Michael Lecks Lion Rampant Hatunaleken Game Salute 2015 (From La Journee Blog)

This game although small was highly detailed and covered a raid made on the small town of Stockholm. It was a little piece of art in my humble opinion and had all the hallmarks of Michael Leck and co's attention to detail. A really delightful piece and excellent presentation. I also got to n=meet Michael after a couple of aborted attempts on my part, a real pleasure Michael if you're reading(?).

Haggis Rampant: Fierce Foot Unit I (Taken from La Journee Blog)

When re-sizing the pictures I noticed that the lighting had left quite a few of the miniatures looking a little satin in finish. This is not the case as they are fully matted down with Windsor and New ton Professional Matt Spray. I usually leave 24 hours between gloss varnish (for protection) and matt. Just to make sure that the layers are all completely dry. I also wait 24 hours after painting before I gloss them to let the Acrylic paint dry properly. If you varnish too soon any moisture residue in the paint will lead top the paint coming loose and 'chipping' on the models at a later date,

In Lion Rampant a Fierce Foot unit is more akin to an Early Medieval Warband than a Retinue, raised with some care so I decided to paint the mini's in very muted tones with only the odd bright colour. I also added a conjectural livery to one gambeson and the bucklers and shields. As far as I'm aware there is no evidence at all of armies from the Isles wearing liveries (though of course that does not mean that it was not so). If anyone has any evidence pointing to the lords of the Isles using liveries and/or bagdes I'd be very interested to hear about it.

Here's the pics- enjoy and try ignore the satin look- I'm really going to have to sort the lighting out!!

Clubbing It! Haggis Rampant and ACW

With the return of Medical Student James over the holidays we decided to abandon for one week the Haggis Rampant campaign and go for a free for all with four players a side. This effectively meant that the Scots/Islemen had for advance into a hail of missile fire and well, get shot to pieces- again! :>)

With the inevitable pincushion ahead of us the four Scots/Islemen players (Stan and my good self), with the exception of the prevaricating Dave and Mick (who cunningly used the excuse that there was a village in their way so they were unable to advance) , marched forward into the English Archers deathray.....erm I mean arrow storm with predicable results! Much fun was had by all. The highlight of the game was probably when Nige (playing the English) got fed up of Jim's (also playing the English!) very technical approach to the game charged him in the flank and rear! Basically the game was a chaotic maul with the Scots coming out much the worse off.

Apologies for the pics being all from my perspective of the game but there simply wasn't enough room for me to manoeuvre around the table to get any other views!

I also got a chance to take a peak at Shaun's ACW collection again at the club Thursday gone and was able to take a few snaps. Not sure what the scenario was or which battle was being partly played out but they do look resplendent:

Bye for now.