But they only just got round to setting it all up and giving it a go, and it looks great! A Realm of Battle board has been repainted as a desert setting and a bunch of 3D printed terrain pieces look so great.
Meanwhile, Ben has been working on expanding his terrain for Foy, where some of the battles in Band of Brothers took places. Liam printed some buildings that are actually based on real structures from that period.
Liam is running the SAS with the help of some armour.
While Otty has an eclectic Italian army.
A lot of vehicles got blown up so we got a little carried away with the explosions.
But as I've always maintained Bolt Action makes such cinematic photographs - they always look so good.
Tanks and vehicles are surprisingly vulnerable. When they go, they go. However I did notice that although it is relatively easy to hit you target, unless you're point blank, wounding them is often on 5's.
So, a good round of shooting results in one or 2 casualties if you're lucky. It doesn't always feel productive.
And close combat can be completely brutal with a 10 man squad of Italian infantry being wiped out by 5 SAS defending their building.
The explosion markers are really good, some flicker and some have coloured LEDs and a remote control!
Even the toy palm trees, with no painting at all, look great on the board.
I pointed out this looks more like Fallout with its mushroom clouds than WWII!
The terrain looks so good. I wish I was able to do stuff like this. Although project has been underway for months I'm pretty certain these buildings and walls were just a couple weeks work.
We may have another week off next week as Otty is working. We'll see if we can postpone to the Sunday instead but I've really missed gaming
And these crazy guys.
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