Ice Base Zero Campaign

We played the first Campaign scenario from the Rogue Warrior Ice Base Zero book . Really good fun where the objective was first to get the door to tha hanger open then to be inside when the scenario finished . John had a great plan where we work together to get the door open and then get all our teams inside so we could both build points for the second scenario , a great plan or it would have been if i hadnt took out 2 of his men in a bloody hand to hand frenzy , even so John won the first scenario has he had built more points up during the game . Enjoyed it so much kept vforgetting to take pics so only got 2 poor snaps .

Middle east Buildings

Picked up these resin 28mm buildings from Temu for less than £20.00 for the lot ,all three have removable roofs great additions to my desert themed games for rogue warrior or Combat Patrol.

Holiday games

Been away for a while so got a few games in . First up was aDr who Miniatre Game playing out the Dr who and the Dinosaurs Scenario ,it was great fun almost every turn anew Dino turned up through the portal but none ever went back Luckily for thr Doctor and his chums the Dinosaurs quickly lost interest in them except for one attack by a velocorartor but even this was forced away with only one UNIT trooper lost .The Dr and companions made it safely away leaving the time travelling Dinosaurs to destroy central London . The next game was arogue Warrior using the new Ice Base Zero supplement again great fun with Johns Mercs easily beating my Royal Marines .Third Game was another Rogue Warrior but this time a solo game ww2 game with SAS trying to kidnap aboffin and find the hidden documents all was going well with some stealthy kills until one of the sentries spotted the Warriors and then all hell broke loose and the remaoninbg heroes had to amke ahasty retreat . Also had timne to look at a set up for afuture lost woprld scenario Assorted pics below

Royal Marines Artic Warfare Troops

painted up the Design For Battle Royal marines to use in our Rogue warrior Ice Base Zero scenarios ,Really nice figures to paint up I based them on Photos of the Marines taking part in joint manouvers with Finnish troops .Hopefully get a few games in while I am on leave for the next 3 weeks

Artic Warfare

The new supplement for Rogue Warrior arrived recently ,Ice Base Zero introduces arctic Warfare and all the problems that go with it ,hyperthermia , thin ice etc and some things you normally wouldnt meet such as Zombies and Monsters ,this book also introduces Drone Warfare . So anyway new book new figures is my motto so ordered the Future Commando Force Royal Marine Arctic Warfare figures from Design for Battle,These are amazing figures full of detail with loads of equipment and great action poses they come in 2 sets the first has 5 figures 3 of them are moving forward armed with Colt C8 rifles ,one is kneeling firing his C8 with a javelin slung across his back the final one in this set is a FAC who comes with a type 163 lazer designator . The second pack has 4 figures 2 on skis ,1 firing a firestreak Missile and one firing a HMG ,the ski figures are especially nice , and a figure of a Royal Maring taking out a Russian Para with his fairburn Sykes Knife was a nice surprise in the box as well . The Rogue Warrior campaign Book looks as good as the others in the series and the Design for Battle Figures are top quality and delivered very quickly .

Operation Nimrod -30th April -5th May 1980

This Month see the 45th Anniversary of the SAS rescue of hostages in the Iranian Embassy in London ,I remeber watching a film on TV when it cut to the live assault by Men in Black wearing respirators and swinging on ropes and explosions going off , this was my first knowledge of the world Famous regiment . Below is a shot of 2 books by Rusty Firmin who took part in the raid and the Film 6 days based upon his Book GO Go Go also on show are 2 acrylic ornaments one showing the famous winged dagger (actually Excalibur ) and the famous balcony shot from the siege ,both made to celebrate the anniversary and both signed by Rusty Firmin.

Dawn of Iron Ships

Bought Dawn of Iron rules for ACW naval warfare quite a while ago so thought I would pick a battle that would give me a nice mix of ships , I chose 1/1200 scale so i could play on a 3x3 table . So I went for the battle of Hampton Roads which gave me a mix of iron clads steam and sailing ships ,with being new to this scale and this type of warfare I ordered ships from 2 manufacuters Big Jims Prints and Langton miniatures . Both orders arrived really quickly and both are nice quality I think Langtons win out on quality and also their ships come in little packs with all items in seperate packs inside the main pack included is a small card with the ships name and what parts should included ,they come in either resin or white metal and masts and saiks are in metal . The Big Jims ones are all 3D printed resin they come in zip bags with no I.D of which vessel is which and the masts are still attached to the printing supports so in such a small scale finding out which ship is which and seperating the masts will be difficult for me so even though Big Jim is cheaper on most models I think any more purchases for me will be Langton . I will most more pictures as I progress the Pics below show an example from each company as they come out of the bags .

Rogue Warrior Evolution

managed a game if Evolution my space rangers v Johns Space Teddy Bears ( i know but he is my friend ) turned out to be a close run thing thise teddy besrs were tougher than they look but i managed to save embarresment and knocked the stuffing out of them ....sorry

Dr Who

got a game of Dr Who Miniature Game played this week .The 4th Doctor trying to talk peace while the sea devils and silurians attack UNIT head quarters , although the Dr did manage it a lot of UNIT troopers and a few Sea Devils paid the price.