This looks to be based on the new(ish) US Army uniform which might work well in Iraq. A guy tuned up wearing it at an airsoft day a couple of years back which is why I can confirm that in British woodland is is visible from miles away! By the end of the day we were calling the guy 'Target'....
The Evil Empire on the Brazos (BEE) chronicles the on going wars (games) and the diplomatic efforts (Posts/GNN Reports) of all the known nations (wargame collections) in our little area of the
galaxy.Our goal is to both entertain
and inform those new to art of miniature wargaming, and have a few laughs with it. We are open to all and welcome comment from all and hope that many will come to join us in the madness.....)
Triple the fun!
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I am recently returned from the joys of the Sheffield Triples wargames show.
It is called Triples due to the three round wargames competition which used
to ...
Basing for Regimental Fire and Fury
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Here we see another unit rebased for RF+F, these are large Renegade
figures. Renegade make nice figures,even if they are on the slightly large
side of ...
Sheffield Triples 2013
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For once I was just a normal attendee at the show as for some reason the
organiser couldn't fit our game in. Therefore I spent most of my times
around the ...
Spring 994 - Campaign Update
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Spring arrives early this year and with it the nations of Talomir prepare
for another round of grabbing what they can. Every single nation that can
go to w...
Size Comparisons ACTA & Matchbox British Army
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This post is for Al, who brought me a set of the latest A Call To Arms
British Infantry 1970's and in a case perverse justice has not received his
set hi...
A couple of pictures from Dave
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Been a while but here are a couple of pictures of Dave's recent Great War
game
A small set-up by the look of it; a game with his kids :)
Infantry on the...
Sheffield Triples Game - Cerignola 1503
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THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE KINGDOM NAPLES
AND THE BATTLE OF CERIGNOLA
In 1500 Louis XII determined that he would re-conquer the Kingdom of Naples
for France. In...
Gruntz at Sheffield Triples this weekend!
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You can pick up plenty of great 15mm models this weekend at the Sheffield Triples
Wargames show.
Gruntz 15mm will be on sale on the GZG stand and wi...
Mongoville USA!
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I'm back on 28mm and I've had these great "O" scale train buildings sitting
around for a long time kind of sloppily primed and painted. I've wanted to
cust...
Spring time again
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Just a quick update on some crazy schemes and progress.
1. I have made a mountain of widgets and have a couple more to make. Going
to make a cup holder ...
Bannockburn (Pt3) Welsh Archers
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Commanded by the 2nd Earl of Pembroke(Third creation) Aymer de Valence (c.
1275 – 23 June 1324) who not only led Edward II from the field of
Bannockburn bu...
In case anyone missed this ...
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... there's currently a Kickstarter project for a *Robotech* miniatures game.
*Robotech*, of course, is a franchise based on several anime (including *
M...
"Pawed" Racing Game with Eureka Bear-o-planes
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At last Friday's Hawks meeting, Todd Harland-White hosted a fun game of
"Pawed" Racing using Eureka Bear-o-plane figures, and Jamie Davis' great
Star Wars ...
Sunday
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Awoke around five with my mind filled with things I need to do for work
over the next few weeks and beyond .I got up at six to distract myself.I am
getting...
Thanks for a Great Sale!
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We are finishing up the orders and everything(with a few exceptions) will
have shipped out by this Monday! I'll have some updates soon.. once we
catch our...
Battle of Toski with SvP, (part 2)
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The Egyptian Army council of war discussed several plans of action. The
first was to try to induce Nejumi and his forces to attack them in Toski by
appeari...
Another use for Mad Mecha Guy watchtowers
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Another possible use of Mad Mecha Guy watch towers would be to use one as
the basis for a water tower.
I've cobbled this example together using an old pa...
Solo VTT game using the USE ME 001 rules.
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I decided to play a follow up to my last solo game based on the Orc VS the
Guard. I also want to set this up quickly so I did not follow any points.
