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Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:48 am That was pretty much my thinking too. A great variety of kit and force variety. I also wanted to get away from the bog-standard Fulda Gap encounters, with massed Soviet armour versus superior quality Western formations.

And I have a sentimental attachment to Centurions.

If you ever find the perfect rules for this scale of encounter.. let me know.

Well mine will eventually be the perfect rules, of course...

We've had some good games thus far:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2018/08/30/ ... elde-1984/

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

Oh that's lovely. Love the camo netting on the Cents. Will have a look st the game reports too. I am almost inspired to dig out those PSC T55 I airbrushed ages ago.

Yes indeed. All that camo stuff looks very splendid.

Some more Cold War Cloggies on the blog today:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2020/03/25/ ... up-part-4/

I was just thinking that there's not enough WW2 stuff on my blog, so here's the first of some Burma stuff:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2020/03/27/ ... ma-part-1/

That's an unusual sight. Don't they look splendid in their turbans.

I'm painting some turbans at the moment. 'Kin' things to paint but they do look splendid.

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:56 pm That's an unusual sight. Don't they look splendid in their turbans.

I'm painting some turbans at the moment. 'Kin' things to paint but they do look splendid.

Yes, I do like them. Probably my favourite WW2 'army' of the lot. I really do need to get some Vickers MGs for them though.

Having worked with a lot of Sikhs, I've got a lot of time for Mr Singh and Mr Singh, and Mr Singh. Lovely looking unit.

Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:18 pm Having worked with a lot of Sikhs, I've got a lot of time for Mr Singh and Mr Singh, and Mr Singh. Lovely looking unit.

Me too. And they're great for an exceptional free curry as long as you help out with the washing-up (I went through officer training with a Sikh lad)!

Incidentally, one of the best and funniest war memoirs I've ever read was that of an officer of Sikh Sappers belonging to 23rd Indian division (foolishly loaned out and never returned). Some epic moments are when he discovers that his Sikh Havildar has been teaching him a 'Ribald, Amritsar Guttersnipe' version of the local lingo and only finds out when his brother officers look at him in horror when he asks the waiter to fetch him something in the Mess, or when he witnesses a Japanese rout and the Colonel of the attached Gurkha battalion is fighting with one of his Gurkhas to 'have a go' on the Bren Gun as the Japanese flee across open ground "Please bugger off, Colonel Sahib!".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sunset-East-Fi ... B00E8HPIQ2