Late Roman Archers

28mm Late Romans from Wargames Foundry. Welcome addition to my Lion Rampant/SAGA force and despite the age of these sculpts I do love these figures. 

Painting has slowed a bit this past week due to being unwell. I'm still working on the Jacobite project and have finished the first batch of Government Dragoons and Lowland foot, currently on the second batch. A sale by Warbases coincided with my looking for suitable buildings, so I placed an order for some of their 15mm buildings from the Border Reiver range which are suitable for the Jacobite Uprising. I'll post up some pictures once I've built them.

 

Late Roman Infantry 3

 

More 28mm Late Romans, lovely Crusader Miniatures. Based up for Lion Rampant and Saga, though they may get a run out in Midgard in the future, who knows!

The Jacobite project has taken on a life of its own. My original plans were for two small armies to play Warfare in the Age of Reason. Then thoughts of refighting Culloden emerged, it was always going to happen and I was deluding myself otherwise. Interestingly, I haven't been able to find a 15mm flag for Clan Cameron, fortunately it's easy enough to do. Now the project is starting to stray into provincial regiments such as the Derbyshire Blues and the Georgia Rangers which weren't in my plans at all. I already have some figures suitable for the Georgia Rangers and it's a small outlay to do the Derbyshire Blues. Added to that I know that I have a few packs of Blue Moon French somewhere, that I picked up along the way just in case I wanted to do a French Seven Years War army, as you do! 

I'm on Annual Leave next week, so I'll be making a start on basing the figures that I've painted. Hopefully I'll get some pictures out if all goes to plan. 

There's been a slight distraction, as I'm also prepping for a game next Thursday. This will be Anglo-Zulu War using The Men Who Would be Kings rules. Hopefully, I'll manage to take some pictures and write up a report. A lot will depend on the light.

Late Roman Infantry 2

More Late Romans, 28mm Crusader Miniatures to provide some opponents for my Picts. Units will be 12 figures strong for Lion Rampant. I've had a productive week making mdf kits from TT Combat, there will be pictures soon. The aim is to have a reasonable set up for a WWII game. So far I've managed to make 9 buildings, they're still in the raw mdf. I'm going to prime with a sealer and see what they look like with a basic paint job. As a consequence of getting stuck into the mdf there's been no figure painting done again this week. If I get carried away I might even make a start on the SCI-FI kits, though I think I've another 8 or 9 to make for WWII first. I've found it quite therapeutic once I got started. 

 

Late Roman Infantry

The start of another army, this time 28mm Late Romans from Crusader Miniatures. These are nice figures which paint up quickly. I've had them sitting around for many years and have now decided to assemble a force for Lion Rampant and SAGA.  There is a strong possibility that they will be used in Midgard, and I might even play some small games of WAB. Now that my table is set up, and I'm no longer working shifts I'm planning on playing some games. They will see service initially against my Picts, and I have a number of other armies to paint up that will offer interesting foes. More photos of Picts coming, just thought I'd mix it up for interest!