tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065082852079869622024-03-14T05:28:31.238-07:00The Memoirs of Captain Lucien VerbeekPrinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-55646132798626519462020-02-24T21:28:00.003-08:002020-02-24T21:28:54.798-08:00Tonight, I played my first game of The Men Who Would be Kings (TMWWK) using their solo game rules, "Playing against Mr. Babbage" and the optional rule of Skirmish Kings a.k.a. half sized units. Sergeant Spurgeon Burress was ordered to take a squad of men and patrol the area to the south of the main camp. Sergeant Burress has the reputation of being somewhat aggressive in his tactics often throwing his men out of perfectly good defensive positions and assaulting the enemy in hand to hand (I rolled a result of up & at em for the good Sergeant's personality which means given the opportunity he will always charge the enemy.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"My God it's a barren wasteland here private."</td></tr>
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Imad Majid was not known for his tactical skills or leadership but had never been so much as scratched in the many battles in which he had fought.(I rolled a result of Bulletproof Bumbler) With a viscous cry the tribesmen rise from cover nearly upon the patrol. (Arrived within one (1) native move range)</div>
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"Steady fire boys!"</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">Sergeant Burress orders his men to fire inflicting two (2) casualties on the enemy, one by Burress himself, pinning the enemy. Imad tries to rally his men but his men begin to retreat. The patrol continues firing with little effect but it is enough to drive the enemy away. </span></div>
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Having driven off the tribesmen, Sergeant Burress orders his men to begin the march back to camp. Little do they know that the enemy had worked its way around and cut off the way back to camp. A new group of tribesmen led by the marksman, Tut Obeid, arrive in the flank at short range.<br />
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The patrol pours fire into this new threat, killing Tut in the process. The men rally seeking revenge for their fallen leader. The patrol fires again inflicting two (2) more casualties, again Sergeant Burress hits his target. However, another group of tribesmen arrives to the front within charge range.<br />
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"More enemy close, Sergeant!"</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The patrol pours fire into this new threat, killing Tut in the process. The men rally seeking revenge for their fallen leader. The patrol fires again inflicting two (2) more casualties, again Sergeant Burress hits his target. However, another group of tribesmen arrives to the front within charge range. The patrol fires on the new threat to no effect and the tribesmen attempt to charge. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This is his opportunity, This is his destiny. Sergeant Burress orders his men to charge the enemy not noticing that more tribesmen have arrived behind the patrol. The men obey his orders but their spirit is not in the fight. Burress underestimated the fighting ability of these tribesmen as half of his patrol is cut down. The remainder of the patrol is forced back but are now aware of the fresh unit of tribesmen barreling towards their rear. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">As the enemy close the final meters, Burress turned to the only soldier left, he did not even know his name and uttered, "Hubris! my boy! Hubris!" The two soldiers brace for the impact but due to the heat and their exhaustion meet a quick end. </span><br />
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The end of Sergeant Burress.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This was a fun game. Initially the British did quite well firing into the tribesmen and pinning them repeatedly, however one (1) turn of not pinning the enemy combined with Burress personal trait spelled doom for the patrol. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Figures are Hat Industries from Michigan Toy Soldier Company. Looking forward to getting them painted up and trying the rules again. </span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-16105164479180282942019-11-17T17:13:00.000-08:002019-11-17T17:13:36.036-08:00Captain Verbeek in Hindustan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been ages since I have blogged. Recently my friends and I have been playing Black Powder and having a great time. This has inspired me to revisit the Adventurous Captain. This time he is in the service of the Honorable East India Company (HEIC) during the Sepoy Mutiny. I have started painting and basing up the new Pendraken Miniatures Indian Mutiny line.<br />
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Above: Indian Sepoy officer on horse with a mixed unit of Sepoy in standard and native dress.</div>
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Pendraken does good job keeping good detail at 10mm. The Sepoy in native dress will be mostly white with the occasional saffron or maroon turban. </div>
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Finally, some HEIC Bengal Fusiliers in campaign dress. Could just as easily by British regulars in campaign dress. I hope to start posting again. See you soon. </div>
<br />Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-72666448524622912012-06-11T09:10:00.001-07:002012-06-11T09:10:56.012-07:00A bit about Bizercca and HistoryI have been thinking about Captain Verbeek, Cavenderia and Bizercca quite a bit recently and here are my thoughts. Captain Verbeek has been seen in the Sudan (see Steve the Wargamer's Blog in my list), India (see General Pedigree's Blog in my list), he will eventually be dispatched to Afristan (my apologies to Bluebear Jeff, model is painted but never sent will try to get him in the mail this week) and now it is my design to see him campaign with Cavenderian troops in Bizercca. <br />
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If you have seen my other neglected blog <a href="http://www.cavenderia.blogspot.com/">http://www.cavenderia.blogspot.com/</a> you will know that Cavenderia is located in what we in the real world call Croatia and her 18th Century enemy is Bizercca (Tunisia). My plan is to create a fiction based upon Cavenderian, Venetian and Espanola political envolvement with Tunisia starting in approximately 1866. This fiction will borrow from the history of French invasion of Tunisia and the British conflicts with Egypt and the Sudan. I have painted the Captain in various scales and have planned to dispatch him soon. <br />
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My goal is to start blogging, painting and gaming the Captain's memoirs again. So with out further ado my plan for blogging: I am going to try and balance fictional acounts, painting updates, rules review and battle reps publishing at least every two weeks starting today. I will start next post with some background information on the political climate of the region.<br />
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Viv La Capitain...Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-27161796485847726442010-11-24T07:16:00.000-08:002010-11-24T07:20:33.695-08:00Blogging down.Have not blogged in a while on any of my blogs so today thought I would jot down some quick notes. I recently met Mark Severin of Scale Creep miniatures (first rate fellow) in Cincinnati, Ohio and picked up some First Corp Mexican American War miniatures. I have been reading several books on the Mexican American War and am looking to do some skirimish 28mm stuff soon. Pendraken has anounced the release of some new Mahdi cavalry that I am looking forward to and I believe I will be able to get some Sudan painting done this holiday. Just a quick blog this morning hopefully more to follow soon. I am toying with the idea of combining my two (2) blogs Cavenderia and Capt Verbeek into one non-genre specific wargaming blog but am still thinking on that for now.Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-24977728666708641942010-08-31T17:59:00.001-07:002010-08-31T18:13:25.559-07:00Captain in 28mm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WlAGZ-XXv8zOGqo-gmfU3RzHnkeTvLGitvbpt31c_de0gAiITUp-7_uUBsDIyMsFWBUzKud9i7PHcgiaIXzWUbbOVDZ3mZkDrNYlQ3gCR4uZf-57mmiO9WozcKV55rzUgwQWv2G_PXFU/s1600/bw.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511743676728946978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WlAGZ-XXv8zOGqo-gmfU3RzHnkeTvLGitvbpt31c_de0gAiITUp-7_uUBsDIyMsFWBUzKud9i7PHcgiaIXzWUbbOVDZ3mZkDrNYlQ3gCR4uZf-57mmiO9WozcKV55rzUgwQWv2G_PXFU/s320/bw.jpg" /></a> Captain Lucien Verbeek rides again. This time as Perry Brothers' English Command on Egyptian Horse. I painted this lovely figure during 6 lunch hours at work. I really love the animation in the figure and couldn't resist having the first photo in sepia as a old time photo.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOPWruK0O7BjDr7n7t1eJnbR252fZaqIH_d5ZcN2_D_W61hTEyUfX4lOILERsLYi2AqG4mMDWaS4UhwgXOr2qNjLgHu5srhrvehqpBA2o2-zLfIuh83Et4_32l-LX5Pzu4TlaoXtsfaWE/s1600/11.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511743665487416722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOPWruK0O7BjDr7n7t1eJnbR252fZaqIH_d5ZcN2_D_W61hTEyUfX4lOILERsLYi2AqG4mMDWaS4UhwgXOr2qNjLgHu5srhrvehqpBA2o2-zLfIuh83Et4_32l-LX5Pzu4TlaoXtsfaWE/s320/11.jpg" /></a> Here is the Captain and Teufel in technacolor. While looking at some Belgium 19th century uniforms I found that the Grenadiers wore black trousers with a red stripe and decided that the Captain had once been a member of this illustrious group. I am particularly pleased with this version of his faithful steed. I have watched Hidalgo a few times and looked at several pictures of Mustangs and Pintos before deciding on this color scheme. I am quite proud of my efforts.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWLM8sQEHafDVMeO-CpxRTmNd2etdAswcrmxnYe9H_aJh0Gt4YUhNv-R-jYGEVh0EmUl97EBBKH7wVvxHXDO_FoZ4GAwyi-Un-E5Gldnt-mzbRRJ6KQVokQYYUHt9i-hZuuD9uhfWrHBt/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 233px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511743663465450146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWLM8sQEHafDVMeO-CpxRTmNd2etdAswcrmxnYe9H_aJh0Gt4YUhNv-R-jYGEVh0EmUl97EBBKH7wVvxHXDO_FoZ4GAwyi-Un-E5Gldnt-mzbRRJ6KQVokQYYUHt9i-hZuuD9uhfWrHBt/s320/3.jpg" /></a> I painted Teufel's nose a flesh color and gave the captain a red bandanna for a pop of color. I felt of all the 28mm colonial figures I have seen on-line this one captures the spirit and reckless abandon I dream the captain would have had. The miniature only has a mustache so I painted in the captain's goatee. The blister came with three commanders so I plan to paint up the other two as a start for some skirmishing, maybe the Sword and the Flame.