Cola for figures

Last weekend I visited Wexio spelkonvent (The game convention for
the city of Wexio). I will soon publish a fullreport about this nice
occasion. Today I will write about a swap that I am pleased with.
My friend Björn at the gaming club of Väs got tired of his Game
and workshop figures: Men at arms and I got a sealed box
for 2 litres of cola. A nice swap indeed. I will build these figures
simultaneously with my Norman infantry and my Foot sergeants.
I will mix the bits and think that I will probably end up with
a personal mixture of medieval figures. Sweet! :)

Förra helgen besökte jag Wexio spelkonvent och det kommer
jag inom kort att publicera en fyllig rapport om.
Idag har jag valt att skriva om ett bra byte som jag gjorde
med min vän Björn från Väs. Björn tröttnade på sina
Men at arms från Games workshop och gick med på att byta
dessa mot två liter cola. Bra byte enligt min mening.
Jag planerar att bygga dessa figurer samtidigt med mina
Norman fighters och Foot sergeants. Anledningen är att jag
vill skapa mer personligt utformade figurer och det tror jag
att jag kommer att lyckas med.

Russians encounter two german forces

Last weekend I played a game of Sotr with my friends
Andreas and Pär. We agreed on 40 points each and
me and Andreas would play together against Pär.
My german setup:

Command squad 5p(1 staff sergeant, 1 leutnant, 3 soldiers,rifles ) 5 p

1 Mechgrenadier squad (9p):

1 officer (pistol)
1 unter-officer
1 panzerfaust
1 LMG-squad
5 riflemen

1 Panzerschreck-team (4p)

1 Zombiejaeger ST1600 (Medium mortar) (4p)
1 Tiger I (Heavy tank) (20p)

Andreas german setup:

Command squad 5p(1 staff sergeant, 1 leutnant, 2 soldiers,rifles,
radiooperator) 5 p

Mech (Large)-med. armour, twin linked LMG, dropmech,
Light AT-gun, Light AT-gun (15p)

Para drop armour+2 flamethrowers(6p)
LMG-team (3p)

1 Mechgrenadier squad (6p):

1 pioneers
1 flamethrower
1 panzerfaust
1 Käfer Raketen Werfer (Medium mortar) (4p)

The russians had a total of 80points and also a mecha that
could dig in and attack behind the german lines.
The russians had mortars and a lot of anti-tankrifles and
gave the germans a match on the table.

We only managed to play one round because of talking
and planning but this round was very intense and the
fate was sealed quickly in favour for the russians.

The germans opened up with mortarfire from both the
KRW and the ZST 1600 and inflicted some damage on the russians.
The germans started advancing on a broad front and
also made parachutedrops in the german sector and 
attacked from behind with a mecha.

The russians were very lucky with the dices and knocked
out the parachute-drop quickly and forced the crew of
the mecha to leave the vehicle in panic...
Behind the german lines a russian mecha toasted a complete
mechgrenadier-squad from the rear and halted the advance
of the germans heavy Tiger-tank...
Hard times for the germans but a glorious victory for the russians.
Great fun to play but I am looking forward to a rematch to
regain a german victory! :)
Thankyou Andreas and Pär for a good game!

Ruin in progress

Now I have completed the building and coverpainting
of my ruin in 1:48 scale.
I will later make boards on the walls to add more
"reality". I will also make shading on the stairs and
wooden floor and beams.
To finalize I will put on some shading on the tiles
of bricks.

Nu har jag slutfört byggandet av min ruin och även
grundmålningen. Ruinen är i skala 1:48.
Det som återstår är: bårder på väggarna för att skapa
lite mer verklighetskänsla samt skuggmålning på
trappa, golv och bjälkar samt högarna med tegelsten.

Intense battle between the germans and the brits

Last weekend I met a new player named Andreas. Over a cup of tea we
battled on the gaming table.:) The points were set to 30 points each and
the game was very intense and bloody.

I(the germans) were positioned in the ruins and behind some small hills and sheds made of concrete and roof of corrugated steel.
The brits advanced behind som hills and rocks and had the best shelter in
my opinion.

The first round was bloody when the brits wiped out four of my men with a rocket from a piat on a hilltop.
Little time to waste I advanced behind my shelters. On the second round Andreas decided to alter the terrain and blew the sheds to pieces. I continued my advance and started fire on his center from my soldiers hiding in the ruins.
The germans did little damage and on round three the brits felt confident on a easy victory and the men started attacking in the open. One of my panzerfausts and a machinegunner, both in shelter in the ruins, gunned down five of the "hard chaps".

The brits were furious and started a fire in the woods near the ruins and burning the germans advancing in it.
Three germans were annihilated and the remaining two crawled back to the ruins. The second german front started firing on the British steel armoured squad and wiped out three of them.
This was the last round and I won with one point because of my heavy fire and that I also managed to knock out one of the highest british officers in this clash. A very nice game and lots of fun action. Thankyou Andreas. A rematch is welcome anytime. :)

The "Jerrys" setup:
Command squad 5p(1 staff sergeant, 1 leutnant, 3 soldiers,rifles ) 5 p

3 squads : 27 p

1 officer (pistol)
1 unter-officer
1 panzerfausts
1 LMG-squad
5 riflemen

The english "hard chaps" setup:

Body armour 3p
Rifle platoon command 4p

Rifle squad 6p
3 Piat-D
Engineer team (4+2) 6p
2 Flamers 2p
Bazooka team (2p)
Bazooka team (2p)

British steel armoured squad
Piat-D 1p
(6+1) 7p

Great Finds, 1:72

This week I got a nice package from Germany
containing figures from both Linear-B and
Pegasus. Especially the figures from the
ukrainian company Linear-B was wanted.
I had bought the Age of tudors(012) and
Gladiators from Pegasus(No 7100).
The figures(1600th century) are hard to find
but I found them on BB-toys and they look
great and will come to use in my game Hugg och
slag as medieval noble civilians.
The gladiators are also nice and from BB-toys
they came real cheap. These latter figures will
be used in hand to hand skirmishes on the arena
of Colloseum(model).

Denna vecka så fick jag ett trevligt paket från
Tyskland som innehöll figurer från Linear-B och
Pegasus. Speciellt figurerna från den ukrainska
tillverkaren Linear-B var efterlängtad.
Jag köpte Age of tudors(012)och Gladiators från
Pegasus(No 7100). Figurerna som visar dräkter
från 1500-talet är svåra att få tag och jag tycker
att de ser bra ut och jag kommer att använda dom
i mitt spel Hugg och slag som medeltida civilister
av blått blod. Gladiatorerna är också fint modellerade
och såldes riktgt billigt på BB-toys. De senare figurerna
ska jag använda när jag spelar enviger som utspelar
sig på Colloseum(modell).

Some links:
http://www.b-b-t-o-y-s.de/index.php

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ManufacturerList.aspx?id=56

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1258