While I'm waiting.....

 I decided it would be a good time to paint a few more figures. Since I had recently seen some unpainted 25mm Garrison medieval figures when looking for something else, and there were two votes for the Gathering of Hosts, I decided to dig them out. 

Hmm, not here......Hmm, Hmm, not there, what about in here...  Oh look!  ....I'd forgotten that I still had a dozen of these to paint..... Well, might as well paint a few more of them, and then, maybe a few more, or at least fix a few of the veterans, dropped pikes etc. 

Of course, the new lads will have to see the Woolly Mammoth. (Well, no elephants in Scotland were they?).

40mm resin Highlanders for Rough Wooing/Henry VIII's Wars.
3d Resin figures from Day of Battle , the 40mm option.

  I guess Rough Wooing is up next after all, but north of the border, not across the channel.

https://gameofmonth.blogspot.com/2022/11/cometh-hour.html
A game from 2022, including the first appearance of 3d printed Scots,
(Well, these 2 didn't exactly start as Scots, but, hey! Look! T\hey're flying the Macfarlane arms on their flag.)

For My Next Act......

I'm not quite sure what I want to call to the table next. 

Finish those ships for Prince Michael and have a small fleet battle? Or an amphibious assault?

Back to the hot, humid, West Indies? (Which is what the weather feels like today.)

or.......? 

At times like this, it's just as well to ask the audience  or......to pull one out of my hat.... "Nothing Up My Sleeve...".

Welcome To Faraway. May I See Your Passport Please?

 "No, I thought nought." .... "Bob! Quick! Telegraph Fort Belmont for help!"

A close up shot of a critical point in the battle. 

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The garrison at Ft Belmont was on the alert and a force under the command of Colonel MacDuff soon appeared to meet the invaders. A quick conference led to a decision for Brigadier Ross to command the artillery and a company each from the Rifles and Infantry on the left with orders to pin down the raiders until they got the order to advance. On the right, a company of the Royal Highlanders and one each from the Fusiliers and Grenadiers, were ordered to turn the enemy's left flank, and drive them off the field of battle.

Initially the infantry firefights were even, but the Origawn artillery was inflicting steady losses on the Dominion forces while their guns had trouble finding the range.

As the Grenadiers deployed and extended the line, the Origawn infantry started a slow retreat, hoping for support from their artillery. 

Once the flanking attack had driven back the enemy's left flank, the order was given for the whole force to advance.

The firefight was prolonged and bloody and the sun was sinking. Who knew if the enemy was expecting reinforcements any moment. 

Finally, the Dominion's numbers were starting to tell. The enemy gun was silenced, and some of their infantry wavered, ignored the orders to "Rally Men!" and then ran! There was only a small rearguard to cover the disorderly retreat but the Dominion soldiers were tired and their commander was under strict orders not to cross the border.   

(It appears that the original report that the invaders had a gun and 4 companies of infantry, was slightly exaggerated as only 3 companies were spotted. Oops! ......but it was close with the attacker being 6 vs 4,
so it might have been the intended ratio.)