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Phfl7oLB90DjqiYWHo5R5RVwztWJTqRRb0I7pcqqXGN1xkuhdsLU4HckxJ3P708tBesGoMRpv6Q-W5gkk84GlnztfN-A2Qw75x8VFKwrCaH7kfNx_e2wTUcU8yXAtAUwkrAjLFHxG-cz/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511743660212241010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Phfl7oLB90DjqiYWHo5R5RVwztWJTqRRb0I7pcqqXGN1xkuhdsLU4HckxJ3P708tBesGoMRpv6Q-W5gkk84GlnztfN-A2Qw75x8VFKwrCaH7kfNx_e2wTUcU8yXAtAUwkrAjLFHxG-cz/s320/4.jpg" /></a> I still need to add some flocking to the base but had put off posting for some time and wanted to post some pictures. As I do not currently play 28mm, starting to paint 10mm again for the big game. I would like to send this figure to Monsieur Prost as a military observer of the campaigns of General Pedigree if he would have him. The 15mm of Captain Verbeek was introduced by Steve the Wargamer in a captives scenario and Monsieur Prost has had a few of his number captured also perhaps the Captain is a fellow prisoner. I am painting up Pendraken 10mm Colonials this week and hope to post a few pics next week. I am in a group painting project and I hope to complete 3 brigades of Imperial Cavenderi troops by the end of September based for Battles of Empire. See you soon. <div> </div></div></div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-4716362870661086142010-07-28T06:09:00.000-07:002010-08-16T10:10:53.283-07:00Battles for Empire Playtest TeaserPlayed my first game of Battles for Empire 1870-1902 and really enjoyed it. I will have a review soon and a link to my friend Ray's web-site that hosts some photos. I have not been gaming or painting much this summer as there is many outdoor activities to conduct but I did paint up a little something this week that I am quite pleased with and will post some pictures tonight or tomorrow. Here's a hint: brown and white and belgium all over.Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-79903581425584652962010-05-18T15:53:00.001-07:002010-05-18T16:01:40.881-07:00First Naval Brigade<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMmCA0dLRfwtXEcgfOlOwlH1w6MAtLys5JKUrtNcadPAzFjrqVtAjmVfZxeVAZK-aEt25V1ydPO2UPLhM_2qkIV3R3YpZgiv6mlAd31Dziv3fQ6cQkjnp66mnpipTn7mNN8HmpzCJa-hY/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472747326269224946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMmCA0dLRfwtXEcgfOlOwlH1w6MAtLys5JKUrtNcadPAzFjrqVtAjmVfZxeVAZK-aEt25V1ydPO2UPLhM_2qkIV3R3YpZgiv6mlAd31Dziv3fQ6cQkjnp66mnpipTn7mNN8HmpzCJa-hY/s320/018.JPG" /></a> Today at lunch I banged out the first stand of my naval brigade. Miniatures are Pendraken 10mm.<br /><br />Not a great amount of commentary. It is a bit frustrating that in person these figs really pop but the camera zooms in so tight it makes them appear poorly painted, I must improve my picture technique. The pictures as seen in the blog windows are probably a better representation of how they will look on the table than clicking on them which makes the pictures huge. But go ahead and click on them you can see some of the technique that way.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVT-eXbbCK3N9spjX002LT8Q2s-TOG5Uq-x3lLIuQ-N67eTpV-Wr9Nb9rZvg9wUcKxMbHpxLlf8DY5HGioClDalcTKHwJ9_SnCyMSivqsP4x2MLSLBTRWHBeSM9U0U2hSq7uC9l-7_qun/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472747319217357010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVT-eXbbCK3N9spjX002LT8Q2s-TOG5Uq-x3lLIuQ-N67eTpV-Wr9Nb9rZvg9wUcKxMbHpxLlf8DY5HGioClDalcTKHwJ9_SnCyMSivqsP4x2MLSLBTRWHBeSM9U0U2hSq7uC9l-7_qun/s320/013.JPG" /></a> I varied the pants and shirt on two (2) of the figures to add a little variety. The figs are well sculpted but are only offered in one (1) pose with the straw hat instead of a sailor's hat. However, they will serve me just fine.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfHL59y1_DHfs6ZnxJ1dwzwiJNUNPKkFbPD4_KOlMeBDxXzzSl3ds0ePBdo3SzkGl2mFG9unHpU5FJMK6asDZFu1UcYOHgsAcJRhAEwwSpMAuLHx6WcvojRZObR8gvHbAbCvHhORyxiUo/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 157px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472747313803593970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfHL59y1_DHfs6ZnxJ1dwzwiJNUNPKkFbPD4_KOlMeBDxXzzSl3ds0ePBdo3SzkGl2mFG9unHpU5FJMK6asDZFu1UcYOHgsAcJRhAEwwSpMAuLHx6WcvojRZObR8gvHbAbCvHhORyxiUo/s320/014.JPG" /></a><br />A little better lighting on this picture. I am intentionally using more muted tones on the Sudan figures as I thought the feel would be warmer, however to get them to pop I might brighten them up some.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUx4c-2jvfqpe6Ihz8tRuizS5f3EV09gew3CQ450wGdBgp5P39uEAMfX5BRje-taFnBdw47JqJ6Ysxn_WeNKiao3MlVCQ9qtlmZdHSr7Ro5W7YCFHffNs66UVkg_rx0dOHlUTc8LQOUAy/s1600/016.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472747306908629746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUx4c-2jvfqpe6Ihz8tRuizS5f3EV09gew3CQ450wGdBgp5P39uEAMfX5BRje-taFnBdw47JqJ6Ysxn_WeNKiao3MlVCQ9qtlmZdHSr7Ro5W7YCFHffNs66UVkg_rx0dOHlUTc8LQOUAy/s320/016.JPG" /></a> Final picture showing the kerchief in a lighter blue and scabbard. Still have not decided on my basing must work on that next as many Hadendawa are ready to be based.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-47567976193897116352010-04-01T20:00:00.000-07:002010-04-02T07:20:35.177-07:00First Scratch Built Buildings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyTP8F7_O9eQbRYipel4sd0WOGhzRmFWy8waTE3hWMJ1rJE4RNVxq2_I9IoRtKeFGnH5sA21r_p2f6BppNDYCpfA11E7JaCV-AzO9CnRnd2T7l33e-RwgCiVnRYG7BLMGwF9_zXaK0n48/s1600/Building+1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455370175867359890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyTP8F7_O9eQbRYipel4sd0WOGhzRmFWy8waTE3hWMJ1rJE4RNVxq2_I9IoRtKeFGnH5sA21r_p2f6BppNDYCpfA11E7JaCV-AzO9CnRnd2T7l33e-RwgCiVnRYG7BLMGwF9_zXaK0n48/s320/Building+1.JPG" /></a><br />Here are my first attempts at scratch-building some Sudan village pieces. After having read a thread on The Miniatures Page and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">visiting</span> the Touching History Blog. <a href="http://www.touchinghistory.blogspot.com/2010/03/model-sale_21.html">www.touchinghistory.blogspot.com/2010/03/model-sale_21.html</a> I decided to give these a shot. Here we see some British soldiers manning the village among some of my new palm trees.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP44wKHI1voJxbzHbOv8Mm9ERNnhPcreQtf_ASDZN5pFegbUxDqKvUSJFlBQZPTa9mn2R9BOitoSX1IrGW9HnG8t-2L8COpcAph65JhtuBuHC_4gAAqabPu_RoVlk37rnsa_oafocLb-Af/s1600/Building+2.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455370165892462946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP44wKHI1voJxbzHbOv8Mm9ERNnhPcreQtf_ASDZN5pFegbUxDqKvUSJFlBQZPTa9mn2R9BOitoSX1IrGW9HnG8t-2L8COpcAph65JhtuBuHC_4gAAqabPu_RoVlk37rnsa_oafocLb-Af/s320/Building+2.JPG" /></a> The buildings were not very difficult to make as they are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">architechtually</span> simple. The buildings are made out of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">matt</span> board folded, scored and glued. After assembly, I cut out some doors and windows with an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">exacto</span> knife. I covered the buildings in drywall compound. I then cut some basal wood strips to make the door frames and glued some wood inside the buildings for the doors. The building on the left has a roof made out of bits cut from a hand broom.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9lF97f8i2f0oPPH0HJC3qeYmvIbU-rdaehrpksON6G-PnxbmKJtiHDWNQa5OB2rc9JZir709IxY-UKwHr8Hau39c7nEQ32Eh74lxNhM7myQ37VQzCC3jpynXd5AaEEMqhvPBX7v3ymm0/s1600/building+3.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 171px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455370035270421042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9lF97f8i2f0oPPH0HJC3qeYmvIbU-rdaehrpksON6G-PnxbmKJtiHDWNQa5OB2rc9JZir709IxY-UKwHr8Hau39c7nEQ32Eh74lxNhM7myQ37VQzCC3jpynXd5AaEEMqhvPBX7v3ymm0/s320/building+3.JPG" /></a> Last shot a little bit closer in. I am toying with the idea of making the buildings large enough to hide one base within them. At my 1:10 scale this would equal approximately 50 men so that seems as if it might be a bit crowded inside. I am working on a domed masque next. You can click on the pictures to blow them up.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU4MdBBaW-jeqoMoJKXCUVj7L-M_kDrZRyamFA2TuFptSsNzXst8bSozXPT_Kjr0p2r5HhfzmEo77TDVDtRNsPSIvklMrcSUIJ_ZTQCPdtVjQ1jIWgYn4_YfFnTRTDmXGtPGAzH8iDu3O/s1600/Zulu.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455370027944825106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU4MdBBaW-jeqoMoJKXCUVj7L-M_kDrZRyamFA2TuFptSsNzXst8bSozXPT_Kjr0p2r5HhfzmEo77TDVDtRNsPSIvklMrcSUIJ_ZTQCPdtVjQ1jIWgYn4_YfFnTRTDmXGtPGAzH8iDu3O/s320/Zulu.JPG" /></a><br /><br />A couple of books I have been reading and can recommend. <em>The Zulu War </em>by Michael <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Barthorp</span>. Easy to read book with brief overview of the forces involved and a chronological sequence of the campaign. Good book for introduction into the period. My friend Ray is doing the Zulu war in 1/72<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> so this was a good read for me to quickly learn about the period.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAHvyZYC_1EV7zOpKbkXkao2FCCer5bIRXVQYuIoxNxbrbH9kg4g9I7ltkeCHZJpKhuswrFNhiDSt10XCO_4wlMcgsDRuW4SGMGc7Pc7ygLPXtth78zBqnoveVjF5UBgeXFq4MQruM-r4/s1600/Haitian.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 298px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455370017421771458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAHvyZYC_1EV7zOpKbkXkao2FCCer5bIRXVQYuIoxNxbrbH9kg4g9I7ltkeCHZJpKhuswrFNhiDSt10XCO_4wlMcgsDRuW4SGMGc7Pc7ygLPXtth78zBqnoveVjF5UBgeXFq4MQruM-r4/s320/Haitian.JPG" /></a> <em>The Black <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jacobins</span> </em>by C.L.R. James. This is not an easy read. An old <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">History</span> professor of mine recommended this book as the definitive book of the Haitian Revolution. Very <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">thorough</span> well researched book a bit dry, very social and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Marxist</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">historical</span> perspective, a very strong examination of the causes of the revolution but with barely a mention of the tactics or battles fought. An excellent scholastic book but not much for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">wargamer</span>. I hope to one day write some rules for this conflict as it is terribly fascinating period of revolution and change. </div><div></div><div>Well that is what I have been up to lately. Good gaming.</div></div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-85963970897497075832010-03-21T15:43:00.001-07:002010-03-26T13:01:10.535-07:0010mm Palm Tree TutorialWelcome to my first terrain tutorial. I will be discussing how I am making palm trees for the Sudan campaign in 10mm. I have seen several tutorials on making palm trees in other scales but I was unsure how well they could translate to a smaller scale so I searched through the floral department of my local little old lady hobby store, a.k.a. A.C. Moore and purchased some materials to try my hand at making some itty-bitty palm trees. I think you will enjoy the final results. Enough introduction let's get to it.