Happy New Year to all of you using the Gregorian Calendar. To all of you Mayans, a belated happy new year to you too (I hope you all, like me, had a good chuckle). And a happy... whatever... early or late... to anyone else celebrating anything else soon-ish or recently!
This is that obligatory post about what I did this last year and what I plan to do this year…
Looking at my BGG
Stats, once again the game I played most was Savage Worlds – 31 games
– a bit more that once every other week – which is good and bad. Good because…
well… hey, I played 31 games! Not-so-good because most of the year I
theoretically had TWO weekly games scheduled (one on Friday afternoon with the
kids and some other homeschoolers, and the Saturday evening “big kids” game)…
and more than half were cancelled for one reason or another.
Many of those games were
chronicled over at Savage
Timmy’s Playhouse. At the
beginning of the year we were still trying to get through the Dragonlance
campaign (both groups were playing the campaign) but that ground to a halt
fairly early in the new year. I think I took a bit of a break from both
campaigns through spring and/or summer and then tried to get a new Cthulhu game
going for the “big kids” on Saturday night… we started At
Your Door in July, but by December had only played seven sessions,
covering about a week or two of the campaign in game time.
In the fall I tried to get a
game going with the kids and other homeschoolers – trying a Greek Myth Campaign
and a Supers Campaign but only managed to get in a game or two of each.
Other games I played a lot of
were DBA and HOTT. The DBA was in the first two months or so. I was play
testing the current playtest versions of DBA 3.0 and then ran a Dark Ages Camapign in February for the 8th
Annual Wargames Birthday Bash weekend (well it was the 8th Annual
Bash… only three or four of them were extended into full weekend mini-cons).
The HOTT games were mostly
leading up to (and including) the HOTT Summer 2012 Campaign in June… after that…?
Looking back at the Original
Game Plan 2012 I’d planned to do the DBA and HOTT campaigns and then
planned on running the Battle
of Queenston Heights in October. That never happened. The idea
fizzled in the early weeks of 2012 as I was painting up a storm for Curt’s
2nd Annual Winter Painting Challenge when I really should
have been sculpting the figures I’d planned to sculpt and paint for the battle.
I suppose I could have just BOUGHT the figures I needed and painted them…
Anyway, after the time the DBA campaign was over I posted an updated Game
Plan 2012 – Second Quarter which had more or less abandoned the
Queenston Heights plan….
I’d also planned to play a bunch of Board
Games in 2012. I played none of those. Infact the only board games I
played all year were Avatar:
The Board Game (a gift form my pal “Other Tim”) and The
Hobbit ( a gift from Terry)
– both of which I played with the kids about three times each – and Apples
to Apples Kids (on that I actually bought myself), again, played with
the kids… hopefully we’ll play that some more now that Keira is getting better
at reading and won’t need OTHER people to play.
Hopefully I’ll get around to playing
a few more Board Games this year…
After the DBA and HOTT campaigns
I’d been privately planning new campaigns. At one point I’d floated the idea of
running a Greek City State campaign for the 2013 game weekend… but that quickly
fizzled as not one person I’d sent out the idea to even bothered to respond.
Someday I will revisit this idea. Over the last year I’ve acquired enough minis
for four or five historical DBA Greek Hoplite armies – plus I have another four
armies that could be used; Skythian and Thracian, as well as some Amazons and
Centaurs (if we were to play a “semi-historical” campaign – by
“semi-historical” I mean we’d use DBA with historical opponents lists but the
Amazons and Centaurs would be proxies – the Amazons would likely be fielded
using the Thracian list and the Centaurs would be Skytians…). My hope was that
I’d get at least two or three people to make their OWN damn armies and then we
could have a really BIG campaign (Jackson’s already got one!). Maybe next year…
I’d also floated the idea of an
ongoing campaign to a few people – a campaign where we’d meet once a week and
play out a season or two of a campaign. But we couldn’t seem to find a day that
would work for anyone, so that idea fizzled too… I may revisit it again this year…
or next year… What worked reasonably well in the past was having the heads of
state (the players deciding where armies would move) play by email, and games
of any battles that occurred were played by whoever happened to show up that
week. At this point I could simply recruit my kids to play the battles with me.
