The beginning of 2025 saw all hands to the pump for Winter Wonder Lard V where I had decided to run an Indian Mutiny Sharp Practice game - The Relief of Dojjibotti. Whilst Phil has happy enough to lend me his Mutineers for the game I decided that given the numbers of Pandies sat in the pile of shame (some since the late Eighties) that I would try and paint up what I had amassed over the decades.
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Friday, 16 May 2025
Indian Rebellion: Bengal Native Infantry Mutineers
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
War of Liberation: HaT Prussian Landwehr
A few years back you may recall that HaT Figures, manufacturers of 20mm soft plastic figures, dipped their toes in the 28mm hard plastic market releasing several boxes of Napoleonics and an El Cid range. Whilst the Napoleonics were nice figures (indeed I use some as my Italian Light Infantry skirmishers) they were slightly smaller and less bulky than figures produced by their competitors such as Perry's, Wargames Atlantic, Victrix etc. and, presumably after not proving as popular as hoped, releases ceased.
Lessons learned, HaT are moving back into the 28mm hard plastic market with releases of Napoleonics and American War of Independence soon to be forthcoming. HaT were kind enough to send me a pre-release sprue each of the new (2001) Prussian Landwehr Marching and (2002) Prussian Landwehr in Action.
Dealing with the elephant in the room, compatibility with other ranges as you can see from this photo they scale well height and bulk wise with other Prussian plastics (left to right - Perry Infantry, Wargames Atlantic Reserve Infantry, HaT Landwehr, Warlord Games Landwehr).
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Sharp Practice: A Hero in Peril at Roganjosh!
Friday, 14 February 2025
Force on Force: Candy Shop Casevac!
Trawling through some photos of games played last year I realised I hadn't posted about a great game of Force on Force that Andy and I played last December - indeed I then realised I hadn't posted here we'd been playing Force on Force at all!!
Immediately coming under fire from an Insurgent RPG! It is slightly damaged, but not quite enough to slow it down. The second AAV subsequently hoses the Insurgents down with its M2HB HMG...
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Sharp Practice: Rescue Mission From Changezimurgh!
Game two of 2025 saw a return to the Indian Mutiny, Phil devising a Sharp Practice scenario that saw the Rough-Diamonds trying to hold off revolting natives (run by Andy and David) whilst a British force (led by Phil and myself) from Changezimurgh marches to their rescue...