Matt
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Norman Casualty markers
For some time I have been painting a mates Norman army it is days from completion, the next few days I will post some pictures of the figures, some were touch ups and rebasing others were complete paint jobs, they are from a number of ranges so enjoy! They are based and marked up for Impetus but could be used for other rules.
cheers
Matt
cheers
Matt
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
The “Bonnie Blue Flag” ACW weekend in July
July is our clubs annual ACW
and mid-19th century bash where a few of us roll out our games for
two days of gaming in the period.
Boyd, Rich, John, Dave, Mat
and I played two games of 28mm ACW using Jonny Reb III rules over the two days.
On the First day we played a
little round top scenario by Scott Mingus. Boyd and Richard commanded the Union,
the confederates were commanded by John and I. The Confederate attack had early success when
John’s long range shooting caused a number of casualties on the unit beside the
20th Maine, who fell back in disorder, the confederates moved
forward and received and gave moving fires for two turns, the union
sharpshooters commanded by Richard really whittled down the confederates so
much that one Confederate Regt failed morale and ran off the table leaving the
others to continue the assault, mostly cracking rolling by Richard (by the 20th
Maine) seen another off triggering a Brigade Morale test which I promptly
failed….1s pick up remainder of brigade….the
follow up brigade fared no better and the game ended around 2pm, time to set up
for the next day!
The second day Boyd, Richard
and Dave commanded the Union against, the confederate commanders John, Mat and
I. The game was a fictional game
based on a counterattack by the union against the tired Confederate centre
around the Wheatfield’s along Plum Run on the second day of Gettysburg.
The Confederates had a +1 disadvantage
to all morale rolls, which is ok early but once the casualties start…….. The
Union had a +1 firing modifier which really tolled if they rolled well. The
Union were a little worried as they advanced
but their artillery done great damage on a number of units, one battery
actually rolled all sixes and all but wiped out a small 12 figure batn, who
promptly routed and took one other with them in the process, leaving a gaping
hole between two brigades. The union advance on the right was extremely
successful with two confederate batns totally destroyed and two others routing
leaving a gaping hole in the line, the union were finally blunted and Johns
troops counterattacked which was quite good to see, whoever the entire left
flank of the confederates collapsed after two batns routed and the remainder of
the brigade become shaken and then finally routed, this caused morale rolls all
through my brigade which became shaken and finally routed leaving the hill and
the fields to the union troops…….must get myself some new dice I think!
On Sunday a second game ran
behind us with around ten players playing a Kriegspiel wild west game, that
always seemed on the edge of anarchy! The town was aptly named “Profanity.” My
favourite recollections coming from that general direction;
Cowboy Player “ I’m going for
a long range snap shot”
Gamemaster “ well it is
extreme range and there are Mexican civilians in the way”
Cowboy player “ that’s ok”
Gamemaster rolls dice
Mexican cowboy “ok, who shot
the women and baby, now my gang of Mexicans will be very angry”
Cowboy player “I cannot see
anything to shoot, can I shoot the sheep?”
Cowboy Player “I am going to
hide in this building”
Gamemaster “it’s on fire”
Cowboy Player “that’s fine”
Gamemaster “OK, now you do
know that you have a bag of the tnt with you…….oh shit (boom)”
Player “damn Pinkertons, how
come they shoot so well”
Gamemaster “well they aim,
they are using rifles, and you are on you galloping horse, with a pair of
pistols trying to shoot up to a two story window with a verandah in the way”
It was as funny as it sounds…….
Day two union assault a confederate siege gun position, rules JonnyReb III
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Cheers
Matt
Saturday, May 18, 2013
RIP Frederick Funcken
On Thursday, May 16th 2013, Fred Funcken passed away at the age of 91 years leaving a legacy and fond memories for many wargamers and Comic readers on my generation. Fred was born in Belgium in on October 5th,1921, he published his first comic at the age of 12, then learnt his trade duing the war, first print making and then working as a comic illustrator. After the war he joined his friend Fernand Cheneval at Heroic Albums and later met his wife Lillianne, they started thier wonderful working relationship and the fantastic Tintin comics series. In the 60s Lilliane and Fred started the Uniformology Military Uniforms series covering all periods of history, which are still held in high esteem today, by wargamers and historians today.
