tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73146291202009797322024-03-17T23:15:50.945+01:00Stone BridgeRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-57864013402721687572024-03-17T22:36:00.000+01:002024-03-17T22:37:07.430+01:00Wars Of The Roses - Part 8 - Arrows & Iron BallsFirst arrows. Many, many arrows. In the Never Mind The Billhooks rules the bow-armed units have a limit of 6 looses of an arrow each game. It can be quite nasty, especially when you can loose twice in a turn, however, it's also can run out sharpish. <div><br></div><div>To keep track of this sharpish situation a marker is recommended, and having looked at others suggestions and recommendations I settled upon the following effort; a round base with a dice slot/square on it, most of which have some arrows to show it is an arrow counter. The effect is finished off by a mini 6 sided die, my colour of choice being green (not mint, just normal green).</div><div><br></div><div>The usual sand was added and brown spray used before painting the base the same as my other WOTR figures, and the arrows painted a suitable sandy and white combination followed by a strong tone wash and a bit of dry brushing to strengthen the colour again, nowt fancy. A matt varnish over arrows and base finished it off. I don't usually varnish a base, but there's so little to use to pick it up each time that I thought it worth doing. They still need some flock but I'm saving that for a Big Flock Day along with other WOTR bits.</div><div><br></div><div>On to the iron balls, and it's my one piece of ordinance from the period. I gradually worked on it to break up the monotony of many billmen. I'd seen an example online of someone painting their piece green and liked it, I think mines come out OK. The crew I wasn't sure whether to go uniformed or all the colours of the rainbow. In the end rainbow it was.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Just as it began to look safe to come out from behind the sofa....bang! Another Wars Of The Roses post swam into view. Part 6 follows almost exactly three years after Part 5, and approximately eleven and a half years since Part 1.<div><br></div><div>Having spent too long doom scrolling (is that a phrase?) and watching rubbish in the evenings on my phone I decided I'd like something constructive instead and out came the Wars Of The Roses. Originally I was building a Yorkist army, but now I'm just building a generic army I can split into two when I want a game. </div><div><br></div><div>In the last few weeks I've managed to paint a unit of bowmen and one of men at arms, although they are awaiting the final touch of some green flock and perhaps a flower or two on their bases. </div><div><br></div><div>Having done the usual brown leather undercoat I gave them a dry brush of matt white to help the brighter colours I was planning to stand out. I've been buying a few speed paints, most of which work quite well, especially over a white base, and used these for the browns and red (note: the 'Holy White' did not work so well - just came out grey). </div><div><br></div><div>For the armour I used a coat of leadbelcher, then an Army Painter dark tone wash, before drybrushing in shinning silver. A bit of red brown and sandy colours for the belts and weapon handles was covered in the Army Painter strong tone wash and highlighted, and the skin with a flesh speed paint and wash, and some gold bits to give a bit of variety and colour. Everything was finished off with a gloss varnish on the metals, and a matt varnish on the more natural materials and it was done. The bowmen had a few more colours including a yellow and green, but all done in the same way with paint+wash+highlights.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Overall reasonably pleased with them, now on to the next couple of units.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-79284947560771143132023-05-25T07:47:00.000+01:002023-05-25T07:47:46.478+01:00Lord Flashearts Fabulous CoachA few years back a somewhat marvelous model turned up on my birthday. It was the Warlord Games pike and shotte period coach, and it was lovely, although a bit daunting and so I put off looking at it for quite a while. And then a bit longer. And then a few years after that.....<div><br></div><div>Moving on I was putting together the Black Coach and a couple of skeleton chariots and decided to use the experience to work on the coach at the same time. All four were made and based at the same time, but the pine and shotte coach was by far the biggest so it received its paint job last.<br><div><br></div><div>The build - The model was a combination of metal for the most part with a resin cab (and roof), and it's length and limited connections between parts - especially the horses to the traces - provided some issues. An Eons Of Battle (youtube) tip for adding bicarb of soda to superglue to fill gaps and make it dry swiftly helped, as did some green stuff in a few critical spots. I made a base out of thick plasticard, only to discover it flexed under the weight, so I braced it with long straps of the same plasticard, hoping to disguise them with sand and flock on the base at the end. The bracing did work however.</div><div><br></div><div>Painting - I gave it a rattle can spray of brown before painting the base (drybrushing the base) before moving onto the tricky bit, the actual painting. I had a few rough ideas on colours, but when it came to it my inspiration fled into a dark corner and I mostly followed the box art. I find horses tricky so I focused on the Carriage itself first, driver, and its two passengers. The passengers and their baggage I painted separately before sticking in at the end.</div></div><div><br></div><div>For painting I dry brushed most of it lightly in white to make the colours stand out, then I did a fair amount of blocky base colours before following up with a wash and then a highlight/dry brush. The red on the coach was the exception, it just looked right straight away so I left it.</div><div><br></div><div>Final stage - the flocking and varnishing. Flocking went ok, didn't hide as much of the strengthening struts on the base as I would have liked, but I also used some flowers and overall I felt it finished nicely. I went for a spray varnish, and not having used it for best part of 2 years I overdid it on the roof and caused some damage that had to be repainted, but the massed dreaded cracking didn't occur, amd after the first paint fix it was done.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>I've slowed down alot this month, far too much happening and too little hobby time or enthusiasm available. But in what time I did manage I've been putting together some Napoleonic French artillery.</div><div><br></div><div>It's a Victrix set which I've had for a good year plus (possibly last year, or the year before Christmas present), and it's very nice looking. My creativity seems to have taken a hammering I the last few years so I've struggled a bit with picking arms and poses but overall I'm happy. I've made two cannon and crew and here they are stuck to plasticard ready for (spray) painting. The third artillery piece from the box I'm doing as a howitzer and I've yet to make the crew.</div>Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-50072046493046607612022-12-03T00:41:00.001+01:002024-02-12T14:02:11.944+01:00The Black Coach - An Undead Relic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>In a land before time, back in the early 2000s, I purchased a Black Coach. It was painted...well Black obviously, no self respecting vampire is ever going to be seen in anything else. I didn't want to hide the vampire in his coffin so left his coffin and it's lid loose so he could pop in and out of the back, and with the addition of a couple of skeleton horses, a whacking huge MDF base and a very early 2000 paint job it was done. It even travelled to university with me, spending a couple of years on the mantlepiece of a fireplace in my room. <div><br></div><div>In the follow years it saw much use, scaring the forces of good across the land, and with this it became a little tatty. It was a time before I'd worked out varnish coating, and there was plenty of scratching on the metal. It was in need of a revamp; the base in particular annoyed me because it made the model an easy target, and also look very 'meh'.</div><div><br></div><div>Stage one of the revamp saw me tear the model from the base, something which the horse still took badly, and still haven't recovered from. That wasn't something I worried about however as I planned to give it a spookier vibe with some 'real' horses rather than skeleton cartoon ones. Painted black of course.</div><div><br></div><div>The model then lay in a box all but forgotten for a while. Days stretched into months, and months into years, and one day I decided that while fixing up the Skelton chariots the coaches time had come. Stage two appeared, with the cleaning of the paint from the metal, then plenty of green stuff helped me put it back together on a custom made base (customer made by me out of plasticard). The coffin lid was glued shut, and the coffin itself glued into the back of the coach. A little bit of bending of the traces saw the new horses 🐎 fit it nicely, even if one of the tails was a bit long.</div><div><br></div><div>Overall I'm very pleased how it looks on its new base with new horses, although I am getting nervous about making a decent job of the Black. The next stage will be sand on the base, then a base coat (most likely brown) before I see if my painting kills are up to the task. If it comes out similar to my black robed wraith I'll be happy.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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years. How has it been 7 years?!?) I was
gifted an airbrush for the first time.
