With help from friends I'm play-testing a "lite" version of my "To the Strongest!" rules, with this version driven by cards rather than dice. They rattle along very nicely.... at 5- 10 minutes a turn.
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Too much painting...
...not enough blogging. Unfortunately, there are times one just has to get the bit between one's teeth and plough on to complete a project; this is one of those times!
These are the remainder of the painted Caesarians I had, plus two dozen I painted myself. Together with the ones I completed earlier, they give me six cohorts and command; the core of a third legion. Later, I'll add another four.
Tonight we'll be trying the "lite" version of my rules in a Roman on Roman bash, based on the Thapsus battle that I'll be taking around the shows in the autumn.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
One door closes...
4 cohorts down, bar flocking. So now, unfortunately, I have to start the next lot (below). :-( I don't mind painting the legionaries, but the signifers and cornicens are a pain.
On the plus side, when these are all finished, I'll have 28 cohorts and will be a gnat's whisker away from 3 legions-worth at 1:20.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Caesarians WIP
I've not posted this week, because I've been busy gaming and painting.
The paint-ees are above; 4 more cohorts of Caesarians, now partially based. The minis were painted by Nick Speller, some by me and some repainted from eBay. They blend nicely.
The game was with local mates Ian, Dr. Simon and Jay, and eldest Miller scion Harry. We tried yet another rule-set I've written; this time a set of ancients rules on a single side of A4. These "lite" rules enable a game to be played in around 90 minutes. So far they seem very promising... and rather fun.
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Even more Romans...
As I move steadily towards the basing stage on my Caesarians, my mind is turning to another project; an Early Imperial Army, with a twist.
I've been buying up odd lots of Perry Romans, on eBay, and must now have a couple of hundred, all told. The below are mostly from a single purchase, last week; a nice lot.
I have formulated a cunning plan for a project involving them, which will be the subject of a later post (and hopefully, in due course, a magazine article...).
Unusually today, I am sat in the executive lounge of the Antwerp Hilton and have a solid 9 hours to plug away at adding diagrams to my "To the Strongest!" wargames rules.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
A tale of two Ptolemies
For last month's Raphia game, I found myself in the unusual position of having a commanding general too many. I never got around to posting the "finished" shots...
The first Ptolemy IV, below, is from Polemarch, kindly donated by Jim Clarke, who commissioned the range. I put him on a Foundry horse, asked Nick to paint him, and gave him a couple of Polemarch aides (painted by Raglan), an Aventine Standard and a Salute-giveaway Punic military advisor (very kindly donated by Jeffski off the WD3 forum). I named this Ptolemy the Effete Youth.
I also wanted a Ptolemy with more military bearing; after all he did lead the bodyguard cavalry, in the battle. The Dashing Commander below is an Aventine, with a Polemarch standard-bearer, again both on Foundry horses and painted by Nick Speller. The eagle symbol was used by the Ptolemies.
On the day of the game, I went with the Effete Youth, over the Dashing Commander. The rest, as they say, was history...
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Even more Caesarians
I'm just finishing off the command figures Nick painted for me (foreground), and working through a group of unarmoured legionaries that will add variety to the legion. I'm also painting my first Warlords- some casualties- nice minis!
The red on the shields and on the unarmoured figures is mostly Halfords red primer, with washes of ink applied over it; I think they will look good, when completed (they are just blocked in, so far). I'm going to use the Army Painter inks to add depth.
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