My club, much debate about if we wanted to be an actual club as we are all a bit Groucho Marx, is running an insane Back of Beyond campaign and DaveD (umpire and man who knows the rules) told me last week the Japanese and Brazilians (not a typo) are invading Vladivostok at my house on Friday and we needed a port. Luckily I had a ship and a dock crane that needed painting.
The ship is an mdf kit from TT Combat and is massive
Made it look suitably rusty and dirty.
Told you it was big, 20 inches by 6 by 6. The deck holds 3 28mm shermans and 3 M3 half tracks.
Any dock needs are crane, this one is from Sarissa and a pretty big mdf kit, the body is twice the size of a tank
Painted in a dull red, it's a crane and seemed a suitable colour.
I've got no clue how to score these, crane about 3 times bigger than a tank and the ship about 12 times bigger than a tank. Helpful guidance much appreciated.
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Wow, not that is a huge piece of terrain there Martin!
Let's start with the simpler one first, that crane is a big piece but in my mind fairly simple to paint up, so due to its simplicity even though its much bigger than a tank in 28mm I am going to consider it as a vehicle for points so 20 points for it.
Let's start with the simpler one first, that crane is a big piece but in my mind fairly simple to paint up, so due to its simplicity even though its much bigger than a tank in 28mm I am going to consider it as a vehicle for points so 20 points for it.
As for the ship, wow. Again very massive, and I have seen one of those kits in person it kinda fills a table!! Again though it its a very low detail model, so while its massive, its pretty simple and does not require a ton of fiddly detail work. Then again, it is almost 2' long! I am going to go with 70 points for it as I see that you have tried to do a lot to the kit (like the lines and weathering).
Both are great pieces of terrain and will dominate a table and make for some interesting fights. Great work!
-Byron
Those looked great on the table in your fight.
ReplyDeleteCheers, nice bit of terrain
DeleteGood stuff! Should set the scene perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThey looked great on the table
DeleteThanks for getting em done for the game. Now what else can I think of for you to build eh! Nicely done
ReplyDeleteWas fun, and nothing
DeleteExcellent table fillers Martin. And thanks to Byron for scoring this as terrain, so I didn’t have to. The first job for that crane is to the fix the mess that the Brazilian commander made with his train wreck.
ReplyDeleteHe has better hope the ninja has not left any little surprises for him 😆
DeleteTa for the scores
DeleteLove it! Please also share photos of both items in action
ReplyDeleteNick - the BEF blog has some https://campfirefablesblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/battle-of-vladivostok-club-bob-campaign.html
DeleteThanks
DeleteGreat to see it in action.
DeleteVery cool!
ReplyDeleteCheers
DeleteThat red crane is a pretty spectacular piece of kit!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I love it
DeleteLooked fabulous on the table Martin. Looked like brilliant game.
ReplyDeleteBoth ship and crane are absolutely splendid work, Martin! Such great focal points for a games table. Actually the crane would look great on the ship (assuming it fits).
ReplyDeleteSomebody didn’t try driving It up on the ship? For shame!
DeleteGreat stuff, your campaign and umpire seems to be a lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteUnusual and fantastic Martin, a good response to the incentive of having to get something ready for a game
ReplyDeleteReally nicely done. I've had my eye on that same ship for a while.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff mate and good to see it in action so quickly
ReplyDeleteThose are some big pieces of kit. Well done getting them ready for your game.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on painting both. A port scene always looks fantastic on a table, so I'm sure they will get plenty of use.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Martin, it's a good job you painted a crane to unload those vehicles else you'd never disembark them.
ReplyDeleteSome big kit to drive the logistics chain - their grand - I approve of the dirty red colouring
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