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Lifelong wargamer, professional model maker, owner of GameCraft Miniatures

Working on some more terrain boards

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Tonight I started work on 4 more Middle East boards.  I’m making these as generic Middle East boards that can be used for several regions.  I know that some areas in the Middle East are just sand forever and others are hilly or even mountainous, so I’m trying to do something that is desert with a little terrain to break things up a bit.  After all, modern MBTs facing off at 3000 meters across flat sand can be a little boring. …. so a little artistic license is being taken with my terrain boards.

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Playing with myself again (wait, that does not sound right)

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Spent some time tonight in the spare bedroom (AKA, the office, AKA the doggies room) doing some playtesting of my TAC II data and refreshing my old brain on the mechanics of TacForce.

I only played 4 complete turns but in that short time the US troops were geting their asses handed to them.  I was playing both sides, so it had nothing do to do with the players, it was mostly the luck of the dice … it seemed that every time I rolled for the US I got crappy rolls and every time I rolled for the Iraqis I got amazing rolls … that’s just how it goes sometimes I guess.

Here are a few pix (click on em to make em bigger)

Even with all the US units blowing up around her, she slept through the entire battle.

The best antenna material for Micro Armor

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I’ve tried dozens of different things for antennas on micro armor.  Some are too stiff and end up poking fingers, some are too soft and break off, some are too thick and look silly.  I think I’ve found the perfect material.

This is a wire for stringing beads, it’s a very thin steel 7 strand wire that is coated with a very thin plastic coating on the outside.  The overall diameter is .012″ inches, it’s stiff yet flexible and will not break.  A 75′ (23 meter) roll should last a lifetime.

This stuff is tough enough that I can pick up my vehicles by the antenna without worry.

I picked mine up at the local Michaels arts and craft store.  Here is a photo with all the info you will need, including one of those cool scan codes that you can scan with your mobile phone if you have the groovy app.

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Here is what the wire looks like if you strip off some of the plastic coating.