His historical comic series included Tintin, White Knight, Harald the Viking, Jack Diamond, Lt Burton, Captian and the Saint Preux .
As a fellow red nut I was excited to get my tintin comics as a young kid, (and will now activly source all of this series) and at the age of Ten my mother bought me the two part series Arms and Uniforms of the Napoleonic wars and I was hooked for life, 35 years later I now own probaly 8 of his uniformology books and always on the lookout for more of them.
Fare the well Fred
cheers
Matt
Monday, April 22, 2013
Absent........
My apologies that I have not posted for over a month, my Father Albert (Bertie) Williamson passed away in March at the age of 77, his funeral was very large with over 450 people attending and over 1000 sympathy cards arriving over the last four weeks.
Dad was a well known Australian Stock Horse, race horse breeder and Hereford cattle farmer. Dad was involved with a lot of rural organisations during his life, he was a Former President of the New England Rural Lands Protection Board, former President of the Pinkett Sports Society (a rodeo held on our property for 25 years, before being moved to its current location where it is in its 44th year), Life member of the Glen Innes Show Society, a member of the Royal Sydney Show Society, The Australian Stock Horse Society accredited Horse Judge, Australian Bushmans, Campdraft and Rodeo Association accredited judge, Captain Pinkett-Yarrow Creek Volunteer Firefighters, Glen Innes Pony Club selector and member, Glen Valley Polo X club, coach , umpire and selector, Glen Innes Tentpegging Club and a number of other rural organisations around Glen Innes and the New England region.
During his life he loved to spend time on his beloved stock horses on our properties and lease hold country, roaming and mustering cattle in the wild eastern fall country of Upper New England. Some horses come to mind "Bushboy" (a famous flat racehorse and campdrafter), "Rusty Robin", "Robin", "Penny", "Pigeon" "Silver", "Banjo", "Rachel", "Pepsi", "Cilia" and "Buster".
Dad was a well known Australian Stock Horse, race horse breeder and Hereford cattle farmer. Dad was involved with a lot of rural organisations during his life, he was a Former President of the New England Rural Lands Protection Board, former President of the Pinkett Sports Society (a rodeo held on our property for 25 years, before being moved to its current location where it is in its 44th year), Life member of the Glen Innes Show Society, a member of the Royal Sydney Show Society, The Australian Stock Horse Society accredited Horse Judge, Australian Bushmans, Campdraft and Rodeo Association accredited judge, Captain Pinkett-Yarrow Creek Volunteer Firefighters, Glen Innes Pony Club selector and member, Glen Valley Polo X club, coach , umpire and selector, Glen Innes Tentpegging Club and a number of other rural organisations around Glen Innes and the New England region.
During his life he loved to spend time on his beloved stock horses on our properties and lease hold country, roaming and mustering cattle in the wild eastern fall country of Upper New England. Some horses come to mind "Bushboy" (a famous flat racehorse and campdrafter), "Rusty Robin", "Robin", "Penny", "Pigeon" "Silver", "Banjo", "Rachel", "Pepsi", "Cilia" and "Buster".
At times we would spend two weeks mustering the back country with pack horses moving from mustering hut to mustering hut, bringing in the cattle after a winter in the back country. A good walker was important to cover long distances of up to 40klms in a day, faster than a vehicle in most cases along the bush tracks. In his younger days he loved flat racing (horse sprints two furlongs or less long) and would ride to events up to 35 klms, race, perhaps even campdraft with the same horse and then ride home again.
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A picture of Dad in 1996, riding Pepsi (one of my favourites), a unknown Packhorse behind, not sure of the dogs names (but the black dog on the right is "Black Barb" a cross between a Kelpie and Dingo, they don't bark and are good lead dogs and will bite, very nasty to strangers and protective of the owner)
He was a great believer in good horse breeding and had a good eye for horses, as children we were always set up on great horses and for most of the summer we travelled to shows, rodeos and campdrafting events in the New England, and in the winter Polo x was our chosen sport.
