tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14534798382517565082024-03-18T23:09:38.668-07:00Tobi's Paint PotPainting Projects great and smallSir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-65198821061625448422021-06-06T03:31:00.001-07:002021-06-06T03:31:22.518-07:00Normandy in 20mm<p>Dear Friends,</p><p>it's been some time. It's not that I was not around the hobby any more, I simply did not feel like blogging. I do not now if this has changed or if there will be a long silence after this post - but I do have a feeling it will be the former.</p><p>So to re-open this blog, I want to start with some thing very new (for me). For someone with the size of my lead pile and the sheer logistical problem of accommodating so many projects, it is utter, absurd madness to start not only another era but a new scale, too. Still, where would we wargamers be without the slight overdose of insanity, so I'll shamelessly say: I enjoyed it. <br /><br />Within 2 months I painted 120 figures, 6 vehicles, a handful of houses and several landscape pieces. The explanation for this productivity boost is, on the one hand, that I kept at it (it's really amazing when you swap the 1.5 hours you have in the evening for the painting table instead of TV and internet) and, on the other hand, that it was incredibly fun.</p><p>Enough words, let the pictures talk. Here I proudly present my new venture into 20mm ww2 Normandy:</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q4evOYsq0sU/YLyhGLUNtNI/AAAAAAAAA4s/ylAqaiaXtgQ11BziPwvP3X1lGwkVUNzXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2594/P1088290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2594" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q4evOYsq0sU/YLyhGLUNtNI/AAAAAAAAA4s/ylAqaiaXtgQ11BziPwvP3X1lGwkVUNzXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h299/P1088290.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eOccdvDBiyE/YLyhcH3DJ6I/AAAAAAAAA40/eWbXngR2OAsgE1hq7mv-Ziwe3N8SBuuGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/P1088291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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as some of you may already have noticed, the final part (#4) of my Aurelian-tutorial is now online. It contains many special aspects such as playing interrupts and also gives a short summary. I hope you'll like it.<br />
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After painting, playing and filming so much Ancients, I think it is time for a little break. I'll use it to finish a project that was long in waiting. Being a great fan of Sam Mustafa's Longstreet, over the last two years I have built two large ACW armies ("large" in any sense of the word, so being both 28mm and more then two units...). They have been used quite a few times but the real finish wasn't done - many of the bases were unfinished and also there were some units missing. So I'm going to remedy this situation now.<br />
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Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-24132342876098094252016-04-10T03:12:00.000-07:002016-04-10T04:04:15.412-07:00Aurelian - Part #3 of the video is onlineHi all,<br />
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just a quick note that part #3 of the walkthrough-video is now online.<br />
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This video contains the Turn Sequence and guides you through Shooting, Moving and Fighting.<br />
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I hope I'll be able to finish the part #4, which will be the last part, this week.<br />
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What scarce hobby-time I did have in the last year, I mostly spend on the playtesting of <a href="http://www.sammustafa.com/honour/aurelian/" target="_blank">Aurelian, the new game of Sam Mustafa</a>. It is his first ancients-game, and since I am a fierce fan of his rulesets and was drawn by these into both the Napoleonic Wars and even the ACW (periods I previously had fiercly denied to play for many years), this really was a treat for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it.<br />
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A very special aspect of it all was that I got to provide all the pictures - both for the rulebook (well, rule PDF really) and the unit tiles, which can be used as playing pieces.<br />
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So, in a sense, now everyone can play with my miniatures collection simply by using these unit tiles which even <a href="http://www.sammustafa.com/honour/download/4821/" target="_blank">come as a free download</a>.<br />
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For me, Aurelian has many strengths and not many weaknesses, and I really enjoy this game. Thus I have taken the time to plunge into a new aspect of modern hobby-communication and have done some viedos about it on youtube. You can see a little teaser here...<br />
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Part three which will cover the turn sequence and the battle itself with shooting, moving and fighting. It is uploaded right as I write this, however, it may take some time until you can sse it as I have asked Sam to preview it first - just in case I made any mistakes.<br />
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To sum it up, here is what I like most about the game:<br />
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1) <b>The Focus of the Period</b><br />
Instead of the usual "Moses to Cortez" - aproach, the focus on a relatively short period of time really gives flavour to the game and is - in my oppinion - much more historically accurate then the "one size has to fit all" mechanisms of some other games.<br />
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2) <b>Adjuncts</b><br />
After you've choosen and "bought" your army, it will recieve a personality by the addition of heroes, priests, experts or traitors. They really add character, fun - and unpredictability.<br />
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3) <b>Stamina</b><br />
I've never before encountered a system that is so suited to mirror the increasing fatigue and loss of stamina of an army. After several rounds of fighting, your options will be limited and fighting results will decrease in quality. In most other games the chances of rolling high is unchanged from the beginning when the army is freshly deployed to the end when it is anxious, tired and demoralized. Not so in Aurelian - here you will experience the strain that's put on your troops by the gradual loss of your good cards.<br />
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4) <b>Strategems and Interrupts</b><br />
The cards also allow for the use of strategems - and for your opponent to undermine them. You can make plans, but they won't succeed all the time...<br />
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So the game is fast, fun and solidly based in history in a timeframe I really enjoy. As you can guess, this won't be the last post about it you'll read here.<br />
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At the moment I'm begging/annoying Sam to use a similar approach for the Crusades or even the Carthaginian Wars. Whether I succeed with that cunning scheme largely depends on the success of Aurelian - so do me and us all a big favor and buy the PDF ;-)<br />
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Best, see you soon,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-77777636756953166872014-12-22T14:10:00.000-08:002014-12-22T14:10:04.954-08:00Samurai in the SnowHi all,<br />
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December is traditionally a very tense time at my office - everyone
expects me to finish all those projects that nobody was really
interested in for so many months before. So I have to be a busy bee, and
(as I had anticipated) painting progress for the painting challange so far is quite slow - but my
masterplan is to make up for this lack of progress during and after the
holidays!<br />
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My first entry to the painting challange is a Samurai of the Perry range - indeed I had this backtrop of a beautiful Japanese-gardens-calendar, and this inpired me to paint a fitting figure to use for the "cold" special theme of the painting challange.<br />
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It was really great fun to paint this Samurai, especially without the typical armour. I'm going to paint some more of these...<br />
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Have a nice holiday everyone, and thanks for your great support in 2014. I hope you get a lot of shiny toys under the Christmas tree. for me it will be the new Perry Azincourt-Range, and I'm really looking forward to these figures!<br />
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All the best,<br />
