WIP

AS you can see it's all work in progress today. I know I know, we all want to see nice pics of painted figures, but there are times when I just don't get any figures finished enough to show. So Instead of unfinished figures here are the next two compounds for the Afghanistan game. These two are both the same size and one is farther along than the other. There is another started as well, but that is component form at the moment so maybe over the weekend, or beginning of next week. Anyway I have used exactly the same construction methods as last time. (which is grey board for the walls and mount board for the roofs.) I don't plan out the roof levels before I start. Let me be even more honest I just cut the base board, and get a uniform height for the compounds by using the thickest part of my steel "roofers" square. I make the rest up as I go along. So all the roofs and parapet depths are different (and doorways Opps... but they look close enough). I also don't plan the building arrangements either. I don't know, but I do suspect that The Afghan government has other things to worry about than town planning in out laying districts .Like I said I could be wrong

 and If I am I apologise. The last two pics are even less complete than the first two (figures to show scale only). This one will have either one or two further blocks on the left as you look at it, depending on what I feel loos correct at the time. I really do make it up as I go along. The next stage for these two (once the second one gets the left side done) is for me to fill any gaps with ready mixed wall filler. Just so it doesn't look so bodged and all the joints are less obvious. I am sure the paint will help a lot, but as WIP I am quite content. The last pic is them both together. I think on the board I will have a gap between them. If the gap is quite narrow  it

creates quite a game challenge and in real life an ambush possibility. It's not called Ambush Alley for no reason after all.All of which adds to the game. I have not been lax on the painting front either. I have a lot of things started, but as I had a chance to get on the table, construction took priority. With some luck I'll have some painted figures to share next time. Mostly still working on Taliban with a variety of weapons and posses. I have also joined the Ambush Alley Forum (at last) only done a couple of posts on there at the moment just really introducing myself. But we all know I'll start asking odd questions soon.... o idea what yet but something will pop into my head and I just will need it answering. The long term plan is to become a "Pointman" for them in 2013. But that all depends on how well Broadside goes from a game point of view.

Talking of Broadside we are definitely full now. 36 traders, 12 clubs and 24 games. Some of the traders, like crooked dice are putting on games, don't start to think each club is putting on two games. One trader I can think of (Pen and Sword... Cough...) is putting on two games. Reading between the lines I think this means Phil (commissioning editor for P+S) will have a couple of people down running the rules they have recently released. I can't criticise them, as they are helping to sponsor the show this year. Now that we are full we can only put clubs and traders on a reserve list. A bit different from last year when we were taking traders up to the last minute. (2 day before the show was the latest booking). It seems so much easier this time round, which does make me wonder what we've done wrong, there's always something and as long as you know there will be a problem (even if you can't guess what it will be) you can take some measures to solve it. At this stage if I have to guess what it will be I would say something to do with the Flea Market! Only time will Tell.

Anyway that's today's post. Another one on Friday. Thanks for looking and talk again soon, Clint