Terrain. Extra winter roads and trees

 With a really warm and sunny day today I took the opportunity to make the extra winter roads I want for a game at the end of the month . I had also found the missing box of conifers that needed snow scatter adding . 

12 feet with a range of sizes . I had a roll of 50mm wide and 1.5mm thick neoprene that I picked up from Amazon a while ago . This was cut into various sizes . 16, 12, 8 , 6 and 4 with a few oblique ends and some triangle pieces for corner bits.

I ran the hand held sander over it  with a rough grit paper on it . This helps the next stage to adhere 

A mix of decorators caulk and sealant with a brown acrylic craft paint added to it was then spread over the sections and these were left in the sun . I textured it with an old knife handle for some ruts

Once dried after a couple of hours I gave them a spray of a dark brown rattle can and then a dry brush . 

PVA was added to edges and in some places in the middle and the Woodland Scenics Snow scatter was added . I used my spray glue to hit the trees and added the scatter 

Job done . I just need a bit more river stuff sorting for later in May . 

Gaming - the Battle of Orenburg Junction

 Today’s game was a BoB campaign game with the Freikorp attacking the Bolos at Orenburg junction . There are rumours of imperial gold and Comtesse Reynaud plying her wares .i was umpiring with DiscoDave as Bolos , Bob as the Freikorp , and John as the White Cossacks . 

Bobs Freikorp had massed to attack the junction , outnumbering the on table Bolos by 2-1 . 

Freikorp  Here they come 

Train guards and the “secret Comtesse”

Comtesse Reynaud ,, working out where to go .
Having watch Dr Zhivago again recently Julie Christie , AKA the Comtesse will I am sure be a regular in our games 

Bolo Tachanka with Dismounted HMG 

The train is refueling with coal and water - rolls1d6 per activation , needs to get to 16 to move . A 5 , then 1, 1 , 1 4, 4 , means turn 7 before before steam is available.

Bolo infantry arrive 

After turn 3 the Cossack Lancers approach the train.

Bolo cavalry v White regulars .. nasty 

Col Osipov eyes the Comtesse and encourages the train crew 

Time to leave with objective done for Col Osipov’s Whites 

Cracking game . As umpire I managed to keep info from the 3 players and feed stuff into the  game as it  went on . John concentrated on his objective , Bob and Dave fought each other . John won . Bob[s Freicorp wrecked railway works , but not the Cheka HQ . The Bolo defensive fire was brutal at times , the Frei corp will lick their wounds in due course l 

The imperial gold and the Comtesse are back in the White sphere after the Cossacks overwhelmed the train guards and Col Osipov leading from the front he jumped onto the footplate of the loco and persuaded the the driver and fireman to stop the train and move in the other direction . 

The Bolo reinforcements secured the area both the Freicorp and Whites retired , 

A great game was had