tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62662744467984848452024-03-15T13:22:12.595-06:00The Single Handed AdmiralPeter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-37018644775334936172024-03-12T10:02:00.001-06:002024-03-12T10:02:00.145-06:00AHPC XIV Post 12 Pict Chariots and The Library Cart (85 points)<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Second post this week and it includes figures that I've been working on intermittently since December, a unit of 2 Pict chariots. These are Crusader figures although the chariots themselves are 4Ground mdf kits.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeg7zJfBVKLYxAZxOG1N5Z7yR4G-FW0x8YBpxoX1j5fBsrTUJmUTNgY5mutlOw2g4SQfrpLimVnc4yFgB4wY_kxEnyni7UHUN_sWHLKV6WLpLl4Wz0WVPnDkjo7tWycNQWPoyk4BTZwnCnaRiPyX_EYbg_loKCC_7FN3Fxl8w3USNiZE7O3zaguhFrXY/s1000/P1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1000" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeg7zJfBVKLYxAZxOG1N5Z7yR4G-FW0x8YBpxoX1j5fBsrTUJmUTNgY5mutlOw2g4SQfrpLimVnc4yFgB4wY_kxEnyni7UHUN_sWHLKV6WLpLl4Wz0WVPnDkjo7tWycNQWPoyk4BTZwnCnaRiPyX_EYbg_loKCC_7FN3Fxl8w3USNiZE7O3zaguhFrXY/w400-h331/P1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rider in red is comes from the Irish Warriors pack, note the base under his feet.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Back last summer NorthStar had a sale on these and I picked up 4 blister packs of Celtic chariots. Although clearly modeled for Caesar's Gallic Wars or the Claudian invasion of Britain, I figured a Celtic chariot is a Celtic chariot. I tried to stick handle around most of the anachronism with paint work (taking away trousers and adding beards) and subbed in an Irish warrior in one case. I also made a lot of mistakes early on and got myself tied in knots a couple of times. Finally after a couple of rebuilds and being put aside for other pieces a number of times, I've got these completed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM06uCuCagp7DSqcwj6B8WAeOgDTfdNdLeKiRBboDIovaGkAiHP4urS3d0Cqbi-R1KXhfkieNikavXG14FrEkO-UpbyXMi0yK64ZqHXiu7goUnTPK1bN7-5eG457eDZGouqcSYGvqf0eI_m3iDT9JunqQAF4C2rgHammBsF8B5mJatK7-hVl7eeq1Hg0w/s1000/P2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1000" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM06uCuCagp7DSqcwj6B8WAeOgDTfdNdLeKiRBboDIovaGkAiHP4urS3d0Cqbi-R1KXhfkieNikavXG14FrEkO-UpbyXMi0yK64ZqHXiu7goUnTPK1bN7-5eG457eDZGouqcSYGvqf0eI_m3iDT9JunqQAF4C2rgHammBsF8B5mJatK7-hVl7eeq1Hg0w/w400-h306/P2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqxNo7Osg70jsyygfPNzpfZo8USbaI5MbfPath-5qKAMJGl_0fiCCINQyix-Q9KI5ErUddM4dcHVKvtwAVCDFSuFqcFDzdPD7UjtjBP4i2N5zklbS0Lv2B0K54EJif2btTR-2LJmJNUDOjtJ9BdkFwTbOiLmCCVg1-f4KWFPqAANDkgK5AcY0aXAvQU0/s1000/P3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1000" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqxNo7Osg70jsyygfPNzpfZo8USbaI5MbfPath-5qKAMJGl_0fiCCINQyix-Q9KI5ErUddM4dcHVKvtwAVCDFSuFqcFDzdPD7UjtjBP4i2N5zklbS0Lv2B0K54EJif2btTR-2LJmJNUDOjtJ9BdkFwTbOiLmCCVg1-f4KWFPqAANDkgK5AcY0aXAvQU0/w400-h309/P3.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPv0NMuGYabIwjzxoB6eOQFKZO8U7DRRd1DtYc7zGzPE6Zl5f0joSR08-idvJCRMQDRb1toN3OLUwlcQIIp3ltD-xOX7yJgVvtowsLPJYFFiTlil5gun2c_zzaWvyUcoZ9nfDO02pcIkMh9-AEhV0V9t6zBGBBQvWsUwyFFhSbYdCWFzMHezathlUENY/s1000/P4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1000" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPv0NMuGYabIwjzxoB6eOQFKZO8U7DRRd1DtYc7zGzPE6Zl5f0joSR08-idvJCRMQDRb1toN3OLUwlcQIIp3ltD-xOX7yJgVvtowsLPJYFFiTlil5gun2c_zzaWvyUcoZ9nfDO02pcIkMh9-AEhV0V9t6zBGBBQvWsUwyFFhSbYdCWFzMHezathlUENY/w400-h376/P4.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next up is a solitary Bad Squiddo figure of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Inayat_Khan">Noor Inayat Khan</a> to let me take Sarah's Library Cart to the Biography Section. Khan was an SOE operative in France during the Second World War who was best known as a radio operator. She was a very brave woman who deserved a much better fate than being betrayed, tortured and executed. She would make a fine Biography topic herself, but she happened to be the female figure that I had ready on the day. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxXY2Tw4DKE1eE-Nyb2mBra2ARw90S2VHk6iTK8XqE8VTDCPP5yxjnSQ3J_LTDGTiSvm7XeNgK03ey-6nlsklCWBu4sFzSk6byeIXYByO0cc3DsU4cCUdCNX9Srr2nBeLbgZsAC8-EMo4QYmv52TCIiHSvqpualeb2S_Ecr2Dn_nrUmsDMnZ8omWhwPU/s1000/Noor1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxXY2Tw4DKE1eE-Nyb2mBra2ARw90S2VHk6iTK8XqE8VTDCPP5yxjnSQ3J_LTDGTiSvm7XeNgK03ey-6nlsklCWBu4sFzSk6byeIXYByO0cc3DsU4cCUdCNX9Srr2nBeLbgZsAC8-EMo4QYmv52TCIiHSvqpualeb2S_Ecr2Dn_nrUmsDMnZ8omWhwPU/s320/Noor1.png" width="242" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I have acquired a number of Bad Squiddos Women of WW2 range. I don't plan on doing any gaming with Landgirls, Lumberjills or Spies. I just like the figures and want to support Annie for developing the range. They are universally well researched, sculpted and posed and have bags of character. they are also a joy to paint. IN this case Door's "briefcase" holds her radio equipment.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpY1_C9JKdk5wYveWr45HGRxmMOThKg_Tt9tlJ33df9q5EuSWml14bq1WZmXyTyY9_a0j9KY_dI2Pmy41Y1CzvepQyzOPuPos-Cf2G-88Zb1_EmO7ws6OLS5QWXZuJKbpw92ENZn_3OAOKkCgyx8pDBG8JDE9pgZB0IWI1uENc40j09F12oEZwOXLbi4/s1000/Noor2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpY1_C9JKdk5wYveWr45HGRxmMOThKg_Tt9tlJ33df9q5EuSWml14bq1WZmXyTyY9_a0j9KY_dI2Pmy41Y1CzvepQyzOPuPos-Cf2G-88Zb1_EmO7ws6OLS5QWXZuJKbpw92ENZn_3OAOKkCgyx8pDBG8JDE9pgZB0IWI1uENc40j09F12oEZwOXLbi4/s320/Noor2.png" width="252" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I kept the colour scheme to follow the example on the Bad Squiddo web store, because I know that they've done the research. I am pretty happy with the folds in her outfit but no sure about the skin tones.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO58AJNaqa4j3W-Dx5n93bGv30_FuOGiL3-kVnEzGXqxeRrirA2sE0WCsOm_abZIQamIWViJ82wz3Bg76_Cpuk1EkH7ZplUoMK1Aop6abdtCUr2NilTiFsnSFme0TlDct9-yShvPZS3KvLEeBEvZGJxHUYQUwzxTpArKjO5AQjA3Htm_qDQseEk4Yk4fY/s1000/Noor3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO58AJNaqa4j3W-Dx5n93bGv30_FuOGiL3-kVnEzGXqxeRrirA2sE0WCsOm_abZIQamIWViJ82wz3Bg76_Cpuk1EkH7ZplUoMK1Aop6abdtCUr2NilTiFsnSFme0TlDct9-yShvPZS3KvLEeBEvZGJxHUYQUwzxTpArKjO5AQjA3Htm_qDQseEk4Yk4fY/s320/Noor3.png" width="223" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QDG8j6d9lxtXNUabEUMJFc-FpZLg7OXFUmG68OWJ_R8p3tT5TGV-GEnDJEmL983yhZB1HkJXIxUDXP38_Y-bPZJS_5Th4J-4kWF_iMuSs2cG3B8K7Mm2afG2q8pnccQH3ihNhbXycLidI05aOHfCNR-A_4ymGJdwfIL26Vco6p5HV-QHLoHYgL6Kpho/s1000/w&G.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QDG8j6d9lxtXNUabEUMJFc-FpZLg7OXFUmG68OWJ_R8p3tT5TGV-GEnDJEmL983yhZB1HkJXIxUDXP38_Y-bPZJS_5Th4J-4kWF_iMuSs2cG3B8K7Mm2afG2q8pnccQH3ihNhbXycLidI05aOHfCNR-A_4ymGJdwfIL26Vco6p5HV-QHLoHYgL6Kpho/w400-h228/w&G.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographic evidence of me taking the Library Cart.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I believe that these chariots don't count as vehicles (I least my Pict general's didn't last year). The point tally goes like this</div><div><ul><li>4 horses and 4 chariot crew in 28mm @ 5 pts/each =40 + <i>chariots = 60</i></li><li>I female spy in 28mm =5</li><li>Library Cart bonus =20</li><li>Total <strike>65</strike><i> 85</i></li></ul><br /></div><div>My challenge map now looks like this...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSN9PP-6pRKM1XVPsCfMCHfBXjXC3WcUgIPtWussMQq-jV3OJxerAZXFmhnvQbXFtLUQuViHzsojLVkxByENO00ZHq49bP7WD2OlyyyGRSIAlXPZ2UCTYy8BpJBvnNrRHC4I9EzZkBLbuq58Fqwk_RcIHAEC08Bj3qlJfh4pYEPzcKvMj8NeGImAHNc0/s792/XIV%20Library%20Map%20March%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="792" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSN9PP-6pRKM1XVPsCfMCHfBXjXC3WcUgIPtWussMQq-jV3OJxerAZXFmhnvQbXFtLUQuViHzsojLVkxByENO00ZHq49bP7WD2OlyyyGRSIAlXPZ2UCTYy8BpJBvnNrRHC4I9EzZkBLbuq58Fqwk_RcIHAEC08Bj3qlJfh4pYEPzcKvMj8NeGImAHNc0/w400-h309/XIV%20Library%20Map%20March%205.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-18944534748552927302024-03-11T10:00:00.001-06:002024-03-11T10:00:00.261-06:00AHPC XIV Post 11 Late Roman Archers and Epic Halberdiers [Gift Shop] (120 points)<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is the first post from me this week, a unit of 12 formed archers for my Late Romans. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My wife flew off to Phoenix for the week yesterday and I've been left to deal with a blizzard with up to 40cm of snow expected. So I am left at home with lousy weather, the Briar (national curling championship) on TV and some free time...</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5GJo9b_e8Ebhhx6lyYYr8sKD9AVhmZ1sdVazwEHpnCCxbw-c5JJ1yyqnZ9SOWLudWGtgr3rc_jzGZOM9V3Eicf6RdFMl-9Gn4aaaPjecBkmm0QHmQCX8gyWOG7DI2D4CG7-DV1IwSlpH_Y1YmDaEPYccihSow61CRvHBrReMJXNFnRAtuJQIfLJlkMY/s1000/Sag1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="1000" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5GJo9b_e8Ebhhx6lyYYr8sKD9AVhmZ1sdVazwEHpnCCxbw-c5JJ1yyqnZ9SOWLudWGtgr3rc_jzGZOM9V3Eicf6RdFMl-9Gn4aaaPjecBkmm0QHmQCX8gyWOG7DI2D4CG7-DV1IwSlpH_Y1YmDaEPYccihSow61CRvHBrReMJXNFnRAtuJQIfLJlkMY/w400-h215/Sag1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shields are made up, based on pictures in the <i>Notitia Dignitatum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This was not a planned unit, it just kind of happened. I bought a pack of Victrix Late Roman Archers and Slingers over the summer mostly for the slingers, but also thinking that I could use the bow arms for Pict archers. It turned out that the 2/3 of the figures are archers with composite bows that look out of place in the hands of Picts. So there were 24 archers and I felt I needed to do something with them...</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-CIgkm9Ir_DLsB9K6YtAM6inxtzEp0XjUpVWNbR3E0BeAJxfoEf7Ox4tleEXhbaXHdtxRelY_mUqp7Al4nD2Vp3L1MbsI3MbChrkP4UwXMn5bDNWg-trk5iPw0w4OIkKBewDrlVvxN0zBeTr_zGBUnQoNWcTzm28QdM_FzXHsRD1dqHYAihjCAqvYuY/s1000/Sag3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-CIgkm9Ir_DLsB9K6YtAM6inxtzEp0XjUpVWNbR3E0BeAJxfoEf7Ox4tleEXhbaXHdtxRelY_mUqp7Al4nD2Vp3L1MbsI3MbChrkP4UwXMn5bDNWg-trk5iPw0w4OIkKBewDrlVvxN0zBeTr_zGBUnQoNWcTzm28QdM_FzXHsRD1dqHYAihjCAqvYuY/w400-h288/Sag3.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">These are nice figures and there are lots of variant arms and heads. I like the variety of loading, shooting and admiring one's last shot poses. I included an officer and a musician who is likely over armoured but was fun to paint. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUNIdtNqHr_uygQ8rAna_o9jLpGkrAfAcDEzhQdYE7ibVmZ2P7FxGA1pawa3-22l_3YZLbWKRpmf1yPSgXOxayQ2TCWnTF55tjNCJUmqp5gKoVwHiuyLbkux0iCIbg1ph8rKLbNf0k322AHEMEbGfA_Sj-7XZRdWQPOgFnhJqBcpMbsPJoeX1MZy9imo/s1000/Sag2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1000" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUNIdtNqHr_uygQ8rAna_o9jLpGkrAfAcDEzhQdYE7ibVmZ2P7FxGA1pawa3-22l_3YZLbWKRpmf1yPSgXOxayQ2TCWnTF55tjNCJUmqp5gKoVwHiuyLbkux0iCIbg1ph8rKLbNf0k322AHEMEbGfA_Sj-7XZRdWQPOgFnhJqBcpMbsPJoeX1MZy9imo/w400-h233/Sag2.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My previous Roman archer units had been light infantry and I'd filled my quota under the TtS army lists, hence the formed bowmen unit. I've given them the title Sagittarii Nerviorum. There are three units listed as </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nerviorum under the </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dux Britanniarum in the Notitia Dignitatum. The name comes from the Nervii, a Belgic tribe from Northern Gaul as I continue to try and butter up my Belgic minion. Other Nervii units served in Northern Gaul, Spain and even as an elite Auxiliary Palatina unit in the Eastern Empire.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WKFMIr2gOzXZf12bq3Ns8mZmxLQXjaCMrX2Ar6YqovtE6udextBqupzjhvwi5l0zZp4J6GhL_jocNNzKUy8El85-mTdYF-sDuZatctGqBs_YtNPw7AdTYnqNV5jaEqkiyBwgs9il7k5iSMqJ_NmPt2Z6V12e1GYEC_-BpvLLATXpYGWgSKSAlTG59zg/s1000/Sag4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WKFMIr2gOzXZf12bq3Ns8mZmxLQXjaCMrX2Ar6YqovtE6udextBqupzjhvwi5l0zZp4J6GhL_jocNNzKUy8El85-mTdYF-sDuZatctGqBs_YtNPw7AdTYnqNV5jaEqkiyBwgs9il7k5iSMqJ_NmPt2Z6V12e1GYEC_-BpvLLATXpYGWgSKSAlTG59zg/w400-h210/Sag4.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The officer and musician come from the Armoured Infantry kit.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">No Challenge bonus points, but I will claim the points on the Legions of the Empire Side Duel.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Also counting for the Legions of the Empire Side Duel are these Epic Empire halberdiers. I am also going claim the the "Gift Shop" bonus points because Curt told me I could when I Voluntold me to paint these.</span></p><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbS5oUEnURptoGzMpTR7OPHPhPUPKACZD_X-qqGwlm6ulcN8UZHGlHODwEWd1IxWxg-64LdY23UlLg_a75MWjiqBbXaipUal5AQgk6EVDt14Tkq8MZSWcOO9s5HztP-F15BDMcF7NH_eU-kQOMRL3dyH_XyCo1HB5krG0w0NXxFg9EuogUDKykJI0xDQ/s1000/Halb1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="1000" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbS5oUEnURptoGzMpTR7OPHPhPUPKACZD_X-qqGwlm6ulcN8UZHGlHODwEWd1IxWxg-64LdY23UlLg_a75MWjiqBbXaipUal5AQgk6EVDt14Tkq8MZSWcOO9s5HztP-F15BDMcF7NH_eU-kQOMRL3dyH_XyCo1HB5krG0w0NXxFg9EuogUDKykJI0xDQ/w400-h165/Halb1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Curt has been running a Old World themed TtS! Campaign using these Epic scale figures and I've been running the Empire side. More like the Sacrificial Offering giving my skill at these games. One thing that I've finally figured out is that the bog standard grunts like these Halberdiers and pretty darn useful (and cheap to boot). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklNKqa6BuRLXfRBqaqfZJA_4wj-8hKuf0fYlsi2jAv5u7xflRCDNilYqxJFIOcbbzKAjbNqEYcWKV3WZM2x_ukv9F_VpHuQUtHc_AS0hwpHIMf7MVeU4GDkv7PG_wh-rqzF8JzILHSrzyZ6JEpPXJWsynyS4rowbDowMFgmq4L0eU62XNP0Hl-DmB-s0/s1000/Halb2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="1000" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklNKqa6BuRLXfRBqaqfZJA_4wj-8hKuf0fYlsi2jAv5u7xflRCDNilYqxJFIOcbbzKAjbNqEYcWKV3WZM2x_ukv9F_VpHuQUtHc_AS0hwpHIMf7MVeU4GDkv7PG_wh-rqzF8JzILHSrzyZ6JEpPXJWsynyS4rowbDowMFgmq4L0eU62XNP0Hl-DmB-s0/w400-h155/Halb2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Curt has a sizeable Empire contingent which looks lovely in a mostly blue and yellow livery. To mix things up I went for a Crimson and White livery, which I believe means that these lad don't follow any of the Official liveries. I will note that I've left their based un terraformed as Curt will want to base them according to his own system.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiv3GZlrFLzqoVK8pLw9dKZbBQ7QytTRIUBz8vbXmIn5fR9Qdr6GvQXpAUm3-kgzwstv03p2d_OPn1S8Z95Sj4D-5hBu8nciQpq_BmM2MdbiPOYEj4AQyvqhKWCNuofsjeaDqhaP0Ntm35k_CaoPNqKFy4rh9G6hEEbk1cVeBEfhC8Rm_kvOOUvzpsg-Y/s1000/Halb3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="1000" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiv3GZlrFLzqoVK8pLw9dKZbBQ7QytTRIUBz8vbXmIn5fR9Qdr6GvQXpAUm3-kgzwstv03p2d_OPn1S8Z95Sj4D-5hBu8nciQpq_BmM2MdbiPOYEj4AQyvqhKWCNuofsjeaDqhaP0Ntm35k_CaoPNqKFy4rh9G6hEEbk1cVeBEfhC8Rm_kvOOUvzpsg-Y/w400-h116/Halb3.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I had more fun painting these than I thought I would once I figured out a system. By system I mean going with a wash technique and not worrying about the small details. The flag and a couple of shields are free handed to kinda look like Imperial Eagles if you squint hard and have had enough wine.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise I make it</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">12 archers in 28mm @5 pts each =60</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">36 halberdiers in 10mm @ 1 pt each = 36</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Giftshop bonus =20</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Total 116 points.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This takes me over my 500 point Challenge Target.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSil4DxzBFK5olx665cdeUt5-EifPKs3pQbUNwC7CbcG33hNssyW3zO47wmLkHyiPATsLQ2Z0upZa6r3FuZ6W9loR9IbHE-zLBwOC8L_zoJzOPjrbfI08QT4Ba4tFMGVp40vV5EaKOaqAumK6TMIOffJ8F7N8baneG7xlbfEFQ4QZbAGlCuEsP8Cy169g/s527/Buried.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="356" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSil4DxzBFK5olx665cdeUt5-EifPKs3pQbUNwC7CbcG33hNssyW3zO47wmLkHyiPATsLQ2Z0upZa6r3FuZ6W9loR9IbHE-zLBwOC8L_zoJzOPjrbfI08QT4Ba4tFMGVp40vV5EaKOaqAumK6TMIOffJ8F7N8baneG7xlbfEFQ4QZbAGlCuEsP8Cy169g/s320/Buried.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finally since Martijn's been suggesting books, I have a book suggestion for him <i>Buried</i> by Alice Roberts. it's a survey of archeology over the first 1000 years CE, looking at a number of specific burial sites. She's got two others in the series dealing with the BCE and medieval eras (just out now in Canada). The first two have some great history about the archeology in Britain and challenge a lot of ideas.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-294370622041563352024-03-10T09:58:00.001-06:002024-03-10T09:58:00.135-06:00AHPC XIV Post 10 With View Halloo Pursue the Gnu (70 Points)<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Second post from me today. First up is a straightforward points grab for the nature shelves in the form of a 28mm Gnu (ok it's a wildebeest but Gnus are way more fun) from Ray Partha. This figure has been kicking around my spares bin for 20+ years and was picked up for a potential Southern African colonial project.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicopxQ2HegR99YcK2i8Z8ZbPR-NENyEdpnvocRTw3ES68c51hjS_z5A0QNYdop2tIAN6lrr9qeLDW7Am7If6ACRbkCOpecauKHkFrIrGZjrzvz7jUdI8X2DcisTbwId4XOHN9dj1W0_cV7jhMJEBHpcm2x-anvCCcShUmBwmx91WW1RxEXEGWhf3EEN7E/s800/gnu1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="800" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicopxQ2HegR99YcK2i8Z8ZbPR-NENyEdpnvocRTw3ES68c51hjS_z5A0QNYdop2tIAN6lrr9qeLDW7Am7If6ACRbkCOpecauKHkFrIrGZjrzvz7jUdI8X2DcisTbwId4XOHN9dj1W0_cV7jhMJEBHpcm2x-anvCCcShUmBwmx91WW1RxEXEGWhf3EEN7E/w400-h315/gnu1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this needs a Wild Kingdom vignette with Marlin Perkins safely in the Landrover while his sacrificial offering assistant attempts to hog tie the gnu. Sadly this was beyond my resources.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnL-x_RTXFFLXFfdXMtmYLscWAaJzPEx7RNqnjLdKcl-LtMEb4MgycV1KQnSzDnUV_bmzoaIB6J-eO_3WtafCM4ThGPysZol27QgXydK1cIj8xfyaIPapqXY-oYErm8kzIUnKFnUeobRPZ4IYr8KaUblIaN27ReDWhrvVETW_uyIGI4Tc4aMgxooTGFc/s800/gnu2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="734" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnL-x_RTXFFLXFfdXMtmYLscWAaJzPEx7RNqnjLdKcl-LtMEb4MgycV1KQnSzDnUV_bmzoaIB6J-eO_3WtafCM4ThGPysZol27QgXydK1cIj8xfyaIPapqXY-oYErm8kzIUnKFnUeobRPZ4IYr8KaUblIaN27ReDWhrvVETW_uyIGI4Tc4aMgxooTGFc/w368-h400/gnu2.png" width="368" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Pl-drKxw-Yryw2ecij2ils0gBRQ8GJlXR6F84cwvZL_vYpbhGFjV1pzTPk2I7cs-6akua9xJln2cpMtsSZFu3Z9P55PvgKKW1FL0bAxOw6T8xh-fp4miaRroKyEUzUIMJX-xTispvQ5MNarP66l8WNwvWfpcZ2p2mQmL608U8hGHCsA3t-QSrW6Qno8/s800/gnu3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="622" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Pl-drKxw-Yryw2ecij2ils0gBRQ8GJlXR6F84cwvZL_vYpbhGFjV1pzTPk2I7cs-6akua9xJln2cpMtsSZFu3Z9P55PvgKKW1FL0bAxOw6T8xh-fp4miaRroKyEUzUIMJX-xTispvQ5MNarP66l8WNwvWfpcZ2p2mQmL608U8hGHCsA3t-QSrW6Qno8/w311-h400/gnu3.png" width="311" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While others may look to use the Gnu as the basis for cheap puns, I instead will use it to reference a much higher art form, that of Poetry. I present Good Gnu (A Vignette in Verse) by P.G Wodehouse. This poem comes from the story <i>Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court</i> in which Mr Mulliner's nice Charlotte (an animal loving poet) comes under a blood lust spell while visiting family friends. She is most put out when <i>Animal-Lovers' Gazette</i> rejects this poem as seen at 18:00 of this clip <a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6wn61k">Wodehouse Playhouse</a>.</span><p></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">When cares attack and life seems black,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">How sweet it is to pot a yak,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> Or puncture hares and grizzly bears,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> And others I could mention;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">But in my Animals "Who's Who"<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">No name stands higher than the Gnu;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> And each new gnu that comes in view<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> Receives my prompt attention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">When Afric's sun is sinking low,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">And shadows wander to and fro,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> And everywhere there's in the air<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> A hush that's deep and solemn;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">Then is the time good men and true<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">With View Halloo pursue the gnu;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> (The safest spot to put your shot<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> is through the spinal column).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">To take the creature by surprise<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">We must adopt some rude disguise,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> Although deceit is never sweet,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> And falsehoods don't attract us;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">So, as with gun in hand you wait,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">Remember to impersonate<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> A tuft of grass, a mountain-pass,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> A kopje or a cactus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">A brief suspense, and then at last<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">The waiting's o'er, the vigil past;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> A careful aim. A spurt of flame.