Thursday 6 December 2018

Why Not

It is almost Christmas and my Birthday, so despite the 'we are too old for presents' clause in my marital contract, don't panic, this doesn't kick in until your hair starts growing inward instead of outward i.e. nose and ears, I am going to do well this year. I am off to the Indigo at the O2 Arena to see the Dualers actually on my birthday, I thought I had booked it but her indoors is adamant she did, so I caved, I shall be accompanied by my sons so another plus. I also decided to get myself something or more specifically things. I have it on the best of authorities that a Brexit No Deal will not harm the fabled Anderson Map Fortune which is fairly comfortable at the moment, despite Mark "We're all doomed" Carney at the Bank of England, so hence the spending spree.

First up was a bunch of paints to replenish my stock and make sure I have enough to continue with the SYW project, I was also toying with another paint pot stack for the extra bottles I have in a box, but that can wait.

I have been kind of fired up with Bolt Action at the moment so have ordered up an M5 Stuart light tank for the British to use in a recce roll, on the opposite side I have at last gone for the Puma armoured car. As there were only about 100 of these built I felt I could not just pop one on the table, however I have learnt that three panzer divisions in Normandy had them and as my Germans are loosely based on one of them (2nd Panzer) I ordered it up. Experience on the BA tabletop against Simon's Russians has also caused me to review my troops, I need something to deal with dug in or hidden snipers and flamethrowers, something not as expensive as a real tank as our club games tend to be under 1,000 points, so I have gone for the 'Stummel' or Stumpy, an upgraded halftrack with a short barreled 75mm howitzer bolted to it, this will be very dangerous to enemy infantry. I was looking at the 75mm PAK version but it was not present in Normandy as far as I know not coming into service until late '44. Also on the plus side is the fact these kits will be a nice interlude between battalions of SYW figures.

Warlord Games Puma (let's hope it is all in the box)

Rubicon M5 Stuart.
Rubicon Stummel, you have to buy the halftrack and a conversion kit.


I put some time aside to paint up my flock of sheep courtesy of 1st Corps, you may have seen them appear on tables covering all sorts of periods, they are an inspired piece of casting. Please no wellie or Welsh jokes, the former is daft and the latter a hate crime, you have been warned.


14 comments:

  1. Good to see you adding to your WW2 collection again! Enjoy your toys and birthday :o)
    Cheers
    Matt

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  2. Why not indeed, like the cut of your jib Sir, give it some welly, oops. Have a fine birthday.

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    1. Thanks Phil, I have seen many a jib cut in my time.

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  3. Baa, Baa, Baa ...🐏🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
    Happy Birthday whenever, happy kit bashing too!

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  4. Some good choices there George.

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  5. Nice to see you enjoying BA 🙂 It's good 'ol Hollywood fun to me and really easy to get on the table. Looking forward to seeing you build up your new kits.
    Nice flock of sheep there too 🙂

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    1. I do enjoy it but like my other games I must try and play more. Yes, the sheep are a great talking point.

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  6. Excellent sheep, completely in tune with your blog "pens", and no doubt will attract a flock of followers. As a resident in the Dales, and a Scot by birth, I'm not woolly about Brexshit, I run a business, but I have never negotiated/promoted an agreement on worse terms than those currently enjoyed! Only an idiot May do that! Nonetheless, EUStushies to one side, I'm adoring the posts. I've not tried Bolt Action as yet, I've stuck with Rapid Fire to date. Some questions. Can you do BA in 20mm effectively? ( I don't want to sound like a daftie, but I've only seen blogs doing BA in 28mm). And can you deploy large formations - say Brigades - in BA.

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  7. Hi Ken, I run a 'business' but am probably the worst person to do so, my eyes roll every time the door bell goes. I don't see why BA couldn't be done in 20mm. If you come from a Warhammer 40,000 background there is no problem if not you have to remember BA is a game set in WWII, it does have some strange quirks. The plus side is that it is fast and good fun, the quirks can be ironed out if you play with a regular bunch of guys. It works for me as I can field a nice table, nice toys and I do not like the alternative (Chain of Command).

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  8. Sorry, platoon level, no brigades.

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