Tony Francis | 26 Jan 2015 9:10 a.m. PST |
I finally finished painting my Sulawesi National Army models last week, just in the nick of time for a game on Saturday (see TMP link for John T's introduction to the Sulawesis in the Hammer's Slammer background). Here are a couple of pictures to whet you appetite, there's more on the blog: link
They performed pretty well on their first outing, I lost a Rhino early on by being careless and the cavalry got trashed by being too close to a Slammers' blower when the strip mines went off, but overall we won the day (just). Loads of pictures were taken of the game by me and several others so there will be a report in due course, once the photos are all sorted out. |
javelin98 | 26 Jan 2015 10:48 a.m. PST |
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TK 421 | 26 Jan 2015 11:02 a.m. PST |
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Cyclopeus | 26 Jan 2015 1:39 p.m. PST |
Beautiful work, the cavalry is a nice touch. |
Patrick Sexton | 26 Jan 2015 3:40 p.m. PST |
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Redroom | 26 Jan 2015 4:49 p.m. PST |
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John Treadaway | 26 Jan 2015 6:37 p.m. PST |
It was a fun game (and thanks to the Maidstone club for hosting it). I really enjoyed myself. Those Sulwesi looked fab on the day (and there are new sheets ready to download on the Slammers site for both the Sulwesi and the TAS heavies to fix some typos spotted on the day). My email's fallen over at the moment but I intend to write an AAR as soon as poss. Tony, if you want to wetransfer me all the pics you can lay your hands on from the guys at your end I will try to put it together at my end if that's okay. John T |
Tony Francis | 27 Jan 2015 12:58 a.m. PST |
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves – thanks very much for coming down and showing us how the rules really work ! Photos inbound – expect the first batch later this morning |
John Treadaway | 27 Jan 2015 3:22 a.m. PST |
Just a few snaps (I didn't take too many good ones, it seems…) – I really should concentrate less on playing and helping run a game and more on taking pictures!
And I now have working email! John T |
Tony Francis | 27 Jan 2015 3:35 a.m. PST |
I find the venue difficult to take good photos in, especially when it's bright outside – the two big windows either end make for tricky lighting conditions. |
John Treadaway | 27 Jan 2015 3:56 a.m. PST |
I find the venue difficult to take good photos in, especially when it's bright outside – the two big windows either end make for tricky lighting conditions. I'm sure between us we have loads of decent shots :) John T |
seldonH | 27 Jan 2015 7:20 a.m. PST |
Those pictures are just fantastic… I'm very envious !! :) Oh, and the cav looks so cool…. What a spectacular table !!! |
TheBeast | 27 Jan 2015 7:33 a.m. PST |
I want a recount! Slammers NEVER lose! I really should concentrate less on playing and… Right. You should NEVER have fun. Maybe time for a subaltern? I really like that second piccie; if I squint and focus on the foreground, it just looks like bright overcast with a bit of blue peeking through. Handsome brewup off the highway. NEVER saw that coming. (Looks like a day of capitalized NEVERs…) Doug |
wminsing | 27 Jan 2015 8:56 a.m. PST |
As I said on FB, REALLY great looking force. I like the South Africans generally, and your paint job is great. -Will |
(Major Disaster) | 27 Jan 2015 10:02 a.m. PST |
@Tony Komodos!!! Soon? Please, please, pretty please…must have Komodos |
Tony Francis | 27 Jan 2015 2:04 p.m. PST |
@BEAST – first time the Slammers have come second best in a game I've been involved in, although also the first time that the Komodos had been used, and they are real Blower killers. @Will/Sheldon – thanks @Maj – Komodos in a couple of weeks (along with the Angelshark) now I've finally got the turrets to cast reliably. John took away a couple of samples, so I expect he'll be painting those up in short order. |
John Treadaway | 27 Jan 2015 3:14 p.m. PST |
John took away a couple of samples, so I expect he'll be painting those up in short order. They'll be on my list of things to do. It's a very long list, however! John T |
John Treadaway | 28 Jan 2015 11:55 a.m. PST |
I've put up two AAR's for the price of one! TMP link The game we did on Saturday at Maidstone link plus one I did at the Warlords on Monday directly afterwards (I didn't even unpack the car…) link More pics and so forth on the direct links John T |
Legion 4 | 28 Jan 2015 4:58 p.m. PST |
So very cool !! |