tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19910753969075583142024-03-13T01:10:44.514-05:00Last Man ClubA blog dedicated to wargaming and the painting of historical miniatures in 1/72nd scale and metal vintage 25mm. It's where we started and where we will end up!Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-19281012402089018202024-03-11T16:57:00.000-05:002024-03-11T16:57:27.427-05:00Plains Wars Miniatures from RAFM and Minifig<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://rafm.com/collections/plains-cavalry-and-british-canadian-colonials">RAFM Miniatures </a>has been around since 1977. Today, they produce figures for fantasy and sci-fi. They still produce historical lines that include the ACW, FIW, and Plains Wars. The lines are limited in selection but are produced in old-style 25mm scale. The sculpting is very well done, and they fit well with vintage Minifigs. I have mixed the two brands in my Plains Wars collection.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I originally found some RAFM Plains Wars figures on eBay before I realized they were still being produced. Once I discovered this, I decided to paint up some for <i>The Men Who Would Be Kings </i>set of wargame rules.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">An English wargame group produced a variant for the period that modified the unit sizes and gave the rules more Old West favor.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37lrNORY3LdTR_dYkfeQjEYO9vYr6-wVnimEy8Z1X2czOvP1YFG9yJrn1jPxODeBF7jASO-O1MOWK8AHRR6n2kMkypiyQLcUZqRGekea2s91g9f4pB7lLHnpVx_5u6v_7McJvCLAriaH-_TPBTNSaOi65JHc5shw0oU7MTtbscl3Ld5doKGsoUUYICciA/s4030/IMG_1767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2266" data-original-width="4030" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37lrNORY3LdTR_dYkfeQjEYO9vYr6-wVnimEy8Z1X2czOvP1YFG9yJrn1jPxODeBF7jASO-O1MOWK8AHRR6n2kMkypiyQLcUZqRGekea2s91g9f4pB7lLHnpVx_5u6v_7McJvCLAriaH-_TPBTNSaOi65JHc5shw0oU7MTtbscl3Ld5doKGsoUUYICciA/w640-h360/IMG_1767.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My unit of scouts has gotten this far. Three of the figures are Native American. For the Sioux War, they were probably Crow or Shosone traditional enemies of the Sioux and Cheyenne. The other three are either white or half-breeds. All scouted for the army. The figure with the tan hat is a Minifig.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G-pZ22azfaFEHVIIH_Eq0IgwM1bs0jsvoqI-kzMeM7m2J4DNK9bAVTnhbHp_e6X0M2TvMumpJLl_sMBPeqUe5wiVpSDxAUf52rkL8ZgTkr358N1UCVOH22hQdJIIRGajLPzRxCpl6mxNXdHMs4KsOOGakR0a98CrMvUrvcYYxRHPtmqBrFuQHx_vqEE3/s3715/IMG_1768.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="3715" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G-pZ22azfaFEHVIIH_Eq0IgwM1bs0jsvoqI-kzMeM7m2J4DNK9bAVTnhbHp_e6X0M2TvMumpJLl_sMBPeqUe5wiVpSDxAUf52rkL8ZgTkr358N1UCVOH22hQdJIIRGajLPzRxCpl6mxNXdHMs4KsOOGakR0a98CrMvUrvcYYxRHPtmqBrFuQHx_vqEE3/w640-h454/IMG_1768.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mounted warriors-All RAFM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjx7v3ppF55Rp3e1hzpO22kie2_MawK6Syvot0mXRYu70_NJd0T9Uw4PgNkoKtX3HERiLUFrRXLPl6JbUZZ9ptZhzlrVZyzl5ib8QKQjIoc84XP_hQHUC2ppymxd80vapNkc1xAbgoJ5lwkmY5u9BKoJbe-FRbKqnuj72SWiEqbQOBYMkwpSg0Y92ZnzC/s3715/IMG_1769.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="3715" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjx7v3ppF55Rp3e1hzpO22kie2_MawK6Syvot0mXRYu70_NJd0T9Uw4PgNkoKtX3HERiLUFrRXLPl6JbUZZ9ptZhzlrVZyzl5ib8QKQjIoc84XP_hQHUC2ppymxd80vapNkc1xAbgoJ5lwkmY5u9BKoJbe-FRbKqnuj72SWiEqbQOBYMkwpSg0Y92ZnzC/w640-h454/IMG_1769.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried to highlight the center warrior while blurring the other figures.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBQu31MvsoWsxtS6ajtYAcwIlB81T6tv9FXvMPm1s-Zp1CE1gIPrBwyl0ToEgY9ZyboCbwLckpZWHlKKUQ-Am2C2kyDBqzqhxNBPGVYjdAtCzE5m5FDvTPT8pcD00-s092RcZtYmjlsZj2ih-h9NYkq93Dg3UkxgOm1s8BhPPxc7RY9pG9-WoEscTIu87/s4032/IMG_1770.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBQu31MvsoWsxtS6ajtYAcwIlB81T6tv9FXvMPm1s-Zp1CE1gIPrBwyl0ToEgY9ZyboCbwLckpZWHlKKUQ-Am2C2kyDBqzqhxNBPGVYjdAtCzE5m5FDvTPT8pcD00-s092RcZtYmjlsZj2ih-h9NYkq93Dg3UkxgOm1s8BhPPxc7RY9pG9-WoEscTIu87/w640-h480/IMG_1770.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These warriors are all Minifigs. To my knowledge, that line is no longer produced. I found these on eBay.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcz70aj6Nn1GjxsUJ3LjRTaD_V3ecPPA79bjsBS2oAZ3EkdkWflUjajlXJYw8saqDiSnkvsGvKerNhD-4Q_8lPAPLapnu8EbRPD57kQGSv_sphmRvOZXJ8yIhJSdd2i0KiJU5uswY-TAyqpMyFhgTF3JLB1Hn4Z0jrInZEn-kKW9kGrNOCcD05dzhYnhl/s3780/IMG_1771.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3780" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcz70aj6Nn1GjxsUJ3LjRTaD_V3ecPPA79bjsBS2oAZ3EkdkWflUjajlXJYw8saqDiSnkvsGvKerNhD-4Q_8lPAPLapnu8EbRPD57kQGSv_sphmRvOZXJ8yIhJSdd2i0KiJU5uswY-TAyqpMyFhgTF3JLB1Hn4Z0jrInZEn-kKW9kGrNOCcD05dzhYnhl/w640-h512/IMG_1771.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Minifigs fit well with RAFM. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZNaAtg2gq4ik-i1tU_eRxSZ_zkNUNEY-nf41jturdXNgYSoFq2sCRAFHonzzEFkjKmr157c4KKcdxlg7-y0VG5GnoPBxX482xGzQhMVQJ-IzDigfFDR4uj2A2IUOKn9JcLZJ5qx3qbo72TVIMBZ_sbxKvbog63vcT1W8PDC5nOsIzru6GvulQU0gzJFL/s4030/IMG_1772.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2068" data-original-width="4030" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZNaAtg2gq4ik-i1tU_eRxSZ_zkNUNEY-nf41jturdXNgYSoFq2sCRAFHonzzEFkjKmr157c4KKcdxlg7-y0VG5GnoPBxX482xGzQhMVQJ-IzDigfFDR4uj2A2IUOKn9JcLZJ5qx3qbo72TVIMBZ_sbxKvbog63vcT1W8PDC5nOsIzru6GvulQU0gzJFL/w640-h328/IMG_1772.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">RAFM mounted cavalry. The number of available poses is a challenge, but they are great figures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0u-SU5RZ8MCHJX8GECC63lT5b9cRf6bvp-hIx5qarCYFu63uU65yIlOSlLAxi-ScvE-v9lylPUc04BHJ0Gt9rnic4kad7IKR8PjRVvf5WufVEgK7hbPnic4NQ7ViQscUXDND235ZlaogzwhT8T0T1LYfpQCvrxO3khKFZ7K_ZUZu9nNYX4TUCK5sThYGx/s4030/IMG_1773.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="4030" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0u-SU5RZ8MCHJX8GECC63lT5b9cRf6bvp-hIx5qarCYFu63uU65yIlOSlLAxi-ScvE-v9lylPUc04BHJ0Gt9rnic4kad7IKR8PjRVvf5WufVEgK7hbPnic4NQ7ViQscUXDND235ZlaogzwhT8T0T1LYfpQCvrxO3khKFZ7K_ZUZu9nNYX4TUCK5sThYGx/w640-h368/IMG_1773.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dismounted warriors by RAFM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi173ywk1l8VpwsHZBjzr-WJ1UxMEa571CD9DfTLmVPwNRo6TU2DAdQwBHVe4x_3szv8ERE_hYK42nS3b_eCLiCCm3umkQJWh8ai09ALr2VMt1NOXagknOXLPbmh5IDApoctUOjYOrOxN0L8pLQOd_MKHieWeQ3QFpeEO-Hsfbx8_tTBXMlaPstC9x25orM/s1280/IMG_1774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi173ywk1l8VpwsHZBjzr-WJ1UxMEa571CD9DfTLmVPwNRo6TU2DAdQwBHVe4x_3szv8ERE_hYK42nS3b_eCLiCCm3umkQJWh8ai09ALr2VMt1NOXagknOXLPbmh5IDApoctUOjYOrOxN0L8pLQOd_MKHieWeQ3QFpeEO-Hsfbx8_tTBXMlaPstC9x25orM/w640-h360/IMG_1774.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeI9DGedXDDUjXZCEnYmgtNfwVykQXzJ6T9pgZGbwdG1NGcYQ9uLaG7SVNa2WTga2QJPsInZ89HZ1PMYSLd0AZSdXK6_2hlOBw-Tte5i4VcGXWzacADoPPorzTgk_jvlXgTiX9rDPUUg2IffIgDpvV7qVRhvno_2KPsoxb85Oa9V-obgzmCNfcbwJ0uG0y/s1000/IMG_1775.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="1000" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeI9DGedXDDUjXZCEnYmgtNfwVykQXzJ6T9pgZGbwdG1NGcYQ9uLaG7SVNa2WTga2QJPsInZ89HZ1PMYSLd0AZSdXK6_2hlOBw-Tte5i4VcGXWzacADoPPorzTgk_jvlXgTiX9rDPUUg2IffIgDpvV7qVRhvno_2KPsoxb85Oa9V-obgzmCNfcbwJ0uG0y/w640-h556/IMG_1775.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq1nLsphKrmAPL_utm0hAzmQ7iGfFTv4O5kEHaqJEw_lh5qIQkbW6WdsBJD5D6UdxkaRW6wsu179VWj6Czcb9dYtwyAYtotRjzAFrf2bD97dX6mRRo6Btcuqcra7hPVbnmi1tqBy8Vck5Q_5apnwarS0Vsx3M-DaMAUtIoYon4oWCvfH84_nK8YZS_o_1/s609/IMG_1776.GIF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="609" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq1nLsphKrmAPL_utm0hAzmQ7iGfFTv4O5kEHaqJEw_lh5qIQkbW6WdsBJD5D6UdxkaRW6wsu179VWj6Czcb9dYtwyAYtotRjzAFrf2bD97dX6mRRo6Btcuqcra7hPVbnmi1tqBy8Vck5Q_5apnwarS0Vsx3M-DaMAUtIoYon4oWCvfH84_nK8YZS_o_1/w640-h602/IMG_1776.GIF" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-58803100349374658782024-03-01T20:11:00.001-06:002024-03-01T20:11:28.179-06:00Rebels and Patriots Union Forces in 1\72<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is the counterpart to my last post, which featured Confederate forces. The majority of figures used for both collections are 1\72 plastics from Italeri, Airfix, IMEX and Hat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My metal Union forces include some excellent 20mm sculpts from Newline. Also featured are some old Musket Miniatures and a few RSM figures.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Both armies are organized for <i>Rebels and Patriots </i>by Osprey. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5f1mvYJKOJEfnTrC36-pR__POBVzn4Mo1aZ8eK68KCskYtteCM6mVcqz8zWI8DW0Ba3amNDZEBSOhK44jRPh67Qhm0H7SevsHxnZFAKQIZdWLCoCWhhpF3NtnGI1OiK0yfMVI2tUMp0RHuq7Fiw6wgP89zcgdyJpMqyaBrVByl2LV926GKwngEU_llstc/s2678/IMG_2237.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="2678" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5f1mvYJKOJEfnTrC36-pR__POBVzn4Mo1aZ8eK68KCskYtteCM6mVcqz8zWI8DW0Ba3amNDZEBSOhK44jRPh67Qhm0H7SevsHxnZFAKQIZdWLCoCWhhpF3NtnGI1OiK0yfMVI2tUMp0RHuq7Fiw6wgP89zcgdyJpMqyaBrVByl2LV926GKwngEU_llstc/w640-h536/IMG_2237.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Command stands for Hat's Union Cavalry skirmishing.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Lxh25mcG1U2wFqb9JFfyAzKKF_iJvfMixtfUmivO9MjmsX1o64Xh7ITC9rgIDRfACwu6ifcOCb1JAMMBhBfMosvpcXf8oJfwGNGo-PM4uXuHQLa1nRYEBmkoaadgslVqD5d1i9v6A2mbspdf_QMBbWj4B1Lz8-6RuVh8K1P4wdMNQUYCyywzhh6JO31a/s2392/IMG_2236.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2287" data-original-width="2392" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Lxh25mcG1U2wFqb9JFfyAzKKF_iJvfMixtfUmivO9MjmsX1o64Xh7ITC9rgIDRfACwu6ifcOCb1JAMMBhBfMosvpcXf8oJfwGNGo-PM4uXuHQLa1nRYEBmkoaadgslVqD5d1i9v6A2mbspdf_QMBbWj4B1Lz8-6RuVh8K1P4wdMNQUYCyywzhh6JO31a/w640-h612/IMG_2236.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline mounted cavalry painted as US Regulars. The dismounted figures are Musket Miniatures marketed as 22mm back in the day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuk2tAahdjpPsu2q-4igSPGcDIr_VIXfp25-s6YTlAlc2RiYT9wCyrLQkti5e2fZjZK_u9po39wpktRIVWxLYcVn15w55Ycq3t_ig8rw8MRT946chwBL1AIVDmgdnTC1E8KaSSTl140IJOOuFmLORiiEyLkr7suOv5NIMj9_FiW4bDwD9vF5tfLJqnkAVR/s2417/IMG_2235.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2175" data-original-width="2417" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuk2tAahdjpPsu2q-4igSPGcDIr_VIXfp25-s6YTlAlc2RiYT9wCyrLQkti5e2fZjZK_u9po39wpktRIVWxLYcVn15w55Ycq3t_ig8rw8MRT946chwBL1AIVDmgdnTC1E8KaSSTl140IJOOuFmLORiiEyLkr7suOv5NIMj9_FiW4bDwD9vF5tfLJqnkAVR/w640-h576/IMG_2235.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My other Newline unit, this time the dismounted figures are also Newline. I like a lot of figure lines but Newline is at the top of the list for 20mm metals.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy8YK7Zwl2I067YgieDQz7BUFvxCQvAvGTr3ZGQPUqRwcuRDaFWdp0rfTe_sHkEKB4cNtGMwjj6PHG5r5O7ftVrY6Lj0SzprlWN6rH1Cw0tb2mw1eyp_zFm-n7O0bn-tqa2NzZNdTVBSYMUZ8PGtTZZKq-Ba16cv_fS2ksBlrByHrN1u3DQEeU5Pi0oUr/s4032/IMG_2234.