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Spartans win again, and Pike and Shot DBA
Taking advantage of the fine weather over Easter, the family once again packed up and went to the beach. This time I took some DBA with me to play in the evenings. The Spartans and Persians fit nicely...
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Liberation Time (now with extra vodka)!
Yes, the glorious Soviet Army is finally ready to liberate the Western world of capitalism, imperialism and their denim jeans!Doesn't seem that many...Craig arrives on Friday, and Saturday will be our...
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The Wildbeasts expand their numbers
Having finished Mike's Cold War British Infantry I turned to my pet project (pun intended). I've decided that my little warband for Burrows and Badgers will be a Wildbeasts warband, and when I expand...
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Team Yankee weekend
It seems like an age ago, but last Saturday John, Mike, Craig and myself got together to play several games of Team Yankee. We did it as a mini-tournament with 100 point forces each, Craig taking...
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Tremble ye Royalist Scum!
Meow!I'm not happy. Who stole my catnip?!Gordon McWhiska is the last of my merry band for Burrows and Badgers. He's their leader, and descended from a line of Scottish Wildcat clan lairds in Glenkitty....
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A One Hour Wargame with Featherstone style rules
Over the weekend I did some work on tweaking a Donald Featherstone ruleset that appeared in 'Campaigning with the Duke of Wellington and Featherstone'. This is basically the same set that was used in...
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Some painting
It has been a while since I posted, but I have managed to get some painting done in that time. First up, some Imperials for Craig's Star Wars Legion force, led by Darth Vader himself.Bringing out the...
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A battalion of French
These 16 figures seemed to take ages to paint, and not just because I was doing a bit here and there in between other painting. The problem with them was that I had to keep revisiting colours. So after...
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Star Wars Legion, Games night and other sundry items
Craig is playing Star Wars Legion at NICon as I type, using an Imperial army that I finished painting on Monday for him.The AT-ST is so big he doesn't fit my backdrop...The full Imperial force,...
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A bit of khaki
Just finished the first dozen figures I'm painting for Geoff, some WWI BEF, Foundry Home Guard and a 20mm para. I'm struggling with eyes at the moment. I just can't seem to buy a brush that holds the...
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Moss troopers, werewolves and Ned Kelly wannabes
This is the latest round of painting for Geoff, and again it is a bit of an eclectic mix.First up, some Perry Moss troopers:I used the beautiful illustrations from the Osprey Border Reivers MAA for...
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Barbarian warband
I haven't painted anything for my Song of Broken Legions game so far this year. Nor have I played any battles. But I've had these beautiful Celtos figures sitting around for ages now, and before I...
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Things wot I know I don't like
An exercise in navel gazing today, as I take a look at certain things in the hobby that I have an adverse reaction to. This isn't intended to be a shot at anyone, just some musings on things that I've...
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Huns at home
I set up a DBA game this afternoon wondering if the Huns would ever be able to make anything of themselves in this game, and to my surprise their first roll was a 1 vs the Eastern Patrician Roman 6....
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The mouth of the Chickatachee River
I kicked off my ACW campaign game today with an amphibious assault on the mouth of the Chickatachee River. Fort Chiccanchee sits on a bluff overlooking and dominating the river on it's left bank. On...
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First Brigade advance into the Chickatachee Valley
The climax of the battle From the north there are three ways into the Chickatachee valley. The Western gap, the Central pike and the river itself as it loops through. The river is controlled by a...
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An old friend
Friday night was games night, and for something different we thought we'd pull out a game of Warhammer Ancient Battles. John purchased these Age of Arthur armies off me some time ago, and they have...
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Athenians
Painting has not been easy this past month - work has soaked up a good amount of hobby time, so I was pleased to get a DBA army finished this week. Army I/52d Later Athenians in the Early Greek Hoplite...
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I'm still around, just thinking about going Old School
But not posting much, obviously. Things were fairly hectic in the past month, and if the hobby time is a choice between painting and blogging, painting wins I'm afraid.In the meantime, I've been...
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Some progress
Since the last post my paint brush has been busily working through a few things. First and foremost is another 2 regiments for the Spanish War of Succession project.The Viejos Murados - the Old...
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