Hoi,
From time to time I've been known to do some advertising for a company I like. Jason from Hinterland Miniatures has kindly put one of my pictures up in his gallery on the Hinterland site. For this he get's this week's prime time ad ;-) I also added a banner to his site on the blog's front page.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Ixnay on the Hombre" by Offspring
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Bring out your dead!
Hoi,
A small update today brings you some casualty markers I put together of late. I ordered some dials from the Dialdude a long time ago. The order was promptly paid for and I waited and waited, in all I waited for about 3 months before the lot showed up. I actually had given up on the stuff since my repeated e-mails did not get any reply. So while I am glad with the result, I wil not be ordering any more...
The figures are white metals from Irregular or New Line Design given to me by a dear friend from Germany.
So here are some of the Frenchies, Allies are in the making.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Icky Thumb" by The White Stripes
A small update today brings you some casualty markers I put together of late. I ordered some dials from the Dialdude a long time ago. The order was promptly paid for and I waited and waited, in all I waited for about 3 months before the lot showed up. I actually had given up on the stuff since my repeated e-mails did not get any reply. So while I am glad with the result, I wil not be ordering any more...
The figures are white metals from Irregular or New Line Design given to me by a dear friend from Germany.
So here are some of the Frenchies, Allies are in the making.
Listening to: "Icky Thumb" by The White Stripes
Thursday, 30 August 2012
More Nappies!
Hoi,
The second Nappie update is another conversion of sorts. I needed some Prussian Artillery for my late war army. Now I am usually a big HäT fan but their late war Prussian Artillery just isn't up to par with their latest output. Therefore I took some Zvezda Russian Guard Heavy Artillery gave them heads from the HäT Prussian Infantry Action set and hey presto!
Now I know I missed some parts on the gun of one of the stands but this has been rectified as we speak but I was too lazy to take new pictures...
Cheers Sander
The second Nappie update is another conversion of sorts. I needed some Prussian Artillery for my late war army. Now I am usually a big HäT fan but their late war Prussian Artillery just isn't up to par with their latest output. Therefore I took some Zvezda Russian Guard Heavy Artillery gave them heads from the HäT Prussian Infantry Action set and hey presto!
Now I know I missed some parts on the gun of one of the stands but this has been rectified as we speak but I was too lazy to take new pictures...
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Presidents of the USA" by Presidents of the USA
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Trench Raiders
Hoi,
And now for something all together different! While Koen and myself use 1:72 plastics to play The Great War games, Koen switched to 28mm metals for the Trench Raids mini games featured in the Over The Top supplement. Since I guess I am going to play some of these with him, I thought it wise to get me a small team of 28's as well. When looking for cool mini's my eye fell on the great site of Hinterland Miniatures and some of these great mini's were ordered.
I have now painted them up excepting the leader of the bunch whose still waiting on the workbench. These are great mini's and not just because they are all dashing galls, but because they have loads of detail. The only nag I have is that the shape of the Pickelhaube is not entirely correct other then that I highly recommend them.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Glory to the Brave" by Hammerfall
And now for something all together different! While Koen and myself use 1:72 plastics to play The Great War games, Koen switched to 28mm metals for the Trench Raids mini games featured in the Over The Top supplement. Since I guess I am going to play some of these with him, I thought it wise to get me a small team of 28's as well. When looking for cool mini's my eye fell on the great site of Hinterland Miniatures and some of these great mini's were ordered.
I have now painted them up excepting the leader of the bunch whose still waiting on the workbench. These are great mini's and not just because they are all dashing galls, but because they have loads of detail. The only nag I have is that the shape of the Pickelhaube is not entirely correct other then that I highly recommend them.
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Glory to the Brave" by Hammerfall
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Finally some Nappies!
Hoi,
Real life caught up with me lately, school holidays are over and work is really asking a lot of time right now. But I managed to get something done and will post the first update.
