What a great group of Chain of Command List submissions from the community. For the official envelope opening see: The Winners Is
Thanks to all the contributors and to Lardy Rich for a special bonus.
Showing posts with label Too Fat Lardies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Too Fat Lardies. Show all posts
Monday, September 22, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Chain of Command Contest - First entry!
Adrian Deacon of Bullets Bandages and Lard has posted the first entry in my Chain of Command Challenge.
It covers 3 kampfgruppe of the 21st Panzer Division in Normandy and contains a tasty selection of French armour and conversions in German service as well a good assortment of light armour. Nary a Tiger or Panther in sight
Well worth a look.
It covers 3 kampfgruppe of the 21st Panzer Division in Normandy and contains a tasty selection of French armour and conversions in German service as well a good assortment of light armour. Nary a Tiger or Panther in sight
Well worth a look.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Chain of Command Contest!
Lardie Rich has been cranking out lists like crazy and still people are asking for more. So I figured some of those people should pick up the slack and let Rich get on with other things like In the Buff.
Get posting and Good Luck!
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
More painting and some conversions
It was hot and humid Canada Day but I managed to get quite a bit of time in the man cave while the missus helped the offspring with their post school year room clean up.
A while back, I unearthed a pack of British colonial infantry. As I have quite a few in redcoats already and some more in the pile destined to be clad in khaki, I decided to do this bunch as ersatz Royal Marine Light Infantry. They aren't quite right in some details but only those a purist would notice and they are destined for VSF so all historical objections are moot.
The other project for the day was a couple of conversions. My fallschirmjäger were a little light in the support department so for my birthday I placed an order with Wargames Foundry for some reinforcements. This created a bit of a quandary. One figure in the heavy weapons pack gives you a choice between slung MG 34 or Panzerbüchse 39 but not both. I needed the MG 34 for certain platoon organizations but I really, really wanted the ATR for use in early war operations. I wonder why? My Foundry order was large enough to qualify for an extra pack so with some trepidation I broke out the razor saw and cyanoacrylate.
The centre un-primed figure running with the grenade was my sacrifice starting point. The flanking figures are the result. Pretty good I think and useful for punching holes in any light armour sniffing around the green fields of Eakring. I didn't quite have the nerve to remove the slung Kar 98 but FJ are supposed to be beefy lads so they can carry both. The double based figures on the right are a sniper team. The figures are stock. The sniper scope being a section of 1/72 Macross VF-1 Valkyrie landing gear strut from the bits box.
My second band of High Martians got a long awaited dip and I even managed to dye some tea leaves for home made flock. I didn't quite have the nerve to appropriate the food processor to turn a bag of foam chips into ground foam - maybe next time.
A very productive and satisfying day off.
edit: I really do need a camera with decent macro capability.
A while back, I unearthed a pack of British colonial infantry. As I have quite a few in redcoats already and some more in the pile destined to be clad in khaki, I decided to do this bunch as ersatz Royal Marine Light Infantry. They aren't quite right in some details but only those a purist would notice and they are destined for VSF so all historical objections are moot.
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| RMLI (or close enough to pass on the table) |
The other project for the day was a couple of conversions. My fallschirmjäger were a little light in the support department so for my birthday I placed an order with Wargames Foundry for some reinforcements. This created a bit of a quandary. One figure in the heavy weapons pack gives you a choice between slung MG 34 or Panzerbüchse 39 but not both. I needed the MG 34 for certain platoon organizations but I really, really wanted the ATR for use in early war operations. I wonder why? My Foundry order was large enough to qualify for an extra pack so with some trepidation I broke out the razor saw and cyanoacrylate.
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| FJ Supports (and a couple of Martians) |
My second band of High Martians got a long awaited dip and I even managed to dye some tea leaves for home made flock. I didn't quite have the nerve to appropriate the food processor to turn a bag of foam chips into ground foam - maybe next time.
A very productive and satisfying day off.
edit: I really do need a camera with decent macro capability.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Home Guard for Chain of Command
On last year's wonderful trip to the UK, I picked up some of Wargames Foundry's rather nice Home Guard figures. I tried them out with I Ain't Been Shot Mum but the company+ level of the game didn't really fit with the HG's intended role. Then Chain of Command came out. Platoon level, limited troops on a reasonable table - Perfect! Along with a platoon of Fallschirmjaeger, I was ready to go - but... All the lists in the book were for Late War Normandy and Eastern Front - Not my cup of tea.
The Lardie's Rich Clarke said he was open to player produced lists so rather than mope around and wait for someone else to make one I got stuck in. Ross Bowrage from the Yahoo group was kind enough to send some information my way and gave some really good feedback. The early drafts in true open source fashion came fast and furious and were posted up on the Yahoo group. Now I am ready with the first final draft* Sadly, the space on Yahoo has run out so I have had to put it up on Google drive - so why not share it as widely as possible? So here it is:
CoC Home Guard List Final Draft 1
Enjoy, comment, criticise :)
*Yes final draft 1. I have worked with enough documents over the years to know that "final" never means exactly that.
The Lardie's Rich Clarke said he was open to player produced lists so rather than mope around and wait for someone else to make one I got stuck in. Ross Bowrage from the Yahoo group was kind enough to send some information my way and gave some really good feedback. The early drafts in true open source fashion came fast and furious and were posted up on the Yahoo group. Now I am ready with the first final draft* Sadly, the space on Yahoo has run out so I have had to put it up on Google drive - so why not share it as widely as possible? So here it is:
CoC Home Guard List Final Draft 1
Enjoy, comment, criticise :)
*Yes final draft 1. I have worked with enough documents over the years to know that "final" never means exactly that.
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