April already.??!!
The cruelest month. I've said it before and I'll say it again, who knows where the time goes?
In my case a holiday in Egypt, screaming at the madness of the world, family admin, writing, house guests, drinking with mates, bedding-in a new Rescue Cat, filming a music video (in medieval kit) for (and with) a rapper - and painting: the latter including a 1:1 NWF 6mm Motor Machine Gun battery, a load of D&D and RPG figures and some Strelets Boers painted up for 1930s armed civilians/IRA insurgents. Also making/painting Heroquest props and bods etc.
Add to all that some D&D and board games with mates and the time flies.
Plus some Solo Heroquest test games and, this week, getting out my Wofun "Armada" (pics) for some solo sailing exercise.
Great fun, with the latter using a variant on SP's token activation for fleet elements (the various "squadrons"), dice-led element decisions (i.e. the usual) and some house tweaks of Andy Callan's nice and simple rules.
I know flats aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I spend enough time painting, so....
NOW I want some of their Napoleonic "boats" - but because of bloody Brexit (Grrrrr..... DGMS..!!) buying the (pro-rata) cheaper mass set means one gets hit with Excise and VAT, so a best part of 30% surcharge.... Give me strength....
Hey, ho... The "fighting season" starts shortly: another time-eater. And so it goes....
Add to all that some D&D and board games with mates and the time flies.
Plus some Solo Heroquest test games and, this week, getting out my Wofun "Armada" (pics) for some solo sailing exercise.
Great fun, with the latter using a variant on SP's token activation for fleet elements (the various "squadrons"), dice-led element decisions (i.e. the usual) and some house tweaks of Andy Callan's nice and simple rules.
I know flats aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I spend enough time painting, so....
NOW I want some of their Napoleonic "boats" - but because of bloody Brexit (Grrrrr..... DGMS..!!) buying the (pro-rata) cheaper mass set means one gets hit with Excise and VAT, so a best part of 30% surcharge.... Give me strength....
Hey, ho... The "fighting season" starts shortly: another time-eater. And so it goes....
Lots of fun had by the sound of it. The fleers look great in the photos.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Yes, I wasn't sure about the Wofun flats at first, but I was happy with the 18mm WoR ones I bought the other year (I just wasn't going to find the time to paint up WoR armies, even in 6mm) so took a punt on the fleets. They are pretty, and no way would I have made/painted up that many ships..
ReplyDeleteIt WAS fun, playing the English - even though we lost (the Spanish lost more ships disabled, but Effingham and the Ark Royal went down, and we lost several other ships, dismasted, which we had to leave behind when my Main Squadron lost heart and called it a day - thanks to a Spanish pincer movement ..
I used my usual "sub-commanders have orders, but some may not always follow them" procedures. It was like herding cats: esp. when Drake decided to ignore orders and fly off with his squadron in pursuit of the easy pickings transports (sigh)...
Andy Callan's rules provide a simple basis to work on, and with a few tweaks to solo-ise worked well and quickly. We shall sail again...