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="4032" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy8YK7Zwl2I067YgieDQz7BUFvxCQvAvGTr3ZGQPUqRwcuRDaFWdp0rfTe_sHkEKB4cNtGMwjj6PHG5r5O7ftVrY6Lj0SzprlWN6rH1Cw0tb2mw1eyp_zFm-n7O0bn-tqa2NzZNdTVBSYMUZ8PGtTZZKq-Ba16cv_fS2ksBlrByHrN1u3DQEeU5Pi0oUr/w640-h276/IMG_2234.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hat dismounted cavalry from the Union Cavalry skirmishing set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1O3OESganCsYz09_PAyYrtl93lXpeLnjim9VW_3O_Iwbvi1KTUoC8SqdlW8cwsoncYtMhO2wtM0C7ItFB5wFJN5cIgfLh-gDDIJoANvKuib0w5yWkm4dmhuFa1ndZsMg5ayn1ydrTAlavD6cAtISvTeeYXUwJd73MFU2ZHf6-tU06K8GlnT1NjjY1FC3/s3849/IMG_2230.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="3849" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1O3OESganCsYz09_PAyYrtl93lXpeLnjim9VW_3O_Iwbvi1KTUoC8SqdlW8cwsoncYtMhO2wtM0C7ItFB5wFJN5cIgfLh-gDDIJoANvKuib0w5yWkm4dmhuFa1ndZsMg5ayn1ydrTAlavD6cAtISvTeeYXUwJd73MFU2ZHf6-tU06K8GlnT1NjjY1FC3/w640-h332/IMG_2230.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Italeri is near the top when it comes to 1\72 plastics. These are from their Union Cavalry set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70dLJmFKzOsenqfO5sGU96zXa62iDwGCRplEwvIZqxWIoPHsZU0Yl25_FVVvZSXdz_fZaNjs4PK21uyCk5LqXBMLvUJWwdQzMd3VPdrPpjCcZHvbH3ktGoDaqgkT4xDDwg_8tKYE8U7AaNmeKViK4N_tqavZnjGuOQ5rbuZobvMZ0M8ggCWgNasdwg4o9/s4032/IMG_2231.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="4032" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70dLJmFKzOsenqfO5sGU96zXa62iDwGCRplEwvIZqxWIoPHsZU0Yl25_FVVvZSXdz_fZaNjs4PK21uyCk5LqXBMLvUJWwdQzMd3VPdrPpjCcZHvbH3ktGoDaqgkT4xDDwg_8tKYE8U7AaNmeKViK4N_tqavZnjGuOQ5rbuZobvMZ0M8ggCWgNasdwg4o9/w640-h314/IMG_2231.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">IMEX makes a set of Union Cavalry (or Confederate since the figures are the same). The mounted figures have a limited utility value since they are all firing from the saddle. The dismounted figures above are unique because they feature the very rare Colt pistol\carbine. They are among my favorites!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE14xiFUADxbcqLCOy-bIS6ZFbpRyVg4y4l_U23VJau6QVyiirT5dOjNvvT_ZfptN-TACjBQmVoxL1RY4QzaW5x4SEjB_uWaakr9t-lQ3nEHWcjn4FVUGqnw0JbsP2w2bekAsZjv2lEAqSmFoVEcSXw1Vj9phf7eMfgUTiBSBhS3AyS_V01AQxo0pJ39c0/s3846/IMG_2232.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="3846" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE14xiFUADxbcqLCOy-bIS6ZFbpRyVg4y4l_U23VJau6QVyiirT5dOjNvvT_ZfptN-TACjBQmVoxL1RY4QzaW5x4SEjB_uWaakr9t-lQ3nEHWcjn4FVUGqnw0JbsP2w2bekAsZjv2lEAqSmFoVEcSXw1Vj9phf7eMfgUTiBSBhS3AyS_V01AQxo0pJ39c0/w640-h290/IMG_2232.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hat Union Cavalry (mtd). Carbines and revolvers are much in evidence. Excellent set by Hat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0779X5YTePKIIyvLataFM88j35gfk06p92ZvmXWSANVTB219j6v5fLrgNeTwvoNKQvGfeyAawdwOGoBz3VJ1-sO3LeeAbPKOTjBzVzGjIMIrLW9cySAl-HSiiVKc3sw9fQ6Qu72pgJ1Q2V8nBqW-Jpafz2gFoy0_lkkgruzw9JqTmsEYi0zGsVOTDbdp/s3018/IMG_2229-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2076" data-original-width="3018" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0779X5YTePKIIyvLataFM88j35gfk06p92ZvmXWSANVTB219j6v5fLrgNeTwvoNKQvGfeyAawdwOGoBz3VJ1-sO3LeeAbPKOTjBzVzGjIMIrLW9cySAl-HSiiVKc3sw9fQ6Qu72pgJ1Q2V8nBqW-Jpafz2gFoy0_lkkgruzw9JqTmsEYi0zGsVOTDbdp/w640-h440/IMG_2229-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Airfix artillery crews with Musket Miniatures Napoleons.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIV5XbrWJ0_GEnFoztV24bQVvfUvyW4q6WWskLMd3th6tJCHOgsSwmPzejfOLhbWIT0kebnlpPt08w6TTStlP2cjrnmgI-oZu1xr_gRPXVeadJBnO_a9G0I9Qd8dDkgPWJL6RoxVeE5pIu7EuKz0K3XuJeMEMAjvAGvGu46uZhtkEppCQlIYtH3AQ-jnB/s4032/IMG_2228.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2238" data-original-width="4032" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIV5XbrWJ0_GEnFoztV24bQVvfUvyW4q6WWskLMd3th6tJCHOgsSwmPzejfOLhbWIT0kebnlpPt08w6TTStlP2cjrnmgI-oZu1xr_gRPXVeadJBnO_a9G0I9Qd8dDkgPWJL6RoxVeE5pIu7EuKz0K3XuJeMEMAjvAGvGu46uZhtkEppCQlIYtH3AQ-jnB/w640-h356/IMG_2228.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Italeri Union Infantry (NY Regiments) Command figures are from Newline.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEz5CIdIYzkd_jsO7exO7b__yEsoIWvPk1ZUv0uiLw4NQYMvPCVb95wWGDcbUOEJ4vT1OOOkF1vPztt-BVa4NrFXXq1JhfprazBZKPzyk1yTmJOsy3JngvqFpA28KJf2BaoczCRONzGn2WIto2SQVGN8LdbACM0BRBNTPrdEiRDZzJA5_1JB-_okYW1v4b/s3887/IMG_2227-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="3887" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEz5CIdIYzkd_jsO7exO7b__yEsoIWvPk1ZUv0uiLw4NQYMvPCVb95wWGDcbUOEJ4vT1OOOkF1vPztt-BVa4NrFXXq1JhfprazBZKPzyk1yTmJOsy3JngvqFpA28KJf2BaoczCRONzGn2WIto2SQVGN8LdbACM0BRBNTPrdEiRDZzJA5_1JB-_okYW1v4b/w640-h422/IMG_2227-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The 26th Wisconsin was a "Sigel Regiment." Sigel Regiments were raised in 1862 from the heavy German areas of Wisconsin and Ohio (and other areas or cities like St. Louis, MO). The figures are Airfix and I painted them up before the Italeri.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTMVi8fms43lW5jbjnBgXE-rjhc02-uawtxUj-x9QAcWi9b9jTZ6jT-VuegoYnRNpnO6v86LD-KTmSDjbw8gcqsVt2nTPQk6AvrnemKsMqIBuQTyz0LnCRpxqWA06RiQjl_8cUnS65EMJotFu7ovGqfsWeIOAAVnmdyG1kj3QZJXXvNb5D1mfDa4GP3US/s4032/IMG_2226-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="4032" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTMVi8fms43lW5jbjnBgXE-rjhc02-uawtxUj-x9QAcWi9b9jTZ6jT-VuegoYnRNpnO6v86LD-KTmSDjbw8gcqsVt2nTPQk6AvrnemKsMqIBuQTyz0LnCRpxqWA06RiQjl_8cUnS65EMJotFu7ovGqfsWeIOAAVnmdyG1kj3QZJXXvNb5D1mfDa4GP3US/w640-h270/IMG_2226-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Italeri Infantry on skirmish stands.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrMAGCH3yMZQqOqnwfVXwvZsVVM7hSsv6kyt4t5NivKpiEAUDGdet3aS6c9ru4EnrCZlOCwcddrNUPq9fzOOkaNvR9w63wxyN_mLI-v0jq1g9yVolMmb44ZpAgUmTSguRb_VTFP8LZq5at4IrSEZ68i6lFGcdVk5AGE-21WKzEA5QzbnZKAgvE1lF9lrU/s4032/IMG_2225-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="4032" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrMAGCH3yMZQqOqnwfVXwvZsVVM7hSsv6kyt4t5NivKpiEAUDGdet3aS6c9ru4EnrCZlOCwcddrNUPq9fzOOkaNvR9w63wxyN_mLI-v0jq1g9yVolMmb44ZpAgUmTSguRb_VTFP8LZq5at4IrSEZ68i6lFGcdVk5AGE-21WKzEA5QzbnZKAgvE1lF9lrU/w640-h334/IMG_2225-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The 5th New York was named Duryea's Zouaves. One unit is organized as line infantry for Rebels and Patriots and the 12 figures unit is organized as Light Infantry. Both units are a mix of Italeri, Hat and Musket Miniatures. Any Union collection must have at least one Zouave unit!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-81476690678618431312024-02-08T20:17:00.000-06:002024-02-08T20:17:27.279-06:00Rebels and Patriots Confederates in 1\72 plastic<p> When I got back into wargaming 10 years ago, I was committed to 1\72 plastics. It's where we started way back in the 1960s. My friend and I have quite a few armies in the old classic scale.</p><p>The ACW has always been a favorite of mine. I painted up these Confederates early on in my return to wargaming.</p><p>My original theme was early war Hampton's Legion since it comprised of infantry, cavalry, and artillery in the manner of the War of Independence legions.</p><p>I added units to the theme but kept the basic idea of a South Carolina <i>Rebels and Patriots</i> "company" although I use unit names.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGbbucLJfCpDso2a_IyrzuedTEMzcs0if8UXJ00JDiaiXDf1_kBULYrufFAAoquntVJjEIKftWT2tG355_ZlYH8hi3upJgTixv68N_61vUtdPFd46s2pIOIIv5EWcm6E9fh2wCaKAgCTCbiAcMrqhB_AMJtbhva61kx8Vj-9QZ51TsKoYObNw5pE8Wdsv/s1638/IMG_1752-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1638" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGbbucLJfCpDso2a_IyrzuedTEMzcs0if8UXJ00JDiaiXDf1_kBULYrufFAAoquntVJjEIKftWT2tG355_ZlYH8hi3upJgTixv68N_61vUtdPFd46s2pIOIIv5EWcm6E9fh2wCaKAgCTCbiAcMrqhB_AMJtbhva61kx8Vj-9QZ51TsKoYObNw5pE8Wdsv/w640-h472/IMG_1752-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are IMEX figures. This was my original Hampton's Legion battery. I use two guns instead of the RP one for looks purposes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_x7pjC13BsgpX2NWdYxX52meme4x0QJsKUS4uYKcLpXI0kUjmSoQHnAUf-KkTv21LjQIA0gjryRzc7qtHauJrkneF2GENwOgMHUriyVqOcR2bjjtwzM3-FbU-iHXsg01NfabHOlx-DaCJqMoTXQvIsZTwJ6uohYxF2p6aPEytPrreu25PglLR8jPPWpR/s3264/IMG_1751-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="3264" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_x7pjC13BsgpX2NWdYxX52meme4x0QJsKUS4uYKcLpXI0kUjmSoQHnAUf-KkTv21LjQIA0gjryRzc7qtHauJrkneF2GENwOgMHUriyVqOcR2bjjtwzM3-FbU-iHXsg01NfabHOlx-DaCJqMoTXQvIsZTwJ6uohYxF2p6aPEytPrreu25PglLR8jPPWpR/w640-h210/IMG_1751-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are my metal exceptions in the group. They are Musket Miniatures they picked off of eBay because they are cool figures. In RP they will be used as mounted skirmishers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHCjm_tUuvIbrTgqerSkJWnx-EynW5S8rErE5UBmMviGJvea0NK0e1XU4gldSIXExtXmhzPA9aVgWGONLh736Upw1qXvNWLWr1rJZRkXdZXlZApzC97ijlrFsw44JGI13eHF-o0mMoMwfbLdp1PlQLkVY_DbDEC5IC23f4AKNb3A0O7WiCGd6J_5dBRq9/s3264/IMG_1750-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="3264" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHCjm_tUuvIbrTgqerSkJWnx-EynW5S8rErE5UBmMviGJvea0NK0e1XU4gldSIXExtXmhzPA9aVgWGONLh736Upw1qXvNWLWr1rJZRkXdZXlZApzC97ijlrFsw44JGI13eHF-o0mMoMwfbLdp1PlQLkVY_DbDEC5IC23f4AKNb3A0O7WiCGd6J_5dBRq9/w640-h292/IMG_1750-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italeri Confederate cavalry. Beautiful set of figures. I did them in regulation uniforms to depict early war Hampton's Legion.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QBMmvnZ8ZZ8PkTztGQn1keUr0glXdnjocSiPDcmVZOrPppkoRcySB9d5iGCh_fQJTnsODl13IN7M8CCOcIhSv0Y8xlBUj7uqWeDld9-6XK7e-G2J7_5Ik9K4bQeVgZB3urXtgHzDqoy-GnsfE9LcOjtW6LoCU9PnHwQ4FrOcppEd4Kd2cJAqJnwT185H/s3002/IMG_1749-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="3002" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QBMmvnZ8ZZ8PkTztGQn1keUr0glXdnjocSiPDcmVZOrPppkoRcySB9d5iGCh_fQJTnsODl13IN7M8CCOcIhSv0Y8xlBUj7uqWeDld9-6XK7e-G2J7_5Ik9K4bQeVgZB3urXtgHzDqoy-GnsfE9LcOjtW6LoCU9PnHwQ4FrOcppEd4Kd2cJAqJnwT185H/w640-h294/IMG_1749-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mounted cavalry figures are Italeri and look like they are supposed to be the famous 1st Virginia. The dismt figures are IMEX. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPXzA3aeAzh85CQuDOI9L8clxcH6pD4npZug8MfLSiV81oW6ZjyHh77AFkgdQehkz5Zz0k3s-qugZ8YbotC68c2Od0loeQWw0ZEiU5N2FzTp7fQHXiy0CSI9U3Gn-6go1tQ5wTIxGbDDRa8ZhvIjv5Ll6t8aODPKy93y0ChE-sYeyKS2NxdVMGkUsCz0p/s1501/IMG_1748-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1321" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPXzA3aeAzh85CQuDOI9L8clxcH6pD4npZug8MfLSiV81oW6ZjyHh77AFkgdQehkz5Zz0k3s-qugZ8YbotC68c2Od0loeQWw0ZEiU5N2FzTp7fQHXiy0CSI9U3Gn-6go1tQ5wTIxGbDDRa8ZhvIjv5Ll6t8aODPKy93y0ChE-sYeyKS2NxdVMGkUsCz0p/w564-h640/IMG_1748-EDIT.jpg" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General Wade Hampton from the Italeri set.