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Geir Helge Kiplesund

@kiplesund.bsky.social

Wargamer, fan of lardie games, dam safety expert by day.

348 Followers  |  215 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 03.10.2023  |  2.5293

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Nice!

09.03.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great thread, really enjoyed it. Will have to look into Northag, been playing 7 days to the river Rhine but interesting to see other rules in action too 😊

03.01.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got my preorder pdf as well, waiting for the book to arrive 😊

20.11.2024 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Accepting commissions, but only if you have or intend to build a large dam or similar structure and need to check the hydraulics 😁

09.11.2024 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terrain is CNC machined in EPS in sections 1.5 m by 3 m and is generated from laser scans and photogrammetry. The whole model is coated with bathroom membrane since the EPS is permeable. The weir shapes are created from Divinycell (pvc foam) since it is quite rigid and easy to shape and fine-tune.

09.11.2024 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not been posting much, or playing at all these days. But I'll share a bit about some model building I have been working on in the hydraulic laboratory at the University here. Model scale 1:45, not a very common wargaming scale. The whole model is 8 m by 3 m.

09.11.2024 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not knowing what the opponent has really adds to the tension of a game πŸ‘

08.02.2024 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes it is, I especially liked that part of the museum, well worth a visitπŸ‘

18.11.2023 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some 6 mm bocage, doormat cut in strips, lightly airbrushed dark brown, glued turf/static grass mix to rubber base, let dry then glue foam clumps to top

18.11.2023 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But that was an excellently painted miniature!

16.11.2023 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My painting speed is glacial to start with so I've chosen to stay faaar away from Napoleonics πŸ™‚

16.11.2023 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That's the one 😁, born in Trondheim where I live and I went to school with some of his distant relatives back in Aure.

14.11.2023 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And land warfare in Norway was just a series of non-battles with Swedish armies running around chasing ghosts until they ran out of supplies and several failed sieges 😁

14.11.2023 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful tables Per, makes me think, but if I were to do GNW it would have to be naval, with the exploits of legendary swashbuckling Norwegian naval commander Peter Wessel Tordenskiold.

14.11.2023 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to!

13.11.2023 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yet another abysmal order roll, at least the Germans also got three ones. And those Pz iv's are getting awfully close, not looking good for the Brits, time to bug out and put the tea on..

13.11.2023 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks mate!

13.11.2023 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brits managed to get on a couple of platoons to shore up the defence but had to deploy quite far back in the open and promptly gets raked by a mg platoon that crept up on the hill. 5 shock and a second fubar..

13.11.2023 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Germans continued pushing and deployed their reserve company on the wooded hill while also advancing on the left flank. Both sides took a fubar. The other end of the board is completely ignored by both sides, it's all about the village.

13.11.2023 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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British command roll at a critical time, oh boy.. at least a good artillery roll wiped out the German platoon moving into the village

11.11.2023 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Germans pushing forward but taking significant fire on the way

11.11.2023 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The German attack on the village has developed nicely and the Brits had to pull back from the hill to regroup or face being wiped out. To be continued.

09.11.2023 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A bit of solo 'O' Group

09.11.2023 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That looks ace!

09.11.2023 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really nice!

09.11.2023 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely, I'd be very happy with that πŸ™‚

09.11.2023 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was a great day! I played a game of 'O'Group in the morning refighting the German counterattack on Primosole bridge. The second game was a Sharp Practice game in 1808 at Kongsvinger between Swedes and Norwegians.

22.10.2023 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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14.10.2023 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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