Yep, it has been nearly a year since my last post.
I haven't been completely idle, but it may look like that.
There have been some family issues that have necessarily distracted me from the blog and modelling.
I have still been pondering my battle generator.
I've develop something call Strike Points to try and represent those operational level decisions about air deployment - defense, ground attack and interdiction - and rocketry strikes - attacks on HQs, communications (road, rail and radio) and forces. The key thing is the integration with the Force point idea. I seem to have some disparate mechanisms for managing force strengths and responses to shock and thus battlefield availability, and I'd like to 'possibly' streamline this and use a consistent mechanism. That integration has prove difficult so far.
I've have been painting up a storm.
This is my painting station over the summer while I was house sitting. I think that I processed nearly 600 models, though I have still to base them. Another big task.
I've painted:
- the Canadian Brigade in Europe;
- A Soviet Motor Rifle Division;
- Numerous Air Defense, Engineering and Bridging units for most combatants;
- Desert forces;
- More British, Soviet (Airborne) and US (Merdec and NATO 3 Colour) forces;
- Undercoated a French Armoured Division and various US forces (Army and Airborne)
I also tried to get some gaming in. Didn't succeed at that as I spent so much time painting.
So, I'm still here. The proposed aim of the Blog is still intended. Sometimes things don't flow easy. I'll get there.
Cheers
Martin
