tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90353525207253844722024-02-28T18:43:20.264-05:0015mm Sci Fi Small Soldiers15mm Sci Fi MiniaturesDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-67513693911721077092023-09-02T09:59:00.004-04:002023-09-02T10:07:08.911-04:0015mm Sci Fi - Ground Zero Games Tracked Vehicle Pool<p>Continuing on with the vehicle porn (since I have nothing better to do), may I present my collection of Ground Zero Games 15mm Tracked Vehicles. </p><p>These were the first vehicles I painted during my second foray into 15mm Sci Fi (for a history of my experience, and how to avoid falling into my delusion, see this post). I don't know why I waited so many years to photograph these together (the likely answer is that I am quite lazy). </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2021/12/how-did-i-get-into-this-my-history-with.html">https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2021/12/how-did-i-get-into-this-my-history-with.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>These are all metal models, like all GZG materials. As per my usual, I did modify some of them to my own taste. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_Beizu24lBdcrwRmv_i5J25QK8oDFBC39L7X415IIS1BoYJai2NnWliKWYYahQAz4Vbc1EsT6D9nrsXIV5pFWm0pF2BBFwj97FaoFKvWgJOCy9iIZ84huPF35b61l4ckAxPCoYm72DZSuTbFa6-3Op0WPssX_p7tTWDcO77klHJmcS2ejhJruqTgVHY/s3246/IMG_4227.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3246" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_Beizu24lBdcrwRmv_i5J25QK8oDFBC39L7X415IIS1BoYJai2NnWliKWYYahQAz4Vbc1EsT6D9nrsXIV5pFWm0pF2BBFwj97FaoFKvWgJOCy9iIZ84huPF35b61l4ckAxPCoYm72DZSuTbFa6-3Op0WPssX_p7tTWDcO77klHJmcS2ejhJruqTgVHY/w596-h640/IMG_4227.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These were airbrushed with the Vallejo Russian Green Modulation kit. I then airbrushed on Vallejo Model Air NATO Black and US Light Grey to create a feathered camo pattern. They were then washed in thinned Polyshades Tudor Minwax. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_e0oO6-8IKLWB-1ler8AxT_V7r15AB2xSi6poCbcOm0yvWAVdbX6TzjaNLKHClMxc-MA9sDrtMmwp4CM6bKTdy5JUquy8KkqiBrDewZQdcpKLO7H8hocEuuEIzWwO-AJwmUOg09h4fY1aBUfpg8N-_lPW1PGq_EH149HQpBCijBxcnXOm0gVd6XJgt8E/s4032/IMG_4228.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="4032" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_e0oO6-8IKLWB-1ler8AxT_V7r15AB2xSi6poCbcOm0yvWAVdbX6TzjaNLKHClMxc-MA9sDrtMmwp4CM6bKTdy5JUquy8KkqiBrDewZQdcpKLO7H8hocEuuEIzWwO-AJwmUOg09h4fY1aBUfpg8N-_lPW1PGq_EH149HQpBCijBxcnXOm0gVd6XJgt8E/w640-h172/IMG_4228.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked Support Vehicles - Artillery, MRLS, Mobile Gun System and Anti-Air Artillery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9pc_dqi-j45oRQ4zNKblM7d2ufLC6rXjTl4G24cOwGuh6d03URicJ7jr846GAQo_WUbHc_iQPkPR8E2LB1F6kX9ByHEPF9sPyLpSEUr9D2_eLLxLG1G7IOdLZzkpIt1ydzDsq5ZsU54nRyrAcW5_PCjUZQGD83icqM4B-8PdEBw8Z0tb7hlBm8ctttE/s4032/IMG_4229.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="4032" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9pc_dqi-j45oRQ4zNKblM7d2ufLC6rXjTl4G24cOwGuh6d03URicJ7jr846GAQo_WUbHc_iQPkPR8E2LB1F6kX9ByHEPF9sPyLpSEUr9D2_eLLxLG1G7IOdLZzkpIt1ydzDsq5ZsU54nRyrAcW5_PCjUZQGD83icqM4B-8PdEBw8Z0tb7hlBm8ctttE/w640-h324/IMG_4229.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Self Propelled Artillery and MRLS Launcher</td></tr></tbody></table><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Oe6skIdMtE3wxJ4MY8SLsIL6NfvGM1jjAowgERMzGN7KifkDScZYbpzkTlynhpm3SMevD5u-TUumg7Do1ivWe8YD5DB5K9jedv7_vPyVD7FNmCVK3cHmarRXDAqL5Z7vWnvFrf-ljessXM3xIJ45Md1MqiDEhiJLFF2dUyZ42XEZIaPMoRvPA4RgOAg/s3423/IMG_4230.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="3423" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Oe6skIdMtE3wxJ4MY8SLsIL6NfvGM1jjAowgERMzGN7KifkDScZYbpzkTlynhpm3SMevD5u-TUumg7Do1ivWe8YD5DB5K9jedv7_vPyVD7FNmCVK3cHmarRXDAqL5Z7vWnvFrf-ljessXM3xIJ45Md1MqiDEhiJLFF2dUyZ42XEZIaPMoRvPA4RgOAg/w640-h340/IMG_4230.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Mobile Gun System and Skysweeper Anti Air Artillery</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I wanted a heavier version of the Cougar tank. So, I took a Skysweeper Anti-Air turret and modified it to fit the heavy plasma gun that comes with the basic Cougar tank. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYRpMSRGHAoG4MHgikqP2qIyNamWUDtj146Ur8UVo0BubrZ3v1dyoqKc9EpCID9H3KNPZXCwyz45ikNReg0uV3u8QGTtaoWETrfA4rnmaDhtEKJB1uCcYiEjlYNNgOvTMIj4uFjIFsnzU0-7pZYj6voq133HKw5GcqMqgHfu5Ye77u591012XDZpCN9Y/s3274/IMG_4231.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="3274" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYRpMSRGHAoG4MHgikqP2qIyNamWUDtj146Ur8UVo0BubrZ3v1dyoqKc9EpCID9H3KNPZXCwyz45ikNReg0uV3u8QGTtaoWETrfA4rnmaDhtEKJB1uCcYiEjlYNNgOvTMIj4uFjIFsnzU0-7pZYj6voq133HKw5GcqMqgHfu5Ye77u591012XDZpCN9Y/w640-h240/IMG_4231.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Cougar Tanks, modified with heavy plasma guns & a different turret.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nKdSn8SGgUI9E_PNlTJ1p_HlhHxSRyyiLw-DVctyr0ZgOpfiHo1Ss7h_y5H9Lcfa07yRk4KHjrdPfwzPSw2FNLY0TgJQEHe5cMOwn1D04k3NLzEcUgr0om9SLv79PDz9Le3F0ewR6bPq9qQsgJ-r7dpUeVOPPfOm-bJAqJI1voSTjnJPIhvPu9_FmNc/s4032/IMG_4232.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="4032" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nKdSn8SGgUI9E_PNlTJ1p_HlhHxSRyyiLw-DVctyr0ZgOpfiHo1Ss7h_y5H9Lcfa07yRk4KHjrdPfwzPSw2FNLY0TgJQEHe5cMOwn1D04k3NLzEcUgr0om9SLv79PDz9Le3F0ewR6bPq9qQsgJ-r7dpUeVOPPfOm-bJAqJI1voSTjnJPIhvPu9_FmNc/w640-h226/IMG_4232.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked Cougar Tanks, modified with heavy plasma guns</td></tr></tbody></table><br />To modified the basic Cougar turret lightly to accommodate rotary gatling co-axial guns. You never have enough firepower. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwGpFprKFhlyrXjiQw4BiTH55Rmu9VDt26u1AbdUZwjQtnFLTcpqxgVmeas3ZLCDb8TRCoEGkjDi4JS8AU8cI92dptNsNJisHvWHhGNo8M7_o9RtuNsSsOdXBlXSAewPQFDlVeWT-avg1wIpaoO0MiJtfB4Mmg8P9KywtYH_rO_MiS4zvel_OCTBBBjs/s4032/IMG_4234.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="4032" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwGpFprKFhlyrXjiQw4BiTH55Rmu9VDt26u1AbdUZwjQtnFLTcpqxgVmeas3ZLCDb8TRCoEGkjDi4JS8AU8cI92dptNsNJisHvWHhGNo8M7_o9RtuNsSsOdXBlXSAewPQFDlVeWT-avg1wIpaoO0MiJtfB4Mmg8P9KywtYH_rO_MiS4zvel_OCTBBBjs/w640-h168/IMG_4234.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked Cougar Tanks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-n3KnbyYjo3hVpipeLmBYeP3sqCLsZFSKpfZyNCatpVS4WayHy24yuLpIsAehyQ_-7GsTW4u2tw1cRMQhLHkNW0Rrolh4UOrqJ2SDq2PNWKeqF-whbrV3ISGmNSF1Qd7ozrmgYbvCil8rftq4WvpC4DPpTmIgP1v_eHSZ7OP21v61RjSjkyWp7XGnsg/s4032/IMG_4235.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="4032" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-n3KnbyYjo3hVpipeLmBYeP3sqCLsZFSKpfZyNCatpVS4WayHy24yuLpIsAehyQ_-7GsTW4u2tw1cRMQhLHkNW0Rrolh4UOrqJ2SDq2PNWKeqF-whbrV3ISGmNSF1Qd7ozrmgYbvCil8rftq4WvpC4DPpTmIgP1v_eHSZ7OP21v61RjSjkyWp7XGnsg/w640-h256/IMG_4235.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked Cougar Tanks<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKRrZwLmMyFwScIq_JyvQz2eM2elnJ9YSx3s82PWKlz1dw2Zt0iPoKWkz0S2p-iOmWQxHmsz7yebAsq3b7xGXmy84kVSJuOCyS9fW90BMrejc03qGKoSuSs-OBOZEi8NPJAlnUOenLZypI2eFQB-mHjzSVuI8VKDZckZHcVmPwn3CN-FpiAgsLPTwUqM/s4032/IMG_4236.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKRrZwLmMyFwScIq_JyvQz2eM2elnJ9YSx3s82PWKlz1dw2Zt0iPoKWkz0S2p-iOmWQxHmsz7yebAsq3b7xGXmy84kVSJuOCyS9fW90BMrejc03qGKoSuSs-OBOZEi8NPJAlnUOenLZypI2eFQB-mHjzSVuI8VKDZckZHcVmPwn3CN-FpiAgsLPTwUqM/w640-h480/IMG_4236.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked Cougar Tanks<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>If I were to redo these APCs today I would replace their twin plasma guns with newer GZG remote weapon systems. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF93jRILLCaP5qJQvhkpVbafugoZi1WGBoM-12NxHUQUtheajdmBYWapLnUIhTH6mMQIEjY00yYcjpIY8UyJqRLoqpEdGMULV3IW1ysEP_cZKN_qaG5eyBvy22ApNcp1ACAFWWclbq83zFtyIqJh425Zj-65G2DGm_QIeFK7W7GUc_68AVDbLqK_NM1IY/s4032/IMG_4237.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="4032" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF93jRILLCaP5qJQvhkpVbafugoZi1WGBoM-12NxHUQUtheajdmBYWapLnUIhTH6mMQIEjY00yYcjpIY8UyJqRLoqpEdGMULV3IW1ysEP_cZKN_qaG5eyBvy22ApNcp1ACAFWWclbq83zFtyIqJh425Zj-65G2DGm_QIeFK7W7GUc_68AVDbLqK_NM1IY/w640-h206/IMG_4237.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked APCs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3O6Q7GriDsthNiYZiwqSyLH5EhrSvKeQd3iarjG1nNLS446GNYAdX8kPVgvNG26BDPxc3MGrN4NLEBTgj51tUQ11XxDwU3QjrRKOLTBW07mVQNRK1pgsmNPbDLn_64h-D4q5TKqMSwzU97PKNPbwwDSK_xRPfvy9LGFEpeRRtYys_bJ0y1poemCyu0X4/s3365/IMG_4238.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="3365" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3O6Q7GriDsthNiYZiwqSyLH5EhrSvKeQd3iarjG1nNLS446GNYAdX8kPVgvNG26BDPxc3MGrN4NLEBTgj51tUQ11XxDwU3QjrRKOLTBW07mVQNRK1pgsmNPbDLn_64h-D4q5TKqMSwzU97PKNPbwwDSK_xRPfvy9LGFEpeRRtYys_bJ0y1poemCyu0X4/w640-h234/IMG_4238.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked APCs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsjezAMaZaIUlyE1Ek2U6jtcvJ2dOF_NI10yFl4L9If6esZ2ugfqxBQHAdDK6uY-dp0cHgcOVYpPL7UFre85SZ3XC07siMkLTffnzdXuJ6QELJiGicTNTbxWzveqtlzBtSFAKRfypay3hSySU2KPRF6Dz9tGcHhIJqWVsKtYRLzf8y_rNzNn2sA-IdwQ/s4032/IMG_4239.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsjezAMaZaIUlyE1Ek2U6jtcvJ2dOF_NI10yFl4L9If6esZ2ugfqxBQHAdDK6uY-dp0cHgcOVYpPL7UFre85SZ3XC07siMkLTffnzdXuJ6QELJiGicTNTbxWzveqtlzBtSFAKRfypay3hSySU2KPRF6Dz9tGcHhIJqWVsKtYRLzf8y_rNzNn2sA-IdwQ/w640-h480/IMG_4239.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm GZG Tracked APCs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOv22nQRpkjbiJRJAh2ab1KKAVjpBlBBtfro0NZ5ijdgekikzj0sEWpONTQ2rxFmX4iazKf3L0o7ivzcoc_w0ltCn0IC67J6PqWQ-uvHX-4j8lW55-TAdjFScY2PUK-lVp2ajiMWYvBZfRXClj1vNttiej6IpAmANTDvMmUZgi4UlRv_38GDMqtGx8_CA/s4032/IMG_4240.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="4032" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOv22nQRpkjbiJRJAh2ab1KKAVjpBlBBtfro0NZ5ijdgekikzj0sEWpONTQ2rxFmX4iazKf3L0o7ivzcoc_w0ltCn0IC67J6PqWQ-uvHX-4j8lW55-TAdjFScY2PUK-lVp2ajiMWYvBZfRXClj1vNttiej6IpAmANTDvMmUZgi4UlRv_38GDMqtGx8_CA/w640-h204/IMG_4240.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scout vehicles & Drones</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBCFnpinOhm8XNCwEsvCiMsju4WEt_cGHorXVFSYVoYXMfESzr8jfMGDqYkdyBhudews90qV2rIoSB_S_xRw36Cn2y-Uq8GQbr3qG9JOIifDLn9tQbf3yREa_O8fCQ9XvvRvQd_a1MWqBWk-pPKgZI4wCGJaGyuncI-X5y3QWffngdy0W-NbnKxBrsfk/s4032/IMG_4242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBCFnpinOhm8XNCwEsvCiMsju4WEt_cGHorXVFSYVoYXMfESzr8jfMGDqYkdyBhudews90qV2rIoSB_S_xRw36Cn2y-Uq8GQbr3qG9JOIifDLn9tQbf3yREa_O8fCQ9XvvRvQd_a1MWqBWk-pPKgZI4wCGJaGyuncI-X5y3QWffngdy0W-NbnKxBrsfk/w640-h480/IMG_4242.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Since these are all metal models they are not the easiest to transport to other venues, so they tend to remain in their cases, waiting for the day to roll across the dusty plains of Altair IV. </p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-26792165553843452862023-09-01T13:04:00.011-04:002023-09-01T13:27:02.551-04:00More Old Crow Vehicles<p> I have not done much in these past weeks. Quite simply I have not been inspired to do anything. However, I did manage to take some photos of some very old paint jobs that I did years ago for my Old Crow vehicles. These were some of the first I did, in a Hammers Slammers metallic scheme. I don't play that system, nor have I read the books, but I liked the idea of a metallic vehicle pool all the same.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvzPh4_sR3LjxyzWmdhSwg_jC0DQqqJWf_nR53yEWBhUAJZJmbqYCbuIYXxAHN7smDUAYJFN5vAe5JKuo6zHKqNoqzuXFRK9iyReIWI8WaMXJP-wvrrwHVvmZPxuY1g940-2GL4tmlnkWncGo4prIE-5YKhlrHoPA8VkoP_CLAnoP7iZ0KG8sfxNu5GU/s4032/IMG_4210.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvzPh4_sR3LjxyzWmdhSwg_jC0DQqqJWf_nR53yEWBhUAJZJmbqYCbuIYXxAHN7smDUAYJFN5vAe5JKuo6zHKqNoqzuXFRK9iyReIWI8WaMXJP-wvrrwHVvmZPxuY1g940-2GL4tmlnkWncGo4prIE-5YKhlrHoPA8VkoP_CLAnoP7iZ0KG8sfxNu5GU/w480-h640/IMG_4210.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow 15mm Hover Vehicles</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>These were mostly airbrushed with Vallejo Model Air Chrome and weathered with Tamiya pigments. Stowage was added to cover mistakes and small casting defects. I painted these over a period of years, so there is some differences between the vehicles (I am not always consistent in my techniques). In particular on some of the vehicles I did an overall wash with thinned Polyshades Tudor, resulting in a slightly darker appearance vs the hover tanks. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Tc0i1_OcYvs6XB7gRUNzPkbPXg52KWgVXVO7ndxe_NIWAwXLshBzs4yDOsleQWY04TLHf8LaTtgM4nlQVtrk5V6rU4sx4-3ZTWbLAYVJyP80u2YQ4DfsmnNwsY915nnwJjj2Ego1WNKdUKWDXLa8yLgXMcPiZT1YFjZN5Jhm4PaTaeGbt0pVPDviCz0/s4032/IMG_4211.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Tc0i1_OcYvs6XB7gRUNzPkbPXg52KWgVXVO7ndxe_NIWAwXLshBzs4yDOsleQWY04TLHf8LaTtgM4nlQVtrk5V6rU4sx4-3ZTWbLAYVJyP80u2YQ4DfsmnNwsY915nnwJjj2Ego1WNKdUKWDXLa8yLgXMcPiZT1YFjZN5Jhm4PaTaeGbt0pVPDviCz0/w640-h480/IMG_4211.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow Slingshot AFV with Missile Launcher turret & Blower Hover Tank</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Some of the vehicles had very bad mold lines that I was unable to clean up. This was very uncharacteristic of Old Crow quality. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl48AlE3OUDsvR6-3noZS114lkHHXGTr-I3YTWjUok8_S76wKC1roPBsjyX5VKWFvzZc__KhewZEbDyiUFi5Fkf4t9rnGesqfPAZXnLir2irnKSqFIcupgVd1ENcXDIwX5oiBgN-UUnS79Cf_S3v95XHgUbRvRP-QZCj1PpPxZui5m22ymUlD1y3ZWlbA/s4032/IMG_4212.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl48AlE3OUDsvR6-3noZS114lkHHXGTr-I3YTWjUok8_S76wKC1roPBsjyX5VKWFvzZc__KhewZEbDyiUFi5Fkf4t9rnGesqfPAZXnLir2irnKSqFIcupgVd1ENcXDIwX5oiBgN-UUnS79Cf_S3v95XHgUbRvRP-QZCj1PpPxZui5m22ymUlD1y3ZWlbA/w640-h480/IMG_4212.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Blower hover tanks are not to the proper Hammers Slammers scale. But that is fine with me personally. I do have two of the large Blower tanks from Brigade Models. Those will appear in another post.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSl4Laq9CLWbdJ_5QPjqDCCJmcT65ihYz3g7rah7DQjDnxmqHdcVQqgHBtT97Rlp9y76MDOd3RIsdow3dNFAcnQW2Ys0XE5CXpN2o3ADvxv4nkDsZpowuMhwa1JawnyhVBCACLkAzd5HxH0R8ulUJWi3dsD-cYMKTgzFVztlblx8G4uCfE_G3pkup9Bqc/s4032/IMG_4213.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSl4Laq9CLWbdJ_5QPjqDCCJmcT65ihYz3g7rah7DQjDnxmqHdcVQqgHBtT97Rlp9y76MDOd3RIsdow3dNFAcnQW2Ys0XE5CXpN2o3ADvxv4nkDsZpowuMhwa1JawnyhVBCACLkAzd5HxH0R8ulUJWi3dsD-cYMKTgzFVztlblx8G4uCfE_G3pkup9Bqc/w640-h480/IMG_4213.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Support Vehicles</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have a huge decal pool to choose from but none were from the Slammers range. This is of no matter really since I dont play in that universe. This vehicle pool is normally assigned to either my GZG Mercenaries or my Laserburn Imperial Troops. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOfMgvHhdVueN1ZBdqBlafCdJd-I9x3Okmp-U9FvFuBePaUIl1e3R64fEIZrrgEvtYtzmwB3nZbc2Bg2dK3gSrZ7SY2vBHfCQAFT0pfP8W6nVzOul8md7UF5mrpSFVnrhxklOfk_AJy1aH00-_HPYvhGDz95ZuU1xQ0IeB6AahZbQGnuVnvwDcG6fX00/s4032/IMG_4214.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOfMgvHhdVueN1ZBdqBlafCdJd-I9x3Okmp-U9FvFuBePaUIl1e3R64fEIZrrgEvtYtzmwB3nZbc2Bg2dK3gSrZ7SY2vBHfCQAFT0pfP8W6nVzOul8md7UF5mrpSFVnrhxklOfk_AJy1aH00-_HPYvhGDz95ZuU1xQ0IeB6AahZbQGnuVnvwDcG6fX00/w640-h480/IMG_4214.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow Slingshot AFV</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I added GZG turrets you the Gladius vehicles. In hindsight I think I should have installed them forward in place of the hatch. Oh well. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQo-ATpYUc2a4l4ujYCO2MfZuM-lmtMHbaMpIy09tCTv7z3mszoxSReUqzP8eKeLPU9kduJOPkQ6RcYYuX779g8PIZ0QK2JyKGVxuw_7mdF98_-zRlk4JaKs72JAezYoOLV7-DUXQFY7-3AzHfwqq9jK5jO_nHOOe6HUyXx9a2Vjyte3ECeVSuE-ly3c/s4032/IMG_4215.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQo-ATpYUc2a4l4ujYCO2MfZuM-lmtMHbaMpIy09tCTv7z3mszoxSReUqzP8eKeLPU9kduJOPkQ6RcYYuX779g8PIZ0QK2JyKGVxuw_7mdF98_-zRlk4JaKs72JAezYoOLV7-DUXQFY7-3AzHfwqq9jK5jO_nHOOe6HUyXx9a2Vjyte3ECeVSuE-ly3c/w640-h480/IMG_4215.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow Glaive Hover APCs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This brings my painted Old Crow vehicle pool to 96 models. </p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-34216046936927778632023-08-11T13:27:00.015-04:002023-08-11T19:54:25.402-04:0015mm Sci Fi - Alternative Armies TOHLIC ARMOURED CRAWLER<p>Well, I am finally back to painting 15mm Sci Fi stuff. My WIP pile is rather large, with buildings and vehicles needing paint jobs. So, naturally I decided to pick the biggest model in the pile, the Tohlic Armored Crawler from Alternative Armies.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4rWF0Lz7ESfq3QAkRl-7_2PKisduy98oQCifOLrScnH-O0MO0wcVSjdj1Vcrawl1YjaUsPEux0CXOjKAYLPHaCipQt2Rx7vZmekq0UGCMrMlUTny8V-MpIVfKdfs24t3_iKQTertilQb8mvimNwT41VLZaL6MMLr28t_8-iohQ_J2uk4M0abYzcwO5U/s4032/IMG_4147.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4rWF0Lz7ESfq3QAkRl-7_2PKisduy98oQCifOLrScnH-O0MO0wcVSjdj1Vcrawl1YjaUsPEux0CXOjKAYLPHaCipQt2Rx7vZmekq0UGCMrMlUTny8V-MpIVfKdfs24t3_iKQTertilQb8mvimNwT41VLZaL6MMLr28t_8-iohQ_J2uk4M0abYzcwO5U/w640-h480/IMG_4147.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Tohlic Armored Crawler from Alternative Armies.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This is a beast of a vehicle, an all resin model over 105mm x 80mm x 40mm. Assembly was simple two hull segments, 2 track segments, 2 turrets and two rear engine ports. Unfortunately however both vehicles had a hull segment which was very slightly miscast at an angle. That made lining up the hull and track segments difficult. The gap on one of the vehicles was quite large and I had to make shims from scrap model material to close the gap enough in order to fill it with putty. Annoying but not impossible and to be expected with resin. While both turrets are fine I wanted both a main gun and missile armament (picky I am). Luckily I have many spare barrels from Old Crow vehicles so it was just a matter of fixing a suitable one to the center of the missile turret. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9BBKD2qPDcFcpf0OpWA6alftgiOmpGOMwkJ80is8BFYNeNNaMYTkeWt_DfUoRo1LiOfLD2jyz6yVvnkIwy0rNtv_5Tmz3dkJUs-T99NEBbryLFN2lMjKueb0wOblfyTAMV3p6IYXX3c11UFrjwtRoX0N6xiTOjkN5p7oIhb5LeCMzU9LYgDP0yCtm4g/s4032/IMG_4146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9BBKD2qPDcFcpf0OpWA6alftgiOmpGOMwkJ80is8BFYNeNNaMYTkeWt_DfUoRo1LiOfLD2jyz6yVvnkIwy0rNtv_5Tmz3dkJUs-T99NEBbryLFN2lMjKueb0wOblfyTAMV3p6IYXX3c11UFrjwtRoX0N6xiTOjkN5p7oIhb5LeCMzU9LYgDP0yCtm4g/w640-h480/IMG_4146.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">These models reminded me of the original 40K Land Raider model from the 1990s. Therefore they were assigned to my Laserburn Imperial Troops which are Proto-40K Space Marines. Since my Imperials were red these vehicles would be given a similar scheme....because Space Marines!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the post for those interested in how I painted my Laserburn Imperials.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2020/09/15mm-sci-fi-laserburn-imperial-assault.html">15mm Sci Fi Small Soldiers: 15mm Sci Fi - Alternative Armies Laserburn Imperial Assault Group (darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com)</a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71Rm7YOmHr83UOGXsR5a0gOu4padkJp6XcLYNtsmXSJk_AKnMuFBWTVBwtxlJEMo5o4R-SIUYFTNfu3BJZTuK5pS-7v3CRbjsXVLzamhpy51SUZNYcoUe0R2C73a091TYgjEybsecGV-POD8v1QO-1-VarVvV8Cy0bXzAMm9ayPQRPR2VQ3XQ15vUgdA/s4032/IMG_4143.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="4032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71Rm7YOmHr83UOGXsR5a0gOu4padkJp6XcLYNtsmXSJk_AKnMuFBWTVBwtxlJEMo5o4R-SIUYFTNfu3BJZTuK5pS-7v3CRbjsXVLzamhpy51SUZNYcoUe0R2C73a091TYgjEybsecGV-POD8v1QO-1-VarVvV8Cy0bXzAMm9ayPQRPR2VQ3XQ15vUgdA/w640-h320/IMG_4143.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covered by heavy plasma fire, Imperial troops advance to the assault on Iconia IV.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">The paint scheme was simple. All were airbrushed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Primed Vallejo Black</li><li>Tamiya Hull Red Basecoat.</li><li>Games Workshop Contrast Flesh Tearers Red on all exposed areas, leaving the Hull Red in the recesses.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;">I then used a series of highlights in the center of all the panels, each being smaller in area than the last.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Vallejo Model Air Red </li><li>Vallejo Game Air Bloody Red </li><li>Games Workshop Air Scarlet Red </li><li>Vallejo Model Air Light Red</li></ul><div>The tracks were painted with Vallejo Real Steel (this line is for airbrushes, but it goes on well with a brush too....very smooth) then washed with Mig Track Wash. I also used various Mig Filters such as Brown for Dark Yellow, Subtle Dirt and General Dust in various areas. Filters tint the base color very slightly, allowing for interesting effects and gradual color changes to key areas. </div></div></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbtv0QlKyj8uYtbp-mDovvbnE2sw8NUkLvgyKxkfxUWLp1pPRkDNjjhWBTSiDj8YFFr-znZZznNbNfE99va5Gw6NRm1AjU9-ElPO9i2k0Fs0KStR0lTfvCXgqtfKUrFdFXQI6vj_Y4oNmSmIviTbl__tuP-CI5vZGQ4NZa60vrsHkFyXv5A4DwYz-uA8/s4032/IMG_4137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbtv0QlKyj8uYtbp-mDovvbnE2sw8NUkLvgyKxkfxUWLp1pPRkDNjjhWBTSiDj8YFFr-znZZznNbNfE99va5Gw6NRm1AjU9-ElPO9i2k0Fs0KStR0lTfvCXgqtfKUrFdFXQI6vj_Y4oNmSmIviTbl__tuP-CI5vZGQ4NZa60vrsHkFyXv5A4DwYz-uA8/w640-h480/IMG_4137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Alclad Gloss Varnish was then airbrushed on as a sealer. Being a lacquer this darkened up all the colors, creating a rich vibrant red. Decals were then applied, followed by weathering powders. Vallejo Pigment binder was airbrushed onto the areas in question, followed by various pigments applied by brush. I finished them off with Tamiya Weathering Pigments, specifically along the panel lines and edges.