Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

During the carnage of lockdown Andy had been busily painting away, and he kindly invited me over to try playing against his new Venitian Republican army (he has Milanise too, but that's for another day). Who was I to resist playing against these superbly painted Mike's Models figures? We had tried to arrange this game several times, but due to my house being in pieces right now, it was a snap choice of Wednesday - GO! Why is Henry at war with Venice? Politics? Reliigion? Vanity? Most likely, he owes money...  My list - my never victorious Tudor English. it just never, ever works. So, a nice easy win for Andy then. The table. Again, Andy has superb terrain. We both chose towns, a coastline anchors left, and a wood and field also lurk on the left. These two towns were to prove critical. Henry is slightly outscouted then! (Black =0, Green 10%, Yellow 20%) My generals were two talented subordinates and Henry, who although he believes he is a legend, is actually just a floati...

One day, two games, both wearing masks - 2020 is weird! After the morning's game vs Julian , Lee had very kindly asked me for a game too. Lee is a lovely chap (as 99.9999999999999999% of Meggers are), has been playing since the first trial games, and, more importantly, is a dashed good player! He has recently had a Takeda Samurai army painted by Nash's Painting Services , and was desperate to use it, so who was I to deny a chance of a civil war in a civil setting and a Senguko era war? My list, same as it ever was . Lee has obiously read my blog, as straight away he made sure we were not fighting in mountains, and we ended up in a normal plain with a coast line... So, no ambushes here!  Basically, I bodged my deployment, massively! I initialy deployed centred on the town, forgetting I had put my camp on the far right against the coast. This meant Fluffy's command was split, and my goose was cooked ! Lee consolidated his forces on his town, while I scrambled to dig myself o...