Category: Wargaming

Yesterday, the HAWKs hosted our Barrage gaming day in Northern Maryland.  We had a record turnout, a Flames of War Tournament, a L’Art De La Guerre tournament, and lots of fun.  Below are some pictures from the day’s gaming.

One of the highlights of Barrage was seeing an old buddy Ma’k Morin.  He brought his wife and daughter to Barrage.  It was the first time I had seen him in almost 20 years, even though we have kept in contact via Email and phone calls.  It was great to game with him again, and I think his family enjoyed it too.

The first proofs of the Combat Patrol cards arrived from DriveThru Cards this week.  They look terrific!

I just need to do a final proof of the rule book, and then I will ready to go public.

At Historicon I picked up all the new stuff from Pulp Figures that I didn’t already have.  Two sets were French Foreign Legion figures.  It appears that this well be the beginning of a new line of figures for Bob Murch.  All I know about the stereotypical Foreign Legion is Beau Geste and the Laurel and Hardy spoof, but I figured I could work these figures into a GASLIGHT game as a contingent.

As with all the Pulp Figures the animation and sculpting is superb.

I also finished this shark man from Bones II (I think).  This figure will find his way into a future undersea adventure game.

I recently ordered a couple of kits from Multiverse Gaming in Poland.  I really like their kits.  The MDF is just a little thicker than others, and the kits are well designed.  In addition to the new Monarch Theater, which I haven’t assembled yet, I picked up the diner and a couple of smaller pieces.

The design of the kit is such that I could paint the red pieces (that look a little pink in these photos) separately from the silver pieces and then assemble the kit.  This made the painting extremely easy.  In fact, I spray painted the red and silver pieces.  After I assembled the kit, I then went over the red pieces with a dark pink dry brush to make it look a little more weathered.

That dry brushing step doesn’t show up in these pictures either.

In addition to the diner, I also put together these nice little mail boxes.  If I have a complaint about either kit, it is that on these the lettering was just outlined.  Since the writing was small, the outlined letters were difficult to paint.  I would have preferred lettering that was just engraved, rather than outlined.  I think they would have been easier to paint.

Both will make nice additions to my pulp town.