Timecast tarmac roads for modern games. https://www.timecastmodels.com/flexible-terrain Must have bought these prior to lockdown. Finally got round to painting them between other batches and while England Lionesses played Sweden (it went to penalties) I added road markings (and I spent a good while looking up German junction markings). Markings are a tad too wide for scale, but I figured that once they're on table they'll be fine. Timecast 's amazing marshy ground and rough ground. Painted up really easily, look fantastic. Just finished these in time for Warfare , Rough ground Marshes , with added Vallejo still water Thank you Mark and Barrie, truly excellent!
Stephen and I got together for another game of BKCIV in the Western Desert. My forces were unchanged from last time, while Stephen brought a mix of Italian armour, infantry and a German recee company and we played 'Encounter' again. Eight turns of fun to go! Colonel Antrobus (Family motto ' Forsitan postea ') and the 3/139th Borcester Light Heavy Infantry had arrived further into the Western Desert. No one is quite sure how they got there in the first place. They just sort of arrived in Alexandria one day, and when reporting to HQ for orders, after having been told to 'Naff off and get lost', had picked what they thought was a nice, quiet, sector. The Borcester's were not looking for action, but again, action has found them. The desert, nothing deployed yet, but much closer terrain than before, allowing us cover and defence. Turn 1 : All of us (including Stephen's two commanders on CV9 and one on CV8) failed to appear. Turn 2 : The Borches...