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> It's done. You've pulled the trigger,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">And one more gnu, so fair and frail,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">Has handed in its dinner-pail;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> (The females all are rather small,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"> The males are somewhat bigger).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In other gnus, I have another unit of 4 Pict Light Cavalry. These are 28mm figures kit bashed from three Gripping Beast plastic kit</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s. They are pretty much the same as the last two units that I have previously posted.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC8Hgh1IhheVavGFgCOydbcxqZKHkQLjiaSmXC6ojnmchqahyphenhyphensVqz0YjCUKPytnEK7qSgY1JEKAGfyumq-LjQYGiqlBAVrkuXNi5SRUn_OCj7UvL2HW3UiQm_zqhny88UDJexwrd5WxEb8QOXSGMCwPpXwrwzHivbpT_qgfXlognkhOZ4gR7uG_p_LN8/s1000/Pict1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1000" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC8Hgh1IhheVavGFgCOydbcxqZKHkQLjiaSmXC6ojnmchqahyphenhyphensVqz0YjCUKPytnEK7qSgY1JEKAGfyumq-LjQYGiqlBAVrkuXNi5SRUn_OCj7UvL2HW3UiQm_zqhny88UDJexwrd5WxEb8QOXSGMCwPpXwrwzHivbpT_qgfXlognkhOZ4gR7uG_p_LN8/w400-h250/Pict1.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1vGEOzFj4bOvDpxYxU37BE1HAvQ3cJeZN_h6bLqkRkrLhaoguGuZU7efmoFsoE726wnM8GdYy51OnuPgjyFXydLGwyXZMnFfo5gmEAC364DAyCU8KnBs0N8bUNHAHcErn2Gz9AH0WoBsfg78jkEUVJaZkWZkx-ofO502-mlh2jmNMmTOM-W7ubiKGF4/w400-h265/Pict3.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note to self - I need to fix the labels which got lifted up during posing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSOwhyelTuoMC1C-7vWdzt9dhXz91IPHuMfg4lmjrzGrlawU0ZqHHtcV_1OlO0L94fGHNYhBdjaQFBjGuTNvUm6m49jk-4DHzWvJNhw-vf7mKzg1K-HBjw-OiAPa7zGkW0v2dyS8Bae-Z9L7GsyBZS_L-0x_wwqzByzl37stIkOTdV8Nz3w2BQyjn61E/s1000/Pict4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1000" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSOwhyelTuoMC1C-7vWdzt9dhXz91IPHuMfg4lmjrzGrlawU0ZqHHtcV_1OlO0L94fGHNYhBdjaQFBjGuTNvUm6m49jk-4DHzWvJNhw-vf7mKzg1K-HBjw-OiAPa7zGkW0v2dyS8Bae-Z9L7GsyBZS_L-0x_wwqzByzl37stIkOTdV8Nz3w2BQyjn61E/w400-h261/Pict4.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />I think it's 5 points for the Gnu, 10 each for the cavalry and 20 for the Nature topic for a total of 65 points.</span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With two rooms ticked off today, my updated may looks like this.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwf5Fw40Xk5VlpVPLuEKPcIKV-Ftv9e-SAr-0gJD0krRkXcbw7trCrT1PFxu171R8bsgLPUJPbSEsGUwT4KVgSMrvlwpW1rUxGMI9Ulj2wYz3qJKQAN6LCN_xDImE7DzXKbkEj3ci11eIBKQUAXv-YfH8LT3jV0jKsdVKzGMfrcdQilofl0NOlET2IrE/s792/XIV%20Library%20Map%20Feb%2026.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="792" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwf5Fw40Xk5VlpVPLuEKPcIKV-Ftv9e-SAr-0gJD0krRkXcbw7trCrT1PFxu171R8bsgLPUJPbSEsGUwT4KVgSMrvlwpW1rUxGMI9Ulj2wYz3qJKQAN6LCN_xDImE7DzXKbkEj3ci11eIBKQUAXv-YfH8LT3jV0jKsdVKzGMfrcdQilofl0NOlET2IrE/w400-h309/XIV%20Library%20Map%20Feb%2026.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-48440893771080424412024-03-09T09:56:00.000-06:002024-03-09T09:56:00.186-06:00AHPCXIV Post 9 Saint Germanus of Auxerre for Famous Person (60 points)<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Continuing the catchup...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I missed a week last week, but caught up on some painting during my Uni's Winter Break. My first post is of Saint Germanus of Auxerre which I am attempting to claim under the Famous Person Category. There's a bit of ambiguity in the title here, with the Map indicating a Statue and the Library Catalogue just indicating a Famous Person. However, Big Lee got his painted Patton under this category on the weekend, so I will use this and the ambiguity to claim my points. Also I happened to know that my minion is an archeologist whose speciality is Rome and I'm hoping for brownie points!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-EXdVJkpOUHMd2XTvzPEcqkcTQ8mcr54rOalmwdaqAfzb7wzKQITSo9gb7QHsU8bKWu-Np8qtsmnl3TCOxECxbEOYh6jCocGZAYRu2gv1CLzoeFaCz2opwowVxEULg9r86cvO25ZvUZe-qjmOsKpKlH7LYfkMHZbo9MUVNgwpZ3TL05aoSllybB2G3A/s1000/SaintG2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-EXdVJkpOUHMd2XTvzPEcqkcTQ8mcr54rOalmwdaqAfzb7wzKQITSo9gb7QHsU8bKWu-Np8qtsmnl3TCOxECxbEOYh6jCocGZAYRu2gv1CLzoeFaCz2opwowVxEULg9r86cvO25ZvUZe-qjmOsKpKlH7LYfkMHZbo9MUVNgwpZ3TL05aoSllybB2G3A/w330-h400/SaintG2.png" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Who is Saint Germanus you ask and why is he famous? He is a Bishop from Roman Gaul who came to Britain c 429 CE to defeat the Picts and Saxons at the Alleluia Battle, where the barbarians were so put of may the vocal chants of the Romano British that they figured that they were badly outnumbered and buggered off. You can read his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanus_of_Auxerre">Bio here</a>. Germanus is one if the few named leaders from 5th century Britain whose existence can actually be verified since most of the names (Vortigern, Arthur, etc) seem pretty mythical.</span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH8X6nyxq7HYPP8pDL07fXAod0KyhNWbdwusZziCQNaJ13pTW1XySf26tNNS4NKvyvqNiYatYv7C4sCP3xrYuQzY4a-Av9e9wGk-Jwev1iWOOAmdWA9ahyphenhyphendkMyxy35_KdJUB992wHWICQ-t9M-A3gPTOjId15mZk7W-lICu6Jkcxy809iCJoE8eYcp40/s1298/SaintG1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH8X6nyxq7HYPP8pDL07fXAod0KyhNWbdwusZziCQNaJ13pTW1XySf26tNNS4NKvyvqNiYatYv7C4sCP3xrYuQzY4a-Av9e9wGk-Jwev1iWOOAmdWA9ahyphenhyphendkMyxy35_KdJUB992wHWICQ-t9M-A3gPTOjId15mZk7W-lICu6Jkcxy809iCJoE8eYcp40/w309-h400/SaintG1.png" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I based my version on this lovely illustration from a recent <a href="https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ca/postroman-kingdoms-9781472850980/">Osprey</a> offering.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5UWRQwF-c6XaETCOTkSjWQH4MX4GH23UGCXDVf1BZGdD0HmG0fWSl91tDIS1sJK-9Nt8seDGZ5Ws5cnc1s1R-CteVZkN2i3j6CtU40jBkh6qNnveMRHu5fn5MJ_YjX785oaE1geH9V5YoozFyumKMI4kNuwpDIQJJpjlInOHji6DnOZqCD81tgeD56Y/s1000/osprey.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="670" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5UWRQwF-c6XaETCOTkSjWQH4MX4GH23UGCXDVf1BZGdD0HmG0fWSl91tDIS1sJK-9Nt8seDGZ5Ws5cnc1s1R-CteVZkN2i3j6CtU40jBkh6qNnveMRHu5fn5MJ_YjX785oaE1geH9V5YoozFyumKMI4kNuwpDIQJJpjlInOHji6DnOZqCD81tgeD56Y/w268-h400/osprey.png" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The figures are from the Victrix Late Roman Armoured Cavalry kit, which is excellent. I didn't have a cross so swapped in a Chi-Rho vexillum for Germanus to wave. I never liked the jumping jack hold two weapons up pose, so gave him the shield carried by the infantry man in the foreground. His body guard is a Roman Cavalry officer, who gets a proper helmet instead of his <strike>Smurf Hat</strike> Phrygian Cap.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkWuIh81pmlRloPg_KNY8P1qtQDettVZwiVy0_q84vyGWVB9khAqklvz6P3GO8LDLMjl0gm18QbAaEYvoh19Hpl1RI_gx8Ef-d3se-Zv8SwgWZ_FvuviR1J8Kx7T9GQ2OpbteVyVSw46W5eo_JZE8vngjyoEVA_ohFeAn3-3RXXWYbodlveMrW3xmNDw/s1000/SaintG3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkWuIh81pmlRloPg_KNY8P1qtQDettVZwiVy0_q84vyGWVB9khAqklvz6P3GO8LDLMjl0gm18QbAaEYvoh19Hpl1RI_gx8Ef-d3se-Zv8SwgWZ_FvuviR1J8Kx7T9GQ2OpbteVyVSw46W5eo_JZE8vngjyoEVA_ohFeAn3-3RXXWYbodlveMrW3xmNDw/s320/SaintG3.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Germanus' visit(s) to Britain came after the "withdrawal of the legions" in 407CE, but what happened afterword is very cloudy. I plan on using him as a standard bearer or general for my Late Roman Defenders of Britain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise that 2 28mm cavalrymen @10 points =20 plus 20 for the Famous Person bonus for a total of 40 points. I will claim the figure points under the legions Side Duel. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-72586924907243149752024-03-08T09:53:00.001-06:002024-03-08T09:53:23.687-06:00AHPC XIV Post 8 Pict Light Cavalry<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I am catching up on some posts from the last two weeks. February is now over and the end of term is in sight.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1kzeR1sTQVpV7Fd25f1voZbarQdYT715gzQ7BvORO3dU6hZNb41O7hvWExXYAfHPdEl5wSFu5s1rZy9FmhMUJ3fpCBvbwaX-RfA6stID6hrg0g4ocweVWqAIDF23Ow6yTbgwU1mhDTWwaGqR1OMxs8cwFJ9cxm3RZbG-mryTWtU3Bgi4SGVWR985VhY/s1000/Neville.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1000" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1kzeR1sTQVpV7Fd25f1voZbarQdYT715gzQ7BvORO3dU6hZNb41O7hvWExXYAfHPdEl5wSFu5s1rZy9FmhMUJ3fpCBvbwaX-RfA6stID6hrg0g4ocweVWqAIDF23Ow6yTbgwU1mhDTWwaGqR1OMxs8cwFJ9cxm3RZbG-mryTWtU3Bgi4SGVWR985VhY/w400-h329/Neville.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Another small post from me as I crawl towards my goal. It's February, we've had mostly sucky weather recently (grey and sloppy underfoot), I've got a heavy teaching load and a ton of February blahs.... </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've got another unit of 4 Pict Light </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Cavalry based for my To The Strongest Late Roman Britain project. Figures are mostly a mix of two Gripping Beast plastic kits, Late Roman Light Cavalry and Dark age Cavalry. Heads, shields and weapons are from the GB Pict infantry kit and the rolled cloaks came from a Victrix Roman infantry kit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyCsT0ODaMDZmRn0YrVCfUaMoYm6tDP7lMXWFEKAn2-YrtEfRlzkt_5hto1ctYgnzqJ3ZyhLX8enkcFPOINNbfnX2q1uIS1BlkGn9-uEvt6roDByyzCP82z547Atpv-W81Zvs2IWqL-PyFAiaG_8Z4xMAUtSClUpdKpRMSw0jht9lFy3hLHGBueQautE/s1000/P1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1000" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyCsT0ODaMDZmRn0YrVCfUaMoYm6tDP7lMXWFEKAn2-YrtEfRlzkt_5hto1ctYgnzqJ3ZyhLX8enkcFPOINNbfnX2q1uIS1BlkGn9-uEvt6roDByyzCP82z547Atpv-W81Zvs2IWqL-PyFAiaG_8Z4xMAUtSClUpdKpRMSw0jht9lFy3hLHGBueQautE/w400-h231/P1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These were in the queue since last May. After priming I found that I'd made the Proverbial Porcine Posterior on assembly (I like alliteration a lot!). Eventually I filled the most glaring errors and decided to ignore the rest. They look ok when one applies the two foot rule.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb4S7eSOsicD4lmsRLs4TkkweE_GTfyrAfM_Uik2FG8g2nEfh-IeGCLUSPm23PXpRUpAIpd0hywKwE_ZVDDcYSfwqIH1LH9pkMzF_a_3nxSJatSKpwoZ7kI9BB4y6pM_FjUivMX_CaWI5Ua-3NSZV3Kin9ehOKsx0GNortwTStHMQhE6TPuRZ1jtHIZI/s1000/P2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb4S7eSOsicD4lmsRLs4TkkweE_GTfyrAfM_Uik2FG8g2nEfh-IeGCLUSPm23PXpRUpAIpd0hywKwE_ZVDDcYSfwqIH1LH9pkMzF_a_3nxSJatSKpwoZ7kI9BB4y6pM_FjUivMX_CaWI5Ua-3NSZV3Kin9ehOKsx0GNortwTStHMQhE6TPuRZ1jtHIZI/w400-h225/P2.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Four cavalry in 28mm is 40 points with no bonus rooms.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-77523795647017111722024-02-07T11:33:00.002-06:002024-02-07T11:33:16.904-06:00AHPC XIV Post 7 Manilla Bay 1898<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A slow week again for me (teaching an overload course and wife's birthday) but a few things made it off the workbench. A few more ships from my ongoing Spanish American War naval project, mostly Spanish and mostly from the Battle of Manilla Bay 1898.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Spanish squadron in the Philippines was a collection of obsolete cruisers in a pretty dodgy state of maintenance and training. They gave Dewey's American squadron little opposition but with some proper preparations and work, things might have been tougher for the US Navy. Dewey had the easier challenge in battle but had a host of other issues to deal with. His squadron was operating thousands of miles from a US port and had to shepherd colliers and other support ships. He also had to stare down the German Asiatic squadron which anchored in Manilla Bay and deal with Phillipino rebels that the US Government was preparing to throw under the bus once the Spanish were out of the way. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRl1ljKp916OemTWuoDuDY0FpwwHuBoHDWRyUtUDTS9o9bw-JQ8MR4uyEIzBx2iMED-gZgq8nlj7i806Twxnnz9jAVza5u3CN8crc8UNtg46fVa4KdsArsHNRUngfTxCDTWUKW7rwBFnLIryVmPxINYDFNVkByFRk_hoUVEUp68L-jT6O4oUJT54nx0w/s1000/M1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="1000" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRl1ljKp916OemTWuoDuDY0FpwwHuBoHDWRyUtUDTS9o9bw-JQ8MR4uyEIzBx2iMED-gZgq8nlj7i806Twxnnz9jAVza5u3CN8crc8UNtg46fVa4KdsArsHNRUngfTxCDTWUKW7rwBFnLIryVmPxINYDFNVkByFRk_hoUVEUp68L-jT6O4oUJT54nx0w/w400-h161/M1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The <i>Reina Christina </i>was an Alphonso XII class unprotected cruiser and flies the flag of Admiral Motojo. She was the best of the Spanish squadron at Manilla and went down fighting. This class of ships was named for member of the Spanish Royal Family and both the ships and royalty had pretty sad careers. Christina was the Queen Regent in 1898, widow of Alphonso XII (who died in 1885 at the age of 27 from TB and dysentery) and mother of Alphonso XIII (born posthumously in 1886 and deposed in 1931). Her sister ships were named for Alphonso XII and his first wife Reina Mercedes who died at age 18 from typhoid fever after 6 months of marriage. The <i>Alphoso XII</i> was immobile in Havana harbour in 1898, but her crew helps the crew of the USS Maine after she was sunk. The <i>Reina Mercedes </i>traded shots with the US Navy at Santiago, but was too sow to take part in the the breakout, She was sunk as a block ship to deny the Americans access to the port.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Castilla was an even older unprotected cruiser. She served against the Tagalog Revolt but was thoroughly worn out by 1898. Her machinery gave only a very slow speed and she in the early days of the war was found to have a serious leak that could only be patched with cement around her propellor shaft, immobilizing her. The Christina had to tow her into position.</span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnerIfogypgUnDzyogLiiK-9p4UJTF2x6nUUecA6acSJfhwD-bmeZKfQiZ8RsBy2qLAeZTlxUmXsnAeUpMeb5nQJNujwzs5eYxJxhPw1_nweMGlMHpKk62b_GexhbXB0LV7zAx_MXoaTVWdoLCk_8tvaeMXALY3hGFoINs4HSaWIwIziR26IxHbihM0t0/s1000/m2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="1000" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnerIfogypgUnDzyogLiiK-9p4UJTF2x6nUUecA6acSJfhwD-bmeZKfQiZ8RsBy2qLAeZTlxUmXsnAeUpMeb5nQJNujwzs5eYxJxhPw1_nweMGlMHpKk62b_GexhbXB0LV7zAx_MXoaTVWdoLCk_8tvaeMXALY3hGFoINs4HSaWIwIziR26IxHbihM0t0/w400-h150/m2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Two member of the ill fated Velasco class of small cruisers. Tow of the class had been lost at sea prior to the war and three more members were sunk at Manilla Bay including <i>Velasco </i>herself. She was immobilized on the day of battle (are you sensing a theme here?) with her boilers ashore and under repair. <i>Isabel II </i>was at San Juan Puerto Rico in 1898 where she took part in two actions against the US blockaders. She served in the Armada until 1907. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Isabel II</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> was</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> the mother of Alphonso II and had a troubled reign from 1833-1868. Her succession caused the Carlist Wars (the other side was lead by an uncle who refused to accept a Queen), and she was deposed by a revolution in 1868. She lived until 1904 but had abdicated while in exile in favour of her son. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKS6f-ydA89qyL-6zRjj8yJk6T_bXFibLO8HUTCWJHVoLrb7S8riyqcm027RFAOVs7ihanYMclTBnwm1e_uC7V0s6d2KmuCCUbuAIFb1iBe_dObRemsD6fIgIVudTEq-qDUD_dIce4rBbef8sMrRVqYsJLLapYRydrEo-_IwRqiSqILNYJcIWWJQGaT8/s1000/M3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="1000" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKS6f-ydA89qyL-6zRjj8yJk6T_bXFibLO8HUTCWJHVoLrb7S8riyqcm027RFAOVs7ihanYMclTBnwm1e_uC7V0s6d2KmuCCUbuAIFb1iBe_dObRemsD6fIgIVudTEq-qDUD_dIce4rBbef8sMrRVqYsJLLapYRydrEo-_IwRqiSqILNYJcIWWJQGaT8/w400-h169/M3.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finally some pretty good little ships. <i> USS Petrel </i>was a gun boat that fought at Manilla Bay and further against against first the Spanish and then the Philippinos. Very useful in the brushfire colonial campaigns of the day. And another flotilla of two Spanish destroyers, which were modern designs for 1898. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thats's 7 1;2400 scale ships (all Tumbling Dice castings) at 2 points per hull for a total of 14 points. I should have something more substantial next week.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-84445168442209711432024-02-01T08:31:00.003-06:002024-02-01T08:31:00.134-06:00AHPC XIV Post 6 Scots-Irish Slingers<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">A small post from me this week. I was out of town at a actuarial exam meeting in Charlotte NC this weekend and I'm still struggling to keep up on my extra teaching load.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQl5h7WdG-lFWOQeeY5ApE5AwIRrMlcDzmF0oC64n68_kxQLn0ht7QSSvf6NOvMEN5oq2EkVApbGxGTWmrU8GJaYfrqRrIZQYISA_ofhMvOfB3rLkYvyR5qps91qn_ukLkCDKy9FcPXHEMGlhK1ScE0Qd5wUasat3BdEdVx0RpG7QlLEA9EI3tCyO66Q/s1000/Sling%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1000" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQl5h7WdG-lFWOQeeY5ApE5AwIRrMlcDzmF0oC64n68_kxQLn0ht7QSSvf6NOvMEN5oq2EkVApbGxGTWmrU8GJaYfrqRrIZQYISA_ofhMvOfB3rLkYvyR5qps91qn_ukLkCDKy9FcPXHEMGlhK1ScE0Qd5wUasat3BdEdVx0RpG7QlLEA9EI3tCyO66Q/w400-h304/Sling%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is a unit of 6 Irish slingers for my Late Roman Britain project, based for To The Strongest. I did some kit bashing using plastics here. The torsos and heads are all from the Gripping Beast Irish set and the arms come from the Victrix Late Roman Archers and Slingers set. The two kits mesh reasonably well and I was able to get a good mix of loading and firing figures. As noted in my last post, the Victrix pack has more archers than slingers and many of the sling options are staff slings, which is a higher level of tech than would be seen in 4th Century Ireland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HpkRhOfG6eerYXwYnReiRmyvOQMPGsS0-CFwySr9UHNlUqqgpVtXDU2KBMGcDBARKdN2fQmBA8EardNHL0XOxm9GEPlOsmYXGa-cKHyOH5V_8-FkLilnjEbEtcdV4Sz97q1LedIA87Iqkh7v7QlVzHLTMIaEGwca1uFZb70_S9Ms3aiMnamgMT0HP-E/s1000/sling%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1000" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HpkRhOfG6eerYXwYnReiRmyvOQMPGsS0-CFwySr9UHNlUqqgpVtXDU2KBMGcDBARKdN2fQmBA8EardNHL0XOxm9GEPlOsmYXGa-cKHyOH5V_8-FkLilnjEbEtcdV4Sz97q1LedIA87Iqkh7v7QlVzHLTMIaEGwca1uFZb70_S9Ms3aiMnamgMT0HP-E/w400-h272/sling%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Slingers are the only long range missile troops available to the Scots-Irish in TTS. They would typically be the fellows who lacked the minimum equipment (shield and spear) to form up in the war band. Often they would be beardless yutes, as Cousin Vinnie would say. However, I prefer the GB heads with beards to the clean shaven heads. I painted them in basic tunics with no decorations. I left room for a lable, but I am overthinking tribal names for my Scots-Irish and haven't decided which ones to use.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjQMDY1g6P0r5kemF7Pkb6ONvVcKNp8ciYZiKL3GSQ0qL2MuN4HL3L_WyUWqyIOqxdj5UpLg_IRN6aGiId-IXLPs3XvyZZxztzq0GgWxNj_bgI_-B6E_cR3bYx9tv-RK9fDPB1U7-uH1HloiuwnOz12pg_TlSN3yCejOv1SAlnIkNZpjZwV3MTSds75k/s1000/Sling%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1000" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjQMDY1g6P0r5kemF7Pkb6ONvVcKNp8ciYZiKL3GSQ0qL2MuN4HL3L_WyUWqyIOqxdj5UpLg_IRN6aGiId-IXLPs3XvyZZxztzq0GgWxNj_bgI_-B6E_cR3bYx9tv-RK9fDPB1U7-uH1HloiuwnOz12pg_TlSN3yCejOv1SAlnIkNZpjZwV3MTSds75k/w400-h275/Sling%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Like the tunics, this is a basic minimalist post. Six 28mm foot figures for 30 points and no room bonus.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-56631442815829850762024-01-30T08:31:00.002-06:002024-01-30T08:31:16.208-06:00AHPC XIV Post 5 Late Roman Light Cavalry and Slingers<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">No library sections today, but two units for my Late Roman armies based for To The Strongest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiW_ihgnCNkmFwN7UFGOezwMfzDGBSC65NacHT2moXFKP_xGkU_ONpKb2DP9DhAgNYXvzybCmwFBFdZTvGH7UkC9JGurk_ZMYEhKvF9e_MGHNd-h1MMjVmHhYD8-0DRwiskV7zh_Kvigh4ubSxlm-YgsU8mg9UiFgpfMMHOxDLyTh1u2WTbcM_5aQTYtc/s1000/Cav%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1000" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiW_ihgnCNkmFwN7UFGOezwMfzDGBSC65NacHT2moXFKP_xGkU_ONpKb2DP9DhAgNYXvzybCmwFBFdZTvGH7UkC9JGurk_ZMYEhKvF9e_MGHNd-h1MMjVmHhYD8-0DRwiskV7zh_Kvigh4ubSxlm-YgsU8mg9UiFgpfMMHOxDLyTh1u2WTbcM_5aQTYtc/w400-h246/Cav%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First up a unit of 4 light cavalry with javelins. I've named them after the <i>Equites Dalmatae </i>who served under the Dux Britanniarum and were noted as being stationed at <i>Praesidio. </i>It is unsure where this is exactly, but best guess is somewhere in Yarkshire, maybe between York and Doncaster. "Dalmation" seemed to be type of cavalry rather than a place of origin and is often interpreted as being light cavalry with javelins. Useful for running down raiders, patrolling frontiers and harassing flanks. Being a Limitanei unit, there's no shield pattern for this unit meaning that I get to make one up. I've gone with a Chi Rho in white on red. Figures are plastic Gripping Beast from their Late Roman light cavalry box set (which is very good value and very useful).