Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Graham kindly invited me roud for another game. This time we were trialing the pre-release version of ' Scrapjack s' by Stalker 7. This is a cooperative (or even solo) Sci-Fifsalvage game; where your team of four has to explore and recover items from desolate areas of space. Assume broken spaceships, abandoned stations, but are they actually abandoned? As Graham and I were trialing there were no official floorplans or models, yet. So, an ad-hoc selection of miniatures from Graham's amazing collection (more retro spacesuits/diving suits than hi-tech gear here) and his great portable terrain system. Our team of four enter the area. Each team is made up of different characters, and I'm sure as the rules are finalised, more will become apparent, but ours had a hacker, a fighter, a medic and a fixer types, giving a useful spread of skills across three different stat types. Aim is to sweep each room for goodies and salvage, complete missions for rewards, and survive. That las...

Mal looked round through a haze of medication, as he came round in the medical beds of good ship 'The Tranquility' as it slowly moved through the sea. "What... How... Yeah." Zoe looked across from the other bunk, "Afternoon, Captain, glad to see you breathing on your own again." Simon Taan, the newt doctor on the Glowworm class ship, looked up from his notes, "Don't be going standing up too quickly Captain, I would appreciate not having to repair those stitches." "Just be reminding me, what in the name of all that is shiny happened out there?" The weasel captain propped himself up on one elbow to look up, wincing slightly. A pair of grey whiskers poked round the doorframe, the newest crewmember followed through, the water vole, Reverend Goatherd Brook, brought fresh drinks, "Locating and securing that loot in the ruins, then counting it before moving it on the 'Tranquility', delayed us loading." "Noted, next t...

David & I met up at Leighton Buzzard for a BKC game, using his points of 2085, we put our lists together, David dusted off his troops, as he used to play Stephen at BKCII, and off we went. David's force: Co & 2 x HQs and FAO 2 x 25lbers 2 x Mk3 Honeys 5 x A13s 3 x Crusaders 3 x Valentines 3 infantry platoons in trucks 2 x 2lber portees It's a lot of armour and not much infantry! My force: CO & 2 HQs 3 x Panzer IIIJ 3 x Panzer IIIH 2 x Panzer IVD 1 x 222 2 x verteran infantry in Hannomags 1 x HMG & Mortar in truck 4 x infantry 2 x PAK36s 1 x Pak38s 1 x HMG 1 x Mortar 1 x motorcyclists A lot of infantry, but not much armour! For reference, in David's force; red counters donate killed, blue = surpressed and yellow show hits (we played the hits stay on varient) And indeed, so the my armour really went for it turn 1, well over the half way line, and ready to pick on David's 8th Army on my right. On the left, my infantry advances towards the village, w...

28mm Foundry Miniatures French Grenadiers. I was ordering paint, and they kind of fell into my shopping basket... Honest guv! Camera's playing up again Top down Blurry advance Charge I'll go and paint the Caunter camo on that AEC Dorchester now...    A seriously powerful unit now, Cuirassiers with leader, musician and standard bearer At the charge Heavy horse flesh Clipclop More figures than I'll ever need, what a shame! Top view Pioneer supply wagon for my pioneer unit, goes with the barricades nicely With removable canopy Wagon team Top view Suitably grimy Off they go, into the sunset together Wound markers Some of the figures in action in last night's game. Engineers and supply wagon on the move. Left my jump off points at home, so a Tardis sufficed! My cuirassiers getting ready to charge the British deploying in an enclosure. In the midst of the battle, I am swinging right with my infantry. My artillery is pounding the British, but ...