28ish mm Vietnam

A gaming buddy asked if I was interested in going halves on a Vietnam collection going on LAF. They were the Chiltern miniatures figures which are large and not to everyone's taste, however included were 2 of the Snapdragon resin hootches long out of production so I agreed.
£50 got me 60 primed and based VC a pack of civilians and the 2 hootches.
Dougie

The hootches

 Figures

 A VC test figure

28mm Late Roman

Another unit completed, again these were bring and buy purchases tarted up and rebased.
Dougie

10mm Falklands Buildings

Regulars will know I've had a reasonable collection of 10mm Falklands stuff for a while, mainly from the Pendraken range, this update is covering the really nice 10mm buildings from Timecast

Top Malo House

 Estancia House

 Estancia House outbuilding

 San Carlos House

 Davis Street Bungalows

 Philomel Store (without the store sign so I can use it more generically)

A Cold War Commander game

 

 

In the pipeline are a GR3 and a Pucara for the forces involved and further scenery, some sheep pens, sheep and civilian vehicles.

Dougie



28mm Modern UK Platoon finished !... for now

Well eventually got my 28mm UK Platoon finished, albeit some further support to add, mortar, javelin and UAV teams. Having said that it is hard to resist the Empress figures when new releases arrive. All Empress except the sniper from Spectre.
The first photo is a distance shot of the platoon consisting of a 5 man platoon HQ, 3 sections of 2 4man fireteams and my initial support elements. Closer shots below.
Dougie

 Platoon HQ left to right Platoon Commander, Platoon Sgt, Radio Operator, Medic, JTAC

 GPMG team and Sniper

 Fireteam 1

 Fireteam 2

 Fireteam 3

 Fireteam 4

 Fireteam 5

 Fireteam 6

28mm Late Roman/Arthurian Sword and Spear

I've been pottering on with my 28mm Late Roman Arthurian set up for a while, buying suitable figures at bring and buys tarting them up and rebasing.
For rules I'd initially been looking at Dux Bellorum, but since picking up a copy of Sword and Spear 2nd Edition at Salute this year I'm converted.

I've kept the basing the same, Impetus sizes, 120mm wide, and I'll initially be looking at 10-12 units which is an ideal size on a club 6x4 table. The system's certainly taken off at Whitley Bay 3D gamers which is testament to the very elegant systems it utilises.
Some pics of the first 6 units below.
Dougie

 

Rogue Miniatures new releases

The latest stuff from Rogue Miniatures that folk of the 80s will recognise. Dougie

"Combat Patrol" AAR Raid on Top Malo House Falklands 1982

I've refought this engagement a number of times using different systems. This time me and Alex used "Combat Patrol".
I'll not detail the history here, its widely available, suffice to say that during the Falklands war a 19 man patrol from the M&AWC assaulted Top Malo House which was occupied by 17 men of Commando 602. The Argentine forces did not have sentries posted.
Scenario played in 20mm. Dougie

Here's an overview of the board. 602 deployed in Top Malo House, M&AWC enter from the top of the table.

 

Close ups of the boards

 

 

 

 

Figures and cards

 

 

To ease play I used a floor plan for the internal layout of the building

 

 

 Alex deployed the Brits and began his assault

 After 602 were woken by the assault I tried to deploy my troops outside and into the cover of the stream bed.

 At this point the building got 66'd (M72 LAW) which caused mass casualties to my troops inside, numerous dead and stunned !

 It was probably endex for me at this stage but my troops outside tried to hold the Brits off to no great effect albeit causing some casualties from the ground floor windows by a couple of 66 survivors. Alex close assaulted the stream bed causing more casualties and at this point 602 called it a day and surrendered.

 The system worked well, its very quick with very little consulting rules as virtually all the info is on the cards.
At Endex the Brits had captured the house at a cost of 4 KIA and 2 wounded. 602 suffered 11 KIA, 2 wounded, 1 run off and the remainder surrendered.