, 3rd with those players. Granted Future War Commander is a much more involved game, and i'm sure it will do whatever it is i'm trying to do, However,,,
and anyhow how involved exactly do things need to be.
StarGrunt is probably my favorite system, but the math overwhelms a lot of people. Even though I have a kind of tourettes response to SG dice, blurting out the answer i.e. "2 hits and 3 chances on a D6 for another one." It can get a little taxing. + SG doesn't hold up as well in larger battles, or so everyone says I never tired it.
The point of that diversion, USE ME is not as complex as those other games, and it doesn't necessarily need to be either.
The fact that out of the gate we were able to use, Infantry, gunships, mechs, tanks, mortars, and off board arty says it all.
Now here are some pics from our game, I'll add some captions later.

USE ME

2010-10-02T01:28:00.007-04:00

Got the USE ME rules in the mail today 14 days after ordering, every link of the overseas media mail chain seems to werk

They appear very usable, with the exception of no suppression or morale. I'll probably just use a variation of the Star Grunt suppression system, with attempt to remove suppression an action roll vs Elan rating.

noticed some typos, wanted to notate them somewhere so why not here.

Pg 10-11 Penetration - In the example Tom has a -1 (INF vs Hvy Veh)
Then at the bottom of pg10 it says Tom adds his +1 to each penetration result.
On pg 11 Tom gets a 6 so he could not have had a -1, so where did the +2 come from that gave Tom his +1?

Pg 11 Weapons- minimum range - " and is stated above in brackets."
No it isn't.

Pg 18 Character Points - In the example an INF character is pointed out "for a total of 18 points per character." but then says "a cost of 8 x 5 = 40 per squad of five"

Any chance of a photo of a goatman and a human to get an idea of size?

2010-09-24T20:27:00.002-04:00

Any chance of a photo of a goatman and a human to get an idea of size? Here you go, This is with a GZG IF and a Battle Front german both on the same size base.

Goats and Dogs in space

2010-09-23T16:42:00.004-04:00

Today we have some Irregular Goatmen, and RAFM Vargr. http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/ 5SF34 Space goatman with laser rifle

5SF35 Space goatman with gattling gun heavy weapon 5SF36 Space goatman communications officer 5SF38 Space goatman officer

and the Varger

Orangistan / Mars

2010-08-26T00:17:00.003-04:00

Here is the debut of my new Martian mountains, also as found in Orangistan. + a special WIP image at the bottom. We played a couple 1k point FWC games, in the first which these pics are from Dave rolled me up after my attack stalled out due to failed command rolls. The last stand, In the second game I steam rolled Dave, making a ridiculous # of command rolls Here's a WIP shot, I had chopped up the MDF to use for mountains, and was covering it -w- a blanket, this is much better. FIRST they were painted with a mixture of Gesso and clear acrylic, and covered -w- sand Next they were coated with a wash of clear acrylic, craft paints and ink. and the sand touched up, They don't seem like they are going to "flake" much. gotta love that clear acrylic. Did both sides so...

Land Iron Clads on Hex mat

2010-08-11T14:10:00.003-04:00

Here are some shots of a Land Ironclad game played on 1.5" hexes. I think that it make it and aeronef flow better.

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memorial day weekend AK47 campaign continues

2010-07-11T23:12:00.004-04:00

The Islamic Republic of Mwowm -VS- the "Benevolent" Dictatorship of GPT I'll update it once I get the "Benevolent" Dictator's name from GPT. Any who we played games 3 and 4 in our "campaign" and still are all tied up 2 and 2. Neither of us seems to be able to win whilst attacking. I had a prime chance, but missed it, GPT did not point it out until it was too late. WTF is up w that? So I belive the "Benevolent" Dictatorship is going to drop the "Benevolent" part since Khalif Mwowm's uprising continues to be a thorn in their side. here are some pics benevolent dictator professional unit warlord uprising militia unit A -w- General benevolent dictator militia warlord uprising regular unit mixes it up with armored cars and technicals warlord uprising militia unit B holding objective.

