Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

*WARNING - THE FOLLOWING POST MAY CONTAIN UNFINISHED FIGURES - THOSE OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION LOOK AWAY NOW* Stephrn at Leighton Buzzard very kindly agreed to give me a game of Sharp Practise using the 1870/1 FPW mods, as several club members have forces to skirmish with, all Dik's fault (I also have several corps for both sides in 1870 in 10mm, but that's my want), I decided to join in. After David misordered his French, and ended up with four boxes rather than two (!) I took two off his hands and after about three weeks of assembly, started painting them last weekend, before the game on Wednesday. Hence why they aren't finished (and the Chasseurs a Pied I ordered arrived the day after our game). We chose the 'Skirmish' scenario. The two forces met while the French were investigating a fire observed at a farmstead the previous night. Not the usual rolling plains of Alsace=Lorraine, as my forces are from 45em ligne, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, they must be...

 A wee while back, it was the first MeG competition of the year, Ice and Fire (renamed by some Dice and Dire) at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry . The theme is any non-European lists but it is also traditionally the last run out of the previous year's army lists before any changes come into effect. I chose my Hausa as they were are one of the most colourful and fun lists I possess, and deserved a run out. This was my first competition in six months, I had no illusions of any decent results, I was just going along to play. My aim was to have fun, maybe get a good winning game for the weekend, and to get Hausa another mention in Paul's rankings database !  My list: Lot's of decent cavalry, one unit VERY decent cavalry, some odd tribal infantry (not as odd s some that stayed in the box, unprotected long spear with shield cover?), a drilled infantry, many allied superior cavalry and camels, some allied average camels and cows! A great fun list, as long as you don't meet ...