Crete sprinkles

[martin goddard]

Simon, what sprinkles are there going to be in the Crete game.

I expect you have already thought of this and accept it makes no difference at all to the game itself.
I thought it would be good to add to your burden?
Goats, peasants, Bofor guns, surrendered figures? Burnt out vehicles. carts.


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Martin,

Thank you for raising this point.

Currently: Bofors gun on Hill 107; Stewart's gliders in the Maleme table dry river; possibly something on the airstrips.

I was thinking of using your parachute canopies (when sculpted) to indicate partial squares, which should give a nice overall look to the table.

But the figures and buildings come first.

How are the paras coming along  ?

Simon

[John Watson]

In the spirit of Martin's one sentence articles for 15 Mill can I offer the following:-

What sprinkles do you need for the Battle of Crete?

ROCKS.

[Stewart 46A]

Simon
I have the bofors and a Stuka on the way
I think irregular miniatures do goats,
Peter Pig has sheep


Stewart

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks Stewart - sheep and goats would be good - I think I may even have some somewhere.

And yes - I forgot to mention that you'd volunteered the Bofors.

I think including peasants could be dangerous - it sounds as though most were actually combatants in some form or other, so they could confuse things?

But all once I've done my buildings and figures...

Simon

[Radar]

Surely you need a Nicholas Cage look alike with a mandolin?

[Colonel Kilgore]

What a wonderful idea - that would make a great "event special" figure - I suggest you take it up with Peter Pig's sculptor-in-chief 

Simon

[Radar]

Couldn't possibly do that, might distract from the 43* ECW packs that desperately need sculpting.


*A slight exaggeration, Range 20 only requires 26 new packs to be complete (and most of those are duplicates with/without pikes), and 2 packs of heads.

[Smiley Miley 66]

I ve got sheep and pigs on 1p and2p pieces.
Name what you require ?
Miles

[Colonel Kilgore]

I'll take some on £2 coins please Miles 

[Sean Clark]

Would small areas of scrub, and the odd bit of crumbling stone wall make good sprinkles?

[Colonel Kilgore]

I think they would, Sean.

I've been looking at pictures of Crete online (to respond to Miles' gentle critique that my hills are looking anaemic ) and it now looks all very clean and tidy, with bright green grass in many instances.

The photos I have seen from 1941 - albeit mostly in black and white - look somewhat sparser and rundown. So scrub and bits of wall sound good.

But I must first concentrate on those buildings and figures...

Simon

[Stewart 46A]

I have broken walls and scrub bits in my desert PBI scenery box, used as partial terrain.


Stewart

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks Stewart!

[Smiley Miley 66]

I have partial pieces for the Western and Deserts on washers.
I would use the grass I said to use. So you have grass but not bright green.
If there is no vegetation then it is surely a Desert
I have a load of walls as well that I think would be suitable.
Miles