North Albion troops on parade

Finally finished my 54mm North Albion troops yesterday with a coating of pva to add shininess. They have been worked with on and off for ages. All have been given new paint jobs ( apart from three pipers etc) and quite a few required new rifles, legs and bases etc. They have come up well. Any suggestions for their deployment most welcome...

Trial game

I set up the game. The look of it appeals to me and the small squares don’t affect that. I think a bigger board is in order but that isn’t a priority yet. First thing I noticed was giving everyone javelins made it a quick and bloody first few turns. Note to self - Romans can throw pillium only at much shorter range ( javelins range 12 squares) and perhaps javelins should be restricted in their use.

The photos show the game after two turns. More later...

Return to Lurland with Morschauser

Earlier this year I began my Hyboria homage campaign project using zinnfiguren/flats based in Lurland. It fell by the wayside and now seems a good time to pick it up. I spent much of the last few days repainting,basing and varnishing figures. I also reread Joseph Morschauer’s rules for the ancient period using individual figures, in units and on a grid. I decided to give them a go-

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When reading them over at breakfast today I found I already have a lot of questions about how to integrate skirmishers, bows, cavalry and armour into the rules. I put those aside and am giving the rules a go today and tomorrow. I will post my battle report and thoughts later...

Basing Flats: some examples

I decided to run with single basing ( more options given by this ) and have been trying out various basing looks. All my examples have been based on card, painted with textured paint and then dry brushed. After that I have added bits and bobs-

They have gravel, tufts and flowers in various combinations except for one of them that merely has green paint on it. I would be interested in your thoughts on these.

Subdivision etc

Yesterday afternoon I subdivided one of my gaming mats with dotted lines. I was reminded of school gym halls with different markings for different sports, if you know what I mean-

The dotted lines now provide 30mm squares and the solid lines 60mm. I wanted also to point to a couple of books-

One is an excellent read about the chap who began the Pendon Museum and the other is a John Curry reprint of  an early pioneer of the hobby. I am interested in his single figure grid based rules from 1967 with a view to trying them out for some Lurland games.

Pendon Virtual tour

I have never been to the Pendon museum in person, something I hope to remedy one day. I found this link to a virtual tour-
https://pendonmuseum.com/tour-introduction
Well worth a look. The models are amazing. Just the thing for  a dreich Saturday morning...

Britains Enemy in action this morning...