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Mortal Gods AAR - the daughter of Hades strikes!
I set up a game of Mortal Gods today, mostly just to put my newly painted scenery out. Craig bought me the Mediterranean farm set from Sarissa Precision for my birthday, and I've been happily whipping...
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The Battle for El Boa river - the set-up
Having played a Post of Honour game a few weeks back I've been keen to get a second game in, but this time I want to have a few more units on the board. Recently Phil Olley posted an old scenario from...
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Battle for the River El Boa - a Post of Honour AAR
As per the previous post, everything was set up for a conflict between the two rival forces operating along the El Boa river in Spain. The sides consisted of the following:The Bourbon Allies:French...
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Spartans strike back!
With the daughter enjoying her first game of Mortal Gods and giving her old man a bit of a hiding, it was time for a rematch. This time I allowed her to pick her force from the cards, and she surprised...
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Painting update
It's been a while since I had a post solely for the painting that I've done, so here is a photoshoot of some of the most recent.Austrian Osnabruck-Lorraine regiment. These guys served in Italy and then...
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Reinforcements for the Spanish enterprise
Charles Hapsburg and his friends get some extra support this week with an Austrian gun and general recently added to the Confederates.Uniform details were taken for the watercolours by Rudolf DonathGun...
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The Jorger Dragoons
The latest reinforcement for the Grand Alliance in the Peninsular is the Jorger Dragoon Regiment. Originally formed by Count Ludwig Herbeville, the regiment soldiered in Italy until 1708 when it was...
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Some light relief
Just off the painting tray for Craig's Seleucid army - a unit of 18 peltasts.Next up from the Seleucid list will be the heffalump, which I'm really looking forward to painting.Also on the painting tray...
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HMGs
A few months ago I started searching for 54mm World War 1 Machine guns for my British and German armies. In fact, it has literally been a year since I stated as much in this blogpost. In all this time,...
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A sad delivery
Normally when a new book arrives in the mail it is a moment of great joy as I open it up, look at the index, and decide which chapter I'll read first (don't ask). But today's delivery was tinged with...
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Hoogh's Farm
In memory of the late Stuart Asquith I decided to bring out the toy soldiers for a replay of the 'Hook's Farm' scenario from HG Wells' book Little Wars. This was a scenario that Stuart apparently...
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The Sun King Attacks
Also published on the NDC handbook blogIn this exciting issue:The Sun King has been hired by the Proud Pound Pups gang to take out an informant. The only problem for the villain is that he has the time...
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Defence in Depth
It may be a while before I get another game in, so I decided to roll up a scenario from Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames book. The result was number 23, Defence in Depth, which has an outnumbered force...
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2019 in review and thinking about 2020
It is that time of year again, when bloggers everywhere take stock of their achievements (or lack thereof), and start casting eyes towards the next 12 months. I love doing these posts, because by May...
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Rule Britannia (and Gaul, Germania, Dacia etc)
While spending a pleasant week at the beach this summer, I began thinking about my ancients projects. I decided I wanted to revisit my adaptation of Lion Rampant for the Gallic Wars, which I named...
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New Year's Painting
It's hard to believe that January is two thirds over already, and this is only my second post for the year. However, it is a post with all of the stuff I've managed to paint so far. An eclectic mix,...
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Blood for the Baron!
If you are about my age you might have been reading IPC's 'Battle' comic in 1985. If you were, you would have read a story based on a new toy line from Palitoy, called Action Force. This series focused...
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More plain plastic brought to life (or undeath)
She's been working on them for a while now. She initially started last year, and the time it has taken is more about adolescent procrastination than any desire for perfection. But finally my 12 year...
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Prune Face and acquaintances
As a kid I had a Prune Face figure. I always figured he had been part of Jabba's palace menagerie, and hadn't realised that he was one of the commandos that went to Endor. He is actually a Dresselian...
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Rebel, rebel
The latest Star Wars Legion rebels off the production line:Rebel Pathfinders Taking shots at night is a bit awkward. Above are a bit too dark, below washed out by the glare of the flash, but hopefully...
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