So after some time with Mother Russia’s finest I finally managed to get past real life and arrange a 1250 point K47 game. This was against Nick one of our resident Brit players who said: “I’m bringing an armoured platoon for a laugh tonight” And my simple thought in reply was: “Ok then, you’re on!” […]
Read more "Stomping All Over the World – USA Walker Platoon Revisited"Hi All I’m sorry for the delay on this one (Simon) it’s been held up by plague, real life etc. It’s been recorded a while but it’s ready to be released into the wild! In this episode we talk about recent tournaments and events, before answering listener questions. Scott is (Still) in the gulag with […]
Read more "Rift Tech Radio: K47 Tournaments and Listener Questions"As the war in New Guinea dragged on into 1947 the Japanese rift tech was taking its toll on the Aussie forces fighting in the Dense jungle. With the terrain being so inhospitable Australian commanders realised they needed something to even the odds and the Grizzly Medium Walker seemed just the ticket. Although proving initially […]
Read more "Droppers – Aussies in K47"You may think that is a click-bait style title, but there is a genuine answer. It’s cause they are both all about the razzle dazzle! musical explanation here! So one of my nemises (nemisi?) Simon put an idea in my head. Knowing full well I loved the look of the heavy walkers and knowing I […]
Read more "Soviet Naval Brigade Part 4 – How is a Mammoth like Richard Gere?"Hi All We’re back with another podcast. This I’m afraid was delayed by schedules (we’ve all been very busy) and plague (I’ve had Australian Flu, if that’s a thing. The worst thing to “come out of Australia” since Castlemaine XXXX!) As you can see we’re keeping things topical so follow the Bear and listen to […]
Read more "Rift Tech Radio – Episode 8, The Finnish Army in Konflikt 47"Recent listeners to Rift Tech Radio will have heard us speaking about a contest that we’re running over Christmas and the New Year. We’ve realised that we announced this in the podcast but have no literature supporting it. We’re not great at this sometimes…. So what are we doing? Well first of all, the […]
Read more "Rift Tech Radio Diorama Contest"Firstly let’s start with explaining what Oil Washes are and why they’re suddenly such a hot topic. Oil washes are generally created by mixing artists Oil paints with distilled white spirits or Turps (as it was called in my day!). They are popular because Oils are very easy to work with and offer […]
Read more "Weathering vehicles, Getting Started with Oil Washes & Filters"Hi all, at the weekend there was a one day Konflikt ’47 event in Bedworth, near Coventry. Our TO asked for themed lists complete with a back story and players were allowed to select a single tank platoon or up two reinforced platoons from either Konflikt ’47 books released to date. I wasn’t initially playing […]
Read more "Running a Tank Platoon in 1250 point tournament"So, the challenge was a 1000 point army in 6 weeks. As those of you I met at I17 know, I made it – just! Once again, I had the normal event experience of finishing my basing within 24 hours of event start! However, in the last week I managed to do the Daughters, Iskra (AT […]
Read more "Soviet Naval Brigade – Part 3 – Hello Sailor and/or Comrade"I was off on holiday over the recent school break in the UK and having been a bit frustrated with the paucity of my K47 hobby output I decided to set myself a challenge. I’ve had a planned Desert Raiding force for my US rangers for some time now. My vision was for a force […]
Read more "Painting an Army in three days.."
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