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BigRedBat's 2014
For BigRedBat, 2014 was a year of much wargaming, even more painting and vast amounts of word-processing!2014 highlightsPartizan in the Park was my favourite wargaming event of the year.There was a...
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The first ever "To the Strongest!" Tournament
A friend, Stephen Dover, is organising the first ever "TtS!" tournament called "The World's Strongest".It will be a fun open competition using the “To the Strongest” Rules run in 28mm at 120 points...
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Back to Prax
In days of distant memory, long before I got into Ancients, I used to do a lot of Gloranthan gaming with a group of friends known as the "Glorygeeks". We used the Hordes of the Things rules, and later...
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Bison Clan
There was a lot of interest in yesterday's Praxian post, so I thought I'd show some close-ups of Ian Notter's lovely collection of nomads (shot against the vintage "Nomad Gods" board game). Today- the...
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Sable Clan
These are mate Ian Notter's Sable Clan. The Sables ride and herd Sable antelopes across the plains of Prax, and are pro-Lunar, so we often use them as allies for a Lunar army. There is a lot of work...
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World's Strongest
Plans for the first ever "To the Strongest Tournament!"proceed apace, and I'm just starting to think about the loan armies I'll be bringing along for anyone who needs to borrow one. I am minded to...
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Slow sculpting
Last night I finished some aepycamelus greens, for a long-delayed fantasy project. The aepycamelus is an extinct llama-like creature. These are a lofty 65mm tall.Below are the greens; I started these...
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Reinforcements
I'm back onto ancients, and am busily basing up minis for a game on Thursday. In the front of the tray are celts, around half of whom are freshly painted by Nick Speller, and the remainder veterans...
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Cap'n hook
This little chappy is a 28mm oarsman I've been sculpting for a future project. The head is a temporary one borrowed from an Aventine mini. The plan is to make a simple oarsman in a tunic who can take a...
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Chits of War
I've just added what I call "Chits of War" to the BigRedBatShop. These are intended as an alternative to using playing cards in a game of To the Strongest!, and are likely to appeal to those who don't...
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Aepycamelus cast!
Here are my Aepycamelus, now cast, and standing a lofty 60mm or so tall.. When I have time, I need to make reins and harness, and sculpt some riders. This will not be an easy task; I am to sculpting...
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Not Noreia 112BC
Here are some shots of a game of "To the Strongest" I played with mate Ian last week. In the foreground a horde of migrating Germans approach a Roman blocking force protecting a town. Below is a photo...
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Back to basing
I'm hurrying to finish a new Roman army for the first To the Strongest! Tournament on Saturday week. I'm using the repaint eBay minis technique that I described in Wargames Soldiers Strategy. The...
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Roman reinforcements for Benson
This week I completed enough minis to complete my second Early Imperial Roman army, for use at our TtS! tournament at Benson near Oxford on Saturday. This army are mostly Foundry Perry minis, and...
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Benson Legion for the World's Strongest
I have been marking up tablecloths with grids for the World's Strongest tournament at Benson, tomorrow, and thought I'd lay out my new Roman army on them. All the photos are clickable.Above is the...
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Wargames Bloggers Quarterly Issue Three is out!
Wargames Bloggers Quarterly issue 3 is out! This edition was edited by Panzer Kaput and produced by Millsy of Canister and Grape, and the cover and leading article is by Sir Sidney Roundwood. You can...
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World's Strongest 2015
Yesterday we fought the first ever "To the Strongest!" Tournament at Benson in Oxfordshire. I was delighted to be able to play, myself, to roundup an odd number of players. Ten players fought a total...
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Three foot of laager and a packet of chits, please.
Last night I resumed work on my wagon laager, which has been something of a slow burner since I started work on it over 6 years ago!!!. Yesterday I painted the wicker screens and am contemplating...
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Wagons... roll!
Last night I finished painting my wagon laager. The 5 pieces (which all store in a single 4L Really Useful Box) assemble to make a 1 metre-long camp defence. I still need to finish and add the...
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Where's me rollin' pin?
Several people have asked about the defenders for the wagon laager, and here they are. They have all been painted my mate Nick Speller and include most of the Celtic and German ancient civilian...
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