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAy45pfmq4KCElkvEbbGAzVHiyBWPSTFKTA8HRkgXSI_dIm-USCzNoSvN8ZFxVNGUnPX9Hok4QpwixBkxH0uvWaPHa0_oYulrcv5aTsAcDWXUodxqkqHmRzEhvthbQ9jfEM0bTxMHmTWJ/s1600-h/1+plant.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451223483830603506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAy45pfmq4KCElkvEbbGAzVHiyBWPSTFKTA8HRkgXSI_dIm-USCzNoSvN8ZFxVNGUnPX9Hok4QpwixBkxH0uvWaPHa0_oYulrcv5aTsAcDWXUodxqkqHmRzEhvthbQ9jfEM0bTxMHmTWJ/s320/1+plant.jpg" /></a>While looking through the fake plant isle I came upon this Queen Anne's lace plant. The plant was $2.00 American and will yield approximately 15 palm trees. You may find uses for the stem and leafy bits, save them for another project, but for this tutorial we will be using the flowers.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qtRxxB5BiQyDRk4cMeYuqXL3PSCEW4VAQnRcKmGArIeXd6Dpcc2e7PGep1FuicH2jRo6LnP2Ws5K-6BWpLXzJWHuAGRjYUWEkQnU-CqAL-B74etlZoAXo1qDFRnsnRGqN3-tDApqQ-9q/s1600-h/2+close+plant.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222502544121618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qtRxxB5BiQyDRk4cMeYuqXL3PSCEW4VAQnRcKmGArIeXd6Dpcc2e7PGep1FuicH2jRo6LnP2Ws5K-6BWpLXzJWHuAGRjYUWEkQnU-CqAL-B74etlZoAXo1qDFRnsnRGqN3-tDApqQ-9q/s320/2+close+plant.jpg" /></a> The picture to the left shows a close-up of the flowers. They are attached to the stems through a tube at the base of the flowers. I choose this plant because the little flower bits curve out and downward which will help to simulate our palm trees.</div><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj7xN9s37BxafETpQ4hsDaPOaZefYgbpBVS5a5IO0kpPF4_X-Qv1JzvLQWzdggv6QA1kl7OzvY6om4qrMfwnylMoQSUDv5exvhmqcibjkPd1jOGhJ1XQkrQhhyLmd67glt6co95vOKUSv/s1600-h/3+end+with+flocking.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222494082768610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj7xN9s37BxafETpQ4hsDaPOaZefYgbpBVS5a5IO0kpPF4_X-Qv1JzvLQWzdggv6QA1kl7OzvY6om4qrMfwnylMoQSUDv5exvhmqcibjkPd1jOGhJ1XQkrQhhyLmd67glt6co95vOKUSv/s320/3+end+with+flocking.jpg" /></a> Here is a close-up of an individual flower once removed from the stem. I was surprised to find out that the flowers were not even glued on which is a bonus for me as I did not have to remove any glue, however the plastic has white flocking on it. I used my fingernails to remove the flocking.<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwu_Rg7r7Wscqskeho6_pZHbYsD7K34bjhC9_iNECI9rr-p-JNUVJb_8zMqDcr3Ypr0aBAgMl6HZRDml5Y0gwjEVcqA3tTPQk5wdjgC62vtA4q6bwlC5pq6GN0484ysYug4CVyPwCzSNo/s1600-h/4+deflocked.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222485056202530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwu_Rg7r7Wscqskeho6_pZHbYsD7K34bjhC9_iNECI9rr-p-JNUVJb_8zMqDcr3Ypr0aBAgMl6HZRDml5Y0gwjEVcqA3tTPQk5wdjgC62vtA4q6bwlC5pq6GN0484ysYug4CVyPwCzSNo/s320/4+deflocked.jpg" /></a>A close up of the flower with flocking removed, I know you are thinking that might be a spider or alien but not a palm tree. Just go with me for a little longer.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKykaM9n_WcU273Z2IE74QeG18e_eaIBkbY2MUXvrwpcEBfLdxOlR6xZe6CJhDmy44SrQVVAEI_f-C1ahiNrRFoUbUszmrxmoOh1h16skS6cI7VhN4P_7UPY9TXOccg8w-sjdxji8_Hub/s1600-h/5+floral+wire.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222480494094098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKykaM9n_WcU273Z2IE74QeG18e_eaIBkbY2MUXvrwpcEBfLdxOlR6xZe6CJhDmy44SrQVVAEI_f-C1ahiNrRFoUbUszmrxmoOh1h16skS6cI7VhN4P_7UPY9TXOccg8w-sjdxji8_Hub/s320/5+floral+wire.jpg" /></a> I also purchased some floral wire. I selected a gauge that looked like it would be about the right size for a palm tree trunk in 10mm and as a bonus might fit in the prexisting hole in the flower. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNHa0LbbIgP_qZTvxbfYhhuucFwHYf2_qK589pJ4SS-rdJmrCOTqt7dVbagjzz_TEumJoeEuDPk7Cv0YDrbqRs09_jQUVNtY38lbQEyqpu-bFSgS35xNCmsj29ybQQUtv2X-WJkNB6x9X/s1600-h/6+tools.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222325173120386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNHa0LbbIgP_qZTvxbfYhhuucFwHYf2_qK589pJ4SS-rdJmrCOTqt7dVbagjzz_TEumJoeEuDPk7Cv0YDrbqRs09_jQUVNtY38lbQEyqpu-bFSgS35xNCmsj29ybQQUtv2X-WJkNB6x9X/s320/6+tools.jpg" /></a> Here are some tools I used. Snippers to cut the floral wire and trim the flowers. A pin drill to make small holes in the flower, the wiring was a bit thicker than the hole and finally some hobby glue from my local hobby store. </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8QK72DiEsIjxyhzQn3CQt3W5wuiHXHkrLUK48_VvEXLLNZZHhw_GcEYN7C-Y_nm7vcU534dp_2DQx1pCb05OvaL4OeV2OtL5t0B9BbS6eNLF4AA1mPFCGUBsMUhJE6gE1Pkaju-2Coar/s1600-h/7+drilling+hole.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222321032295154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8QK72DiEsIjxyhzQn3CQt3W5wuiHXHkrLUK48_VvEXLLNZZHhw_GcEYN7C-Y_nm7vcU534dp_2DQx1pCb05OvaL4OeV2OtL5t0B9BbS6eNLF4AA1mPFCGUBsMUhJE6gE1Pkaju-2Coar/s320/7+drilling+hole.jpg" /></a> Here I am displaying the way not to drill through plastic. Please be aware that you could drill into your fingers this way. The photo is a results of my having to hold the camera with one hand but you get the point. Carefully drill a hole in the center of the flower.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kWBaTZrUn7eJOcKKmTYONtTWnty3Yuidju90Mx0LFlDA3R9D67Jtu47q336Nn2goeNFVyIlK8AxW3GojhHOxRstsq_yvTdIbuZ-s5YBCxAaIjZ6GULKysry_iZN66DDV7yNGi_7HL-Tz/s1600-h/8+clipping.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222310651980434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kWBaTZrUn7eJOcKKmTYONtTWnty3Yuidju90Mx0LFlDA3R9D67Jtu47q336Nn2goeNFVyIlK8AxW3GojhHOxRstsq_yvTdIbuZ-s5YBCxAaIjZ6GULKysry_iZN66DDV7yNGi_7HL-Tz/s320/8+clipping.jpg" /></a> Cut the tube from the top of the flower making it flush, you could use an Exacto knife or even nail clippers. </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTozUN5H8uAlrUBcJq4efMqg0DrVkx9224v-S73u4HMNZkwIN0SsaVSK-cKs9St_tbNW_3bgfrI5Y8cx5C-Xck-3OB4S_O6zhxIv27aKy2p4wPrDn8RiVf-8cbpTblO8KN_Uh6JPxfcMhO/s1600-h/9+clipped.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222275329908514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTozUN5H8uAlrUBcJq4efMqg0DrVkx9224v-S73u4HMNZkwIN0SsaVSK-cKs9St_tbNW_3bgfrI5Y8cx5C-Xck-3OB4S_O6zhxIv27aKy2p4wPrDn8RiVf-8cbpTblO8KN_Uh6JPxfcMhO/s320/9+clipped.jpg" /></a> The flower has now had a hole drilled through it and the tube removed.<br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAl6mGkFovleYPv9vsIgOWNVVyxW7FzKwnhaYBv5J0zk412XOU9b_kxVueBeJC7g__DGYqYK_JTlN3h3HUoeCeQfTrGauFqhRtCpUc-giQSYNe0GRo6O3FelTpwxDhNkWkTYIKf6XiLIR/s1600-h/10+on+floral.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451231027563555314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAl6mGkFovleYPv9vsIgOWNVVyxW7FzKwnhaYBv5J0zk412XOU9b_kxVueBeJC7g__DGYqYK_JTlN3h3HUoeCeQfTrGauFqhRtCpUc-giQSYNe0GRo6O3FelTpwxDhNkWkTYIKf6XiLIR/s320/10+on+floral.jpg" /></a>Here is a photo of the flower placed on the floral wire, starting to look more like a little palm tree but seems a bit flat and bare.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLO_ih0iCnA7iPIOlbL7azuVTi7rQBn4KmToCd-dVVWIjkz0XCDOn8cH7AVyhmgOJuDtBGhjTKpEHwSiu1peXKiWVYO6UVTE4ajjnXyYEdOAPEEYl8loUfzHQgrHC84LQDHDra-POZ9swk/s1600-h/11+double+floral.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222129480120946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLO_ih0iCnA7iPIOlbL7azuVTi7rQBn4KmToCd-dVVWIjkz0XCDOn8cH7AVyhmgOJuDtBGhjTKpEHwSiu1peXKiWVYO6UVTE4ajjnXyYEdOAPEEYl8loUfzHQgrHC84LQDHDra-POZ9swk/s320/11+double+floral.jpg" /></a>To me two (2) flowers on the floral wire looks fuller and more like a palm tree. I worked the plastic a little bit to generate more of a curve to the branches instead of the flat look earlier.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPPzRMG9WH4ifo-6qkThqvEmrFyXXTrnVRw-3UgC9iW6txyQoGQ32CUj5QBrZGeHcGKS7e4TbbIecR-peOZwh33FqDUcA6XDZ26Bg3hhYHYDn48f5M2TRDk8OQdooHsAKsEPGOkV75IAP/s1600-h/12+scale+height.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 294px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222128475056050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPPzRMG9WH4ifo-6qkThqvEmrFyXXTrnVRw-3UgC9iW6txyQoGQ32CUj5QBrZGeHcGKS7e4TbbIecR-peOZwh33FqDUcA6XDZ26Bg3hhYHYDn48f5M2TRDk8OQdooHsAKsEPGOkV75IAP/s320/12+scale+height.jpg" /></a> I used the Captain to figure out a height for my palm trees in advance and to see if the trunks looked in scale. Close enough for me. You can purchase several different gauges of wire if you would prefer a beefier trunk. The Captain is mounted on a penny so I decided that I would make a small objective marker with the palm tree, a water well, and mount it on a similar base.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJOFbnmx4qxRcUGfvhjPI9AK9JphCPg_vOhG4pWDja3fhD0iTHu3Iw-EFCQwitJULYflAYOG482yeUvbYVM7HIuwiwzmlOuowMhkENPm0av2fG7H1V4H4AKnjyOmkMQIPmvoLv2IyLQg_/s1600-h/13+washer.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222114298952754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJOFbnmx4qxRcUGfvhjPI9AK9JphCPg_vOhG4pWDja3fhD0iTHu3Iw-EFCQwitJULYflAYOG482yeUvbYVM7HIuwiwzmlOuowMhkENPm0av2fG7H1V4H4AKnjyOmkMQIPmvoLv2IyLQg_/s320/13+washer.jpg" /></a> I purchased a pack of washers from a local hardware store. The washer is about 2 inches in diameter and approximately the thickness of a penny. The pack came with about 10 washers and I believe they wer about 10 cents per. The hole in the middle will serve as my well hole, however you could just fill it in with modeling clay or put a piece of tape over the hole and place your basing material on it.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluJX4xhB9F4hmzLgBQ8FbLPZp8JOws_KrUpDcRavikAlSUR64uYxtykKBA3iHCEw6HRBfqTGEsNlPSEwsAfkRVeOeJEmsXUGLFP6eUxvR4IMXBdSMBNhiZ_G2-rMyFSvsgZATsNh1tfuR/s1600-h/14+3+trees.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451222098787746114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluJX4xhB9F4hmzLgBQ8FbLPZp8JOws_KrUpDcRavikAlSUR64uYxtykKBA3iHCEw6HRBfqTGEsNlPSEwsAfkRVeOeJEmsXUGLFP6eUxvR4IMXBdSMBNhiZ_G2-rMyFSvsgZATsNh1tfuR/s320/14+3+trees.jpg" /></a> I made three (3) palm trees to surround the well. I decided that a slight bend in the trunk made them look more natural and I decided to include different heights.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp5lN-Co8uT_Fs5JIr6ztK6wlEVN5pxGFSauoqsMPdfnlgxV8NVHqlvszDROGw2hZbhv8oZhjj7BYg8uBsyfqaIorlWGUFOIi3bURE_iVDQo8TL8tr7bTROZH0Lnr5x6rIbhD5UXWK_Sa/s1600-h/15+making+holes+in+clay.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451221881231185602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp5lN-Co8uT_Fs5JIr6ztK6wlEVN5pxGFSauoqsMPdfnlgxV8NVHqlvszDROGw2hZbhv8oZhjj7BYg8uBsyfqaIorlWGUFOIi3bURE_iVDQo8TL8tr7bTROZH0Lnr5x6rIbhD5UXWK_Sa/s320/15+making+holes+in+clay.jpg" /></a> I placed some modeling clay along the sides of the washer and poked holes in it with the foral wire prior to baking it in the oven per the manufacturer's instructions. Modeling clay is fairly inexpensive and I got the clay from the same store as my glue.