| Deedles | 23 Mar 2013 11:48 a.m. PST |
I took my Old West collection out to play at a local show today and a ran few participation games. so here is a few shots of the fun
some good fun was had! blazingdice.blogspot.co.uk |
| War In 15MM | 23 Mar 2013 12:49 p.m. PST |
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| Woolshed Wargamer | 23 Mar 2013 1:19 p.m. PST |
What a great set-up. makes me think that I need more buildings. |
| dglennjr | 23 Mar 2013 1:19 p.m. PST |
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| dglennjr | 23 Mar 2013 1:21 p.m. PST |
Tango must have a supercomputer searchign the internet for games, because he beat the orignal poster about his own game. lol. |
| jgibbons | 23 Mar 2013 4:00 p.m. PST |
Is that a floorplan of the inside of the train alongside the board? James |
| Deedles | 24 Mar 2013 1:27 a.m. PST |
Thanks all.. certainly has some good comments on the day jgibbons yes it is a floor plan – available as pdf download – got mine from the pulp alley forum look for "train" |
| sjwalker38 | 24 Mar 2013 1:47 a.m. PST |
Looks great, must dig out my gunfighters – who makes the hearse? |
| Deedles | 24 Mar 2013 2:02 a.m. PST |
sjwalker38 – thanks The Hearse is by Blue Moon , part of waggons ho range – A few more pictures by Count Belisarius taken yesterday
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| nazrat | 24 Mar 2013 7:49 a.m. PST |
Beautiful stuff! I love the half-built structures. I had never thought of that as a feature of an old West town but it's perfectly logical and makes the town look even better. Something to aspire to!! |
| Oddball | 24 Mar 2013 1:25 p.m. PST |
Nazrat, that was one of the first things I noticed. A very nice touch, shows a growing cow town on the rail line. Beautiful board. |
SeattleGamer  | 24 Mar 2013 1:49 p.m. PST |
I too love the building under construction. Definately going to need to do that for my town. Something else I think is brilliant is the cattle based in groups on hex-shaped bases. You can have them scattered about in their pen as shown, or easily place them together into a cattle drive due to the nature of the basing. That is fantastic! Where did you get those cows? |
| Deedles | 25 Mar 2013 2:00 a.m. PST |
SeattleGamer The cows are 1/64th scale made by ERTL in scale terms they fit in alright with 28mm, cattle were I believe in general smaller then than now anyway. They are Hereford breed which were found in the west. Based on hexes so the herd or elements can random move on the roll of a d6. I found them on Ebay from a US site cost $8.99 USD plus shipping. I bought two sets and in total paid about £18.00 GBP . No import taxes as the original product value (not inc postage) was less than £15.00 GBP gbp . arrived in 10 days. I was not able to find them at all in the UK.
auction They are a hard rubber/plastic and come pre coloured , just needed the eye painting in,matt varnish and basing They have managed to kill a few guys who failed a reaction test when stampeding through town! The cattle rusting scenario I have run in the past was also good fun with the herd proving a real random element! |
| SeattleGamer | 25 Mar 2013 6:55 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the info Deedles! Just ordered three sets from a seller here in the US. I had been slowly trying to put together a small herd of longhorn cattle (in metal) but they are impossible to find, and not cheap. This is a far cheaper way to go, and they look great. You mentioned the Hearse Is Blue Moon. How about the stagecoach? |
| Deedles | 26 Mar 2013 7:54 a.m. PST |
SeattleGamer, glad to be of assistance. ERTL do a longhorn as well , but don't seem to do it in packs. Just as part of farm sets , or occassional found as individuals I found someone in U.S. selling individually
link as for the stagecoach it is Dixon miniatures
cheers
Dave
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