So when I’m ready to look at HOTT or BDA again, that’s a possibility…
By the end of the HOTT Summer
Campaign I’d more or less abandoned all previous plans and was casting about
for something new… Besides the DBA/HOTT campaign planning already mentioned I
started painting a lot of Great War and Modern stuff through the summer – along
with a bunch and ancient/mythical Greek stuff, and a smattering of WW2 items.
The modern stuff was initially for the planned Savage Worlds/Cthulhu campaign
and the Great War stuff was part of a renewed interest in the Great War. I’d
even Revisited
the Vimy Project and even got
soeme work done on the terrain. By the fall I hadn’t gotten in any
games with my newly painted Great War
figures and gave up on the HOTT/DBA campaigns and so I abandoned
painting that stuff and carried on with Modern subjects.
I’ve been increasingly
dissatisfied with using Savage Worlds for modern skirmish games – by “modern” I
mean pretty much anything Great War and beyond. Don’t get me wrong I still LOVE
Savage Worlds for role-playing and heroic, pre-modern-era skirmishing. But
around the Great War – and a bit before it in some places, and certainly ever
since – warfare has changed
dramatically – going from headlong charges against an enemy to sneaking about
from cover to cover… firing from concealed positions…. And motivating troops to
move or even fired from cover is the real challenge for the modern low-level
leader in a skirmish situation. I just don’t think Savage Worlds effectively
modeled that. I’d been thinking of various ways to add some “realism” to Savage
Worlds, but then decided to have a look at a newer set of rules.
Now one of the things I really
love about Savage Worlds is that it can be used for pretty much anything. I
hate reading rules. Hate. Not “dislike”. Hate. I also have a terrible memory
and can’t keep things straight in my head, so I like the idea of rules that can
be used for many periods. I’ve more or less reduced the number of games I play
to a small handful. For mass battles from the dawn of armies right up to the
Napoleonic era I’m totally happy with DBA. After the Napoleonic era up until
the Second World War I use Ever Victorious Armies/Contemptible Little armies
(or rather my own mash-up which I usually call Ever Contemptible Victorious
Little Black Powder Armies of Doom!). From the Second World War on I’ve used
Blitzkrieg Commmander and Cold War Commander (though I haven’t actually PLAYED
any large scale battles in those periods for years). For ALL skirmish gaming I
used Savage Worlds – that’s only four sets of rules I’d ever have to remember!?
Yay! I digress.
A few of the blogs I follow had
been posting some pretty interesting reviews and battle reports of Ambush Alley
and Force on Force and so I looked into that a bit more and liked what I read
about in reviews and broke down and picked up a copy (I also picked up a copy
of the newly released Bolt
Action around the same time –
mostly due to the rather exciting reviews and AARs over at the
Fawcett Avenue
Conscripts blog, but I haven’t
really had a look at it yet). Force on Force pretty much had everything I was
looking for in a modern skirmish game. It shared some of the mechanics and the
feel of Savage Worlds – but had a lot of clever new ideas that addressed the
things I thought was missing in much better ways than I was considering. I’ve
since picked up a bunch of the expansion books (Cold
War Gone Hot, Bush Wars, Ambush
Valley, Enduring Freedom, and Tomorrow’s
War). I think FoF would do well
for WW2 as well, but I haven’t really tried it yet….
I got in six games of Force on
Force and one game of Tomorrow’s War in the closing months of 2012. I plan on
playing a lot more of that this coming year. I’m pretty stoked about the
announcement of a second edition of Ambush
Z.
I painted a lot on 2012. Painted
a lot more than I played. Sometimes I got to wondering If I’d EVER get to play
with some of the figures I’d painted.
SO… 2013…
I guess the first thing I should
really get working on is a plan for the 9th Annual Wargaming
Birthday Bash! At this point I really have no serious plan. I’m not even sure
if It’ll be a weekend of gaming or just an evening game on my birthday. I guess
it’ll depend on who’s available.
Options…
#1 Weekend Campaign.
This would be the weekend of
22-24 February and would very likely be a skirmish campaign of sorts likely
using Force on Force.
