New Projects
15mm Marlburian - I have been thinking about doing this period for a while. I have now done a bit of reading up (and a lot more to go!) and I have picked up a couple of rule sets which I would like to try (Beneath the Lily Banners and Lace Wars). At the moment I am trying to figure out which figures to go with and how many to buy as an initial batch. Of course there is a bit of a relationship here between the number of figures required and the rules as, rather inconveniently the two sets have differing approaches. I think I will probably be constrained by my wallet and go with the smaller option and make the appropriate adjustments.
15mm/28mm AWI - I am currently reading Fusiliers by Mark Urban which has got me thinking about this period again. It's one I have had a desire to do for quite some time but have been held back by not having fulfilled the core requirements of figures/terrain/rules/scenario(s). As you can see by the title I am still undecided as to which scale to go with but am definitely leaning toward 28mm (Perry) which would allow me to use some of the American buildings I already have potentially supplemented by Grand Manner perhaps. As to the rules I suspect I'm going to plump for an adaptation of Sharp Practice.
Existing Projects
28mm Sudan - I picked up a unit of Highlanders and another unit of Egyptians plus quite a few more Mahdists (all Perry of course) when I was at Salute (the postage saving justified the trip). I'm in the process of cleaning up the figures - not much in the way of flash but lots of run offs, ready for painting. I have another scenario in mind which will not only allow me to use these but also my desert fort that I got at Cavalier earlier this year.
28mm WW2 Mediterranean - I decided to start this project from a slightly unusual angle - the French. So I bought some Artizan Goumiers and Afrika Korps to kick me off, which should allow both North Africa and Sicily/Italy scenarios to be played (using Nuts! of course).
28mm WW2 Dieppe - Having got a small number of Foundry Commando figures already I managed to pick up a few more for a pretty decent price on eBay and intend to run a couple of scenarios around the unfortunate landings at Dieppe in 1942. I do have quite a few other bits and pieces to get for the scenarios to work though. I may even expand this to the main landings over time (budget permitting!)
28mm Late WW1 - I am currently in the process of building a trench to allow me to use my Germans and French for a more traditional WW1 set of scenarios using Through the Mud & the Blood.
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It's taking sometime to put it together but the result isn't looking too bad so far, although there's certainly plenty of time to muck it up!
Others - My two French Foreign Legion projects (Dahomey and Beau Geste) are both off for painting along with the Scarlet Pimpernel and a few top up figures for a Very British Civil War. So I will have plenty to keep me busy with basing when they return. I am also pondering basing my 28mm Redoubt Montrose figures for a game although I am currently trying to figure out which rules I want to try using.
