No wargaming today but I enjoyed a couple of games with the family. Chess and Mind the Gap were fun to play but this was the main game this afternoon. Forbidden Island is a cooperative game where either we all win or all lose. Again the rules are easily learned but it can be very hard to win. We have had this game for some years now but it remains popular, one I would recommend to anyone.
There has been much correspondence recently from the vwc about Funcken books and the joys there in. The joy of very well illustrated uniform books. Something we all enjoy. This morning, with coffee and TMS on the wireless ap, I looked out this splendid example of an engrossing uniform browse-
I started work on my imaginary 18th Century valley around 2011, found a map and created units . The photos below show my notes from the time which gave a brief background to the units, uniform details and flag info. As I am coming towards the end of the Ottomans I felt that these figures might provide a fitting opponent. So they were looked out and repairs began. I am looking forward to seeing seeing them taking on the Turks...
Just giving these a soapy wash prior to painting-
With my coffee this morning I popped over to one regular blogsI read-
https://wargamehermit.blogspot.com/2021/01/wollner-siege-of-vienna-1683-figures.html
I saw the Wollner recast tents there and decided to have a go at replicating them in plasticard for my Ottomans. Here are photos of them so far ( only needing a stand to be added to make them free standing) as well as a wee try out of the Ottomans on the battlefield- light cavalry and medium cavalry on the flanks with infantry in the centre. I put out the Austrians too to see how it all looked.