I ran a very successful skirmish
campaign in my pre-blog days using a campaign from an old Wargames Illustrated.
I think the article had been called “All Quiet on the Chechen Front” and was
originally written, obviously, for a modern campaign set in Chechnya. The
system could be used for ANY modern (or even not-so-modern) setting. I had used
if for a WW2 game. The basic idea is that the campaign is set on a “quiet”
section of the line, which is more or less static while the main battle rages
on elsewhere. Each side has a platoon holding their respective section of the
line and is in the line for three days. The campaign has six turns (three day,
three night). The players are given mission for each turn and have to manage
their assets through the six campaign turns.
So I could use the “All Quiet”
campaign or just some sort of linked scenario narrative campaign…
Of course if AAG got their
second edition of Ambush Z out by then – with a campaign system for the Zombie
Apocalypse… that might end up being what we’d play…
#2 Weekend Mini-Con
In previous years I’ve run a
series of different games over a weekend. The nice thing about this is that
participants don’t have to show up for the entire weekend if they’re busy with
other things (which people often are…). I could potentially even get others to
run one of the games (but I probably won’t – I do like running games…). I could
even get in some Boardgaming…
#3 One Big Game
This might be one evening or
afternoon over the weekend or could just be on the Monday (the 25th
– my actual birthday). Could be anything….
So I guess the question is:
Who would be available for an
entire weekend of gaming (or part of a weekend…) and would you be interested in
a skirmish campaign of some sort or a variety of games?
AFTER THAT?
I like the idea of organizing a
few big events spread throughout the year – February (the birthday/game
weekend), and maybe somthign in June and October. The idea is to have a bigger
project to work towards to keep focused – but not so far away that I might lose
focus (the next project only being, at most, 4 months away if I were on the
Feb-June-Oct cycle). I’m not sure anything is going to happen THIS summer
though… We’re planning some major renovations to our house, and while I’m not
doing them all myself (we’re hiring people) the house will likely be in a state
of total chaos in June. The preceding months will also likely be somewhat
chaotic – which would make it difficult to plan and prepare for some event.
October, however… The house
stuff SHOULD be done midsummer… Should… It will probably drag on through most
of the summer… but by fall I should have time to focus on something… There is
ToonCon 2013 at the
end of September… I think I’ll just plan to run something there, but I’m not
even going to commit to, or even think about, WHAT exactly I’m going to run there until spring - as plans
and interests could easily shift between now and then…
FOR NOW?
I’m planning on continuing with
Modern stuff (including ZOMBIES!?). I’d like to finish up a few WW2 things as
well…
Here’s some of the stuff I’d
like to work on this year… (and maybe even GAME with!?)
Modern Americans
I have a full platoon of Modern
USMC from Eureka Miniatures. I’ve Finished
One Squad and a
Platoon Command Team, but I have two squads yet to finish up. I also
have two plastic, 1/48 scale M1 tanks and two “1/48” LAV-25 to build up for
support (the LAVs look like they might be a bit bigger than 1/48!?). I’s also
like to pick up a pair of Imprint
Models AAVP-7A1 at some point to ferry them about….
I have a handful of other modern
Americans – mostly “rangers” that I’ll paint in three-color Desert camouflage…
They’re not a huge priority…
Modern British
I more or less have the Infantry
finished for a platoon, but I have two more Warrior MCVs to finish (one needs
painting, the other needs to be assembled and painted) – and I could pick up
one more if I wanted a full strength platoon of four – and I have two (or
three) plastic, 1/48 scale Challengers to paint up (I have two made by one
company and a third made by another and they donn’t quite match up… so I likely wouldn’t ever use them
together…).
I can’t really think of anything
I’d like to add to this force… maybe a WMIK or Jackal…?
This doesn’t include the modern
SAS that I have… though I have finished the SAS
in Desert DPM, I also have an equal number of SAS to be painted in
Temperate DPM. (Yes, I know this is insane… but I picked them up at bargain
prices… and I am a sucker for a “good deal”).
And then there’s the handful of
Royal Marines…
Modern Germans
I have enough Eureka Germans for
a modern Panzer Grenadier Platoon. I also have a few 1/48 Marders (I have two
and a third in the mail…). I’d like to pick up a Leopard 2 (or two) for
additional conventional support.