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs08fmBFnOq8q2voglXOuQtDVlhmRK4eK-BHKPQ2MniDzxd8coOx1jXfh-_x2yxIdT3CO_ofI-ofLuOAuo7ZQPGyjwNM_wnGEkCg7AK4QO8GuCwLHUGfLhmexV21Z25XAKQU5ULENF58bHdRjU6vNdv5w3BguhKhDvhFRpHEtOPdiPzF5zx3LL4Utfc3U/s1000/Cav%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1000" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs08fmBFnOq8q2voglXOuQtDVlhmRK4eK-BHKPQ2MniDzxd8coOx1jXfh-_x2yxIdT3CO_ofI-ofLuOAuo7ZQPGyjwNM_wnGEkCg7AK4QO8GuCwLHUGfLhmexV21Z25XAKQU5ULENF58bHdRjU6vNdv5w3BguhKhDvhFRpHEtOPdiPzF5zx3LL4Utfc3U/w400-h250/Cav%202.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haven't added labels and I took this pics early in the morning and didn't want to wake anyone up by running the printer at 7am on a Sunday. Also I need to check if I already have a unit of Dalmatae.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsZGgc5pNySCHeG9pqBHBogvQEp6w8p0wYM9pge8OrPmGiLtjXsureg_SQi4jglzjABGB-UpnlKlUN-8GmhRaGLy-Hk3TMqN_gReqDdEK8Op_QLJSrQH2Ccc2qIJ2qCwnE5ZHjIp5cd5gAzzToQ60cxjvMgmY_BbEBFhoGL0nrkQ32dM4ntXZ3CuSEPI/s1000/Cav%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsZGgc5pNySCHeG9pqBHBogvQEp6w8p0wYM9pge8OrPmGiLtjXsureg_SQi4jglzjABGB-UpnlKlUN-8GmhRaGLy-Hk3TMqN_gReqDdEK8Op_QLJSrQH2Ccc2qIJ2qCwnE5ZHjIp5cd5gAzzToQ60cxjvMgmY_BbEBFhoGL0nrkQ32dM4ntXZ3CuSEPI/w400-h320/Cav%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRbqAfHTOlR_Cq6qe7GUGynkK8saW-eJ2OGVLj8Uf9I7FK0_vitVW1R5rlztluwfrBOWIuVTC133m7g8nYujdTGKUPinfh4zEq-BOf0vSYEHNiusNXyy_Oo7A_N0oElWC_MULz5RLak7nU_H5T-IP7c3T9RhavEFFgg2JqezfLA6CzVSXAEGEQ0Muy3U/s1000/Sling%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRbqAfHTOlR_Cq6qe7GUGynkK8saW-eJ2OGVLj8Uf9I7FK0_vitVW1R5rlztluwfrBOWIuVTC133m7g8nYujdTGKUPinfh4zEq-BOf0vSYEHNiusNXyy_Oo7A_N0oElWC_MULz5RLak7nU_H5T-IP7c3T9RhavEFFgg2JqezfLA6CzVSXAEGEQ0Muy3U/w400-h239/Sling%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Next we have a unit of 6 Funditores or light infantry slingers. During a business trip to Vancouver this summer, I picked up two Victrix Late Roman plastic kits which were put away until the Challenge, and then lost when I went to assemble and prep them! Fortunately they have since turned up. One kit was for Late Roman archers and slingers, which I plan to use for Roman and Barbarian units. The ratio of bow and staff sling arms to regular slinger arms was not what I'd wanted but the kits have nice bits and I'll get some useful units from it. I like the variety of loading and shooting poses plus the various types of slings (at least for the Romans, not so much the Irish!). And there are tons of head options. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27IJC7yClBV8833N_vEUN87PKih6cadKxOi4HKfmhgnKfX44uP6CgtRcEEQHVr8XxuvKpRfaHJpaxfRMzymW0abqG2uazsrFsFUTdmSTfRdlpOzeCpljSLmSxdm02FrjpDa2DYUlpDYXkq4BPFy3RXdKx2gsm_Iik8kcuX1wN3Q9Uk3JQEmZ25J1JwLU/s1000/Sling%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27IJC7yClBV8833N_vEUN87PKih6cadKxOi4HKfmhgnKfX44uP6CgtRcEEQHVr8XxuvKpRfaHJpaxfRMzymW0abqG2uazsrFsFUTdmSTfRdlpOzeCpljSLmSxdm02FrjpDa2DYUlpDYXkq4BPFy3RXdKx2gsm_Iik8kcuX1wN3Q9Uk3JQEmZ25J1JwLU/w400-h268/Sling%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again no labels. I may assign these guys to an existing infantry unit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGTVf8W2r0EK-v8H2C9wu6XO7l1-f_cfEguqd2p-mJ2tymr1MOUlomC0BN-G61i4Dw8AhIAB9XcGicKWJVCcngOW9ItB81SNbDOPymtQefjSzJj5y71BK4lu0NR2_qJwDHriJ_DQNLSQkpw40FKElmNoDYevslCdLEaGLiiztP_fU8oOG1_m1Kdz7Cbo/s1000/Sling%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGTVf8W2r0EK-v8H2C9wu6XO7l1-f_cfEguqd2p-mJ2tymr1MOUlomC0BN-G61i4Dw8AhIAB9XcGicKWJVCcngOW9ItB81SNbDOPymtQefjSzJj5y71BK4lu0NR2_qJwDHriJ_DQNLSQkpw40FKElmNoDYevslCdLEaGLiiztP_fU8oOG1_m1Kdz7Cbo/w400-h229/Sling%202.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the motion in firing figures.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points for this week</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4x 28mm cavalry = 40</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">6x 28mm infantry = 30</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Total = 70</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I should be able to count these against the Legions and Auxiliaries side duel if I can figure out how to do that!</span>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-44381815305144913652024-01-19T12:54:00.001-06:002024-01-19T12:54:37.045-06:00Santiago de Cuba 1898 AAR<p> </p><p>Last week I got my newly painted 1:2400 scale pre dreadnoughts on table for an action based f<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santiago_de_Cuba" target="_blank"> Santiago in 1898</a>, giving the Spanish a bit more to play with . Rule were <a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/product/302922/Broadside-and-Salvo?manufacturers_id=6867" target="_blank">Broadside and Salvo</a> from Long Face games (also check out LFG's campaign sets for the Spanish American, Russo Japanese and Balkan Wars).</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsmHZpCg5JsnuFmgNNBqWtnxVuOMe9VmmqP0KlwJ8re9k8tEL7RcXMR18qDIGEh5tX2LY5B7CYo92ncE9tJnXwjUnKDH0luJml-TYqvdrqfIYUxdapNTcMWpkpkmEWsH-4jwDX3B04o-D-1WSKvj7TzwKtYtxBqUSbf7BSa-OmvA8qui8r3k8hkND2eM/s4032/Curt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsmHZpCg5JsnuFmgNNBqWtnxVuOMe9VmmqP0KlwJ8re9k8tEL7RcXMR18qDIGEh5tX2LY5B7CYo92ncE9tJnXwjUnKDH0luJml-TYqvdrqfIYUxdapNTcMWpkpkmEWsH-4jwDX3B04o-D-1WSKvj7TzwKtYtxBqUSbf7BSa-OmvA8qui8r3k8hkND2eM/w400-h300/Curt.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the start, Jeremy in grey and Sylvain in green were the Yanks. Curt (behind lens) took the Spanish and I was the GM.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbazO8-Is7fFKjH6JSw8flrmxMgSXFVTaiIhMDefsawNe-AqK0E2OgZjht446-O3EpXD1kRkPb2d4halPOZHyIDMRQI-J4zRfYNIgOaUHqPtK78n-BiDpNGdObyN4WJsJ9OATK5kiWw-FrpmSTgjq8_amRAQon2AqnGrCp7ml3vyFRx09F-Ki44bpcAc/s1000/game%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbazO8-Is7fFKjH6JSw8flrmxMgSXFVTaiIhMDefsawNe-AqK0E2OgZjht446-O3EpXD1kRkPb2d4halPOZHyIDMRQI-J4zRfYNIgOaUHqPtK78n-BiDpNGdObyN4WJsJ9OATK5kiWw-FrpmSTgjq8_amRAQon2AqnGrCp7ml3vyFRx09F-Ki44bpcAc/w400-h300/game%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curt's forces emerge from the harbour between the two freshly painted batteries.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Curt had<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Admiral Cervera's squadron of 4 armoured cruisers (Maria Teresa, Oquendo, Vicaya and Colon) and a torpedo boat flotilla</li><li>Local forces of one old cruiser (Reina Mercedes), a flotilla of old torpedo boats and two forts. The fort to the right of the entrance had a torpedo battery and an electrically controlled minefield in case the USN got too close.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28OOo9RQ4vJ3iAKpUeI76uR7taWxTB3y5t2RHlrCY5ztQG9t2AxC-YEwDnIDlXQvBWKeDZPB7U4G2KWOPG60JC-BKMhdVhVCwAgZ7M8FXwd2HcZDqZGqpyY5Lu7y8B4HTqlPx5IeFyS1paVUUyYhImXQjfZl_9MCXBwOR-fcoW9_1fEXzFYZYV06Ezko/s1000/Game%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28OOo9RQ4vJ3iAKpUeI76uR7taWxTB3y5t2RHlrCY5ztQG9t2AxC-YEwDnIDlXQvBWKeDZPB7U4G2KWOPG60JC-BKMhdVhVCwAgZ7M8FXwd2HcZDqZGqpyY5Lu7y8B4HTqlPx5IeFyS1paVUUyYhImXQjfZl_9MCXBwOR-fcoW9_1fEXzFYZYV06Ezko/w400-h300/Game%202.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blockading Yanks were dispersed, including one flagship and attending TBs off table en route to meet with the Army General.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The US forces were</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Jeremy's Flying Squadron of the armoured cruiser Brooklyn and the obsolete AC Texas. The battleship Massachusetts was off getting coal and unavailable. </li><li>Sylvain's Atlantic fleet with the battleships Oregon, Iowa and Indiana and two armed yachts. His flagship the AC New York and a torpedo boat flotilla were off table.</li></ul></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKYR5q9mq27EuFSs56KcK36QZub6KnifCq9ek1yrJZVKcuD16CukUdgaXKSPMG3QycZkSD6zCnZDPFstlTseu-S-w_1riIHfjEK4TOt9DtEElwk2uqqFQ0X3_HrFQL8F2eHQVNcH6zmcpqVpy9Q3TFVGGyZmR_Hyo4paJzQrUtFb8FTZVPpENTuDP-GI/s1000/Game%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKYR5q9mq27EuFSs56KcK36QZub6KnifCq9ek1yrJZVKcuD16CukUdgaXKSPMG3QycZkSD6zCnZDPFstlTseu-S-w_1riIHfjEK4TOt9DtEElwk2uqqFQ0X3_HrFQL8F2eHQVNcH6zmcpqVpy9Q3TFVGGyZmR_Hyo4paJzQrUtFb8FTZVPpENTuDP-GI/w400-h300/Game%203.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The local ships are the first to leave to provide distraction. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMepxLUyAutLJdfkj9XPvGml0gWGvU7aBNQ-yLOA0Qf6Uwqee3k5o2PcOqf5aDaYfZKbcXNs7GPG5CrKzd8p3J7HSVf8gQCJ5GCUmO5HlKIydvOTRiSTWzqdTsqyGPxVkv8BP_lM6iFr0ZigcRMB5S8-u40O5EqBFLhLQc4FPYthJbM3p_77S-xC_7tY/s1000/Game%204.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMepxLUyAutLJdfkj9XPvGml0gWGvU7aBNQ-yLOA0Qf6Uwqee3k5o2PcOqf5aDaYfZKbcXNs7GPG5CrKzd8p3J7HSVf8gQCJ5GCUmO5HlKIydvOTRiSTWzqdTsqyGPxVkv8BP_lM6iFr0ZigcRMB5S8-u40O5EqBFLhLQc4FPYthJbM3p_77S-xC_7tY/w400-h300/Game%204.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The USN reacts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJR_SbEEunmOwoSSGU3qeIQMrxSO5vG36rL60UrGvBT6DGEokSN0SD5d8H2osKFFYAyj4kLcYa3yBPfEZ0-cxSNgFC2G02h76BsI-inXPqBqgB80qOznHkBggjdzB2hFPxw9uM8fI91vVlA0LDQ8J75EAsqw_ZxEyV-_a9PQ1Axhh1fXXUnL8zgIYBNg/s1000/Game%205.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJR_SbEEunmOwoSSGU3qeIQMrxSO5vG36rL60UrGvBT6DGEokSN0SD5d8H2osKFFYAyj4kLcYa3yBPfEZ0-cxSNgFC2G02h76BsI-inXPqBqgB80qOznHkBggjdzB2hFPxw9uM8fI91vVlA0LDQ8J75EAsqw_ZxEyV-_a9PQ1Axhh1fXXUnL8zgIYBNg/w400-h300/Game%205.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An armoured yacht got too close to shore and comes under fire. She also narrowly missed running into the minefield.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QTxouA7gcWvUziWia8TXjFUwRun2V2SyHeLyfneckQI9Po8TR9CR-jS7i_NLXL0XtZvDSmd5A_0nEBv4cSA5wYRxMl-oiibRxhxiqIeXE7s94GIZedoXDlFxFMEedCwDx9Zw-Tzf45fJ4c7otWtJz_ICYLTLr08j3idzX3ktkG2q1GculV0YGN8q-54/s1000/Game%206.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QTxouA7gcWvUziWia8TXjFUwRun2V2SyHeLyfneckQI9Po8TR9CR-jS7i_NLXL0XtZvDSmd5A_0nEBv4cSA5wYRxMl-oiibRxhxiqIeXE7s94GIZedoXDlFxFMEedCwDx9Zw-Tzf45fJ4c7otWtJz_ICYLTLr08j3idzX3ktkG2q1GculV0YGN8q-54/w400-h300/Game%206.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cervera emerges</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPRTvFViAj7ObQ33WVKIKuoT9_pyES1G-DsLb_tgKb_Z7MbRURMHep0ckO-yHK5BQWyMkSC8dFb01HGkTB_JlXJv9vaoMmaKkg-c0YDhz7iUOLcGORvrPvJ4iGpIBybcVhChK4Oq3aSf7rM3RfA375beViHBwRnI05WfEr1t0hFGESuO4skFrW-hXVnk/s1000/Game%2010.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPRTvFViAj7ObQ33WVKIKuoT9_pyES1G-DsLb_tgKb_Z7MbRURMHep0ckO-yHK5BQWyMkSC8dFb01HGkTB_JlXJv9vaoMmaKkg-c0YDhz7iUOLcGORvrPvJ4iGpIBybcVhChK4Oq3aSf7rM3RfA375beViHBwRnI05WfEr1t0hFGESuO4skFrW-hXVnk/w400-h300/Game%2010.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The US squadron's got in each other's way a lot and there were some tense moments.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUo1HL69bnB4S5c_of4xww9inS36PtE35ELkdaB10Q3VcNq1lpLMqwIPefpEuRXI5v5zkahZhJGYkK7BcDqcDEfb0vfve7_2pOYfebnqKDFSyEU6LX91UcPY-A1PFB-LpBpAo7hZfOPUsAgRIfEjiCVOs20qulW3ZXzHcu5bJzeUIAPTSgAXFxbgW_CA/s1000/Game%2011.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUo1HL69bnB4S5c_of4xww9inS36PtE35ELkdaB10Q3VcNq1lpLMqwIPefpEuRXI5v5zkahZhJGYkK7BcDqcDEfb0vfve7_2pOYfebnqKDFSyEU6LX91UcPY-A1PFB-LpBpAo7hZfOPUsAgRIfEjiCVOs20qulW3ZXzHcu5bJzeUIAPTSgAXFxbgW_CA/w400-h300/Game%2011.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Curt's cruisers rams and sinks JP Morgan's yacht!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNN1CIlmASCvqAdt0HuaJ1s9bwtwe8G4q6vXvYC3y020eiasS6NdztFSwddNT8bgTuXLmSsGFFkb0BpNF1q_t0WVookKYHVxRrL_3mF0RvA5tzwNccgyQfBB0v5vWeax2eiHdIDWqQgrpV1prpe_xOy15WSAzlwaWcLItW0sKPjXoZAL6OY6gMzKE6_U/s1000/Game%2012.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNN1CIlmASCvqAdt0HuaJ1s9bwtwe8G4q6vXvYC3y020eiasS6NdztFSwddNT8bgTuXLmSsGFFkb0BpNF1q_t0WVookKYHVxRrL_3mF0RvA5tzwNccgyQfBB0v5vWeax2eiHdIDWqQgrpV1prpe_xOy15WSAzlwaWcLItW0sKPjXoZAL6OY6gMzKE6_U/w400-h300/Game%2012.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the background a Spanish cruiser attempts to ram a US battleship with much less success, taking damage in the process.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPBguGDjxB-Qa0Gz0fZ5j49Xi3Wveavma75Dg1tANO8n_rNdl4a9Z3AKKYuXq5kmNs0GqH0rNaA1ThKL6F9PuUKXD-MpjiQBrKrO19N1komm5OxVZGj9-mubIE8hQYEFuw4FELLmSM0XlwZiaT5D9cvY5YJaTTnh5FvkKKETSGfVlmZgHUSGlxdebg2Q/s1000/Game%2013.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPBguGDjxB-Qa0Gz0fZ5j49Xi3Wveavma75Dg1tANO8n_rNdl4a9Z3AKKYuXq5kmNs0GqH0rNaA1ThKL6F9PuUKXD-MpjiQBrKrO19N1komm5OxVZGj9-mubIE8hQYEFuw4FELLmSM0XlwZiaT5D9cvY5YJaTTnh5FvkKKETSGfVlmZgHUSGlxdebg2Q/w400-h300/Game%2013.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things were getting chaotic here. The Spanish have yellow labels and the US light blue which helps a bit, but it was a wild scrum.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj_doNz7xs0dl337ChyyKckJrx3_vjjse8xv2QREt51tAvyljf2K2nSiW9xM_c2WhzNymjqs_jKUEZvPrUrQx_GD1cytpsDu6fkqKeLsWXEEvXlfNWrmc9f4KtdBieHgV-syv-OqoHfEfAnqf-SFWYVjO9gMqxKEi3uAJw6s0u1fkIGu7du-boOD5Fro/s1000/Game%2014.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj_doNz7xs0dl337ChyyKckJrx3_vjjse8xv2QREt51tAvyljf2K2nSiW9xM_c2WhzNymjqs_jKUEZvPrUrQx_GD1cytpsDu6fkqKeLsWXEEvXlfNWrmc9f4KtdBieHgV-syv-OqoHfEfAnqf-SFWYVjO9gMqxKEi3uAJw6s0u1fkIGu7du-boOD5Fro/w400-h300/Game%2014.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curt had to get two cruisers off table and he is getting close to doing this.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBEI7mb2JfkO5ravVmAI1zA0E8eUJ57MT24JZ_t-Kqd4Lz9rbDCy4A9Jv4cmB-t0FNfjmLuWYEkMXoVfAAt4kLibNLZ150321YV7fhfBI9LuHWNXBQzxgwkDE-U2e-0hGZr-eiXujLYoJ2FZihfWs1FA3E4Y9AiNANgYWo0U3R8MgwQluBf11Bzf8Z7k/s1000/Game%2015.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBEI7mb2JfkO5ravVmAI1zA0E8eUJ57MT24JZ_t-Kqd4Lz9rbDCy4A9Jv4cmB-t0FNfjmLuWYEkMXoVfAAt4kLibNLZ150321YV7fhfBI9LuHWNXBQzxgwkDE-U2e-0hGZr-eiXujLYoJ2FZihfWs1FA3E4Y9AiNANgYWo0U3R8MgwQluBf11Bzf8Z7k/w400-h300/Game%2015.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they've made it!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>It was a fun game. The rules worked well, were really quick to learn and fast to play. And they gave reasonably realistic results. I'll have more a review at a later point. </div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-32256532382200591472024-01-19T12:20:00.000-06:002024-01-19T12:20:22.093-06:00AHPC XIV Post 4 Shore Batteries<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Only a teeny tiny post from me this week, although there's lots on the go on the workbench. After a good start, painting slowed a bit due to weather (see the screen shot below) and first week of uni classes. Specifically my work load went up from 2 classes with 18 students to 3 classes with 168 students. My normal load is two classes, but we were asked to pick up classes for a couple of weeks to cover for a colleague with medical issues. There was a first year calculus class in one of my open slots and I had just taught the same class in the Fall so had everything tooled up. Anyway by Wednesday I was assigned the class for the entire semester...Oh well I enjoyed the class in the Fall and as my wife says, I run better in the Winter Semester if I'm kept busy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-YqAv4TqoA336kx0EVYrjxE8oFCXxHXZg_6t1iMOur2kyunxrDjOF9nn2tAvNSzlC4b4aJYtMfvsDi1ofzMjdsx43GX5B9njKjZU4haxjBxCtgUFoFJk6IBDbr8ChRhrHLFVh2T4vthR8HIvIIeIU_PTEb5RhmSvB0uNAWCIaQajtoMED83LdXwNoI4/s1000/Weather.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="657" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-YqAv4TqoA336kx0EVYrjxE8oFCXxHXZg_6t1iMOur2kyunxrDjOF9nn2tAvNSzlC4b4aJYtMfvsDi1ofzMjdsx43GX5B9njKjZU4haxjBxCtgUFoFJk6IBDbr8ChRhrHLFVh2T4vthR8HIvIIeIU_PTEb5RhmSvB0uNAWCIaQajtoMED83LdXwNoI4/w263-h400/Weather.png" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've had to go outside every day this week and there's nothing like this weather to sap your energy.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvsr1lfW6Z2mHhmKTczVSq1iX2TASjvNYgyrYE4MVkqy1VvWJ0X9b_g003z7NxKRwPIBNQCAP4l8LYqUt8tgFOG0xsRhhbIyQlOrJE2bCe7onckJNzukfEnIuP8YgQX2i_n4IUBrarGnX6ouzAEQn27mB27Xct2IzmJZg4acTEJ_qNz1hPU3DBWTeR5o/s1000/Fort%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvsr1lfW6Z2mHhmKTczVSq1iX2TASjvNYgyrYE4MVkqy1VvWJ0X9b_g003z7NxKRwPIBNQCAP4l8LYqUt8tgFOG0xsRhhbIyQlOrJE2bCe7onckJNzukfEnIuP8YgQX2i_n4IUBrarGnX6ouzAEQn27mB27Xct2IzmJZg4acTEJ_qNz1hPU3DBWTeR5o/w400-h300/Fort%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are 3D prints from War Time Journal kindly printed off by the Snowlord. A communications glitch led to Curt printing these in 1:1250 while my ships are 1:2400, but I think that they work well in full scale.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHq-I8oW8LGp8kkn4vijc0KAwbozFoSDTsmaxFOAysFEkqceMNm1Z_19MiLNsJeHAmdLB5fr8kFBQDL5mrcsC8g-Lev8FUaYBh0DkLE-yVW9LZUHuujB8iAk1M5XoN4v_yN3S3hvWMa0n4nAl5uxuumSFLFcmZ-6aB8N33TzAdQ60cC-hV8IAVgNhZ68/s1000/Fort%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHq-I8oW8LGp8kkn4vijc0KAwbozFoSDTsmaxFOAysFEkqceMNm1Z_19MiLNsJeHAmdLB5fr8kFBQDL5mrcsC8g-Lev8FUaYBh0DkLE-yVW9LZUHuujB8iAk1M5XoN4v_yN3S3hvWMa0n4nAl5uxuumSFLFcmZ-6aB8N33TzAdQ60cC-hV8IAVgNhZ68/w400-h300/Fort%202.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added my cutting mat to show the size of these.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have a couple of shore batteries in 1:1250 scale for Local History. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A quick check of your globe will tell you that there's no need for shore batteries in my current location of Regina, SK. However, home for me is always Halifax Ns which being a major naval port since 1759 has several. These remind me of</span><a href="https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/york" style="font-family: helvetica;"> York Redoubt</a> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">which covers the narrow entrance to a very big harbour. I played on the 9" Rifled Muzzle Loaders as a kid (it was the 60s, boomer kids were expendable), walked my dog there in Uni, took young ladies for picnics and sailed past these guns in my day sailer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoCRGAlXLGCyC_eVSxfo6u5RescC6LfNoO9yM4SnfgOga6DGSBZ6Q0HT4tNbEL71Zy5uaYpU4kqWUq9_5BljD4NVmR9mYQLKp5yeWm0FIdqod0kabmI7L2DqjxmsTCtq1wNqSsPaiLURuCbs4p2m-h9nONwsCP9zPtGBySNI6cM5IVgG6iraayt-fj3Q/s792/carte-map-local_e.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoCRGAlXLGCyC_eVSxfo6u5RescC6LfNoO9yM4SnfgOga6DGSBZ6Q0HT4tNbEL71Zy5uaYpU4kqWUq9_5BljD4NVmR9mYQLKp5yeWm0FIdqod0kabmI7L2DqjxmsTCtq1wNqSsPaiLURuCbs4p2m-h9nONwsCP9zPtGBySNI6cM5IVgG6iraayt-fj3Q/w309-h400/carte-map-local_e.png" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to Halifax Harbour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">York Redoubt was originally built in 1793 and then expanded in 1798 by the Duke of Kent, best known in most circles as Queen Victoria's father and in Halifax as the guy who liked round buildings. With changing technology it was rebuilt in the 1870s and armed with 9" and 10" rifled muzzle loaders. In 1891 pair of 6pdr quick firers and a searchlight was added on the shoreline to fend off torpedo boats. In WW2 this was one end of an anti-U boat net guarded by more modern 6pdrs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoms1A8xF-lZ1m7VfLMFRzSwOmT8Aedsypkl-HXKksgiBGkoAq-6h0YI0B3MWLzOa5xNqXxTunszvAx_vlyrtbToflTqLeHjuW18kBhVYYKbiwJy-gvVl2kugtkzVyjJZdrLk6RF2s-vqVP_JZcPM7pM8Kkl0VaMOywPPgfwz4whyFgr2qPsRkzmRsEQ/s1000/york%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1000" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoms1A8xF-lZ1m7VfLMFRzSwOmT8Aedsypkl-HXKksgiBGkoAq-6h0YI0B3MWLzOa5xNqXxTunszvAx_vlyrtbToflTqLeHjuW18kBhVYYKbiwJy-gvVl2kugtkzVyjJZdrLk6RF2s-vqVP_JZcPM7pM8Kkl0VaMOywPPgfwz4whyFgr2qPsRkzmRsEQ/w400-h255/york%202.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9" RML</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhL1r1Q1Hfwknjf3B9-VOxaEoT88RwLwM3OAIqr20kzyx4j_oo18Camna69s8hkXlNGaX-tkSb8m30qKPspVWk__BILr7RKHg1WlZDvYqnlIYZMD4iF90kI3QW5KcQV66rG70p6KK0XwW2qrx6ovcK9zt4Rje31P1Gx4s88Ooo2DRNLjMHT6ucuG3f79E/s1000/York_Redoubt.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhL1r1Q1Hfwknjf3B9-VOxaEoT88RwLwM3OAIqr20kzyx4j_oo18Camna69s8hkXlNGaX-tkSb8m30qKPspVWk__BILr7RKHg1WlZDvYqnlIYZMD4iF90kI3QW5KcQV66rG70p6KK0XwW2qrx6ovcK9zt4Rje31P1Gx4s88Ooo2DRNLjMHT6ucuG3f79E/w320-h400/York_Redoubt.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one nicely shows the commanding view from the guns. The French and Americans better stay clear.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finally, I thought I'd share a few shots from an AAR using some of the Spanish American War models I've done up this Challenge including these ones.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ly37i6jg06X8hEMZ0F8PN_u8YDByGIGnuwS5L0mgNJjn63_erYg719XG2WD9Z5M2-wOVxLkqG0zYBHehWe96w_12negeI1Q1BzVvbLFI6SCkLTNS9rdWFKNSw3_BQfJltSEw7zgoi8NCnkkVTYbh8-S-vJEEHkkzeL4_NeSa7iX9tBwTpJFLspmiZFo/s1000/Fort%20action%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="419" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ly37i6jg06X8hEMZ0F8PN_u8YDByGIGnuwS5L0mgNJjn63_erYg719XG2WD9Z5M2-wOVxLkqG0zYBHehWe96w_12negeI1Q1BzVvbLFI6SCkLTNS9rdWFKNSw3_BQfJltSEw7zgoi8NCnkkVTYbh8-S-vJEEHkkzeL4_NeSa7iX9tBwTpJFLspmiZFo/w168-h400/Fort%20action%201.png" width="168" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hvY9Bn2UuvIbIk1PxXw-7qCI5OdfxafX7fldJdvGlj_y6SjuCzEpwivr0tszvsFM6pRcA08J9pzswHhPK1Vb8rn42UZvsKOWB7uuVJ5x6waUFb-G2oEMep4DaX5-MwsifkJ-BLlz3-kJPELvheOzTdSOYtZ-z40t-zoR6BL6X3w5YxXPTUWI8krAPHo/s1000/Fort%20action%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hvY9Bn2UuvIbIk1PxXw-7qCI5OdfxafX7fldJdvGlj_y6SjuCzEpwivr0tszvsFM6pRcA08J9pzswHhPK1Vb8rn42UZvsKOWB7uuVJ5x6waUFb-G2oEMep4DaX5-MwsifkJ-BLlz3-kJPELvheOzTdSOYtZ-z40t-zoR6BL6X3w5YxXPTUWI8krAPHo/w400-h300/Fort%20action%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiRo75uE5LjxBstcCgQj-pbdQkZuP755fulNwnXiujRjI5HEEqVb8s9Iw8d9ykCnM7EkpLnEbam5jaABEPgBPRtSRUesFrbwlr-cf5Bn25bw9_RJksQ17BX6ZM_YLy0z2uHSTWXChQD5R6ZC-QF0k9W_7tRnROItff9UAEVYyTCUQUdJdZoTzgxNB6zk/s1000/Fort%20action%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiRo75uE5LjxBstcCgQj-pbdQkZuP755fulNwnXiujRjI5HEEqVb8s9Iw8d9ykCnM7EkpLnEbam5jaABEPgBPRtSRUesFrbwlr-cf5Bn25bw9_RJksQ17BX6ZM_YLy0z2uHSTWXChQD5R6ZC-QF0k9W_7tRnROItff9UAEVYyTCUQUdJdZoTzgxNB6zk/w400-h300/Fort%20action%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGGBTeI8Rodgq34NjCX2-YLkIcy-HU9LbmQufCAdRtcJ5L19cJB4VvMLs-_SS0XS8am6JUG10HohnV6kFj1gJTj6tiMIVc94PJLOL1SVI_c9AJ480P05XdDdgnma7nEomSBySLmWkmuu3SaqcVjeLmTqH6L_4rUfrxcLrpTgTduT5JYkHTu7DWYifrz4/s1000/Fort%20action%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGGBTeI8Rodgq34NjCX2-YLkIcy-HU9LbmQufCAdRtcJ5L19cJB4VvMLs-_SS0XS8am6JUG10HohnV6kFj1gJTj6tiMIVc94PJLOL1SVI_c9AJ480P05XdDdgnma7nEomSBySLmWkmuu3SaqcVjeLmTqH6L_4rUfrxcLrpTgTduT5JYkHTu7DWYifrz4/w400-h300/Fort%20action%204.