The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[mmcv]

Rolled the dice for next paint job while the bases are drying and came up 20th century again. Really need to do some rereading of BKC to make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot on anything. Will probably go for something safe like another infantry unit.

[hammurabi70]

Rolled the dice for next paint job while the bases are drying and came up 20th century again. Really need to do some rereading of BKC to make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot on anything. Will probably go for something safe like another infantry unit.

Given the thread on Korea perhaps you should be doing something involving that! 

[mmcv]

Given the thread on Korea perhaps you should be doing something involving that! 

Haha tempting, as I do like the idea of doing "fringe" or "forgotten wars", but I'm starting off with something a little more "silly" as I'm keen to try the period but haven't been enthused enough by any particular 20th century conflict to really delve in deep. Always been more drawn to ancient, medieval and more recently renaissance/early modern.

20th century stuff always has so much information available it can be difficult to know where to even start with it! So jumping into the AVBCW alt history as you can make it up a bit as you go along and try a hodgepodge of things.

Then hopefully if I get a feel for a particular aspect of it that may encourage me to delve into actual historical conflicts.

[mmcv]

Two more bases of Chu infantry done, purple and white this time as a different army division.









Haven't started in the next units but been doing some more thinking on fleshing out my AVBCW scenario and factions and I've actually decided to start the divergence date from real history a bit earlier. The English, Scottish and Welsh events of AVBCW will proceed along reasonably standard lines but given the standard line for Ireland is a rather boring "Ireland annexed Ulster and that's all" as far as I can tell, I've created a new divergence point in the 1920s with a very different outcome to the Irish Civil War. More on that later.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wow, cool!

[Steve J]

Cool indeed .

[Techno]

VERY nice !!.....And the piccies are definitely loading faster ! 

Cheers - Phil

[mmcv]

 

Got a few bases worth of 20th C figures primed and based. Will be painting them on bases rather than sticks as they're quite spread out.

Been spending a lot of time this weekend researching my 20th century timeline. Conveniently there was a Northern Irish census in 1937, right around the kick off point for the alt history civil war. This has allowed me to come up with reasonable faction territories, as well as have some areas for potential revolts. And make maps for who controls what.

My aim will be to play this as somewhat of a narrative campaign. I'm working out some systems around factionalism, resources and morale that will shape events and power throughout. As it'll be likely mostly solo this will let me introduce a bit of randomness into it with special events.

For instance, I'll likely have a factionalism counter, influenced by territory and morale, that when high enough spawns a splinter group. If the splinter group survive the ensuing battle they'll become a fully fledged faction on the map. This should stop any one side from becoming too large and steamrolling all those around.

All in all getting pretty enthused by it. Still a bit off having enough for my first game but think once I've a couple of small forces I'll start with some small engagements to get a feel for the rules before tackling the first major battle of the campaign. With the Spanish Civil War supplement for BKC due out soon it should fit well with what I want to do.

[fred.]

My aim will be to play this as somewhat of a narrative campaign. I'm working out some systems around factionalism, resources and morale that will shape events and power throughout. As it'll be likely mostly solo this will let me introduce a bit of randomness into it with special events.

For instance, I'll likely have a factionalism counter, influenced by territory and morale, that when high enough spawns a splinter group. If the splinter group survive the ensuing battle they'll become a fully fledged faction on the map. This should stop any one side from becoming too large and steamrolling all those around.

This seems a very good idea, often groups find the enemy within a much easier to fight against rather than an external enemy.

[mmcv]

This seems a very good idea, often groups find the enemy within a much easier to fight against rather than an external enemy.

Yes that's my thinking, probably with some groups being more prone to it than others. E.g. the various socialist and communist factions are probably going to be more prone to division than whats left of the government but will want a way for when a more stable group does have a splinter faction, it's a bit more of a dramatic event. I may be over-engineering a little, and certainly plan to just play a few throw down scenarios to start with without getting too bogged down in a set of campaign rules. The idea will be to use it as a guide to the narrative rather than a strict set of mechanics.

[mmcv]

June update. Features most of the pics I've been popping up here along with some other blether:

https://mmcvhistory.home.blog/2020/06/30/projects-update-june-2020/

Will probably have a post on the background for the AVBCW up soon too.

[mmcv]

Few more units done for the AVNICW project. Also a lot of thinking on the background for the conflict (as posted elsewhere).

UPL Machine Gunner





UPL infantry





Civilian Militia - these will work as infantry for the socialist/communist factions as well as general militia defending their homes and maybe some guerilla fighters






I haven't rolled for what's next as I'll be going away for a few days, so can leave it as a surprise for next week.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice.
Roll well! 

[Techno]

Ditto ! 

Cheers - Phil

[OldenBUA]

Looking good!

The purple bush will denote affiliation and can be swapped for other colours? Red for the communists obviously, green for newly raised militia? Just a thought.

[mmcv]

Thanks!

The purple bush will denote affiliation and can be swapped for other colours? Red for the communists obviously, green for newly raised militia? Just a thought.

Yeah that's a possibility. I almost put it on the UPL bases but decided their purple berets and sashes were enough. I've been thinking a bit about representation but haven't anything definitive. I haven't decided if I'll use unit labels or not yet (will see how easy it is to remember stuff when playing) so if I don't that might be an option. I'll likely include a few bases with flag bearers on them which will help identify those units. My initial round of fights won't see militia vs militia for a bit so shouldn't be too much of a concern. Plus with only 5 figures a base they paint up pretty quick so can add in a few splashes of red for communists when needed to differentiate!

[paulr]

 

[mmcv]

And now for something a little bit different. Zombies from Zombicide Black Plague.

I think these are 35mm maybe. The zombies from the original Zombicide game were some of the first figures I painted as was easy to cover up all the mistakes with bloodstains! Don't think I've ever photographed them, but definitely having an easier time with these now after a few years experience.







Not sure what to do with the bases, just gone with a sandy brown for now then will maybe do something with them once I've them all painted so it's consistent.

Nine down, sixty two to go...  

The dice say my next paint job is moving to 15mm and Japanese folklore.

[Techno]

Looking good, Matthew ! 

Not sure what I'd suggest, re the bases.

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Bases work