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Month: March 2015

Spectre Miniatures: First Games and Rules Thoughts

So after months of me painting models I finally managed to find some guys to go up against using the Spectre rules. Thanks to their speed, I managed to play two games pretty quickly. If you want to go straight to my thoughts on the rules, head down and look for the big “The Rules”…

Battle Reports, Features, Spectre Operations, Spectre Reports, Wargaming

31/03/2015
The Shadow War: Operation Wingate – British Infantry

The British counterpart to Taskforce Wolverine in theatre are the forces operating under Operation Wingate. Much like the Americans, the operation is split into two parts: a conventional ground force and a special forces contingent. The ground force is pulled from 2 Battalion Rifles. The deployment is slow but first boots are on the ground.…

Features, Wargaming

21/03/2015
The Shadow War: Downed Pilots

I still haven’t got round to painting up the Brits (still waiting on the MTP paints) but I did get my downed pilots all good to go. Looking at research pictures, there is 101 different sets of colour schemes and combinations worn by UK Apache pilots. Base layers can be different coloured coveralls or fatigues…

Features, Wargaming

16/03/2015
The Shadow War: TaskForce Wolverine

So I’ve now finished the whole of Taskforce Wolverine as it stands. This is comprised of the 5 Green Berets I showed previously and their backup force of US Army Rangers tooled up to the nines. I’ve also tweaked up my painting style and added a brown wash at the end that really helps to…

Features, Wargaming

07/03/2015

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