Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Final game of 2020 set up.

I have just set up my final game of 2020. Taking the advantage of the recent thaw the Reichsarmee have taken the chance to mount an attack upon the Austrian held village of Weltschmerz. Here we see them trudging through the slush filled forest towards their goal.

Unbeknown to the Reichsarmee the forests are crawling with Croats including some dug in occupying prepared positions...



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16 comments:

  1. Eric Turner30 December 2020 at 13:46

    Alan, it looks like the slush have covered your grid! Pesky things, snow storms. What rules are you using? Love the figures.

    Eric

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    1. tradgardmastare31 December 2020 at 07:34

      Eric I have dispersed with the grid for a wee change. As for rules I will use either Joe Saur’s Old Wormley Creek Wargames Society rules or my own , not quite decided yet.

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  2. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com30 December 2020 at 14:14

    Looks great! Enjoy!

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  3. Grenzer John30 December 2020 at 14:31

    Hoch Hapsburg!

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  4. Maudlin Jack Tar30 December 2020 at 14:49

    Great set up Tradgardmastare.

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  5. WSTKS-FM Worldwide30 December 2020 at 15:08

    Very eager to say how this plays out.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. tradgardmastare31 December 2020 at 07:36

      I am as well, even in a wee solo game there is, for me, a sense of what will happen in the story and what will the ending be...

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  6. david in suffolk30 December 2020 at 16:30

    Lovely stuff, great figures and I like the snowy scenery! Looking forward to seeing the outcome.

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    1. tradgardmastare31 December 2020 at 07:37

      Thanks David, the piece of white felt combined with the backdrop has worked really well I think . Simple but effective.

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  7. Mark, Man of TIN31 December 2020 at 07:29

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  8. Mark, Man of TIN31 December 2020 at 07:35

    Is the village of Weltschmerz twinned with Ennui in France?

    How did you do the Trench sections / figures? Did you cut up old figures? Are they permanent? I know that Peter Laing used to do precast trench / shell holes with riflemen for his WW1 range 15mm.
    Presumably this is an early example of "Zoom casual" as you only see / paint them from waist up.

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  9. tradgardmastare31 December 2020 at 07:43

    I believe the villages are twinned though I fear not many are interested. The Croats were painted figures cut in half and permanently fixed to an Mdf base with some tetrion ground workings. It wasn’t that long ago that I discovered about the use of such fieldworks in the syw and felt I could sacrifice a figure or two to make them. I didn’t know Peter Laing did that. I wish more manufacturers did so for river crossings etc etc but it isn’t a problem in their absence to make our own.

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  10. Mark, Man of TIN2 January 2021 at 09:05

    This seems true - neither the village petty officials of Weltschmerz or Ennui can be that bothered to organise the gravy train of official visits, present giving and mutual incomprehension on guided tours of the tourist cultural delights of either village or town.

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