Turning Japanese Part Two
I had originally intended to just put the following in a postscript to the last article on Lard Island News, but on reflection I thought it might be of some interest, when linked in with the last Oddcast, to just...
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I Think I’m Turning Japanese…
I really think so! Well, not me if I am honest, but my Jump Off Points. Playing a rather spiffing game set in Malaya last night, our third playtest for the Far East, I was somewhat embarrassed not to have...
Anyone for Tennis?
As part of the build project for the Far East, I recently put together a very nice Sarissa Colonial bungalow which will sit on the outskirts of my fictional outpost of Palang Karang. However, I did feel that the poor...
Battalion HQ. Lard Island News Talk to Dave Brown
As some readers of Lard Island News may know, Dave Brown has been ensconced in Schloss Reisswitz working away producing his new World War 2 rules system. Now that playtesting is at an advanced stage, Lard Island News sent one...
TFL Award Winning Sale Announced
Some things, they say, are worth celebrating and for us on Lard Island there can be no greater reason for popping the odd cork than winning two of the hobby’s most coveted awards; the wargames Illustrated Award for the...
A Jungle Update
Things have been a bit quiet here recently, suggesting (possibly) that I have been lagging behind with the Jungle build project. In fact nothing could be further from the truth; we have been ploughing on but some steps in the...
This Jungle is Rubbery…
With the big jungle bits done, the bamboo complete, some native residencies finished and the low level jungle on the way, my thoughts turned to the next phase of the project, where I want to make some colonial buildings for...
Bamboo. A Pleasant Surprise
There are some aspects of terrain modelling that come as a surprise; sometimes for good reason, sometime for bad. I usually find this occurs when I am over confident, I rush things and they go wrong. But sometimes stuff you...
The Jungle is Unveiled but with some Words of Banana Warnings
Well, it is done. At least the first tranche of my jungle is complete. Since the last post when I got the undergrowth in place I have added all of the low standing vegetation. When everything was in place I...
Yes, We Have No Bananas…Yet
A couple of days absence due to LOTS of work being done rather than none, but this has largely been boring paint slapping work on the jungle and a horrendous experience with a new project, banana groves. In the spirit...
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