A lovely surprise

 Yesterday the postman brought me parcel all the way from Canada. It was from Ross Mc of  https://gameofmonth.blogspot.com/

He had promised me Picts but what l got was even better. Ross’s blogs are some  of my favourites and my particular favourite is his fantasy one https://gatheringofhosts.blogspot.com/

Here he shares battles from the setting he created with wonderful old school miniatures to the fore. Knights, beasts and wildfolk and many many more.

In the parcel were some of the Wildfolk including characters! As they say in football interviews, I was over the moon.

After and before pictures of repairs and additional bases carried out this morning.

I looked out rules and am really looking forward to a game 

Splendid old school cavalry that certainly look like they mean business.

Well wrapped , they had traveled far from their homes ready to meet new opponents and to ally themselves with my Wildfolk. Further introductions to the army and its opponents in the coming days…

Making some kits etc

 Life has been very busy here and has absorbed a great deal of my time as well as my energy . I have however done other stuff.

Thirty Victrix Picts assembled. Instructions were clear and the figures went together nicely.

I had to pop into Edinburgh yesterday for a meeting and went to the National Museum of Scotland for inspiration.

The hobby desk cleared to make way for the sprues and figures. Plastic cement is so much more pleasant to deal with than superglue, no stuck fingers.

Seen on a fence when out walking the other day.

Victrix sprue ready to start. The instructions are colour coded .

That hedgehog notice again.

Frost on the garden some days ago. Frosty, cold weather has given way to rain, rain, rain.

So a brief round up of Duchy life. Yesterday afternoon saw the arrival of a sample pack from Weave of War containing some cloaks . I look forward to trialing them soon.

Re downsizing one

 If l haven’t been in touch with you by now then you have not been successful this time. Thanks everyone for your interest. More very soon.

Downsizing One

 Yours for the cost of posting and a donation to a charity of your choice. Part of my downsizing process.

Contact me if interested. If more than one person is  interested I will dice to see who gets it, to be fair.

40mm scale carts and horses

40mm scale cart loads , other carts and horses

20mm Airfix and some 20 mm metal ACW figures

ACW 20mm metal and plastic Airfix 

ACW 20mm Airfix Cavalry.

More metal and plastic  20mm Airfix.

Two box files of ACW figures and one box file of 40mm scale metal carts, horses etc.

Off the painting table

Daughter number two and I went to meet daughter number three’s new puppy. Rosa is a great wee soul , not to mention her alien friend.

The mounted knights were finished and felt like an outing on the battlefield, l was happy to oblige.

Using these rules with distances halved for the game.

 

Michaelmas Fayre 2 : towards the rules

 

There are hazards to be met sometimes in the ball game. Here we see a local troll who has been distributed by the noise or a ball kicked into his cave. Perhaps the troll just wants to borrow the ball for a game of golf using his big wooden club or perhaps he sees the ball game player as potential lunch? In any case it is time to run , run as fast as you can. 

The players can throw the ball to each other the length of a coffee stirrer.  In this example the throw is half a coffee stirrer away and so the player needs to throw anything but a one for success. Coffee stirrers also show how far a player may move. 

There are hazards on the battlefield and this player has kicked the ball into the pond, let’s hope it not too deep or has disrupted any residents of the pool. When kicking a scatter dice is use for direction and a d6 for distance in half coffee stirrer increments. A ball gamer who  is a designated kicked may add a certain number to the dice score and hence kick a greater distance.

Michaelmas Fayre

 It is the season of the Michaelmas Fayre in the Northlands and beyond. As ever the highlight is the ball game between the Reds and the Greens. 

Here are the Greens assembly outside the inn which is the goal they defend.

The reds outside their respective inn and goal to defend.

As ever King Noggin will oversee proceeding in his role as referee. Both time have their enthusiastic supporters.

The “pitch” over which the game will take place. As well as the all rounders, each team has a fast runner, a talented kicker , a strong man and a goal defender. More on the rules soon.