BG Pacific Terrain

 Bit of a refresh on the BG Pacific terrain that I originally constructed a while ago using bark nuggets and ballast.

18 December 1972

 Research Page for the USN Efforts during Linebacker II

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Kiss Me Hardy - First time past the headland

So I threw two brigs on the table.  Took KMH, the companion guide for small ships "To Covet Glory", The AGC Movement wheel and table for controlling an AI Ship and some dice.

All laid out ready to go.  This is a 4' 6" x 2' board which I only really used 3'x2' of for this engagement

I had some small playing cards, which were quickly pressed into service

The turning circles were printed on paper rather than card. This let me bend or fold them out of the way when ships were in close proximty

The small ships companion makes small ship v small ship more viable.  Damage was constantly being added. A couple of of errors made, but an enjoyable game

The AI can very aggressive. "Blue" in in a position to deliver a bow rake, if timing is right and they reload quick enough.

One thing that I found was the need to read the narrative in some of the rules a little more as nested strings of rules aren't necessarily that clear (to me anyway)

Basing ships

 I threw these pictures up quickly but didn't put any text around them.

This was to try out some ideas.  The bases are from Fluid3D .  

On top of the base is some Vallejo water effect gel which was spread thinly with a paint brush and just left to dry. It is white until it dries so the picture below is only semi-cured.

For the next one, this is the same gel but has been tinted with some Vallejo Periscope colour.  Same method of application and left to dry.

Now I have seen them both fully cured and on a table, I prefer the plain base as the model stands out slightly more.  So I will probably do the rest in the same manner (and it is easy enough to take the gel off the base and redo the other one if needed).  More lessons identified for the Frigates which are being slowly progressed as I learn techniques using the brigs.