TwisterCon: F&IW Blooding at Jenkins' Ford

[Cluck Amok]

Hi,

We played 3 games of a basic "meeting engagement" scenario a couple weeks ago at TwisterCon in Oklahoma City using This Very Ground in 54mm scale. Here are a few photos, but for more on the scenario and AARs and photos please use the following links to my blog:

http://cluckamok.blogspot.com/2016/03/taking-f-on-road.html
http://cluckamok.blogspot.com/2016/04/game-on-i-mean-game-one.html
http://cluckamok.blogspot.com/2016/04/twistercon-xii-blooding-game-two.html
http://cluckamok.blogspot.com/2016/04/twistercon-xii-blooding-game-three.html

Bests,
Chris

[OSHIROmodels]

That looks good 

cheers

James

[dijit]

Beautiful! 

[flags_of_war]

Excellent. I love your table and the scale that you it at

[Sterling Moose]

Looks excellent.  Sometimes gaming in 54mm can look awful but you certainly nailed it.

[von Lucky]

Always like looking at photos of your table and miniatures. Thanks for sharing.

[El Frantico]

Very cool! Those are some inspiring shots right there.

[Ragnar]

Lovely.  Do you by any chance have an all encomapassing shot?  I am interested to see how the forest is done.

[Cluck Amok]

Thanks for the compliments, All.

Love your work, James - I follow it regularly.

Ask and you shall receive, Ragnar. I usually post "whole table" shots on my blog but forgot this time. The trees are actual branches with a hole drilled up the center. I insert a 2" or 3" bolt with a large washer up through the cork from underneath - the hole in the cork has a countersunk area so the washer will fit and permit the cork to still lay flat. The "tree" is then put onto the bolt sticking up through the cork. The key design feature is that the hole for the bolt is bigger than needed - this makes the tree easy to take up and replace if needed when moving troops around. Most importantly, if the tree is "bumped" during play, it wobbles sideways instead of shaking the cork surface or even tearing it. The trees really work well in play.

Bests,
Chris

[Ragnar]

excellent, thanks Chris!

[Malamute]

Lovely stuff and a great scenario. I shall shamelessly steal that one for future reference.

[mikedemana]

Wow...great detail on those Indians! I love the close up shots of the forest better than the birds eye view of the table.  Have you thought about covering up the shiny wood centers where the branches of have been sawed off? Even painting them black might make it "disappear" to the eye and allow you to focus on the gorgeous panorama being played out beneath them...

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

[Cluck Amok]

Steal away, Malamute!

Hi Mike - wow. . . "panorama." Thanks!

The tops of the trees is the one thing that gets commented on, now. I'm experimenting on ways to tone down the tops. Funny how the details can loom so large : )

Bests,
Chris

[OSHIROmodels]

I really like that as a concept and the finished item looks good as well 

How about just staining the tops so they blend in a bit more with the rest of the 'trunk'?

cheers

James

[Kugelfang]

Hot diggidy-doggety-woo!! You do the hobby proud.

So much detail it hurts my eye! But I can't get enough.

--jeff