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Operation Market Garden Is A Go

Jul 11 2019 @ 19:36 24 Comments

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brucelea

Really impressive scenery

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oriskany

The grassy fields looked amazing. I was trying to get shots showing the “3D” elements of the table, especially those two Jadgpanthers lurking in wait under those trees … all without knocking the terrain over of course!

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Robert

I got all excited when I saw the track, but no train 🙁

Some lovely scenery on show.

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oriskany

There was a train on the Bolt Action Z table, I think photos are going up tomorrow. 😀

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limburger

I like the tags used to identify soldiers/units.

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oriskany

Those were great. The German force included a Schultz, Klink, and Fegelein. I want to get in on this game just so I can pound on the table.

BRING ME FEGELEIN!

FEGELEIN!
FEGELEIN!
FEGELEIN!

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tmon

Beautiful terrain!

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oriskany

Just in terms of straight-out terrain, this was probably my favorite of the day. I want to try to get back to this table when the game is in progress and maybe get an interview.

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ghent99

Those are great markers and another spectacular table.

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oriskany

I have some more photos of later when the game was actually in progress. I will try to post.

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dominican40k

each soldier with a name wow…

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oriskany

Yep, with some funny ones … Klink, Schultz, Fegelein. 😀

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buggeroff

Spectacular table there and the paint job on the minis is excellent, need more Photos James @oriskany 😉

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oriskany

You got it – More photos were posted in a later blog entry. 😀

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jemmy

That´s very nice. I read Beevor´s “Arnhem” book and the pictures catch something of the atmosphere that ransferred from the book.
Most of my soldiers have names, too. It was quite a lot of fun to make up all those Japanese names. And I´m looking forward to my Russians, 30% of which will probably end up as Ivan thingy-nov/lov or something.

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oriskany

One trick I do for things like that is go to Wikipedia and look up a list. Like: “List of Russian Poets” or some such. This way I get an instant list of “realistic” surnames for a given country or culture, but not obvious military history names that wargamers would instantly recognize.

“Hmm, I like your named force. They’re all Zhukov or Koniev or Rokossovsky or Vatutin or Katukov …”

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zorg

Brilliant work on the tables

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coachjose59

Great table, love it.

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longshotte

Great looking games going on there!

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oriskany

@zorg , @coachjose59 , @longshotte – indeed these tables looked great, this one especially. The long-draw, low-angle shots really bring out the effect of that grass, for example.