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmvXJ5-0jCrNPnTpXkoleJzhcs22KHZLKOEHhNyl-Ju39dy-ozmv7-yZuLybSQ9B4QTF31cIpLc8in7JdutWoHADn3qdusoUXI--gTGcrFPZgi12VLiAN3UMcecwquCUMzaICR-Ziy839KT5qP-iR6T6ZaR8P7XiKqZRaWfESHf9O9xOZFhmuQwYeJYI/s4032/IMG_4138.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmvXJ5-0jCrNPnTpXkoleJzhcs22KHZLKOEHhNyl-Ju39dy-ozmv7-yZuLybSQ9B4QTF31cIpLc8in7JdutWoHADn3qdusoUXI--gTGcrFPZgi12VLiAN3UMcecwquCUMzaICR-Ziy839KT5qP-iR6T6ZaR8P7XiKqZRaWfESHf9O9xOZFhmuQwYeJYI/w640-h480/IMG_4138.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The top of the vehicles seem to have storage areas. So, to cover up some of the more unsightly gaps (and my many mistakes) I used my tried and true technique: Vehicle Stowage. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG0KwtVAMe-aUNjCf15_e0Qm3DXVh-8-EKS2bxOprxC6HC7CXQd5N9vUrLFPaa2McQUvKx4JAh70hZjm9KCOqPDXPUonWLcOKKScBNNYp-Ze-GqM3QHPB8FQrhcFqkYTA_08BfaL2K0vzb0wU7aKtz6FG06tqb2iHUtuiXn6naARSu3AP0FQsQxryf1s/s4032/IMG_4139.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG0KwtVAMe-aUNjCf15_e0Qm3DXVh-8-EKS2bxOprxC6HC7CXQd5N9vUrLFPaa2McQUvKx4JAh70hZjm9KCOqPDXPUonWLcOKKScBNNYp-Ze-GqM3QHPB8FQrhcFqkYTA_08BfaL2K0vzb0wU7aKtz6FG06tqb2iHUtuiXn6naARSu3AP0FQsQxryf1s/w640-h480/IMG_4139.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The vehicles are big enough IMO to accommodate an entire Laserburn Imperial Assault Group: 60 troops in total. I still need to do something with the top side sensor pod lenses. Not sure what yet. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMidLKoZlh7S4hwRqtYDMbC6UFpxsMTP6jD9aqHv7LKeSfEOsI4kyj1HhNA24hgabwhuZiyqPzLSR3f1YgcLPbJtKSBDkyfWmGZuphk9ujVd3F-X0DqaiJrBdt1keXwfjTEK8Sv7PUWK5mprk23eg2AmwG0m4FuMwr08iApo43-eJ3khaHAzg7EXiofm0/s4032/IMG_4140.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMidLKoZlh7S4hwRqtYDMbC6UFpxsMTP6jD9aqHv7LKeSfEOsI4kyj1HhNA24hgabwhuZiyqPzLSR3f1YgcLPbJtKSBDkyfWmGZuphk9ujVd3F-X0DqaiJrBdt1keXwfjTEK8Sv7PUWK5mprk23eg2AmwG0m4FuMwr08iApo43-eJ3khaHAzg7EXiofm0/w640-h480/IMG_4140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />This is a big vehicle, not suited for everyone. However, I was looking for something huge and imposing for my Imperial troops and this model fit the bill perfectly. One of these could easily transport an entire platoon of infantry or a power armor platoon. <div><br /></div><div>A+.<br /><p><br /></p></div>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-75684123333180825022023-07-03T11:00:00.004-04:002023-07-03T11:14:12.188-04:0028mm Fantasy - Avatars of War Goblins<p>I am painting more this year, slowly but surely. I purchased these guys off Etsy about a month ago, 6 Goblins in the style of Warhammer. I normally dont work with resin figures, but I needed six guys to fill out a unit of Goblins that I had and they fit the bill.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1419605834/goblins-avatars-of-war?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=avatars+of+war+goblin&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&sts=1&organic_search_click=1">Goblins Avatars of War - Etsy Canada</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDC19F2ke1TDy4GnmJrfetkgIN3tgjh0fKKVmg_1JVsiMA-GQVMxhJ9MI5DhoZyWtYzZYGqxJpORGzgV1wLmU-C8f285rOFfjdNWlRVmQruu3ICPS1ttOnohH1vwYvlAfUclgv3vZjRgwbi7eW_PEywBEMDS9Gpti4ZF-K_zSh-PmgtT9Wqx4od_Aex1w/s4032/IMG_3996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDC19F2ke1TDy4GnmJrfetkgIN3tgjh0fKKVmg_1JVsiMA-GQVMxhJ9MI5DhoZyWtYzZYGqxJpORGzgV1wLmU-C8f285rOFfjdNWlRVmQruu3ICPS1ttOnohH1vwYvlAfUclgv3vZjRgwbi7eW_PEywBEMDS9Gpti4ZF-K_zSh-PmgtT9Wqx4od_Aex1w/w640-h480/IMG_3996.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There were many options for weapons, spears, polearms, hand weapons and bows, along with many heads to choose from. The many spare heads will adorn some of my standards in the future as severed head trophies. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B1GcCc63_iuE58_MboHSaE-W--GFJDA1DRUyLd_EeoAMSJ84Xi-ZhbLB3muBzOF7zej9gpnWXe4BMseOxxXp7g0dzVr0N0S5E-3F6_wdox4hwwRBhysrkPxI9VGAie3IS0O9pyx6mlQKxItUWD-1JDwjB5s54b0QcD_TinxUkyBD-VF3I2y40JxHREw/s4032/IMG_3997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B1GcCc63_iuE58_MboHSaE-W--GFJDA1DRUyLd_EeoAMSJ84Xi-ZhbLB3muBzOF7zej9gpnWXe4BMseOxxXp7g0dzVr0N0S5E-3F6_wdox4hwwRBhysrkPxI9VGAie3IS0O9pyx6mlQKxItUWD-1JDwjB5s54b0QcD_TinxUkyBD-VF3I2y40JxHREw/w640-h480/IMG_3997.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The skin tone scheme was simple:</div><div><br /></div><div>Vallejo Black primer, followed by white, sprayed at 45 degrees.</div><div>Vallejo Game Color Goblin Green skin, washed with GW green wash. </div><div>Highlighted with Goblin Green again followed by Vallejo Model Color Lime Green and Yellow Green.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Other items were picked out with various random colors. </div><div><br /></div><div>They are large enough to warrant 25mm bases, but I mounted them on 20mm squares to keep them in line with my old collection. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iyxiBml_jbVgHpZN1YOMqOK6vHYpr03HMWPwibNu_xybJxRb1vL19toZ5Ud4jOz7dTZUCNk5A_zaDjCYUL77gpM6c68_EWLQi6WBuyqVZmJ-yH0skhbPLKoVMhbFY3EFouHqNsraQKq4LgqhBYZa84pBF5tsjebP5608lqtMos8Vz4qLQINibE_MRdg/s4032/IMG_3998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iyxiBml_jbVgHpZN1YOMqOK6vHYpr03HMWPwibNu_xybJxRb1vL19toZ5Ud4jOz7dTZUCNk5A_zaDjCYUL77gpM6c68_EWLQi6WBuyqVZmJ-yH0skhbPLKoVMhbFY3EFouHqNsraQKq4LgqhBYZa84pBF5tsjebP5608lqtMos8Vz4qLQINibE_MRdg/w640-h480/IMG_3998.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I am happy in general with the result. They blend seamlessly into my larger unit well enough.</p></div>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-81006358627772975402023-06-18T06:12:00.005-04:002023-06-18T06:12:43.240-04:00Godzilla!!!!!!!<p>My youngest son is a huge Godzilla fan. I had this little guy kicking around so I re-painted it for him. He can fill a variety of roles in either 28mm or 15mm games. He is squatting (unglued) on a 50mm square which seems to be standard for monsters these days. I will likely move him to a 50mm round eventually </p><p>He was airbrushed in Vallejo Dark Camo Green, then drybrushed with a variety of lighter greens until I was happy with the look. The shading was done selectively, and only in the recesses with Army Painter Military Shade</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxGHV6R78USeI_2vEJcUMwmAG0kHt9mPIfMJeKhhKeZ9eQFZfetb3jo9oSGUWHyC6L1akC72iW94QxMLH8rik8A9PYAGuTvIW82n6SXup_6KYuIl-Y3qPwI1DnIzTIPouKzy1cQJEjNGC8-MJ8NCQBTl28JEiJV9jzuDO8c00SL3Uu0iuQhV3Cf03/s4032/4B76599C-2137-47F7-973D-BFC0AA033303.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxGHV6R78USeI_2vEJcUMwmAG0kHt9mPIfMJeKhhKeZ9eQFZfetb3jo9oSGUWHyC6L1akC72iW94QxMLH8rik8A9PYAGuTvIW82n6SXup_6KYuIl-Y3qPwI1DnIzTIPouKzy1cQJEjNGC8-MJ8NCQBTl28JEiJV9jzuDO8c00SL3Uu0iuQhV3Cf03/s320/4B76599C-2137-47F7-973D-BFC0AA033303.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He is pretty small, no bigger than perhaps a 28mm Ogre or Troll. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5BmMIaCADngZAO_gPfiv9BlRqIKpiCD5v75iKF8-YN0ekNdviBbu_lgHXDOfXKgEykUaekei_vOhstA4UAxnvERMqMBGb4c7GKLOX_69SWRR4SbC79SLik1s60zhyJrST82xwD8F-AdHFeTNJvShpZ1TsnYat65q_v4GOaYVa2UeOzz-iGgc3LZ0/s4032/A1477190-C9B3-4F9D-99C8-2D17B720A319.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5BmMIaCADngZAO_gPfiv9BlRqIKpiCD5v75iKF8-YN0ekNdviBbu_lgHXDOfXKgEykUaekei_vOhstA4UAxnvERMqMBGb4c7GKLOX_69SWRR4SbC79SLik1s60zhyJrST82xwD8F-AdHFeTNJvShpZ1TsnYat65q_v4GOaYVa2UeOzz-iGgc3LZ0/s320/A1477190-C9B3-4F9D-99C8-2D17B720A319.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>His radioactive breath is simply cotton, airbrushed in Vallejo Game Color Imperial Blue, Electric Blue and Glacier Blue. </p><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-3257737835860248462023-06-17T16:57:00.012-04:002023-06-17T17:22:24.140-04:0028mm Fantasy - Tyrannosaurus Rex<p>Well, I am back painting again...slowly. There were a lot of reasons for the hiatus. One of the main ones is that quite simply, I had nothing to paint and nowhere to display it if I did. </p><p>Anyway, I was inspired lately to convert an old D&D plastic miniature I had lying around, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. With a quick visit to a Chaos Body-Chop-Shop he is ready for mayhem and murder. I did two of these monstrosities; his brother is camera-shy. </p><p>This guy was airbrushed in a simple scheme.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Vallejo Model Color Iraqi Sand (all over)</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Yellow Ochre (upper body)</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Burnt Umber (spine ridges)</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Burnt Umber mixed with German Grey (upper spine ridges)</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Camo Black Brown (the lower legs)</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8Ytrv8dFEEkRE4SpdvPr5-46HxkbWTy8uIgM2-lyrOGMbR6S3NWm3af8T2EROQ1igLLyDZf1apVn5j6mNVK2z24KcIxA3LI0u9eML-b-nF8txii32KZBVdqbiB0y2wuErO_0CXXmwTumPAH8UdC_G-FYJOMGC_SsNu9cUtq-M1Dil2FmM5z9I5vn/s4032/969946A2-8531-4AFF-88C8-32D1962FACFE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8Ytrv8dFEEkRE4SpdvPr5-46HxkbWTy8uIgM2-lyrOGMbR6S3NWm3af8T2EROQ1igLLyDZf1apVn5j6mNVK2z24KcIxA3LI0u9eML-b-nF8txii32KZBVdqbiB0y2wuErO_0CXXmwTumPAH8UdC_G-FYJOMGC_SsNu9cUtq-M1Dil2FmM5z9I5vn/w640-h480/969946A2-8531-4AFF-88C8-32D1962FACFE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random bits and some chain was all it took to convert this rather boring miniature.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>After the airbrushing I used a variety of colors to drybrush the skin.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Vallejo Model Color Buff</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Dark Flesh</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Camo Olive Green</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-g64uC4bCHMQmh8qYvyZCnPnHn1jilOlrTTVPUwg2Zyyf5dsI7KaGDaz0jmgu4hPyngcrk5t7ieWFy8tIMTRds7NCMJXr1RRkQ3pqzRkTGsVb4YjeqRcQikuvi6KgT9NNHZ_OVabl-bFo8F8R56011EuErjO4XqF9hLBuokNvHpQp9GqE2nS1Kew/s4032/9E7C8784-58A0-45B3-A214-397104BF307C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-g64uC4bCHMQmh8qYvyZCnPnHn1jilOlrTTVPUwg2Zyyf5dsI7KaGDaz0jmgu4hPyngcrk5t7ieWFy8tIMTRds7NCMJXr1RRkQ3pqzRkTGsVb4YjeqRcQikuvi6KgT9NNHZ_OVabl-bFo8F8R56011EuErjO4XqF9hLBuokNvHpQp9GqE2nS1Kew/w640-h480/9E7C8784-58A0-45B3-A214-397104BF307C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm a Unicorn Tyrannosaur.....with a sword arm and tail!</td></tr></tbody></table><p>After the drybrushing I used a variety of Mig Filters to add transitions to the body. </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Brown for Sark & Desert Yellow</li><li>Tan for Tritonal Camo</li><li>Ochre for Light Sand</li><li>Orange for Desert Camo</li></ul><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqXxFvh0nArD-lVUtinkQOZeIKd03bmktmMovf3HBn6XHDoPDr2gD6RAD0oWgfu6a7jpXbIgtB3YNl2TM7eWqreNsUTunkAfEY-3YYbsjIqyrXJyNBId93kuShBWtc3CLICguetKVtByLTl3VG8i0XXW92PEoGWKCJAuSL73KozeUqDHwV0FoscbT/s4032/ACF9C836-C9EC-4674-8287-026A899A1024.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqXxFvh0nArD-lVUtinkQOZeIKd03bmktmMovf3HBn6XHDoPDr2gD6RAD0oWgfu6a7jpXbIgtB3YNl2TM7eWqreNsUTunkAfEY-3YYbsjIqyrXJyNBId93kuShBWtc3CLICguetKVtByLTl3VG8i0XXW92PEoGWKCJAuSL73KozeUqDHwV0FoscbT/w640-h480/ACF9C836-C9EC-4674-8287-026A899A1024.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The mouth and teeth were done in a dark brown, then picked out with:</p><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Vallejo Model Color Violet Red</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Magenta</li><li>Vallejo Game Color Bone White</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Off-White</li></ul><p></p><p>The metallic bits were very simple:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Vallejo Model Air Black Metallic</li><li>Vallejo Model Air Gunmetal (wet brushed)</li><li>Vallejo Model Air Steel (wet brushed)</li><li>Washed in selected areas with Army Painter Dark Tone</li></ul><p></p><p>The base is not finished yet. I need to get a 50x100 MDF base to finish him off.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79l14nuRrdPNnknxwuvH-DkLiixY8oQjxGcafVHI0gq4tKiLP-plgV8uyfp2Xnmy6d5J3WR0m80DFcK8wAeYoMi9ORn4FgQaifA1U5gKmrmSafH7s97zfXMkZjckt3j3hSxue4U-AXSvy0sN_SUaTsh3U_JY08B0XLb-zaUg83cr7mQTtxLKWzn2i/s4032/04164196-4608-45F3-954F-33394DC8E1D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79l14nuRrdPNnknxwuvH-DkLiixY8oQjxGcafVHI0gq4tKiLP-plgV8uyfp2Xnmy6d5J3WR0m80DFcK8wAeYoMi9ORn4FgQaifA1U5gKmrmSafH7s97zfXMkZjckt3j3hSxue4U-AXSvy0sN_SUaTsh3U_JY08B0XLb-zaUg83cr7mQTtxLKWzn2i/w640-h480/04164196-4608-45F3-954F-33394DC8E1D0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shake that ass!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>He will probably make is debut in a Warhammer Fantasy game as a Chaos Slaughterbrute. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a footnote, this was what I had to work with. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBNgL75Ggb6x5xO4ehsEUNOiUHeA1NTlsFdVQr3ngBBza9najC21fmMp_KXw64g-5MKhpwwqUKA8YioSPH7PvxN5npP4I1Q0alNOJIlNg3LSDjA4YoFjh1ErywxCnwhd6mSu0le6ivxOKIcKkAtMRhaVEKo9VNVs5yCK-zqAGvupz-bfKEEaR976p/s500/s-l500%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="491" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBNgL75Ggb6x5xO4ehsEUNOiUHeA1NTlsFdVQr3ngBBza9najC21fmMp_KXw64g-5MKhpwwqUKA8YioSPH7PvxN5npP4I1Q0alNOJIlNg3LSDjA4YoFjh1ErywxCnwhd6mSu0le6ivxOKIcKkAtMRhaVEKo9VNVs5yCK-zqAGvupz-bfKEEaR976p/s320/s-l500%20(1).png" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My eyes! My eyes! How horrid!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-45882853167470519722023-01-23T16:25:00.435-05:002024-01-18T19:14:02.486-05:00GURPS Banestorm - Hex Map of Ytarria<p> I have been meaning to post these maps for awhile now. The GURPS was always the favorite RPG since it came out in the mid 80s, but sadly I could never find any interested players. Their fantasy world of Yrth (specifically the continent of Ytarria) was intriguing since it used real-world religions. </p><p>Unfortunately, there were never any good maps of Ytarria ever released. All of them were very abstract and did not give a good feel on just how big Ytarria actually is. They all used oversized graphics to represent terrain and major cities, which while visually appealing is just not really usable for GMs running an actual game. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R7BkZPvGWj9zPpUW6ugfejpZZGj9SyZVf0cTILXshLdAEOhUZvd4iT4DI2hwNOJ5E2ckW3cRzN5RbU9Bgu3dQER0p8LBVRyZvuEeySUm2VS-hi6hqxKXebvJjWRWOSdL-vYx_FiTp8Oc7y66yJ3skpGzG3YbOVAQ86GNJI1Cs8yKTUJjpjq7B9MJ/s1950/dkedem-7b315cb3-492f-403c-a66b-e796182fda77.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1950" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R7BkZPvGWj9zPpUW6ugfejpZZGj9SyZVf0cTILXshLdAEOhUZvd4iT4DI2hwNOJ5E2ckW3cRzN5RbU9Bgu3dQER0p8LBVRyZvuEeySUm2VS-hi6hqxKXebvJjWRWOSdL-vYx_FiTp8Oc7y66yJ3skpGzG3YbOVAQ86GNJI1Cs8yKTUJjpjq7B9MJ/w640-h296/dkedem-7b315cb3-492f-403c-a66b-e796182fda77.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice map. Useless in play though.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8Mz2ylHqeCyVOnhWm03HGOOi_5nCwl3yIX33IIYPl-NM6brzqq21L8ooYll_7vvSuMsgUHHBZgjH2Vb0JZZbqNVhvJVOLZe7q5BJ4iSfYgxXBXjJF-Vd1F6RYWO0jV8XiOUfja26BInvRjoWc1B8_igp-1-kYBfepOYOisYEfvVpjBwlgYvaCrWU/s1817/ytmap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1817" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8Mz2ylHqeCyVOnhWm03HGOOi_5nCwl3yIX33IIYPl-NM6brzqq21L8ooYll_7vvSuMsgUHHBZgjH2Vb0JZZbqNVhvJVOLZe7q5BJ4iSfYgxXBXjJF-Vd1F6RYWO0jV8XiOUfja26BInvRjoWc1B8_igp-1-kYBfepOYOisYEfvVpjBwlgYvaCrWU/w640-h436/ytmap.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GURPS Fantasy - 2nd edition Ytarria map. Pretty, but impractical for game play.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Years ago I overlayed the color map below with hexes in Campaign Cartographer at a scale of 24 miles per hex. It is possible to convert this file to PDF and zoom in and print off the needed areas. I have done this a few times on 12x18 paper and it works well enough. I have unlimited access to a full size color laser printer free of charge so I am a bit spoiled. </p><p>However, recently a chap over on Deviant Art created a true hex map of Ytarria (God bless him/her). I have added some settlements and ruins (taking artistic license on their locations) via Inkscape. I am sure it would be possible to port this over to any graphic program and add terrain, or, just print it out and use pencil crayons or whatever. This map is also scaled at 24 miles per hex.</p><p>The original hex map is here:</p><p><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/sinleqiunninnimaps/art/GURPS-Banestorm-Yttaria-24-Mile-Hex-Grid-934878462">GURPS Banestorm -- Yttaria 24 Mile Hex Grid by SinLeqiUnninniMaps on DeviantArt</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaC2Y-vq54y_dDTkfrFDZA5TBd6Jgp5xzuWBbnqbSas-djH3gXLzBhxyU4RpOvUXxa9Xn0Y2U9KXJOWGk0dX3aO1FT8w_UyP4xotBFWSLem4uBdkHTCy2H_pF6vYpxED2HnF8OhL9-4KKlJqUS-LTUomcuKlaty4nrFmdPYbPDaBMw54NfAMkZiO_K/s5891/ytarria%20hex%20color%20map.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4586" data-original-width="5891" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaC2Y-vq54y_dDTkfrFDZA5TBd6Jgp5xzuWBbnqbSas-djH3gXLzBhxyU4RpOvUXxa9Xn0Y2U9KXJOWGk0dX3aO1FT8w_UyP4xotBFWSLem4uBdkHTCy2H_pF6vYpxED2HnF8OhL9-4KKlJqUS-LTUomcuKlaty4nrFmdPYbPDaBMw54NfAMkZiO_K/w640-h498/ytarria%20hex%20color%20map.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GURPS Ytarria</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2dTkjY5Q8zRiWCRXSQoQmmeZnEYlUfuAdn8BDF3-L9gFGeZm3TUoVCCQgCLF_FFIYYhhyzFBvUvM2yfG9FDT4Beiasq95cpJNiH0goRhQRTeIUtWGOtwjnYXZa9Eo4vD3lnuOrinKMj-IhHELONoyLUyUcaOyeILvRw_TXlbdJl3DgyLqvhwjTwY/s1570/banestorm_world%20with%20USA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1570" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2dTkjY5Q8zRiWCRXSQoQmmeZnEYlUfuAdn8BDF3-L9gFGeZm3TUoVCCQgCLF_FFIYYhhyzFBvUvM2yfG9FDT4Beiasq95cpJNiH0goRhQRTeIUtWGOtwjnYXZa9Eo4vD3lnuOrinKMj-IhHELONoyLUyUcaOyeILvRw_TXlbdJl3DgyLqvhwjTwY/w640-h498/banestorm_world%20with%20USA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GURPS Ytarria - Its a damn big place!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a map I found with my Google-Fu. Some creative soul added additional waterways to Ytarria. I used this as inspiration for my own version. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTKWvRDMb0qKQqmm9GGIp_njTvh_vdb2BqVEUGRH93r2gRUuAx-SXtFdewXKoYZn33uyVsbTCWRSroKCrlZXigAKeo_C2iaTE-z1nseXlY1Gua32QDHpdr7bHt7y4hYSyrTV1GMrS9Yv-f18KpSj3mYM_58sKsktCgPS3teq0pQeytLRM30Srck9_/s640/y40yi4ti9ss61.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="640" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTKWvRDMb0qKQqmm9GGIp_njTvh_vdb2BqVEUGRH93r2gRUuAx-SXtFdewXKoYZn33uyVsbTCWRSroKCrlZXigAKeo_C2iaTE-z1nseXlY1Gua32QDHpdr7bHt7y4hYSyrTV1GMrS9Yv-f18KpSj3mYM_58sKsktCgPS3teq0pQeytLRM30Srck9_/w640-h468/y40yi4ti9ss61.webp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GURPS Ytarria - with additional minor rivers added</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UO8r-J0SxOc7Qn_-Ty3-EUDbRWmHu5z7QrcOaahFIv969F030CKZqldp_Qb211TDSdasLMlQgi0E_wB-EnSKmFEICdF7ZqmmoO4-QcClOgcoN9rMa6koOFC5GKDVBrM_i1XIblqiVsRMSQSx5IOdXKsDCsitXqgvBsQblolnolitHzzHAQRV5-fR/s14375/blank%20ytarria%20hex%20map.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="10859" data-original-width="14375" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UO8r-J0SxOc7Qn_-Ty3-EUDbRWmHu5z7QrcOaahFIv969F030CKZqldp_Qb211TDSdasLMlQgi0E_wB-EnSKmFEICdF7ZqmmoO4-QcClOgcoN9rMa6koOFC5GKDVBrM_i1XIblqiVsRMSQSx5IOdXKsDCsitXqgvBsQblolnolitHzzHAQRV5-fR/w640-h484/blank%20ytarria%20hex%20map.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blank Ytarria Hex Map</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Here is the first version of the map I did. Turned out ok considering I had no clue what I was doing in Inkscape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG9LqMkB6dxNpKJAIaAJebwJ2JqlHInSzAxm_FJP-QmC4JzcCTDytW2ed7z3mydh2iiX-QEbCOppy4MK6hYT8cRbYkFT9B4Ih3Bk2XUyPbA0MF6I33BMqRMqNL58z4Gi0Y85x9Nld-GPV8_zn08TncZ00n59lB9Ai7cSg5Lm0r-XmkQdHVo6xHh23/s5334/ytarria%20with%20no%20minor%20forests.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="5334" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdG9LqMkB6dxNpKJAIaAJebwJ2JqlHInSzAxm_FJP-QmC4JzcCTDytW2ed7z3mydh2iiX-QEbCOppy4MK6hYT8cRbYkFT9B4Ih3Bk2XUyPbA0MF6I33BMqRMqNL58z4Gi0Y85x9Nld-GPV8_zn08TncZ00n59lB9Ai7cSg5Lm0r-XmkQdHVo6xHh23/w640-h484/ytarria%20with%20no%20minor%20forests.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Below is a newer version of the map. Major mountain peaks are noted with white triangles. When the image is converted to a 11x17 PDF each 1mm equals 12 miles. PDF-Change Editor has some useful Distance and Area tools which allow you to calculate the travel distance without a hex map.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the original document size (1771.726mm by 1337.742mm) the scale is 24 miles per 10mm, or 24 miles per hex. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Keep in mind, at 24 miles per hex it is very difficult to show a great level of detail. Each hex is over 500 square miles. This is a lot of area. Each clear hex would contain many small rivers, lakes, swamps, forests, ect. The settlements likewise are only sparsely covered. There would be innumerable small villages and hamlets scattered throughout the map. Quite frankly, Ytarria is a huge area and the nations themselves are too big for their population and technology levels. </div><div><br /></div><div>As an example, the sample wilderness map (drawn on one sheet of hex paper with a scale of 24 miles per hex) in TSRs 1983 D&D Expert Set was a little over 600,000 square miles of land area. This single map spawned many a campaign in the early days of D&D, with a mish-mash of cultures all crammed together. </div><div><br /></div><div>At the time is was presented as sample fantasy campaign map for D&D. As the years went by it grew into it's own campaign world for the BECMI line, which has arguably the largest amount of material ever published for a campaign setting. For those interested in the cartography for this wonderful setting please check out this treasure trove of maps for Mystara. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.thorfmaps.com/">Thorfinn Tait Cartography – Mapping fantastic worlds with real world accuracy (thorfmaps.com)</a></div><div><br /></div><div>All that aside, if we compare the original 1983 map below with Ytarria we will find that Al-Haz has a larger land area than all of the Known World nations combined. Caithness and the Great Forest could easily fit inside this map, with some room to spare. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTfgmF5a3wUoSVhuIjxi1GM-8lGlcjWZ37PMXxlgAYeZQzkkd1UWTTdSTZ9F5w17DqlOiOvwEI1tjvbQAIn6c8Lf_ZskUxnX3xnqnw5g7fa2XOX3U14oUeluiwhYEXuTcNlTz1dYGi9ItbthHYzxBFBmvb7E6YF6q7WCQw_TULfFXTelBSpmZ-viEenE/s1514/Known%20World%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="1514" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTfgmF5a3wUoSVhuIjxi1GM-8lGlcjWZ37PMXxlgAYeZQzkkd1UWTTdSTZ9F5w17DqlOiOvwEI1tjvbQAIn6c8Lf_ZskUxnX3xnqnw5g7fa2XOX3U14oUeluiwhYEXuTcNlTz1dYGi9ItbthHYzxBFBmvb7E6YF6q7WCQw_TULfFXTelBSpmZ-viEenE/w640-h502/Known%20World%20Map.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Known World", from the TSR Expert Set (BECMI). 24 miles per hex. As you can see, Ytarria is huge compared to this classic campaign area from 1983. The nation of al-Haz covers more area than all of these nations combined. </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-qhQZtz6z5h03wH8LYts1lB9nTK_P-iuRXE67qHqzEZspS_MFuiCksX6dt_yjvUkQfJoVPIvtoJzrGhYOdivt2KrCjzDzsJQ4GLeaSYwIpq_ZPH0IC2Cq62tToLPD7Vcg4LHL2_8XRFhqVM6CTXmnda8kHqGjjI5TMGxnFic9h1mIryKviBg9XCgyqA/s1600/Known-World-Map-2%20NAMES%20COMBINED.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1600" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-qhQZtz6z5h03wH8LYts1lB9nTK_P-iuRXE67qHqzEZspS_MFuiCksX6dt_yjvUkQfJoVPIvtoJzrGhYOdivt2KrCjzDzsJQ4GLeaSYwIpq_ZPH0IC2Cq62tToLPD7Vcg4LHL2_8XRFhqVM6CTXmnda8kHqGjjI5TMGxnFic9h1mIryKviBg9XCgyqA/w640-h272/Known-World-Map-2%20NAMES%20COMBINED.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This map from 1976 (24 miles per hex) was a OD&D homebrew campaign world of two prominent TSR writers. It was redesigned in 1983 for the D&D Expert Set and eventually gave birth to what would become the World of Mystara.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu10qFwtCuCNjKKmRCKn6P0wY59ZZiAXkOuhT1dyFWi8OtCvchy2-sThdCtMqjL-dVEBy8Oa2UnCvNuvc5lYf1wdRkd8ToF5XaG72RuKEbEiLOvk1pYoUvgWnd8HDnA7AG72ilfpGOxFNBLSRQZw4wlUswefEHr3hXHUFxM-Kv3SZTxWYL8Q-6IVhqonw/s2738/mystara-2016-robinson-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1838" data-original-width="2738" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu10qFwtCuCNjKKmRCKn6P0wY59ZZiAXkOuhT1dyFWi8OtCvchy2-sThdCtMqjL-dVEBy8Oa2UnCvNuvc5lYf1wdRkd8ToF5XaG72RuKEbEiLOvk1pYoUvgWnd8HDnA7AG72ilfpGOxFNBLSRQZw4wlUswefEHr3hXHUFxM-Kv3SZTxWYL8Q-6IVhqonw/w640-h430/mystara-2016-robinson-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The World of Mystara. <br />Mystara was as originally set in Earth's distant past (this was retconned out later). The layout was based off a conjectural map of Jurassic Earth, around 130 million BC. This was not widely known outside of TSR at the time. The Known World was located on the southeast corner of the continent of Brun (North America). Cartography by Thorfinn Tait.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EpMt94zfiHxatI1vEvseCepXrt380vwEtCrdaQpYeR-pnXQVIaMm3TBeHV1w9HP86trKHUH5llmiktwD2KpRtFQhLNQ1d_l3FI7aAd6CMS5vZy8X7gZdwEy0aVFXhpjZ1wT70Y8wB4By_7LVFLcThe7GO8ilrZ9TRi0c82AFUqtJRJmkbvp9A-A0a-o/s2000/jurassic-mystara-2018-overlay-sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="2000" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EpMt94zfiHxatI1vEvseCepXrt380vwEtCrdaQpYeR-pnXQVIaMm3TBeHV1w9HP86trKHUH5llmiktwD2KpRtFQhLNQ1d_l3FI7aAd6CMS5vZy8X7gZdwEy0aVFXhpjZ1wT70Y8wB4By_7LVFLcThe7GO8ilrZ9TRi0c82AFUqtJRJmkbvp9A-A0a-o/w640-h330/jurassic-mystara-2018-overlay-sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jurassic Earth, circa 130 million BC. <br />TSR used this as a basis for the world map released in the 1985 D&D Masters Set.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Anyway....back to Ytarria.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a link to the GURPS Forum which contains the main discussions concerning this mapping project.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=188129">Completed Ytarria Hex map with terrain added - Steve Jackson Games Forums (sjgames.com)</a></div><div><br /></div><div>1/18 - Map update - added/fixed some location names. </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_Delta">Okavango Delta - Wikipedia</a></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_lake">Soda lake - Wikipedia</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Since the Banestorm has a habit of taking things from other times and places it gives us the perfect excuse to steal ideas from other RPG settings. Literally anything from anywhere can be placed somewhere in Yrth. Personally, I am envisioning that across the Meglan Ocean, a short distance away, lies the small twin continents of the Empire of Alphatia (also known as "Atlantis"), transported from the world of Mystara (Earth's distance past). Since the Banestorm can alter both time and space it is a small effort to add mysterious ruins across Ytarria and chalk their existence up to the Banestorm/Reality Quakes.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am slowly going through the process of determining the level of urbanization that I need on the map. I have decided to use "A Magical Medieval Society", by Expedious Retreat Press. Here are some important excerpts. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_EWtRcSmpqywlMlAU62U76j_6C-yOFlR83y2YVVvsSOtliKt33AehpdrMFMqxw4WHgbNO2hdUiXXAVQjqzCL2UWfylBOF7HurqMH2q_PBn0wWtmxzUmIAlzeq74mtEoQ63hFYtD3rNdQBhK_81AVicXvJ_c11s6v3WcXbhqNtf0rPhjhQcLrN850U8-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="252" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_EWtRcSmpqywlMlAU62U76j_6C-yOFlR83y2YVVvsSOtliKt33AehpdrMFMqxw4WHgbNO2hdUiXXAVQjqzCL2UWfylBOF7HurqMH2q_PBn0wWtmxzUmIAlzeq74mtEoQ63hFYtD3rNdQBhK_81AVicXvJ_c11s6v3WcXbhqNtf0rPhjhQcLrN850U8-4=w285-h255" width="285" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYa-Xr21zE0BdsDio1bpKY-HUsKR8ugpsnp4uuQusXu2K6WR2n13mphofuOPRRuT7XyoKLnK3aJTxNvC2A0xfdxrSSi0uEiTdBz_-CChdt_qPpxXpqTpTvwPja65pIxHqjHCDLF4ARiEWDahR7VgwMqxwEoc_vTWdQPJNR7heSHx2AjLrmAHXg5ovbWk0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="249" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYa-Xr21zE0BdsDio1bpKY-HUsKR8ugpsnp4uuQusXu2K6WR2n13mphofuOPRRuT7XyoKLnK3aJTxNvC2A0xfdxrSSi0uEiTdBz_-CChdt_qPpxXpqTpTvwPja65pIxHqjHCDLF4ARiEWDahR7VgwMqxwEoc_vTWdQPJNR7heSHx2AjLrmAHXg5ovbWk0" width="281" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP7iSg97pJCDrW3YfT47ATwjWnshzSbALTUsZSlbirlgxsJXafIVWKA_Kei28xzG6IKDqYDJkZ22Mjabf-SqWOHL-_rM8pSErA7nEmYcXItoJVYYecrMDhSpoPhKSQjxf4jezyhzPKdqSs9_B4jACKUZtWt09v3kqWcYDb3eGTC2usid6_HhZC1myoQH8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="504" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP7iSg97pJCDrW3YfT47ATwjWnshzSbALTUsZSlbirlgxsJXafIVWKA_Kei28xzG6IKDqYDJkZ22Mjabf-SqWOHL-_rM8pSErA7nEmYcXItoJVYYecrMDhSpoPhKSQjxf4jezyhzPKdqSs9_B4jACKUZtWt09v3kqWcYDb3eGTC2usid6_HhZC1myoQH8=w530-h197" width="530" /></a></div><br /></div><div>One thing to mention, large cities, like Megalos or Waterdeep are placed by the GM. The table above does not support the random placement of such large urban areas. I am currently going through the process of validating the communities that are on the map and adjusting accordingly. Caithness is pretty much done. Communities which are BLACK DOTS are actually large villages, not towns or larger communities (I over-estimated on the number of urban areas I needed for Caithness. Rather than eliminate them I felt they would be excellent springboards for adventure on the fringe of the kingdom.) </div><div><br /></div><div>The urbanization levels I will be going with are: Megalos/Caithness 8%, Muslim Lands 4%.</div><div><br /></div><div>1/14 - Below is a new map, with the wetland areas of the the Orclands re-drawn into a smaller, more rationale size. .</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbILN2q5jbM1r49a1GFW3vDaS75qzn-oXfMNFjyND8wbym7_gmQm6GtoHNfJ-i_vp9MBPbIDvnC9uycMioEt4AZQTJcFSjdBmwgJ5looLDWEmcdWFk75g0TRBetDxCoSY67nQ4BjajD8LZknMaAIzC54pivnd_1TFhZQGHGIocfLIg6yICWgi6TXXyKg/s6975/YTARRIA.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5267" data-original-width="6975" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbILN2q5jbM1r49a1GFW3vDaS75qzn-oXfMNFjyND8wbym7_gmQm6GtoHNfJ-i_vp9MBPbIDvnC9uycMioEt4AZQTJcFSjdBmwgJ5looLDWEmcdWFk75g0TRBetDxCoSY67nQ4BjajD8LZknMaAIzC54pivnd_1TFhZQGHGIocfLIg6yICWgi6TXXyKg/w640-h484/YTARRIA.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hex map of GURPS Ytarria</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBP1_WskzB4-Jl2oSgtxCQQlbWugVsWsURdU1V9bwIOkYDZ_GMv8uhMOx0ZoixX0Owa_iO8mZDqhT0Ak47AK8jnrrt7LBXl2GGsmHtltisqNyzVZB_WtdZskKjfgPDtU-GJxxdGfhPw800KaxIHwPcKrfHWv1apPYFzIFyvwchgLgTIR7y4fzXU4AEUW4/s6975/ytarria%20with%20just%20terrain.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5267" data-original-width="6975" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBP1_WskzB4-Jl2oSgtxCQQlbWugVsWsURdU1V9bwIOkYDZ_GMv8uhMOx0ZoixX0Owa_iO8mZDqhT0Ak47AK8jnrrt7LBXl2GGsmHtltisqNyzVZB_WtdZskKjfgPDtU-GJxxdGfhPw800KaxIHwPcKrfHWv1apPYFzIFyvwchgLgTIR7y4fzXU4AEUW4/w640-h484/ytarria%20with%20just%20terrain.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hex map of Ytarria with terrain only, for Post-Banestorm campaigns.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a link to my Google Drive for a PDF version of this map </div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XVEDFY6D1X0aKppyj2L8I5TvY3UmsqPO/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XVEDFY6D1X0aKppyj2L8I5TvY3UmsqPO/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Y1UwBkssIzGdLsDUeinAvtbSslctYsQ/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Y1UwBkssIzGdLsDUeinAvtbSslctYsQ/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div>Only the pseudo-canon version is online at the moment. I will post other versions in PDF form as time permits or by request.</div><div><br /></div><div>Below are two custom versions of the map with several additional terrain features added (the individual layers can be swapped out if desired...I designed them to be modular and stand-alone). I would not necessarily use all of these at once in my own campaign map. </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>a large glacier in northern Zarak filled with the ruins of a lost civilization, frozen under the ice.</li><li>lake in northern Djinn lands to accommodate a hidden civilization, or the ruins thereof.</li><li>the Great Desert has a large canyon in the center, The Landtear, the result of the Banestorm. This canyon leads to uncharted depths below Ytarria, filled with untold horrors and alien inhabitants. </li><li>An area of badlands in the southern area of the Great Desert.</li><li>Three small city-states along the southern Djinn coast. Think the North African Barbary Coast, but with magic and unspeakable horrors, ruled by Sorcerer Kings from parts unknown.</li><li>a large forest added to southern Cardiel, along with a small coastal mountain chain (replacing the hills). The forest is filled with dangerous monsters which threaten southern Cardiel periodically.</li><li>a radioactive area in the Djinn Lands containing the ruins of a Terran Alliance Base. </li></ul><div><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianfmr2lhndibAJRW8amh4XKLb989n5EE9HmNgrfpbs5HppIJqO3Ht72Ovv8bNsfchWCjrOuu2GgYQK58qzCXUTD1otkOPBCW27HHKuV19SI9AxYOG2g-kdRxv53xzsv7z1th8rKSyjnmXaO9GaUc5UHDXWaUxSwNFC13BgubBmuY5b4dJFwOjpTCJADs/s6975/YTARRIA%20modified.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5267" data-original-width="6975" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianfmr2lhndibAJRW8amh4XKLb989n5EE9HmNgrfpbs5HppIJqO3Ht72Ovv8bNsfchWCjrOuu2GgYQK58qzCXUTD1otkOPBCW27HHKuV19SI9AxYOG2g-kdRxv53xzsv7z1th8rKSyjnmXaO9GaUc5UHDXWaUxSwNFC13BgubBmuY5b4dJFwOjpTCJADs/w640-h484/YTARRIA%20modified.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hex Map of Ytarria with many special non-canon areas.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div>Here is the current map (still WIP), printed out on 11x17 (I printed the image in tile format).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGv6DQF-lRN71t3eckZ-ukHdfY0rZd-p0M-ilrQYJCdK6jozTT1Uu_22anLq3IHkeMtxtVjsbfL4qBado4nDk7qKMmY0AbZUGiT_o137jq1pDwUGFg_aI3tlLhmKYVmZu9wh-HUZoANP8xv85MJ8cBcNG5KoMrTV0S-wEZkNrci5im5uUKPluETcmtcPY/s3833/20231223_064657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2535" data-original-width="3833" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGv6DQF-lRN71t3eckZ-ukHdfY0rZd-p0M-ilrQYJCdK6jozTT1Uu_22anLq3IHkeMtxtVjsbfL4qBado4nDk7qKMmY0AbZUGiT_o137jq1pDwUGFg_aI3tlLhmKYVmZu9wh-HUZoANP8xv85MJ8cBcNG5KoMrTV0S-wEZkNrci5im5uUKPluETcmtcPY/w640-h424/20231223_064657.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoiWEYpK7T7fJVJmi89rcwRl0HBb2mCUPHBjd6fH-d_E0TsugDHPIMZi-3Lm_yCIipzW_Yv7fLk8VVZ_ZoyIPLAwJCfYUtfzECDX-tStSlpnToPnh6r9QPsj6yu0EWn1yxgT6FRiaDEpbv7uCZY9sCT1yWWNx-E7kE-iQvcgSgCtI_WQyLX0SBRQXeys/s4000/closeup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoiWEYpK7T7fJVJmi89rcwRl0HBb2mCUPHBjd6fH-d_E0TsugDHPIMZi-3Lm_yCIipzW_Yv7fLk8VVZ_ZoyIPLAwJCfYUtfzECDX-tStSlpnToPnh6r9QPsj6yu0EWn1yxgT6FRiaDEpbv7uCZY9sCT1yWWNx-E7kE-iQvcgSgCtI_WQyLX0SBRQXeys/w640-h480/closeup.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Here is a world map of Yrth, care of Sinle over at Deviant Art.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/sinleqiunninnimaps/art/GURPS-Banestorm-Caravan-to-Ein-Arris-Basemap-935403969">GURPS Banestorm + Caravan to Ein Arris Basemap by SinLeqiUnninniMaps on DeviantArt</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCQc1jbniB8FUdEH3B5GLuwIOAnc8CU7XRLltdBNEkfJtN-T9EZxjNMsBPBw4FEZmjdUlibzzNlRwqQcaypbk0OSakj2SGdBjJ4rUUvphH_ZrS3U1jA0kIWaZ36IY85TD6onWBSrUhwh1FRD42pZZaDXpfmnF-Z-TE1CfsVWaNYRje3EPimzkuoWm/s4469/yrth%20world%20map.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2266" data-original-width="4469" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCQc1jbniB8FUdEH3B5GLuwIOAnc8CU7XRLltdBNEkfJtN-T9EZxjNMsBPBw4FEZmjdUlibzzNlRwqQcaypbk0OSakj2SGdBjJ4rUUvphH_ZrS3U1jA0kIWaZ36IY85TD6onWBSrUhwh1FRD42pZZaDXpfmnF-Z-TE1CfsVWaNYRje3EPimzkuoWm/w640-h324/yrth%20world%20map.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"></span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Here is a link to a post on the GURPS forums regarding the areas of the various regions.</span></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>Cardiel is slightly bigger than France. Like I have indicated, Ytarria is HUGE!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=13491">Yrth: General Data - national areas - Steve Jackson Games Forums (sjgames.com)</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Area of regions/nations</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">-----------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Megalos: 1.241 Million + Island: 56,762 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Al-Wazif: 302,712 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Al-Haz: 639,992 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Al-Haz without Mountains:424,236</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Great Valley Mountains: 215,756</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Cardiel: 274,169 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Great Forest: 153080 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Caithness: 581,473 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Caithness less Great Forest: 428,393 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sahud: 106,505 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Zarak: 436,362 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Araterre exclusive of Bilit Island or ring islands: 77,169</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bilit Ilsand: 38,319</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span face="verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-size: 13.3333px;">Great Desert: 294,978 square miles</span><br style="background-color: #fff0d3; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-50739068164519739472023-01-20T17:18:00.133-05:002023-03-26T21:27:48.922-04:00Malestrom Fantasy Campaign by Darkfuries Publishing<p>Some may be surprised, but my wargaming roots began in fantasy roleplaying, specifically original Dungeons and Dragons back in 1981. Sadly, during the years I have played less and less than I would like. I have since moved on, with Savage Worlds replacing my RPG of choice. </p><p>Your first D&D experience can be a very personal thing, leaving a lasting impression and laying the ground work for how you visualize and internalize the game. For me my roots were laid in the Known World of the BECMI Expert Set, later known as "Mystara". I will not go into the history of that world, but suffice to say that I thought that I would never find another setting that would capture my imagination like Mystara did. </p><p>I was wrong.</p><p>In 2002, while browsing the Drive Through RPG web site I found the title linked below, "<u><i><b>Maelstrom Fantasy Campaign Setting".</b></i></u> It was reasonably priced so I took a chance and picked it up. The setting, while made for the d20 system has no stats or game mechanics, making the book essentially System Neutral.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFfvMuM4J0fNyyfuYCChFny4oEUpwE-VOY7oZrndd9rA2SktGe_I5Hk_DCKgQC6LOvXemdDuGAh-JY87Orj3l6jXiKRB3sV96ehJwSJb0b16Gi_0QssfFa9MCU_UdpY8nuIAcatfmkIIjLrz8DkBExWQwpZ1rAWCcUYLSDSy6_Pp0z0VlL9J7ica07" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="634" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFfvMuM4J0fNyyfuYCChFny4oEUpwE-VOY7oZrndd9rA2SktGe_I5Hk_DCKgQC6LOvXemdDuGAh-JY87Orj3l6jXiKRB3sV96ehJwSJb0b16Gi_0QssfFa9MCU_UdpY8nuIAcatfmkIIjLrz8DkBExWQwpZ1rAWCcUYLSDSy6_Pp0z0VlL9J7ica07=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The World of Roil<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Written by a fellow named Brian K Moseley, this world was his own D&D homebrew setting for almost two decades. Consisting of 148 pages of content and 23 maps, it details the world of Roil, with the continent of Kaladia being the main focus of the book. A second volume, 46 pages, was released alongside the core book, detailing the various pantheons and deities of Roil. </p><p>Maelstrom is a traditional fantasy world set against the backdrop of an ever changing magical phenomenon called "<b><u><span style="color: #990000;">The Mists</span></u></b>" which can change/destroy geography, climate, civilizations and lifeforms at will. It is very similar to the plot device used in the new RPG called "Worlds Without Number", by Kevin Crawford, called "The Legacy": a pseudo magical-technological rationale for events/plot devices which defy conventional logical/explanation. Pockets of this substance roam the planet causing whatever mayhem the DM can envision. </p><p>The world of Roil is what I would classify as a <u><b>Post-Post Apocalypse</b></u> Fantasy setting: lightly populated after a fantastical disastrous event (called the "The War of the Winds") which destroyed much of the previous world. The Maelstrom timeline is set almost 400 years after this cataclysm; new civilizations are building on the ruins and bones of their forbearers while at the same time multitudes of new monstrous creatures have made the wilderness a perilous place to tread. Roil is now wild and untamed, waiting to be filled with whatever fantastic elements you can imagine. </p><p>All is not barbarism however. There are a variety of cultures spread across the continent of Kaladia. The human cultures, and their many sub-cultures, have no real-world analogs which is refreshing. There are of course some racial analogs (Caucasian, African, Asiatic, ect), but you will find that in any RPG. The cultures themselves are detailed enough to provide a springboard for the DM without being trite in their presentation. </p><p><b><i>Author’s Introduction</i></b></p><p><b><i>The Maelstrom Fantasy Campaign Setting is set within the world of Roil, a powerfully realistic setting for role-playing games. Roil is most appropriately utilized as a realm in its medieval era, with an added element of magic. However, the information in this volume is tremendously flexible, and may be used in any genre role- playing game. While there is a great amount of data, it is my intention that anyone using this volume can start their own campaign upon Roil within an hour of beginning their journey. </i></b></p><p><b><i>The primary subject of this work is Kaladia, the largest continent of Roil. The continent is showcased in twenty-three highly detailed maps. The summaries of Kaladia's countries contain a substantial wealth of detail without being overwhelming. </i></b></p><p><b><i>It isn't necessary to study all of Kaladia before undertaking a campaign upon it. Peruse the countries or the maps, choose one that intrigues you, and start your adventure. From the sweltering sands of the Lyrmaddyn to the frozen wastes of the Rhul Nugath, the world of Roil awaits. Begin your journey and unleash the magic!</i></b></p><p><b><i>Brian K. Moseley</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb7ZuR1HDOFARTy-zuuk9F2CNyEXCZ27YgjIqB2M2o_wDIQ05SF-GQyMOrsThh6tjbS4yfT7IS5tviPb3oUH1YEDWPpK1cxIyqCR2EdjZeopgSjmGvA_-KHyPSF98W23o3ABYKvCbh3yC9zMVV_8xeyFUMuwhglf7FfH1aK29PEdn2nzsubr5QMEEg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="491" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb7ZuR1HDOFARTy-zuuk9F2CNyEXCZ27YgjIqB2M2o_wDIQ05SF-GQyMOrsThh6tjbS4yfT7IS5tviPb3oUH1YEDWPpK1cxIyqCR2EdjZeopgSjmGvA_-KHyPSF98W23o3ABYKvCbh3yC9zMVV_8xeyFUMuwhglf7FfH1aK29PEdn2nzsubr5QMEEg=w640-h541" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The continent of Kaladia<br />9 million square miles of howling wilderness.