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oblask of oobleckistan oblask of oobleckistan concerning the oblask of oobleckistan the oblask of oobleckistan is a fictional country created for the purpose of diversion and amusement it lies somewhere in the neighborhood of the caucasus perhaps on the shores of the black or caspian seas in ancient times it was fought over by the achaeans and the trojans alexander s macedonians and the romans passed through during the 18th century it was at the meeting point of three great powers the russians the ottoman turks and the persians in the 21st century it is one of a number of breakaway republics of the former soviet union followers blog archive 2015 1 january 1 so i took a little vacation 2011 9 january 9 2010 2 april 1 february 1 2009 8 august 1 july 1 june 6 about me dave i enjoy outdoor recration and travel as well as indoor pursuits like painting and reading i live on a small hobby farm in the country with a variable number cats 2 daughters and my wife view my complete profile monday january 19 2015 so i took a little vacation four years maybe isn t even a little vacation in that time i have done very little wargaming my heart just wasn t in it i am back now tidying up the last details on those austrians now i have finally ordered some french to go with them russians and ottomans will likely follow in due course i have a feeling that the oblask is going to settle in the napoleonic period for a while this being primarily due to the fun i had playing lasalle at the local club it is a set of rules that make playing fun for me none of the 18th century rules i tried quite clicked for me in the same way being now in the era of the corsican ogre my austrians will stand in very nicely for the oblask sandwiched between the russians and the ottomans with france eyeing the rich cucumber fields as well after all if france can venture as far afield as egypt why not oobleckistan the other reason for using austrians besides already having them is that i quite like the look of the army on the painting front i nearly panicked when i saw what the dip did to my figures blotchy dark and shiny this despite getting satin finish luckily after matte varnish and flocking they look much better now grimy worn smoke besmirched in the midst of battle instead of parade ground fresh and eager posted by dave at 12 04 pm no comments monday january 31 2011 i m not going to make it so it has become quite clear to me that there is no way i am going to get the whole lot painted by sunday i now have basic uniform colours roughly blocked in but that is as far as it is going to get painting an entire army at once can lead to burn out very quickly even with 6 different cavalry and 4 different infantry uniforms to paint i am definitely looking forward to getting back to the 18th century my soon to be 11 year old daughter has expressed an interest in playing so it s back to the age old question of scale and rules again who knows i might even skip the gnw and advance to the syw either that or the various russo turkic wars or the lovely new 15mm caucasian range coming out in support of fogr a rule set i have no strong interest in but oh those lovely figures posted by dave at 10 46 am 1 comment wednesday january 19 2011 panic in detroit now the icy fingers of fear begin to clutch the only thing worse than not getting my figures has happened i got my figures a not insubstantial package loaded with troops 6 units of cavalry two of them large and 6 units of infantry 5 of them large as well 12 cavalry to a regular unit 18 to a large i hate painting horses but this is almost bearable only 84 flea bitten nags to do it s the bleeding infantry that scares me almost 200 of them to deal with 192 plus the casualties i neglected to order before at least my bases have shipped so after prep prime and paint i can face the joy of 66 bases to do before game time who needs to eat or sleep or breathe not me i have troops to paint and base and posted by dave at 3 34 pm 3 comments friday january 14 2011 making progress but am i on schedule as of tonight i have two batteries of atillery painted and ready for base flocking jager and grenzer skirmishers are base coated and will recieve detailing and hopefully flocking tomorrow 2 our of 4 sets of command figures are on their bases and all are base coated waiting on bases from litko to finish the limbers for the artillery and to base the other 2 subcommanders my line infantry and cavalry are still listed as pending and i realize i forgot to order casualty figures no panic yet infantry and cavalry don t begin to appear on the schedule until monday and i have almost a week s cusion at the end since i have to order some casualties anyway i am going to plump for some gnw russians or ottomans along with them posted by dave at 2 11 pm no comments tuesday january 11 2011 now istanbul not constantinople well it s nobody s business but the turks just like a typical wargamer one project