Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

 A friend aquired four A4 boxes of ECW 6mm, enough for two armies, almost. So I have been rebasing everything over the last couple of months. Then some units needed painting Second camp, this one I painted Top view - did they have drones then? It features a lot of gee-gees, a few guns, And even at least one wheelbarrow race!   Hesilrige's Lobster's, Parlimentarian Cuirassiers   Top down Heavy man Off they go Dragoons that I rebased No idea why that posted sidwards! More bits I painted Three strips of pike that round out some units, I did not paint the standard bearers or about three individual pikemen, the rest are mine I did get rid of the flock on the pikes after I took these Reiters, so that my friend can do 30 Years War too Clip-clop Owner's view Top down

Almost a month ago (yes, I am seriously behind on blogging, sorry), I took a trip up to a paragam of Wargames, Boards and Swords in Derby. The theme was 30 Years War or ECW, which led to me using my great and glorious Eastern Association Parlimentarian forces, who have had four games, two wins and two loses. Could I keep my 50% record? Doubtful... I was up against a lot of VERY experienced players, whereas I haven't played competitively since before the great beta rewrite prior to Lockdown One. My list : Two units of decent cavalry, two great foot, two units of rough horse, and lots of very average foot. Two dragoons, some guns, decent pack of generals including my 18x Great Uncle Edward Whalley . Game 1 vs Later Oxford Royalist run by the living legend Steve Stead I have played Steve on many occasions, very occasionally I get a win against him. In ReG, where he was one of the best player around, and with him using Wupert, the odds of a win had just dramatically dropped. He only...