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Chronicler’s Foreword</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>“ Set forth within this volume is a compilation of accumulated knowledge of the continent of Kaladia, the largest and most prominent land of the world of Roil. Roil... as it is called by most of the peoples of the world. Shaydaera, as it is known in the elfanir tongue. Arthe, as it is named by the dwarn. But in any language, the maelstrom that is Roil is a realm everchanging, twisting and shaping to the will of those commanding the Mists, the essence of Makyah. </b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>The maps and text contained herein are of unparalleled completeness, both for Kaladia and Roil as a whole. And they well chronicle Kaladia's history and current state of affairs. To both the scholar and student this work provides invaluable enlightenment into the most intriguing land - and the most marvelous age - ever seen upon Roil. </b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>It is a time of restless awakening in the world. We hail a golden era of renaissance that rivals the greatest achievements of Ruthanland, the ancient world, before her fall. In this day, we bear witness to events foretold by ancient legenders. The Corlennian Empire, the Dark Dragon of Roil, slowly releases her talons from the throats of civilizations. Where once the shadow of her great wings blackened the face of the world, now the aged evil lies weakened, stirring only in the heart of her lair. </b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Magic, once used solely by the Dragon to rule the world, is now the tool of restoration. Old lands long held by the Dragon breathe new life, throwing off the yoke of subjugation for a newfound freedom. But even as the Dragon rests, nations still wage war against another, and the races still hold prejudice toward their brothers. </b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>And yet, it is a miraculous age of kingdoms and powers great and terrible to behold. It is a time of wondrous aspirations, of fabulous achievements and horrible failures. It is a time that will test the mettle of any that dare risk any dangers to share in its rewards. It is a time for the courageous and the cowardly, the valiant and the dastardly, the bold, the timid, the veteran and the novice. It is our time...”</b></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Nyn' Thuvir the Legender </b></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>of the </b></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Calthayes Citadel of Knowledge </b></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>7th of Cold Winds, 1021 KY</b></span></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>The book covers the basics of Roil: history, cultures, languages, currencies, calendars, nations and geography. In the back of the book is an index covering the named geographical/settlement features of the continent of Kaladia, including a pronunciation guide for each (I have never seen this in any published setting...it was appreciated). There are hundreds of entries and illustrations of currencies and heraldries of the various nations. </p><p>Humans are present in their many forms, as are your typical demi humans. A non-human humanoid race, called Corlennians serves as the basic bad guys of the setting (very similar in appearance and temperament to the Melnebonians of the Elric Saga). Lead by a Demi-God, the Corlennians, through magic, airships and martial might once controlled all of Kaladia. That greatness has waxed however and as the Corlennian Empire recedes new nations arise to fill the void. The setting is malleable enough to accomodate anything you might want to add. I have ported in a new lands and ideas from the recent release from Kevin Crawford, "<u><i><b>Atlas of the Latter Earth</b></i></u>", the companion to <b>Worlds Without Number</b>. </p><p>Each of the 40 civilized nations presented in the world book is given at least a single page, detailing their history, government and population centers. They do require some fleshing out, but that is not unwelcome. There are some familiar tropes to get you started: the classic medievalism of Western Europe, classic Sinbad/Arabian and your typical Sword and Sorcery barbarian areas where Conan would feel at home. In addition to those above there are many demi-human and barbarian realms in addition to Free Cities which stand alone, forging their own destines. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis20WHVXALC-ZPNNwrIJSvQ6pjJg1SxYct-zjKv8pVNtumVdtYo2XuQqAlResOBJMR9PJz0f7FFcKjxSZDFYIELIMvmEqcqc910DMxvDJ37o9R8mHMNGBm_b5WLoQS6rzXBz8KaagGIfRnLvKsnweetuzwIZ2t13tW0I5yt7q19i-nSqPLTzyn1lsf" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="501" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis20WHVXALC-ZPNNwrIJSvQ6pjJg1SxYct-zjKv8pVNtumVdtYo2XuQqAlResOBJMR9PJz0f7FFcKjxSZDFYIELIMvmEqcqc910DMxvDJ37o9R8mHMNGBm_b5WLoQS6rzXBz8KaagGIfRnLvKsnweetuzwIZ2t13tW0I5yt7q19i-nSqPLTzyn1lsf" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corlennian Empire</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy89F9L8merPaR0LPPP8pD3obQwwk6xogbRPhZvAhhwyg-0-w0ZK1YLZ4nc-MFM_LiWQjqRHuylX0Jh1Dnmld2LGIWoF-YCDR-_d0pzOAM-Wc2Q9rYYO8zJ2pQ706DP7V5erDFRlJ8KsR-htQavgmlGlANzrXp5zVSiDqZCxF6gg9wNK2tWVjoJgdN" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="501" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy89F9L8merPaR0LPPP8pD3obQwwk6xogbRPhZvAhhwyg-0-w0ZK1YLZ4nc-MFM_LiWQjqRHuylX0Jh1Dnmld2LGIWoF-YCDR-_d0pzOAM-Wc2Q9rYYO8zJ2pQ706DP7V5erDFRlJ8KsR-htQavgmlGlANzrXp5zVSiDqZCxF6gg9wNK2tWVjoJgdN=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kingdom of Dholvey.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs5elzuAvs6cwa21vKh-5YdO8PXt-3TPMfmoWmVvYLhj2hqW1fiScOBZl1WW4hj7xSj1HinzCawkdIfYr-pz8Afq7Jb3hVHeRnKcU6dRBd4GLKVqUZHqEC6tNlQ1rzw7NIoBdkxMe5dZwHx7gcRggI3slwMkNZxo_vtD5uu1jVd6IDylPBHOFIHEaQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="501" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs5elzuAvs6cwa21vKh-5YdO8PXt-3TPMfmoWmVvYLhj2hqW1fiScOBZl1WW4hj7xSj1HinzCawkdIfYr-pz8Afq7Jb3hVHeRnKcU6dRBd4GLKVqUZHqEC6tNlQ1rzw7NIoBdkxMe5dZwHx7gcRggI3slwMkNZxo_vtD5uu1jVd6IDylPBHOFIHEaQ=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pirate Lands of Quelschenda</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>"As can best be determined, the sheer number of humanoids and non-humans upon Kaladia vastly exceeds the total population of every civilized country even combined with all of the barbarian lands. It is accepted fact that the more common species of humanoids and non-humans breed far more quickly than even humans. With this consideration, it is plausible that humanoids and non-humans might someday become the overwhelmingly dominant races of Kaladia. </b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Fortunately for our civilizations, most of these creatures are brutally savage idiots, wholly incapable of overcoming their racial prejudice to collaborate together. It is true that the Elder did forge the Corlennian Empire, and brought into it all of the evil of Kaladia. Together, these forces defeated all the strength that the armies of light could muster. Now that the Corlennian Empire lies in disarray, the tribes of humanoids and non-humans have scattered across the land. Let us all hope they never again join together..."</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>Nyn' Thuvir the Legender</b></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Examples:</p><p><b><i>Bune [Boon] Mountains between Nirinthine and Pirrindall. They begin at the foothills of the Crystalrock Mountains, and border the northeastern corner of the Lyrmaddyn Desert. The Bune Mountains have extensive deposits of iron ores, silver, platinum, and precious and semi-precious gemstones. Though the Bune Mountains are actively volcanic, many humanoids and non-humans inhabit the mountains. There are seven to ten major humanoid states in the Bune Mountains. Frames C2 and C3</i></b>.</p><p><i><b>Ka' Lageri [Kay - Lah - gare - e] Island offshore of northwestern Kaladia. Largest of the great islands surrounding Kaladia. It is a cold, miserable land bordering on the Arctic Circle. The island is claimed by the Corlennian Empire, but jurisdiction is shared by the Drandolm, Grenn, Ivinjarin, and Yurr'Zonn Territories. Ka' Lageri Island is populated almost exclusively by humans. Most are a mixture of Belaran, Lornkira, and Tulmarian whose ancestors were brought to Ka' Lageri as slaves by the Corlennian airships. Major settlements on the island include Galestorm, Lodin, Myrnth and Wyrn. Frames A1 and A2.</b></i></p><p><b><i>Tylyryn [Ti - Lir - N] Sea between the Northern Reaches and the eastern grassland. The Tylyryn Sea was named by the elfanir of the Greybark, a name translating as "timeless pools". But the Tylyryn is anything but timeless. The sea was dramatically altered by the War of the Winds. There were five large, forested islands in the southern sea that were inhabited by elfanir clans, all are gone. The Welgredd peninsula was broken into an island, and its population too was destroyed. Many of the pirates of the Tylyryn believe that the riches of these lost cities now lie at the bottomof the sea, waiting to be claimed. Frame C5.</i></b></p><p>Gary Gygax himself made a comment on the content: </p><p><a name="top"></a></p><table style="width: 700px;"><tbody><tr><td><p><i><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">"Having spent countless hours doing this sort of work, I must say that I am very impressed with what has been accomplished here. this is an excellent resource for all FRPG enthusiasts! Gary"</b></i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>What you will not find in this material is any sort of pre-made plot point(s), a Big Bad or any adventure ideas (well almost none). This book is strictly a canvas on which to draw your own adventures on. The cartography is beautifully presented on 23 black and white Indian Ink maps at roughly 150 miles to an inch. Sorry, no hex maps here. </p><p>However, the good news is that Brian also produced the maps in full color. Those never made it into the book, however they were downloadable from his old web site. Sadly, the files are no longer available (Brian informed me years ago that the original electronic files were lost). They are the same scale as the black and white drawings, but done with much more granular detail: additional geographic features such as villages, ruins, castles and settlements are shown on these maps. Those features are also listed in the World Book Index, so having both sets of maps is very useful. </p><p>The color maps are quite easy to both zoom in and to print off to whatever scale and region you are interested in. I have ported these maps into Campaign Cartographer and overlaid them with hex maps easily enough. You can also use programs like Inkscape to edit the files as needed, renaming regions, adding villages, cities, ruined cities or other features. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K66CDhhxMMmZW5Kak4dXww7wPqKZcTmxkw9sTQXEGfQzSoN6kTrUZATpvqNZGMPOEUDgSYFWpz6fYxTTCLzxWeKd9rH56Axugz0icSnvq84_OobNekbf0OFl9Da-SRIim9yXCo4nyY10jYt89X2TaOoow3vuUyvf911yBev3qBi1tCim9HbC85H6/s644/c7_clr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="644" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K66CDhhxMMmZW5Kak4dXww7wPqKZcTmxkw9sTQXEGfQzSoN6kTrUZATpvqNZGMPOEUDgSYFWpz6fYxTTCLzxWeKd9rH56Axugz0icSnvq84_OobNekbf0OFl9Da-SRIim9yXCo4nyY10jYt89X2TaOoow3vuUyvf911yBev3qBi1tCim9HbC85H6/w640-h632/c7_clr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map C7 zoomed in.<br />A reasonably size starter campaign area. Adventure awaits!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><p>The two books mentioned above were not the only content produced for Kaladia. Various supplemental materials were added to the line: a city supplement, airships and various types of map books (castles, temples, ect) were released. All are worth acquiring.</p><p>Finally, during the early 2000s Brian emailed out a weekly newsletter called "Unleash the Magic". Over 180 issues were sent, each detailing a nation on Kaladia, going into minute details similar to the D&D Gazetteers from TSR. Brian was active on the net and would answer questions about Kaladia and provide insight into the huge world he created, including details which never made it into the main book but were in his own private DM notes.</p><p>Sadly, Darkfuries no longer publishes new material and I have found it impossible to contact Brian by any means. Additionally, I lost almost all my copies of Unleash the Magic, which was quite a shame. If anyone out there has access to them I would appreciate those being sent to me. </p><p>However, all that aside I highly recommend this setting. It is fresh and provides just enough detail for a DM to create some exciting campaigns without being shoe-horned into a pre-defined plot. </p><p>The color maps are posted below. Consider them my tribute to Brian and his incredible imagination. He made them open source years ago, along with his art work. A fine gentleman. </p><p>If you are an DM you owe it to yourself to grab a copy of Maelstrom and in Brian's words, "Unleash the Magic". </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5snTJ3t0MHLSEczmW9r4sCyv11UeH6X4zQt1vDkYtt8lOtY9hQvSvhZcnZ2HE8D7fXUJxPuTD_-AOYItY1fP1UFcm4bs2rMYJU5_eYyVbTjfkKFYVV7rqEwG5i3GhdYx-Fc14cAjLbgxE_gXHQ8L2gbhHYBYPGgZcvosMHgEhed44w1omUhbG-PJt" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3154" data-original-width="2198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5snTJ3t0MHLSEczmW9r4sCyv11UeH6X4zQt1vDkYtt8lOtY9hQvSvhZcnZ2HE8D7fXUJxPuTD_-AOYItY1fP1UFcm4bs2rMYJU5_eYyVbTjfkKFYVV7rqEwG5i3GhdYx-Fc14cAjLbgxE_gXHQ8L2gbhHYBYPGgZcvosMHgEhed44w1omUhbG-PJt=w445-h640" width="445" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black & White Map Example</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p>Here are some links to the various titles.</p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16687/Maelstrom-Fantasy-Campaign-Setting-Worldbook">Maelstrom Fantasy Campaign Setting Worldbook - Darkfuries Publishing | Campaign Sourcebooks | DriveThruRPG.com</a></p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2856/Maelstrom-Campaign-Setting-Pantheon?src=also_purchased">Maelstrom Campaign Setting: Pantheon - Darkfuries Publishing | Campaign Sourcebooks | DriveThruRPG.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.darkfuries.com/">DARKFURIES.com - Resources for Role-Playing Games</a></p><p>Old Web Site Link</p><p><a href="https://www.oocities.org/timessquare/fortress/6394/kaladia.html">Maelstrom Campaigns: Continent of Kaladia (oocities.org)</a></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAHsmQM3p4EIq5HJNBKDbEorBrR6qy9egiCr8UoLD6JWUnRlD5bxZmXdqu_m3nnotOKfWyLxdQTQcxhQe2GxUxJsaN3wLhtKdrWXwSv0sgQHACP_FQxu19pkKw3yq0DWUqu2d3B0YdG4i5W2Wv8TwQpEp2QLeJX0xwxnnBAwZGI8yOk1yU3mX1qQe/s3160/a1_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAHsmQM3p4EIq5HJNBKDbEorBrR6qy9egiCr8UoLD6JWUnRlD5bxZmXdqu_m3nnotOKfWyLxdQTQcxhQe2GxUxJsaN3wLhtKdrWXwSv0sgQHACP_FQxu19pkKw3yq0DWUqu2d3B0YdG4i5W2Wv8TwQpEp2QLeJX0xwxnnBAwZGI8yOk1yU3mX1qQe/w461-h640/a1_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map A1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZeI5opEXOY2GkIBpIjAbbdakHZVr4lQJtg7IVflQtmam-lwTo_W7tizWX70mNnSub-U_p2ygrLBqpwVHkZz_g3JNuegynHgBpkJK-wC9Y37zju5R2OrkPQNqcZr3WpP1a7iBiQWqSBxDEgvhuH6s7-bDF_fcXLj8sPTdC432Bgg-W_dR0Xoj59kY/s3160/a2_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZeI5opEXOY2GkIBpIjAbbdakHZVr4lQJtg7IVflQtmam-lwTo_W7tizWX70mNnSub-U_p2ygrLBqpwVHkZz_g3JNuegynHgBpkJK-wC9Y37zju5R2OrkPQNqcZr3WpP1a7iBiQWqSBxDEgvhuH6s7-bDF_fcXLj8sPTdC432Bgg-W_dR0Xoj59kY/w461-h640/a2_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map A2</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpG9ZuOaediCx8XHfqDRA2GoaGA8EP0UK8aoxo0nHkZmwgkEBJo-YtVIeC_oEYsQ949Ojfszgm6wfmRTX77SC4lutlYs_nWHkyxYaYRR7HqkQP4dO0HOxaeTRhxBJLTr1AP5TEPEfp2FKEdl4FTl0ZiWVsW3CEqJrpI2vMxBWaqBvEeNHCfEuYAwW/s3160/a3_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpG9ZuOaediCx8XHfqDRA2GoaGA8EP0UK8aoxo0nHkZmwgkEBJo-YtVIeC_oEYsQ949Ojfszgm6wfmRTX77SC4lutlYs_nWHkyxYaYRR7HqkQP4dO0HOxaeTRhxBJLTr1AP5TEPEfp2FKEdl4FTl0ZiWVsW3CEqJrpI2vMxBWaqBvEeNHCfEuYAwW/w461-h640/a3_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map A3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrr-VBIUEqTjwHSM2X7kRmUhdUBizHljTbIvJriQ7va1ktj1bBr51KocbCRz_kkh6DqmvPgOe7S4tFvMkUsY12k6OOsJpzEne_NV_DpAm3L4uGONpQ7K8Aecnpv_ZoYzV7QlEwFfQGkQLhSYtRBZOeR6XMU0Tvjvw588Q6rk2_DKzeLdptqFyZFuJ/s3160/b1_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrr-VBIUEqTjwHSM2X7kRmUhdUBizHljTbIvJriQ7va1ktj1bBr51KocbCRz_kkh6DqmvPgOe7S4tFvMkUsY12k6OOsJpzEne_NV_DpAm3L4uGONpQ7K8Aecnpv_ZoYzV7QlEwFfQGkQLhSYtRBZOeR6XMU0Tvjvw588Q6rk2_DKzeLdptqFyZFuJ/w461-h640/b1_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map B1</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqRke6lhBI5tVdtz5FnNPrgWdOtZOI7wXveSlEA-Tb4MoGVMFY4vbK0ojdK9qIgDtdDQBRT-kE_Aft4eFmrv2nYgmQnQpUo0_YV5Qas5o1dVL049ZHnSwebRAE4g8qJFnRxzc1UJB3qz_1mVz5LE05lcpo53VVt6d6bKjbxgPKKbruv-YlmDI19bn/s3160/b2_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqRke6lhBI5tVdtz5FnNPrgWdOtZOI7wXveSlEA-Tb4MoGVMFY4vbK0ojdK9qIgDtdDQBRT-kE_Aft4eFmrv2nYgmQnQpUo0_YV5Qas5o1dVL049ZHnSwebRAE4g8qJFnRxzc1UJB3qz_1mVz5LE05lcpo53VVt6d6bKjbxgPKKbruv-YlmDI19bn/w461-h640/b2_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map B2</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczVUAbSPHPTY-sJWif_1YlROa_suKhmCR63r5YOFIN4eutMtpcEdTVWRG93sbd640oYktKt3ANgT7YypzgA3UsiAekXMP95ixZArx7nglESWER3HldJ1m3bEonIso3Skq-ooMLVhuVzqEg4jtVNkQGE8xqYUnhjl2L0ZiC1n5lo00T1jK6-xZbX_d/s3160/b3_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczVUAbSPHPTY-sJWif_1YlROa_suKhmCR63r5YOFIN4eutMtpcEdTVWRG93sbd640oYktKt3ANgT7YypzgA3UsiAekXMP95ixZArx7nglESWER3HldJ1m3bEonIso3Skq-ooMLVhuVzqEg4jtVNkQGE8xqYUnhjl2L0ZiC1n5lo00T1jK6-xZbX_d/w461-h640/b3_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map B3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5KVmxYpBm8f2Ahe4AlxzD6JV8LWrQoq2b-oF8xyrIp7Kykgt0XkcFysRGKy6-gsEhluqYGQP4cl0OVGuAKVtLt6bBjhPugIAcnbrcIeaHs3Qsnxp9TDCX7_cF9FEsuWawwQF6DjSBf0ZbmipT8U50JVOuOPGCRWx_RSMrtUI88x78lH9Mur_D3ek/s3160/b4_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5KVmxYpBm8f2Ahe4AlxzD6JV8LWrQoq2b-oF8xyrIp7Kykgt0XkcFysRGKy6-gsEhluqYGQP4cl0OVGuAKVtLt6bBjhPugIAcnbrcIeaHs3Qsnxp9TDCX7_cF9FEsuWawwQF6DjSBf0ZbmipT8U50JVOuOPGCRWx_RSMrtUI88x78lH9Mur_D3ek/w461-h640/b4_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map B4</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwY9nMSf3Hr1uJPCuaWJQMVRa_JUzbYo6LdL60fNa4-j-87xJUarLn5T118Nt6UMhm2bVxNHS7y33DQENH0zXpIzTOM4rLKCGOSRZdIgmTikbLuexuFEccnaxLISgeuKjm2Ea700dzsdRd7OdY0FeLDuRFWcHy76YPt9fxJLGAiBXGM2l-P8kfGqt/s3160/b5_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh078E7gxfFsT2lghROg_zOlCnwk4ZPWF2N6bIpfZfB9xtk6DUee64KYjEcySq2w6ZPVoEZR6jKXEoCawZsfaMBJxSsbDpNQJQ9HX0DQCmq8o67fAFVffzwV1YIydMBT-4iHBvaaIJKpqVPDCqV9UFzkKpTG8V0eJz3EZOdQnLNftOg-69dLNUH-8jo/s3160/c3_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh078E7gxfFsT2lghROg_zOlCnwk4ZPWF2N6bIpfZfB9xtk6DUee64KYjEcySq2w6ZPVoEZR6jKXEoCawZsfaMBJxSsbDpNQJQ9HX0DQCmq8o67fAFVffzwV1YIydMBT-4iHBvaaIJKpqVPDCqV9UFzkKpTG8V0eJz3EZOdQnLNftOg-69dLNUH-8jo/w461-h640/c3_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map C3</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3XLRG5f4ZSB_9pazv3rM_3b6EqfiTmltqjzHsSmWPVpuPC3zuMqWW9QHr4hb3l7L6oR9VtW2v0eyxmO-cFeWYEXYDwzcOpSFIiNOBObQ7pB3iH_Q5HkO-t_bQqnTPE9_3xpI9JS0tv3qVeB0IGHp1rkO02VCANgRtmzT9BpElR4TzdYS6j10vS1r/s3160/c4_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqYmCnjX1K3XsDpIfKPffplBEDaqKXfs5J9YZMK9fzuB4hjtu6OF1-T7HwumcaL9bthi-jfsspL62c24xVfAqv2tY06AJybucDCdnSY8sseFsEs_oIkSOkaxKSfiyV8i_GlhRFlBLyjnhaX5Q1Hu_v4Iy2N6Shcy8uzVuFhE2-MTmiGsX6yITARTd/s3160/c6_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqYmCnjX1K3XsDpIfKPffplBEDaqKXfs5J9YZMK9fzuB4hjtu6OF1-T7HwumcaL9bthi-jfsspL62c24xVfAqv2tY06AJybucDCdnSY8sseFsEs_oIkSOkaxKSfiyV8i_GlhRFlBLyjnhaX5Q1Hu_v4Iy2N6Shcy8uzVuFhE2-MTmiGsX6yITARTd/w461-h640/c6_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map C6</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhAVWTpbCUXv7a_67b6JlCVcY5p0qxT_9v2tg6aq0RizyegG7qUrXTRZXrNKkyMsXJBSCAnMmP9sQxT2lD7Ab5SDZX1gV2WqkhaWAhrEhq34HrLgJxayfaIIYdaIGs0Yf35uhUbvZ3MNx2wGrFiFjYppIHD86chjyxiv2uNWH3_CStQUU52l3UBKR/s3160/c7_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhAVWTpbCUXv7a_67b6JlCVcY5p0qxT_9v2tg6aq0RizyegG7qUrXTRZXrNKkyMsXJBSCAnMmP9sQxT2lD7Ab5SDZX1gV2WqkhaWAhrEhq34HrLgJxayfaIIYdaIGs0Yf35uhUbvZ3MNx2wGrFiFjYppIHD86chjyxiv2uNWH3_CStQUU52l3UBKR/w461-h640/c7_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map C7</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYDwgtKL9DpbRzT0F6u0-HwN460UcFaPnQpoHAwZJ5pzXOKk6pwZJ6tseL_l-6Hw-PekFmNNdRLQ5dX6_Hs5v55fuAIn6WXjIcZAuovDlhcnOx8KVnc4nQyWxLzTDrR4aO0FoZ9AAiFdpNI0VELkJx8x7TGogDCltvvghrh2EK1VjPVCxUqqNWbT7/s3160/d2_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYDwgtKL9DpbRzT0F6u0-HwN460UcFaPnQpoHAwZJ5pzXOKk6pwZJ6tseL_l-6Hw-PekFmNNdRLQ5dX6_Hs5v55fuAIn6WXjIcZAuovDlhcnOx8KVnc4nQyWxLzTDrR4aO0FoZ9AAiFdpNI0VELkJx8x7TGogDCltvvghrh2EK1VjPVCxUqqNWbT7/w461-h640/d2_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map D2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXm1V_bdjnKn0j3GirrH0owlyZdwRkRWQuB5DqGXQUyGNZ71FAPhlOzR6C-9jq27LbCI2tpR52dYXf-Om1mlvpgPPZpXOc8tbSQuHpmh8ds_E-jBMa7w_v2aWw-fuodkl-G5VqC-qSe2bfZ_dfP98pN9_1MwOLGbXZb5hBuJONDS0tjehNvx_sahbs/s3160/d3_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXm1V_bdjnKn0j3GirrH0owlyZdwRkRWQuB5DqGXQUyGNZ71FAPhlOzR6C-9jq27LbCI2tpR52dYXf-Om1mlvpgPPZpXOc8tbSQuHpmh8ds_E-jBMa7w_v2aWw-fuodkl-G5VqC-qSe2bfZ_dfP98pN9_1MwOLGbXZb5hBuJONDS0tjehNvx_sahbs/w461-h640/d3_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map D3</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O5pM7gzZL-P0cYEVt5e-Q7kTgJYhjnWxpPKKWA_TvvuzmQM-BH4gOTyzff1Fh56eJ6KjtlcVFxXv8wUYmYwhyzb0TeAsfyUgYFg4S_w8KlF9d8QYG7k9wcMkWqnOKHfbLMfaPhpKKFQ48PwIAkQZykFVFroWt5JveHJa4XfJwU_AJezse2brjUT_/s3160/d4_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbktcDxCa80eCwozUF7eAknZEHXMrBXvsGU5uJAuI817C6KfJLZ8itwmM0Dag0536tX3HB2t4rRDs3VbOGpjIjNM3_fRh-20nfTRAv6aKYo0WhWgx09Rk-UEGLMropl0u_mSPo-m5UU-LrD30T0reznE-wdIqrUadCw4NA-1BodBMN_ArFKeG5Fw1-/s3160/d6_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbktcDxCa80eCwozUF7eAknZEHXMrBXvsGU5uJAuI817C6KfJLZ8itwmM0Dag0536tX3HB2t4rRDs3VbOGpjIjNM3_fRh-20nfTRAv6aKYo0WhWgx09Rk-UEGLMropl0u_mSPo-m5UU-LrD30T0reznE-wdIqrUadCw4NA-1BodBMN_ArFKeG5Fw1-/w461-h640/d6_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map D6</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpHcqm2B6rQErLMNb_fTUIPTavYhwrj9xNl2DoGETT2k7e3esjVdpOva0jjbKKOPHafUKIcn9h7uE5c3HHJYcy1wTU0G7d4BS79S5Q8VZ0p0kks9Wq0GJB40Mxb9YN2iurSHwdqr9zA8YoEz_8GAY1k1mTqBAdd7yo3TBGn0hrsoPQBsnbj1MyznV/s3160/d7_clr.