Road to Corrivalry pt.1

Sorry for the lack of the updates recently, its been a busy time in the land of the Fez!

Having already booked for the Breakthrough Assault tournament, I somehow got roped into attending Corrivalry too. Given the number of points I am behind on the pledge, I decided that I'll use a different army for each tournament.

Corrivalry (www.corrivalry.co.uk) is on the 8-9 Feb in Daventry, UK. Its a 1650pt tournament, with the option of having two lists with up to 450pts changed between them.

I've been looking forward to running the Irish Guard since Open Fire came out, and it makes a nice change from Axis.

Joe Vandeleur gives re-rolls for the Shermans at short range, so this list is all about taking the fight to enemy. Having the RAF Forward Air Controller gives a wave off range of 12" for the typhoons, as well as re-rolling range in attempts, so I can get some danger close missions in. This first list has more infantry/anti infantry recce. The Bofors have been training at shooting down Rudel.....

If the opponent has a tank list, I'll swap it out for list B:

I lose the Stuarts and the Motor company, but gain universal carriers and those lovely AT15 M10's.

Talking of M10's, they were the first models I tested the new Vallejo Wash's on. They flowed lovely, and even though it looked like it had pooled massively, dried without tide marks. The green really gives a warmth to the PSC British green spray:

Not tried the yellow yet. Review to follow!

Wash on left, bare PSC Brit green spray on right

With flash, if that kind of thing matters...

Back to the paining, more complete pics to follow, once I've gotten the Dom's decals on.

And all the German armour in the world.....

The work pile

The 'Coming soon' pile

Thanks for reading!

2014 begins

Hello, and a happy new year to all!

Its been a rather busy festive season here at the Fez-cave, with many a glorious box unwrapped to find yet more awesome hobby goodness.

So...Many....Toys

A big thank you to all my family and friends who have spoilt me rotten this Xmas. With my birthday a few weeks away, I was pleased when it was suggested that gifts don't count towards the Pledge. Then I realised that painting them wouldn't count either, and the point of the pledge is to reduce what I have, not game the numbers. so here is what it looks like now:

The Hobby Pledge ledger
Conversion rates
28mm fig	1			Total Bought:		208
28mm Vehicle	10			Total Painted:		49
15mm Infantry	2.5			Total:		-159
15mm Vehicle	2
15mm Gunteam	3
PAINTED							BOUGHT
Name	Type	Scale	Amount	Plege worth	Uber pledge		Name	Type	Scale	Amount	Pledge worth
FoW EW FJ	Infantry	15mm	22	55	27.5		FoW easy company	Infantry	15mm	10	25
FoW EW FJ	Gunteam	15mm	8	24	12		FoW Hellcats	Vehicle	15mm	4	8
FoW EW Objective	Gunteam	15mm	3	9	4.5		BA Finns	Infantry	28mm	30	30
FoW bikes/truck	Vehicle	15mm	5	10	5		FoW Grilles	Vehicle	15mm	2	4
					0		FoW 8-Rad	Vehicle	15mm	3	9
					0		FoW 88's	Gunteam	15mm	2	6
					0		FoW Graubner	Vehicle	15mm	2	4
					0		Matildas	Vehicle	15mm	18	36
					0		Churchills	Vehicle	15mm	13	26
					0		Train	Vehicle	15mm	6	12
					0		Zvezda kits	Vehicle	15mm	5	10
					0		LCVP section	Vehicle	15mm	3	6
					0		Winter Fins	Infantry	28mm	32	32

-159

Ouch.

I've not been doing nothing towards this however (the Churchills are all built, sprayed and washed for example), although I have not 'Finished' any particular unit in total, so the numbers are quite bleak.

Having enjoyed the incentive that Warfare tournament gave me to complete an army, I've signed up to not one, but two in February, Corrivalry and Breakthrough Assault. As a sucker for punishment, I'll be using two different armies for these!

This segways nicely into my next topic - 2014 Army Plans

I'll be finishing off my Market Garden Brits and German lists, including the crazy 88's company. With desperate measures likely to feature heavily as well, I'll balance the late war out with Early war German Infantry, Mid Tank, and of course, Brit desert Matilda lists.

For Bolt Action, its Normandy Germans, east Front Estionian SS and Fallschirmjagers, and of course, Winter War Finnish.

Couple that with Dystopian Wars (and Legions!) Prussians, Dindrenzi Planetfall, Infinity Ariadna and 40K Guard/Marines/Nids/Eldar, its going to be a hell of a busy hobby year!

What does this mean for the Blog? Lots of content - I'm hoping to keep a track of all the progress I make, as well as take a closer look at the suppliers and clubs in the Guildford/Surrey area. I'm looking into methods of improving battle reports, as well as better pictures and event coverage.

I hope you'll tag along for the ride!

Fez