tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29909821542676361142024-03-05T05:04:05.693+00:00Palladian GuardColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-57703054196599607402019-03-24T11:23:00.003+00:002019-03-24T11:23:34.443+00:00Flames of War - Great War Battle Report
Time for another of our Grand Battle Reports!
Battlefront have recently re-released their First World War game Great War, and I thought this would be a fine opportunity to kick start the blog again with a battle report. I have had Flames of War miniatures for the First World War for nearly five years, and recently finished a French army, so it didn't take us long to decide a First WorldColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-85299462439852466262018-09-24T18:35:00.000+01:002018-09-24T18:35:06.714+01:00Team Yankee Battle ReportAfter a busy couple of weeks, I managed to travel back home to have a game with my brother and a few friends. We’ve been playing a lot of 15mm recently - Flames of War and ‘Nam - but this time we decided to break out our Team Yankee armies, which meant me dusting off my Polish Mech Company for an 80 point game. We haven’t played this since December last year when we did an enormous Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-80160428654151105722018-08-04T13:44:00.001+01:002018-08-04T15:22:18.815+01:00Superbattle: Cherbourg 1904Last weekend I had the honour to take part in another Superbattle - the fictional Battle of Cherbourg, which saw the Russian and German fleets take on a combined Anglo-French force in the English Channel in 1904. This has been the culmination of many months of patient planning - long time readers may remember a similar game in 2014 played using Battlefleet 1900 rules - since then, I have Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-89418121435047679402018-07-02T09:17:00.003+01:002018-07-02T09:18:35.137+01:00How Do You Paint?Today I'm partly going to show a model I'm very pleased with - one of those "one offs" which aren't for any particular project, but rather just painted up for fun. But I also want to share a quick breakdown of my painting style, just to throw it out there and see how other people approached their painting.
Anyway, this model is a 28mm Games Workshop Tallarn officer. My brother is Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-40383304412625509772018-06-18T12:32:00.001+01:002018-06-18T13:01:54.570+01:00Epic Imperial Guard Army
With an unexpected house move on the cards later this month, I've been trying to round off a few projects recently. This has been the impetus I've needed to get some painting done that's been sat on my desk for months - years, in one particularly embarrassing case. I shared an update a few weeks ago about my Epic Imperial Guard army, where I talked about how collecting in 6mm would Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-71241630713962064942018-06-05T11:01:00.001+01:002018-06-05T11:01:43.781+01:00Elysian Drop TroopsA few weeks ago I played a game of Shadow War. During this game, I was distressed to hear that Forgeworld would be discontinuing their line of Elysians. I've never collected anything larger than a squad of these models, and I'd long since sold them on, but I thought it was a great excuse to snap up a set before they disappeared forever. Playing against Dan's superbly-painted Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-69519762673792805892018-05-21T13:17:00.000+01:002018-05-21T13:17:19.830+01:00Shadow War Battle Report - Elysians vs. ArbitesAlthough I have a lot of outstanding projects on the go, I was lucky enough to score a gaming day last weekend, so I thought I'd share some pics. This is using GW's new(ish) Shadow War ruleset. I've blogged separately about how pleased I am that GW are bringing back some of these classic games in updated guises, but suffice it to say this skirmish game draws on the best elements of Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-22246556993187714102018-05-10T14:36:00.000+01:002018-05-10T14:36:07.284+01:0015mm French Great War - 150e Regiment d'InfanterieAs if I didn't have enough on my plate, I've decided to start a new army. I never got into Flames of War before Team Yankee came along - it pioneered the fourth version of Flames of War rules which were greatly simplified. Battlefront is now steadily going through all their ranges and updating and simplifying them to the same V4 standard. This is great news for an addict like Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-10757599001481241912018-04-16T14:48:00.000+01:002018-04-16T14:48:37.700+01:00U-Boat Simulation Day VideoThis is a short video of our recent Silent Hunter III Simulation day, edited in the style of a WW2 propaganda film.
