Games night

 

One thing when Steven visits is that we tend to spend the odd evening doing games. This gave us the chance to play Sandra's latest purchase from Partizan - Forbidden Island. Turned out to be a good game, running around the island and trying to gather up all the 'treasures' before the island sank below the waves. Sadly, though, we lost...

Next one was strange. A game we've had for years and has proven to be a favourite. Strange? Don't know how many times we've played the game, but this is the first time we've managed a three way draw! 

Another thing we do when Steven's home is some kind of wargame or project... Anyway, a while back I got Steven a 15mm Irregular Sassanid army. Of course, Ian then announced his retirement so Steven put in an order tofill out the army. his left him with the thought of doing a 40x40mm camp. Seemed like a get idea to give him a chance to play with balsa and assorted power tools... result, a couple of camps which he'll paint when he gets home (should add he did the design and modelling, I just provided materials and help in the techniques to use.) Should get some pictures oif the finished camps when he paints them.

More elephants

Definitely in a bits and pieces period... couple more of the elephants lying around. Should have made them Seleucid but already had eight Seleucid armoured elephants, don't need any more. So I stuck some Indian archers in to add to the Indian herd. Figures were just as they were - painted the mahout and stuck it on a base, that's it.

 Not sure what to do with all the extra elephants really - got more than I need. They're not brilliant, but I keep thinking of just selling off the surplus. Minifigs currently charge £8 for just the elephant, no crew etc. Crew cost £4.55. Total for an elephant £12.55... so if I charged £50 for the 6 inclusive of UK postage it would be worth it... 

Indian elephants

 

Adding to the list of odd units that have been lying around for ages are these four elephants

I got them from different long-forgotten sources and they were in pretty poor condition -had to give one a new trunk because the olds one was missing. Used a Garrison Seleucid elephant trunk - badly fitting and I haven't even filled in the join!  Crew are from my stock of spares. Still a low grade unit but it brings my Indian elephant corps up to 13 animals including the general so worth doing!

I also had a couple of elements of cavalry lying around so finished them off as well...

Oxford cars

 

With playing around making a sort of 20/25mm Newhaven I thought about getting some 1/76th scale cars to match - most of my current lot are more suited to 28mm. Expensive, but a one-off for cars and later I'll do an order for trucks and things - plus see what I've already got of course.

G18 'Hoplite with thigh armour and upper arm plates Thracian helmet crested'

 

This is another unit that has been lying around for ages. Not sure where the 'thigh armour and upper arms plates' are, but that's the written description!

Until I spotted and bought this lot I hadn't even realised the figure had been released - it's not in the 1972 catalogue. It didn't come with an officer or standard bearer so I cast them separately.

What I did have was a master figure that had lost it's spear hand. So the version I normally cast is a 'reclaimed' figure using a spear that is slightly longer than the original' Unpainted redone figure next to one of the bought figures.

Partizan 2026

 

Met David and David... Handed over some figures David had asked for...

Took too many photos to list here...

Steven played a few games - PBI,  Konflikte 47 for example

Sandra bought a game

I bought a few figures from Hayland Terrain...

I alsoasked about getting a replacement for Dorothy... mine had a slight accident. I put a bandage on the wound but don't think the hand will grow back.

Bought a T1E2 from Empress Miniatures

And finally topped up my supply of paint brushes.

Pretty good day really.

Garrison Classic 'Medieval Era' Range

 

Only 3 figures in this range - actually sorted the range because I was using the cavalry horse for another 'conversion' 

MC1 Mounted knight with lance

M1 Foot soldier with poleaxe

M2 Foot soldier with long spear and shield

These are the figures I was originally working from - basically based on Medieval Islamic cavalry.

The only 'modification' to the rider was to give it a shield from the Khmer range. 

(Update 21/5 - figures sent off to Pete Brown to have a mould made!)