He was also a keen cattle breeder and we had at times up to 1000 breeding cattle on the various properties, what I remember though is the mustering of the cows and calves from the lease contry (which is now mostly National park) into our land for branding etc. This country is some of the "wildest in NSW" (remarked upon by the famous Layland Brothers) all of it falls from the tablelands to the coast some areas included Henry River valley, the Sara river valley, London bridge, Baileys, the Seven Mile, Paddys Land, and Chaelundi (New South Wales, Australia)to view this country just search on google maps and you will see just how wild it is!
Dad was also fond of the a good sirlion, t-bone, roasted lamb, bagpipes, bush poetry, telling rippings yarns, fine spirits (Scotch, Brandy and rum) and his beloved stout!
He will be missed by Mum, my two Sisters, Deanna, Cate, Tom, and myself, our partners, his 9 grandchildren, his 7 surviving brothers and sisters and all of his mates.
cheers
Matt
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He was a great believer in good horse breeding and had a good eye for horses, as children we were always set up on great horses and for most of the summer we travelled to shows, rodeos and campdrafting events in the New England, and in the winter Polo x was our chosen sport.
He was also a keen cattle breeder and we had at times up to 1000 breeding cattle on the various properties, what I remember though is the mustering of the cows and calves from the lease contry (which is now mostly National park) into our land for branding etc. This country is some of the "wildest in NSW" (remarked upon by the famous Layland Brothers) all of it falls from the tablelands to the coast some areas included Henry River valley, the Sara river valley, London bridge, Baileys, the Seven Mile, Paddys Land, and Chaelundi (New South Wales, Australia)to view this country just search on google maps and you will see just how wild it is!
Dad was also fond of the a good sirlion, t-bone, roasted lamb, bagpipes, bush poetry, telling rippings yarns, fine spirits (Scotch, Brandy and rum) and his beloved stout!
He will be missed by Mum, my two Sisters, Deanna, Cate, Tom, and myself, our partners, his 9 grandchildren, his 7 surviving brothers and sisters and all of his mates.
cheers
Matt
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Primae Legio Armeniaca
1st Armeniaca Legio
I have only found one reference to garrison of the Primae Legio Armeniaca, the coastal city of Anemurium (on the tip of Cape Anamur, opposite Cyprus) the city was sacked by the the Sassanids in 260 AD. The unit was raised to the Field Army status to take part in Julian's' campaign of 363, and was still part of the field army in 395AD (ND).
The figures are from the Crusader Late Roman range, the shields are hand painted, and this is my second last infantry unit in this army.
Cheers
Matt
Friday, March 8, 2013
I Parthica Severiana Antoniniana
One of the three Parthian Legions (raised in Thrace and Macedonia), by the Emperor Lucius Spetimius Severus for his successful campaign against the Sassanids in 197AD (sacking Ctesiphon). After the campaign I Parthica was then posted to the fortress city of Singara (Sinjar, Iraq)controlling the road between Edessa and Nisibis for the next 150 years.
From Inscriptions we also know that the Legio was at one time in Lycia and Cyrenaica. The First Parthian were all but destroyed in the siege of Singara in 360AD, sub units retired to Bezbade (modern Cizre, Turkey) but this also fell to the Sassanids. Some must of escaped these disasters and the Legion was reformed and transferred to Constantina (Tella, on the road between Edessa and Nisibis) and later Cepha where they remained until the 5th century.
Gordian III & Tranquillina. 238-244 AD. Æ 33mm (26.18 gm). Singara mint.Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left Tyche seated left on rock, holding small branch over river god swimming left; above Centaur Sagittarius shooting arrow from bow.
The units emblem was a Centaur, the figures are from the crusader range, the shields are hand painted and are copied from a tile mosaic which is attributed to a Parthian Legio.
cheers
Matt
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Cuneus Equitum Secundorum Clibanariorum Palmirenorum
Next unit off the table for my is my last unit of heavy cavalry for my Romans, the Cuneus Equitum Secundorum Clibanariorum Palmirenorum, this unit was stationed in Antioch under the command of the Comitatus Orientis.
The Units name has caused a lot of confusion among historians for some time, Cuneus means wedge in latin, so did the Palmirenorum fight in a blunt wedge, or were they a small part of the whole unit, the Secundorum is the second; the second Clibanariorum Palmirenorum, where is the first, was it destroyed, disbanded? And finally who raised it? Is it a unit that was raised by the Lion of Palmyra and did not take part in Zenobia's rebellion?