RED CHINESE pulp ARMY in 28mm

2010-04-16T16:32:00.004-04:00

Here's the only thing I've got going in 28mm right now. Just finished off a few pieces had never posted the rest. About 30% done on the over all Red Chinese Pulp Army project,
, acquired all the minis necessary just require paint.
The CHAiRMAN and his energy field other.
Iron Mao -w- General, SMG team & grenadier.
Do or DIes
Do or Dies No shirt
Big Sword Riflemen
Hooded Cultists
robots
Stay tuned, also to feature the insidious Kang, many more hooded cultists, Armored cars, Tanks, and a negative gravity junk. About 30% done on the project, acquired all the minis necessary just require paint.

irregular 2mm

2010-04-03T00:38:00.006-04:00

so i've started this foray into 2mm for Land Ironclads.
it is tiny,
my jury is still out.
here are pics of my first attempts at painting 2mm. enjoy
and as always click the image for a bigger view.

Aeronef Starter Fleets

2010-03-24T15:00:00.007-04:00

Here are my starter pack fleet for Aeronef. First up the Japanese Yakumo Heavy Cruiser Class 2 Akshi Light Cruiser Class 3 3x Nagatsaki Destroyer Class 4 2x Mikasa PartolNef Class 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Followed by the USA

Maryland Cruiser Class 2
2x Brooklyn Destroyer Class 4 2x Decatur Frigate Class 5

2x Saginaw Frigate Class 5

Aeronef

2010-03-05T12:19:00.002-04:00

Well priming makes a big difference, need to add something to the bow.

Aeronef

2010-03-05T01:16:00.004-04:00

Aeronef

... here's my first scratch build 2.5 hours into it. -minus some drying time. inspired by this blog http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/ and making drawings from Tony's drawings of The Japanese Patrol Aeronef Moni.
it's an inch ad a half long more or less. werking off my guesstimate as to how big the minis are.

Aeronef

2010-03-04T02:24:00.003-04:00

So i'm looking to get into that Aeronef game. here's my first scratch build 1.5 hours into it. Don't know if it's the right size or not, just guessing from pics. 1/1200 scale now thats tiny. more as it develops.

GZG Mechanized Infantry Platoon Pack

2010-01-30T18:34:00.010-04:00

V15-PB5 Mechanized Infantry platoon box - 4 x Chariot APCs with various weapon options, plus 4 squads of 15mm SG infantry
as always click the images for a larger view. Here is a project that had stalled out while i tried to come up -w- a cupola MG which never transpired. Finally i gave up on that pipe dream and finished the Chariots off.
My pack consisted of
2 packs SG15-IF1 - Islamic Federation Infantry (helmets)
1 pack SG15-IF2 -Islamic Federation infantry (in keffiyeh)
1 pack SG15-E3 -ESU POWER ARMOUR
2 vanilla Chariot Light APC
and
2 Chariot Light APC with missile or gun turret
I painted up 2 of each. V15-PB5 Mechanized Infantry platoon

Holiday Village

2010-01-18T14:14:00.004-04:00

Well here is something I neglected to post earlier. Presenting Holiday Village. This is the first year for setting up the layout that doesn't involve our actual Christmas tree.

Fall In etc etc

2009-11-14T01:19:00.006-04:00

OK, so yeah here are some things i neglected to post. There are a lot of other things as well some of which can be seen in the Fall In pics but they are complete. Currently my focus is on painting a wall and getting Holiday Village rolling. Which brings me to pics from Fall In. GPT and I had an AK47 rematch of his Hereditary Benevolent Dictatorship -vs- my Warlord Uprising Army. Next are a couple from the Star Grunt game i put on. Which was mysteriously canceled but some unknown when we were scheduled on a table Pete BCC Panzilli or whatever you spell its crew was putting on a mega game and wanted to set up early. hmmmm... Never the less the game went on and fun was had by all. ------------------ Something has crashed near some poppy fields in South Western Orangistan near the border -w- Iranistan. The Mujhaden that control the area are not happy one bit. They've been having enough trouble with Iranistanian bandits crossing the border. The last thing they need or want are the Red Skull and other ODESSA nazis which have taken up residence in the lawless hills coming down to loot the wreckage. "Special Requirements :Mature and have at least read the SG2 rules which are a free download from http://www.groundzerogames.net/ " Here the Mujhaden have stumbled upon a Hitler Clone in the wreckage. End of turn 2 Iranistan truck bomb explodes releasing clouds of low hanging mustard gas. -------- BONUS some pics of my Warlord Uprising Army.

