Recently I discovered a new entrant to the 28mm STL market called Colonel Muller Miniatures. The 1940 French troops I have printed for my ongoing project have turned out wonderfully. Being excited about the miniatures I reached out to Colonel Muller Miniatures asking if they would be interested in an interview for Iron Dice Gaming. Continue reading Interview with Colonel Muller Miniatures
This installment of my journey to build a platoon of French defenders for a Battle of France Chain of Command clash will be a rundown of the miniatures I’ve chosen to use. Continue reading 1940 French Platoon: Part 2 (I acquire far too many miniatures…again)
The campaign has included a lot of (self-inflicted) preparations. In this article we’ll briefly walk through those different items and what I did to prepare them. If you’ve gotten this far and you’re wondering what campaign I’m rambling on about, you can check out the previous article covering the setting here. Continue reading Bag The Hun Pacific Campaign: Materials Prep
A print the size of the Jagdpanther is a great blank canvas to work upon. My first task was to see if I could find a camouflage scheme appropriate for a unit that was at the Battle of the Bulge. Continue reading Painting the Night Sky Miniatures Jagdpanther
For those of you who have been following the blog, you’ll know I recently completed a German platoon not only for Adepticon 2023, but also primarily for future games of Chain of Command. If you weren’t aware and wish to follow that build you can find part one here. Naturally I need a force to oppose those Germans especially if I’m going to do any … Continue reading 1940 French Platoon Part 1
Welcome back, or just plain welcome if you didn’t catch the first article. If not I recommend going back and giving it a read here: The Pilots In that article I laid out the cast of characters for this campaign. In this article I’m going to lay out the background, how the campaign works, and what kind of historical tweaks I’ll be making along the … Continue reading Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign: The Setting
Adepticon 2023 has come and gone. I have attended more Adepticons than I have missed since its origination. However, this was a unique one for me. This was the first year I’ve gone that I played in all historical events. While my primary WW2 game has been Bolt Action, with some dabbling in Flames of War years ago, Ben has been trying to convince me … Continue reading First Impressions- Chain Of Command At Adepticon 2023
For those of you who didn’t read my earlier post on aerial wargaming, I am embarking on a solo play narrative campaign of Too Fat Lardies’ Bag the Hun ruleset accompanied by the campaign rules found in Squadron Forward. Today we are going to set up the basic cast of characters, this may expand over the campaign but at the outset we will follow eight … Continue reading Bag the Hun Pacific Campaign: The Pilots
Like most Early and Mid-war World War II infantry platoons the Germans had an organic light mortar team in the form of a 5cm mortar team. Continue reading Spotlight: Crusader Miniatures German 5cm Mortar Team
It was the first time I had run the Blitzkrieg Germans in anger and I found out I had gotten what I wished for when I said I wanted a historical and fluffy list. Continue reading 2023 Adepticon Primer Recap – Ben
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