Finished up the last four cattle stands I have. There will soon be another release of around 30 more metal figures (foot, cavalry, dogs, etc.) and I am looking forward to that. But I now have enough figures to run a proper game, so away I go!
I'm getting closer to finishing this project. Second Squad completed, with one more to go and then the weapons and officer teams. Fist pump!
Painting up some opposition for my Germans. Having painted up France 40 Germans it only made sense to me to paint up some early war Russians so I could get maximum benefit out of my models built and painted.
I finally got off my butt and finished my first Carthaginian elephant for the Age of Hannibal book for Saga. I've only had the models for like two years now.
I actually finished the model a little over two weeks ago, got it all set up to take pictures, only to discover my very old camera had died. It's not a very fancy camera, but it's like an old friend and I was super bummed. It is an old Kodak 10.3 mega pixel camera that takes great pictures of my models. I've replaced the lithium battery once, but Kodak doesn't make them anymore so I outsourced to another supplier and I got it yesterday on the cheap and it worked. Whew, problem solved.
So here are a few shots, and the one without the Howdah mounted shows how I magnetized it for easier storage and to help protect all the little pointy bits.
This past Saturday my local club ran their fall convention called Pro or Con. It typically draws between 90 to 100 people. Attendance was down to around the upper 70’s this year probably due to the fact that Michigan and Michigan State both having home games, having to schedule the convention a month earlier than usual, and finally to some damn fine weather that probably drove family obligations now that school is back in full swing. The convention, being a one day event, is divided into a morning, afternoon, and evening sessions.
I ran Battletech’s Alpha Strike during the morning session. I gave the game name as “The Falcon and the Dragon” with the premise description that Clan Jade Falcon had discovered a House Kurita secret base exploiting a Lostech find. The Clanners sending a raiding force to capture or destroy the base.
I was going to have a Trinary vs a Company, but keeping it small and simple counting on having newbies I went with just two stars and two lances with the Kurita player having LRM base defenses to help out as well as some Battle field support deck cards.
The pictures are in order from just before players started filing in. The game was supposed to last six turns, but at the end of turn five the Jade Falcons had lost four mechs to Kurita’s seven. If you look close at the Green die around center of table you can see what turn it was. I was pretty caught up managing the game so I think I missed taking pictures of turn three. I learned a lot from this game on what mechs I would pick for future games, along with some other tricks. For shooting we used the Pilot die system which I am a huge fan of. Bottom line my players were having fun and getting into it, and there were a few oohs and ahhh, especially after a Kurita Mech took a critical and blew up from an ammo hit.
Added a few pieces of terrain for my Battletech Alpha Strike. Pictures are in the following order...
Deep link communications tower
Power Generator
Bunker Complex
Hardened defensive turret.
Many, many years ago I read quite a few of the Battletech books. I can't explain why, but I've always loved the Jade Falcon's. I even bought a patch waaayyy back when and still have it. In fact I am having one of my carrying bags embroidered with my name and will have them sew that on as well. I still can't believe I have it. It's gotta be 30 years old.
Anyways, about a month ago I sat down and did a quick and dirty job on 15 Jade falcon mechs. I got them all done except for the decals and bases and then Bolt Action got in the way. Two days ago I got off my butt and finished the decals and bases. The decals were hard to do because of the extremely irregular and small surfaces on the models. But I muddled through.
So here are three Stars that make up a Clan Trinary.
