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Friday 27 March 2020

The Loneliness Of The Socially Distanced Wargamer

Yes folks I have entered the competition for the longest blog post title ( apologies to Alan Sillitoe), do you know of a longer one? (hyphenated ones don't count)
Here are a few items I have painted for my own collections in recent days, in progress are four Moors for the Spanish Civil War, two more Brits for WWII, a Russian izba and a PE-2 bomber for the Soviets.


20mm piggies for the Bikkliski Collective farm, from Pendraken if I remember correctly.


20mm fences for the Eastern Front, Ironclad Miniatures

Late war British infantry, Empress Miniature




Cards for Bolt Action solo, these can be downloaded off the Solo Wargaming With Miniatures FB page, I believe that they have also been added to Bolt Action FB page too.

Keep safe folks.

TTFN
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20 comments:

  1. David27 March 2020 at 03:56

    Glad to see I have gained some piggies! Can't help thinking several JS2s might be better though. I look forward to more posts from you now. Meanwhile, back to GHQ and those WI photographs!

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    1. Phil Robinson27 March 2020 at 08:46

      Thank you Mr. Bailey, ISII's are on the list. After the Panthers though :~)

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  2. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)27 March 2020 at 04:33

    Looks great! Glad to see your keeping busy.

    Christopher

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    1. Phil Robinson27 March 2020 at 08:47

      Thank you Christopher. Its the one thing one can do.

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  3. George Anderson27 March 2020 at 04:34

    I do like those British, great figures excellent painting. Might try the solo BA myself.

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    1. Phil Robinson27 March 2020 at 08:49

      Thank you George. BA is ideal for solo play, with the cards they will be better, although I plan to add the spotting mechanism from Battlegroup.

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    2. George Anderson28 March 2020 at 03:36

      joined the Solo guys for those cards, first up though is a SYW game.

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    3. Phil Robinson28 March 2020 at 17:28

      Look forward to reading of your solo set to's in due course

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  4. Norm27 March 2020 at 05:44

    Nice piggies. My Ironclad fencing for 15mm arrived in the post an hour ago, as you say, ideal for eastern front scenarios.

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    1. Phil Robinson27 March 2020 at 08:50

      Thank you Norm. John makes some mighty fine pieces.

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  5. Paul Scrivens-Smith27 March 2020 at 07:36

    Nice stuff Phil. I've been thinking of some solo stuff too. Happily Victoria is also up for playing some Star Wars: Legion with me for a gaming fix ;)

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    1. Phil Robinson27 March 2020 at 08:51

      Thank you Paul. The hint of playing fell on stony ground here :~)

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  6. Greg27 March 2020 at 08:26

    I don't do the facebook thing so I have no access to those card files. Could you mail them to me? greg.bradfield72@gmail.com

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  7. Phil27 March 2020 at 09:35

    Great job, title...and wonderful piggies !

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  8. Matt Crump27 March 2020 at 09:45

    Certainly no need to be lonely and plenty of people out in the virtual world happy to provide some external input to games or projects 👍

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    1. Phil Robinson27 March 2020 at 13:09

      Indeed, hope to be reporting on my solo Bolt Action effort in due course, want to finish a couple more Brits first though🙂

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  9. Aly Morrison28 March 2020 at 08:44

    A nice mix of toys Phil...
    I would be rather surprised if any wargamers get bored... I can’t imagine what life would be like without a creative hobby...
    As the the solo game... At least you know you will win.... and lose of course...

    Or possibly even a draw...

    All the best. Aly

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  10. Phil Robinson28 March 2020 at 17:27

    Thank you Aly. Win, lose or draw, it's the taking part that counts ( that's what I tell myself anyway🙂)

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