I wanted to do a unit that was a little different from my first unit, with a mix of open faces. I have not found out yet if they campaigned with any of the Roman campaigns in the east, but I suspect that they may have. The Miniatures are all A and A ; A except two horses (face armour) which are Gripping Beast, the colours are all conjectural.
The Units name has caused a lot of confusion among historians for some time, Cuneus means wedge in latin, so did the Palmirenorum fight in a blunt wedge, or were they a small part of the whole unit, the Secundorum is the second; the second Clibanariorum Palmirenorum, where is the first, was it destroyed, disbanded? And finally who raised it? Is it a unit that was raised by the Lion of Palmyra and did not take part in Zenobia's rebellion?
I wanted to do a unit that was a little different from my first unit, with a mix of open faces. I have not found out yet if they campaigned with any of the Roman campaigns in the east, but I suspect that they may have. The Miniatures are all A and A ; A except two horses (face armour) which are Gripping Beast, the colours are all conjectural.
cheers
Matt
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sassanid Impetus Opportunity Markers
Sassanid Surenas Command
Matt
Hunnoi light cavalry
These units are the real start to my multi-allied or enemy units for my Sassanids and Late Romans.
Most of us are aware of the Hun invasions of the west, but I, like possibly you, was unaware of the troubles the Sassanids faced against the Nomadic tribes in the East.
The Sassanids were constantly invaded by the Chionite, Ephthalite (Hephtalite) and Hunnoi tribes in the 4th, 5th and 6th centurys'. The Sassanids like the Romans decided to settle the invading Nomadic tribes on their borders. Mostly along the great Golestan wall, this wall starts on the Caspian coast, circles North to the city Gonbade Kavous, continues towards the Northwest and finises in the Pishkamar Mountains of Afghanistan ( around 155klms long) and on the opposite bank of the on Caspian from the Derband pass (Caspian Gates) to the mountains (50klm) . The Sassanids' like the Romans had trouble controlling these Foederatus allies, even a Sassanid King, Kavad was put on the throne in 488 by the Ephthalites, and he married a Ephthalite princess and had a Ephthalite bodygaurd whilst he was on the throne, and the Sassanid empire paid a heavy tribute for 43 years.
These figures are from the Essex Mongol range, I have cut off the stirrups and pointed their feet downwards, I found them a nice change from painting regular Roman troops.
cheers
Mat
Most of us are aware of the Hun invasions of the west, but I, like possibly you, was unaware of the troubles the Sassanids faced against the Nomadic tribes in the East.
The Sassanids were constantly invaded by the Chionite, Ephthalite (Hephtalite) and Hunnoi tribes in the 4th, 5th and 6th centurys'. The Sassanids like the Romans decided to settle the invading Nomadic tribes on their borders. Mostly along the great Golestan wall, this wall starts on the Caspian coast, circles North to the city Gonbade Kavous, continues towards the Northwest and finises in the Pishkamar Mountains of Afghanistan ( around 155klms long) and on the opposite bank of the on Caspian from the Derband pass (Caspian Gates) to the mountains (50klm) . The Sassanids' like the Romans had trouble controlling these Foederatus allies, even a Sassanid King, Kavad was put on the throne in 488 by the Ephthalites, and he married a Ephthalite princess and had a Ephthalite bodygaurd whilst he was on the throne, and the Sassanid empire paid a heavy tribute for 43 years.
These figures are from the Essex Mongol range, I have cut off the stirrups and pointed their feet downwards, I found them a nice change from painting regular Roman troops.
Mat
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Hunnoi General
Off the desk this week is a Hun General, the beginning of another allied army for my late Romans and Sassanids'. He is actually from the Essex Mongol range,I shaved off his stirrups and mounted him on a Essex horse.
I still have the one heavy, two medium and 3 light cavalry unit units to complete this little force, enjoying the change!
I may need to take a better photo I think as it was hammering rain outside, so this one was done inside.......
I still have the one heavy, two medium and 3 light cavalry unit units to complete this little force, enjoying the change!