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzea72cDNAIuc2TWlHf3gBm-1VBvFwJubXN3seqIgHLrLL5_8phGQRqT0ercnPih3P_wIrC1vz3RiVCAQkU8pKo4QV_s-iT8dud_UILxHJz1wojsfqQHKHr0rYgOb1w8R-Lek_tnKqNfN/s1600-h/16+layout+with+well.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451221872645529490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzea72cDNAIuc2TWlHf3gBm-1VBvFwJubXN3seqIgHLrLL5_8phGQRqT0ercnPih3P_wIrC1vz3RiVCAQkU8pKo4QV_s-iT8dud_UILxHJz1wojsfqQHKHr0rYgOb1w8R-Lek_tnKqNfN/s320/16+layout+with+well.jpg" /></a> After baking I glued the trees into place and glued some model railroad ballast in two (2) layers to build up the well. Oh no!! the new well has already attracted two (2) of the Mahdi's scouts. *On a side note the Mahdist camelry figure to the right in my opinion is one of the best sculpts I have seen from Pendraken, I can not wait to field an entire formation with them. The unpainted fig is a turbaned infantry from the same range. The figures are for scale comparison.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDE8zfXjEZmqLOHZ_9Lfmw8wlLuavK_j-smHgeHoYVSiTxu6tVlT-ObwGtPnunKCqXiQ-QWdz3R_Heq4TYg_aCXkv2sU-64ljiUg5nkr_3BKQwugzZltXSY1L5YI1mmg4b0pJAGZF0_BS/s1600-h/17+adding+sand.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451221868314439186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDE8zfXjEZmqLOHZ_9Lfmw8wlLuavK_j-smHgeHoYVSiTxu6tVlT-ObwGtPnunKCqXiQ-QWdz3R_Heq4TYg_aCXkv2sU-64ljiUg5nkr_3BKQwugzZltXSY1L5YI1mmg4b0pJAGZF0_BS/s320/17+adding+sand.jpg" /></a> Next up I used water-downed PVA glue and playground sand to coat the base which helps hide the modeling clay. I also glued some paper on the bottom of the washer so that when the piece is placed on the table top that the terrain beneath would show. You need to let the sand dry overnight and then apply a second layer of water-down PVA glue on top of the sand to protect it.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyWj60pL1o4GtzQ1sXSU19c_moDUeJADxrysUQDE5pz7FhqaTVEKOGj96HnruSwRdBrUvQAAg0c6dImiyoOroJ2HkwLbTTglvbziV0geBhZnerO4gsIAoxs2dZTCePpfBFhkq97Q6d2tD/s1600-h/18+primed.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451221866330861186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyWj60pL1o4GtzQ1sXSU19c_moDUeJADxrysUQDE5pz7FhqaTVEKOGj96HnruSwRdBrUvQAAg0c6dImiyoOroJ2HkwLbTTglvbziV0geBhZnerO4gsIAoxs2dZTCePpfBFhkq97Q6d2tD/s320/18+primed.jpg" /></a> Next to last step. I primed the piece black and let dry.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORwDPA51sFkg11zkRyZXp3KAq9YYsvBW5Dy_idJt_Xbi2z_VoFf39dKp3v8TJjrgyeNeD3gD8WOQjqwpvFzw3hH19Kf6mkBWZxXDxF1BdpLTHniq57j5_s_LcUNIgJ-AIbJ9VAp4t-7cy/s1600-h/19+painted.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 293px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451221581788017986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORwDPA51sFkg11zkRyZXp3KAq9YYsvBW5Dy_idJt_Xbi2z_VoFf39dKp3v8TJjrgyeNeD3gD8WOQjqwpvFzw3hH19Kf6mkBWZxXDxF1BdpLTHniq57j5_s_LcUNIgJ-AIbJ9VAp4t-7cy/s320/19+painted.jpg" /></a> Painted up final. I believe the palms, although not perfect, give the impression I want for a very cheap price. they fit into scale and are easy to produce. The only nit-picky part is the top where we removed the tube but maybe I can find a way to hide it in the future, or maybe not. If anyone has some ideas for an easy fix let me know. I am going to work on modeling a water sack and rope for the well in the future.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVfdwziFWWeweAqjSINLenXbdM4yhlfz3g0IBzf4I5Nmxk5a6icrOEl0WBk_X76Okc2TWgkSmg8wgaxq07WJBgx3pRDeeCShk_ApqsqHzn8P8ja2x7QsILaKnJ_M45E1ReFA5ybNGzpzK/s1600-h/final+pic.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451221573585270834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVfdwziFWWeweAqjSINLenXbdM4yhlfz3g0IBzf4I5Nmxk5a6icrOEl0WBk_X76Okc2TWgkSmg8wgaxq07WJBgx3pRDeeCShk_ApqsqHzn8P8ja2x7QsILaKnJ_M45E1ReFA5ybNGzpzK/s320/final+pic.jpg" /></a> Final pic as it would look on the table. Although not perfect the trees work as an impressionist representation of palm trees which works well with my impressionistic painting style. I hope this tutorial will help many 10mm players as palm trees are a staple in many theaters, WWII Japan, Vietnam, Colonial Sudan, Napoleon in Egypt and many others. </div><div></div><div>Up next more painted up Mahdist, a review of Howard Whitehouse's Battle in Africa book, spoiler it is flippin great and a tutorial on making a mosque in 10mm.</div><div></div><div>Captain out.....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-21007725894686001452010-03-14T21:07:00.001-07:002010-03-14T21:29:13.890-07:00Captain Verbeek in 10mm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmPsvF6k1Qe4KywQYqPe0R2NP6oEBfztXUcRd0xBeyzSv3uLEPWFB1UA7Wf5ROg4qe0qfzWX23b_w-OadkhcPLlOp8bbGN3XTpoLkymVU_8HuBfDVqoK9VmBACU0y6_Pq52afFKRO1lXT/s1600-h/Front.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448708131697347970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmPsvF6k1Qe4KywQYqPe0R2NP6oEBfztXUcRd0xBeyzSv3uLEPWFB1UA7Wf5ROg4qe0qfzWX23b_w-OadkhcPLlOp8bbGN3XTpoLkymVU_8HuBfDVqoK9VmBACU0y6_Pq52afFKRO1lXT/s320/Front.jpg" /></a> To the left is our hero, Captain Lucien Verbeek and his pinto, Teuffel, in 10mm Technicolor.<br /><br />The miniature is 10mm Pendraken British officer on horse painted up as Les Captain and his faithful steed. There are a few differences between the 10mm version and the original 15mm Peter Pig mini. I have added a red sash to the pith helmet and changed the straps of the uni from from white to leather, other than that the figure is painted up fairly close to the 15mm including the captain's trademark blond goatee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMr5_bOOVGZ3MXrTcgFea3y7AWFcvyURUETvYXO9DelfkiuFK9XSKyzEsX2hT0OND_5ifz0oU43N4_VWxDOROcOoc4rYz6VOisQNensafRlTqxaapVnrCfZ-wxFF5TOPsquL4_uKG3ISyN/s1600-h/left+side.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448708129134392242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMr5_bOOVGZ3MXrTcgFea3y7AWFcvyURUETvYXO9DelfkiuFK9XSKyzEsX2hT0OND_5ifz0oU43N4_VWxDOROcOoc4rYz6VOisQNensafRlTqxaapVnrCfZ-wxFF5TOPsquL4_uKG3ISyN/s320/left+side.jpg" /></a> I am using non-metallic metallic painting on the 10mm Sudan figures as I believe this will not detract from the rest of the figure the way metallic paints do. I believe that Mr. Pengilley does a great job with the level of detail on these little 10mm figs and the Mahdist camel figures that I received this week are fantastic and I can not wait to paint them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHI7iA0F0cCDIRplts0Njek8TolxxtsKEKzeOKgv1MKCZdK1Yqbo1MPAWigS3HFIWe-S3qkufBs2tqqxHHdz4WmdHWWUG3cJBGhgvd5jb9gaOI25FwiaceRVRurvLHkl95ozSWXWGpwXo/s1600-h/Rear.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448708124511577010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHI7iA0F0cCDIRplts0Njek8TolxxtsKEKzeOKgv1MKCZdK1Yqbo1MPAWigS3HFIWe-S3qkufBs2tqqxHHdz4WmdHWWUG3cJBGhgvd5jb9gaOI25FwiaceRVRurvLHkl95ozSWXWGpwXo/s320/Rear.jpg" /></a> A shot of the back of the captain. I am hoping to spend a little extra time on the command figures and hope to perfect my new camera techniques soon. Reminder you can click on the photos for a blown up version of the figure. My camera can zoom in very close and shows the brush strokes and the highlight contrast fairly well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHyDvDJ6sT5oIZv4W2iAiwxyqGQhdf8Y3Opt0oSyc10RW6KFzQ4JZuAk-3_ZtouPyLevGv2PbwnxfKeoKt4wIJnzhmnood9PB6NVusJgVy_j3aC9ha9Kpc6xpuLRkpTKmWmZcCihXz3bn/s1600-h/right+side.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448708109295981138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHyDvDJ6sT5oIZv4W2iAiwxyqGQhdf8Y3Opt0oSyc10RW6KFzQ4JZuAk-3_ZtouPyLevGv2PbwnxfKeoKt4wIJnzhmnood9PB6NVusJgVy_j3aC9ha9Kpc6xpuLRkpTKmWmZcCihXz3bn/s320/right+side.jpg" /></a> In this shot you can see the extra pair of shoes and thrown across the front of the horse and the captains pistol holster. Very good detail but a fairly static pose, I wish the mini were a bit more animated like the Peter Pig mini but that is just my taste and I really can not complain this is a very nice sculpt. These pictures are better than the last few I have taken, however being this close up loses a little bit of the detail of the figure. From arms length this guy looks really good if I do say so myself.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQcPmxJbcQYWL17GZfSC-ir3baKj-BeTAi-kS3zEX-pVe7h22YWct_vVOugMvYzwrQdSQ-6-fyNvLCCfRDxVlddrFv2DClLNAmDdWgfuK3TZAUtTz5oim2d99sCThKmlKXtgsSsI-26k6/s1600-h/long+front.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448708107223609250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQcPmxJbcQYWL17GZfSC-ir3baKj-BeTAi-kS3zEX-pVe7h22YWct_vVOugMvYzwrQdSQ-6-fyNvLCCfRDxVlddrFv2DClLNAmDdWgfuK3TZAUtTz5oim2d99sCThKmlKXtgsSsI-26k6/s320/long+front.jpg" /></a> Finally a longer shot showing how the captain would look from the table top. The shot also shows the Knights of the Air game box I used for the background. I used a black base-coat on the fig but have been using brown base coat on most of the Mahdist and British infantry. I hope to crank out a rub of the Mahdist this week. Looking forward to gaming colonial conflicts in 10mm and I hope you enjoy the photos.Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-39657057674905881172010-03-11T15:24:00.000-08:002010-03-11T15:30:32.177-08:00More Pendraken minis have arrivedMy next shipment of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pendraken</span> 10mm have arrived. I now have Mahdi <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Camelry</span>, Mahdi Cavalry, more Mahdi foot, some British mounted commanders, can you say Captain <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Verbeek</span> in 10mm, and a captured Krupp with Egyptian crew. I am off work tomorrow so am planning a big day of painting Sudan figures. I played a game of Colonial Adventures with my buddy Ray last weekend. Ray <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">collects</span> 1/72<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> scale plastic men and we had a fine patrol game with the red coated <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">British</span> and the Zulu. Ray enjoyed the game so much that he has been diligently painting up Brits and Zulus at a feverish pace. For my contribution I am building some Zulu beehive huts. I will take some pictures as I progress. I now have a fairly <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sizable</span> mob of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mahdist</span> troops <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hedendawa</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jihadiya</span>, captured <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">krupp</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">camelry</span> and cavalry. Much painting to be done. I received a video camera for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Christmas</span> last year and took some footage of our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Zulu</span> game and some pictures. I will try and get them on here soon. Here is to much adventuring ahead, huzzah!!!Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-76576118543434714912010-02-15T20:17:00.001-08:002010-02-16T10:56:46.100-08:00Pendraken 10mm miniatures arrived.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9LnFiaTa_dCW8JsXvSBIBKNMhLLlqxF2h71J83a8-C3bAtlBi5RKGoIZgmeM3q6AeLTa7wmkxgHZCXqbNwYdPnk_o79iCYXIuC1zJBQ5fGMLozzZuk0nRl0iWzv-iyCpv51MjRJE5mL/s1600-h/IMG_0219.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438694509363680658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9LnFiaTa_dCW8JsXvSBIBKNMhLLlqxF2h71J83a8-C3bAtlBi5RKGoIZgmeM3q6AeLTa7wmkxgHZCXqbNwYdPnk_o79iCYXIuC1zJBQ5fGMLozzZuk0nRl0iWzv-iyCpv51MjRJE5mL/s320/IMG_0219.JPG" /></a>Below are a series of photos of my recently arrived <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pendraken</span> 10mm Sudan miniatures, British and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hedendawa</span>. The sculpts were fairly clean and detailed. The heights of each mold are between 10-12 mm. Only one figure broke while cleaning. I bought two (2) packs of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hedendawa</span> (Fuzzy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wuzzys</span>) they contain 30 figures per pack in three poses. I purchased one command pack 30 figures 15 standard bearers and 15 strangely dressed <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Khadifs</span>. Finally I ordered one British pack 29 soldiers in two (2) poses and one (1) captain standing. I am very happy with the figs and am planning on doing a one=ten scale. In my research so far the Mahdi's forces were organized into flags these were divided into rubs (800-1200 men, further divided into tribal sections of 100 men (centuries) each would have it's own flag and centurion to lead them. So I have cleaned and primed seven (7) 10 man units. I am priming all of the Sudan figs with a dark brown instead of my normal black and am happy with the effect. I am going to put together a post on my process for painting up the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hedendawa</span> units. I am including one picture of the 15mm Egyptian infantry that I am not happy with and lead me to purchase the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pendraken</span> miniatures. I also believe the 10mm figures will capture the desperation as a few <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">british</span> soldiers are surrounded by hundreds of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mahdist</span> figures and will make my table top deserts feel vast. I will have to figure out this new blog system. Enjoy the pics. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitg87FHZs3z7DXitWBQEXCefoETV-UWJXvWzKzswHgpz8AhQNIPm8DOWu-ev8MH_hUu3NQXAGuXhF38DqwGt5iDxYjyqKi9YmNdAEgZpfYegrVNypdUpiO2Ep_y8awQ2eRc4vKrL_MJ_s8/s1600-h/IMG_0216.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691761206577186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitg87FHZs3z7DXitWBQEXCefoETV-UWJXvWzKzswHgpz8AhQNIPm8DOWu-ev8MH_hUu3NQXAGuXhF38DqwGt5iDxYjyqKi9YmNdAEgZpfYegrVNypdUpiO2Ep_y8awQ2eRc4vKrL_MJ_s8/s320/IMG_0216.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxnZNFbRGYzvn8fa0s_pGH2II4VJiERqGTLJWTIUqmxeNdo5981PZ4ptncitfAv2JSN5-QcZVReOZxBb-OjkKfmtG8G3691oxdECurRusayC7CHPaaUCmYIrrZevAEECS5UA1bshg9ykg/s1600-h/Brits+up-close.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 296px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691590008402754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxnZNFbRGYzvn8fa0s_pGH2II4VJiERqGTLJWTIUqmxeNdo5981PZ4ptncitfAv2JSN5-QcZVReOZxBb-OjkKfmtG8G3691oxdECurRusayC7CHPaaUCmYIrrZevAEECS5UA1bshg9ykg/s320/Brits+up-close.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU8pzwSlWjd1zEr_mnZ-Wsbhc1X_ZzW6Ua3pDrDll4fqViWanB1vmUDIICLF0bJlkfTk3Dps-l2sJa66xv7Bq4BmAOYinGyHsHy6oaDpZfNPBICMFgDG3o9pMP7NGHBFEGQahk7DlaFpt/s1600-h/IMG_0208.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691139011570450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrU8pzwSlWjd1zEr_mnZ-Wsbhc1X_ZzW6Ua3pDrDll4fqViWanB1vmUDIICLF0bJlkfTk3Dps-l2sJa66xv7Bq4BmAOYinGyHsHy6oaDpZfNPBICMFgDG3o9pMP7NGHBFEGQahk7DlaFpt/s320/IMG_0208.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6QuOVMP7xdyx6cpqR2P3GScO9OTTmNRlvJgcPFIWGkAKmYrfWwMulcQwBLSjG03fZw6anBgQwj9T-0gO2n8SK71QzmtjfBai7nekC5tTogQBmXTjydvzId3vdfRA6Zpnj_kL0fT_zImm/s1600-h/IMG_0209.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691132944150114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6QuOVMP7xdyx6cpqR2P3GScO9OTTmNRlvJgcPFIWGkAKmYrfWwMulcQwBLSjG03fZw6anBgQwj9T-0gO2n8SK71QzmtjfBai7nekC5tTogQBmXTjydvzId3vdfRA6Zpnj_kL0fT_zImm/s320/IMG_0209.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1cvn9_-QAOUJLI-F1x5ilxjXZ-snRla24jq1RyStPDzNQvCYXwZM6L8KXJrw-ISZ6AFtV1hEZCcTl-EBveix3VpOZMOCMTI0eb1v5_NyJp0kP7ljzC3TjxTickpSeUQO0n-NxFEYTB3u/s1600-h/IMG_0204.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 163px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691128776019906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1cvn9_-QAOUJLI-F1x5ilxjXZ-snRla24jq1RyStPDzNQvCYXwZM6L8KXJrw-ISZ6AFtV1hEZCcTl-EBveix3VpOZMOCMTI0eb1v5_NyJp0kP7ljzC3TjxTickpSeUQO0n-NxFEYTB3u/s320/IMG_0204.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9MG4ItCUxj36nsxq0IZgeEk_TpZLT3TELgSp3V_FTUrniJ0X15aUlSikddCpCpH5QHFr9izRObzGmxXH5Ycb9kjeAnmNFkULJRxmpUvKmfhVsyLGDPfaTiCG_aPyCJg93LsmhGi3Hisf/s1600-h/IMG_0201.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691121543122594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9MG4ItCUxj36nsxq0IZgeEk_TpZLT3TELgSp3V_FTUrniJ0X15aUlSikddCpCpH5QHFr9izRObzGmxXH5Ycb9kjeAnmNFkULJRxmpUvKmfhVsyLGDPfaTiCG_aPyCJg93LsmhGi3Hisf/s320/IMG_0201.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkCVLiTg-mT_AXvFilPSNMSBWVWQsKnZZpcSSCNJuDs3BwwroC0G1HQWsuDKK7Klh0o_J4JxVVzaO4rjvokLkR3EExDVX8uWahYuwGiIXpZEwW0bwk2jLhrxeNKoQPRmGnbj5zWdp4Atg/s1600-h/IMG_0200.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 171px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438691114073341714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkCVLiTg-mT_AXvFilPSNMSBWVWQsKnZZpcSSCNJuDs3BwwroC0G1HQWsuDKK7Klh0o_J4JxVVzaO4rjvokLkR3EExDVX8uWahYuwGiIXpZEwW0bwk2jLhrxeNKoQPRmGnbj5zWdp4Atg/s320/IMG_0200.JPG" /></a>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-10855098277485725492010-02-10T05:47:00.000-08:002010-02-10T05:53:44.828-08:00Watching the MailboxI have not posted in a while as the adventure has been on hiatus. I received some 15mm Old Glory Egyptian troops but really don't like the way they painted up. I am my own worst critic, but something about the all white uniform and red fez, which I have difficulty painting red, have really stumped me. I have tried a couple of techniques but I am not enjoying painting the Egyptians, maybe it is the poses or perhaps just my technique but I am not feeling them. So I may paint them up slightly different as Bizerrcans. I have ordered several packs of Pendraken 10mm Sudan and have been waiting a couple of weeks now for them to arrive. I have not played any other colonial games lately but have been reading and scheming. I have been experimenting with building palm trees and terrain but am not happy with these efforts either. Who thought desert terrain would be so hard to get correct. I am hoping the Pendraken 10mm figures fit the bill. I have been drawn to 10mm figs for a while and hopefully the mass feel and level of detail will give me a fix. I will try and post some pics of various stages of modeling in a couple of days and of the new Pendraken minis when they arrive.<br /><br />ciao,Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-24130759345547400942009-11-24T10:10:00.000-08:002010-03-26T13:00:49.330-07:00THW Colonial Adventures - playtest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXamZEt8gyEYzMB5Dh5N6X-fatMP7xIDsYPZNFvECr1PD29sgByy1Q7EIWBnxbztsbSwCdRTCTImqzpyxDL8XoDDnv8kN5u6vL1tl7kwtj4wGOrMKZ4t7lZO5GgJnALWGPEX91akxWPBtd/s1600/Colonial+Adventures.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 237px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407735164281022994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXamZEt8gyEYzMB5Dh5N6X-fatMP7xIDsYPZNFvECr1PD29sgByy1Q7EIWBnxbztsbSwCdRTCTImqzpyxDL8XoDDnv8kN5u6vL1tl7kwtj4wGOrMKZ4t7lZO5GgJnALWGPEX91akxWPBtd/s320/Colonial+Adventures.jpg" /></a><strong>Score: 8 out of 10</strong> <div><div></div><div>Over the holiday I play-tested Two Hour Wargames <em>Colonial Adventures </em>rules. First impressions is that this game has some real promise. The rules are written for solo or multi player gaming, the game can be played with miniatures of any scale or alternatively you can play the rules without any miniatures just paper, pencil and dice. </div><br /><div>After Thanksgiving dinner I set up a small patrol scenario and played a game in about 45 minutes, the game probably would have taken less time but I had to look through the rule book several times as this was my first game. Before I get into the battle report I will give a brief overview of the rules.</div><br /><div>The rule book is laid out as follows: Introduction,</div><div>Getting Started (stuff you need to play), Game Basics (discussion on how to determine troop characteristics), </div><div>Armies (divided into European and native, also there are additional army lists on-line at their yahoo group), Rules (Turn Sequence, Actions, Movement, Melee, etc.) and Scenarios (set-up, scenario specific rules). The rules are well written and organized. The scale is one (1) base equals approximately five (5) men so a standard platoon is 20 stands, although they do have rules to modify this down to 10 stands per platoon. </div><div></div><div>The main mechanic of the game is taking a series of "Crisis Tests" against the value of your units and/or leader's "Reputation". The more successful you are at passing the tests, (better rolls) the better the outcome and more options allowed. Example if your Ansar swordsmen want to charge a British Square, you must take a Crisis Test, if you pass you charge. Since the British are being charged they must take a Crisis Test, if they pass they do an action, (fire, stand, etc.) When the British fire at the Ansar, the Ansar must take a Crisis Test to see what happens when they are fired at. If you don't like rolling dice, you will not like this game. The game is played exclusively with six-sided dice so the variance in units is somewhat limited, however the mechanic is simple and elegant.</div><div></div><div>Players roll dice to determine which side goes first and based on the die roll for each side which reputation troops may activate. Each side complete all of their actions prior to the second side activating. However, Crisis Test will effect the ebb and flow of the turn. The ranged combat and melee are based upon unit reputation as well ,with some situational variables, (high ground, ferocious troops, etc.)