My wargames armies

Discussion in 'Modelling' started by Wg Cdr Luddite, Dec 10, 2022.

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  1. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    I've done some of that there content creation:
     
  2. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    Now I fully expect to get slagged off by a certain member of this esteemed forum for getting something wrong, but I did it anyway:
     
  3. Evilroddy

    Evilroddy Member

    Wing Cdr. Luddite.

    Very nicely done. The Sherbrooke Fusiliers were a fine regiment and A-Squadron's Sydney Radley-Walters was a great tanker and commander. One of the two Canadian Sherman tanks which allegedly made it from D-Day to VE-Day called "Holy Roller" has just been restored and is displayed in Victoria Park in the city where I now live.

    It astonishes me to see an entire regiment distilled down to less than just 15 vehicles as I often played miniature battles with full regiments and batallions at the 1/300 and 1/285 scales on a one-model to one-vehicle ratio for years, back in the day. But then we were miniature-movement-masochists in those halcyon days.

    Thanks for taking the time to share your work and your passion for miniatures gaming. Bravo sir! Don't let the nay-sayers put you off your game or your passion. How historically accurate can a 6mm tank be in comparison to the real thing?

    Cheers and be well.
    Evilroddy.
     
  4. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    Thank you, although to be honest I don't really have any nay-sayers.

    A 6mm tank can be very accurate; by using the 'arms-length' rule as a guide to how you will veiw the models on the wargames table. So taking an arm length of 0.5 m and a scale of 1/285 we are aiming for the look of the real thing at 0.5 x 285 = 142 m.
    So if you can't see it on the real tank at 142 m, no need to represent it on the model.
     
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  5. Evilroddy

    Evilroddy Member

    Wg. Cdr. Luddite:

    Your two posted videos here show that you have built two batallion/regiment sized forces at least. How many such forces have you made and what rules are they designed to be played with? Rapid Fire? O-Group? Comnand Decision?

    Do you post on the Wargames Website?

    Cheers and be well.
    Evilroddy.
     
  6. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    I have mutliple Brigades/Regiments for the Brigade-level set of rules I am writing.
     
  7. Evilroddy

    Evilroddy Member

    Wg. Cdr. Luddite:

    Interesting. Are you focusing on the late war alone or does your collection include formations for the early and mid war periods too? Are your formations limited to British and Commonwealth forces as well as their Axis foes or are you more universal in your collecting?

    How wide a slice of the war do your rules cover? Can you game the whole span of the war with them from Matilda I's in France to Comets and Centurions in the Rhineland and beyond?

    Cheers and be well.
    Evilroddy.
     
  8. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    I'm focussing on NWE. Experience has shown that writing rules for multiple periods/campaigns doesn't work; the end result lacks flavour.
     
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  9. Trux

    Trux 21 AG

    Wg Cdr,

    I realy like your models. I have some hundreds of 1:285 scale models forming company/squadron/battery units complete with personnel and supply lorries etc. All 21 Army Group so far. I do not wargame but act out scenarios to see how everything works.

    If it is not a secret I would love to know how you manage the vehicle markings in such a small scale.

    Mike
     
  10. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    For about 30 years I hand painted them.
    The last few years has seen a huge expansion in the availability of transfers in this scale;
    First came Dom's Decals (mainly for aircraft).Then came I-94 Enterprises and recently we have Flight Deck Decals who, as my last video shows, are incredibly receptive to new ideas.
    Like you, I love my 21 AG stuff. But two of the above companies are based in the US and, unsurprisingly, cater for the US market (it's a blind spot many US companies have). But when you make them aware of our needs it is refreshing to see that they respond.
     
  11. riter

    riter Well-Known Member

    Haven't pushed micro-tanks across a board in decades. What rule set?
     
  12. Trux

    Trux 21 AG

    Wg Cdr,

    Thanks very much. I will investigate the companies you mention. Applying markings to several hundred vehicles will take some time, and put considerable strain on the eyes. Being very low tech I wear two pairs of glasses for close work.

    Please post more photos of your excellent models.

    Mike.

    PS.
    Flight Deck Decals look just the job. From time to time I have Googled but never found these.

    Mike
     
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  13. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    I also have to wear two lenses now. Mass applying transfers doesn't really save time over hand painting, but the end result is much more uniform.
     
  14. riter

    riter Well-Known Member

    In WW2F.com, Takao mentions the desk lamp with a magnifying lens in the centre. I paid $20 for a standing version at a Goodwill store. It is really handy for engraving. No optivisor needed!
     
  15. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    More "quality content" uploaded to yewtube:

     
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  16. riter

    riter Well-Known Member

    What size are those squares and do you push them around a made-on-demand wargame table?
     
  17. Trux

    Trux 21 AG

    Wg Cdr,

    Great models and great photos. Thank you for sharing them. I hope that those viewing them appreciate the skill required to paint and detail such small models. Most tanks are only 20mm long (3/4 of an inch in old money).

    The GHQ 1:285 scale models are very detailed but it does require great skill and good eyesight to bring them to life.

    Mike
     
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  18. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    60 X 60 mm. Yes. And we make shooty noises.
     
  19. riter

    riter Well-Known Member

    How do you represent unit depletion in your rules, or do you use Excel or some spreadsheet during the game?

    Does the rule set that you're writing have ToE and recommended # of models for each squadron, battery, company?
     
  20. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    A base has a number of actions it can perform during a turn, depending on it's quality. Every time it is successfully hit/attrited it loses an action. Such hits are represented by puffs of smoke placed on the base. When the base no longer has any actions it is considered combat ineffective and removed from the table.

    In my orbats each base represents a company. The exact number of models is unimportant, understrength bases will get less actions depending on the scenario. What is important is the relationship with battalion and brigade HQs and the method by which they pass orders and resources (represented here by actions) down the chain of command.
     

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