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Even a single point is generous for these two, but I'll claim the 20 points for the Library category. Here's my updated trip through the Library.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQP_gfhyphenhyphen671ghQwWzoPVYWdWKRmbUJaK_naUaAPEwv5RxvbsSn8KgzfD5sAABf2roCSZ3c0ynauT_DqFv4eDcApz6bOW9kxbxj4Z41IJsExTVnto5nqtoMdaF1SbkwZXXB8Di6Ell-1cq_XksmKW25Yo3rziI8_EFMtQc-z-s4dxwSrLWRllrdwtGP_U/s792/XIV%20Library%20Map%20Jan%2016.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="792" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQP_gfhyphenhyphen671ghQwWzoPVYWdWKRmbUJaK_naUaAPEwv5RxvbsSn8KgzfD5sAABf2roCSZ3c0ynauT_DqFv4eDcApz6bOW9kxbxj4Z41IJsExTVnto5nqtoMdaF1SbkwZXXB8Di6Ell-1cq_XksmKW25Yo3rziI8_EFMtQc-z-s4dxwSrLWRllrdwtGP_U/s320/XIV%20Library%20Map%20Jan%2016.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /></div></div></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-69088297143287468042024-01-12T11:08:00.001-06:002024-01-12T11:08:00.135-06:00Painting Challenge Post 3: Protected Cruisers<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">If there were two subject areas on the Library Map that you could bet money on me visiting it would have History and Maritime. So here's the second of these with a selection of 1:2400 scales ships for the Spanish American War, all of which fought at Manilla Bay in 1898. All the toys are produced by Tumbling Dice, who do good castings with excellent service.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First up is a set of four Protected Cruisers for the US Navy. Protected cruisers were a late 19th century development when navies were looking for speed with firepower at the cost of armour. Early armoured cruisers had decent armour belt protection but the weight was so high that they were no faster than the battleships that they were to scout for. A protected cruiser did away with the armour belt and substituted a armoured deck that would hopefully shield the engines and lower hull from the effects of shellfire. British Arms magnate Lord Armstong's Elswick yard produced these as a popular option for smaller navies looking for prestige ships.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>USS Boston</i> was one the the first three cruisers for the US Navy using a home grown design heavily influenced by the Chilean <i>Esmeralda</i>. Commissioned in 1887 she carried her two 8" guns in barbettes that were slightly offset to supposedly increase end on fire. She was slow and slow firing by 1898 standards.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlVEuWGIC9Xyp3nhDdsKx_2ywl5jtnhMXZn0Yd5ofL6OFdFh-3SH3KO4IJhcY2ijVbjDg5CW4GzcRi0pCc3av-gbD02-RDAY5XrH9SLVaoMPrKQ82Cnmxgm0oYUdECncyqUWfb6YCvIuTVyunn-O_iA4UjMH1Nu7IYDpFH_tvUDvGRG822asS9v5RdL4/s1000/Boston.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlVEuWGIC9Xyp3nhDdsKx_2ywl5jtnhMXZn0Yd5ofL6OFdFh-3SH3KO4IJhcY2ijVbjDg5CW4GzcRi0pCc3av-gbD02-RDAY5XrH9SLVaoMPrKQ82Cnmxgm0oYUdECncyqUWfb6YCvIuTVyunn-O_iA4UjMH1Nu7IYDpFH_tvUDvGRG822asS9v5RdL4/w400-h229/Boston.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Yutg2WOSoJJ5hyyb-lYVcNdYWF98DaXY0AGaudBfOEb9x9tys94kgkPcTKpvmQU4qvX8iyVsx3XfBFVOlI1IYuO2kNPSpHHTcgVph-G6xazdJPMB-8znmYLdKYiyG_KK5NTHwqg9oRd3I-nfS9-uV9YT6SKjlFa80gQaccGJtx47C_hFyYTtm-q-Idw/s800/Barbette.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="800" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Yutg2WOSoJJ5hyyb-lYVcNdYWF98DaXY0AGaudBfOEb9x9tys94kgkPcTKpvmQU4qvX8iyVsx3XfBFVOlI1IYuO2kNPSpHHTcgVph-G6xazdJPMB-8znmYLdKYiyG_KK5NTHwqg9oRd3I-nfS9-uV9YT6SKjlFa80gQaccGJtx47C_hFyYTtm-q-Idw/w400-h294/Barbette.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's a barbette you ask? Here's a picture from her sister ship <i>Altanta</i>. The barbette was an armoured cylinder that protected the training and loading mechanism of the gun but provided no protection the the men serving the weapon. Note the blue jacket fully exposed above the waist. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqE6pYoEhCjX8cYckYnW1bWPl9rKo4BaxWTf32YZGzn2fH1xUum79_wzumYYeoajb701ivPIzyVtG4GOKzV3IIjxYwv7aniT0h0dt_Ev0ub2CPAgLP2e4tlcb26XJaOsO7VC5GaHelPB_Px8aWX1O3BDT1QX-UbZTvuL94VJeuDZmb6wpoGg8RQyUJDI/s1000/Boston%20historical.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1000" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqE6pYoEhCjX8cYckYnW1bWPl9rKo4BaxWTf32YZGzn2fH1xUum79_wzumYYeoajb701ivPIzyVtG4GOKzV3IIjxYwv7aniT0h0dt_Ev0ub2CPAgLP2e4tlcb26XJaOsO7VC5GaHelPB_Px8aWX1O3BDT1QX-UbZTvuL94VJeuDZmb6wpoGg8RQyUJDI/w400-h308/Boston%20historical.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These early ships came from a time when navies were loathe to abandon sails. <i>Boston</i> carried an impressive full rig, but I've assumed that this would be downsized for combat.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEgd-Q5eEQ5V8nbN5v3Kg-heCM4MG8687qxPfC85_baiSQvsmw24peTvUbNnj3B9guzUV-ZfUce01vZT5q5aaMTmFwaEMqr_NneSsjoY_1ojAa8uHj07q7zRx7ut8ukEPqmXsg0x0o9K_5C-NFnJcUdMTfw8Cf4d1d-vM2-aaMQJDllexfWth6Yu-p4A/s1000/Baltimore.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEgd-Q5eEQ5V8nbN5v3Kg-heCM4MG8687qxPfC85_baiSQvsmw24peTvUbNnj3B9guzUV-ZfUce01vZT5q5aaMTmFwaEMqr_NneSsjoY_1ojAa8uHj07q7zRx7ut8ukEPqmXsg0x0o9K_5C-NFnJcUdMTfw8Cf4d1d-vM2-aaMQJDllexfWth6Yu-p4A/w400-h210/Baltimore.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The <i>USS Baltimore</i> was US built but used a design purchased from Armstong's. Her 8" and 6" guns were broadside mounted but the crew had decent gun shields protecting them.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sjxgAnTo6LRDW1pvCLR0gmRa84v5tjbQKGQXVb6yetir1ZuQdjATo5LBIZRQtFZgA1A4Jh1H2mTvGGGC8tjtj-u_YLaMPFqY34YLei1sGkzGT0NTzpVZNXmQXtpYFQJpfi8GAbH4zwNT7E1OIh5oCE0un9sxt4BlMeOGOq5yJlH9Yp63wZtEe7qitoY/s1000/Raliegh.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1000" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sjxgAnTo6LRDW1pvCLR0gmRa84v5tjbQKGQXVb6yetir1ZuQdjATo5LBIZRQtFZgA1A4Jh1H2mTvGGGC8tjtj-u_YLaMPFqY34YLei1sGkzGT0NTzpVZNXmQXtpYFQJpfi8GAbH4zwNT7E1OIh5oCE0un9sxt4BlMeOGOq5yJlH9Yp63wZtEe7qitoY/w400-h238/Raliegh.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I was adding ship labels I noticed that I had the Raleigh mounted differently from the other ships so that her table is on the starboard side instead of the port side.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>USS Raleigh</i> was a smaller ship commissioned in 1894. She had mainly 5" guns which was the largest rapid fire gun available to the US Navy at the time plus a slow firing 6" on the foredeck. She is credited with firing the opening shot at Manilla Bay. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>USS Olympia</i> is a first class protected cruiser and one of the best cruisers afloat in 1898. She carries four 8" guns in proper turrets and flies the flag of Commodore (soon to be Admiral) Dewey. Dewey was a giant in the US navy pre WW1 and quite a character (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dewey">see his bio here</a>). Most importantly, Olympia is still afloat and <a href="https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2023/10/uss-olympia-spanish-american-war-veteran.html">I visited her in September</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvs8bVWTAWfQX9tNhxIbCfngwuxZoP6hVQKySUKePp0213VFcP5DSUQl1nEp0dFQOmnMQkAYkIoCRqD3DbqzJn1p_MFI_JTsDOps6NbnfJLgapgQ5FlLDwvnr7s2BXldnRAtZBODzzVihNO6cs4yGAtNn7u1gpm8-pfNbWkkmR-iePrYv6c3DxHroXYQ/s1000/Olympia.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1000" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvs8bVWTAWfQX9tNhxIbCfngwuxZoP6hVQKySUKePp0213VFcP5DSUQl1nEp0dFQOmnMQkAYkIoCRqD3DbqzJn1p_MFI_JTsDOps6NbnfJLgapgQ5FlLDwvnr7s2BXldnRAtZBODzzVihNO6cs4yGAtNn7u1gpm8-pfNbWkkmR-iePrYv6c3DxHroXYQ/w400-h254/Olympia.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIzEWRLHGYNDDaSXYq1qbOIBAQ5W0Qe3Sng6zNA0QuIBeQ7jJ65n-T1UWO8iGpNDruR6lSylqlzYqBaxZUcRy1n4fVV0PosyoB21mmSC89tgkl1KiOcdfte3-rAa48d5G8-d_qI9Fc6aQjg3GXLewFdW0visU4n6HkXsag2KwvO2aP5LYaBuLAzYcv28/s1000/Dewy's%20footprints.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIzEWRLHGYNDDaSXYq1qbOIBAQ5W0Qe3Sng6zNA0QuIBeQ7jJ65n-T1UWO8iGpNDruR6lSylqlzYqBaxZUcRy1n4fVV0PosyoB21mmSC89tgkl1KiOcdfte3-rAa48d5G8-d_qI9Fc6aQjg3GXLewFdW0visU4n6HkXsag2KwvO2aP5LYaBuLAzYcv28/w400-h300/Dewy's%20footprints.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look beyond my moose travelling companion and you can see where Dewey stood on the open deck while shell and shot whizzed past him.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finally a trio of smaller ships.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMElZYrBHVClCOTGIk8Qk3MacF1-B2-yPQoZLSjDRDZ5uV9QRCKb2v1GDuNNFwxH-MarSFfw8CBiaDtTpEs2Y2OOxtKtVtKMScvlKkTmdzklJGl4wc7Vyj_NYCKUNodptgJsVPKD9jO2G4u20kKFCwwsSf4lo8fLpiW0ESbLZ9MzyT-_f0jF5QReiKWro/s1000/Concord.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="1000" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMElZYrBHVClCOTGIk8Qk3MacF1-B2-yPQoZLSjDRDZ5uV9QRCKb2v1GDuNNFwxH-MarSFfw8CBiaDtTpEs2Y2OOxtKtVtKMScvlKkTmdzklJGl4wc7Vyj_NYCKUNodptgJsVPKD9jO2G4u20kKFCwwsSf4lo8fLpiW0ESbLZ9MzyT-_f0jF5QReiKWro/w400-h181/Concord.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>USS Concord </i>was a Yorktown class gunboat, useful for diplomatic missions!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrZpg_IszxABye1facueryu4XpTTq-QJ83EA0GDxNPbWXjUnTuMfjAkyB5YLthnRm6uiq0hgUnWJpqzcthu9LAMyzPtz2KF9QgXXG7LhEjfsPupD0Hg0bXEk-lNl0o3SXLB2-ULyNwAg9O9bDaa1SLKVi__wmh2mTWnkO4YZfFT2AmNR4JrMEvRKyP18/s1000/Velascos.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="1000" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrZpg_IszxABye1facueryu4XpTTq-QJ83EA0GDxNPbWXjUnTuMfjAkyB5YLthnRm6uiq0hgUnWJpqzcthu9LAMyzPtz2KF9QgXXG7LhEjfsPupD0Hg0bXEk-lNl0o3SXLB2-ULyNwAg9O9bDaa1SLKVi__wmh2mTWnkO4YZfFT2AmNR4JrMEvRKyP18/w400-h131/Velascos.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two members of the ill fated Velasco class, small cruisers with no armour and light guns. Both (plus the <i>Velasco </i>herself) were sunk at Manilla Bay. Two more members of the class were lost in storms. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Summing up that 7 ships in 1:2400 scale at two points a hull plus 20 for the Maritime section nets me a total of 34 points.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is my third section covered and my updated map is as follows.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQMx0Qf6FPA5xC8_HVmLq1qMFCKX78VxyQrqTRkx9hLT6uqAkxLvlonIhJkrsrlsD2KF-O1WePsOZ9MQOjaKYHX4quKtdpFTM_9xC9lMLu16ryWQWCqpHgv11FxJHwmGOZmp3NontjSRTS3RvcPH9MGlTkeoBb3T38GdoVnPiWCptSJ6IiFOAy66usII/s792/XIV%20Library%20M.ap%20Jan%209.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="792" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQMx0Qf6FPA5xC8_HVmLq1qMFCKX78VxyQrqTRkx9hLT6uqAkxLvlonIhJkrsrlsD2KF-O1WePsOZ9MQOjaKYHX4quKtdpFTM_9xC9lMLu16ryWQWCqpHgv11FxJHwmGOZmp3NontjSRTS3RvcPH9MGlTkeoBb3T38GdoVnPiWCptSJ6IiFOAy66usII/w400-h309/XIV%20Library%20M.ap%20Jan%209.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-28677406374741413822024-01-11T11:06:00.003-06:002024-01-11T11:06:00.139-06:00Painting Challange Post 2 Pict Light Cavalry<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">For the History section I've got a unit of four Pict Light Cavalry in 28mm, using Gripping Beast plastics.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These are based for my Late Roman Britain project using the To The Strongest ruleset. There was some whinging from the Snowlord during a recent game that the Picts needed to up their mounted arm and I will endeavour to do this over the Challenge. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIj8k4ijIYITgMnbSe7YAYBuSOdhfbeJe644xXnLK3LAwq7XQ-s1LS6fXAFE7Lm5PWfFLq1j68rm2DBj3A43ZBd7I1BO04Ue2Lu_hT_vwSrAbCdhYYh7Nl9rait69LSeGhYGDjK4i_zTt0-AMx4Xz0N8ZqC27uLoYns94OXmeX9CouXCm3UfizxQg8pc/s1000/Pict%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1000" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIj8k4ijIYITgMnbSe7YAYBuSOdhfbeJe644xXnLK3LAwq7XQ-s1LS6fXAFE7Lm5PWfFLq1j68rm2DBj3A43ZBd7I1BO04Ue2Lu_hT_vwSrAbCdhYYh7Nl9rait69LSeGhYGDjK4i_zTt0-AMx4Xz0N8ZqC27uLoYns94OXmeX9CouXCm3UfizxQg8pc/w400-h304/Pict%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shields are freehanded. Way faster, easier and more enjoyable that transfers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvZVk6CYyxBHiI1NmL99JXDCJ6ZbCJVntLZv2ZnpY8wWg3JpLApa1VJG83ErlUjaJFmnaAk0tShHeUjuWFnrEidBU1YEnJSYmNwdXhEmIuwnZMH33s7w8OocWcoFLjVhPpiYQkQFiqsThqFTy7kzeWfkUHhOYNAzAZnZOkXVnyJGik1IaB7_2Sz4C3YE/s1000/Pict%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1000" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvZVk6CYyxBHiI1NmL99JXDCJ6ZbCJVntLZv2ZnpY8wWg3JpLApa1VJG83ErlUjaJFmnaAk0tShHeUjuWFnrEidBU1YEnJSYmNwdXhEmIuwnZMH33s7w8OocWcoFLjVhPpiYQkQFiqsThqFTy7kzeWfkUHhOYNAzAZnZOkXVnyJGik1IaB7_2Sz4C3YE/w400-h286/Pict%202.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unlike a lot of Challenge painters I really like painting horses. I can't be arsed to use oils, so use layers of acrylics with washes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsojB45jAdJ4RVuJNdntnICQRtUY73F2jMAJ2gB2PR3PGlGdUbAke9uvYLOjp-UxlTlrbCi_6AO26FQMxm7dbxbKzzuB1-2zhQm2hHn4kLe6xnZ3G84lMutHEoGKcNXnz6T5XqNjwPMvSnMeeYJSE0E3OYjD9A7S3fF3RoA9xpEYDwbUprBM-nEGDths/s1000/Pict%203.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1000" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsojB45jAdJ4RVuJNdntnICQRtUY73F2jMAJ2gB2PR3PGlGdUbAke9uvYLOjp-UxlTlrbCi_6AO26FQMxm7dbxbKzzuB1-2zhQm2hHn4kLe6xnZ3G84lMutHEoGKcNXnz6T5XqNjwPMvSnMeeYJSE0E3OYjD9A7S3fF3RoA9xpEYDwbUprBM-nEGDths/w400-h235/Pict%203.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lock up your sheep and your daughters!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These use bits from three Gripping Beast box sets. The horses and torsos are from the Light Cavalry and Dark Age Cavalry sets, while the heads, shields and weapons come from the Pict Warrior sets. These GB kits are good value for money, and you can mix and match quite easily, </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Four cavalry in 28mm is 40 points plus the History bonus gets me 60 points, and I'm heading out of Section 1 on the ground floor and up the stairs to Section 2.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-62524429670181423522024-01-08T12:30:00.001-06:002024-01-08T12:30:26.951-06:00Painting Challange XIV, Battle of Santiago<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've signed up for another painting challenge and my first post is below.</span></p><p> <i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">WARNING: This post is 25 years in the making, has lots of naval and personal history and I am too verbose at the best of times. </span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In February 1998 I relocated from Halifax NS to Regina SK. I spent the first two months in a sublet apartment with almost no furniture until my wife and toddler daughter joined me in April. At loose ends with my evenings and weekends I bought an Xacto knife, sandpaper and some bass wood and started carving Pre-Dreadnought battleships for the Spanish American war. I got some work done and then my family arrived, we moved into a new house and you know the rest....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In early 2011, I set up a blog and my second <a href="https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2011/03/santiago-project.html" target="_blank">post</a> featured my 1:1200 scratch built ships from this project which I had begun working with again. Venturing onto the internet allowed me to meet gamers who lived within 2km of me, and my fleets made it <a href="https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2012/11/santiago-light.html">on table in 2012</a>. I am not sure what happened but I'll ascribe it to real life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In September, 2023 I went to Philly for Society of Actuaries exam meeting. During some time off I went to visit <a href="https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2023/10/uss-olympia-spanish-american-war-veteran.html" target="_blank">USS Olympia</a>, Admiral Dewey's flagship from Manilla Bay. This time I think the bug took up permanent residence. Fleets were ordered in 1:2400 scale from Tumbling Dice as I no longer have the patience for scratch building. And my veterans came out for <a href="https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2023/10/santiago-light-after-action-report.html" target="_blank">another test game</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">OK, initial blather over, let's move on to the models. Fast service from Tumbling Dice meant that I these arrived and were assembled and primed in time to get initial paint on during my wife's book club in November and then December hit and they sat. So yes full disclosure, these were started prior to the Challenge but Curt tell's me that <i>Overdues and Returns</i> allows for that. So I represent the full fleets from there battle of Santiago 1898.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cVlQibbUlBMZge9QAM-RDdSTuwfRES4D8Q2ZDL_9E2xcEfSMXug6HCPS-73SR3rmk0MTYrFRDY7eSuJuji6aeIipsfFIy-cWR6tXLRZBEDMx2oUgVJN4tjoQg3xAgpIAPh0Vgmr8nohGWAD5Q8zjWKKhgAUlXqUCg3yoy_wAHMmKdDSyXlhJlEf_R30/s1000/USN1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="1000" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cVlQibbUlBMZge9QAM-RDdSTuwfRES4D8Q2ZDL_9E2xcEfSMXug6HCPS-73SR3rmk0MTYrFRDY7eSuJuji6aeIipsfFIy-cWR6tXLRZBEDMx2oUgVJN4tjoQg3xAgpIAPh0Vgmr8nohGWAD5Q8zjWKKhgAUlXqUCg3yoy_wAHMmKdDSyXlhJlEf_R30/w400-h125/USN1.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5H69hAuJ_13GYcOKRzrvEniKHZP2Us2DR6Vyy_gVJSXQKJGAi8-vp_Z0qlPyMLeyZnVyfttHTrauuASKh1bNnt2HjXjc7oR4Cx3IU0U5LRMu_-mDlyaGSvmtSbm6vBWJqVIuMEVk6Ayj3ef9oNvC8sVnvFhjA5veEtsWgPUnZwSS-p6rNN5_eE1qSXs/s1000/USN2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5H69hAuJ_13GYcOKRzrvEniKHZP2Us2DR6Vyy_gVJSXQKJGAi8-vp_Z0qlPyMLeyZnVyfttHTrauuASKh1bNnt2HjXjc7oR4Cx3IU0U5LRMu_-mDlyaGSvmtSbm6vBWJqVIuMEVk6Ayj3ef9oNvC8sVnvFhjA5veEtsWgPUnZwSS-p6rNN5_eE1qSXs/w300-h400/USN2.png" width="300" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First up is the US Navy with <i>USS Texas</i>, <i>USS New York</i> and <i>USS Brooklyn </i>leading the way. I will note that the US Navy painted all of their ships grey for the war, but I've represented them in their much spiffier white and ochre peace time livery.</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Texas </i>was built as a second class battleship to counter South American navies. She was the first major warship built in the US for many year and construction was delayed as industry tooled up. Therefore while her design was <i>au courant </i>when ordered in 1886 it was<i> passe</i> on completion in 1895 such was the speed of naval development. She was considered slow and underarmed but gave a good fight at Santiago.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">No such worries with the Armoured Cruisers <i>New York</i> (ACR2 completed in 1893) or <i>Brooklyn</i> (ACR2 completed in 1896) which had a good balance of speed, protection and firepower. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>New York</i> was the flagship of Admiral Sampson in 1898. She almost missed the battle at Santiago, as she was taking Sampson off to see his Army equivalent the ex CSA General Wheeler and only arrived at the very tail end. She had a long service with two name changes to free up names for new construction and was finally decommissioned in 1932 in Cavity, where she was scuttled in 1941.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Brooklyn</i> had her turrets in a schwacky French-style lozenge arrangnement and was the flagship of Commodore Schley in 1898. Schley had his moments during the war but was senior officer when Spanish came out to fight. He narrowly avoided ramming the Texas, but sank the entire Spanish squadron with Brooklyn doing much of the heavy lifting. There was a bun fight between Sampson and Schley after the war over who did what,</span></li></ul><p></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">/<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdW_ly1Vdas6MJI5SBh8Gb3i22ZWUVSRNuMQSYbap_gmU_Zpg9ZEaEQybELo0yfy-JN8uYGwt7wQP3qoKGnhq2-cSkYrWT7PoUJ4M2DLbOBN-G7r-wXECYw7cegaC_kLV5b838RsWsQeiFPIW0SEpeSvWNS6kHw8GWIOnzT8l0Y6M2CJEXdZvbHRS_zmo/s1000/USN4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="1000" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdW_ly1Vdas6MJI5SBh8Gb3i22ZWUVSRNuMQSYbap_gmU_Zpg9ZEaEQybELo0yfy-JN8uYGwt7wQP3qoKGnhq2-cSkYrWT7PoUJ4M2DLbOBN-G7r-wXECYw7cegaC_kLV5b838RsWsQeiFPIW0SEpeSvWNS6kHw8GWIOnzT8l0Y6M2CJEXdZvbHRS_zmo/w400-h201/USN4.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNC7uwssOcZS5_JHk5-77Gk7J73GOaWRveiYPgZPf-3KsqJa1l3bvGYtBaC1oE3UsWS2rZ66JoSlwolrhSNlS1V9Cb9xPe0OCgqpavlnCC8uweGU505OYitUXPsQJfT_XsnqG4eMQk-x6PhBV7XBJvhtgel3HwaItHow-BY4w1qGH7ktY1DIi4cPIUuoA/s1000/USN5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNC7uwssOcZS5_JHk5-77Gk7J73GOaWRveiYPgZPf-3KsqJa1l3bvGYtBaC1oE3UsWS2rZ66JoSlwolrhSNlS1V9Cb9xPe0OCgqpavlnCC8uweGU505OYitUXPsQJfT_XsnqG4eMQk-x6PhBV7XBJvhtgel3HwaItHow-BY4w1qGH7ktY1DIi4cPIUuoA/w400-h120/USN5.