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[valleyboy]

Have just produced an illustrated speed painting horses effort on the blog

https://valleyboyinnz.wordpress.com/

I hope it makes sense or better still might be of use even

Now I've got to finish the riders!

[RMD]

The Warsaw Pact rampage through Schleswig-Holstein continues! The Danish Funen Life Regiment makes a stand at the village of Gnissau:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/12/10/ ... f-gnissau/

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Gripping stuff, young obertrainenmarshallingyardgefreiter; shame the game couldn't be finished.

One of the reasons a friend and I make the hour-and-a-quarter drive to Southampton on Saturdays is because our club (a) plays on Saturdays, and (b) has an 8-hour window for the first Saturday each month, and a 5-hour window for the third Saturday (and fifth if there is one, although this can also be extended to an all-dayer if enough people want it). None of this "get yer kit out/off, have a game (sort of), and pack it all away again in just three hours" mullarkey.

[RMD]

Yes indeed! We can book the Scout Hut for full weekdays, but weekends are normally pre-booked by the Scouts. That said, most of us work shifts or are self-employed, so we do book the odd full weekday or two-day slog for the big games. The Carmarthen club is also starting to do occasional full days from Christmas onward.

[RMD]

The Chrimbo Game this year was a 10mm ACW battle fought with Fire & Fury 2nd Edition: the right flank of Bloody Antietam:
http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/12/29/ ... mber-1862/

[Essex Boy]

Very splendid indeed.

I'm a big fan of BF&F, the only down side are the stats cards which follow the units around (or not, seeing as I keep leaving them behind and mixing them up - really irritates me mates). I'm wondering if the stats could be a permanent fixture of a brigadier stand?I'm going to try that idea for size.

[RMD]

Very splendid indeed.

I'm a big fan of BF&F, the only down side are the stats cards which follow the units around (or not, seeing as I keep leaving them behind and mixing them up - really irritates me mates). I'm wondering if the stats could be a permanent fixture of a brigadier stand?I'm going to try that idea for size.

Cheers EB!

Yes, the labels in this instance look even bigger than normal, because of the small figure scale. I actually use pale green card, but I can't find a darker shade any more. The lads at Fire & Fury I know tend to print them with black as the background colour and white as the 'ink' colour, which tends to hide them better. However, with lots of new players, I thought it was better to leave them large and more visible for people to read off. In future I'll probably make them a lot smaller and darker.

Re leaving them behind - I tend to sellotape them to one stand in each unit.

[grizzlymc]

I put my 6mm figs on strips of magnet and I leave a 15X20mm space, I have always figured on putting a magnetic tile with stats on it.

[Count Belisarius]

When we did our little game last year I did labels like this

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The bulk of the label is on the bottom of the base but the edge folds up along the rear of the base...

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Not hugely clear for aging eyes but less visible on the table...

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[Essex Boy]

Selloptape! Good idea, as is darker card.

I'm painting some 10mm ACW at the moment, which are going on 15mm sized bases.