Display Board

 I will be playing in my 2nd Bolt Action Tournament this coming March and it will be a 750pt Combat Patrol game. In addition the the lower points cap. All vehicles must be open topped and a 7+ armor or less. I decided to go with a German Anti-Partisan Force themed on the Eastern Front. I'll do a separate post about the force composition but in edition to the 5 vehicles and 29 miniatures I need to paint I have decided to also build a 2 foot by 2 foot display board for them. 

I started with a standard 2in thick 2x2 foam insolation panel from local hardware for the base. I then set out some of my Eastern front 4 Ground buildings from my WW1 collection and some 3d printed terrain. Next I laid out the part of the force I have and played around with the narrative I wanted it to tell. 

When I had a good idea of a vision I removed the miniatures and traced out all the terrain elements to make a template of my idea. I want to display a small cross roads and farm stead where the patrol has stopped and engaged partisans (I plan on make some dead partisan minis). 

The first element I began construct were the ruts in the roads. I wanted these to be cut into the board and to show their heavy use on a dirt road. I used a foam wire cutter to carve them out and then ran some sand paper along the sides.

I made the ruts wider so that when I add dirt and texture they should fill in to the desirable size. 

Contest Winners!

Thats it Ladies and Gentlemen, the Contest is at an end and a winner has been decided.

The two, lucky, individuals who will be receiving a Limited Edition Salute 2013 Figure

 (photo from the Salute Official Show Guide)

are non other the.............

'Painter Jim'

and

'Wargame News and Terrain Blog'

The two individuals have been sent emails notifying them of their victory. I the event I should not hear from them by Monday the 6th I will select two new winners from the remaining list.

I have asked them to send me photos of the figures once completed, since both asked for unpainted ones, so that I can share their work with you all.

In case you all where wandering how I selected the winners I'll show you. At first I was going to draw the names at random from something, say a hat, but decided it would be more appropriate to leave it to the dice. As is the norm with our chosen hobby, the dice are either our savor or executioner from game to game.

We had 11 entries into the contest and so I wrote out the names and numbered them 1-12, 12 being a re-roll. Then I just tossed the dice and let fate decide.

I thank everyone for participating and I'm sorry the dice did not roll in your favor.

I consider this a successful endeavor and plan to have more contests in the future, perhaps at every 1000 views mile stone.

As a final disclaimer I know no one who entered and used a system that ruled out favoritism.

4000 Blog Views Givaway!

Hello All!
Today Wyndehurst Productions has surpassed 4,000 blog views in under 4 months. Compared to other blogs this might not be much but to me it is very satisfying as it means people enjoy the content I provide.

The Contest!

To celebrate the occasion I will be giving away two Limited Edition Salute 2013 28mm figures.

 They are unopened and unpainted. Each pack allows for two different variants, which you can see below.

What you get

The two individuals who win one of these figures will have the option of either receiving it "as is" or can choose one of the variants and I will assemble and paint it for them. If the winner should choose to have me painted we can coordinate on a paint schema if you have an army you would like it to go with.

How to enter

To enter you simply need to comment on this blog post saying which variant you would like (Shield or Dragon Head). On May 1st I will take the names of everyone who entered and draw two at random. I will post on the blog the winner and contact them. Only one entry per person.

Shipping

I will pay to have the figures shipped to the winner world wide after the winners provide me a shipping address.

Good Luck To All.