Tuesday, 8 November 2011

The dangers of smoking...

A few weeks ago we treated Steve's 'Dad's Army' figures to another outing, again using Jim Wallman's 'Dialogue Game' framework.
The scenario this time was that a Luftwaffe bomber had crashed and the Platoon had been sent to search for the crew.  The platoon was split into 3 sections and wile Capt. Mainwairing oversaw the inspection of the aircraft, Jones searched the village and Sponge the local farms.
Steve's rather impressive 'crashed' 1/48th scale He111, with Mainwairing, Wilson and Pike in attendance.  The photos aren't great as I forgot my camera and had to resort to the Blackberry.
Walker tries to steal one of the geese - and has his cigarette stolen by the goose instead!
Sponge's section arrested an Italian POW working as a farm labourer.  He was clearly up to no good...
Mainwairing is surrounded by angry geese while Sgt. Wilson tries to find a way into the 'plane and Pike offers to 'fill it full of lead'.  Stupid boy.
A mystery ambulance arrives - under the control of a nasty Nazi!  But he is soon overpowered.
Two of the Luftwaffe's finest on the run - just before they surrendered.
The finale came just after the last Germans surrendered when the goose which had stolen Walker's (lit!) cigarette strayed a little too close to a pool of petrol under the Heinkel...
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13 comments:

  1. peter8 November 2011 at 20:19

    Nice report and pictures Tim! Thanks for sharing!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  2. Beccas8 November 2011 at 21:44

    I'm impressed. Great looking game.

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  3. Paul9 November 2011 at 05:59

    Rather splendid report and photos.

    Well done

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  4. Conrad Kinch9 November 2011 at 21:45

    Nice layout - I've considered something similar in 20mm.

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  5. Tim Gow9 November 2011 at 23:11

    Peter
    Thanks. It kept half a dozen of us entertained for a couple of hours and gave employment to Steve's lovely toys.

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  6. Tim Gow9 November 2011 at 23:12

    Beccas
    It was certainly very photogenic. And fun. Job done!

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  7. Tim Gow9 November 2011 at 23:13

    Paul
    The crashed He 111 is a stunner - complete with bullet holes! It's a major terrain item in it's own right.

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  8. Tim Gow9 November 2011 at 23:15

    Conrad Kinch
    That would certainly be my preferred option, but since Steve has already put the work in with his 28mm toys it's nice to get some use out of them.

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  9. Anonymous11 November 2011 at 02:42

    Interesting game- the German 'plane is lovely.

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  10. Tim Gow11 November 2011 at 17:57

    spproject blog
    The He111 is a 1/48 scale kit which Steve built as a wreck - the detail - down to individual bullet holes - is amazing.

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  11. Arthur12 November 2011 at 12:38

    Hi

    Neat and entertaining, thanks.

    I guess their goose was cooked...

    Regards

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  12. Tim Gow12 November 2011 at 15:43

    Arthur
    I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone came out with that sort of fowl language...

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  13. Chris Kemp21 September 2020 at 22:07

    "Sergeant Wilson. Go and find out what Pike is doing ... and tell him to stop it!"

    Top rate eye-candy.

    Regards, Chris

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