A busy week here in the Duchy on many fronts has ended with a Wargame on Friday and Glastonbury on tv yesterday.
In my youth my figures were carried on public transport in tool boxes whereas now they are in box files in the only carrier that is big enough. Friday saw me taking my French Ordonnance army to take on a Wars of the Roses one.
The French advance with the impetuous Feudal Knight forging a way through on the right flank and the Ordonnance archers supporting. At the back is my on table persona - Le Comte de Jaune Doux ( Bd Superior) sub general of the army ( c in c is the French King surrounded by his archer bodyguards) who is just mad about saffron.
French artillery fires from the hill at the advancing English…
French Ordonnance knights advancing to death or glory.
A crow’s eye view of the battlefield.
A melee develops between French bowmen an their English opponents.
The game ended with my command losing a high number of casualties and retreating/routing off the table.
As ever I like to watch quite a bit of Glastonbury on the telly. This l have been doing for years now either in the company of the family or quietly on my own. Yesterday l was taken by the nostalgia of Pulp, the exuberance of Raye and the wonderful guitar playing of Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts.
New additions to my library this week . One was a pre order and the other a charity shop find.
A charming book with lovely photos, drawings and Punch Cartoons. It has led me to start painting an AA section for my VBCW forces…
An enjoyable mix in this post.
ReplyDeleteStephen
If only the other commuters knew what riches lay in the pink bag! The AA book is very interesting, I almost thought that the Osprey featured such motorcycle and side car troops.
ReplyDeletePerfect VBCW! Such splendid uniforms and colour schemes. Such practical spares and repairs huts. Britain's did an AA figure, of which Your Air Attache to Volare Cantare is a recast salutin’ AA Britains (Dorset Soldiers / Imperial Miniatures).
Dorset also did an AA motorbike and side car?
But, is the French King mad about saffron?
ReplyDeletePossibly he was more mellow about yellow...
ReplyDeleteThe Central Europe looks to have some possibilities and figures available in a number of scales
The AA (and RAC) had that post-war vibe with smart uniforms and saluting members, an excellent addition to VBCW forces.