Some British reinforcements

 Hello, here is a new batch of British tanks.

Shermans

Churchills

All the painted tanks so far. I started to paint some tanks for Company Commander but this is becoming a bit addictive and I am going to paint some more, maybe to be able to play Rapid Fire Reloaded.

I also paint a 57mm AT

With two six pounders there are three anti-tanks so far.

DBA 3.0 II/33 Polybian Roman army

 I have just finished my second Polybian Roman army for DBA, this time with miniatures from Cromarty.

Close ups of the different groups:

Equites and General on white horse (Cv)

Auxilia fast (allies)

Velites (Ps)

Hastati (Bd)

Princeps with Optio on the left (Bd)

Triarii (Sp)

Comparative shots with Essex's Polybian. I'm planning to use them together for double DBA:

II/32a Later Carthaginian army 275 - 202 BC for DBA 3.0

All models are STLs from Cromarty and printed at home.

Full army with all options, 16 bases.

All the infantry. Caetrati Psiloi, 2 x Gallic Warband, 3 x Lybian heavy infantry Spear, 3 x xScutati Auxilia, Numidian slingers Psiloi.

All the cavalry. Numidian and Gallic light horse, Carthaginian cavalry with general and Gallic cavalry

Elephants! A bit too big for being forest elephants but very imposing on the battlefield.

I love the elephants!

ATs & Bunkers

A few more elements for my 15mm WWII games. Two 6 pounds and two Pak 40 plus two bunkers.

Scavenging for terrain

One is always on the look for terrain opportunities and when I spotted this in my workplace I could not resist it. The principal caught me snatching some of the stuff and gave me a weird look but did not say anything.

Back at home I quickly shaped them with a break knife and kitchen scissors.

The I polished them with a cutter and a bit of sanding.

After that I gave them a coat of cheap dollar store spray paint.

And finally flock them with a mixture of sand from the beach and some turf from Ali Express at voilá!

These four hills are gentle and keep the right measures for playing DBA, but they can be used for any other wargame really.

Painting 15mm WWII

I have been busy on Christmas Holidays but I still have to paint many more tanks, guns and buildings.

I always wanted to have an 88. This is from 28mm Eskice miniatures, scaled down. The crew was a bit tricky to print but I am happy how the set turned out.

 Sdkfz 250

Sdkfz 251

Free Pz IV STL and a metal Battlefront Pz III

I think I am improving at painting camo on German tanks.

Firefly, Sherman and Stuart.

Another house from Sarissa.

This is what I have painted so far.

Sherman Solitaire

Mike Lambo, the author of Sherman Solitaire, has been releasing a lot of solo pocket wargames to everybody's delight. I have been always interested in solo wargames with miniatures and was quite intrigued by the works of this author but the format of his games put me slightly off until now.

The Spanish version fixed all these minor issues for me and also it first released the game I was more interested in, so I ended up getting one of his games to try. This version from a Kick Starter has got A4 size, spiral bound, hard cover format that lays completely flat, with thick card board counters and great quality paper and print.

Moreover, it has got two new missions up to a total of thirteen, plus rules for co-operative and player vs player games.

The game comes with little box to store all the counters. The KS had the option to get models to use instead of card counters but I did not buy them.

The game is played with d6s that you can use for different actions and even combine to get specific results like shooting, loading, repairing, moving, reversing, etc. in a similar way to Too Fat Lardies' What a tanker war game.

You have everything you need to play on the sheet next to the map you are playing, and after the first game everything is fast, smooth and very fun. The part I like the most is how the enemy's AI is handled with its dice being used in ascending order and depending on the terrain the tank is.

My first game lasted two hours but it was terrific. I could destroy all tanks from the initial deployment plus two more Panzer IV. The turret of my Sherman was damaged and could not fire so I had to play cat and mouse for three turns until I got it fixed. I was lucky to finish it at the first try.

In the second mission, the hunt of a Tiger, things got really crazy. I lost count of the times I hit that Tiger's thick skin to no effect as well as the terror of being hit by it. This game was much faster than previous mission. After damaging the Tiger for three times I finally destroyed it together with the rest of enemy tanks, but on my way to exit a mine on the road blew out my tank! On the second try I finished the Tiger and just when I was in the exit hexagon a Stuka attacked me. My commander failed 6+ with 2d6 and the Stuka pilot hit me with 8+ and then penetrated the armour. I was pulling my hair as I was not going to make it after so much work but I had luck in the damage table and could escape in the next turn.

In the third scenario my commander was shot by a sniper and also the tank got fired but in the end I managed to end the mission. Now, I am about to play mission 4. Good night and Happy New Year!