D Day Demo part 2

 The second day started with some German reinforcements, only PIVE’s and a platoon of Infantry with a Marder. If we had more time I would have added  a platoon of PIVH and  a platoon of 12th SS Infantry. As it was the Allies raced to take three objectives out of four. They had to touch the objectives as no Germans were near them. I managed to stop the fourth objective being taken by the lucky draw of a mine card which blew a DD tank blocking the road.

I was very happy to have this collection on display and had some interesting conversations about the models and the war. A few people mentioned that they had relatives involved in the landings. 

D Day Demo part 1

 Last weekend we put on a Demonstration game of D Day using Battlegroup rules with my 20mm collection. I intend to post this report in three parts.

I had not intended to play myself as there was a fair amount of organising the models for players who were unfamiliar with my collection. It turned out that the two German players could not make the weekend due to unforeseen circumstances. This meant that I had to play the German side which turned out to be not too much work. 

The landings took extra time as we had not used the D Day rules before and it was split into three waves on three beaches. Normally the game flows really well on land battles.

The 1st day was spent doing the landings which had just reached the Sea Wall and had some of the beach cleared.

Compressor box

 I built a box to hide my compressor in and attempted to quiet it down with some foam. Unfortunately it is still too noisy and drowns out the radio. I will have to use ear defenders when I use it. I also need to buy some catches for the cover but for now the couch holds it on.

The chip board was donated by the club when they cut down some full sheets to make 6x4 tables years if not decades ago. Everything else I had on hand.

The chipboard was first covered with wallboard sealer which was leftover when I decorated the games room. The paint is Rustoleum paint and primer bought as they no longer sell black primer. I bought two cans of this and found that it’s not Matt and hopeless for coating miniatures. It also takes about three top coats to cover properly. I had no other use for it so no loss to cover the box and the table legs.