Ariana and the sisterhood

2009-08-26T22:08:00.005-04:00

Here we have Ariana and the sisterhood allies to the Red Skull. I painted just enough so in AK47 terms you have a General Stand -w- Bodyguard -and- enough foot troops for a Professional Unit with the requisite 4 RPGs. Sorry for the bad pics as usual.
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First up Arianna and her staff
She is an Old Glory 15mm superhero and they are Peter Pig They were painted using a red wash over bare metal for the base coat. Next 3 Rebel Minis and a Martin Metals Civilians/staff from Rebel Minis and a token male Liaison from GZG the red dress is also the red wash over bare metal. Some GZG Ladies PeterPig female Hardened Milita more Peter Pig As an added bonus some Rebel Mini scourge painted -w- the red wash over bare metal.

HiSTORiCON 2009 Red Skull -vs- the Haunted Tank

2009-08-05T16:12:00.007-04:00

here are some shots in order from the game we ran at Historicon 2009 the RED SKuLL -vs- The Haunted Tank.
a write up is forthcoming... stay tuned

-Late 1944 NW of Bavarian redoubt
The Americans are closing in on the Red Skull. They have already captured the giant robot factory as well as the science team responsible. Therefore the American Objectives are to Destroy the Giant Robot and kill the Red Skull. The Red Skull wants to activate the Giant Robot, exit it off his board edge and kill allies. Soviets have ventured into the American Zone covertly to steal the Giant Robot and exit it off their board edge. They know that the Americans probably won’t shoot at them if they don’t shoot first. They also know that there has been ufo activity in the area and are on the lookout for any Alien captives or bodies. The Grey Aliens want to capture any/all Human command squad members. There are also Heer that begin the game guarding the Giant Robot and Industrial Zone. more later

Gearing up for AK47

2009-07-24T01:24:00.004-04:00

Getting ready for some AK47, and whatever else requires militia, and what doesn't, etc first out some of the old glory african irregulars, nice, a tad tall but easy to paint. Next an assorted bunch a couple rebel minis, a QRF and a peter pig. rebel mini contractors/ militia command followed by the blobs that are the QRF egyptians. seriously this pack needs to be retired. To show how craptacular they are the last image is full size (click on it)

Step 9 tah dah

2009-06-08T20:38:00.005-04:00

so spray black, flock -w- sand wash -w- ""martian" red" wash glue future wallpaper paste slurry fixative wash some more sand "dry" brush "metal" parts wash -w- ""martian" red" wash matte finish mars

STeP oNE

2009-05-19T15:02:00.002-04:00

Step One some mars terrain, in the making

Red Skull

2009-05-11T15:10:00.004-04:00

preparing for our Historicon Game "The Red Skull -VS- The Haunted Tank" in addition to finishing the varied camo schemes on some Assault Rifle and Panzer Faust wielding FOW minis that got shelved in varying stages of paint, i'm creating a Red Skull. Actually 2 Red Skulls. This is my first attempt at skulpting anything so small. My attempts at skulpting 28mm were failures so I expect the worst. I was pretty happy -w- these until it came to putting the heads that were made to "the same size" as FOW germans on OG Command Decision bodies.
Meh... they'll do.

