Stug G Company

Also in the 'round to it' file or the great mass of un-finished Flames of War tanks etc was these. Some of them just needed decals added but some needed to be built and painted. I created some potential lists for a Late War 1750 torney that included lots of StuG G and Panzer IV H so it was excellent motivation to get them done with a set deadline to work towards. More about that later. These Stugs are all from blisters as I got them before the Stug Box set. I added stowage, cut off some Shurzen plates on some, and also picked up the Stug Kanone for the boss. I added a 1 and a 2 decal to the top side of the 1 and 2 Stug to help with picking them out on the table.
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Panzer IV H Company

Finally got my Panzers I have in my collection completed. When the Panzer IV H box was re-released with stowage I just had to add them to collection. But they got started but not finished for a long time. Like many gamers I said I would make an effort to try and get the miniatures in my 'round to it' file finally done instead just getting more and more unpainted toys. You can probably see a tonal difference between the 2 platoons. I seemd to have changed my technique and colour choice a little since the first batch got completed. But it is not as obvious in real life but it helps a little to tell them apart in any case.
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Aussie dollar and web shopping for FOW stuff.

The Aussie Dollar hit $1.03 US this week and it just makes it so much more worth while in buying stuff from the US (and elsewhere for that matter) for Flames of War gaming here in Oztralia. So I went and had a quick browse around the JR Miniatures shop site yesterday and low and behold...a price increase announcement. As of April they are going to start increasing prices. So ordering before the end of this week may be even more worth while. While the buildings may not be as finely detailed as other makers they do make a good range of 15mm buildings that take up some good table top real estate. Big and chunky and will hold up to gamer abuse.
It's time like these that I should go and have a browse around many other sites like Musket Miniatures who I got a few Eastern Front buildings from  last year to see if they anything new or interesting.
Some weeks ago I ordered a desert mat from Hotz Mats it's yet to arrive but at last I will have a table cover for my desert terrain to sit on. It's something that has been missing from my gaming collection for a while now so was long overdue and with Early War North Africa due later this year it will mean even more chances of games in that setting. I recently took advantage of the big discount that Maelstrom offered with the 'we won't be selling FOW stuff anymore' sale. I got some Hungarian Dice....(don't really need them but they look cool), some soviet Mortar blisters, and a Brit Armoured Command Truck with intention of painting it in the Early Italian campaign camo (Light Grey and Black) and just putting it on a large base as an Objective marker.
One thing I don't get when ordering stuff from the UK versus the US is the difference in delivery time and cost. Many UK sellers charge nothing for postage while the US charge lots. Items from the US take a lot longer to arrive here than parcels from the UK. There is nothing that can be done about it but it is just an interesting point of difference.
Enough yibber yabber from me so Cheers for now.
The Kiwi

Blood Bowl Team Logos

I had an idea to create some logos for my Local Clubs Blood Bowl League teams a while back. It was an exercise to see if I could still use some graphics software. I used to be a Graphic Designer but now I work with spatial data (maps and stuff). Pete sent me a list of the Team names and I just did what I could in limited time and got some ideas from looking around at other sports team logos. Anyway it's not Flames of War but it was a fun project.  
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