SAN THEODOROS CAMPAIGN - Deep Ocean Research Centre (DORC)

As part of my fictional TinTin inspired campaign I was thinking of having a few interesting terrain pieces. One idea I had was using elements of the Brigade Models 6mm Deep Ocean Research Centre (DORC) as an offshore facility. I've started painting a few of the sections and I think they should work even though they are a bit sci fi.

SAN THEODOROS CAMPAIGN - Santaero Airlines

In addition to the Russian transport aircraft I also got an F Toys 1/300 YS-11 Japanese Military Transport aircraft. This was painted up to loosely represent the aircraft from TinTin and the Picaros. The inspiration behind the San Theodoros campaign. The aircraft designation 00-AWA is the same as in the story. You can just make it out in the last picture. 

AIRCRAFT - Russian Transport Aircraft

As always after Joy of Six there seems to a period of increased activity on the 6mm CWC front. This year has been no exception, especially allied with the excellent work being undertaken by fellow Cold War Commander Richard C http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.com/2023/07/6mm-terrain-progress.html?m=1

So for a while I have been scouring the t'interweb for suitable Russian transport aircraft to use for VDV airborne drops or troop transport for our CWC games. I managed to get hold of a few Eastern Express 1/288 kits in various states of repair. A couple were still in the box but some had been a bit neglected and needed a bit of work. I picked up two An-30 and two An-72 but all were damaged in some way or another but I could build one good model of each out of them. I'll look to scratch build some bits at a later date to use the remaining two. Also had three An-32 kits in good shape. 

So after painting and building new flight stands with magnets I have a flight of 5 aircraft that can be used on table.

SAN THEODOROS CAMPAIGN - Mounted Special Forces

Neil M, one of my fellow Cold War Commanders, for many years has been running a solo CWC Khemed campaign inspired by the Tintin books. You can check out his latest exploits on his blog https://asandboxinsheffield.blogspot.com/ 

For a while now I have been wanting to do something similar and have been working towards a solo campaign set in San Theodoros. Progress has been very slow for one reason or another but now I have ressurected the project and am working on getting all the bits and bobs finished so I can start the campaign. 

At Sunday's Joy of Six the trade stand was positioned next to Rob F and his 2d6 Wargaming stand and he had some of the new Rhodesian Bush Wars range available and one pack that caught my eye was the Grey's Scouts. Now I don't plan on wargaming the Rhodesian Bush War but I thought these figures would be great to represent some Special Forces on horseback in my campaign. 

So as soon as I got back from Sheffield I started working on the first three bases. I actually bought three packs (36 figures), the remaining figures will probably end up being mounted Los Picaros (a group of freedom fighters led by General Alcazar in the Tintin series).

JOY OF SIX 2023 - Photos

On Sunday I headed over the Peak District to Sheffield to attend my favourite show of the year, the fantastic Joy of Six organised by Baccus. The original plan was to take the trade stand and set up a game with the Cold War Commanders but unfortunately family commitments meant that I didn't have enough time to dedicate to a game. So it was just the trade stand however my fellow Cold War Commanders Richard C and Andy T, assisted by Andy C, Neil M and Ian S did put on a pair of games entitled Prague Summer 1948. One using CWC and the other using TacWW2. Check out http://thelandofcounterpane.blogspot.com/2023/07/joy-of-six-report.html?m=1and https://andysboncingblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/joy-of-six-2023-game.html for excellent reports on the two Cold War Commanders games 

As usual at this event it was busy busy busy! I didn't get as much time as I would have liked to have a wander around but it was great to catch up with some of the other traders and gamers. This year there were some spectacular games and it was a great advert for what can be achieved in 6mm.

Swag 👍

Great show as always 👍 Massive thanks to Peter Berry and his Baccus Team plus all the volunteers for making it such a fantastic show. Thoughts turn to Joy of Six 2024 now....