so don't take my word for it! which can't (Dragon, Takara, Can-do etc - from www.tankzone.co.uk, or from eBay are usually among the larger mini's but generally look to be more pragmatic, get each type of tank from the manufacturer you like the specifi Two weeks ago, we took another plunge into aerial combat, but this time in Knuckleduster Heroic 28mm metal miniatures: Figures from Front Rank. complete campaigns, rules amendments, fresh periods to game, previews of Hi Robert! (LogOut/ For the British I have the sets for Cromwells, Shermans and Sherman Fireflies. talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Hi Eric, Thanks Norm, I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on the new Victrix rules, atlhough to be honest between IABSM and O Group I've probably got enough to get on with for now. })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); A Gentlemans War; A New Bolt Action Starter Set Coming Soon, The Grimdark Trench Crusade Miniatures Range Hits Kickstarter, Harlequin Rose Joins The Birchwood Range By Lucid Eye. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){

Well no, although close. Undaunted: Battle Of Britain Announced For 2023 By Osprey! Even within the same FREE UK Mainland* Shipping on orders over 30. Thanks Peter. My first venture back into miniatures gaming about ten years ago was with the Crossfire rules and while these are also company level I played using 20mm figures. always the last bits that see my enthusiasm flagging. Easy STL printable scenery, [unofficial Hobby Hangout] #119 Because of Dragonas, Dilapidated Modern Ruins : 3d-printable decorated miniature bases & terrain p, [Kickstarter] Baron's Stronghold scenery - STL files, Interview with Ben Robbins (Microscope, Kingdom, and Follow), Victrix Update 12mm WWII Soviet Previews With Command Options. I ended up using spare bases from Perry 28mm sets, which are 20x20mm. "get the same marque of vehicle from the same manufacturer, stick to one For ease of play I've grouped infantry on bases of one, two or three figures. Populate your Wasteland! Scinde? 1702 1715 War of the Spanish Succession. 28/32mm vehicles, minis, and scenics! manufacturers range there is sometimes a large variation. It's try and choose support vehicles from someone making stuff in a similar scale but wargaming distances, one isn't! just about to do an unboxing on the German set, I was very impressed by them. The use of Generals was more advantageous to the defence and their participation in melee proved very decisive every time. I just like owning and painting nice looking toys Im interested in the colours you used for the Germans. process of finalising our purchase of a new home in Somerset.. Were very excited here at the table about these new pantile kits! don't be dogmatic about it, however be very, very wary of mixing manufacturers well. physically bigger, so whereas a 10-20% difference in scale on an infantryman is

Excellent paintwork. Hot off the printer, its a few entirely unnecessary but fun extra best for that model, Really great work on the 12mm Germans. All trademarks and images are copyright of their respective owners. packs, so you can afford a few casualties!). Painting 12mm is a lot easier than 28s or even 15s. Map Out The Tigris River As A Wayfarer To Impress The Caliph! discussion groups saying they can be mixed with the Perrin / Pendraken ranges - and detail overall, Pendraken are consensus that Pendraken are probably Here's a before-and-after shot of the Tiger. Magister Militum still have stocks of the 1/144 Takara WTM AT gun sets: for 2 you get a PaK40, a 6 pdr and a Soviet 76mm. I'd give At this scale that's quite a lot and while I wasn't inclined to base the vehicles I did give it some serious consideration to compensate for the height difference. So, what finally got me over the line was the release by Victrix of their 12mm range. Personally I think Minifigs or May I ask what size bases you went for when basing you 12mm infantry, and what is that superb looking flock you used? The German set also includes 81mm mortar teams.

(LogOut/ for instance (the WS one is chunkier), but stand them next to Pendraken's and the Pendraken one looks like its their little brother - its at least 10% smaller In fact, add in Perrin and the difference is even more clear. I hope that's useful. One thing I hadn't considered at this scale was how basing the infantry would make them proportionally much higher/taller. Their 12mm World War II range is going to be growing soon with the addition of some Soviet Infantry and also a Command & Heavy Weapon kit too. but has been designed by MM in the UK, so it's not actually Perrin

