David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Monday 21 February 2022

Bikelheim to Groß Bikelberg

 Well, slightly inconvenienced by Eunice and Franklin, I finally managed to venture out into GHQ and try a simple table layout to see how my newly cut out Modern Roads from Geek Villain (a 6'x4' mat) might look in company with my 15mm buildings from LaserCraftArt. Here are two pictures from opposite sides of the table which I hope will give some sense of what a game might look like ~

Looking across Groß Bikelberg towards Bikelheim.
Looking from Bikelheim towards Groß Bikelberg, with a better idea of how the other buildings might be utilised. 
Of course I need to sort out trees, hedges, fences, walls and suchlike not to mention the factory complex. At least I've ordered the base from Warbases to collect at Hammerhead! I note that Warbases have announced their four German rural buildings now in 15mm, so I've asked to see those at Hammerhead too with a view to purchasing the four if they seem compatible in order to build a larger farm complex for the game. In other CWGH news Phil has painted 3 more Chieftains and 5 more BVMPs, so I should be able to finish them off and base them later in the week. He tells me more vehicles are underway, so I'll have an update no doubt from him tomorrow when we sit down to our weekly game, a VBCW outing!

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    1. Thank you Norm! Hope you're right of course

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  2. Looks ace, the road looks jolly good. Looking forward to viewing it in the cloth tomorrow.

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    1. It's now Tettenhall Green in 28mm of course! Hope you'll like the roads, hellish on my hand cutting it all out!

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  3. The roads work a treat with the buildings etc. Should look pretty damned good when fully 'populated':).

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    1. Thanks SteveJ, I think it's moving in the right direction.

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  4. It sure looks the business David!

    Christopher

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    1. Many thanks Christopher, much appreciated.

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  5. Lovely work David especially working in another scale.

    Cheers,
    Helen

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