Paul's Platoon

Guy Bowers — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:41:28 +0100

Hi there folks!

Just a quick update on my progress with Project Platoon. I started at quite a pace before Christmas and was planning to continue straight after the holiday break. But we had a phone call on the 31st of December it went something like this: Builder ‘Hello there we are coming to rip your kitchen out and install a bra...

Panzers for Pennies

Guy Bowers — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:55:27 +0100

I had always been keen to add a few 28mm WW2 tanks and vehicles to my collection. When I first started collecting WW2 in this scale I used the tanks made by Battle Honours. The tanks were pretty good (although rather large) but cost quite a lot so I never got around to buying too many of them. Unfortunately since being...

Building the British

Guy Bowers — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Time for another update on Project Platoon! Here is the progress so far. in the lead by far is Christy, she's only waiting to finish off the last of her vehicles and troops before she's ready. In joint second we have Mark and Paul both who have squads assembled but not quite the full Platoon. Mark has tanks re...

Store Locator

Guy Bowers — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:30:11 +0100

Now there's a handy tool! How to find your local stockist of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy: our new store locator!

War and Conquest Preview

Guy Bowers — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:55:04 +0100

WS&S are off to Yate (near Bristol, UK) today to have a chat with Rob Broom, the man behind War & Conquest! Expect a first look at this new game in our next issue, WSS 59, due out March 1st.

First Grenadiers

Guy Bowers — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:15:40 +0100

At last I managed to get a few hours to paint up my first figures for my Project Platoon Panzergrenadiers. After 10 minutes with a craft knife on a chopping mat cleaning up odd bits of flash they were stuck to 20mm x 20mm square bases made from GW movement trays and undercoated black by hand. Normally I spray them with a matt black spray, but for such a small number of figures it did not seem economical, so I went for the cheaper but slightly longer option.

The figures shown here a...

The basics of platoon building

Christy Beall — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:30:31 +0100

It's me again - WSS's resident newbie wargamer and demon painter. Since my last blog entry, I've manage to make huge progress with my platoon - I've finished my command team and two complete squads. I've got some interesting things I'd like to say about painting all of these figures, but I think I'll wait till another post to do that. For now, I thoug...

We will remember them.

Guy Bowers — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:14:08 +0100

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Screaming Eagles Or Not?

Paul Burkin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:47:02 +0100

Well I suppose an introduction is the best place to start. My name is Paul and I know Guy through our local games club. He mentioned that WS&S were about to commence on project platoon and asked if I would be interested in taking part. That is where it all begins.

I class myself as your average painter and gamer. I've colle...

Achtung!

Mark Backhouse — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:00:24 +0100

For Project Platoon I elected to go for German Panzergrenadiers. There was a fair amount of discussion and ideas banded around before we came to our final choices. Initially I had been keen on converting and painting a partisan unit. In the end however we decided that we wanted to keep all of the units we would be collecting as regulars and loosely theme them around Operation Market Garden.

Over the Summer I painted up an understrength platoon of US Airborne troops for the WS&...

Ze Germans!

Christy Beall — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:36:07 +0100

Before I go into what I'm doing for Project Platoon or why I'm doing it, I think perhaps introductions are in order. While Jasper, Guy and Mark are very visible and actively involved with WSS, I tend to stay a bit behind the scenes. I've been working here at Karwansaray Publishers for just over a year officially (and much longer than that unofficially). I...

Tally ho chaps!

Guy Bowers — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:39:46 +0100

My previous forays into World War Two have taken me far onto the Russian Steppe and the winter forests of Finland. I have sizeable Finnish, Russian and German forces, but what to build for "Project platoon"... Hmmm...

The next issue was the challenge given to me by Jasper - to paint these models to the highest standard I c...

Whoa Mahomet!

Jasper Oorthuys — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:42:59 +0100

As Guy indicated in his introduction, I'm a slow-poke painter. Mostly because I tend to get meticulous and (believe I) have high standards for my miniatures. It probably has something to do with the fact that I came to miniature wargaming after nearly two decades of building 1/35 scale models and, after that, painting 54mm figures. You build those for the sole purpose of displaying them and they reward careful work. I'm also a slow painter - in regards to finishing projects - because I tend t...

Project Platoon

Guy Bowers — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:55:31 +0100

We at the WS&S offices decided we needed a group project - something we could all do and contribute to with a realistic time-scale of a few months. Thus 'Project Platoon' was born. The principle is simple: take an era from history, make up armies for that period and then, as a group, try them out with varous sets of rules.

WS&S at Other Partizan

Guy Bowers — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:36:48 +0100

Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy will be at the Other Partizan this Sunday the 4th September. See us on Table 'O' in the smaller hall.

Our game will be a participation game of the Brecourt Manor assault, made famous by the Band of Brothers TV series. Come join us with a shout of 'Currahee!'.

Editorial Plan for WSS 56 up!

Guy Bowers — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:51:27 +0100

Our editorial plan has been updated with the contents of the upcoming issue 56, due for release in a month's time. In this issue, our theme is the start of the American Civil War, '1861 a year of optimism'. For a full look at the table of contents, you can look here.

Whatever happened to Rise of Rome?

Guy Bowers — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:08:32 +0100

Long term readers of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy may recall we had the Rise of Rome series in previous editions (issues 52 to 53). This was a popular series which sadly ended when the magazine went 'on hold'. Now that we're back, the Rise of Rome project is one we'd like to finish - properly.

We are currently in negotia...

Future issues.... ACW and 1920's

Guy Bowers — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:37:43 +0100

With 55 out, preparations are well underway for issue 56 and issue 57. The next issue will be themed '1861 - A house divided' looking at gaming the early American Civil War. What else can you expect from issue 56 and looking forward to 57?

In issue 56 we also have a War of the Roses Naval Scenario, a second look at the Battle of M...

Wargames Calendar

Guy Bowers — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:21:32 +0100

Our website is due to have a number of innovations added. One of these is a Wargames Event Calendar. The principle is to have a easily updatable calendar on our site for our readers and visitors. By coordinating with the various organisations in the hobby, we could provide a universal service to inform people of upcoming events. The original (and much imitated) calendar is from the Newark Irregulars site, the hosts of Partizan.

http://www.partizan.org.uk/

The calendar is cur...

More reviews of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy

Guy Bowers — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:57:58 +0100

We found a few more reviews of issue 54 of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy. One by 'Dr. Fischer' and one by terrain-maker 'extraordinaire' Paul Darnell.

Glad you liked issue 54, just wait 'till you see issue 55!

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