From MartinC: Random Greyish Stuff (98pts)

So ladies and gentlemen. I go away for 6 days of family Christmas, and a sneaky bit of gaming, and half of you have gone mad and painted all the figures you have. Most impressive but can you all calm down. It's a marathon not a snickers (only Brits will understand that)

I did manage to do some painting before I went away and have done some more today.

DaveD and I played our 1st game of 02hundred yesterday, it has potential but the rules need putting in a much better order. It was a somewhat baffling.

These are SAS troopers for the Brits. I painted them somewhat lighter than the Germans, who were too dark

Couple of snipers and a bren gun for support

All these are Artizan designs

Commander and radio operator

Finally some proper support

2" mortar, K gun (when you need all the bullets), flame thrower and PIAT

Next up Dave and I are running a gangster game ar Hammerhead and we thought we needed a tube station. That I can make but the tube train was harder. A trawl of ebay found this kit. It was a nightmare to put together. the base is 5mm shorter than the roof. so much sawing and filing was needed. Overall it looks cool though

gave it a dirty silver paint job with red trim, seems to fit with the game

It's a big old unit, big enough for a gunfight

Finally we needed some buildings for 02hundred so I picked these up, Sarissa I think

Couple of fairly large ones

and a couple of sheds

Will work for Gangsters and pretty much anything else.

Scores on the doors

13x28mm infantry = 65

1x28mm train = 20

4x buildings = 2/3 cube =13

total = 98 pts

That will do for today. Just watched Medieval on Netflix (cancelled my membership - it's got really rubbish lately with some proper gems that last a series before being cancelled, and don't get me started on the total BS that is Ancient Apocalypse.). Anyway Medieval isn't great but it is about Jan Zizka and I feel the need for a Hussite army, cos obviously that's the kinda guy I am.

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Great grey stuff, Martin. I like your greyscale SAS team, but I am sorry to hear that '02 Hundred' is proving to be a bit more of a puzzle than anticipated. It's a shame, as the game's premise is spot-on for creating fun scenarios. I'll have to see if I can grab a PDF copy of the rules to see what could be leveraged for a cooperative game. 

I like the sound of the Gangster game you and Dave are plotting. Your subway car is especially brilliant, and I can definitely see it being used for some dramatic confrontations. I can just imagine in my mind's eye, the car's lights flashing on and off, as two-fisted action unfolds within. Very pulpy!

Yep, I agree, 'Ancient Apocalypse' is trash - how did it ever get produced much less released? I'll have to check out 'Medieval' as I like the idea of heavily armed caravans. Sort of a middle-ages Texas trailer park with crossbows.

- Curt