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA7UbzgP3BxNWFM5uhHnIJ2GaY9jEbKdnC6jWfBOPVxVX9E_BLaxATV8CihlKQ3sT-s4Q3uzGyy2UJ8Mv692oJ1oB9Nc6I__L15ZdvqkNG4UlWP5aO2WjCccn0FNrp8FYWXvvWe9FZhF8cfA5n3szXZgWPbEdEorqHzRR5yjMIkz86Ar6SAk8-_56EUzm/s2734/IMG_1745-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2734" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA7UbzgP3BxNWFM5uhHnIJ2GaY9jEbKdnC6jWfBOPVxVX9E_BLaxATV8CihlKQ3sT-s4Q3uzGyy2UJ8Mv692oJ1oB9Nc6I__L15ZdvqkNG4UlWP5aO2WjCccn0FNrp8FYWXvvWe9FZhF8cfA5n3szXZgWPbEdEorqHzRR5yjMIkz86Ar6SAk8-_56EUzm/w640-h280/IMG_1745-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Rebels and Patriots, dismounted cavalry are in 6 fig skirmish units. I use them in 12 fig units as light infantry but change their stats to 5\12" to represent the carbines and mixed weapons. Most of these are Italeri, but the command figures are Musket Miniatures.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qdPTQdW5qCe1cMI8tEVMjbzl_ygiqsPhUKnOasezERi1lyoOMkV377sV3ZtkrPz_xuMfQCg07dKSb4XD7scnqyftblYkl-tMT-IxmcpmgvycP-iuEVkXbiKalTxirUIBYPsiSo0JhZpvLbhsVzP3_738700sFIo7QMO12-ap9P7esMqM-Rg3Ufr-dJfb/s2678/IMG_1744-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1283" data-original-width="2678" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qdPTQdW5qCe1cMI8tEVMjbzl_ygiqsPhUKnOasezERi1lyoOMkV377sV3ZtkrPz_xuMfQCg07dKSb4XD7scnqyftblYkl-tMT-IxmcpmgvycP-iuEVkXbiKalTxirUIBYPsiSo0JhZpvLbhsVzP3_738700sFIo7QMO12-ap9P7esMqM-Rg3Ufr-dJfb/w640-h306/IMG_1744-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italeri Confederate infantry. I have two units of 18 for Rebels and Patriots.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAconb32l1VT1R3MJO1z1WEf7v64U8tJy9pmrg8Ihbhq0-dAoCWCci7FXTOcw1Kp-iJvKhESSTmRi2vmJ3dcaxKk2tQ-hZcUbD26cWbI0AGuk7ZSMuB5PFiHarXAhHB0A0_Hvw3OPDaP1DyWRKjNfQjqPMEmexXPDCdEPh2HKFeu-qJSinP89LsAONqM7/s3057/IMG_1746.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="3057" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAconb32l1VT1R3MJO1z1WEf7v64U8tJy9pmrg8Ihbhq0-dAoCWCci7FXTOcw1Kp-iJvKhESSTmRi2vmJ3dcaxKk2tQ-hZcUbD26cWbI0AGuk7ZSMuB5PFiHarXAhHB0A0_Hvw3OPDaP1DyWRKjNfQjqPMEmexXPDCdEPh2HKFeu-qJSinP89LsAONqM7/w640-h320/IMG_1746.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The unit in front is ESCI except for the command figures, which are metal 20mm from Newline. The back unit is classic Airfix. They are the infantry component of Hampton's Legion.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUzduUYVmsXhEiSf7Ck_JTCFbBwPFYh0dA0W9kMYSuVDPxsib2-BbIxuV9PSSHeXQPQ-GAWJvt_q7UDQEn_ex49U4IKsmwc-u3ux3fAmmRKoV04IRXnTqeAc7qzz76WafzIyZcOyDLBqtWoyIMgjviZD9CUOb_aqiWD5fccvD8Kbp8bedLVjWR11jr5-i/s2837/IMG_1747-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2837" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUzduUYVmsXhEiSf7Ck_JTCFbBwPFYh0dA0W9kMYSuVDPxsib2-BbIxuV9PSSHeXQPQ-GAWJvt_q7UDQEn_ex49U4IKsmwc-u3ux3fAmmRKoV04IRXnTqeAc7qzz76WafzIyZcOyDLBqtWoyIMgjviZD9CUOb_aqiWD5fccvD8Kbp8bedLVjWR11jr5-i/w640-h328/IMG_1747-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three units of skirmishers. They are a mix of Italeri and ESCI.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-54169637253000428832024-01-01T15:45:00.001-06:002024-01-31T13:18:05.654-06:00Viking Raid 992AD<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Happy New Year!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Over the holidays I managed to put together a <i>Lion Rampant2 </i>game featurng most of my vintage Vikning and Anglo\Saxon figures. The players would be my son Justin and my grandson Ian (age 13). Justin had played once before and but Ian had not although both have played <i>Rebels and Patriots</i>, a game system that uses similar mechanisms. I filled the role as scenrio designer and game master.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Historical Background</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Sweyn Forkbeard</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">(</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse_language" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">:</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><i lang="non" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="non-Latn-fonipa" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Help:IPA">[ˈswɛinː<span class="wrap" style="white-space: normal;"> </span>ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson<span class="wrap" style="white-space: normal;"> </span>ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]</a></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">;</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard#cite_note-3" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[3]</a></sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Danish language">Danish</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">:</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><i lang="da" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">Svend Tveskæg</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">; 17 April 963</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Golden335_1-1" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard#cite_note-Golden335-1" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[1]</a></sup><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">– 3 February 1014) was</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Denmark" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="King of Denmark">King of Denmark</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">from 986 until his death,</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_England" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="King of England">King of England</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">for five weeks from December 1013 until his death, and</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Norway" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="King of Norway">King of Norway</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">from 999/1000 until 1013/14. He was the father of King</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II_of_Denmark" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Harald II of Denmark">Harald II of Denmark</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">, King</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Cnut the Great">Cnut the Great</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">, and Queen</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_Svendsdatter" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Estrid Svendsdatter">Estrid Svendsdatter</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-weir_2-2" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard#cite_note-weir-2" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[2]</a></sup></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the mid-980s, Sweyn revolted against his father, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Harald Bluetooth">Harald Bluetooth</a>, and seized the throne. Harald was driven into exile and died shortly afterwards in November 986 or 987.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Sawyer2004_4-0" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard#cite_note-Sawyer2004-4" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[4]</a></sup> In 1000, with the allegiance of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_of_Lade" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Eric of Lade">Eric</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Lade" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Earl of Lade">Earl of Lade</a>, Sweyn ruled most of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Norway">Norway</a>. In 1013, shortly before his death, he became the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Kn%C3%BDtlinga" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="House of Knýtlinga">Danish king of the English</a> after a long effort.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Wallingford_(d._1258)" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="John of Wallingford (d. 1258)">Chronicle of John of Wallingford</a>" (c. 1225–1250) records Sweyn's involvement in raids against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="England">England</a>during 1002–1005, 1006–1007 and 1009–1012. According to Ashley (1998), Sweyn's invasion was partly motivated by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Brice%27s_Day_Massacre" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="St. Brice's Day Massacre">St. Brice's Day Massacre</a> in November 1002, where Danes in England were massacred under orders from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Æthelred the Unready">Æthelred the Unready</a>, in which Sweyn's sister and brother-in-law are said to have been killed,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard#cite_note-16" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[16]</a></sup> but Lund (2001) argues that the main motivation for the raids was more likely the prospect of revenue.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lund_12-1" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard#cite_note-Lund-12" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; color: #795cb2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">[12]</a></sup></span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: black;">Scenario</b></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Viking raiding parties are attacking up and down the English coast. Some of the parties are pentrating well inland, buring and looting at every opportunity. One raiding force under Erik Forkbeard, a very young son of Swein divided his force into two parties to obtain even more revenue.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Their raid has been successful. The two parties are attmepting to reunite and get back to their ships before the Select and General Fyrd can catch up to them..</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">To the Vkings surprise the Midlands Select Fyrd has managed to block their path. The General Fyrd has not yet made an appearance but cannot be far behind. Erik's forces are still divided by close by. Erik's objective is to get past the Anglo\Saxons with the loot with a little more than half his force, but more if possible.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Anglo\Saxons are led by Byrnoth the Bold.Byrnoth's goal is to make the Viking Raiders pay a heavy price and recapture as much of the loot as possible.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Forces</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUoVyy-CjVWzvL-PA9N_-QKfjiXeWD-Ae_mW0iyGthFYZVdvwB9law-F3nFHoAQtzCz3fYsfXpgUA8KsopAxdLlX5mPZQr37HTz-U5o4HdxDE6rKQqe5A-D8gMPXXLw7SKU93bi4asr4a7NfYXJomlJxiw4Dx6i8EvCGksCKdmfhitzO8VKhb89fehtgW/s3709/IMG_2177.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3709" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUoVyy-CjVWzvL-PA9N_-QKfjiXeWD-Ae_mW0iyGthFYZVdvwB9law-F3nFHoAQtzCz3fYsfXpgUA8KsopAxdLlX5mPZQr37HTz-U5o4HdxDE6rKQqe5A-D8gMPXXLw7SKU93bi4asr4a7NfYXJomlJxiw4Dx6i8EvCGksCKdmfhitzO8VKhb89fehtgW/w522-h640/IMG_2177.jpeg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC1Vwz1ww9xnGioaAhOMwK-7sJg1qLPxP1R5VHj6pwttuvdX5bTDzWOzpc4g7CrGIUvQeepS76PoZ3BznwflAN_41ev78PFn-yaQpB-GQCXflR3SoXL_YfTvIrbXEkUAydBjHwumSho-Gw4855nfJlUPyIqq_SK8rUFOCsfU4G-vhA6xeaVX8cZRKMMXV/s3814/IMG_2178.