Hammer's Slammers etc etc++

2009-04-26T23:22:00.004-04:00

Last update for a little, got more painted, but will drop that other shoe when the time is ripe. This time we have everything i've painted for my Hammer's Slammers unit so far, still have a plat of blowers and combat cars as well as a dozen GZG HS on skimmers to do. First - visors up. as you can see I changed basing between the first and second batches. I was doing 15mmx15mm squares, and now i'm doing #10 washers. Also changed basing material and colors somewhat. The #10 ones are a lighter uniform and armor, and use this water base wood putty elmers makes. the squares are darker and use sand for the flocking. In these pictures I like the older (square base) uniform scheme better, but in person the #10 uniforms look better to me. Jury is still out on the flock. The elmers dried up some, so I had to reconstitute it an it became a little more smooth than it used to be. ..and Visors Down ok so here are the auxillery troops, REMFs if you will, sans clamshell and helmet. They will also see duty as Non HammerSlammers REMFs as well. First we have the GZG cap troopers. followed by FOW German bailed tank crews and a couple old RAFM guys i got in a trade. Really like the RAFM guys for supply SGTs next should be the rebel mini earth force marines and QRF alpha and bravo squads...and at some point my collection of 15mm zombies.

QC PLO and Various "east Germans"

2009-04-25T14:36:00.010-04:00

What more pictures??? yea well there are at least 2 more updates after this Hammer's Slammers, Rebel mini earth force marines and QRF SCI FI alpha and bravo teams...
Here we have the low tech element to the Islamic Republic Forces.
First up Quality Castings PLO Followed by QC, Irregular and some other mfg ""modern" "soviets"" or as i like to call them East Germans. They fit well -w- the GZG IF due to the elongated helmet, and doubly so because the QC ones are the same figures as the PLO except with different heads. I got all of the "modern soviets" at one of the HGMSE con fleamarkets. when i started deflashing them i got disgusted at the mostly poor quality and set them aside a few times. They are a prime example of minimalist painting,
1. prime in uniform color - grey
2. flesh - moccasin brown and flesh
3. helmets boots and "wood" - moccasin brown
4. web gear -Basil
5. weapon metal -black.

wash with my unpatented slurry of clear accrylic floor polish, black india ink, earth brown acrylic paint, and water.
tah dah.
problem is I still have as many more to paint, mostly support weapons for the "east Germans" oh and i did paint a lot more of them than pictured here this is just a smattering for flavor. Another "funny" thing (or not) as i was sorting through the bag to figure out what i wanted to use, it became apparent that this bag of figures were the cast offs of someone else putting together a "modern soviet" force. When I was finished with them I gave them to a friend who sorted through the cast off cast offs to put together his own "modern soviet" force. Now the cast off, cast off, cast offs or 3x++ refused figures are a sorry lot and if i used casualty figures instead of Star Grunt II skull chits they would be hammered into those.

buy the ticket take the ride.

Yet More...

2009-04-24T22:38:00.004-04:00

Ok the last of the pics i took today. That natural sunlight really blasts the gama. first up QRF air assault FOW bailed german tank crews and QRF scifi civilians these were painted up in these colors to represent
Pilots- orange and red
and crew - yellow and blue
other colors are non technical civilians
Martian Metals

"stuff" i neglected to add to my "blog"

2009-04-24T14:32:00.007-04:00

Yea so i've neglected to add a bunch of stuff i've painted, so here goes a shotgun approach to adding things. First up 15mmUK greys and automons I've made up rules for StarGrunt for the different Grey Units if you want them, just email and ask. Grey HQ

Grey Teleportation unit

Grey Mind Control unit

Grey Head Hunters

Automons

So yea that MACRO really shows some flaws that I totally miss -w- eyeball. Oh well such is life, they are done. The Automons were painted using the strictly washes over bare metal -w- red daubs for eyes.
...as always click for a larger view.
Coming Soon Martian Metals, QRF, Rebel Minis and Quality Castings.

BIO warfare ZoMBiE Killers

2009-01-02T23:50:00.003-04:00

Inspired by the movie "The Crazies" and http://www.rebelminis.com/ 15MM SAS packs I present the BIO warfare ZoMBiE Killers noticed I didn't paint the view ports on the APCs while editing the pics. DOH

chukoVTOL

2008-11-02T01:25:00.003-04:00

The CHUKov VanTraktor werks proudly presents the chukoVTOL The first chukoVTOLs have hovered off the CHUKov VanTraktor Werks assembly lines. Using lessons learned in the manufacturing of the successful CHukov Truk or APC model one. popular for it's ruggedness and no nonsense modular reality , put to wings. features a hover skirt, rectangular rear drop gate, Vertical Take Off / Landing capabilities.