Modern/Cold War Russians/Soviets
I have a smattering of late Cold
War Soviet and more Modern Russian stuff.
The VDV (Air Assault Troops) I
have are definitely more “Cold War” I only have about a section of them – made
up of Mongrel Miniatures
- painted in KLMK camo. I also have a pair of Revell 1/48 Hind D Helicopters to
assemble and paint. The number of infantry I have would just fit into the two
machines and could be used for surgical strike missions. I would like to fill
out a platoon of these at some point. Unfortunately the make-up of the packs
isn’t conducive to filling out anything close to the TO&E… to get the
requisite AKs and Machine-guns, I’d end up with a company’s (or even
battalion’s) worth of designated marksmen armed with Dragunov sniper rifles?!
I’s also like ot pick up a few BMD form Sloppy Jalopy.
They’d be fun for spearheading the assault on North America in Red Dawn (the
original!) inspired scenarios…
I also have a few Motor Rifle
troops – they’d be late Cold War Soviet/Early Modern Russian. They’re mostly
from The Assault
Group, but I have a few Mongrel ones (which are more Cold War-ish).
I’d like to fill out a Platoon of Cold War types at some point (more Mongrel
figures). As I mentioned I have three BTR-60s and a pair of T-72s. If I wanted
to fill out a more modern force I could pick up some BMP-3 or T-80/90 from
Imprint
Models… but that’s not really a priority…
Cold War British
I recently picked up close to a
platoon of Cold War British. I finished up the First
Section last week. I need to pick up a few more machineguns to fill
out the platoon (probably easiest to buy a British
Support Weapon Pack from Gripping Beast as to get more mongel ones
would mean getting whole bunch of surplus guys with FNs… just because of the
make up of their packs…). I’d really like to pick up some FV-432s
from Sloppy Jalopy to ferry these about on the battlefield… of course
they could also see action in the Falklands (where they wouldn’t really need
the APCs – but could do with a Scorpion!). Some Saxons
might be fun too for some internal security missions… Very Cold War British
Civil War and all that…
Speaking of the Falklands, though, I could also do with a
few more Cold War British Special Ops types (SAS or RM Mountain and Arctic
Warfare Cadre)..
Cold War Argentines
Speaking further of the
Falklands… I don’t’ have any in 28mm. I’d like to pick up a platoon worth from
Gripping Beast for some Falklands skirmishing.
Modern/Cold War Africans
I recently picked up and painted
some Eureka Rhodiesians
(I have another stick to finish) and ZANLA,
but I have no real interest in gaming the war in Rhodesia… I thought I’d take
the AK-47
Republic approach and to my modern African gaming in the fictional
African nation of Timbogo (which I have been using since I played AK-47
Republic. So those ZANLA troops will be regulars from the Peoples Revolutionary
Army of Timbogo (P.R.A.T.). I’ve also done some Federal
Army of the Republic of Timbogo regulars (F.A.R.T.). I have a few
militia to finish up that could be used for either side…. Of course any of the
other moderns I have could easily intervene on one side or the other… I have
some Die-cast BTR-60s and plastic T-72 models to finish up that could be used
to support one side or the other. Any other Cold War vehicles I pick up could
be used here as well… especially Soviet equipment.
Modern/Cold War Afghans
Like the Africans I’d rather do
my modern Central Asian wargaming in a fictional nation of Burkhaderkastan
(Inspired by the Derkaderkastan of Team
America: World Police). I have a handful of Afghan/Burkhaderk
irregulars finished and about 30 more to paint. I also recently picked up about
30 used Syrian Commandos that I thought I might use as Burkhaderk regulars. I
could also use the old Soviet Equipment here as well…
Modern/Cold War Central/South
American
While I was pondering modern
imagi-nations I thought: “Why not a generic South/Central American country for
some low-level skirmishing against guerillas or Drug Cartels?” So I picked up
some figures meant to be Americans in vietnam wearing soft hats to paint up in
Woodland camo and pass off as US-backed South/Central American government
troops (I painted
a sample a few weeks back). I have about a platoon of these to paint
– from a variety of manufacturers… but I’m not sure what to use as guerillas…
Vietcong in soft hats I suppose… To start with, however, I have plenty of armed
civilian types that I could use at thugs for various Drug Lords…
What were the counties Tintin
went to…? San Theodoros and Nuevo-Rico?