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3814" data-original-width="2872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC1Vwz1ww9xnGioaAhOMwK-7sJg1qLPxP1R5VHj6pwttuvdX5bTDzWOzpc4g7CrGIUvQeepS76PoZ3BznwflAN_41ev78PFn-yaQpB-GQCXflR3SoXL_YfTvIrbXEkUAydBjHwumSho-Gw4855nfJlUPyIqq_SK8rUFOCsfU4G-vhA6xeaVX8cZRKMMXV/w482-h640/IMG_2178.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Vikings</span></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Erik is the leader and has the Agressive trait as does the other Viking leader with the second unit of Huscarls. The trait enables one unit to activate automatically per turn. Ian used this ability to great effect.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">OB</span></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">2 Units of Huscarls</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">1 Unit of Berserks (They have the Fearsome upgrade.)</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">3 Units of HvInf, one of which is "expert."</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">1 unit of skirmishers.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">7 units total</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Reinforcements from the above were one unit of Huscarls, the Berserkers and one HvInf (Turn 4)</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Anglo\Saxons</span></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">3 units of Select Fyrd (Thegns) two of which are expert.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">3 units of General Fyrd, all have the javelin upgrade.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">2 units of skirmishers</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">8 units total</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The reinforcements from the above were the three units of General Fyrd and one unit of skirmishers (Turn 5)</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Game</span></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Ian knew where his reinforcements would come in bascailly on the Anglo\Saxon left. Justin knew generally where they could come on and just basically where his General Fyrd would come on. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Ian tried to pin in place the Anglo\Saxon units on his left and center while drifting to his right to get in the area where the reinforcements would arrive.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Since Justin was unaware of eaxactly where the flank attack would come from he concentrated his initial force in the center and on his right flank. Ian's initial set up therefore favored his flank attack while Justin was isolated from it.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Justin attacked from his center with his two best Select Fyrd units agains Ian's "expert" HvInf.The HvInf managed to inflict more losses than received and did batter the two units while getting battered itself. This initial melee would have consequences later on. The Vking unit never did rally and eventually routed whike the twoAngl\Saxon units did rally but their losses weakened them.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">From there Ian continued to work toward his left trying to use an impassable marsh as a block to Angle\Saxon reinforcements. Justin's skirmish unit on his right proved annoying to the Viking HvInf unit on Ian's left. In a suprise move, rather than take the missle fire Ian attacked. The skirmishers evaded and for a brief time the Vikings had a unit in the middle of the Anglo\Saxon line that they had to deal with. The Viking unit would die but not before inflicting further damage and preventing Anglo\Saxon units from drifting to the open flank.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Once the Viking reinforcements appeared Ian's plan became obvious and it became a question of what Justin could do about it. Given the nature of the terrain Justin fell back to a small hill waiting for his reinforcements. Sadly, most of them appeared too far from the center to be of much help.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Ian attacked the units on and near the hill where one od Justin's Select Fyrd units made a heroic stand against three assaults that included Huscarls, HvInf and the Bererkers. Although they died to the last man they bought time for some of General Fyrd to come up and block the path of the Viking units seeking to exit the board.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">At this point it looked like Ian would exit with 4 units for the win. One further courage check howerver resulted in one of the damaged Huscarl units to rout. This bascially left one Viking HvInf to fight their way through and the damaged Berswrker unit to do the same.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Berserkers broke a General Fyrd shield wall and damaged them beyond repair, routing them, thus enabling the Berserks to exit.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Viking HveInf unit fought its way up the hill against another General Fyrd unit pushing it back nearly to the edge of the board. By this time the Viking unit was effectively surrounded and had one turn left to bash it's way through. A failed courage test would give the victory to the Anglo\Saxons. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The HvInf unit prevailed and left the board giving the Vikings the victory for exiting with four units.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">The Vikings lost three units and the Anglo\Saxons four. Both players played a good gentleman like game.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: black;">Pictures</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: medium;">The pictures do not truly chronicle the action but rather give the </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">general idea and show off my mostly vintage metal 25mm figures.The collection includes Ral Partha, Garrison and Minifigs as well as a few unknowns that I picked up somewhere.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">There are quite a few Old Glory figures as well especially among the Vikings.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The table size is 4' by 4' and the point value for each side was 34.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykwfq1xB4_yDrEqDtNOvhbgJZXgDicTTYuddYt9x0kMlDy04oWpStNkfEeEVp1ObSBmBcx__d6R8XDipMy7W3-BdibsQN77g-jATEYFDpnnmJD4uIbYuQKvg7D34CYS7bRcXT9QbJPNwhskG4VQxI4DxaVPzQg8dZDGxybt4L1OJ6vIAtn2XhIcH_Uj9M/s3546/IMG_2145.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="3546" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykwfq1xB4_yDrEqDtNOvhbgJZXgDicTTYuddYt9x0kMlDy04oWpStNkfEeEVp1ObSBmBcx__d6R8XDipMy7W3-BdibsQN77g-jATEYFDpnnmJD4uIbYuQKvg7D34CYS7bRcXT9QbJPNwhskG4VQxI4DxaVPzQg8dZDGxybt4L1OJ6vIAtn2XhIcH_Uj9M/w640-h250/IMG_2145.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The two units with banners are the expert Select Fyrd. The third is on the far left next to the skirmish unit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkwzIAKikcKh5t2_sO8Zt4l3WwivQRreE_jCIy16BYcq-PkFKYSxnzlclXPdhUMCJFa5Nv4WHG8dGLPtzZOT_EaLhYXJ_cCBhCFhR59VBdNOmbOyvQU8uynZ-vbt0UpZhAw4CZwm71GRns3aOlnaIxMzEyFo987pKZPWVBd-bSeuNGHKt1zuK1oGygdrU/s4032/IMG_2147.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="4032" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkwzIAKikcKh5t2_sO8Zt4l3WwivQRreE_jCIy16BYcq-PkFKYSxnzlclXPdhUMCJFa5Nv4WHG8dGLPtzZOT_EaLhYXJ_cCBhCFhR59VBdNOmbOyvQU8uynZ-vbt0UpZhAw4CZwm71GRns3aOlnaIxMzEyFo987pKZPWVBd-bSeuNGHKt1zuK1oGygdrU/w640-h244/IMG_2147.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the expert Select Fyrd units (mostly Garrison)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirbkuCwuqlulY98LiqlpVKp2svbD_1w5MEnTJcA5gCW5lvZ5jn4ZtIKNi_ax1oyRzNyJCl0pnSoA3naPY2Qp2UoqejiVQG6L9AylFlxfQhfqxXVKIOIFq7uqOyp5_-75CE-cMZBU-l4nb_P4x1iIF2qzzQUkgGvqyobUlPB_55uNar-MQekvvCoP0BWNS/s3349/IMG_2148.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="3349" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirbkuCwuqlulY98LiqlpVKp2svbD_1w5MEnTJcA5gCW5lvZ5jn4ZtIKNi_ax1oyRzNyJCl0pnSoA3naPY2Qp2UoqejiVQG6L9AylFlxfQhfqxXVKIOIFq7uqOyp5_-75CE-cMZBU-l4nb_P4x1iIF2qzzQUkgGvqyobUlPB_55uNar-MQekvvCoP0BWNS/w640-h354/IMG_2148.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the Viking Huscarl units (Old Glory) and one of the HvInf units (mostly Garrison) The command figure is Gripping Beast's Harald Hardraada figure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqYKFz6ZhfMKv0oClslal2bg4hMFFKNRUYim6fZvvPVh00R0VSMHD9ohyjI77Qdo-GfeAbSDS6uqX-pGMAslmbDO8rTXyLD-BTsQZP8Xtkf3fzZ1VrPYdFWE9as4htN7-rd8-HwYoUCaonjWNmpS6T3l9TB-ZSPqN7dVIjPIC0n0LKg6ZfbkxiKiHJeDC/s4032/IMG_2149.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="4032" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqYKFz6ZhfMKv0oClslal2bg4hMFFKNRUYim6fZvvPVh00R0VSMHD9ohyjI77Qdo-GfeAbSDS6uqX-pGMAslmbDO8rTXyLD-BTsQZP8Xtkf3fzZ1VrPYdFWE9as4htN7-rd8-HwYoUCaonjWNmpS6T3l9TB-ZSPqN7dVIjPIC0n0LKg6ZfbkxiKiHJeDC/w640-h378/IMG_2149.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My grandson Ian trying to out think his dad.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa6pQV015wfcEpyiX7sTvn0mZdsYfIudbtuH23Z6jH7P0rZejHEV7yMCCEMf-C_bRxPEhl3coJoPtMIY4LGkuP8ed4ksDQ-ASZo5MzK7M-HO2Z77brgosbQsb8zeUPBjORDlw1N0V5be31JxQfxeqf1Q_19ipn6XSWYaqanSmRwAvhtuZOF1xQ-JxNeCk/s4032/IMG_2150.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa6pQV015wfcEpyiX7sTvn0mZdsYfIudbtuH23Z6jH7P0rZejHEV7yMCCEMf-C_bRxPEhl3coJoPtMIY4LGkuP8ed4ksDQ-ASZo5MzK7M-HO2Z77brgosbQsb8zeUPBjORDlw1N0V5be31JxQfxeqf1Q_19ipn6XSWYaqanSmRwAvhtuZOF1xQ-JxNeCk/w640-h480/IMG_2150.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The two Select Fyrd units after fighting the HvInf unit.The percent dice just mark losses, The small red die means battered.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-LJ2A7MRzQsADQeGoBf8EkpRK7juT1_4hv49J8LTinK4O_x43pbIOeEf5JltkS0Yl7KqhXsBFwb75bNqjN8jj9DnpZ65Np1o8hyphenhyphenvL1Y4jopMtaZx0giMab3Eo4IWnvfTTndIjE4hcE9DuB4-GitItRp2ELkCzuoBytTU7QhIwiVeR0GBh54dnKxymFR_/s4032/IMG_2151.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-LJ2A7MRzQsADQeGoBf8EkpRK7juT1_4hv49J8LTinK4O_x43pbIOeEf5JltkS0Yl7KqhXsBFwb75bNqjN8jj9DnpZ65Np1o8hyphenhyphenvL1Y4jopMtaZx0giMab3Eo4IWnvfTTndIjE4hcE9DuB4-GitItRp2ELkCzuoBytTU7QhIwiVeR0GBh54dnKxymFR_/w640-h480/IMG_2151.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Vikings seek to turn the flank and exit. The skirmisher unit would prove to be annoying and the first Viking unit to get off the board. The skirmishers are Minifigs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbtT24EsdCDHj3c_qgXd_u233Ffu8czGQTlS8r97oiOTF-zJrllh-YQIFav9vbinGbQg0TCH9syueS9dJgvn8w5UC6ihRGdCLXaq-fnZ08yuroIO-NTKaclkrwLiJ19XQCxp83mV-aG6d_jw6x0vCgkYM3OfSLPpmoSZ-CPyEQmrth8yVLMh7O-WBYk3a/s3711/IMG_2152.