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

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Lion Rampant... A Roman Villa so far. And Winter Has Come

Greetings...

Progress on the Roman Villa has been a bit slower that I would wish...

Still it moves along steadily...



Everything is assembled and the base colours have been applied...

I am now ready to start dry-brushing...


Also... Winter has Come....

To the Wargames Room...

The table is now set up for my Boxing Day Game with Mharaid...


All the best.   Aly

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22 comments:

  1. Peter Douglas23 December 2020 at 15:13

    Villa looks great as does the table.

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  2. Jonathan Freitag23 December 2020 at 16:15

    Your villa is coming along nicely!

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    1. Aly Morrison23 December 2020 at 18:14

      Thank you Jonathan...
      No doubt if I am defending it... it will be on fire next year 😂

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Ed M23 December 2020 at 16:43

    I'm sure that such a fine villa must have a splendid hypocaust to fend off the cold.

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    1. Aly Morrison23 December 2020 at 18:16

      One would hope so...Ed

      But will it fend off Sassanids?

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Jolly Broom Man23 December 2020 at 17:01

    I hope you are going to put some fancy mosaics on the floors in there and you’ll need to get the hypercaust working as well now that winter is coming, lol.

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    1. Aly Morrison23 December 2020 at 18:22

      I was ... just for a few seconds... tempted to have removable roofs and internal details... hmmm! Not this time😁

      I a sure the Sassanids will supply some form of heating in the new year...

      All the best. Aly

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  5. Matt Crump23 December 2020 at 17:22

    Villa is looking very impressive Aly, think I would like to live there. The table looks intriguing ? Have a great Christmas 😀

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    1. Aly Morrison23 December 2020 at 18:24

      Yes a Villa by the sea... in the sun...
      The Xmas game should be fun...

      All the best and a Merry Xmas to you. Aly

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  6. Aly Morrison23 December 2020 at 18:29

    To all of you...

    It’s interesting that I don’t ever really think of Ancients and Winter together... Apart from Hannibal crossing the Alps.
    There must have been some ‘Aggro’ in the winter months...
    Flutter flutter flutter...😁

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  7. Phil Robinson23 December 2020 at 18:41

    A fine looking abode their old chap, I shall look forward to reading about your surprise Boxing Day victory🙂

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    1. Aly Morrison23 December 2020 at 18:54

      Thank you Phil...
      You are clearly a very patient man 😂

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Springinsfeld24 December 2020 at 11:55

    Lovely villa... and really looking forward to seeing the winter game if you document it. best wishes Mike

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    1. Aly Morrison24 December 2020 at 12:09

      Thank you Mike...

      The game will indeed be documented 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  9. David24 December 2020 at 13:35

    Splendid progress on the villa Aly!

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  10. Rob Young24 December 2020 at 14:52

    Looking good. I'm another one who never really thought of winter in terms of Ancients battles but I can see some possibilities.
    Merry Christmas.

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    1. Aly Morrison24 December 2020 at 17:05

      Thank you Rob...

      Whenever I put together the winter table for our Boxing Day game I start to think of what periods I could do with it...
      The Retreat from Moscow and the 2nd Schleswig Holstein war come to mind first but not normally Ancients...

      All the best. Aly

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    2. Rob Young24 December 2020 at 23:55

      For me the obvious one involves visits to the Antarctic involving 6' tall albino penguins and various otherwordly visitors...

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  11. caveadsum147124 December 2020 at 18:30

    Lovely looking villa and winter warfare land!
    Best Iain

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