I may need to take a better photo I think as it was hammering rain outside, so this one was done inside.......
cheers
Matt
Friday, February 15, 2013
Tertiaci Herculea
The Legio III Herculia ("the 3rd Legion dedicated to Hercules") raised by Diocletian (284-305). The nickname of the Legion is from his co-emperor Maximian who called himself Herculius, 'the man like Hercules'.
The legion had originally been a limitanei unit and was responsible for the defense of the province Raetia. During the 4th Century, it was raised to comitatenses status. Tertia Herculea came under the command of Master Peditum and was part of the army of the Comes Illyrici, stationed with the Legio III Italica . It is mentioned in Julians' army for the Sassanid campaign. the Legions symbol is quite possibly Hercules.
The figures are again Crusader Miniatures, the shields are again hand painted and were a pain in the A! Only four more units to go and I am finished my Romans!
The legion had originally been a limitanei unit and was responsible for the defense of the province Raetia. During the 4th Century, it was raised to comitatenses status. Tertia Herculea came under the command of Master Peditum and was part of the army of the Comes Illyrici, stationed with the Legio III Italica . It is mentioned in Julians' army for the Sassanid campaign. the Legions symbol is quite possibly Hercules.
The figures are again Crusader Miniatures, the shields are again hand painted and were a pain in the A! Only four more units to go and I am finished my Romans!
Cheers
Matt
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Legio III Pia Parthica Serveriana
Another unit for my eastern Roman army. A pseudocomitatensis Legio, raised by the Emperor Lucius Spetimius Severus for his campaign against the Sassanids in 197. After the campaign they were assigned to Mesopotamia with the main barracks at Rhesaena, where they had the duty of securing the main roads and to protect the province. In the 4th century the notitia Dignitatum the legion was stationed at Apatna.
Figures are crusader and the sheilds are hand painted.
Cheers
Matt
Friday, January 4, 2013
Equites Scutarii Indigenae Pafenses
Equites Scutari Indigenae Pafenses
Another unit of the desk for my late Roman army, the Equites Scutarii Indigenae Pafenses, were stationed in (Mesopotamia) on the border at Tell Fafan, at the confluence of the Tigris and Bohtan Su rivers. The unit was known as the "Uholders or Defenders" and were used to patrol between the fortress crossing points along the border between Cepha (modern Hasankeyf) and Bezbade.The miniatures are again from the A & A range. The shield is based on the Equites Scutarii, and I gave them the oversize scutum from A and A miniatures. Still waiting to pick up some long silflor tufts to finish of the base, but otherwise done!
Cheers
Matt
Cheers
Matt
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Dystopian Prussians
This is the second Dystopian Navy I have painted for John, they are equisette resin 1/1200th ships perfect for Victoriana pulp naval actions (what we will use them for). He also has a third coming (Japanese) so looking forward to them also, lots of detail to suit the fussiest painter, I have painted them according to Mal Wrights guide as WW1 German dreadnoughts (except for the bronze bits!).
Cheers
Matt
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Seasons Greetings and Cunning Plans
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and I am hoping you are planning a big New Year of gaming!
What a year of gaming it has been, the Goulburn Valiant Stormer's Club has grown and regularly has two or three game tables going at any one time, Highlights of the year included;
Rhino rejoined the club after a 8 year Hiatus with a bang, building multiple armies and having a blast gaming with us again, it has been a real pleasure.
Tarty and Ralph for reintroducing ancients to the club with the most excellent Ancient rules "Impteus" and my first taste of it in our Argentoratum refight.
The Late Roman Campaign.....finally someone has some armies so I had an excuse to paint my Late Romans, Germanics and Sassanids.
a few fun Pulp games always a laugh and a great way to get the creative juices flowing, I must say that "Carry on up the waazoo" was the funniest thing I have played in wargaming for a very long time........accents were compulsory......
And Finally the loss of a fellow Club Member and gamer Ross Skimmer, came as a great shock to us all, we played several memorial Rapid Fire Games in his memory. He will be greatly missed by all.
A big thanks to the boys for a most enjoyable year of gaming, laughs, cunning plans and coffee at the GVS!
I went back and looked at my goals and aspirations at the beginning of 2012, I didn't even come close to achieving what I set out to do, mainly sidetracked by the clubs Fall of the West Project and campaign and other shiny new releases by figure manufacturers!!!!
