Past Games...Part 2 - Walking Dead and SAGA!

Howdy folks,

Another post, another new month, another snowfall, lol...I think we're supposed to get about a half a foot of snow today, and maybe some rain later this afternoon.  As promised from my last post, here are some more pics of games gone by...this time a little Walking Dead that we played in November/December timeframe and most recently some SAGA in the new year.

The Walking Dead was entertaining as usual; Duncan had an opportunity to showcase some more of his terrain...it looked very cool...and this time he tried out setting up some alternate objectives for each player rather than the usual slug/shoot fest.

The layout from my perspective...my crew (a lost family) had the task of searching for some family members who had become separated; we entered from the bottom of the table and headed towards the Blue Motor Inn.  Mike's team entered table right...I think they were a bunch of bikers, etc...and Ed's team entered table left, they were a bunch of rough and tumble convicts looking to make a break for it.

 

From this angle you can see Ed's crew decked out in orange...their leader looked a little rough so I immediately took the opportunity to put a few rounds into him. I think I put him down after turn 3 or 4...a little proactive defence.

 

From here you can see Mike's crew...if I recall, for the most part we kept each at length with no exchange of gunfire. The family makes its way to the second floor to look for their lost members.

along the way we find a supply cache with a desert eagle in it...good find!

We successfully find the twins in one of the rooms, but there are zombies to deal with before we can make our egress.  The twins take care of business and the family is reunited.  Over at the gas station, Mike and Ed are having a small tete-a-tete punctuated with shotgun and grenade blasts.

Final shot of the game before I departed...I had a party to get to at my house...Ed's cons rushing into the gas station and contending with some distractions at the same time.  All in all...a very good game.

Early this year, I had the chance to try out SAGA 2.0...it had been some time since I tried it out, but it was great to try the new rules and to get my Crusaders on the table again.

Initial setup...Duncan on my left with a very mobile cavalry type force (can't remember who he was fielding); MIke on my right with a mix of foot and horse (again, can't remember who he was leading); me occupying the difficult to pass "high ground" with my foot heavy force of Crusaders.  Crossbowman deployed in an L with apex facing the bad guys...hearthguard hanging with the boss behind them, and 2 groups of soldiers/knights armed with shields and one handed weapons.  No levies for me.

Looking right...

Looking left...

We really like this hill...

I mean, it feels very comfortable...

And funny enough, first charges and moves look to be directed straight at me...

throwing some bolts at Mike...taking some in return as well...Duncan and Mike sparing outside of my range but well in front of my line.  Mike pushing horse traversing my 6...

Duncan and Mike mixing it up at my 1 O'clock...my own knights mixing it up with Duncans troops as well pushing from our sacred hill...

troops moving back and forth...starting to get the hang of the battleboards...

Duncan getting ready to let loose with his cavalry at my stick of knights...

horse everywhere...some mutual swipes at each other...

Duncan heads his cavalry over to do battle with Mike's horse...via my lone stick of knights...it was a little punishing.

starting to take some noticeable hits...

Cavalry furballs behind me...

My leader and Duncan's leader drop the gloves and have a donnybrook! If I recall, I rolled fairly well for this and I took his horse and leader down...chalk one up to the grunts!

 

All in all, another fun go at SAGA...and two excellent games in the end and beginning of the years.

WHATS NEXT

1. some pics of the first painted figs of the year, completed in January and February

2. some pics of a new game I just picked up as well...

Past Games...Part 1 - Team Yankee

Howdy folks,

Another day, another evening of a mixed bag of weather...tonight it is snow with freezing rain and drizzle...apparently overnight; so it should be rather interesting in the morning.  As I said after Solo and the Fett Man, I wanted to post up some pics from the last few games that I had last year...now, for the most part, I cannot remember the exact game details, BUT the games themselves were still very entertaining and were an opportunity to get the figures on the table.

To kick these posts off, I have a Team Yankee summertime firefight involving NATO (Can-US force) and Warsaw Pact (I believe mostly East German).  The points were roughly 100-150-ish per side (heavy on the ish).  For me, this was a chance to get some 4 Brigade troops on the table, in this case a command Leopard C1 (in panthers clothing, 2 platoon of 3 x C1's, and a half battery of M109s (while still in their primed suits, they do have the proper long barrels).  If I recall, Mike fielded a Marine force of hummers...and stuff, oh and some really critical cobras.