Not an expensive shiny one, because I’d never had one before so didn’t
know how much I’d use it, but an ‘entry level’ kit, as seen in the lovely
pictures below. It was great, I used it
a fair bit at the time, mostly for painting 15mm German late war camouflage on
my Flames of War vehicles, and rather super they look too if I say so myself. However, it has been languishing in a
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Battle’ YouTube videos I decided to get it out and see if a). It still worked,
and b). would it make my current (Wars of the Roses ) project more
interesting/impressive. So I whipped it
out and stuck it on a table. I tested it
and all seemed fine – compressor worked, buttons worked, fingers worked
pressing the buttons, and air shot out of the airbrush nozzle (a 0.3mm version
in case you’re interested). I laid out
newspaper paper, I created a cardboard box backdrop to catch stray droplets,
and I even got myself a facemask so I didn’t breath any in, which was oddly
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just in time for me to change my interests to Warhammer and my Undead (more on
that another day) who were the reciptiants of a coat or two of lovely paint. It’s
going to get a fair bit of use, and I’m also looking forward to trying out some
new techniques I’ve seen online – YouTube really is a wonderful place, and for anyone new into airbrushing I can thoroughly recommend watching a few videos. More results when they happen. Or not.
Or not.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><br /></div>Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-90866362169957096292021-02-28T21:40:00.002+01:002021-02-28T21:40:21.994+01:00A Warhammer Siege - 7th Edition StyleBut with a touch of 6th and 5th edition….. The son formally known as the bio-titan (and now aged 10+ with a wargaming obsession) decided that Warhammer Siege was where it was at this week, and feeling a bit of nostalgia I broke out the castle, the siege equipment, some classic buildings and my half-finished undead to storm his Empire fortress.
The empire troops were his Perry miniatures figures from the Wars of the Roses, the Empire rules came out of the 4th ed rulebook, the undead came out of the 6th ed rulebook (with a bit of ‘winging it’) and finally the main rules were 7th ed, but with the siege rules I could remember from 6th ed….and with the Heinz 57 in place so it began. *<div><br /></div><div><b>The Opening Gambit </b></div><div><br /></div><div>
The Undead began with a shuffle, and headed for the castle. Lead by Nagash, representing a master necromancer in this game, they moved quick enough for a bunch of dead guys and swiftly closed with the walls. The defenders opted to unleash arrows from the walls, and sally out with some knights. The knights met the zombies and their battering ram, and, having caused insufficient casualties to stall them, fled back through the gate. At this point the Empire unveiled their not-so-secret weapon; a wizard lord of the ‘Light Magic’ variety. Who promptly blew Nagash away with irresistible force. Greatest necromancer of all time killed in a minor skirmish. Awkward.</div><div><br />
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On my left a vampire thrall led a tide of zombies over the walls with the aid of a siege tower, throwing back the defenders and spilling into the streets beyond. The grave guard also made it to the top of the walls, where their vampire lord leader cleared house, and the defenders fled to the nearest tower for safety, locking the door behind them.</div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEajXQmnVdw3QeHS2UBmyzwqGs0AUV5s-U292r5mPQtgPc66alataJyQjhr935ydfYzoicy_am6OIhRHrz21DdDIvi4QkuSaZKNm6rB8Hk6aQEymS6WtB2aHKb5DZwL_pB99aKNdFkjS4/s1600/1614544248135536-4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Empire knights, having recovered from their battering-ram phobia, counter-attacked through the streets, crushing the vampire thrall and his zombie helpers under their hooves. The Vampire Lord led his troops in a swarm into the flank of the knights, driving them off, only for the second knight company to crash into the grave guard from another angle.
The vampire was gradually gaining the upper hand, but the grave guard were almost spent, the zombies and vampire thrall gone, the door knocker wasn’t working, and, finally, that dastardly Light Wizard Lord was heading his way. It looked about as promising as a garlic stall at a vampire convention, so he chose to shake his fist in classic “you haven’t heard the last of me!” style, and hop back over the wall and into the nearby wood.