TobiSir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-83751315984047245072014-11-29T12:29:00.000-08:002014-11-30T06:44:25.166-08:00This took some timeHi all,<br />
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yes, the hibernation of this blog is finally over. 2014 had some rough patches to navigate and it was no good year for the hobby - so at some time I had to decide wether I'd use the sparse free time I had to actually have a hobby or only to talk/blog about wishing to have one. Thank you anywhere for bearing with me.<br />
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I'm otpimistic there'll be some more activity on this blog rather soon as I have enlisted in the <a href="http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.de/2014/11/unity-through-paint-roster-for-fifth.html" target="_blank">Analogue Hobbies 5th annual painting challange</a>, and I'm planing on honouring my goal of 500 points worth painting!<br />
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Until then I'd like to show you some more pictures of my ever growing crusading armies. These beauties have scored two big successes tis year: First, two pictures of my Crusaders have had the honour to appear in the new and quite exiting SAGA Crusades-supplement. Then, I've won "best painted" with my Moors at the very well organized and truly entertaining Holmgang <a href="http://www.kurpfalz-feldherren.de/holmgang-kurpfalz-saga-turnier" target="_blank">SAGA tournament</a>. Thank you again Patrick for the organisation and also thank you to everyone how has voted for my troops.<br />
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OK, with no further ado - here they are. First: The Crusaders.<br />
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And here are the Moors/Saracenes:<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-45745892495908690302013-12-29T02:36:00.002-08:002013-12-29T02:36:35.674-08:00Crusades reloaded<br />
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I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and Santa has brought you all the shiny toys you'd hoped for. For me it was great - the festivities, but also the addition to the lead- (and book-) mountain.<br />
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Chief among the presents was a new supply of Perry Crusaders, and this gives me the reason to talk about one of the projects I have worked at during the "quiet" phase of this blog between May and October. I was considering rebasing and enhancing my Crusader army for quite some time now, but with the mass of new rules and the lack of a real favorite set it was hard to decide on a basing system.<br />
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The most flexible variant of course is the DBx-basing scheme that is compatible with all but skirmish systems and has a 6cm front for 28mm figures. Yet the 4cm depth for mounted always requires some squeezing and 4 figures to a base is not as visually impressive as I'd like. The 12cm front of Impetus on the other hand can look very impressive if furnished with enough figures, but you need a large playing field and indeed tons of figures if you want to play anything else but impetus. <br />
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I've tried several options and came up with this one finally: 8cm front. Essentially I double the standard DBx/FOG-base-sizes for 15mm, so I can play DBx with them as well as any other system like FOG, Hail Ceasar, Dux Bellorum, Impetus and others. The basing system gives me 6cm depth for horses and 3cm for heavy infantry - and thus it very conveniantly solves the depth-problem for mounted bases:<br />
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For specially trained horsemen (knights superior or cavalry superior in DBx-terms) that fought in dense formations, I'll put four figures on a base: <br />
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For infantry the increased width and depth gives room for some limited diorama-building and story-telling. I double the figures required for DBx - give or take one or two figures. <br />
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This system is visually attractive, especially "en masse": The five bases of spearmen you have in your Crusader DBA army really does look like - well, not an army yet, but more than a few figures at least.<br />
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And this is the complete DBA-army: 12 bases (5 spear, 4 knights, 1 bow, 2 crossbows). Now I'm going to treat the Syrians the same way and test the new basing scheme wth a game of DBA. I certainly won't rebase my extensive ancients collection, but if it all works out well I may define the scheme as my standard for the medieval era.<br />
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<br />I wish you all the very best for the new year and thank you for your continuing support and interest. Take care and see you in 2014,<br />
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Tobi.<br />
<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-69521904757459218802013-11-17T08:57:00.001-08:002013-11-17T08:57:05.006-08:00A long road to Longstreet<br />
Lately I had the oppertunity to play a game of Longstreet. It's no secreet that up to the first announcement of Sam Mustafa with some promising details on that game I neither had any interest in the period nor a special fondnes for the figures. I had bought some ACW cavalry when they first appeared at the Salute (for it was the first set of historical figures made from hard plastic), but sadly I have long since tradet this pack for I don't know what. Thus my lead mountain - as large as it looms - was up to date clear of any figure representing a soldier after the date of 1815.<br />
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Now this has to change, because Longstreet is - as I had feared when I had read the announcement of Sam - just and planly great. It is great fun to read and even more fun to play, and the same way I've catched the Napoleonic plague with Lasalle, it seems it has happened again.<br />
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So I gave in, and have since heavily invested into this period. Now the first regiment is ready for the fight, and I couldn't wait to show it off.<br />
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Since I don't know to much about the period, I have chosen a nondescript regiment of volunteers ("Smallville's finest"). I'll add a few historical regiments at a later date, when I have read more about it - Don Troiani has already been ordered...<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-13249295164523435652013-10-23T13:17:00.002-07:002013-10-25T14:54:00.858-07:00A published gaming mat <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is it spring yet? </span>Well,
it seems this blog has confused the seasons and was hibernating during all of this beautiful
summer. I often thought about posting, but real life was extremly busy - a little
future wargamer has arrived in our familiy and my doctoral thesis has reached its
final phase. Under these circumstances hobby time is
extremly scarce, so I had to decide whether to actually paint and game or just
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While
the volume of what I get finished these days is insignificant when compared to
earlier times, I still got some projects on the way. The most important of which does appear on page 60 of the current issue of Wargames Soldiers & Strategy (#69), and I‘ve
enjoyed this very much.</div>
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I‘ll
come back to other projects I‘ve worked on in later posts but want to use this
one for the question what acrylic paste or sealant to use in the mat building
process. I couldn‘t post a link to Amazon in my article in WSS, but I‘ll post
it here (no, I don't have a contract with Amazon, so please go ahead and buy it wherever you like). </div>
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So if you want to (considerably) dirty your hands with your own gaming
mat - workshop, I‘ll recommend this product (if you are ordering from Germany
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An
alternative from Amazon UK which sohould work fine, too (although I have not
worked with it myself) is this product: </div>
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If
anyone uses it, please be so kind and give me a feedback if your content with
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I
guess there will be a follow up article in WSS, but first I‘m looking forward
to see this one in print. </div>
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One of these games was a big 400p Impetus demo in 28mm with <a href="http://christopher-bunkerhill.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Christopher aka Axebreaker</a>. Christopher is a very nice person and a gifted painter, and the army he put on the table certainly has a very lasting "wow"-effect. Here he is, sitting in the middle and explaining grand strategy to the players:<br />
