Terrain out to dry

Left to right we have barricades with styrofoam filler,ashen hedge with scorched grass and dirt hedge with green grass. All are curing with pva glue. They will look much better once set and the excess foam beads and grass are brushed away. Also i am attaching a few recent photos of projects underway

Dragon's teeth

Something i must try later: tank traps made from cardboard egg carton.the cells are linked and the gap between is about the right height for a fire point. I can almost get away with the gray colour as cement. I think the shape is perfect and, of course, it's cheap. I could get about 8 pieces of terrain from one 18 count carton. 9 would be better for in 40k 6th ed, three small pieces are one terrain choice.

A chip off the old block

My son will be wargaming soon enough. Just 5 but he set up this scenario with soldiers,flags and a plane all by himself. I painted the plane ages ago with GW Devlan Mud to make it look orky.

Looted tank

Kit bashing 101. The basic body and tread shapes are wood custom cut by my dad based on a drawing and dimensions of the official GW Leman Russ kit. The turret is play dough, homemade play dough, and I moulded it with a hunk of an Ice Age McDonalds toy (at left). The barrel is obviously a glue stick husk. The tip is the knob from a second, larger glue stick which I spent quite a few minutes grinding loose with my rotary tool. It looks a lot more like a tank than even I thought it would. Now to brush the plastic shavings out of my hair!

Rock spires

Been wanting to try this simple recipe for rock spires a long time.just rough circles of hi-density foam with bamboo skewers.primed with cheap spray paint because toluene melts the polystyrene dust.

On Faith - A new leaf?

I've noticed a few trends in myself. 1. I'm in a rut. 2. I don't write about faith. 3. I focus on things that don't matter in the long run. 4. Writing helps.

So I'm going to write things on this blog. No promises. No delusions of grandeur, but I hope it helps me and others.
Here's my thought of the moment, which began as a joke:

Those who pray to God and those who pray to Allah are trying to connect with the same entity. They just think He has a different e-mail address. Other faiths try to connect with entirely different protocols, but I think the body of their message is very similar.

vs. self Warhammer 40K trial

I don't have real Warhammer models yet, but I will! I used Heroclix as stand-ins (don't ask what I used for the Devilfish). Played this out this morning against myself. Had to check the manuals every 30 seconds so it took a couple hours. Check it out:
Tau List – 500
XV8 Shas'el
PLasma Rifle, Missile Pod
Targeting array (BS 5)
Multi Tracker (can fire two weapons in one turn)
9 fire warriors: 90
1 devilfish: 80
1 shas'vre broadside with twin-linked rail rifles: 80
1 broadside with twin-linked plasma rifles:80
10 kroot

Necron List – 500
Necron Lord w/ Solar Pulse and Gaze of Flame – 140
10 Warriors – 180
10 Warriors – 180

Let’s roll for a mission: 4, Capture and Control. Each of us will have a base to defend. I think in my previous simulations I have defaulted to the Annihilation mission.
Roll for deployment: 3, Spearhead. We roll to see who chooses the first player, 1-3 Tau, 4-6 Necron: 5, Necron chooses to go first. They must deploy in one quarter more than 12” from the center. The Tau chooses a quarter on the opposite long edge. Do the Tau units have any special rules, like Infiltrate or Scouts?

Yes, the Kroot have Infiltrate but I didn’t think of it during deployment. It wouldn’t have made much difference.

I didn’t have a full-size table (6x8) so I used what I had, 2x4. Since it was 1/3 the size, I used 1/3 the terrain. I only had 2 not 6 pieces. I made one impassable terrain and the other difficult. Since the Necrons went first, they deployed behind the difficult (swamp). The Tau deployed behind the impassable. The Tau’s Shas’El Commander and Broadsides fired plenty of shots, but the Necron casualties were negligible, and the did well on their We’ll Be Back rolls.

One unit of Necrons fired several volleys at the Devilfish before it dropped the Kroot in their faces. They only got one glance though and I don’t think the destroyed weapon result had any effect. The Kroot assaulted them but didn’t score any wounds. The Necrons retaliated and dropped two Kroot. The Kroot failed their Morale test and routed; the Necrons gunned them all down the next turn. The Devilfish turned sideways and completely blocked the pass on that side of the table, forcing all Necrons to pass the Commander and both Broadsides before engaging the Fire Warriors at the objective.

The Fire Warriors never fired a shot because, although the Necron Lord meleed the Commander for a couple turns and dropped him and the Warriors knocked out both Broadsides with Rapid Fire bursts, the Fire Warriors held their objective and the Necrons never got back to theirs. The game ended after turn 6. Tau win.