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In the future there may be more posts; I'm hoping to explain how the army is based - expensively it turns out - and I've dug out my airbrush so that could be good for an 'amateur destroys army during horendous airbrush fail' post, but for now heres a few pictures of my current collection <b><i>(should you have a fear of grey plastic now is a good time to avert your eyes or find the washing up etc more enticing)</i></b>. Yes, most of it is grey. In fact even the bits that are painted have bits which are grey because they needed arms and weapons (and tails) replacing or repairing after years of being ignored or 'played with' by a well meaning smaller person. And theres a chicken coop. And a badger. I don't know why there is a badger. There is some brown however, but that is mostly the bases. I should also mention that the bottom picture is some of my son's army, complete with Henry VII. He has many, many models and will hopefully be quicker at painting that me.
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Nearly four years may have passed, but to our historical
participants in The Great Swedish Invasion of England it has been but a few
days. And as the autumn of 1643 winds
its way into winter the Swedes must take stock of their failures. Their unexpected defeat and rough handling by
the forces of the English at the Battle of Little Pontefract has knocked their
myth of invincibility, and shaken their tree of certainty. The dose of a combination of Charles, Rupert,
Cromwell and Fairfax was too hard a pill to swallow and they have choked. Even worse they have discovered that their
100 year lease on that sheep farm in Cumbria is a forgery. The situation is dire.</div>
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Breaking into several large columns and falling back upon
their supply lines they begin the relatively short march towards the coast and
the great university city of Hull. There
they expect to meet their fleet laden with enough household goods to enable to
regroup and really settle down and make their home in Yorkshire while they plot
their next diabolical move. However,
Hull, apart from its great university, is also known for its high city walls
and its armoury, and the governor of the city proves a hard man to bargain with
despite the bulk of the Swedish army being now camped outside. Indeed, while the Swedish envoys are still
negotiating the price of the cities surrender news comes of the English
army. Charles has given way to Rupert
and Cromwell’s demands to press their advantage, and they are on the move and
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There is no time for further negotiation. The Swedes require the port, the rum, and the
docks at Hull, and the ammunition in the armoury wouldn’t go amiss either. There isn’t time to make a run further up the
coast, and the English now outnumber them.
The ordinance opens up on the walls of Hull, and the storming parties
ready their ladders, but the English are closer than they imagined, and on the
edges of their main camp at the fabulously named village of Swanland the
muskets are already sounding as they find themselves fighting on two fronts….<o:p></o:p></div>
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For those needing a background to such events, it can be
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General Ian ‘Sven’ Nilsson<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord Of Horse Chris ‘I’ve Brought A Horse’ Johansson<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stormer of Castles Earl Michael ‘<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Gustavus Adolphus’ Olsson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The defeat at Little Pontefract used up much of the Swedes
ammunition and supplies. They need to
capture a port for their ships to bring much needed supplies from the continent
and to provide shelter from the harsh English winter. They also need to secure the surrounding
villages and fortify them to give their troops a base while they rebuild their
strength ready to retake the offensive in the Spring of 1644. Gaining the ammunition stores of the arsenal
of Hull would also go some way to making good their consumption so far! Life would be so much easier if all the
columns of troops had managed to make it to Hull, but they must fend off the
stronger English with what they have….<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both battlefields, from the West looking across Windmill Hill towards Wesselton in the centre, then to Swanland by the river at the far end. The city of Hull is on the next table hidden to the left at the back of the room.</td></tr>
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Lord Aidan ‘Wheres The Tea?’ Stanley-Matthews<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earl Neville Chamberlain – known as Ben to his friends<o:p></o:p></div>
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Laid Mcflurry – also known as Ben<o:p></o:p></div>
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City Governor Rick ‘Save me!’ <o:p></o:p></div>
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The cowardly foreign invaders are fleeing to the sea! Now is the time to press the advantage and
destroy the Swedish field army before they can regroup. They must not be allowed to rest and fortify
the surrounding countryside, or claim the city of Hull, with which they could
prolong this dreadful war, distracting from the more important questions such
as the colour scheme of the new pray book.
The English are stronger, and the main aim must be the destruction of the
Swedish army, but to do so they will need to deny them the city of Hull, and
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And so the story begins, although it will be a shorter story
than many I have publicised previously because when all is said and done my
free time is not what it was. So to open
the ball 8 men and a boy unwittingly named after a British Prime Minister took
to the battlefields around the city of Hull to do, um, battle. The main conflict took place upon a field
measuring 6ft by 16ft, with the Swedish garrisoning the two villages of
Swanland (by the river) and Wesselton further inland. Further Swedish forces laid siege to that
great university city of Hull on a 6ft by 4ft board, hoping to capture its
walls, and the arsenal within, a matter of some urgency because unlike their
English counterparts the Swedes had limited powder. Troops could be moved between the boards, but
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On the English left the ghost division began what would be a
long march towards Windmill Hill, with elements also trading long ranged fire
with the numerous Swedes in Wesselton.
No such manoeuvring niceties from Lord Stanley-Matthews, as his battalia
advanced directly upon Wesselton, pike and musketeers clashing in the
outskirts. General Paul of the Many Men
held the Swedish right flank, and his troops gave fire and fought bravely. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the centre horse battalia’s from both the Ben’s went
piling towards Lord Of The Horse Chris and his many Swedish horse
regiments. A massed brawl erupted
immediately, with many charges, counter charges, and casualties on both
sides. On the English, or should I say
Scottish, right all was quiet however.
General Nilsson’s Swedish troops in Swanland remained untroubled because
the Scottish had, quite clearly, forgotten to turn up. Nearer the city of Hull the Swedes under
Michael began their trudge forwards, ladders tucked under their arms, while
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lord Chamberlain and Earl Mcflurrys horse on the offensive for the English.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lord Stanley-Matthews battalia attacking into the Swedish held village of Wesselton.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wesselton.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Windmill hill.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">English garrison on the walls of hull.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first ladders about to be raised at Hull.</td></tr>
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The Ghost Battalia swept over Windmill Hill, and charged
into the enemy horse, who were clearly so surprised they fell back – dragoon on
dragoon mounted action a rare thing indeed.
