Wargaming with Silver Whistle

I have know finished my latest batch of figures and terrain ready for the release of 'Fighting Season', 'Too Fat Lardies' modern adaption of their WW2 skirmish rule set, 'Chain of Command'.

In my last post I added an additional support vehicle for my Brits with a Scimitar from Empress Miniatures.

This post we have some market stalls. These are from Eureka Miniatures apart from the two on the left hand side in the front row. These were scratch built using a couple of spare side panels from a horse and cart and some matchsticks for the legs.  

Civilians. Again from Eureka Miniatures.

There aren't many suitable figures out there for Modern Afghanistan so I have had to use these figures. The women are fine but the men I have had to paint on the beards and I don't think the guy with the fez is really appropriate but he makes up the numbers.

 I should have sculpted on the beards and wrapped a turban around the fez but all these and the stalls were done at speed with just a base colour and wash, followed by highlighting the flesh and odd bit of clothing. ( I want to crack on with painting a late war platoon of SS German Infantry that I have on the paint bench at the moment.)

The figures in the front row are from Perry Miniatures Crusader range (the seated  figure on the left from Eureka) and again not the correct figures but will do at a push. I think I read somewhere that TFL and Eureka have got together for making the appropriate civilian figures for this conflict?????
  
Front row, four Insurgents from Empress Miniatures.

In one of the Empress Miniatures support packs for the Brits, you have an additional Valon mine detector. I have stuck this on a base with some stowage as an extra marker to show if a squad has the valon deployed. When I played a test game of Fighting Season with Rich Clarke, we had two squads out of three with valon's deployed, so rather than buying a second support pack just for the one guy with the valon, I thought I would just use the marker for my second squad. 

Mr Big. Again I read somewhere on the TFL forum that Rich was looking for a suitable well dressed figure that could be used for Fighting Season, so I am guessing this will be for one of the scenarios???

I had a cowboy 'doctor' figure that was a freebee stuck in my bag when I bought some items from Great Escape Games whilst at Salute. Again at a push, I thought this figure might do as he is carrying a bag and if I painted him up so it looks like he is wearing a creased linen suite and panama hat he could be used as an arms dealer/VIP/diplomat or whatever the scenario requires?


With body guard in tow.

Is Mr Big really an arms dealer or is he just after some nice antiques??????















Figures are Empress, Eureka, Perry's.
Goats, Donkeys and cart from Empress.
Chickens from Warbases.
Market Stalls Eureka or scratch built.
Well by Adrian's Walls.
Buildings Perry or scratch built.  

It has been over a month since my last post but I have been busy on the painting front, as you are about to see. In this post I have a full platoon of Empress Miniatures Modern USMC, plus Special Forces, Civilians and some chickens.


First up are some civilians from Perry Miniatures Crusader Range. They are not perfect for Afghanistan but they will do at a push. I will be ordering some Civilians from Eureka Miniatures at Salute next month which will fit the bill better. The chickens are from Warbases.

Next up, some Special Forces from Empress Miniatures.



USMC Platoon, Special Forces and Helicopter Transport/Support.




A comparison of the camouflage of the USMC and British Infantry. All figures are Empress Miniatures, British on the right.



The usual staged photo's. Civilians first.





An early morning raid. Special Forces escort their target out ready for collection. It looks like the prisoner is still in his night clothes.



Here come the cavalry.











I am considering selling these as I don't think I really need a British and American platoon but I will keep the special forces figures for combined operations with my Brits.

The figures have just recently been painted and never gamed with and they are all from Empress Miniatures. The platoon has 40 x figures, that have all been painted in their desert camo 'MARPAT' which was time consuming to do. They are also individually based and given one gloss and two matt coats of varnish. ( hand brushed on not sprayed ).

Included with the platoon is the USMC Chinook and dust cloud flight stand. Also two brand new unassembled and unpainted vehicles for this platoon. They are imprint vehicles from Empress Miniatures, a LAV-25 and a HUMVEE 50.cal.

The Helicopter and vehicles retail at £65 and the 40 x unpainted metal figures £75. = £140.
I am asking £400 in total, which is £260 for the actual painting, basing and varnishing of 40 x figures.(£6.50 a figure)

If you are thinking of getting into this period then you will probably know that the Too Fat Lardies excellent Chain of Command WW2 rules are soon to release 'Fighting Season' their adaption of these rules for modern Afghanistan.

The buyer would have to pay the postage but as an alternative I would be willing to drive and meet up halfway if in the UK  and not to far from Essex or if you are going to Salute then I could bring it along for collection.

If interested, then contact me at www.kerstinsmith@