First update is my second regiment of Fusilier-Grenadiers for the Middle Guard. My first regiment is made up of the corresponding HäT set. This second battalion is made up of the much nicer figures of the HäT French Light Infantry Command set. I used the figures standing at attention and swivelled their heads to a front facing position.
The command figures had to be standing at attention as well, so I used white metal Art Miniaturen figures.
This goes a way to show how versatile these figures are...
Cheers Sander
Listening to: Deep Purple Machinehead
Real life caught up with me lately, school holidays are over and work is really asking a lot of time right now. But I managed to get something done and will post the first update.
First update is my second regiment of Fusilier-Grenadiers for the Middle Guard. My first regiment is made up of the corresponding HäT set. This second battalion is made up of the much nicer figures of the HäT French Light Infantry Command set. I used the figures standing at attention and swivelled their heads to a front facing position.
The command figures had to be standing at attention as well, so I used white metal Art Miniaturen figures.
This goes a way to show how versatile these figures are...
Cheers Sander
Listening to: Deep Purple Machinehead
Saturday, 18 August 2012
20 Questions to answer!
Hoi,
Today, upon checking my bloglist, I stumbled along the posts put up by Ray and Fran from the Rejects and found it would be a good idea to answer the questions, on games and other things they put up on their blogs. So here we go:
Today, upon checking my bloglist, I stumbled along the posts put up by Ray and Fran from the Rejects and found it would be a good idea to answer the questions, on games and other things they put up on their blogs. So here we go:
1. Favourite Wargaming period and why?
Damn, the first question is a hard one right away! Well if you put a gun against my head I'd say Napoleonics, Peninsular War mainly. (Now if I were allowed to make a top 3 I'd be: 1 Napoleonics, 2 WW1, 3 7YW).
2. Next period, money no object?
Well the "money no object" is the key word here! I once saw an add for Front Rank mini's in the WI and immediately wanted to have one of their armies. Their gallery shows all kinds of excellent eye-candy. I would probably go for either a British Peninsular Army or a British 7YW army from them. I think it's the way they present their armies and the level of painting.
3. Favourite 5 films?
Like everybody else I could make an endless list of decent films but let's do what the Old Guys have asked and list only 5:
- The Empire Strikes Back! (Hoth Battle Rules!)
- Tron Legagcy; brilliant sequal to the original Tron and what a great soundtrack (which I'll put on right now as a matter of fact!)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, another great soundtrack...
- Waterloo
- Transformers 1, yeah I know loads of you hate it but I like it, lots of really funny puns and references to the old series!
4. Favourite 5 TV series?
Ah another hard one...
- ANZACS the series, great for getting to understand the Great War as far as possible from TV.
- Blackadder!
- Battle Star Galactica, the old series
- Allo'Allo and Ain't Half That Hot Mum: I just love the characters!
- Nikita, the new series
5. Favourite book and author?
Bit of a dilemma this one: the best book ever written is obviously "The Lord of the Rings" but the Best Author alive is, and I agree fully with Fran here, Terry Pratchett!
6. Greatest General? Can’t count yourself!!
No-brainer: The Iron Duke Rules!
7. Favourite Wargames rules?
Another poser this one: I am torn between the latest version of Battletech and Black Powder; for versatility's sake I will go with the latter: Black Powder!
8. Favourite Sport and team?
I really do not give a toss about any kind of sport or team! REALLY NONE! I played squash/ racket ball a lot but not competitively, rather to keep moving and in shape. Now since I have arthritis I am not allowed to do impact sports any more, which leaves swimming and cycling... both I'd rather not do as a sport but for fun.
9. If you had a only use once time machine, when and where would you go?
10. Last meal on Death Row?
"The Chef's Secret" a surprise 2 person dish from our local Greek Restaurant, you can wake me up in the middle of the night for it any time.
11. Fantasy relationship and why?
The wife isn't reading this blog right? Oh well, it's a fantasy anyway so, I think I'd go for... oh feck how am I supposed to choose?