Unfortunately, the rest of Red’s English infantry were slower to move
up, being distracted by the sight of some cows in a field, obviously inner city
regiments who’d never seen such beasts close up before. They remained close enough to the Swedes on
the West side of Wesselton to continue to exchange musketry and ordinance fire
across the wagonway. Lord Stanley-Matthews
men continued their implacable advance into Wesselton, pushing back the Swedish
pike, and capturing several houses in the Western half of the village. General Paul could only watch with concern as
his men gave ground gradually in the village, and the horse of Lord Chris
disintegrated on his left. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That swirling horse melee in the centre continued with the
horse regiments of both Bens finally being sent packing by Lord Chris’ significantly
bigger Swedish hard nuts. However, this
only opened up the space for Lord Stanley-Matthews horse to charge, and with
the damage already done the Swedish horse could take no more and retired from
the field. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The initial English horse charge is exhausted, but Stanley-Matthews horse are about to take over.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wesselton and the Swedes under pressure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ghost battalia of the English army sweeping around Windmill Hill.</td></tr>
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On the English…ahem….Scottish right the Scots, under Laid
McFlurry (complete with music) finally arrived, brought onto the field the only
way it was ever going to happen; by a blunder.
They shook themselves off, accepted an order for the first and last time
that day, and charged into the edge of the village of Swanland, assisted by Earl
Chamberlains foote regiment and storming party who had been hanging around
waiting for such backup to arrive.
General Nilsson, never one to quibble when the fight came to him, left
his men to defend their cheval de fries while he dealt with a more pressing
issue – with near 35 pieces of ordinance on the battlefield, some double
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No such concerns troubled Earl Michael as his guns continued
to pound the Hull city walls to not very much effect. To one side, furthest from the gate, several
units of musketeers already had their ladders up and were exchanging blows with
the English musketeers defending the walls, while the English pikemen waited
below, watching on anxiously. Towards
the river more musketeer ladder parties had stalled under a galling fire from
the towers. The Swedes trump card was
being revealed close to the gate however, as three storming parties had broken
cover, petards in hand, and were racing for the gatehouse, the English musketry
seemingly powerless to stop them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hull from the riverside - note the large building at the end of the wall; the arsenal which the Swedes are striving to capture.</td></tr>
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And so we come to it.
The finally countdown. The big
reveal. Except the battle had somewhat
slowed in places. Lord Stanley-Matthews
had got the better of General Paul in Wesselton, holding 4 houses to the Swedes
3, sufficient to claim he had captured the village, and his horse had driven
away the remains of Lord Chris’ men to the East of the village, but was faced
with several pike blocks, and had no infantry support to deal with them. The ghost battalia had a nasty shock, as a
new Swedish column arrived on their flank, but fortunately for the English most
of the enemy horse failed to arrive in time to make a difference. A counter charge by some of General Paul’s
horse however saw them move up onto Windmill Hill, denying the English control
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The two Ben’s; Laird Mcflurry and Lord Chamberlain, provided
a pyrotechnically exclamation mark for the fighting around the village of
Swanland when Lord Chamberlains storming party used a petard to blow several
cheval de frise, most of a house, a hedgerow, and a number of quite unhappy
Swedes, several dozen feet in the air.
Despite this, and the loss of a further number of musketeers, General Nilssons
men held firm, assisted, as always, by the Scottish failure to pass any form of
command check. Swanland remained in
Swedish hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With broken battalia few in number the outcome, it seemed,
would be decided at the walls of Hull, where the Swedes were struggling to get
men to the walls, struggling to get their ladders up against the walls, and
struggling to bring down any of the towers.
The initial fight on the walls furthest from the gate was still in the
balance as the English defenders gallantly held on, while towards the river the
attackers couldn’t sort their feet out and continuous disorder results held
them back. Two large explosions were
inbound however – firstly Earl Michaels storming parties went O.T.T and dumped
two petards by the gate, which lasted as long as a snowflake in a pizza
oven. Then the corner tower, defending
musketeers long since dead or fled, finally collapsed under sustained mortar
fire. First into the ruins of the gate
however were the English pikemen, and try as they might the Swedish musketeers
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gate blows - destroyed by 2 petards, which was a slight overkill but when the Swedes commit to doing a job they really commit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debating who will be first through the gateway, but the English pike get there first and hold on - just.</td></tr>
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The armies drew apart as night fell, and in the morning all
that was left of the Swedish forces were some mdf and cold camp fires; they had
withdrawn to the North in the night hoping to meet up with their ships and find
refuge and possibly aid further afield.
The English, equally battered, and in need of sustenance marched to York
to regroup, believing their enemy vanquished.
What will happen when a Scottish-backed and replenished Swedish army
emerges from Northumberland, nobody knows.
