A very Merry Christmas to everyone…
Greetings…
The other Friday we got together for a Christmas Wars of the Roses treasurer hunt…
The table was beautifully set up by Matt… looking suitably seasonal….
Although Adam and Matthew couldn’t make it we decided to include them as two drunken Revellers/Deserters…
The scenario was very simple… like most of ours… made up on the spot…
The object of the game was to collect up a much Xmas loot as possible and then present it to Santas glamorous helper at the church…
Points were given for loot gathered and enemies destroyed…
The drunks and the Maid acted as mobile loot…Moving randomly across the table.
The Drunks…
Santas glamorous helper…
The Maid and the Drunks….
A view of the table…
You can see the cunningly hidden counters…
My brave warriors make their way on to the Field of Mars…
Hastings (Steven) makes his presence known…
My brave men start to spread out and look for Xmas treats….
Boucherie ( Israel) makes his play at the church…
I rush forward and persuade the Maid to join our party and snatch up a number of Xmas treats… A Goose and a Tree… I think 🤔.
The Drunks… Let’s be honest… They haven’t gone far… So much for their plan to to leave the country and party like its 1499….
Greetings…
Here is another addition to my Wars of the Roses collection…
Dastardly Medieval Muggers…
These are more lovely figures from Athena Miniatures…
https://www.athenaminiatures.co.uk/product/vignet7e-12-give-us-your-purse
I am not entirely sure how they will fit into our games… But they were a lot of fun to paint.
I have painted them as Boucherie (Israel) and Tudor (Matt) mugging Hastings (Hastings)…
Why?… You may ask…
Well it’s a dirty job… And someone has/had to do it… 🤣
The Blue bits are… Citadel… Kantor Blue.
The Yellow Bits are… AK Interactive… AKA 11118 Ochre.
The Hose are… Foundry… Drab 12B.
The Red bits are… Citadel… Mephiston Red.
The Belts are… Citadel… Skrag Brown.
The Green bits are… Vallejo… 70.967 Olive Green.
The White bits are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.
Everything was given a wash of Aly’s Brown Liquid and then re-highlighted with the original colours.
Greetings…
Here we have a Prussian gun and crew painted in the ‘Wellington Way’.
One of my biggest influences when I started my Shiny Napoleonics collection was Wellington Man (AKA Matthew) from The Hinton Spieler Blog.
https://thehintonspieler.blogspot.com/
Just looking at the gem like quality of his toys made me want something similar for myself…
I realised recently that I have never tried to paint anything in his particular style…
Matthew has rather conveniently posted some tutorials on his blog…
https://thehintonspieler.blogspot.com/p/how-i-paint.html
I have followed his guidance as close as I can … But I have used acrylic paint as I am not brave enough to use Humbrol Enamels…
The figures are PN 32, 33, 34, and 35.
The Cannon is FNA 4… I think.
The Tunics are… Citadel… Administratum Grey.
The Trousers are… Citadel… Mechanicus Standard Grey.
The Gaiters are… Citadel… Corvus Black.
The Gun Carriage is… Citadel… Russ Grey.
This was an enjoyable little project and I am very pleased with the results… I will definitely be painting more toys in this style.
All the best. Aly
Greetings…
I picked up this rather nice book at the Oxfam Book shop in the town centre today…
Battlefields of the Marne 1914… An Illustrated History and Guide.
It’s one of the Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battlefields (1914-1918)… Published in 1919.
