Then I realized it actually was thunder...Huzzah! No yard chores this morning! Drummers! Sound the long roll! Forward the Dice!
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| The first charge resulted in a bloody repulse. |
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| The second charge saw a prolonged struggle but numbers prevailed. |
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| Firing was now general across the entire front. |
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| When the centre gave way after heavy casualties and his right was turned, General Lannigan swallowed his instinct to counter attack the stronger enemy force and ordered a withdrawl. They could keep their damn hill and crossroad.....for now. |
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Ross, Its a colourful looking game!
ReplyDeleteMichael
Sometimes bright and cheery is just what's needed.
DeleteRoss Mac,
ReplyDeleteA very colourful and impressive looking battle.
All the best,
Bob
A minor skirmish but those shiny 54's do takeover a small table.
DeleteThanks Bob
DeleteI see Oberhilse is up to their old tricks again!
ReplyDeleteRoss, this is exactly what I'm trying to do with my Alt-ACW project, pitting blue coats against red coats. This battle looks altogether splendid.
And yes, huzzah for bad weather - it's very cloudy here, potentially rainy, and so I'm going to let the grass grow another day while I go paint@
Cheers,
MikeP
Growing is very natural for grass. We really shouldn't intervene.
DeleteBad weather has it's advantages - love a totally wet day now and then .
ReplyDeleteEvery now and then.
DeleteLooks good. Trouble is I'm starting to think about 1897 again... too many periods, too many scales...
ReplyDeleteRelax, this is the 1870's, whole different thing ;)
DeleteOddly enough, I ended up doing a pile of chores indoors . . . I like your system better.
ReplyDeleteOld age and guile.....
DeleteIt's all relative, I suppose. I drop that line on the Cub all the time ;)
Delete>They could keep their damn hill and crossroad.....for now.
ReplyDelete"Let the Fools *HAVE* their tarr-tarr sauce...."
- Mongomery Burns from The Simpsons (in reference to spending $0.03 in cafeteria tartar sauce in the interest of otherwise saving 000's of employee man-hours in "free" labour)
Oh dear, have I hit a new low?
DeleteSo this battlefield is of hexes and the Gentleman’s War battlefield is in squares (on the muster photo). I love them both. Can you explain their different uses and how you created them. Perhaps a battlefield tour is in order for one of your blog posts. Is one on the other side of the board or are they two separate boards? Please expound. I would love to see a photo of each bare battlefield as well. And a little about how you created the ploughing fields on the square board.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I'll start with the easy part. The header picture was taken in 2009 and shows an improvised table at our old place during the slow transition from old life to new with a scrap of cloth thrown over a piece of chip board.
DeleteMost of the pictures are of my current table which began life in 2000 as a permanent 6x8 painted green. (Check the 'playing through Scenarios for all Ages' link on the side menu for pics or any 2010 blog entries. Over the years circumstances have shifted as have preferences etc. My current table, cut down from the 6'x8', is currently roughly 4'x5' (Canada went metric 50 yrs ago but it hasn't fully caught on yet)
The table is painted with indoor house paint mixed to match a sample I mixed from my usual craft acryllics.
The various fields, woods etc are painted on with craft acrylics and painted over when I want a change. The same with the various grids. If I want to change from squares to hexes etc I just put a new base coat on, lay out the grid and paint it on by hand. Check the posts under the terrain label and also some technique label to see more on how.
Excellent! Thank you for the insight.
DeleteWhat are the dimensions of each battlefield, the size of the hexes and squares, etc, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe current table is 4'x5' with 4" hexes.
DeleteWhenever I feel lacking inspiration, I'm going to come back and look this post and the previous one. Fantastic looking game!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
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