You might remember my diorama which betrayed an interest in the Battle of the Atlantic. My friends and I periodically huddle together in a darkened attic and play a real time patrol of the PC game Silent Hunter. No cheats, no computer aids, very limited time compressionColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-12907567064867821762018-04-07T15:04:00.002+01:002018-06-18T12:22:19.654+01:006mm Imperial Guard Heavy WeaponsAt the end of last year, I talked about a new project to bring the Palladian Guard to life by doing an Epic army. This would let me collect an army on a much larger scale than 40K does, and let me play one of GW's classic games. It's time for an update! They're not all based, but I thought it best to share them as they are or else we'd be waiting all year.
These are all 'Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-62475587169588560322018-03-19T11:17:00.001+00:002018-03-19T11:17:32.880+00:00Rediscovering Warhammer 40,000This blog started in 2010, with me talking about some heavy weapons for my Imperial Guard army. Since then, I've finished that army and around three or four years ago I got thoroughly disillusioned with Games Workshop and discovered the joys of historical gaming. I kept playing the odd patrol clash game, but otherwise pretty much focussed entirely on historicals since that fateful dayColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-66681432271076954002018-03-07T14:53:00.001+00:002018-03-07T15:15:04.843+00:00Breakthrough: Battle of the Lys River Bridgehead
The last few months have seen a gentle campaign going on in the background, set in the Armentieres sector of the Western Front in Spring 1918. The British are resisting the opening phase of Operation Georgette, part of the famous German Spring Offensives. This was an interesting campaign. I dislike scenarios where both players have exactly equal starting forces - real combat is rarelyColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-27466516645823645542018-02-18T11:56:00.002+00:002018-02-18T11:56:44.753+00:001:3,000 Russian Pre-Dreadnought FleetTime for a long overdue post, I think. A very stressful time at the moment as I'm changing jobs and moving house, so I sat down to attack the huge pile of unpainted lead, plastic and resin on my table, and managed to turn out some War Times Journal ships. You might remember that four years ago, I painted up a selection of other 1 : 3,000 ships for some Russo-Japanese War naval games.&Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-11793199036612249452018-01-30T17:32:00.000+00:002018-01-30T17:32:36.559+00:002mm Napoleonic Battle ReportEvening everyone! Mike, Ian and I managed to get a game of Line of Battle in yesterday, using 2mm Irregular Miniatures figures. These are the same ones Mike painted for our massive Talavera game from December 2016.
2mm gaming is, as you'd imagine, on quite a different scale to more usual 10mm or 15mm games. Whole regiments are killed with a casual throw of the dice, and a Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-38701943402345076072018-01-17T21:25:00.001+00:002018-01-17T21:25:38.317+00:00Russo-Japanese War: Quickfire Playtest
Regular readers will know that I have something of a passion for pre-dreadnought naval warfare. I've played War Times Journal's Battlefleet 1900 for many years now. I have a fairly extensive range of 1:2400 ships from Tumbling Dice, and there are a couple of battle reports on this blog. There are some in 1:2400, and some in 1:3000 using WTJ's own models.
I recently had a Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-88948284655778814272017-12-28T16:17:00.001+00:002017-12-28T16:31:33.836+00:00Palladian Guard in 6mmYou read that correctly. The Palladian Guard are back... in 6mm.
A while ago I reflected on the way historical, non-28mm gaming has all but taken over this blog, and how I wanted to update the background material for my 40K army, the Palladian Guard. Well, it's time to make a start - but, as you've just read, it won't be in 28mm. At least, not primarily.
This came about Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-54780046235502045692017-12-19T11:24:00.000+00:002017-12-19T11:26:14.577+00:00Polish People's Army: Mechanised BattalionThose of you who follow the society pages will probably know that we took over 20ft x 8ft of MoD real estate a few days ago, and had a massive game of Team Yankee. My own force was a mechanised battalion of the 8. (Dresden) Mechanised Division, and is something I've been working on for many months now. I thought I'd share a photo of the whole army in all its olive drab glory!
The Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-27284518745569563722017-12-18T11:11:00.003+00:002017-12-19T11:26:27.159+00:00Team Yankee Megagame: The Elbe Bridgehead
I'm pleased to be able to share a battle report that has been months in the making. This year has seen me play a lot of Team Yankee games, building up an entire mechanised battalion of the Polish army.
On Saturday, myself and eight others fought a 400pts mega-scenario on a 20ft x 8ft board. This involved several months of work to set up, including a titanic pile of miniatures to Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-46539738502390908972017-11-13T19:16:00.001+00:002017-11-13T19:16:18.096+00:00Palladian Guard RebootI mentioned in my last post that my Imperial Guard army was due for a reboot in the next few weeks. It's been a while since I covered anything 40K, so it's a good opportunity to give you an update on how things stand between me and my first love.
I've also included the sketches and notes I've been making on how I intend to bring the Pallaidan Guard up to date, renovate the fludd and Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-28963151403312036682017-10-28T12:22:00.000+01:002017-10-28T12:22:11.289+01:00What's On The Table? An UpdateThings have been rather quiet on the blog of late for various reasons - although a lack of painting and gaming isn't one of them. I've just been doing lots of little side projects and games that have meant I haven't got my main projects through to completion and presentable to the blogosphere.
I thought I'd change all that with a 'warts and all' look at my painting table and what I'm up toColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-27556907864994386152017-09-28T15:44:00.003+01:002017-09-28T15:44:40.324+01:00American Civil War... "Research Day"You might remember the American Civil War campaign we fought last year, following the fortunes of the Fourth Texas Infantry. It used 6mm models, Two Splendid Lines rules, and a considerable amount of dressing up.
Regular readers know that I also do historical re-enactment, mostly British Civil Wars, but last weekend I was invited to an American Civil War reenactment with the 24th Virginia,Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-17633142231351237512017-09-18T21:15:00.001+01:002017-09-18T21:15:21.032+01:00Painting Exchange: 40K Officers and Chaos... PersonThings have been a bit Team Yankee heavy lately, so I'll save our last battle report for a few weeks' time. As Facebook friends will know, I've been busy lately with my Masters' disseration (The Challenges of Brigade Command for Volunteer and Professional Officers in the American Civil War... anyone fancy a read? No?) Despite this I've been busily painting away, most Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-30572707941780653832017-08-30T22:53:00.000+01:002017-12-18T14:10:15.242+00:00Veluwezoom Forest: Team Yankee Battle ReportTime for another Team Yankee battle report. My friends and I are really enjoying this game, and have even taken part in the global campaign which is currently running: Firestorm Red Thunder.
This scenario saw my Poles and Kieran's East Germans pitted against Mike's expertly-painted Brits. It was a thoroughly enjoyable game with more than its fair share of tension!
ResultColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-43570739337689312212017-08-25T10:52:00.000+01:002017-08-25T10:53:40.724+01:00Last Stand at L'Armee Farm: WWI Battle ReportHello everyone, and welcome to a new battle report in our latest Supercampaign: Storm of Steel. After the exertions of our recent games, this is a nice simple side campaign we're running to relax before the big games we have planned for next year.
This is the situation on the afternoon of the first day, April 7th:
As you can see, the Germans are starting to take ground at a Colonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990982154267636114.post-46793711977224228292017-08-09T21:42:00.000+01:002017-12-18T14:14:01.672+00:00Havsted Crossroads - Team Yankee Battle Report
A Leopard 1 MBT of the Danish LANDJUT Brigade.
Good evening all, and welcome to another Team Yankee battle report. TY is a great game - see our previous battle report if you don't believe me. It's a brave attempt to tackle a complex environment, mixing lots of different battlefield elements in a very successful way.
My brother and I played his first game of TY todayColonel Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.com5