Boxing Clever

I needed something to fill up the space in a warehouse \ factory I was planning for a scenario, something a bit different to the ubiquitous oil drums. I was watching some cop show on the TV and they got to the inevitable fight scene, and then I saw it – cardboard boxes!

They get everywhere. People hide behind them, get thrown into them, and no car chase is complete without driving through at least one of them.

So inspired, I googled “scale cardboard box” and got this useful link

If you would prefer to design your own they are simply four squares or rectangles plus some tabs to allow you to glue.

I rescaled them to 50% so that eight would fit to a sheet of A4 and printed them out onto coloured card, then quickly cut them out and scored along the edges

You can stack them if you wish, and although only thin card, once based they are pretty robust.

Next I’m planning on designing some of my own with different logo’s, and also getting some different coloured card to break them up a bit.

The end result. As you can see you can leave them fairly rough , stack them neat or as a jumble, you can even crush a few if that fits your need.

The Hungry Doctor

Another side project is Dr Who and the associated 7TV rules - a nice little game engine there. Here is my conversion of the Master as played by John Simms. Figure is by Hasslefree - surprisingly hard to find someone dressed casually in a hoodie - with a spare hand and sonic screwdriver

and the "real thing"

7TV Wheely Evil Genius

I may have mentioned a while ago I am building a cast for 7TV based on Big Trouble in Little China.

Here is the Evil Mastermind himself David Lo-Pan, in his "little old letch" avatar. Still a work in progress - doesn't look chinese enough for a start, but I'm struggling to get him right. In the film he has an electric wheelchair but this is supposed to be him in the 1930s so it is hand pushed - thats my excuse, mainly as I couldn't find anything suitable. The figure is from the excellent Bob Murch's Pulp Miniatures range

Ongoing Projects

I have a series of ongoing projects which I will detail here, mainly to provide comfort to similar souls who have too much unpainted toy soldiers and not enough time, so here in no particular order..............

Battlefront WW2 (Fire & Fury) in 15mm
Still the best Battalion level WW2 game out there, and much beloved here in the Kommisar House. I have a number of 15mm projects either stalled or making slow progress. I'm building up a couple of Manoeuvre Elements (ME's in BFSpeak, or Companies in English) using the rather nice Zvezda 1:100 Art of Tactic plastic models for the Blitzkrieg period, with the aim of doing a Panzer Battalion for France 1940 that can also double up with some replacements to be used in Russia in 1941. Then there is the much delayed Cromwell Squadron, and the other "Funnies" to finish the Breaching Team, and the Recce Squadron.....

.....and the Katyusha Battery (more Zvezda, with some Peter Pig crew). This one is pretty much 95% done, but has been for over a year.

Moving away from the figures and stuff, I have two outstanding scenarios to finish, Operation Clipper, which is a full on Regimental attack scenario, and The White House, a follow up to a scenario I wrote re the assault on the Administrative Building at Stalingrad

Phew this is cathartic :-)

Then I have some stuff to paint for Chain of Command. I have to finish up some British support options - mainly a 6Pdr and crew from Valiant Miniatures and some Rapid Fire \ Ready to Roll Universal Carriers. Then I have a platoon or so of German infantry, and then a US Platoon, and finally a platoon of Finns from the Baker Company Winter War Kickstarter. I'm sure more of that will come later.

Dropzone Commander
My current priority is to get some more games of DZC played and finish painting my Scourge Army. My UCM Army is about done, at least until the next new toys arrive...

I really like DZC. The pace and urban setting are so unlike other games, and the models are very nice

Impetus - 28mm Ancients
Not a lot to do here ;0) Finish my Hussites - these need another 4 war wagons painting, and some crew (memo to self get some female Hussites from Kingmaker Miniatures). Then the Thracians. These started out well just after Christmas and I got 31 of the target 100 painted, but then distraction has set in. We have a tournament in November that these guys are entering so I may have to revive that particular production line. Then finish my War of the Roses "Uncle Dicky" army - basically add another 100 points or so

7TV
We like the lunacy that 7TV creates. My cast is based around the bad guys from Big Trouble in Little China. Currently got enough basic Wing Kong thugs painted, plus a version of David LoPan as my villain. I have another Avatar of LoPan to paint, plus some serious Martial Arts guys. Then I need to build the warehouse that acts as a cover for their underground secret lair.............

So as you can see I'm pretty busy, or rather I have a lot of plans. Just about all the lead needed for everything mentioned is bought and currently resting gently. If I can complete a couple of these projects by the year end I think I will be content.

Unless of course something else grabs the attention of my butterfly like mind..............

Cheers