CHuKoV VTOL craft prototype Mk1

2008-09-23T09:20:00.002-04:00

CHuKoV VTOL craft prototype Mk1 Straight off of the CHUKOVvanTRAKToR WeRKs assembly lines we have the first prototype of the CHuKOV VTOL technology craft.

Note the Hover skirt allowing an air cushion landing. The final model will feature a type drop gate door. Each square is 5mm. the CHuKoV VTOL craft prototype Mk1

MGs made from disposable razor covers

2008-07-18T23:07:00.002-04:00

Here are some MGs made from disposable razor covers. One of the hopper hinges is missing due to them having been in a box for a while; yet another project on the backburner heating the tar to pave the superhighway to hell of my good intentions.

"sovietesque" SMG platoon

2008-07-14T23:25:00.003-04:00

GPT gave me some of his Command Decision Soviet extras so i painted them up to be a platoon of low tech militia or security forces or some such for StarGrunt, Metal Storm whatever. Note the non traditional uniform color. The spray can cap looked much more less red more brown sort of like the color the smg stocks are, but hey i wasn't about to strip them and start over. ... and now they are done, and that is what is important. Command Squad Squad 1 Squad 2 Squad 3 ---The command squad has a LMG -w- assistant, ATR team, 2 sappers, the CO and 2 more guys. Every other squad has a LMG, ATR team, 4 SMG troopers and a leader. Figure i can use the ATRs as snipers or... ------------------------------------- AS ALWAYS CLICK THE IMAGES FOR A LARGER VIEW.

GZG scale creep

2008-07-13T14:52:00.003-04:00

Got the new GZG packs, and was disappointed to see how much larger teh figures have gotten. Sure the detail is better, but come on! the new kneeling figure is as tall as the old standing figure.

Rebel Mini Spetnaz

2008-04-21T23:58:00.004-04:00

Picked up some Rebel Mini 15mm's at Cold Wars. The red ops 5 battle box and a couple packs of spetnaz. I wanted the spetnaz to add support weapons to a 50 bag of OG guys -w- M16s and berets. The Spetz come 12 to a pack for $6.50 3 ea of 3 poses 2-w- AK's, 1 -w- RPK. Also 2 rocket launchers and a guy -w- a pistol, (i'll probably paint a red cross n his bag and make him a medic)
Since i'm planning on using these for Star Grunt 2 they are painted -w- a generic black uniform -w- a "urban cammo"smock and a red beret. The idea being the red beret guys are like the red shirts in Star Trek. Generic support troopers -w- no extra gear to help them survive such as body armor.
Over all i'm happy -w- them, a couple of the minis were poor casts but salvageable, the worst is pictured below separate from the group shot. They are a little tall, closer to 18 than 15mm as are the zombies however the special forces figures from the Red Ops 5 battle box look to be true 15mm's???
I noticed on the Rebel Minis site, http://www.rebelminis.com that the zombies are sculpted by Rodrick Campbell who also did the ATZ zombies that i also have and are 18mm. The 18mmish Spetz are credited to Tony Aldrich, but the 15mm Special Forces have no credit listed.
Whats the point of all this verbiage? None really, wanted to post the pics, thought it needed some sort of descriptive text to accompany same.
Would i buy more rebel minis? Sure why not, they are a little tall, but they are doing stuff no one else is, that i know of, and at a good price. AND AS ALWAYS click the image for a larger view.

CHUKov VANTRAKTOR werks 03

2008-03-27T11:14:00.002-04:00

1st prototypes off the production line

CHUKov VANTRAKTOR werks 002

2008-03-25T00:15:00.003-04:00

Labor continues at the CHUKov VANTRAKTOR werks

GPTs GZG NSL part 3 "completed"

2008-03-18T23:10:00.003-04:00

here they are in all their 7 colors of craft paint glory

base -lawn furniture green "satin"
flesh
light grey
basil
yellow + 2nd coat of glow in the dark orange -visor
slurry of brown + left over above that mixed together when i dropped my "wet pallet"
dark blue grey

of course that doesn't count the clipboard which would also add color 8 white. or the brown black blue wash.

and as always click the images for bigger views.