2. 7YW buildings ready for casting in resin (Done two of five planned)
3. FIW British 5 batns to complete (front rank)(32 fig btn) (Part done one)
4. French 7YW 8 btns to complete, French 7YW 5 regts of cavalry, French Guns (Front Rank, crusader)(32 fig btns, 24 cavalry, guns) Part done 3 btns, two cav regts and guns
5. finish Pontic Army, imitation legionary's, two pike blocks some light Infantry (foundry and gripping beast) Completed, but not all photographed, must do this after I rebase in Feb....
6. Sassanid heavy cavalry and horse archers (A and A minis) (30 cav) Part done, horse harnes are completed just ding the individual jammies, horse archers basing now and should be up by Friday, next week as i have run out of tufts.......
7 French 1805 Napoleonic (continue the refit and rebasing, finish the heavy cavalry division and another Infantry Division Elite minis)(72 cav, 270 inf) NIL done, on the backburner till at least July 2013
8. 1809 Austrian napoleonic (a divison perhaps maybe plastic)(240 inf) Nil done
9 1812 Russian napoleonic (plastic perhaps!)(240 inf) Sold unpainted to Rhino at the club.
10 Russian 7YW (Sash and sabre) inf brigade, Gren brigade, arty and light cavalry (32 fig btns, cav 24) Completed 2 batns of 42, part done the light cavalry and arty.
11. 20mm modern germans (60 inf, six buildings) Completed, and done 10 veh also for them.
12. 28mm Baron Wars (60 odd cav and 180 infantry) started the first units
13 Hanoverain 7YW (Wartime)(140 inf) Part completed two btns, this needs attention!
14 20mm ww2 Germans (continue my refit) still going, did build 21 plastic kits though and resorted them a few times, completed some artillery and pak guns, completed 3 vehicles also.
15 continue refit Napoleonics and 7yw still happening, re-basing and touch ups as the need arises.
But I did go through my three period blogs and ended up with a reasonable effort, and I know I don't photograph everything so I will only list what I counted that was blogged at least......
So final numbers that were blogged
218 ...........28mm Infantry figures painted
45 .............28mm Cavalry
162............20mm Infantry
15 ww2 vehicles
1 aircraft
1. Sassanids finish the beggars, been putting them off as the jammies are tough to do and I want to do a top notch job.
2. Late Romans only a few more units to go, two units of cav and three units of Inf, this army has ended up twice as large as I intended, but that is what happens when you have club campaigns.....and finally someone has a army to play against!
3. Large scale 54mm and 75mm medieval, Greek and Roman figures (just for the cabinet....and maybe a painting comp.....) been dying to get to these for some time and this year I plan to finish a bunch of them.
4. Lewes Royalists, Greg (unlucky general) and I are building towards the goal of doing this at 1 to 15 in 28mm.....as a participation game in 2014 .........crazy but true. Been going overboard on the research which will be posted on Project Lewes next year as I progress.
5. Rebase my Republicans, Imperials, Pontics, and Celts to Impetus, a large job, a possible easter project.
6. Paint the rest of my WOTR army, more cav and billmen, and possibly rebase to impetus!
7. AWI British, close to my heart, I know I promised to do these last year on my 18th century blog "Fine and Dandy" but as no opponents have popped up yet ( I suspect they are awaiting the Perry plastics......) they have taken a back seat.....
8. Continue my 7YW French, British, Russians and Hanoverian's, lots of painting and lead in the cuboard for these too.
9. Continue the refit of my 20mm Germans, lots of vehicles to paint 30 plus, my 9th SS (for Arnhem) Lufwaffe fld div, and fallshirmjager need lots of work to bring them up to speed.
10. Start my Greek wars army. I have a large unpainted Immortal army to do, and I want to really go to town on the conversions, based for impetus also.
11. Napoleonic French refit and paint more for the Australian Napoleonic Congress!
12. Continue making masters for my 7YW building range, have a thing for Dovecotes at the moment......
13. Napoleonic and Dutch wars ship completion. I have a bunch of these to complete, damn rigging is painful for me.
14. WW1 1/72nd aircraft, I still have a number of these to complete.
15. French 20mm ww2, I have a number of figures and some tanks to paint and refit, trucks and guns to paint to complete this 1940 army.
