Unit cards for Pike mans Lamrnent

 Reference cards for your next battle,

Chain of Command Australian Platoon 1942 Malaya

 Hope this help out.

Sculptor Richard Ansell has passed away

 This is a truly sad day.  Many if the figures I own had been sculpted by Richard.   

This is from  the Two Fat Lardies blog.

Richard Ansell. Very sad News

BY BIG RICH · FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island crew.  Sadly Richard passed away on the 11th of February due to complications with an old injury.  On the way to have exploratory surgery to repair old wounds, he suffered a heart attack from which he did not recover.

Richard was a tremendously talented sculptor who in an age of ‘heroically proportioned’ figures, developed his own far more anatomically correct style.  His work over the years was voluminous, sculpting ranges for companies such as The Assault Group, Fife & Drum Miniatures, Crann Tara Miniatures, Warlord Games, Hasselfree Miniatures, Brigade Games, Rif-Raf Miniatures, Minden Miniatures and even some of the limited edition figures produced by TooFatLardies.

As well as appreciating Richard’s attention to detail in his sculpting, I am most fortunate to have been a regular gaming friend.  His interest in military history was matched by his sense of fun; his quiet, well-considered and understated wit made him many friends and his departing will leave an empty chair in the Lard Island Mess which will not be filled again.

These are, of course, very difficult times for his wife, Coral.  Richard’s work bench was understandably full of projects but with so many other issues for her to attend to, I have made contact with the companies who we know Richard was currently working for.  However, this may not be everyone.  If Richard was undertaking work for you and you need a point of contact, then emailing me at TooFatLardies via our web site will allow me to act as a conduit when the appropriate time arrives.

As a tribute to Richard, I have contacted a couple of figure manufacturers who have kindly agreed to share some of the images they have of Richard’s work.  The following images were kindly supplied by Fife & Drum Miniatures. Their range, all sculpted by Richard, may be be found at Fife & Drum

Chain of Command results chart.

 Chain of Command Charts

Close actios naval battle game

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Canadian Snipers of WW2

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3D Terrain's Quatre Bras in 15mm

 Here is a finished print of the model.   I didn't make this model.   But it needed to be shown what a got painted 3d model looks like.

Playing ASL on Vassal Part 10 "connecting to the internet

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Playing ASL on Vassal Part 9 "adding scenario to you Vassal"

 Lots of good info in this video.

Playing Vassal Part 8 Using line of sight tool

 As you already know line of sight is the most important tool in ASL.

Playing Vassal Part 7 Navigating the Menu

 Now the important points.

3d Print 1/600 scale Ironclads

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 Hope the folks the are following this series are picking up some tips.  I have found the series useful in setting up a game via Vassal.   Now I need to track down another player.

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 More on overlay installations.

Playing on Vassal Part 5 Overlays

 Here is another instructional on overlays.

Playing Vassal Part 4 Cropping your game board

 As you are reading this more than likely you are a ASL players. Like many of us today are solo players. The reason could be covid, lack of asl face to face players or no one you know is interested in the game. Hope this will get the spark going to play ASL again.  

   A lot time the complete game board is not used do to the scenario.  Here how it is done in VASSAL.

Playing VASSAL lesson 3. Setting up the board

 Lesson three. Setting up the board for a scenario.

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Playing Vassal Pt 2 setting up the board.

 For folks that do not know about vassal.  It is great way to play solo or remote games.  There is almost and endless list of game one can play.   This tuitional will show you how to setup any one of them.

What is the best decal solution or solvent.

 Somewhere buried in this blog is an article.   Here is a great video.

learning to play ASL with Vassl

 Another installment.