Bits and pieces part 2

So this bank holiday weekend has definitely seen an increase in output as a number of figures were cleared off the painting desk. First off there was a return to the Franco Prussian war and my second regiment of Landwehr for the upcoming campaign. As usual these are all from Outpost/Reiver castings.

I think these will be the last Prussians for a while. I may return in the future and add a French infantry division to 4th Corps.

With the ongoing games of Midgard at the club, it was a chance to add some more Italian infantry. This time figures designated as Samnites from Museum miniatures. 

This brings me up to 3 units of Italian heavy infantry, I do have enough figures from Essex miniatures for a 4th unit. I can see myself adding more units in the future, namely some heavy cavalry, medium infantry and some skirmishers. Then I can field them as a stand alone force.

Now I also added a few figures to the Warhost collection. Namely three more Dwarf warriors and an Air elemental for the Elves. The Air elemental is a 3d print provided by Mitch. He is also busy printing me an earth construct for the Dwarves.

I've got a couple more things on the painting table that I should get completed before I go back to work on Tuesday. They are some Roman velites and Spanish light cavalry, then a couple of more Dwarves before starting on some Elves.

Bits and pieces

As my mojo for painting is slowly returning, I've found it best to keep the painting queue as varied as possible. Seems to be helping so far. First up was some bits and pieces for the Punic Wars, some Carthaginian cavalry and a single base of Triari for my 4th Roman legion, this will be combined with the base from the 3rd legion to create a unit for Midgard. The Romans are from Museum miniatures and the Carthaginians are from Forged in battle.

I really struggled with the shields on the cavalry. When the new glasses arrive I will try again. The next batch of figures were some Oathmark Dwarves for my Warhost force. Only another 5 figures to do on these before deciding if I want to expand the force further.

While rummaging in the pile of unpainted shame I came across a box of the Oathmark Elven warriors. I knew I had painted a few up years ago, so assumed they had come from this box, guess I was wrong as it was a full unopened box of 30 figures. I must have picked up a few sprues first. So I guess I'll be adding an Elven force to the Warhost collection. I even dug out the 8 I had painted previously, touched up the paintwork and freshened up the bases.

At the club we gave the Midgard rules another run out using my Punic War figures, just a few pictures as not much of a report as we concentrated on learning the rules.

The game is in balance. After a rather ropey start by the Romans, they have slowly ground their way back into the battle, eventually dispatching the troublesome elephants, which had been causing havoc amongst the allied Italian infantry. Next week I should see my 2 legions engage the main Carthaginian and Gallic infanty. Should be fun

Painting and a bit of gaming

A bit of a mix bag on the painting front, I find I'm just painting whatever I fancy. First up is some more Dwarves from Oathmark. A few extra warriors and a number of character figures from the Oathmark metal range.

The other figures I painted were 6 medium Italian infantry for the Punic wars. These are the second base I needed to complete a unit for Midgard. The figures are all from Essex miniatures.

These last figures were inspired by a recent game of Midgard at the club, where the Romans commanded by myself and Sean were given a rather bloody nose by the Carthaginians commanded by Robbo and Mitch. The Carthaginians had to hold a hill and received an extra reputation point each turn they held it. Even though our heavy infantry managed to get up the hill and begin forcing the Carthaginians back, our right flank was turned by Carthaginian and Numidian cavalry. A pretty historic outcome. I only managed a few photos as we were concentrating on just getting the rules right.

We have a re-match next week and hopefully a bit of revenge is due. I am also busy planning a follow up to our Franco Prussian campaign. This time the plan is for 3 smaller 1 vs 1 game, that will then determine the set up for a large battle with up to seven players. So far each player has been assigned their troops, made up nominally of at least 1 Corps and some support units, hence each force is not equal and the 1 vs 1 battles will not be balanced. Wish me luck on planning this.

Dwarves for Warhost

I've been looking around for a bit of inspiration to get my painting mojo back and I think I found it. I picked up the Warhost supplement for Baron's War. This is a fantasy supplement using the same mechanics which I find enjoyable. It will also allow me to use my extensive collection of orcs and elves. However I fancied putting together a Dwarf patrol using the Oathmark range. I picked up a few individual sprues and a couple of the metal blisters to make a start. The sprues are a mix of the light infantry, warriors and heavy infantry.

I have deliberately gone for a limited colour scheme to keep the patrol uniformed. I even tried to depict mountains on some of the shields. I even used some spear arms from the fireforge figures to add some spears to the light infantry instead of the two handed weapons.

The Patrol so far

Dwarf spears

Heavy infantry

Dwarf warriors

Dwarf rangers or scouts

Not a bad start with 20 figures completed this weekend. I have another 9 in various stages of painting. I now just need to read the rules and try and get a game in sometime.

Dragon Rampant at the Club

On Thursday night at the club, some of my recent additions to my Orc army got there first run out as part of a 4 player game  each with 50 points. I was partnered with Mitch and we had a veritable horde of Orcs led by Nazgul. We also had a few trolls to add a bit of muscle. George and John had an alliance of Men, Elves and Dwarves to face us.

The game came down to Mitch getting his forces moving against George who couldn't roll above a 3 in every combat. This saw his Elves and Dwarves pummelled. On my flank, the Orcs seemed to spend all day sitting in the woods. The poor Troll attacked on its own and was made into a pin cushion. Late in the night I eventually attacked with some mixed results. But enough damage was done to claim victory for the Orcs.

Now back to painting more Orcs before I can start on some Men and Elves.