tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57489365953052991592024-03-24T00:10:23.979-07:00Volley Fire Painting VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-5503165831764666842017-11-21T09:52:00.003-08:002017-11-21T09:52:58.109-08:00A few Brits and the hobby<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As you may have noticed, it's been some time since The Brit, The Yank, and the Hobby put out an episode, unfortunately life and other commitments got in the way, so we have relaunched with a new show, A few Brits and the hobby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Rob has moved on to his new project, the <a href="http://thebrittheyankandtheyhobby.libsyn.com/">History to Wargames Podcast</a>, whilst show regular Piers Brand joins us as third host. In this first episode, we take a look at Operation Market Garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So head over to <a href="http://afewbritsandthehobby.libsyn.com/episode-26-operation-market-garden">A few Brits and the hobby, and give us a listen!</a> </span></div>
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VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-28794586490215265092017-06-04T09:11:00.000-07:002017-06-04T09:11:39.342-07:00The Brit the Yank and the Hobby Episode 23: Cold War Gone Hot with Simon Elliott <div style="text-align: justify;">
In Episode 23 Simon joins us again, to talk to us about some Cold War gone hot scenario ideas, real world history and equipment, and general gaming ideas for the period</div>
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-27262264507920792482017-06-04T08:47:00.002-07:002017-06-04T09:24:38.287-07:00Plastic Soldier Company 20mm Afrika Korp review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5to-yKMlTbml4DUfEJZsVMm9yILgLLSVhVjXWdiEwTPfpjlaF4qwlYiRsAde6fXsu2YLIs6BQ_V3ZNn2Eun2Q5st8EIvy0QcTAuv4ZLVub8FwVJkRwCSi9IMSpWCsyoknf7RTI40xfkq/s1600/P1280307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="448" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5to-yKMlTbml4DUfEJZsVMm9yILgLLSVhVjXWdiEwTPfpjlaF4qwlYiRsAde6fXsu2YLIs6BQ_V3ZNn2Eun2Q5st8EIvy0QcTAuv4ZLVub8FwVJkRwCSi9IMSpWCsyoknf7RTI40xfkq/s400/P1280307.JPG" width="400" /></a>Today I'm taking a look at one of my favourite subjects, the Afrika Korp. Having picked up the new PSC platoon set at Salute, I've been eagerly working on Afrika Korp ever since.<br />
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I opted for the platoon set after admiring a few of the figures in blisters, and decided that I wanted them to make up the bulk of my infantry forces in my growing DAK collection. The set contains 39 white metal figures, wearing a mix of steel helmets and M40 tropical caps, no pith helmets are included.<br />
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3 NCO's with MP40's, split across two poses. One wearing a helmet and pointing, the other advancing bracing his weapon.<br />
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Worth mentioning is the separate bipod for the prone gun team, as this adds and extra level of finesse to the finished models. Each team comprises one gunner, and two loader/assistant types. <br />
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The rest of the set is made up of riflemen, wearing the same mix of head gear. All are armed with K98 rifles, and have a pleasing variety of field gear and skirmishing poses. between the mix of head gear and poses, I think there are about 10 different poses, and look nicely varied when assembled.<br />
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The figures are white metal, and casting was for the most part very clean, though I did have a few mould lines and areas of flash to clean up, however this didn't take long and lines were in accessible places and didn't interfere with any detail.<br />
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In terms of compatibility with other ranges, the figures are very close to AB in proportions, however they also mix very well with Kellys Heroes, Brittania and Italeri. I do not have any Wartime Miniatures DAK to hand at present.<br />
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At £40 for the set, I think this is good value as it's provided me with the bulk of the infantry I'll need for my Afrika Korp project, and I'm hopefully the range will sell well and we can see it expanded with command and support weapon options. For now, I've added those elements from Kellys Heroes and Britannia ranges, and find the over all effect most pleasing.<br />
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You can get your own platoon of DAK from the <a href="http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=168_169">PSC website here</a>, and listen to our podcast episode where we speak to one of the minds behind <a href="http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-brit-yank-and-hobby-episode-19.html">Battlegroup Tobruk, Mr Piers Brand</a> here.<br />
Finally, you can see more of my work or contact me regarding commissions at <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/VolleyFirepainting/">Volley Fire Painting Service </a><br />
