Salute 2011 pictures

 

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Ready for Salute!

Just so I don't go on a manic shopping spree and buy all kind of stuff I still have lying around at home waiting to be painted, I have based and prepped (about) all of my Runequest miniatures still residing on the lead mountain.  Whenever I feel the urge to start buying more Babylonians, Romans, Athenians, Celts, Britons or Picts, I just take a look at this picture


I haven't started on the hundred or so orcs and goblins I still have waiting, nor the big giant, the trolls and other stuff, but I'm not gonna be buying any of those, I swear.

On the shopping list:

Pendraken preorder of WW2 US, British and German for D-DAY
KR preorder of a nice 10 mm vehicle case
Hasslefree preorder of SciFi Grimm

And looking for:
10 mm terrain, especially a few bridges, and some nice ruins
Some CoC bargains at the bring and buy if I'm lucky
CoC miniatures in 10 mm, although that would mean I'll have to sculpt things like the old ones myself...
Other cool SciFi stuff, maybe even a bit of terrain
Small chance, but I really really need the HQ baboons from Armorcast
Lots of ideas to make my gaming tables neater, cooler and amazing-er

5 AM tomorrow morning I'm off!

The workbench

Not a lot of updates lately, and funnily enough that's not because I haven't been busy, quite the contrary.  Between visits to the game club, DIY sessions in the new Club House, I managed to continue the painting of a lot of Lance and Laser Glorantha Miniatures, as well as finally base some of the cheapo minis I got at Crisis 2009.  Here's a gang of skeletons, as well as some BTD Babylonians that'll become Dara Happans and some Greeks, both mounted and on foot, about to become Lunar troops and Yelmalio lords.

Started working in the new HQ club house

It has been some time since the last upgrade, partially because I am working hard on my WW2 game to be presented at Crisis 2011, but also because I recently joined the HQ wargame club in Sint Niklaas.
They are open for business Friday and Saturday, and I have been playing several fun games there in the weeks since I joined, which I am trying to list here:
Roll through the ages (a civilization version of Yahtzee)

Bang (Western card game)

Dominant Species (Darwin revisited)

Big City (You could call it a boardgame of the Sim City computer game)

Pandemic (Coop game where you can save the earth or let it perish)

Our wargame club - I am an official member since last Friday - is moving to new premises sometimes soon, and this new place needs some serious work.  Here's our webmaster Bram hard at work putting up electricity for the bar area.  The bar itself is gonna be 5 meters long!

My modified APC

Here is the first stage of the painted APC for my Shocktroopers army.  I still need to put up some scifi decals and do the weathering and varnishing, but the idea is there already.

Prize won at Nikfest arrived

I got me this nice Russian APC from Shaun from Sands Models.  It is gonna be modified in order to serve as a support vehicle for the shock troopers.  The commander is already taking a look at the new toy!

US 57 mm AT gun painted up for Pendraken comp

Here is a collage of 3 pictures that will be entered for the pendraken painting comp.

Scratch built pulp cabin

Ik heb vandaag twee plastic bekerkes gekregen, en heb er een hutje of een kapel voor onze scifi games mee gemaakt.
Using two plastic snack cups and some leftovers and plastic bits I made this little cabin for our scifi games.   It can serve as a chapel or a house.

Ik ben begonnen met het opkleven van de potjes, een deksel, en een dak en reling en deur die ik heb opgepikt in de Verschooten in de koopjesbak.
I started gluing the pots together, added some leftover doors from incomplete HO buildings I picked up at the model railroad shop

Gebasecoat in het zwart. Primed in black.

Hier staan de hoofdkleuren er al op.  Nu nog het fijne werk en het is klaar.
After the base colours were painted on.  Tomorrow it's getting finished.

Weapon description for Flying Lead

For those of you that possess Wargames Factory Shocktroopers or Spriggan Spugs, here are the hand-drawings and weapon rules for them.  IF you would like the hand drawn weapons original without the text, for your own version, drop me a line.

Spug attack on the trooper fort

Vandaag heb ik nog een gameke Flying Lead gedaan met Domi.  Hij verdedigde het fort met de Shock Troopers, en ik mocht aanvallen met de Spugs. Hij had drie snipers, maar maakte er niet echt goed gebruik van, en verzuimde ze op overwatch te zetten, waardoor ik ongehinderd met mijn exo spug tot op korte afstand van het fort kon naderen.  Daar zorgden de dubbele rail-guns voor een ware ravage.