Duncan was the bad guy...he had a bunch of East bloc kit...tanks, bmps, oh my...a bunch of stuff to get in the way...can't remember the exact make up...I'm sure he had some AAA in there as well.

Anyway, I think the scenario was a reserve type engagement with NATO attacking and East Germans having stuff in reserve until turn 3...standard FoW fare.  While the west was pumped, they sadly did not have the metal behind them to put a big dent in the WP force...I'm happy I got the models out, but some better rolling on my part...and some much more worse rolling on Duncan's really would have helped the situation.

Anyway, the table looked good, the models were fine, and the afternoon was very entertaining.

Enjoy the pics.  Cheers.

Initial setup - right flank...guns on the edge, C1's leading.  Enemy troop carriers at the opposite crest of the ridge

Steady advance on the right...I totally forgot to take pics of the left...

a boatload of hurt coming across the pontoon bridge...commies everywhere...

 
WHATS NEXT

 

1. some more pics of games.

2. some pics of the first painted figs of the year, completed in January.

3. some pics of a new game I just picked up as well...

 

 

Solo and the Fett Man...

Howdy folks,

Hopefully the new year has not been hitting you too hard...the weather certainly has been a mixed bag of rain, snow, freezing rain, snow pellets, and some really cool temperatures for some folks that are not entirely accustomed to it.  Currently, we're sitting in a somewhat typical winter with -10 to -25C with very cool windchill and I understand that some of our southern neighbors are really getting an Arctic boot to the crotch...

If you are one of the ones getting it in the pills from the cold blast, hopefully this post can help you think of warmer climates.

Before the end of last year, I was able to finish up two operators/commanders for Star Wars Legion...like a bad 80's buddy crime-drama, Solo and the Fett Man were in my final batch of 2018 painting.  For both of these warriors, I based them in the same theme as my previous sections...ala Tatt or some similarly arid deserty place...

https://nerdlydarkness.blogspot.com/2018/11/legion-of-stormtroopers.html
https://nerdlydarkness.blogspot.com/2018/10/bring-on-warsassault-and-legion.html
https://nerdlydarkness.blogspot.com/2018/06/star-warsyup-legion-pic-heavy.html

Of the two figures, my favourite of the two has to be the Fett Man...it is a fairly dynamic pose in mid flight with his jetpack firing.  With all of this great detail, it was a little daunting to get the colours correct.  Thanks to the google-net there are a bunch of images and inspiring pics to take a look at; the main challenge again will be to find a suitable colour/style that you like and go with that.  Also, thank to my main man Sorastro (https://sorastro.com/) I was able to double check and compare my work with his...

Now, giving proper credit...I would not have had the idea of doing any sort of glow or colour change on Boba Fett's cape from the flames of the jetpack if I hadn't watched it on Sorastro's video.  I really like how it came out in the end. 

In line with the quick punch and heat from the jetpack, I elected to have some scorch marks and blast points on the base. 

Looking at many of the pics online, there are a bunch of colour transitions on the armour with subtle changes between the chest piece and helmet. 

The pack colour was really neat and a challenge as I had to mix some existing colours to get what I wanted...I'm very happy with the results. 

As we are in an arid, desert like climate, I also wanted to have some weathering and 'dust' showing on the lower portion of his legs... 

 

While not as dynamic in my opinion, the Han Solo figure does a pretty good job portraying the character in a classic pose.  Although the pose is really representative from Return of the Jedi, I elected to base in the same theme as my overall force.

Unfortunately for these shots I was having some really challenging lighting issues...

As you can tell from my lack of comments, this figure was very straight forward to paint up. All that's left is to get his trusty sidekick I guess...

 

 

WHATS NEXT

 

1. for my next post, I will put up a mixed collection of game shots from the past 3 or 4 times out, but was unable to get posted at the time...and now, can't really remember a damn thing.

2. some pics of the first painted figs of the year, completed in January.

 

Take care folks.