We may have to wait four more years to find out.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-41905090188218706852018-05-07T22:10:00.001+01:002018-05-07T22:10:30.648+01:00Dreadball - Orx Team<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I post infrequently, in fact I post very rarely at all, a situation I blame on work, children, and coaching junior football. All of which suck up my time and leave me with little energy and enthusiasm for anything else, hence the lack of gaming or modelling - I simply can't find the time or motivation to do any making or painting at the moment. I have made and spray painted the Orx from the Dreadball set today however, so to keep this blog going somewhat here's a picture.... </div>
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That is all.Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-86798915074466302642017-07-09T22:46:00.001+01:002017-07-17T22:31:02.400+01:00Imperial Guard Revamp<p dir="ltr">With the advent of 8th edition 40k, and the suggestion that this may be a good time to give it another go, I got a few of my (many) imperial guard troops out of storage and began wondering about revamping their image. Most are over the 10 year mark in terms of age of paint job, and I thought I might be able to improve on my previous efforts. </p>
<p dir="ltr">However having liberated them from the dark confines of the box I found I was actually quite happy with the original paint job (a rarity indeed!), and decided to merely experiment a little. A couple of before and after shots are to be found here. In the case of the bottom (after) picture I have experimented with a bit of repainting and then used the army painter strong tone dip on the three at the front to the left. The rest I've merely flocked the bases of. I'm not certain the extra paint and the dip were worth doing, the figures don't look that much better (if at all). The only bit which I definately like about it was the decision to change the edges of the bases from a dark green to a brown. Overall jury's out.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qljvRFR29Ulw3Li4gV1-uecY5bjvMclFNJImmTriSisBcJpgml7lSe1drqOSrr1ktVYKhJ4rO9JYajdhgVOfzAz3th6CXth3UxHflPvUnMT4W1dlDSbsaOANwthClr0vwBlbiZ6VxW-y/s1600/1499636437116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qljvRFR29Ulw3Li4gV1-uecY5bjvMclFNJImmTriSisBcJpgml7lSe1drqOSrr1ktVYKhJ4rO9JYajdhgVOfzAz3th6CXth3UxHflPvUnMT4W1dlDSbsaOANwthClr0vwBlbiZ6VxW-y/s640/1499636437116.jpg"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tRW9zpfKF1FoQNMWza9ABrpWjVAsySHs7__TVcY07K2Et9XfOxWRVffxOJdeRTP8QzxD0y05td8Iyh3b-fMmwplkU6mJfh4vd2OJAToWkEr1DCkGISkf2W0k4PdIfVYGcJz02lq5TpJ_/s1600/1499636486221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tRW9zpfKF1FoQNMWza9ABrpWjVAsySHs7__TVcY07K2Et9XfOxWRVffxOJdeRTP8QzxD0y05td8Iyh3b-fMmwplkU6mJfh4vd2OJAToWkEr1DCkGISkf2W0k4PdIfVYGcJz02lq5TpJ_/s640/1499636486221.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-5bSdCq9kpvttxKIlotnnWj0k4RS5zCOf4AjLrd_cfZX__iuSuuvYp6_BPdhYoJAH3rIGjoDO63daR1WrhbmDb6DZ6W5xYam1fWiFmYmO2rOIRwgYbXZGeBhtuu543xmmhW83FviuOuD/s1600/1500326816140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-5bSdCq9kpvttxKIlotnnWj0k4RS5zCOf4AjLrd_cfZX__iuSuuvYp6_BPdhYoJAH3rIGjoDO63daR1WrhbmDb6DZ6W5xYam1fWiFmYmO2rOIRwgYbXZGeBhtuu543xmmhW83FviuOuD/s640/1500326816140.jpg"> </a> </div>Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-57833668180518339022017-01-26T23:36:00.001+01:002017-01-26T23:36:40.268+01:00Wars Of the Roses - Part 4<p dir="ltr">I'm gradually, very, very slowly, beginning to do a bit of modelling, and the subject of choice is currently the Wars Of The Roses. I started a Yorkist army ages ago in 28mm, and this will form the basis of the army, plus several more boxes of Perry Miniatures troops which I've acquired over the last six months or so. I'm going to base them individually and the use magnets to enable them to rank up into a Hail Caesar force when needed - Luke Taylor would be proud of me! </p>
<p dir="ltr">Currently I'm putting the magnets into the bases, ordering some more bases, and then starting to put together some of the many figures on their grey sprues. I get very little time for hobbying, so we'll see how this turns out. The WOTR is a period that keeps coming back to me when I feel like modelling, plus I've just finished Conn Igguldens fourth book in his WOTR series, and that's helped push my enthusiasm along.  This is Part 4 because it's a continuation of my previous <u>work</u>, although the last post dates back to over two years ago now!</p>
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For those who love their details (I am one) the battlefield
was a decent sized 16ft long by 6ft wide, with the figure scale being
28mm. We played across it, with the
deployment matching the historical order of battle – both sides having opted
for strong cavalry wings, and the infantry and ordinance in the centre. For the Royalists the centre was made up of
the infantry of Henry Tillier and Sir Francis Mackworth (also commanding
Newcastles whitecoated foote), while the right wing of horse was under Lord
Byron. Byron was supported by a forlorn
hope of two regiments of foote led by Colonel Thomas Napier, while a dash over
to the left wing of horse revealed Lord Goring in charge of horse, dragoons and
musketeers. Facing the Royalist foote
were the Allied infantry under Crawford and the Earl of Manchester for the left
centre, and Baillie (Scottish) for the right centre. Cromwell took charge of the left wing of
horse (facing Byron), and Sir Thomas Fairfax the right wing facing Goring. Prince Rupert led the Royalists, while the
Earl of Manchester and Alexander Leslie of the Scots led the Allies.</div>
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The battlefield was a little sparse for my imagination, and
so a village grew on the Allied table edge, a windmill appeared, and a couple
of small hills to provide variety. The
ditch that ran across the battlefield only ran across the front of Byrons horse
due to lack of ditch scenery. Both sides
deployed their troops, and then the Allied forces, as was the case
historically, began the ball using the Pike & Shotte rules. Victory would nominally be the Allies if they
could drive the Royalists from the field, while the Royalists sought to prevent
this, and break half of the Allied brigades to split the Alliance in the North. In an attempt at introducing some fog of war
the players had to communicate tactics only through the use of handwritten
notes. This sadly did not really affect
the game, but the replies Prince Rupert sent throughout were entertaining enough
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<i>Prince Rupert: “Send for more port!”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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For the dashing, brilliant and exciting
