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This Way To Blog Con

I was going to be doing rolling demo's of Dreadball at Blog-Con but unfortunately the game has as yet not arrived. I really wanted to do the job properly and be fully versed with the rules before sitting down with players and running the shortened game that promised to be rather exciting. To do this I had to test it a number of times and get a good feel for it. Now I just don't have the time and have instead started the preparation for a 6mm Napoleonic's game with Lee that anyone can join in and I can just concentrate on the rules.

Talking of rules, this will be the first time they have been released on other wargamers so I will be looking forward to hearing others thoughts on them and any improvements they have in mind. I already have one minor change that I want to add before printing off but need to discuss with Lee tonight whilst we work on the Quatre Bras boards.

Our game will be based in Russia (If Lee has managed to do his flagging) so will see lots of never been played with Russians and a few new French units to boot. It will of course by definition be a fairly basic game as we have not had the time to really do it justice but will be good practice for the main event at Joy of Six and I will get to use my Russian Buildings I bought from Andy M a little over a year ago which is a big bonus.

All in all it kind of works out better for us and seems to be written in the stars as Lee was supposed to be working in Scotland but now is free and it's a chance for me to drive him to an event for a change.

We get to pick up the Adler Napoleonic's that should keep us busy for a few years to come and I get to trade my Anglo Saxon army for a lot of Burning Skies planes that will again take me years to paint up. Seems next stop is Pendrakon to get some of the plane decals. Life sure is fun and Blog Con is VERY soon. Hope to see some of you there.

Blazing Skies WWII Plane Review

My old mate Lee who has never been slow to spend my money (or me his) sent me an e-mail last week just saying check out Blazing Skies WWII planes. That was it, no linky no explanation just a certainty that I would and when I did goal number one would be achieved.

So in my very best customer service type way, why not pop over to Blazing Skies to get an eye full of what was subjected to. Yes it will be eye candy.

Looking at the unpainted planes on the website was something of a turn off as they look fairly ropey but given the price and £1 postage I thought I would grab a few. What you see above cost me a massive £4.70 including postage. Yes that's £4.70 for seven planes. The ME109E are just 45p each. I have seen enough to want to get plenty more but will test how they paint up first.

My only real issue is that the plan was to go for Russia but I have always been a fan of the old favourite Battle of Briton so I may swerve this way for the time being. First I need to talk to Matt in case he really does not fancy that, not that it would stop me going for them but I would throw the Russians into the mix from the start.

If these paint up well though I can see a very cheap force being built up and away I go. Not that BS's are limited to this one campaign a they also supply American fighters, The Fortress (£0.90 each) the Lancaster and the later German planes. No Russians though, I think these are slightly smaller than the metal planes, scale is 1:350th but Adrian intends to later extend his range though these will be metal and not the plastic planes you see and I assume with a marked price increase but whilst the detail on these is soft I think they are good enough for making up a nice sized collection.

I just need to get some decals and away I can go, anyone recommend a good supplier in this scale? Another point is that the Stuka comes with separately cast wheels (attached to the fuselage) which I think is a good move.

On a separate point I have gained a few new followers recently and whilst I don't normally greet each new friend I would like to thank one and all for the compliment you pay me when you do indeed join the ranks. I am close to 200 followers but having ran a number of giveaways recently will not celebrate as such but when I do get to 200 I have a special post in mind that may be worth adding your name to the roll call. 

A second reason to join up is that my wife is thrashing me on followers and I tire of that woman's taunts so as a matter of honour I think all you none followers need to join up just to halt her victory dance  ;-)