Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Ky Gox, the Minotaur Lord, reclined against an ancient oak, his ax resting on the ground next to him. A pair of half moon spectacles perched on his snout, the first draft of one of the Centaur knight novel on his lap. One of teh Minotaur Shmen was looking across the valley at the Elven lands, "You know the grass is definitely greener over there," the mage uttered, "but ity is heacvily guarded by elves". "Shall we try?" The Lord enquired putting the manuscript down and folding his specatcles, hefting his ax, "I could do with the exercise!" Phillip and I met up a couple of weeks ago for another game of Warband . Phillip was using the Hugh Elves, d6+2 cinc, d6+2 mage, 2 powerful archers, 3 shieldwall with resolute spears, 2 powerful knights and a unicorn. A solid, powerful list that can dseal damage and take it. I brought out my Taurians , one of my favourite lists, but not been out in yeras. a d6 general, a d6 mage, 3 minotaurs (one with a hero) ...

Nick came over to Leighton Buzzard for a C19th game. I was wondering what to do, and thought are there any Prussian vs Bavarian fights? I did a bit of research, and came across The Battle of Kissingen 10th July 1866 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kissingen I defaulted to Black Powder, using my Volley and Bayonet basing, but using the Wyre Forest Gamers scenario, orbat, timings and map (they always make good games), modified to Black Powder. I usually use my figures in regimental scale, but this is a divisional scale, and so each stand equates to a battalion today. Victory is simple, if Prussian leaves the table to the East, it's a major victory. If they can take all the on-table villages, a minor one. If the Bavarian have no Prussian to the East of the river, a Major win. https://www.wfgamers.org.uk/war-of-1866-mbue/battle-of-kissingen My take on the table. East is up. I left my bridges at home, but the right hand brigdes (small road to the...

Many moons ago, I bought some 28mm scale sandbags for my eldest to paint for her Legion collection, while she still played. She stopped playing and never got round to it, so I did, eventually. Each section is about 50-60mm long But cover is cover! More 28mm terrain Celtic style gravestones from Alternative Armies Street barricades from alternative Armies It's a really fun mix of stuff, you can imagine it being dragged out (although the stacked plates!?!) Huge fun painting all this They just look cool Another 3d printed alien rock set based up from Products for Wargames Top down Simple but effective   Been a while on this thread, Was at Campaign this weekend, and a few bits caught my eye from Products for Wargames , some pre-made fences, some red crystals for sci-fi and these walls in 28mm. Bought these last year, finally got them done. Rocks for sci-fi They glow up in different lights.   You sometimes you ...