"Cold War '85 - ready for gamin'" Topic

This has been one of those projects – it first started as a 3D-conversion idea for a new board game called Forward Defense '85. Next, back to Dunn-Kempf, to use that US Army 1980's era training ruleset over the same terrain scape. Now, it's finally done, and ready as its own kit for fightin' that Cold War Gone Hot -

The pictured area here is real, real estate, from a part of Germany's Heesen region, and an area found on US Army maps as the Hunfeld sector. A 6km X 4km map portion served as a design section for what the Dunn-Kempf training sets would featured as their vacuum-formed, 3D plastic terrain boards (see linked article on D-K below).

PDF link

Here's a closeup of my battle board, looking towards the East German border, and with Hill 451 on the left (this was the actual area of operations of the US Army 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Having done a number of WWII 1/600th scale (3mm) games before, for this Cold War project, I wanted to get minis a bit bigger, but still small enough to be able to field platoon-size units with on a normal 6 X 4 ft. table. I found 1/500th scale minis available from Shapeways, and started the collecting…..only to lose my 3D Print source when the company went under. I now have a new source, and so the project continues.

A view of these 4mm size miniatures as platoon-based units, approaching some coming action in the near future -

Looking good, Dave, looks like the Red horde is rolling, now I need to see the Apaches and Abrams tearing huge holes in their ranks!

V/R,
Jack

Absolutely lovely, FlyXwire! Everything comes together like a plan …. or something.

"Germany's Heesen region" It is actually spelled Hesse.

But that is a magnificent creation you've made. Our group uses 6mm figures but the 4mm you're using look great.

Jim

Thanks Jack, and those Apaches – they'll make it on the 5th order (maybe). :)))

Thanks also Pete – it's been a little bit of a journey, and not quite there yet.

Speaking of journeys, ColCampbell I appreciate your kind words also, and actually, the region has been spelled a few ways (Hessen is also easier for English speakers to speak and read)-

britannica.com/place/Hessen

Oh, I see my typo now, an extra, "e" instead of an "s" – sorry members (I usually do pretty good typing with just these two fingers).

After looking at the link, I just had to go leaf through my copies of the old Wargamers Digest. Sure enough, I have that issue, March 1979. And then I realized it was 46 years old…

Gamertom!

And they say history repeats itself….or sometimes – better late than never. :)

Way back when in our gaming area, we sort of had a division of labor going on – a couple guys would do Ancients, some Medievals, ACW, WWII, etc., and a few doing Moderns. Now, there's a few of us picking up many periods that have been left vacant.

No regrets.