Thursday 24 October 2019

Mancetter at SELWG

Here are some absolutely cracking images of the final outing of the Battle of Mancetter at SELWG, last Sunday- also the final event of my wargaming year, before my annual hibernation. All the pictures were taken by Ian Notter, and they came out brilliantly! They will expand, if clicked.


Above, waves of Britons crashing against the Roman lines. The Roman auxiliaries are in front, and the legionaries in reserve, as at Mons Graupius.


The omens are good! Lamb cutlets for supper.


I absolutely love the way that the above shot came out; even with the ghostly hand! Those are Wargames Foundry "Saleh" sculpted legionaries, my favourite Early Imperials. I've not come across anyone else with a collection of them.


Above, one of the eighteen British chariots. 



Finally, another shot of the British advance. Most of the Celts were painted by Shaun McTague with a little finishing by me- others are by Nick Speller and Shaun Watson, and others, still, random purchases from eBay. The trees are from Debris of War.

We had a super day at SELWG. My To the Strongest! rules worked very well, delivering two results in just over two hours a game. The Romans won one game, and the Britons, the other, leaving the natives ahead by five games to three on the 2019 series. Romanes eunt domus! This is a most surprising outcome, what with the Romans being both better armoured and uphill; I put it down to the staying-power of the deep units, and some plucky British players.

A huge thank-you to Ian Notter, Ian Cameron-Mowat, Mike Lewis and family, Nick Speller and John Carpenter who helped set up or knock down, or both. Also my thanks to everyone who played!

15 comments:

Shaun said...

Looks absolutely epic.

caveadsum1471 said...

Lovely looking battle! Lovely looking figures and honours even on the day, great!
Best Iain

Michael Awdry said...

Superb images of a truly fantastic set up.

Ray Rousell said...

Nice pics Simon. I got some crackers of the game at SELWG on my blog.

Evan Hughes said...

"People called Romanaes they go the 'ouse?"

Splendid stuff, Simon, especially nice to see the home team win a test series!

Chevalier de la Terre said...

One of the most impressive looking games I've seen!

CdlT

Duke of Baylen said...

Tremendous stuff. You should be awarded a Triumph through the streets of Rome.

Stephen

David said...

That's a very impressive battle and no mistake. Enjoy your time in winter quarters.

BigRedBat said...

Thanks everyone! I've very much enjoyed running it. Onwards to 2020!

Millsy said...

Simply stunning mate!

Eric the Shed said...

fantastic stuff

Chrisfigurines said...

Only at Bigredbat can you view so much Ancients eye candy on such a massive scale as this!
Actually The English civil war too!

BigRedBat said...

Thanks again, chaps. I shall have to see what I can come up with, in 2020...

WimVdB said...

Wow, that's massive! Very inspiring to start painting more ancients myself. I think I might still have a few unpainted...

Matt Crump said...

Tremendously impressive as always ....looking forward to seeing the next project develop.