The Zhodani Commando: Year of the Honcho!

Blog discription

What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Monday, June 22, 2026

Year of the Honcho!

Over the last couple of weeks I have completed 8 X F-86 Sabres, 3 X B-29's, and 8 X Mig-15's for the Air War over Korea.

Once you get past all the propaganda and politics of this war you'll find a fascinating close run campaign in the air. Both sides over estimated aircraft shot down, and the matching of post war claims to the opposing sides stated reason for losses leaves a lot up to conjecture.

Being the first Jet vs Jet campaign I think it's a great thing to dip your toes into before moving on to more modern Jet combat with missiles and all.

By happenstance I fell upon the rule set called Fly, Fight, Win: Honcho. It's an easy to play fast paced game that multiple people can play. A great convention game. The ruleset is free and you can get them from Wargames Vault. They have a WWII set called Wingman, and a modern set called Danger Zone. All are based on the same rules. Here is a link Wargames Vault

If you end up getting the rules and have questions, then I would recommend the Face Book group named, Fly Fight Win.

Miniatures are from I-94 enterprises Raiden range, the B-29's are from Flight Deck Decals. I did find that the Flight Deck Decals 3D prints for the fighters (while wonderfully detailed) are way to fragile for gaming purposes. Nobody wants to spend hours painting, placing decals, and then only to have it break.

Decals are mostly from I-94 specialty range, while the bort numbers and Korean decals are from flight deck.