Zombies
After that last
batch I finished up I think I was done about half of the 120 odd
Zombies I currently have. I have a dozen or so on the go that I hope to finish
up by this weekend.
I also ordered some plastic
zombies from Wargames Factory. I know, I know… you long time followers are
thinking “Did Tim fall and hit his head? He HATES plastic minis…!?” I actually
ordered them for my kids. The kids are totally stoked about trying to paint
miniatures so I thought I’d probably be good to start with something that’s
cheap and won’t matter too much if they end up a bit messy…. Plastic zombies
fit that bill perfectly… stay tuned for pictures of their efforts!
Modern Civvies
I have only a handful of
civilians left to paint. Most of them are extra modern SAS figures that I have
that I thought I’d paint up an a mix of civilian clothes… Also I have a truck and some Police/SWAT types...
Vietnam
A few months back I picked up
enough figures to figures to finish off a full platoon of Anzacs. More
recently, I picked up a few more Americans. Once I have the American’s painted
I’d have enough for two (slightly understrength) platoons for some larger
actions.
World War Two
I’d also like to finish up (or
at least work on) a few of my 28mm WW2 forces either to try out Bolt Action or
just use for Force on Force WW2 Skirmishing…
WW2 Soviets
I’m so close to finishing these…
actually the problem is I keep finishing these… then I add a few more things… I
have a complete (perhaps a tad under strength) COMPANY of soviet infantrymen
PLUS nearly a full platoon of Naval Infantry Plaus a couple squads of NKVD…
support weapons (MGS, AT guns, Mortars, Artillery)… tanks (BT-7, KV-1, KV-2,
T-26, and FIVE T-34 – though three of those need to be finished). I have only a
hand full of NKVD and Staff officers to be painted and the aforementioned three
T-34s.
WW2 British/Canadian Paras
Another force I’m very, very
close to completing. I already have a complete platoon, but somehow I’ve
acquired enough figures for a full second platoon and some company
command/battalion support. I have a dozen or so that need to be apinted to
completely finish all the Paras I have… I could easily finish them off in a
week…They just haven’t been a priority as I haven’t been palying any WW2 games.
WW2 Germans
I have a lot of Germans I should
chip away at… a second platoon of Heer Infantrymen… a smattering of DAK to
finish up… Late war SS to oppose my Canadians
in Normandy (and Paras in Arnhem)… and some later war Tanks (Tigers, Panthers,
PzkwIV). The one thing I’d like to pick up for these… (well I guess it isn’t
ONE thing…) is a platoon of Sdkfz 251, an Infantry gun, and some later Stug
III.
Other WW2
As I mentioned the Canadians
are DONE! But I still have Americans (regular Army Infantry and Paras for
Europe, and Marines for the south Pacific), French, Italians, Japanese, and a
few commonwealth troops for the Far East. None of it is really pressing. I have
enough of the other stuff finished that I have lots of options for WW2 gaming,
should I just back into that…
Great War?
I also wouldn’t mind getting
back to working on the Great War stuff.
Great War Canadians
I picked up a couple brigades
worth of figures over the last year or so (I’m doing a brigade – 4 battalions –
of figures from each manufacturer). I’ve painted a few. I could paint up some
of the others – especially those in the 3rd Divison, which would be
the next section of Vimy terrain I’d build. I would also like to get back to
fixing up the Vimy Terrain (I fixed
up one square last summer – three more to do for the fourth
division’s area… the smallest area…).
Great War ANZACs
I have one
mounted unit and one dismounted unit complete. I have a second
mounted and two more dismounted to complete…
Great War Turks
One unit complete, two or three
to do… I'd like to pick up some Cavalry some day...
Great War French
I have a regiment of infantry to
paint, and a unit of cavalry…
I also have a bunch of Artizan
Designs French Foreign Legionnaires – that could be used for the
Great War..
Great War Belgians!?
