Renedra – The Wargaming Erratic

Season of scenery progress

Well having reached a dead stop on the Italian hill town I have progressed some other items.

Renedra gabions have been sat in a box for years probably since 2017!

Likewise the Renedra pontoon bridges – two packs. However the earthwork to the right dates to the 1970’s !!!!!!

Two bellona injection moulded artillery positions I bought back in the 1970’s and somehow could never part with. They’re still not done either…….

Two resin artillery positions date from the late 1970’s with the medieval bombard marked MJB1976?

Primer was brush applied Vallejo white, I don’t spray – hate the activity

High street sample pot by johnstones gave me an ideal base coat to test out contrast paints. The bombard is hiding just behind the pot. At least I have not lost it.

I have quite a few of the browns in the citadel contrast range.

Skeleton horde worked just right for my timber pontoon bridge

Fireslayer flesh worked a treat over an orangey brown for woodwork on artillery position

Warp lightning gave a vibrant cover to some plain green undercoat on the artillery position

Gore grunta fur gave a darker result over the coffee undercoat for these gabions

Well its proved to be a good investment in the scenery season so far.

Not sure what else will get done.

Across the Weser in ‘67

Stokes at grand duchy of stollen reminded me of the battle of sittangbad with his recent post about wanting to solo game it.

The narrative battle in Charge or how to play wargames was the climax of the book which included a ruleset and some fabulous armies.

The battle was a rearguard action fought to enable valuable stores to be moved across a river via a pontoon bridge in the face of the enemy.

It’s always been a go to scenario for me and not having a suitable bridge I have in the past simply gamed without one or indeed the great river Weser: Off scene so to speak.

Stokes’ post was about creating a suitable bridge for his refight and that neatly fitted into my season of scenery trawl which had dredged up some Renedra pontoon bridges still in their bags from many years ago along with a few unmade gabions by the same company.

Here is Stokes post.

http://grandduchyofstollen.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-bridge-to-future.html?m=1

The book was all in black and white (except for the cover) which is how I always remember the battle.

Mind you the covers even today are compelling!