ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Sunday, 19 January 2020

Lion Rampant... 3rd Century Rome.

Greetings...


Due to life...life...life and of course work...
I have not had a lot of time to do much since Xmas...


I have done something however...


I have been rebasing my small 3rd Century Romans to fit in with the Lion Rampant rules...
https://ospreypublishing.com/lion-rampant-medieval-wargaming-rules
This has been inspired by two things...
One... the fact that I have realised that I don't have the stamina or desire to paint up two whole Hail Caesar armies.
Two... some very nice army lists for Romans on the blog I Live With Cats...
http://ilivewithcats.blogspot.com/search/label/romans


Rebasing my Romans has given me six units of infantry... two units of cavalry and some command types... Enough I think for a nice small game.


I have put them on round bases...
The infantry are on 30mm... 45mm and 55mm.
The cavalry are on 45mm... 55mm and 65mm.
The command are on whatever suits.


Here are a few units... I have of course yet to texture them as I haven't made up my mind how I would like them to look...






I have also started some Sassanids to fight against them...



I am looking forward to getting on with this project... hopefully it won't take me too long.


The miniatures are...
A&A...  https://www.aandaminiatures.co.uk/
Aventine... https://aventineminiatures.co.uk/


The shield transfers are...
Little Big Men Studios... https://www.littlebigmenstudios.com/


And the bases are...
Warbases... https://warbases.co.uk/


All the best   Aly

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36 comments:

  1. Phil Robinson19 January 2020 at 22:16

    Good to see the project back in the limelight Aly.

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    1. Aly Morrison19 January 2020 at 22:19

      Thank you Phil...
      I am looking forward to playing with them.

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Matt19 January 2020 at 22:43

    Great looking figures and brush work.
    I played Lion Rampant for the second time at the club on Wednesday (Trojan War). I came second but had a lot of fun. I have some HYW Perry figures in the queue for this game too.
    Look forward to see how your armies roll out.

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 18:45

      Thank you Matt...

      I am keen to get something on the table...

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Jonathan Freitag19 January 2020 at 23:30

    Rounds? Very interesting. They will look great and I look forward to more!

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 18:53

      Thank you Jonathan...
      Michael Leck... co author of Rebels and Patriots and Pikeman’s Lament has been using this basing system for a while and I quite like the look of it...
      Although I have made my bases a little bit bigger than his...

      All the best. Aly

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  4. Natholeon19 January 2020 at 23:50

    It must be the season. I've just overhauled my Gallic Wars version of these rules, and extended them out to the early imperial era. 6 games this year so far, and they seem to have the right balance that I wanted.

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 18:56

      I notice that you had been trying them out...
      I will have a good look at what you have done when I have enough toys to play with...

      All the best. Aly

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  5. StuartInsch20 January 2020 at 00:13

    Very nice. I'm a big fan of the 3-2-1 basing. Love the Sassanids.

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 18:58

      Thank you Stuart...
      The basing has a nice look to it...
      I am really pleased with the Sassanids and look forwards to painting more.

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Unlucky General20 January 2020 at 05:29

    All good but those Sassanids really look the business.

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:00

      Thank you...
      They are lovely little miniatures... and I enjoyed painting them.

      All the best. Aly

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  7. Graham C20 January 2020 at 06:44

    Aly,
    I'm with you on this, having sold the majority of my 28's for the same reason I kept a few Greeks back for some small scale actions. The big battles are now in 15mm as I can crank these out.
    Your figures are, as always, spot on

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:02

      Thank you Graham...
      I am very tempted to do something in 15mm... I just can’t decide what...

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Phil20 January 2020 at 07:42

    3rd century, my favorite!! And you'ce done an excellent work on these Romans, congrats!

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:03

      Thank you Phil...
      I have been itching to get back to them...

      All the best. Aly

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  9. Phil20 January 2020 at 07:43

    ...and gorgeous Sassanid nits as well!

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:04

      The Sassanids are such a pretty army... I couldn’t pick anything else...

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  10. Rick Priestley20 January 2020 at 16:20

    Very nicely done - and not a bit of gloss varnish in sight either!

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:06

      Thank you Rick...
      If you look really closely... you will see that I have glossed the belts.


      And the armour... :-)


      I can’t keep away from the stuff...

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Ed M20 January 2020 at 16:36

    Always good to find a system that can give figures a new life, even if that means rebasing. Splendid looking fellows, all, but I'm partial to the Sassanids (being a sucker for cavalry).

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:10

      Thanks Ed...
      I needed to something... or they would never have got played with... it wasn’t too painful...

      The Sassanids are very pretty and classic enemies of 3rd century Rome...

      All the best. Aly

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  12. David20 January 2020 at 17:13

    Nicely done there Aly, though I didn't think over much to the rules the few times we played them. Best of luck.

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  13. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 19:12

    Thank you David...

    I have had a couple of enjoyable games... the system seems quite flexible...
    If I don’t get on with the rules there are a few more skirmish types out there.

    All the best. Aly

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  14. Matt Crump20 January 2020 at 20:59

    Nice work Aly, a full roman army is certainly a challenge to undertake, and the round basing should work well with LR ( I really like the rules and we have had a lot of fun with them ) 👍

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 21:55

      Thank you Matt...
      I didn’t want to use single bases or sabots the 3/2/1 round basing seems like a good compromise...
      Having fun with your toys... who would have thought it. ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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  15. caveadsum147120 January 2020 at 21:18

    Lovely looking Roman's and Sassanids! I quite like lion rampant and these chaps certainly deserve to get on the table!
    Best Iain

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    1. Aly Morrison20 January 2020 at 21:58

      Thank you Iain...
      It seemed such a shame to have them just sitting on a shelf... looking for a fight.

      All the best. Aly

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  16. rross21 January 2020 at 05:30

    Really nicely painted figures Aly....but then aren't they always on your site? I too have a few games of Lion Rampant and have enjoyed the way it works.

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    1. Aly Morrison22 January 2020 at 07:04

      Thank you Keith...
      It seems to be a very adaptable system.

      All the best. Aly

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  17. Moiterei_198421 January 2020 at 07:56

    There are never enough 3rd century Romans!

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  18. Pan Janek21 January 2020 at 08:41

    Great job as always. I love the LBMS transfers. I used a lot on my Carthaginians and Numidians and they really make life easier and bring the whole look to a new level!

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    1. Aly Morrison22 January 2020 at 07:06

      Thank you Jan...
      The transfers are indeed lovely... I certainly wouldn’t want to paint all these designs by hand.

      All the best. Aly

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  19. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 29 January 2020 at 00:31

    Brilliant.

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