Warhammer Ancients Battles Campaign Weekend, Hundred Years War; Clash of Kingdoms. Warhammer World

"A Henry! A Henry!" My Front Rank Henry V. He stood in for Bedford on the day. 

It's been 17 years since the 2009 Warhammer Ancient Battles Hundred Years War Campaign Weekend at Warhammer World but the memories linger on. I took on the responsibility of John of Bedford, lost every game I played but I dop not think I ever had so much fun playing wargames! It was just an all 'round weekend of excellence. Thank you Alex Buchel for writing the HYW supplement (I'm still very sad that it never saw the light of day) but at least we have a little bit of an idea of how it would been if published from the Clash of Kingdoms campaign booklet you gave out on the day. 

Bill Smith's Franco Scots Approach my English

My English

The last game of the day was a doubles game- though I cannot remember who was playing! Argh!

3K of Middle Imperial Romans vs Early Sassanids. Great game. Very close.

Cheers for now.

Middle Imperial Roman Speed Painting/Wash Experiments

The pangs of existential angst as I get on in life are certainly present in my mind of late. I've got a lor of lead, and a finite time in which to paint and play with it. With that in mind I've been experimenting with some rapid ways in which to get miniatures painted and on the tabletop. 

I started with some of the A&A Miniatures Middle Imperial Romans. These have literally had one base coat painted on top of the silver basecoat (leaving the armours out), then a wash from a mix I have concocted for heavily armoured miniatures and one highlight. That was it. If you leave the half an hour drying time of the wash out of the picture, it took next to no time at all to complete them which is exactly what I wanted. 

I have to be honest, compared to my normal standard these fellows are not very crisp or tight, the colour saturation is dull and it was a little painful to paint this way. The pain though, must be balanced against the expectation of being able to play with them and this is certainly something I want to do.

I should add, I'm very much looking forward to Adam Smith's new middle Imperial Roman AD Miniatures venture and I'm not so sure I could paint up the new AD stuff in the same manner as these. The A&A Miniatures moulds are not fresh and could do with remoulding IMHO as there was quite a lot of flash and a heck of a lot of cleaning up to do. 

There will also be some Wargames Foundry Franks painted up in a similar manner but with a different "magic potion" wash as they're less heavily armoured. Again, the aim is to get these toys on the table!  :>)

There are some mistakes on the miniatures, that will be cleaned up ASAP. The flesh on the helmet of one of the legionaries is particularly galling!

Cheers

The Battle of Cunaxa 401 BC, Battle Day In The North, Society of Ancients

On Sunday gone, Durham Wargames Group put on an all day event, The Battle of Cunuxa 401 BC, Battle Day In The North, run in affiliation with the Society of Ancients. There were a number of games set out, all with different rules systems such as:

Lost Battles by Phil Sabin

Strength and Honour

DBA

Hail Caesar

Command and Colours

Tyneside Wargames Club, Great Captain Rules

Battle of Gaugamela, 331BCE

Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB)