This last month has been busy, work picked up, yardwork, taxes, family events, birthdays, etc. But, I've managed to squeeze in hobby time here and there, despite the lack of posts.
I played the other two battle for this strategic turn of my Star Fleet Battles campaign, with interesting results that I'll share soon. I have the posts written up, but haven't been able to resolved some issues with my new computer to finish them.
I had to get a new photo editor, which wasn't a bid deal, but iOS updates on my phone are causing me fits with respect to photo transfer from my phone. A process that took minutes, now involved hours each time, I do now have a work around, but it took me all month to get there.
Otherwise, I've been slowly working on adding jungle to my Vietnam terrain, as I've gotten that bug again. I will share pics of that once I get some new stuff done. Probably a couple of weeks out.
I received some laser cut buildings for Vietnam two Christmases ago, very nicely done, and cool designs, but after looking at them, they seem too clean. So I'm going to use them as templates for scratch-build rougher looking buildings, probably incorporating pieces of them in the builds.
Otherwise, I've also gotten the bug to play some more NATO/WarPac stuff in 1958. I've had the first West German/Soviet battle scenario in that campaign worked out for quite some time, so I've put some thought into getting that on the table.
Right now, its just hard finding windows for hobby time.
Looking forward to those battle reports.
ReplyDeleteYou probably said this before, but what is it about 1958 that draws you in? I feel like most Cold-war-gone-hot players are at either end of the spectrum, with a few in the mid/late 70s, so a '58 focus is different, and obviously has a lot of different kit.
1958 interests me because of the types of equipment (often quite primitive) and formations, the general lack of Nukes, as Soviets have very little delivery capability at this point. West Germany has surprisingly viable forces and very "alien" forces, compared the Leopard 1and Marder equipped forces of my youth. Satellites don't yet give each side a God's eye view of everything, so there is less certainty in what's happening. It makes for very different battles than later periods.
DeleteMy feeling is that with so little time that I currently have, I could either post to my blog or use the time to work on projects. I chose the later.
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