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Over the last couple of month's I have been working away on scenarios, terrain and painting figures for gaming based on the 1970's action movie, 'The Wild Geese'. This thread is going to cover building the terrain, painting the miniatures and the scenarios and game stats and player aids for the game.
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These are the prison / admin blocks for the barracks. I've made a base for them out of felt, which I've textured with sand and painted with emulsion to represent concrete path's and flocked the central area. The Simba's have been busy with 'blanco' on the stones in preparation for the Generals visit!
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This is a view of the prison / admin blocks from the rear and we can see where the mercenaries have cut through the chain link fence.
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Great job.
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Here's an overview of the barracks.
Off home now for play test of the 'Race for the Plane' scenario, so hopefully will have a few more photos to share tomorrow.
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Last nights play-test went really well.
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'The Wild Geese' come face to face with the wild geese!
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Colonel Faulkner has a stern word with them!
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'Best hurry, Mr President, we've got a plane to catch!'
Really looking forward to seeing the participation game in action on Sunday, (and Dan's plane... feel free to add some photos to the thread!)
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I'm really impressed by your work.
Both the figures and the buildings are first rate.
An..did the Colonel have roasted goose for dinner? :)
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When will us poor mortals be able to purchase the Merc and Simba figures?
???
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Tomorrow, if you are going to Partizan. We should have a rack full off them that Dan is bringing along.
We have them on our Mike Bravo page for pre-order to ship on Monday when we get back from the show.
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Mike_Bravo_Miniatures/Wild_Geese (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Mike_Bravo_Miniatures/Wild_Geese)
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Thanks Chris, have a great weekend at Partizan...
prepare for incoming Monday morning!
:)
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Here's a first look at 'The Wild Geese' at 'The Other Partizan' last weekend.
The game played really well with Combat Patrol and the figures and buildings were well received.
I took a load more photos during the day, so will do a write up on my Hobby Blog when I get a chance.
The ruins and shanties are hand made by 'Tinned Fruit' and Dan from Mike Bravo did a great job building and painting the 1/48th Dakota kit.
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28mm Wild Geese Miniatures & Buildings : http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese)
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Wow, Chris, really great looking game.
Very cool.
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Agreed! That's a show-stopper of a table... :-*
Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/
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Just got round to adding the write up of the 'Wild Geese' participation game that we ran at 'The Other Partizan'
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese-Participation-The-Other-Partizan-2017 (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese-Participation-The-Other-Partizan-2017)
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Which I'm glad to say had an appropriate conclusion...
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Click here to take a look at the full after action report, with loads more photos... http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese-Participation-The-Other-Partizan-2017 (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese-Participation-The-Other-Partizan-2017)
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Great job..thanx for Sharing ..love the airport.
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AWESOME table, and great AAR, CONGRATULATIONS! :-*
BTW: nice to see figures in transparent bases; it's the way to go IMHO! ;)
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Forgot to comment on this when I first looked.
Shame on me.
Love the table.
Buildings and figures, outstanding.
Excellent write up of the game.
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Bought all the range last weekend at FIASCO, excellent figures. Then I got to thinking who's missing, Father Geoghegen riding his donkey! I've just contacted Chris to see if he plans to get one sculpted... got to be a more popular model than Mrs. Thatcher!
;)
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Bought all the range last weekend at FIASCO, excellent figures. Then I got to thinking who's missing, Father Geoghegen riding his donkey! I've just contacted Chris to see if he plans to get one sculpted... got to be a more popular model than Mrs. Thatcher!
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Great buy!
From Perry:
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;)
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I kind of thought of this bloke, melon lopped of and replaced with a Perry Johnny Reb's head in a slouch hat?
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Yes, that would work well. Is it a monk on donkey from Saga range?
I'll ask Dan what he thinks about adding character to official range.
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Good 'un Chris... you know it makes sense!
He'd look great plodding along in the middle of a firfight with the Simbas!
:-*
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Cogitating on giving the Simbas a God botherer to help them out a bit too, this bloke looks like he'd fit the bill...
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:o
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Didn't see his name in the closing credits, but awesome addition all the same!
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Wild Geese Terrain is now available via Kickstarter!
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This includes the prison, barracks and the airport.
