Tom's Magazine: kolovoza 2016

ponedjeljak, 22. kolovoza 2016.

Još malo terena pred turnir u Vršcu...

Jako se radujem što organizujem turnir u Vršcu. Sve je skoro spremno, samo još igrači da se pojave. Koristim još koji dan da napravim nešto terena. U jednom naletu inspiracije napravio sam ove srušene kuće i šatore za dva dana.
Voleo bih da napravim jedan teren da podseća na razrušeni Staljingrad. Fale mi neki kultni objekti kao što su fontana, fabrika trakora, železnička stanica ali... Treba nešto da ostavim i za neki naredni turnir...
Za ideje najviše sam koristio BF članak sa sledećeg linka

http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=241&kb_cat_id=24

SRUŠENE BARAKE
Ono što sam ovaj put napravio su srušene radničke barake. Meni je to najtužniji mogući teren. Pošto su barake bile od drveta, posle bombardovanja su potpuno izgorele i od njih su ostali samo dimnjaci. Svojim izgledom Nemce su podsećale na grobove sa nadgrobnim spomenicima pa su ih tako i zvali.

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Ja sam za izradu koristio pravougaonike od špera i nekakve štapiće koji podsećaju na štapiće za sladoled samo su mnogo tanji. Uz to i malo kamenčića, lepak za drvo, neki specijalni posip (miriše kao đon od patika ili ona gumena staza za trčanje) a za dimnjak sam koristio dršku od četkice za zube.

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Prvo sam po ivicama lepio štapiće lepkom za drvo. Lomio sam ih namerno nepravilno, lepio lepkom za drvo. Ovaj put nisam čekao da se suši sloj po sloj nego sam odmah sve lepio.Ostavio sam praznine na mestu gde će doći dimnjak i gde su bila vrata. Uz ivice sam posuo malo sitnog peska koji asocira na pepeo.

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Sledeća stvar bila je da pomoću green stuff-a i super lepka nalepim drške četkice za zube. Od dve četkice dobio sam četiri dimnjaka.

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Na kraju je ostalo da se sve oboji. Dimnjacima sam ucrtao ciglice a drvene delove modela prešao sam sa agrax earthshade-om. Negde sam prešao dva puta. Dodao sam još poneku letvu od šibica. Oko dimnjaka sam zatim stavio posip. Krajnjim rezultatom sam dosta zadovoljan. U jednu kućicu staje 4 srednja postolja pešadije. Tu je pešadija u zaklonu.

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ŠATORI
Druga vrsta terena koji mi fali je pustinjski teren. Da bih ga malo obogatio smislio sam da napravim par šatora. Kod šatora je posao bio još jednostavniji. U pitanju su šatori koji se dobijaju uz razne kineske igračke. Ja sam na internetu kupio tri komada za 1 evro.

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Zalepio sam ih na postolje od balze. Zatim sam celo postolje premazao lepkom za drvo i posuo peskom. Na dva mesta sam stavio figurice poginulih vojnika i poneki kamenčić. Napravio sam od žice i green stuff-a nekakvu zastavu. Na kraju sam sve obojio. Šatore sam dosta senčio i drajbrašovao sve svetlijom sivom bojom. U poslednje vreme to mi baš ide od ruke. Zastava je ispala nekakva mešavine nemačke i norveške zastave ali pošto je u pitanju teren to nije toliko ni bitno. Na kraju sam zalepio poneki žbun. Pesak nisam bojio i mislim da sam dobro uradio.

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Dule

srijeda, 10. kolovoza 2016.

My Cossacks (by Dan Minculescu)

So, ETC finally over, home at last.

After traumatic car troubles (in which we were pushing a 4x4 on the highway emergency track at 01:00 am in the middle of rural Greece) and a miserable first day of singles (one narrow win and two depressing losses), the team tournament went surprisingly well, with 5 wins out of 6 for my fearless Cossacks.

I lost 1-6 to Poland's Michal Jozwiak of Sexy Sixes fame (playing Soviet Tanks), and was able to pick up a trick or two from the Polish cavalry players that were of very good use later.

In the second game, I defeated Nemanja Kacavenda of Serbia (playing Italian Bersaglieri) 4-3 after a very hard fought game in which he pushed me to the very limit.

The third game was easier, against Ahmet Ilpars of Turkey (playing US Mechanized). He was not very experienced (just like we were at our first international tournament), so I could allow myself a tempo which saw a comfortable win with a minimum of stress, 5-2.

The fourth game was the hardest and the most taxing, against Maurus Markwalder of Switzerland, playing British Indian Infantry. The game was very open and we had both very good opportunities to secure the win, but a good roll on a skill check saw my mounted Cossacks deny him the objective, while my KVs secured mine, giving me a very hard fought 4-3 win.

The fifth game saw me pitted against Dave Madigan of New Zeeland, playing German Tanks, and I was all over him in the first round, but some bad dice denied me the chance of a successful charge on his tanks and he managed to hold on the objective. As my attack stalled and hope faded, Lady Fortuna chose to smile on me and the pressure got to Dave who moved his troops off the objective by mistake, thus allowing me to grab the win. No bragging rights about this one, and I truly feel for him, but the point was secured and a 6-1 win.

The last game I played was against Stephen Hughes of Scotland (playing German Mechanized). He was severely handicapped by the scenario and the troops he could field proved no match for the mad rush of mounted and dismounted Cossacks. A series of savage assaults saw guns and Panthers being destroyed and the rest was just waiting for turn six and claiming the 6-1 victory.

All my opponents were great guys and even if some of the games were stressful and tense, I enjoyed every one of them. Poland went on to win the trophy ahead of the US and England, while we placed 17th (out of 22). A fair placing, but one still has the feeling that a better place was definitely in for us, had we been more ruthless. We learned a lot however, both tactically and strategically (I was sadly not very good with the pairings and even if we managed to deny our opponents, I wasn’t able to maximize to our advantage – lessons to be learned here). I want to thank my team mates as well for being supportive and giving their best sometimes under stressful and difficult circumstances.

ETC 2016 is over and now the work begins for 2017. Salamanca is where we aim to impress and hope to break through to become a contender for the Top 10.

Dan Minculescu