English Civil War comes early this year!

Got a game of ECW in early this year. 'Victory without Quarter' rules, 28mm figs, 4x12 foot table 6 players and 20 units per side. 5 units per Brigade.
These rules never fail to produce a fun game with lots of moans and cheers as the card deck determines the next activation. A very slim Royalist victory it was.

Indian Mutiny Battle finally!

4-5 years since the last game? But yes finally got those Indian Mutiny figs on the table again.
Tried out the 'Sepoy' rules by Graham Evans. Played the Aong scenario, which takes place after Fatehpur.
As you can see in the pics, the British need to clear out another force of Mutineers on there way to Cawnpore.

Took a little rereading, but we think we got most of the rules right. They really do allow a small group of British to put to flight a much larger ++force of Mutineers. Not to mention that the Mutineer command die rolls  were abysmal and the British didn't roll even 1 leader event!
It was a very fun game. I'm lucky to have some very easy going players who are quite happy to try out other rules for the period.

First of the Soviet Tanks for Team Yankee

New project for 2016, Team Yankee. My Sweet wife, Sabrina bought me the Team Yankee Soviet starter box. But I also bought some Zvezda tanks at Treefort.

Zvezda T-72s with reactive armor trimmed off

Battlefront T-72 with Zvezda M1 and T-72 for comparison

Madness and 40K Again!?!?!??!?!

Okay, so at the behest of a co worker, I've started to pull out my old Ork army  to prep it for 7th ed 40K.
I do love these Ork Boyz!
1st Unit 20 Ork Boyz

None Shall Pass! Terrain and defense for 6mm LaserStorm

Have I ever mentioned that I love doing terrain? Well I really love making and painting terrain! And any project that motivates me to make terrain is one that's going to get some play.
So today,  Some Brigade buildings, Spartan Games bunkers and a bunker hill. Infantry from Battletech, tank from Dystopian Wars

The whole complex

Bunker and Towers from Dystopian wars

Brigade buildings

Bunker Hill, removable

348th Brigade 'Crimson Fists' another force for LaserStorm

When work is eating up your time paint 6mm! Gathered up some more 6mm figs that have been gathering dust and put together the 348th Brigade 'Crimson Fists'. Grav tanks from the old FASA Renegade Legion game and some powered armored infantry from Battletech.

Powered Infantry

Lots of Grav vehicles

Medium tanks

A return to 6mm SciFi with LaserStorm rules

Okay so it's not a complete return to 6mm SciFi since I do have AlphaStrike/Battletech forces. But I think LaserStorm may give me the feel of those old Epic 40k games. Lots of troops and destruction on the table.
So since we're going to try the rules next week, I decided to put together a new force. The 1st Samarkand.
Now, I know some people are going to notice the mix of scales, but I think the various pieces seem to work well together. Dystopian wars Blazing Suns armor, Battletech infantry, Heavy Gear fleet action mechs, and a MicroMachines Jawa vehicle as the big troop transport.