A "so long" game to Cold War in 20mm (Part 2)...

Last I checked, I was nearing an old building, so let's start off with Dad's turn.

Turn 9: Dad

Dad goes on the offensive, moving small elements of his LMG platoon up to the center of town to maybe re-enforce his  sniper. He also moves up Barrows's force consisting of mainly riflemen. 

Turn 10: Me

The small heroic platoon moves up to the old building, and I move my Light Machine gunner up to the roof.

I plan to attack, but 1 hit does nothing against a sniper!

So it looks like my Light Machine gunner is stuck (and very well screwed) until his next turn.

Turn 11: Dad

Ah... So Dad IS trying to support the sniper, that or do a full-frontal assault on my forces in the town.

"Infiltrate the house!"

Turn 12: Me

A 9. Sad to say that this will probably be the last move I make in 20mm...

I move up 3 of my soldiers, readying for a surprise!

What's this? An armistice!

This was the first and the last battle for the British and American 20mm troops. It was a bloodless battle, so maybe it was more of an exercise but that's not what matters. I'll admit I'm somewhat sad about leaving the whole 20mm thing for maybe WWII or maybe the Cold War in 15mm.

For now, it's to the shelves with my old 20mm miniatures. 

I'll admit I'm a little bit sad to stow them away for now, but then again, the 15mm scale is far cheaper and it takes up far less room.
While it may be "So Long" to 20mm, I'll know they're always on the shelf if I need them.
In a few weeks I may be getting some things from Flames of War/Battlefront, so stay tuned!

A "so long" game to the Cold War in 20mm (Part 1)...

So, today is the day that I officially let go of the Cold War in the 20mm scale.
From now on I will finding another era, and maybe staying in the same scale, or switching over. I am starting to debate whether or not to stick with the Cold War, and maybe experiment with WWII with my birthday coming up and all.
Anyway, me and my dad did a classic Soviets vs. NATO game. I didn't bother choose a location to play in.
Anyway, to the game!

Boogeyville, our battlefield of choice.

Turn 1: Dad

Dad's forces. He's got about a company if you're talking about the 2nd Edition Standoff: Cold War rules.

Even Barrows makes his return for his last hurrah.

Dad rolls an 8 and moves his Russian sniper up. He also decides to move a tank commander up (even though tank commanders really do... nothing).

He positions himself on the roof, still too far away from my troops outside of town.

His (useless) tank commander is on the roof as well now.

Turn 2: Me

I roll a decent 10. Not bad, young grasshopper, not bad. 

I move up elements of my U.S. forces along with a few Brits. I wanted my Yanks and Brits to see some battle before they were officially retired.

Turn 3: Dad

A barely-decent roll of 5.

He pulls a Brody and moves Barrows up into the line of fire. I never thought I'd actually be rooting for Barrows but since this is kind of a special occasion... GO BARROWS GO!!

Turn 4: Me

An almost-maximum roll of 11. Still, not bad.

That results with me moving 2 riflemen (one of them being Miginty) and 1 light machine gunner multiple times up to a little ridge.

Turn 5: Dad

Another somewhat unlucky roll.

Dad moves up his cleverly-organized LMG platoon into the town.

Turn 6: Me

Not a bad roll of 7.

With those 7 I decide to move more infantry up to the little ridge, readying for my assault on the town.  I also elements of my British forces up the right flank to infiltrate Barrows's team.

Turn 7: Dad

Dad's first very good roll.

It's now "full speed ahead" for him and his infantry. They're heading around to my right flank, which is defended primarily by Trained West Germans and Veteran British riflemen. If he does break through, I do hope that they can hold the line!

Turn 8: Me

I continue to move my platoon of infantry up, nearing my Dad's line...

Painted Platoon 20 Scottish Infantry Company

I painted the last 2 miniatures of my first British Infantry company today. I'll let you see them.

Here they are in total.

1 Plt. First platoon I painted up.

2 Plt. I really enjoyed painting the figures with the Tam o'Shanters. That was always fun.

3 Plt. I nicknamed the one on the right "Cpl. Butterscotch". No idea why, but at least one soldier in every force needs a valid nickname.

And finally 4 Plt. I painted these today. 

Next up will probably either be an HQ company or a heavy/support company, them or the Paras.
Stay tuned!

First British Cold War preview (Platoon 20)

I got around to some painting today. I painted 2 miniatures, 1 Scottish and 1 with a Steel helmet (possibly belonging to a Scottish regiment as well). Anyhow, let's get to the preview.

I think I went a little to heavy on the wash on this one. I wish I had a different light to show you guys this one with. I might actually re-paint this miniature entirely.

Backside.

Now onto the Scottish. I learned my lesson as to not go too heavy on the wash, so I did a light wash. Came out looking really good.

Backside.

Both of them together. I found that a quick highlight of the one I did a heavy wash on worked okay.

I have another 6 miniatures to paint, so stay tuned!

Post-War British Infantry from Platoon 20

So my Platoon 20 Cold War era British Infantry came in the mail today. They look wonderful!
Anyhow, I figured that it would be fair if I gave you guys a preview.

All of them will make up a company of infantry.

Definitely liking the helmets on the 3 of them (they're all Mk. V helmets, used by the British military up until the 80's I believe).

4 Scottish soldiers with Tam o' Shanters's. I am thinking of putting one of each in a platoon.

Again, incredible looking miniatures from Platoon 20. Here's the link to the Platoon 20/East Riding Miniatures website.
I will definitely paint them soon, so stay tuned!

15mm Italian Campaign British Troops (just for fun)

Since I don't currently have any 20mm miniatures to paint at the moment, I took a look through the old bag of unpainted miniatures and pulled a few 15mm British Troops I got from Battlefront Miniatures over the summer. I didn't really do anything with them until now.

I painted about a squad of soldiers. Like I said, there isn't really a reason for this. I don't think I'll use them for any wargaming any time in the near future.

A Bren gunner and a C/O with a Tommy gun.

2 Riflemen.

A Boys anti-tank rifleman.

Stay tuned!

Today's British buys

I went over to Syr Hobbs Wargames, fully intending to buy some Platoon 20 Post War British Infantry, but when I saw they were out, I went over to East Riding Miniatures and picked up a couple of sets of Post WWII British Infantry.
I'll show you the image that was given on the website of the sets I bought. Enjoy!

Here are some soldiers in Steel Helmets (well, most of them at least).

Of course I had to order some Scottish infantry! You all know I'm a sucker Scottish and Irish regiments, so I had to order some Scots, and maybe there will be some Irish later on.

These will more than likely be along in about 20 days or so because they're shipping from the UK. Stay tuned!

Revisting the Cold War

I dug through some old sets I didn't think I'd use and I found the old A Call to Arms WWII British Infantry set, which I did paint, but eventually I lost a lot of the set in the midst of my own disorganized work space. I also found some old Chechens (which that set turned out to be a bunk), so I decided I'd do some head swaps and re-paint some of the remainders.

I used a combination of the Israelis, the British, the Russians and the Chechens to make some good headswaps.

This officer has a tiny head! Not my best one at all...

Here's a comparison between head swaps.

And finally another officer with a Mk. IV helmet.