CHUKov VANTRAKTOR werks 001

2008-03-18T11:46:00.002-04:00

the CHUKov VANTRAKTOR werks have been running overtime preparing prototypes for the HoverVehicle CHUKov VANTRAKTOR werks or HVCVW.

GPTs GZG NSL part 2

2008-03-16T00:58:00.002-04:00

One color to go (gark grey) then wash then floc then matte

HoVER APC prototypes part 2

2008-03-14T11:15:00.003-04:00

back from the drawing board. decided on 2 types of skirts, single layer for normal lifting, 2 layer for heavy loads

GPTs GZG NSL part 1

2008-03-13T11:46:00.002-04:00

painting up some GZG NSL for GPT as a present here they are primer + 1 color and flesh. painting up some GZG NSL for GPT as a present here they are primer + 1 color and flesh.

HoVER APC prototypes

2008-03-13T09:22:00.002-04:00

test models 1 and 2. -w-w gzg and command decision 15's test 1 7+5mm skirt 25mm tall cabin, 60mm long test 2 7+3mm skirt, 20mm tall cabin, 50mm long both vehicles are 25mm wide at the bottom and 20mm wide at the top. testing 123 is this thing on...

GZG islamic federation

2008-02-23T17:59:00.007-04:00

Latest distraction is Star Grunt, there are actually people here that play it as opposed to FOW which i've been unable to find local opponents. STRANGE AS THAT MAY SEEM.
Here are some pics of my GZG 15mm Islamic Federation troops. They just need basing,~

TwENTY sEvEN

2008-01-06T15:22:00.000-04:00

latest project 6 Old Glory command decision BMW motorcycles -w- side cars. The LMGs are left over from all the 251 AA mgs that were too fragile to survive handling. Probably shouldn't have given them all lmgs, but hey once you start something it is sometimes hard to notice until it is too late. as usual the macro setting really shows the shame. In my defense they are pretty shitty models.

xmas o7

2008-01-03T00:27:00.000-04:00

here are some pics from our train layout for xmas. we see an ORK armored train car by GPT and some evil snowmen attacking the residents of christmas village enjoy and as always click the pics for larger images.

where has the time gone.

2007-12-12T15:19:00.000-04:00

Hey; as if anyone really reads this. update coming soon, lot of water under many bridges. Moved, finished a few projects, abandoned a couple more, started some new ones as well. could i be more vague...

TWENTY SiX

2007-07-11T19:39:00.000-04:00

offered to make some terrain for Scenario Brian is running at Historicon.
4 - 1Base size huts.
to make the woven mat sides i glued the priority mail box to some textured cloth. Hope to have them done by Sun. Currently they are drying after a coat of a slurry of clear acrylic, white glue, powdered wall paper paste and some water to make it less gel like.

TwENTY FivE -- - TREEs

2007-07-10T11:55:00.000-04:00

TREES terrain crazy, this is th estate of vegetation 070907

as always click the image for a better view.

WIRE and PUTTY and FLOK TREES and SHRUBS SCREW and PUTTY and fine floked SCRUBBER DISK TREES woodland scenics REALISTIC TREES. SCRUBBER HEDGE ROWs w.i.p. SCRUBBER HEDGE ROWs w.i.p.

TWENTY FoUR

2007-06-23T23:38:00.001-04:00

so here are some werds. i need to update my list etc, have not done so due to massive building in prep for GPT visit which is now sadly over. During the "big push" i built
1 1 base "church" white building
2 2 story 4.5 base "industrial" buildings (mirror images of each other)
3 .5 base aka "team" base sheds
approx 20 trees
6 KO'd vehicle markers
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2 grilles -w- crew
1 8.8cm puppchen AT option for my CO HQ
2 kubel wagens --------------------------- whew...
so my armored panzer grenadier company is mostly complete except decals, etc etc. however i am very close to having a complete 15/20mm "town".
in addition to those listed above i have previously built
3 3 story "row" haus
1 2 story mid east esque building
2 1 story 1 base houses
SO i feel i need...
1 factory
1 dorm 60mm x 100mm
combo set of similar
1 2 story store 60x60
2 2 story row haus 40x60
1 2 or 3 story administration building ( which i plan to make a sort of quadrangle -w- a 40x40 core -w- 40x40 quads -w- a 100 x 100 2nd and possibly 3rd level)
more trees and more explosions
so i've started 18 trees and 7 explosions

TweNTY ThREE

2007-06-22T15:12:00.001-04:00

Battle 4 was not fought to it's completion, however i had just routed all the soviet infantry as seen in the last pic.

