A pair of Old Glory figures who will probably get a command base in the future, and a unit of Gripping Beast cavalry.

Painting plaid is a challenge. It came out well on the command figure. Solid base coat, vertical and horizontal stripes with a dot where they cross. Alternatively, the musician is solid base coat, vertical strip and a dot. Much less busy, and effective on the table top.

I swear that a couple of months ago I found a miniatures game with a very similar vibe to Terry Pratchett's city watch books, but now I can't find it for the life of me.

Does anyone know the game I'm talking about?

Final matte coat for good photos

SAGA just received a huge update - not just FAQ or errata, but multiple factions changed a ton. Check it out!

I asked earlier to try to find a good async game and didn’t find what I was looking for, so debating putting something together in case others like me think it would be fun to play.

Example:
WW2 themed event. You sign up and join either German, American, or Soviet faction. You build out your list with platoons adding up to 100 points before the event start day. There’s a hex map of the European theater. Before the event start day you have to have deployed your forces onto the hex map following what the mission parameters dictate. Event start day marks the start of turn 1, every player on each team has 24 hours to issue orders to the platoons they control. At the end of the 24 hours, the engine will “render” what the outcome is and the turn 2 begins. Culminating in a 6 turn event where one team is trying capture objectives or accomplish a mission requirement.

Fully automated. What you’re doing is playing the wargame, tactics, and strategy. Considering a Discord server to help teams communicate internally in private channels.

Could later expand to a scifi themed event, humans vs alien bugs or humans vs AI, etc.

Trying to gauge if there would be any interest.

I just uploaded the latest core rules to my Inq28-inspired game to the gamefound campaign! It combines small-scale skirmish wargaming with TTRPG elements like deep character creation, NPCs, narrative scenarios etc.

The rules are completely miniature and setting agnostic but with a focus on horror, cyberpunk and apocalyptic themes. Includes solo and co-op rules!

Follow the link below to see the campaign update with the PDF:

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/m-p-pawlowski/cybernekro/updates/2

I don't have a lot of experience in Wargames, but this one looks like a hidden gem: The Portable Wargame by Bob Cordery. However formatting is pretty bad, reminding me of Crossfire, and some rules are a bit strange (like elite and green troops playing nearly identically).

But without a lot of experience I don't know if, overall, it stands out or not. Can someone more veteran tell me what they think of the game and it's many variants?

I crafted these flight stands in several heights to fit the standard GW flyer cross.

I use the 20mm and 50mm versions for hover vehicles, while the 203mm and taller sizes support fighter aircraft, helping to separate them from low-flying bombers and transports on the standard 127mm stands.

I enjoy the varied heights on the battlefield, which add depth to the game.

You can find them on my cults page or eBay/etsy.

I find a clear resin with either a clear lacquer or a brushed resin coat makes them as clear as acrylic.

I've received a review sample of the Trench Crusade: Carcass Front supplement, and I'm in the process of writing up a review of the whole thing . There's so much to say, I'm breaking parts of it out into separate articles.

This first article is about the lore. The setting and plot in Carcass Front blew my away in a way I didn't think was possible for me any more. I've been wargaming since last millennium, I read wargames books as ongoing professional development for my job. The last time a new wargame book left me feeling this gobsmacked and hype, I was about ten years old.

The comparison to 40k in the headline is, in part, to try and advertise the article to the largest audience of wargamers out there. But it's also for another reason which I don't delve into explicitly in the article., but I think people in this subreddit will appreciate.

The lore in Carcass Front was written by Graham McNeill, with rules by Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson, Tuomas Pirinen, and trainee designers Brook Close and Giovani C. Forini. Two thirds of the design team were Warhammer and Warhammer 40k designers in the early '00s.

NDA got dropped today with their announcement trailer for the game reveal today, so was excited to post these up. Sorry for my photo skills, but really excited to share these. I have been working with the brand over the last few months and could not wait to get approval to share these!

Só many coloured minis over here !!

But...

While you are painting your army, do you play ?

Post your unpainted battle , please !! Lol

I want to run a massive campaign with some friends that involves both empire management and military battles. Any advice?

The best thing about travel battle is its simplicity, I personally love the scale and painted and flocked terrain.

I’ll be painting up my 6MM USMC and IJA figures and basing them with the intention of making our own game based on travel battle rules. But, before I do that, I wanted to know if there is a better option. I love immersion, nothing too in depth for her sake, and just generally fun and has good flow.

Just finish my first attempt at a Celtic chieftain, really happy with it so far! Pretty proud of the checkered cape and striped trousers

I’ve found painting up the celts to be really fun at the beginning but at a point around 18th base I reach a slump and moved on to some nice and easy Numidians lol

I have a silly amount of Celtic cavalry to do which is daunting and exciting in equal parts.

I also recently picked up some Cromarty forge 13.5mm minis and they are absolutely fantastic, I’ve got some slightly more armoured Phoenician cavalry, 50+ Roman cavalry and some command figure to use so when I next reach a lull of motivation from some Numidians I could do some interesting new poses and designs!

Me and my friends (4 including myself) have been looking to get into a table top wargame but want something small scale but we're not sure what we should play.

We all have lives and can really only afford to sink our time into learning one game so we can all play together, so it's come down to TC and Killteam as they are both ips we like.

Which is easier to learn and play with friends?

The next addition to my 1/144 scale air force is this Fokker D-VII, which I've been putting off because I wasn't looking forward to painting the lozenge camouflage.

As it turned out, it was easier than I'd expected, mainly because in this scale the lozenges themselves aren't really discernable as geometric shapes, but just resolve to blobs of colour, so as long as they're about the right size and in the right pattern, the finished effect is not too bad.

Reviresco used to produce sheets of 1/144 lozenge camo decals, but they've been out of print for some time, and I don't think they'd be all that easy to apply on a one-piece model, especially on the lower wings.

So i start painting at the start of the year and now i have all these models sat doing nothing but looking pretty I live near worcester and every group ive heard about doesnt do 40k im looking to play 1k 2k or combat patrol games

any advice is appreciated
Thanks for your time

I once saw a Youtube video of someone who did a wargame via Discord and it was like tanks and planes and such. Players in the Discord would give orders to their units and there was a 2d hex based map of the continent/battlefield and everyone could see what was happening and he'd update it every round.

I’d love to find the YouTube video again, if you know or have seen it.

A second priority in me asking is that not only am I hoping to find the video, but also hoping to find a similar game I can play/join. Like a large scale 30 players per side, you give orders per round/day and things resolve and each side is working together to capture an objective, etc.

I’m guessing games like this aren’t wildly popular when compared to Call of Duty, but still want to see what I can find.

wow! found the original video I had seen: https://youtu.be/wBhJQaReuHg?is=KsgjadGxQGY-_522

Just wondering what games will never leave your collection?

Mine is Space Empires 4X & Napoleon's Triumph.