00 Our gaming group regularly plays Rapid Fire in 20mm scale, set in North Africa. The extensive range of vehicles, figures and terrain we use all belong to Dave, although a few of us have donated the odd model to his collection. So far I feel I haven’t contributed much to the group in terms […]
00 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the Kokoda Campaign through the highlands of New Guinea, where the Imperial Japanese Army sought to capture Port Moresby and use it as a forward operational base to isolate Australia from its ally, the United States. An under-prepared force of Australian and Papuan troops was tasked with repelling […]
00 Within a few days of Italy declaring war on Britain in 1940, British forces attacked a number of forts along the Egyptian/Libyan border. RAF Gladiators and Blenheims provided support as the 7th Hussars and elements of the 1st RTR captured Fort Capuzzo near the town of Sullum, just inside the Libyan border. Over the […]
00 “You know what the ‘Chain of Command’ is? It’s the chain I go get and beat you with ’til ya understand who’s in ruttin’ command here.” – Jayne, Firefly Well, ok, wrong genre, but it’s still a great quote. Today though, I’m talking about my (current) favourite WWII ruleset – “Chain of Command” from […]
00 A while ago I watched a film starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough simply called Dunkirk. Despite being made in the 50s it still stands up today as a well made and story-driven film that illustrates what happened during the retreat and evacuation of the BEF and French forces in May and June of […]
00 One of my favourite vehicles, the ubiquitous Hanomag. The workhorse of the German war machine, this vehicle saw service on every front throughout the war. Produced in great numbers and myriad variants, the vehicle I have here is the basic version, used principally as an armoured personnel carrier. The model is from Die Waffenkammer, […]
00 The Jurassic Reich table is to be divided by a small river that is crossed by two bridges. The river is impassable by vehicles but can be crossed by infantry and dinosaurs. The first bridge is high up the hill near the entrance to the castle and spans a deep gorge. As such, it […]
00 The Jurassic Reich table is progressing very nicely at the moment and I think I’m ahead of where I’d like to be at the end of June. The castle has been put to the side while I get some of the smaller projects out of the way. I’ve finished a sentry box and road […]
00 My first finished piece of terrain for the Jurassic Park demo game. I made the sentry box a week or so ago but put it on a base last night and painted it up. It can be used for any WWII game in the European Theatre since these sentry boxes were found all over […]
00 Nope, it’s an enclosure for dinosaurs in the game of Jurassic Reich. I thought I might get some of the small models out of the way first so I can concentrate on the castle and landscaping and not have to rush these other things at the end. So last night I started working on […]