40mm SEAL

 

This is a 40mm mini (Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company) that I painted quite a while ago. The other night there was a very cool moon above my house. I took a photo of it and then thought of using it as a background for a photo of a mini. This image of a SEAL emerging from the ocean is the result. 

The big glider.

Britannia 20mm, whatever that means to you as a scale.

Wednesday Night Wargames

We had our first meeting of our Wednesday night wargames club this week. 10 players turned up and played four different games, which was good for a very first meeting. Here are some photos from the evening.

  A dark ages battle with 28mm minis.

 

 

 

We used some mounted figures in our Dark Ages battle for the very first time. They worked out well. One rider managed to catch the enemy army leader out in the open and rode him down and killed him. The subsequent army morale test saw that army flee the field.

 

 A nice 15mm Seven Years War battle using Blackpowder rules.

 

 

 

 

 A WW2 Eastern front game using Rapid Fire rules.

 

 

 A DBA-3 game.

Some painted Minis

 

Here is a selection of minis that I have painted over the last few months. Above and below are some 20mm Minaron Spanish Civil War Nationalist infantry.

 

This is a 28-30mm early medieval mounted command group. The General is a Mithril mini (Theoden) and the standard bearer is the GW Lord of the Rings Aragorn. 

 

A really old Minfigs that I have had for several decades. I decided it was time I painted him. Quite a large figure, at least 28mm

 

An ugly brute - 25mm scale

 Found in a box of $1 unwanted minis. He is 25mm and painted up quite nicely. 

Hussite - Prokop the Great

Here is my painting of the Hussite leader Prokop the Great. The figures are all 28mm Front Rank, as a matter of fact Prokop is Front Rank's Henry Vth.

28mm Roman vs. Roman Hail Caesar game

Here are some photos of the Hail Caesar game we played on Thursday night. It was a Roman vs. Roman affair

 Organizing forces for the coming contest.

 Looking across the table at the opposing army.

 Cavalry clash in the opening minutes of the battle.

 The ranks of Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix await their foes.

 XXXths opponents move closer.

The cavalry guarding the flank of XXXths opponents have been defeated and a division of XXX has moved onto the flank of the enemy line.

 XXX attacks and begin to roll up the enemy line.

The division attacked in the flank collapses and the game is over. 

It was a good game and like all Hail Caesar games flowed along quickly and without any hitches.

$1 Barbarian Horn Blower

Sometimes you get lucky. A few weeks ago I was rummaging around in a tub of minis that had been cast aside and were being sold for $1 each. I found this fellow. He is perfect for a character in the dark ages campaign we are playing. He is the hero that carries the Horn of Rusika which when blown gives a combat bonus to all the Rusikan warriors within earshot. I painted the mini up and here he is.