Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

  After many years (2019), it was time to get my 10mm Franco-Prussian out, partly to celebrate Pendraken's 30th Birthday, and partly because David and Steve both playing ACW Black Powder at Leighton Buzzard, so Franco Prussian is not too large a step away, and these armies and this period is my great (unfinished) project with at least four corps a side painted. Before you ask, it uses my modifications for Black Powder, listed here , and my basing is on Volley and Bayonet basing at 75mm squares, and the scale is regimental, so instead of brigades breaking, we work on divisions going. This was a corps level game. Unfortunately, Steve could not make it, so I took on David. We fought the Battle of Hannoville-Suzemont , a historical 'what if' where the French army had pulled out of Gravelotte/Mars-La-Tours, efficently, leaving Frossard and 2nd Corps acting as a rearguard over the bridges at Hannoville-Suzemont, which is one village West of the great battlefield, while the Pr

Last week, David and I broke out the Cruel Seas boats and had a thoroughly enjoyable night shooting each other to pieces. (Wargames - one of the few hobbies hobby when you can legitimately beat up your mates). David and I tossed a coin for whgo played which side and David got the allies. I chose three German S85 Schnellboats, and much fun they were. This shot has nothing to do with the actual game, it just looked good as we were getting boats out and setting up! Breaker 1-9, this here is Rubber Duck , looks like we got ourselves a CONVOY ! David had three Fairmile Bs, a Flower class corvette and two tankers (who acted as one) to try to get across table. That's an awful lot of firepower! I am meant to have a larger ship guarding table end, but I've never got round to buying one!   My first shot, at long range, with a bow 20mm gun does this to a tanker! 3d6 and extra damage on a critical, woohoo! (To be honest, I never beat this roll all game). "I don't know, fly ca

"Can you paint me some hoplites? "Sure." "So, there are 300 of them..." "Oooh, I see where you're going here." THIS IS SPARTA! Love the details on the shield. Shield transfers arrived today to allow me to finish this lot off. Side view Red cloaks Looking well 'ard! Hopefully not red shirts Rach tried a shot That one was better Rach Second batch done Longditudinal crests Blurry back view Transverse crests Formed up Good shield variety Back view Spear side Command figures (blurred) Commander's view Bloke in the middle looks familiar, but the shield is wrong? Start of Spartans (another three strips are done, but need shield transfers) Tried to shade the cloaks so the part nearer the ground is darker Player's view Light horse and two extra Spartans Higher command, featuring Leonadies to the right This... IS... Musicians Slightly less clothing than is practical, they are going to be so burned by th