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Kick-starter campaign is running for 2 weeks only, and all items are at least 10% less than when they are available for retail sales. We are also hoping to be able to through in lots of extra items via stretch goals as the campaign progresses.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/28mm-modern-african-wargames-terrain-wild-geese (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/28mm-modern-african-wargames-terrain-wild-geese)
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Awesome! Wish you all the best! ;)
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Kick starter was funded on first day.
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We're now adding free bits of terrain to deals via stretch goals.
Kick Starter campaign end this Friday morning (22nd December).
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A couple of people have written to me pointing out that the barracks, prison and airport can be used for so much more than war-gaming 'The Wild Geese'.
Prison sanctuary... The Walking Dead, for example.
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Here's the link to the kick starter campaign, if you'd like to take a look.vhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/28mm-modern-african-wargames-terrain-wild-geese (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/28mm-modern-african-wargames-terrain-wild-geese)
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Finally got going with my Simbas this morning, cleaning up and undercoating. Best part, I've found some right nutters, from Grubby Tanks to get 'em rocking and rolling!!!
:o :-* :o
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They look excellent. Have you got a link for the miniatures from Grubby Tank. Could be a good bet going forward as Mike Bravo seems to have gone out of business.
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Be warned, the Britannia/Grubby simbas are on the LARGE side. :?
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They look excellent. Have you got a link for the miniatures from Grubby Tank. Could be a good bet going forward as Mike Bravo seems to have gone out of business.
There you go...
https://www.grubbytanks.com/product-category/britannia-miniatures/28mm-ranges/28mm-the-congo-1960-1967/simba-rebels/
:)
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They look excellent. Have you got a link for the miniatures from Grubby Tank. Could be a good bet going forward as Mike Bravo seems to have gone out of business.
Last post suggested a hiatus-are MBM definitely out of business
Cheers
Stephen
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The caveat was 'seems to have gone out of business', I hope they return, but I have tried over 20 times to contact Dan by email, telephone, Face book page, Facebook messenger and PM on LAF forum since July last year and I can see that he has read the messages but not replied, and we're his show stockist. My last round of messages ended 'We'll have to assume you've ceased trading, if we don't hear back from you', and we haven't heard back yet. If we ever get a reply, and Dan wants to resupply us we will happily take more of his stuff as it is excellent.
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Didn't he get poorly or something, hope all's well?
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The caveat was 'seems to have gone out of business', I hope they return, but I have tried over 20 times to contact Dan by email, telephone, Face book page, Facebook messenger and PM on LAF forum since July last year and I can see that he has read the messages but not replied, and we're his show stockist. My last round of messages ended 'We'll have to assume you've ceased trading, if we don't hear back from you', and we haven't heard back yet. If we ever get a reply, and Dan wants to resupply us we will happily take more of his stuff as it is excellent.
what a shame-cheers
Stephen
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They were blessed with a third child, late last year, I guess that has cut out Dan's hobby time.
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I really hope all is well and that they‘ll be back eventually! I have been checking the MBM Store weekly since last August, hoping to be able to buy some mercenaries. :D
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We have some Mike Bravo packs left in our store.
They are all stock controlled so what we have, is what we have left at the moment.
We are going to Vapnartak next weekend, so expect to clear a lot of the remaining stock then, so if there is something you are after, best to order before then!
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Mike-Bravo-Miniatures (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Mike-Bravo-Miniatures)
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after the comment by Chris I messaged MBM last week Dan replied explaining that they are in (after a fashion) still business after some personal problems. So hopeful he is soon in a position to put some energy into the company.
Stephen
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Pleased to report that I got an email from Dan at weekend saying that after a hiatus due to personal problems he is going to be back in business by the end of the month, so we are expecting to have our racks refilled in time for Hammerhead which is our next show, so we will be setting up store in next few days to take orders for collection then. This is great news as we will have fulfilled all orders to Kick Starter backers by then and will have the full range of Wild Geese terrain available as well.
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Hes got an apology letter up on his web sight now. It's also including
his mission statement for the rest of February and a special contact link to help
resolve any back issues/orders
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I received a refund from him yesterday by Paypal.
My order was sent last year.
Would like to thank him for the refund.
He also stated that he had had medical problems,
which he had to deal with.
Many of us have been in that boat.
Hope he has all sorted out.
I plan to do business with him in the future.
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Just to let you all know, that after last years successful Kick Starter, we have got rewards out to all our backers so the full set of Prison, Barracks, Airfield will be on full retail release from 14th April (Salute). We are taking pre-orders now.
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Full details @ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Wild-Geese)