12. If your life were a movie, who would play you?
Well let's see, I am not athletic nor good with any guns, so action-films or War Films are off! Oh for the hell of it: Mister Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, hey I have a really large place and get the girl in the end without dying a horrible senseless death!
13. Favourite Comic Superhero?
Ah, here in the Netherlands there's not that big a "superhero-thingamabop" as else in the Anglo-Saxon world, we have comics but they are more or less like Asterix and Obelix, Tintin or Spike and Suzy. at least we had when I was young. That said; I always loved the really old Batman series, with the BANG and POW and KAZAMMM's and Robin going "jeepers-creepers-Batman" all over the place. So Batman it is.
14. Favourite Military quote?
"Nuts!" says it all right?
15. Historical destination to visit?
Los Arapiles near Salamanca, Spain
16. Biggest Wargaming regret?
Living a country apart from Albert-Martijn who introduced me to proper wargaming and who I now see far too little! So here's to you mate; cheers!
17. Favourite Fantasy job?
You know I really think I have that already...
18. Favourite Song, Top 5?
1) Pay the Man by the Offspring
2) smells like teen spirit by Nirvana
3) Aerials by System of a Down
4) Have you ever seen the rain by CCR
5) Arrival to Earth by Steve Jablonsky
All conjectural, it may change by tomorrow...
19. Favourite Wargaming Moment?
In one of the first Black Powder games I played there came a moment I realised that I was actually able to fight according to my pre-battle plan and was winning. I have never ever had that experience before so it was great!
There also was a moment in a 40K game way back when my Imperial Guard hat shot about everything it had at a Tyranid Carnifex and failed to take it's final wound. All that I had left was one Guardsman armed with...a lasgun. So I rolled the die, it came up a hit, I needed a 6 to wound, it came up a six, the Carnifex needed a 2+ to save the wound, it rolled a 1... "Tyranid Claws are Flimsey!" I still lost the game but was in a happy-state all through the massacre anyway.
20. The miserable Git question, what upsets you?
Oh heaps of things:
- people chewing their cutlery: it's the FOOD you wanna chew!
- people putting their MP3-players on LOUD in the train or bus so I can hear what they're listening over my own music
And so on, you know I won't go there let's keep this more or less positive,
answer the questions for yourself here they are:
answer the questions for yourself here they are:
1. Favourite Wargaming period and why?
2. Next period, money no object?
3. Favourite 5 films?
4. Favourite 5 TV series?
5. Favourite book and author?
6. Greatest General? Can’t count yourself!!
7. Favourite Wargames rules?
8. Favourite Sport and team?
9. If you had a only use once time machine, when and where would you go?
10. Last meal on Death Row?
11. Fantasy relationship and why?
12. If your life were a movie, who would play you?
13. Favourite Comic Superhero?
14. Favourite Military quote?
15. Historical destination to visit?
16. Biggest Wargaming regret?
17. Favourite Fantasy job?
18. Favourite Song, Top 5?
19. Favourite Wargaming Moment?
20. The miserable Git question, what upsets you?
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Tron Legacy Soundtrack" by Daft Punk
Friday, 10 August 2012
Garden Battle!
Hoi,
Yesterday Koen and Mark came over for what, in good copying of JW/ Pijlie's, tradition is called a Garden Battle. Since the weather in the morning wasn't really very nice we decided to play a game of Space Dreadnought on my gaming table. Koen used my Star Wars fleet to kick the stuffing out of Mark's unpronounceable SDN fleet. The tiles were made by Mark on his laser-cutter and painted by him and his son. Like the total tit I am, I forgot to make overview pictures of both battles so my apologies for that.
The fleets meet and go on the attack:
Mark's ships get blasted from the firmament by the Imperial Navy, go Vader!
