Adventures on the Wargames Table

I recently hosted friends Colin and Bill for a spot of ACW using the Sharp Practice rules. Here's a few pics of a very entertaining game as the Rebs ambush Union wagons. The Union camp. Rebel cavalry attempt to turn a flank! The Rebs moving up Plenty of musketry! Most of the figures and all of the scenery from my own collection. Wagons and tents by Colin.

The Wargames Table has moved to the Outer Rim but the fun hasn't stopped! Good chum Orange Dave has taken advantage of the brief hobby hiatus to lure me back to gaming in the Dark Ages. I have very fond memories of our games of a few years back and look forward to enjoying lots more fun.

Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me (thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to paint using a range of Americana browns. I haven’t based them as I want to be able to use them in a variety of scenic settings. They’re from Paul’s Modelling Workshop and definitely recommended. Thanks for looking!

Quick post! A large, ongoing scenery project requires an extra couple of pantile gates, by Charlie Foxtrot Models , so here they are. Made a nice change from all the recent sci-fi stuff. Painted as per all my other Mediterranean scenery. The gates are primed in black and painted using a range of Americana paints: Bittersweet Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Honey Brown and Bleached Sand. Thanks for looking.

Most of my sci-fi terrain is sand themed so I decided to do something a bit different, hence the urban / concrete theme of these pieces. The building is from Blotz (highly recommended!), from their Middle Eastern range, with one of their space doors. The dish laser is from GF9. The crates etc are a mix of Legion Priority Supplies and TTcombat resin. The building was given a rough coat of masonry paint before painting. Recipe is Dark Grey (B&Q Lousville emulsion, similar to VMC German Grey), then successively lighter highlights of VMC Neutral Grey, Foundry Slate light, Foundry Austrian White light and pure white. NB: for figure bases, the recipe will be VMC Grey Green, Neutral Grey, White Grey. Here's a couple more Blotz buildings I have on the go. To add interest I've used some of the more interesting shapes left over from the MDF "sprue".

With plenty of Galactic Empire completed it was time to turn my attention to the Rebels. Here are my test models. As with most new collections of troops, I tend to start by painting only a few so as to quickly get a handle on what paints, techniques, etc to use. Recipe is: Grey primer Skin - Foundry Flesh mid (or Foundry Night Sky mid for the Duros) Helmet - VMC Stone Grey Jacket & Gaiters - VMC Russian Green Shirt - Foundry Buff Leather mid Trousers - Foundry Rawhide mid Backpack - either VMC Stone Grey or Foundry Spearshaft shade Boots & straps etc - either Black or Foundry Bay Brown shade Helmet ‘band’ - Foundry Conker Brown shade Weapons - black Wash with thinned GW Agrax then highlights of base colour followed by lighter Foundry triad shade(s) or simply the base mixed with a little Foundry Boneyard light. The red band on the helmet is the unit identifier, so for other units I’ll use dark green or blue, etc. May the force be with you!