tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post7814811523736872236..comments2024-03-29T11:31:07.258+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Another day for bargainsRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-7865659077700244242009-11-09T12:06:43.046+00:002009-11-09T12:06:43.046+00:00Mr F,
I am always pleased to plug such an excelle...Mr F,<br /><br />I am always pleased to plug such an excellent blog! Reading your entries gives a lift to my day!<br /><br />Thanks for the tip about the turret pin. I will want to remove the turret, and knowing that will help me to get it right when I do so.<br /><br />£1.50 is a bargain! I thought that I had done will getting them for £2.99.<br /><br />What they remind me off is the tanks that are featured in some of the battle scenes in Korda’s THINGS TO COME (which was written by H G Wells). I have always hankered after running a campaign set in a 1930s post-apocalyptic world, where there are few heavy weapons available, and the airpower is very fragile. It would look something like the Russian Civil War but with each player taking the role of a local warlord (or ‘Boss’ as he is called in the film). Each of them would fight to gain assets such as power sources (coal mines, power stations), arms factories, and arable land. A sort of Medieval conflict with twentieth century weapons! Ideal for HOTT, I would have thought.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-32950106797876843262009-11-09T11:53:45.532+00:002009-11-09T11:53:45.532+00:00Ogrefencer,
The buildings should be fine with 12m...Ogrefencer,<br /><br />The buildings should be fine with 12mm figures; in fact they would be more 'in scale' with them.<br /><br />'Town in a bag' sounds about right, although I have seen them advertised as a 'Wooden Village' as well.<br /><br />As I said in my bog entry you get the following in each bag:<br />ten small single-storey houses; two slightly larger two-storey houses; a Dutch-style town house; a railway station; a Town Hall/School building, two towers and an arched gateway; eight lengths of wall; and numerous other bits and pieces including some pretty naff looking trees, a couple of 'people', and what I think is supposed to be a railway train.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-75637960791863356162009-11-09T11:08:20.874+00:002009-11-09T11:08:20.874+00:00Now then Bob
Thanks for the plug. The tanks do pa...Now then Bob<br /><br />Thanks for the plug. The tanks do paint up rather well. If you do remove the turret, there's a large pin holding it in, can be a bit fiddly. We picked up six tanks at £1.50 each, a bargain. We've got a couple left that may appear in some post WW1 army.. a future project.<br /><br />Take care<br />MrFMrFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17708324287306819984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-8895890023489489372009-11-09T09:08:17.877+00:002009-11-09T09:08:17.877+00:00Hi Bob, Just a quickie re the buildings - I note y...Hi Bob, Just a quickie re the buildings - I note you use them for 15mm - how would they match up with 10 to 12mm figures? The reason I ask is because they may be quick solution to the Risk based terrain. I checked the Past Times website and this was described as a Town in a bag so I assume that is the one. What exactly do you get in the bag? Many thanks in advance, OgreDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-40515986684583226722009-11-09T08:28:12.449+00:002009-11-09T08:28:12.449+00:00Jim,
I had forgotten that I had used some of thos...Jim,<br /><br />I had forgotten that I had used some of those buildings in any of my WWII play-tests.<br /><br />I think that WEC should work well with WWI/RCW, even in its as-yet-unfinished form.<br /><br />I must admit that I tend to use counters to test ideas before moving on to painted figures; it can save such a lot of time and effort in the long-run.<br /><br />As I said in reply to your email, I hope to read the latest verion of your Dark Ages rules later today ... life and work permitting!<br /><br />All the best with your projects,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-85189479282503348662009-11-08T23:19:00.319+00:002009-11-08T23:19:00.319+00:00The Battle of Turga and your WW2 rule testing game...The Battle of Turga and your WW2 rule testing games are where I noticed the building. I like 'em.<br /><br />I received my Peter Pig WW1/RCW figures this week. Now all I have to do is get busy painting them.<br /><br />Next is a 4' x 4' piece of thin wood for a 2" gridded playing surface.<br /><br />The goal is to play WEC and my Dark Age rules with miniatures on the table top. All my playing and testing to this point have been with cardboard counters and a paper surface.<br /><br />It's good to have a goal.<br /><br />Later,<br /><br />jimJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549600020726569568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-53757080465104132152009-11-08T23:10:56.614+00:002009-11-08T23:10:56.614+00:00Jim,
Glad that I could be of help.
Although the ...Jim,<br /><br />Glad that I could be of help.<br /><br />Although the buildings are not lifelike they do seem to fit in well with wargames (see my blog entry about the <a rel="nofollow">Battle of Turga</a> to see them 'in action' on the tabletop).<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-34921643868164276112009-11-08T22:55:13.250+00:002009-11-08T22:55:13.250+00:00Hi Bob, yet again.
Third time is a charm.
Bluebe...Hi Bob, yet again.<br /><br />Third time is a charm.<br /><br />Blueberry Forest Toys is in the US.<br /><br />GKTT050 My Little Village Wooden Mini-Blocks Set, $15.95 USD.<br /><br />Order placed.<br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />JimJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549600020726569568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-79805073040839439042009-11-08T22:47:32.025+00:002009-11-08T22:47:32.025+00:00Hi again,
Thanks for the links to the wooden vill...Hi again,<br /><br />Thanks for the links to the wooden village vendors. <br /><br />I will have to move to Plan B as shipping costs are more than the product cost, even at quantities up to 5.<br /><br />So I think I will just get some balsa wood and/or bass wood and make my own. No big deal.<br /><br />Thanks again for the help.<br /><br />JimJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549600020726569568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-88422578125069872552009-11-08T19:42:05.782+00:002009-11-08T19:42:05.782+00:00Jim,
I know that they are sold by Amazon UK, Toyp...Jim,<br /><br />I know that they are sold by <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/ToyPost-Little-Wooden-Village/dp/B00062RTP6" rel="nofollow">Amazon UK</a>, <a href="http://www.toypost.co.uk/product.php?productid=483" rel="nofollow">Toypost</a>, and <a href="http://www.blueberryforest.com/heirloom_wooden_blocks/my_little_village_wooden_blocks.htm" rel="nofollow">Blueberry Forest Toys</a>.<br /><br />I hope that you can find them.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-18426658599893362952009-11-08T18:14:43.251+00:002009-11-08T18:14:43.251+00:00Hi Bob,
Do you know who makes those wooden house ...Hi Bob,<br /><br />Do you know who makes those wooden house sets? Maybe you still have the packaging? I'd like to try to find them here in the States.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />JimJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11549600020726569568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-74830786794475905202009-11-08T16:40:48.907+00:002009-11-08T16:40:48.907+00:00Tone,
Very true, otherwise the World would have a...Tone,<br /><br />Very true, otherwise the World would have also lost one of London's main exponents of Jimmy Buffett's songs!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-57304188213086909032009-11-08T15:04:00.188+00:002009-11-08T15:04:00.188+00:00How fortunate we indeed are, that that nice Mr sur...How fortunate we indeed are, that that nice Mr survived that terrible shipwreck ordeal.<br /><br />;-)Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690177103644553288noreply@blogger.com