</div><div></div><div>The game plays quickly, is simple and the solo version had just the right amount of tension and desperation. A few draw-backs, there were no drawings showing combat situations only text descriptions and a couple of the rules could have been fleshed out a bit more rather than left up to the discretion of the player. I will post my questions on the yahoo group and report on the level of assistance I receive. All in all a very fun first game, I look forward to trying the rules out with friends.</div><div></div><div>Battle report:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikseek-AZ7KwvWnuUqPNK2K9wsuXgYWQ5ICNRn71ULkLMDEC55Fmcqk26zs6Uyrh8yNgKMuKDQlM6NmIkvqP_itQd7X6qcNNDWi8BrQI6KD3h5y2g9dPvZTISTyIDSrOmsrXb5PaRP5OJ/s1600/CA+illustrations+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 262px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410018436473316898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikseek-AZ7KwvWnuUqPNK2K9wsuXgYWQ5ICNRn71ULkLMDEC55Fmcqk26zs6Uyrh8yNgKMuKDQlM6NmIkvqP_itQd7X6qcNNDWi8BrQI6KD3h5y2g9dPvZTISTyIDSrOmsrXb5PaRP5OJ/s320/CA+illustrations+1.jpg" /></a>Set up: I selected the Patrol scenario. I played a company of Egyptian infantry sent out from their garrison to search for Mahdist troops and survey the surrounding lands. I rolled for terrain and below is a map of the area with hills, one clump of wooded area (oasis) in the middle and stick men (Possible Enemy Forces - PEF) where Mahdist troops might be. The Egyptian forces are given a Reputation of three (3), nothing to write home about. I rolled for my leader's reputation and ugh, a two (2) reputation, he would be no help at all, however as is usual in legend the NCO was reputation five (5). I imagined a young upstart Mulazim Tani (2nd Lietenant) leaning on the experience of his Sargent. My platoon consisted of 100 men (20 stands). The Mulazim ordered his men into line at the base of a hill and sent 15 men (3 stands) to scout the near hill and the wooded area. The scouts observed no movement along the ridge and slowly moved toward the oasis. Upon cresting the hill the scouts had direct line of sight to two (2) of the possible areas of Mahdi activity. The tension builds, no troops are to be seen, that means troops must be in area 2.<br /></div><div>The rules dictate that when a unit moves into the center of a grid that the unit check for the enemy even if there are no PEF figures there. My Egyptian troops slowly marched over the hill and down into area four (4), the line of Egyptians inch forward when two (2) bands of ferocious Ansar spring up in the middle of area four (4). The Egyptians are outnumbered 150 to 85 and the Ansar are exceptional hand-to-hand fighters (I rolled really well for them).<br /></div><div>At the top of the next turn the Egyptians and Mahdist roll the same activation number, in the scenario this could trigger possible re-enforcements and sure enough two (2) more PEFs popped up on the board.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxWmX3Kou2Cq3X8muzBl4ePHCiN0PkmyRIi1IL3rTsv4qAllghLxfP_JiqfJtviQA15ZUZ69b7bTF3tkexISr853XDhkbX9X3XVS7VFMEQtsNpqFUHDMmz5XzylsH-rbVjlqktwcFoz55/s1600/CA+illustrations+2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 274px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410018439176467154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxWmX3Kou2Cq3X8muzBl4ePHCiN0PkmyRIi1IL3rTsv4qAllghLxfP_JiqfJtviQA15ZUZ69b7bTF3tkexISr853XDhkbX9X3XVS7VFMEQtsNpqFUHDMmz5XzylsH-rbVjlqktwcFoz55/s320/CA+illustrations+2.jpg" /></a>While the Mulzim fumbles at his sword while the Egyptian NCO barks out the command to fire at the smaller Ansar unit in front of them (Crisis Test passed), the Egyptian line erupts in Volley Fire and causes 10 Ansar (2 stands) to fall. The Ansar seem inspired by the death of their comrades (Crisis test passed) and charge. The Egyptian NCO orders the troops to reload and fire just prior to the Ansar piling into the line (Crisis test result from charge) and the Egyptians once again unload their carbines, five (5) more Ansar fall (one stand).<br /></div><div>Screams and curses are heard over the pitch of battle as hand-to-hand fighting erupts along the line. The Ansar inflict heavy casualties on the Egyptians (20 men, 4 stands) while another 20 men run for their lives (Crisis test Egyptians pass). The Lt. is nearly killed in the action (leader killed on 11-12, I rolled a 10). At the darkest moment the Ansar pause allowing the Sargent to call a fighting retreat and the line is reformed at the top of the hill.(Egyptians rolled higher on activation roll and broke from melee). The scouts are running to the sound of small arms fire but may arrive too late.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz88zYDjEtdOttJNPApZBu75EQg-ZPt8siNnR5UCE44IpH29-hBe0_5Jr5Re9iVG8Kolhu72pxZ0MYMyg0_7sohyphenhyphenklSG7Mclpkb8MiqmFD48bPTZ3RxptuyYBwHE5SeialnmG9Fz0JaD_/s1600/CA+illustrations+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 301px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410018449134061058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzz88zYDjEtdOttJNPApZBu75EQg-ZPt8siNnR5UCE44IpH29-hBe0_5Jr5Re9iVG8Kolhu72pxZ0MYMyg0_7sohyphenhyphenklSG7Mclpkb8MiqmFD48bPTZ3RxptuyYBwHE5SeialnmG9Fz0JaD_/s320/CA+illustrations+3.jpg" /></a>With the line depleted the Egyptians manage a smaller volley and inflict more casualties on the smaller Ansar band (5 men, 1 stand), 10 Ansar have enough and flee (2 stands). The Ansar mob ascends the hill (Crisis test to charge past), the Egyptians fire at will but have depleted most of their ammunition (low ammo roll). The Ansar mob crashes into the remaining Egyptians do not have much fight left in them and scatter toward their garrison, the Mulazim and Sargent with a small contingent of troops fight their way out. the scouts can see the Mahdi's men celebrating on the hill and do not dare to approach.<br /></div><div></div><div>The Yuzbashi at the garrison waits for his report. The young Mulazim Tani arrives at his door. "Your report!", the Yuzbashi's voice is hard and short. "The enemy is in numbers to our east Effendi and my patrol barely escaped, I am sad to report 28 wounded and approximately 30 killed. Had it not been for the Sargent a fear it would have been worse." Just as the Yuzbashi was about to start his lecture on leadership and responsibility, a fellah burst into the room. "Effendi, we have spotted many men moving to the east and west, flying the green banner!" The Yuzbashi reached for his fez, "Mulazim prepare to redeem yourself ." "I will try my best, Effendi!"</div><div></div><div></div><div>The next scenario in the book is a raid by the winning force of the Patrol scenario. I will play this scenario with friends and report later. In summary Colonial Adventures is a fast, simple and good set of rules. I will report later and continue exploring other rules as well. On a crafting note I had a bit of time to work on my terrain table last night, I hope to post pictures soon.</div></div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-91589813344462314502009-11-16T17:29:00.000-08:002009-11-17T05:09:16.519-08:00Terrain, Miniatures and a New Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mVlENiPbbIBFEVvYb4ONo60QYSo2vhY2k2fxIkRufPry_U5-Zeb_P-2ib_qbGE00xnxDdVt5Ww-S3uSn5ADDke7OdrN9f6b1ShfUf1hyphenhyphenLSV864G8OOJoN1dDew8Uk0K0IqCVVAT9QOwJ/s1600/tel+el-kebir+1882.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405057345798218322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mVlENiPbbIBFEVvYb4ONo60QYSo2vhY2k2fxIkRufPry_U5-Zeb_P-2ib_qbGE00xnxDdVt5Ww-S3uSn5ADDke7OdrN9f6b1ShfUf1hyphenhyphenLSV864G8OOJoN1dDew8Uk0K0IqCVVAT9QOwJ/s320/tel+el-kebir+1882.jpg" /></a>My copy of Donald <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Featherstone's</span> tel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">el</span>-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">kebir</span> arrived this past weekend and I have been enjoying it quite a bit. My knowledge of the period increases daily. I was pleasantly surprised that it was a hard-back first Osprey I have seen in hard-back. I have started building a scratch-built steam boat from a template by Gary Chalk that I found in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wargames</span> Illustrated June 1999, which I bought at my local gaming convention a few weeks ago. I built one of Mr. Chalk's pirate ships from the templates on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Foundry</span> page and have scratch built <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Dreadnought</span> spaceships from card and foam core so I have a little experience at scratch building. The original plans are for 28mm miniatures so I copied the template at 66% for 15mm miniatures.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfque8hlkWAIPiXchwIOD0QH9Ioe6qj6vdTWGc2pjIVeyqYaM1-5Itig9thyphenhyphenKOlxQMrwkbbP41dWSES3SDJz1ZhY-AqLW9xoA77zsbLqAQIu8ST1RfffDDd3U6dJ3wK5AwXpTYNPAW5XOR/s1600/ship+closer.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405057338239747154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfque8hlkWAIPiXchwIOD0QH9Ioe6qj6vdTWGc2pjIVeyqYaM1-5Itig9thyphenhyphenKOlxQMrwkbbP41dWSES3SDJz1ZhY-AqLW9xoA77zsbLqAQIu8ST1RfffDDd3U6dJ3wK5AwXpTYNPAW5XOR/s320/ship+closer.jpg" /></a>To the left is the beginnings of the stern-wheeler with a Peter Pig 15mm British officer fig on the upper deck. Speaking of miniature scale I have been going back and forth with scale for almost two-weeks now, the fear of selecting the wrong scale <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">immobilizing</span> me from ordering miniatures. I have done my Seven Years war armies in 10mm, 6mm and 15mm and they all have their <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">merits</span>. My first colonial miniatures were the Peter Pig 15mm but they don't seem to mix well with Old Glory, which for me in the U.S. is the best buy, my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">SYW</span> is almost exclusively <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">OG</span>. I am tempted by 25mm or 28mm however the only appropriate miniatures seem to be Perry and they are quite expensive. Finally, I have been thinking of 10mm <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pendraken</span>, but having done the battle of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Gettysburg</span> in 10mm my painting style seems too dark for this scale or at least my impression of the level of detail gets lost. I have found a nice article on making a desert terrain board at the following link. <a href="http://www.quindia.com/studioart11.htm">www.quindia.com/studioart11.htm</a> I immediately ran out and bought everything to make some terrain boards. I plan to make some desert boards and a couple with a river running through it. I will post pictures when I start the first boards, that makes deciding my scale paramount this week. I emailed my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">imagi</span>-nation enemy Paul from <a href="http://www.bizercca.blogspot.com/">http://www.bizercca.b</a><a href="http://www.bizercca.blogspot.com/">logspot.com/</a> about possibly projecting out the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cavenderia</span> - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bizercca</span> war into the 19<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> century with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bizerccans</span> playing the role of the Egyptians and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cavenderi </span>Imperial troops arriving to quash an uprising.