{"id":24953,"date":"2022-01-20T16:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24953"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T00:36:53","slug":"sitrep-rules-and-platoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/01\/20\/sitrep-rules-and-platoons\/","title":{"rendered":"SITREP &#8211; Rules and Platoons!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24955\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I do love a good contents page don&#8217;t I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of time has been spent digging through various conversions of Chain of Command these last few weeks, trying to arrange together some information to be used to make up a set of changes to move Chain of Command into the Ultramodern era. I&#8217;ll go into more details on the changes after this week&#8217;s play session but I&#8217;m happy how I&#8217;ve managed to add some major changes that don&#8217;t massively bulk out Chain of Command&#8217;s existing systems with excessive re-writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dastardly Regular Opponent is coming over this weekend for us to play the first test games &#8211; I&#8217;m planning to play some understrength US Style platoons against each other, and then maybe expand out after that. Probably adding some off-map supports or light vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, I do need some platoons to play with. I already have a US Army platoon (and enough irregulars to throw something together) but there are a few other forces to finish off. The big project is the pair of British Platoons I have to paint up (from Empress and White Dragon Miniatures) which is something I&#8217;m working on next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220120_152715551.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220120_152715551.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220120_152715551-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last two years I&#8217;ve been working on the USMC guys. I have realised I will need more to bring them up to a full platoon size (something I&#8217;ll probably get next month at Vapa in York). But in the mean time, I can get the guys I have finished off. It was definitely a change of pace from painting Games Workshop style figures, with a lot more details to paint up. I also need to go back and add basing material to all my current figures (US Army included) as it looks so much better than the mere sand I&#8217;ve used in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220120_152708189.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220120_152708189.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PXL_20220120_152708189-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, time moves on. There are other platoons to make. As well as the US Army, US Marine and British Army platoons I currently have, I&#8217;ve been looking into other possibilities. Turns out there are plenty of nations with weird and wonderful setups. Last year I grabbed a late Kickstarter from Normandy Miniatures to pick up their French Infantry STLs &#8211; I decided to just go for the FAMAS equipped guys, as I have plenty of men with AR15s. These are some really nice figures, and I was able to print them out in one Saturn build plate. I haven&#8217;t got round to getting them cured and painted up, but I have noticed some print issues on the crouching figures so I may need to re-do some. But that&#8217;s 3D Printing for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well I do love a good contents page don&#8217;t I? A lot of time has been spent digging through various conversions of Chain of Command these last few weeks, trying to arrange together some information to be used to make up a set of changes to move Chain of Command into the Ultramodern era. 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