Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

We gathered in the crisp lighht of Daventry Battlefield Hobbies for Fire and Ice, non-europen themed lists. So, I took horse archers, Ay Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu , protected horse archers (formally known as White Sheep Turkomen) with an Kara Qoyunlu (Black Sheep Turkomen) ally. Horse archers, technically deadly, but so far have proved to be my bete noir! Each time I have used them I have been absolutely thrashed. I had set myself a goal of scoring about 8 points, basically, one TuG a game. I would be okay as long I did not meet anyone decent, or with massed shooting, or long spears or pikes or better cavalry than me, or... So, Round 1 vs Qin . Ray is an awesome player, and this was going to be a hard game. If he brought anything with shooting capability or decent shooting ability, I would be okay. So, Qin... All bow armed! All foot in either units of nine with crossbows and pole arms, or polearms armed with polearms (so get a plus vs cavalry), and even had a TuG of skilled crossbows. Plus...

 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 ...

  Spoon for Ice and Fire 2024 now done., two years on and the competition theme is reborn. Non European lists a Gogo  This weekend is another MeG comp, themed Ice and Fire and non-European lists. Struggled with inspiration for this one, until I saw a fire and Ice ying-yang that was morphing shapes into dragon forms, so I modified the idea into a pair of ice and fire dragons locked in combat. Sure there is a Dragonlance scene of Reds vs Blues... One way up, one dragon looks like it is winning. Rotate it and the other dragon wins! The cycle goes ever on... It was about 2.5hrs painting