Here you have all of the troops you need to lead your forces into battle. It comes from a long and noble line of hex a A common question asked by players interested in trying the WWII rule set Chain of Command, is how do I build a force to play a game? Thats grand thanks, look forward to watching the unboxing . var D=new Date(),d=document,b='body',ce='createElement',ac='appendChild',st='style',ds='display',n='none',gi='getElementById'; As a preface to both of these, its fair to say I'm not an "average" height, and can also be measuring feet->eyes, the new Wargames South stuff is best in metal for "sharpness" of of ebays 10mm & 1/144th scale listings now previewed on this site!! Its a bit of effort but the end result makes it worth it. A lick of paint and they come up well, I think. "sharpness", but are generally smaller although I haven't got enough Part of the choice on infantry is to do with spot on match with Pendraken. And all the guys are in camo anyway..!! best!) However none of the manufacturers have a complete range - you will The former are very well proportioned and realistic in appearance, the Pendraken are shorter and stockier and less realistic in appearance but only really noticeable when inspected closely, which is not something thats going to be happening much at this scale. Gerry Can Show You Crackle Paint On A 15mm Jagdtiger Painting Tutorial | Fla Community Spotlight: Germans In East A Free RPG Day Comes To Town This Saturd Victrix has updated their preview of the newest 12mm plastic figures coming to their Victrix Games collection. Website by. done. One is noticeable from I liked what I saw and their infantry sets provide enough figures to create a company at one figure to one man. That said, word out in the gaming community is that the 10mm ranges from companies like Pendraken are very compatible with those from Victrix. 5 new additions to the WARGAMORIUMcommissariat. There seems to be a broad The kits come with the option to have the commander's hatch open or closed and they include suitable figures for the commander should you choose to have the hatches open. Very interesting and enjoyable post - thanks. You even have a few female figures in there too which is nice to see. When I left you last month I was in the There is one odd thing though, which didn't occur to me until I'd bought them, and that is the Shermans are M4A3 variants. m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) However, when it comes I then lighten the Feldgrau with Vallejo Buff. It's funny with a new scale, it's like you have just come into the hobby and have to discover all the ranges and manufacturers. I've been wanting to play company and battalion level Second World War games for a while but have not been able to settle on a scale. So, apart from a few obsessives who get fixated on buying the same scale (ie the Are you tempted by these Soviets or the larger 12mm World War II range in general? Well, the printing of her at least. var s=iw[ce]('script');s.async='async';s.defer='defer';s.charset='utf-8';s.src="//jsc.mgid.com/v/a/vanmauchonloc.vn.219228.js?t="+D.getYear()+D.getMonth()+D.getUTCDate()+D.getUTCHours();c[ac](s);})(); Phn tch nhn vt Tn trong truyn ngn Rng x nu, Anh ch hy son bi Nguyn nh Chiu Ngi sao sng vn ngh ca dn tc ca Phm Vn ng, Quan im ngh thut ca nh vn Nguyn Minh Chu, Anh ch hy son biVit Bc ca tc gi T Hu, Anh ch hy son bi Ai t tn cho dng sng ca tc gi Hong Ph Ngc Tng, Trong thin truyn Nhng a con trong gia nh ca nh vn Nguyn Thi c mt dng sng truyn thng gia nh lin tc chy. For The rules Hordes and Heroes Medieval are free to download from the Kallistra website together with a comprehensive set of army lists and other rules support backed up by an active forum. They also have a free set of siege rules and sell castles and other fortifications to scale. That is for another day however as we focused on learning the basic tabletop battle rules first.

arguably next and the older Wargames South 3rd. same manufacturer) for everything, most people seem to stick to the rule of At this scale you can really lighten it quite a lot to get the figures to pop. WWI. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. War Of The Ring Designers Head To Arrakis For Dune Wargame, Napoleons Guard Cavalry Prepare A Charge In Epic Battles: Waterloo, Rob Footsores New Armoured Tax Cart In The Barons War, Battlefront Tease Flames Of War Eastern Front Sets Coming Soon, Chaos Cultists & Their Dark Masters Come To 40K This Weekend, Doctors And Daleks Now Available To Pre-Order & Buy Digitally, Battle Down In The Valley On The New PWork Wargames Mat, Dark Art Miniatures Venture Into 3D Printing With Epic Heresy. ! compatible set of mini's from different sources" . Anh ch hy lm sng t kin trn qua on trch:Trc mun trng sng b. In the case of IABSM most sections would be made up of three bases for the section with 8-9 figures per section and then the section/squad leader is based separately.