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2167" data-original-width="3711" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbtT24EsdCDHj3c_qgXd_u233Ffu8czGQTlS8r97oiOTF-zJrllh-YQIFav9vbinGbQg0TCH9syueS9dJgvn8w5UC6ihRGdCLXaq-fnZ08yuroIO-NTKaclkrwLiJ19XQCxp83mV-aG6d_jw6x0vCgkYM3OfSLPpmoSZ-CPyEQmrth8yVLMh7O-WBYk3a/w640-h374/IMG_2152.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Anglo\Saxon skirmishers would provoke the Viking HvInf to attack. A risky move on Ian's part but it proved effective.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HPXooZRNQU57tiyWE-pj9v5KagPwIRjsN-Q_782ZptbkH-pcixeFCaWoe55JuqGBe0YOtgM72lcT7tB9biwNwQkaEw1vIf_i-Sz_s-TG6qxeo0m0IOdyMO2aOD3jzqfx3kLl4Ko9YuGsYGMl0YwZ7ZNnjvXbIfxaAPZWg8lSsgT5h4FmkK62mnbjLsi5/s4032/IMG_2153.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HPXooZRNQU57tiyWE-pj9v5KagPwIRjsN-Q_782ZptbkH-pcixeFCaWoe55JuqGBe0YOtgM72lcT7tB9biwNwQkaEw1vIf_i-Sz_s-TG6qxeo0m0IOdyMO2aOD3jzqfx3kLl4Ko9YuGsYGMl0YwZ7ZNnjvXbIfxaAPZWg8lSsgT5h4FmkK62mnbjLsi5/w640-h480/IMG_2153.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The two Select Fyrd units would pull back around the little hill. The Huscarls would get into the woods and help to turn the flank. They routed on the second to last turn.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMJiE5HrXS2Xzcu4fzhQWTlwLIWOfBWYenjRsULxo-n2zE0yOriw3DLkhYuZYtMGI808HTB4vIKGvcHEYdVCltFv76OR30ZmtXyY9x_DAX6lUoGkYrhl0Jca_1mTMZXf7S-4dLgtyD78PPflmHcAlUxWIJpx_8lBynQPNxwjaqSiOvyMEiLMBaQOm507G/s4032/IMG_2154.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="4032" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMJiE5HrXS2Xzcu4fzhQWTlwLIWOfBWYenjRsULxo-n2zE0yOriw3DLkhYuZYtMGI808HTB4vIKGvcHEYdVCltFv76OR30ZmtXyY9x_DAX6lUoGkYrhl0Jca_1mTMZXf7S-4dLgtyD78PPflmHcAlUxWIJpx_8lBynQPNxwjaqSiOvyMEiLMBaQOm507G/w640-h328/IMG_2154.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This actually occurred early on. The Select Fyrd is desited to die heroically on the little hill but not before forcing the Vking unit that is battered to never rally.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISbmI6rNtYF966bZ8G5UWFl_YXtZAIFTS8Ga3IR-nx-5oNXymx5Q1vxnXK2vay0B2I61DDkOH8O8HITaFiHb2QSTqPR2x2mom2ZFivyMDPVk4nliphWpphGcc7QY-tdnAghLUXbktU_8fXOehW4AdEU1S98DM4n6ygGyTrx242vWG-ZXuogVIygZ5rOCt/s3375/IMG_2155.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3375" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISbmI6rNtYF966bZ8G5UWFl_YXtZAIFTS8Ga3IR-nx-5oNXymx5Q1vxnXK2vay0B2I61DDkOH8O8HITaFiHb2QSTqPR2x2mom2ZFivyMDPVk4nliphWpphGcc7QY-tdnAghLUXbktU_8fXOehW4AdEU1S98DM4n6ygGyTrx242vWG-ZXuogVIygZ5rOCt/w640-h574/IMG_2155.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Vikings need to get past the General Fyrd unit in shield wall. By this point anyone could win but the Fyrd unit is definitely outclassed. Eventually the berserker unit would break the shield wall scattering the Fyrd. The Fyrd unit is a composite of Minifigs and Garrison.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0LTPM0qKoaADjcoJJUqDHm2scre-8JgXjcqi23jqwh3Hf8g-h5npTTA2UuRxrHHi50ui-JBPOjVf1qsxtXQzqP-HphyphenhyphenfGyAeaLFs0IIiENhAFxD8ElpdvSE2NxgJ1qrRcJKQz3KRptDARgCh_rk76q007eJ5BFODZM-Wf-QdT0lr7ljHGjOJn6GAjk7n/s3384/IMG_2156.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3384" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0LTPM0qKoaADjcoJJUqDHm2scre-8JgXjcqi23jqwh3Hf8g-h5npTTA2UuRxrHHi50ui-JBPOjVf1qsxtXQzqP-HphyphenhyphenfGyAeaLFs0IIiENhAFxD8ElpdvSE2NxgJ1qrRcJKQz3KRptDARgCh_rk76q007eJ5BFODZM-Wf-QdT0lr7ljHGjOJn6GAjk7n/w640-h512/IMG_2156.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The other Huscarl unit that would exit the board. The figs are Old Glory and I think the command figure is an old Revenge figure but I'm not certain.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbH3Yw7aZLfoePVswBRk7EjnDxi1XzZ4XjBjj-vAHV5Y1dpfez2NZb_WQVirQCD2wyhqNaRpcu9FEUe2mDAObfczURVfjk22QUynScb4UrOKv383C1pwlEY8l_47_RkGnyF7NCQ3xptRUAgIeepiErC4kFtO_v72xMYtZFZzPNCOIT_GFqlASc_5znzHo/s3561/IMG_2158.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="3561" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbH3Yw7aZLfoePVswBRk7EjnDxi1XzZ4XjBjj-vAHV5Y1dpfez2NZb_WQVirQCD2wyhqNaRpcu9FEUe2mDAObfczURVfjk22QUynScb4UrOKv383C1pwlEY8l_47_RkGnyF7NCQ3xptRUAgIeepiErC4kFtO_v72xMYtZFZzPNCOIT_GFqlASc_5znzHo/w640-h466/IMG_2158.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The General Fyrd is struggling to get into position while the Select Fyrd unit shields them for the time being.The other Select Fyrd unit with the green banner will not rally and will leave the board.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZA9mehEzG0FsfZSBm9tuv235cDfNLqhpYnLAXQSOSFjpKZe5h14m0sx0-gQZb_3YJoMOj8IK_B2-WSYDU5qLoxXUfVgZe_kJB5n6bfaU2x-iaU-nvnif25v9mgRxFLhPrvok1qwIVJp5sAblb4FpyKj2OU5LO3K__kjmNejL84Hu3XzGImTIO_eGNZrGm/s4032/IMG_2159.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZA9mehEzG0FsfZSBm9tuv235cDfNLqhpYnLAXQSOSFjpKZe5h14m0sx0-gQZb_3YJoMOj8IK_B2-WSYDU5qLoxXUfVgZe_kJB5n6bfaU2x-iaU-nvnif25v9mgRxFLhPrvok1qwIVJp5sAblb4FpyKj2OU5LO3K__kjmNejL84Hu3XzGImTIO_eGNZrGm/w480-h640/IMG_2159.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The heroic last stand of the Select Fyrd unit. It would take three Viking units to destroy it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZKqn2T8L2lqJhSGZRAIJA7dzXsZMn16zxqnbV_KCKgkEJcgBQzXIBN764mdgABNLgQIfSBY2WA200gNPVcyefp9g96wXAiSArCsTrjcZ44f5yR73a3eowLjhec9TVse2BREznwsQGBihbUG-_JW_21fdi7qFtuZsdchreq1VFMdjEGH2K1kWu3NsIQ7R/s4032/IMG_2160.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2121" data-original-width="4032" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZKqn2T8L2lqJhSGZRAIJA7dzXsZMn16zxqnbV_KCKgkEJcgBQzXIBN764mdgABNLgQIfSBY2WA200gNPVcyefp9g96wXAiSArCsTrjcZ44f5yR73a3eowLjhec9TVse2BREznwsQGBihbUG-_JW_21fdi7qFtuZsdchreq1VFMdjEGH2K1kWu3NsIQ7R/w640-h336/IMG_2160.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Beserkers failed to dirve the Select Fyrd off the hill suffering two losses in the process. They would survive.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuh0nOo0u3056yI64rDZKOK44nu_60mSWLbajeufv8wTQeNFW5X8cVq3BTlM-jkSoTMvayl12gH70sI9ORAUHEkP9pLmdW8RsKc5fgPL12bOawin5RtSdKAJMmiZ3YkMguSibBzxe3xlnlA1xAP71fbiQ3iJ9wbVxCpy2_O0ujzbQrFooODs_eIX2VpQ9/s3740/IMG_2161.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3740" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuh0nOo0u3056yI64rDZKOK44nu_60mSWLbajeufv8wTQeNFW5X8cVq3BTlM-jkSoTMvayl12gH70sI9ORAUHEkP9pLmdW8RsKc5fgPL12bOawin5RtSdKAJMmiZ3YkMguSibBzxe3xlnlA1xAP71fbiQ3iJ9wbVxCpy2_O0ujzbQrFooODs_eIX2VpQ9/w640-h518/IMG_2161.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Huscarl unit would rout after the Fyrd unit showers them with javelins. It was the Viking low point in the game after many successes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBhyphenhyphen0En2jrLZC7UWoeiye75Mj7iBCcBwQxSDCj1hN6j9jUZQSvwQwKBF9lQ5PnDuK0uiP49HAoui2BUsR2C3NH_-G7k83ZWXYrxyAq8rnI3COpcZWEMcgqotLY8uFP6FCZQxqGxX7aIpMcyxZjnzk8Z4p7LfU-qpx2B7eq1KkMB_ArgmxmWXj3iWxo6TZ/s3543/IMG_2162.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2631" data-original-width="3543" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBhyphenhyphen0En2jrLZC7UWoeiye75Mj7iBCcBwQxSDCj1hN6j9jUZQSvwQwKBF9lQ5PnDuK0uiP49HAoui2BUsR2C3NH_-G7k83ZWXYrxyAq8rnI3COpcZWEMcgqotLY8uFP6FCZQxqGxX7aIpMcyxZjnzk8Z4p7LfU-qpx2B7eq1KkMB_ArgmxmWXj3iWxo6TZ/w640-h476/IMG_2162.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Viking HvInf unit that wuld save the day. The skirmishers did not stand a chance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSniYdigsJaECHiyg_y4nMasMJlTNPojTm8UyMWLBVvRrdYIzckfhKyLMa6QWgzaXeF47C8BYtQrQdu2rLJzIn5OAmukw98_IGlk74ReyA4vc8hdti8Ye0vss83qt90MJDQtWgek02ebRNqhgazfmSADVNUYhJxwJGkq02nrA_9cPNvywiPNXfoJlf9FzS/s4032/IMG_2163.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2467" data-original-width="4032" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSniYdigsJaECHiyg_y4nMasMJlTNPojTm8UyMWLBVvRrdYIzckfhKyLMa6QWgzaXeF47C8BYtQrQdu2rLJzIn5OAmukw98_IGlk74ReyA4vc8hdti8Ye0vss83qt90MJDQtWgek02ebRNqhgazfmSADVNUYhJxwJGkq02nrA_9cPNvywiPNXfoJlf9FzS/w640-h392/IMG_2163.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Minifig Select Fyrd or Thegns.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmD0voyOF7IGh3AMly5pZP9P0OezCIQJrM_S94_O5TGniDaIoPgpqNyIZE_8Unju1LZlcgWV7X7qAWKmlCx-_YDS8BmvV2ShZKBqrklpM5C899AyEdDX2rRLQGkw0skZsK3Yu1zyiV_Qjb_pbWit3bNd7zjsG_IEt19lhj8gf9w5HE3vgT9StIeU2IHZf/s4032/IMG_2164.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="4032" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmD0voyOF7IGh3AMly5pZP9P0OezCIQJrM_S94_O5TGniDaIoPgpqNyIZE_8Unju1LZlcgWV7X7qAWKmlCx-_YDS8BmvV2ShZKBqrklpM5C899AyEdDX2rRLQGkw0skZsK3Yu1zyiV_Qjb_pbWit3bNd7zjsG_IEt19lhj8gf9w5HE3vgT9StIeU2IHZf/w640-h356/IMG_2164.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Garrison General Fyrd. I've always loved the Garrison sculpts. Garrison is missed and they rare on eBay in the States. British postage is brutal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglh8hzxu1Gdjk2UL2X2xfQaJQiZZxvom1Sh6LlKuruxgrbSsUpE_lKFSB4SR48i3VHE7h4zNFgyjwj9IQV6vSc6USKEJe7TCw2KZiaUWxy3FsnS_lYN9ynUCYraezAhb4cj91yqpyj3ODiZH3R6wb1pt_Zz6NTraKmsQqfQ_jZoqBhTHbhZxpTqnNYW9Rs/s4032/IMG_2165.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2009" data-original-width="4032" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglh8hzxu1Gdjk2UL2X2xfQaJQiZZxvom1Sh6LlKuruxgrbSsUpE_lKFSB4SR48i3VHE7h4zNFgyjwj9IQV6vSc6USKEJe7TCw2KZiaUWxy3FsnS_lYN9ynUCYraezAhb4cj91yqpyj3ODiZH3R6wb1pt_Zz6NTraKmsQqfQ_jZoqBhTHbhZxpTqnNYW9Rs/w640-h318/IMG_2165.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ral Partha and Minifig Vikings. A couple of the Minifigs are Run and one in the back row is first generation (and a lot smaller).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQusAJ0GMbLzUKB2W2uJMUKASYcZQXKZfCAU4SWDe6cphNEN-vbIt-vssWa-qftzYfoMNTd_Om9NbcLZd7d2WEDtOokecMRS9WrjE40mjPZ9_glW7kv3oR92J_p033hhx7P7RxpOoG1joRflniHiil2BUJWus2LDN1mEvwULVh_Nm9-bI_LBTM3IBx76Z/s3204/IMG_2166.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="3204" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQusAJ0GMbLzUKB2W2uJMUKASYcZQXKZfCAU4SWDe6cphNEN-vbIt-vssWa-qftzYfoMNTd_Om9NbcLZd7d2WEDtOokecMRS9WrjE40mjPZ9_glW7kv3oR92J_p033hhx7P7RxpOoG1joRflniHiil2BUJWus2LDN1mEvwULVh_Nm9-bI_LBTM3IBx76Z/w640-h468/IMG_2166.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old Glory Vikings used as Huscarls or Elite Infantry in LR2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGAtghft1vFU4R1Cn4VgG6bKwVgJicyv4iOW0MRy_x9DegaUyLr_tITX2twvD8JC8tO973DNbU4JE_-nTawRxdmMoftgs2Hy74MuGKnFFFiLV-sTbz06zmWC4driQspMz-zokMJImFXHjS6HAgJK7-ADB6zNK2JBPjNcaXOF5fiKWGTn-oSCn7C7yMxT_/s3492/IMG_2167.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2374" data-original-width="3492" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGAtghft1vFU4R1Cn4VgG6bKwVgJicyv4iOW0MRy_x9DegaUyLr_tITX2twvD8JC8tO973DNbU4JE_-nTawRxdmMoftgs2Hy74MuGKnFFFiLV-sTbz06zmWC4driQspMz-zokMJImFXHjS6HAgJK7-ADB6zNK2JBPjNcaXOF5fiKWGTn-oSCn7C7yMxT_/w640-h436/IMG_2167.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Minifig berserkers.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqZpHhzUydifduw3-MVjpSIp2U8kIcgnO9E5CDDKI05_-L5j47bPgEtCbWHbsBavzn0tTFcNI8WbyPYWR3XPahwbq0kFTH30SaM0yGwGFhE5fTl9AVd3aSW8OkVEI3KJLXQu_3BggLb1YWfWoBwE-w8YfHzk8KAU4zBb-kJlqNEFn9wbuaHlAUm0ua1vc/s4032/IMG_2168.