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Crete Campaign Game Eight - Probing Pervolia (again)

Following on from the earlier attempt to dislodge Dave's FJs from Pervolia, my brave Aussies have regrouped, reinforced and mounted a second attack! Here's Pervolia, eerily silent as the forces muster for battle. On this picture I've placed markers showing the approximate locations of our Jump Off Points. Allies blue, Germans red. I'd attempted to push along the flank through the buildings and gardens because that would afford the best cover. But Dave was quick to push his patrol markers forward. My supports were a Matilda, two extra sections, a Vickers MMG and Stavros the elderly sniper (let's hope he's not been at the homebrew plum brandy this time!). Dave chose the LG40 ( Grrr! ), a 50mm mortar and an Adjutant. The Australians kick off by deploying a Matilda, but with Jerry lurking out of sight, the commander puts the gunner in overwatch. Perhaps my comment about lurking has stung Dave into action. The FJs deploy in the house with a balcony, the cart-ho

Fields of Glory

Or possibly "Wargaming BBC Gardeners' World" ... there are a plethora of not-very-funny options! But first, for my non-UK based visitors I should explain the BBC Gardeners' World is a weekly gardening TV magazine programme from the BBC, from Spring to Autumn, about all things gardening. I must confess that I do occasionally watch this programme. Anyway, here's the gaming stuff. I've wanted to build some fields/garden for a while. The original plan had simply been to build a few ploughed fields but the modeller in me took over so now I have a couple of what are more like gardens, plus a small ploughed field. Here's some pics. (click for a larger image) I prefer scenery to be usable for a variety of historical periods, so here's some redcoats (L-R Perry's plastic and two Front Rank) defending a field of produce from Boney's horde. (click for a larger image) From the other side of the fence. (Wood courtesy of your favourite coffe shop) (click for

More Dark Ages Scenery

As promised in the last post, here's some more of my recently completed scenery for Dark Age games, principally Saga. All scratch-built from MDF, cocktail sticks, garden wire, balsa, glue and sand. Here's an animal pen. Like much of my scenery it was painted by my lovely wife. Another view. This is how it looked before painting. The basic method is to cut a piece of MDF to slightly larger than the desired shape, then drill 2.5mm holes around the edges at intervals of about 5-6mm. Glue cocktail sticks in the holes; I also used a few pieces of slightly thicker kebab stick for some of the corner posts. When totally dry, weave garden wire back and forth until it's about the right height - have a few models to hand to check this. Next, give the wire several generous coats of PVA glue. This gives it more strength plus it fills in some of the gaps. Here's another animal pen with a bit of garden. The tree stump is simply part of an old shrub I cleared from

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