20mm Playground

While browsing through Amazon's selection of HO scale scenery I saw a couple of playground sets and got the idea to build a playground. I think it will brake up the town layout nicely.

20mm Warehouse

So a while back I found this toy set at Walmart for cheap that had a large metal barn, loads of tractors, and other farm equipment (trucks, plows, ex..). I was unsure how to deal with the glossy finish so did a bit of dry brushing and hit it with the mat spray. Also put it on a base and painted it.

Put in some HO scale shipping containers, a 20mm sciff, and one of the trucks from the set that I touched up. (more pics below of that stuff)

 Oh and the doors open and close.

 Dump Truck

 Sciff

 Small container.

 Big containers.

20mm Modern Buildings

So I did some touch up on this house I built a few years ago and gave it a base. This is the first detailed base I have done for a building and still working out how much I can do and it still be playable. My main concern with this current design is that the walls are not removable so tanks could not drive through them easily. While I feel like the layout is relatively realistic it is limited in tactical use as very restricted firring arcs.

I decided not to permanently attach the building since I would still like to place it freely depending on what makes sense for the game.

Bolt Action Modern Game

So I started a Historical Wargaming Club at my new base to share this great hobby. There are a few people that play Warhammer 40k and fantasy as well as Star Wars X-Wing (good game) but I want to open them up to historical games. Here are some pictures of out first monthly club game. I put on a Bolt Action Modern game of US army infantry clearing an Afghan hamlet used as a Taliban stagging ground. I don't have my normal play by play, just a collection of some photos.

The Taliban had 8 Cells consisting of 6 men; each had 4 men armed with AK47/AKMs, 1 with a RPG, and 1 with an LMG. They also had a HMG team and a Mortar team.

The US Army consisted of 4 fire-teams of 4 men armed with 3 AR15/M16s (1 w/ Under-slung Grenade Launcher), and a SAW LMG. They where supported my a Sniper team, HMG team, Light Mortar team, and Javelin AT team.

 Pre-deployment. The US started in the bottom right corner and had to cross into the hamlet and clear 5 hotspots where insurgents where entering the area from.

 Civilians added the risk of suicide bombers as well as risk of civilian casualties. 

Ice Age Animals

Finished a bunch of Ice Age animals for the rules Paleo Diet: eat or be eaten (available on amazon).
I chose creatures that where native to North America because thats where I live.

First is the Brontotherium (Greek for "thunder beast"), About 16 feet long and three tons.

Next is a pair of Mastodons. The North American Mastodons where a bit smaller then the Woolly Mammoth most of us are familiar with.  Visually they they look more like a reasonable size target for a small group of hunters. 

I also did a heard of North American Pronghorn which is a very unique species isolated to NA. While its historical range might not overlap with some of the above they still make a good addition. They look good on the table and offer some less threatening game for my hunters.

Finally I added a pack of wolfs to be used as wild encounters or as companions to the hunters. Of the five I did three in gray and one wight and one black for an alpha pair.