jp wargaming place
This a wargaming place were you can see a growing collection of miniatures and terrain of many historical periods in 20mm (but also a few 10mm,15mm and 28mm) started when I was 10 yo. At the moment it has several tens of thousands of miniatures from foot figures to Destroyers. Occasionally there are some war movie critics and some travel to military sites. My family considers it the best wargaming site in the World even if it is the only one they know. More on @joaopeixoto5249 YouTube Channel.
Wednesday 24 April 2024
The German 'Specials' at Market Garden for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm
Monday 22 April 2024
The BR-20 bombers for Rapid Fire! Rules in 20mm size
Saturday 20 April 2024
The Arnhem/Oosterbeek houses for Rapid Fire! rules in 20mm size
Sunday 7 April 2024
Rapid Fire! Western Desert 1940-43 in 20mm - Fort Capuzzo
While looking for Lego Bionicles for my 6 years old boy in a Chinese shop I found these 1 euro tower & walls from the Christmas period. I brought four of them and Capuzzo started to have a shape, at least on my mind.
Sunday 31 March 2024
Great War Spearhead II - Gallipoli 1915 in 20mm (part 13): The New Zealand brigade
Lieutenant Colonel George malone is one of the heroes of the campaign and the Co of the Wellington Battalion. He was also the introducer of the Lemon Squeezer hat in the Wellington battalion, which later was adopted in 1916 by the full 1st NZ infantry division. Strangely I could not find any picture of Malone with his hat of adoption at Gallipoli as he always shows in the British peaked cap. The figure used for him is the Airfix British officer with the sword heated and cut until a revolver shape was obtained and scabbard taken out. I didn't take out the full head but only the hat due to the lovely moustache presented on this figure, ideal for George Malone. Then a Lemon Squeezer was super glued. Malone died at Chunuk Bair on the 8th of August after leading its battalion in an impressive dawn assault that conquered the position. Initially his orders were to attack in broad daylight with the rest of the brigade, which he refused only to prove himself right a few hours later.
The backpacks were made from Milliput and glued with super glue. All these extra parts, backpacks and bayonets, stay nicely on the soft plastic if first super glued, then painted and finally varnished.
Next: my own Fort Capuzzo in WW2.
Thursday 28 March 2024
Rapid Fire! Western Desert 1940-43 in 20mm - The last two battalions of the British Brigade (no,no, different post from previous one)