Natholeon
eldannardoFiled under: Wargaming
Well, it is over a week since I started this hopeful enterprise, and I am well aware that it is in serious danger of being left in the forgotten box. The fact is that despite all my intentions, the most I’ve managed to accomplish on my Arthurians is to base coat the horses. Now there are reasons for this. First of all, I have been rather ill for a couple of days. That hasn’t helped. Secondly, last weekend proved to be a very fruitful one in terms of terrain building. Dan came down, and all manner of hills, rivers and foliage was put into preparation. Not to mention a significant amount of basing was achieved and the 40K Ork Army was converted up a bit. We made a Big Mek that is a conversion and a half!
And I guess that is half the problem. We’re not lazy when it comes to our hobby, by any means. But we are VERY unfocussed. It is kind of annoying that we like so many eras, and have found the means to game them. When we were younger, the money wasn’t there to do 30 different periods, but now it is, and I’m wondering whether we need to cull our interests a bit. But for the life of me, I can’t think of anything that I want to drop. I can think of eras I want to concentrate on, though, and it goes like this.
1. Finish the Arthurians (starting to feel like a chore…)
2. 15mm DBA armies for an Alexander the Great campaign – Macedonians, Persians, Indians and Spartans. If I go hard, it takes me two days to complete a DBA army, painted and based. Xmas holidays should see this become a reality.
3. WWII Germans to finish – and maybe the Yanks too. Also want to Complete two more platoons for my World War One Brits and Germans. This should round off the Christmas holidays.
4. Orks for 2008. I’ve painted the Warboss. Only 100 more models to go! I love the Orks though, and I hope that the new Codex does them justice. Something like the fun army from 2nd edition 40K would be nice… ‘you won’t be laughing when my 20 Stormboyz get you… Ok my 4 Stormboyz that actually made it into battle…’
5. Who knows? Probably the El Cid Spanish or the Early Imperial Romans. One of the WAB armies anyway. It depends on where Dan is at…
So that is the long term plan. We’ll have to wait and see whether it eventuates or not. But must endeavour to maintain discipline…
Nate
Filed under: Wargaming, Wargaming works in progress, Warhammer Ancient Battles
As promised I’ve finally got around to posting some pictures of my British Kingdoms Army for the Age of Arthur so far. First up, some Combrogi:
Next, another unit of Combrogi. These guys are a bit more regular, and might stand in for Teulu if I ever choose not to have cavalry (fat chance). Second from the right is a Gripping Beast figure – he represents my Uchelwyr, Derfel (from the Bernard Cornwall Warlord series):
And then there are my Teulu cavalry so far:
And finally, my King (Arthur, of course), and his standard bearer. The Uchelwyr standard bearer is Sagramor, from the Cornwell novels. In case you’re wondering why I didn’t finish painting him, he is supposed to be a Moor!
Now for the close ups. Apparently at the Battle Of Badon Hill, Arthur carried an image of the virgin on his shield. Unfortunately, my Arthur doesn’t have a shield. But his trusty standard bearer is also his shield bearer. My apologies for any bad Latin. My excuse is that by AD530 they were all speaking pidgin Latin anyway…
And here’s a close up of the boss man himself:
The figs are all Old Glory, bar a few Gripping Beast that crept in, and generally, they match up OK. You have to be a little selective about what figures you use around the GB, some of the troops begin to look like pygmies otherwise. Some people have said that they are not really taken with the quality of Old Glory figs. I actually really like them, and feel that they paint up well. I particualrly like their horses – very animated.
Nate