(Christmas-supporting) pro-royalty party:</div>
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Chris Fazey – Prince Rupert (General) & Goering
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Dave Astbury – Henry Tillier (Ruperts foote – infantry
centre right)</div>
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Dennis – Lord Byron & Colonel Thomas Napier (Royalist
horse right & 2 foote regiments ‘forlorn hope’)</div>
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Rick – Sir Francis Mackworth (Newcastles foote - infantry
centre left)</div>
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For the dull, boring, drab dressing puritan-supporting and
Gaelic speaking party:</div>
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Aidan – Earl of Manchester, Crawford, Oliver Cromwell
(Parliamentarian General, Allied foote centre left & Allied horse left
flank)</div>
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Michael – Baillie & Lord Fairfax (Scottish foote –
Allied centre right, Parliamentarian foote – Allied centre left reserve)</div>
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Paul – Leslie & Sir Thomas Fairfax (Scottish General,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The full battlefield, with the Royalist left (Goring) facing Fairfax nearest. Also many of the players - from the far left to right: Paul, Michael, Aidan, Dennis, David and Prince Ruperts orderly Ben.</td></tr>
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And so to battle, and having deployed copious amounts of
troops, and taken a fair few pictures using the newfangled device of ye mobile
phone, the fighting could begin. At
least it could on the wings. To the
right of the Royalist line Cromwell led his horses forward at a canter, pulling
up just short of the ditch. Lord Byron,
eying the enemies superior numbers warily, decided his best bet would be to
wait beyond the obstacle in a reversal of the historical actions, only for
Cromwells horse to leap across it and drive them back in disarray. Byron’s men rallied and fought back, and with
Colonel Napiers foote regiments causing a bottleneck in this part of the
battlefield, and the fighting bogged down as the troopers hacked and slashed
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No such constrictions on space over on the Royalist left,
where Lord Goring threw caution to the wind, damned the enemies superior
numbers and charged, charged, charged! Sir
Thomas Fairfax’s horse came forward to meet him, and there was more than enough
room for a swirling horse melee or six to occur on that side of the field as Royalist
and Allied horse regiments charged, counter-charged, and withdrew to charge
again. Fairfax was unable to bring the
full weight of his numbers to bear, and Goring’s men managed to clatter into
the flank of a number of the enemy horse, giving the cavaliers the edge, and driving
the first of two Allied horse battalia on that flank back and off the
battlefield. The second of Fairfax’s
battalia soon moved in to try and return the favour however, and they would
eventually triumph, with Goring’s horse scattered, but not before they had been
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<i>Sir Francis Mackworth
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Francis Mackworth's letter writing division.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mackworths' foote advances into the hedgerows.</td></tr>
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In the centre the Allied foote,
with its superior numbers of men, pike, muskets and ordinance, was ordered
forwards, only for the Scottish foote to blundered horribly, and head backwards
with cries of ‘Home! Home! Home!’ A
second consecutive blunder order nearly finished the job, but instead sent the Flodden
grey wave moving forwards instead. Sir
Francis Mackworth had moved his Royalist foote into the hedgerows in front of
his position on the left-centre of Ruperts line, and began trading fire with
the advancing Scots, while to his right Henry Tilliers foote held their
position within the hedgerows and did the same to Manchester and Lord Fairfax’s
infantry. The Allies swiftly tired of
this, particularly when a rainstorm (special rules card) dampened their
spirits, and did the same to their powder, and once they were close enough they
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<i>Prince Rupert to Sir Francis Mackworth: “ Dear Grunt, weather report
required – does this darned drizzle benefit them or us? I have an experiment with seaweed going on”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Sir Francis: “Benefits them more at this time. Battered seaweed sounds good for lunch.
Mackworth”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Initially this push of pike went
well for the hedgerows defenders, but the Allies were now bringing up their ordinance
to fire at close range, and their numbers began to tell. One of the Allied brigades under Baillie
broke, but it was soon replaced by more Scottish infantry moving up from
behind. Goring’s remaining troops;
musketeers and dragoons, put up a sterling resistance on the left of Sir
Francis Mackworths foote, but they broke at the same time as the Allied
dragoons, and the remnants of the Royalist left was gone. Sir Francis Mackworth tried to extract his
foote from the hedgerows where they were now in danger of being outflanked and
overwhelmed by the Scottish infantry, but with the enemy pressing hard only the
whitecoats of Newcastles foote managed to disengage and make it back
successfully to the protection of the walled enclosure behind the lines. The remains of Mackworths foote gradually
fell to pieces under the sustained pressure from the front and to his
left. Henry Tilliers men faired little
better, as the wave of Allied infantry kept coming, and he now had an even more
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<i>Sir Francis Mackworth to Prince Rupert: “Pulling back Newcastle’s foote
to the walled enclosure to fulfil historical last stand obligations. Earl of Leven ran your dog over with his
coach. He wouldn’t say sorry”.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Prince Rupert to Oliver Cromwell (following the latter’s unrecorded
dog-related taunt): “Dear Cromwell, I hope your hamster chokes on its
