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Thursday's Game: War of the Ring
I had my first game using Games Workshop's new War of the Ring rules last night.Goblins advancing on the left flankThe Uruk-Hai supported by Warg Riders on the right flankThis new set of rules is...
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More Carthaginians
More Carthaginian Infantry!These are more figures from the Zvezda Carthaginian Infantry set. These figures carry a Celtic style shield and a simple helment but no other armour and are presumably meant...
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Yet More Carthaginian Infantry
Here we have 12 more heavily armed infantry to make up the front rank of a Carthaginian infantry unit.These are yet more figures from the Zvezda Carthaginian Infantry set. I'm still not sure how I am...
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And Some Officers
And here are the command figures from the two Zvezda Carthaginian Infantry sets.I've based these up
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Final Preparations...
Here are the last few models for tonight's game. I've been a bit busy this week and haven't had much time for painting, so this is all a bit rushed.First up, some Carthaginian cavalry from HaT...
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Thursday's Game: Hannibal Victorious!
More by luck than judgement, my Carthaginians managed to crush the Romans in our game of Field of Glory on Thursday.Initial PositionsRoman DeploymentCarthaginian Deployment: Centre and...
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Late Arrivals
Another batch of Zvezda Carthaginian infantry that I didn't manage to get ready for last Thursday's game.
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Saracens
I've switched to painting up some Moslem infantry for this Thursday's game.These figures are from the excellent Italeri Saracen Warriors set. This set contains a good mixture of cavalry, camelry and...
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Saracen Archers
Just in time for my game tonight, a unit of archers.These figures are half of the Strelets Muslim Archers set, which contains a very useful 48 archer figures in 12 different poses. The Strelets system...
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Thursday's Game: Field of Glory
We had a very interesting game on Thursday night between Dave's Mongols and my Ghaznavids.Mongol DeploymentGhaznavid DeploymentThe Mongols managed a good win by overwhelming the Ghaznavid's right flank...
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Sea Peoples
Here is my first unit painted down here in the sunny south of France.I haven't brought my basing stuff with me, so these fellows are not really finished.These figures come from the Caesar Philistine...
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English Civil War Army
The main project I've brought to France with me is an English Civil War army, based around a mixture of 1/72 figures from Zvezda, Call-to-Arms and Mars.First up is a unit of 12 musketeers from the...
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Charge!
Here are the first batch of dragoons from the Mars reissue of the Revell Swedish Cavalry set.Great figures, shame about the production quality of the Mars reissue!I'll need more than 24 cavalry...
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And some Hittites
For a break from flash I painted up these 24 Caesar Hittites.A joy to paint with almost no preparation, not even removing from sprues!The standard is going to have to wait until I get back to Scotland!
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First ECW Regiment
With 12 more musketeers. here's the first of three regiments for my ECW army.The plan is to paint up two more regiments like this with 2:1 shot to pikes and then paint up more pikes to brimg the...
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More Pikes
I finished the first batch of pikemen for my second ECW infantry regiment a couple of days ago.These are more Zvezda Austrians, this time in a more relaxed pose, no doubt doing what most pikemen did...
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Hittite Chariots
Next up is my second unit of Hittite chariots.These miniatures are from the Caesar Hittite Chariots set and are yet more excellent, easy to paint figures. Each crewman is held in place by a peg under...
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ECW Artillery Based (Almost)
I've put some sand on the bases of the artillery I painted a week or so ago and taken a better photograph of them.I don't know whether to buy another set of these A Call To Arms Royalist Artillery....
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More ECW Musketeers
Here is the first section of musketeers for my second regiment.These musketeers are equiped with heavier muskets and are using forks to support the extra weight. These heavier weapons were falling out...
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Yet More ECW Musketeers
I've just finished twelve more musketeers, this time in a marching pose.And here's the complete second regiment. Now I have to decide the colours for my third regiment.The uniforms of the first two...
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