VSF on Thursday

Thursday night was the regular game at Jaye's house.  On tap was a VSF game, with Prussians defending an outpost against a mixed force of British, French and Americans.

On the first turn, the Lady Hussars in the tower with the electrocannon managed to destroy the small spider vehicle on the Allied side before it could even fire.   A heavy blow for the allies.

As the British and French attacked from the front, on the left side the French and Americans came in supported by Le Feu, the French rolling electrocannon.

The Lady Hussar infantry fired on the opposing infantry, doing great damage.  The bicycle Uhlans which had remained in reserve. came forward and attacked Le Fue.

They managed to get a penetrating hit (unsupported vehicles in the game can be overwhelmed by melee) and was forced back.  They came back later, after the Killen Kannon had decimated the infantry, and remaining Uhlans managed to destroy it.

The game was called due to time.  The Prussians had been beaten up, but still held the compound, and it was called a minor Prussian victory.  Rules were our version of Gaslight.

We used an activation method Jaye came up with.  Each player got a number of cards equal to the number of units.  You assign the cards to the units upside down, then everyone turns over the cards and game proceeds.  Aces, Kings, etc go first, with ties being decided by suit order.  It worked well, and was fast.

Saga games

Rob from The Army Collector and I played 2 Saga games a week ago.  The first was the 2 bridges scenario.  The first time we played, I was not convinced as to the usefulness of the archers.  This game they showed they can be worth it.

It started with my main force advancing on the right hand bridge.

On my left, I positioned a blocking force of archers and warriors.

I opened fire with the levy and with astounding luck killed 3 out of 8 hearthguard.

We had a big fight on the right hand bridge while the warriors and archers whittled them down on the left.

It ended up with the Scots winning on the right and losing on the left.  Both commanders were still alive, but I had a lot more hearthguard left, and the points just did not favor the Vikings.

The second game was the one where you try to hold terrain and get points for your men that occupy it each turn.  I came out fast and occupied the woods closest to me by moving twice and taking the fatigue.

Unfortunately, I was completely destroyed in the center.  In just a few turns the Vikings completely had a complete victory.

Rob and I are 2 to 2 in our battles now.  We need to have another to decide the issue!

Millenium Falcon and Slave 1

I got X-Wing for Christmas,and have been adding more ships as they become available.  Today I got the Millenium Falcon and Slave 1.

Very nice models.  I am looking forward to games with these.

In other projects, I cleaned up my 28mm WWII French, and put them on fender washers.  I was going to prime them, but a spring snowstorm stopped that.  ( I prime outdoors)

I also have been working on some wooden crates to act as scatter terrain.  When they are finished I will post pictures.

More Scots, and a bridge

I am going to Rob's (The Army Collector) house on Saturday for a Saga game.  I have not played before, and am getting my 6 point army finished so we can try a couple of games.

I finished my archers, but from the looks of the picture I need to tone down that blue a bit, perhaps with a wash.  I also saw that one of the initial scenarios involved two bridges, and made one this evening.  Its not much to look at, made of basswood and hot glue, but it should get the job done.  I will make the other one after I buy another pack of the wood "planking" I use from Michael's.

The stream I bought from Pegasus.  Its not bad, but is a bit shiny.  I will probably hit it with some dullcoat this week.

My two units of Soer-chele are almost done, so I should be good to go this weekend.  I am looking forward to this.  I like what I have read of the rules.

Saga Scots

I recently bought Saga.  Jay, otherwise known as the The Baron bought these and they looked good.  I hope they are good, I am into it to the tune of the basic rules, the Northern Fury expansion, a dice pack and 6 points of Scots.

I finished the leader and the two hearthguard units.  (I know, they are called something else, but the rules are not to hand at this moment)

I posed them in my new terrain, instead of the little marble top table I had been using.

Not the greatest paint job, and I used shield transfers because a man's gotta know his limitations, to quote Dirty Harry.

I have been getting a fair bit done lately for a couple of reasons.  First, I managed to strain my back, and have been able to work for short bursts on wargame stuff.

The other is that for the first time in 2 years, we got a winter storm here in Kansas City.  We got almost no snow at all last year.  This is my desk as of noon today.

So no work today, probably not tomorrow either.

New Terrain

I recently bought some terrain from Amera, a company that makes vac-form terrain.

http://www.amera.co.uk/

 I was very pleased with it when I bought it.  I finished painting a couple of them.

This is a ruined building.  I sprayed it black, and used drybrushing.  I did grass and added a couple of small bushes.  I may do some more patches of different colored scatter grass before I hit it with a matte fixative.

The other is a bit larger, its a ruined tower.

I did similar treatment with this one.  It will provide splendid cover for skirmish games.

I ordered these from one of Amera's US distributors.  The prices were good, and they arrived very quickly.

I have some more smaller pieces to finish up.

Basing up trees

I bought some Woodland Scenics trees some time ago, but had never based them up.  A friend gave me some plastic that is fairly thick, but easy to cut.  I based up the trees, some two to a base, some just with one.  Its a small project, but I am glad to have it behind me.

This is my unfortunately disorganized work surface.  I have some of the bases with trees, others not.  The camera makes the ground parts look more yellow than they are.

Behind the trees, is the next project I am working on.  It is vacuum formed plastic terrain from Amera.  That is one of the smaller pieces, and I hope to have some ready to post soon.

I also am working on a Scots Saga warband.  I sure hope I like those rules, I am in them for the rules, the expansion that has the Scots, and an 8 point Scots army.

Get painting Jaye!