Spielbericht: Chain of Command, Abessinien Mai 1939

Am Freitag traf sich unsere kleine Chain of Command Gruppe wieder einmal auf ein Spiel für unser fiktives Setting in Abessinien (das heutige Äthiopien). Mai 1939, Mussolini´s Italien hat Albanien überfallen, um seinen Einfluß auf dem Balkan auszudehnen. Für Großbritannien und Frankreich ist nunmehr...

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Abyssinia Crisis: SEAMAG 20mm AA-Gun

Another option is completed - a 20mm SEMAG AA gun with 2 crew and an NCO/Junior Officer.Since my platoon lacks real firepower especially against armored targets, this will be one of the most important options, I guess - whether this is so, the games with my Abyssinians will show, who will mostly have...

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Abyssinia Crisis: Mehal Sefari - Leader, MMG team and more support options

My platoon Mehal Safari is slowly but surely approaching completion - today the Amsa aleqa (leader 2nd Half-Platoon), the Meto aleqa (leader of the platoon) and as first options a flag bearer, a much needed MMG team and a Ferenghi (no, not a character from Star Trek - it simply means stranger/foreigner...

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Abyssinia Crisis: Mehal Sefari, 4th Section, 2nd Half-Platoon

The 4th section is finished and therefore the platoon is almost complete now, just the leader of the 2nd half platoon and the platoon leader itself are still missing.The 4th section contains again a lMG option - 2 of the 3 figures are converted from Italian Askari, the 3rd figure is a mix of a body...

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Abyssinia Crisis: Mehal Sefari, 3rd Section, 2nd Half-Platoon

With the 3rd section (2nd Half-Platoon) completed, the platoon of my Mehal Sefari for Chain of Command is nearing completion, because I'm already painting the 4th and thus for the time being the last section.The 2 missing NCO's will follow and then I can start working on the first options of the army...

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Using a drying break: Self made bushes and flower-tufts and converting the crew for the MMG for the Mehal Sefari

While the last matte coat of the 3rd section for my Abyssinian platoon is drying, I used the time yesterday to turn a few more tufts of grass into flowers or flowering bushes and to rebuild the crew for the MMG team. For the shrubs, this time I also tested some more muted colors meant for tree foliage...

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