Battle of Messines Village

So, Remberance Day rolls around and we’re…not done. Not that it would matter – Auckland only just dropped down to lockdown level 3.2, so we won’t be even restarting at our clubs before December. And that sucks…

But still, how far did we get? Well, here is my progress on my (revised 100pt) armies:

As you can see, most of the actual minis are done, just some basing to be completed. Plus the final 50 German riflemen, and the Mk Vs

One thing I should note is that each of the units has a piece of magnetic tape glued to the underside of its base (which is why the tanks have small bases as well). I’m using these so I can store the minis in a set of biscuit tins without risk of being casually jostled around. I manged to find the tape at my local hardware store, dispensed on a standard tape roll – about $15 for 26ft of the stuff. And, sure the tins weren’t cheap, but they weren’t that expensive either, and it was shortbread. And I know I can get more tins in April when the RSA does their ANZAC biscuit drive.

So, was this project a success? Well, in the space of 4 months, I managed to paint nearly all of a pair of infantry-heavy 15mm forces, as well as getting a bunch of terrain sorted out for the proposed game. I’d like to think that if the lockdown wasn’t going on, I would have finished the last riflemen and tanks with time to spare. But with lockdowns (seriously, this most recent one is on week 12 now…everyone is starting to stress out), as well as running out of basing sand (which is why some of the Kiwi bases aren’t done yet), I guess fate kinda took a negative view on my plans.

But, still, its an achievement for me to be able to push out this much this quickly. And I guess there’s always next year to play Great War.

So, what next? Well, I’ll definitely finish what I’ve got left to do on Great War (once my shipment of sand comes in from the US (FU, USPS!)), then I’ve got a few other random things to finalise before I move onto what I’m terming my Summer Project. I’m already receiving deliveries of materials and minis for this, and I’ve been planning it on and off for most of the year.

But for what the project is, and how spectacularly I’ll stuff it up…that’s for next time…

(Let me just say that I’ve got about 200 bases ready to go…BUT NO SAND!!!!)