| Cheminsdefeu | 20 Nov 2010 5:54 a.m. PST |
It has been a long time since the last post of our club here. We have been very busy with the launching of our own brand of figures under the name Red Star Miniatures one year ago. You can find some stunning photos of our last demo game at Crisis 2010 in Antwerp on November 6th, "Rescue in Grozny" on
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Of course we played this demo, about a Russian armoured column try to save a bunch of hostages in central Grozny, Chechenya 1996, with our figures and vehicles. We used the fast playing "Breaking News" rules
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All scenery self made. We hope you will enjoy the photos. All comments welcome. |
Uesugi Kenshin  | 20 Nov 2010 6:40 a.m. PST |
"Wow" is all I can say. The first battle of Grozny is one of my "must do" games in my lifetime. Your minis and terrain are spectacular. It must have been quite a fun event. Ive heard of the rules but am not really familiar with them Ill have to have a second look.
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Again, kudos on the fantastic terrain and thanks for sharing! |
| Oddball | 20 Nov 2010 7:11 a.m. PST |
Very impressive looking game. You can almost taste the dust. Who makes the hostage figures? |
| Phil Gray | 20 Nov 2010 7:46 a.m. PST |
Brilliant work! It really shows the figures off to their best advantage, and looks fantastic! :-) |
| Cheminsdefeu | 20 Nov 2010 7:50 a.m. PST |
Concerning the"Breaking News" rules, we are actually play testing them for our Italian friend. There is already a lot of adaptions and modifications. It will probably come to a joint publication between Dadi e Piombo and Red Star Miniatures with campaign booklets (background, army list, scenery, lot of photos,…) in 2011. The hostages figures comes from TAG. |
| axabrax | 20 Nov 2010 8:19 a.m. PST |
"It will probably come to a joint publication between Dadi e Piombo and Red Star Miniatures with campaign booklets (background, army list, scenery, lot of photos,…) in 2011" Wow--if there was a Chechen Wars campaign book that would be something truly unique and special. I'd perhaps like to see one for the Soviet Afghan War too. It's hard enough to find reference material on these wars let alone dedicated gaming material. |
| Frederick | 20 Nov 2010 11:03 a.m. PST |
Amazing photos – look more like news photos than a game! |
| Lobsterback | 20 Nov 2010 4:39 p.m. PST |
Awesome pics! Well done guys! |
| jfariahitech | 20 Nov 2010 4:48 p.m. PST |
Very nice stuff, it looks so real!
Congratulations
I'm testing BN too (just check my blog and see my Afgahn war figures – obrigadeiro.blogspot.com/)
A big cheers to BN author (Lorenzo). |
| Joep123 | 20 Nov 2010 6:19 p.m. PST |
I'll second U.Ks comment of "Wow"
Great photos.
Thanks for sharing this.
Joep |
| Chuckaroobob | 21 Nov 2010 7:22 p.m. PST |
Holy Cow! Looks awe inspiring! |
| PanzerFrank | 22 Nov 2010 12:20 a.m. PST |
Wow! Stunning miniatures, absolutely stunning! I can only hope my figures will look this good! |
| dwight shrute | 22 Nov 2010 12:58 p.m. PST |
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| Abwehrschlacht | 22 Nov 2010 1:26 p.m. PST |
Brilliant pics and figures. Looks like a model diorama rather than a Wargaming board! |
 BigRedBat  | 22 Nov 2010 2:13 p.m. PST |
That's a hugely impressive setup! |
| Dave Crowell | 23 Nov 2010 5:37 a.m. PST |
I am now convinced that European "gamers" are nothing of the sort. They cannot have wives, girlfriends, children, jobs, or regular gaming nights. All of those would get in the way of the brilliant modelling. I am even now pondering how to justify the cost of plane fare to Antwerp to spend a weekend playing with toy soldiers.
That setup is gobsmacking. Some of those shots look exactly like photos of teh real thing. |
| John Treadaway | 23 Nov 2010 9:34 a.m. PST |
Along with veryone else, I stand in awe whilst taking my hat off. I wish I'd been at Crisis this year. Please please please bring the game to Salute and I'll wear a spit guard to stop me salivating alover the terrain Stunning. Kerplonk…* John T PS – nice subtle photoshop work to finish the shots off on the realism front *the sound of my jaw hitting the floor |
| Hacksaw | 17 Dec 2010 9:24 p.m. PST |
Awesome. I would love to play on that table. |
| darthfozzywig | 17 Dec 2010 11:27 p.m. PST |
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| Mad Guru | 18 Dec 2010 1:04 a.m. PST |
Cheminsdefeu & club, What can I say that hasn't been said above? Stunning. Absolutely, positively stunning. I never play moderns, but I could not say no to playing with yours. |
 foxbat | 19 Dec 2010 3:44 a.m. PST |
jaw-dropping, awesome! The best table I've seen this year. |
| losart | 25 Feb 2011 3:27 a.m. PST |
keep tuned, as within 2011 Dadi&Piombo and Red Star will probabbly publish "Grozny" a Breaking News supplement for the Chechenya War.
Another booklet in the pipeline for the Breaking New series is "The Afghan Job" (a scenarios collection suitable also for other systems). |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 02 Mar 2011 12:32 a.m. PST |
Update on possible Eureka 15mm Chechens for those looking for a smaller scale to game Grozny, Chechen Wars, etc…
TMP link |
| viking | 02 Mar 2011 7:44 a.m. PST |
Nice work but since this is from the 1990's doesn't it belong somewhere else rather than in the WW2 area? |
| GROSSMAN | 13 Jun 2011 8:02 p.m. PST |
How do you say wow in Chechen?
Benchmark stuff, thanks for sharing.
Would these rules work for micro armor or is it skirmish level? |
| Phillipaj | 14 Jun 2011 5:15 a.m. PST |
That is as good as it gets. Bravo. |
| richinq | 22 Feb 2012 10:07 a.m. PST |
The pictures look great. Did any Campaign books get published? I am looking at getting the Red Star figures at Salute this year. Many Thanks Rich. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 22 Feb 2012 12:59 p.m. PST |
Ambush Alley has a Falujah scenerios book coming out. Hopefully they will do a Chechen Wars book as well. |
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