Fred - 2017 Painting Diary

[fred.]

That's good to hear. Also i understood there are actions that are auto successes.

[d_Guy]

Enjoyed the BatRep, Fred.
Curious about a couple things:
The church building in the last pic appears to be purposely tipped at 30 degrees - don't know many wargaming conventions - is that signifying something?
Also - there is a flag in the human line that appears to be the Commonwealth of England and the Tullys (fish) - is  there a story there?

[petercooman]

That's good to hear. Also i understood there are actions that are auto successes.

From what i understood of it, they can do one action that fits their type of unit. So regular infantry can shoot for example..

[fred.]

Enjoyed the BatRep, Fred.
Curious about a couple things:
The church building in the last pic appears to be purposely tipped at 30 degrees - don't know many wargaming conventions - is that signifying something?

Thanks. It's moving the buildings to fit the troops in. We normally play that the area is the terrain  so individual buildings or trees can be moved. Or the church wants to be in Pisa...

Also - there is a flag in the human line that appears to be the Commonwealth of England and the Tullys (fish) - is  there a story there?

As far as I recall these flags are historical 15C European ones, so more likely they are the inspiration for the ones you recognise. They were chosen for their colours and design.

[fred.]

6mm Sci Fi Buildings

Part of my Xmas haul - some Brigade Models buildings. Sprayed Desert Yellow, grey detailing, some black windows.



and some more

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very cool

[paulr]

That's a fairly large city

[lowlylowlycook]

From what i understood of it, they can do one action that fits their type of unit. So regular infantry can shoot for example..

Yes, that's the way it works.  Unlike Lion Rampant, units' activation roles depend on their leader, not the action type so the free actions bring back a bit of flavor for units.

[Techno]

Very nice, Forbes,

Cheers - Phil

[fred.]

Thanks chaps. There are a couple of buildings aren't there! But the foot print of most of them is fairly small.

Yes, that's the way it works.  Unlike Lion Rampant, units' activation roles depend on their leader, not the action type so the free actions bring back a bit of flavor for units.

I've done a fair bit of reading of TMWWBKs in the last couple of days and like the look of it. My only concern is over fragility of units as most take 1 wound per hit compared to DR where it's always 2 or more hits to cause a wound. But I suppose this is easy to change if needed.

I'm thinking of using 30mm square bases (or maybe 40mm squares). For 30mm squares use 4 infantry or 2 cavalry. And units would have the number of trooos for the 28mm game i.e. 12 European infantry, or 8 cavalry, so 3 or 4 bases respectively. If I went with 40mm bases the base count would stay the same, but the figure count would go up - which means more stuff to paint.

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed Fred. Brigade Models also produce a small range of 10mm sci fi buildingso

Take care

Andy

[fred.]

Sci Fi Buildings

Got these finished off today





Then as I was tidying them away spotted one that had escaped the photo-shoot, at least it was painted.

I'm pleased with how these have turned out, with a fairly limited colour palette. Ready for some city fights now!

For my benefit the colours used were
Army Painter Desert Yellow, main colour
Green Grey for flat roofs and other light grey areas
Neutral Gray for vents and fans
Medium Sea Grey for metal shutters
Dark Prussian Blue for domes

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nicely done Forbes.
Can I ask a favour? What size are Epic objectives meant to be?

[Techno]

Very nice, Forbes !

Cheers - Phil

[fred.]

Thanks chaps

What size are Epic objectives meant to be?

I don't think it is defined. We tend to use 25mm to 40mm round bases for them.