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Broken-down Italian tank? Shocker! |
Hey guys, back with a long post full of pics as usual, its been a while but w/e, got a lot done! First lets look at the recent Petawawa Early War 1500 point tournament, which is a tune-up for this year's Cdn Nationals event in Ottawa on Labour Day weekend:
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Ross' DAK move up the hill vs Farmer Pat's Aussies in Hold the Line |
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In Early War, the germans have such low numbers that the Brits were able to hold that hill (but barely) |
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Rob's BEF Cruisers pop the easy tanks of Andrew's Matilda force (Brit vs Brit with a Union Jack on the wall.. coincidence?) |
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Rob had 8 x 18/25 lbrs, and 2 Matildas assaulted the side of this formation.. 2 bailed out tanks (vs side armour), so moral victory if nothing else! |
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Bridge of Doom, Marty Sill's Brits pound Lou's Finns |
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Kevin's Russian BT horde vs Iain's Japs in the semi-circle of justice. All that firepower failed to kill a single one of those dug-in infantry..! Hens and Chicks FTL |
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Meanwhile, in the other Russia v Japan battle, here is Dan's KV-2s vs Bob's Japanese. |
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Close-ups of the KV-2s chilling by the river. Rear armour is still proof vs the Japanese tanks :) |
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Nikuhaku teams wasted on the small tanks, KV's camping in the back. |
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Closeup of Rob's BEF. Scottish flags and all kilts. |
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Sadly this is the best pic of my Italian Carri Company.. spent a month painting 24 vehicles... Coastal guns put in some serious work in the tourney though! |
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Bob's Japanese |
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Dan's tankovy w/ KV-2's |
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Marty's Highlanders |
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Lou's Finns |
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Ross's DAK |
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Rob's Jock Column in BEF paint. All that tartan. |
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And now for stuff ive been working on, 28mm French Napoleonics |
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In Napoleonics, the French are the "Space Marines" IE, in every single battle it seems. Plus there is a lot of blue (just no Marneus Calgar!). 24 of these guys done, and now ALMOST finished a Cavalry unit. |
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Team Yankee air units are next on the on-deck painting circle |
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Local museum had a Napoleon exhibit which sucked, but had a few gems like this Cuirasse and Casque |
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Drum taken from Waterloo. Painting those red and blue triangles in 28mm will be a challenge! |
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Guard Hussar Dolman. The fur looks crazy, looks like bad wig hair. |
Looks like a great time, any chance you are coming to the Nationals prep tournament in Toronto? I've made the move and am once again a resident of Ontario. Can't wait to see you and the guys from DD.
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