On the Workbench: US Airborne

 The US Airborne for the 505 PIR is now complete and is the subject of the next game.

All figures are of the new Heroics & Ros range and the orders of battle are taken from the Rapid Fire 'Market Garden' supplement. This represents the full regiment of 3 battalions.

I have covered this in previous blogs but a reminder here on converting RF orbats to BKC. It is relatively straight forward with each stand representing one platoon. With regard to the number of figures it is roughly RF + 50%. Or a ratio of 1:10. For vehicles the ratio is 3 in BKC for every 2 in RF. No change for artillery.

On the Workbench: Rorkes Drift

The start of a short series of "On the Workbench" covering painting and modelling undertaken over the past few months.

I will begin with completion of Rorkes Drift which signals the end of the preparation phase of this project and the action is now ready to be played.

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Gettysburg: Turns 25 - 26

 The Round Tops

The Union have now formed 2 clear lines to defend the Union southern flank. The single heroic battery in the upper middle of the photo suffered heavy casualties from rifle fire but once again pumped a round of canister into another Confederate brigade, this time that of Wright from Anderson's Division. The casualties it inflicted took the brigade past the 50% dispersal morale check point which it failed and dispersed from the field.  

In the foreground, the rallied Graham's Brigade, and the only survivor of Birney's Division, stood its lonely ground and fired into the advancing Confederates.

The loss of Wright's Brigade generated a divisional morale check for Anderson's Division which it failed. The division will retire broken in the next turn which is bad news indeed for the Confederates. This consists of troops in the upper middle and right of the photo which were to have provided the main thrust towards Cemetery Ridge.

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Gettysburg: Turns 19 - 24

 The Round Tops

Turn 19. The Confederate brigade of Kershaw supported by Barksdale's Brigade, charges the brigades of Tilton and Burbank (middle left of photo). Burbank has recoiled prior to impact but the small brigade of Tilton (just 12 surviving figures) receives the charge. In the ensuing melee Tilton is destroyed but has prevented Kershaw from inflicting more damage for the time being at least.

Elsewhere, fire is exchanged with troops on Little Round Top. 

Newton's Division continues to snake their way to the front.

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