feed. A curse on ye! L. R. xxx”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newcastle's whitecoats see the way the winds blowing, and head for a defensible walled position.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Push of pike!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prince Rupert's ADC is not amused about how the battle is going for the Royalists.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henry Tillier.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The centre of the battlefield, seen from the Royalist side, with Mackworth's foote to the left, and Tilliers to the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prince Rupert lamenting the loss of his dog!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royalist infantry under Henry Tillier under heavy pressure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mackworth tries to extract his foote from the Scottish attacks, but fails.</td></tr>
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<b>The Allied Horse Break Free<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Lord Byron’s horse had
broken. Forced back and decimated by
Cromwell’s disciplined charges the Royalist horse couldn’t stand, and Napiers
forlorn hope was being hit from the side and front by Allied foote began
falling back only to turn into a rout and vanish altogether, leaving Cromwell
free to attack Tilliers right flank just as holes began to appear in his
centre, and his men began to flee the field in great numbers.</div>
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A quick assessment of the
battlefield showed that the Royalist cause was lost – both wings of horse were
gone, Mackworths infantry were making heroic delaying last stands, and Tillier
was losing men aplenty and about to be rolled up by Cromwells marauding
horse. The Allies had followed history
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A quick word here because the
battle is now several weeks ago, and details fade, but overall the scenario
worked how I thought it would. The
Royalists were always up against it due to the Allied forces numerical superiority,
but then it was 28,000 to 18,000 men in the actual event. Forced on the defensive, apart from Goring,
they gave a good account of themselves, with Goring decimating the stronger
horse wing of Fairfax for the loss of his own battalia’s, while Cromwell
eventually wore down Byron, and followed history to turning inwards to attack
the infantry of Tiller. The Royalist
infantry, under heavy pressure from the front already had gaps a plenty in
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Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-15897737793724618672016-09-28T11:10:00.001+01:002016-09-28T22:28:26.654+01:00Something old turns into something new - Necromunda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWdScWKBYkJyNbHzDKyCwMC8pKM2n7A22WE7NHSr8M46-c4xMecqWsbteJz__fVUm8uAEiQagi7dcUkcJy14-CFOO6ZXQVeLz3Lq9ttTdJRPDxHpQQ5G9UrJ7lBLUJfP7rr36xc96JuXd/s1600/1475057371261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWdScWKBYkJyNbHzDKyCwMC8pKM2n7A22WE7NHSr8M46-c4xMecqWsbteJz__fVUm8uAEiQagi7dcUkcJy14-CFOO6ZXQVeLz3Lq9ttTdJRPDxHpQQ5G9UrJ7lBLUJfP7rr36xc96JuXd/s640/1475057371261.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I once played Necromunda. With the advent of fairy power spray to clean off the awful old paint jobs (see old example below!) I may yet begin again..... first figure rebased.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP6E4w850MH9F6YMY3qlEE49F-pYZeVBEWEYookdwe0-mR9WBLLSnRu66jl9e18dLH7sdGlklD6ImY2cVwEBZt12YseGm1gdYlrbUqGW7nnTrUSd8y45dsPTEmfikk0Zs-TqpBRlLtQfI/s1600/1475057390954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIP6E4w850MH9F6YMY3qlEE49F-pYZeVBEWEYookdwe0-mR9WBLLSnRu66jl9e18dLH7sdGlklD6ImY2cVwEBZt12YseGm1gdYlrbUqGW7nnTrUSd8y45dsPTEmfikk0Zs-TqpBRlLtQfI/s640/1475057390954.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjq0zY8HL12OuaOa3HfsS32sIQctS2g0J6kohF94k5QT-uoYnpaEuc3k0kGUB_LnIh-BkG_KcQiK9ybrJtwvRrcG8jwCpvGTsYBKX9yHxWzTcMnXogn4lK9v0gzd-TjmpUprOExU6_sDQO/s1600/1475060453385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjq0zY8HL12OuaOa3HfsS32sIQctS2g0J6kohF94k5QT-uoYnpaEuc3k0kGUB_LnIh-BkG_KcQiK9ybrJtwvRrcG8jwCpvGTsYBKX9yHxWzTcMnXogn4lK9v0gzd-TjmpUprOExU6_sDQO/s640/1475060453385.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYsOxVkk1Hgc2YJP60r06ptulquhueKVD2dBaxRgwehyyqOBgkNxBOQHHLgR8ZdRgH2_L8A27eoe5yf3lRcB1ZWg4FkDjZ42SPDaTLjnYZGrXibY0C1DxwC_9kEE_P4Q6vY4_z3rD6cnw/s1600/1475060524011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYsOxVkk1Hgc2YJP60r06ptulquhueKVD2dBaxRgwehyyqOBgkNxBOQHHLgR8ZdRgH2_L8A27eoe5yf3lRcB1ZWg4FkDjZ42SPDaTLjnYZGrXibY0C1DxwC_9kEE_P4Q6vY4_z3rD6cnw/s640/1475060524011.jpg"> </a> </div>Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-38190523083365806722016-05-26T12:16:00.001+01:002016-05-26T13:31:28.093+01:00The Undead Rise Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Modelling update! With gauntlet not too far away, and aidan requesting my undead come out of semi-retirement for the occasion (and about time too) I've put fifa away and whipped out the glue and a new toy. My zombies have long been in need of a fix up and revamp, with many arms having dropped off, and they've also been rebated in bunches. The dragon was actually in 4 pieces (tail off as well) and after I needed to update the base to a 50 mm by 50 mm it turned to 5 pieces. Previous efforts with superglue had failed to reattach any of his bits, so I turned to the new toy - an electric drill! It's was my first time pinning a model, and so far appears to have been a complete success, although the large amount of green stuff no doubt helped. The battering ram also needed it's roof reattach ingredients with a bit of bending and green stuff powered superglue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up I suppose I'll have to paint something :-(. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PDx0uT67HLVz9lKEgBFDnmTHNAHMhZlOEp8f-pqbRHa_oszPjykdlWKrEl8zYJU3IZ5E6G-Kr8TWzWM3tAIKH_EPMjnIcptA-2WmFIW2EpxoBBvpbQhVlf-RlB35KKLvY8ZxcBo-oanm/s1600/1464261279655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PDx0uT67HLVz9lKEgBFDnmTHNAHMhZlOEp8f-pqbRHa_oszPjykdlWKrEl8zYJU3IZ5E6G-Kr8TWzWM3tAIKH_EPMjnIcptA-2WmFIW2EpxoBBvpbQhVlf-RlB35KKLvY8ZxcBo-oanm/s640/1464261279655.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7842RhxF3EQS37uKZVj9tslhx_-XIqL3MdAO9LHp2K7nPxKMGJRQkucY3SjgFa8qchZD67Jjjd7jZOPCA9HEAwCz4ECpnFXsNB15S-zDD4abieOzg4ETmuOTSTSIDjL8iukiB9sL7zUwy/s1600/1464261292525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7842RhxF3EQS37uKZVj9tslhx_-XIqL3MdAO9LHp2K7nPxKMGJRQkucY3SjgFa8qchZD67Jjjd7jZOPCA9HEAwCz4ECpnFXsNB15S-zDD4abieOzg4ETmuOTSTSIDjL8iukiB9sL7zUwy/s640/1464261292525.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9S0uvXK5AguPd1SJXQ02kWZc1LyLx1_oldgEv-hkdzqv5X3hMDgEfIfTkHzOOOAmfxQGCtl4JByXc-dTN895BSb6-NRuqFLjhWd2uKFDBMxyByxpGAqGmMBTOw-3qpGGOzsM6icOCEw9/s1600/1464261303321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9S0uvXK5AguPd1SJXQ02kWZc1LyLx1_oldgEv-hkdzqv5X3hMDgEfIfTkHzOOOAmfxQGCtl4JByXc-dTN895BSb6-NRuqFLjhWd2uKFDBMxyByxpGAqGmMBTOw-3qpGGOzsM6icOCEw9/s640/1464261303321.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfe2Hq-FrHBxR2C0VncEtLp4tbg4Al5vKrb18NkLZyad7HFHmLoBPWfd9I3rdf5yxJvquEzAXBAQeLHuuxA_WL9zi2rt98uZ-UK9hcY6dFuSSiFHP1cvU-3VgZcqfz_JQw_8k3MlvrUk2h/s1600/1464261738962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfe2Hq-FrHBxR2C0VncEtLp4tbg4Al5vKrb18NkLZyad7HFHmLoBPWfd9I3rdf5yxJvquEzAXBAQeLHuuxA_WL9zi2rt98uZ-UK9hcY6dFuSSiFHP1cvU-3VgZcqfz_JQw_8k3MlvrUk2h/s640/1464261738962.jpg"> </a> </div>Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12737065802525076536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314629120200979732.post-78484749968787199652016-04-13T11:33:00.002+01:002016-04-13T11:33:56.930+01:00English Civil War Battle Report – The Earl of Newcastle & Sir Hugh of Beeston<div class="MsoNormal">
