{"id":5942,"date":"2017-06-26T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:07:15","slug":"wargaming-week-26062017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/26\/wargaming-week-26062017\/","title":{"rendered":"Wargaming Week 26\/06\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s start, covering the 19th of June through to the 25th.<\/p>\n<h3>BLOG\u00a0STUFF<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5918\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170624_142210-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/24\/impressions-empress-bailed-out-afv-crew\/\">Impressions on Empress&#8217;s Vehicle Crew are now up!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was fun to do although it was a bit of a rush to get it done. Focusing on getting figures done, including 4 in a brand new art style, was a neat challenge. I was really happy with painting all of the US guys in one evening, so it bodes well for getting all my US Infantry Platoon when finished.<\/p>\n<h3>GAMING<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing, still focused on writing stuff<\/p>\n<h3>PURCHASES<\/h3>\n<p>I managed to sell off some duplicate figures I have and reinvested in some more stuff<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A second Foxhound so I can deploy an entire section by them. Also means we can run convoy missions more easily<\/li>\n<li>The rest of the Empress SAS to finish off that force<\/li>\n<li>A few missing Spectre models, including the undercover agents. I&#8217;ve been a little lukewarm on them but having seen some more examples of them painted up I&#8217;m coming round on them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also paid for my hotel in Cardiff for the Spectre weekend. It ended up a lot cheaper than planned so I&#8217;m also eyeing up a few more buildings. I&#8217;ve also heard something cool might be coming out soon that will be a day 1 buy.<\/p>\n<h3>HOBBY<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5943\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170623_200437-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, in the process of painting the British crew using the updated multicam pattern and also looking through for duplicates, I started to find more and more figures whose paint scheme just doesn&#8217;t look that great. Safe to say I&#8217;ve come on a long way since I first painted my models (mainly in precision) and so a refresh needs to happen. The main thing is replacing all my multicam guys with the style used on the vehicle crew above as well as making them a bit neater looking.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5944\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170623_213712-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the biggest group of guys in the old style of Multicam is my British Army platoon. Seeing as I picked up some more support weapons, it means I can repaint the original guys to match the new style and also fix some of the poor posing I did when I first assembled them.Before i strip these, I need to pluck the static grass off them.<\/p>\n<p>The first few figures have been stripped (using acetone) but I&#8217;m going to try something else &#8211; it seemed to lose effectiveness very quickly after only 9 figures.<\/p>\n<p>As funny as this to be making more work for me to do (someone mentioned &#8220;Painting the Forth Bridge&#8221; when I told them about it), I think I&#8217;ll be much happier when everything is updated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>That\u2019s it for this update, expect more updates next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s start, covering the 19th of June through to the 25th. BLOG\u00a0STUFF Impressions on Empress&#8217;s Vehicle Crew are now up! This was fun to do although it was a bit of a rush to get it done. Focusing on getting figures done, including 4 in a brand new art style, was a neat challenge. 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