Ok, so it's been far too long since we (especially me!) posted anything here?
Unfortunately there hasn't been much to show from myself in the way of progress... a SAGA tournament, regular playtesting and some demos of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares' with Rick Priestley and the guys from Warlord Games have all been a distraction - not to mention real life in general, including learning to play guitar and the small matter of getting married!
I also know Carl has been very busy with other things as well, the same SAGA tournament for one thing and a lot of work getting his excellent skirmish rules -
'Open Combat' published - which included painting random historical and fantasy miniatures and terrain for photos in the publication!
Although I'm sure he will be here soon to tell us all about any progress he has made.
Showing posts with label Beyond the Gates of Antares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beyond the Gates of Antares. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Monday, 2 June 2014
Bolt Action - A New Army: Nick
Bolt Action was never really on the cards as a game I was likely to play with Carl, let alone a project like this... however some recent playtesting of 'Beyond the Gates of Antares' (Rick Priestley's latest Sci-fi game based on Bolt Action mechanics), led to some discussion and Carl starting to paint his US infantry.
I'm not an avid WWII gamer, but on the occasions when I do I always side with Mother Russia. I already have more than enough Soviets that have needed painting for years, so I really didn't need anything new for the lead mountain!
Not a fan of blue on blue action though, something had to be done. Then I remembered my soft spot for the Japanese army (probably the fault of some Airfix kits in my youth), and the excellent Japanese Infantry plastic box set by Warlord Games which I had already managed to resist buying when it was released last year!
A quick play with Army Builder revealed I could easily construct a full 500pts army from the contents of a single box of 30 miniatures, what's not to like about that?
Next thing was to order the 'Armies of Imperial Japan' supplement from Amazon (to go with the main rulebook that I've had for nearly a year now), and while I was there I picked up the United States one as well for completeness:-
Then a quick order from the friendly guys at Caliver Books and this is my starter army for our 'Pacific Theatre' Bolt Action project/challenge:-
I already have plans to expand this lot into a full 1000pts in the future, but we both have plenty to get on with before that and I won't need to buy anymore for a while.
I'm not an avid WWII gamer, but on the occasions when I do I always side with Mother Russia. I already have more than enough Soviets that have needed painting for years, so I really didn't need anything new for the lead mountain!
Not a fan of blue on blue action though, something had to be done. Then I remembered my soft spot for the Japanese army (probably the fault of some Airfix kits in my youth), and the excellent Japanese Infantry plastic box set by Warlord Games which I had already managed to resist buying when it was released last year!
A quick play with Army Builder revealed I could easily construct a full 500pts army from the contents of a single box of 30 miniatures, what's not to like about that?
Next thing was to order the 'Armies of Imperial Japan' supplement from Amazon (to go with the main rulebook that I've had for nearly a year now), and while I was there I picked up the United States one as well for completeness:-
Then a quick order from the friendly guys at Caliver Books and this is my starter army for our 'Pacific Theatre' Bolt Action project/challenge:-
I already have plans to expand this lot into a full 1000pts in the future, but we both have plenty to get on with before that and I won't need to buy anymore for a while.
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