16. Spanish and American Dreadnoughts, something I have had laying around for some time.
17. ECW complete the final three units and two guns... A project that has been on the go for 4 years, I doubt 10% of it has been officially photographed and blogged(some has been in battle reports) ....the display cabinet shelf is full so no new purchases required...unless someone brings out something that takes my fancy.....a great spectacle army for my Birthday parade in March I think!
So all I can suggest to myself is to ...............get cracking!!!!
cheers
Matt
What a year of gaming it has been, the Goulburn Valiant Stormer's Club has grown and regularly has two or three game tables going at any one time, Highlights of the year included;
Rhino rejoined the club after a 8 year Hiatus with a bang, building multiple armies and having a blast gaming with us again, it has been a real pleasure.
Tarty and Ralph for reintroducing ancients to the club with the most excellent Ancient rules "Impteus" and my first taste of it in our Argentoratum refight.
The Late Roman Campaign.....finally someone has some armies so I had an excuse to paint my Late Romans, Germanics and Sassanids.
a few fun Pulp games always a laugh and a great way to get the creative juices flowing, I must say that "Carry on up the waazoo" was the funniest thing I have played in wargaming for a very long time........accents were compulsory......
And Finally the loss of a fellow Club Member and gamer Ross Skimmer, came as a great shock to us all, we played several memorial Rapid Fire Games in his memory. He will be greatly missed by all.
A big thanks to the boys for a most enjoyable year of gaming, laughs, cunning plans and coffee at the GVS!
I went back and looked at my goals and aspirations at the beginning of 2012, I didn't even come close to achieving what I set out to do, mainly sidetracked by the clubs Fall of the West Project and campaign and other shiny new releases by figure manufacturers!!!!
2012 Goals and Aspirations
1. AWI 8 batns British and Germans based for British Grenadier (Perry and foundry)(24 fig batn) (NIL)2. 7YW buildings ready for casting in resin (Done two of five planned)
3. FIW British 5 batns to complete (front rank)(32 fig btn) (Part done one)
4. French 7YW 8 btns to complete, French 7YW 5 regts of cavalry, French Guns (Front Rank, crusader)(32 fig btns, 24 cavalry, guns) Part done 3 btns, two cav regts and guns
5. finish Pontic Army, imitation legionary's, two pike blocks some light Infantry (foundry and gripping beast) Completed, but not all photographed, must do this after I rebase in Feb....
6. Sassanid heavy cavalry and horse archers (A and A minis) (30 cav) Part done, horse harnes are completed just ding the individual jammies, horse archers basing now and should be up by Friday, next week as i have run out of tufts.......
7 French 1805 Napoleonic (continue the refit and rebasing, finish the heavy cavalry division and another Infantry Division Elite minis)(72 cav, 270 inf) NIL done, on the backburner till at least July 2013
8. 1809 Austrian napoleonic (a divison perhaps maybe plastic)(240 inf) Nil done
9 1812 Russian napoleonic (plastic perhaps!)(240 inf) Sold unpainted to Rhino at the club.
10 Russian 7YW (Sash and sabre) inf brigade, Gren brigade, arty and light cavalry (32 fig btns, cav 24) Completed 2 batns of 42, part done the light cavalry and arty.
11. 20mm modern germans (60 inf, six buildings) Completed, and done 10 veh also for them.
12. 28mm Baron Wars (60 odd cav and 180 infantry) started the first units
13 Hanoverain 7YW (Wartime)(140 inf) Part completed two btns, this needs attention!
14 20mm ww2 Germans (continue my refit) still going, did build 21 plastic kits though and resorted them a few times, completed some artillery and pak guns, completed 3 vehicles also.
15 continue refit Napoleonics and 7yw still happening, re-basing and touch ups as the need arises.
But I did go through my three period blogs and ended up with a reasonable effort, and I know I don't photograph everything so I will only list what I counted that was blogged at least......
So final numbers that were blogged
218 ...........28mm Infantry figures painted
45 .............28mm Cavalry
162............20mm Infantry
15 ww2 vehicles
1 aircraft
So this year I have many plans.........