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Facing each other on the Spanish plainland were my Andalusians (which you already know)... <br />
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... and Christopher's fantastic El Cid army:<br />
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The Scenario was a historical one, but we took liberties with the set up and added a Spanish Version of La Haye Sainte: <br />
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In two large battles the armies fought it out who would rule this part of Spain... <br />
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... and there were plenty of heroic moments like with this mercenary knights in Andalusian service (bottom centre), who survived turns after turns of onslought by a overwhelmingly outnumbering enemy... <br />
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I can only say thanks to Christopher, who (since it was one of my first times playing Impetus) had the hard work of involving and explaining, while I was free to enjoy the figures and role some dice. What a great game it was. We're considering to do something like this again in the future, but for the moment we're both glad that we finished everything in time (and we both shrink back even from the thought of another such huge project...).<br />
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The other game was much smaller in figure-numbers but not in matters of fun. In our own adaption of the SAGA rules, Patrick alias "Wraith" and myself prepared a little scenario set in the end-struggles of the Imjin war: A Japanase colony is attacked by a Korean army, and in a limited number of seven turns the game is decided by the number of buildings burned by the Koreans or defended by the Japanese. For those interested, I have made available the <a href="http://www.ulmer-strategen.de/Downloads/Koreans.pdf" target="_blank">Korean Battleboard for download</a>. <br />
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Patrick is a very nice person and great fun to game with, and his Samurai troops are truly a feast for the eyes. Here is the master of the games... <br />
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I myself added the scenery (the buildings are John Jenkins Design) as well as the Koreans: <br />
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The scenario was played five times that day. Everytime the fighting was tough... <br />
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...and both the scenario as well as the battleboards proved to be well balanced, as the results of the battles were quite different. The only thing that didn't differ was the fun the players had: <br />
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My heartfeld thanks to my both co-organizers and hobby friends - as well as to all the players joining in. It was so much fun!<br />
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Now I'm back at my painting table, and it feels so good to be free to paint anything I want without having to keep a shedule. Alas, as gaming events like these are known to be the petri dish of hobby inspiration, a new plan and shedule will emerge soon enough... But more of this some other times.<br />
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All the best to you and thanks for your visit,<br />
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At our next big club event <a href="http://www.ulmer-strategen.de/AttritiCon2013_Ankuendigung.htm" target="_blank">AttritiCon</a> which will be held in two weeks I have the honour to stage an El Cid - Impetus game with <a href="http://christopher-bunkerhill.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Christopher aka Axebreaker</a>, known near and far for his beautiful armies. Just take a look at his fabtastic <a href="http://christopher-bunkerhill.blogspot.de/2012/06/el-cid-impetus-style.html" target="_blank">El Cid army</a> and you will understand why to say I'm under pressure to present something adequate really is quite an understatement. </div>
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Thus I have started to base and paint an Andalusian army that was for a long time in my mind and in my cuppord but for some reason or the other had not seen the light of day yet. Today I'm glad to say that it is finished. Have a look for yourself:</div>
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I have already written what there is to say about this army <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1453479838251756508#editor/target=post;postID=2547773012970696882;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname" target="_blank">here</a>, so this time I'll let it suffice with the army list and some more pictures. All together it is a 400p army consisting of two commands:<br />
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Knights 29 p</span></div>
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Now all I have left to do is learn the Impetus - rules... And, ahem, finish some other figures I'll need for the event. But more of this later.<br />
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All the best to you, take care and thanks for your visit,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-50636302627659143222013-03-13T14:43:00.004-07:002013-03-14T10:45:28.552-07:00Big<br />
Strange caption, that is. Well, I couldn't decide whether to name the post for the news I want to break, the progress I want to report or the sale I'd like to announce. But as all of them go well together with "big", I guess that'll be this posts title for now.<br />
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Where to start? Let's begin with the news. I was at Tactica in Hamburg two weeks ago, and as many of you may already know, this wargames show really is a gem. I was there first time and wasn't prepared for such a big and great show on German soil. Also, I wasn't prepared to spent so much money, which is why I won't go to Salute after all. No need for it, really, my lead mountain has risen quite a step. But it wasn't only the things I've bought (more of that in a later post), but also the games were just great. Here are just a very few impressions of the eye candy available there...<br />
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But surely the greatest experience of the show was talking to the Perries, who are really very nice and amiably fellows. And now here is the first of the big news I've learned: Michael is doing TWO NEW WotR PLASTIC SETS. One will be dismounted knights, the other light cavalry. He was even so kind to ask me which set I'd prefer first and I opted for the dismounted knights - so I guess it will be light cavalry first out, then.<br />
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The second big news of the show I've learned from Alex Buchel: There'll be a SAGA SUPPLEMENT FOR THE CRUSADES this autumn with lists for several Arab and Crusader factions. Having proposed Crusader lists at the SAGA-forum myself I'm really excited about this news. Also, it definitly was the right decision to go for single based figures in my current project...<br />
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Speaking of which there is also big progress to report. The basing goes along nicely, and I now have multibases for the biggest part of my army. As you can see on these snapshots they are not yet finished, but the most time-consuming part (preparing the multibases and basing the figures so that they will fit into the slots - its harder than it sounds as a single corn of sand can obstruct the close-fitting connection) is done:<br />
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Now I have to do some light horse and a few more other bases, than I can concentrate on the painting of the bases.<br />
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Speaking of concentration... I have to admit a little lapse of focus lately. With all the new toy I've bought at the Tactica I thought it was time again to sell some, too. So I based and finished a few more figures and put them on Ebay. Among those are:<br />
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I'll probably miss some of them eventually, but even with my rather grand-scale approach to planing and starting projects there is a step where grandness and madness collide, and I want to stay well away from that step for as long as possible...<br />
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Thanks for visiting, have a nice evening and take care,<br />
Tobi <br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-25477730129706968822013-02-19T12:56:00.002-08:002013-02-19T12:57:25.138-08:00Later Andalusians - Impetus StyleFlip Flap, says the Wargames Butterfly - and someplace it causes a storm.<br />
