Just Add Water: March 2022

Harold Godwinson/Cyning/Army General Command Base:

I've had some work done on the house and had to vacate the house for a week (SARS CoV 2; a little extreme I know, but I have to be certain) which leaves me typing this at my folks place. It is nice to see them properly after nearly a year, to be able to help them out but, boy, am I missing my books and brushes! Odd really given how hard it has been for me to paint of late.....

The time out has given me time to take a fresh look at my my three main projects; Justinian Byzantines, Anglo Danes and Spanish Trastámara for The Italian Wars, to decide what needs doing next, to enjoy the painting I have completed over the last year or so. Sounds a little odd really, "to enjoy my (own) painting" but given that I have not been able to play a game in what will be two years in two days I am going to forgive myself the indulgence.

The Anglo Danes were actually started in 2015 as a rather overprized effort to put the Battle of Hastings on in 2016 at one of the UK's major shows. This was not to be. And looking back, I was asking way too much from myself. Today my efforts are aimed at covering two bases with the army. To eventually have the forces to refight the Battle of Fulford Gate again (the last effort was in the early 2000's) and thanks to the efforts of Charles Jones and his book Finding Fulford -The search for the First Battle of 1066 I think it is time to update the game.

I'm also putting together an Anglo Danish army for Swordpoint which I hope to have ready for August this year where I will be entering my first BHSG event at Britcon, Covid permitting of course. I have a long road ahead of me with many a mental health hurdles to leap so it may or may not be possible for me to attend the event; but one has to have targets!

For Fulford Gate I will be adding in some units consisting of six to eight bases of Fyrd who will be unarmoured and of a similar unit size Thegns too. The "English" army at Fulford was spread thin and a complete front rank of Huscarls across the entire line of battle strikes me as nonsense.

My 1000pt Swordpoint list for my Anglo Danes should anyone be interested....

ARMY: Anglo Danes

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No. of Type Equipment A D C Base Upgrade Total ABP

Bases Points Points Points

1 King 2 9 9 0 0

4 Earldorman 2 2 20 80

3 Huscarls LA/S/2HW/Javs/Veteran/Superior Fighters/Shieldwall 5 7 22 7 87 2