TwENTY TWo

2007-06-20T09:04:00.001-04:00

Battle 3 GPT had given me a Tiger 1 so i thought it only appropriate for him to fight it. Battle 3 was mission 3 hold the line -w- the Tiger in ambush. Note in the last picture as the soviet infantry swarm past the Tiger trying to get out of it's way.

TwENTY oNE

2007-06-19T16:33:00.000-04:00

Battle 2 soviet victory. Battle 2 soviet victory.

TWeNTY

2007-06-18T13:05:00.000-04:00

GPT was down with his soviet tankov horde. Here are some images from our first of 4 battles. This came down to a duel between a grille -vs- battalion commander T34. Stormtrooper move victory. Battle One

NiNTEEN

2007-06-04T14:41:00.000-04:00

gesso, i read some articles about using gesso to prime. Got some black at Hobby Lobby 40% off coupon. These pic's are the result. Was impressed enough to get a tub of white also 40% off coupon and plan on tinting it to first coat prime. Jury is still out.

EiGHTEEN

2007-05-29T09:00:00.000-04:00

Well i've moved away from the list i started with, adding more options/tangents etc. If you look at the 3610 list on Brian's campaign "blog" you can see where i'm heading. . But here are table ready... Stug G's ,Tiger 1, sdkfz 222 and 223 patrol as always click the images for larger views.

SEvENTEEN

2007-05-23T17:34:00.000-04:00

So here are the finished hauses. I may repaint the doors maybe not. Pretty happy -w- how they came out. Next time i would have the gable be attached to the side wall instead of the roof. Also shown here are primed StuG G's and Tiger 1.

SiXTEEN

2007-05-17T23:15:00.000-04:00

i've started a "blog" for the campaign we are fighting. Check out the link to the right. Also werking on some more terrain. Here are some WIP images of the new 1FOW base houses. The applying the siding image didn't come out too good but you get the idea (maybe) This last pic shows the unprimed "finished" product, -w- some super easy glue clump flock to a primed washer "trees"

FiFTEEN

2007-05-06T17:35:00.000-04:00

To Flock or Not to Flock... After applying a wash to my infantry stands i'm debating whether to flock them or not. The Jury is still out. Here are my Platoon Commanders.. Here are some platoons.. This is my Mortar HQ and Spotter Team..

FoURTEEN

2007-05-02T23:33:00.000-04:00

making a 223 out of a 222. The OG 222 pack comes -w- 3 222's, but an armored car patrol is 2x 222s and 1x 223. A 223 is the same chassis as a 222 but has an MG instead of the 20mm + MG, and an antenna. I think it has a different turret, but close enough for my purposes. Step one was easy glue a MG in the main gun spot. Step B manufacture an antenna, this was a little more difficult. Here we see it held together -w- superglue gel. i'll reinforce it -w- green stuff after it sets up. Here we are after being reinforced -w- Tamiya's version of green stuff. Yes it is not 100% historically accurate, but i'm satisfied -w- it .

THiRTEEN

2007-04-27T16:30:00.000-04:00

Well the MF'n can of clear coat i got was gloss even though the cap was MATTE! So instead of being almost complete they need some touch up. In addition to being gloss it went on like SH!T as well.

TWELvE

2007-04-24T09:21:00.000-04:00

Ok, progress! complete company of Panzer Grenadiers based including all COs, also CO and spotter for mortars. Next step will be to complete the bases and on to the tanks hurrah. No sun today so not so good pics.

ELEvEN

2007-04-23T14:44:00.000-04:00

Here is the current progess. Everytime i think i've painted enough troops i find that it is short a couple figures.