Har: Con Battle.

To ensure that the battle will go according to plan for Har:Con, we ran a test game a week before. 

 In this pic, we ran the battle at the beginning of episode 3. Where the 3 gundams encountered the Zakus in the woods.

 And this is the objective. One zaku in the pit, bunkers you see here I scratch built from wood and plastic. The helicopters are from Hawks Wargames, part of their Dropzone Cmmander. Only thing I could find close enough to the Zeon Gunships. http://www.hawkwargames.com/products/ah-16-cyclone
The Zaku Cannon my brother scratch built from the old 1/144 80's kit and a newer HG Zaku.

 The fighting in the woods was fierce but all 3 gundams survived.

 Not according to plan, the Zeon Helicopters began moving in.

 As the gundams began assaulting the position without Shiro, Zaku's began coming in.

 First to go down was Karen. Cockpit survived but the gundam didn't. To tell a long story short, that battle in the woods ate up so much ammunition and shields that we skipped it and decided to have the two gundams, Sanders and Karen with the Hovertruck assault first and then Shiro arrives with the guerilla's.

 Har:Con. Things went well. Unfortunately, I have forgotten to take pics earlier in the battle and this was towards the end of the battle.

This time, sanders has fallen but still active and in a bitter hand to hand battle, the gundam won over the Zaku cannon. The guerilla's were destroying pillbox after pillbox. Shiro assaulted the base as Karen dealt with the enforcing zaku. Norris is still firing from afar.

At the end of the battle, a pillbox flipped the hovertruck but Michel and Eledore survived. The pillboxes were destroyed and the Zeke's retreated. All had fun that day.

Dusting off the blog

We haven't forgotten about this place, just been so busy with other projects and such.
I figure this wouldn't be a bad place to put down my thoughts on the One Year War and Gundam in general.
I have recently came across some images of some zaku variants that I have no idea where they came from.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/glintbooster/archives/43773408.html  <- where i found them.

First off, this Zaku with the Magella Mortar. I can see this being used late in the war, with equipment becoming scarce and the need of combat units at an all time high. This is very similar to the Zaku Tank, except there were no Zaku parts to spare to make a Zaku Tank. The mortar itself probably uses the remains of a Zaku Bazooka and uses modified Zaku Bazooka rounds. A question I have is where the driver of the Magella base is at and how is aim achieved? Would be silly if it were that little crank on the stand.

 This Zaku Rifle Grenade I can imagine being used in the early part of the war, as a predecessor of the Magella attack gun. It is more of an artillery weapon, as the bazooka is more of a direct attack weapon.

 Love this design, one that would have been used in and around Odessa in one of it's many mining operations. After the Battle of Odessa, this design would've been made into a combat unit.

This is an odd one. Even though it is official that Zaku ground types had flamethrowers, it has never been consistently illustrated. I like the zimmerit on the legs, in order to prevent Federation infantry from planting magnetic bombs on them. This weapon probably saw very limited use when Federation mobile suits became more common on the front lines. Wouldn't be surprised if these units saw action in Southeast Asia in counter guerilla operations.





Love these designs but I have no idea where this guy found them. Would be nice if they're official. If not, we'thll work out some rule sets for them. We got a bunch of updates that need to be uploaded here, such as the 08th MS Team battle that was held at Har-Con and modelling project updates.