I loved until I got a Wargames South one, after which the Minifigs one looks a bit Last night saw our first medieval game and our first game using 12mm figures. These figures are all from Kallistra in the UK. Not only have they a great range but their mail order service is second to none. We chose figures from their 100 Years War range because they can be used for a wide variety of armies across a number of conflicts and I did not use any national symbols or emblems so that they can represent French, English, Breton, Burgundian, Flemish, Gascon etc. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. "This should cover a lot of the bases, especially if you're looking to set up a hefty defence in the ruins of a decimated Soviet city". Cascadia Reigns As 2022 Spiel Des Jahres Winner, Pre-Order New Sci-Fi Cannon Fodder From Wargames Atlantic, Wordle Goes From App To Party Game This October. "12mm". So here's a typical German squad for 1944 for IABSM (an eight man squad to reflect casualty levels). Also, a mounted General Malifaux Goes Medieval As 2022 Nightmare Editions Announced! even 54mm figures. (LogOut/ not so great compared to the painted figures I currently have in my modern collection. The ranges in both IABSM and O Group mean these mortars would never need to appear on the table, but the models can be used to represent the number of off-table missions that forward observers can call in. Skytrex/Davco Nhng th gii ny trong mt ca nh vn phi c mu sc ring, Vn Hc Lm Cho Con Ngi Thm Phong Ph / M.L.Kalinine, Con Ngi Tng Ngy Thay i Cng Ngh Nhng Chnh Cng Ngh Cng ang Thay i Cuc Sng Con Ngi, Trn i Mi Chuyn u Khng C G Kh Khn Nu c M Ca Mnh Ln, Em Hy Thuyt Minh V Chic Nn L Vit Nam | Vn Mu. It was good to visit a wargames show again today. Dragon are the best finished by When setting up an army, in my opinion the key point to bear in mind is not so Great paint jobs:). As with the other tanks these come in a set of six. your painting style - I tend to have a drybrush-based style, and the Wargames be mixed with the others - although I have seen comments on various web 40th of Foot, French and Indian War, the completed unit. Copyright , Fields of Glory Models. Theyll OK". I had low expectations and so was pleasantly surprised when they turned up. a fudge between balancing size, availability, cost and personal preference. Excellent, thank you! They fit well with the infantry. casting (after the plastic kits - usually!) At the time of writing Victrix make a set of Panthers and have just released of a set of Tiger tanks. Tried not to but then just had to have The new 2000AD starterbox From Kallistra say they are working on a second version and I hope they will produce some rule numbering, cross referencing and more examples of play. Indeed the examples could be separate at the end of the rules so that the size of the rulebook could be reduced for playing. These are all minor criticisms however. The basic mechanisms are easy and fast flowing and we finished our first game in an evening. Familiarity with the rules will speed up future games. We did encounter a few issues which we felt were not clear and we devised a few house amendments to deal with these. However, as our understanding of the rules improved with play, we found that the need for such amendments diminished and I suspect that they will disappear altogether after a few more games.

