Showing posts with label Warhammer Ancient Battles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warhammer Ancient Battles. Show all posts

Monday, 13 July 2026

Classical (Nanda Empire)/Mauryan (Mauryan Empire) Indian Hereditary Archer/Spear Unit #1


This unit finished was completed some time ago but was "put away" and did not see the light of day until the Battle of Cunaxa 401BCE wargame we put on earlier this year for the Society of Ancients, Battle Day In The North, held at Durham Wargames Group. Then being the only Classical Indian unit I have painted, was promptly packed again! 
 
I'm going to be entering a local Warhammer Ancient Battles V.2 tournament event at the end of September. Without spending extra cash on splashing out on another bare metal army, I needed a suitable army so pulled out my barely touched Classical/Mauryan Indians from Eureka Miniatures UK, The Miniature Company, Classical Indian range with the aim of getting them all painted up for the . 

So, this is the first unit to be photographed, soon to be followed by another. I'm waiting on an order from Warbases so as to be able to i/ place this unit in the correct size movement tray and ii/ fill out the number of trays needed for the rest of the army.

I actually found these miniatures quite difficult to paint. whilst not exactly a lack of detail to paint, more so that the details were shallow and harder to pick out. Still, painting is always a learning experience and different sculpts require different methods. I'm painting this lot up as rapidly as I can as  I literally have a matter of two months maximum to paint up hundreds of miniatures including chariots etc!

For now, here is what I have.....












Cheers for now.

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

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.

Monday, 13 April 2026

The Battle of Canuxa 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)