Close up of one of my Super Star Destroyers
As the weather cleared after lunch, we went outside and set up table for a big Black Powder Napoleonic game. The greater part of my, finished, Napoleonics collection is for the 1815 Campaign so we decided to play an action in the aftermath of Waterloo. The French are retreating and the Allies are in hot pursuit. A French rearguard tries to defend a cross-roads in order to let the rest of the Armée du Nord escape and fight une autre jour. There were 3 clusters of buildings on the board which we decided were the objectives to be held at the end of 10 turns of gameplay. Forces used were:
French: General Jardin d'Egale (Koen )
- 2 line infantry brigades with 3 batteries of guns
- 1 Guard brigade with 2 battalions of foot and a squadron of Polish Lancers
- 1 cavalry brigade with 2 squadrons of Hussars and one of cuirassiers
Allies: General Oberst von Zinnermann (Mark) and Brigadier Offstreet (yours truly)
- 1 Prussian brigade of 3 Line infantry regiments and 2 artillery batteries (Mark)
- 1 Prussian mixed landwehr and regular infantry brigade 5battalions in all (me)
- 1 British infantry brigade with 2 regiments of foot and the Black Watch and a RFA battery (me)
- 1 Dutch cavalry brigade with 1 squadron of hussars and 2 of Light Dragoons (me)
After deployment the Allies moved first, a general advance along the line came about more or less successfully
Here the Prussian left flank advances with the Landwehr, typically refusing to go anywhere...
The French centre then formed up in marching columns and went on the advance with drums rattling and screams of vive l'Empereur, you know the drill.
The French right flank awaits the Prussians patiently
The Prussian left flank advances, with the jäger failing to deploy in skirmish formation for about 3 consecutive turns.
In the Allied centre the British brigade moves forward toward the French Guard brigade
When composing the lists for this game I wanted to experiment with the special rules and so I gave the Highlanders ferocious charge, now as Koen pointed out, this would be more logical for Jacobite Highlanders but I liked the idea of the Highland lads charging home with cold steel in one great huzzah! And boy did they give the French an 'eadfull o dandruff indeed!
Meanwhile on the Allied right flank the Dutch-Belgian cavalry confirmed their, undeserved, bad reputation by failing to charge home for 3 turns.
On the left flank the jäger finally deployed in skirmish line and it looked like the Prussians had possession of the left cluster of buildings.
In the centre events were enfolding, for the strongest French brigade was about to start an unstoppable attack, we didn't know it at that time but this would be the undoing of the Allies. The French flanks held our troops in place and allowed the centre to wipe out Marks brigade and encircle my left flank-brigade thus effectively conquering 2 clusters of buildings in turn 9 with no chance for us to get them back... :-(
Mark's brigade had to tackle both with French Guards and centre brigade attacking him and went down fighting.
Oh and yes, these are the fusilier-grenadiers of the Middle Guard and YES they were nowhere near Waterloo since they were disbanded by then, but I had slavered till 24.00 the previous day to get them finished so here they are!
The Highlanders chased off two French line regiments, destroyed 1 and got stuck in the Guards
The Guard held firm and when the Highlanders were encircled and their supporting regiments charged in the flank, the tide was turning. The Black Watch fought on to the end but were annihilated.
A French attack in the centre broke through wall and was the beginning of the end
The Army General finally got the Dutch cavalry moving and charged the French left flank
The line regiment supporting the lancers were first forced into square, attacked because they were disordered and driven off. The rest of the cavalry brigade slugged on with the Polish Lancers and thus secured the buildings on the Allied right flank. With no time left and the French in secure hold of the centre and left flank, the Allies conceded the field.
At that time my son came home from his grandparents and sitting on his dad's lap took over the reading of the rulebook
Whether Mark and Koen had a good time, I do not know, but I had a blast!
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Ghostboy" by Gabriel Rios
Yesterday Koen and Mark came over for what, in good copying of JW/ Pijlie's, tradition is called a Garden Battle. Since the weather in the morning wasn't really very nice we decided to play a game of Space Dreadnought on my gaming table. Koen used my Star Wars fleet to kick the stuffing out of Mark's unpronounceable SDN fleet. The tiles were made by Mark on his laser-cutter and painted by him and his son. Like the total tit I am, I forgot to make overview pictures of both battles so my apologies for that.
