Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Mort and I gathered at Leighton Buzzard Wargames Club, got out or One Hour Wargame rules, set out our terrain and counted out our forces and talked through a few extra rules. All Mandalorians and Clones all count as 'tough' due to high quality armour. Mandalorians have pistols and jetpacks (count as 'mounted)', one is a 'bruiser' (as he has a Beskar blade). Clones are armed with rifles and one LMG. Sabine Wren is armed with the 'Darksabre' (no chance of recovery if knocked down), and rated as 'sharpshooter', 'leader' and 'bruiser'. Ursa Wren is also a 'leader'. Tau get two cards to hit when shooting as theyy are all ace shots, but if hit must draw two cards and choose the lowest as they are not that tough. Kroot are both 'bruisers' and 'toughs'. Droids cannot fight in melee. Mort's leaders had SMGs and grenades. Most of the rest of his troops are rifle armed with two LMGs. Mort chose a scenario, three...

A few weeks back, Mark trounced my Saitics with his Greek horde, and it was time for a rematch. This time I got to defend and I also won the scouting by 50%!    The terrain fell into dense mountains, with secure woods on the left flank, and other woods joined them, but the trees didn't (I left them at home)! I managed to get a hill on my base line, my 'rocky ground' (or ruins) and my Timecast village on too. Forces arrayed, Maerk has a centre of long spears, I have long spears on the right and Egyptian spears in the centre, chariots left and centre, but I was not happy with them there! Note Mark has based all his figures with ery pale sand, like an Aegean beach! So I swung them right to counter Mark's chariot squadrons as they swung that way. In teh centre spears are about to clash with spears. On the left my cavalry and poor skirmishers are left to pin back Mark's javelin armed warriors and chariots. Spears clash en echelon, and although Mark 6 units attacking my ...

  Fourth Derventio . This is an ancients themed Mortem et Gloriam competition at Boards and Swords in Derby next weekend. As is traditional, a wooden spoon. Thought these two fitted the theme!

  I never know how to spell that list title! Thank gods for cut & paste (but now I have an awful craving for fish bases pink snacking materials). Dik had said he wanted to use his Taramasalata Spanish, so my only real choice is my Tudors. My list (unchanged since getting drubbed by Neil ) With both generals being competent, Henry managed to not only invade, but strategic intercept and outscout the Spanish! The terrain became dende mountains with secure woods on the left flank, and wine gums to share.   You join us two turns in, while my Welsh spears are entering into the village to commence house-to-house fighting against the Spanish PROTECTED (really, look it up). The pikes and bills moved inextrobly towards Dik's firearms-armed-melee-expert-pikes (squeak, nasty). Dik's jinettes start the process of getting around things and shooting them (including the Welsh as they go past on the charge). All five pieces of artillery (two of mine, and three of Dik's) basically did ...