Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Due to the organiser being ill, an emergancy soon was needed for this weekend. The 28mm MeG pool is open themed, but nearly all the armies were Roman or Italian Wars in our pool, the spoon idea popped into my headbased on a comment by a friend:- "I see three of us didn't get the Italian Wars memo!" It only took an hour and a half tonight, but I actually prefer this one!    And now a wooden spoon for Rollcall this weekend!  It's an Easter weekend competition, so here's Bugs... (With apologese to Tex Avery)

The sun shone bright on Cranfield, and Day 2 began. After Day 1 , could I achieve a decent result. Round 3: Paul Cummins and Southern Dynasties. Or how to lose a game with three mistakes! I knew what was coming. Why? Because Paul, Hammy and I had been discussing the madness of this list for ages! What madness , 8 war wagons of artillery madness , it's brutal! Oh and then some superior crossbows and melee expert loose foot! Genius list. My army from the night before remained in place as the terrain landed. Rocky in the centre, forests on the right, villages next to another forest. Deployment followed in its usual inevitable fashion. Trying to outthink Paul I put my bows and tepo in ambush, while I thought it would be a cleer idea to try a flank march with my cavalry as I knew I needed them causing havoc behind Paul's front line. (Mistake 1) Paul sensibly put three TUGs of Warwagons out front, ready to roll me over. The other wagon was tasked to hold his left flank, supporting...