The only difference is with cholesterol you were able to enjoy burgers, fries, cakes, sweets and other nasties. I just sent you lots of mail!
I have now caught up on my backlog of post replies and would like to apologise for bombarding you with replies and likes over the last few days. I hope (not a New Year resolution because we know how they end up) to keep on top of things in future.
Even if it kills you for me to do it!
The last Heavy Infantry unit is quite different. War Leader “Tathruk” is astute and does not believe in putting all of his Lacerta eggs in one basket! With the other Heavy Infantry designed for close combat this one has superior shooting capacity,
With their Sniper Assault Rifles (SAR) they have armour piercing rounds (reduces enemy armour by 1) 1 point, and Heavy Weapons (6’s counts as 2 hits when shooting) 2 points, for a total of 5 points.
Finally we get to the tribal units which are the bulk of the army.
This unit of Heavy Infantry is also equipped with Assault Doctrine (increase close combat by +1) +1 point, and Close Quarters Doctrine (reduced shooting capacity) -1 point, for a total of 3 points.
That makes two Heavy Infantry units that are designed to get up close and personal which befits an army lead by “Tathruk”.
One more Heavy Infantry to follow.
These are the bulk of professional armies, well equipped and disciplined.
These are equipped with Assault Doctrine (increase close combat by +1) +1 point, and Close Quarters Doctrine (reduced shooting capacity) -1 point, for a total of 3 points.
More Heavy infantry to come.
I finally finished the watchtower for tonight’s men Who Would Be Kings Game. Time prevented a more elaborate creation but in the end all I was after was a watchtower not another fort. It compares well with the Airfix Desert Fort ion size so in the end it has worked out OK.
Tonight I have organised a game of Men Who Would Be Kings in 20mm, and the turn out ended up being more than I expected. This meant I was going to be one Arab army short.
I had based an undercoated a “River Arab” (List No5 in the rule book), a few years ago but had never went back to.
To complete this in time was going to be a rush, and would require my E.Q.A.D. (extremely quick and dirty) painting style.
This consists of only painting what is absolutely necessary, not fixing up painting slips, and allowing the wash, basing, and alcohol to cover up any sins. The task consisted of 56 infantry, 20 camels, and an obsolete cannon. Three Arab generals to represent each player were also required.
Could I do it in two days? Well Guru was not going to die wondering.
At least I had plenty of French Foreign Legion.
I also wanted to finish a watch tower made up from some Airfix Fort remainder bits, and would require building some scratch built walls. I will tackle this last if I have time.
Wednesday night and one camel unit painted, one started, and the Generals undercoated.
Thursday morning and the second camel unit finished along with the three generals and the artillery piece. I will try and get some more done Thursday night but am not sure I will have time.
2nd Unit of Camels
3 Arab Generals
I cringe at this photo which shows what I mean by EQAD (Extremely quick and dirty). Lots of touch ups needed, harness not painted etc. which I will have to do later (nah probably won’t), but it get them on the table.
Besides my experience is that my best painted units always get touched up by the one unit my opponent hasn’t painted! Most people tomorrow night will not notice if the unit rolls well! Shhhhh. Don’t tell them about this post.
Thursday afternoon and two of the infantry units completed. I had to spend a little bit more time on these as they had to match the Airfix Bedouin I have already painted.
They will do as the Fierce Tribal Infantry
Thursday evening and I have changed the figures I was going to paint. I already had these undercoated and as they were for the Egyptian Army (List 4) with a white uniform I painted them up as Egyptians as this would be quick. just some dark flesh red fez and the boots and rifle, These are quite effective for an EQAD paint job.
These will be a good substitute for the Irregular Infantry which I will finish when I have a bit more time.
I might get the watchtower completed but I doubt it as I will be busy tomorrow. All in all it has been a huge rush to get these done, Rough but completed none the less.
Thanks to Rob D, who provided a 3D print of two Stuart tanks for me. Here is the first one.
The M3 Stuart, officially Light Tank, M3, was an American light tank of World War II. It was supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by US, Australian. and Allied forces until the end of the war.
With a crew of 4, it is armed with a 37 mm gun, a coaxial machine gun, and a hull mounted machine gun, and weighs 12,500 kilograms. It is powered by a Continental W-670 250 horsepower engine, gasoline fueled, giving it a top speed of 58 kilometres per hour and a range of 112 kilometres. The Stuart saw Australian service in North Africa, Australia and New Guinea.
The Australian 1st Armoured Division was raised in 1941 as part of the 2nd AIF. Intended to be deployed to North Africa in late 1941, it was retained in Australia following the outbreak of the Pacific War. The Division’s armoured regiments subsequently began re-equipping with M3 Grant medium tanks and M3 Stuart light tanks in April and May 1942.
The 2/6th Armoured Regiment deployed to Port Moresby and Milne Bay in New Guinea in September 1942. In December two squadrons were subsequently shipped to Buna on the north coast of Papua.
The lightly armoured M3 Stuart tanks proved to be unsuited to jungle warfare and suffered heavy casualties, but played an important role at Buna between December 1942 and January 1943.
In January 1943, the remainder of the division deployed to Western Australia between Perth and Geraldton, Western Australia as part of III Corps, tasked to counter a Japanese invasion The 1st Armoured Division formed a key element of Australia’s mainland defences, but after that threat passed in September 1943, it was disbanded
Australia followed the British lead in trying to improve the “fightablility” of these tanks, and large numbers of modifications, generally in accordance with British practice, were authorised for the vehicles received. Some of the 43 modifications listed in early 1942 were as follows:
An excellent video/article on Australian Stuarts at Sanananda can be found here.
An excellent article that details the Stuart’s actions during the Buna, Gona and Sanananda battles can be found here. Following these actions they were retuned to Australia,
The majority of the information in this post was obtained from Collections WA.
Today a second unit of light troops that can also join with the previous post’s Light troops to form a single increased size unit.
Notice anything wrong! I sure didn’t when I was painting it.
Maybe this will help! It just goes to show that when quickly batch painting I am not concentrating on the detail……….OK maybe it is a fundamental goof up!
Fortunately the medical facilities on “Civitas Lacerta” are advanced, and true to his reputation for caring for his men, Tathruk was able to find an excellent surgeon for the radical surgery – one might even say he was a guru! Soon the light trooper was back serving with his squad.
Heavy troopers tomorrow.
Yesterday I indicated that having a missile launcher in Tathruk’s close combay squad was a bit inappropriate so, whilst I have kept the launcher, he has been replaced.
I also indicated that I had some toy crocodiles that I was using as Quitana, a large prehistoric Australian mega fauna, for our Australian pre-invasion games.
I will look for some more to paint up like the Crocosaur, but in the meantime they will do.
when I do them up specifically for this army they will be used for a lesser Xenomorph and will be prodded along by a herder!
Now for the light troops:
These guys are great for seizing objectives and skirmishing but cannot stand up to a heavy or elite unit in close combat or a fire fight.
Tomorrow the second light unit.
Hi all just a quick note to let you know I have fallen behind on replying to your comments. I will catch up soon, but rest assured I have read them all.
