Fall In! will be at the Lancaster Host at the beginning of November. With less than three weeks to go I am finalizing my game. This involves painting figures, buildings and getting data sheets ready. The basis is the USMC in Afghanistan in 2011.
The theme for the convention is “America, Rise to world power – 1898 to Present”. With big plans for conventions in 2024 and 2025, I didn’t want to take on a new project for this convention, so I decide to use what I have as the basis of my game. Last year I put on a modern Afghanistan game with the British 3rd Para forward operating base. I decided to modify this game by removing the forward operating base and adding more buildings. I then decided to paint up US Marine Corps troops to replace the British troops. All of this work involved painting about ten new buildings, about 75 USMC troops and about twelve new USMC vehicles. I still have some flags and ariels to put on the vehicles. This approach will allow me to put on a theme game.
I will run a game twice on Saturday. From 9am to 1pm and from 4pm to 8pm. The first game will involve protecting a convoy that has stopped due to detecting an IED. The IED disposal team will then need to remove the IED. The second game will involve Force Recon units assaulting a compound to capture the bomb maker. A convoy of marines will then arrive to extract the Force Recon units and the target.
The terrain that I am using for my USMC in Afghanistan game will be similar to the terrain that I used last year. However, I will remove the forward operating base and replace it with more buildings. I have not set up the terrain yet, but here are some photos of the layout that I used last year.
If you are interested in a modern skirmish game using Force on Force rules, please stop by to see my USMC in Afghanistan game.
A quick update, here is a photo of the US vehicles with ariels and flags added. The flags add a bit more color to the table and the ariels really enhance the vehicles. $7.99 for a brush that will give a lifetime of ariels.
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Martyn, the volume you get through and the quality of that work are very impressive. The town scenes look very good in particular.
Richard
Thanks Richard. Having only got back into the hobby recently, I need to catch up with other players at the club that have a large array of forces.
I have a couple of big projects scheduled for completion in 2024 and 2025, as well as a few side projects.
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