SSU versus Japanese 400 pt Warfare game

Some photos from a game Terry and I played a few months whilst testing some changes to the costing of Helicoptors in Dust Warfare. Gregory has done an excellent job in keeping the rulesystem going and it is such a great shame that Dust Studios did not continue supporting the game. Anyway enjoy the photos.

                  Table set to go 

     

                                Japanese airfield 

        

       

         

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                 SSU choppers sweep in 

         

                 

  

       

             

              

                                               Japanese army shot 

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Zvergrad armoured battle

A great 400 pt Warfare game that Greig and I played a few months ago. We were testing the new paratroop dropping rules and trying out the King Tiger card. Greig's Para platoon were  basically all type 3 and brutal as hell.

            Table set up using my new Games and Gears tiles (only 2 years late).

 

          

                                       My 400 pt Armoured force 

             

           

                        Maus has a target

          

                     King Tiger with 128mm gun (suprisingly the same stats as a 88mm L71 in Warfare)

    

  

       Flaming Axis walkers, the start of of the rot which sees all the Axis armour in flames by games end

        

 Where are those paras coming from?

          

             Greig's British walker conversion using a 1/35 armoured car kit

           

     British paras start to take apart the Axis armour

                         

                 You can see all the burning Axis armour

       

     

Battlefield Game late 2015

Most people who read this blog (all 2 of you) know that I am a Dust Warfare games at heart. The mass of dice and the instant death of most units using the Gridles rules of Dust never really interested me but I will have a go if I have an opponent. Late last year I had a visit from a Rockhampton gamer, John Back who brought down his very nice SSU army for a game. John has never played Warfare so we had a fun Battlefield game on my Zverograd Train Statin table. I had had a few games against Terry and they were fun but just not my preferred Dust rules. 

I must say however that the new Dust grid and gridless rules put out this year by Dust Studios is a much poorer cousin and a poor sign of where the game is heading. DS seems to be making a load of new models and tacking the rules onto them afterwards, a pity really as they already had a couple of well produced and supported rulesets. Anyway if I ever play the gridless game again it will be with BFs Battlefield rules and cards. Anyway onto the game pictures.

              My army for the game and the Mouse used the stats of a Konigsluther

                        

          

                                    Walkers advance through the train tracks

                

                     View of the battlefield from an ariel photo of the period. Axis forces on the right

              

            

                  Lots of heavy SSU armour awaiting the Axis attack

       

                        SSU troops frightened by the size of the Axis force

   

 

    

      

                   

Prisma IPone art App.

Mate of mine put me onto this fun App. which turns your photos into instant cartoons. Might have to make a few more battle reports using the App.

                                

                                    Terry's NDAK Tiger I about to demolish my Mercenary walker

                          

Type 3 Axis infantry advance in the dawn light

         

    

Testing some Tank rules for Warfare and Greig's Allies destroyed my 3 King Tigers and a Maus

                         

 Same picture but different filter

                   

Laser tanks and E100 WIP

Hey guys just so you know I am still here I present a few tank WIPs. Once again you see the laser fetish that has become my Dust Warfare norm. All kits 1/48 

   Bandai MkIV kit modified with sloped armour and laser. Tamiya Jadgtiger that has had its       superstructure turned into a turret with laser.

               

                   Simple Tamiya Jagdtiger conversion

          

      

     

     

          

                                           Gasoline E100 AA tank (twin 88s) repaint WIP

     

                                 

                        Jagdtiger and E100 comparison

  

NDAK Laser vehicles

This blog has been very quite this last year and for that I apologise. I have not dropped my interest in the Dust Universe and indeed I have been very busy building terrain and painting Dust figures, vehicles and recording some Podcast episodes. I have just found it easier to record my journey modelling and gaming via FB but unfortunately social media platforms very quickly lose your record of photos and games and make it hard to find things. I have decided to once again keep updating this blog so prepare for some serious updates over the next few weeks.

Finally started working on my NDAK this year and decided to do some Dustified vehicles first. Collection of photos showing my interest in Laser armed vehicles. 

1st conversion was based upon an Italian WWII 90mm SPG truck but with my slant upon it and of course mounting a heavy laser. The basis of the truck was a diecast 1/43 modern Mack truck.

         

         

           

     The next series of conversion are based upon a cheap diecast model in 1/48 which I managed to pick up for $10 each. I did 3 of these conversions using the small laser from the Horten Axis jet. The resin stowage is from Black Dog and the crew are simple conversions using Dust models and a load of Warlord Games pieces.

   

         

           

             

           

            

Last couple of conversions were easy ones with simple weapon swaps and crew conversions. Both kits are OP 1/48 Bandai kits which are simple but effective models for the gaming table.

Work in progress Nashorn conversion and Maulitier 1/2 track with 50mm AA.

             

                  Two vehicls finished with added decals and some weathering.