Argentoratum/Strasbourg refight

This our clubs upcoming game  in June on the 17th of June. Between, Dave, Richard and myself we decided back in Feb to put together a refight of Argentoratum. I have been slowly working through my Roman army and also Daves! Along with this I have also been madly painting the Alamannic army, with only about a week to go it will be tight but worth it! I am yet to base any figures for the game hence no recent posts of painted figures so I have put together a list of waht is done and what needs doing!!!!! We will be playing with the Impetus rules which I am still reading at the moment!

CavalryEquites octavo Dalmatae (vexillationes comitatenses unit) light cavalry Painted
Scola Scutariorum Sagittariorum Painted
Scola gentilium seniorum (heavy cavalry) Painted
Scola Scutariorum Clibanariorum (guard extra heavy cavalry) Painted
Equites Sagittarii Clibanariorum (vexillatio comitatensis) Painted
Scola Scutariorum Prima (guard cavalry) probably light .......Dave
Scola armaturarum seniorum (with Julian) (heavy cavalry) Painted Dave

SeverusPrima Flavia Gallicana Constantia (Pseudocomitatenses) Painted
Sagittarii Tungri(auxilia palatina) painted
Sagittarii venatores (auxilia palatina)painted
Sagittarii Nervii Gallicani painted
Balistarii pseudocomitatenses painted

First Line
Petulantes seniores (auxilia palatina) painted
Heruli seniores (auxilia palatina) painted
Moesiacii seniores (comitatenses) Richard Painted
Pannoniciani seniores (comitatenses) Dave
Ioviani seniores (Legiones palatinae) Richard Painted
Heculani seniores (Legiones palatinae) Richard Painted
Cornuti seniores (auxilia palatina) painted
Brachiati seniores (auxilia palatina) painted

Second Line
Celtae seniores (Auxilia palatina) painted
Primani seniores painted
Batavi seniores (auxilia palatina) painted
Regii seniores (auxilia palatina) painted

Alamannic
16 warbands x 2 deep (32 bases)....still being painted!
8 light cavalry 4 painted
6 light inf bases painted


next post will be the battle report!!!!!!!

cheers
Matt

Ross Skimmer Memorial Game

Last year we lost a member of the Goulburn Vailiant Stormers, Ross was almost exclusivly a ww2 gamer, he primarily collected Wehrmacht for Rapid Fire and loved to beat up yanks, so we decided to conduct two memorial games for him. In German warrior tradition I did not cut my facial hair and Chris did not have a haircut for 100 days.

Ross loved a well terrained table and Chris and I done our best for his memorial games. 

cheers

Matt

Bloody April canvas eagles

The month of April 1917 was known as Bloody April by the Royal Flying Corps. The RFC suffered particularly severe losses — about three times as many as the Imperial German Army Air Service during the spring offensive in support of the ground assaults.


We played 5 games in four hours (with two coffee and one lunch brake in between) we tuned up the game mechanics a little as we played, the game was on a six by five table with four players and was normally over in 15 minutes although one did last less than three minutes.

We had a good day out, the Germans however had the worse of it and this April ended up very bloody for them! I was happy how the rules played, the key to convention rules is simplicity and speed so you can churn players through the game. A big thanks to Ryan, Boyd Ian and Greg For the great games

cheers
Matt

Foederati

Roman Foederati

Painted these for our clubs latest painting competition, I will be using them as late Romans and Foederati! The miniatures are a mix of old glory and Gripping Beast and LBM transfers.

Foederati

Confrontation Clones of Dirz

Andrew asked me to paint some Confrontation Dirz for him after Cancon, and I have finally got around to putting up some pictures, I am quite happy with how they turned out.

cheers

matt

The Franks are coming

Off the desk for the "Aftermath" competition on the clubs forum some foundry Franks, I will be using them for markers for games.