An update on the Unified Field Theory (UFT)

Here are some photos of my "flavored" terrain pieces in their current condition, all 102 pieces.

An overall shot covering most of the 4' x 9' of the total 4' x 12' playing surface.  That is a piece of brown marine vinyl under the pieces.

 

 Some 'blonde' grass on temporarily green painted bases - 16 pieces.

 Then the 'tall' green grass, some on finished pieces and some in process with only the sand glued on - 12 total pieces.

 The 30 blank pieces that have just been spray painted brown, probably will give a couple or a few colors of fake fur added.  Very likely I will add some additional pieces, at least six, so that there are no fewer than 12 pieces for any 'flavor'.

 This is the late spring or summer grass, the farthest from the camera finished and the closer ones just with the green spray paint (rushed into service for a game last year, maybe even longer than that), 16 pieces.

 This would be the late summer into fall grass, 16 pieces.

 This is the 'tall' brown grass, 12 pieces.

Eventually, all of the pieces will be textured like this one with my 8 colors of paint layered on.  Blends pretty well with any season (winter is not a season in my gaming world!).

I welcome ideas for elements I can add to increase the diversity of my flavoring pieces.  Just remember, this is for use with my collection which is all 15 or 18 mm figures and stops circa 1900 and doesn't really get into ancient times - oldest are Vikings, newest are Boxers, might extend to WWI German East Africa.

Delayed Progress and Changes Opening Up

So, it's been a while - and I don't even know if I've mentioned this here on this blog or not, been a bit of a blur in many ways - but one of the big sources of delay in forward progress on many hobby fronts was my mom being diagnosed with dementia in 2013 and my being actively involved in her care and especially in managing her affairs since that time.  Well, this past January she passed away after a very long life.  I don't say this to seek any sympathy - she will be missed but death is part of life and her time came.  The point to be made here is that once all of her affairs are settled, there is a very good chance of a lot more progress on many of my too many hobby projects.  This may help some understand why a lot of posts seem excessively delayed in moving forward.  Not to say I've been idle on the hobby front, I've bought in most of what I will be acquiring, mostly just buildings and a few critters to get in and maybe an odd bit here and there.  There is still that bug-a-boo of too many projects, however.

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More Photos...and more...and more...

Well, if there are too many photos, people asked for "lots" of photos.  And I'm still cheating.  These are not photos from the game but from the 'after-game' photo shoot.  Hopefully, there will be something viewers appreciate.

Natives skirting a forest.

Natives about to burst out on an opponents flank.

Higher command native stands - the 'generals'?

More natives, the two larger stands to the front are the unit command stands.

More.

And even more.

That is Nathaniel waving his hat with Chingotchkook and Uncas (sp?) behind him.

Here is a longer shot where they are waving the rangers forward.

A "Hawkeye" view?

Some special appearances by some specialty figures, closer shots and more of them following.

No fort for the ladder climbers but here they are climbing a tree. Go figure.

A ladder carrier team, three of them painted up and ready to go.

The torch bearers.  Need to re-glass the flames after the dull coating.

A game of lacrosse, anyone?

The battering ram team.  Fun figures to add to the collection.

We interrupt the native program for some victimization - um, unarmed civilians on display.  There are a couple of casualty stands in this and the following group.

Civilian group number two, European descent of course.

Before I rolled up the ground cloth I added another table and just took a 'bare' shot.  I do plan to make a few changes to reduce those 'seam' lines, easier to see in the image below.

There will be photos - or there were photos above? - with this same setup but without the guns.  There are two in the image above.

One gun, four crew (two each on two bases).  A 6 pounder or a 3 pounder, I think the latter.

Not the best focus but a howitzer.

Another gun shot - with the French this time.

Closer gun.

Dang, another out of focus howitzer.

Native villagers group one, '30' folks - though some are babes in arms so not that many castings.

Village number two, 29 folk - and a dog.  Can you find it?

These six stands are for when I add in Hero and Villain element to my rules - includes the Hawkeye stand.

A shot of guns on each end of a provincial company.

Rangers - duplicated somewhere here?   Did I say a lot of photos.

I believe that is La Reine.

Companie Franche de la Marine to the front, Canadian militia to the rear.

Another shot.

If this is La Reine, then the one above was the CFdlM in winter uniform.

A closer shot, a little, of the militia.

 Coureur du bois skirting the woods.

Some more natives in the woods not far from the CdB.

 An overhead of both of the above.

 A long shot.

I'm sure this is a duplicate but I'm leaving it for the moment.

 Highland grenadiers.

 Highlanders - without bearskins.

Blue coated provincials - Virginia regiment, Jersey Blues at need.

 A yellow/buff coated provincial regiment, probably from New York.

And a green coated regiment of provincials, Pennsylvania.

And that's enough for now.  Whew!