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Next up three American Battlewagons, <i>USS Indiana </i>(BB1), <i>USS Oregon</i> (BB3) and <i>USS Iowa </i>(BB4)<i>.</i></span><p></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Indiana</i> was lead ship of her three ship class, the others being <i>Oregon </i>and <i>Massachusetts </i>(which was off coaling and missed the battle). They were designed for coastal defence and thus smaller than contemporary European designs and had low freeboard. But they were well armoured and packed a punch with 4*13" main guns, 8*8" intermediates plus light guns. They were overarmed and there was a lot of blast interference between the 13" and 8" guns. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Oregon </i>was the most famous member of the trio. Built in California she relocated 14,000 nautical miles around Cape Horn to the Caribbean in 66 days. This level of efficiency probably scared the pants off of European navies, while the length of the voyage lead to the building of a canal by a certain Roosevelt. She chased the <i>Colon</i> for over an hour until the Spanish ran out of decent coal. </span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoBR32iyS1N4kCHBVW1wSaY6zi-fJwdS1Y50auPrk6JheOsagdvJP_yCb-TdJfOg31s2Q0JdLIHB_TFZYa-6HSShQCy0ARFESgSBzRWZwtI9DIEyIZyZ-G2mKjJYXIdIVIBnrMLXpPNpArecokc1obrDXNszMzrd9NQZZXvM_y44-kUvl0jceodMLlpY/s1000/USN6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="1000" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoBR32iyS1N4kCHBVW1wSaY6zi-fJwdS1Y50auPrk6JheOsagdvJP_yCb-TdJfOg31s2Q0JdLIHB_TFZYa-6HSShQCy0ARFESgSBzRWZwtI9DIEyIZyZ-G2mKjJYXIdIVIBnrMLXpPNpArecokc1obrDXNszMzrd9NQZZXvM_y44-kUvl0jceodMLlpY/w400-h190/USN6.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2-6nDfUji9AWf0ey9qDt4STFzWXgAWagFQb8YsG1hJ7PvF-IacD1SjorIiheNniR1h2rCo-2hSewKWlXjZy-vfevWtHiZfLnlx5LifjVz9FvFIqI5p1hmHIMpNMGqFERITmpri4wYbW3nea0NVgO_2OrNeKOzJvSzEoN3r3gNI1WLIy1bafeMDyA4OA/s1000/USN7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="1000" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2-6nDfUji9AWf0ey9qDt4STFzWXgAWagFQb8YsG1hJ7PvF-IacD1SjorIiheNniR1h2rCo-2hSewKWlXjZy-vfevWtHiZfLnlx5LifjVz9FvFIqI5p1hmHIMpNMGqFERITmpri4wYbW3nea0NVgO_2OrNeKOzJvSzEoN3r3gNI1WLIy1bafeMDyA4OA/w400-h148/USN7.png" width="400" /></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Last of the American are some light ships.</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><i>USS Vixen</i> and <i>USS Gloucester</i> were armed yachts, taken over by the navy, stripped of their finery and armed with light quick firers. </span><i>Gloucester</i><span> was formerly owned by J P Morgan. They were useless against big ships but shot up the Spanish destroyers. While most of the Tumbling Dice models are really nice, I am not a huge fan of these casts as they don't yachty enough. I may try to fine substitutes.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The USN didn't build destroyers until the 20th Century but employed torpedo boats during the war. <i> USS Ericsson</i> was part of the Santiago blockade but went off with Sampson to meet the army. The rules I plan to use (Long Face Games Broadside and Salvo), represent torpedo craft in flottillas instead of individual ships so I've grouped them two per base.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Now over to the Armada Espanol (yes that it still the official name).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL1sCAzhAlnZERroqTPOlibsg5SWHezOVkXw0UgbFEKRCvFebC_9xyNai-HS0HpQSaNzHkvXRkNwRFydt31i9eRHhyLXEPLKxVarO8qeSSqbkYajqVeqXIPgWBpdOCh7Ifvn5XDx4EMCTCx7jk81Vflss7lAedjmraRc_Q0yISrA_lyufxiesN0vciwU/s1000/SP1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="1000" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL1sCAzhAlnZERroqTPOlibsg5SWHezOVkXw0UgbFEKRCvFebC_9xyNai-HS0HpQSaNzHkvXRkNwRFydt31i9eRHhyLXEPLKxVarO8qeSSqbkYajqVeqXIPgWBpdOCh7Ifvn5XDx4EMCTCx7jk81Vflss7lAedjmraRc_Q0yISrA_lyufxiesN0vciwU/w400-h140/SP1.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnQGew0cifBcw9X5ih1Gcj8H7PWeBL4JoXy6kJ4scgF8e0G0rmM81mHFVHrj9oTJ0Z03wt2UoOndwpeKPFoJOBCymPyEOcqTSR2d21rveQEFCRyPNQscnJx7CI_kAl2O_ZSmQmhSFqafnb6wS3W3SAoVzv2sbAZZm5v-K9dvxSn5q3emtsh0scnbdWz8/s1000/SP2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1000" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnQGew0cifBcw9X5ih1Gcj8H7PWeBL4JoXy6kJ4scgF8e0G0rmM81mHFVHrj9oTJ0Z03wt2UoOndwpeKPFoJOBCymPyEOcqTSR2d21rveQEFCRyPNQscnJx7CI_kAl2O_ZSmQmhSFqafnb6wS3W3SAoVzv2sbAZZm5v-K9dvxSn5q3emtsh0scnbdWz8/w400-h255/SP2.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First up are the three armoured cruisers of the <i>Infanta Maria Teresa</i> class, all of which were sunk at Santiago. These were standard armoured cruisers if slightly under armoured and influenced by the Royal Navy's <i>Orlando</i> class.. The biggest problem was the hopeless state of efficiency in the Armada. </span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The <i>Infanta Maria Teresa</i>flies the flag of Admiral Cervera who commanded the squadron. She was named for a Spanish Princess who was the first wife of Louis XIV and thus green grandmother of Louis XV.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The <i>Almirante Oquendo</i> was named for the Admiral who lost the battle of the Downs in 1639. Other Oquendos had prominent roles in the 1588 Armada. If your Spanish (or Scottish) you celebrate valiant losers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The <i>Vizcaya</i> was named for the Biscay region. She had the misfortune to visit New York on a friendly tour just after the destruction of the <i>Maine </i>and without knowing what happened. She was slowed considerably by a dirty bottom in need of a scrub (this brings back memories of saving with my dad).</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JQMha4AtrdS2-5_5R7_k3hSM6OUeI6J5G8z_EvC0anZA7ZnP5jHKwYPDhOFj0k66z7JtNohSBrx_9zeacEze5yF65KjzYw1ck5Lm1xfOJzAbZyce2QHJS7_v6REa9pPHtkKJQw3kR26XbdHPi8eg4vx8ltghKNfJR0jDLXOhnEJAIDgHAxEWWo6u4T4/s1000/SP3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="1000" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JQMha4AtrdS2-5_5R7_k3hSM6OUeI6J5G8z_EvC0anZA7ZnP5jHKwYPDhOFj0k66z7JtNohSBrx_9zeacEze5yF65KjzYw1ck5Lm1xfOJzAbZyce2QHJS7_v6REa9pPHtkKJQw3kR26XbdHPi8eg4vx8ltghKNfJR0jDLXOhnEJAIDgHAxEWWo6u4T4/w400-h201/SP3.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiocT994Yb764k7rhiNyhA-t-XY-oPHWgPJ8JvvSK6tWhQCb-B3wOtPOKL7T0z6PRX2vUuzuhkXbESTMZHJJsSeAquSPD-YGZuRIHcImSdUYQnC541nyia-wXs1L3YIZHnGh2vVlqzr-xhmTgr8Qp6VYih-FesCjFLdbYipJ9LzHkGvaukoYxIEllrf0/s1000/SP4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="1000" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiocT994Yb764k7rhiNyhA-t-XY-oPHWgPJ8JvvSK6tWhQCb-B3wOtPOKL7T0z6PRX2vUuzuhkXbESTMZHJJsSeAquSPD-YGZuRIHcImSdUYQnC541nyia-wXs1L3YIZHnGh2vVlqzr-xhmTgr8Qp6VYih-FesCjFLdbYipJ9LzHkGvaukoYxIEllrf0/w400-h166/SP4.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Cristobal Colon</i> was a member of the Italian Garibaldi class cruisers, and was named for some guy who figured he found China. Half sisters served in the Italian, Argentine and Japanese navies. They were fine ships but Colon sailed without her 10" main guns due to a bun fight with the makers. She nearly escaped at Santiago but her supplies of good coal ran out and she couldn't maintain a decent speed.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Reina Mercedes </i>was on station at Santiago when Server arrived from the Canaries. Named for the first wife of King Alfonso XIII (she died six month after their wedding), she was old slow and not much use at anything. Too slow to join Cervera's planned escape she did trade shots with the US Navy during the siege and was eventually sunk as a block ship in the harbour entrance. </span></li></ul></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zWCpGqHKkaXOefY8GeHyBi455Y9RSOdT9a6oJbB9umiBYEgdT5Azrd8W5Hq_zvXGiA6yEE5ryt0tyy5ZPyVFVUfzktUg3eFdn1QlEpKN9Y2bjB4vkL_nWVaGAucfP5nK7jWzLYoS-ibVq2u-cZt9YQABTqWNcDTjQz7LOP9PgljzR1FvLPymzpB3HHs/s1000/SP5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="1000" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zWCpGqHKkaXOefY8GeHyBi455Y9RSOdT9a6oJbB9umiBYEgdT5Azrd8W5Hq_zvXGiA6yEE5ryt0tyy5ZPyVFVUfzktUg3eFdn1QlEpKN9Y2bjB4vkL_nWVaGAucfP5nK7jWzLYoS-ibVq2u-cZt9YQABTqWNcDTjQz7LOP9PgljzR1FvLPymzpB3HHs/w400-h178/SP5.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While most of the Armada was old and cranky, they had some shiny new destroyers ordered from the UK. Cervera sailed from Europe with three destroyers, of which the Furor and Pluton were sunk at Santiago. Terror and engine troubles in transit and ended up in Puerto Rico where she traded shots with American blockaders.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I can't find any records of Spanish torpedo boats in combat in 1898, but they had quite a few and there's always what ifs.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blather over and a project well under way after 25 years. I'll have ships from the Pacific side of operations later in the Challenge. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise I make it 19 ships in 1:2400 at 2 points per hull is 38 points plus a 20 point room bonus for Overdues and Returns.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-81237994277452925942023-12-25T11:15:00.003-06:002023-12-25T11:15:07.934-06:00Merry Christmas <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyZkZqsvY5pXOs4dwZ5qiFuqqMbyLhk1AkMA9o-JxyrI0YbDCCSxxBzu0llVEEZCIezFV-ZK1HNtDq7t4McF5XsSQYJ8nXsEQn7irtrtKNlZ919YX3w6yd1zt7JJp8RQb9UfcMwO5qfeSxYhGDc2dCf1oVEuBb6SD3Y0yr2gWaVXt40TwroxnkkT_zw4/s971/snowman.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="971" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyZkZqsvY5pXOs4dwZ5qiFuqqMbyLhk1AkMA9o-JxyrI0YbDCCSxxBzu0llVEEZCIezFV-ZK1HNtDq7t4McF5XsSQYJ8nXsEQn7irtrtKNlZ919YX3w6yd1zt7JJp8RQb9UfcMwO5qfeSxYhGDc2dCf1oVEuBb6SD3Y0yr2gWaVXt40TwroxnkkT_zw4/w640-h414/snowman.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-61200014707679200282023-10-08T08:07:00.000-06:002023-10-08T08:07:07.398-06:00Santiago Light an After Action Report<p> My visit to USS Olympia rekindled my interest in the Spanish American War, so I now have fleets ordered from Tumbling Dive in 1:2400. However, this week we had a test game using Broadside and Salvo (B&S) from Long Face Games and my 25 year old 1:1200 scratch builds. Long story short, it was great fun! The rules played fast, worked well, gave reasonably historical results and were easy to pick up.</p><p>It was aa scaled down version of Santiago. Two Spanish armoured cruisers and a destroyer group were trying to break out past a dispersed US squadron of two battleships and an armoured cruiser.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VtKNxaHVm0lpTV0GH76tmYE5NQW5pAHDXl2mfTWSWiItUqkVbe37f2RkfU0khf2P9zP4Xbdze5jGgedVzrL-cryNiiNHrMbe3Tq7ZhhNFcTDwKdGTlJpS0UotXNVc_Fa6PpMNx9wnJseHFIeBiJsoObIa_H_XIrg_Gsx-M4kaW9u8Qa3OzXZsdtyPD4/s4032/IMG_2177.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VtKNxaHVm0lpTV0GH76tmYE5NQW5pAHDXl2mfTWSWiItUqkVbe37f2RkfU0khf2P9zP4Xbdze5jGgedVzrL-cryNiiNHrMbe3Tq7ZhhNFcTDwKdGTlJpS0UotXNVc_Fa6PpMNx9wnJseHFIeBiJsoObIa_H_XIrg_Gsx-M4kaW9u8Qa3OzXZsdtyPD4/w400-h300/IMG_2177.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sylvain contemplates his moves as he inspects the US fleet blocking his squadron.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yhPCgUigtd6dDjmprmiEbD5beWAAXsIBCLEAUFozwPn4tO3h-v_ti9xvyNyFwdgnOKKr5Tdb16yZrCW-bDclENwOwf-ubw7IAkUDRkudBnfF4BaknupfVgwpXRrh-qbbH5V7pKz1paRquhLGJRRewtP6ATlRSLoPkV2nLwLZkKf1ITj2EALf2Jj4k6M/s4032/IMG_2178.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yhPCgUigtd6dDjmprmiEbD5beWAAXsIBCLEAUFozwPn4tO3h-v_ti9xvyNyFwdgnOKKr5Tdb16yZrCW-bDclENwOwf-ubw7IAkUDRkudBnfF4BaknupfVgwpXRrh-qbbH5V7pKz1paRquhLGJRRewtP6ATlRSLoPkV2nLwLZkKf1ITj2EALf2Jj4k6M/w400-h300/IMG_2178.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US Admiral Curt</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxUGTz3RcF8kauyH9jaUF3QCcO64B2h9rZt_LAQe7uwcP5n5uz6-QY-ugaMe6vFPdIx_pXEsl7_A94JaoUmarH_ARR-vzc2otFcY4hw94rf4yeucu_sQ15WZ9T1wlfoUB0YbGtIOG9uTr3b-EBlyEDc6ypQuX_4yKxY6BcJZsOz2lXdu8fFf0Aysx5cU/s4032/IMG_2179.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxUGTz3RcF8kauyH9jaUF3QCcO64B2h9rZt_LAQe7uwcP5n5uz6-QY-ugaMe6vFPdIx_pXEsl7_A94JaoUmarH_ARR-vzc2otFcY4hw94rf4yeucu_sQ15WZ9T1wlfoUB0YbGtIOG9uTr3b-EBlyEDc6ypQuX_4yKxY6BcJZsOz2lXdu8fFf0Aysx5cU/w400-h300/IMG_2179.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spanish breakout in the background. <i>USS Indiana</i> moving to counter. The green mat to the right side is land.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXJkz-ClpO7GrAsX78h6oFhxYADB7XSuQV1X2l2J2URCOh3jYwn6Hu4SxDqNVMrMsnO_hKJ5UhyGw0_m4GC7dZk7nCZC-TA0Ikt5F_mg5F4xvYxKPr3XaTwWr1GRhckOgF2AW7gXtqgogsEt0Lu042zZlLHWb6qVnvyrGhZiGnGMPaCGfUn28Ir9ah_c/s4032/IMG_2180.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXJkz-ClpO7GrAsX78h6oFhxYADB7XSuQV1X2l2J2URCOh3jYwn6Hu4SxDqNVMrMsnO_hKJ5UhyGw0_m4GC7dZk7nCZC-TA0Ikt5F_mg5F4xvYxKPr3XaTwWr1GRhckOgF2AW7gXtqgogsEt0Lu042zZlLHWb6qVnvyrGhZiGnGMPaCGfUn28Ir9ah_c/w400-h300/IMG_2180.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cristobal Colon</i> followed by <i>Vizcaya</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Unlike W C Fields, I quite like Philly which has a lot of history in its downtown core. This was my second visit and last time I visited many of the museums relating to 1776 and all that. This time I used a free afternoon to visit the Independence Sea Port Museum. The big attraction for me wad the Protected Cruiser<a href="USS Olympia (C-6)"> USS Olympia</a>, Admiral Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manilla in 1989</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHpOF0ZYrx7buXLnoHvf88F5p1GDPeeVHMXzfCTxeUTXgvwJhjfGuSJF2VnfVmoycDJkI_gu66W1izFATEPwT9qKqdQ-xPR-B8CLowu3MhfxPGIh-BXK5P0ati41em3GE3WyU2w5C1AFTPleGVyT1s03vRLdQ2lf-TAH0nDpNPjjsTtyTeM_wN4ZYl_o/s4032/IMG_2107.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHpOF0ZYrx7buXLnoHvf88F5p1GDPeeVHMXzfCTxeUTXgvwJhjfGuSJF2VnfVmoycDJkI_gu66W1izFATEPwT9qKqdQ-xPR-B8CLowu3MhfxPGIh-BXK5P0ati41em3GE3WyU2w5C1AFTPleGVyT1s03vRLdQ2lf-TAH0nDpNPjjsTtyTeM_wN4ZYl_o/w300-h400/IMG_2107.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gloucester Moose and I looking for Nicholas Cage at Idependence Hall. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJz9fXC0lPHSYwLqcRP_8x_jQg-dJQMamhOr3x3Q0ZQEOaVYZRCiDejbhUu58JlHsqM5M_G42nu3ipMMR1HOWmII0yGwCaDtuJ3yoqznd6Wcef4413L23KaVjta6_eK8qssf2-7u8la15R7yF1hGz68sQjuXf8XZ4w0xkLxi-UHmX7oIhqS4PjIIXoV4/s4032/IMG_2108.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJz9fXC0lPHSYwLqcRP_8x_jQg-dJQMamhOr3x3Q0ZQEOaVYZRCiDejbhUu58JlHsqM5M_G42nu3ipMMR1HOWmII0yGwCaDtuJ3yoqznd6Wcef4413L23KaVjta6_eK8qssf2-7u8la15R7yF1hGz68sQjuXf8XZ4w0xkLxi-UHmX7oIhqS4PjIIXoV4/w400-h300/IMG_2108.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS New Jersey on the Jersey side of the Delaware River</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxU9fOVfvlPX-uKcOOnwE1eZf9rIKQNDB5gTJlXr8CHL4GhrXSmwIM3MUY9HM1MFUArGhvBNUeiUkG7LxYiaC_-Bo5O4f56qF_DoXBZxxpc1wvrmXaXG-I9XXJWEHiISg1fZEWqPahsFHqGmGVUnjLxfnhXSHgVdeJWXKW_L7zsDvW3XXlSZZfUpRToI/s4032/IMG_2112.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxU9fOVfvlPX-uKcOOnwE1eZf9rIKQNDB5gTJlXr8CHL4GhrXSmwIM3MUY9HM1MFUArGhvBNUeiUkG7LxYiaC_-Bo5O4f56qF_DoXBZxxpc1wvrmXaXG-I9XXJWEHiISg1fZEWqPahsFHqGmGVUnjLxfnhXSHgVdeJWXKW_L7zsDvW3XXlSZZfUpRToI/w400-h300/IMG_2112.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olympia looking very smart in her white and buff trim.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpoDULYrCIB1Z7Ay1R3PZcmoCd8kLymUzcqMGeKywgJHXql2eXNCR4yIvJsJYbYei16AgLFtHOYhDtUnz7DVB8HpTse4N-9djRpGIH4TCyAg3imQLDf2YYaMxMRReMZlg1AqNjnI1HX6-WWtHeC9s0xcoBJNwPCksIL28FU5MlS7mdOv15psZVk34l90/s4032/IMG_2113.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpoDULYrCIB1Z7Ay1R3PZcmoCd8kLymUzcqMGeKywgJHXql2eXNCR4yIvJsJYbYei16AgLFtHOYhDtUnz7DVB8HpTse4N-9djRpGIH4TCyAg3imQLDf2YYaMxMRReMZlg1AqNjnI1HX6-WWtHeC9s0xcoBJNwPCksIL28FU5MlS7mdOv15psZVk34l90/w400-h300/IMG_2113.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aft superstructure and turret. Five inch guns in the case mates with light Quick firers above and below.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9dil8vV0DaGaUtW_BZycELshuhVL_WXgZ0uc3HfArS5SyKpl7wJ2JqPdu9zInqdevE19xvO7MllxshQDINSanIJJPsOtY4OEFE4TGsXRVAetpLFbq3s817kGqvUhupoZioHZUdXzdoMkYcwpcxEoiMVgm58u0BIbFn3uW7qtlzLgne3q8Rv2lHm9L_c/s4032/IMG_2114.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9dil8vV0DaGaUtW_BZycELshuhVL_WXgZ0uc3HfArS5SyKpl7wJ2JqPdu9zInqdevE19xvO7MllxshQDINSanIJJPsOtY4OEFE4TGsXRVAetpLFbq3s817kGqvUhupoZioHZUdXzdoMkYcwpcxEoiMVgm58u0BIbFn3uW7qtlzLgne3q8Rv2lHm9L_c/w400-h300/IMG_2114.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wardroom with a 6-pounder QF</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0W_iHYMHAKMTL2b15pyuP2p1mhkhMqlEgBzZnxGDJPWSfQX0pS2ubwnYsnpwgV7gZIL5A7wmNPnMDU7dEqbZvvf9JPUaBXS7mzr5FzqFN01qHhwEDH7Y6cMpjzXBzS24zevgTTaytRtgBV0yjfguoYOVFwvkTacandNOQ59J-H1HUTvQbJlJLBacN1c/w300-h400/IMG_2117.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My wife sews so I took pictures of the vintage singers on board. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcPnmTSquoSDul_CufYqi32NJJvZunWnNUYLX2zhEw5snh7In7vMn-R_Ap4M41uZSO_NZmVScmr33rCZuqp2bCjI5FxGH03nBgp3aIfAX8tevIoKM7XfksJ5vZjwie_v66lbfo3OJzs-Ta2Lul5qPIBGxuL02ixkM5Y7xp0abM3JZUlnqcIkNuOGD_nA/s4032/IMG_2122.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcPnmTSquoSDul_CufYqi32NJJvZunWnNUYLX2zhEw5snh7In7vMn-R_Ap4M41uZSO_NZmVScmr33rCZuqp2bCjI5FxGH03nBgp3aIfAX8tevIoKM7XfksJ5vZjwie_v66lbfo3OJzs-Ta2Lul5qPIBGxuL02ixkM5Y7xp0abM3JZUlnqcIkNuOGD_nA/w400-h300/IMG_2122.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the breech of a QF gun.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinegitXdhn16XVO-nuDosaxZ4aHhmKl0VIE_P-_31lT9ndEjgS04b8Vp2vjbo_5ZVCrPIrlCIcH7WBqGLPbcHAv_chHVAUK3gt_MtWFfic-M_eerOP2-Bnd9J2f7mK82xbHymGxkTHNXeRWSyudfJhNh2yFG-8KSxdfhoQMFaUfNLPE0sKg9l9W24DBKs/s4032/IMG_2123.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinegitXdhn16XVO-nuDosaxZ4aHhmKl0VIE_P-_31lT9ndEjgS04b8Vp2vjbo_5ZVCrPIrlCIcH7WBqGLPbcHAv_chHVAUK3gt_MtWFfic-M_eerOP2-Bnd9J2f7mK82xbHymGxkTHNXeRWSyudfJhNh2yFG-8KSxdfhoQMFaUfNLPE0sKg9l9W24DBKs/w400-h300/IMG_2123.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved the story of the quaranteened sailors in the main top. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG6TmWKS3WTNEl4V7i4PKYSnJrgyY7ciNST-PtbsLhW7yqqXwbdiXiWOn_We2tB0qE8OqnP384d6Z1iGjBoLXYsFB2r9_LfZB51oWZD6mTLZOq9T1pH9hww957unAEs5K9n1T_n_xuVRyLYPSqOwXpOQp3LgP8WterzhuY2uGyLO0tLMPWHCzugrgSvE/s4032/IMG_2124.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG6TmWKS3WTNEl4V7i4PKYSnJrgyY7ciNST-PtbsLhW7yqqXwbdiXiWOn_We2tB0qE8OqnP384d6Z1iGjBoLXYsFB2r9_LfZB51oWZD6mTLZOq9T1pH9hww957unAEs5K9n1T_n_xuVRyLYPSqOwXpOQp3LgP8WterzhuY2uGyLO0tLMPWHCzugrgSvE/w400-h300/IMG_2124.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A five inches. Love the brass work and the close proximity to the hammocks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrK1Lf2F_BTiOFofwSOh7JnWV_L8My9GA1iLyqppmwmsjhfbpqsQ6jBZt85lImtka9L0WhlPtHyQ5H6P9-R3EILlaDO7KKjhh1J8x_qP3dk0JccL0viIX_TdGk2SnPg6ee0AzSVdZdUBtothloN72hovdq5SyjgCSxkOU72Nu7BJIl6w5m_FHbx89PB0/s4032/IMG_2125.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrK1Lf2F_BTiOFofwSOh7JnWV_L8My9GA1iLyqppmwmsjhfbpqsQ6jBZt85lImtka9L0WhlPtHyQ5H6P9-R3EILlaDO7KKjhh1J8x_qP3dk0JccL0viIX_TdGk2SnPg6ee0AzSVdZdUBtothloN72hovdq5SyjgCSxkOU72Nu7BJIl6w5m_FHbx89PB0/w400-h300/IMG_2125.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of New Jersey from on deck.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvrs3n3E0c2bP7enQSeNkPmqjfCuVqUK8tsjsizC0XctfnDb1GOawH4vk374c4c19OxcOxbzmZ7qwLRqSUYAawSuHKwN5Nrq78JxZtrwKA5sCLJ7wGxXKadT4nqastm3C3x2a95oK4HQsCvghpfZ7CAAGpC1k40vCI1_b0ggyzHa3gpjz1EepVdiL2-U/s4032/IMG_2126.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvrs3n3E0c2bP7enQSeNkPmqjfCuVqUK8tsjsizC0XctfnDb1GOawH4vk374c4c19OxcOxbzmZ7qwLRqSUYAawSuHKwN5Nrq78JxZtrwKA5sCLJ7wGxXKadT4nqastm3C3x2a95oK4HQsCvghpfZ7CAAGpC1k40vCI1_b0ggyzHa3gpjz1EepVdiL2-U/w400-h300/IMG_2126.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the bridge over the fore turret and f'csle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lC7O4WVP5OhhcljyVqVX9YWYl5ixoDRBNiPXPENYkVZRnSAPtLh6GfSsEhjPWFz8PQQ3mkgvJP-cuEMUC1r0BwqBMBsg3xkNJkvC1v7UtUkFRX2gaD-ATN-jxvd7OPK8tcH9xJS9MMjxT5dgq2PrEqHaVFf1kQUMiDjq0oyDDW5hRimDP8iK6l8SYc0/s4032/IMG_2127.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lC7O4WVP5OhhcljyVqVX9YWYl5ixoDRBNiPXPENYkVZRnSAPtLh6GfSsEhjPWFz8PQQ3mkgvJP-cuEMUC1r0BwqBMBsg3xkNJkvC1v7UtUkFRX2gaD-ATN-jxvd7OPK8tcH9xJS9MMjxT5dgq2PrEqHaVFf1kQUMiDjq0oyDDW5hRimDP8iK6l8SYc0/w400-h300/IMG_2127.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridge with Binnacle and engine telegraphs/. Would have been very exposed in battle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOKJ19HqURj-pgdgs-r3c5SFa8QGSQCqm0MpV_EgxAvzY26PAiU8swTbGF6chDArfmnGcVHIIIu2lCFS_-LSCt-eWoiQtO0EbdGIV-T1VKmMvEHeoW40GeMAm7qjV3YjkcSCqsG1-Yv-_qARSEKrhFPCDnphjLthklcsAciTTA3dTUAu5iS-9C4RFI9w/s4032/IMG_2128.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOKJ19HqURj-pgdgs-r3c5SFa8QGSQCqm0MpV_EgxAvzY26PAiU8swTbGF6chDArfmnGcVHIIIu2lCFS_-LSCt-eWoiQtO0EbdGIV-T1VKmMvEHeoW40GeMAm7qjV3YjkcSCqsG1-Yv-_qARSEKrhFPCDnphjLthklcsAciTTA3dTUAu5iS-9C4RFI9w/w400-h300/IMG_2128.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot from the bridge forward. There's a WW2 sub alongside as part of the musum and a couple of tall ships nearby/</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-cQ8tT-21SuG-Bm7CHFG0RM_Ysz4VOOqjZZAsRuHuQcOn6sHgs08UDgqGkVNPfrwzkLGivbtdHSfxMsITY8LxeHXb4AQdbuUdoPPlVV4zt_iDUwmOZ7iimMElN-h2e9LoCpRyqc5KIUhlw4UPypG2hDKrgb83dGUxqed4dhXiy06OqJPZV9QKsmcWXY/s4032/IMG_2129.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-cQ8tT-21SuG-Bm7CHFG0RM_Ysz4VOOqjZZAsRuHuQcOn6sHgs08UDgqGkVNPfrwzkLGivbtdHSfxMsITY8LxeHXb4AQdbuUdoPPlVV4zt_iDUwmOZ7iimMElN-h2e9LoCpRyqc5KIUhlw4UPypG2hDKrgb83dGUxqed4dhXiy06OqJPZV9QKsmcWXY/w400-h300/IMG_2129.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 pounder QF on the upper deck and looking very exposed/</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPPlhrEYFYlGSWQqN26KcYFLt_FDJhXp2NQ6L2Li_DqKtzc_pw7p8HIizCTN002m2GyP7ht04EFnFgYwgD8-FVBZe3cBJuSC5r9lSbceFSusFPZTN8Enu08Wwq494GMnIvDpy7Pb9ov94RCHa_QVrnkg02NemBgAuC0UjKipsMbNuEtSsa8M7jQOpnLE/s4032/IMG_2130.