WWI Air Battle using Check Your 6 mod.

The first game I played on Thursday was this WWI air battle.  It was a Check Your 6 mod to the original set of rules. I played the British and had two Sopwith Camels.  I didn't shoot anyone down but I also didn't get shot down.  My planes got damaged pretty well and I had fly out of the battle with both planes.  The Germans took the day.

The rules played very well and I bought the scenario book the GM had written.  It also came with all of the airplane charts.

Take Action: WWI battle Russians vs. Austrians. Historicon

This game was a WWI Austrian vs. Russian battle.  The rules were called Take Action a home grown set of rules. The stands are companies and played at the battalion level.  I played the Austrians in the trench line and the small village just behind it.  The rules played quickly and the result was pretty realistic and over in about 3 hours or so.  The other nice thing about this battle the figures were all 10mm. :-)

2 Regiments of WWI Austrians Completed in 10mm!

It took me about a week longer than I had expected, due to some family stuff, but I've finished my first two regiments of WWI Austrians.  Unlike the huge Russian regiments which have 16 stands of Infantry, the Austrians only have 12.  Also, unlike the 4 Russian regiments that make up a division for 1914, the Austrians only have 2 regiments per division.  The Russian army is huge!  I have more Russians and Austrians on the way from Pendraken along with artillery and a few extras to help round out the forces for both sides.

Can't wait to get these on the table to game.

2 Regiments of WWI Russians done

Took me a couple of weeks but I finished up 2 regiments of WWI Russians for Great War Spearhead and Field of Battle: WWI by Piquet.  For those of you who are not familiar with either of these rule sets, a stand is a company, 4 companys are a Battalion with a MG stand attached, 4 Battalions make up a Regiment.  For the Russians, 4 Regiments make up a Division.  So I still have some more painting to do.  :-)  Each infantry stand has 4 figures, the MG stand have 2 figures and the Regimental HQs have 3 figures.  The stands are 1.25"x1.25"

In the meantime I've started work on my Austrians.  When looking at the pictures in the background of some you can see the Austrians on painting sticks.

More progress on my WWI Russians.

Okay I've gotten some more painting done on my WWI Russians.  I finished blocking on the colors and after looking around and emailing with a few people I decided to try the "Miracle Dip" for these figures.  As some of you are aware this is essentially Minwax Polyshades Tudor Satin.  Instead of dipping the figures, since my figures are mounted on popsicle sticks, I brushed the dip onto the figures.  I was also able to control the stain a little bit more using this method.  Below are some pictures of the pre-dipped figures and then the dipped figures below that.

I think they turned out okay.  Once they are based I will spray a matt varnish on them, just to take a little bit of the shine off.

The above figures are pre-dipped.

These are the figures after being dipped.

I will get these off the sticks and onto some bases and then start the Austrians I have and go with the same method.

Starting my 10mm WWI Russians

Just a quick post to show I've made some progress on my 10mm WWI progress.  These little fellows are Russians.  So far I've block painted on the uniform color and the flesh color.  Once I get to adding some paint to the weapons etc I will paint on some Army Painted Quickshade.  This will be the first time I've used this stuff.  I hope it turns out okay.