The Body

Morning - Day 1.
The Defence of Wilson's Wadi.

A section with support from a GPMG and a medic race to recover Lt. Wilson's body



Taliban group crosses the wadi



Huge group of Taliban appears next to the tomb. This is where the British will be heading back to in order to evacuate the casualties



They take cover alongside a wall while another group skirt the poppy field to their left.



Medic finds Wilson and Cpl. Harris dead (a 1 and a 2 on the first aid rolls)



Lone Taliban fighter left after mortar shell lands on position. This group has been unable to push on after their initial surge of activity



Taliban pushed back into tomb and then falls back



The bodies of Wilson and Harris have been recovered and despite this great loss to the platoon, the British are off to a winning start.

*****

The British took no additional losses and won 6-0 and the insurgency for the rest of the day will be reduced due to the Taliban's failure to have any trophy of their early triumph

Hotspots and IEDs and Wrecks! (Oh My!)

Last-minute touches for Gaelcon tomorrow

Hotspot #2 (from S&S)



All five hotspots. I really like these resin pieces - very easy to paint up and with nice detail


Wrecked pick-up truck. (Again from S&S). I'm not too sure about my colour choice on the body. Too similar to the windows maybe...


Some IEDs. I got a ten-pack from S&S, some nice variety in it, but here's three of them.


A couple of Liberation Miniatures IEDs - all artillery shells


See you there, and I'll be posting heaps of game reports next week in any case

British Reinforcements

Reinforcements have arrived just in time to help 'B' Platoon out.

A Viking armoured fighting vehicle

A fire team clears a bazaar



Second fire team exits the Viking to set up rear security



Marksman sets up on rooftop



Section leader directs light mortar (51mm)



Special Forces team moves through alleyway



They may not seem much, but they could make all the difference.

Wilson's Wadi - Map

I played for a while with basing the entire map of the campaign for Wilson's Wadi on actual Satellite imagery, but eventually fell back to the hand drawn schema I've gotten used to.

Anyone out there had good experiences using real satellite imagery as game maps?

Each of the nine scenarios is set in a section of this larger map, so some sections of the village will be reused

Inevitably I'm guessing that players will remember certain encounters based on the terrain layout..."the poppy field of death!" and so on may enter wargamer folklore!

More Afghan Buildings

Putting some final touches together for Gaelcon. Some have seen action before in a semi-painted state...

Hovels

Tomb. There's not a huge amount of room on the rooftop, but figures will just about fit.



Tomb interior (I'll probably do something smart with the floor tiles at some stage)



Walls - I just got a few to see how they look, and while very different from the Minimi ones, these are pretty good too.



Three more small adobes



Britannia

Compound - nice complex building with several levels.



Market (I didn't put together the overhanging roof section)



The new additions to the collection together



Should make for a nicely packed urban setting at the weekend...

Come, you are a tedious fool. To the purpose!

Two gentlemen of the Sussex Militia meet in London and come to some disagreement


Thou impertinent motley-minded scullian!


You are as rheumatic as two dry toasts


Thou'rt by no means valiant;
For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork of a poor worm.

Golden ale and crimson sawdust in the alleyways of Southwark.
I'll be slightly re-writing THW's Red Sand, Blue Sky rules (for Gladiators) for duellists in Elizabethan England.

In memory of Guildmember William Atkinson who recently passed away.
Other Guildmembers' work here

Soviet Paratroopers (VDV)

Veterans of The Guild's recent Big Game, Jez on the forum was getting rid of these at a pretty irresistable price. I reckon they'll see good service in our Afghan games - I'll have to pick up a Mi-8/17 to carry them into action

Each of the three squads has seven members - NCO with AK-74 (he's the guy pointing obviously!), 1 Dragunov, 1 RPG, 1 RPK and 3 AK-74s

1st Squad moves along a wall


2nd Squad takes up position


3rd Squad exposed in open ground


Platoon HQ consults it maps (I'm not sure what value the guy with the SA-7 is going to give in Afghanistan!)


The full platoon


I'm going to slightly retouch the bases for a more arid look and add some desert silfor tufts...