Nacho Wars meets Ai

 

It is ages since I had a game using my 25mm Copplestone Nacho Wars collection 

These two posters are from the Felpersham Fine Arts gallery (permission has been granted for publicatiion) 

The Tabletop of Mars has been set up and the games afoot , a report will be posted soon .....

Prussian Army reinforcements.

 

Got the recently cast up figures painted and based . These are the Prussian Landwehr Cavalry . They are a Pomeranian Regiment and wearing a grey uniform rather the more usual blue.

Adding 'green stuff' to alter the shako has worked well and was easier than a head swap.

Here is the Infantry , I haven't designated them a regiment yet .

The Prussian army is much more easy to paint up than the French with a plainer uniform . Having said that my next on the painting list are a couple Battalions of French Line Infantry and some more     Cavalry .

D6 Die-cast Racing Car Rules.

 

So here are the Mark 1 version of my car racing rules , writtern with the help of AI .

I'm busy testing them out so they are a work in progress at the moment . 

Open Cockpits & Straw Bales

 

My wife helps at a charity shop and I called in to see her to go for lunch and was perusing the bookshelves and wandered into the Sports section (an area I do not tend to view) and came across this book ! . The chap that wrote it was a vicar and as we know vicars write a cracking book ! , very interesting and just the era I was aiming for . It is illustrated by the authors paintings of racing cars - what a find ! 

I have also purchased the other cars I needed from the eBay , here a Talbot Lago , the card is going to be part of my racing car game , in black and white cos this is the 50s !

A Cooper Bristol , the driver is Reg Parnell - you don't get people called 'Reg Parnell' nowadays - and thats what's wrong with the modern world !

And finally a HWM (Hersham and Walton Motors) piloted by Stirling Moss - there's a name to conjure with ! - I remember Stirling Moss from my youth . I've made cards for ever car and for some strange reason my printer is leaving a white line through them (Grrr!)

The prototype track - a piece of MDF rescued from my neighbours skip , the rules are being worked on at the moment - keeping them simple and having no paperwork to record speed etc - hence the dice behind the cars .The rules are up next .

Friends bearing gifts .

 

My wargaming colleague 'A' called around as he had been doing some clearing out and brought me a large bag of old figures he had no use for , some of which are here .

The were of course for me to melt down and recast !

Some of the results of the mornings casting .

This weeks projects , another Battalion of Prussian Infantry and a converted unit of Prussian Landwehr Cavalry . Many thanks to 'A' for his kind gift which is being put to good use.

Finally the Horse Artillery makes an appearance.

 

I've finally finished off my Horse Artillery conversions , here is the Prussian one , I've added short tails to the coats and the heads are from the Prussian Infantry moulds . The cross belt should perhaps be black but white stands out better and adds a splash of colour to a somewhat boring uniform . The guns are French bodies with the smaller British cannon barrel used to look lighter.

The French ones next , again I added short tails to the coats and used the French Infantry heads . I have been a bit fanciful with the uniforms - the plumes add a bit of colour and they probably shouldn't have lacing across their jacket fronts but I wanted them to stand out on the tabletop . The guns are the same as the Prussians, French carraiages with the smaller British barrels to make them look lighter for Horse Artillery. 

Another of my childhood model cars.

 

Another of my old model cars has been returned to me , I must admit I don't remember owning this one .

It's a Maserati and I think rather cute .

I did a bit more investigating and found this from a old Dinky catalogue , there where six original models so I need to track down the other three .

Going with this vibe I think - not sure about "Chicago's 5 ACRES OF SIN" or the "SECRET SEX SOCIETIES" 

Perhaps this is more wholesome - gallant chaps pushing their cars to victory !