Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Gareth also gifted me some Gallic light horse, which were utterly beautiful, but were not based. So, in preparation for getting thumped next weekend, I based them up.  MeG get's its first run out as a 28mm competition this weekend. Yes, it is slightly out of my present scale for me, and means dusting off some old friends. Bought for me in 1999 by the amazing Mrs Lemmey from Gripping Beast, my Marian/Spartican Roman army for Warhammer Ancient Battles has been revamped and rebased. A few extra figures added, a few repairs here and there, and they are good for another 24 years! Caesar's legio X Army elite My view Legio IX Hispania, with their Eagle, and two new figures with Warlord's Volonius and Pullo from 'Rome' in the front rank (two of the new figures in the army) "Titus Pullo, get back in line you drunkard!" They are veterans, honest! Two average (and allied) legio You can tell they are average...

After a period of sabre rattling, relations between HM government and the Republic of Colombia have rather taken a turn for the worst. Admirable Trigo de Cobre of the Colombian Aeronef fleet had been threatening to disrupt British rubber suppliers from Brazil, so the British Admiralty despatched an aging Albion class carrier (which had been modified so it's command tower was to the right of the flight deck, instantly cutting landing casualties by 85%), with two Cossack class frigates as escorts to Ascension Island. They were to be joined by Force H, three cruisers from the Antilles, and a stronger, battleship based Force B from the Cape any moment.  The Colombian admiral has mobilised almost the entire fleet, seeking to strike down a soft British target before heavier reinforcements could arrive. The vanguard of the Colombian fleet, two gunships, two bombers, three patrol craft and the airplane tender had been on an intercept course, hoping to trap the carrier, forming up as soon a...