I sta...
Venn I medt Diss Axe
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In late 2012 1757 the Reichsarmee brigade of the Corps du Vin had settled
down into winter quarters in three key crossroad towns bordering the
Hesse-Lands...
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The Death Star Project, Play Test
Well we had our first and likely only play test of our second Death Star
run scenario for Origins 2013 last Saturday nigh...
An Alternative WW2?
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My wargaming life started with the Second World War, as the transition from
'playing with toy soldiers' to 'wargaming using proper rules and
everything' wa...
DIECAST MOTORPOOL: New Matchbox Acquisitions
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I picked up some Matchbox diecast vehicles to convert for use THW's After
the Horsemen and their upcoming rulebook Machinas: Death Races in the
Wasteland.
...
A message from winter quarters in Colorado
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This winter has been terribly hectic, in both my bussiness and personal
life. And its not even half over yet! However, I have managed to sqeeze in
some t...
Nalle and the reindeer
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Well, ok, it's not quite a reindeer, it was a small whitetail doe who hangs
out up the ridge a bit from our house. My dog Nalle and I sometimes
encounter h...
Heroics & Ros Confederate Infantry
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Let me be up front... I know nothing about the American Civil War and I
have no (current) interest in gaming it.
However some of the H&R Confederates have b...
Abyssinia 1935-1936
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Time, I think, for a few more photos.
The Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) is a fascinating campaign. The Abyssinians were essentially a Nineteenth ...
Death of a Legend and an end of an era.
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Well I have done absolutely nothing with this blog for several years now,
mainly due to the fact that I have been at university and my Stainless
Steel Rat ...
some new 15mm orks
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Hello, here again with some new 15mm orks....converted khurasan fantasy orc
heads
with modern Taliban bodies. I kind of like how they turned out, will
prob...
more painting-
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I have been working on getting approx. 1500+ points in some at least
minimum "table top gaming condition" before Mid-june. I have most of the
fig.s t...
Hail Zlobenia!
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I picture of PFU troops from Zlobenia. The Zlobs have always been more open
in their views about the outside world, and see the current conflict as a
way ...
Martian Civil War
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My flyer was pulled out of the box for only the second time. It was fun to
run, and was a constant pain to the bad guys. After our last gathering,
plans w...
SBH SOLO Vikings VS Hunters of Evil
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With my new love of Universal Battle, I have run yet another solo game.
This time it was the under dog Vikings VS the Vet Hunters of Evil.
I set the game u...
Time to rationalise the blog-fest
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Ladies and gents - I have made the decision to close down all of the
'period specific' blogs and run just 2. One for my 40K stuff and one for
everything el...
54mm Mounted Completed
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All the King's Men 54mm British General
War of 1812
Here's a pic of the All the King's Men British War of 1812 officer. First
attempt at 54mm faces....
Mortimer’s Cross - AAR By Lord Stanley
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Last Thursday we put paid to the lowly Lancastrian and nailed the body of
the Lancastrian leaders to some nice new crosses at a place called Mortimer
- hen...
A game with Vulture
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I had a F.A.D. game with Vulture last week. He won this one by taking and
holding the objective with his light power armored troops, and backing them
up wi...
7 comments:
All I'm saying is: good luck trying to paint it!
I am not going to even try that scheme Don!
Hey guys I never said it was a GOOD idea...lol
This looks to be based on the new(ish) US Army uniform which might work well in Iraq. A guy tuned up wearing it at an airsoft day a couple of years back which is why I can confirm that in British woodland is is visible from miles away! By the end of the day we were calling the guy 'Target'....
If you can reproduce that, particularly at 15mm scale, then you've sold your soul.....but hey, good luck!
You know Tim I work on post at Fort Hood, and I've told people in that uniform that story, I get some rather forlorn looks ...lol
Ok Gunrunner...it's on lol,
I wont use an M1 however
but that would be great
on some other sci-fi vehicle.
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