The Battle of Dunsinnan Hill (Pre-feudal Scots v. Anglo-Danish)
While I wait for figures to arrive from Feudal Castings to complete the armies for the King Magnus’ War campaign, I decided to refight the battles from which this alternate history stems. There’s a...
View ArticleBig Painting Session
This weekend I surprised myself by getting two batches of figures painted, some 6 mounted and 35 foot. The first lot were started on Thursday, I think, inasmuch as I’d done their flesh, but I finished...
View ArticleAnglo-Norman Dismounted Knights
I’ve now finished 4 elements of dismounted knights to allow my Anglo-Norman knights to dismount: Dismounted Knights They are largely Essex figures, but the front element on the left has two Feudal...
View ArticleThe Battle of Stratford on Avon
King Magnus’ ambition to be ruler of all the British Isles led him to declare war on William Rufus’ Anglo-Norman kingdom in the south of England. Magnus challenged William for control of the province...
View ArticleThe Battle for Strathclyde (Pre-feudal Scots v Scots Isles and Highlands).
Well, it’s been a while since there’s been any progress on the King Magnus campaign, and it may continue to be patchy, but last Wednesday Joel came over for a game, and not bringing any of his figures...
View ArticlePainting Progress
Last month was my first back in painting since the overseas trip in June and July. A lot of my effort has been going into rebasing, a project that is still not even halfway completed. I started work on...
View ArticlePre-feudal Scots rebased
I’ve updated the army page for the Pre-feudal Scots. They had been rebased a while back, but I’d not got around to doing the finishing flocking. They were needed as a stand-in army for Greg at the IWC,...
View ArticleA couple of games
I got a couple of games last month at the Auckland Wargames Club on a Thursday night. There were four of us there playing DBA. Geoff was trying it out with Philip, and they had a couple of Polybian...
View ArticleRecent Gaming
I’ve not kept up with reporting games I’ve played. Part of the reason for this is because I’ve only got a camera that is not all that satisfactory. I’ve taken better photos with my phone than with the...
View ArticleOn the Painting table
When I last wrote, I said the next project would be to paint seven 4Pk for my successor armies. Well, they’re over half done, but others have jumped the cue. Rebasing The biggest project has been to...
View ArticlePokeno Invitational
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. A few weeks back I had my first gaming of the year, a chance to catch up with Joel and John and to see Keith for the first time in a good long time....
View ArticleDBA Day at the AWC
Sunday a week ago there was a very successful DBA day at the Auckland Wargames Club. As it led to other projects being planned, I’ve not got around to writing up any report until now. The format was...
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