Wooden it be nice

 Blogger thankfully is allowing me to add pictures to a blog post. I admit I was rather concerned, thought it was me but for once it was not. Here is a wee Etsy buy ( with MLS for comparison) of wooden house shapes. Tempted to add detail with pens. Anyone recommend a thin permanent marker to use. Add minimal detail and varnish, maybe a wee drop of colour. Any thoughts?

In other news l have been notified by North Star that the next load of MLS having shipped. Smg, mortar etc from wave two release. These will not be as many to paint and will fit in nicely in with those painted already. Hopefully a game in the coming weeks. I ordered a few Warbases bicycles, carts etc too which are en route also. They will add not motorised transport.

My course on Victorian Edinburgh was excellent yesterday, a fascinating tutor and enthusiastic fellow students, many locals ( like I like to think of myself as being) with a love for the City. Yesterday saw fascinating material on Lileen Hardy for example. I am currently reading around the Celtic Revival and the Edinburgh Social Union. Great to be immersing myself once more in new/newish things.

In hobby news l finally began something l have been thinking about, vacillating, planning , neglecting and putting off for far, far ,far too long. A clue below-

Winter Wednesday

 Wednesday saw me commanding the Finns in 1940 against Russian invasion. G and I managed to play four turns prior to recording the counter postions etc using a video taken with an iPad before putting the game away.This has worked very well before. 

 

Finns are on the back foot in the south but things are better in the north. We shall see what happens…

G brought along “ Atlantic Wall: D day to Falaise” for me to have a look at. The maps are spectacular and the detail manageable. We intend to try scenario one after we finish the current game.

 

Help

 I attempted to add another photo to tomorrow’s post but Blogger would not do so. I have never had any problems like it before. Any thoughts?

He’s got the look or at least he’s trying to get one

 Set up some battlefields today-

Felt cloth with trees, no demarcation of woods by areas of green felt . Trees with wooden bases , still unpainted.

Hex mat but used in non hex mode, trees on demarcated woods and hills. 

Infantry go ahead through the woods whilst tankettes advance on the flank…

Heavy machine gun dug in behind hedge, infantry skirt the woods whilst making for the rolling hills.

Not happy with the look yet but trying options…

A third force , work in progress

 My third force is coming along very nicely. They are depicted in a variety of uniforms, including helmets etc collected off the battlefield or bought otherwise. These include Ostmerk and Morava items. They represent militia probably from an agrarian national peasants political party.

Note antiquated cannon and a high incidence of lmg/hmg due to equipment been removed from a local army arsenal.

The big problem is coming up with a name. I had come up with Banat of Transflumen but realised it was a long winded name to say the least. I am still thinking…

Photos

 Friday saw me hosting a dark age skirmish here- 

P. continued to throw an inordinate amount of ones on d6 . As one who taught probability in primary school in maths ( using a throw d6  a hundred times experiment ) I just cannot believe how many ones he threw not to mention the number of fives and sixes l threw as opposed throws ! A fun game ensued.

Some splendid art on hoardings cinema Edinburgh-

Reading

 Interesting six page article in this month’s Wargames Illustrated on MLS-