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Well, not a storm exactly, but at least a burst of activity. While January was very busy in real life and I hardly managed to paint anything at all, February proved to be much of an improvement. And a new project was started - since <a href="http://christopher-bunkerhill.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Christopher aka Axebreaker</a> and me have finally decided on what we want to prepare for the next AttritiCon in Ulm. It will be El Cid - using Impetus rules, and featuring Christophers gloriously painted (and in the new "Impetus extra 5" - booklet deservedly honoured) El Cid-army as well as my less famous, but nonetheless quite nice Andalusian force. I may say so myself, because the collection does not only reflect my own humble painting efforts, but features the beautiful work of Monica Bello, Simon Bradley, David Millet, Jake Hallam and some others. <br />
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As you can see from these names, the project has been growing for some time now. I kept painting Arabs and also buying them painted or handing them out as painting comissions, but I really couldn't decide on what rulesystem to use, so I did not base the figures. Now, finally, it is decided for which project they will be used - and thus how to base them. Using my <a href="http://tobispaintpot.blogspot.de/search/label/Bases" target="_blank">previously intodruced basing-system</a> they will be single-based and then combined on Impetus-multibases. This way I can also use them for DUX or other skirmish games at a later time. Naturally, this basing-system is somewhat of an overkill and takes double or tripple time - first the figures have to based individually, then the multibase has to be prepared. But looking at the first results, for me it's well worth the effort.<br />
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What we have here are two bases of bowmen and one base of skirmishers. The pictures are not that great and I'll take some better ones with more background as soon as more bases are ready - which will be quite soon, I hope.<br />
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By the way, I didn't photoshop the bases, so while you surely can see that these are individually based figures, in my oppinion the effect typically associated with Impetus-bases (a small diorama) is not completely lost. But let me know what you think. <br />
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Have a nice evening and thanks for your visit,<br />
TobiSir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-29108823903754785682013-01-10T07:03:00.000-08:002013-01-10T08:13:21.062-08:00Dux Britanniarum Part 2: The Saxons<br />
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I hope you all had a good start into the new year, and may it be a happy and healthy one for you and your Dear ones. With us the start into 2013 was not a smooth as we had wished for - nothing serious, but our little girl had her first "big flu" and both my wife and I have fallen sick in turn, so it was a nice little sick bay around here. Well, now we are all better and ready for a late start into the new year. <br />
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It's been a while since I have shown my British force for DUX <a href="http://tobispaintpot.blogspot.de/2012/10/dux-britanniarum-1-british.html" target="_blank">here</a>, so as first blog entry of 2013 I'd like to show you the progress on that project. First, I have finished the British commander together with his champion and a standard bearer - as no standrads are required in DUX, he's just there to give flair and maybe to be removed as a marker for a wound given to the big man.<br />
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Next there are the Saxons: The gruel and bloodthirsty warleader with his champion and standard (yes I know, the christian symbols don't really fit in with the hammer amulette - but I liked this flag very much, and just look at the man: Isn't such a villain apt to use all advantages he can get? That probably includes being not overly choosy in religious matters...)<br />
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And here we have the rest of the hairy horde: Three units of warriors with their captain (on the left)...<br />
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...two units of elite hearthguards, the finest fighting men of northern Germany (and very fine figures, too - a real pleasure to paint)...<br />
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I've already played some games with those armies, but as a few figures have not been finished until now (and had to be replaced by stand-in
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Next in line on my painting desk are a few finishing touches to several SAGA-armies, then I'll take up the task of transforming DUX into new eras. Best regards and thanks for your visit,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-51248719807921365852012-12-27T13:07:00.000-08:002012-12-27T13:07:13.770-08:00Planning ahead<br />
I hope you all had a very enjoyable Christmas. I also hope that you've found many hobby-related presents under the Christmas tree (or in your Christmas stockings). I for myself was very lucky indeed and have recieved an army of perry HYW figures. So together with my Samurai/Korean project these figures will be the big project for next year - and I'm very much looking forward to it.<br />
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Speaking of it, I now have finished the plan for my 100 points DUX Korean adaption. Here it is: <br />
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The last weeks I have read the "Imjin war" by <a href="http://www.samuelhawley.com/imjinwar.html" target="_blank">Samuel Hawley</a> - a thoroughly reserched and very, very well written account of the Japanese-Korean war in the late 16th century. Sadly the book is out of print, and I was only able to akquire a used version at a very high prize. Yet given the quality of the book it was well worth its money (or even more). I can not recommend the book highly enough. <br />
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The reading is very inspiring, and even if many of the accounts are shocking from an humanitarian perspective (to say the least), the period itself is very exciting and full of potential. By reading the text I could see the armies unfold on the hilly ground of Korea, and I'm looking forward to bring the Perry figures which I've treasured for so long to live with the DUX Britanniarum adaption. There'll be quite a bit more about this project in the near future.<br />
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For now I wish you all the best, enjoy the last days of 2012 and make the best of them. Take care,<br />
Tobi Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-17688927106522466492012-12-22T14:16:00.002-08:002012-12-22T14:30:54.943-08:00From DUX to Duke and Daimyo<br />
When contemplating the year 2012 (which thankfully has not ended yesterday - along with the whole earth), one of the best hobby-related things for me in the last months was the release of DUX Britanniarum. With its very accomplished synthesis of game, simulation and story-telling, it hit the bulls eye. There is only one quarrel left (which can be considered a minor one): The Arthurian era is not one of my favorites. Yes, I have figures and yes, I like them, BUT it would be so much more fun battling away in Outremer, 14th century France or Feudal Japan. There is hope for offical supplements, but I think I don't think I can wait that long.<br />
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So, my new years resolution for the hobby does include many things DUX-related. While my basic armies for the Britons and Saxons are finished (just have to take pictures which will happen soonish), they will need to be reinforced. But in addition I also want to adapt the rules to other periods. And here the big challange is to keep the balance of the game.<br />
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Therefore I have tried to deduce a point-system for DUX, which for me looks rather balanced and rates both official DUX-starter armies at the same point value of 70 points. Here's the point-system I came up with:<br />
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Let me explain how it works: The point value of each unit is calculated by the number of figures, their quality and the fact whether they are mounted and/or have ranged weapons. Thus a 6 figure unit of elites comes out at 10 points (6 for the figures, 4 for being elite). A unit of 4 bowmen counts 6 points (4 for the figures, 2 for ranged weapons). I also had to make the destinction regarding unit-size in order to adjust the quality-costs to the number of figures. A normal unit for foot is 6 figures, a small one 4 and a large one 8. For mounted troops a normal unit is 4, a small 2 and a large 6. Thus a mounted unit of 6 elite shock troops costs 14: 4 figures + 4 elite + 4 shock horse + 2 large unit size. <br />
