I've been giving some thought to a combined 0200 & V for Victory campaign and amongst the ideas forming was a scenario that centred around clearing mines for an VfV assault game.
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A blog dedicated to my painting progress and other hobby bits and bobs.
Sunday, 31 August 2025
0200: Mine Clearance
Monday, 25 August 2025
Sengoku Japanese: Yumi Ashigaru
Since completing the first set of test models the other week I've been working to flesh out my first full unit of infantry. As I got a box each of the Ashigaru and Samurai shooters I started with the more straight forwards peasant infantry.
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Sengoku Japanese: First models
Having built a few test Fireforge Games miniatures last week I've been taking some time to try and work out how I'm going to paint them up and how I want to organise the troops for Never Mind the Naginatas. As I'm going to base each model individually then I don't really need to worry about organising them for Test of Honour as I should have plenty of options
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Yumi left, Teppo right |
Sunday, 3 August 2025
An Eastern Adventure
Sunday, 27 July 2025
Silver Bayonet: Johnny Turk Finale
The last of the models for this mini-project are some Bashi-Bazouk cavalry, I've painted these up in the same scheme as the foot versions so they can be used to represent the same person mounted or dismounted.
Sunday, 20 July 2025
0200: Havoc
After a couple of weeks off playing we got back into 0200 this week with the Havoc mission. This sees the attackers split their forces to attack a base with 5 objectives which need to be destroyed. The defenders can only claim a major victory if all the objectives survive.
The scenario is 30 points a side so involved the largest number of troops we've played so far. It also introduced grenades which could be used to blow up the targets from 6" away, making life much more difficult for the defenders.
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SAS Officer eyes up the range for a grenade toss |
With three objectives down it was looking promising for the SAS but the DAK reinforcements where also starting to pile into the fray.