Adventures on the Wargames Table

Our D-Day campaign marches on! Game Four is loosely based on scenario three from the Chain of Command supplement Kampfgruppe von Luck, entitled "Attacking the Corridor of Death". The Germans have gained the upper hand after driving in the Paras forward positions during game three of our campaign. For this game Orange Dave would be starching his upper lip, waxing his moustache and commanding the Paras. The Germans would soon be heading in to the heart of Le Bas de Ranville. Here's the map from TFL's supplement. My own take on it is slightly different; mainly because it was easier to find the church than dig out other buildings! Anyway, I think it looks okay. Dave has deployed half his force on the table, although (very sensibly) you can only see the odd figure. He placed his mortar behind the church with the spotter in the stone barn. As they lost the last game, the Paras could only fortify one building rather than two, so Dave chose the old cafe. This ...

Yes, the re-basing continues. Here's a couple of officer types (Curteys Miniatures) riding through the desert. It's not all re-basing though! Here's the next batch of Legion ready for some varnish. Wanted to post these as with the holiday season fast approaching they'll have to wait a little while for their shields ;o) Cheerio!

A while back I looked at re-basing my Romans to give them a more sandy-based theme. I've now also decided to give them magnetic bases to make storage easier. So I needed to add suitable movement trays. Here's the next unit, 14 Auxiliaries. I'd like to offer a little tip about making movement trays... In the past I've bough them ready assembled and then trimmed steel 'paper' to fit inside, then added texture to the edge. However, sometimes this has resulted in a badly fitting, slightly wonky, piece of steel 'paper' (which just annoys me) or perhaps the texture has strayed within the bounds of the tray. Not a big deal to fix but here's my new approach. Buy the trays unassembled, that is (as shown below) the rim is left unglued. If you already have the trays then it's simple to slide a modelling knife between the rim and base - just take it steady! Next, cut a piece of steel 'paper' that is slightly larger than the tray base. I ...