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The "Vesta"
Here's a snap of my swan-necked trade ship, the "Vesta", and one of the four "landing barges" I've painted for the Salute game. She is a big girl! These are just quick snaps on my camera phone, I'll...
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Packing for Salute!
This afternoon I shall spend busily packing up my contribution to our C-Day game, Caesar's Invasion of Britain, 55BC, at Salute tomorrow. We are at stand GE02, inside the entrance and left a bit. I do...
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BigRedBat's Salute
Mate Ian and I set off for Salute at 7AM, and were in the hall soon after 8AM. My new trolley-of-war, below, made getting the minis from the car park to the table, child's play; much easier than...
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Some shots of C-Day at Salute 2014
As I mentioned in my last post, I forgot my camera but several people have kindly sent me photos of the game. First, some wide shots from Legatus Hedlius; a shot along the length of the table.And...
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All downhill to Partizan...
With Salute behind me, it's all downhill towards Partizan. Here are the two new 100-strong legions I'm raising for the next game; above are the minis I'm painting from scratch, and below the pre-loved...
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A question of scale
Around two years back, I decided that I would adopt a smaller representative scale on my legions. With 100 men to a legion, as below, I'd be able to build enough of them to re-fight the larger Civil...
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Romans, Romans, Romans
Apologies for the recent lack of posts; I've been hard at the brush. I estimate I'm at least half way through my big Roman project, and on target for Partizan. In the below camera phone photos, you...
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Marvel to the sibilant tones of the eponymous Bat, 40 seconds in on this Beasts of War video of Salute 2014. And note the themed T-shirt!I think I deserve a certain degree of kudos for introducing the...
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Nuts!
I played a test game of my rules with Ian and Dr. Simon last night, but couldn't find my box that contains all the markers. We had to improvise; we used coins for the victory medals, and Hazelnuts for...
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The varnished troops
Today I'm varnishing the first of the two legions for Partizan. Tonight I'll highlight the metallics, and take them off the temporary bases.A very superior matt varnish was recommended to me by...
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Painting progress...
A quick WIP shot of the first of the two new legions for Partizan. In a few days time, when they are flocked, I'll take some proper photos.These are now based up as 4 units, each of 3 stands, together...
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Back to black
...instead of following through on basing the yellow shields, I decided to push on and finish the second, black-shielded legion. These figures are around half of them, and are the ones that came ready...
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Roman Pontoon bridge...
...kit.This will become the Roman pontoon bridge that will feature in my Bedriacum game at Partizan, in just over 2 weeks time. Gulp.It'll be built of coffee stirrers, card, bamboo skewers and balcony...
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The black Legion musters
Last night I finished painting of the second legion for Partizan. Tonight I need to finish staining them (I'm using inks in Johnson's Klear), and tomorrow I can get on with matt varnishing and...
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Pontoon bridge part 1
I've made a modest start on my Roman pontoon bridge. These 5 sections are the roadway, and are simply made from coffee stirrers stuck to card. They slot together to form a single piece, around 65cm in...
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Black legion based
...but not yet flocked. I'll take a proper photo later on.There are 101 miniatures in four units, with a legion command stand and a couple of "heroes". As I've previously mentioned, I'll add a fifth...
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More Romans and a baboon
A hasty and rather nasty camera phone photo of three units of Roman skirmishers that I'm basing. Most of these minis were painted by mate Legatus Hedlius; I've added some Black Tree poses for variety....
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Pontoon bridge part 2
My bridge is coming on apace; it's just over 1 metre long. Last night I built the approach ramps from balsa, foam board and the inevitable coffee stirrers. The only work remaining is to build the...
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Bridge over the River Po
...being a WIP shot of my pontoon bridge and the river it will cross.The "Po" is a 6mm ply board with adhesive blue tiles from Homebase on it. I am cautiously pleased with the tiles which are much more...
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