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With this system it should be possible to adjust the game to any setting mentioned above. Flavour of the period will have to be added by the card-deck as well as by (very few) additional rules. Talking about tinkering with the rules - you will notice the term "B&M Group" in the system above. This is a group of bannermen, standards and musicians which is indispensible in every feudal army. It works as follows: The force moral level for a battle with the basic army is 6 + 1D3 (meaning on a pip of 1-2 the level will be raised 1 point, on 3-4 it will be raised 2 points and so on). Thus this can be adapted for larger games as 0,5 force morale points per levy unit, 1 per warrior unit and 1,5 per elite unit present on the table plus the additional D3. The new B&M group will count as an elite unit (thus being a very cheap addition to the force moral level - analogous to baggage in DBMM) AND allow one re-roll of the D3 when first determining the force moral level. As a downside it will fight like levies (being encoumbered with all those flags and gear) but die like elites - with a potential loss of 3 morale points. I think this might work well and will also make for a beautifull addition to the army on the field.<br />
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You may also have noticed that bowmenship is not available for levies - that is because levies trained with ranged weapons will fight as missile troops or skirmishers in feudal armies. Experts of shooting belonging to the elites shoot better (thus the higher point value). When checking for hits they treat their targets as one quality level lower then they actually are (thus elites shot at by elites use the warrior-outcome). In addition, elites don't have to shoot on the nearest target (yet they still are not allowed to target commanders).<br />
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That's enough of special rules at the moment, now let's have a look at the 100p Samurai army I'm planning to field 2013:<br />
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In the same way I'm going to build up a Korean force. I will report on the progress. Enough of planning ahead, now let's enjoy the last remaining days of 2012. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all!<br />
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Very best regards,<br />
TobiSir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-61099148492201900722012-12-09T09:35:00.001-08:002012-12-09T09:35:30.679-08:00Napo-event and Liebster Award<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The year's end comes alway very surprising - or so it seems. Suddenly all people come to notice what should long have been finished by now, and if those people are in charge, you can be sure you have your hands full of work. That's why I've managed to paint 2 (!) figures in the last four weeks, and my blog was in quiet tranquillity (as it befits the nearing holiday season).<br />
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Now it's about time for an update, and there are two important developments to report on: First I have the honour to be nominated for the famous "Liebster award" by the equally famous <a href="http://christopher-bunkerhill.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Christopher aka Axebreaker</a>, to whom I'd like to express my gratidute for this great honour. Christopher is the same "wargame butterfly" as me with so many projects and hobby-objectives that reality often has a hard time to catch up. We're planning to organize a game together at next years <a href="http://www.ulmer-strategen.de/attriticon.htm" target="_blank">AttritiCon</a> in Ulm, but what it will be is a matter of discussion (and subject to change) yet. Rest assured it will be great - what ever we will finally decide on :-)<br />
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Back to the Liebster Award. As you all know by now, it has five rules, namely: 1) "Copy and paste" the award on your blog, and talk about it a bit. 2) Post a link back to the blogger who gave you the award. 3) Select for the award your five favourite blogs with less than 200
followers, leaving a comment on one of their post to notify them that
they have won the award. You need also to list them in your own blog. 4) Enjoy the moment, knowing that you have just made someone's day. 5) Of course, there is no obligation to pass the award, but it is a good deed really.<br />
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Now with that beautiful golden figure on my blog, it is time to nominate my own list of great blogs I like and visit. Well, first there's Simons' burgundian blog "<a href="http://je-lay-emprins.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Je Lay Emprins</a>", dedicated to the development of his fantastic Burgundian Amry (mainly Perry figures). Fantastic work and very inspirational.<br />
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Also, I highly recommend "<a href="http://theleutnantsdiary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Leutnants Diary</a>" - it seems this blog was already nominated a few times for the award, but as it is so good I think it can handle another nomination.<br />
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Next on my list of recommendees is <a href="http://jimbibblyblog.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Jimbibbly</a>'s blog. James, the owner of the fantastic Oshiro range of Japanese buildings who always crowns the Salute in London with his fantastic Perry Samurai display, is a very nice person and so productive it puts shame on my meagre hobby-efforts... <br />
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Then there is the sensational - if German speaking - blog "<a href="http://tabletopdeutschland.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Figuren und Geschichten</a>" ("figures and stories") of Frank, presenting beautifully painted figures in fantastic backgrounds with well-researched or simply inspirational stories around them. Highly recommended to all German speakers and readers. <br />
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Last but not least I'd like to nominate the "<a href="http://lairoftheubergeek.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Lair of the Uber Geek</a>". It may have more thean 200 followers and thus does not qualify for the award, but I'd like to interpret this rule as a mere guideline and thus ignore it. It is with great joy and amusement that I read Miles stories about figures, robots and his wifes parties, and more often than not I call my own wife over to the Laptop in order to enjoy together the fantastic stories of this very nice and sympathetic person - I hope I'll meet him in person someday.<br />
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There are many more blogs I'd like to nominate, but five is the rule - and if I would ignore all rules then where would we be? At your average wargame tournament obviously, but this is another matter.<br />
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Thus onto our next topic, the <a href="http://www.ulmer-strategen.de/Lasalle_english.htm" target="_blank">Napoleonic Wargames Event in Ulm</a>. The idea was to have a themed gaming weekend, and to top it up with a little bit of history - namely a tour to the battlefield of Ulm/ Elchingen.<br />
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15 wargamers arrived from all over Germany, and whe played all things Napoleonic - especially with Age of Eagles (here our good friend Bodo has put up two great scenarios, you can read more about them (in German) <a href="http://www.komicon.de/2012/11/29/napoleon-spielewochenende/" target="_blank">here</a>) and Lasalle. Personally, I hosted a big 28mm Lasalle Game...<br />
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and also played some 15mm Lasalle games with my Russians:<br />
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It was fantastic and I think we'll repead the event next year. Well, that's it for now, I hope there'll be another blog entry before Christmas. Have a good time, buy nice presents and enjoy the snow (I just came back from showelling some snow drifts in our yard, there is something to be said for "green Christmas"...)<br />
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Best regards and take care,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-15584716031000649162012-11-11T13:16:00.001-08:002012-11-11T13:37:33.430-08:00Battles in Persia, the Peninsula - and in Space <br />
