2025 End of Year Review

2025

This last year I have continued to plod along with my various periods and projects, as always moving back and fore to keep things fresh and prevent stagnation setting in.

All 20mm

Tanks & vehicles - 12

Guns, trailers & small vehicles (Jeeps, cars, etc) - 6

Foot figures - 137

Mounted figures - 4

Small batches of terrain - 6

Buildings - 4

As in past years my main plan and aim has been to design, write and play at least one game per month. during 2025 I actually managed thirteen (13) games, I`m pretty content and pleased with this.

The Games

SCW - 2

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/12/defending-toledo-scw-september-1936.html

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/11/trijueque-march-1937-scw.html

Mexican Revolution - 2

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-second-battle-of-carrizal-mexican.html

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/09/atapec-mexican-revolution-game.html

Syria/Lebanon 1941 - 1

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/09/mezzeh-syria-june-1941.html 

Tunisia - 2

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/07/hir-moussa-tunisia-19th-january-1943.html 

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/01/advance-to-zaghouan-may-1943.html

Italy WW2 - 2

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/06/german-counter-attack-at-rocchetta.html

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/06/goumier-in-italy-scenario.html

NWE - 3

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/06/goumier-in-vosges.html 

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/04/prummern-november-1944.html

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/04/prummern-2.html

Rif War - 1

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-defence-and-evacuation-of-sidi-dris.html 

 

Country Cottage

Country Cottage

Last piece for the year

Another cheap bootfair find (1 Euro), I think it was another one of those Belen items (traditional Christmas scenes) which appear in shops at this time of year. Simple construction of cork board with a corrugated cardboard roof, a bit beaten about, but I saw the potential.

I stripped the roof and replaced it with some plastic pantile, then gave the whole thing a new paint job and added some bushes - cheap, cheerful, but it`ll do for my Mediterranean Theatre games at a fraction of the cost of a purpose built building.

I`ve placed a few SCW figures in the photos for scale

 

Bunkers

Bunkers

These are resin come as a set from Anyscale Models - https://anyscalemodels.co.uk/ 

I`ve bought stuff off them before, their service in the UK is excellent, their terrain stuff is very reasonably priced. 

These will feature in a couple of games I`m designing for the New Year

I`ve experimented with camouflage and flock to vary the look

Bunker 1

       With an Elheim German for scale

Italeri LMG team

Bunker 2

Bunker 3

Bunker 4

A few trucks and figures for scale

Shell Craters

Shell Craters

Second batch of terrain/filler items.

A mixed batch of shell craters, these are 3D prints from John Banks https://www.facebook.com/JbWargamming scaled down to 20mm for me.

                    I`ve based them on pieces of clear acrylic, before a dark grey undercoat, then a simple paint job with a light dusting of sand.

A few 20mm Regulares just for scale

Two large calibre craters (one double)

Three medium craters

Eight smaller craters 

The whole lot together

Scatter Terrain

Scatter Terrain

I`m sure I`m like everyone else reading this and always have bits on the go - a project part built or something left half finished, then left on the shelf. But towards the end of the year I try and clear the decks.

This year most of my part done bits are smaller pieces of terrain, here is the first batch:

Rock outcrops

These will be used to break up more open areas, giving cover and blocking lines of sight. 

Three are plastic from packets of toy soldiers, the last is a piece of insulation I found whilst out walking. All have been based and painted up then I added flock and some foliage.

No1

No2

No3

No4 

A few photos with figure and vehicles for scale