Happy New 2020, now entering an unprecedented third year.
I'm really supposed to be working on a regiment of French line chasseurs à cheval at the moment, but I promised my friend DF (aka the dastardly Baron von Driberg) that we would fight a battle, so most of the weekend was spent working on my new system of vinyl tile terrain pieces.
The tiles, which were all a foot square and came in any colour I wanted as long as it was black, were picked up from my local tip for about 5p per tile. I bought a hundred of them. I wasn't at all sure how well they would respond to paint, but as they were pretty solid affairs and a mere 2mm thick I thought it would be worth a try.
Seen below, using some very basic Thomas-the-Tank-Engine/Brio-style geometry, is what I did with a few of them:
The scenario we're to fight is the very first 'Table TopTeaser' by the late Charles Grant, which appeared in Battle for Wargamers magazine in February and March 1978. I was only eleven back then. The battle is to be fought next weekend.
A battle report will appear in due course, but before then I may also have a test chasseur ot two to show off.
Adieu, and wish me luck (on both counts),
WM
