Foot knights of Dol Amroth

a massive war of the ring unit of foot knights of Dol Amroth. in old fashioned white metal non of that new fangled finecast resin here...

Armies of Islam infantry

Here is a few pics of the rest of the infantry I have painted up for Gripping beast for their Armies of Islam range
And great fun the were to. Now I have them out of the way I can start concentrating on my own Crusaders collection :0)

Citadel Dwarf flesh paint

 If you were as upset as I was when Games Workshop in all their wisdom removed this quality item from the shelves. Then your be pleased to know their is an alternative!

Vallejo game colour dwarf skin!

Vallejo are a quality outfit, I have plenty of their model colour range on my desk, but I have never bought any of the Game colour range. The model colour range is full of great earthy tones, where as the game colour range seems to be designed more along the lines of the fantasy gamer with some nice bright colours.

Any way i am well chuffed with finding this little gem.
For some it may look a little pink, but for me especially if I am doing drab tones it helps to make the skin tone pop, breathing life in to the miniature.
 

THE BATTLE OF PARK FARM

My good friend John made the journey to Welsh border country last weekend, bringing along his steadily growing 28mm Napoleonic collection.

British deployment

British left

the thin red line

overview of the Brits

I played the British supported by a battalion of Prussians, whilst john commanded French and Poles.

the French centre

the French right flank

overview of the French

marching through the fields

This would be our second game of General de Brigade Deluxe, the last one being before Christmas, so we were both a bit rusty on the rules.

The scenario was that a battle had been raging for a few days and the French were outmanoeuvred and were looking for a weak spot to break out. To win John had to move at least 20% off his army off the road in my deployment zone.

Hussar!

The Brits move up to face the threat

the French hide in the hay

Without going into to much detail i will give you two highlights of a very fun game. My highlight was the Scots Greys charging down hill at the Hussars and with a double 6 roll on my BDDs (black dice of death) took their standard and kicked their butts! This eliminated the threat to my left flank in style.

 

Whilst on the other flank an impetuous regiment of cuirassiers dodge past a nice big square to crash into a horse battery rolling over it and causing a brigade morale check which was failed....

the French move through the ruins of the farm

line v column

In the centre the British lines saw off the French column in the old fashioned way, faltering them, then charging in to finish them off.
All in all it was a great fun game and a fantastic first use of my wargames room.
Rules wise I felt once we were into it the rules worked excellently. For me the volley firing from the lines disrupting the squares had great period feel, but were not a guaranteed success, so led to fun drama.
 With hindsight there were a few details we managed to get wrong but nothing that would of changed the game to much. Also I managed to pull off a win and a rather meek chilli....
A testament to a good game is it enthuses you,  John has since painted a battalion gun and is working on his rocket troop and I have bit the bullet and started ordering in my white horde of Austrians!

The Wargames room

 I'd like to think that my wargames room is finished, but like anything in wargaming it is never finished and can always be improved on..

 here is a pic of the table i've been making. It is 8'x6' with enough room to expand when the mrs isn't looking ;0)

 The display cabinet along with a bookcase full of rules and Osprey books, also a sofa bed in case the gaming goes on a bit longer than expected!

My painting desk, complete with comfy chair and daylight bulb. So no excuse not to crank out the minis!
All i need now is a few more pictures on the walls, some nicely painted armies and some friends!

Osgiliath veterans

Continuing on with the War of the ring theme, here are a group of 32 veterans. I will have a few historicals to show before the weekend followed by a massive unit of foot knights of Dol Amroth which i'm basing up right now.
Its my birthday on Friday and i'm hoping to treat myself to a new project, if I'm patient I may wait until Salute. But i'm not known for my patience.