is barely begun and i am thinking about the next one in this case it is the next combatant in oobleckistan looking to stay with horse musket this year there is some nice modern kit out there but h m first i have decided that ottomans make a good choice the oblask has always set on the frontiers of the ottoman empire and ottomans look very similar over a time period stretching from the late renessance to the early 19th century kurushan miniatures has announced eastern ren figures in 15mm drool baccus 6mm are promising us at long last 6mm ottomans and i have a napoleonic austrian army in progress in need of opponents it all points to my need for ottomans besides i have a bunch of gnw russians waiting to be based i figure if i base to a 40mm frontage i will be good for most rulesets and will have a multi period army to boot i am still debating starting 28mm armies for the c18 they would look smashing it s just that i really prefer painting the smaller figures time will tell on that as for the buildings i wrote about a post or two ago i have a couple built up now and they don t look as bad as i had feared next to the figures i ll grant that 18mm figures are pretty close to looking in the second story windows but if a base represents a large group of men the effect is livable they would look quite out of place in a skirmish game though posted by dave at 7 59 am 1 comment monday january 10 2011 pioneers today my order from scale creep arrived with pioneers lots of them and dick turpin at the crossroads this latter is not really for the oobleckistan project at least so far as i know but it sounded cool when i get him painted a picture will of course appear allong with pioneers i recieved the fantassin austrian general and adc these complete my command roster 1 cinc and 3 subcommanders on to the subject at hand the pioneers i was for the most part ordering blind the fantassin ones are huge 4 big hulking lads with axes are in the pack one or two of them on a base and i have a very good marker pack kn 28 the others i ordered from hallmark packs mc 1 and ae25 and despite searching could find no pictures to guide me these are an entirely different order of men compared to the fantassin they are tiny not on the same base not in the same unit probably not in the same army maybe not even on the same table tiny the sculpting is well up to hallmark s usual fanastic standard these men are individuals some are balding some thin some stocky great stuff the men are all in shirtsleeves as befits labourers at work save for one armoured supervisor there is a nicely done coat on a post piece included in the pack a fun touch the men are equiped with a variety of shoves and rakes and implements of destruction one man is driving his shovel into the ground another has a spadefull of earth he is about to fling there is a wheel barrow loaded with earth and two more of the same empty the shirts have lace collars and look like the in famous poofy shirt of seinfeld fame so i judge the men to be late 17th or early 18th century but could pass for earlier or later with a bit of file and putty work or just appropriate painting i am quite pleased with the lot and what doesn t get used for napoleonics in the thirty days project sold or traded to other members of my club will be painted and used for 18th century gaming indeed i will probably order more of these so as to do a large scale seige game with proper sappers posted by dave at 10 06 am 1 comment sunday january 9 2011 brown and grey and blue besides no i have not suddenly turned into peter frampton rather i have begun painting the artillery park and the skirmishers arrived yesterday along with marshall ney napoleonic austrians are definitely not all white there s all those colourful unit facings actually grenzers and jagers are not white at all but brown and grey and blue besides so for that matter are the artillery crew they do have white paints though i have discovered a couple of new bits of knowledge concerning napoleonic austrians the first is they had a terrible record could this be due to wearing high visibility white uniforms second the artillery included a large proportion of handlangers whose job it was to manhandle the guns they wore the same uniform as the gunners but with light blue instead of red facings get how i am painting all those guys with trail spikes the third thing i have learned about austrian artillery concerns painting them my ochre paint stinks really it is an old bottle polly scale model railroad colour and it has a distinct aroma i also realized i forgot to order extra guns to place behind the limbers not a big problem a 4 horse limber eats up enough base size as is i can always place a gun base turned backwards behind the limber base much though i love impedimentia i am not ordering amunition wagons etc yet still looking forward in anticipation to the arival of infantry and cavalry posted by dave at 5 04 am 1 comment older posts home subscribe to posts atom