Sean's 2023 adventures

[Leman (Andy)]

Zero games so far this year but one horrible case of flu.

[Sean Clark]

Well the best laid plans have ground to a halt.

I've not painted a thing since before Christmas and I've played precisely  2 wargames (Kings of War, lost both)  and 1 boardgame (Zombiecide, we all got eaten) this year.

Tomorrow is March which means it's the month of 🇲🇽 Mexico. I have my Governement army 95% painted. I'd really like to get my buildings and Rebels done but at this rate it's unlikely. Though as I have as before, when motivation strikes I can do a lot in a short space of time.

It's a good job this forum exists for me to feel included in the hobby. Currently reading Almost a Miracle about the AWI and watched the film 'Mosul' which is rather good and had me wanting to play AK47 and to buy some HumVees 😚

I hope you're painting and gaming are going better than mine!

[Colonel Kilgore]

I hope you're painting and gaming are going better than mine!

Have a wild guess on that one, Sean - you're not alone!

Simon

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Still chugging away at the AK47, both scenery and figures, and I can attest to how nice the Professionals look, Smoking Gun... I've seeded them amongst my 1960s Foreign Legion with FFL beret headswaps and they really look the part!

Neil

[Leman (Andy)]

Finally got my first game of the year in last week. A Walter Schnaffs FPW game which went against the odds as the defending French won, with some remarkable luck. This gave me the opportunity to weave a narrative around the game to put the result in context. For an historical game this had some real D&D and fantasy moments.

[Moggy]

Not alone Sean. Played 1 game so far this year (possibly 2 but my memory may be faulty).

Having problems getting the motivation going for painting but have made a start on my AWI stuff to use for French Indian War.

So far got the British Regulars painted (except the ones I got from EBAY pre painted - They are good enough for me), About 25 bases (75 figs) of Militia.  Another 10 to go and I can think about basing them. Problem is they have come from a range of sources and want to mix the figure up a bit so all attached to bases by bluetak for painting right now.  Got about 50 Indians to paint so far, some mounted officers and a few guns.  Hoping to get these all done by End of March (fat chance) Then can turn my mind to the French.

Ah well, away to Lanzerote next week. Maybe that will give me some ooommmpppffffffff.

Derek

[Wardy64]

Ben and I have played about 7 games so far this year. Ben has couple of friends, who's dads also war game so we have been playing a number of tag team games, home and away in the local area. Now for the heretic admission, it's all 40k, (Tau, Imperial Guard, Marines and Orks). A lot of painting has been going on to get new units and scenery ready. So the start to 2023 has been good for getting back into playing, unfortunately it's not been PP.

David & Ben

[Jimmy James]

Now then gents! Been an enjoyable couple of months so far.

Sorted my admin, started (sporadically) going to a club in Derby in January and that's been great - met some nice chaps and played a couple of games using Maneouvre Group rules for modern mech combat. Lovely stuff. Also been continuing online games over Zoom with the usual group and played games of What a Tanker and 02-Hundred Hours, as well as kicking off a RPG campaign using Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. AND managed to get down to see my mate Phil for a weekend; he's got a copy of Undaunted Stalingrad and we hammered through a dozen games together. Really really good.

I'd planned to do more modelling and painting (I've finished a total of six tanks and one plane in January and February, which frankly is appalling) and also to do more solo gaming - not done any at all as it's turned out, but happy enough with that given I've managed to get plenty of games in otherwise.

BUT it's 1st March - we aren't even a sixth of the way through the year yet (not until tomorrow, anyway - good old short February!) and there's so much time left to do more. I might even properly get down to some painting eh.

All the best
JJ

[Stewart 46A]

This year I have developed a problem with my wrists so can't paint to well so have sent out an army to be painted and I was lucky to buy a huge painted Western force (about 600 figures & 40 wagons)

I'm lucky where I live in that I have two local groups and Entoyment hobby centre so normal game at least twice a week.

Managed 25 games (C&K, Hamerin Iron, Pirate raids)over 16 meetings.

Stewart

[John Watson]

Played quite a few war-games this year either at Entoyment on Piggy Days or ar Wessex Wargames Society in the New Forest which meets twice a month. I've painted plenty as well (C & K Vikings and MexRev buildings mainly). I've also been playing lots of boardgames at a convention and at two groups that meet monthly.
I just need to find time to re-organise my stuff.
John

[Sean Clark]

I think the problem is that I live too far away from the south coast! I'm fairly sure that if I lived the Weymouth/Bournemouth  area I'd be playing way more games. Still I'll be getting at least 3 games in this month with Mexico day and hopefully at least a couple more at some point t.

I'm very interested in the new Army Painter Speedpaints 2.0. I may try these on my Rebels.

[Sean Clark]

No pictures, but I've painted something!

3 stands of Villistas and 4 stands of pirates. I used Cobtrast paints, but then still gave them a wash of Agrax Earthshade. Seraphim Sepia would probably have worked better. But more tomorrow.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Well done Sean! The first step can often be the hardest one on the return to painting!

I look forward to some pictures in due course.

Simon

[Sean Clark]

Here are my first painted figureds of the year, 62 days in.

The green is perhaps a bit too green for the Mexicans  but it'll stand out on the table!

[Colonel Kilgore]

I would say that those paints worked exceptionally well - I particularly like the pirates, Sean.

Simon