28mm, DBM, Late Romans v Saxons. My friend’s figures, mainly Wargames Foundry.
I was one of the Roman commanders. We lost. Terrific figures, haven’t been on the table for ages. Nice to see them getting an outing and some exercise.
The adventures of an 18th century imagination, located in Northern Europe formerly ruled over by joint rulers Duke Karl Frederick and Duchess Liv.Not to mention the American colony of Ny Tradgardland the 17th century Colony of New Tradgardstadt and the newly restored territory of the Shetland Isles. Featuring a supporting bill of gaming in a diversity of times,places and scales.Hopefully something to interest all who pop by...
28mm, DBM, Late Romans v Saxons. My friend’s figures, mainly Wargames Foundry.
I was one of the Roman commanders. We lost. Terrific figures, haven’t been on the table for ages. Nice to see them getting an outing and some exercise.
I’ve been painting more of my backlog of Mark’s Little Soldiers. Now the mountain troops are done ( five infantry to a unit/ per hex and officers on 2p bases) I have some overall clad worker’s militia on the go. Today l set up a wee scenic trial using the mountains l had been working on and some houses l found yesterday whilst sorting.
I might try and set up a solo game of “ Memories of ‘34” over the the weekend if time allows…
Near my house there is a disused railway line now cycle track. Here are a pair of Blue Tits nesting in the key stone cracks in a bridge over the track. I have never noticed this happening before.
Here is some footage of interwar Manoeuvres . I have posted some, Swedish, Irish, Austrian, American and British footage. The interwar vehicles are fascinating…
https://youtu.be/jk2rZ07jZ2o?si=kIx0epjizrcwlOup
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/62142/
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/43024/
I recently started another art history course ( weekly for two hours) which this time is on The Age of Giotto. One of the extra joys is the excuse to pop into a small walled garden off the Royal Mile. Here it is the garden showing a little of the layout. See here for more.https://hiddenscotland.co/dunbars-close/
We fought a game based upon this battle again yesterday. A lighter armed Basque force took on heavier armed Franks in the Pyrenees. The players swopped sides and the rules were slightly amended to allow the Basques to only throw javelins at short range with a lesser effect. Their performance in the previous games was disproportionate.
The armies laid out prior to deployment which was done by each side deploying a unit alternately.Anniversary this year of one of the most fascinating incidents of Medieval German history-
https://clemens-sels-museum-neuss.de/en/ausstellungen/neuss-1474
https://www.zonser-garnison.de/english/
My much stalled dbm army ( mainly plastic Perry figures) is/was/will be based round units present at the Seige.
I had a most enjoyable Zoom game last night, hosted by Jon Freitag. He was very patient with a newbie to Basic Impetus like myself and is a most gracious host.
My nephew is the creator of this show which is coming very soon to Netflix.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ty0euSYt6I
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KoVnzw4nP10
I am so excited that it is finally here!
Been at the old school converting today-
Looking for suitable heads in the spares box…Came across this fascinating video recently-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=_JqDf0G0GvIc70A0&v=SsFib19o58k&feature=youtu.be
If you like Spencer Smith figures and The Wargame you’ll love this! Enjoy!
I am greatly indebted to Roger ( from https://modelrailsandwargames.blogspot.com/) for the following photos and for popping into the museum to take some of them. Thank you !
A most enjoyable game was had today, with me umpiring-
Basque infantry advance through the woods.