Project Tau: The Schedule
January 15th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Articles, Gaming, Modelling and Painting, Project Tau, WH40K, Wargaming Comments Off
My Tau Schedule
Given the rules of the Challenge, I’m limited to using an RRP Limit of $500.00 plus the initial Battleforce and optional HQ blister. This effectively gives me an RRP budget of $650 total excluding any bits and pieces such as bases, conversion materials and spare parts for conversions which do not count against [...]
Project Tau: Themes
January 12th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Articles, Project Tau, WH40K Comments Off
Conceptualisation, Background, Theme & Look
I wanted to somehow link this Tau challenge army in some fashion to my existing Genestealer Cult/Tyranid armies. Manifesting this could be done through matching basing themes, contrasting yet complementary colour schemes, or perhaps directly linked via conversions and integrated objective markers.
However the more I thought about it, the more I [...]
Project Tau – Challenge rules and guidelines
January 10th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Articles, Modelling and Painting, Project Tau, WH40K Comments Off
The Challenge Rules
Start Off:
1 x battleforce of choice
1 x blister of HQ choice
1 x codex (optional).
Monthly purchase allowance of AUD$50 GW RRP**.
Try to fill out one option from each area of the army list (hq, fast attack, elites, heavy [...]
Why 40K and why Tau?
January 10th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Articles, Modelling and Painting, Project Tau, WH40K Comments Off
Why I’m playing 40K these days
When I moved over to Australia, I’d pretty much rationalised all my wargaming to three key areas, WW2, ACW and mid-19th Century European wars, all in 15mm. The idea was that I’d finally get some armies painted and actually play scenarios etc at the Corsairs.
That sort of went west after [...]
Project Tau – My part in the Grand ‘Non-Spess Moron’ *Battleforce* Challenge
January 10th, 2010 panzerschreckdesign Posted in Articles, Gaming, Modelling and Painting, Project Tau, WH40K, Wargaming Comments Off
Project Tau
My part in the Grand ‘Non-Spess Moron’ *Battleforce* Challenge
The Origins of the Challenge
My local gaming club, the Central Coast Corsairs, have been discussing on our forum (http://corsairs.freehostia.com/index.php) ways and means of rekindling interest in gaming generally, but more particularly completing armies and projects rather than flitting aimlessly between the latest game du jour.
One of [...]
Austin Summer Field of Glory Tournament by LSHM & GHG
August 31st, 2009 greathallgames Posted in Articles, Austin, Battle Reports, Chapter News, Events, Field of Glory, General Comments Off
The second Great Hall Games/LSHM Field of Glory Tournament of the year took place at GHG on August 29 & 30. The were five rounds of play (three on Saturday and two on Sunday), each of three hours. Armies were 800 points. Players were scored on their best three games.
We had a total of 18 [...]
FOW Fest Austin 2009: D-Day - Results
June 7th, 2009 greathallgames Posted in Articles, Austin, Battle Reports, Chapter News, Events, Flames of War, Historical, Photos Comments Off
This year with the tournament coinciding with D-Day rememberances we decided to try something different. Rather than the usual selection of scenarios, we focused on Normandy landings and the push inland and break out. Because the Hit the Beach and Para scenarios are so different for the attacker and defender, we decided that there would [...]
The Irish Troubles 4/26/1919
May 6th, 2009 dmclellan Posted in Articles, Battle Reports Comments Off
Finally getting around to editing and posting the photos from our Irish wars game of a couple weeks ago.
Mike Miller kindly ran the game using Chain Reaction 2 and supplied most but not all of the miniatures.
Lance, Dave A. and David Mc took the forces of England, while Everett, Kevin H, Benito, and Nathan took [...]
Soviet T-35
April 19th, 2009 beckerdo Posted in Articles, General, Historical, Photos, Reviews Comments Off
This site has been a bit quiet lately. I know there are many games being played and many miniatures being painted. Allow me to post some recent modeling.
This is a 1/72nd scale model of a Soviet T-35 tank. Many tank lovers will recognize it by the five turret design. With a crew of 11, this [...]
More FOG Austin Tournament Pictures
March 15th, 2009 greathallgames Posted in Articles, Austin, Battle Reports, Chapter News, Events, General, Historical, Photos Comments Off
Here are a few pictures I managed to capture. Since I was playing in the tournament, and all my games ran long, I did not take the usual care and some are a bit fuzzy.
Tournament results were:
Name
Army
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
Opp
Result
Opp
Result
Opp
Result
Ian Buttridge
Ilkhanid
Lance Gamble
19
Bob Huey
24
Alvaro Erize
11
54
Alvaro Erize
Carthage in Italy
Bill Reese
22
Brian Hopper
22
Ian Buttridge
9
53
Francisco Erize
Alexandrian Macedonian
Donovan Kennedy
11
Dave McLellan
24
Fred Askew
12
47
Donovan [...]
Another Look at Perry Plastics - Confederate Troops
January 31st, 2009 beckerdo Posted in Articles, Photos, Reviews Comments Off
As shown in earlier posts, Perry Miniatures has released both Napoleonic and American Civil War hard plastic miniatures in 28 mm scale. This post shows two boxes of infantry and one box of cavalry painted in a basic style and dipped in MinWax Polyshades Tudor stain.
A cavalry box give you 12 mounted soldiers. The horses [...]
Glory! Napoleonics Tournament - Sept. 28
October 4th, 2008 greathallgames Posted in Articles, Austin, Battle Reports, Chapter News, Events, General, Historical, Photos Comments Off
From Scott McK:
We had the Glory! Napoleonics mini-tournament on Sunday and it was a
smashing success! We had 6 players (three French and three Allied) on
three tables fight in three rounds. The numbers worked out perfectly so
that we did historical matchups and the players from each side got a
chance to face off with all the players [...]
Carnage and Glory II
September 2nd, 2008 richard wheet Posted in Articles, Battle Reports Comments Off
On Labor Day, Waco tried a new rule system for the Marburian period. The rule set used was Carnage and Glory II, which is a computer assisted playing aid with Jim Dunnam as the lowly clerk typist.
The French (Richard Wheet (right, left, center and reserve wings) and Mike Gesser (who appropriated all the wine and [...]
Flames of War Tournaments Planned for Heat of Battle II
August 11th, 2008 abouffard Posted in Articles, Calendar, Events, Flames of War, General, Historical Comments Off
Less than two weeks are left to plan your attendance at Heat of Battle II at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, the weekend of August 22-24.
Among other WWII-themed events, including a number of Miniature events, John Stangel and Andy Bouffard will be running two Flames of War tournaments.
Each tournament will be a 1500 point, three-round affair [...]
Gathering of Tribes : A Flames of War Farewell to Normandy
July 7th, 2008 abouffard Posted in Articles, Battle Reports, Chapter News, Events, Flames of War, General, Historical, Houston Comments Off
By Andy Bouffard
On Saturday, June 28th, Little Wars in Houston hosted their annual Gathering of Tribes event. This year we organized a themed event, we called it “Gathering of Tribes : A Flames of War Farewell to Normandy”. Flames of War continues to be a very popular game system in Houston and with Battlefront completing [...]