Stokesay Castle

Stokesay Castle
Just a great place to visit

Tuesday, 17 September 2024

Five Parsecs game set-up

Hi!

Managed to complete my first game since coming back to the U.S.

Five Parsecs from Home.


 The 9th District Vipers, AKA The Exotics, prepare to scavenge for equipment at a power generating site not expecting anything more than a few civilian workers.

The Exotics are GW Escher figures.

Tuesday, 10 September 2024

A new mat

 Hi!

I bought this two sided mat when I was in Atlanta, but it came after I returned to the UK.

It looks great. It is thin, almost cloth like but is rubber, like a mouse mat. It measures 4'x3'

For Zona Alfa, VBCW, County Road Z (when 😁). and anything else I think I can use it for


A cobbled side for dungeons etc

In this case trying out a setting for Five Parsecs from Home


And it came in this lovely cloth bag


My only regret is I couldn't find out from whom I bought it. I think I  bought it on Etsy UK. I hope to find out and will let you know.

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

A chance for some painting

 Hi!

Here in Sarasota it is a hard grind!

We, my wife and I, are looking after our grandson while his mother is working in Boston. I don't remember it being so hard to look after a little one!

While cute, it is much better to hand them back after a couple of hours.

I didn't come empty handed to Florida. I brought some things to paint and, of course, have games to play. Not that I have had much of a chance to do either. It saps the energy looking after the little one.

On the paint table are some German and British infantry to bring the squads up to company level. I bought some trucks for the British and a  artillery piece to even the odds a little. (If you care to look at the German available units you will see the huge discrepancy between the forces. I will add some more as we go along. Maybe.)

The Germans


The British with additional officers and the artillery, artillery crew and trucks.


I bought the tractor for scenery. The camp fire I'm not sure where it is from.

All the figures, bar the camp fire, are Heroics and Ros.
If my memory serves me well, it is a 6lb artillery piece. I will have to check that out.
Now of to do a little painting.