The fleets meet and go on the attack:
Mark's ships get blasted from the firmament by the Imperial Navy, go Vader!
Close up of one of my Super Star Destroyers
As the weather cleared after lunch, we went outside and set up table for a big Black Powder Napoleonic game. The greater part of my, finished, Napoleonics collection is for the 1815 Campaign so we decided to play an action in the aftermath of Waterloo. The French are retreating and the Allies are in hot pursuit. A French rearguard tries to defend a cross-roads in order to let the rest of the Armée du Nord escape and fight une autre jour. There were 3 clusters of buildings on the board which we decided were the objectives to be held at the end of 10 turns of gameplay. Forces used were:
French: General Jardin d'Egale (Koen )
- 2 line infantry brigades with 3 batteries of guns
- 1 Guard brigade with 2 battalions of foot and a squadron of Polish Lancers
- 1 cavalry brigade with 2 squadrons of Hussars and one of cuirassiers
Allies: General Oberst von Zinnermann (Mark) and Brigadier Offstreet (yours truly)
- 1 Prussian brigade of 3 Line infantry regiments and 2 artillery batteries (Mark)
- 1 Prussian mixed landwehr and regular infantry brigade 5battalions in all (me)
- 1 British infantry brigade with 2 regiments of foot and the Black Watch and a RFA battery (me)
- 1 Dutch cavalry brigade with 1 squadron of hussars and 2 of Light Dragoons (me)
After deployment the Allies moved first, a general advance along the line came about more or less successfully
Here the Prussian left flank advances with the Landwehr, typically refusing to go anywhere...
The French centre then formed up in marching columns and went on the advance with drums rattling and screams of vive l'Empereur, you know the drill.
The French right flank awaits the Prussians patiently
The Prussian left flank advances, with the jäger failing to deploy in skirmish formation for about 3 consecutive turns.
In the Allied centre the British brigade moves forward toward the French Guard brigade
When composing the lists for this game I wanted to experiment with the special rules and so I gave the Highlanders ferocious charge, now as Koen pointed out, this would be more logical for Jacobite Highlanders but I liked the idea of the Highland lads charging home with cold steel in one great huzzah! And boy did they give the French an 'eadfull o dandruff indeed!
Meanwhile on the Allied right flank the Dutch-Belgian cavalry confirmed their, undeserved, bad reputation by failing to charge home for 3 turns.
On the left flank the jäger finally deployed in skirmish line and it looked like the Prussians had possession of the left cluster of buildings.
In the centre events were enfolding, for the strongest French brigade was about to start an unstoppable attack, we didn't know it at that time but this would be the undoing of the Allies. The French flanks held our troops in place and allowed the centre to wipe out Marks brigade and encircle my left flank-brigade thus effectively conquering 2 clusters of buildings in turn 9 with no chance for us to get them back... :-(
Mark's brigade had to tackle both with French Guards and centre brigade attacking him and went down fighting.
Oh and yes, these are the fusilier-grenadiers of the Middle Guard and YES they were nowhere near Waterloo since they were disbanded by then, but I had slavered till 24.00 the previous day to get them finished so here they are!
The Highlanders chased off two French line regiments, destroyed 1 and got stuck in the Guards
The Guard held firm and when the Highlanders were encircled and their supporting regiments charged in the flank, the tide was turning. The Black Watch fought on to the end but were annihilated.
A French attack in the centre broke through wall and was the beginning of the end
The Army General finally got the Dutch cavalry moving and charged the French left flank
The line regiment supporting the lancers were first forced into square, attacked because they were disordered and driven off. The rest of the cavalry brigade slugged on with the Polish Lancers and thus secured the buildings on the Allied right flank. With no time left and the French in secure hold of the centre and left flank, the Allies conceded the field.
At that time my son came home from his grandparents and sitting on his dad's lap took over the reading of the rulebook
Whether Mark and Koen had a good time, I do not know, but I had a blast!
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Ghostboy" by Gabriel Rios
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