This week, a few purchases arrived. Some were planned, while others were more spontaneous and others opportune. One of the planned purchases came about from a call with my son, who suggested we should both start collecting the Star Wars Legion game and play some wargames. Since he’s not interested in historical gaming, I figured, why not give it a try? The game is new to me, but after watching some YouTube tutorial videos, it seemed like an interesting game. I decided on the original core starter set, as it has miniatures from the Star Wars films the I remember, while my son opted for a Clone Wars starter set.
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| A planned purchase. |
So far, I have painted a couple of test figures. I’m aiming for a clean and crisp look without using washes or dry brushing. A final gloss finish helps to conceal any of my painting mistakes.
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| A few test miniatures painted. |
My impulse purchase was from the local hobby shop. A M7 Priest to add to my WWII collection. The kit includes two models with the option to build one as a Kangaroo. I’ve already assembled and painted one as Priest and hope to get them on the tabletop soon.
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| An impulse buy. |
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| One completed Priest |
For now, I need to finish a French and Indian War game that is underway as part of a tree campaign I have started. I plan to write it up once things are less busy on the home front.
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| Early stages of the FIW game. |
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| I finally get to use the Sloop for a landing in the game. |
Finally, I picked up two second-hand books from a retailer here in New Zealand, saving on international shipping which seem to add so much to the cost nowadays. I had been searching for a reasonably priced copy of “Renaissance Armies” by George Gush for a while, so when it popped up, I quickly grabbed it (well clicked and added it to the cart). I saw they also had “Featherstone’s Complete Wargaming” at a good price too and decided to get it after reading a review on the Lone Warrior site (
here). The book feels like one big magazine, filled with various articles and perfect for picking up, reading a bit, and putting back down.
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| Latest books to add to the collection. |
Those are lovely books. The contents of the Gush book originally appeared as a series of articles in Airfix Magazine, but it was certainly helpful to have ‘em all gathered together. The Featherstone volume, from what I remember, is quite a heavy tome. Both books are rather “of their time” but still useful nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with you FIW game. Hopefully you can get your son interested in historical gaming too - small steps and all that … 😉
Cheers,
Geoff
I doubt my son will ever be interested in historical games, but I do enjoy SciFi games too.
DeleteVariety Peter is the spice of life. Good on yer for trying the star wars stuff.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to a game, and not too many models to paint.
DeleteHaving bought a couple of Star Wars Legion sets for possible play with my grandson, I will be watching this space to see how you get on with the rules. Both books are good additions to your library.
ReplyDeleteI do remember you painted up some very nice Star Wars figures a couple of years ago.
DeleteThanks for another interesting post. Can you tell more about 'tree campaigns' please?
ReplyDeleteHopefully the FIW campaign will be in the next post.
DeleteStar War look like an interesting diversion, look forward to seeing more. Nice little model, the two of those should be handy. Looking forward to the next instalment of your FIW game, it's a good looking one. Two classic books, can't go wrong there.
ReplyDeleteVery happy with the books and hopefully Star Wars will not be too much of a diversion.
DeleteThe FIW game looks very exciting! Attacks from all sides.
ReplyDeleteThe game used one of the OHW scenarios.
DeleteGood to see you were able to get Gush's book for a reasonable price. Each time I check they are asking silly amounts:(! The FIW game looks game so look forward to reading the write up once things on the home front settle down.
ReplyDeleteAlong with the the game report I have to write up the campaign notes.
DeleteI think I may have seen the Gush book on Trade Me not too long ago - as for the Featherstone one, I have had it for a couple of decades - I think someone may have gifted it to me as I don't remember buying it!
ReplyDeleteBoth are the type of book you just pick up, read a bit, and then put down.
DeleteHave been toying with idea of getting some Kangaroos, but decided I probably have too much awaiting building.
ReplyDeleteBoth those books are classics and on my bookshelf.
The Kangaroos are a bit different and add to the mix of vehicles on the tabletop.
DeleteA lot here today! The Star Wars game looks interesting, both books are good, and the Gush book has a lot of hard to find information on the era (a bit less so with some of the recent Helion titles), and FIWE game looks super!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to a Star Wars game with my son and I am already reading bits from both the books.
DeleteStar Wars is a 'winner' Good suggestion from your son. I think the Legion miniatures are the best SW on the market right now, and you can use them with other rules as well. I know that FUBAR har own SW rules and cards:
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Whats interesting with the Italeri kits, is not only that they're easy to assemble and they looks good, but it also claims on the box that they are "Wargame approved".
Thanks for sharing!
Agree, the core set is very easy to assemble and are nice figures. My son got the Close Wars set and the droids it that set are very fiddly to assemble. Thanks for the tip on FUBAR.
DeleteNice haul of stuff. I've heard good things about SW Legions. 😁
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to getting a game with the SW legion.
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