tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63699028304854205222024-03-06T07:43:13.497+00:00 Monty's Wargaming Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-85823875055955085372017-01-28T17:06:00.000+00:002017-01-28T17:13:48.985+00:00Chivalry - Medieval Warfare PS4 <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am very conscious of my continued sporadic posts of late and that my much <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6369902830485420522#editor/target=post;postID=26197630285741800;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=4;src=postname">heralded return</a> has fallen somewhat flat. However, here I am and I thought I'd share my latest distraction with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Released originally on the PC some years ago, Chivalry Medieval Warfare is a first person , multiplayer hack-em-up very much in the mould of Monty Python's Holy Grail-meets-Brian Blessed which has made its way onto current-gen consoles and is available for around twelve quid on PlayStation Network. Though somewhat dated in its aesthetics and restricted in its map size, Chivalry soon grabs you by the gizzard and thrusts you into the mud, blood and rain of medieval carnage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I say carnage advisedly as the game does a sterling job of depicting heads, limbs and armour flying in all directions under a rain of blows from all manner of period weaponry. The controls are fairly intuitive and allow you to wield your weapon in a number of different ways; critical for victory.</span></div>
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</span>Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-52657230102346689492016-09-04T20:32:00.000+01:002016-09-04T20:32:05.344+01:00Battlefield 1 Beta PS4<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Painting is resuming in the background while I am indulging in the frenetic, open beta demo of EA's upcoming world War 1 shooter, Battlefield 1, currently touring the PS4, Xbox One and PC. One map is featured - Sinai Desert, which features some OTT combat using a selection of WW1 vehicles, weapons and equipment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Realistic it certainly is not; but fun, thrilling and tense - yes! As a loud and </span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">madcap distraction with a lean towards the Great War, I don't think this can be beaten...have a look at the video to decide for yourself.</span></div>
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<br />Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-42116862092427499052016-08-29T17:51:00.001+01:002016-08-29T22:31:50.575+01:00Perry Plastic British Infantry of the Sudan<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I purchased some of Perry's recently released plastic British Infantry at Salute this year, for gaming in colonial Afghanistan or the Sudan and have thrown together a quick overview of what I think of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At this point, I should inform you that there is an excellent review compiled by Stefan over at <a href="http://montys-caravan.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/66th-for-nwf-perry-british-infantry.html">Monty's Caravan</a> which is worth checking out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Due to my usual slow progress in all areas, I have only managed to complete one infantry sprue so far, but have formed enough of an impression to hopefully give you all a helpful heads-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A few of my favourite poses so far - with the usual apologies for my poor photography skills - illustrating what can be achieved with only limited modelling skills. I really like these figures and all are well detailed and proportioned with a wide range of possible poses. My limited painting skills are such that I go for the worn, dirty look; which is in keeping with desert deployments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Very briefly, Mrs Monty and I have recently returned from our summer holidays, part of which was spent back in my home neck of the woods (literally) in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, where we were visiting family and friends. Whilst there, among other things, we visited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepstow_Castle">Chepstow castle</a>, situated on the Welsh/English border at the mouth of the River Wye as it feeds into the Severn Estuary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Norman in origin and dating back to 1067, the castle was active for many years and its position, perched high over the River Wye made it strategically vital. Among its many custodians were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke">William Marshal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke">Richard de Clare</a> to name but a couple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">On a completely different tact, I was able to make an excellent purchase for £2 of <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=zulu+dawn&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&safe=strict&gfe_rd=cr&ei=aBqzV9zAPKeN8QfYkoHICA&safe=strict&gws_rd=ssl">Zulu Dawn</a> in a local charity shop situated in the nearby market town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth">Monmouth</a> - which itself is notable for among other things, being the birthplace of Henry V.The film, one of my overlooked favourites, has proven a nightmare to get hold of online, so this unexpected opportunity was most welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I have been flirting with getting into Colonial gaming during my malaise - more of which in a later post. However, if it's anything like the vast majority of my other 'projects' it will no doubt result in abandonment as my attention drifts elsewhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Finally, for now, a quick glance at my painting table, back in the 'Eagle's Nest'; just to highlight some of the chaotic non-progress that is being made. I am painting stuff, with a few things almost ready for formal unveiling into coherent games...but I must achieve focus!</span></div>
