28mm War of the Roses

28mm War of the Roses game. I just set this up and we will be playing soon. Here are some pictures!

The local townsfolk...they are debating about getting involved in the fight. Most of these figures are old
Wargames Foundry Perry figures. I'll let the players roll some dice to determine what these guys will do!

Old Glory wounded figues hurt in the initial pre-battle skirmishing!

A light unit of horse moves toward the bridge.

The line of battle. We are using "Medieval Tactica" by Arty Conliffe (with a few house modifications). These are a great set of rules for the period. I just picked up a copy of "Hail Ceasar" and am looking forward to trying them.

Mounted Knights in reserve. These are Old Glory figures.

Skirmishers advance!

Line of battle - mostly Front Rank figures.

Lord Wenlock - painted for the massive Tewkesbury game Titch and are are planning to run soon at a Con near you!

Burgundian pikemen

These are old Grenadier figures I picked up years ago at the Sword of the Phoenix in Atlanta, GA.

An overview of the battle....mostly skirmishing will occur on this side of the table.

Another view of the battle....this will be where most of the heavy fighting will occur. The "hot spot" is caused by the sun coming through the window in my gaming room, but it makes for a great "sunrise" shot!

15mm DBA

My good friend, Titch W., rolled into town recently for a visit and some gaming. We hit the local gaming store first - Wargames, Inc., and then played two DBA games. Here are some pictures of the games and Titch's nicely painted 15mm armies.

Titch unpacking his figs. I like his travel set-up in the tackle-box.

A Carthaginian elephant. I really enjoy this army because of the
diversity of troop types available. Nice paint job!

A roman element of "artillery". Some more nicely painted 15mm DBA
figures from the brush work of Titch.

The Roman initial set-up. I played the Romans and Titch played the Carthaginians in the first game. He
provided all the figures and we used my terrain.

Titch's Carthaginian DBA army deployed for battle.

Almost crunch time!

A decisive turn in the battle! The elephant and spears broke the center of the
Roman line. It was actually a close game but I lost the game by 1 element!

A shot of the second game we played - Romans vs Scythians. This game turned out to be
a quick Scythian victory. The light horse armies usually win or lose BIG!

A close up of Titch's Scythians. We had a lot of fun with the games and we are
definitely both looking forward to a rematch!

15mm Napoleonic generals....on the painting table!

I have been extremely busy lately with family activities and work, but I have found a little time to paint!

I have decided to not start any major new periods  for a while, so I have been focusing on adding to my existing armies.

 We played a 15mm Napoleonics game not too long ago (see my pics of the 1809 Austrians vs French game!) and I saw that I needed to add some generals and command figures to my troops...so here you go!

15mm French Essex Generals. The building are the old
"Architectural Heritage" buildings...which are my favorites!

A closer shot of two French officers.

The painting table. I'm working on Austrians and a few more
French and allies (Hessen & Bavarian).

15mm Goblin Bat Clan - Hordes of the Things (HOTT) army

These lovely 15mm / 18mm figures are from Splintered Light Miniatures - 

 http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/

Splintered Light carries some of the finest 15mm fantasy figures on the market. This is my goblin "bat clan" army with a few orge & bugbear allies. The army consists mainly of goblin "warband" stands, but also includes some goblins mounted on bats (flyers, riders or knights), behemoths (the ogres), beasts (werebats), shooters (a couple stands of bowmen), hordes (goblins), bugbear warband, and a goblin shaman (magician). I have plans to add bat swarms, a hero, some artillery, lurkers and sneakers! I also liked the bugbear and ogre figures so much that I'm thinking about branching off and building an army of  these! Here are some pictures:

The whole clan!

The ogres!

My red haired, wild,  goblin warbands prepare to charge!

Bat riders!

Goblin shooters

15mm New Kingdom Egyptian DBA Army

I've had a fascination with the New Kingdom Egyptian army for a long time! I finally got around to painting one a while back and here they are. I'm still working on my arid terrain however, so please forgive the arable landscape! In DBA 2.0 this is army I/22 1543BC to 1069BC and it consists of 1xLCh (Gen - the Pharoah in the chariot), 3xLCh, 3x3/4Bd, 4x4 Bw, 1x2P's or 1x3Wb. I also painted enough Nubian psiloi to create army I/3 Nubian. I planning on building Hittites at some point and fighting the battle of Qadesh. I'd also like to add some fantasy elements like mummies, skeleton's, etc. for a HOTT army. Any idea where I can get some figs? Here are some pictures I took with my phone:

An overview of the Pharoah's host. These are mostly 15mm Old Glory
figures. The Pharoah and Sherden warriors are from Essex.

A close up of the Chariots! This brings back images of Yul Brynner!

a closer shot of the Pharoah

A better view of the foot, bowmen and Numidians

more infantry!

15mm DBA Anglo-Danish army

15mm Anglo-Danish DBA army

A close up of the shield-wall

Another view of the army

This is my 15mm Anglo-Danish army. I painted these for a 1066 campaign. These are Essex figures and were a joy to paint. In the DBA 2.0 rulebook this is army III/71 Anglo Danish 1014 AD to 1075 AD. It consists of 1x4Bd (Gen - the element with the flag), 2x4 Bd, 8x4Sp, 1x2P's or 4Sp. I also painted a 3Cv (cavalry) which was an option in DBA 1.0, and an archer unit just for the fun of it. I also have a few elements that can make this a fantasy army for Hordes of the Things (dragon, gnomes, dryads, etc.). I sold a nice 15mm Two-Dragons viking army...that I now regret! I'm also in itching to build the Norman army. 

Gaming Room

I always enjoy looking at pictures of other people's gaming rooms. What I find interesting is that they all look pretty much the same: Osprey's everywhere, tons of rules, boxes of figures, etc. It's hell having a hobby! Well anyway, here are a few shots of my gaming room. I think I was setting up some 15mm ACW terrain the day I took these pictures.

Typical Gamer's room!

The calm before the troops arrive!

Gaming room!