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-30625654312928964972017-05-04T08:44:00.000-07:002017-05-04T11:18:56.090-07:00The Brit, The Yank and the Hobby episode 22 Sea lion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-890218532122453372017-04-24T03:20:00.003-07:002017-04-24T03:20:33.039-07:00Battlegroup Tobruk over view <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As a fan of WW2 gaming in the desert campaigns of WW2 (You can see my 28mm Perry DAK force here), one of the most anticipated gaming releases for me this year has to be the Tobruk supplement for the excellent Battlegroup rule set. For those yet to be initiated into Battlegroup, <a href="http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/introduction-to-battlegroup.html">I've written a handy introduction to the game.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Tobruk follows the now familiar format of a big hardback book, consisting of just under 200 glossy paper pages with a blend of photos, art work, history and gaming information. Special mention must be made of the photos however as the lads have put some time into finding previously unpublished photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The initial part of the book covers the history of the eaerly desert campaigns, before the reader is brought to the special rules for playing games in the desert, to differentiate these from the other supplements. Briefly, these are;</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Vehicle Wear and tear, reflecting the effects of the harsh desert conditions on the maintainability of equipment. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Low on Fuel, representing the logistical difficulties presented with desert warfare.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Tobruk comes with 3 scenarios featuring historical re fights for the desert war in general, including one raiding force scenario for the LRDG and Auto Saharans. a 5 scenario mini campaign following the Tobruk siege, and finally 2 more for the Battle of Crete, though the Airlanding scenario and rules could be translated easily into other forces with a little light lateral thinking... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">On <a href="http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-brit-yank-and-hobby-episode-19.html">Episode 20 of the Brit, the Yank and the hobby we chat to Piers Brand,</a> one of the dark and devious minds behind the book, and you can find where to listen to it here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You can find Battlegroup Tobruk, and the rest of the Battlegroup range at the <a href="http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/">Plastic Soldier Company</a> site, and see more of my work at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolleyFirepainting/">Volley Fire Painting Services</a>.</span><br />
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-51125409894625350062017-04-24T01:48:00.001-07:002017-04-24T01:48:19.247-07:00The Brit,TheYankandTheHobby, Salute 2017This week Andy has been off to Salute, head over to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716253928595448/">facebook group</a> to see all the pictures as you listen in. I've sorted them into gallery by manufacture, so you can see all the things I managed to get round to viewing.<br />
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-78854644206263478042017-04-24T01:31:00.002-07:002017-04-24T01:48:51.017-07:00The Brit, The Yank and the Hobby Episode 20, Battlegroup Tobruk<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This week Piers from Battlegroup fame joins us to discuss the new Tobruk supplement and talk about all things Italy in the desert. </span><br />
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-82418521748853714602017-02-02T13:35:00.003-08:002017-02-02T13:35:18.609-08:00Warlord Games 28mm 1/56 Stuart Review<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBkdE7xNlAjRl4ixGNyfDTV3wIqqvvU70-oCk0-RO2f5mM32hricCxEG9AKXsKsJ531Yg8evV1gjGGID9fLe2K44PDnhCG9VHaO6jzKHZuuLRCBt1Zn1nfzJuj0-ymwPus-51huyBRWAd/s1600/IMG_0547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBkdE7xNlAjRl4ixGNyfDTV3wIqqvvU70-oCk0-RO2f5mM32hricCxEG9AKXsKsJ531Yg8evV1gjGGID9fLe2K44PDnhCG9VHaO6jzKHZuuLRCBt1Zn1nfzJuj0-ymwPus-51huyBRWAd/s400/IMG_0547.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Todays review is Warlord Games new M3 Stuart, kindly supplied by them for me to take a look at. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This kit is part of their continuing partnership with plastic kit manufacturer Italeri, and follows the norm of that range of kits by being relatively complex for a war-gaming model, but also superbly detailed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Instructions are a massive leap forwards to most war-gaming kits, being clear 3D renders, with relevant parts labelled by suitable symbol, so the Soviet star for the Lend Lease variant, the Desert Rat for the Western Desert British vehicle, and so on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Each variant possible is identified at the start of the instructions too, and the instructions suggest dry fitting before applying glue, which is nice to see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The kit includes parts to build a British M3, a Soviet lend lease M3, a British M3A1, an American M3A1 in Tunisia, and finally a USMC M3A1 with hull flame thrower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Also included are 3 commander figures, one British, one American and finally a Soviet one. These figures are ok, but I'll be replacing mine with a metal one at some stage. </span></div>
