Rogue trader Imperial Guard Sentinel squadron

 This is a trio of old Rogue Trader sentinels I picked up at the games club some 10-15 years ago, built, converted and painted.

They were green and didn't match my IG colours, so I stripped, but kept the light conversions as the previous owner made them.

After more than a decade I decided it was time to paint them.

I'm happy with the result and realized that now with Ogryns and Sentinels, I should paint more infantry, we will see when I get around to doing it.

Imperial Guard Sentinel squadron. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Another Battletech game

 Yesterday we had another Battletech game, the second one in our loose campaing seeing the Smoke Jaguar invasion of the Draconis Combine.

This time a unit of second liner and untested clan mechs had to break through the Kurita line to get closet to Luthien, the Combine capital.

The clan side had a Marauder IIC, two Locusts IIC, a Shadow Hawk IIC (all unseen models), a Hunchback IIC, a Nobori-nin, a Hankyu and a stand of Elementals.

They were facing a mixed company of mechs and vehicles including: Hatamoto-Chi, Mauler, Cyclops, Grand dragon, Hunchback, Cicada, Whitworth, Trebuchet, Commando, Spider with a Demolisher tank and a Packrat supporting the mechs.

The clan mission was to make it out of the table on the Kuritan left flank. The clan decided to spread out on the length of the field to force the spheroids to spread out their force as well and while the clan left flank attracted the lighter mechs of the opposition, the right flank made a push for the big hill defended by the heaviest Kurita machines.

In the end the plan was successful and the clan managed to exit about half of its force destroying the grand dragon in the process and only loosing the Hunchback IIC (as the pilot had to do to save face from a previous act of cowardice).

It was another great game but, after two defeats,  Kuritan force needs a solid victory to get back in the game.

We plan to have another two games, one involving a reinforcement of clan Nova Cat and the following representing the coordinator Theodore Kurita battling it out with the enemy of Smoke Jaguar.

That will conclude the first leg of our campaign and then we will move to a different invasion lane and eventually play a few games with each invading clan to culminate with the battle of Tukayyd with Comstar repelling (hopefully) the invaders.

It is an ambitious project, let's hope we can see it to the end.

EDIT: a few more pics from other playeers. 

The initial clan setup from our side.

WW2 British 8th Army in North Africa part 3

 This is the 3rd and final post of my British 8th army infantry for Bolt Action.

I have completed a set of Perry Miniatures with 40 figures and for infantry I should be good. I ended up with three squads, two of regulars and one of veterans, plus command and support teams.

To this I add a few vehicles and the army is playable. In the future I might add a gun and a second Matilda that I got in a trade, but was debating if adding to this army or use it for other projects (Soviet land lease).

Following there are the last squad (veterans) and a sniper team.

Nine men veteran squad, for these I used the heads provided in the Perry set to turn these into S.A.S., that way they can serve dual purpose. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

Sniper team. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

EDIT: a few pictures of the whole army so far

More WW2 British 8th army in North Africa

 These is the second part of the infantry of my British 8th army, there should be another post with the final part of the infantry and the full army at once.

Today we have a forward observer team and the second infantry section.

Forward observer with radio operator. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

Infantry section. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

Battletech big game, part 2

 Yesterday we finished our Battletech game.

It was a great game, very closely fought and decided at the very last turn.

After a struggling start, the Inner Sphere, seemed to have taken the upper hand, but at the last turn Clan Smoke Jaguar  managed to kill a very annoying locust that had been running around in the rear of their side doing damage to the back of various mechs and, more important, to hit the ammo rack of the Kurita commander Atlas destroying it and taking a definite lead.

We declared a Clan Smoke Jaguar victory that puts them in the outskirts of Luthien.

Next game should be in an urban scenario, we will probably try some second line mechs for the clans.

Here are some pictures of the game:

Elementals swarming a poor wolverine whose pilot was unconscious

 

The last moment of the Locust, just before it had its center torso cored by a clan PPC

World War Two British 8th army in progress

 My 8th army project is finally getting some steam and moving along nicely, I have started to complete some units and I should be done with the infantry in a couple of weeks.

I'm still debating if I should paint the second Matilda I have or if I should try to trade or sell it, since I probably won't have many chances to use two of the beasts in a game.

This week I have a finished infantry squad and a command section.

First Lieutenant with aides. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

First infantry squad with Bren light machine gun. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

One more Warzone figure

 As it is easy to imagine, I've not been very productive in the past couple of weeks.

I got back from Canada on March 3rd and I got sick right after, I was out for a full week with the flu and could not even sit at the painting desk.

The following week I managed to paint a bit and get some stuff finished, so I will be posting more figures in the next weeks.

The WW2 British 8th army is coming along and there will be pics next Monday.

In the meantime I refurbished a Warzone model that my friend Adrian gave me during my Canadian visit.

It is a Warzone Razide from 1st edition that he painted many years ago. It had a few chips and was standing on a small 25mm base, so it was quite unstable. I fixed up a few scratches and rebased it, so it is now consistent with the rest of my collection.

It is not much, but with the Battletech game pictures I posted yesterday should give you enough to look at until next week.

Dark Legion Razide. 28mm, Heartbreaker, painted by Adrian

Battletech big game, part 1

 Yesterday we had the first part of a fairly big game of Battletech.

We had four players for a scenario set during the Clan invasion of 3050. The scenario saw Clan Smoke Jaguar advancing towards Luthien, the Kurita capital.

The Draconis Combine sent out a company to stop, or at least soften up two stars of Omnimechs and Elemental battle armor, trying to inflict the most possible damage.

We played about 4 and a half hours, at a quite relaxed pace and managed 4 turns.

Luckily we could leave the game set and we will be completing it in a couple of weeks.

Here are some pictures to give you an idea of the game:

The terrain was all scratch built by Omar, while the mechs are mostly mine, with some from Gian's collection.

So far the game is going well, the Kuritan force is holding up thanks to the good defensive position it is occupying and, at shorter range the technological advantage of the Clans is offset by the heavier armor of the Inner Sphere mechs.

The scenario awards victory points based on the tonnage of mechs destroyed or cripples, so the Inner Sphere is at a disadvantage there, we will have to see how the game evolves in the second part.

There will be a follow up post in a couple of weeks.