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="2278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpHcqm2B6rQErLMNb_fTUIPTavYhwrj9xNl2DoGETT2k7e3esjVdpOva0jjbKKOPHafUKIcn9h7uE5c3HHJYcy1wTU0G7d4BS79S5Q8VZ0p0kks9Wq0GJB40Mxb9YN2iurSHwdqr9zA8YoEz_8GAY1k1mTqBAdd7yo3TBGn0hrsoPQBsnbj1MyznV/w461-h640/d7_clr.gif" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaladia Map D7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-45099374827245056282022-12-23T07:28:00.004-05:002022-12-23T07:32:57.803-05:00A 2022 Merry Christmas <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-RaeuDeXyPI-xK0UfbxNdXg7iBFeXLUXHSKZZTsU9zFImOKnT-Qc1iqJaCYsMXjz1ean1C4AyLOekMh6SQsl55exOyNbxb2BUNQ_0H3kb46kWWF3X9vKBq_4xJ35MXUuDpVAzMVN7S1IU-hOECgMC36bZnDn4AnblcH-vcfA3rW1hUUwEh397l2kO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1465" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-RaeuDeXyPI-xK0UfbxNdXg7iBFeXLUXHSKZZTsU9zFImOKnT-Qc1iqJaCYsMXjz1ean1C4AyLOekMh6SQsl55exOyNbxb2BUNQ_0H3kb46kWWF3X9vKBq_4xJ35MXUuDpVAzMVN7S1IU-hOECgMC36bZnDn4AnblcH-vcfA3rW1hUUwEh397l2kO" width="320" /></a></div><br />No I'm still not dead, but 2022 has been a write off for painting projects. However, I did pickup a brush in December and I think some new projects are on the horizon for 2023, which will end my painting slump.<p></p><p>My queue includes a large amount of Perry Miniatures Agincourt figures that I have been meaning to finally paint for years, as well as a healthy batch of Brigade Models vehicles and buildings.</p><p>A special mention needs to go out to Matt Slade of Glenbrook Games Painting Service and Dan Dunbar down in Australia. Due to my laziness they both painted large batches of 15mm Sci Fi figures for me (Khurasan Garn and an assortment of GZG and Alternative Armies Laserburn characters)this year and did a great job. Their figures will be featured in January 2023 in separate posts</p><p>In any case, Merry Christmas to all! See you in 2023.</p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-30868134691910944142022-09-02T16:35:00.006-04:002022-09-02T16:36:11.081-04:0015mm Figure Display/Storage Solution: Letterpress Drawers<p>Good day. Yes I am still alive. Nothing really to report on the painting end of things. Maybe later this year.</p><p>I did come up with another storage/display solution for my 15mm Sci Fi figures, this time from an Antique Shop: old Letterpress drawers, used by printer companies of ages past. They come with various internal designs, but all are basically 32" x 17".</p><p>Purchasing two, I hung them on my wall and presto, instant display cases. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMXjh7xGvU8JdJwvqV4Kr3vAp59EwYQ0i5JIkjqWnLEK-MZbzMc16AR3nYuzIsUFh41pE0n3tgf-bonWrkGg98vbBZEREBvsrFtOrJxgEGjzXEzbYiW5ZfknpbkJQCd_sK94wES4LEMtWWUVUhTPZpoZpmrz1624FI4JC4DxHHxxrNvNtJq1BDHOp/s2576/IMG_3372.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="2576" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMXjh7xGvU8JdJwvqV4Kr3vAp59EwYQ0i5JIkjqWnLEK-MZbzMc16AR3nYuzIsUFh41pE0n3tgf-bonWrkGg98vbBZEREBvsrFtOrJxgEGjzXEzbYiW5ZfknpbkJQCd_sK94wES4LEMtWWUVUhTPZpoZpmrz1624FI4JC4DxHHxxrNvNtJq1BDHOp/w640-h608/IMG_3372.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Each slot holds either one or two figures. I could get three but I prefer not to have them crowded. Eahc drawer holds 210 figures. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yz8agoRT1Odmj0-E3Z_g0JzCyaUPnKIjYyeqZFDFhDMCO0p-91TiMcanE0R8JgTny7jsBqa_VpdiyuZyM4Iy9TADpu0fWeFAFTYKUrunihH1VfkokW2HfPNCnidpJqbHKQ8CcdwalLWWJM_8zv4nmC0pmCsxZXs7cKMVjlAd_Bk5XWoN9ymS5ZWZ/s4032/IMG_3373.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Yz8agoRT1Odmj0-E3Z_g0JzCyaUPnKIjYyeqZFDFhDMCO0p-91TiMcanE0R8JgTny7jsBqa_VpdiyuZyM4Iy9TADpu0fWeFAFTYKUrunihH1VfkokW2HfPNCnidpJqbHKQ8CcdwalLWWJM_8zv4nmC0pmCsxZXs7cKMVjlAd_Bk5XWoN9ymS5ZWZ/w480-h640/IMG_3373.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>For $55 each it was a good deal. </p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-46181190981099027072022-05-28T21:12:00.003-04:002022-05-28T21:12:45.396-04:002022 - A Slow Year<p>2022 has been a very slow year for me, painting-wise at least. My desire to start new projects died in January. Perhaps later this year I will focus on something new, but until then I am taking a bit of a hiatus from painting....until the creative spark strikes again.</p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-73075040997109363712022-01-12T16:07:00.014-05:002022-01-12T19:14:53.627-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Provider Transports aka Space Trucks!<p> Yesterday I had (you guessed it), more free time. So I decided it was a good opportunity to finish off the last of my Old Crow vehicles, three wheeled Provider Transports.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8lbF-bR1Sf5Av2qZwfFtZ3gqnXqUQ9zh8hDdZN2Fwc8AM5ysgJ3vQQu0ZQnVGmhGw6KLMlTsDjaONCryNUtcGBYrnxjGoyLzTRZjE1ngOhT59ODkzWaagZtQ3EL4Ncm_mwLlN5nQyZyTXt6E9C3znwcEPRrElRxLBSeP5ZYE5w674dAgBI57Tq8Um=s3011" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="3011" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8lbF-bR1Sf5Av2qZwfFtZ3gqnXqUQ9zh8hDdZN2Fwc8AM5ysgJ3vQQu0ZQnVGmhGw6KLMlTsDjaONCryNUtcGBYrnxjGoyLzTRZjE1ngOhT59ODkzWaagZtQ3EL4Ncm_mwLlN5nQyZyTXt6E9C3znwcEPRrElRxLBSeP5ZYE5w674dAgBI57Tq8Um=w640-h334" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Provider Transports deliver vital supplies to the distant US Marine outposts on the planet Glory. <br />The fight against Space Communism requires a never ending stream of beans and bullets.<br /><br />Join the US Star Marines and fight for freedom across the galaxy and defend against alien invaders!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>There is a saying: Amateurs study tactics; Professionals study Logistics. While its great to have tons of combat vehicles, transports and logistics vehicles are also very important (game-wise). They provide excellent objectives, to both save, capture and or destroy, turning an otherwise boring meeting engagement into something actually interesting.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjdCSJZ4kvJvX0zfzz_Dy7g06aKPSu93VrWSxamU7l1oSqRCSfJPWuZwZiCGamLw06ChBIaTRnt8Kr6aFm8DYjtV3nSnaBobn--wlZiTd2_EgLN_-60QGm7BEVR0G1Z5PzUL31VsRyJba6EJXYChb_kIQhn4sXzGSdVRH9MYkComvF1jZbu7k4Vem4=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjdCSJZ4kvJvX0zfzz_Dy7g06aKPSu93VrWSxamU7l1oSqRCSfJPWuZwZiCGamLw06ChBIaTRnt8Kr6aFm8DYjtV3nSnaBobn--wlZiTd2_EgLN_-60QGm7BEVR0G1Z5PzUL31VsRyJba6EJXYChb_kIQhn4sXzGSdVRH9MYkComvF1jZbu7k4Vem4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ADATS (Air Defense/Anti-Tank System) provides protection against attacks from the Democratic People's Republic of Glory's aerospace forces (DPRG). <br />Communist aggression must be thwarted!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The missile system is removable and easily replaced with cargo containers.</div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirlnI9EVIUA-m7ZtFsUM8DnL5lDhpjp_ILxrXOI7bH5QUuChxh19o7nC9lyaC6S2kmuOUWnrQJyrnniJjbP8xK7j2_JMvZppURFtclDa0ykBdsPqTEc2r3KhJJN60Sy1_ti9MTpZIF2Uvvknq2dMftCtj4J_w_WBY2hFm6RWmiOt-LF2_9rzghMNx8=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirlnI9EVIUA-m7ZtFsUM8DnL5lDhpjp_ILxrXOI7bH5QUuChxh19o7nC9lyaC6S2kmuOUWnrQJyrnniJjbP8xK7j2_JMvZppURFtclDa0ykBdsPqTEc2r3KhJJN60Sy1_ti9MTpZIF2Uvvknq2dMftCtj4J_w_WBY2hFm6RWmiOt-LF2_9rzghMNx8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ammunition must be unloaded and secured. It will be used soon. Medical bots prepare to load wounded heroes for return to rear area hospitals. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The vehicles were painted in the same scheme as my US Tomorrow's War forces. The blog post can be found here: </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2020/10/15mm-sci-fi-tomorrows-war-us-army.html">Small Soldiers - Fight! Win! : 15mm Sci Fi - Tomorrows War US Army Armored Vehicles (darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com)</a></div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf9afl8nzs9XtPCo9dUt5_ELK0D07EnSW4mTzQGrKSVqmRkjYKnoOw0uEkUHcUk6SIkbNVQHT9EgxKinIjDFsMiFgvFba4y1kgMUaBCN21SsfYlKIHLxzQw47J9RATxnbNvEUzpR5KBleetOL8dam2rP2R1N5AaZlP0z7qtXYWkxx1bO3a6UVBzRI9=s4026" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="4026" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf9afl8nzs9XtPCo9dUt5_ELK0D07EnSW4mTzQGrKSVqmRkjYKnoOw0uEkUHcUk6SIkbNVQHT9EgxKinIjDFsMiFgvFba4y1kgMUaBCN21SsfYlKIHLxzQw47J9RATxnbNvEUzpR5KBleetOL8dam2rP2R1N5AaZlP0z7qtXYWkxx1bO3a6UVBzRI9=w640-h348" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The convoy CO oversees all aspects of the delivery. <br /><i>"Fuel and ammunition are needed! Move quickly! Hurry!"</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The cargo pods are of course removable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyKp0q53aAkI9rSN-RSDAJAjBRujecu1Sni6XEF0tXxTTiU24GRHPIh04v8M6254wd4WcqSFNFzy-6IRdayUEmrmpDRrxZpAbEN0xvLtRZt7EBDGKvj3jH8drWpyy-7Y_u88Te8ACPZLj70oCdF45q62C_EWUxuNLvbuIyrW15M3LFsWwH6Us4e328=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyKp0q53aAkI9rSN-RSDAJAjBRujecu1Sni6XEF0tXxTTiU24GRHPIh04v8M6254wd4WcqSFNFzy-6IRdayUEmrmpDRrxZpAbEN0xvLtRZt7EBDGKvj3jH8drWpyy-7Y_u88Te8ACPZLj70oCdF45q62C_EWUxuNLvbuIyrW15M3LFsWwH6Us4e328=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerial Drones keep watch from above and beyond....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Another productive mid-week.</p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-80671521168168962352022-01-11T07:10:00.000-05:002022-01-11T07:10:13.205-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow 6mm Buildings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last night I had some free time available (on a Monday no less), so making use of that I managed to bang off more of my WIP pile: several Old Crow 6mm buildings that I had lying around, specifically a habitation block and two communication towers.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIcRXSkLDHx6rOB8u8hf6pbX37IWag42YN-LcHBqCjTwzm-2ejKAnbaXJIY2XdXftASbasKNTznjgsccWqm2NjgmrRcFes6fkgZB_4P3LKTx9KPd4Ghs4uFU8EQeRArXr3tyN2OjT6vL-ifDeh4gbmhYck5_t8JYEPBEtUUEwTmOXSc3C9mEya3Hhz=s3022" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2077" data-original-width="3022" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIcRXSkLDHx6rOB8u8hf6pbX37IWag42YN-LcHBqCjTwzm-2ejKAnbaXJIY2XdXftASbasKNTznjgsccWqm2NjgmrRcFes6fkgZB_4P3LKTx9KPd4Ghs4uFU8EQeRArXr3tyN2OjT6vL-ifDeh4gbmhYck5_t8JYEPBEtUUEwTmOXSc3C9mEya3Hhz=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Venturan Star Marines patrol the Endurium fuel processing plant on Hades III</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span>I have found that certain Old Crow 6mm buildings work very well at 15mm scale, specifically as both scatter terrain and as smaller specialized buildings (communication hubs, power units, ect). Typically I paint these in my standard sci fi building pattern: Tamiya Medium Grey, highlighted with Tamiya Royal Light Grey and Vallejo White Grey. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfAXQqgkuFhX4nenHfDytP_5z1KuY7PCIbWVjn3X1gytxeUMs-JaJXsx4uXOFT6me4l4jrGlR3uNdsK18NFMI-ZNBPmIBr7S0MqwkWEgodyoX-aycGjOtoGRl8i0_UcBKcFqo44QcLZoB4dkx5VBrQRR-1i6hig8FS25t8gL6cqDKV_8YAaqEOjn2I=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3024" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfAXQqgkuFhX4nenHfDytP_5z1KuY7PCIbWVjn3X1gytxeUMs-JaJXsx4uXOFT6me4l4jrGlR3uNdsK18NFMI-ZNBPmIBr7S0MqwkWEgodyoX-aycGjOtoGRl8i0_UcBKcFqo44QcLZoB4dkx5VBrQRR-1i6hig8FS25t8gL6cqDKV_8YAaqEOjn2I=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The buildings scale well enough, and many are modular so you can attach additional blocks if you wish. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhygo2mYg7MakmeCF02414fPMqs7X0M3haB7NiF6XJl612-iR2D2y6IfCsPIBjgmArKdaiyEKqK-jqURpk1gyunuBv2CLKleUwj71EZ6g2EwbW_BqET9XpyHGOyhzIqPMLSob2BO9pUISlwnCMPSIPWjnjHQLmperYXZA5YTec3paDZop4PpcTALofm=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhygo2mYg7MakmeCF02414fPMqs7X0M3haB7NiF6XJl612-iR2D2y6IfCsPIBjgmArKdaiyEKqK-jqURpk1gyunuBv2CLKleUwj71EZ6g2EwbW_BqET9XpyHGOyhzIqPMLSob2BO9pUISlwnCMPSIPWjnjHQLmperYXZA5YTec3paDZop4PpcTALofm=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warbots provide the squad with the necessary heavy firepower.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4fYAF16oNPtzaxfNwRw0_eHoLr5ZI2sG7f2mUwavhsMQBmqdwUSp8gNEsb-uRrJrkVIDrWXsK2JR-iHA1yt7PiOip39IzB0FmZLobID6evvMmx_NEqX6BUeJbEkA9nBqslspQXEa-uejihIPQ854vP17ytcjR7iE7QPGx7qhsJs_434z8gpgC_VFE=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4fYAF16oNPtzaxfNwRw0_eHoLr5ZI2sG7f2mUwavhsMQBmqdwUSp8gNEsb-uRrJrkVIDrWXsK2JR-iHA1yt7PiOip39IzB0FmZLobID6evvMmx_NEqX6BUeJbEkA9nBqslspQXEa-uejihIPQ854vP17ytcjR7iE7QPGx7qhsJs_434z8gpgC_VFE=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Endurium is vital to interstellar travel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG4tCmRlBU6hkkX0w45zpREFFymMUMjE_fnUxV6AFBgHLSbgzdaA3u5vokBlCka5QuZKbh3NhHVuzXfeSm8LLoQ2ZsAbiN3Ji8c_YIdXoRZStYejmh12M8xWroMfWLlRqDE8NSVk1PwehmhULk_sJnsM01Bk_6n_M_-Cy0kASO2riz2XpNKehh08D9=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjG4tCmRlBU6hkkX0w45zpREFFymMUMjE_fnUxV6AFBgHLSbgzdaA3u5vokBlCka5QuZKbh3NhHVuzXfeSm8LLoQ2ZsAbiN3Ji8c_YIdXoRZStYejmh12M8xWroMfWLlRqDE8NSVk1PwehmhULk_sJnsM01Bk_6n_M_-Cy0kASO2riz2XpNKehh08D9=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> Now I have to start working on the huge pile of Brigade Models vehicles and buildings that I got during their Christmas 2021 sale. Stay tuned. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-20919192811493035782022-01-08T10:08:00.013-05:002022-01-08T10:20:53.111-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow JagdLancer Tank Destroyer & Lancer Heavy Tank<p>Happy New Year folks! Over the holidays I managed little painting. However, I did manage to bang off the last of my Space Nazi force: Old Crow Lancer Tanks and JagdLancer Tank Destroyers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWnFxdU81qW2IenpskXPuuROm1_pQ0xXHVzMcGa0W8gyMYmc2z4ZHfXwbtBW4Euew8knyvDvE5tTy_FJVqj4g0q9BNguZjJLT4u5GVW-kpxGPFvf5xcjwmxw5zZbbUXEelP_DlLuhDyA9p_TQrF4AghoOdeO08SxAiaDoLCVxRvK9dism34lZbl7of=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWnFxdU81qW2IenpskXPuuROm1_pQ0xXHVzMcGa0W8gyMYmc2z4ZHfXwbtBW4Euew8knyvDvE5tTy_FJVqj4g0q9BNguZjJLT4u5GVW-kpxGPFvf5xcjwmxw5zZbbUXEelP_DlLuhDyA9p_TQrF4AghoOdeO08SxAiaDoLCVxRvK9dism34lZbl7of=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Lancer MBT is simply a Sabre Tank hull mounted on the Lancer Heavy APC. Old Crow sells the turrets separately for this very conversion. Available in tracked, hover or grav versions, it makes a convincing sci-fi tank. My top deck stowage is removable of course. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTtI5ZikfUr-FnQ0edcUOebkfk8e4YecRkX4s-gtK61KOCHDgTognT1aRlh63lXTLJ0PnC9ZaD1DnIEsVT_5Sj1O5FrNoIXfveXbTOs-_Rba28RB0TJISAjC88UsU8yXXoHlSKZZTTyBwY2u5MQOsobCBoQGyrPXlnyoSPILRpfsY0jNZTktd_dZbR=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTtI5ZikfUr-FnQ0edcUOebkfk8e4YecRkX4s-gtK61KOCHDgTognT1aRlh63lXTLJ0PnC9ZaD1DnIEsVT_5Sj1O5FrNoIXfveXbTOs-_Rba28RB0TJISAjC88UsU8yXXoHlSKZZTTyBwY2u5MQOsobCBoQGyrPXlnyoSPILRpfsY0jNZTktd_dZbR=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The JagdLancer is a vehicle that is available, but it does not appear on Jez's old web site. It is one of those hidden gems that you just "need to know exists". The heavy tanks will likely become my King Tigers in World of Tanks, whereas regular Sabre tanks will stand in for regular Tiger tanks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvr1upbI8ga1IWU8pnk3o2X5KI9FnQVJj3pNyC9wWkdLz2tmPeX5p-3dvltNnk94XylfNKgEZq6ucztie6_b4QPmLqY6ilqqCMxQaQXbaTyoiKXLcL9F945NZYNxwOLj7zoqIo_WQaJli20gOrQ7AX1DoIWH8b9a4MZFOzt5OqzvFchoIhMwxhmR4W=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvr1upbI8ga1IWU8pnk3o2X5KI9FnQVJj3pNyC9wWkdLz2tmPeX5p-3dvltNnk94XylfNKgEZq6ucztie6_b4QPmLqY6ilqqCMxQaQXbaTyoiKXLcL9F945NZYNxwOLj7zoqIo_WQaJli20gOrQ7AX1DoIWH8b9a4MZFOzt5OqzvFchoIhMwxhmR4W=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The barrels are from GZG. The actual barrels that Old Crow provides are fine, but are very stubby. I had these lying around and thought they fit better with my concept for the vehicle. In World of Tanks terms, these could be JagdTigers or JagdPanzer E100s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIPTLbZrdk_9Gwye_wkZWVHz43yB6Z5bQx7d67iMMLjKqM5S_oF_Oj-a9v4cZuewNgzwFOq-6cQF2UorGuc4JqSTA1CGLi1OE6E8uN-yrD7pUNptUdemrHK0g94DbauXnWqIUuABqQXpVqxn_dtLVXRs_VgU98jk_PQuGXHHXRD8jjPCATDpkXRkXz=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIPTLbZrdk_9Gwye_wkZWVHz43yB6Z5bQx7d67iMMLjKqM5S_oF_Oj-a9v4cZuewNgzwFOq-6cQF2UorGuc4JqSTA1CGLi1OE6E8uN-yrD7pUNptUdemrHK0g94DbauXnWqIUuABqQXpVqxn_dtLVXRs_VgU98jk_PQuGXHHXRD8jjPCATDpkXRkXz=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEgNW7eHGDdRW7b9ExykFzacW75wTbH3cvXeWLnb_nFs87Sg_Nq4czs6GZ9rld9uGWGZaPdxO96TZwUG_sSKzV6qJdZX1YAjvkvu4u_-d8fQAZrJeg8Wyisk1YI7O8BJGO_DApyHOdAR--kBbLd85VngDydZxzFf0csK0t6D3YVfepFtClPwQrF0ZG=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEgNW7eHGDdRW7b9ExykFzacW75wTbH3cvXeWLnb_nFs87Sg_Nq4czs6GZ9rld9uGWGZaPdxO96TZwUG_sSKzV6qJdZX1YAjvkvu4u_-d8fQAZrJeg8Wyisk1YI7O8BJGO_DApyHOdAR--kBbLd85VngDydZxzFf0csK0t6D3YVfepFtClPwQrF0ZG=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JagdLancer from Old Crow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ0Yk-uWXjBH6o_JixTYv85MA5B3LFNv-ulULlIMsg5BahNL11jNhPmAVUrsM74GnM_rkuK-mxttPZ2Lq0RWZnI8PTljuziUv7oIm9JrcNoMYVM18KNVgg-ePD5DhqjK1p_LSjBesTncmM5aWQ0W1t8ANppAZn4tCZ1302PzHNbgHMCZPdDLunJyHy=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ0Yk-uWXjBH6o_JixTYv85MA5B3LFNv-ulULlIMsg5BahNL11jNhPmAVUrsM74GnM_rkuK-mxttPZ2Lq0RWZnI8PTljuziUv7oIm9JrcNoMYVM18KNVgg-ePD5DhqjK1p_LSjBesTncmM5aWQ0W1t8ANppAZn4tCZ1302PzHNbgHMCZPdDLunJyHy=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lancer Heavy Tank from Old Crow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This year I will be focusing less on figures and more on vehicles. I have a ton from Brigade Models to paint up, as well as miniatures from World of Tanks.</p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-48759929056979046382021-12-30T12:27:00.056-05:002022-01-08T10:12:30.031-05:00World of Tanks Miniatures Game - A Review <p> This Christmas my youngest son surprised me with a thoughtful gift: The World of Tanks Miniatures Game. We played a couple of games this Christmas and it was a pleasant surprise to say the least.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyWYCMJI9s1AYnKWFicg6khY6mGm44cAyCA4yncKOvRQn_9-ZPIqB-Y2SO5SD0cR3ska0UR4f7SPPXsRjNsUJ7SzGG_vFog1_uunKQMMedxM2Rzf1wKjoT301IgQYDG-WAYwxvftl-48WF6JlmtcKE7kJDuU_4Uyvp13vrpGDk_cS3Mjspn0icty7A=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyWYCMJI9s1AYnKWFicg6khY6mGm44cAyCA4yncKOvRQn_9-ZPIqB-Y2SO5SD0cR3ska0UR4f7SPPXsRjNsUJ7SzGG_vFog1_uunKQMMedxM2Rzf1wKjoT301IgQYDG-WAYwxvftl-48WF6JlmtcKE7kJDuU_4Uyvp13vrpGDk_cS3Mjspn0icty7A=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I had seen this game before in the stores. However I always passed it by since I did not want to start collecting WW2 tanks in addition to my already huge inventory of Sci Fi tanks. The game is a tabletop approximation of video game of the same name. Those familiar with that game, or WW2 armor will be right at home.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are many unboxing videos on the net, so I will not go into depth on what is inside. Suffice to say, you receive 4 tanks and their associated cards, upgrade cards for said tanks, dice, counters and 2D terrain. Everything you need to play is in the box. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLeutuITRu1ePoRytrchG-ikw31UYTJRaMSbuSr0bUVpfHo1_GHPTvDt18kJ3vIbtoRDC5Hl54-S0NwzB0Xvm652GH_vpDm8lHYAmcGyZCBMlx1dpgpSTqhOhAZk43TmFzevKPcr44-v2cWqD9L0IkZTMB_ZGxd4HNSugN5mp9oUsHpOzIe5g_V2UE=s3015" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="3015" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLeutuITRu1ePoRytrchG-ikw31UYTJRaMSbuSr0bUVpfHo1_GHPTvDt18kJ3vIbtoRDC5Hl54-S0NwzB0Xvm652GH_vpDm8lHYAmcGyZCBMlx1dpgpSTqhOhAZk43TmFzevKPcr44-v2cWqD9L0IkZTMB_ZGxd4HNSugN5mp9oUsHpOzIe5g_V2UE=w640-h226" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The whole concept is similar to X-Wing: your stock tanks can be upgraded by spending part of your point total (typical games are 200 point affairs). These upgrades can make a huge difference in the vehicle's performance. The good thing is that unlike X-wing, if you never cease plating this system, you can use these miniatures in other WW2 tabletop battles. </div><div><br /></div><div>The miniatures are well casted, with an acceptable level of detail. To be honest, I was rather surprised and impressed with their overall quality. Some tanks have holes for pintle machineguns and or antennas. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-J019nQ9mAvYv8oWUF4hw9xWyV4zUwxXbDBj8whdjBffhX6bUJBd6pDSzeRtNMLBqDA8bz1TSoi2WD_dVKGRwd9PKAMuM_OJjEHsBJMKx1U3FD9_tNKJISiRrGGPmgNieMfWyKHqeOuEcT0dHXe-pAd_DsnLzzxgyxZX0CBouk7BwBKgwGchSfF6F=s2999" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2999" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-J019nQ9mAvYv8oWUF4hw9xWyV4zUwxXbDBj8whdjBffhX6bUJBd6pDSzeRtNMLBqDA8bz1TSoi2WD_dVKGRwd9PKAMuM_OJjEHsBJMKx1U3FD9_tNKJISiRrGGPmgNieMfWyKHqeOuEcT0dHXe-pAd_DsnLzzxgyxZX0CBouk7BwBKgwGchSfF6F=w640-h246" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>The current game consists of 5 different tanks for each of the 4 nations, 20 total. More are planned for future releases. Considering the number of tanks in the WoT video game, the number of models that could potentially be released is large.