When considering the three basic elements of our hobby - painting, collecting and gaming - normally I have a strong bias towards the first two. It's not that I do not enjoy gaming as much as the others, but due to several reasons "real live" is very busy at the moment and it takes much less planning to sit down and paint than to arrange a quiet evening at the gaming table. Yet after several months of not-gaming it really was great that I had the oppertunity for three very different but really great games in the last two weeks.<br />
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First was a game of DBMM 240 with my good friend Norbert. We've had several different settings of DBMM 240 with 28mm figures during this year, all of them including Romans but from different periods. So far I was lucky and kept winning - which is quite surprising fiven both the facts that Norbert is the much more experienced DBMM-player AND my dice-luck is normally much less then average.<br />
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This time we had Sassanids against Imperial Romans - not exactly a historical match, but close enough. The Sassanids had a lot of Levies and some Elephants in the center, knights and superior cavalry on the right flank and also some cavalry and light horse on their left. Opposing them were the Romans with some cavalry and light horse on their right, a double line of legionaries supported by artillery on ox carts (which can fire over their own troops and are especially deadly for Elephants) in the center and some Auxilia on their left. <br />
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My plan was simple: Advance and smash them. It worked. An advance of my knights on the rigth drew the artillery away, and although my levies were killed at a shocking rate my elephants finally broke through and were able to trample the Roman general who felt safe in the second rank. His last thought after a stampeeding pachyderme ran over him: I should have commanded from the rear... <br />
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A really great game, but to be honest I probably would have lost it if the Roman general would have been less audacious. This way alas my series hold, and I'm looking forward to the next game against Norbert.<br />
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One final word regarding this game: DBMM 240 works really fine for 28mm figures. I don't enjoy 15mm gaming of this ruleset as much as I once did, but in 28mm it is just great.<br />
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Next: My good friend Marios came over for a game of Lasalle - by far my favorite ruleset for non-skirmish games at the moment. We used the generic scenario generator for a game of French vs. British (both my own 28mm armies of Perry miniatures) and got "the valley" - a narrow valley between two large hills. The british were defending, the French went for the attack. Both armies were waiting for an off-table reserve of heavy cavalry.<br />
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My plan as French commander was simple and elegant: Advance and smash them. It, errr, did not work.<br />
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At first it looked good: My center advanced in force and my heavy cavalry - commanded by a commander with high vigor - arrived quite soon. A barrage of rifle volleys and roundshot from my guns reduced the British guns to firewood and then - everything went wrong. <br />
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Despite several audacious tries to storm the hill with both infantry and heavy cavalry... <br />
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...I suddenly was restricted to the lower numbers a dice has to offer, and this in a tremendous continuity. In fact after the initial rout of the British guns I was not able to kill a single batallion, while my own batallions grumbled away under British rifle volleys. When the British heavy horse finally arrived and my left flank wavered...<br />
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... not even my own heavy horse (moved there in a hurry) was able to stop them. We run out of time around turn 16, but already over a third of my army was gone - forcing me to make tests for the army moral now every turn. Thus I left the field, swearing to return to those hills sometime in the future and to bring better dice next time.<br />
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The game was great, and again I really enjoyed not only Marios' company, the great rules and the beautiful figures, but also the many advantages of the gaming mat - it was so easy to create a realistic looking valley by simply butting small parcels under the mat. How much better this is than the contour-lined pieces of carton or plastic that I've used for hills so often before...<br />
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The third game was yesterday with my dear nephew Jan, who with his 16 years already is a cunning strategist. We've played a game of X-Wing, and it was tremendous good fun - although the emperor will not be pleased with my efforts to wipe the rebel scum from the galaxy I have to admit.<br />
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We've played with 100 points, giving me the best five TIE-fighter I could muster against Luke and two of his pals. I have to say the asteroid-belt we placed in the middle of the playing field (which I had speed-painted the evening before on the backside of a 90x90 MDF board) did more damage to my ships than his lasers. I should not have taken Vaders laconic view of "asteroids do not concern me" at face value. Later I realised it is easier to neglect those flying mountains if you pace in the bridge of an executor star destroyer, than sitting in the tight cabin of a minute spot of dust that is a TIE-fighter. Well, I'll have to go back to the acadamy and repeat those navigational-eaxams...<br />
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I like this new game very much, and I think it is a worthy adaption of those space dog-fights I've loved so well in my youth.<br />
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Next week I hope to squeeze in another game-night at my club, then I'll return to my painting table and finally get thos DUX Saxons done...<br />
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Have a nice evening and thanks for your visit,<br />
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No, I'm not talking about the TV-series of that name (although it is reasonably entertaining) but about a small medieval town that I have bought at Ebay. You have certainly seen it before as I have myself many times - it is from PMC games and at first I was very reluctand to buy it. The pictures on ebay are not the best, and I have never seen them in reality, so...<br />
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Well, After months of thought-wrestling I've finally re-invested the revenue of an ebay sale, and I was really surprised when the parcel arrived. The buidlings are of very good quality, look the part and are, especially at this price, more than a bargain. I've aired them a few nights in the garage, thought, as they obviously were packed right after painting. Now the smell seems to be gone, but the looks remains. Enough said, now see for yourself:<br />
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Here is the same view with some background added...<br />
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... a detail-picture of the mill (I'll probably add some water-effects on the wheel later)...<br />
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All roofs can be lifted off to place miniatures within the buildings, although there are no interior details (I for my part really don't miss them). Some more pictures of the scenery:<br />
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As you can see from the pictures, the buildings are a little bit on large side for the Perry figures. But they are just fine for Fireforge, which perfectly fits my new project planned for 2013 (more about that some other time).<br />
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I couldn't fight the urge to do a little photoshop with the pictures, but I have not altered any of the buildings. In my opinnion, they are really good. Now I'm looking forward for the first game of medieval street-fight. <br />
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Have a nice weekend, thanks for visiting,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-59950506839881883212012-10-12T14:46:00.000-07:002012-10-12T14:46:11.300-07:00Dux Britanniarum 1: The BritishAs you can see from the title, this fantastic new rulesystem from <a href="http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=89" target="_blank">TFL</a> has really hit home with me. I was no fan of their rulesets before as I'm not gaming modern warfare, and while I am interested in the Napoleonic era which they cover with Sharp Practice, the low production quality of this ruleset has prevented me from buying it (yes, I am that boring coffeetable-type of wargamer, sorry).<br />