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqZpHhzUydifduw3-MVjpSIp2U8kIcgnO9E5CDDKI05_-L5j47bPgEtCbWHbsBavzn0tTFcNI8WbyPYWR3XPahwbq0kFTH30SaM0yGwGFhE5fTl9AVd3aSW8OkVEI3KJLXQu_3BggLb1YWfWoBwE-w8YfHzk8KAU4zBb-kJlqNEFn9wbuaHlAUm0ua1vc/w640-h480/IMG_2168.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ral Partha.Minifig, and Garrison Select Fyrd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSMi3EiiXkRju5EpBuontPTV3y_7vLyUDNLZNThCjzruMrccpotKFlT_zXiGn7gAUN-bWHxghuLlvhrBMYop5OKxSnUn7SXp5fkFqMo8lQK02YRNx7y32Yj25srd5z4glUjNhcFTcBrDiYlOBgYJJ01RtLtWuTgYMvluaI1td_sOf57nq_wvwLP5E5k79/s4032/IMG_2169.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="4032" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSMi3EiiXkRju5EpBuontPTV3y_7vLyUDNLZNThCjzruMrccpotKFlT_zXiGn7gAUN-bWHxghuLlvhrBMYop5OKxSnUn7SXp5fkFqMo8lQK02YRNx7y32Yj25srd5z4glUjNhcFTcBrDiYlOBgYJJ01RtLtWuTgYMvluaI1td_sOf57nq_wvwLP5E5k79/w640-h412/IMG_2169.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My late Anglo\Saxons prior to becomming the Anglo\Danes of Hastings fame. I have two units of AnglDane Huscarls for Hastings, post Canute the Great.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqnoygg05ja7cYKZmfjjF42WnKZG_SCJ-wvtr9bLyVs-5RLZNlLQkryCHsGoGGtVH5RIgYsRVyT9dNMjpSl9PmuAsarhmNkTeDhiItd2k1m-QYfdVQyJf7OrvwIJ9hH1ExlcjgJJWCkc4zg9ixFnlY9Z9I2EzTTx0Z3amU1nvfxwZ3PI4WqRLUrC5Ib2q/s2444/IMG_2171.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2444" data-original-width="2077" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqnoygg05ja7cYKZmfjjF42WnKZG_SCJ-wvtr9bLyVs-5RLZNlLQkryCHsGoGGtVH5RIgYsRVyT9dNMjpSl9PmuAsarhmNkTeDhiItd2k1m-QYfdVQyJf7OrvwIJ9hH1ExlcjgJJWCkc4zg9ixFnlY9Z9I2EzTTx0Z3amU1nvfxwZ3PI4WqRLUrC5Ib2q/w544-h640/IMG_2171.jpeg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Vikings victorious!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em;"><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.787867815.474205863821155 -123.9441178 72.094673536178846 -53.6316178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-160959675177966572023-10-05T17:21:00.000-05:002023-10-05T17:21:50.361-05:00Komnenian Byzantines<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">Alexios I Komnenos</b><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Greek language">Greek</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">: </span><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);" title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός</span></span><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, 1057 – 15 August 1118; </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinization_of_names" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Latinization of names">Latinized</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">Alexius I Comnenus</b><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">) was </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Byzantine Emperor">Byzantine emperor</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> from 1081 to 1118. Although he was not the first emperor of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komnenos" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Komnenos">Komnenian dynasty</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power and initiated a hereditary succession to the throne. Inheriting a collapsing empire and faced with constant warfare during his reign against both the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuq_Turks" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Seljuq Turks">Seljuq Turks</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo-Normans" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Italo-Normans">Normans</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in the western </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Balkans">Balkans</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, Alexios was able to curb the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komnenian_restoration" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Komnenian restoration">Komnenian restoration</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Turks was the catalyst that sparked the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-family: sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="First Crusade">First Crusade</a><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos</a></span></span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">The Komnenian Dynasty gave the empire a new lease on life following the disaster at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert" target="_blank">Battle of Manziker</a>t in 1071.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">When Alexius ascended the throne in 1081 he was immediately faced with fighting the Italo-Normans, losing twice before driving them back only to have many resurface as mercenaries in his own army or during the 1st Crusade on their way to Jerusalem.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">For the next hundred years or so the Komnenos family would hold the empire together fighting off enemies on all sides until the Venetians would sack Constantinople in 1204 during the 4th Crusade.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">The army that was reconstructed after Manizekert has always interested me. It's one of those armies that was not what it once was, bit often good enough when well led by the Komnenus clan.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">The figures below are my representation of the post Manzikert period. The bulk of the units are from the Ral Partha 1200 line that is still available via Iron Wind but at outrageous prices. Most of mine were eBay finds and so cost a little less, but not much.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">Minifigs contributed three units to the mix and Hinchcliffe two.</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: white; font-size: medium;">They are organized for Lion Rampant 2 and total over 50 points.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtevKWSQZ47cyEtn-g2EbshyphenhyphengjLf0vIg3qhuDPl0Lwdl5xrl4wy13iSxm8_JWyqf1REckHkig_v5IUu7NwxUxNKrpFIVgK-KUr68RpuytWLDLU4ZKkIYj-dCxutCiD4YOYuVmHitmuX864Rqu2udSHyjxaUGTfVbAwA5ACuQiSWUwJcf7wYuCueUQ4-r5n/s3574/IMG_1995.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="3574" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtevKWSQZ47cyEtn-g2EbshyphenhyphengjLf0vIg3qhuDPl0Lwdl5xrl4wy13iSxm8_JWyqf1REckHkig_v5IUu7NwxUxNKrpFIVgK-KUr68RpuytWLDLU4ZKkIYj-dCxutCiD4YOYuVmHitmuX864Rqu2udSHyjxaUGTfVbAwA5ACuQiSWUwJcf7wYuCueUQ4-r5n/w640-h408/IMG_1995.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The post Manzikert infantry of the Byzantines was still a mixture of spearmen and archers although archers came to dominate. Most were garrison troops called out to defend their theme or assist in sieges. This unit consists of Ral Partha figs and is a split unit for LR2, 1\2 archers and 1\2 spearmen. They are right infantry in LR2.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbY2jIbE2qKcyS0upmdkRN90eYaGnEfnJ7A45eTnwdP5nWvAtY3XWtN82-RkXsYdp74PKnaRfXA-erJdd9DCfD5IGpG53YPnw-4m1XENqEnnY8O4RyCn1XlYXxuwcy2aVeAM6h8Xx1juB0gv55C7I2gRMjCM4jF97b29NZrvtFpigDknIqY5PnKyudswFU/s4030/IMG_1997.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2652" data-original-width="4030" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbY2jIbE2qKcyS0upmdkRN90eYaGnEfnJ7A45eTnwdP5nWvAtY3XWtN82-RkXsYdp74PKnaRfXA-erJdd9DCfD5IGpG53YPnw-4m1XENqEnnY8O4RyCn1XlYXxuwcy2aVeAM6h8Xx1juB0gv55C7I2gRMjCM4jF97b29NZrvtFpigDknIqY5PnKyudswFU/w640-h422/IMG_1997.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These archers are Minifigs from their Byzantine line. They are equipped with mail and function like massed archers in LR2.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaGv0V6a6Ck2Dvdi6mvLSvvttqIeAeqVMhlPu9blw7Jw8BB7GBpKcHqA5hJUtihDwUdR1utP5Z-qB7c8qi31_lcn9iLR6F4yTP4CVE4ioVRyIzrh5JWE5kSgSSgTZ-e6aylOPKb1ujBi2Z0-X7cLqqInTWVcGQEi4sh6M2vk46PbWBupgDIl-32EuLsXO/s4030/IMG_1998.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="4030" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaGv0V6a6Ck2Dvdi6mvLSvvttqIeAeqVMhlPu9blw7Jw8BB7GBpKcHqA5hJUtihDwUdR1utP5Z-qB7c8qi31_lcn9iLR6F4yTP4CVE4ioVRyIzrh5JWE5kSgSSgTZ-e6aylOPKb1ujBi2Z0-X7cLqqInTWVcGQEi4sh6M2vk46PbWBupgDIl-32EuLsXO/w640-h412/IMG_1998.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The famous Varangian Guard which by 1081 consisted of refugee Anglo\Danes after Hastings as well as Scandinavians. These are also Minifigs and fit into my preferences for vintage 25mm figures. There are Varangian figures, Anglo\Dane Huscarls and</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">a few 1st Crusade types in the mix, all Minifigs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFcTp7kNa9lY6qCOg3j7kOQ7TlmEZDaIdLFjtZLoAxjYLHFCc-aoyrrYRYxQ8e2MBnw5Vvs-GINITiSUpIfCJoxLm8buIHu0bDXcLIV-4TJBJXhnMaglvvordU6O1LPMnhimwjeHY6kV2WITIh4g5vJ32l_mS5Tfhbmsemk1MrUrp39aHuCbrSrqfEO_Y/s4030/IMG_1999.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2808" data-original-width="4030" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFcTp7kNa9lY6qCOg3j7kOQ7TlmEZDaIdLFjtZLoAxjYLHFCc-aoyrrYRYxQ8e2MBnw5Vvs-GINITiSUpIfCJoxLm8buIHu0bDXcLIV-4TJBJXhnMaglvvordU6O1LPMnhimwjeHY6kV2WITIh4g5vJ32l_mS5Tfhbmsemk1MrUrp39aHuCbrSrqfEO_Y/w640-h446/IMG_1999.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The shields were a challenge since my painting skills fall short of the intricate designs and finding transfers for 25mm shields is impossible. The shields are 28mm (Deus Vult) and so a little out of scale but worth it to me because of the great designs with the red, black and blue themes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3z_z-ZGhfhBAZSeWyiycyz6Y4sozNkHj0Ds7tI0hnUJyTkBqfSGuzeHEnUCkcg6nu4qlI4iBIczSzZg0fPUGtr_rXFmvDlsNo6xdYsjwT92tlqknI5kG-5pYGcAvDvj3B94yw944FbVFAWfjyPbmnYMz9tbCMkttYDApBw-0In4q9uHvYuG_Ry9AEgN9/s3982/IMG_2001.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2873" data-original-width="3982" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3z_z-ZGhfhBAZSeWyiycyz6Y4sozNkHj0Ds7tI0hnUJyTkBqfSGuzeHEnUCkcg6nu4qlI4iBIczSzZg0fPUGtr_rXFmvDlsNo6xdYsjwT92tlqknI5kG-5pYGcAvDvj3B94yw944FbVFAWfjyPbmnYMz9tbCMkttYDApBw-0In4q9uHvYuG_Ry9AEgN9/w640-h462/IMG_2001.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are also Minifigs. The Byzantines at times seem to have used old terminology for their troop types. These would be called Peltastoi reminding the reader of the Peltasts of earlier times.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV73H_UvyZ1b1_yGSxId1EWoIRa9dEG9WSpAgyNSomYO1OODlvHROaYLHDtWJFPWCfQE-pk5z96IACEJTlLNQPJLeAPUUBb29lp3FE0pMVZ9-PXpAf5Tcs0nyjTHnGUFqspYXCcyKaydPxjEHs5lc4t35oflY2-gUX-MNA5raeQOMpdW55Gjc1Y9YmoHw9/s4030/IMG_2002.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="4030" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV73H_UvyZ1b1_yGSxId1EWoIRa9dEG9WSpAgyNSomYO1OODlvHROaYLHDtWJFPWCfQE-pk5z96IACEJTlLNQPJLeAPUUBb29lp3FE0pMVZ9-PXpAf5Tcs0nyjTHnGUFqspYXCcyKaydPxjEHs5lc4t35oflY2-gUX-MNA5raeQOMpdW55Gjc1Y9YmoHw9/w640-h458/IMG_2002.