More New Toys for VSF

 Oh Dear!

I've picked up various new toys for my ever-expanding VSF collection!

Firstly a couple of new buildings from TT Combat. These are actually intended for WW2 France, but I though with an appropriate colour scheme they should fit in with my Streets of Venice stuff.

I wanted to dress up some of my buildings to give them more of a VSF buzz, but I still want to use my Venice set-up for Fantasy or Historical games, so I don't want anything permanently attached. I'd already got some gas lamps and postboxes for the streets and a set of power generators from Frontline. I then discovered a German company, Ziterdes, who produce some supeb resin bits and pieces at a very reasonable price.

And a close-up of one of the sets.

Finally I've started work on a new faction, can you guess what it will be?

I found the boats on Ebay (seller  https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/actualsizeminiatures). They are reasonably detailed resin hulls with 3d printed weapons and fittings. The boats are intended for WW1 Africa, but do the job nicely for late Victorian/VSF. The launch is a motorboat, but I will add in one of Ashio Models' nice little upright boilers and turn it into a steam launch. That came with a stern mounted maxim, but the seller also does a nice set of Gatling guns so I'll swap them around. I will magnetise the weapons so I can remove them when in storage, to save in breakages.

The naval ratings are from Tiger Miniatures and the boarding party from Ironclad.

VSF Street Fighting

 Colin and I have been playing regular games whilst waiting for the Tring Wargames Club to reopen and have been experimenting with converting IHMN companies to Wolsung. Here are some pictures from our latest pitting Colin's newly painted British against my dastardly Ottomans!

The shiny new British.

The dastardly Crescent Moon Ottomans.

The table layout.

The British Walker advances.

Being able to see over the wall, it sprays my Hassassin with gatling gun fire.

Rifle bullets just ping off it's steel plates.

But whilst the British are distracted, they do not see the Ottoman positioning himself on a nearby rooftop.

The Ottoman Bashi drops to the ground under a hail of pistol fire from the British Captain.

But leaps to his feet and rushes the British officer and the two exchange pistol shots over the barrels.

The Ottoman marksman takes careful aim and a bolt of lightening from his arc rifle strikes the British Walker.

The steel contraption grinds to a halt as flames spring from the cabin.

A fun game and a narrow win for the Ottomans!