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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 2d

Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 5d

#ColdWar 6mm Soviet T-72 tank battalion to help liberate 1980's West Germany now completed. BMP-2's next, but having sorted through 6mm lead mountain I do seem to have enough M60A3's for a US OpFor. 6mm MERDC?... 🤔

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 5d

Pobol y Cwm!!!

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 5d

So after all the angst caused by the first three seasons of #TheExpanse disappearing off Prime earlier this year - they are now all back...

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 6d

#wip on the 6mm Soviet T-72 battalion - hopefully get them finished tomorrow…

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sure the Athenians had mercenary Amazonian hoplites in their army, right? Might have to rebase these for #OnBloodyGround

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 8d

Doubt he'll let me use the Centaurides... :-)

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 8d

Phil's been talking up #OnBloodyGround and is currently working on a Persian army. I did mention I had an used Athenian army painted over a decade back so I they might be getting dusted off... (does the curse of the newly painted unit apply of they were painted 12 years ago?)

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 11d

Steve is quite shocked it's Monday again.

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 14d

Some pics from an #ArmouredStorm game last night loosely inspired by part of the Battle of Beda Fomm. Despite a valiant attempt to hold back Phil's DAK until reinforcements arrived, the 8th Army were thwarted and the Germans captured 'The Pimple'...

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 15d

Such a great song...

Sonic Spookhammer 👻🎃 @sonicsledgehammer.bsky.social · 15d

Just a little painting music to start the day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUwh...

Veteran of the Psychic Wars

YouTube video by Blue Öyster Cult - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 16d

Personally I don't think it is necessary in 6mm to go 1:1 on a section base as it can look crowded. To each their own but worth looking at this stage at putting less figures on the base to see if you think it looks better or if you are happy putting ten soldiers on a base (I tend to go with four...)

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 16d

Overly thin bases on your infantry will see people pick the figures up not the base which can cause casualties... If you are using 3D prints or GHQ for armour they need the protection of a base. Also what about jeeps and small armoured cars? :-)

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 16d

The difference being I suspect the miniatures were early Heroics & Ros or Leicester Micromodels* whose gun barrels were not fragile like GHQ which break if you sneeze near them or some 3D prints (* indeed LMM's were cut pieces of actual wire)

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 16d

Better than having to drill out broken gun barrels...

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 17d

Inspired by the @lordraglan.bsky.social 28mm tank production line I've started painting up my 6mm #ColdWar Soviets starting with a T-64 tank battalion - a mix of (mainly) GHQ with a company of 3D prints. The T-72 battalion next...

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 18d

Banner from Vitesse Arnhem yesterday... #AirborneMatch

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 20d

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 20d

If you go down to #ClottedLard tomorrow and are playing @andycrow.bsky.social's 'Lobsters in the Mist' #SharpPractice game, hopefully you'll fare better than I did in last night's rehearsal! #SpreadTheLard

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 22d

Another game of #ArmouredStorm yesterday, this time against Jim in his first game. After smashing the German right flank I was optimistic the 8th Army would seize the vital crossroads but the battle turned into a meat grinder and ended with no-one in control of the objective. Still fun though...

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 22d

I just backed Écorcheurs! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri...

Écorcheurs!

Skirmish Wargaming in the Hundred Years War

www.kickstarter.com

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 23d

Great game of #ArmouredStorm with @andycrow.bsky.social last night. Three platoons of Matilda II's forlornly tried to hold off Panzer Armee Afrika until reinforcements arrived but initial successes soon turned sour as the PzIII's and IV's wreaked havoc when they got in close...

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 24d

I enjoyed Robert Jackson's Yeoman RAF series - the first half of which are in a Kindle omnibus... His Secret Squadron books are less entertaining being strange mix of 50% boys own war story and 50% history info dump!

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 25d

Painted up a 6mm Matilda II company for #ArmouredStorm Lovely 3D prints from #ScotiaGrendel

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Steve Blease @ironcow2103.bsky.social · 26d

Seven Day To The River Rhine in itself is great for games with more tanks and vehicles and some infantry in support.

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