Its been rather a while since I’ve done one of these,
various factors including life and football taking over somewhat from
wargaming, but it’s a busy week with a trip yesterday to a good friends
establishment to use his wargaming shed, and on the Thursday I will return to
Broughton for the first time in six months for a game of Saga.</div>
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Onto yesterday and my English Civil War troops took the
windy road and beautiful towards Ruthin, via Llay (and another car repair) and
Mold. The opposition was fielding his
Royalists; the Earl of Newcastle and his Whitecoats no less! My troops normally take the Kings side, but
given the ‘enemies’ sympathies I suspect that made my men, who are usually part
of the King’s Oxford army, the baddies. </div>
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<b><u>Deployment </u></b></div>
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The rules used were pike and shotte, with victory going to
the side that broke all of the enemies brigades first. The armies were evenly matched in makeup and
numbers. Both sides fielded several
foote regiments, with Newcastle electing to divide his into two brigades, while
Sir Hugh of Beeston (ever after to be Sir Hugh) massed most of his foote into
one large brigade. These worthies faced
each other across a rural scene somewhere in a Welsh valley, while their
respective cavalry wings eyed each other up.
Sir Hugh’s plan (by which I mean my own) was to use my own horse aggressively
against the other, while pinning the enemy foote with my own until they could be
flanked. I felt my choice to included
more dragoons and packets of musketeers within my horse wing would give me
enough of an edge.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The battle field seen from behind Newcastle's horse wing (near on the left), faced by Sir Hugh's horse, while the bulk of the foote are on the far side.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Pacifism and Barns</u></b></div>
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The battle started brightly with the Earl of Newcastle
failing almost all of his command checks, and his army stood around comparing
the effects of Daz vs other lesser known brands. Their dragoons faltered at the door to the
large barn that dominated the centre, leaving Sir Hugh’s musketeers ample time
to establish a stronghold within under their noses. Sir Hugh’s left wing of foote moved into
stronger positions ready to receive the enemy, while his horse was more tardy
in their efforts, and despite desperate shouts of ‘charge!’ they didn’t. This was to prove a theme for the mounted
contingent on both sides well into the afternoon, with plenty of pacifism on
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<b><u>Lighting a Fire</u></b></div>
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In the foote department Newcastle lit a fire under his men
and they forgot their laundry and marched swiftly forwards to engage the enemy
at close range. The whitecoats had superiority
in numbers of musketeers and they looked to make this count, disrupting Sir
Hugh’s efforts at using his pike blocks to counter attack. The exchanges of lead gave way to melee near
the barn in the centre as two of Sir Hugh’s pike regiments; Talbots and Hopton’s,
charged into contact, but were unable to push through their enemy, and were
subsequently counter-charged by Newcastles own pikemen, in the case of Talbot
this was in the flank. Not even a break
for lunch and hot pies could prevent Sir Hugh’s men from being worn down,
Stradlings pike followed the others, and soon the large foote brigade was
broken and in full retreat, with only the ordinance; a solitary Saker, sticking
around for longer to take a toll on the enemy, complete with smoke marker.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Hugh's dragoons giving fire near the barn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It begins to go wrong for Sir Hugh's men, with the enemy pike pushing them back. Strykers commanded shotte can be seen in the bottom left putting up a fierce resistance against the enemy horse.</td></tr>
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On the cavalry wing, however, things were different. Sir Hugh’s horse had managed to break Strykers
commanded shotte near the barn, and despite some valiant charges by Newcastle’s
horse it was not enough to see off the mounted enemy and the northern horsemen
were swept aside. Unfortunately for Sir
Hugh too much time had been spent trying to achieve this result, and most of
his mounted gallopers were shaken or nearly so.
In the hope of rescuing the battle he turned them to wheel around the
rear of the barn to try and take the whitecoats in the back, but too much time
had passed, Sir Hugh’s foote had long gone and Newcastle was able to form a
battle line facing the gallopers and a skirmish line of dragoons.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Hugh's horse moving around the barn to try and attack Newcastles men from behind.</td></tr>
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The gallopers dashed themselves against this line several times,
hoping to break through and then turn again and take their enemy from the rear
while the dragoons occupied their front, but time and time again they were driven
back by accurate musketry. Long after
they should have quit the field the gallopers, and their supporting dragoons
and packets of musketeers, were finally beaten into submission by the volleys
of lead, and, very roughly handled and almost entirely shaken, they departed to
the jeers of Newcastle’s troops. Victory
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But the whitecoats are ready, and it is all for nothing.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Analysis:</u></b></div>
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Two similar, and well matched armies, with Newcastle’s foote
able to get the better of the slightly outnumbered Sir Hugh’s infantry before
my horse could sweep round, and then able to turn and see off the shaken cavalry
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