South Georgia 1982

[bobhope]

So this is going to be a slow burner
Which is still in the scoping and acquiring lumps of metal phase

Been looking for a while for a modernish skirmish game- which isn’t asymmetrical, the goal being - small reasonably balanced forces, troops with similar kit, infantry focused

And the chance to game attacker/defender/encounters and missions for both sides

Which basically means South Georgia 1982

Aim will be platoon level force for both sides
& a few extras (Landing craft, landies, helos, sub conning towers, elephant seals...)
Few tin sheds and jetties etc for tabletop

Prevaricated a while before sticking with 28mm - basically because I like painting at the scale

May make helos tricky :/

Started with a few Gripping Beast R Marines (which arrived in 48hrs!!)
In the metal they’re far nicer than they look on the web

Time to get practicing camo...

[Ash]

Those minis do look nice, I'll be watching this with interest.

[Doug ex-em4]

Yes - an interesting one to watch. Like the photo as well; I much prefer the eighties 'tache look to today's tatts....

Doug

[SABOT]

Deffo the ‘Gringo Tache’ the better look.  Sadly, at that point in my career as a young Trooper , I could only manage bum fluff on me top lip! 😬😬

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

I like the look of those figures. Great idea for a project. Will follow with interest.

Those with a nervous disposition, look away now!

I had a go at a 'tache, not too successful, in the '80s!   

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I will be interested to see how this goes.

[SABOT]

The good old KF  Shirt  .....  horrendous! 😳😩😩😩

[Jemima Fawr]

The good old KF  Shirt  .....  horrendous! 😳😩😩😩

Yeah, I started scratching just looking at that photo - and it wasn't due to the 'tache.   

I was giving my first aid kit a clear-out a couple of years ago and found a packet of circular plasters that I'd bought in 1989 as nipple-protectors...

[Rick F]

Yeah, I started scratching just looking at that photo - and it wasn't due to the 'tache.   

I was giving my first aid kit a clear-out a couple of years ago and found a packet of circular plasters that I'd bought in 1989 as nipple-protectors...

They were good when worn in for a couple of years better than those crisp packet things that replaced them anyway.
I digress, really looking forward to how this turns out, especially looking forward to the terrain, rocks, snow, wriggly tin huts, half sunk submarines.

[carlos marighela]

Bugger the sub’s conning tower you want a whole Drummond class corvette to use as an anti-armour target.

[Rick F]

You probably know anyway, but that photo of the blokes on the jetty is a colourised one. I thought it looked odd then realised I've seen it loads of times in B&W. It's not that good, apologies if you're the colouriser.

[bobhope]

You probably know anyway, but that photo of the blokes on the jetty is a colourised one. I thought it looked odd then realised I've seen it loads of times in B&W. It's not that good, apologies if you're the colouriser.

 yep very dodgy colouring, not mine but the photo does set the character pretty well

Bugger the sub’s conning tower you want a whole Drummond class corvette to use as an anti-armour target.

So tempting, and maybe one day... for starters though -given the size of table I’m looking at, have arbitrarily planned  to replace the naval forces of 2 countries with 1 LCM doing service under 2 flags

The photo below of Grytviken basically just says “tabletop”
Again very arbitrarily will model the scenery  around it - 4 1-2ft square boards that can see service elsewhere - rusty industry, jetty’s,tin sheds and open ground

Sourced a 1/48 Wessex for Humphrey, struggling somewhat with finding a Puma- and may have to switch out for a Huey or Lynx

[Jemima Fawr]

Heller do (or did) a 1/48th Puma kit.  I know because the bloody things kept coming up in search results on eBay when I was looking for 1/100th Pumas for my South Africans.  So have a look on eBay, but search for '1/48 SA330 Puma' or you'll just get wall-to-wall listings of Sdkfz 234/2 Puma.

[carlos marighela]

Actually, the Heller Puma, like much of their earlier stuff is listed as 1/50.

There’s also a Solido diecast Puma which purports to be 1/50 but is apparently much smaller.

On the subject of Falklands era choppers, Solido do a very nice diecast 1/50 Gazelle, which really is 1/50, I have a pair of them.

[Splod]

The photo below of Grytviken basically just says “tabletop”
Again very arbitrarily will model the scenery  around it - 4 1-2ft square boards that can see service elsewhere - rusty industry, jetty’s,tin sheds and open ground

When I first saw the photo I thought it was a tabletop layout!