Paint Table

While I am working on finishing up some tanks an order from Shapeways came in. Now the Italian have an additional 12 CR.42s. Not sure how I am going to base or paint them.

Off To A Good Start

Well my painting is off to a good start this year. I have 72 WWI infantry and 6 cavalry painted with 10 tanks started and 11 aircraft done and waiting on decals.

While the poor weather allows me to catch up on my painting the British have yet moved north of Fao.

End of 2014 - Bring on 2015

Well I have ended 2014 with a fair amount painted. This is thanks to Rob’s painting contest.

I am pleased that I am starting out 2015 strong with a battalion of infantry completed for The Great War and another underway. That gives the British an impressive two brigades to do combat with Johnny Turk. Unfortunately the Turk only has two battalions and a squadron of cavalry. This needs some correction.

Projects I am working on:

On to Baghdad – 15mm WWI

Battle of Britain, Over the Mediterranean – 1/600 Alternate History Air Campaign

Chain of Command – 1939 Poland

Not planning on any big purchases and doing a lot of clean up of what I do own. Not much exciting just hope to get a game in here and there every month.

Here are the numbers that I ended the year with.

1/6000 Naval

98 Ships

1/3000

7 Ships

1/2400 Naval

49 Ship

1/1200 Aircraft

3 Helicopters

6 Aircraft

WWI - 15mm

2 - Aircraft (1/144)

7 - Tanks

1 - Truck

96 - Figures

17 - Terrain

7 Boats

WWI - 6mm

4 Machine Gun Stands

Non-WWI - 15mm

9 - AFV

2 - Arty

79 - Infantry

40mm

6 Snowmen

End of the Big Push

As 2014 comes to an end I am trying to clean up the painting table. Here is a look at the table and what is left. Still have two battalions for ITLSU, eleven 1/600 aircraft for 1940 and a mix of miscellaneous small projects.

As part of the Big Push, I completed six figures for the Command stands for my Arab troops for TOOFATLardies ITLSU.

Big Push

Like all Big Pushes, this one is running out of steam. I have an Arab and British battalion that I am trying to finish up this year but they may come out after the New Year. Also working on some French and Italian aircraft for 1940.

But I have finished up two Battalions of Arab infantry based and ready to take on the British in Mesopotamia.

Big Push

Over the last three weeks with the holidays coming up I have been slowing down on my Big Push Project. That said over the last two and a half weeks I have finished up two buildings, five tanks and a truck.

Before the end of the year I will be working on eleven 1940 French and Italian aircraft and two battalions of WWI Middle Eastern troops.

Fao Landing Part II

The battle is over and the British have started their long march north towards Baghdad, or they will once orders are released from the India and Colonial offices.

For now the reports show the Ottomans were tenacious trying to get through the Indian troops and escape to Basra. Losses were heavy for the Turks with half of the force dispersed and the rest captured.

This was an interesting scenario getting me back into the If the Lord Spares Us, rule set. Artillery was limited with the HMS Espiegle involved in a friendly fire incident. Machine guns were not used as was done historically. I am working on rules addenda that will include reinforcements and recovery for the campaign.

What is known in this 2014 study is the British have landed their Brigade north and west of Fao to reorganize for the advance on Basra. Leaving their mountain guns on the transports. Limited intelligence will be a major influence for the campaign. From the Brigade two companies were dispatched to protect the oil facilities around Mohammerah and an additional company acting as porters and guarding Fao. With a fifth of the companies on other duties Brig-General W. S. Delamain Indian Expeditionary Force 'D’ is already diluting his attack force.

I am finding this to be a slow but educational study on the campaign.

Up next, Johnny Turk strikes back.