Today, I have a few photos of my newly painted 10mm Thompson House from Buildings in Turmoil. During the Battle of Gettysburg General Robert E. Lee used the Thompson House as his headquarters.
Link to Buildings in Turmoil: Link
Painted: Buildings in Turmoil, McPherson Farm
I have begun work on my Gettysburg games. The first two scenarios will cover the morning and afternoon fight for McPherson Ridge, Seminary Ridge and Oak Ridge. In preparation for these games, my first priority after getting my dismounted Union cavalry painted was to start painting my 10mm Gettysburg buildings from Buildings in Turmoil. At first, I was a little intimidated by all the fine detail that these models have. But in the end, I ended up painting them just like all my other 10mm buildings and I think they turned out great. Below are a few photos of my completed McPherson Farm. Next, I will be working on the Thompson house, McLean Farm, and finally the Seminary. I will post photos as I complete them.
McPherson House
McPherson Barn
McPherson Carriage House
Link to Buildings in Turmoil: Link
Big Thanks to 6Sided!
Yesterday, this blog passed the 50,000 hits mark. As a result of this achievement, I wanted to take a minute to thank the staff at 6Side for offering such a great blog hosting site. If you’re a wargamer that is thinking of building a blog, I recommend that you give 6Side a try. 6Sided is…….
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Game Photos: The Bloody Cornfield, Antietam 1862
Game Details:
Rules: A modified version of Rally Round the Flag by Scott Monsour
Scenario: ”Antietam: Hooker” By George Anderson (Miniature Wargames Magazine, December 1990) Note: This scenario covers Hookers opening attack on the Cornfield. The scenario ends before reserves on both sides are brought into the battle. Hood for the Confederates and Mansfield for the Union.
Ground Scale: 1”= 30yds (apx.)
Table Size: 6’ X 5’
Table Overview:
Victory Conditions: The Union must inflict 60% losses on the Rebels before the end of the game. The game length is eight fifteen minute turns.
Initial setup:
Turn 1
Turn 2
Turn 3
Turn 4
Turn 5
Turn 6
Turn 7
Turn 8
About This Game:
I ran this game three times in the fall of 2012, including at Fall-In. The Union players won two of the three games. The game pictured above was a near Union victory. Shortly after putting this game together, Rick Hasenauer released a Cornfield scenario for his Regimental Fire and Fury Scenarios book. At some point, I’m hoping to revisit this battle and give Rick’s scenario a try.
Thanks for looking
Bryan
Categories: American Civil War 10mm
Tags: ACW 10mm, American Civil War, Battle of Antietam, Pendraken Minatures
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Skirmish Campaign “Russia 41-into the Ukraine”
One of my flea market purchases at this year’s Cold War’s convention was a copy of Skirmish Campaign “Russia 41-into the Ukraine” by Scott Fisher and Nathan Forney. The book includes 10 scenarios that cover the June/July German invasion of the Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa. These scenarios were written for smaller skirmish size games, but with some simple modifications, I believe that they will work well with my preferred World War 2 rule set, Blitzkrieg Commander II.
Over the last few weeks, I have taken a brief detour away from my nonstop American Civil War project to work on down grading my mid war German and Russian armies. These armies are comprised mostly of figures from Battlefront. Since my last foray into 15mm WWII, Zvezda and the Plastic Solder Company have started to offer plastic models. Priced at less than half of what a resin tank from Battlefront costs, I decided to use plastic models whenever possible for this expansion. Having now painted and assembled around 30 plastic tanks, I must say that I’m pleased with them. Going forward, I will probably choose plastic over resin whenever possible.
Let’s take a look at my reinforcements:
First Brigade of 10mm Union Cavalry Painted.
Below are some photos of my first painted brigade of Union Cavalry. These figures are from Pendraken’s new Civil War range. Well, almost all the figures are from Pendraken. Pendraken’s new cavalry doesn’t include a bugler figure wearing a Kepi, so I decided to use the bugler from Perrin’s range instead. The two ranges matchup pretty well.
My master plan is to eventually paint up a total of four Union and Confederate Cavalry brigades. That should give me enough to refight most Cavalry battles of the Civil War.
Categories: American Civil War 10mm
Tags: ACW 10mm, American Civil War, Pendraken Minatures, Union Cavalry
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10mm Civil War Wreckage
Today, I have some photos of my first batch of Civil War battlefield wreckage. I whipped these up a few weeks ago using some spare bits that I had lying around from Pendraken and Old Glory. I plan to use them to dress up my table or as objective markers as needed.
Categories: American Civil War 10mm
Tags: ACW 10mm, American Civil War, Old Glory 10mm, Pendraken Minatures, Perrine 10mm
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Quick and Easy 10mm/15mm Tombstones
I needed some tombstones for my upcoming refight of the Battle of Salem Church, so I decided to try a method that Chris Palmer posted on his blog that uses wooden craft sticks to model tombstones. Basically, all you do is cut off the ends of the craft sticks and glue them to a base. You then paint them and flock the base. The result is a great looking cemetery. For more details on building these tombstones please see Chris’s blog: Link
Categories: 10mm Terrain
Tags: 10mm Terrain, ACW 10mm, American Civil War, Perrine 10mm
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Photos from Cold Wars 2013
I’m back from another very enjoyable HMGS Cold Wars convention. Here are some photos that I took at the show: Link
10mm American Civil War Wagons
Last weekend, I managed to finish up my first batch of 10mm American Civil War Wagons. This first batch consisted of wagons from Old Glory. I don’t really like the drivers that were included with them, so I’m hoping to find a suitable replacement from another manufacture (Possibly Perrain). Here are a few photos of my new wagons.
In other 10mm wagon news, Pendraken has just released their new Civil War wagons. They include a field forge and an ambulance. I will be adding some of them to my wagon train in the near future. Check back to see how they turnout.
Pendrakens new wagon
Pendrakens new ambulance
Pendraken new field forge
Categories: American Civil War 10mm
Tags: ACW 10mm, American Civil War, Old Glory 10mm, Pendraken Minatures
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General Bt Sherman