2013 plans not necessarily in order
1. Sassanids finish the beggars, been putting them off as the jammies are tough to do and I want to do a top notch job.
2. Late Romans only a few more units to go, two units of cav and three units of Inf, this army has ended up twice as large as I intended, but that is what happens when you have club campaigns.....and finally someone has a army to play against!
3. Large scale 54mm and 75mm medieval, Greek and Roman figures (just for the cabinet....and maybe a painting comp.....) been dying to get to these for some time and this year I plan to finish a bunch of them.
4. Lewes Royalists, Greg (unlucky general) and I are building towards the goal of doing this at 1 to 15 in 28mm.....as a participation game in 2014 .........crazy but true. Been going overboard on the research which will be posted on Project Lewes next year as I progress.
5. Rebase my Republicans, Imperials, Pontics, and Celts to Impetus, a large job, a possible easter project.
6. Paint the rest of my WOTR army, more cav and billmen, and possibly rebase to impetus!
7. AWI British, close to my heart, I know I promised to do these last year on my 18th century blog "Fine and Dandy" but as no opponents have popped up yet ( I suspect they are awaiting the Perry plastics......) they have taken a back seat.....
8. Continue my 7YW French, British, Russians and Hanoverian's, lots of painting and lead in the cuboard for these too.
9. Continue the refit of my 20mm Germans, lots of vehicles to paint 30 plus, my 9th SS (for Arnhem) Lufwaffe fld div, and fallshirmjager need lots of work to bring them up to speed.
10. Start my Greek wars army. I have a large unpainted Immortal army to do, and I want to really go to town on the conversions, based for impetus also.
11. Napoleonic French refit and paint more for the Australian Napoleonic Congress!
12. Continue making masters for my 7YW building range, have a thing for Dovecotes at the moment......
13. Napoleonic and Dutch wars ship completion. I have a bunch of these to complete, damn rigging is painful for me.
14. WW1 1/72nd aircraft, I still have a number of these to complete.
15. French 20mm ww2, I have a number of figures and some tanks to paint and refit, trucks and guns to paint to complete this 1940 army.
16. Spanish and American Dreadnoughts, something I have had laying around for some time.
17. ECW complete the final three units and two guns... A project that has been on the go for 4 years, I doubt 10% of it has been officially photographed and blogged(some has been in battle reports) ....the display cabinet shelf is full so no new purchases required...unless someone brings out something that takes my fancy.....a great spectacle army for my Birthday parade in March I think!
So all I can suggest to myself is to ...............get cracking!!!!
cheers
Matt
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Auxilium Palatina Raetobari (Raetovari)
Raised by from the defeated Alamannic tribes from the Nordlinger Ries, north of the Danube, they apparently spoke a Etruscan dialect. This unit was based in the east and fought in Julian's Persian Campaign.
Again finished some weeks ago, this unit has also seen a few battles already and so far behaved very well. The second last Auxilium Palatina unit before I start painting the Legio and Limatani.
Cheers
Matt
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Liebster Blog Award
Like a lot of other gaming bloggers I've been nominated for this award and would like to thank to gaming buddies of mine Mike of Satrap Miniatures and Greg of Unlucky General via his Blog Project Lewes (of which I am the yet to be built Royalist side) for the nominations. A nice little pick me up before Christmas. There are a bunch of Wargame blogs out there that need some recognition, with less than 200 followers.
- Copy and paste the award on your blog, linking it to the blogger who has given it to you.
- Pass the award to your top five favourite blogs with fewer than 200 followers by leaving a comment on one of their blog posts to notify them that they have won the award and list them on your own blog.
- Sit back and bask in that warm fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing that you have just made someone's day.
- There is no obligation to pass this onto anyone else but it is nice if you do.
The blogs I'd like to nominate are all members of our club, and as Australians I have decided to stay local:
Richard's M lovely 20mm ww2 blog, just sensational pieces of work, Richard and I get together to roll out our ww2 figures not often enough
Working on the Lead Mountain
Richard T also from Sydney, a very fine painter, a Napoleonic and a ancient gamer of renown......and someone who introduced me to Impetus rules.
Tartys Tin
and finally Greywolf, a supurb artist who has a healthy interest in wolves and naked females, Guy is more of a individual figure painter but does have a few armies floating around
Greywolf's Last Valley
Keep up the great work guys!
cheers
Matt
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