Adventures on the Wargames Table

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!

The Bristol Biguns Star Wars Legion campaign is up and running! Organised by David Clark (thank you), there are a group of us who keen to get gaming in the Star Wars universe. I’m a relative newcomer to this game and Rob even more so, hence the title. The first game is a 500 point skirmish. I have Galactic Empire led by General Veers whilst Rob has Rebels led by Luke Skywalker. The view from my side, Stormtroopers, Death Troopers and some Scouts. Thanks to Paul for valuable assistance with getting the list together. Rob has pushed one rebel squad far forward in the centre supported by an AT-RT with Luke not far behind. During the first turn I concentrated the bulk of my shooting on the rebel walker and very nearly destroyed it, before blasting it to pieces at the start of turn two. Luke suffered a similar fate during turns two and three … it’s tough to deflect HH-12 shells with a light sabre. To be fair, Rob’s dice rolling, especially with the white D6 armour dice, was terrible! The mi...

My good friend Paul has been steadily building a large collection of beautifully painted miniatures for Star Wars Legion, mainly Rebels and Droids plus a few special characters.  I visited last weekend and had a fab time with Paul and the lovely Mrs MB eating lots of tasty food, going for walks along the coast and, of course, getting in some games of Star Wars Legion.  It's a brilliant game!  So brilliant that I've now got my own collection under way (thanks mate).  In the meantime here's a few pics of Paul's fantastic models. C-3P0, Luke and R2-D2 Chewie, Han and Leia Rebel Commandos (Sniper Team) Rebel Troopers Rebel AT-RT Rebel Speeder FD Laser Cannon Medium Blaster More Rebel Troopers May the force be with you!