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But with Dux Brit, not only the production quality is very appealing, but the rules work quite well and are really a very pleasant change from your usual "line up and fight" - game. I like the idea that you rather withdraw to be able to fight another day instead of storming the impossible hill or a bridge too far because its either that or quitting the game. A continuing background flow without the need of a real campaign is an idea that I really like to try.<br />
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So, I need figures. Now. And so I went into rebasing - using the flexible system I have written about in my last post. And my British army is already finished:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: The Dux and his household troops, a few skirmishers and two units of soldiers with their captain (all Gripping Beast Miniatures except for the DUX which is a Foundry figure - and signed by the Perries on its base :-)<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Still missing is a suitable Champion figure. Also, I'm going to paint and use the official Dux-figure. The hairy barbarians are also coming along nicely, but here I not only have to rebase them but also paint many of them anew- so give me just a few more days. Here is a little teaser:<br />
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Have a nice evening, take care,<br />
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Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-54595428931289290812012-10-05T13:48:00.003-07:002012-10-06T08:58:34.783-07:00Back to BasesAs the workload of 'real life' increases, I'm becoming a very unproductive painter. Ten painting points (1 figure = 1 point, 1 rider or warmachine = 2 points) per month is nowadays the only quota that I can achieve as an average. At the same time, the number of rulesystems I'm interested in has increased - and while I usually could apply my DBx-basing standard to every rulesystem, with SAGA or DUX Britanniarum there are now skirmish systems in my portfolio that require single based figures!<br />
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This brings me back to a point where I have been before, as I already had experimented with single based figures years ago - then with metal-singlebases and multibases with inlayed magnets. It had not worked and resulted in some really nasty accidents with miniatures falling down and all that, so I went ahead and have based everything the DBx-way since then. Now I'm willing to give the thought it another try.<br />
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The thing I have changed now is that the (quite strong) magnet is not in the multibase, but in the base of the figure itself. And suddenly it works like a charm! So I'm now able to use this unit of Normans both for SAGA... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crusader Miniatures Normans single based for SAGA</td></tr>
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... and for systems requiring larger units like Impetus or Hail Caesar.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same Crusader Miniatures Normans on Multibases for Hail Caesar or Impetus</td></tr>
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The Multibase has sabots that I make myself with a saddlers stamping-tool. The base can be styrodur or any strong material, it is glued to a metal surface in order to give the magnets in the figure-bases something to hold on to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Multibase without the figures</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A not finished multibase together with the saddlers stamping-tool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The figures blend well into the Multibase</td></tr>
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Due to the strong magnet in the base, the figures hold on to the Multibase very well and have not yet fallen off - even when turned around:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No miniatures were harmed in the making of this picture - <br />
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They also can be fixed on smaller bases DBx-size - yet since here there is not enough room to make sabots, the visual effect clearly suffers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Admitted - it would look better with color on the base - but only slightly so...</td></tr>
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The same method works for mounted figures. Here I use oval single bases from <a href="http://www.warbases.co.uk/" target="_blank">warbases</a> (with a 5mm magnet in a drilling-hole) amd fitting sabot-bases from warbases as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crusader Miniatures Normans charging as a unit for Hail Ceasar or two units for Impetus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same figures as they would be used in a SAGA-game</td></tr>
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I'm quite happy with the result. The making of the Multibase takes some time, but much less then the painting of another unit for a new gaming systems would require. The same goes for the price: The Multibases and the magnets are not for free, but they are way cheaper then new figures would be.<br />
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Now I'm going to give the same treatment to all my figures that I would like to use for several systems, especially my Dark-Age figures for Dux Britanniarum and my Perry Samurai and Koreans (I have not yet found a suitable skirmish system for them, but Samurai skirmish is much to tempting to glue them all onto one large base...).<br />
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But I'll certainly draw the line at the year 400 AD - my Ancients collection before that date is all neatly based on DBx-bases and much to extensive to be rebased. Also I don't see the point of skirmish gaming in an era that really relied very much upon large bodies of troops, and since DBx-basing is compatible to all non-skirmish systems anyway, there really is no point changing it.<br />
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Best regards and have a nice evening,<br />
Tobi <br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-91864806476516488652012-10-02T02:44:00.002-07:002012-10-06T06:04:14.392-07:00A new horizon - tutorial for a flexible gaming matSometimes our hobby with all its focus on neat detail needs a counterweight - that is big, messy work. With my new army for DUX Britanniarum nearly finished, I felt the strong urge to create some new terrain for it. The rigth moment came when my wife had decided it was time to spent a weekend at her parents together with our little doughter. I had the house for myself - and I used it. The result looks like this:<br />
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Well, not all of it was done in two days of course, only the gaming mat. It is not my first one, you can see other mats I have made at our clubs homepage (<a href="http://www.ulmer-strategen.de/Weitere_Galerien.htm" target="_blank">here</a>). But since I never have written a tutorial in English, I'll use the oppertunity to write one this time.<br />
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The first thing you'll need is a large piece of canvas. I know mats can be done with other, cheaper materials, too, but I have found canvas to be both durable and solid - which it needs to be when you place something under it later on to create hills. I buy the canvas direct from the wholesale trader in a large roll. This gives me near unlimited material to do some more mats in the future - much to the distress of my sweet wife.<br />
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Lay out the canvas flat on your table and fix it with something - it will later constrict and you'll need to keep it in place. I have some holes in my gaming table for this purpose to which the canvas is fixed with large screws.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 1: Lay out the canvas and fix it with something - in my example with screws</td></tr>
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At this point it is important that the canvas should be bigger than your mat will be later on - it will be easy to cut off excess material, but if you cut the material to size to early, the constricting will cause size-problemes later on.<br />
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The basic material from which the mat is made is acrylic paste, which can be bought cheap at your local DIY (use the cheapest/ white one), paint and sand. The paint is as well from the DIY - the cheapest and biggest pots of acrilyc paint you can buy in all colors associated with earth, mud and groundwork. Mix a large pot with paint and some water, and add first sand and than acrylic paste. You will at least need four tubes of acrylic paste for a mat 180x120cm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Put in the acrylic paste and birdsand and mix them thoroughly - medical gloves that can easily discarded come in handy</td></tr>
