Thank you Phil. I'll post updates as the game progresses.

Thank you Phil. My first tabletop foray into the black powder era.

Cheers bruvvah.

Thank you Phil, appreciated. I've recently added flocking to the bumpy bits, and it's definitely helped them blend better with the ground mat. I'll be playing out a scenario on it today based around the relatively obscure clashes between the IJA & Vichy French colonial forces.

Thank you, and sorry for the tardy response. Most of the terrain pieces I use are scratch builds made from repurposed scrap.

Cheers James. Return best wishes from the undulating country of the mid-north coast. May your opponents bear your victories with grace.

Merci beaucoup, Phil. Return greetings from Australia. Hope the new year brings you much joy & reward.

Thank you Phil, appreciated.

Thank you. Part 1 gives a bit more background context; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HAl5DEdrkpc.htmlsi=npmsNfWGKTZtJX0z

Thank you and you are more than welcome 👍. I'll post a conclusion video by the week's end.

Thank you Phil.

Midst the groans of the burden we put upon her, she whispers gratitude for the mercies we grant. Thank you for seeing, understanding ,aiding and appreciating..

Glad it helped. Look forward to seeing some pictures of the wiry chaps when they're done.

Cheers mate, Feel free to steal and subject to all manner of experimental mutations.

Cheers mate Mostly scratchbuilt stuff except for a few of the buildings.

Thanks. It was a ggod fun enough table to earn couple of repeat games before switcharound. Mostly scratchbuilt except for 3 railway model buildings. It was done up for playing Chain of Command, which operates at 1 figure = 1 man/vehicle and 1 foot = 40 yards, which is why I chose biggish buildings with removable roofs. A couple photo links to a tropical table I set up earlier this year; photos.app.goo.gl/48BH8GB4Lvm1Qzm1A photos.app.goo.gl/mKnmcHswQDBzuAnk6

@@corvusboreus2072 that is really cool. Those photos look very realistic, must have been fun to play on.

Badoom-tish!

7 x 5 foot, made from green marine carpet

How do you think O group plays on a 7X5 table? I’m building my force up in 20mm and I don’t see much at that scale so very curious.

Also what miniatures are you using to make up your forces ?

@@BearGrisham Oops, that table was actually more like 9 x 5 including the river and far bank. Having a slightly larger table size allows for greater flanking options, particularly with vehicles. 5 foot is about as deep as I go, beyond that it becomes hard to reach the middle. Pretty much all my figures & vehicles are 1/72 plastics (cheapest option), although I do plan to upgrade with some 20mm metals I originally collected my armies (Germans, French, British, Japanese and Australians) for Chain of Command, and repurposed them for OGroup (a CoC 3 platoon company = an OGroup battalion) This scale is larger than ideal for OGroup, but I lack the fungibles to buy multiple armies in multiple scales. Figure manufacturers I have bought from include Airfix, Italeri, Strelets, Matchbox, Pegasus, Zvezda and HaT. I recommend checking out a website called 'plastic soldier review'. It does reviews of pretty much every 1/72 plastic soldier in existence with photos & size comparisons.

I have the ability to play on a large table which is nice and I’m looking at playing on something around that 9x5 or larger so hoping I can make O group work as it’s the models that really attract me to the 1/72 scale. The table you have set up seems ideal for a battalion level action with multiple objectives. Even something as simple as a bridge would usually take a battalion to take it like you see at Arnhem bridge. I think COC would be great for recreating raids like Bruneval for instance as that was a company level engagement.

Thank you Phil, quite a compliment given the quality of your work.

Yes and no. Byzantine dromons certainly existed as a type of warship, and are both referenced in historical texts and depicted in illustrations. The 'Lakedaemon', however, is a purely fictitious construct. Since there are no detailed diagrams or extant finds detailing exactly how historical dromons were arranged and arrayed, my model is a rough approximation at best

Thank you, thoroughly appeciate both the kind compliments and critical feedback. A tripod and a proper camera (with post-edit function) are definitely on my immediate wishlist , i have some left-field creative ideas i'd love to share with the wider crafting communities. On the flipside, steadily focused footage would also show up some of the more 'free-form organic' aspects of my construction methods. The dromon was initially intended more as an experiment in possible practical layout than a polished display model. There were details included below deck (eg miliput oarsmen) that ended up completely buried. The main thing is how much I learned about Byzantine warboats in trying to build one. Ps, had i built the Lakedaemon after watching your longship build, fine details like the rigging might've turned out much tidier.

Thanks Phil. The rock formations are a mixture of XPS sculpts and painted stones.

Thanks mate, encouraging. In future i hope to start doing a bit of editing and such so i can present games in a single clip rather than dribs & drabs. Ps DCRB?

@@corvusboreus2072 David C R Brown DCRB for short!😉

@@ruckandmaul5018 ah, clarity descends. I am most honoured, good sir!

"Good Luck, Have Fun". Had to look that one up. Cheers Sven, shall share in support.

Not sure mate. I'll probably strip & rebuild the table this weekend, but past that availability of other parties makes defining the next game-date a bit of a roll of the dice. Meantime I'll keep on dropping other oddment clips (eg a torchlit WW2 bunker tour) onto this channel.

Thanks Greg. Most of the components were scratch-built.

Opinions vary, but thanx for saying so.

Thank you. It was a bit of a test-game of some homebrewed add-on rules for amphibious landings in Ogroup. I've recently posted a series of clips (with commentary) of the follow-up game in this campaign, involving another amphibious landing on the northern side of the island.