What was supposed to be a brief diversion has turned into a week long one, followed by a battle for my Gathering of Hosts blog.
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| That's the refurbished old timers charging across the table in the distance, as is their wont. The riders in the foreground were recruited only a few months later, a souvenir of my Great, if not grand, $5 a day tour of Europe in 1974. |
A teaser has been posted to my Gathering of Hosts blog and a battle report should follow in a day or so.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
For some reason my computer flags some sites, such as your Gathering of Hosts blog and Tradgardland blog, but not this blog, as dangerous. So apologies for not commenting in those places (I can still see pics and read text in the view on Feedly). I'm sure it's just some over-zealous security thing.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, your repainted archers look good, kind of primitive (maybe some relation to the woodwoses?). I also spot a large fuzzy hill in the background. ha ha
Not doubt Dangerous due to host 'not quite sane'. The furry mountain spends even more time hanging out now that she is an only cat.
DeleteVexed l am billed as dangerous, I am far from it I fear!
ReplyDeleteLovely figures with great backstory from real life
Alan Tradgardland
Alan, Computers are notoriously bad judges of character.
DeleteAbsolutely, Alan!
ReplyDeleteYour Inverness photos brought back some find memories of a holiday I had there with my friend a few years ago.
Minifigs Rohirrim, I see. The half-armored horses weren't "standard", but Minifigs horses were generally designed to be interchangeable. Looks good! I have an itch to put a similar game on the table, but it'll be a couple of weeks, at least. :(
ReplyDeleteThe Rohirrim (with a Southron Captain since he had a sword) were the figures I bought over in England at the Minifigs stand in the Wargame tent at Aldershot in the summer of 74. The Rohirrem were meant for the newer larger horses but I wanted armoured horses and Neville only had dome of the old smaller range so my horse guards rode armoured ponies for several decades before I could bring myself to remount them.
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