{"id":6571,"date":"2017-10-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2021-10-29T03:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:07:09","slug":"wargaming-week-30102017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/30\/wargaming-week-30102017\/","title":{"rendered":"Wargaming Week 30\/10\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s start, covering the 23rd through to the 29th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLOG STUFF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Last week’s post was all about the SAS fighting Werewolves!<\/a> Got to admit, this was the worst performing post so far this year which was a little disappointing but it was a fun time playing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAMING<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So werewolves fighting SAS. I had a good time playing it but there are a few optional tweaks I’d recommend trying out in the post. It was just the right sort of dumb for a Halloween game and everyone involved had a good time so thumbs up! It also seemed to annoy a few of the older more grumbly members of the games club so two thumbs up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This weekend also saw Fiasco where I got to play a lot of Skirmish Sangin. They will be more on that this weekend’s post but it was a fantastic time and really recommend the show to anyone nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PURCHASES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Actually less than planned. However its hard to not pick something up after a trip to a wargames and I finally picked up some packs I’ve been eyeing up for a while. Under Fire Miniatures are primarily 20mm figure makers but they have the start of a pretty solid Cold War range in 28mm. I had been looking for some police figures to represent officers from the Bazi Ministry of the Interior and these guys in formal gear and older military kit should fit in nicely. Their support guns should also be a nasty surprise. So I grabbed a pack of each of them, expect an impression piece coming soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOBBY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Painting! Main focus this week was getting the SAS and wolves finished off for Thursday’s game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The SAS are from Empress and are Direct Action guys based on Task Force Black. Initially when painting them I went for a uniform MTP smock and OD trousers (primarily to reduce time between arrival and getting on the table.) However, I looked back at the source photos and was struck by the sheer variety and mixture of camos on show, from UCP to desert 3 colour to both types of DPM. So when a new figure (the dog handler) was released, I decided to strip them all back and start again. When doing multi-camo groups, I pick one to be the key set to tie them all together. In this case it’s my darkened UCP. Combine this with the other camo and I’ve got the effect I wanted to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also the female officer from the US Rangers sets which was perfect for to stand in for the intelligence officer. I’m still deciding how to paint the rest of that range of up, but the current plan is UCP, Multicam and some softshells in OD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So 9 figures, 5 different camo schemes, one happy project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So the wolves. These guys are Warlord Games’s SchreckWulfen from their Konflict 47 range. I haven’t painted anything not in man sized for a while and never anything partially covered in fur. So I ended up going with the old staple – paint it brown and dry brush it til it looks good. Being genetically modified humans rather than pure wolves, there are also big patches of exposed skin\/muscle. Rather than leaving fleshtone, this was drybrushed brown to make it look covered in short stubby fur. Finally, these wolves have clothes so with a dash of UCP they now look like mutated or biohacked US soldiers. Fun little project but I’ll be glad to go back to humans with guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s it for this update, expect more updates next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s start, covering the 23rd through to the 29th. BLOG STUFF Last week’s post was all about the SAS fighting Werewolves! Got to admit, this was the worst performing post so far this year which was a little disappointing but it was a fun time playing it. GAMING So werewolves fighting SAS. 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