Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

*Warning - this thread contains unpainted figures which some wargamers might find upsetting!* Rob invited me round for a game of Renatio et Gloriam (hence forwards to be refered to as ReG), as he wants to play more of it, which was the incentive I needed to finish my Parlimentarian army in 15mm that David had kindly given me. This would be Rob's second game, and my third, so we are bound to have made hundreds of mistakes. Forgive us all. I gifted Rob the remaining third of David's army which gives Rob about 2/3 of his army (the undercoated ones ), and you will also see quite a few of Manny's commission to bulk out the army, at least some are painted, a few were unpainted though (they are started, and nearly finished, now)! Told you. Terrain and deployment: Rob had a village and a wood, I had (off camera) rocky ground and ploughed fields. I out scouted Rob by 20%, and Rob deployed all his five infantry in what looked like a tercio! To their left were his guns, and betwe...

 After finishing the Spartans , Phil (no, the other one) asked me to do some medieval Irish for him from the Donnington Ancient & Modern range .Always up for a challenge, I agreed. They arrived and rather fun figures they were too. I painted them under the principle of the posher, the better the clothing .  Phil will do his own basing later. Starting off with the lowest of the low, the slingers. Back view Chaps with big choppers Back view. You can see I started adding plaid/tartan on this batch. Mixed weapon batch Back view Side on Slightly better clothed again Three at the back were figures that fell off their painting sticks! Getting into tartan now Go lads Nobility Tried not to make their plaid too regimented Attitude Seriously posh blokes Flags by kind permission of Mark Carmichael Nobility or strongmen? Back view They must be getting richer, they've got trim on their outfits. Kings and things Brightest and cleanest of the lot Positively regal Mounted kings and nobilit...

Last night was my first trail of ' Soldiers of Napoleon ', a wargame that other club members at Leighton Buzzard have been using for a while, and to ensure I had a workable list I had finished off Weber's Division that morning for my Austrians . So, Neil did most of the heavy lifting, taking me through the rules. Thank you Neil, a great game and very enjoyable. The rules themseles are well packaged and thought out. They contain lists for the Leipzig campaign and the 100 Days, with more promised soon. The fighting mechanics are very simple, 4+ to hit on shooting, melee depends on troop quality, artillery 5+, standardised movement, and the amount of actions decided by your cards, move/shoot or charge (or varient of such as reform, limber up etc). As units become worn or rally or break, you have to give your opponent victory points, plus certain cards also deliver victory points for objectives, which can be changed and fought over as the game progresses The cards you gener...