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-51871581271777628812017-01-11T01:37:00.001-08:002017-01-11T01:37:46.202-08:00Warlord Games 1/56 Panther Ausf A review<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAsoPrt6KBw0kky5-PF0-aIupgF7aMX7TqR_S1lf8a0LIfp3c0TL36h9QMcR5mfg9NB02S4ZqisWZuRox5NeIeizxQsxLo_q3ATR-JGSn82Xmm-wXN-Y73un8JBIF_tF5jPk0JctX13Vq/s1600/P1260657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAsoPrt6KBw0kky5-PF0-aIupgF7aMX7TqR_S1lf8a0LIfp3c0TL36h9QMcR5mfg9NB02S4ZqisWZuRox5NeIeizxQsxLo_q3ATR-JGSn82Xmm-wXN-Y73un8JBIF_tF5jPk0JctX13Vq/s640/P1260657.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In these reviews, I'm doing something slightly different, and rolling several reviews into one, as I built all the kits at the same time, and most of the comments are the same of each of them, though I'll cover each individually too. In the interests of integrity, Rubicon have been kind enough to provide me with review samples of each of the kits below, however these particular vehicles were part of a work commission.</span></div>
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-8732541921005390852017-01-10T09:29:00.002-08:002017-01-10T16:22:58.812-08:00Bolt Action 28mm United States Marine Corp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A few years ago now, myself, Jez Allum, Jamie Tranter and Brian Ward got together to produce a blog chronicling us collecting 1000 point armies for Bolt Action. </span></div>
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VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-77779350823274708012017-01-10T07:59:00.001-08:002017-01-10T16:25:26.308-08:00Rubicon Models 1/56 Jagdpanzer 38t Hetzer review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryOubE8i-r692f_iNj0Z9GWiKE92Urb3f3xjqdubxDsBdN9QBf20OulQ7N_DF3GzHKegBj3zBkCmEnhNJBJAucx2QaSJEfCQWE17HtVm1I-FP2SfKe5dtomwUCOvNgvDDcaCi81yryAEc/s1600/P1260765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryOubE8i-r692f_iNj0Z9GWiKE92Urb3f3xjqdubxDsBdN9QBf20OulQ7N_DF3GzHKegBj3zBkCmEnhNJBJAucx2QaSJEfCQWE17HtVm1I-FP2SfKe5dtomwUCOvNgvDDcaCi81yryAEc/s640/P1260765.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This kit has been out for a little while, so much so that I won one at the (Cam)Bridge to Far event in March of last year... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Jagdpanzer 38t is one of those late war vehicles that is so iconic, and such a good modelling opportunity that it's likely to appear in most late war gamers collections, and this kit from Rubicon Models is certainly a very welcome addition to their line up of plastic vehicle kits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The kit provides numerous options as is the norm for Rubicon, offering the builder the choice of creating early, mid and late production vehicles, as well as a Flammpanzer 38t. No stowage or crew figures are provided however.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Some pin washing of Burnt Umber oil paint, and the Jagdpanzer 38t was complete. Personally, I rate this as Rubicons best kit, and thoroughly recommend it. This particular vehicle was a clients, for a commission, however I have one of my own in the stash for when I eventually get to expanding my late war German collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As ever, I can be contacted through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolleyFirepainting/">Volley Fire Painting Service </a>on Facebook, and you can even see more painted examples of my work there too. </span><br />
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VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-70524657302609971912016-11-21T01:56:00.001-08:002016-11-21T05:50:38.427-08:00Dropfleet Commander Gameplay overview<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pCtOz1xIIgYv3YEi_eXrFwNBzWisoYwXSyRcMpnwpNCV5pBe-r6_TOdR-FxSJfwB6ngJBWgwKvoAw7sAkKA8QdB6sp1oU0_czo8Nrh9sJeIg8Ck4d6pcQMnqW81SdUegpFSLfcWPdUge/s1600/P1260521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pCtOz1xIIgYv3YEi_eXrFwNBzWisoYwXSyRcMpnwpNCV5pBe-r6_TOdR-FxSJfwB6ngJBWgwKvoAw7sAkKA8QdB6sp1oU0_czo8Nrh9sJeIg8Ck4d6pcQMnqW81SdUegpFSLfcWPdUge/s400/P1260521.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">A few weeks ago now I wrote about my <a href="http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/dropfleet-commanderfirst-look.html">experiences of testing out different colour schemes for my UCM</a>, well, of those 8 I created, I settled for a ninth one... Duly placing an order at <a href="http://www.firestormgames.co.uk/">Firestorm Games</a> for a starter set, which arrived in rapid time I set to assembling my UCM fleet for our first few games, and here are my initial thoughts on the game and rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For those who have played Battlefleet Gothic, the format will be instantly familiar, being a landscape soft cover format, however a protective sleeve is also provided to aid storing the book on a bookshelf and aid presentation in stores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Next on we get to the rules. These are actually very, very simple, however are explained with a lot of box outs and examples. I'll discuss the actual game play a little later, however I did enjoy how the rules were set out and explained. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> After the rules we come to the scenarios, of which 8 are included covering various different deployment types and scenario options. I'll speak about these broadly when I cover the rules as they are critical to the way the game itself is played.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">At the end of the scenario section is a guide to integrating Dropfleet into your games of Dropzone, and vice versa, as well as rules for campaign play. This was a touch that particularly pleased me, as the concept of both games links so well and seemed so suited for this type of gaming. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUe7HS8Tn6fmAVJBrXuBLDxaE18WVHj6O6_OsAVrVD3icuEXPWRQ25wIfzG61086MrIe2v_o4oNmui04DkSEGuQCdM4HECHk6A0A1yqLPg4tMrWMZDZi0NUGF1pgCoVmAAWrfRIYPJUbS/s1600/P1260219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUe7HS8Tn6fmAVJBrXuBLDxaE18WVHj6O6_OsAVrVD3icuEXPWRQ25wIfzG61086MrIe2v_o4oNmui04DkSEGuQCdM4HECHk6A0A1yqLPg4tMrWMZDZi0NUGF1pgCoVmAAWrfRIYPJUbS/s320/P1260219.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Following on from these we come to fleet building and army lists. These cover the human UCM forces, the post human PHR, as well as the alien Scourge and Shaltari. Each list is presented with a history of each race, their technology, and any specific special rules that may apply, before detailing each ship they can use with a nice picture, some more lore about each class, and of course their rules too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As previously mentioned, forces are organised into battlegroups, these are then rated according to the tonnage of the battle group. the more ships, the higher the tonnage. The contents of a battle group and its tonnage rating are written onto an activation card, with each battlegroup having its own card. In the planning stage of the turn, you organise these into the order you want each group to activate, and then place them face down. each player then reveals their top card, and the lowest rated one gets to activate first or second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Once both players have activated their battlegroups, then the next card is revealed, and so on until all cards have been turned face up. Once they are, the turn is over and they can be resorted. In practice, this tends to lead to smaller lighter groups being more tactically flexible, but heavier groups being more resilient and slower to respond, which feels right. Note that the ratings aren't adjusted as ships are destroyed. </span></div>
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selection, It's worth mentioning that all the scenarios require you to
land troops on an objective, so every fleet will require a balance of
forces that can deploy ground troops to the objective, as well as ships
capable of defending that objective and driving off the opposition,
aaaand then holding a location too. There's a lot to think about, and
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decided by points size of the game. Up to 999 points is skirmish level,
1000-1999 is clash and battle is 2000-3000. Skirmish level allows you
up to 4 battle groups, clash is 6, and battle is 7. Battle groups
themselves are divided again into pathfinder type, which focuses on
lighter classes such as frigates, corvettes and a small number of
cruisers. Line, which sees Cruisers and a few escorting frigates,
Vanguard which contains your battle cruisers and their support, and
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which fall into the Frigate category, and probably a bulk lander or two,
which fall into the cruiser band. There is also a number of compulsory
battlegroup types depending on size of the battle, and a limit on how
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building side of the game quite critical, as you will have to start
formulating plans and schemes of what you want your formations to do
even before the game is set up. This may not be to everyone's taste, but
personally I love it, and if you're familiar with Dropzone this will be
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ships have thrust value, this is how far they can move, and most orders mean that they have to move at least half this distance. Turns are restricted as well, with only one 45 degree turn at the start of the move permitted under most circumstances. Ships can also change orbital layer, making them harder to hit from other layers, and necessary for deploying troops to the objectives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Range is unlimited for weapons, and the ability to shoot at a target is determined by combining your ships scan rating, the signature of the target, and any sensor spikes they may have accumulated , which can add either 6" or 12" depending on whether they are minor or major spikes. To actually hit the target, just grab the number of dice listed under the attack rating for the weapon, and roll over the weapons lock value. The target then gets to save these by rolling over their ships armour value, with any dice not exceeding the armour value resulting in damage. When the ship is at half it's number of hull points you roll on the critical damage table, and usually something awful happens (In my experience). Once all the hull points have gone, a ship is destroyed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Suggested game play is a 4x4 area, however we have used a 6x4 as we like to have more room for movement and it forces you to commit to a course of action. Victory conditions in most scenarios earn victory points in the 4th and 6th turns, so you have to constantly keep fighting, without resting on initial success. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The first turn or two generally tends to be slower, with fleets entering the board and jostling for position, before turns 3 and 4 seeing the major clashes around objective points and ships starting to explode. turn 5 sees the battered survivors of the early clash reorganising and attempting to get into that final point of dominance at the end of the game. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All the games we have played have pretty much come down to the final turn, final dice throw of the game with the battles utterly undecided until that point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I'm very impressed with Hawks latest effort, and can't wait to get my Kickstarter and Battleships now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">For more info check out <a href="http://www.hawkwargames.com/">Hawk Wargames</a>, and as ever you can see more of my work at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolleyFirepainting">Volley Fire Painting Service </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">After a some what frustrating week I was fortunate enough to call in at the Dropfleet Commander launch event at Wayland Games. I was handed some sprues and asked to come up with some simple but effective colour schemes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> With access to limited paints and supplies, I built 8 UCM Frigares, and 8 Scourge Frigates, and primed half of each with Army Painter Uniform Grey spray, and the other half with Army Painter Plate Mail Spray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Brushes used were an Army Painter Regiment Brush, and a Citadel Shade Brush, with other tools being Citadel Superglue, Army Painter clippers and an xacto blade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For ease of handling I have superglued the ships to a length of sprue, the models can then simply be cut off with a sharp blade and the paint work neatened up ready for use. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm going to try some airbrush techniques in the next week or two on some cruisers and more frigates to try out some colour schemes in readiness for my Kickstarter arriving. For those unfamiliar with the Dropzone/Dropfleet universe you can find out more in my over view of<a href="http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/dropping-in-to-drropzone-commander.html"> Dropzone here</a>, and visit the <a href="http://www.hawkwargames.com/">Hawk Wargames Website </a>for more info. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As ever, you can see more of my work or contact me regarding commissions at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolleyFirepainting/">Volley Fire Painting Service</a></span></div>
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<br />VolleyFire Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378230460274999264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748936595305299159.post-81306798343355661232016-10-02T09:45:00.000-07:002016-10-02T09:45:02.918-07:00Perry Miniatures Battle in a Box<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09AQbD_nZYXhWoXUm2h80JxP6-xPr7B0MviJwGOcORtrcbjq_OWoamBSiPU2V4p9ESjRcKjMJmub8o8e_-wjTvg-87CSsjNIpOMmlbVPVHqhwqnQQsE2GHif41DQQypPSEoZUh-psFkhS/s1600/P1260049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09AQbD_nZYXhWoXUm2h80JxP6-xPr7B0MviJwGOcORtrcbjq_OWoamBSiPU2V4p9ESjRcKjMJmub8o8e_-wjTvg-87CSsjNIpOMmlbVPVHqhwqnQQsE2GHif41DQQypPSEoZUh-psFkhS/s400/P1260049.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Earlier this year Perry Miniatures released their 'Battlefield in a box American Civil War' set. This is the Perry's first attempt at a starter type set, and it's certainly impressive. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Amongst the first, possibly the very first, 28mm plastic multipart figures to come out were the Perry's American Civil war infantry set some years ago now, and since then they have massively expanded the range, with packs of Zouaves, Artillery, and Confederate infantry now added to the range, as well as a range of buildings and terrain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This set brings some of all of that together, in a package that contains 170 figures, as well as buildings, flags and rules for £95. I'll break down the contents before talking a little about the rules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> These can be assembled as either Federal or Confederate models, and are spread across 3 sprue. Each sprue comes with a mix of arms equipped with swords and pistols, as well as parts to make a guidon bearer, bugler and officer. There is also a choice of head gear for the models too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The Firepower! Rules are quite simple, regiments consist of 18 figures in 2 ranks of 9, with cavalry in a single rank of 6 figures, and guns as individual models. Turn sequence has each player use all all their models, before their opponent gets to do the same, with most scenarios running around 6 turns long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Shooting is resolved by rolling 9 dice for an infantry unit, 6 dice for cavalry, or a single dice for artillery, then having to role over a certain score depending on range. Cover provides a 4+ saving throw to counter hits, and once a unit of infantry has taken 9 hits it is removed, with cavalry being able to take 6. Melee is resolved in the same way, with bonuses applied for charging and flanking an opponent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To sum up then, this is a superb value set, and a great cornerstone to a Civil War collection on a budget, especially if you were to split the set with a friend. You can check out the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php?osCsid=5f1t7ja9bmetd077thdt9vle25">Perry's ACW range at their website, along with the supporting range of metals they produce here</a>, and you can catch up with more of my work on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VolleyFirepainting/?ref=bookmarks">Volley Fire Painting Service</a> and listen to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716253928595448/?ref=bookmarks">Brit the Yank and the Hobby Podcast</a> for some historical gaming discussion.</span><br />
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