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are Hinchliffe light archers, skirmishers in LR2 and an eBay find. Hinchliffe figures have a style of their own. They would classify as "large 25mm" compared to the Minifigs and Ral Partha figures.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPikf7_kFhR9PGqVTiZHzdxFpykPbc1g4SauRO-iigK16Z5WJQRAtQX7-VpC4zsJidEAqDrr5QmJ_oXiUcRS481HgWKg3mnNAb0X7DoTy9fbNSIHaYwQ5SU94BEawhkQecDxtRqbEPmqIKL7AdGdvfPbWsVdZVe15v7nlaFd-9cJVgS3xhWX9bpKj7rW9/s4032/IMG_2004.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPikf7_kFhR9PGqVTiZHzdxFpykPbc1g4SauRO-iigK16Z5WJQRAtQX7-VpC4zsJidEAqDrr5QmJ_oXiUcRS481HgWKg3mnNAb0X7DoTy9fbNSIHaYwQ5SU94BEawhkQecDxtRqbEPmqIKL7AdGdvfPbWsVdZVe15v7nlaFd-9cJVgS3xhWX9bpKj7rW9/w640-h480/IMG_2004.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hinchliffe Pechenegs. Although Alexis had to fight the Pechenegs he also employed them in large numbers as mercenaries. Like the Minifigs, Hinchcliffe figures are vintage to me although still available from the UK (Lancashire Miniatures) and sometimes on eBay.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA70qIyAcmczmwxo-6wl8_7XGJcYYgOBF5HoM9kIDuWTdFF27_INM7UKCBW9XQOzvv1z8AgWux42QwxG_OI9x6jOTfv-tRVaIZYc5Vz3gDmXRp5l2qZMmm4MFRHy5KmUmLc31WwDydjBjxMK32-BdbHpnHREg5CCLb4MD62hZC_5p52c4XyhyphenhyphenMUT4u-RL/s4030/IMG_2005.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2485" data-original-width="4030" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrA70qIyAcmczmwxo-6wl8_7XGJcYYgOBF5HoM9kIDuWTdFF27_INM7UKCBW9XQOzvv1z8AgWux42QwxG_OI9x6jOTfv-tRVaIZYc5Vz3gDmXRp5l2qZMmm4MFRHy5KmUmLc31WwDydjBjxMK32-BdbHpnHREg5CCLb4MD62hZC_5p52c4XyhyphenhyphenMUT4u-RL/w640-h394/IMG_2005.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm also interested in the 1st Crusade and one amusing story from the 1st Crusade involves the Pechenegs. The Pechenegs were notorious fast-moving horse archers and as a whole land pirates who raided for slaves and wealth. After their defeat by Alexis he employed them in great numbers. When the 1st Crusade passed through Byzantine lands on their way to Jerusalem he employed the Pechenegs as a mounted police force to keep the Crusaders from stealing from the Emperor's subjects. I find that amusing since its like asking the fox to guard the hen house!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWKQgVi8E6qDb2_hYzkHUpADBTeVWBu9LzC6SH8bhrsoK8kv1obRXQ7pWS6GTWdXQruLt6O2bef3_k0-XEcQ0YyBf7hrj1LB8A8nZkR78mjSDKM4LiTUAUmoTJm81-v_52LBRMsqgA5sacL37a01WZZUrIZDgkBxoCxH3obCfToiL0z40bve6W04b5Z9x/s3560/IMG_2006.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2937" data-original-width="3560" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWKQgVi8E6qDb2_hYzkHUpADBTeVWBu9LzC6SH8bhrsoK8kv1obRXQ7pWS6GTWdXQruLt6O2bef3_k0-XEcQ0YyBf7hrj1LB8A8nZkR78mjSDKM4LiTUAUmoTJm81-v_52LBRMsqgA5sacL37a01WZZUrIZDgkBxoCxH3obCfToiL0z40bve6W04b5Z9x/w640-h528/IMG_2006.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is a matter of debate whether or not the famous Kataphractoi survived Manzikert or were re-raised. Certainly, Byzantine nobles still had access to armored horses and for LR2 purposes (a skirmish game for the most part) a small retinue of Kataphractoi is permissible. They are Ral Partha while the mounted officer is a Minifig.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU-H1XliD12D69VUEvnt7p97N8azLO87_0vZEEr3ugXuqbZI30tF0iN7BUTeQxDzCTUeWZQ-It__HOdR6u-ZRAM0L8Wvv_nO_vu0kbo3BKjHXhFNvBJAFeueAT4AfhFculcBzC9mYNmFp2KMOchBzyv3KPMCCdeFo0zFOVWkVNhsDMPdLz18ZhY2Vda2o/s4030/IMG_2007.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2961" data-original-width="4030" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU-H1XliD12D69VUEvnt7p97N8azLO87_0vZEEr3ugXuqbZI30tF0iN7BUTeQxDzCTUeWZQ-It__HOdR6u-ZRAM0L8Wvv_nO_vu0kbo3BKjHXhFNvBJAFeueAT4AfhFculcBzC9mYNmFp2KMOchBzyv3KPMCCdeFo0zFOVWkVNhsDMPdLz18ZhY2Vda2o/w640-h470/IMG_2007.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As noted the Ral Partha 1200 line is available through Iron Wind in the US. They are very costly, way above average. It is however a classic vintage line.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc39MNUuiObVteErKwfe9sHfPTVpxDnGwFjcTbznNEDTY4r0RQCZoVqomGheNaCw9GKMC2vgG6WNlFswQXgjNaKHLcvLAcCyObS01izW6lEulVwMDvEmUs_eG0_J75liLi7jguPCrNKlR3qVwE4oPT4W4JEnx0EjbdtQJ-2G-gzT3lpIWDjjWo17MtFm6J/s3176/IMG_2008.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="3176" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc39MNUuiObVteErKwfe9sHfPTVpxDnGwFjcTbznNEDTY4r0RQCZoVqomGheNaCw9GKMC2vgG6WNlFswQXgjNaKHLcvLAcCyObS01izW6lEulVwMDvEmUs_eG0_J75liLi7jguPCrNKlR3qVwE4oPT4W4JEnx0EjbdtQJ-2G-gzT3lpIWDjjWo17MtFm6J/w640-h608/IMG_2008.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ral Partha Normans from the 1200 line. The Normans (sometimes called Franks by the Byzantines) were important enemies of the Byzantines as well as helpful mercenaries as the numbers of native Greek cavalry declined. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBUGoFOoHi6SPSh1_HfB_K-IJO_rYDR2tDdMhTWf9at9ZYH5UJ_6qwR1WgqI6FwmumGMxy6P0VdHgwSR1sY-hbDgMQ-O59KdQOVOlGNqOyJs-p5euUf8K9Vo40g96ONWzXZTEE7A6VtdK_dS-IFoKOWbsZpkcK9EVZi6TaNXc2TwLu2bHYXSmqBukQes6/s4032/IMG_2009.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBUGoFOoHi6SPSh1_HfB_K-IJO_rYDR2tDdMhTWf9at9ZYH5UJ_6qwR1WgqI6FwmumGMxy6P0VdHgwSR1sY-hbDgMQ-O59KdQOVOlGNqOyJs-p5euUf8K9Vo40g96ONWzXZTEE7A6VtdK_dS-IFoKOWbsZpkcK9EVZi6TaNXc2TwLu2bHYXSmqBukQes6/w640-h480/IMG_2009.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anna Kommenus, Alexis's daughter said the Normans could charge through the walls of Constantinople!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCTInfEJ-hLWgGh7mfz1e7uHC8_KUSRMnttajTpCQ41NdR96OxS0fxn_RFnNTwJZXDfjGtUW9pNSS20cluC55ZRR3sCiGqQbLej7uWziWs-ZYbiKRypuCGy6Ydz6sUMEEmGffE5t9o3ukQ6t55bEBUIfTGGK0kPv0Neq-w9J2uj3yyyDkePyr_Xk6m5MX/s4032/IMG_2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCTInfEJ-hLWgGh7mfz1e7uHC8_KUSRMnttajTpCQ41NdR96OxS0fxn_RFnNTwJZXDfjGtUW9pNSS20cluC55ZRR3sCiGqQbLej7uWziWs-ZYbiKRypuCGy6Ydz6sUMEEmGffE5t9o3ukQ6t55bEBUIfTGGK0kPv0Neq-w9J2uj3yyyDkePyr_Xk6m5MX/w640-h480/IMG_2010.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ral Partha Byzantine light horse from the 1200 line. Although the Byzantines employed large numbers of steppe horse archers they still fielded skilled javelin cavalry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzGW5_kf_w1UO830NJpU689lzePi4MsY8RXvwSEKg81FucP64-mF-SPyJ2Xlf7JT6PFQqabTvE9bldL7B1uSPYUeAwxP3zKOj7ttPixLd_SpLc8xopPVZPPFWtXmcOghhqQD8asPWxmHvFWMNYTB9Ypu2n_Ln5iRCW_h2QvQ3yuw-XEEliXsudKYonUce/s4030/IMG_2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2521" data-original-width="4030" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzGW5_kf_w1UO830NJpU689lzePi4MsY8RXvwSEKg81FucP64-mF-SPyJ2Xlf7JT6PFQqabTvE9bldL7B1uSPYUeAwxP3zKOj7ttPixLd_SpLc8xopPVZPPFWtXmcOghhqQD8asPWxmHvFWMNYTB9Ypu2n_Ln5iRCW_h2QvQ3yuw-XEEliXsudKYonUce/w640-h400/IMG_2011.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thematic Byzantine Cavalry. While much of the Tagma was destroyed at Manizert the theme system could still put heavy cavalry in the field. The Ral Partha figures featured here are a neat range. For LR2 they can function with bow or without. I like the look of the split unit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC91brRBbFHqNcKExs5PjzKk0Sbr6ajX9EMsOjA8m9wjhyphenhyphenD0X2KE6oRdKtpc2j0VReBWY0guGhEdQSic6sMkmZd8A_qf_6KWVJ21wT_e2wWkpmJ9KeDOmKm-se1V7e6GWFSFez8a_ybW6dbppA0hBixd0MYo9_fOtGsaaOGRBJwl53c1y5I-svWY3KwAxl/s3294/IMG_2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="3294" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC91brRBbFHqNcKExs5PjzKk0Sbr6ajX9EMsOjA8m9wjhyphenhyphenD0X2KE6oRdKtpc2j0VReBWY0guGhEdQSic6sMkmZd8A_qf_6KWVJ21wT_e2wWkpmJ9KeDOmKm-se1V7e6GWFSFez8a_ybW6dbppA0hBixd0MYo9_fOtGsaaOGRBJwl53c1y5I-svWY3KwAxl/w640-h588/IMG_2014.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My leader unit of Thematic cavalry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZ7GKwrSN0FoeZXHA65LZ7oh-xKIk7fcSGocqIgGM0-W5_iIhI-sb1jlML7DjdWv0ybZ6b5rIJJX6WB9tH3GKII7b_y5wzDzR_MeEiORrV1r6iCe0RMRzQQZvZH_Q0t3Oq6BPWzqGoVwCebMT_EgyUiKuxZYBB3QLGfeJ4jsTy98xz2dzaSEYM0QvuTK1/s3187/IMG_2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="3187" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZ7GKwrSN0FoeZXHA65LZ7oh-xKIk7fcSGocqIgGM0-W5_iIhI-sb1jlML7DjdWv0ybZ6b5rIJJX6WB9tH3GKII7b_y5wzDzR_MeEiORrV1r6iCe0RMRzQQZvZH_Q0t3Oq6BPWzqGoVwCebMT_EgyUiKuxZYBB3QLGfeJ4jsTy98xz2dzaSEYM0QvuTK1/w640-h606/IMG_2015.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A close up of Thematic Heavy Cavalry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJeLoZ5L2o5tq_Xn7Vk225dlW1ODmKyXgFYQ0d_li5QgoK0eTGs0EeZQvsfQMDarJngfCxaQ1UEYCRxSVgFuPc6lb9QbmThlz78lLxQHz5cK6TsMWxZJBpxOl0zEmV9x_p1J2t2m6t-o5gdr0tszLA87yYHBmWBUTjPDNHNFq_IZYZBkHP_tSZVCLX0kI/s4030/IMG_2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2623" data-original-width="4030" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJeLoZ5L2o5tq_Xn7Vk225dlW1ODmKyXgFYQ0d_li5QgoK0eTGs0EeZQvsfQMDarJngfCxaQ1UEYCRxSVgFuPc6lb9QbmThlz78lLxQHz5cK6TsMWxZJBpxOl0zEmV9x_p1J2t2m6t-o5gdr0tszLA87yYHBmWBUTjPDNHNFq_IZYZBkHP_tSZVCLX0kI/w640-h416/IMG_2016.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A final pic of the Varangians, probably the most famous unit within the Byzantine army. They would serve faithfully. There is some evidence that Varangians would soldier on within the Byzantine successor states after Constantinople would become the center of the short lived Latin Kingdom (1204-1261).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.787867815.474205863821155 -123.9441178 72.094673536178846 -53.6316178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-77615941774189305582023-09-15T11:36:00.004-05:002023-10-05T15:47:11.503-05:00Italeri 1\72 ACW<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">My 1\72 ACW collection is large and features plastic miniatures from Italeri, HAT, Accurate, Revell, and classic Airfix.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I also have metal ACW figures from Musket Miniatures in 22mm and 20mm figures from Newline and Irregular.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When I got back into the hobby in 2014 and wanted to do ACW again I did the Italeri figures first. With very few exceptions, Italeri figures rank among the best in 1\72 plastic.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Italeri ACW collection has an early-war look to them.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EUrS_BRCNc7DW3ASEbA6a1ACIjakKMSCzr2rxdYYnmkHlfyxn4TiST64nYgDC-WTEojMYJt954FNjgYFRZ6K3Q5fj7eqmProeden8MjFJPuKwlLR1jOyxAulkRkMDB6PnYvgNex9Yzdugw4VgnTrnNAc32MzII1PCHbkw1JcZ4Zl2o45JzS5fBsu0cXz/s2485/Italeri%20%20CSA4.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="2485" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EUrS_BRCNc7DW3ASEbA6a1ACIjakKMSCzr2rxdYYnmkHlfyxn4TiST64nYgDC-WTEojMYJt954FNjgYFRZ6K3Q5fj7eqmProeden8MjFJPuKwlLR1jOyxAulkRkMDB6PnYvgNex9Yzdugw4VgnTrnNAc32MzII1PCHbkw1JcZ4Zl2o45JzS5fBsu0cXz/w640-h432/Italeri%20%20CSA4.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Confederate Cavalry. I painted them up to represent Hampton's Legion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWsgKmpOYaOeggLN7wNIGrrteuT-j1YCXyUdeXDecPDtL5S9xPdhhgpNVFwGFP-M6Eh5SyFsPYXlbHUll0kGK-4WC8fuFacmjh3j_kcUfQYKRgPdVca45nrwmvJAdW50cCOEpbxi2d5lBTVTVO6WSbGU_5RsQmLXwkSc6GyZDmQ1tUSU3RvtkknrOm_Zn/s2981/Italeri%20US3.