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-261976302857418002016-06-09T19:16:00.005+01:002017-01-28T17:13:13.220+00:00Back from the Beyond! <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greetings all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is just a quick update to announce that I have returned from my prolonged disappearance. Sincere apologies all round and I don't blame anyone for leaving my blog (I would have).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been painting stuff, but just not blogging due to various reasons, but will be sticking things up soon. I've been enjoying everyone's blogs and they continue to inspire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not really a Napoleonic s fan, but as a grand tactical/strategic title this looks promising; no more years of painting ornate uniforms to only end up fielding a couple dozen troops...just a thought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will get round to posting stuff soon; it's just that I simply have had too much on of late; a familiar cry, I hear you say, but true, nonetheless (boo, hoo).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I have been tinkering around with, however, is <a href="http://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/deadmanshand/dmhminiatures.html">Great Escape Games'</a> excellent Dead Man's Hand range of Wild West figures for my planned western skirmish game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first batch was a present from my long-suffering woman; <a href="http://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/deadmanshand/dmhminiatures/dead-mans-hand-pinkertons.html">Pinkertons</a> - which I have almost finished and have enjoyed painting.</span></div>
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-38765913515569589652014-09-16T22:06:00.000+01:002014-09-16T20:53:16.509+01:00Rogan's Bar<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The little woman recently bought me <a href="http://www.4ground.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=268&pid=710">'Rogan's Bar' by 4Ground</a> for my birthday and I've finally got round to almost completing it; I'm still not decided how to base it - on a dedicated table or on its own base for more flexibility. Apologies for the poor pictures, they were taken in haste on my phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We attended <a href="http://www.clactonairshow.com/">Clacton airshow</a> today in glorious weather and witnessed some great aircraft flying over the seafront and all for free - very nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not particularly good shots, however, here is the first - and no doubt last - time I will witness the only two airworthy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster">Lancaster</a> bombers flying anywhere; their dual appearance is as rare as... well, you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are numerous other things out of shot, either not started or incomplete, no games to speak of and, more worryingly, no real desire to play one. I'm sure I will snap out of it and so, at the moment I am enjoying painting the random bits and pieces I have tucked away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I am concentrating on random 28mm stuff at present, I feel 15mm - for me - is the way back onto the tabletop and into an actual game again; they take less time to paint and space is now a premium anyway. I am, and always have been a skirmish gamer and will remain so, so that is the obvious scale - now, what period...?</span></div>
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-36493112341386926322014-05-26T17:33:00.003+01:002014-05-26T17:47:39.014+01:004Ground Medieval Dwelling<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm very conscious there has been very little blogging of late; my work/life schedule has taken a massive bite into my free time in recent months, although I have been (sort of) productive during this time; no reports have made it online. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having said all that, the academic year is grinding to a close and with it, most of my current commitments; which <i>should</i> allow more blogging again...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, enough of my blubbing and on with the update! During a great visit to Salute recently, what stood out for me was the very prominent <a href="http://www.4ground.co.uk/">4Ground</a> kit that seemed to dominate a lot of the display games. I always had an open mind about laser cut buildings and their inherent qualities, but having seen them firsthand I have been sold; yes, they probably don't look as convincing as resin/plastic etc, but given the time saved, flexibility and so on, they are hard to beat. Not only that, they do look impressive 'in the flesh'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The great man reads the opener from the John Wagner classic 'America' - what a sport and fellow fan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The box contains three sets of these components, which allow the construction of a ruined farm-type house and/or two smaller ruined structures; depending how you decide to utilise them. There does appear, upon closer inspection, to be a discrepancy between the two doorway sizes of each set, in that one appears to be 1/56 scale and the other, closer to 1/72; although, to be honest, I didn't find this to be a major issue once construction had taken place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a quick post to sing the praises of supplier <a href="http://totalwargamer.co.uk/">Total Wargamer</a> and their excellent service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ordered <a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/">Warlord's</a> <a href="http://www.warlordgames.com/store/catalogsearch/result/?order=relevance&dir=desc&q=Ruined+Hamlet+plastic+boxed+set">Ruined Hamlet</a> - very nice and more later - on Saturday; which was 30% below the recommended price quoted on every other site I'd seen, and it arrived three days later - fantastic.</span></div>