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Now the fun begins - spread out the mixtures on your canvas. Use your hands here - I have experimented with all sorts of brushes, scrapers and spatula, but the material will stick to your tools instead of the canvas. So use your hands wrapped up in medical gloves. It is really messy, so you best enjoy it.<br />
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For my mat I wanted a road, some fields and a village, so I first I blocked in these areas with the dark mixture...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step 3: Bring the acryl-sand-paint - mixture to the canvas (I really don't know why the scraper lies there - it has not been used during the process)</td></tr>
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... and then I put the other material around it. Obviously if you want a more generic mat without fixed geographic features you don't need to mix several shades, just use one big container. But I'm not a fan of superimposed flexible roads, and this mat is especially made for 28mm skirmish games (well, for DUX Britanniarum, to be honest).<br />
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Now you want to be fast, because the next step has to be done while the mixture is still wet. Apply now static grass in different shades, little rocks and bushes, colored sand - everything you have at hand. If you do large areas it works good to throw the material up in the air - it will rain down evenly and give a more natural effect. In my case I had to be more careful, because I did not want too much flocking material on the road. Note that you don't need glue - just cover the whole surface as quickly as possible für the mixture to be sufficently moist and sticky.<br />
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At this point you should have noticed why it is a wise move to wait with this project until you have the house for yourself. Should you still think your partner is tolerant enough to try it anyway, you'll break the limit at the next step of the process. But before that, put in a few hours of movies and/or sleep. The acrylic paste has to dry, and it best does this with an open window.<br />
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Now if everything has had time to dry up thoroughly, you can see why it was important to leave some excess-canvas all around the surface and especially why it is important to fix the canvas to the table. The drying acryl will constrict and has quite a force in doing so - if you forgot to fix the canvas, you will by now probably have a little shrunken ball in the middle of your table instead of a flat canvas.<br />
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Anyway, the material is dry now and you can use a very sharp stanley knive to cut away the borders which will leave you with a neat mat in the required size.<br />
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Then comes an interesting part from which depends whether you can spent the rest of the day gaming or cleaning the house. The excess-material has to be shaken off the mat. What I do is lift first one half of the mat and jiggle it, than the other half, and then I pour everything that has accumulated in the middle in a container. It is good to get as much of the material back as possible, as you can use it the next time. Afterwards I roll up the mat (yes, you can do that), carry it outside and give it the treatment of an old carpet.<br />
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Well, that was it. Know you can use your mat, and you can roll it up for storage. For rolling up I propose using mantling material for pipes - this is soft and durable.<br />
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The good thing about gaming mats is not only that they look beautiful and are easy to store and transport, but that you can simply put books or similar under it to get naturally looking soft hills - like I did here underneath the wood in the background. Now the thick material of the cancvas comes into play - it is so durable that it will carry your miniatures even if it is stretched between table and book and has nothing but air underneath.<br />
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I hope you like the result, too. Next will be more pictures with some miniatures in it. Thanks for your visit and have a nice day,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-53775273660694524442012-09-30T10:49:00.000-07:002012-10-02T02:47:35.022-07:00There and back againHere I am again.<br />
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I really could not separate with my <a href="http://paintpot.ulmer-strategen.de/" target="_blank">old blog</a>, 10.000 visitors and all those nice pictures and everything, BUT the spam-load really got too much. So I left there and I will try to bring this new post to life.<br />
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The first project I'm going to write about is my new army for DUX Britanniarum, but more of this in a few days when the bases are finished and I have taken some pictures.<br />
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Take care and best regards,<br />
Tobi Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-70409675471356511642012-05-26T12:49:00.002-07:002012-10-02T09:00:17.082-07:00AttritiCon 2012Our club, the Ulmer Strategen, has an annual gaming event: The AttritiCon. This was held last weekend, and it really was a great success. With some 80+ gamers playing DBMM and FOG tournaments as well as many participation games, it really was a joyfull event with a great selection of what our hobby has to offer.<br />
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There are many more pictures to be found <a href="http://www.ulmer-strategen.de/AttritiCon2012.htm">here</a>, alas I have to appology that the text that goes with them is written in German. <br />
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I took part in the DBMM tournament, but I also used the time between games to both learn Impetus and play a round of SAGA - the last on a very beautiful table presented by our<a href="http://www.kurpfalz-feldherren.de/"> friends from Heidelberg</a>. <br />
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In the end, I have to say I have enjoyed Impetus and SAGA much more than DBMM. I did rather well at DBMM and ranked fifth out of ten players - considering the lack of gaming practice and the complexity of the rules that was more than I could have hoped for. Also, two of the four games were rather nice, but well, the other two were not. In both cases my fun was tarnished not by the fact of winning or loosing, but by the rather strained and ambitious attitude of my opponents. I don't blame them, it WAS a tournament after all, but it became clear that tournament games are less and less attractive for me. After all, I have more then enough competition in my job, and I enjoy it very much when the tension of a game stems from the unfolding narrative, casting its spell over the players, rather then from the strained nerves of a tournament-competitor. So I guess I'll play DBMM again, but probably not in a tournament context, and the same goes for FOG.<br />
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You live, you learn. Still it has been a great weekend, and there were so many nice people and so much hobby-talk that it more than compensated for the minor annoyances. And the oppertunity to play Impetus may have marked the start into this new gaming system - at least it sound very promising. <br />
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Have a nice evening and best regards,<br />
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<br />Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453479838251756508.post-67214329824436605802012-05-14T12:54:00.001-07:002012-05-15T04:06:21.666-07:00<b>Hello World</b>. <br />
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After blogging for about a year at my former address <a href="http://paintpot.ulmer-strategen.de/">http://paintpot.ulmer-strategen.de/</a> I thought it may be time to move here. The reason is that I really like the interconnection between blogging-sites, and this really doesn't work with the blog software I had used so far. Besides, they have changed the functions, and now the upload of pictures is painfully slow. So here I am, and from now on you may expect fairly regular blog entries with my thoughts and some pictures regaring this beautiful hobby of ours.<br />
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Take care, Tobi.Sir Tobihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10881199646513593188noreply@blogger.com1