Holiday Update Part VIII

Hoi,

Just a picture update of some nice new Napoleonics. This time I present you with the 33rd Regiment of Foot in firing line. The figures are mostly Revell with some ACTA mixed in for good measure. The Ensigns are conversions since we are still awaiting a new British command set, like HäT's, coming out.

Also I'd like to mention I obtained two very nice books today. First off is the new Black Powder supplement "The Last Argument of  Kings". http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/12349/new-black-powder-the-last-argument-of-kings/ I haven't had time to read it in it's entirety but just the pictures are worth it by themselves.
The second book I bought is Hourtoulle's "Jena and Auerstad" http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jena-Auerstaedt-Triumph-Francois-Guy-Hourtoulle/dp/2915239762/ref=pd_sim_b_1 and it's great as well. I'm not planning to do any of the two battles soon but am doing the Prussian and Saxon armies featured in this tome so the uniform plates come in mighty handy.

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Americana" by the Offspring

Holiday Update Part VII: BatReps

Hoi,

As my last battle against Mark, left me fleeing the field of battle, even though I claim the moral high-ground due to killing Ikkit, I wasn't up to fight another game and produce an even higher lost-games-count. By now steam was coming out of the ears of David and Jesper, overcome as they were by all rules and dice-modifiers that had been thrown over the table just now. So Mark and I decided to play a game of All Things Zombie. Me featuring as GM and the other 3 as the players.
Now I know some of you think ATZ is just a bunch of "Malarky"but the gameplay is very fluid and makes for great fun-games too.

So there you have it, 3 teams of soldiers (spetznatz, US National Guard and US Special Forces) have to rescue some scientists from a cabin in the woods...but which cabin? And if you pick the wrong cabin, what's inside?

BRAINSSSSSSS!

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Fallen" by Evanescence

Holiday Update Part VI: BatReps

Hoi,

Roughly a week ago I played two games with some friends. Mark and myself had decided to play a game of Warhammer Fantasy, his Skaven and my Dwarfs are age old enemies by now and always like to clobber each other. As some friends of us, David and Jesper, are starting out in the wondrous world of gaming we invited them to come watch.
In the heat of battle I forgot to keep track of everything but here are some pics:

Deployment and rolling for first turn:

Skaven menacing front-line:

The Skaven clash with the Dwarflord his hammerers and the Iron-breakers, for the record: the dwarfs charged!

Loads of dead rats:

Most of the Skaven centre on the run:

Our Doom is wheeling near...

Ikkit claw in combat with the Runesmith, this battle he won, only to perish in the end...

The tide is turning and so are the dwarven warriors

Skaven slaves charge and vanquish a unit of thunderers

The Skaven overcome the fence and the Dwarfs flee

The most memorable events were Mark shooting his jezzails and gasmortar at the dwarfs, killing two warriors (i.e. 16 pts in my army list) only to blow up his mortar, 3 jezzails and some other regular Skaven amounting to about 160 points of his list and his warpfirelightingcannon scoring a hit on my warriors (with a potential 9 hits) and Mark realising the rules for the darn thing had changed so he rolls the artillery dice instead and rolls a misfire and blows up the gun!

More pictures of this day of gaming soon!

Cheers Sander

Listening to: ""The Long Road Home" by John Fogerty

Interlude about bedtime stories!

Hoi,

Today I checked up on several blogs, amongst which was Rosbifs:. He has this post up about a bedtime story we'd all like to read to our kids sometimes but dare not because kids have the unerring ability to use certain words in the most unfavourable moments possible.
Check his blog and see for yourself.

Now normally I wouldn't post this here as such but I tried to react on his post on Rosbifs blog but was unable to do so in both Firefox and the Explorer and seeing as that I have no e-mail address I'd thought I'd do it via my blog, so Rosbif if you're reading this, here's my comment (for what's it worth)

Very nice, the wife won't like it though! Do you know this one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheres-My-Cow-Discworld-Picture/dp/038560937X it is read here (rather ineptly) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY_CcVY2rBU

I have this book and intend to translate it in Dutch and read it to my kid when he's born any time soon...

Cheers Sander

Listening to "Media Vita" by Reïncarnatus

Holiday update Part V

Hoi,

Sometimes Lady Luck smiles on you and you have to grab the chance she offers you with both hands and feet. Just a few days ago I was able to obtain a batch of 8 boxes of plastic figures from "marketplace" a Dutch e-bay for just €25,- the sets are:

House of Campaign French Carabiniers
Revell Napoleonic Prussian Infantry
Revell NapoleonicBritish Rifles
Revell Napoleonic  British Life Guards
Revell 30YW Swedeish Infantry
Italeri NapoleonicFrench Chasseurs a Cheval
Italeri AWI Continental Infantry
Italeri/ ESCI Muslim Warriors

Since the price tags were still on the boxes I was able to figure out what the sets cost in real price: this happened to be €55.61 not bad eh?

Cheers Sander

Listening to "Best of CCR"

Holiday Update Part IV

Hoi,

Another small project I've managed to finish in between chores.

The first subject are some HäT testshots of Austrian Grenadiers of the Napoleonic Wars. They have been sitting on my desk for ages but I was totally fed up with doing white uniforms back then because I just had painted a lot of Austrian Chevaux Legeres. Well anyway here they are:

Next are some HäT Saxon Jäger also from the, early, Napoleonic era. I kinda like these chunky chaps since they make for easy painting and don't look half bad either, judge for yourself

See you next time!

Listening to: "Machine Head" by Deep Purple

History of the Netherlands

Hoi,

As History teacher, even when on Holiday, I cannot withhold this link from you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgulL_30n8&feature=related Cheers Sander