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-9421466577790812052013-08-21T09:47:00.002+01:002013-08-21T09:48:37.556+01:0028mm Judge Dredd Lawmaster<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The little woman came up trumps again and got me <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd">Judge Dredd,</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Anderson">Judge Anderson</a> and their awesome <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cwaboard.co.uk/images/historic/49535-law_bike_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cwaboard.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f%3D4%26t%3D3267&h=489&w=640&sz=81&tbnid=9BkpA-tCnV-qBM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=121&zoom=1&usg=__HF7sz8uhi7kO5e3HzysyFfc584M=&docid=uVOTzz6jWZ9MoM&sa=X&ei=XXsUUvjYB4Wx0QWdioDYBg&ved=0CEIQ9QEwAw&dur=534">Lawmaster bikes</a> from <a href="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/">Mongoose Publishing</a>, for my birthday - very nice they are, too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Judge Dredd range is ever-expanding and Mongoose plan a raft of additions over the coming months, which is all good stuff for a life-long 2000 AD fan such as myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed completing this model and love the chunky version of Dredd's iconic bike Mongoose have created. I shall finish Anderson in due course (all hair flowing and Lawgiver drawn) and post soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile,this range comes highly recommended to all JD fans and those wanting some high quality sci-fi figures for skirmishing/displaying.</span><br />
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-26245302264224277732013-08-20T19:45:00.000+01:002013-08-20T19:45:05.927+01:00Blogger Issues!Anyone else experiencing Blogger issues at present? <br />
My account is playing up and won't let me edit, create or post updates - bloody frustrating!<br />
This post is being produced on my phone; not sure if the problem is Blogger-centric, or something to do with my clapped-out PC.<br />
The irony is that I actually have some update stuff to post for once!<br />
Time will no doubt tell...<br />
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MontyMontyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-37497156043156257342013-08-02T10:37:00.001+01:002013-08-27T12:40:53.109+01:00300: Rise of an Empire Trailer 2013 Official Teaser - 2014 Movie [HD]<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/leXo4-QLNVc" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hmm...this looks pretty good...larger in scale, but hopefully not losing that original, graphic novel feel. Time will tell, no doubt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm very aware of my lack of posting lately - there is painting (of sorts) going on in the background - but life has been soooo busy recently. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will put some stuff up soon, but in the meantime, I though I would quickly highlight my latest classic war film upgrading to blu-ray from DVD (yes, extravagant, I know - but necessary...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All are fantastic conversions with excellent full HD picture quality and Dolby 5.1 sound which breathes new life into them all round.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">More to follow, including The Dambusters, which should have arrived with these, but has been delayed - drat!</span></div>
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-88208603272916561492013-06-17T20:38:00.001+01:002013-06-17T23:27:36.341+01:00Ryse: Son of Rome Official E3 Gameplay Demo<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4MfYuP6L44k" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A hectic period of relocating, changing jobs and general confusion has largely passed and allowed me to settle into my new surroundings - the spare box room - now dubbed, ahem, 'The Eagle's Nest'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You see, sadly, I am not blessed with the sort of grandiose bespoke gaming real estate ( 40 feet long gaming room/shed/outhouse/pavilion/basement et al.) that some of my more fortunate blogging buddies have; so it's a humble 7' x 7' domain that schizophrenically acts as office, library, painting room, retreat, sulking/brooding hole.</span></div>
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Montyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230149195753516430noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369902830485420522.post-62317530018366324392013-03-01T20:49:00.000+00:002013-03-01T20:51:46.528+00:00Unleash Hell!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Warning: Poor photography ahead) I quite like the model's sculpt which has nice, crisp detail generally, although the rear of his cloak is a little flat and lacking definition. The model's nose, too had become flattened during transit, despite its robust blister pack, so I had to improvise with a tiny blob of PVA glue, which, once dried, sufficed suitably.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the two command sprues featuring a handy 'dead' marker. The detail and sculpting is excellent throughout, although the figures are a little tall - 30mm toe to eye - compared to other similar ranges, which may cause a problem when it comes to matching them off against each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I painted up a selection of four initial examples, including the armoured knight from the command sprue and was pleasantly surprised. All figures are nicely proportioned and dynamically posed. In addition I used the excellent shield transfers from <a href="http://www.battle-flag.com/">Battle Flag</a> to complete the look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I prefer versatility with my miniatures and so have based them individually, but in this case, added a scratch-built unit stand to allow figure removal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To sum up, a great example of a quality product of my favourite early medieval troops just waiting for some dedicated Saxon opposition - can't wait.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it for now,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monty</span><br />
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