I had ordered a bunch from
Maelstrom, but most of it never shipped… so all I have is one unit of
Carabiniers, some commanders with no units, and six (count ‘em, SIX) assorted
MG teams!?
Great War British
I have a few more early war
infantry to finish up, Scots mostly, and a unit of cavalry, Indians mostly.
Great War Germans
I’d also ordered a regiment’s
worth of early war Germans from Maelstrom, which never showed up… I have a
handful of Foundry Jagers and Hussars to do though. I would like to pick up a
regiment of early war infantry at some point. I also need to cast antoher
division or two of my own later war Germans to man the defences at Vimy!
Boers
Not "great War" per se... But I have a pile of Boers… and I wouldn’t
mind getting around to painting some of these this year – they could be passed
off as armed civilians from just about anywhere from the end of the 19th
century to the middle of the 20th…
20mm Stuff….?
I have a pile of modern 20mm stuff which I originally used
for Cold War
Commander. When I started playing Force
on Force I decided it would
probably be more sensible to rebase these individually and use them for that
and replace them (for CWC) with microarmour. I’ve started doing this. The
trouble is, with a few exceptions, I have the SAME STUFF in 28mm…!? maybe not
quite as much, but still… I’ve been back and forth on whether to finish
rebasing (and painting the stuff that isn’t finished for) these forces or to
just abandon them – sell them off? – and continue to expand the 28mm forces. I
like 28mm stuff. I can don’t 20mm and recognize there’s a lot more equipment
available for in that scale… but I’d rather be painting 28mm stuff. The
painting and modeling side of the hobby is, after all, where I get a greater
part of my satisfaction from. So I might as well paint what I LIKE painting,
right? I may work on a few of these forces this year - as it would enable me to
play some larger actions - but I am not going to ADD to them!
SO HOW MUCH IS ALL THAT?!
If the outlined stuff above were
to be my focal project for the year… or the first part of the year…
To Paint (not necessarily in the
order I would paint them…):
Modern & WW2
FOOT
Modern
30x Modern USMC
45x Modern US Rangers, etc.
30x Modern SAS
20x Modern RM
30x Modern Germans
15x Astd. Russians/Soviets
20x Cold War British
30x Modern Africans
40x Central/South Americans
65x Zombies
20-30x Modern Civilians
8 x SWAT
20x MegaMinis SWAT
30x Vietnam Americans
20x Vietnam Anzacs
= ~425 Modern foot.
WW2
24x Soviets
20x Paras
The rest I don’t really care
about at the moment. As I said I have enough Canadians, Soviets, and Germans
done at the moment tha I could play a lot of games…. So we’ll say about 50 that
I’d like to get done this year for sure… the rest…? When I get to it…
VEHICLES
2x M1 Tank
2x LAV-25
2x Warrior MCV
3x Challenger
3x BTR-60
3x T-72
3x Marder
4x Hummers
1x Modern Pick up Truck
1x M113
1x M48
= ~25x Modern Vehicles
3x T-34
2x Tiger
2x Panther
2-3x PzkwIV
= ~10x WW2 tanks.
I’m sure there’s stuff I’ve
forgotten, so let’s round the Modern and WW2 stuff off to ~500 foot and 35
vehicles?!. Given my rate of painting over the last year, that would take me
about half a year to paint all the modern stuff I have and finish off the WW2
Soviets and Paras… (assuming I didn’t buy any more!?)
Great War, Etc.
FOOT
30x ANZACS
50x EW French
30x Belgians
60x Turks
30x EM British (Scots, actually)
20x Germans
180+ Canadians
80x Boers
40x French Foreign Legion
MOUNTED
10x ANZACs
10x French
8x EW British (Indians,
actually)
10x Germans
10 x Canadians
20x Boers
Almost another 500+ foot and 70
mounted from the Great War, etc… That could be the second half of the year – if
I ever dared plan that far ahead…
STUFF TO GET(!?)