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPPlhrEYFYlGSWQqN26KcYFLt_FDJhXp2NQ6L2Li_DqKtzc_pw7p8HIizCTN002m2GyP7ht04EFnFgYwgD8-FVBZe3cBJuSC5r9lSbceFSusFPZTN8Enu08Wwq494GMnIvDpy7Pb9ov94RCHa_QVrnkg02NemBgAuC0UjKipsMbNuEtSsa8M7jQOpnLE/w400-h300/IMG_2130.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exiting the ship a shot of the forecastle and for turret. There's a pair of 8" guns in each of the two turrets plus 5 5" secondaries in the casemates between them.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGUaHezn8PM6ZG6fb-0svdDUlqcf8Ce_5e7ZQJU7qHDk4365SU90QexRIEe2Xqj34vZvU3L2JQtE3vAoFKLDhQHfQ3mmPh2GFniKY6p-nKmf7kqyYBpSSFuERCfRISeC0DKgk0Zp_JS85m-tYHSCK4D_imXEtZZnalQc37_EnRvouOBEOtoKDJwCy37s/s4032/IMG_2131.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGUaHezn8PM6ZG6fb-0svdDUlqcf8Ce_5e7ZQJU7qHDk4365SU90QexRIEe2Xqj34vZvU3L2JQtE3vAoFKLDhQHfQ3mmPh2GFniKY6p-nKmf7kqyYBpSSFuERCfRISeC0DKgk0Zp_JS85m-tYHSCK4D_imXEtZZnalQc37_EnRvouOBEOtoKDJwCy37s/w300-h400/IMG_2131.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This view shows the bridge, pilot house and masts. Not a lot of room for quarantined sailors in the fighting top.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCH8DhvHfGGx6nLAl9d536ocnHc5PMp337RPcuy8hNYOkPBRqPcJCTLwwGGDn-tC960Ya2PI6QsimcsdGkKYnstN0Fc_TUa59SJPp4CykqbimK63qpn7eP_zN4pPSB5Yo0Sz-oSgyD1aEz1J7mBnaGUc8E8JtgmbaZ98m19ilfQnk4BzvaGqSCm789bI/s4032/IMG_2133.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCH8DhvHfGGx6nLAl9d536ocnHc5PMp337RPcuy8hNYOkPBRqPcJCTLwwGGDn-tC960Ya2PI6QsimcsdGkKYnstN0Fc_TUa59SJPp4CykqbimK63qpn7eP_zN4pPSB5Yo0Sz-oSgyD1aEz1J7mBnaGUc8E8JtgmbaZ98m19ilfQnk4BzvaGqSCm789bI/w400-h300/IMG_2133.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barquentine Gazela (1901) tied up close by. I can remember her visiting Halifax during various Tall Ship tours, and she looks great under sail.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-66399598915108173612023-08-18T10:22:00.001-06:002023-08-18T10:22:17.729-06:00Late Roman AAR Reinforcements on The Table<p>Yes this makes too AARs in the space of a week and a half. This week Curt's been hosting Phil H, a British gamer who's been based in the US for a few years and is now on his way back to Blighty. Phil wanted to get as many games in as possible, so we've been taking turns to run games. This Tuesday was my turn and I ran a To the Strongest game featuring my Late Romans vs Barbarian Conspiracy Armies.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Bm4Wy3_JJOO2bNGEvGmuKvUNxoWDyIdyYJ4BMBGU6nHzaFalGZKs_jQQRMIe-PaXEmWbRtzsQVGtgLEx4xD4ksREsDGunpats-uBJBJw4VIhte6qdIYfpRGTyx4PpdPAUdSlkfmZO-bkzT7kQQBtNIXIJhZQ7gWPkC0lWFsu9dR5m_xFz_MqQ2GY3Ds/s2797/book1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2797" data-original-width="2068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Bm4Wy3_JJOO2bNGEvGmuKvUNxoWDyIdyYJ4BMBGU6nHzaFalGZKs_jQQRMIe-PaXEmWbRtzsQVGtgLEx4xD4ksREsDGunpats-uBJBJw4VIhte6qdIYfpRGTyx4PpdPAUdSlkfmZO-bkzT7kQQBtNIXIJhZQ7gWPkC0lWFsu9dR5m_xFz_MqQ2GY3Ds/w474-h640/book1.png" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I went for a favourite scenario from this well thumbed chestnut from the 1980s</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczSstUSDh_sgko-hMiI1K3Xft9x7pW7v20UtzELKYeilKbIOxx_kkRiWipgY-4YZbTOxwxX_aHB9HsqO8xwlxMVzqOm21Xgof0vgO1QXVNRT3hkUwFs1MuV3mUi6zpqAQJDyu5wfsDtX_fYMbAvWB01VG-SXOt52sLZOT3r54Ad-CENL6JN9T87Z6dVg/s3137/book2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3137" data-original-width="2334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczSstUSDh_sgko-hMiI1K3Xft9x7pW7v20UtzELKYeilKbIOxx_kkRiWipgY-4YZbTOxwxX_aHB9HsqO8xwlxMVzqOm21Xgof0vgO1QXVNRT3hkUwFs1MuV3mUi6zpqAQJDyu5wfsDtX_fYMbAvWB01VG-SXOt52sLZOT3r54Ad-CENL6JN9T87Z6dVg/w477-h640/book2.png" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've played this one many times with many rules and in many eras from Hoplites to Desert Rats.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Romans had a division isolated commanded by Phil on the ridge line which was rough ground, and I had the bulk of their forces coming from the town. The Barbarians were led by Curt and Stacy and had a 4:3 overall advantage in points and needed to capture the ridge line. </p><p>It can be a nail biter as the race to get to the ridge first heats up. The activation system in TtS added to the tension as units (or divisions for that matter) might move one move or two or maybe not move at all. Early on it looked like the Roman reinforcements had the jump on the Barbarians with a couple of good turns worth of activations. Meanwhile Phils' defenders had some good rounds of missile fire, disordering Stacy's Irish hordes. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptSMjGPdQIivUULWdJVHV6BPLqd0CpKnuk3iP9bgOHBBVWF66FBZBvf3da7NiuzdJ7lBn_OLQXuFb1AGOQAnHVx6qYXI1RRMuZ6OUvuAr0c4YREeWbcRz6xuIMQHz_KSBkoZwPuULrObym05B2fbBpVL1UcIoEo5e7TuNX9-ZdlSSb4ccIu4GozM0A5M/s4032/IMG_2071.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptSMjGPdQIivUULWdJVHV6BPLqd0CpKnuk3iP9bgOHBBVWF66FBZBvf3da7NiuzdJ7lBn_OLQXuFb1AGOQAnHVx6qYXI1RRMuZ6OUvuAr0c4YREeWbcRz6xuIMQHz_KSBkoZwPuULrObym05B2fbBpVL1UcIoEo5e7TuNX9-ZdlSSb4ccIu4GozM0A5M/w640-h480/IMG_2071.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stacy's Irish advance on the ridge,</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwEVVp3g_gXhlqrd-_LjJug3SS8OQZk5kvHYs4j2WVsEMYO71dhYrPgtCr8403lOrtDVzajlVLpc21HXCn3pXqWihI6cDvtN3rnhsd2rODLeynywCUnhAnDiO7BGB2Dks69HL8rPKnC3MB3XcdAaHJ6or_NUeTVL-eufePRyTTCcWiYPvDbbUxAaWLiA/s4032/IMG_2073.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwEVVp3g_gXhlqrd-_LjJug3SS8OQZk5kvHYs4j2WVsEMYO71dhYrPgtCr8403lOrtDVzajlVLpc21HXCn3pXqWihI6cDvtN3rnhsd2rODLeynywCUnhAnDiO7BGB2Dks69HL8rPKnC3MB3XcdAaHJ6or_NUeTVL-eufePRyTTCcWiYPvDbbUxAaWLiA/w640-h480/IMG_2073.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My reinforcements exit the town and hasten for the ridge.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RTT6kHnXQpuMjQPcxWUrnK84jCDm45Jv0Ap8Gy20KZbMmvQSQM3s48-0hXHYOw5gYZNi-_QrIXZI9ydymyv3ZmBbPj1yLeIFzVuLWeKw8MTTVx7sqbq6y82gYjEPaWRqFBMvWfGorHOA43SfsB-uNO7Gim6_e79MfCcbT7URmp647mBjNzno4MuPnlk/s4032/IMG_2074.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RTT6kHnXQpuMjQPcxWUrnK84jCDm45Jv0Ap8Gy20KZbMmvQSQM3s48-0hXHYOw5gYZNi-_QrIXZI9ydymyv3ZmBbPj1yLeIFzVuLWeKw8MTTVx7sqbq6y82gYjEPaWRqFBMvWfGorHOA43SfsB-uNO7Gim6_e79MfCcbT7URmp647mBjNzno4MuPnlk/w480-h640/IMG_2074.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cavalry looks to be closing the gap fast enough to turn the tide.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>However, as is often the case the tides of battle swing from one side's favour to the other and Curt and Stacy started to even out the activation luck. Stacy did well to push on with all of his Irish to wear down the defenders and his Picts and Curt 's Attacotti advanced swiftly to threaten the reinforements.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTfvHqPF3kOFFxMEp6TAdd7hvlg3HuyseiNIXiDVaxPqoTAWaOIeVRzMLmISIofftFOAOSOzYtrn0pOqV8ifm59KYdxXfT8wDqmXE-LLrWSqOCjN79TBrrBeDsC2iWXnmiWKGrFrCBsJT2aSMX28b8TkPqALJa4vK-p6p9i8ENE-IpUGEpVGnP9o9zGM/s4032/IMG_2075.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTfvHqPF3kOFFxMEp6TAdd7hvlg3HuyseiNIXiDVaxPqoTAWaOIeVRzMLmISIofftFOAOSOzYtrn0pOqV8ifm59KYdxXfT8wDqmXE-LLrWSqOCjN79TBrrBeDsC2iWXnmiWKGrFrCBsJT2aSMX28b8TkPqALJa4vK-p6p9i8ENE-IpUGEpVGnP9o9zGM/w640-h480/IMG_2075.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Picts advance to counter the Roman cavalry. This was the cavalry's furthest advance as they need to evade back several times. Note the Pict archers which Stacy cleverly placed in his back rank to fire over the spearmint, and then forgot about.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeRZnZmNkdhTbAHhWELkPWC9XKMzdzVxSxR6QfPIydnyPnGYcrMKAlPGQVntiBJLD8xwUab-7UzCXm7kyqdW3OpyeJK17gzVSZUsNVKSZ2bLaCybb7oNSRYXL7isxTUZeVqXXyIr8Bo6V1Tb-XLE67eaxrBqmMFjwoeSCKma3nYyN5FgUbMwTyKNIxU4/s4032/IMG_2076.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeRZnZmNkdhTbAHhWELkPWC9XKMzdzVxSxR6QfPIydnyPnGYcrMKAlPGQVntiBJLD8xwUab-7UzCXm7kyqdW3OpyeJK17gzVSZUsNVKSZ2bLaCybb7oNSRYXL7isxTUZeVqXXyIr8Bo6V1Tb-XLE67eaxrBqmMFjwoeSCKma3nYyN5FgUbMwTyKNIxU4/w640-h480/IMG_2076.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile there's a scrum on the hill. Phil's auxiliaries had a couple of good turns helped by good saving scores. But eventually, hits had to strike home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gwyOTkaElJmCWQgaDlMcAsNPyLJeLH4_bdQgycpbuVYXmNDS2HTzVEOOzAJOunKt02h0_ulHP41VleZ8leudAmY_thAiiKvTBHR3cu1aEb5W3C85HGhWZ0UvGBR_w_K3bApxW-XPguo3tOdXdeHYWe0DUzpHX5g0ZEY0kDnakjYh4P86Ho7hC6NbRI0/s4032/IMG_2077.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gwyOTkaElJmCWQgaDlMcAsNPyLJeLH4_bdQgycpbuVYXmNDS2HTzVEOOzAJOunKt02h0_ulHP41VleZ8leudAmY_thAiiKvTBHR3cu1aEb5W3C85HGhWZ0UvGBR_w_K3bApxW-XPguo3tOdXdeHYWe0DUzpHX5g0ZEY0kDnakjYh4P86Ho7hC6NbRI0/w640-h480/IMG_2077.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwI-1PF73lOq6TknakT-GUPT-1cGtD3bFXsiNb7UWRwMuUbkUMkIw_zroHCT1IWQVdjSd8xxn0x4zgZGUGtcZd5lVIhsVX3e1NbK-njbD9hBrjaSiu5y38wu9Zgd5bxilBptXn19vgMdlsI9VacEePUxZ_-bBFaC1h_HbzqPDWuFAQ2I4_CPmG7gPHyQ/s4032/IMG_2078.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwI-1PF73lOq6TknakT-GUPT-1cGtD3bFXsiNb7UWRwMuUbkUMkIw_zroHCT1IWQVdjSd8xxn0x4zgZGUGtcZd5lVIhsVX3e1NbK-njbD9hBrjaSiu5y38wu9Zgd5bxilBptXn19vgMdlsI9VacEePUxZ_-bBFaC1h_HbzqPDWuFAQ2I4_CPmG7gPHyQ/w640-h480/IMG_2078.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roman Cavalry vs Attaccati fanatics, That's Phil in the background.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8eg7vzLnn92HaHfkNstSZGlOLhDKvjf_6K6-QE3T8El5-TntcWbYrCqAH3wNjszSHL_f5Sc8k0p8WEWvMnqax1mFpggW11NVqPmQYReHSPgkdlmKWNMkM6TitjmJrogA7wCNbhz0s1lXbBzEhxptbKkBVlnReIbQMi15G6SZPFm48uEqoZemH0FvAio/s4032/IMG_2080.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8eg7vzLnn92HaHfkNstSZGlOLhDKvjf_6K6-QE3T8El5-TntcWbYrCqAH3wNjszSHL_f5Sc8k0p8WEWvMnqax1mFpggW11NVqPmQYReHSPgkdlmKWNMkM6TitjmJrogA7wCNbhz0s1lXbBzEhxptbKkBVlnReIbQMi15G6SZPFm48uEqoZemH0FvAio/w480-h640/IMG_2080.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By this time the defenders on the hill were broken and the cavalry reinforcements were pulling back.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Around this time Phil and I had a turn of Epic activation fails (significantly right after Stacy left for the evening). We managed to do enough to get us out of position and not enough to get ourselves re-positioned.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_0-wW_LUlgdIG6dmQe4Rs4ETJhAMQ8rBdCObI6r0Q0w1msv49shRG8U455UAZq6FfwhVW2b8AgZeJ-8c2Eb5saxHV-Gybtw5ZAN1vd2sWOH62rRgfHH0fEzijjKE_YQboT9MxH17OTd8RQA0261p7GqfJsQZlKMxLieBGPoU4CChUw0F-2Uk8T5fvfU/s4032/IMG_2082.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_0-wW_LUlgdIG6dmQe4Rs4ETJhAMQ8rBdCObI6r0Q0w1msv49shRG8U455UAZq6FfwhVW2b8AgZeJ-8c2Eb5saxHV-Gybtw5ZAN1vd2sWOH62rRgfHH0fEzijjKE_YQboT9MxH17OTd8RQA0261p7GqfJsQZlKMxLieBGPoU4CChUw0F-2Uk8T5fvfU/w480-h640/IMG_2082.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY4iHvKpLJknbrKQKG7ohJd4qWudjLj9tlrQnNT9DiAhTqRSlDTIDxhnFA88dSOPlN-UnN8bHLhm8eJ6j0mQYdaCoSB6Jc642bO1B756pWneAuB8UYEOWuRh2S2DJJPJErUAuyc33Pvkrl8cGM5TlZJ1Okzwj90mpOsoTJeDGnJwp42awM6mx0jbPE6M/s4032/IMG_2083.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY4iHvKpLJknbrKQKG7ohJd4qWudjLj9tlrQnNT9DiAhTqRSlDTIDxhnFA88dSOPlN-UnN8bHLhm8eJ6j0mQYdaCoSB6Jc642bO1B756pWneAuB8UYEOWuRh2S2DJJPJErUAuyc33Pvkrl8cGM5TlZJ1Okzwj90mpOsoTJeDGnJwp42awM6mx0jbPE6M/w480-h640/IMG_2083.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The foot units from the fort did make it up onto the ridge and managed to push bask a unit of Picts, but it was too little too late. <div><br /></div><div>TtS let us play a game with reasonable sized armies and a fair bit of manoeuvre and play it out to a conclusion in the space of a school night evening. Plus it seems to give a reasonable result while being fun and fast to play. I was worried that the random activation system might throw the balance of timing off, but in the end it worked well and added to the drama and tension.<br /><p><br /></p></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-4787674263305592422023-08-08T14:45:00.005-06:002023-08-09T10:28:45.300-06:00Late Romans vs Barbarians AAR<p> I knew it had been a while since I posted anything, but didn't think it had been as long as five months. I had a busy end of term (176 students in a first year calculus class with many suspected cheating incidents) and then a busy spring with Garden prep and travel.</p><p>A week or so back I ran a To The Strongest game over at Curt's clubhouse feature my late Roman era British toys. Player numbers were down due to stomach issues (must find a better place for the latrine) but we had Curt running a conspiracy of Scots-Irish, Picts and Attacotti vs Sylvain's Romans. it was a straight up class with roughly equal armies and no particular scenario objectives.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWov-SKmNAsABROlsIa89FahQISlyO_Tray9uzUd0VMQoxV3L8MvpqqFQeQpOpL2BIPmpI1GtjBRGIc6G53tQVQo35oosBXs8W8qpoIgdZKqAiDy9_xF8EdwJS7n0lLuwvCDnJAH4isuuKO6Pem78YuFbsed52LJ4N3E4rPARMdAen1UsAlHSkTFJPPlg/s1000/IMG_2046.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWov-SKmNAsABROlsIa89FahQISlyO_Tray9uzUd0VMQoxV3L8MvpqqFQeQpOpL2BIPmpI1GtjBRGIc6G53tQVQo35oosBXs8W8qpoIgdZKqAiDy9_xF8EdwJS7n0lLuwvCDnJAH4isuuKO6Pem78YuFbsed52LJ4N3E4rPARMdAen1UsAlHSkTFJPPlg/w400-h300/IMG_2046.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After deployment. The mass of barbarians to the left, the defenders of Britannia to the right.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBOafX8KgS4z7ry6_ajoPweaov42HcUFvzdauU6QeB0DR_I7pF-jyXPMLvWrYLmDoM0QGtvbY5Bo0lb3M0tKAdLMsn-kskgPAvuQ0g985qHQ2wkkagMJwgkKtvZLrk526f2wiEI9Fgvkf2_AC8enVLUEoV_VlEBNj4rJRnZfJ-0jEkaemR6etymolRLU/s1333/IMG_2047.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBOafX8KgS4z7ry6_ajoPweaov42HcUFvzdauU6QeB0DR_I7pF-jyXPMLvWrYLmDoM0QGtvbY5Bo0lb3M0tKAdLMsn-kskgPAvuQ0g985qHQ2wkkagMJwgkKtvZLrk526f2wiEI9Fgvkf2_AC8enVLUEoV_VlEBNj4rJRnZfJ-0jEkaemR6etymolRLU/w300-h400/IMG_2047.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up as the Roman cavalry commander gives a pep talk.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienD0WNbx1pgztcTODBZ4gsKTJwNxbJpJUsRwGWJWUHQbJcjOlEvZw5DSNwxF36HW83K6EZsreo3LyV3AfUN5PFV0ZssnOzQWhtEhlPzrYhdXUzi28ec6eNSKbSePJmGKmRLRtO7E4PM8cIlZ-C0z4riGviRTNVutS1_usudL8kha2D62R5ajXCZ7yfp4/s1333/IMG_2048.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienD0WNbx1pgztcTODBZ4gsKTJwNxbJpJUsRwGWJWUHQbJcjOlEvZw5DSNwxF36HW83K6EZsreo3LyV3AfUN5PFV0ZssnOzQWhtEhlPzrYhdXUzi28ec6eNSKbSePJmGKmRLRtO7E4PM8cIlZ-C0z4riGviRTNVutS1_usudL8kha2D62R5ajXCZ7yfp4/w300-h400/IMG_2048.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Irish on Curt's right. We had to adjust things a bit as his war bands are deep and he couldn't fit two of them in the same box. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz5VLqPm03uMs50NbXLjbxR3_uhHh2msRzHqJPjV-1JX99Pb4smsDXc0_I8rfA9bs1PT5TNbdLvqmm-_Q0X8q7DkZFOlAEyua8WTsJR2fSFErQXslyu51P5YNyRP4G2hn8O851dLZCdPdXVU3ewngIrFxWJqPskd_664iXeoHA4WIHeMoerJHOPPA6Pk/s1000/IMG_2050.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz5VLqPm03uMs50NbXLjbxR3_uhHh2msRzHqJPjV-1JX99Pb4smsDXc0_I8rfA9bs1PT5TNbdLvqmm-_Q0X8q7DkZFOlAEyua8WTsJR2fSFErQXslyu51P5YNyRP4G2hn8O851dLZCdPdXVU3ewngIrFxWJqPskd_664iXeoHA4WIHeMoerJHOPPA6Pk/w400-h300/IMG_2050.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sylvain ponders his moves. The hills were gentle but the woods were rough terrain, as was the stone circle. Note the cup with the victory medals.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdga8RlG5MS4cYV53GRTY_1MW6iqv6Lgqlv-FaNS3mKlGRoi7mIGcceQPkZ0-BCifqMrlEzE_3195g3AX-A7rV7bGBWbNJA380B5Z6QgLuawX_8Yf646bPzm4UPWs1jIlaoVKGBrGIstkg45UlD0S2eMck_6VQKJSUuN3zIOgyiRJciGYbL5T79CraJ0/s1000/IMG_2052.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdga8RlG5MS4cYV53GRTY_1MW6iqv6Lgqlv-FaNS3mKlGRoi7mIGcceQPkZ0-BCifqMrlEzE_3195g3AX-A7rV7bGBWbNJA380B5Z6QgLuawX_8Yf646bPzm4UPWs1jIlaoVKGBrGIstkg45UlD0S2eMck_6VQKJSUuN3zIOgyiRJciGYbL5T79CraJ0/w400-h300/IMG_2052.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sylvain pushed his luck and advanced his cavalry. We pull numbered chits from a bag rather than roll dice but the gods were definitely with Sylvain this game. Note the blue marker marking the edge of the world which Sylvain is using to advantage - I'll be making the battlefield wider and deployment areas narrower to counter this cheesiness in future.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScYtv6r3IdfOx-c3u3guhpvUCZVXuvkft9NlcnxYkTe68xhTLZ_L-mQRCZNDW-J9DIs_YGQwxMT03n34RL2hNXu0eXkBtNP7M86DN6MlOGFXAU-LTuoWMvqg01USy7iEde_8mQsgatVM3pPOW9wJYtnJQgU5nCnjY0leGdEKYJeL9I-e7azWI4ThWv20/s1000/IMG_2053.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScYtv6r3IdfOx-c3u3guhpvUCZVXuvkft9NlcnxYkTe68xhTLZ_L-mQRCZNDW-J9DIs_YGQwxMT03n34RL2hNXu0eXkBtNP7M86DN6MlOGFXAU-LTuoWMvqg01USy7iEde_8mQsgatVM3pPOW9wJYtnJQgU5nCnjY0leGdEKYJeL9I-e7azWI4ThWv20/w400-h300/IMG_2053.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pict commander rides past the stone circle in his chariot along side accompanying a unit of light cavalry. This warlord had disastrously bad luck. Kudos to terraformer Sylvain who sculpted the neolithic monuments for me.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMff1wK1eRfEkEBEoONw_Yc-iE2tRV4Nv77vqXmY4ymn_qoBSgAuUMEU6nR12weRCRyQxY8_iGPu1vcgiQoZCY98_Olw0f5UuFRElMcwus20iCqkTdYxz7ETD7DROLDJxzb1unYmE_Exwj_G_XGhcRYhLpAkDOqncNJF2jpKKrHcikI5OCP9gAdzJgBKU/s1000/IMG_2056.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMff1wK1eRfEkEBEoONw_Yc-iE2tRV4Nv77vqXmY4ymn_qoBSgAuUMEU6nR12weRCRyQxY8_iGPu1vcgiQoZCY98_Olw0f5UuFRElMcwus20iCqkTdYxz7ETD7DROLDJxzb1unYmE_Exwj_G_XGhcRYhLpAkDOqncNJF2jpKKrHcikI5OCP9gAdzJgBKU/w400-h300/IMG_2056.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot as the cavalry ride along the edge of the world. Sylvain sculpted the dolmen too, which we also classified as difficult.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGIBlg-zDRyAjc2YnxUbpiOLArqWOM70itJBbsBjClf3E6gCjfHROplCezAHA6txOauoxzejtjJ4kfFhOLibUlYwLOkata2u-8wy3heoU43_I4ukIVHTzxQFNDyMpXOzGVzWAfCHZnmyBMAohCzsZ1aLExweyYjEU92shI23UB43JbKZd27RCamyjnDs/s1000/IMG_2057.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGIBlg-zDRyAjc2YnxUbpiOLArqWOM70itJBbsBjClf3E6gCjfHROplCezAHA6txOauoxzejtjJ4kfFhOLibUlYwLOkata2u-8wy3heoU43_I4ukIVHTzxQFNDyMpXOzGVzWAfCHZnmyBMAohCzsZ1aLExweyYjEU92shI23UB43JbKZd27RCamyjnDs/w400-h300/IMG_2057.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things were looking good for Curt here, he swung a war band into the side of the cavalry before they could turn. The cavalry were disordered but Curt missed several chances for the kill thanks to Sylvain's saving rolls.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi97huPvlDecUSEhJ9zUHjjG_bECXrY6nYW816XE61aAZAKrYHVnK0k411qZjiFKcZZIJW7hjo8qwpVJu8UHOuHuueIO_OdETYIjk1de_fl1PfaB_tWAmTBQi5CY8Hni0YJlTYXlOloMxwVzHMOlbyKsOtxtja0bZo8LoBGsa8rm6zqo-eK2Z9PpXyYFg/s1333/IMG_2058.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi97huPvlDecUSEhJ9zUHjjG_bECXrY6nYW816XE61aAZAKrYHVnK0k411qZjiFKcZZIJW7hjo8qwpVJu8UHOuHuueIO_OdETYIjk1de_fl1PfaB_tWAmTBQi5CY8Hni0YJlTYXlOloMxwVzHMOlbyKsOtxtja0bZo8LoBGsa8rm6zqo-eK2Z9PpXyYFg/w300-h400/IMG_2058.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Picts advance. Sylvain refused his right flank ala Freddie the Great.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCIIOZulzPCgQRXHKC7QYDNZLBLloU-kGOps0Yo58UXi_VPKmZZO_PL1HaZsnjAfHNBPXSJ5n33I2JBxpa_H1QUsGCEFz8lr6Rfi_JkS3b70hllmkNeg7bUVh5yKRNxPR6CckWczEGuKgrtvJ6ncv4EXOd3WB_VJNhGIxy99FtHHpYPBXpH6Ja9cXGGo/s1000/IMG_2059.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCIIOZulzPCgQRXHKC7QYDNZLBLloU-kGOps0Yo58UXi_VPKmZZO_PL1HaZsnjAfHNBPXSJ5n33I2JBxpa_H1QUsGCEFz8lr6Rfi_JkS3b70hllmkNeg7bUVh5yKRNxPR6CckWczEGuKgrtvJ6ncv4EXOd3WB_VJNhGIxy99FtHHpYPBXpH6Ja9cXGGo/w400-h300/IMG_2059.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atacotti charge the fortified Roman camp. They took out the original ballista crew defenders but by that time Sylvain moved some veteran Auxiliaries in behind. Again Curt was inches from glory but couldn't quite get the kill. Note that the camp should have been back a grid row on Sytlvain's baseline. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="300" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/e7034668-0611-44f8-a849-7f7492fb1999" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curt's javelin men occupy the dolmen as the cavalry rushes by,</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGxYFyPhjCkelqFBWZGLEu3dp46VsjiTKbZYqg2Z-xptbDh-6mC57w5gpPkaDXQhmyHnL7rkUyC8YGx1VO7mhPA22VHHyrVZnNQ198PlCJce31Zw111zVmhepmo07c48FxXmLgvtXr-BUFlwv5bR2N-hhkmTthyG34B_715tW5wwOASqkimVt_KAknVs/s1333/IMG_2061.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGxYFyPhjCkelqFBWZGLEu3dp46VsjiTKbZYqg2Z-xptbDh-6mC57w5gpPkaDXQhmyHnL7rkUyC8YGx1VO7mhPA22VHHyrVZnNQ198PlCJce31Zw111zVmhepmo07c48FxXmLgvtXr-BUFlwv5bR2N-hhkmTthyG34B_715tW5wwOASqkimVt_KAknVs/w300-h400/IMG_2061.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The melee with the Cavalry wing gets messier. Having held on the lead unit turns, and the following unit advanced up to take one Irish unit after another in the flank, taking down Curt's senior general in the end.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxo4s9g3GUJZCrk-LBuB1W4UcowQLjdhWeNYO0qw3g744HAt0-IAcPBx1IYJD-N5k_aQOG7qaogn1STVMykvH3wZrvJekVimbBA1Oa7c6JZAbfM0aM-oEjmucS3dX_rJUVpGbbVufYayaqGANscqpCj-WNzAehgHyYtg-NYClwI2-BpVxUOqJQHq1t_4s/s1333/IMG_2062.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxo4s9g3GUJZCrk-LBuB1W4UcowQLjdhWeNYO0qw3g744HAt0-IAcPBx1IYJD-N5k_aQOG7qaogn1STVMykvH3wZrvJekVimbBA1Oa7c6JZAbfM0aM-oEjmucS3dX_rJUVpGbbVufYayaqGANscqpCj-WNzAehgHyYtg-NYClwI2-BpVxUOqJQHq1t_4s/w300-h400/IMG_2062.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More glory for the Attoctti who have eliminated some archers and are coming on the flank of an Auxiliary unit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I somehow managed to miss the key moment, the end of which can be seen behind the camp in the last photo.