Road to Babylon - Zero Division Battle Report #02

Second match done today, again at our Base of Operation of sorts, Neutral Grounds Cash & Carry in Makati. Another Axis player, this time it's no other than Jojo Francisco. He's one of the first players of Dust Tactics in the community. In fact he won the first tournament we held here in the country.

Road to Babylon - Zero Division Battle Report #01

After more than a week after we launched our new campaign, Road to Babylon, I finally got to schedule a couple of matches. The first one is against our new blood, Keith, who chose to succumb to the call of Axis' Laser firepower.

Keith deploying his army

Road to Babylon - Behind the Scenes Part 1

We've recently launched our latest campaign for Dust Tactics/Battlefield, Road to Babylon. After much contemplation as to which army to field, I finally decided to go with my home faction, Allies. I went with my tri-faction list for 125 points. The thing is, my units in this list are part of my ever growing paint job back log.

As with our previous campaigns, I want to keep track of my matches and create battle reports and blog entries. So naturally I will take pictures of my army and I want them to look good, of course. With that in mind, I went ahead to painting my second Heavy Destroyer Walker, Six Shooter variant.

As this is a larger model, I resorted to using canned spray paints to get the base colors done. I used Tamiya Olive Drab for the body and Chrome for the legs.

after applying several coats

after 30-40 minutes, paint is dry and pieces were reassembled

Afterwards, I glued the hatches and the machine gun. Unlike the first Six Shooter I did, I opted to have both hatches opened. I hand-painted these parts with Tamiya Olive Green paint. I then applied some Citadel Nuln Oil on some parts for detailing and simulate weathering effects.

For more rusting and weathering, I used some Tamiya Metallic Brown paint and a sponge and started going all over the model.

While waiting to dry, I went ahead and took care of the crew. I opted not to use the default crew models that came with the kit. Instead, I rummaged through my scraps and found some remaining parts of my previous Tank Crew kit from Dust Studio.

I painted the crews' clothing with Vallejo Army Green and the skin parts with Dark Flesh. After some wash and dry brushing, they're all ready to board their new ride!

my desert themed Six Shooter and my newly finished one

As hinted on one of my images here, my light walkers are next on the plate. Will post progress here as well.

Road to Babylon: Prologue

Spring 1947

It has been roughly two weeks since the Axis Juggernaut headed by the "Mongoose" wrenched the city of Leboux from the Allies and annexed the nearby town of Maleera.  Seeing his enemies in full retreat, the Mongoose made the order to give chase.  Looking at the map of the surrounding areas, he predicts that the retreat shall head west in an attempt to connect with the Allied Zero Division waiting there.  The Mongoose pushed his troops to head northwest, hoping to leapfrog the bigger but demoralized Allied army for a decisive strike. However, he failed to predict what the SSU did next.

By total surprise, elements from the SS "Red Dawgs" engaged the pursuing Axis, the nimble KV-47s wreaking havoc at the flanks while being supported by artillery fire from somewhere near Maleera. An attempt at a counterstrike by the Axis "Kalte Biss" was only met by another ambush, this time from wave upon wave of toads with the word "Ghosts" written in Russian painted on their thick front plates.  

The axis commander "Xevero" heeded the call for reinforcements but was intercepted by another SSU command, this one headed by the great Timofei Teodorovic of the Steel Wind.  The able Axis commander fought the SSU to a stalemate despite the ambush and the SSU's use of new tech never before seen in battle.

Another call for reinforcements was made to the Axis "Enziel" stationed at Maleera, but these calls were left unanswered as the Enziel is protecting Maleera from possible attacks to prevent the ongoing research on an improved superhuman serum from falling to enemy hands.