Here is some of my ongoing activity.
First a couple of vintage books which I was prompted to read. The Spike Milligan book is a recent edition of his classic.
I think it was painting the Wars of the Roses figures that prompted me to read Donald Featherstone's book again. I don't care if there are more shiny and current publications available, this is still a great little book.
I'm also borrowing all Spike Milligan's other war books from a friend. I reckon at least two of them, "Rommer. Gunner Who?" and "Mussolini. His Part in my downfall", are two of the best first hand accounts of British soldiers in world war 2. If you haven't read them, I would urge you to do so if you have an interest in the era.
And on to game stuff. Some of my Wars of Roses stuff is now looking the part.
And a couple of home made banners help to make these mounted figures.
Another little project is Malifaux; a skirmish game that mixes steampunk, wild west, samurai and gothic horror. Though I don't like the horror elements in the game, I do like many of the figures.
Here, I'm getting around to finishing the Lady Justice crew. These are the original metal figures and the crew is is made up of flame-haired Lady Justice, the Judge in white and three death marshals. I've still to finish off the bases.
And finally, after a bit of reading about Saxons and Normans, I decided to watch this again. It's a Channel 4 docu-drama from 4-5 years ago.
More later ...
Here are some photos from recent club games.
First a Black Powder game of Briar Creek from the AWI. I was commanding the British advancing here from left to right. And there are a couple of interlopers in our game; Great Northern War cavalry as painted substitutes as the chap who owns the figures doesn't yet have AWI cavalry.
Here is the mounted clash. The British came off best.
The lines come together. My British are advancing up the table. Two units have charged.
To the British left, the rest of the lines clash.
And the fun part ... the British lose a unit on the right, but win the remaining combat shown below. And the American militia are already Shaken with 3 casualties and have failed their saves and taken 4 excess casualties this turn.
However, the American player rolls a 12 for his Break Test, and survives. And for the 3rd turn. The British are beginning to lose heart.
And here my British are falling back, morale failing all round. It was a great game, played in great spirit.
And now Lion Rampant. This was the first game in our annual tourney. My Free Company is advancing towards the Hungarians. Not long after this, I lost my commander to a Lucky Blow. C'est la guerre.
Here are my mounted serjeants, relegated to the baseline after about 3 turns and completely failing a courage test.
My crossbows advance. They and my longbows proved to be the game changers.
My half-painted skirmishers sneak round the hedge trying to avoid the Hungarians. They took some casualties and failed a Courage test a few turns later.
In the end, victory went to my Free Company. Just. I won by 2 points. Another great game, where the advantage swung from side to side, till my bows finally did enough to win.
More later ...
