Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Mark suggested we jump to the final scenario of an all in attack for both sides, allowing airpower and artillery. Winner is the player who kills the most, simples. Eeep! So, I looked at the lists, added proper artillery and added an on call Bristol Blenheim squadron to the British (which Mark & Dave took), and upped the points of the Germans to match, but with no special abilities, just a lot more kit (including long-barrelled Panzer IIIJs, but still not everything I own). Terrain was spartan to say the least, the Brits had three pre-programmed artillery (two HE, one smoke), and a live battery of off-table 25lbers. I had as much armour as I could manage, veteran DAK infantry and a desire to get in the Brit's faces. Would it work? We decided this time to try the 'hits stay on, but HQs can rally off' rules variant. The British lost the deployment roll, and spread their forces across table, whispering pre-planned bombardment ideas to each other. I simply massed my forces ...

Polykratos looked at the ground ahead of them, several patches of scrub interspersed the rocky outcrops that dominated the area. Leandros looked over and as usual, grinned confidently and waved as he set off. He obviously was going straight up the largest hill, and would take the peltasts with him. Tychon the archer had already headed out with the archers to hold the right. Polykratos turned round to Jeff, the musician, shrugged and looked at the hoplites as they moved up in line ahead of him, supported by the meager shooting of the slingers. "Not good terrain for a shieldwall, we are going to be busy supporting everyone!" Jeff nodded, and played out a jaunty tune on the pipes to encourage the men on.    David came round for a game, we played on a narrow table (as that's all I've got at the moment) with our usual warbands, my Thespians, David's Spartans. David set the terrain, and we threw a straight up scrap with no unusual deployment or missions. The big hill do...

French HQ and motorbikes Inspired by the Flames Of War 3rd Edition General de Gaulle which had a motorcycle sidecar combination to add interest to his base And a BADLY out of focus Panxer I command tank for the Germans Germans needed a command base   Second French command stand for BKC Calling all the heroes? Had fun with the basing Second Panzer II, loe this model. Got to get some command teams at some point Hot exhaust Brrrmmm... Oh, and esxtra hit markers!   French command stand, with attached anti-tank rifle, as no one else needs them! Bone jaw, my nome is... 'Allo! 'Allo! The red top on their kepis is there, honest! Two higher officers, an RTO, a staff car and an anti-tank rifle The whole French force*.   Finishing off the French starter set https://www.pendraken.co.uk/nbkc-fr-nfrench-starter-army-4278-p.asp Just need a company commander stand now (and many other things). Knew there was a stand of French infa...