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-aVeVeHxaxc4v6I8VRXoEZWyijtHGDZvzss71c6JzDCymQ4Fc8Rjzzt2LgCLcbEbmxZPmqpOVebZ8fmCs7RXFDoC4HBlrXRipKyiXWGbnL9QimqcBut3R3nyg5ii1Wcj-6o7Vl13XO4E/s1600/Steamer+Side.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405057336831940146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-aVeVeHxaxc4v6I8VRXoEZWyijtHGDZvzss71c6JzDCymQ4Fc8Rjzzt2LgCLcbEbmxZPmqpOVebZ8fmCs7RXFDoC4HBlrXRipKyiXWGbnL9QimqcBut3R3nyg5ii1Wcj-6o7Vl13XO4E/s320/Steamer+Side.jpg" /></a>To the left another picture of the paddle boat started. If anyone would like a copy of the templates leave me a message, as Mr. Chalk published his pirate ship templates for free down-load I do not think he would mind my sending out an adobe of the paddle boat template. Cavenderi Colonialism seems like it would be great fun for a non-historical Egypt/Sudan campaign and allow me to paint up fictional Imperial units and fictional characters such as General <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Lindsey</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Wolsey</span> leader of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cavenderi</span> expedition. I could even throw in references to the original 1757 conflict with names of ships, regiments etc. I will work on some fiction. Finally, I have been reading over Colonial Adventures by two-hour <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">wargames</span> and some house rules by Steve Hicks both seem very promising. My gaming group is playing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Battlelore</span> this Friday and with the holidays it may be a while before another rules review and battle report, however I will try and fill the time with posts on miniature painting terrain and book review, not to mention I put Khartoum in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Que</span> on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">NetFlix</span>. Finally, Steve's rules can be played solo so I may be able to get in a battle report after all. Oh yeah nearly forgot, regardless of scale, rules, imagination or historical Captain <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Verbeek</span> will be there for all of the action. I am thinking of painting up a Captain <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Verbeek</span> in 28mm and sending him to Msr. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Probst</span> to see if he can't get attached to a military unit in his Captain Pedigree blog. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Vive</span> la <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Capitain</span>!!<br /><br />Yours truly,Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-88435772594268323982009-11-09T09:35:00.000-08:002010-03-26T13:00:33.401-07:00The Battle of El-Teb<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEuIuA1PvA3cEovtscP7VI6KFJwldFcR25UdxRyHUkZBmlhnA6f0BVO3fvZ5JXMHk6Ko9ek3otiGWg_P_v9laSnu_fKXKhlhyjP_zWz0XcgifnhOlNNyJzInAzZ3qY6BMdWcoebeps0_C/s1600-h/Pages+from+TDLIUE+Sudan+Rules.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402160883632978738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEuIuA1PvA3cEovtscP7VI6KFJwldFcR25UdxRyHUkZBmlhnA6f0BVO3fvZ5JXMHk6Ko9ek3otiGWg_P_v9laSnu_fKXKhlhyjP_zWz0XcgifnhOlNNyJzInAzZ3qY6BMdWcoebeps0_C/s320/Pages+from+TDLIUE+Sudan+Rules.jpg" /></a> Last Friday 11-06-09 I played my first Sudan Campaign game using Too Fat Lardies' <a href="http://toofatlardies.co.uk/">http://toofatlardies.co.uk/</a> Sudan rules <em>They Don't Like it Up Em! </em>These rules are available in their December 2008 Festive Feast special. <div></div><div>First impressions of the rules, short (10 pages), random card driven turn (not all units will activate each turn), funny (humorous card effects), ambiguous.</div><div></div><div>I have not played Too Fat Lardies' rule system before so those who have may have an easier time interpreting the flavor of the rules. The main driver of the rules is the action deck and blinds. The action deck is built by making a card for each large unit, most officers, some special event cards and one (1) end of turn card. During each turn cards are drawn and each card activates its' unit. The other major component of the rules is utilizing paper "blinds" for each native unit, I used 5X3 inch index cards face down. These are deployed by the native player for intial set-up, additionally the native players received blank "blinds" which would help hide the location fo their troops even more. The British officers and units can attempt to "spot" the enemy blinds (reveal if they are actually troops or not). The combination of the random end of turn and inability to see your enemy at the beginning are both interesting concepts.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDCLC7ifr5KFBl-ty19Sx_DX_RW2BQZDxCFn8SBaHm33c1x6Zs_EAIJ8Tv4q2T08CeSsk9ianw-D3-oqZuoDubGSSiGTkfdpcQQy83ek24VZkWwYMXnrs4mv1adlR8tJlAg70z-CAwVcf/s1600-h/Turn+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402160789183500466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDCLC7ifr5KFBl-ty19Sx_DX_RW2BQZDxCFn8SBaHm33c1x6Zs_EAIJ8Tv4q2T08CeSsk9ianw-D3-oqZuoDubGSSiGTkfdpcQQy83ek24VZkWwYMXnrs4mv1adlR8tJlAg70z-CAwVcf/s320/Turn+3.jpg" /></a><br />The scenario started out with the Mahdi's forces (natives) occupying a couple of hills flanked by rough terrain (pictured left) and the British entering the board from the lower corner.</div><div></div><div>The British player began advancing and attempting to spot the Mahdi's forces with his cavalry and got a bit overextended on the left flank. The Mahdi's forces stayed undetected with little movement the first turn. However, the Native artillary started to fire at the British advance triggering the British player to fire his artillary and jamming his Gardner machine gun, which never unjammed the entire game.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wHY1DFnuXZy0UIRMyanYwgDW4HMQ0kjtUrQR-RJssN4kj2_Aw20KNlOU-hTq80b7hAk3pVc2-c__yvv9HSvOVTsYZKUz2hbYqTTfSiAnUEDD_B-Ojsb7nFIALINqCQtbw_9S9vIzF4NQ/s1600-h/Kings+Royal+Rifles+and+Yorks+and+Lancs.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402160798773470882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wHY1DFnuXZy0UIRMyanYwgDW4HMQ0kjtUrQR-RJssN4kj2_Aw20KNlOU-hTq80b7hAk3pVc2-c__yvv9HSvOVTsYZKUz2hbYqTTfSiAnUEDD_B-Ojsb7nFIALINqCQtbw_9S9vIzF4NQ/s320/Kings+Royal+Rifles+and+Yorks+and+Lancs.jpg" /></a> Pictured left are the King's Royal Rifles and Yorks and Lancs advancing with their supply camels. While drawing cards we noticed a trend, the native player had many more units, i.e. his cards were being drawn quite a bit more often than the British, the British player did not even get his artillary card drawn to almost the end of the game. We had some issues with the rules as they seemed incomplete at points, sometimes not fully developing the rule before moving on. As these rules are based on the Lardies' system the gaps in the rules may be easily interpreted by players of other games within the system, however having never played them before we had to make some gentlemanly decisions on how we would treat the unknown. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5nBCSI9IPPNfHR7Jjq679UVxFxxi2pQRVYb7SupX_gsuWiFh3GHKhyndPDYlR3Fo_kGa6oH_r2Wv9PSbRPhJGwGspnCAq9b5LpAe2FImVMo2HKXEjciMlFqNWMuGnQUv9PLbOU_pREPt/s1600-h/Large+view+of+the+battle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402160801395677810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5nBCSI9IPPNfHR7Jjq679UVxFxxi2pQRVYb7SupX_gsuWiFh3GHKhyndPDYlR3Fo_kGa6oH_r2Wv9PSbRPhJGwGspnCAq9b5LpAe2FImVMo2HKXEjciMlFqNWMuGnQUv9PLbOU_pREPt/s320/Large+view+of+the+battle.jpg" /></a>Example: When the card "Blinds Move" is drawn the native player may move all of his blinds and wanted to charge all of his sub-units within the blind into the British, this was not covered in the rules. The rules said how to "shoot" from a blind but not how to move the sub-units within the blind into combat. We decided to have each sub-unit within the blind move and fight individually, ther was not rules for several units engaging one British unit, flanking etc. each combat was fought one at a time ala Kung-fu style, allowing the British to repulse each attack prior to the next.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp0L9qn8RmitIo8bsd9Z2rt2GQ9zBcDvFc5P9KdjgqbpN_6BA5x-7yEMzkPQKfUFxYOJZcrsaqZn6W-xnJm9Z5h5qGsFZ16ofcU6UkrUuKrHlf_XLLQgJarXrMrkNQAB9iclLgYQpGLcK/s1600-h/Dervishes+pushed+back.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402160792605132242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp0L9qn8RmitIo8bsd9Z2rt2GQ9zBcDvFc5P9KdjgqbpN_6BA5x-7yEMzkPQKfUFxYOJZcrsaqZn6W-xnJm9Z5h5qGsFZ16ofcU6UkrUuKrHlf_XLLQgJarXrMrkNQAB9iclLgYQpGLcK/s320/Dervishes+pushed+back.jpg" /></a>Overall our gaming group gave the rules a C+ allowing a little room for our first Sudan rules test and we did have a fun time with quite a few laugh out loud moments as the native players became obsessed with trying to capture one of the British Camels and failing the entire game. The final outcome of the battle was a win for the natives who gave the British a bloody nose inflicting quite a few casualties, however a combination of horrible dice rolls, inability to draw more than one British unit card and no rules for passage of lines may have been a disadvantage for the Brits.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOQwCY-dtiAuBiSyeBi5VE9vAhJ6m68IWiwXF9umsbtZrO9WwMDLU1rLxBehBN_qPEI7FUm44gHOHg4HxaJX5zqKJvhrjw4R-tARNS5inTMAuH-zBYxKnN3SyumSCiqC3tTN5PJ6sAFfe/s1600-h/backwards+fuzzies.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402160808629001394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOQwCY-dtiAuBiSyeBi5VE9vAhJ6m68IWiwXF9umsbtZrO9WwMDLU1rLxBehBN_qPEI7FUm44gHOHg4HxaJX5zqKJvhrjw4R-tARNS5inTMAuH-zBYxKnN3SyumSCiqC3tTN5PJ6sAFfe/s320/backwards+fuzzies.jpg" /></a>Will we play these rules again, probably with some house rules thrown in and several postings to the Lardies' Yahoo group. I would say if you have played other Lardies' titles you would probably have no issues with the game. It is a beer and pretzels game and I am not sure it is what we are looking for but it was an enjoyable evening and that is what is important. Finally for the record paper troops are not nearly as enjoyable as lead. Coming up Piquet <em>Field of Battle</em>, Two hour Wargames <em>Colonial Adventures</em> and <em>The Sword and the Flame.</em> I have been working on a steamer ship model and will post about that next week.