Sunshine and showery in the Duchy

Summer has come to the Duchy of Tradgardland and the foxgloves are in bloom. Today is very mixed weatherwise. I am painting and listening to Glastonbury ( the Editors were excellent and currently listening to an enjoyable group with a guitarist/singer in a gold dress but I don't know her name nor the name of the band) as the rain hits off the glass roof-

Painting some ECW minifigs for Portable ECW games-

The portable TYW wargame?

Whilst reading the English version of this-

I began to wonder what changes would need to be made to the portable ecw wargame rules to use them in the TYW?

Games

Weather has been very sunny of late in the Duchy of Tradgardland. We have been enjoying some outdoor games such as Kubb-

Last night I had a most enjoyable game of Frostgrave replete with statues coming to life and an annoying red imp in a bottle thrown at my chaps-

The inevitable fog spell used too,this time in a confined area.

 Escaping with the treasure towards the end of the game. The constructs proved very tricky to destroy,if almost impossible. Frostgrave is a most enjoyable game,do give it a go if you haven't played it yet- you won't regret it!

ECW thoughts

I really enjoyed Andy Copestake's recent article on ECW gaming in the wargames press. It was filled with common sense and good ideas not to mention period knowledge.Thanks Andy. I have had a look at the rules I got the other day and I am still swithering.I had a look on the computer and found my old school ecw gaming posts from July 2011 (nearly five years ago - I can't believe it) here-
http://tradgardland.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/ecw-charge.html

I also came across this scan of an article by Brigadier Peter Young-

What an interesting organisation for the tabletop. I am swithering again.

Saturday morning earlyish

Saturday morning and after coffee I popped outside to the garden to build my cane and twine towers.They are for the beans and peas to ascend. Here is a picture-

After the plants were put in the ground I had some time to have a look at some new ECW rules that arrived yesterday-

Anyone tried them?

Kickstarter arrives

Today on my arrival home from work I was met by a parcel- my TAG renaissance dwarves-

I hope to get these undercoated etc at the weekend. I also got some freebies/extras-

A couple of  lovely wizards and a seasonal fellow on the far right of the picture.

Later Spring

Tired and a tad melancholic today. I took photos of the garden-

And these-

Some new recruits purchased from Phil Olley. 

My reading today-

Looking forward to week of Chelsea on the BBC starting today but it will be rather bittersweet this year.