Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[sams dad]

VERY VERY nice

[Mason]

Bleedin' lovely game, full of eye candy.
 

I have to contest the battle report, though, as you have not used the word 'penetration' anywhere near enough for it to be at all accurate.
 

[Quendil]

Excellent

[Dr. The Viking]

Oooh eye candy!

Quite impressive I'd say. I like the most of Iron Cross... I did find shooting with tanks to be quite a long winded  ineffective  pillow fight though.

[Captain Blood]

Thank you all

I have to contest the battle report, though, as you have not used the word 'penetration' anywhere near enough for it to be at all accurate.

Haha! Yes, there lots of shouts of penetration!

Quite impressive I'd say. I like the most of Iron Cross... I did find shooting with tanks to be quite a long winded  ineffective  pillow fight though.

Strangely I find the shooting with tanks quite easy and effective. It's the shooting with support squads that's pesky - different dice combinations for every type. Apart from that, I like 'em 

[Cubs]

I notice you favour the 'classic' blue Caunter. Was this a statement of support or just because it looks nicer?

[Hammers]

... as he attempts to push a stick grenade up its exhaust…

Anyone care to make a lurid comment about that? No? Strange...

Fantastic write up, Richard, we've had much too few of these lately.

And what a spread, SI!

[Silent Invader]

Thank you all

Haha! Yes, there lots of shouts of penetration!

Testing for penetration is damn exciting.

Accruing shock points is bloody frustrating.

And seeing a 6 rolled on a company commanders morale check* is either a blessed relief or a portent of doom, depending if you are the roller or the rollee.


*for those that don't know, clears accumulated shock points from a unit

[Captain Blood]

I notice you favour the 'classic' blue Caunter. Was this a statement of support or just because it looks nicer?

Well, it looks nice - I couldn't give a monkeys about disputes between assorted analists about what was or wasn't the one true colour scheme... (Except to say I'm fairly certain that there would have been many variations, whatever War Office regulations may have said, and all would have faded to shit after a few months in the desert anyway...  )

However, the reality is that the actual colour, as you can see from the more accurate pic below, is more of a pale minty green than a light blue. Not quite sure why they're looking quite so blue in my pics of the game. Odd. Just the light conditions I suppose. Although in fairness, I think the colour I mixed for the Matilda might have been a whisker bluer than for, say, the Tilly 

[Mason]

Testing for penetration is damn exciting.

Accruing shock points is bloody frustrating.

And seeing a 6 rolled on a company commanders morale check* is either a blessed relief or a portent of doom, depending if you are the roller or the rollee.


*for those that don't know, clears accumulated shock points from a unit

And hearing someone declare that they are going to 'penetrate with my two-pounder' is pretty alarming!
 

[Cubs]

Well, it looks nice - I couldn't give a monkeys about disputes between assorted analists about what was or wasn't the one true colour scheme... (Except to say I'm fairly certain that there would have been many variations, whatever War Office regulations may have said, and all would have faded to shit after a few months in the desert anyway...  )

Amen brudder. I reluctantly lean towards the grey-green myself, but the bluer one makes me smile with Airfix-fuelled nostalgia. Besides, as you say, it was painted by a bunch of squaddies in the desert with whatever was to hand and then left to the elements. No point sweating over precise colour charts!

[Dr. Zombie]

And hearing someone declare that they are going to 'penetrate with my two-pounder' is pretty alarming!
 

Says the guy who invented in game fingering and fisting...

[Utgaard]

These looks completely stunning 

[Mason]

Says the guy who invented in game fingering and fisting...

Invented is such a harsh word....

[Ballardian]

 Gorgeous models on a fantastic table