Veterans Wars 2021

Last weekend our club had our Fall club convention.  We had three to five games for each session on Saturday or Sunday.  There were about 15 people attending Saturday and close to 40 on Sunday.  I thought Saturday was a little disappointing attendance wise, but a lot of people were busy (i.e. attending an old club member memorial service).  I ran my Korean War game Saturday morning and it ran very well.  Overall I think everyone had a good time.  It was good to see everyone at our latest club convention.

Convention photos:

Click photo to view 360° Wings of War photo

    

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Cold War Commander, Korean War: Battle of Chail-li

In December 1950, the first Canadian troops arrived in Korea.  Further troops arrived in May 1951.

On May 30, 1951, Canadian forces moved into the town of Chail-li, and were quickly attacked by Chinese forces.  Due to the large Chinese attack on Chail-li, the Canadians were forced to retreat.

I have put together a Cold War Commander scenario of the battle using 10mm Pendraken miniatures.

Pendraken has Chinese and British miniatures for the Korean War, but the British hats were not correct for the Canadians.  I customized the hats to better match what the Canadians were wearing in Korea.

To read about the historic battle click on think link: 

http://www.regimentalrogue.com/rcr_history/1945-1953/chail-li_kakhul-bong_1951.htm

Photos from my game:

6mm Samurai: Primer and Basing options

Since I am new to painting 6mm and Samurai miniature wargaming, I have been researching various approaches to painting and basing.  I thought I'd share my thoughts on these topics in two videos.

The first video focuses on using grey, black or black with grey drybrush as options for priming.  I did a test for each and then share which I chose.  Typically I just use a grey primer for painting miniatures.

The second video discusses what basing I chose for the two wargame rules I'm going to game with.  At the end I go into casualty marker options as well.

I think my next video will be on how I do the sashimono flags and other flags.  The sashimono flag is the banner on the backs of the samurai and ashigaru.

Video looking at priming options.

Video on basing options for two rulesets I've chosen.