Crisis Point 2012 - First Pics

Just returned from the CWC Big Game - Crisis Point 2012 and here are some of the pics from the two day event organised brilliantly by Richard Crawley (SOTCW). A fantastic weekends wargaming was had by all and the mighty Soviet hordes crushed the NATO forces that dared to stand before the power of the Motherland.

These are in no particular order, I will try and sort through them and put up an AAR but for now I hope these pictures will suffice. Check out Richard Crawleys blog http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.co.uk for more great shots and some games info.

The Lippe Table

Lippe Table

Lippe Table

The Kanal and River Lippe looking west

Looking east towards Hunxe

The bridge over the Kanal and Lippe at Hunxe

Impressive Baggage Train bridge kindly donated for Crisis Point 2012

West of the Maas Table

Venlo Table

Soviet rear area table with Scud and Frog launchers

Soviet artillery

Venlo table

West of the Maas (Great Timecast buildings from the Grimsby Lads

More from the Grimsby Lads

Gordons Chemical attack goes in

Soviet air support

Gordons' Airborne in BMD's consolidate their landing zone

East German 150th Diversionary Battalion deploys deep behind enemy lines

Polish T55's trundle across the Lippe

More T55's

The Soviet Airborne straight into combat with US Light Infantry

US Command Unit

NATO Rear Area Table (Great supply dumps by Ian S)

The Soviet Airborne take the Hunxe branch of Lidl and immediately clear the shelves of Vodka

West German Air Support

More NATO air support

The bridge over the Maas at Venlo

T80's press forward West of the Maas

Leopards prepare for the Soviet onslaught

Leopard 1's concealed in woods await targets

150th Diversionary Battalion secure the airfield

More to follow

IndoPak Wars 1965 & 1971 Terrain Project - TEA PLANTATION UPDATE

Made a start on the Tea Plantation.

Basic form using packaging interior with mounting card on outside

 I then add plaster board tape to represent the windows, I find it really easy to work with as it is self adhesive.

The plantation begins to take shape

Another view of the Tea Plantation buildings.

IndoPak Wars 1965 & 1971 Terrain Project - TEA PLANTATION

I have always been interested in the wars between India and Pakistan that took place in 1965 & 1971 and have been researching them for a few years with the idea of eventually getting some kit together to wargame the period. After a purchase from Piers from the Guild I became the proud owner of his 1/300th IndoPak forces but I have never really got past the stage of research. They are fascinating wars with great ideas for wargames from some of the largest tank battles since WWII to heliborne river crossings. Another thing which attracted me to this period was the mixture of old and new equipment, Shermans, T34's & Chaffees from WWII and M47's, M48's, Centurions and Vijayanta's from the modern period.

I had planned to fight specific battles like Assal Uttar or Barapind but I have decided to make plenty of terrain features from across the war zones as there are some great modelling opportunities - Canals and Irrigation Channels, Railways, Tea Plantations, Flooded areas, Radar stations on mountain peaks and many many more. So I plan to make certain terrain features and incorporate them into games. I may still do Assal Uttar as looking at Bob Mackenzies recent game it is a very interesting battle to game.

So on to the first terrain piece, a Tea Plantation. I plan to base it on the picture below.

Update

Big game preparations are going well, got a bit more industrial scenery finished and also started on some additional roads. Also got loads of East German forces finished. I will post pictures asap.

More Kanal Pics

Managed to spend a bit of time this morning putting some more finishing touches to the Kanal for Crisis Point 2012.

Dateln-Hamm Kanal - WIP

Started work on the Dateln-Hamm Kanal for the Crisis Point CWC Big Game in April. A few finishing touches to three sections plus another section to add.

Hope to get the Kanal finished this weekend and I will post photos as soon as possible.

Czech Scud Launchers

Finished a couple of Scud launchers for my Czech forces.