</p><p>Curt brought the Pict Light Cavalry up with their attached general to skirmish with and threaten the Roman missle troops to the right of the camp. Unfortunately they halted just short of caring, but had time next turn unless Sylvain achieved a miracle. He made two difficult maneuvers running to charge the lights with an infantry unit. Curt failed to evade (needing 3+ out of 10) and then doubled down by failing the reroll afforded by his general. Sylvain hit and Curt missed his save, killing the unit. He then had to roll for the general needed a 3+ to survive, and if course failing that two. </p><p>There was lots of drama and it was at times a close run thing, but in the end Curt couldn't overcome the loss of two generals on top of his other unit losses. A victory to Sylvain who best not push his luck with the dice gods (or his GM) next game. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-57174389355937008432023-03-11T11:17:00.003-06:002023-03-11T11:17:00.202-06:00AHPC Post 13 Imperial Pretender in the Gift Shop<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Last post from me today, I swear.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtavFElb882rRaEdtdfSwjJI3r5_V250yn6k9OSbskgTgc17TU3u0-8oPBxGe4zWgXDKZh-W5WBmhc2wi4O6xl0Sd40d-VJUOZrc0k8TVo0RUEZdQH_ByBWLnTsPjq4nrOy41gdFyOyHj47iPbEI3dNcR95QQ8_dQsuDfuHf4gWNa_zbyfdlmG_IeQ/s1000/GS1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtavFElb882rRaEdtdfSwjJI3r5_V250yn6k9OSbskgTgc17TU3u0-8oPBxGe4zWgXDKZh-W5WBmhc2wi4O6xl0Sd40d-VJUOZrc0k8TVo0RUEZdQH_ByBWLnTsPjq4nrOy41gdFyOyHj47iPbEI3dNcR95QQ8_dQsuDfuHf4gWNa_zbyfdlmG_IeQ/w375-h400/GS1.png" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I going to make a stop in the Gift Shop for a gift for that fine chap IainW. During last year's Challenge Iain I received a beautiful </span><a href="https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/03/for-peter-altar-of-snowlord.html" style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="text-align: center;"> Landsknecht</span> commander</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> from Iain and I wanted to return the favour. Of course Iain also gifted me a Jacobite artillery crew that I specifically said I didn't want and I'll reward that action too at some point.</span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKlPNNioVHkzgxXRJ1glwqbw3OVo69DPkKRKRbDe2YtcAB2eYUbyWMwwzGqBOsvk4Qt3mCXLIC22Cj7YY6qUifg-jCRLVXky2cMjSNmKNrAtfDuRD-hpBz1njllor0FwIUNpf7VaylRtCekMZkXpI5tHEqBGDeugQJRUsfNBskP09i2tpVD5oImC2/s1000/gs2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="854" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKlPNNioVHkzgxXRJ1glwqbw3OVo69DPkKRKRbDe2YtcAB2eYUbyWMwwzGqBOsvk4Qt3mCXLIC22Cj7YY6qUifg-jCRLVXky2cMjSNmKNrAtfDuRD-hpBz1njllor0FwIUNpf7VaylRtCekMZkXpI5tHEqBGDeugQJRUsfNBskP09i2tpVD5oImC2/w341-h400/gs2.png" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have a pretender Roman Emperor with standard bearer, both 28mm foot figures from Gripping Beast. During the Later Roman Empire, Britain spawned Imperial Pretenders at a great rate. The general pattern was that Pretender X got the support of the local army commanders in Britain, declared himself the true Emperor, landed in Gaul with an Army and got his butt kicked and his head mounted on a stick. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWsH-3MojHnzqOU2kpTGo2NDE-fwpKYXAWUsO3Nn5-VaCVaGzhsWcyjuy7pTj7bmay-pnLa-_oX2xKgMt39uf9lOAs2G0DqzF-WdB-0psWglQYRAxZwaRq09bqwIb-vMiZxaQ6ObpqiZTcHHTISKQ4MRle3FNKtO-EmfrwVG3yOKJzA6mDn5w_3Y5/s1000/GS3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWsH-3MojHnzqOU2kpTGo2NDE-fwpKYXAWUsO3Nn5-VaCVaGzhsWcyjuy7pTj7bmay-pnLa-_oX2xKgMt39uf9lOAs2G0DqzF-WdB-0psWglQYRAxZwaRq09bqwIb-vMiZxaQ6ObpqiZTcHHTISKQ4MRle3FNKtO-EmfrwVG3yOKJzA6mDn5w_3Y5/w400-h400/GS3.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iain liked the <a href="https://singlehandedadmiral.blogspot.com/2022/09/some-photographs-of-my-recent-late.html">Wolf Sock puppet shield designs on one of my cavalry units</a> so I gave the leader the same design.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The less successful got murdered before stepping foot on the Continent (this happened twice in 407 alone). The moderately successful stuck around long enough to get recognized as Co-Emperors for a while before the True Emperor got around to dealing with them. The most successful went down in history as Constantine the Great. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The problem was that every Pretender stripped the Province of troops which were never replaced. Eventually the Emperor got tired of the Fractious Brits and told them to look after their own defences (or alternately the Brits got tired of sending taxes to the Continent and told the Empire to get stuffed). Some things never change....</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaQEj2qxL0UH8rXF9LlEV4-tfj_B81OD4brWYTB2Lvhv-fiQbOMR9MPOLB6c3hjpYQ4pjPOWtgDiLRErVV3pc8BWs7N3b3hdd4tOPir2vCua69zeDOCFCEdkBbo3plGui8oEz0Mho4FYtmIE6NO1h7iBBG5Hmv71Bnrwl-IyQLoSqHYnyvBa_oC_C/s1000/GS4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="934" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaQEj2qxL0UH8rXF9LlEV4-tfj_B81OD4brWYTB2Lvhv-fiQbOMR9MPOLB6c3hjpYQ4pjPOWtgDiLRErVV3pc8BWs7N3b3hdd4tOPir2vCua69zeDOCFCEdkBbo3plGui8oEz0Mho4FYtmIE6NO1h7iBBG5Hmv71Bnrwl-IyQLoSqHYnyvBa_oC_C/w375-h400/GS4.png" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mangled the original GB Vexillum because the hands weren't drilled out completely and I forced things. I subbed a wire shaft and Victrix plastic Draco (which I think looks the business).</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius" style="font-family: helvetica;">Carausius</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> avoided the normal path by declaring himself Emperor of Britain after running afoul of Western Emperor Maximian over spoiled looted by Saxon pirates. He was successful enough to declare himself co-emperor with Maximian and Diocletian and minted his own coins. He held on to power for seven years until the Western Caesar Constantius Chlorus (father on Constantine) made plans for an invasion. Carausius was killed by his Finance Minister Allectus, who was in turn done in my Constantius and Britain return to the Imperial fold.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise that's 20 for the gift shop and 10 for the two figures for a total of 30 points.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've updated my Studio map to show the three lots visited today, completing my Green Security pass and allowing me to move on to the Blue lots. Since I bounce back to World Cinema after my spree in the Gift Shop I will need to do something Fantasy related or do another female figure to hop to another lot by Limo.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yB09zXnXZ9ZxIWxJuzfYdYuP6S9zu2oRqrOXmeEGsVUKh2rjoriGB4mFl_bSM_S3FKM4BJYqBDNLL2eryvxqIOPRi3Dk7bawGC4zAoVNiTkY9So23WQqgUuFPQQJS95rXeKOtMfU_I8kw0I0HrXh90UkREKWCWF1N2sGjpdnv5ZWAMUVuC8MOiXP/s969/Map%20Xiii%20Feb%2028.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="969" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yB09zXnXZ9ZxIWxJuzfYdYuP6S9zu2oRqrOXmeEGsVUKh2rjoriGB4mFl_bSM_S3FKM4BJYqBDNLL2eryvxqIOPRi3Dk7bawGC4zAoVNiTkY9So23WQqgUuFPQQJS95rXeKOtMfU_I8kw0I0HrXh90UkREKWCWF1N2sGjpdnv5ZWAMUVuC8MOiXP/w400-h281/Map%20Xiii%20Feb%2028.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-23059782518857030302023-03-11T08:16:00.001-06:002023-03-11T08:16:00.212-06:00AHPC Post 12 Limo to World Cinema <p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">First up we I have to take a Limo from Under Construction to World Cinema using this 28mm figure from Bad Squid. Challenge veterans might remember that I've got a lot of mileage out of a Bad Squiddo Women of WW2 kickstarter that I backed a few years back. I think that this lady feeding chickens is the last of them.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4v79JzHxr1815KTGEha4gmRFnmP4_7YjKTXkfTiCT3IpnJfKzQQVQjlHjqcOWg8nUyvR8vnWnX2vyO1nszi47Fo2WSKN6H6E84nPBlbEAU3WtQnv5VP-T0p61MKOagJzkzSaLv2x3Og_bP9wcj2ARR34vrwVmjJ07pVvM6SCl7PFuxdk9XaODBdEg/s959/G1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="956" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4v79JzHxr1815KTGEha4gmRFnmP4_7YjKTXkfTiCT3IpnJfKzQQVQjlHjqcOWg8nUyvR8vnWnX2vyO1nszi47Fo2WSKN6H6E84nPBlbEAU3WtQnv5VP-T0p61MKOagJzkzSaLv2x3Og_bP9wcj2ARR34vrwVmjJ07pVvM6SCl7PFuxdk9XaODBdEg/w400-h400/G1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXVWkXZcaVoaR7wBxIufKsbG5a2EjFr0Og9VOTzWT-TneKupxsvjorJl_CBagqCrVzDWvsmf2Aq4mwHuI0GA862etqOzISyciwRoBdtcq7cy9j8erNEJ_OTPVhyTzll8Ilw8kHXGemDIL_W97wglAtwQQQ0lEem5cMKlBxDTCuLj7yQCyORKVAJSr/s1000/g2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="867" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXVWkXZcaVoaR7wBxIufKsbG5a2EjFr0Og9VOTzWT-TneKupxsvjorJl_CBagqCrVzDWvsmf2Aq4mwHuI0GA862etqOzISyciwRoBdtcq7cy9j8erNEJ_OTPVhyTzll8Ilw8kHXGemDIL_W97wglAtwQQQ0lEem5cMKlBxDTCuLj7yQCyORKVAJSr/w348-h400/g2.png" width="348" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've painted her up in standard Women's Land Army kit with shiny wellies suitable for mucking about in the farmyard. Not the most exciting figure but a lovely sculpt and I have a lot of time and respect for Annie over at Bad Squiddo for putting this range together.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6kHVglJe7PDsz1CbJe2aGH5kERdTpNTCutSEubVPNVQspe1EVBPUavtqUD8hvERqcWyanRip34Jwz1HRhWyYD0NF1XiB_Vzn2FvTT2Ae-_nuX-xTc7BXnZbSX6xKeN4fb10nMWXDRVZizfLFmlA3q0qwErk83ATN1JcQ4V5I0DJyjyTEyYxw1Gqz/s1000/B1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="848" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6kHVglJe7PDsz1CbJe2aGH5kERdTpNTCutSEubVPNVQspe1EVBPUavtqUD8hvERqcWyanRip34Jwz1HRhWyYD0NF1XiB_Vzn2FvTT2Ae-_nuX-xTc7BXnZbSX6xKeN4fb10nMWXDRVZizfLFmlA3q0qwErk83ATN1JcQ4V5I0DJyjyTEyYxw1Gqz/w340-h400/B1.png" width="340" /></a>`</div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As for World Cinema, the blurb says to post something from a different part of the world from where you don't live. I offer up the Roman trading ship <i>Berenice</i> of <i>Portus Adurni</i> (Portchester Castle). I can guarantee that there are no sea going merchant ships in my home town of Regina, SK which is about as far from the sea as you can get. I should note that t</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">here is one attempted ship located nearby on the Canadian prairies. It's a </span><a href="https://mysteriesofcanada.com/saskatchewan/the-tragedy-of-tom-sukanen/" style="font-family: helvetica;">sad story</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> with a Finnish connection.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDonXprvmcNJMDT6AMLjomVLQIjacr5NXCzcnP_IxMBa7HL1kxI7UA0kAPanWvxKchxSl8c2Gf2u0s68rqv1eYluJfT7nfkPeg-CEHw7NlyBh4auLpZ4QgH2HTSy5XlLLJSBR2ghRRzKNDWyVwvCTeICXn3ax_y3catgG0Ljpadn9qN3j27Z5DVrF/s1000/B2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="893" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDonXprvmcNJMDT6AMLjomVLQIjacr5NXCzcnP_IxMBa7HL1kxI7UA0kAPanWvxKchxSl8c2Gf2u0s68rqv1eYluJfT7nfkPeg-CEHw7NlyBh4auLpZ4QgH2HTSy5XlLLJSBR2ghRRzKNDWyVwvCTeICXn3ax_y3catgG0Ljpadn9qN3j27Z5DVrF/w358-h400/B2.png" width="358" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On a biographical note I should point out that I am the son of a naval officer, was born in England and basically grew up one, in or next to the sea in Halifax Nova Scotia. Yes, moving to Regina was an odd choice, yes there's a story and yes it's a bit messy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUaSABt5Ch6U0VWFUPZfv7ZCjc3_1W0Dn3Ml26_NwHtYanb71FGss6CTUo-dIgrFBVuMDmKibB6sNYaCVy2W1Vq9rbjxDcV7x-cHLFqbnlrvWzb3l8yCjgJi6iCwGcjkQnROa4gkYIVQYH9qxM-Rz-HmyE-bvYWgU5dcK2SHojS_AxlayWaXQl9TJ/s1000/B3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1000" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUaSABt5Ch6U0VWFUPZfv7ZCjc3_1W0Dn3Ml26_NwHtYanb71FGss6CTUo-dIgrFBVuMDmKibB6sNYaCVy2W1Vq9rbjxDcV7x-cHLFqbnlrvWzb3l8yCjgJi6iCwGcjkQnROa4gkYIVQYH9qxM-Rz-HmyE-bvYWgU5dcK2SHojS_AxlayWaXQl9TJ/w400-h381/B3.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The ship is 28mm pdf kit from Sarissa Precision. It went together well (even if I messed up a bit at the stern) and painted up nicely. I have asked my lovely and talented wife to stitch up a sail for her when she has space on her sewing table. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've named her the <i>Berenice</i> after a trading ship that plays a key role in the Rosemary Sutcliffe novel <i>The Silver Branch</i>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ufKKhKC--TTbcPNp9whG49q-LONO82t-PyrJQAN_IsYBGqiS33aUx8ufRsBR814AC8dRQZtlEpsiErBTdTY5NJqxxW5cUidMQMq29txwTShOPiDrknM9psrazgRsUethhai6C3nI9LASEHMEWqCSGVFvH6dW2TcykKbLe3VNznTIjgguWfmPhfNB/s1000/B4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1000" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ufKKhKC--TTbcPNp9whG49q-LONO82t-PyrJQAN_IsYBGqiS33aUx8ufRsBR814AC8dRQZtlEpsiErBTdTY5NJqxxW5cUidMQMq29txwTShOPiDrknM9psrazgRsUethhai6C3nI9LASEHMEWqCSGVFvH6dW2TcykKbLe3VNznTIjgguWfmPhfNB/w400-h354/B4.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-jLw8N_YJpc7jr-tPYLGm8TjVIYoDyXlhjZRt5fW8ACpa5nJAcO9sjjQdfXdjlyewSzE3k53som4zaeVEos23f8m2N9fpb-G2e_AcHRt-qAam9iQjF678A8s9QOn16s8ehPos_mFa0nixU8GmzXlr16nZzDAilsHp-K5PkOBt3cQyKpc5rs5YaGH/s1000/B5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1000" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-jLw8N_YJpc7jr-tPYLGm8TjVIYoDyXlhjZRt5fW8ACpa5nJAcO9sjjQdfXdjlyewSzE3k53som4zaeVEos23f8m2N9fpb-G2e_AcHRt-qAam9iQjF678A8s9QOn16s8ehPos_mFa0nixU8GmzXlr16nZzDAilsHp-K5PkOBt3cQyKpc5rs5YaGH/w400-h386/B5.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I did up three crewmen using mostly Victrix plastic bits plus a few Gripping Beast arms. I painted them up in a simple common uniform and left the bases a flat tan to blend into the deck. During painting I noted that two of them have shoulder belts for swords, but carry no swords. I guess I call these a late antiquity version of a Sam Brown belt.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A final picture to show that <i>Berenice</i> is not the only vessel to shelter under the walls of </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Portus Adurni</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">. This is a picture of Portchester Castle taken from one of the last sailing trips that I took with my dad before he sold his boat as we sail up to Port Solent Marine. The keep and church ruins are Norman and there are medieval upgrades other places. However, the basic walls are from the Roman Saxon Shore fort.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9V7fJTyK9cTjkGMWlMiV0QG9Z97EuopHCqdvwAvQ-IV0VZ2nX_-4HYFohPnqUw1_Xb6Err06i44DLCBXaGU22qA4XVc6DJ3foOta5-ShHeYUseJHQ16SLHuKUgzxLDqgJ874Ax1964j4oVebZbC4Qn2p3TiMRcdhgXKh4nZe5ooCJ7mSLGFM6JX_S/s1000/Portchester%203.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9V7fJTyK9cTjkGMWlMiV0QG9Z97EuopHCqdvwAvQ-IV0VZ2nX_-4HYFohPnqUw1_Xb6Err06i44DLCBXaGU22qA4XVc6DJ3foOta5-ShHeYUseJHQ16SLHuKUgzxLDqgJ874Ax1964j4oVebZbC4Qn2p3TiMRcdhgXKh4nZe5ooCJ7mSLGFM6JX_S/w400-h300/Portchester%203.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photo is bit skewiff as the boat rolled as I snapped it.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise I'd count the ship as a 28mm vehicle and there's 3 crew.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Totals</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">one vehicle @20</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">four foot figures @5=20</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">two locations @20 (Limo and World) =40</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Total 80 points.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I will count 35 for the ship and crew towards the SPQR and Carausius Emperor of Britain Side duels.</span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-1214757110139717222023-03-10T08:15:00.001-06:002023-03-10T08:15:00.231-06:00AHPC Post 11 Cat People<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It will be a multi post day for me this week. I had my University break last week and in between marking calculus midterms and avoiding my wife's hubby-do list I got some painting in. Rather than try and stuff it all into one long boring post, I went for three medium boring posts... </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRdkaF99ohgrkjzz8o7fc0051BakLn8E7QQ7ozc9mf_3LVieoREPOzusup4raOvW9T9l-7VmfzH60BtHnLsrI91WWANGqLBKGmPOVie_eHKTTc1BFghMOJ08qkRT3SN_mr9BOHISN7ZwVOefJheF_NwDzMzUFiWyQVgB_hz4aoPWeJhtpeEE2VX-X/s900/Cat_People_(1942_poster).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRdkaF99ohgrkjzz8o7fc0051BakLn8E7QQ7ozc9mf_3LVieoREPOzusup4raOvW9T9l-7VmfzH60BtHnLsrI91WWANGqLBKGmPOVie_eHKTTc1BFghMOJ08qkRT3SN_mr9BOHISN7ZwVOefJheF_NwDzMzUFiWyQVgB_hz4aoPWeJhtpeEE2VX-X/w266-h400/Cat_People_(1942_poster).png" width="266" /></a></div><p>For what ever weird reason, the seriously creepy and noire 1942 original <i>Cat People</i> (along with the <i>Creature from the Black Lagoon)</i> seemed to be on local TV an awful lot when I was a kid. However, unfortunately this post has nothing to do with Simone Simon, Natassjia Kinski or David Bowie.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8Tm4lVq4S9aAVvjTh5ctehTFaIehD0r7c5c3gpWIpFm6F1YsCjYw96UREilSfVkClMZWuRhT2AUE1sHZoGa20f0QvCTgOlwsL5zni7IHcj_ecBmhiiXxxjmloN5R_taYIezds9OLcJqIdCfgazMMf6qzWuV2xNTgZv44aVeQ-3_8qZSZ2n02mGii/s1000/P1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1000" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8Tm4lVq4S9aAVvjTh5ctehTFaIehD0r7c5c3gpWIpFm6F1YsCjYw96UREilSfVkClMZWuRhT2AUE1sHZoGa20f0QvCTgOlwsL5zni7IHcj_ecBmhiiXxxjmloN5R_taYIezds9OLcJqIdCfgazMMf6qzWuV2xNTgZv44aVeQ-3_8qZSZ2n02mGii/w400-h233/P1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I have a unit of 12 more Picts, Gripping Beast figures mostly plastics with two metal figures. In keeping with my Pict naming protocols involving animal tribes these come from the Cat People. They are named for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_wildcat">Scottish wildcat</a>, which appears to be both seriously cute as a kitten and seriously bad tempered as an adult. I had originally planned to avoid the whole Cat people tribe but eventually succumbed to the madness. I blame a surplus of turnip in my blogging diet.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2k6rlpW-IjH4Dfc4WsWaPUu_0XUp_IVUzoMn6b14iLCui6KIQHFbBjfaPWxZ71kROZzpXMV1_imkvMyBA0SOPs8bCGM5PCQtCh1hoAnbcp7hmryL835GATYUcyR0UvS8oFMYD1JgLgsEdPniAiCTg8YlKizUPE8ta1foeEKm1I7ncy_-YxlsRQ8-k/s1000/p3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2k6rlpW-IjH4Dfc4WsWaPUu_0XUp_IVUzoMn6b14iLCui6KIQHFbBjfaPWxZ71kROZzpXMV1_imkvMyBA0SOPs8bCGM5PCQtCh1hoAnbcp7hmryL835GATYUcyR0UvS8oFMYD1JgLgsEdPniAiCTg8YlKizUPE8ta1foeEKm1I7ncy_-YxlsRQ8-k/w400-h225/p3.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I only caught this now but I'll need to reprint the label, it should be pale blue to match my other Pict units.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER4ipJRsXMA0_uR1on6_hfrSXydjRryCizUOfObXWwadfWeGZ2IC0Pgpoz_WWWiyEaoCB3BGcMNzZApipxlR1A7Q0zPS7FrcDQbuQwMJ48X8KMGYWENyNGBcvDASVwq0FL3zeVqpJrYlnUel82a7ikXVttdhxC7aaK-hApXxLidzTQfTIzDMyDuSq/s1000/P4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1000" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER4ipJRsXMA0_uR1on6_hfrSXydjRryCizUOfObXWwadfWeGZ2IC0Pgpoz_WWWiyEaoCB3BGcMNzZApipxlR1A7Q0zPS7FrcDQbuQwMJ48X8KMGYWENyNGBcvDASVwq0FL3zeVqpJrYlnUel82a7ikXVttdhxC7aaK-hApXxLidzTQfTIzDMyDuSq/w400-h217/P4.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6x6d3iwGVwCj9rJbBIU0e0cX-RFrxQyJHgzVngTCEIQeclPAOECz9uKISkKvHnA8JGvP0asY-z-tzSDelJeCxRVj4rG0TNnhB2bPRqnzePMidn4_AqSWoRsnznSdoKsmiORXWew_ZTjH6SLDHHQFT28vWtO9w4loF2QCiTnprO-xLBGwKeisSHl_X/s1000/p5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6x6d3iwGVwCj9rJbBIU0e0cX-RFrxQyJHgzVngTCEIQeclPAOECz9uKISkKvHnA8JGvP0asY-z-tzSDelJeCxRVj4rG0TNnhB2bPRqnzePMidn4_AqSWoRsnznSdoKsmiORXWew_ZTjH6SLDHHQFT28vWtO9w4loF2QCiTnprO-xLBGwKeisSHl_X/w400-h256/p5.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Nothing more to add except to note the combinations of bad plaids, reasonable free hand shields and child like freehand flag. The latter is based on a cat from the book of Kells, which is Irish not Pictish but that's close enough for government work to my eyes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U84xgtMmZgv_r6mOu8qJ7-p-SxbQXaFMf0BDSQ5tYYgjIFjNJrbJ7Mhf5IxvGxpfYSKFN_vT63o1NE9bb9q_4oaQ-FwS6DC1KSCOlCBu67m-W3RvGzxVNHIrt2fCYhrUlh-fQIAlu3kypvjDWz1xTnitZg-LCMcRgUBrZ0s3VqPfk9h42_n3EEWv/s1000/P2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1000" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U84xgtMmZgv_r6mOu8qJ7-p-SxbQXaFMf0BDSQ5tYYgjIFjNJrbJ7Mhf5IxvGxpfYSKFN_vT63o1NE9bb9q_4oaQ-FwS6DC1KSCOlCBu67m-W3RvGzxVNHIrt2fCYhrUlh-fQIAlu3kypvjDWz1xTnitZg-LCMcRgUBrZ0s3VqPfk9h42_n3EEWv/w400-h220/P2.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>That is 12 28mm foot figures for 60 point. These count towards the Carausius Emperor of Britain Side duel which appears to be a complete dud at this point, since I'm the only one posting points. This also takes me over my target of 500 points for this years' Challenge.</p><p>Ok it turns out that I can't leave the title with out linking to one of my favourite Bowie songs from the 80s. There are two versions of the song with the film version generally seen as being superior to the Let's Dance version.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z9GbGO7CKdQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Z9GbGO7CKdQ"></iframe></div><p> </p>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-17431553893217982282023-03-09T08:14:00.001-06:002023-03-09T08:14:00.227-06:00AHPC Post 10 28mm Picts<p> </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMdFfKiNj1vWAvK7S2-EUYArGY7ILf0GOgJlF_ALIG5SAF2qzTT7eLmBHDB8VzHBiYDPKy5t-_RLgBSDseh2MiV8sBZEvbOxdbImdj249UkA2M1Au5K0m03V54hosVis_JGCHjNLnr5lJqVZURbAJvfJ2qHN30eiEtqCa2ZOG29vuBvJfaQIv09Ep/s1042/stone.