Today we had a little game of Flying Lead, with the new unit lists we made for the Spugs and the Shock Troopers.  Domi was defending the fort, and I attacked with the Spugs.  Although he had three snipers, Domi made almost no use of overwatch, and in spite of some bad initiative, I still managed to win the game in a few turns: once my exo spug was in position, the fort defense became untenable.

Flying Lead: Spugs vs Shock Troopers

All clear around the fort

Gisteren heeft Dani kennis gemaakt met Flying Lead.  Ik speelde de rol van scheids en de jongens hadden een mooi gevechtje tussen de Spugs en de Troopers op onze grote tafel.  Dani speelde met de Spugs, Domi kreeg de Troopers en moest het fort verdedigen, en voorkomen dat Dani 2 beurten naast de victory spot kon komen parkeren.  Dani kon regens krijgen, maar koos toch voor de vliegende spugs.

Yesterday we introduced our nephew Dani to Flying Lead, I did my umpire thing and let the guys have a good fight across our 5 by 5 foot game table.  Domi took the Troopers, and Dani got the Spugs.  The spugs were attacking, they had to get a figure within 2 lengths of the victory spot during 2 consecutive turns.

The spugs had the option of getting mook troops, that would regenerate near one of the two hatch pods in the rear, but Dani preferred a flyer.

Trooper patrol

Dani nam veel risico, alles om snel te kunnen ontplooien, en het plan werkte: zijn knokrobot was in luttele minuten aan het fort en richtte daar een ravage aan.

Dani took a lot of risks, in order to deploy fast, and the plan succeeded.  He deployed his combat drone to the front in only three turns, taking the Trooper defense by surprise and causing a lot of havoc.

Dani starting the advance of his Spugly troops.

Things are still looking good inside the fort.  This is about to change.

The victorious team!

HAPPY 2010! Err I mean 2011 !!!

An eventful day

Another eventful day at the Karanen household: during a trip to Apple Lane our party gets ambushed by a Dragonsnail at Creek Bridge.  Indra Karanendottir is attacked, and if not for her excellent  bronze helmet her head would have been chewed off by the vicious monster.

After rumours reach Swantown that the Lunar troops got a severe beating in Esrolia, more and more hamlets report gangs of Lunar soldiers in disarray walking back towards Tarsh, and robbing more than what they need to survive on the way back.  Our friends are confronted with this when a small gang of soldiers tries to ambush them.  They turn out to be no match for the household princess and her two cottars.

A weird occurence

Sneeuw in het aardseizoen?  Dan is er iets grondig mis!  Karanen cottars Kemal en Drayin en Vrouwe Indra Karanendottir trekken op onderzoek uit en slagen erin de zaak op te lossen.
Snow during Earth Season?  That means something is rotten!   Karanen cottars Kemal and Drayin and Lady Indra Karanendottir investigate the matter and run into all kinds of trouble before setting things to right.

Aanval van de skeletten: met deze hinderlaag wordt snel afgerekend.
Attack of the skeletons: an ambush our heroes quickly deal with.


Sfeerbeeldjes van de feestelijkheden
Some event images…

Het kamp en altaar van de boosaardige Broo is gevonden, maar ze geven zich niet licht gewonnen, en beschikken over machtige chaotische eigenschappen en drijven de karakters in het nauw.
The evil Broo Lair and Death Altar are found, but the enemies will not surrender.  They have powerful chaotic abilities at their disposal, and the party takes a punishment.

Een beetje geluk op een kritiek ogenblik: een pijl boort zich recht tussen de ogen van de Broo Shaman.  Enige uitbundigheid is het gevolg.
A bit of luck, a critical hit: an arrow right between the Broo Shaman’s eyes.  And there was much rejoicing.

Nikfest 2010 Dunster UK

Here's a first impression of the Nikfest weekend!  It was great fun and I've been able to play 5 games in a row!  Plus I got to see some really cool tables, with excellent terrain and very well painted miniatures.  There were several traders as well: angel barracks and a few guys offering 1/600 stuff that came all the way from Birmingham., very interesting stuff.  From the top of my head, I see Matakishi Paul, Steve, Craig, Roger, Dan, Dave, Paul, WI Paul and quite a few other people aren't on my pictures: Richard, Chris, and a few others still.

Shock Troopers vs Spugs

Enkele sfeerbeelden van de Shock Troopers die vergeefs proberen om het nest van de Spugs binnen te dringen.
Some images of a little desert battle where our brave Shock Troopers try to enter the lair of the spugs, without much success.