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU5Fhop9X2MDjTJhbebpQuCq1m2MLndh-tmkmm5zOXpZYZnZuiAfF6oxtL2pmJb4TIosZu7c05yC3ubBm-PW_h0YpcJqTsjX6QfefmE5VchTUAn6a3VJRlQ0F7mGfrz5Kju-OxHvDyn0-5OT7kDXGfGQHAZQFs4IZJx1pYV89QT6pcd04TNYtA5RjF=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU5Fhop9X2MDjTJhbebpQuCq1m2MLndh-tmkmm5zOXpZYZnZuiAfF6oxtL2pmJb4TIosZu7c05yC3ubBm-PW_h0YpcJqTsjX6QfefmE5VchTUAn6a3VJRlQ0F7mGfrz5Kju-OxHvDyn0-5OT7kDXGfGQHAZQFs4IZJx1pYV89QT6pcd04TNYtA5RjF=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The models are pre-primed, and could be used right out of the box if you so wish. Serious gamers will of course paint these models. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Zf8GK6opqLO7pSCmWc66DTMRD3j7ffA2XqpiDyIppDrQhJM_kHP1k5L9PdxbcgKcTxj_B99M6dNh-eIn0NATMvVphK8B6T0NlGBlIrhbwq5ovcvZRHTnTcmYOPmYe35CuUMlx36APjqUXV-oGw6BlcQDKG_KIHvaezvBBApoZZ_rPw4fvBBasVjB=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Zf8GK6opqLO7pSCmWc66DTMRD3j7ffA2XqpiDyIppDrQhJM_kHP1k5L9PdxbcgKcTxj_B99M6dNh-eIn0NATMvVphK8B6T0NlGBlIrhbwq5ovcvZRHTnTcmYOPmYe35CuUMlx36APjqUXV-oGw6BlcQDKG_KIHvaezvBBApoZZ_rPw4fvBBasVjB=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The counties represented are Germany, the USSR, the United States and Great Britain. Tanks have several categories which dictate their performance: </div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Tank Type:</b> Light, Medium, Heavy, Tank Destroyer, Self-Propelled Gun (all of the tanks in the Core set are medium tanks). Each type comes with a special ability which is tied to the class.</li><li><b>Point Cost:</b> do you go with cheaper tanks and overwhelm with numbers, or more expensive models with more abilities?</li><li><b>Firepower:</b> the number of attack dice they throw...more is better. The maximum is 6.</li><li><b>Survivability: </b>the number defense dice they throw...more is better. The maximum is 6.</li><li><b>Mobility:</b> the number of times they can move per turn...again, more is better. </li><li><b>Initiative:</b> when they act in the turn in relation to all other vehicles on the map. Higher is better.</li><li><b>Hit Points:</b> when you reach zero its all over. Your vehicle becomes a wreck and potential cover for everyone else. The colored zones only come into play with Crew Upgrades. Some crew members actually perform better if they are about to die. Go figure. </li><li><b>Crew: </b>This allows certain Upgrade Cards to be played. You cannot have two upgrades for the same crew position.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>Some tank types provide different abilities, as do some individual tanks within a class. There is a lot of variation to be had. For example, Medium Tanks can re-roll a missed Firepower die, whereas Heavy Tanks can re-roll a failed Survival die.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the base game, Great Britain has the decided advantage. The Cromwell stats are clearly the best, with the T-34 not far behind. The Germans are the worst off, with the slowest tank and the lowest initiative.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG_FTIJy5C4iryrCFDnzgIAyXMucofxUlfQ2w9ofzOa3GqcwFfg7Gt9pLau-aX_imVQrYwr5LuHicTGk7jBwHS39jiSCNihJlmXJgqIstCas-xDEYrQOAE3OhoztQRAiHvlTVfbDWo85vIJXvEfXyuQ8eHnD8knZa9SNzL4PId8od8Z_uLQOrgAJBd=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG_FTIJy5C4iryrCFDnzgIAyXMucofxUlfQ2w9ofzOa3GqcwFfg7Gt9pLau-aX_imVQrYwr5LuHicTGk7jBwHS39jiSCNihJlmXJgqIstCas-xDEYrQOAE3OhoztQRAiHvlTVfbDWo85vIJXvEfXyuQ8eHnD8knZa9SNzL4PId8od8Z_uLQOrgAJBd=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>Each turn is broken down into several phases, the Command phase (where you roll for repairs and "Advantage”, which is similar to Initiative in RPG combat rounds), Movement then Shooting phases. Movement occurs in Initiative Order, starting at 1 and going up from there. Shooting goes in reverse Initiative order, with the highest number shooting first. If players have tied Initiative scores, then the player with "<b>Advantage</b>' goes first. </div><div><br /></div><div>Initiative is the key in the game. Moving after your opponent is a huge advantage as is shooting before the enemy does. Low initiative tanks will be forever one step behind their opponents. A crafty player with weaker but higher initiative tanks could possibly outmaneuver a larger and more dangerous foe and get in an ideal position for a killing shot. </div><div><br /></div><div>Initiative scores (as can some other scores) of tanks can be increased by purchasing various Upgrade Cards (Crew, Modules, Consumables, ect). This is where each game can become unique since each tank has almost endless configurations. Should you invest points in upgrades and field fewer but more capable tanks, or forgo those upgrades and trust to numbers to overwhelm your opponent?</div><div><br /></div><div>Movement is handled by a special tool: a Movement Arrow. You place the arrow at any point on the tank and move the vehicle up to the distance of the arrow (stopping at the base of the arrow head). It is similar in concept to X-Wing and Song of Blades and Heroes. This negates the use of a tape measure in the game. This is a fairly loose system, allowing for a lot of maneuverability without the fuss of X-Wing. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqj_bFeVkP8oxAF02I1b7R2-EzjP6u5k70ehWh5OO4ikfcDvA3d9AJ_qMPS2NyXHkVpRqNoBDxaHHA4GT6rmgXvBUNVFRGLLEEyhAuwQZXIZLhfbS9MuejbUOvJXlGttTUL8zj0MJmGWbsBS8oYWVemhGvNLeil4W4VCTlGUPtXxjHRLDzjkfs7UWG=s3019" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="3019" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqj_bFeVkP8oxAF02I1b7R2-EzjP6u5k70ehWh5OO4ikfcDvA3d9AJ_qMPS2NyXHkVpRqNoBDxaHHA4GT6rmgXvBUNVFRGLLEEyhAuwQZXIZLhfbS9MuejbUOvJXlGttTUL8zj0MJmGWbsBS8oYWVemhGvNLeil4W4VCTlGUPtXxjHRLDzjkfs7UWG=w640-h228" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prior to movement.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2viRxQWMfI33ZyQpgiO4TbnP8aGKjaOniKBvyT6CaqUzCkuEmjX7cQe5EV4s5V3BqvP9Qw8phc8AZv25PqOlFwLLpHZgjkkoX-n-ug8qzp_kY4yspZYsdrGHDdLQ98AeTGhGyytDCR9Av68qIXfRyIAwZG6phxhWA1Y0LLYuB5RwK82J4suiApS3-=s3007" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="3007" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2viRxQWMfI33ZyQpgiO4TbnP8aGKjaOniKBvyT6CaqUzCkuEmjX7cQe5EV4s5V3BqvP9Qw8phc8AZv25PqOlFwLLpHZgjkkoX-n-ug8qzp_kY4yspZYsdrGHDdLQ98AeTGhGyytDCR9Av68qIXfRyIAwZG6phxhWA1Y0LLYuB5RwK82J4suiApS3-=w640-h306" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After movement.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div>Line of Sight is infinite as are weapon ranges; only hills and buildings block actual LOS. A laser line is very helpful with determining LOS: if you can measure a line from the turret center to any point of an enemy vehicle you can fire at it. The caveat is that, unless you can see at least 3 different corners of an enemy vehicle it is considered "in cover" which is beneficial to defense. </div><div><br /></div><div>Armor facing is very simple: everything on a horizonal plane from the front hull of your tank is a frontal shot. Everything behind this is a flank shot. Flank shots reduce Survivability by 1 die. Some tanks (such as the Panther) are even more vulnerable to flank shots and reduce the number of dice by 2. This vulnerability can lead to potentially fatal shots to even previously undamaged vehicles. </div><div><br /></div><div>Shooting is straight forward: the dice are 6 sided: each has 3 blank (miss) sides, 1 critical hit side and 2 regular hit sides. When defending you roll the same dice; each critical hit or regular hit the defender rolls negates one of the attackers dice. Most tanks have low Survivability scores, but this can be increased by using cover (which grants 1 additional dice) and by movement. Each point of movement used during the turn by the <b>target</b> tank grants 1 additional defense die. Also, each point of movement used during the turn by the <b>firer</b> grants the defender 1 additional defense die. Standing still makes it easier to hit your target, but moving keeps you alive. Both attack and defense dice are capped at 6, so there is a hard limit on what can be done at both ends. Some tanks allow re-rolls to attack and defense dice; there is potentially a lot going on during this phase. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzubA0F1njmq5UglBTSYYKWPnxEXhfFZwvqtUvGET1O6bPCJnsb-1TSqayd3O0aWM3ek8tqlwWNWLnh2ypsiip8Clpucg2u7LN9-gwR8_Ul25mcHLkxIPdoLUzzDivYvSExsk1XZCn8Rst5UD6jmAxx9EN-uBqY0CBKWk5-4yGz6Kwe3MDOtSFn64J=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzubA0F1njmq5UglBTSYYKWPnxEXhfFZwvqtUvGET1O6bPCJnsb-1TSqayd3O0aWM3ek8tqlwWNWLnh2ypsiip8Clpucg2u7LN9-gwR8_Ul25mcHLkxIPdoLUzzDivYvSExsk1XZCn8Rst5UD6jmAxx9EN-uBqY0CBKWk5-4yGz6Kwe3MDOtSFn64J=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the various types of Critical Hits</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Critical Hits are resolved with a separate card deck. Some hits cause no superficial damage (i.e. loss of hit points) but degrade the vehicle in some way (eg: the crew bails out rendering the tank inert until they remount it), while others can be catastrophic (an ammo explosion or an engine fire) causing quite a number of hit points of damage. Critical Hits add a lot of excitement and tension since you may hang on to that last hit point due to sheer dumb luck, or go out in a blaze of glory due to a lucky hit to your ammo rack.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk_je-zNpNqTxcoXyhMt0gVQzEqRRjv5P124N8HO1detx0zf-VCdhn8K_H2c5-cshQ0ePLziihfwrWODkJOJcaI-ttkiWawZfc9YnWUH1eIhHgQnRB9tZQlfXDSvM9lZ780WOZ8Bs_dwH_Xod5cVZur65XeANBPFbdf2YD-Btuqk81EMkUmBdRLXBs=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk_je-zNpNqTxcoXyhMt0gVQzEqRRjv5P124N8HO1detx0zf-VCdhn8K_H2c5-cshQ0ePLziihfwrWODkJOJcaI-ttkiWawZfc9YnWUH1eIhHgQnRB9tZQlfXDSvM9lZ780WOZ8Bs_dwH_Xod5cVZur65XeANBPFbdf2YD-Btuqk81EMkUmBdRLXBs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sci Fi Vehicles: Old Crow, Brigade Models, Darkest Star, GZG</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Since I do not have any WW2 tanks painted up we used Sci Fi vehicles for our games. Personally, I have no problem with this. I am a fan of alternate history, and the rules are generic enough to be used across multiple historical spectrums. Modern Sci Fi vehicles are larger than 1:100 scale WW2 models, but some of them do come close in size. My inventory is vast so I already have all 20 of the current vehicles in the game covered. It would be simple enough to take a photo of the tank I am using in place of the regular one and stick it to the tank card with white tac. This would prevent confusion as to what is what. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivmfX_ip-pXeiX0KVmedo5kOn4gZPgIpDd7hUFC3bE0omsqT2NQBFJp8bEAQZgxbRKZnSjU_32-Sytjl2quAh8hq9phNasfDKN9frKa_LI84Ex-upNSr_EumvePkyeX7NNPxWfwO1K3IojwHxcnLB3f597Fh1MymZ2D_SPN9KtDxFR1P0twBNtk5Mp=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivmfX_ip-pXeiX0KVmedo5kOn4gZPgIpDd7hUFC3bE0omsqT2NQBFJp8bEAQZgxbRKZnSjU_32-Sytjl2quAh8hq9phNasfDKN9frKa_LI84Ex-upNSr_EumvePkyeX7NNPxWfwO1K3IojwHxcnLB3f597Fh1MymZ2D_SPN9KtDxFR1P0twBNtk5Mp=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">With a little imagination anything is possible. Space T-34s, Space Shermans, ect.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The game is normally played on a 3'x3' table, but with larger models I would go with 4'x4' to accommodate the size difference. Eventually I will add all of the actual vehicles to my model pool, and I will likely paint them as well! This is somewhat necessary due to the fact that without the additional cards from the Booster Packs the game would be rather bland over due time. Using both historical and sci fi vehicles also opens up the game and prevents it from becoming stale. Sometimes I want Space Nazis, not regular Nazis. </p><p>The game is amenable to House Rules. Board game Geek forums are a good place to connect with folks who have already developed their own. </p><p>Overall I am pleased with the game. I would not normally be interested in collectible games, but this one hit the right spot for me. It is fast and varied enough to allow enjoyment past a couple of plays. If you love tanks (I do) then you will likely enjoy this game. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-83480938077245472882021-12-29T14:25:00.026-05:002021-12-29T23:15:41.207-05:00World of Tanks Miniatures Game AAR - in 15mm Sci Fi<p> This Christmas my youngest son surprised me with a gift of miniatures: The World of Tanks Miniatures Game. I was formally a WoT player on the XBox for 7+ years, so he knew I would like this. Sadly, I dont have any WW2 tanks painted, so I thought: why not use my 15mm Sci Fi vehicles for the interim. A tank is a tank. There are many reviews online for this game so I will not go over the rules here. Suffice to say, they are simple. The game is similar to X-Wing, where you can equip your stock tanks with upgrade cards such as crew, modules and consumables (ammo, supplies, ect). This creates a varied play experience each time. The game avoids the movement fussiness of X-wing, which was very refreshing. </p><p>We setup a relatively simple battle: Base Capture. Soviets vs the Germans. The Germans used two stock Tiger tanks and two Panzer IVs, while the Russians fielded a single IS-2 and three T-34s. Each side had a single base: a Soviet forward command bunker and a German supply dump. Civilian vehicles, trees and other stand alone terrain pieces served as walls, allowing cover and a temporary hull down position before being destroyed by incoming fire or movement </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9Dw2jCPDIEufOIjOVV5PK5b8tEVZksRqsKSEAc0TaGU3cvUFTPyMmQ9WWsuxIyU4z9arzsSxEwF-B-4Z_8HYlal3rX9L7svhaWRnV6ClH3UGWMfDRRY3rjIXhPR--6dPNSA92kI79Ttpm7SABjkxcMapH-R_QJIFpr9Z1WAlPZo0cmmUUjuZgyVo9=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9Dw2jCPDIEufOIjOVV5PK5b8tEVZksRqsKSEAc0TaGU3cvUFTPyMmQ9WWsuxIyU4z9arzsSxEwF-B-4Z_8HYlal3rX9L7svhaWRnV6ClH3UGWMfDRRY3rjIXhPR--6dPNSA92kI79Ttpm7SABjkxcMapH-R_QJIFpr9Z1WAlPZo0cmmUUjuZgyVo9=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Battle of Villin Farm</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU3473dUePTpZpCVLYRGWVBY7ZNppAJvVMNNkaeIBPqLUVFBZD9EXT3PHoCuNm2LAqTBLnUTUykRdlAkVw5Eyf_ASXjhIiROUTf_aWg1TXO1MPHqtwuXUf_rFPAKo2zNGvaB730BNz__qbx4dYxcq25UKKw_H1LHgw7muUs1kHwCysCiL6a14b67Jy=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU3473dUePTpZpCVLYRGWVBY7ZNppAJvVMNNkaeIBPqLUVFBZD9EXT3PHoCuNm2LAqTBLnUTUykRdlAkVw5Eyf_ASXjhIiROUTf_aWg1TXO1MPHqtwuXUf_rFPAKo2zNGvaB730BNz__qbx4dYxcq25UKKw_H1LHgw7muUs1kHwCysCiL6a14b67Jy=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnD1U6EUDtH9jGGGtPPLCh7oX9tcSEdg27CwVZtfrDuIwJds5VxrjD_h4cYRz--y8sknQGYI5X0LpgQjnTAJ_9nTLaHafpa0dupA5Pp2E8u0rzG3yEyQ5ZCA_OAw2cp5gIDsHBD9VMPBqJ1ySwf-usIq3dqShGfaAm571jnbJ_CGkUEchDD02duqYk=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnD1U6EUDtH9jGGGtPPLCh7oX9tcSEdg27CwVZtfrDuIwJds5VxrjD_h4cYRz--y8sknQGYI5X0LpgQjnTAJ_9nTLaHafpa0dupA5Pp2E8u0rzG3yEyQ5ZCA_OAw2cp5gIDsHBD9VMPBqJ1ySwf-usIq3dqShGfaAm571jnbJ_CGkUEchDD02duqYk=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>For the Germans, I used Old Crow vehicles: Sabre tanks for Tigers and Gladius tanks for Panzer IVs. Soviet forces were equipped with Khurasan Red Faction tanks. </div><div><br /></div><div>The goal was simple: the Germans were attempting to breakthrough a narrow pass in the Caucuses Mountains and had built up a forward supply base to support the attack. The Soviets mission was to disrupt the attack by destroying the supply depot. </div><div><br /></div><div>The odds favoured the Soviets slightly. Their tanks have a higher Initiative rating than the Germans and their T-34s can move three times whereas the none of the German tanks could move more than twice. Their higher initiative meant they moved last and fired first, giving them a tactical advantage and their increased speed allowed for greater mobility and flexibility. The IS-2 also boasted a heavier gun (122mm) than the Tiger (88mm); it is a serious threat to any of the German tanks, especially the Panzer IVs. </div><div><br /></div><b>Turn 1:</b> Both sides cautiously advance, attempting to get into defensive positions. Fire is exchanged between both forces, but, was inconclusive. <div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJqCV2aaORxEZARvuzI6AOZOT7WuODPnjioe68wr7Iv2efvOllC4-y211tNZym2r3yUXvnMGbhpjTq3KSvV0IuMs0vmXbKH3YzQ5jtUjxz4F12iHveEBXQqU_yORU9qJn1Z677odRK48gY2GFwBv3kg-VsZZSSB4cM2Av1VxK_sNJQuZMX6itiR6n2=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJqCV2aaORxEZARvuzI6AOZOT7WuODPnjioe68wr7Iv2efvOllC4-y211tNZym2r3yUXvnMGbhpjTq3KSvV0IuMs0vmXbKH3YzQ5jtUjxz4F12iHveEBXQqU_yORU9qJn1Z677odRK48gY2GFwBv3kg-VsZZSSB4cM2Av1VxK_sNJQuZMX6itiR6n2=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Turn 2: </b>The Panzerwaffe moves up aggressively on both flanks while Soviet forces take hull down positions opposite to their advance. The IS-2 remains on the central hill, hull down and in a commanding position. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZcJuEvzGv4AFfcfMpjNBb2jGFe9Lz6nqeVmZEhhUy84YtkUXFerXR9qHEsixGrTq4eLKgh5p9rJHGTx_ae8NOJESWIPkkAy-TxP-8XreWtlZ0KookePJNzjk_U6kswJ6RiJSmnEROMN1azNAG4g7LsC898esGNKqgBkW_yI84s2jn1rLdrPEpCB4Z=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZcJuEvzGv4AFfcfMpjNBb2jGFe9Lz6nqeVmZEhhUy84YtkUXFerXR9qHEsixGrTq4eLKgh5p9rJHGTx_ae8NOJESWIPkkAy-TxP-8XreWtlZ0KookePJNzjk_U6kswJ6RiJSmnEROMN1azNAG4g7LsC898esGNKqgBkW_yI84s2jn1rLdrPEpCB4Z=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg66IizXbpsMQDE8LzLBN17o5m90NQESXybr92cnEYDpgXhSWCLOBrA55lfbX8_AAdp269hntmnF31hHzHE5LCEzMHkD5X94UYz_H-gGjBsa9HOEJgxa8DkD0h0jQ3dumRGxaATYxrBfm_alW6rYdTjpoFI75JhXdzS9a7X958r-IWsXRtVKRwPOIFv=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg66IizXbpsMQDE8LzLBN17o5m90NQESXybr92cnEYDpgXhSWCLOBrA55lfbX8_AAdp269hntmnF31hHzHE5LCEzMHkD5X94UYz_H-gGjBsa9HOEJgxa8DkD0h0jQ3dumRGxaATYxrBfm_alW6rYdTjpoFI75JhXdzS9a7X958r-IWsXRtVKRwPOIFv=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCWbgerxuPRZNVHAVkG6zlyNdHTzSYjLPR1szUKYUfMr1_vjTGLqP-_KZebuEDypIbEwi4aZ5ey42yWJ-9ytIbbeC970uBWvzNot5uES-cilTZlXqKzWz_oSgNJ_J_74Wiz4fGKJpiXZpgfEvoBQVrrrXFd0mvtEEKS_TZSVNJgtP7VQs9qQd_yo3E=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCWbgerxuPRZNVHAVkG6zlyNdHTzSYjLPR1szUKYUfMr1_vjTGLqP-_KZebuEDypIbEwi4aZ5ey42yWJ-9ytIbbeC970uBWvzNot5uES-cilTZlXqKzWz_oSgNJ_J_74Wiz4fGKJpiXZpgfEvoBQVrrrXFd0mvtEEKS_TZSVNJgtP7VQs9qQd_yo3E=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Furious fire is exchanged between both groups. The lead Panzer IV is caught in the open and is disabled by a lucky shot to her tracks, leaving the vehicle exposed and vulnerable. The Soviets come off worse, with shells shattering both solar panels a T-34 had been using for cover and knocking it out after suffering multiple critical hits. </div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibT7wii78Itq9h2rwedJ5589xdeRACy7PrT8gBCefV27OcZtQiF2U7JsQ45dKnJVfwCHQmvJ2q7VQEclEkIEPJix0-x1oJadxx0-XLNa8P2ZCfI9dLsoUusDNtZKFrTtFTKMymxmQirpbDre_vN_Y8-L388QdWhpIxpw1E3Cem2An9yMPdrUMwlTsg=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibT7wii78Itq9h2rwedJ5589xdeRACy7PrT8gBCefV27OcZtQiF2U7JsQ45dKnJVfwCHQmvJ2q7VQEclEkIEPJix0-x1oJadxx0-XLNa8P2ZCfI9dLsoUusDNtZKFrTtFTKMymxmQirpbDre_vN_Y8-L388QdWhpIxpw1E3Cem2An9yMPdrUMwlTsg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Turn 3: </b>The Panzerwaffe begins an aggressive push towards the Soviet base. In the north the Panzer IV fails its repair roll, leaving it disabled in the open, and in the sights of the IS-2 and a T-34, both in hull down positions. In the south, a single T-34 takes up a firing position in the woods beside their base.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGwHLwrtG3WfNyC18Q6XqQmsdxgpv9vdhmWWDW0c6nW6sz7xIlshTqgx3TmR6dRzagB5jFgxVscxlaB6PuzX-EkzGBHlo0LaHafyc5IGkMfXOrI5KtPH-Ksy6bY6ZvYlj2io1KMzK9Q1Ld0gv3dMdoAk-54mH8wdG8yEWtKIrh4WFvZxklhm4o447X=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGwHLwrtG3WfNyC18Q6XqQmsdxgpv9vdhmWWDW0c6nW6sz7xIlshTqgx3TmR6dRzagB5jFgxVscxlaB6PuzX-EkzGBHlo0LaHafyc5IGkMfXOrI5KtPH-Ksy6bY6ZvYlj2io1KMzK9Q1Ld0gv3dMdoAk-54mH8wdG8yEWtKIrh4WFvZxklhm4o447X=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fire is exchanged, with both sides suffering heavily. The immobilized Panzer IV is easily knocked out, while the T-34 defending the base suffers 3 hits, taking it down to 1 hull point. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_tnT26ARrsd9b-jBssYGw7oCrwe38nUWk_F2X34lglAgOBnjD2STFuvI1cTK6q2X2DDqK4ohoR9c4s3ZHA8KgU_nBJRZVU0WggZMb4uTGR_6e-CHH0_ye4cKO1gROM3D2V031AfACnXeoDRJDkXfbSFHmoBAaQIT1mW9bWINud1NUBLm2pi7dH-Uc=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_tnT26ARrsd9b-jBssYGw7oCrwe38nUWk_F2X34lglAgOBnjD2STFuvI1cTK6q2X2DDqK4ohoR9c4s3ZHA8KgU_nBJRZVU0WggZMb4uTGR_6e-CHH0_ye4cKO1gROM3D2V031AfACnXeoDRJDkXfbSFHmoBAaQIT1mW9bWINud1NUBLm2pi7dH-Uc=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Turn 4:</b> The Panzerwaffe continues its advance, slowly against the Soviet base. The Tiger defending the German supply dump remains on the hill in a hull down defensive position. Russian forces re-deploy slightly, with the damaged T-34 falling back to block the Tiger's line of sight to it, while the IS-2 moves slightly to cover the southern approaches. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwiKc4a8lkF6nADE-g20tN9jtq0tA1IMyqDFufz4Af_Rlpy_FC9Tf17HeupYXeDSDt0aznLcEBK5dOhEQMybP1yHs0o4bekHP1FsgTB2CSn4vmQnSMv6ICKN3kJH9jGzv6GzKaCvwuCXCQqZaICKjTgjyFdNXaadsUK8ffb7ZuEJskngzRO7sqxuxO=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwiKc4a8lkF6nADE-g20tN9jtq0tA1IMyqDFufz4Af_Rlpy_FC9Tf17HeupYXeDSDt0aznLcEBK5dOhEQMybP1yHs0o4bekHP1FsgTB2CSn4vmQnSMv6ICKN3kJH9jGzv6GzKaCvwuCXCQqZaICKjTgjyFdNXaadsUK8ffb7ZuEJskngzRO7sqxuxO=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Fire is exchanged, with both sides suffering losses. The damaged T-34 is knocked out, while the other Panzer IV suffers a minor hit while the crew of the northern Tiger tank bails out due to a lucky critical hit. This is potentially disastrous for the Panzerwaffe since their base is potentially wide open to capture. Until they pass a repair roll the tank will remain inert. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi2NAU21Q6LeBfWfECA6fHn6uIu8WEG7pXP70bXHl6f16Vj5BL9O2tJtS8Q5O5G3MFSPZjns5O9NioXPKnShPIfYTaXk9YiyGCEF-LVhSm4VDQgnV5o_JIP9LmJTnhJYHE9QUTOZc1PLcZYaHiLWs7J28jVwRiVv837IF-BYZlIM109i2IjK7aqYjk=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi2NAU21Q6LeBfWfECA6fHn6uIu8WEG7pXP70bXHl6f16Vj5BL9O2tJtS8Q5O5G3MFSPZjns5O9NioXPKnShPIfYTaXk9YiyGCEF-LVhSm4VDQgnV5o_JIP9LmJTnhJYHE9QUTOZc1PLcZYaHiLWs7J28jVwRiVv837IF-BYZlIM109i2IjK7aqYjk=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1na7sOjHCoB6YqL6bLqibC8No1l-mZPc-3XQPgIFwbDQWjjfyr2JPKJczV4PceaqM05VZIPxn75UMGxxDWk_0vnNeOHuC4ssVkZHgUuYcaojaqiGyL1esaSfcSgwgfSlIgUjpI6mhQ3JS_RHFkrbPDJKemULjVC_7bzOjiOJW_VTsUgcUhjqVc3_4=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1na7sOjHCoB6YqL6bLqibC8No1l-mZPc-3XQPgIFwbDQWjjfyr2JPKJczV4PceaqM05VZIPxn75UMGxxDWk_0vnNeOHuC4ssVkZHgUuYcaojaqiGyL1esaSfcSgwgfSlIgUjpI6mhQ3JS_RHFkrbPDJKemULjVC_7bzOjiOJW_VTsUgcUhjqVc3_4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Turn 5: </b>The crew of the Tiger remounts their vehicle due to a successful repair roll, which is crucial to their defense of the Supply Dump. In the south, their Schwerpunkt<span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></span>advances boldly, with the Panzer IV and Tiger rushing the Soviet base. Russian forces redeploy to save the situation, with their remaining T-34 moving to cut off the German advance. This is bad news for the Panzerwaffe, since their defending Tiger has no targets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqE903bfl4J_Z8CdC5Phnf4rYBopNKM13VkfE__8hvefSP2CNpEB4i9hcVWunywcE6w6nyDEgK2ppLEHCxGCExoh6cOnY9BKfr5_-XeBjonkG4EgVn5-DRgb8HdiQKJ2gIxtiypGZPLOx8BgHVDkbPt7hb_bmW45V0ub7W3m_hk9qJTIvBa1CfiBbt=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqE903bfl4J_Z8CdC5Phnf4rYBopNKM13VkfE__8hvefSP2CNpEB4i9hcVWunywcE6w6nyDEgK2ppLEHCxGCExoh6cOnY9BKfr5_-XeBjonkG4EgVn5-DRgb8HdiQKJ2gIxtiypGZPLOx8BgHVDkbPt7hb_bmW45V0ub7W3m_hk9qJTIvBa1CfiBbt=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>German boldness is punished: the Panzer IV is knocked out by a devastating shot from the IS-2. The Soviets suffer no losses from return fire from the advancing Tiger. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiANxs6HmVcaySOi2B1uX7kCC5tIdbyTUS-pazSz95tQJ0imPM4XnSOYTMm2UeZ03Ml_7M1_yGYqQlZupbNa2d_HgWjiVQQXi_COkViehfMXYbICUFAJqRTcSInuAOA-FYgJtr8xigd8cdH3KJlufJYyhKFORd6Gr02oUYlB-eLGoqAqHss7Br7QW3k=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiANxs6HmVcaySOi2B1uX7kCC5tIdbyTUS-pazSz95tQJ0imPM4XnSOYTMm2UeZ03Ml_7M1_yGYqQlZupbNa2d_HgWjiVQQXi_COkViehfMXYbICUFAJqRTcSInuAOA-FYgJtr8xigd8cdH3KJlufJYyhKFORd6Gr02oUYlB-eLGoqAqHss7Br7QW3k=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Turn 6: </b> German forces continue their desperate attack, with both Tigers advancing: one towards the base, taking cover behind a Soviet wreck, and another advancing down the center. Russian forces see an opportunity and pounce on the lone Tiger near their base. If they can overwhelm it victory is all but assured.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVuVEaejkg_j20MgK0IxnEMIchUG_oaj1xwWSh9Ugz9Slbv0ImwyViXYhoYgkkizwQR8xXRLv7WdWP3YyC_i8ecMxyo1KA-NjVMhousHI5qONLOtWf_6wuGSesdp3T6Ax4lTYDaMxQ3oL7a7J4iIYe9aly1CJ8UDS2C6iJewn_7kBQtajp-49x21F_=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVuVEaejkg_j20MgK0IxnEMIchUG_oaj1xwWSh9Ugz9Slbv0ImwyViXYhoYgkkizwQR8xXRLv7WdWP3YyC_i8ecMxyo1KA-NjVMhousHI5qONLOtWf_6wuGSesdp3T6Ax4lTYDaMxQ3oL7a7J4iIYe9aly1CJ8UDS2C6iJewn_7kBQtajp-49x21F_=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several lucky shots later and the Tiger is in rough shape: 4 damage and the crew bailing out due to a critical hit. The German offensive has collapsed. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheCyUfFG3GA47nU7IGrr3ZCRRMEHFq6PDboVHNam4U7g4s3lecrn96JiBpiqm6Dd8vCGN3fgcryKBtbeANYCfsHo8lRa4BQypM_zKEZSoxcM2Lq0LOrA31wyF_xWVBARBsXb8hPFyymWpCJK37Xe1HUKzKy8Kbq-3F5guoo9Vo814Pml1SWv6mzYQP=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheCyUfFG3GA47nU7IGrr3ZCRRMEHFq6PDboVHNam4U7g4s3lecrn96JiBpiqm6Dd8vCGN3fgcryKBtbeANYCfsHo8lRa4BQypM_zKEZSoxcM2Lq0LOrA31wyF_xWVBARBsXb8hPFyymWpCJK37Xe1HUKzKy8Kbq-3F5guoo9Vo814Pml1SWv6mzYQP=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqvH1E_zXw6ZBD_DHH_57YoAiZrf5vSffqlgd2x1x_wxIow3VqtmgTRoeoP00yKElAGagn5gWX2q8z3hyfTpe9S59wlDd2mlt9KQrFdke4U_KswV2ybFVjWyVW1lj9Im8EPrTH4xFQnOy8KVbVeNMTRvZnq3FdT0D1kIhsPYWItkUnl4CM39Q7c6KP=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqvH1E_zXw6ZBD_DHH_57YoAiZrf5vSffqlgd2x1x_wxIow3VqtmgTRoeoP00yKElAGagn5gWX2q8z3hyfTpe9S59wlDd2mlt9KQrFdke4U_KswV2ybFVjWyVW1lj9Im8EPrTH4xFQnOy8KVbVeNMTRvZnq3FdT0D1kIhsPYWItkUnl4CM39Q7c6KP=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Turn 7:</b> The Tiger fails its repair roll, meaning the crew refused to remount their vehicle, leaving the tank inert. This spells doom for the Tiger. Soviet forces pounce and easily knock it out with multiple critical hits, with the final blow coming from an ammo detonation. German return fire from their sole remaining tank is ineffective. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKZXGmQOlXhL8FL1zNHCF_K9BI6vJjJCsalhhxlyhUnOOYy8YTLzGJnJ4YL2mJEzjPW0de3wxglg4u4G7p0poyNbjWXyP9KEj4bqE-V-H7PMFYdtGyrr_YcMBG524uAcxDXAYDI9Kl8egZpGHgP8lD2rqpzJZ3NtI31xvz1hXWSlM9Y6b-jNqkVfXa=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKZXGmQOlXhL8FL1zNHCF_K9BI6vJjJCsalhhxlyhUnOOYy8YTLzGJnJ4YL2mJEzjPW0de3wxglg4u4G7p0poyNbjWXyP9KEj4bqE-V-H7PMFYdtGyrr_YcMBG524uAcxDXAYDI9Kl8egZpGHgP8lD2rqpzJZ3NtI31xvz1hXWSlM9Y6b-jNqkVfXa=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpgeLNyHD1SHPiJ6Ls-oxytvCNAWd_JRS5SRRL_wjdrz7Y9i66C7QBwPDeV5eR6xanNkvw2NVqjRUxxIEWARrWdLwt9hEhe4P1kbzqbhCmcvR8SJajCcKgjaO4FyssU8POFptrWdxLD92yC9Jv7kpp-iHzS_Or82ZpmWi4r8KwzOo-TR2p0Ho6VPWW=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpgeLNyHD1SHPiJ6Ls-oxytvCNAWd_JRS5SRRL_wjdrz7Y9i66C7QBwPDeV5eR6xanNkvw2NVqjRUxxIEWARrWdLwt9hEhe4P1kbzqbhCmcvR8SJajCcKgjaO4FyssU8POFptrWdxLD92yC9Jv7kpp-iHzS_Or82ZpmWi4r8KwzOo-TR2p0Ho6VPWW=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGdKYWfEVrqmEXkl6FPZfzEEh_rWRGc9mrqIvns1P_FKRU4vYcKGKLU9Qn7hpbs8HTItfiHghjtvtWVPtBnU-wVM_VtAQ4KgFG5L6_qGJbRMYi1UTvbLlnvP9Jf_FcN01nqmqjNX3WkY_R-00RuHE7m3UDX9m4--5E3YbPVgaK0HF74vmDBpRwcfuh=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGdKYWfEVrqmEXkl6FPZfzEEh_rWRGc9mrqIvns1P_FKRU4vYcKGKLU9Qn7hpbs8HTItfiHghjtvtWVPtBnU-wVM_VtAQ4KgFG5L6_qGJbRMYi1UTvbLlnvP9Jf_FcN01nqmqjNX3WkY_R-00RuHE7m3UDX9m4--5E3YbPVgaK0HF74vmDBpRwcfuh=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>At this point we called the game. The Germans had no realistic chance of capturing the base and were in danger of being surrounded. It was a good game, with excitement for both sides. WoT the Miniatures game is an excellent introductory wargame and provides a fast play experience without undo complexity. </p><p>I need to get collecting I think. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-60681410122629157832021-12-24T09:15:00.002-05:002021-12-24T09:15:26.099-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Apartments<p>I guess this could be considered Old Crow Week. </p><p>Sadly, Old Crow makes only two buildings at 1:100 scale: a large apartment block and a smaller one. As usual however, their quality is superb. I have two of the large and 4 of the smaller ones. They paint up quickly and are suitably generic for just about any setting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ2lGn8ckkn0ev4zKP47B8FwE7f_69Pv_mzw9yEPUW4Ahcrmk-qFDeIDyaOPf-lwXbZAXLZ-FXvdXvJtd3fmNp3J_v-9ZTl625kn7_Uz_Xr561f7deO6nWhTv8HE-6g0ac9Daf2f9XA7uk43WCpS8I_6d7B7itoKh-z6uHAIch8n8B4zYnC4ncUDOU=s4007" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="4007" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ2lGn8ckkn0ev4zKP47B8FwE7f_69Pv_mzw9yEPUW4Ahcrmk-qFDeIDyaOPf-lwXbZAXLZ-FXvdXvJtd3fmNp3J_v-9ZTl625kn7_Uz_Xr561f7deO6nWhTv8HE-6g0ac9Daf2f9XA7uk43WCpS8I_6d7B7itoKh-z6uHAIch8n8B4zYnC4ncUDOU=w640-h374" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Each side of the buildings have a different frontage. <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipOROiJEMxGMXoNL5NzZCGpZnkw9YRKA3b6V-ytSzgqfOFXXGa89wPrdqe6Ic4nFmb468oUoX5PxUggE6-zZHdP3V90-BbguK4bc-0IuFqEXu9gDiCXIMFPkm1rA3FqoV531yHKWC6hG6_Dvn8L9tyuN95VEeRo3UaVKxeCMOmi0iG__U5mPl2qHZN=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipOROiJEMxGMXoNL5NzZCGpZnkw9YRKA3b6V-ytSzgqfOFXXGa89wPrdqe6Ic4nFmb468oUoX5PxUggE6-zZHdP3V90-BbguK4bc-0IuFqEXu9gDiCXIMFPkm1rA3FqoV531yHKWC6hG6_Dvn8L9tyuN95VEeRo3UaVKxeCMOmi0iG__U5mPl2qHZN=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow Small Apartment Block.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The buildings themselves were painted with Tamiya Medium Grey, then accented with other warm greys and finally highlighted with Vallejo Grey White. Nothing fancy.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizjWaGptCYs-ktOKxnrjjiOkJiVcu74KKgH33hYUZRi1AcpnVm4di98yIFhBP2UuNLYc67HEQtNM5YP6Epw2RsRieQvBVeIICcDf9Eog_KVype_L8k86lLAuDrDBq8VUUlKBvvj_MRoXUG9d67jV_-ZcHdwnXcuJztZIMLT9NbDoDtlz98eZKDXnq4=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizjWaGptCYs-ktOKxnrjjiOkJiVcu74KKgH33hYUZRi1AcpnVm4di98yIFhBP2UuNLYc67HEQtNM5YP6Epw2RsRieQvBVeIICcDf9Eog_KVype_L8k86lLAuDrDBq8VUUlKBvvj_MRoXUG9d67jV_-ZcHdwnXcuJztZIMLT9NbDoDtlz98eZKDXnq4=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow Large Apartment Block</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHeM9QQKejc9JAXMP3idR6kc36qUDyXaZffi0sL25O6uavykqDGWu1FfpLPHrZLHc9AyMpMoqAiUgc85RvfX3Nb-5KwoezkoWKjECwjPRdoyIJc5v9srXhsMgVd1163ZZGCL6x9DYeUNRnX086Ga1DnK-vCNidX8KCO7_8UUCKGr4O9SOFm5P-DrM9=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHeM9QQKejc9JAXMP3idR6kc36qUDyXaZffi0sL25O6uavykqDGWu1FfpLPHrZLHc9AyMpMoqAiUgc85RvfX3Nb-5KwoezkoWKjECwjPRdoyIJc5v9srXhsMgVd1163ZZGCL6x9DYeUNRnX086Ga1DnK-vCNidX8KCO7_8UUCKGr4O9SOFm5P-DrM9=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjU954DEl64Z0pSXHuSscWXHoJxVyX4hnx_RdYdnZX8cClk00y6tjbEpdiQM_4CRr88DIYC1tM0ipem18F4DfUMbQOxJTB5mXuVXNZWfkAKSz98u6AbGC8wtf7fELokQbk5nLpN86OD-sGfmNynumLsaR5HtXkPYlkhYe8wAquAU07ZlDO3VFYcuvu=s4023" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="4023" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjU954DEl64Z0pSXHuSscWXHoJxVyX4hnx_RdYdnZX8cClk00y6tjbEpdiQM_4CRr88DIYC1tM0ipem18F4DfUMbQOxJTB5mXuVXNZWfkAKSz98u6AbGC8wtf7fELokQbk5nLpN86OD-sGfmNynumLsaR5HtXkPYlkhYe8wAquAU07ZlDO3VFYcuvu=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I used Vallejo pigments (in a dry form) to weather the buildings, giving them a grungy look, fitting for a colony world or slum. </p></div>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-2068113669473682712021-12-22T17:13:00.006-05:002021-12-22T17:17:14.663-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Drophip<p> Apparently my productive streak still has some spark in it. Today I banged off my last two Old Crow aircraft: two Crow Landers. That makes 4 aircraft done this week.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEintUHhQdpKcD3HdL6NhnSD9LJHvZHtz0ZYWrXku03uQrMjRY9u3WeIhV10DoDfTCGjpP3q90_2zouMC-f3XYytRlV9JoSpESmcr_ofYIbMIW9h7VvqlFV5C0Hoq5pkCPmfO8UDk1QzFEVh6ntkL0LW-O1v9R2PMJPkvsMAsxU7cQt-aNySOWaueuiV=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEintUHhQdpKcD3HdL6NhnSD9LJHvZHtz0ZYWrXku03uQrMjRY9u3WeIhV10DoDfTCGjpP3q90_2zouMC-f3XYytRlV9JoSpESmcr_ofYIbMIW9h7VvqlFV5C0Hoq5pkCPmfO8UDk1QzFEVh6ntkL0LW-O1v9R2PMJPkvsMAsxU7cQt-aNySOWaueuiV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm Old Crow Dropship - The Crow Lander</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I will not go into the painting details. They were done the same as the gunships.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIZUZ55BleA_B0NcSBg3SEz7HuhzC5XuNMiflYdRJsLviQMrIvq9WLh-Rz4C-LRUprDbyPW0uW7XMHo-Rpoc-LW6LbqSBzvhu3Y0v25JVDzUivMts8SsUHxSITmf6OGvWqlxcy-4fKY75knTWG89amRnAvu3p-hxvuPhOQGdsZo1i4DyHuCpyXStUA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIZUZ55BleA_B0NcSBg3SEz7HuhzC5XuNMiflYdRJsLviQMrIvq9WLh-Rz4C-LRUprDbyPW0uW7XMHo-Rpoc-LW6LbqSBzvhu3Y0v25JVDzUivMts8SsUHxSITmf6OGvWqlxcy-4fKY75knTWG89amRnAvu3p-hxvuPhOQGdsZo1i4DyHuCpyXStUA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfS_lWLetTIvIZGGsgX7vmC_ySF_5DlltWFzaApc8s5eJqU6FwNiH5mdrPKuhS_1Ss3F_FrZSjAmv1s36UP20bKPHlh50T5y-iWOVMMeRDMqd3_0LXrsVPJCWJ8_If0httFeDwtUtC6IKcvtDSKZnG9edNKqTAPS6PE3jnBG9LCc_QCvPGlshygCMN=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfS_lWLetTIvIZGGsgX7vmC_ySF_5DlltWFzaApc8s5eJqU6FwNiH5mdrPKuhS_1Ss3F_FrZSjAmv1s36UP20bKPHlh50T5y-iWOVMMeRDMqd3_0LXrsVPJCWJ8_If0httFeDwtUtC6IKcvtDSKZnG9edNKqTAPS6PE3jnBG9LCc_QCvPGlshygCMN=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyyppQCAAQd4fv-NO1vatmpBQgI_LG5fiyCogdJ5aY9qEGZz8M07waGOG_4n9D8FtpQp_N95M-JfGNuR483H1VOTgthaV3n6oUMmdTOuKVDI1z0HB3Pz9cMJEOzLsVYO23fbVAAqIf2cPhR4Mu-mL4UeDWXjWX0-40BNg7JYmz9VbFwT07CEqeproL=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyyppQCAAQd4fv-NO1vatmpBQgI_LG5fiyCogdJ5aY9qEGZz8M07waGOG_4n9D8FtpQp_N95M-JfGNuR483H1VOTgthaV3n6oUMmdTOuKVDI1z0HB3Pz9cMJEOzLsVYO23fbVAAqIf2cPhR4Mu-mL4UeDWXjWX0-40BNg7JYmz9VbFwT07CEqeproL=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This gives me 15 air unit of various types (jets, alien jets, saucers, ect). </p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-5561376687817432392021-12-20T17:07:00.005-05:002021-12-22T17:16:55.981-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Gunships finished!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had some time today so I decided to go for it and paint up the other gunship that I had. Only two Dropships left to do. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEG5Atxh6dGZo1UdbW5-gIaG-8aI2V8EtKyGXf1Ttgtz-cDGBCnnZK_xy0gDQpp9wyyiG4l_lfDocHSg69nmf8VFqOqivV_gMh1-KThBYU_aA-CwgxEkHvrW-BMHNwR88fVJyl9R5xCNSDjz5DcqCnK8C9-vwlZQ6t6F0wmtUBnt0p1BbXpAEhq1fs=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEG5Atxh6dGZo1UdbW5-gIaG-8aI2V8EtKyGXf1Ttgtz-cDGBCnnZK_xy0gDQpp9wyyiG4l_lfDocHSg69nmf8VFqOqivV_gMh1-KThBYU_aA-CwgxEkHvrW-BMHNwR88fVJyl9R5xCNSDjz5DcqCnK8C9-vwlZQ6t6F0wmtUBnt0p1BbXpAEhq1fs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-71721406822019540312021-12-19T12:42:00.011-05:002021-12-19T17:53:47.048-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Raven Gunship<p>Its Sunday, which means most of my family is working today. So, with some time to spare I banged off this guy, an Old Crow Gunship, suitably modified to my specifications.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPVZoi_-rWQcw2giWTyT7cD-z2gAUgyZHW7Vak_rYtsVl31aEYkobtwJZSf26wsdTxXXqtPNC_PF2CCizoKoJ0uzaf_qc8qWeKOtQMxvvuOzagCdCpIK7XCbrLcJ94cgGNna3dD0QkAxZPaBospI_m_UShE8dIObcupmILXbAI3-JMoivF2zHDhgp8=s4023" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2233" data-original-width="4023" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPVZoi_-rWQcw2giWTyT7cD-z2gAUgyZHW7Vak_rYtsVl31aEYkobtwJZSf26wsdTxXXqtPNC_PF2CCizoKoJ0uzaf_qc8qWeKOtQMxvvuOzagCdCpIK7XCbrLcJ94cgGNna3dD0QkAxZPaBospI_m_UShE8dIObcupmILXbAI3-JMoivF2zHDhgp8=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm Old Crow Raven Gunship</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The pattern was simple:</div><div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Primed Black</li><li>Airbrushed with a basecoat of Tamiya XF-83 Med Sea Gray 2 RAF</li><li>Highlighted with Tamiya Sky Grey and then Vallejo Model Air Grey White.</li><li>Metal bits were done by hand with Tamiya Metallic Grey, while missiles were coated with thinned Model Color Off White.</li><li>The cockpit was my typical mix: Vallejo Game Color Black, Imperial Blue, Enchanted Blue, Electric Blue and Glacier Blue.</li><li>Lights were done with Vallejo Red/Scarlet Red/Bright Orange & Light Green/Lime/Yellow Green.</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDrtjdLrOnzYlgYBeTf4hC_oZQKT29364w9JYZgx0E4-MrKEJSisReuqtZUaR4fuPQOHXqxdRXS7g0QKN1uF4HrUMcyzr-sPFm-8CXXOFpb2rNvyc54IvUx2M3rog2EN0sWx2Xab4cs2UDT-bIlqJsBSURnVStRTYH7L4qVLS2iFftOqMzmpUhD-Ed=s3982" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1905" data-original-width="3982" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDrtjdLrOnzYlgYBeTf4hC_oZQKT29364w9JYZgx0E4-MrKEJSisReuqtZUaR4fuPQOHXqxdRXS7g0QKN1uF4HrUMcyzr-sPFm-8CXXOFpb2rNvyc54IvUx2M3rog2EN0sWx2Xab4cs2UDT-bIlqJsBSURnVStRTYH7L4qVLS2iFftOqMzmpUhD-Ed=w640-h306" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAkopFn-HScmloZMtTQM-W5xCglsJELedEZqApD1ZZVWiBLeDIuXJDBl2mvKsCgqSLb5e1Ayz2_5CPxbRfZ5IsUns3mKIxxzBVrA05GaQlw4mDIk6CUehCYtl-WyYoIA0VI6zT1BF1bO7sv1bNHFb4WG1D2gZJ-eqp2_HI_xMx4SgIM7F6SgfZT_Gr=s4031" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2185" data-original-width="4031" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAkopFn-HScmloZMtTQM-W5xCglsJELedEZqApD1ZZVWiBLeDIuXJDBl2mvKsCgqSLb5e1Ayz2_5CPxbRfZ5IsUns3mKIxxzBVrA05GaQlw4mDIk6CUehCYtl-WyYoIA0VI6zT1BF1bO7sv1bNHFb4WG1D2gZJ-eqp2_HI_xMx4SgIM7F6SgfZT_Gr=w640-h347" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7GAZ-5nl9-asuzX_ez3yqCVIcYK_cS8HPlDFxpiSrG1moQauQnv_pCsWxXjgvaELbPERoW-f4Iz2weLJP8ALE89YcNhFNgVa95IdjntTjJOsv0uMMV9DvbFG14CYUKVJ02MsEXT0uwHYlYu-vVMiZJZ2bnlSbm0NnT2ehD5MeuDRrComEQ77-Wj_k=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7GAZ-5nl9-asuzX_ez3yqCVIcYK_cS8HPlDFxpiSrG1moQauQnv_pCsWxXjgvaELbPERoW-f4Iz2weLJP8ALE89YcNhFNgVa95IdjntTjJOsv0uMMV9DvbFG14CYUKVJ02MsEXT0uwHYlYu-vVMiZJZ2bnlSbm0NnT2ehD5MeuDRrComEQ77-Wj_k=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have three more Old Crow birds left to paint. Not really in the mood to bang them off though since today I hit 900 miniatures painted for this year. Maybe in the new year.<br /><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-70126156602005838482021-12-18T22:31:00.002-05:002021-12-18T22:31:13.810-05:0028mm Fantasy - Reaper Young Ice Dragon<p> This Christmas my wife is apparently getting a bonus gift: a Christmas Dragon, care of Reaper Miniatures: a Young Ice Dragon. </p><p>I purchased this guy earlier this year along with some other of his brood. I had some time today so he got a well-deserved paint job.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8CmrCc8OhtiC-9hEfrz4vRcu6esyEIpBSrvCb1QfN_-0y3U8USrn1NP8BCNZv-dQwHsnv6tZ2jozuuGYOxMKMCgKgyyxre2nyFtXYsnSYGn_f7a-M9FC3CG7w3-Tb-X1Lhxto4oRJIXPPtQazL3zY_W1TsC9-Gh4NRsILK2VRdGgi6ffTdrbxyWSV=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8CmrCc8OhtiC-9hEfrz4vRcu6esyEIpBSrvCb1QfN_-0y3U8USrn1NP8BCNZv-dQwHsnv6tZ2jozuuGYOxMKMCgKgyyxre2nyFtXYsnSYGn_f7a-M9FC3CG7w3-Tb-X1Lhxto4oRJIXPPtQazL3zY_W1TsC9-Gh4NRsILK2VRdGgi6ffTdrbxyWSV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaper Miniatures Young Ice Dragon</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The scheme was simple:</div><div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Primed the whole model in Black, then Grey on top at a 45 degree angles, leaving the black in the recesses.</li><li>Vallejo Game Color Glacier White was thinned down to allow me to airbrush it, then, thin coats were applied at 45 degree angles. </li><li>A final highlight of Tamiya Flat White was done on the upper areas of the model and wings. </li><li>The chest was very carefully airbrushed with Vallejo Model Color Pale Sand with my Itata HP-B plus airbrush (this tool was necessary for this precision work). I could have painted them by hand, but airbrushing them was easier and more satisfying. </li><li>The eyes were done in Vallejo Model Color German Camo Dark Brown and then a dot of Vallejo Model Color Ice Yellow.</li><li>The tongue was painted Reaper Monster Maw and adjoining flesh with Vallejo Blue Violet, then the whole interior mouth was washed with Army Painter Flesh Tone.</li><li>Claws were done with Vallejo Model Color German Grey & Dark Blue Grey, with a small highlight of Pale Grey Blue.</li><li>The base was sanded, then painted with Vallejo Model Color German Camo Dark Brown, and drybrushed with Vallejo Model Color Tan Earth and Vallejo Game Color Bone White.</li><li>I added small patches of grass then added Games Workshop Snow, doing several layers to build it up.</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTGfWeAtTYRsY3-GWOJskTWmU9tY7saLsyDFn0rZnOXyBUnuj3lNgHlTO87WZSUjd_E4BrjbsCbGaszmyWvgzW729eeuYlRPBOz1L4J0wAPz7oxnDE6u_exHZRnPDsZKU5c-2GjOnWMMk-AxaMjVGUUQbruosUk1qKKHnvRmEGrgTb4pxW4WpAWCRY=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTGfWeAtTYRsY3-GWOJskTWmU9tY7saLsyDFn0rZnOXyBUnuj3lNgHlTO87WZSUjd_E4BrjbsCbGaszmyWvgzW729eeuYlRPBOz1L4J0wAPz7oxnDE6u_exHZRnPDsZKU5c-2GjOnWMMk-AxaMjVGUUQbruosUk1qKKHnvRmEGrgTb4pxW4WpAWCRY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzornKoGrtjjW7qo-UNoFpF0Woyo90TI8lWIAQoXkO8RBMTep4l9bOM1i9nWLelZAs8a2xrtHmc3-fzhsvoZ8IOekrqzR9m4cDOAEc0enJnbCgLBB2vX3vZoVhaf6CBIkgtA8lzFE8SK9SRdTXBg2zYxsyG8UVWJiOy5DBexVSnokan6hcwD_JcoMV=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzornKoGrtjjW7qo-UNoFpF0Woyo90TI8lWIAQoXkO8RBMTep4l9bOM1i9nWLelZAs8a2xrtHmc3-fzhsvoZ8IOekrqzR9m4cDOAEc0enJnbCgLBB2vX3vZoVhaf6CBIkgtA8lzFE8SK9SRdTXBg2zYxsyG8UVWJiOy5DBexVSnokan6hcwD_JcoMV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAy3n61suyAS2J44rhfIp07DSmD4bloyDPldUWk9UZ2dBIVj5brlHb6YF_cNkW701xTFaNYwaYP5Voc8am6p-4pW4qmvEYaNGQo5YvqhMFL-XSJ-PzGDMecSRDLCPMcAJp0dPMKfRNX4qmj_Q4w4BaOsTz9AnLGJRHw4YVQ8ddCClROwY1NHilZ2SA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAy3n61suyAS2J44rhfIp07DSmD4bloyDPldUWk9UZ2dBIVj5brlHb6YF_cNkW701xTFaNYwaYP5Voc8am6p-4pW4qmvEYaNGQo5YvqhMFL-XSJ-PzGDMecSRDLCPMcAJp0dPMKfRNX4qmj_Q4w4BaOsTz9AnLGJRHw4YVQ8ddCClROwY1NHilZ2SA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIEXND0n440Ad-N4yCBlwdGz6NlBs59Tf2rDsAFVpUbw5QIljCQpU6ekUIJx3C6BWzD-7xp4ugyrgZId6Fr4V31VkbQirwEx14s0r2m9b7BiS_GCC6H9OQExdHQ39dJQuzOhkQYQ0YIixPK5Q8niBGy9VDjTTrk_zIYn9qSEJPpxxzE69BRePg0Ws7=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIEXND0n440Ad-N4yCBlwdGz6NlBs59Tf2rDsAFVpUbw5QIljCQpU6ekUIJx3C6BWzD-7xp4ugyrgZId6Fr4V31VkbQirwEx14s0r2m9b7BiS_GCC6H9OQExdHQ39dJQuzOhkQYQ0YIixPK5Q8niBGy9VDjTTrk_zIYn9qSEJPpxxzE69BRePg0Ws7=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Overall I am pleased. He was simple and easy to complete, and the only model with snow in my massive collection. Perhaps I should do more......