What's on the table...

Happy New Year everybody!

Here is a pic on my miniatures workspace, which unfortunately does not look very different from the previous pic...



No Landsknechts on that table yet. That will happen later, in the spring.


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Merry Xmas!

Hello again,

I'm still looking at those photos of the previous 40K game... I think I will need the son to help me with the captions however.

I got some painting done; detail work on the Fire Warriors and Sniper Drones, and I finally glued together the last Sniper Drone controller. I just have two more Gun Drones to assemble before the entire force is up.

As the Tau are nearing completion, I am looking more and more at my Renaissance project. The rules are still the stumbling point, and along with that is the basing system. I am waffling back and forth about either single 20mm squares (Warhammer standard) or 60mm x 20mm stands (DBx standard). Single-figure stands will probably be the way, especially if I can find a good set of skirmish rules for the period. The single-figure stands can be used for the other multi-figure-base rules with slight modification. I will need to make unit trays for that, however; my son is making trays for his WH dwarves out of sheet plastic. I'm not certain how pikes work in a skirmish situation, but...


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Gaming again

Howdy,

Sorry for such a delay between posts. The wind-up for the wedding took a bit out of me...

I have finally managed to have a game, my first in quite a while. I played against my son in 40K, my Tau vs. his Black Templars. It was all over by the end of turn 4, but my son was a bit distressed in the pile of dead Marines my Tau left on the field. I have pics of the game that I will post soon.

Also, I dropped my son off at the GW Battle Bunker last Saturday for 'Tanksgiving', an all-vehicle free-for-all. He was quite happy with the outcome, having scored 12 kills and having 7 of 9 vehicles left by the end of the game. He walked away with a nice piece of terrain (Ork watchtower) and a Leman Russ model that he happily converted into a looted Leman Russ for his Ork force. I have pics of that also.

Not a bad holiday week-end!!


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Post-Enfilade part 4

Here is some more info about Ian Croxall's marvelous WSS games at Enfilade:

Blenheim 2004

Pics and maps of the first of these mega-games at Enfilade in 2004 (and replayed at Enfilade 2005 I believe).


Ramilles 2006

More pics and maps for the most recent battle.

Please note: by the looks of it, Ian is planning a Malplaquet game for 2008!


And a link for Enfilade


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The plan

I think that I have finally come up with a plan for my gaming habit. As you might know, the budget has been shut down for the near future, but that is not going to stop me from trying to make some sense out of my desires for tabletop gaming. So, here is what I have come up with so far:

1. Finish off the Tau - painting only, no purchases.

2. Warlord - kind of on hold for now; I have plenty to assemble and paint, but I need to get my soon-to-be wife more involved (yes, she wants to do this project together).

3. Renaissance - early 16th century Italian wars. This one will be done with 28mm figures, singly mounted as per Warhammer Ancients. This will allow me to also play against my son and his Warhammer fantasy army.

4. Now for the hard part. I have all sorts of ideas for gaming after the above, but the scale for the figures is not set down yet. I am going to buy small amounts of figures in several different scales: 6mm; 10mm; 1/72 (among others). Then I will see how it goes from there. Ease of painting, figure availability, storage, etc. will be factored in. I do want to set ONE scale for the rest of my projects.

Now I just need to keep digging for info on figures, rules, terrain, etc. until the budget goes into the black again...


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