I really shouldn’t be buying ANY
stuff this year… It would take me the whole year – painting at the same insane
rate of production as last year just to finish up the Modern and Great War
stuff I already have to do. That’s not even considering all the Colonial/VSF,
Crimean, Napoleonic/War or 1812, Seven Years War, English Civil War, Medieval, Samurai,
Dark Age, Ancients (oh… the ancients… don’t get me started on all of those…), and
fantasy figures I have to paint… But going a while year without picking up
anything at all is absurd. It’s always better to have a plan than no plan
because with no plan I tend to just buy stuff willy-nilly and end up with some
really bizarre, useless stuff (like, how the hell did I end up with a unit of
Crimean War Scots Greys and a handful of
Russian infantrymen!? I didn’t have ANY other Crimena War Stuff!? – it was
a “good deal” on ebay – that’s how!?)
INFANTRY
Cold
War British GPMG with Steel Helmet
Cold
War British SAS/RMAMW
(I could probably also pick up some GB firing FN with wool cap to pass off as
either)
(of course I could go for that
Mofo
Variable Content Deal… 12 packs of assorted British and Argentines….
Hmmmmm).
VEHICLES
2x AAVP-7A1
1x Warrior
MCV
2x Leopard 2
1x Marder
I also wouldn’t mind trying to
track down some 1/48 – 1/50 scale cars and truck to litter my modern
battlefield… Maybe a couple more New Ray helicopters (and Apache…?) or a 1/72
or 1/48 scale UAV model… I’ve seen predators in both scales on ebay… but they
ain’t cheap…
I’m not even going to think
about adding to the Great War stuff just yet… but at some point I’d like to
pick up some early war Germans (Either Great
War Miniatures or Renegade)
and Belgians (again Great
War Miniatures… or maybe Brigade
Models?)… and maybe a few more British (again, Great
War Miniatures or Renegade,
probably the latter…).
Damn… Renegade’s
having one of their 5-4-4 sales again… Must… not… buy… more…. Miniatures…
Wow... this sort of turned into a way too long rambling ramble... did anyone actually read all the way through it? If so, you're more demented that even me!? Weirdo. Stop reading this and go do something productive with your life!? (but come back and look at the pretty pictures of whatever I happen to paint over the next day or two in the next post!)
Wow... this sort of turned into a way too long rambling ramble... did anyone actually read all the way through it? If so, you're more demented that even me!? Weirdo. Stop reading this and go do something productive with your life!? (but come back and look at the pretty pictures of whatever I happen to paint over the next day or two in the next post!)
So, I don't feel as bad this year with my painting list. Yours makes mine like like a piss ant next to a Hummer.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
DeleteI don't actually have any expectation that I will get all of the Modern and Great War stuff done. Oh, it'd be nice if I could. But it's more of a; "Well, if I did paint an equally insane amount of stuff like I did this year, AND I managed to stay focused on JUST THIS stuff, I COULD (theoretically) get most of this done..."
Realistically I'll probably be distracted by March and on to ancient polynesians or something equally ridiculous!?
Not that I'm saying Ancient Polynesians (or anyone who games with them) are ridiculous... It would just be ridiculous for ME to suddenly buy a completely new army that I have no opponents for...
DeleteHey Tim, I am always up for coming down for a weekend (weather permitting) to game with ya. Once I get all of my Pirates done I could even bring them down for "The Sunday Game"
DeleteHeres looking at another great painting year for you!
You´re insane... That list... :-X
ReplyDelete"I really shouldn’t be buying ANY stuff this year…"
Good joke, we´ll talk about that again in 2 months :D
Yeah, I have to admit I already broke down and ordered those Brits and Argentines from Gripping Beast.... But that's it for this month... Seriously... Maybe until after my birthday in February... Then I'll look at either picking up the FV432s or the AAVP-7s.
DeleteAlthough North Star has a sale on right now...
DOH!?
Crazy list but I reckon you will get it done. And try Bolt Action, great fun.
ReplyDeleteIf only I could stay focused on ONE THING!? or even two...
DeleteBolt Action is definitely on my "to do" list for this year!
Dear Tim,
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your plans for 2013. I did read your obligatory post for the coming year and have been a lurker here for years.
Regards
Richard
That is a crazy, awesome list for 2013. Good Luck! Also, I would totally buy a set of rules called Ever Contemptible Victorious Little Black Powder Armies of Doom!
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