</p><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-20642693302264284452021-12-17T12:19:00.016-05:002021-12-17T13:05:15.233-05:0028mm Fantasy - 2021 Reaper Miniatures Christmas Dragon<p>For the last five years, at Christmas, I paint something for my wife...specifically a dragon (she is a Dragon per the Chinese calendar). Since my wife does not peruse my blog it is safe for me to post an early sneak peak at this years creation: A Reaper Miniatures Silver Dragon.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJhyniQk43g4EB0szukcpvWul1J54bXrTPdUsbID9BHsevsyUiHRWQ3P3etpt2X-yQyYDQ4C1-JUB-cXDWKMk-pqAYRdIHpoik_dR2St4M9-3Z7FOc83-rSkdmNjY5biekbc6mjTIQilXruyqDxVFzWLjvw8JdtF7zurcV3yBwo4GD6QNObUtx32Pj=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJhyniQk43g4EB0szukcpvWul1J54bXrTPdUsbID9BHsevsyUiHRWQ3P3etpt2X-yQyYDQ4C1-JUB-cXDWKMk-pqAYRdIHpoik_dR2St4M9-3Z7FOc83-rSkdmNjY5biekbc6mjTIQilXruyqDxVFzWLjvw8JdtF7zurcV3yBwo4GD6QNObUtx32Pj=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaper Miniatures Silver Dragon</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>This gentle giant was painted with various Vallejo Shifters metallic paints (which must be done over a black gloss primer), layered on top of each other with my twin Iwata airbrushes (mainly golds, with some silvers & blues). The hues change depending on the angle the light hits him. Sadly, you cannot see them all in the photos. The colors range from gold, to a greenish copper, to a brownish gold to a red. The transitions are subtle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS9BxqAm3zrD3SEJsNOSN3nJr92ZlwLRLXk3abQBb-maGV59aPi1Bd1aGhY9NqlLF1Y4yT286cFphc9Us7PbiPd4B78tFSZipuaz1I5DLZTm3jjWGMaJhMqd5BFVKDdlPsK33SJO3EXTbk6LYbs6LQivSjXCeoFIxEyh3p2IbFPOeHGjXh4fFGzZya=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS9BxqAm3zrD3SEJsNOSN3nJr92ZlwLRLXk3abQBb-maGV59aPi1Bd1aGhY9NqlLF1Y4yT286cFphc9Us7PbiPd4B78tFSZipuaz1I5DLZTm3jjWGMaJhMqd5BFVKDdlPsK33SJO3EXTbk6LYbs6LQivSjXCeoFIxEyh3p2IbFPOeHGjXh4fFGzZya=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I used a few MIG Filters on the wings, but that is about it. Horns were of course hand painted. To generate shadows you need to airbrush at 45 degree angles, leaving black in the recesses. The Shifters take multiple coats to generate the effects. Patience is key. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9TaIoi2iijv1EUFtIHX50gnECOF7kOH5IBQE5Sy2pEDzbPoU4lZnAJyAa7rdte41e6yjwbMhfVLMXLPqovfDH_NBrQ5FB9FZCT5WKOmwfXMeFA679tdb1Dp8_gmCU-eyEJOHQuFn-FuaFw3KqoyyOw1T51j1q4BQN2eJcvaRyM_M27QT9pcxrOPnr=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9TaIoi2iijv1EUFtIHX50gnECOF7kOH5IBQE5Sy2pEDzbPoU4lZnAJyAa7rdte41e6yjwbMhfVLMXLPqovfDH_NBrQ5FB9FZCT5WKOmwfXMeFA679tdb1Dp8_gmCU-eyEJOHQuFn-FuaFw3KqoyyOw1T51j1q4BQN2eJcvaRyM_M27QT9pcxrOPnr=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>You can brush on the Shifters as well. But the effect is very different, and IMO less pleasing. This product needs to be airbrushed on for the best results possible. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRSrUhslJzTHOG6f8aGdMh8d5rArUPqi2nJ4liO1dWhNdAROR5sVjC9plRrNfwrJtV1kYtEoL347h1WMfGKwnsOo7dNQ0V-4cwapsarLM30PbGlcIQt3mVK1xB3qAYiiejAGG9IU91taPWbWETFdhoHK7pkeuIzMT0h0Tue01JTbNReTBR7a-SRUF7=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRSrUhslJzTHOG6f8aGdMh8d5rArUPqi2nJ4liO1dWhNdAROR5sVjC9plRrNfwrJtV1kYtEoL347h1WMfGKwnsOo7dNQ0V-4cwapsarLM30PbGlcIQt3mVK1xB3qAYiiejAGG9IU91taPWbWETFdhoHK7pkeuIzMT0h0Tue01JTbNReTBR7a-SRUF7=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPmugGIMpI_NEoCQ0nEwe18ai2h9k3EnVVXClqhbc70cgjSGStfUQuppWuHH-TlYs-Iww-Bz2elX6nTx3SPHEqRxESzxcK5Oby5lN3ugiGdXdyOytewl24mXSjRwkxOD_PLAk5CjIQLPCD8fZcb8X7IOWnRWc35RxtzYpiT5OOCj_cK8imjltrhHFQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPmugGIMpI_NEoCQ0nEwe18ai2h9k3EnVVXClqhbc70cgjSGStfUQuppWuHH-TlYs-Iww-Bz2elX6nTx3SPHEqRxESzxcK5Oby5lN3ugiGdXdyOytewl24mXSjRwkxOD_PLAk5CjIQLPCD8fZcb8X7IOWnRWc35RxtzYpiT5OOCj_cK8imjltrhHFQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When finished coats of Alcad Clear and then Matte varnish were airbrushed on to seal the model. The Matte really tones down the sheen of the metallics, without removing it, creating the illusion of dragon scales. Alcad makes a Flat varnish as well, which is similar to Testors dullcote. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdkTIHuehWr7SQjzi035rK_Jb0ve9m17YZvlPVkGUL0FJIYa1DuqCvHDvmDIld9MPPke20qjWFpgN6lsn7j8AXxXd7ErICgQZp6ngDNklVDyOVaUFtEDkkkFjeol4RYvXWsyVWkWUMj1uGfwp5xKpzegbBUKk7mkibm8-jp7qVQPp0xiFk36SNBPCP=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdkTIHuehWr7SQjzi035rK_Jb0ve9m17YZvlPVkGUL0FJIYa1DuqCvHDvmDIld9MPPke20qjWFpgN6lsn7j8AXxXd7ErICgQZp6ngDNklVDyOVaUFtEDkkkFjeol4RYvXWsyVWkWUMj1uGfwp5xKpzegbBUKk7mkibm8-jp7qVQPp0xiFk36SNBPCP=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVDB9PPQGOd-zlsIybP6JKELaDYZK-x3cryJDXd5GdJEgQ8kdlirOaUuLldE_6hBeOVF9E0cft1U-nC3CvePWbqU1Zk0B_d97UIEPEWLnyw2-iot9q6Pj_eAYwZjRHJmvqfuXWkpIQstSG2u20g6L6aCE99VIPLfYZnO_gsofmIdfNyWvkpBBVHH9r=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVDB9PPQGOd-zlsIybP6JKELaDYZK-x3cryJDXd5GdJEgQ8kdlirOaUuLldE_6hBeOVF9E0cft1U-nC3CvePWbqU1Zk0B_d97UIEPEWLnyw2-iot9q6Pj_eAYwZjRHJmvqfuXWkpIQstSG2u20g6L6aCE99VIPLfYZnO_gsofmIdfNyWvkpBBVHH9r=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>He will join the brood which appears to be expanding nicely. </p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-67022742780111521862021-12-10T14:29:00.024-05:002021-12-10T16:54:37.376-05:0015mm Sci Fi - The Old Crow ground vehicle WIP pile has been completed!<p>Yesterday I pushed through and finished off the last 4 of my Old Crow ground vehicles for my North American Confederation forces. That makes 38 vehicles painted in less than two weeks, with my total model count for the year standing at 888 figures of all types. </p><p>My painted vehicle pool now stands at 280 1:100 scale models of all types.</p><p>The NAC vehicle pool is comprised of Antonitis Workshop & Khurasan models. However, they did not have any support vehicles in their pool which was a bit of a gap. My leftover Old Crow models nicely filled this shortfall. Later this month they will be getting a small amount of reinforcements: 3 Provider Transports (which will be dual use as both cargo carriers and as a Tac Missile Launcher and supporting Long Range Radar Vehicle, allowing me to make maximum use of all my turrets) and 1 JagdLancer Assault Gun (another vehicle type that never actually appeared for purchase on the Old Crow web site), bringing this pool to 22 vehicles in total. </p><p>These were done in my standard "NATO Green" scheme with my two Iwata airbrushes. </p><p><a href="https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2020/10/15mm-sci-fi-tomorrows-war-us-army.html">https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2020/10/15mm-sci-fi-tomorrows-war-us-army.html</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4ONb6CAEyS124olbz7DbqYz53Fn4TDmb2brCKm1pf7fe1EfvimvuP3w-sPx7uyJx2XOykWq58LMIgqCHhtp14eKiG6oPfTvCRZWJnLzDlDlFTbyM0TMqRSyCHMyGD7NvY2OYnaZ90sR96EdDVnd3LAhLkH8JzpiPoqy09zqP0StKq5kYCUN10RldT=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4ONb6CAEyS124olbz7DbqYz53Fn4TDmb2brCKm1pf7fe1EfvimvuP3w-sPx7uyJx2XOykWq58LMIgqCHhtp14eKiG6oPfTvCRZWJnLzDlDlFTbyM0TMqRSyCHMyGD7NvY2OYnaZ90sR96EdDVnd3LAhLkH8JzpiPoqy09zqP0StKq5kYCUN10RldT=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8mAcLcIxx6HdXw0qE793MfLsSft2lSsT26NTLChZIMYArJLUPPTie8t-4mpZKRO3C8Cqcpq-_Bb87KT-5zoja0zKdync4jXZhBqizCCiKgBN7IGKMbxKMrjhPv0S8Jzkfe2KIxATipCtcX1haEwZMUjKd_vtvLqZyrQM4oSBDYoyZdfYef9SydHNv=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8mAcLcIxx6HdXw0qE793MfLsSft2lSsT26NTLChZIMYArJLUPPTie8t-4mpZKRO3C8Cqcpq-_Bb87KT-5zoja0zKdync4jXZhBqizCCiKgBN7IGKMbxKMrjhPv0S8Jzkfe2KIxATipCtcX1haEwZMUjKd_vtvLqZyrQM4oSBDYoyZdfYef9SydHNv=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Primed Black</li><li>Tamiya Black Green as the base overcoat,.</li><li>Tamiya NATO Green on all raised areas, leaving the shade in recessed areas.</li><li>Tamiya Cockpit Green on all upper panel centers. </li><li>Tamiya NATO Black on all tires and tracks.</li><li>Tamiya Metallic Grey for all pintle mount weapons.</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Sky Grey on the Tactical Missiles.</li><li>Vallejo Model Color Off-White on on the missile pod warheads.</li><li>Stowage was picked out by hand with various colors: Vallejo German Camo Beige, Vallejo Green Yellow, Vallejo German Camo Bright Green.</li><li>Vallejo Black, Imperial Blue, Enchanted Blue, Electric Blue and Glacier Blue on vision slits.</li><li>Vallejo Black, Red, Scarlet, Bright Orange and White on all targeting sights.</li><li>MIG Filters: Grey for Light Green and Accumulated Dust on areas which would collect dirt. I could have used additional filters and other washes, but I stopped here.</li><li>Tamiya Weathering Pigments (Mud, Sand, Light Sand & Light Green).</li><li>Alclad Flat varnish, sprayed through the airbrush as a sealer.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOrhQBzBAJFw4vsWsggo8Sf8nUbcjT31rc9t64ICYSoUbvVLM6G7R1G_2oU8e713I18Nk-IwOBQsAQBb-uTzdyXI7LbsGpqJJ4SnxtBfcUibsH_iYJq5n7Hlc0BrugDipNZEr9DAhs1BYvkDSWCjvvOEMAnuNmsip6aEjBskaxXmf-Uk4RuCjEIb-Q=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOrhQBzBAJFw4vsWsggo8Sf8nUbcjT31rc9t64ICYSoUbvVLM6G7R1G_2oU8e713I18Nk-IwOBQsAQBb-uTzdyXI7LbsGpqJJ4SnxtBfcUibsH_iYJq5n7Hlc0BrugDipNZEr9DAhs1BYvkDSWCjvvOEMAnuNmsip6aEjBskaxXmf-Uk4RuCjEIb-Q=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Normally I would have given vehicles in the scheme a wash with Polyshades Minwax Tudor. However, this time I did not. I relied on my airbrush to provide the necessary shading and my Filters and Weathering Pigments to do the rest. This resulted in a very close match to the current vehicles which were done with the Tudor applied.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCiBJC2McKOGuL5T1hMnpeM-e1cA9YxQJ59JuK-FilPFoq9qVShDS4ST1-iOnkwdgOvsXALmumdLQpELrHZYmqpJkctxfnNi4zMuqijxfO0JpKkrDzc2pjmMxpcXDhwFVGda-Ac-gNUlILH1BKAWX_UlFmRviK0BlEH8wA9iOZ157zcjSooRMGOBd5=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCiBJC2McKOGuL5T1hMnpeM-e1cA9YxQJ59JuK-FilPFoq9qVShDS4ST1-iOnkwdgOvsXALmumdLQpELrHZYmqpJkctxfnNi4zMuqijxfO0JpKkrDzc2pjmMxpcXDhwFVGda-Ac-gNUlILH1BKAWX_UlFmRviK0BlEH8wA9iOZ157zcjSooRMGOBd5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>My reasons for this were twofold: Old Crow models consist of large flat areas. This geometry does not lend itself well when trying to apply a wash to the model as a whole. Washes need to settle in recesses, of which there are few. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj73V3B-j-Lh8GmRNikMCQvE7qhCan6F2M1tEKky60qhEIoIYfb-Ofj4NSpcl1A6YvrXk949xjJej4BbF6E-4Emx280gL2dERCSfmVNZkO3tvmtf7GwNSNbDxSo1P55VeHMYeg3FAitaG74QZzolxMpSPgZDnq62u-zgu7XehC8VVXCB7LV0s0mpJ2y=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj73V3B-j-Lh8GmRNikMCQvE7qhCan6F2M1tEKky60qhEIoIYfb-Ofj4NSpcl1A6YvrXk949xjJej4BbF6E-4Emx280gL2dERCSfmVNZkO3tvmtf7GwNSNbDxSo1P55VeHMYeg3FAitaG74QZzolxMpSPgZDnq62u-zgu7XehC8VVXCB7LV0s0mpJ2y=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Secondly, I have relied on this product for far too many years and I am trying to branch out and explore new techniques and products. Sometimes you have to throw away the crutches and risk falling in order to walk. </div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSu4jSazgY8oAMvta95mjA65BSgjwa2_kGAzlILccBkBDWfx3cRBzBrGjfAFbqqpjMsdygrD4vu0I3JhM42FMmGH3wdfcmJTbsl0jslajKyjQlneC4HP5D55D2Epyba5GyvDUZx-f7BmCC33_GMsIblcU8uuJatIdtYlbZEOWbuH7j1BxGKglIR3pB=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSu4jSazgY8oAMvta95mjA65BSgjwa2_kGAzlILccBkBDWfx3cRBzBrGjfAFbqqpjMsdygrD4vu0I3JhM42FMmGH3wdfcmJTbsl0jslajKyjQlneC4HP5D55D2Epyba5GyvDUZx-f7BmCC33_GMsIblcU8uuJatIdtYlbZEOWbuH7j1BxGKglIR3pB=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Next up will possibly be adding small white numbered decals to my 22 vehicles done in the red oxide scheme. That will be hours of work which I am dreading. I do have a small amount of characters and various beasts to complete, which will become a Christmas Holiday project and bring my painted model count to 900 figures. Other than that, my painting for this year is more or less completed. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think its time to focus on game reviews and other articles of interest. </div><p></p><p><br /></p>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-77226948530249089912021-12-09T10:10:00.010-05:002021-12-09T10:18:16.106-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Vehicles in German Red Oxide Camo Part 2<p>This week has seen another milestone of me: almost the complete reduction of my Old Crow vehicle WIP pile. This is a huge weight off my mind. </p><p>I was debating on what to paint the last third of these vehicles. Originally they were going to be a 4-tone PLA scheme. However, I decided to expand my Red Oxide vehicle pool instead. So, yesterday I banged off another 8 vehicles in the same scheme. This brings the pool to 22 vehicles painted up. Another 4 vehicles will be joining my American forces in a green scheme.</p><p><a href="https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2020/10/15mm-sci-fi-tomorrows-war-us-army.html">Small Soldiers - Fight! Win! : 15mm Sci Fi - Tomorrows War US Army Armored Vehicles (darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com)</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga2_b8EQwBBkzurDP8FMOjqPkC_yCqWnis_OzqT4gxA1Jz1exHFrKTE71NGJuQqE3KBAFQQ0a6x93dgT5gt_KMS8oBXnnBX9Yek2gWULONteMnfVxF6RsWBRQI6zsvULayjpL1pHhkLXt1aAbz86Vpqpse8MUxsAU5QOfko95GAFobeLslHiF5KOZS=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga2_b8EQwBBkzurDP8FMOjqPkC_yCqWnis_OzqT4gxA1Jz1exHFrKTE71NGJuQqE3KBAFQQ0a6x93dgT5gt_KMS8oBXnnBX9Yek2gWULONteMnfVxF6RsWBRQI6zsvULayjpL1pHhkLXt1aAbz86Vpqpse8MUxsAU5QOfko95GAFobeLslHiF5KOZS=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15mm Old Crow Vehicles</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The scheme is the same as last time (that is the point). </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com/2021/11/15mm-sci-fi-old-crow-vehicles-in-german.html">Small Soldiers - Fight! Win! : 15mm Sci Fi - Old Crow Vehicles in German Red Oxide Camo (darebearsminiemporium.blogspot.com)</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Extra turrets are also abundant but not shown.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirC70BA_pfKPgFkZLngAwPbE5dJ1gTvlyqXDZGp9r32PDkvfW8ChuafIUmfnmZWMZfE-REewUGaqpHkLLkfeiab4bMS6fA9JSSjIZ7pASn-DOHqyfX216LNBoVORu7OnIqrB5OnGAtabhcnHlZcSuZdg58lJBHnT5RM4lT1I2XeugxWesZtTSrnHMv=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirC70BA_pfKPgFkZLngAwPbE5dJ1gTvlyqXDZGp9r32PDkvfW8ChuafIUmfnmZWMZfE-REewUGaqpHkLLkfeiab4bMS6fA9JSSjIZ7pASn-DOHqyfX216LNBoVORu7OnIqrB5OnGAtabhcnHlZcSuZdg58lJBHnT5RM4lT1I2XeugxWesZtTSrnHMv=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Monochrome schemes can be a little dull. I make heavy use of Panel Highlighting in these cases. Its not a realistic lighting scheme, but it works well at small scales. Also liberal use of stowage is also a must for me. This breaks up the model and provides interest.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoqeyNnx_T3jYlmTrSw2Z7ayQG3U8HdNbnnFYQGRjBJHn3P1_Brqbo07zlFQQifncwtXCrbc5fsLxZR4im3F5GjsaKQKsax1RKKz2K3M9UvSPJVtj99Qr66LxNQGraXNinUNUdDlhKRyWRIKxdcZ2HnRigEzZnaFztm9zzhnosLRA_jUft8qW_SKpH=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoqeyNnx_T3jYlmTrSw2Z7ayQG3U8HdNbnnFYQGRjBJHn3P1_Brqbo07zlFQQifncwtXCrbc5fsLxZR4im3F5GjsaKQKsax1RKKz2K3M9UvSPJVtj99Qr66LxNQGraXNinUNUdDlhKRyWRIKxdcZ2HnRigEzZnaFztm9zzhnosLRA_jUft8qW_SKpH=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sabre MBTs and the Lancer Heavy APC</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I had extra Reactive Armor blocks lying around, so I upgraded all the Claymore Heavy APCs with this defensive system. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbHEIcTzlf7dAKnHmGjAn65_48X3hMkkv_7WG1NP_IzHzmiQKvgM3qbtGjlwNaxM_H9jyRNmO5EJ4IUNdPh6Jm45Pzyen_uRcQqSaGYPPneRkJLpQP48OzHM1MK5zpxDvd49aWyTi2m40RIdJeU0qQrDNiWJPzG4OTblXJ-r4lvFuP8yXKUBPotbXt=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbHEIcTzlf7dAKnHmGjAn65_48X3hMkkv_7WG1NP_IzHzmiQKvgM3qbtGjlwNaxM_H9jyRNmO5EJ4IUNdPh6Jm45Pzyen_uRcQqSaGYPPneRkJLpQP48OzHM1MK5zpxDvd49aWyTi2m40RIdJeU0qQrDNiWJPzG4OTblXJ-r4lvFuP8yXKUBPotbXt=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Lancers will also be getting an upgrade with a different defensive system at a later date. Thank the gods for my huge stash of bits.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOwuNqKhy0v9C6r1nX7yqz0jVJz_XzYkP8vF7_P6McoGbCKW4-8Dg9fel5nyDAGVffDj9a0_OsR_jZI8XUjRqvmWmKuoo5aXzEea1J-bQcSuT1D5hGCqxraRvVJKjvl9q1lXzeJZcKBasLCKLs9AY-_vvrVPmmbSikC7JwghUATPJnQqxqOtC8AsdI=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOwuNqKhy0v9C6r1nX7yqz0jVJz_XzYkP8vF7_P6McoGbCKW4-8Dg9fel5nyDAGVffDj9a0_OsR_jZI8XUjRqvmWmKuoo5aXzEea1J-bQcSuT1D5hGCqxraRvVJKjvl9q1lXzeJZcKBasLCKLs9AY-_vvrVPmmbSikC7JwghUATPJnQqxqOtC8AsdI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I still have to paint the drive for the Mule transport (or perhaps its a Tesla?)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTikKWCYl2PDLLqi6K68vttLweg_7wWV8B6aWTK0LDrOBb_-k-UhHpb9Ujg6HLGVtHl6K63jcDnyJCriCDAbt68iO98iGLbLhFNRSPuhr4Px2jjW1ZEJXTNS8z-f0zlGsD0UyBLmfDI5YPLtyIvBJQ_2k98uN-s_k3CJgBkpdlxIA4K8AvI7BI4JHV=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTikKWCYl2PDLLqi6K68vttLweg_7wWV8B6aWTK0LDrOBb_-k-UhHpb9Ujg6HLGVtHl6K63jcDnyJCriCDAbt68iO98iGLbLhFNRSPuhr4Px2jjW1ZEJXTNS8z-f0zlGsD0UyBLmfDI5YPLtyIvBJQ_2k98uN-s_k3CJgBkpdlxIA4K8AvI7BI4JHV=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Top Stowage is of course removable.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit-89ubLBFzzdGuHGsRZOhlT-rIFCu9DIK2foKTl6CtrSod997v3CRwCUy36PhAoliXR8ZIUIYvbNgJzyTtHj9zCIxpKYm4KBi48c5YfSeI8MPVuahEOj6slu-XZs5QqCsEyf-WVypI_zaCbQPYfPN8IYAVWBRVGDl2wk5q5wFbGwLTPl_upq7jJFw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit-89ubLBFzzdGuHGsRZOhlT-rIFCu9DIK2foKTl6CtrSod997v3CRwCUy36PhAoliXR8ZIUIYvbNgJzyTtHj9zCIxpKYm4KBi48c5YfSeI8MPVuahEOj6slu-XZs5QqCsEyf-WVypI_zaCbQPYfPN8IYAVWBRVGDl2wk5q5wFbGwLTPl_upq7jJFw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p>Well that almost completes this vehicle pool. I have two Old Crow vehicles left to complete in this scheme which will be a December Surprise! </p></div>Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624272149584267221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035352520725384472.post-14066362753468668472021-12-08T11:10:00.009-05:002021-12-08T11:26:47.118-05:0015mm Sci Fi - Using Heroscape Terrain in games<p> Photo-rummaging sometimes yields results. Years ago I discovered that Heroscape Terrain can be used for both 15mm Sci Fi & Battletech games. Heroscape tiles are stackable, allowing you to create any number of hill combinations easily. They come in rather garish colors, so I painted mine the same color green as my felt Battletech mat (I had the paint color-matched at Home Depot....yes I used latex house paint on my tiles....don't judge me!).</p><p>You can purchase Heroscape tiles here:</p><p><a href="https://www.allthingsheroscape.com/collections/heroscape-terrain">https://www.allthingsheroscape.com/collections/heroscape-terrain</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgide4OHTsZBaNVeUaxCbm7h7VUz9a38fGybjmMbWACN1ZdamjCslTbx2qigsoIIaWQpmSj_4cZAmdHb89Hx_tZHL3LWT0gX94ewvBvYmdYMPvT9mZod3AiYkXSHRNwcNThPJ5hhRYp952YNSC_j5dGUalkf9V1VaUp4T3F00A8UsYz2YlOJcyt6R20=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgide4OHTsZBaNVeUaxCbm7h7VUz9a38fGybjmMbWACN1ZdamjCslTbx2qigsoIIaWQpmSj_4cZAmdHb89Hx_tZHL3LWT0gX94ewvBvYmdYMPvT9mZod3AiYkXSHRNwcNThPJ5hhRYp952YNSC_j5dGUalkf9V1VaUp4T3F00A8UsYz2YlOJcyt6R20=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Alien Squad Leader Battlefield</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The photos below are from an Alien Squad Leader game. I present them with no commentary (since I cannot remember anything mainly). </div><div><br /></div><div>My Built-Up Areas for ASQL. Most terrain in this game consists of "areas" (urban, forest, swamp, ect).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTVxUAfcblxjvHe72GZbP2AIb1UkjPf1eYy7F0T3smYp7LnxuWCUc4vZPv8Ia6CQd4dFE1wiEo5WzJ0LD7q6ikmAEmmqft7NxVGOlPDxsrVTAeEj8Ng8XHr68OOwW-AvX20OlfSrQDItgLPdc4yrGiVMSshphMwATe7V1iMurcqkqsH5f0SbL5g6q6=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTVxUAfcblxjvHe72GZbP2AIb1UkjPf1eYy7F0T3smYp7LnxuWCUc4vZPv8Ia6CQd4dFE1wiEo5WzJ0LD7q6ikmAEmmqft7NxVGOlPDxsrVTAeEj8Ng8XHr68OOwW-AvX20OlfSrQDItgLPdc4yrGiVMSshphMwATe7V1iMurcqkqsH5f0SbL5g6q6=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The trees are 1:300 scale I do believe. They are robust.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDWWibUPioqnArJyvgEItzh5iSYHHlk4szFLhqCpHaPA-U5JGSjAevw6FJh30EZNAPseg1SAgJc1AHD0dI-8HEmItZ8qaGW8M767fPI-WC7le2n65DFOSToDU2By5ELWjeLbOmfV95poHmEeWAsz6fuD789bjfWJ4VZDAbKNs-YHjuh9n08AwF-aHY=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDWWibUPioqnArJyvgEItzh5iSYHHlk4szFLhqCpHaPA-U5JGSjAevw6FJh30EZNAPseg1SAgJc1AHD0dI-8HEmItZ8qaGW8M767fPI-WC7le2n65DFOSToDU2By5ELWjeLbOmfV95poHmEeWAsz6fuD789bjfWJ4VZDAbKNs-YHjuh9n08AwF-aHY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Heroscape hexes were the same size as the mat I used for Battletech games. Very convenient.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOMCuMiIurtpCyuqiAc2WEp1ftARB0YLr-Q78nD35iesNfSjXU_lSfv674tqYQQzgb1zkTIG2G1APzcUzOzxsyQYGOTemdXBIW8dmYcffITfqXuBm2mTsoBMcEHFgOURX_jtEWrEf6KAweqL3fFXnx3iQcBnhPIgrsAGdfnW4g5qRuomglSOqp-RAu=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOMCuMiIurtpCyuqiAc2WEp1ftARB0YLr-Q78nD35iesNfSjXU_lSfv674tqYQQzgb1zkTIG2G1APzcUzOzxsyQYGOTemdXBIW8dmYcffITfqXuBm2mTsoBMcEHFgOURX_jtEWrEf6KAweqL3fFXnx3iQcBnhPIgrsAGdfnW4g5qRuomglSOqp-RAu=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI8Fn_HcW93bp5C5MVPWOB3JmI-1fpmHkbBHX19DMcEYI_MacimFEudWs6_zfEs7ZcxAsDzkDuCHYHt6O2JtZbN3P5xVs2La-UcmISWYaE1o0ISTsZjW5XCEldDDCWLoB_R3IlEZlcWz87dbU_9EHuUX5FJ91ODDTXorY9b0hMZDr2hKPx8WYtPWd1=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; 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