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="858" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMdFfKiNj1vWAvK7S2-EUYArGY7ILf0GOgJlF_ALIG5SAF2qzTT7eLmBHDB8VzHBiYDPKy5t-_RLgBSDseh2MiV8sBZEvbOxdbImdj249UkA2M1Au5K0m03V54hosVis_JGCHjNLnr5lJqVZURbAJvfJ2qHN30eiEtqCa2ZOG29vuBvJfaQIv09Ep/w329-h400/stone.png" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberlemno_Sculptured_Stones#Aberlemno_3" style="text-align: left;">Aberlemno Stones</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxgLUnLQEuqkUFwPUYjUGW4Dwp2I5UEvATfk441-jKQYRPABCAkKdV4WU2VEnxAwVZnY2ODDwUYmOiafCBb6TqqyjcqD8BMcMoPFHn5U0CAB23QdtbCOcMFz0kyxSbPCm1XyyZdipuwOEk7wkg4ZHNjLRz1HfIIrNhGcnDD3WpButqiyYyD6CkO3S/s1000/P5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1000" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxgLUnLQEuqkUFwPUYjUGW4Dwp2I5UEvATfk441-jKQYRPABCAkKdV4WU2VEnxAwVZnY2ODDwUYmOiafCBb6TqqyjcqD8BMcMoPFHn5U0CAB23QdtbCOcMFz0kyxSbPCm1XyyZdipuwOEk7wkg4ZHNjLRz1HfIIrNhGcnDD3WpButqiyYyD6CkO3S/w400-h224/P5.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have a unit of 12 Pictish spearmen this week. Most of the figures are from the Gripping Beast plastics Pict box set. There are two metal GB command figures and some a bits from the Victrix Late Roman Infantry kit. The GBP picts use the same torsos was the GBP Irish (and the Welsh although I've not seen these in the flesh) with appropriately Pictish heads and odd shaped shields.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMtyOWx1bqkxERdbtB6B0o-zy7lU6TDSFj_DJu4jl1iHKZ-Z-QZ0xIyvreP4pvlHGf2Fq1CeqFykinZqTnjsQuW9VHn06fw1EVTqmYHJJA2UOHdnGJRoUtRQBldoCAdQLz6Kx5gyc1l0boP_E827eYBW98iIq-lvdE92tQnJnfDlh6znJhGXvLWX4/s1000/P2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMtyOWx1bqkxERdbtB6B0o-zy7lU6TDSFj_DJu4jl1iHKZ-Z-QZ0xIyvreP4pvlHGf2Fq1CeqFykinZqTnjsQuW9VHn06fw1EVTqmYHJJA2UOHdnGJRoUtRQBldoCAdQLz6Kx5gyc1l0boP_E827eYBW98iIq-lvdE92tQnJnfDlh6znJhGXvLWX4/w400-h239/P2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The metal horn blower is a bit of an awkward pose. I added a shield slung on his back but I am happy that he's a back ranker.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As I've talked about before, the Picts are a rather shadowy people from beyond the outer fringes of civilization. They've left no written record, we don't know what language they spoke or if they ever had a written language. Most of what they left us is enigmatic rock carvings. But these carving give us a decent idea of what their warriors looked like, as shown above. I love these carved images, there is some meat to go on but also a lot of mystery. they are look very Tolkienesque.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKBVCNQS_Qu8a-uRr9f1qOnc87o2GI36abi3JkcXm---kYYwABzj8bGp9qdjgwAvpFi3kGIU-pVQvvvmEBJzx0Ov57oGFCxyac5Q8K9z-b6UxBEuFi5cdZwZmSLHGwAwmnSH5iQ6Z_6ZCmnkPKqjgX8EUaFWckc4qkvoWl3cE3ejfCB-2Etwicm0s/s1000/P3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1000" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKBVCNQS_Qu8a-uRr9f1qOnc87o2GI36abi3JkcXm---kYYwABzj8bGp9qdjgwAvpFi3kGIU-pVQvvvmEBJzx0Ov57oGFCxyac5Q8K9z-b6UxBEuFi5cdZwZmSLHGwAwmnSH5iQ6Z_6ZCmnkPKqjgX8EUaFWckc4qkvoWl3cE3ejfCB-2Etwicm0s/w400-h231/P3.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The wargaming convention tends to give the Picts spearmen, reasonable light cavalry and archers (some with crossbows). This gives an army with a different flavour than their contemporary Scots-Irish and Saxon allies and/or foes.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG68ghZNeiesBgqls-FuXDcb-YapIAuSVsgL_BGbcrB-yBiKjTAlfGEvpSsGwoTeYMN79xMuT_x5nSj3np2lLwNmqaJXTAWvJfkL-r4zhSug0ZgsE5Hkvp9Etz6SgtLfx8OZ6nvGfXlSXvbihRwAC8R56Jk9KglaK8n5dgKGxtSLE2YBfyBdkTzPd3/s1000/P4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1000" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG68ghZNeiesBgqls-FuXDcb-YapIAuSVsgL_BGbcrB-yBiKjTAlfGEvpSsGwoTeYMN79xMuT_x5nSj3np2lLwNmqaJXTAWvJfkL-r4zhSug0ZgsE5Hkvp9Etz6SgtLfx8OZ6nvGfXlSXvbihRwAC8R56Jk9KglaK8n5dgKGxtSLE2YBfyBdkTzPd3/w400-h244/P4.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unlike Ray, I like my unit labels to stand out from my bases. The Blue background will differentiate Picts from Green Scots/Irish and White Romans.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've kept up with giving my units a unified shield base colour, red oxide in this case with white Pictish or Celtic squiggles. I've decided to name my Picts units with tribal labels based on animals, in the case the Deer people. This follows on the tribal names used by the Epidii in Rosemary </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Sutcliffe's Eagle of the Ninth</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKTbXNuvUwGPB0GPIdwFnvfhMowYMH9aP-LY6D79PEkpveVcPSX-6CnWC99ElEZ_PF26p4awShRajgH8UH3l2R3t-eACjARBYIroaDh9uwYB92PnMGqtzfDfS9YFiJRAuELB1LqSVVPqgq9B0d9ZM7h_4m4ib391AlyuZqJHZx3kc-8WCFYaXZs7U/s1000/P1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1000" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKTbXNuvUwGPB0GPIdwFnvfhMowYMH9aP-LY6D79PEkpveVcPSX-6CnWC99ElEZ_PF26p4awShRajgH8UH3l2R3t-eACjARBYIroaDh9uwYB92PnMGqtzfDfS9YFiJRAuELB1LqSVVPqgq9B0d9ZM7h_4m4ib391AlyuZqJHZx3kc-8WCFYaXZs7U/w400-h217/P1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The flag and shields are hand painted. the flag is not my best one, but I am out of practice and it looks good enough for the table top. I'm not all that happy with the plaids but they look ok when squinted at from a distance.</span>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-51764218364484402302023-03-08T08:12:00.002-06:002023-03-08T08:12:00.213-06:00AHPC Post 9 Roman Infantry for Under Construction<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13O9BtlsHftKicS5QI3Jr9j28igEl5UgDN7sm7H-b-7e-zoQv8I6p8GhLa664N6fWBYtPpqz3okxRhLcUyv7vT1XCLVTBhhelLzJ8Pfr6J5CMH4BrLRkZ1HSIZq4li8maxTQJuu6d68nfFswIJuL3choLUlZKFys1pOSnmqv325fRTH1OENHs_-hu/s1000/r5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1000" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13O9BtlsHftKicS5QI3Jr9j28igEl5UgDN7sm7H-b-7e-zoQv8I6p8GhLa664N6fWBYtPpqz3okxRhLcUyv7vT1XCLVTBhhelLzJ8Pfr6J5CMH4BrLRkZ1HSIZq4li8maxTQJuu6d68nfFswIJuL3choLUlZKFys1pOSnmqv325fRTH1OENHs_-hu/w400-h341/r5.png" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Next up for me is a unit of 12 Late Roman Infantry for the Under Construction theme. I had a good burst of painting activity on mid to late October and got these figures partly painted during that time. Then my wife came home from visiting her mother and suddenly there was a lot of other stuff to get done.....</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg12GfSZYfzRj8m7VP7jBEYokh97Mjszvb5rxLlim7ItsjBO5gCsUgCOcS73pgKToUHNHH3oxKZGkHPUId2WcMkfrApUbMEGwvyI3fMlMZi6YwqXVSgBSpL6glN54xnSg3eneYnBqv9z4K0CLW1M_rKDs9PGztM5qsvDzgdmNG7FMicYR0d-55oUN-/s1000/r1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1000" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg12GfSZYfzRj8m7VP7jBEYokh97Mjszvb5rxLlim7ItsjBO5gCsUgCOcS73pgKToUHNHH3oxKZGkHPUId2WcMkfrApUbMEGwvyI3fMlMZi6YwqXVSgBSpL6glN54xnSg3eneYnBqv9z4K0CLW1M_rKDs9PGztM5qsvDzgdmNG7FMicYR0d-55oUN-/w400-h264/r1.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Anyway they are finished now, 12 28mm figures all of them Gripping Beast. Ten of the figures are stock from the Plastic Late Roman box kit while the standard bearer and one of the officers are metals from the Arthurian range. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprAxgDkIXdZXxx2gY-E1_oLXJKeIG7HYitBvB_TNtmOPFcXIeSgEqbpEcRpWJKn9-NKF5DVBgHYByFpTMFZFD0uDj4TakUn_JJdZObHYBFDOQH8xVmRE8pxFYEn-1nkwzHASZuSH6KWNUouelGSph-8FBCkgNHm_uAutEn4DwkgdXF4pzkD_XLMqh/s1000/R3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprAxgDkIXdZXxx2gY-E1_oLXJKeIG7HYitBvB_TNtmOPFcXIeSgEqbpEcRpWJKn9-NKF5DVBgHYByFpTMFZFD0uDj4TakUn_JJdZObHYBFDOQH8xVmRE8pxFYEn-1nkwzHASZuSH6KWNUouelGSph-8FBCkgNHm_uAutEn4DwkgdXF4pzkD_XLMqh/w400-h229/R3.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have painted them as members of the Legionis Secundae Augustae based at Rutupiae near Sandwich in Kent, now known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richborough_Castle">Richborough Castle</a>, under the command of the Comes litoris Saxonici per Britanniam. This is one of the units based in Brittania which are the descendents of Legio II Augusta who had been part of the original Claudian Invasion force and never left the island. Rutupiae is where a lot of the action in Rosemary Sutcliffe's novel The Silver Branch takes place. <br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBVJiRu-jEoiPQNjKKYx411PWm0SvmMCZSV0VhD6157_p0sJt9EZs4fVII_LU5QJeKpK-zoXTccMLraXF6_F-XByuXKc5VF3FCzxEZRPr1evtSckW7KBz1ctEV6SgOnvcbmMURsxrWnGvfw_DkQo4dTi8wW4CI2kQtsPwWcR0kVXZjitSNY7FKQyU/s1000/R2.png" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1000" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBVJiRu-jEoiPQNjKKYx411PWm0SvmMCZSV0VhD6157_p0sJt9EZs4fVII_LU5QJeKpK-zoXTccMLraXF6_F-XByuXKc5VF3FCzxEZRPr1evtSckW7KBz1ctEV6SgOnvcbmMURsxrWnGvfw_DkQo4dTi8wW4CI2kQtsPwWcR0kVXZjitSNY7FKQyU/w400-h260/R2.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br />So far I have painted several units based on Legio II Augusta including some <a href="https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/from-peterd-roman-lanciarii-33-points.html">Lanciari</a> and a <a href="https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/from-peterd-late-roman-cheiroballistrae.html">ballista</a> earlier in the Challenge. I'll treat this as a standard unit of Auxiliary, neither Verean or Raw, under the To the Strongest ruleset we've been using. The GB plastics give a nice regular look to the unit with a couple of archers in the back ranks for a bit of long range fire power. The vexillum has a rough impression of the Capricorn (a sort of goat/mermaid hybrid) emblem of Legio II Augusta.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnC1WwoDfHMUTDxjcnrVzKT3kIAspeGCS5JEOm7qV_SYlaEVMrAP6MvriB9RjtEkT1p1tkdTBwSFuvg8UYj4zn-W6N2KKsXMGaEil0LAmF0BwfpVt2KFm9GBlt2x-Xmg6YrBjGAVkah-HES-WFW25n0Cm-A5X0EffzhkKJu7WHtC6eotQaJAwNqzI/s969/Map%20Feb%209%20pt%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="969" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnC1WwoDfHMUTDxjcnrVzKT3kIAspeGCS5JEOm7qV_SYlaEVMrAP6MvriB9RjtEkT1p1tkdTBwSFuvg8UYj4zn-W6N2KKsXMGaEil0LAmF0BwfpVt2KFm9GBlt2x-Xmg6YrBjGAVkah-HES-WFW25n0Cm-A5X0EffzhkKJu7WHtC6eotQaJAwNqzI/w400-h281/Map%20Feb%209%20pt%202.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><span>I also thought I'd share some photos from a recent game played with my Barbarian Conspiracy period armies, which I began work on during Challenge XII. It's at Curt Clubhouse using his terrain mat and river, but you can see my British Village, Dark Age fort and a lot of my troops on table. Also visible are JeremyM from prior challenges, SylvainR (with beer) and Curt's legs.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRrVcPgn0c0BK1Z4ilCDTKLESzgR81CdmwKFbOQR7XKkgYFTlfabBbREKHRT6MHB3tWqtLMBwTu7AIacM_E3Nvoxlft2u-YiH6G7Qs2YDB-eA-WITMdAzzXayKwWKydaCxTGSbkvvqKHJwGxmkeFXvziLdhvmlw5ysbjkEnFrX5jRnZk4hYLAflpo/s1000/g1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRrVcPgn0c0BK1Z4ilCDTKLESzgR81CdmwKFbOQR7XKkgYFTlfabBbREKHRT6MHB3tWqtLMBwTu7AIacM_E3Nvoxlft2u-YiH6G7Qs2YDB-eA-WITMdAzzXayKwWKydaCxTGSbkvvqKHJwGxmkeFXvziLdhvmlw5ysbjkEnFrX5jRnZk4hYLAflpo/w400-h300/g1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Scots Irish deeply so as to give the ballistae in the fort a wide berth.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa_cnfaraSGZtSDE9hc99Pby2kJ1soYoHHQ1a8acwjwbPWG9NnI5UWMZZRsUTaZvV0Gopp4b_PBE8J9yHFn7HNQK0vl19KtzjSVc-fnD_jw1l7UJwvtjeXuC_VhztMdlku-Kej3DHAbqHnmlq6JovouuwASjRaYTJe9nPexofmC7458Gc-Jfixawa/s1000/g6.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa_cnfaraSGZtSDE9hc99Pby2kJ1soYoHHQ1a8acwjwbPWG9NnI5UWMZZRsUTaZvV0Gopp4b_PBE8J9yHFn7HNQK0vl19KtzjSVc-fnD_jw1l7UJwvtjeXuC_VhztMdlku-Kej3DHAbqHnmlq6JovouuwASjRaYTJe9nPexofmC7458Gc-Jfixawa/w400-h300/g6.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bases I used are a little wide for the fort's ramparts so we used MDF bases to prop up the missile troops</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The base points count toward both the SPQR and </span></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Carausius Emperor of Britain Side duels.</span></span></span></p><div><span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji"><span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"><br /></span></span></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-31380368433130494622023-03-07T08:11:00.005-06:002023-03-07T08:21:27.363-06:00AHPC Post 8 Limo to Black and White<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've been largely ignoring the Studio lot themes, but thought I'd try and pickup a few theme points using stuff at hand.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTRwAsJpjaBwAvn0GgjMXe1KuCkkL1FeZ4G60f84xJRbSH91y5f486KQ9Zc_wT1Ss5IoxaPiM0e8wgnIG5qB66Y6M96OuDB2oDBTROL5y2gmaNOGpx4u10u8g66xOx0323o_DHLPzoC7UJJy-KD8jJKZuhFZjx4juQjxbxFaVMAb9aX-y2O-4j4kq/s858/L1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="741" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTRwAsJpjaBwAvn0GgjMXe1KuCkkL1FeZ4G60f84xJRbSH91y5f486KQ9Zc_wT1Ss5IoxaPiM0e8wgnIG5qB66Y6M96OuDB2oDBTROL5y2gmaNOGpx4u10u8g66xOx0323o_DHLPzoC7UJJy-KD8jJKZuhFZjx4juQjxbxFaVMAb9aX-y2O-4j4kq/w345-h400/L1.png" width="345" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jBMXHWHQKfSP7aVE6_XDeDFY3g3nP6ESLK2fKW0PIYjvEwArgfKHH8ScNx8G-_RikNLsnJ2LkLyBCDE1v3Z7JxcoHh093AWGIiBH2ypi1sKGSLStVbLmhOjD9yIB92uIv0qLgs7tHFkUZzokJiZYlm7GaehTnUhHn0qi4xilOaKrLzlV_wCSpTTL/s911/L2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jBMXHWHQKfSP7aVE6_XDeDFY3g3nP6ESLK2fKW0PIYjvEwArgfKHH8ScNx8G-_RikNLsnJ2LkLyBCDE1v3Z7JxcoHh093AWGIiBH2ypi1sKGSLStVbLmhOjD9yIB92uIv0qLgs7tHFkUZzokJiZYlm7GaehTnUhHn0qi4xilOaKrLzlV_wCSpTTL/w320-h400/L2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First up I need to take a Limo using this figure to secure my ride. This is a RAFM Call of Cthulhu figure that I picked up 20 years ago. She came in a pack of nurses, most of which ended up in may Colonial collection. I also think she bears a resemblance to Tamsin when a new Challenge member prematurely hits the "Publish" button before getting his or her minion to vet the post.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp-UlcrgO6jV8R90M7BJnWxJaE_s9zCR2yLKU1TfbvUFjyPNB7kGIGEpScN-whOHGSflkguuwu6AS69PV8MxnrFCAPABmwPT5J5TmU7KhI59I226z-iCbvN8BB5a90jTbhJf2KIbPP4hnVx4r6zDtD3vV3APvMy2hWWiymoM4wzkTUxZ8x_Qp8_9H/s893/B1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="729" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp-UlcrgO6jV8R90M7BJnWxJaE_s9zCR2yLKU1TfbvUFjyPNB7kGIGEpScN-whOHGSflkguuwu6AS69PV8MxnrFCAPABmwPT5J5TmU7KhI59I226z-iCbvN8BB5a90jTbhJf2KIbPP4hnVx4r6zDtD3vV3APvMy2hWWiymoM4wzkTUxZ8x_Qp8_9H/w326-h400/B1.png" width="326" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT8YCdr6Yt9l3imRDmcsy7dOL6D2769qtdPh6RIbphBpY0YcZw-NpV6i7S-bJvgcwsrPJe7vHs_989nRCjsReMb_D4ddu-67JM05sOBHSkl2xkkqDUWMtPSQiFDOrjOCGkNb99Klv04-sJlqOTKeGgra74XK2DETdSukoH9E5RttzDLT6obh43fuC/s827/B2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyT8YCdr6Yt9l3imRDmcsy7dOL6D2769qtdPh6RIbphBpY0YcZw-NpV6i7S-bJvgcwsrPJe7vHs_989nRCjsReMb_D4ddu-67JM05sOBHSkl2xkkqDUWMtPSQiFDOrjOCGkNb99Klv04-sJlqOTKeGgra74XK2DETdSukoH9E5RttzDLT6obh43fuC/w276-h400/B2.png" width="276" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I'll have the Limo drop me off at the Black and White Studio and claim this greyscale bat and stalagmite (or is it a stalactite? I await Dr Cook's rebuke.). The bat came in a pack of familiars sold by WizKids. I painted it as a shameless grab for points but it could prove useful in a dungeon crawl etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We live in a Bat friendly house, with each of our vehicles having a colour coordinated guard bat on duty. Better yet we had a Biology grad student set up a Bat Monitor in our back yard and we turned out to be in a high Bat Traffic Area. It took a lot of self control not to refer to the young lady as the Batgirl (at least not to her face).</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkOOSJlRXV4hAdOLgaW1xt08PFWaBOZAH8qY0ranEmXVrm7nolslj47E4nEWVHeU8qpdxFY0Sv_n8haRMTScEHBp_mtSeeTRgpZx4x3UHfrsatMiGG5Zkmh4-xW33qLvQjHAt2ArBWGYUdnfoD-pM6C99PMj9FrOoDPod-r6nKB9GWCkLSNy4M_fh/s4032/Bat%20pic.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkOOSJlRXV4hAdOLgaW1xt08PFWaBOZAH8qY0ranEmXVrm7nolslj47E4nEWVHeU8qpdxFY0Sv_n8haRMTScEHBp_mtSeeTRgpZx4x3UHfrsatMiGG5Zkmh4-xW33qLvQjHAt2ArBWGYUdnfoD-pM6C99PMj9FrOoDPod-r6nKB9GWCkLSNy4M_fh/w400-h300/Bat%20pic.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabat on duty (our Forester is blue). Other members of our colony are Zippy and Batsmeralda while former member Batrick went to live with the <strike>Batgirl</strike> Bat Researcher because she drove a green car.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here's my updated studio map.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdm0Su7qKQU0wRqy8jQ_MjSxKKLKp8sfFhOZDFoTeg5pymvEb8dMzUPcQdXxhvlcx05QL0rxw3NnEH4_lSb_ML3XllV3qM4_WUDHKCqoxWGVP_gm28pZxrbNxr_9UQWxae9ru04QNxOLjhh06rdY9Rivf-_ob8t49I26E7XmfkizVTjtyo9HDijYcz/s969/Map%20Feb%209.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="969" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdm0Su7qKQU0wRqy8jQ_MjSxKKLKp8sfFhOZDFoTeg5pymvEb8dMzUPcQdXxhvlcx05QL0rxw3NnEH4_lSb_ML3XllV3qM4_WUDHKCqoxWGVP_gm28pZxrbNxr_9UQWxae9ru04QNxOLjhh06rdY9Rivf-_ob8t49I26E7XmfkizVTjtyo9HDijYcz/s320/Map%20Feb%209.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise it 5 for the 28mm figure and maybe 1 terrain point (1/20 of a cube) for the bat plus 20 each for the Limo and Lot location.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266274446798484845.post-5280930377660610222023-02-09T08:30:00.001-06:002023-03-07T08:21:34.939-06:00AHPC Post 7 Late Roman Watchtower<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEL3tb6M0cVCurvU76EyqxbpwwNLM4t-Td5Wobv5LO9h2ymYkbR-65sw89DYcgvGXhoG_v0qCElQOTuUGgjqZQWn9YgJD1ZcwpcmgsgQTnztRh0sDXxjLYcJlCzOxUpt21SmmGdbRU2kJNd-VSaWCCDV3UHHlmeIt4T5tvHylyJR1KEYNEADyUehR/s1000/T5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="634" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEL3tb6M0cVCurvU76EyqxbpwwNLM4t-Td5Wobv5LO9h2ymYkbR-65sw89DYcgvGXhoG_v0qCElQOTuUGgjqZQWn9YgJD1ZcwpcmgsgQTnztRh0sDXxjLYcJlCzOxUpt21SmmGdbRU2kJNd-VSaWCCDV3UHHlmeIt4T5tvHylyJR1KEYNEADyUehR/w254-h400/T5.png" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cohort of Tungrians mans the ramparts </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I was travelling for 4 days this week, so only a small offering in the form of this 28mm Roman Watchtower. As with most of my BUAs it is a Sarissa pdf kit which went together nicely and painted up well.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEUVhubO1wxi6uBJ3lebEKLnKkMcmkoJvtaDv1G8eRw46Rr7XGde_aKYSkMHpnT7o5-PlsMaQAmEmnjc60JkJ2lVS6MnhU41lB3zSUByFG0iBthIGzwp0FhaHKjVRBFIIG2aevoz_LkSaY6nKQmKLq8Ic5ZKtHd9nD7TGwiQ6RHyxUnIfLR0rlLG4/s1000/T1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="865" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEUVhubO1wxi6uBJ3lebEKLnKkMcmkoJvtaDv1G8eRw46Rr7XGde_aKYSkMHpnT7o5-PlsMaQAmEmnjc60JkJ2lVS6MnhU41lB3zSUByFG0iBthIGzwp0FhaHKjVRBFIIG2aevoz_LkSaY6nKQmKLq8Ic5ZKtHd9nD7TGwiQ6RHyxUnIfLR0rlLG4/w348-h400/T1.png" width="348" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's not as substantial as a Saxon Shore fort or Milecastle on the Wall, but should be useful in scenario applications or as table dressing. The whitewash with red brick trim comes from Osprey books on the Saxon Shore forts and the Wall, but is also confirmed by serious history books written by respected academics. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLL_S-qs6SECOFN9A4qPOpQ9MPUlOLY7aLUKyZcl6av7m5R1AJK7kYciyUk24htUysIOUpoYV7G0GEzmjnX5QoihE2xsesXxWtNR4aQ1JkG9xyeaFz0R2MqE1jkvfp6z32nVfyoduLwIDk5LbwJI9Hd91CU6B4QJnobP99EHP6HCO96vj-BINgpQS/s1000/T2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="921" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLL_S-qs6SECOFN9A4qPOpQ9MPUlOLY7aLUKyZcl6av7m5R1AJK7kYciyUk24htUysIOUpoYV7G0GEzmjnX5QoihE2xsesXxWtNR4aQ1JkG9xyeaFz0R2MqE1jkvfp6z32nVfyoduLwIDk5LbwJI9Hd91CU6B4QJnobP99EHP6HCO96vj-BINgpQS/w369-h400/T2.png" width="369" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWH2Nlt_S_3Re4lyypuN7AxGfm2I0yO7rN1aHDGH8LHPvVGqlVZA7Z36tGWy0k2puki8GXNDtlr2HPZ4qFW27ic8kpW9DsuETBc5tsHMkM22eK15rgEuamHPFk4Vum2-aWrKOnmHiXtUYWL5XgIbsRUuqpUkxuiMF2jh5igNdhMCLC8xHJvaMb2cKg/s1000/T4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1000" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWH2Nlt_S_3Re4lyypuN7AxGfm2I0yO7rN1aHDGH8LHPvVGqlVZA7Z36tGWy0k2puki8GXNDtlr2HPZ4qFW27ic8kpW9DsuETBc5tsHMkM22eK15rgEuamHPFk4Vum2-aWrKOnmHiXtUYWL5XgIbsRUuqpUkxuiMF2jh5igNdhMCLC8xHJvaMb2cKg/w400-h353/T4.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />The interior space nicely fits one of my 60mm square bases. The top floor removes so that you can access the first (UK) or second (rest of the world) floor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2iUizhuM8-RLas6CXrzBiDmOpDru6iuCl-1SiP1BZS1FFEfIKIJrZtEZBdciyknTJ3q91egq8pzCbKSFnffMikDCArtq7IW6aVBBDXdvJbhXEbvAJcM7NXgUWgn9nhly5xw2rbG1o8PCYCNs-gP8q6mRj2iK78Ovz5fGIr_4BpLjPvW9BAV1uZ1p/s1000/T6.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1000" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2iUizhuM8-RLas6CXrzBiDmOpDru6iuCl-1SiP1BZS1FFEfIKIJrZtEZBdciyknTJ3q91egq8pzCbKSFnffMikDCArtq7IW6aVBBDXdvJbhXEbvAJcM7NXgUWgn9nhly5xw2rbG1o8PCYCNs-gP8q6mRj2iK78Ovz5fGIr_4BpLjPvW9BAV1uZ1p/w400-h349/T6.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior view. </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I added some minimal ground cover, except that under the stairs looks like a place blackberries would grow. I also added some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_ite_domum">grammatically correct graffiti </a>to the back wall. See this following link for a reference (incidentally when my daughter was having trouble conducting verbs int French immersion I used this clip as a teaching aide)....</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lczHvB3Y9s" width="320" youtube-src-id="0lczHvB3Y9s"></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Points wise this measures out to about 1/2 a terrain cube. I'd give the math but I don't want to cause pain to Greg, so we'll go with the "here's where the miracle occurs" method common among my students when approaching proofs.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Peter Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com4