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torsdag 2 april 2015

G-Day!

G as in Gothcon that is, the largest roleplay-, war- and miniature games convention in Sweden. Scandinavian Lardies (as we have dubbed our little TFL fan group) will be there, demoing Chain of Command... the last month has been a furious painting and modelling ordeal to get everything finished, which is why I haven't updated for a while.

I won't write much, since I'm leaving for the train in half an hour, so I will simply post some WIP pictures instead.

Trying to fit stuff into my K&R satchel.



DAK, finished!

More DAK finished!

Brits and jump off points waiting to be varnished.

A well. Could come in handy in the desert. WIP DAK in the background.

An ex-camel.

British hero with looted MP40 and scoped Lee Enfield. Anyone who knows his name?

The vehicles fit! Hooray! 


The obligaotry Panzer Bucket.

Captured Bren gun carrier. One previous owner.


 Watch this space for the after-convention report in about a week.


torsdag 24 april 2014

Convention report, CoC sale and planning ahead

Phew, I managed to paint all the figures and finish nearly all terrain for GothCon, the biggest gaming convention in Sweden. But I will tell you more about that later on.



First I want to mention that Chain of Command has been nominated for an Origins Award in the Best Historical Miniatures Rules category. Rich is celebrating the good news with 15% off on Chain of Command until 1st of May. Now is a good time to pick up those tokens or jump off points you need, or why not the campaign supplement At the sharp end? And if you are like me and already have the rules and all the tokens and bits you need, then you can always splurge on one of the 28mm starter sets available: late war Germans and British.




Yep, you heard me, I have bought late war 28mm figures... I wasn't going to do that, it was an honest mistake. I was just going to complete the early war figures I already had, late war was always meant to be fought in 20mm... but those Crusader figures are just so damned nice, and 15% off an already discounted price was just too hard to resist. Add to that the fact that Italeri is collaborating with Warlord Games and will be releasing a line of 1/56 scale models -- rumours have been flying that Italeri already was doing the plastic hanomags and M3 halftracks for Bolt Action, but this new info is confirmed from both Italeri and Warlord Games. They will start with a Sherman, a Cromwell, a Panther and a Puma eight-wheeled armoured car, all late war stuff fitting for Normandy. There has been no announcement wether the kits are upscaled versions of their 1/72 models or not. I was also expecting some new terrain items, but instead Warlord Games will be selling Italeri's 1/72 scale stonewalls as 28mm, increasing the price without increasing the size, something that didn't go down well on The Miniatures Page.

The original kit...

...and the Warlord Games set. It's even the exact same pieces rearranged slightly.

So how did the convention go? Read more after the break. (Warning! Pictures of hairy wargamers!)

söndag 24 april 2011

Home sweet home

Hemma från Gothcon igen. En fullödigare rapport med bilder kommer (kanske) lite senare, men jag kan säga så mycket som att årets konvent inte var den klockrena hit som det brukar vara. Många bäckar små bidrog till att dra ner betyget, bl.a. var det väldigt skralt med konventsrabatt hos de ditresta butikerna. Jag förstår att de kanske inte går lika bra som för tio år sedan och inte har lika stora marginaler, men om man kan köpa ett spel som kostar 985 spänn på konvent för 55 pund inklusive frakt från England via internet, så är valet inte så svårt.

Nåväl, det fanns en ljuspunkt, och det var Vector Launch. Ett hemmabryggt rymdskeppsstridsspel som två göteborgska bröder snickrat ihop. Det påminner om Fullt Thrust, i den aspekten att föregående rundas hastighet och riktning (d.v.s. vektor) påverkar nuvarande rundas förflyttning. Men det här spelet är mycket enklare dels att spela, dels att försöka klura ut hur man ska styra, än Full Thrust.

Så om ni vill ha en stunds snabb och frenetisk rymdstrid kolla in http://gameshomemade.blogspot.com/search/label/Vector%20Launch och ladda ner spelet. Det är lite pyssel innan man kan spela, men priset är ju gratis så det kan man stå ut med.

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