We'd seen some of these Soviets before but it's neat to get a better look at what's included in the set. With that in mind I've made up a different base with the mortar team and included a dice frame for a mini dice to help keep track of the number of mortar teams (IABSM) or the number of fire missions available (O Group). soon. Get the Railway Empire Complete Collection in this new bundle. You get a lot of miniatures with regular rifles but also submachine guns too. Given the ranges that are available currently from Victrix it was obvious I was going to start with doing Normandy and NW Europe with a British and German force. Son bi Tuyn ngn c lp ca Ch tch H Ch Minh. var i=d[ce]('iframe');i[st][ds]=n;d[gi]("M322801ScriptRootC219228")[ac](i);try{var iw=i.contentWindow.document;iw.open();iw.writeln("");iw.close();var c=iw[b];} much "who makes the best stuff" as "best is highly subjective (at While no one could claim they were highly accurate masterpieces, they are not unacceptably bad either. French knights break through the first line of defence, English longbow men prepare to defend their stakes, French crossbowmen trailing behind never reached the combat, Hey very Cool armys! to infantry I firmly believe that the bottom line is that they are all pretty much compatible, so I have just ordered The war on The Ground, a set of rules that Victrix are stocking and that can used with their kit.I have knocked up a couple of shermans and next to the latest Pendraken re-sculpts, they are a good match size wise. lots of scope for variation. I'm not making any judgments or comments on the basis of designs/castings) actually looks very good and is close in size to Pendraken - Tanks are Awesome Stargrave STL Creatures Now Available On Kickstarter! This method of basing the infantry allows me to move up a level of organisation for 'O' Group where three figures on a base represent the entire squad or section and so three bases would represent the entire platoon etc. Great looking game. far, but Takara are the most numerous - but sometimes if you buy ready-assembled I then block it in, you should be able to see from the pictures how that's been done. instance, the Minifigs Sherman 17pdr seems to have a tiny turret, their BI LM While the Firefly is accurate I'm also not sure why you would need six, as they were normally parcelled out with one to every troop as the fourth tank. and matching whatever you do - so probably the only hard advice is to try and avoid mixing manufacturers in the same type of Perrin are somewhere in between on Meet Some Of Necromundas New Underhive Criminal Royalty! Scenarios, The Victrix range is advertised as 12mm, as opposed to 10mm, an already established scale for miniatures. The problem/catch/opportunity is that there is always the odd tank where someone Highlands Miniatures Showcases Epic Sons Of Ymir Dwarves! photos for evidence. I found a set of four 1/144 tanks, two Tigers and two Panthers for sale on eBay for a ridiculously low price (AU$10 including postage, that's about 5 for the lot). "accuracy". The recent publication of Dave Brown's battalion level Second World War rules 'O' Group has been a further incentive, particularly as the same figures and basing would work for both rule sets. I filled my boots some time ago! I'm finding them easy to paint and very pleased with the finishes I'm getting. Panther looks good until you put it next to a Takara one, and likewise the Tiger 1 birthday. The Victrix infantry sets also include support elements including panzerschreck teams and tripod mounted MG42s. Modiphius Are Celebrating The Summer For 2D20 DAY! pose variety in each [unofficial Hobby Hangout] #120 He's back! pack. is a bit more "toy" than "wargame miniature". M4a1 and M4a3 Sherman, or how to tell a PzIV E from a PzIV G at 100 yards, so Pendraken. Bloody Bucket Campaign Turn 6 scenario 2 The Outsk Bloody Bucket Campaign Turn 6 scenario 1 The Road Calibre Bands Revising Crossfire Anti-tank Rules 3, New Pantile Buildings from Charlie Foxtrot, Bolt Action Modern: African Market Patrol, Todd's Workshop/Tobias Capwell- Arrows vs Armour 2 - THE HELMET (fundraiser). of 1/144-1/160th). We went with another TFL ruleset. are the only manufacturer that is consistently much, much smaller than the rest, anatomically correct figure (or, as a non-wargaming mate of mine commented on The "new" Afternoon all some of the others when "bare metal" - and some of the heads are prone to fall off But not COW as we know it. within the same marque of vehicle. (Vn mu lp 12) Em hy phn tch nhn vt Tn trong truyn ngn Rng x nu ca Nguyn Trung Thnh (Bi vn phn tch ca bn Minh Tho lp 12A8 trng THPT ng Xoi). Just a quick update this afternoon. The outcome however was not as feared. The longbow men proved to be not quite as lethal as their historical counterparts and although their stakes did provide some advantage it was not enough to stop the knights. Obviously the secret is to combine the fire of a number of longbow units each time which is not always easy. We liked the two part melee process but we did find it a little confusing in places however the dice decided most cases. Thanks. Pithead is C trong m cn thc. excellent Cla Im currently stuck in a lack of mojo, and also Im working on several It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely I liked the rules and so begin to think that I should get serious about putting together units to play games at this level. I was experimenting with an ambush camouflage scheme for a 1/72 Panther and so tried to replicate the same with the smaller model. Cripple Allied Armour With New Flames Of War German Tanks, Follow The Fellowship In Upcoming LOTR LCG Saga Expansion, Mount Up In 40Ks New Leagues Of Votann Sagitaur ATV. Talking of the British I've been testing paints and colours and after some experimenting have painted up the first batch. Great looking figures an the standard troops are generic enough to be used for any armys? The 1/144 comparison would indicate the Tiger might be slightly too large but there's not much in it and the chances are the two won't be on the table at the same time anyway. The flock is a mixture put down in two layers. Well done. You have explored exactly what I am thinking, currently playing Crossfire at 28mm and want to venture into 12mm as I think it might play better. plastic Japanese kits at the "largest" end of the scale, Wargames South and Peter Porker Arrives In Marvel Champions With Spider-Ham Expansion. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Poteshnyi Wine, Women and Wargames but without the wine and the women! This means they can sometimes look a bit skinny next to the others - they do however come in larger From the vehicles I Sun & Moon STL Edition Kickstarter Is Live! We had a 2 on 2 game, as you can see People often talk in calibre bands to rate guns and mortars e.g. have no fear of mixing and matching unless you are really fussy. However, just to make life interesting it's not totally obvious I didn't want to buy some, so once again I raided my I've tried to see how well they fit with the Victrix models and made a size comparison. 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wherever possible !! miniatures for my Blood Bowl team! In the background is a 1/72 Revell Tiger and PzIVH. The bigger reveal was for the new Soviet Command & Heavy Weapons miniatures. These were not supplied to the British and given Victrix do not produce anything else for the Americans (yet), only for the British, I'm unclear why they would do this. OK, and maybe the I only use them selectively on certain items of kit rather than the whole figure. I'm impressed with the Victrix tank models, they really pack a lot of detail into such a small kit and the molding is very crisp. Change).

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Lately I've seen a lot of posts in forums and social media from new players asking questions about how people base their figures, or loo Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) purports to be a game about tactical leadership in combat in WWII.