</div></div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-30341539803870330132009-11-03T04:54:00.000-08:002009-11-03T05:09:11.095-08:00Paper Figures<div>I am playing my first Colonial war game this Friday 11-06-09 and will post a battle report. We will be using Too Fat Lardies "They Don't Like it Up em!" rules and playing they're introductory scenario. I do not have any Sudan figures as yet so what to do. As mentioned earlier when starting a new period I general turn to <a href="http://www.juniorgeneral.org/">http://www.juniorgeneral.org/</a> for paper miniatures and once again the site did not fail. Don't get me wrong, paper figures do not IMO have the aesthetic appeal of lead minis but for the thrifty gamer or trying on a new set of rules they can not be beat. This picture shows an example of the King's Royal Rifle for the scenario.</div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHBPgy2jRpVO6iYjVUc8C8_F_2JRRTliCBDWAYWDg7LkaQYdyzIkAGjCZYgW6WXklhufmH5t_rjiiFqeyguG5zKWYk-5FlRmrtxgZaaSLfQlT3LRRfTuNArxRdNC0GL2LB9UB1kU3l3lC/s1600-h/King's+Royal+Rifles+Paper+Figures.PNG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399861372047027394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHBPgy2jRpVO6iYjVUc8C8_F_2JRRTliCBDWAYWDg7LkaQYdyzIkAGjCZYgW6WXklhufmH5t_rjiiFqeyguG5zKWYk-5FlRmrtxgZaaSLfQlT3LRRfTuNArxRdNC0GL2LB9UB1kU3l3lC/s320/King's+Royal+Rifles+Paper+Figures.PNG" /></a><br />The paper figs print out to approximately 15mm scale. However, you can adjust your printer to print them out larger or smaller if you wish.</div><div> </div><div>I am basing them on square 30mm bases, this will fit the Lardie's rules and next up is Piquet Field of Battle. <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/index.html">http://www.angelfire.com/az3/twohourwargames/index.html</a> is running a special this week on their Colonial Adventures rules and I might pick them up. If anyone has a critique on the rules please feel free to post in the comments. I also have an interest in Pony Wars and Patrols in the Sudan. A few other rules have been mentioned on the miniatures page and have also sparked my interest. </div><div> </div><div>I have begun the great delima of scale, 6mm, 10mm, 15mm or 25-28mm. Each has its' merits and drawbacks. But first to select a set of rules.</div><div> </div><div>Finally, I ordered <em>Tel el-Kabir </em>by Donald Featherstone, a book on the Egyptian revolt for more background and perhaps to game some of that conflict as well. Back next time with my first battle report on the Lardie's rules.</div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206508285207986962.post-37206866849970906042009-10-31T14:17:00.000-07:002009-10-31T16:13:56.092-07:00Introduction<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkhLr-lm6GyetDDcdn3AJKDsTcqaux-Rl__RjZg1GUy8HByKxavTn5z08cHl8T_YVH0dS-Trnslo29WhtEakYEYpyjmSW01YMvPc7hGO0KhUbI6KFPSjQTd2IU1027RbggyzNnOYQMmcH/s1600-h/first+pic.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398894268770965554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkhLr-lm6GyetDDcdn3AJKDsTcqaux-Rl__RjZg1GUy8HByKxavTn5z08cHl8T_YVH0dS-Trnslo29WhtEakYEYpyjmSW01YMvPc7hGO0KhUbI6KFPSjQTd2IU1027RbggyzNnOYQMmcH/s320/first+pic.jpg" /></a>Welcome to my new blog. This blog will be dedicated to my new interest in learning about and war gaming the Sudan Campaign (1881-1898). Fought between the followers of the Mahdi and the Imperial British Army and allies.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">First a bit about me. I have a bachelors degree in History from Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States, a Master's Degree in Environmental Science and have been playing historical miniatures war games for the past seven (7) years. My primary war gaming interests are the Seven Years War and American Civil War, however having read about colonial war gaming on blogs like <a href="http://www.steve-the-wargamer.blogspot.com/">http://www.steve-the-wargamer.blogspot.com/</a> <a href="http://www.generalpettygree.blogspot.com/">http://www.generalpettygree.blogspot.com/</a> and <a href="http://www.theolddessauer.blogspot.com/">http://www.theolddessauer.blogspot.com/</a> I have become interested in developing my own fictional colonial campaign.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">My primary interest has been painting miniatures and playing games has always been a bonus. This has created shelves of beautifully painted miniatures that have not seen the battle field, and there is nothing worse than getting "all dressed up for nothing", but I really enjoy painting the little guys and new periods allow me to exercise my painting skills on different types of troops.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">S<em>o why a Sudan campaign?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I believe the Sudan will allow me to start with small units, scouting patrols, raids etc and build to larger battles, covering both my desire to paint miniatures and allowing me to play games with smaller units of troops, I tend to paint fairly slowly. Having read about Sudan rules on other blogs, there is the opinion that the Sudan lends itself well to solo play. This is good because I can not always count on my friends liking every period I enjoy and this will allow me to play by myself if necessary. Finally, the romanticism of the Victorian era and the color of the characters has a certain appeal.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>So what does the title of the blog mean?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjk2RKRwwJAUSfpgnQFumG_cv8T1w8zfrrK-7iph1r8IbGp0f6A4HMED9mONswhUovJ7KUl4wXXuhgBBXw4_Fifhd2Ll8bmnP8GFmT_8Ot75KWBgIchcNfnwoHiTK4z7yAboFUqWNVUoa/s1600-h/King+Leopolds+ghost.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398890126986120002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjk2RKRwwJAUSfpgnQFumG_cv8T1w8zfrrK-7iph1r8IbGp0f6A4HMED9mONswhUovJ7KUl4wXXuhgBBXw4_Fifhd2Ll8bmnP8GFmT_8Ot75KWBgIchcNfnwoHiTK4z7yAboFUqWNVUoa/s320/King+Leopolds+ghost.jpg" /></a>Steve Turner of <a href="http://www.theolddessauer.blogspot.com/">http://www.theolddessauer.blogspot.com/</a> started a fictional Northwestern Frontier campaign and solicited advice from fellow war gamers on his blog. I, not having had any experience in colonial warfare, created the fictional character <strong>Captain Lucien Verbeek</strong> of his majesty King Leopold II's Belgium Armee. Having read Adam Hochschild's, <em>King Leopold's Ghost</em>, I thought, a Belgium observer attempting to understand the workings of colonial control for the future sole owner of the Congo would make an interesting character. So I created a back story, painted up a figure, <em>pictured in the blog title banner above</em> (figure by Peter Pig) and started reading more about colonial Africa. In the interim Captain Verbeek was shipped to the UK and assigned to the British Sudanese expedition at <a href="http://www.steve-the-wargamer.blogspot.com/2009/08/third-best-thing-to-come-out-of-belgium.html">www.steve-the-wargamer.blogspot.com/2009/08/third-best-thing-to-come-out-of-belgium.html</a> He immediately got lost, captured, nearly rescued and then actually rescued by a combined British/Egyptian column. It was reading Steve's blog on the rescue attempts that finally made the period irresistible.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>So How did I get started?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqDQjD82lkwkrtGYHPixEcrEi5AJt0trxZcYLrtEz7I_g9dZ45h4bdNIfgJJ2BxFobsu5qKkaVAWIH6nWEdMIHDqiu4sm__SsR0z3uWNRiVr8oneXQ7egt7GFHmdjvBRtwI4G9rxJvqYF/s1600-h/scramble+for+africa.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398897520624692706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqDQjD82lkwkrtGYHPixEcrEi5AJt0trxZcYLrtEz7I_g9dZ45h4bdNIfgJJ2BxFobsu5qKkaVAWIH6nWEdMIHDqiu4sm__SsR0z3uWNRiVr8oneXQ7egt7GFHmdjvBRtwI4G9rxJvqYF/s320/scramble+for+africa.jpg" /></a>I revisited some books, the previously mentioned, <em>King Leopold's</em><em> Ghost and </em>Thomas Pakenham's <em>The Scramble for Africa,</em> watched a few movies, <em>Zulu, The Man Who Would be King </em>and <em>Khartoum</em>, drank a few Pimm's and Ginger and ordered some Osprey Books. While attending CharCon, Charleston, West Virginia's own gaming convention I picked up a few War Games Illustrated dealing with the Sudan campaign and Colonial war gaming in general, including an article on how to scratch build stern-wheel boats (but that is for a future post).</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsx0nxLktai5PI9dXQbSMn4hyphenhyphenodZ9V-qKbKiXB4B3-3hQJUtjx_jaP5lHC9CblIRFwHdXAxEbHs1f4dxpAPyoBnERqLDutIJX4-oBUnYLmxP0Rg0nRQN8LUdcnwMmr_S8WLm1vkmOnHk4/s1600-h/featherstone+khartoun.jpg"><em><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398883923143168786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsx0nxLktai5PI9dXQbSMn4hyphenhyphenodZ9V-qKbKiXB4B3-3hQJUtjx_jaP5lHC9CblIRFwHdXAxEbHs1f4dxpAPyoBnERqLDutIJX4-oBUnYLmxP0Rg0nRQN8LUdcnwMmr_S8WLm1vkmOnHk4/s320/featherstone+khartoun.jpg" /></em></a>The first Osprey book to arrive was Khartoum 1885 by Donald Featherstone, I have only begun reading it but already it has increased my knowledge of the various tribes, army organizations and chronology of the first Sudan campaign. I look forward to completing it.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5iAiKfbKh3Dw0cBqoDThNAyH5TjvzxtN-J710lKboC2T9pN5Z0paNQDjR-uOhxlgkVlqh5lCDPUCCZgoaVsu9y6fCe52KqKxVqiawSGcHj-fbBhPJRigLtN_fO0AJYMOPpyG1-hRcdegT/s1600-h/Sudan+book.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398883926741169874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5iAiKfbKh3Dw0cBqoDThNAyH5TjvzxtN-J710lKboC2T9pN5Z0paNQDjR-uOhxlgkVlqh5lCDPUCCZgoaVsu9y6fCe52KqKxVqiawSGcHj-fbBhPJRigLtN_fO0AJYMOPpyG1-hRcdegT/s320/Sudan+book.jpg" /></a>Next in the mail was The Sudan Campaign 1881-98, I gave it a brief thumb through and look forward to reviewing it in a future blog.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Early Focus:</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">My initial efforts will be in determining what set of rules to play and what miniatures to buy. I will be posting quite a bit on both of these topics. Additionally, I am going to start at the very beginning with the Mahdi's forces fighting for control of the Sudan against the Egyptian garrison forces, that means no British for a while. I believe this will give me a chance to play more evenly balanced games, is chronologically significant and will let me start painting exotic uniforms and building desert terrain right a way.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Finally, I have purchased Too Fat Lardie's <em>They Don't Like it Up em! (TDLIUE) </em>rules set and have planned their tutorial scenario to be played with friends next week. I do not have enough figures to field the forces yet so it was off to one of my favorite web-sites <a href="http://www.juniorgeneral.org/">http://www.juniorgeneral.org/</a> which has great paper miniatures to cut out and play with until you can buy your own metal miniatures. Paper miniatures are an inexpensive way to test new periods, rules-sets etc. and only require a little work to produce a nice looking battle.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">That was a long introduction but hopefully it will give you some information on why and how I plan to conduct some colonial war gaming.</div>Prinz Geoffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.com6