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General => Announcements and forum stuff => Forum News => Topic started by: WargamesIllustrated on April 11, 2020, 10:11:53 AM
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Next Friday Wargames Illustrated launches the first edition of WI Bite-size, our lockdown-busting weekly PDF magazine - free to all Wargames Illustrated subscribers.
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As part of WI Bite-size we would like to include a few quick-fire tips, recommendations and observations from wargamers like yourself about what you are getting up to during the Coronavirus lockdown.
Here’s a few examples of what we would like to include -
1) Online campaigns and wargames you are playing (virtually) with friends.
2) Recommendations for books you are reading or movies you are watching.
3) Terrain you are building.
4) Buildings you are putting together; scratch-built or flatpack.
5) Forces you are building.
6) Figures you are painting.
7) Have you recruited any of your family/household as lockdown wargaming partners!?
8) Is your wargames club/group getting up to any virtual/online activity (I know one club who are having a military quiz night!)
9) Anything else you think other wargamers might be interested in hearing about.
10)... Can't think of a tenth, but you can't have nine things in a list.
Naturally we’re looking for ‘posts’ that are interesting/worth hearing about. e.g. why are you putting together that particular force? What’s so good about that set of paints you are using or movie you are watching? How would that PC game you are playing appeal to other wargamers? How are you managing (or struggling!) to play a virtual wargame?
Ideally each post will be between 50 - 500 words long. Any accompanying photo/s would be appreciated.
If we feature your post you will receive a FREE COPY of WI Bite-size, and if you will be receiving Bite-size anyway (i.e. you are already a subscriber) you will receive a free Giants in Miniature figure of your choice.
Post here or Email us at wi@wargamesillustrated.net. Please 'subject title' your email 'Lockdown post’
We look forward to hearing form you!
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I'm working.
No lockdown for me.
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My painting hand has been mauled by a vicious/cute Toy Poodle puppy.
Rat sharp teeth and claws that tear strips off the unwary!
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Working on my next printable terrain kickstarter.
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Not really sure how it's going to work yet but myself and two other LAFers (Doug em4 and Vagabond) are planning a small online game set in Elizabethan times. I am hosting and umpiring the game and the other two are taking a side each. We will use Whatsapp, e-mail and maybe video. It's not quite ready to start because I am awaiting one vital figure to arrive in the post (which is understandably slow at the moment). Keep up the good work, posties! Will post here when it starts.
In the meantime, here is the preamble.
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2) Recommendations for books you are reading or movies you are watching.
PornHub is doing free Premium upgrades. Allegedly.
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PornHub is doing free Premium upgrades. Allegedly.
Who needs PornHub (whatever that may be!) when you’ve got Mad Lord Snapcase?
Doug
aka Sir Jaspar (see above)
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Down to painting my last seven figures and then all my backlog is done.
Plus playing some solo games.
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Down to painting my last seven figures and then all my backlog is done.
Plus playing some solo games.
I can't conceive of saying that unless it's following a really big sale. lol
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I have been painting Empress Miniatures Full Metal Jacket characters and NVA. I have also written a painting guide.
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I can't conceive of saying that unless it's following a really big sale. lol
And I lol
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During the lockdown I've been working on wagons and caissons for my 28mm Napoleonic French. I purchased some Warbases kits at the Partizan wargaming show during my trip to the UK last year
When I got back home to New Zealand I placed them in a drawer and promptly forgot abut them. But then along came the Covid-19 lockdown, and having almost reached the bottom of my lead mountain for projects to occupy myself with, I suddenly remembered these little wooden kits.
They were an absolute pleasure to build and paint. I based them so that I could either use the whole caisson/wagon, or remove the front wheel assembly to act as a limber.
I even found some old Hinchliffe draft horses lurking in the bottom of my spares box, who were quickly drafted (haha) to haul the caissons!
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This Warbases wagons look very nice.
I like the way that you have based them so that they can be mobile or stationary. :-*
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I have always fancied trying AK 47 after seeing various games on the web so that is what I have been doing during the lockdown, this thread.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=109181.msg1558683#msg1558683 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=109181.msg1558683#msg1558683)
I have put together two forces and have the start of two more and have been building scenery etc
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Played our first game over a video link on my phone with my brother
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Still to finish it
Part of this was also my entry for our recent build something contest
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Lots of work.
Managed a few virtual games - which have worked fairly well.
And a bit of painting.
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I am extending my shed again and pimping up the games room - you can read all about it on the blog !!
www.shedwars.blogspot.com (http://www.shedwars.blogspot.com)
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"Tonight Mathew I'm going to be' ;D
Finding out how fast I can build a small. 28mm Fantasy Castle/fortified house.From scrap . On account of a toy lightsaber being tougher than the telly, and the new one not arriving until tomorrow.
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Been doing loads of home improvement so the only wargames stuff has been some terrain.
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And markers
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I created a dedicated page on my blog to document my Covid 19 lockdown activity - https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/p/coronavirus-hobby-activity.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/p/coronavirus-hobby-activity.html)
Work has never been busier, so I'm really grateful for Contrast paints. I know they're not everyone's 'cup of tea', but they really have improved my painting productivity. Working my way through my lead pile and finding figures I had forgotten I had too!
Also, got some 4ground kits finally built too!
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1) Online campaigns and wargames you are playing (virtually) with friends. One-off games face to face with my better half. But we've done a big Hellenistic battle online, and we have an 1880s Sudan campaign starting Sunday.
2) Recommendations for books you are reading or movies you are watching. Nothing unusual.
3) Terrain you are building. Just flocking up a few bases.
4) Buildings you are putting together; scratch-built or flatpack. Niente.
5) Forces you are building. WWI fleets.
6) Figures you are painting. Reinforcing two Ashigaru armies.
7) Have you recruited any of your family/household as lockdown wargaming partners!? Wife; but she was a gamer already.
8) Is your wargames club/group getting up to any virtual/online activity (I know one club who are having a military quiz night!)? Not that I know of.
9) Anything else you think other wargamers might be interested in hearing about. I wish one company I can think of would deliver the long-promissed order!
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Probably too late for the party but post anyway.
Decided to see what I could make with what I already own rather than buying new stuff during lockdown. I know crazy huh?
Anyway choose the post apocalyptic era and ended starting work on a set of solo rules for the setting. Play testing, terrain building and scenario writing. Keeping me lovely and busy.
Keep safe
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Chimpfoot - lovely the paintwork - especially on the car. Very nice!
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Our company was purchased by J&J, I was moved to a new team, been working remotely and trying to come up to speed while homeschooling the kids. Phew!
Also, managed to paint up about 150 minis in two months, mostly while listening to long, boring, irrelevant meetings via Zoo, Skype, and Hangouts.
Here are a few of the most recent minis.
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And a few more.
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I've been working on some ultra-moderns from Spectre Miniatures for a campaign I'm putting together based on the video game series Tom Clancy's The Division. The latest expansion added in five new bad guys, and I have replicated them in 28mm scale, working from the artwork from the game, seen in the link below:
https://external-preview.redd.it/Z8bZUZ54mPbLm2OTW-416z6Prqwpl8_C4Hx7SjvixKk.png?width=960&crop=smart&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=385b6f068359fdc527afff5cc0d87e1c1ffc0abb
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In addition, I've also been painting up some Black Tusk PMC to act as a secondary antagonist in the campaign.
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Been making YouTube videos on how to play Triumph, since I can't do this at conventions:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMiqEZjn1w43ZN1ox_JXWw?view_as=subscriber
Just uploaded recently a video of playing through the Battle of Hattin which was one of the games I had planned to run at Historicon.