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1926" data-original-width="2981" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWsgKmpOYaOeggLN7wNIGrrteuT-j1YCXyUdeXDecPDtL5S9xPdhhgpNVFwGFP-M6Eh5SyFsPYXlbHUll0kGK-4WC8fuFacmjh3j_kcUfQYKRgPdVca45nrwmvJAdW50cCOEpbxi2d5lBTVTVO6WSbGU_5RsQmLXwkSc6GyZDmQ1tUSU3RvtkknrOm_Zn/w640-h414/Italeri%20US3.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Union Cavalry. I use this unit as US Regulars.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNh54D5PCVk4A4Y0q-J8QOF5i5uuX9b-75m8GkkwsqmQK6RdgNmVUHdkqsHOf06RuVLGje3Sm1GsnUy36s-i2Ybk9wJGxjN4eqBlYOR9OSzDvM2YGLB33qJ6SDiA2PgM5t9FoWCG6Z-haSwq9udN4jkQNGQRZiX1bi6c4byI66ajE3VxJicF42vlGpFvJ6/s3264/Italeri%20US2.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="3264" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNh54D5PCVk4A4Y0q-J8QOF5i5uuX9b-75m8GkkwsqmQK6RdgNmVUHdkqsHOf06RuVLGje3Sm1GsnUy36s-i2Ybk9wJGxjN4eqBlYOR9OSzDvM2YGLB33qJ6SDiA2PgM5t9FoWCG6Z-haSwq9udN4jkQNGQRZiX1bi6c4byI66ajE3VxJicF42vlGpFvJ6/w640-h412/Italeri%20US2.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Union Infantry. The two bases in front are skirmishers. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RzLmUwh8goKpQOu1-ZrHL1ibQ3tF7BnCTXTq5XaG2CttbpMPfrso1nwXzJnMmNCClxmjrDcJDWk7n-GNjdLs6F1s30ALmY3SW0H2U1Cj5vtLhuvfWpCsaoH8JRKVvCOjyUF4l5x9JM_3upkRw-lyCunzy-TJc7fRmFbaIwSGgOrmJmW6CJ9F1_e6lOF9/s3264/Italeri%20%20CSA3.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RzLmUwh8goKpQOu1-ZrHL1ibQ3tF7BnCTXTq5XaG2CttbpMPfrso1nwXzJnMmNCClxmjrDcJDWk7n-GNjdLs6F1s30ALmY3SW0H2U1Cj5vtLhuvfWpCsaoH8JRKVvCOjyUF4l5x9JM_3upkRw-lyCunzy-TJc7fRmFbaIwSGgOrmJmW6CJ9F1_e6lOF9/w640-h480/Italeri%20%20CSA3.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Confederate Infantry. I painted them up to represent and early war South Carolina Brigade.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCEcFVmNvD9aYOfuJ44F6XwObbY14jI7EhnnRCnwt8E5UHeFa_agMfYLBKkmpcdOyPJ8OQ8Kuf5tPTZl3N_MBrOCjNgotnTxUuQIAc1OQVkpLIBf91wHPzkSaGPeG_1oiQ2J9mhWbqG6bV8u7bt9jT69aVJKrkGCxKfZPwFUVCtmHuMWAKuCoupS0Xrzi/s2828/Italeri%20US.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2077" data-original-width="2828" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCEcFVmNvD9aYOfuJ44F6XwObbY14jI7EhnnRCnwt8E5UHeFa_agMfYLBKkmpcdOyPJ8OQ8Kuf5tPTZl3N_MBrOCjNgotnTxUuQIAc1OQVkpLIBf91wHPzkSaGPeG_1oiQ2J9mhWbqG6bV8u7bt9jT69aVJKrkGCxKfZPwFUVCtmHuMWAKuCoupS0Xrzi/w640-h470/Italeri%20US.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A better look at the Union Infantry. I usually use them for early-war generic Union units.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpHvZLcOeRyjhiOD05NljoIQYay3gUD23GcpYeRSuCAjCLPrT-VmnV9S2oE4AUCSUFiUCbtuti_Rw2Ip2L8T1knNFqsI6r7YDqUHwN1d-WbDiwNYfqVGxzYUzwFvArjyyc8AJNgbMaPxd5CEcN8YpQIw2gXnYtxOBoheVHUy9Ht-UPH08iJw3jkNo51Z3/s2834/Italeri%20%20CSA2.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2834" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpHvZLcOeRyjhiOD05NljoIQYay3gUD23GcpYeRSuCAjCLPrT-VmnV9S2oE4AUCSUFiUCbtuti_Rw2Ip2L8T1knNFqsI6r7YDqUHwN1d-WbDiwNYfqVGxzYUzwFvArjyyc8AJNgbMaPxd5CEcN8YpQIw2gXnYtxOBoheVHUy9Ht-UPH08iJw3jkNo51Z3/w640-h348/Italeri%20%20CSA2.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Confederate Infantry with the South Carolina flag more prominent. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior7Tz33gLIH-tBVroc7aQ9Yl7_d9lDByHy74Qr9_WvqFj9daaVNAbSRU7LCIckP45DTPHmn27GeojavJsi62ARuwoImFnKB9I9MZ_-eMApDWjZjYAVg5nwmB5rtzmNLzShN9D03cVSq4yyi4wg6JEtQ_KtQgo2iwiq_0Wl8qUMpZI-b7bDHTE_OeZrozT/s2738/Italeri%20%20CSA.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="2738" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior7Tz33gLIH-tBVroc7aQ9Yl7_d9lDByHy74Qr9_WvqFj9daaVNAbSRU7LCIckP45DTPHmn27GeojavJsi62ARuwoImFnKB9I9MZ_-eMApDWjZjYAVg5nwmB5rtzmNLzShN9D03cVSq4yyi4wg6JEtQ_KtQgo2iwiq_0Wl8qUMpZI-b7bDHTE_OeZrozT/w640-h518/Italeri%20%20CSA.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two regiments of South Carolina rebs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7WXrK2RL50GkptPDmHkeSiKrB6eaw0WXM_uZ4oj4fI8Th49LduIDSWy1WrBq64ls4hl_ad47sSVIuTyLJ5QaIuQZiu1wgC-z7l6EZFp_oeCFkplRhyjU5oJ7OB8TduIPBsyHbLLi030lsr3O0cqy6PqBvWRzuPov_sgz9jQ7h8CHjXeK5cpzaZjbrLfW/s3264/Italeri%20ACW2.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="3264" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7WXrK2RL50GkptPDmHkeSiKrB6eaw0WXM_uZ4oj4fI8Th49LduIDSWy1WrBq64ls4hl_ad47sSVIuTyLJ5QaIuQZiu1wgC-z7l6EZFp_oeCFkplRhyjU5oJ7OB8TduIPBsyHbLLi030lsr3O0cqy6PqBvWRzuPov_sgz9jQ7h8CHjXeK5cpzaZjbrLfW/w640-h348/Italeri%20ACW2.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most of my Italeri ACW collection. The Zouaves from the Union set have found there way into a composite Zouave unit consisting of HAT and Italeri miniatures and so did not make the cut.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.787867815.474205863821155 -123.9441178 72.094673536178846 -53.6316178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-35161301391230243672023-09-08T11:46:00.000-05:002023-09-08T11:46:34.206-05:00French Campaign 1940 for MEM44<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> World War Two wargaming is immensely popular to state the obvious. My friends and I started WW2 gaming way back in the late 1960s. We used 1\72 Airfix figures and Roco Minitanks. That lasted quite a while but then 1\285 micro armor came out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I dropped out of gaming around the time micro armor replaced Roco Minitanks but my two friends stuck with it, each adding large numbers of vehicles and infantry to their respective collections.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My WW2 gaming became MEM44 with my son when MEM came out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When I got back into miniature gaming in 2014 and reconnected with my two friends I introduced them to MEM.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the friends (MS) built his wargaming table in the late 80's for micro armor out of the GHQ hexes that GHQ still produces.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was not long before he decided to adapt those beautiful hexes to MEM; which my friend did by constructing a dedicated MEM board for use with micro armor.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Recently we have been playing the Normandy Campaign from MEM44 Campaign Book #1. My friend MS had everything necessary to play the game including all the varieties of tanks and infantry that mattered in a more detailed set of rules than MEM. The variety of equipment and infantry does not matter in MEM but it sure adds to the game for a history geek.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our other friend (JZ) is recovering from a heart attack and has been slow to get back into gaming. His micro armor is extensive as well but is early war oriented. As JZ recovered he watched me and MS play the Normandy game and indicated that he would like to give it a try with his !940 collection of both Germans and French. The game would mark his return to gaming as he has recovered enough. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Micro armor is not all that easy to photograph with an iPad or iPhone but I gave it shot since France 1940 in MEM is unique and JZ's collection is off the later war WW2 beaten path.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The combination of great terrain and great models in 1\285 is impressive.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KO_S826Q27ni5pdVxzkDRd2-_1ogi120j2vPeIMQda5OfSzHbT_-dLaXgJ9UkOAqYtO7cbHu7FHWhr7Ka_PBXI49Vd5K6mfY_TBL05Feb02GS4_Dt492iccz2ReM_tS7umiMBPFgQkmTqJsHStuEgynn-kvTT2_cFI1O8JScm0jEjMszmjnIQoQGx2UM/s3264/1FBA0550-5F57-4139-995E-E44407FE5FE5.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KO_S826Q27ni5pdVxzkDRd2-_1ogi120j2vPeIMQda5OfSzHbT_-dLaXgJ9UkOAqYtO7cbHu7FHWhr7Ka_PBXI49Vd5K6mfY_TBL05Feb02GS4_Dt492iccz2ReM_tS7umiMBPFgQkmTqJsHStuEgynn-kvTT2_cFI1O8JScm0jEjMszmjnIQoQGx2UM/w640-h480/1FBA0550-5F57-4139-995E-E44407FE5FE5.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">French H35's</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN6u-jLaLS7rpWCQ8srzfjjw8spLntSxpHyMeeSJCQMDiLW2-P-a_AmWKBPuJz7FS7oDXPhiGpY7ZoWv2TyQSqbO2AQeG9Z6WeqJ9u8ZZkN2Fx1krQs16Gk6TpIpVBXXL6uuSox-E4knirPTUUfa7bL5637PuNdysvu6r_RPsPJktz8y0qu4jsKvLH47U/s3264/5EF5E0FA-D937-44E7-A56E-C83AE96B3C90.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggN6u-jLaLS7rpWCQ8srzfjjw8spLntSxpHyMeeSJCQMDiLW2-P-a_AmWKBPuJz7FS7oDXPhiGpY7ZoWv2TyQSqbO2AQeG9Z6WeqJ9u8ZZkN2Fx1krQs16Gk6TpIpVBXXL6uuSox-E4knirPTUUfa7bL5637PuNdysvu6r_RPsPJktz8y0qu4jsKvLH47U/w640-h480/5EF5E0FA-D937-44E7-A56E-C83AE96B3C90.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">French S35's</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLz9p-UX2D5KL9BW4Nkk5Ha07125ggfwQ5eiN039jU15fdWGpl9YyH6z2tirSQNZEEDxdqkvkq3lvOzLDou4Pzx809AhF-5g4TxykWZz5dFUw76IuVax44g57zOJxxMQu7xYkSEFQg3qdSIDpVjAWiflELBrqaByXHWMR_X9dGLB9hq0IjRfSmbFa905i5/s3264/131E6B20-B450-401D-AC09-09C70066A57D.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLz9p-UX2D5KL9BW4Nkk5Ha07125ggfwQ5eiN039jU15fdWGpl9YyH6z2tirSQNZEEDxdqkvkq3lvOzLDou4Pzx809AhF-5g4TxykWZz5dFUw76IuVax44g57zOJxxMQu7xYkSEFQg3qdSIDpVjAWiflELBrqaByXHWMR_X9dGLB9hq0IjRfSmbFa905i5/w640-h480/131E6B20-B450-401D-AC09-09C70066A57D.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">German Pz IIIe, Pz 1, Pz II</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PKGVweqEp0c-r5QF29s_QhstMb5SbQ357O-42dMZ5gZf7T2eveEjlIMT82RXUXRvuC2Xr-4DE94mj1KnhqGTtq7-Ot2VxUlpuSJUxbERv7eV37b49sE-QAZA_K1wfJYcBF3mPcEnTgtS8Vnv3dP3CMGNO-1uG14-FUo8hOcWrGhqlYyc02tjVr1o514B/s3264/285D4D65-7AB6-4F47-9DFA-931D275CCFAA.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PKGVweqEp0c-r5QF29s_QhstMb5SbQ357O-42dMZ5gZf7T2eveEjlIMT82RXUXRvuC2Xr-4DE94mj1KnhqGTtq7-Ot2VxUlpuSJUxbERv7eV37b49sE-QAZA_K1wfJYcBF3mPcEnTgtS8Vnv3dP3CMGNO-1uG14-FUo8hOcWrGhqlYyc02tjVr1o514B/w640-h480/285D4D65-7AB6-4F47-9DFA-931D275CCFAA.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Foreign Legion, part of Group 97</span><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQMbMMK74HOiCFWgN3msgFd6394ZTrIIpBhW5tJpo0qPMspm2pSAy6uiDfLAujEyDS5eRJV3th_VR8OTulPuyklG_FuE6DEtB1zU50Hjyxgsfs8hjvR8R53Dd6t7SVTdiulQ4Dq8_dY5qAoKG3KhjwiXTTZ1_l9bokQnH6krbhfixjqeEOzcIV5-bMBPI/s3264/697BFD68-7397-4580-A126-B4DB5498CEEA.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQMbMMK74HOiCFWgN3msgFd6394ZTrIIpBhW5tJpo0qPMspm2pSAy6uiDfLAujEyDS5eRJV3th_VR8OTulPuyklG_FuE6DEtB1zU50Hjyxgsfs8hjvR8R53Dd6t7SVTdiulQ4Dq8_dY5qAoKG3KhjwiXTTZ1_l9bokQnH6krbhfixjqeEOzcIV5-bMBPI/w640-h480/697BFD68-7397-4580-A126-B4DB5498CEEA.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">German sig 150 SPGs</span><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrR2VE6PRXiGco_uqSfXlLhx7dcJyjexH1jcrSqlZM8uWnfsV9NPKw5CCbUg01PiMkE7ta0Et_wXiN11Tz8AbxWZzvFxBrbVBYIFgrLXns6akMwQ0qnXoblMDx0yqj1q2Knazuoa5dpPQFec7moz3TlGwttFN0xVrFTZG7YnFQswFr66K3iSMcOQTUro9I/s3264/775AF189-7F4C-4115-84FD-68364F21B09D.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrR2VE6PRXiGco_uqSfXlLhx7dcJyjexH1jcrSqlZM8uWnfsV9NPKw5CCbUg01PiMkE7ta0Et_wXiN11Tz8AbxWZzvFxBrbVBYIFgrLXns6akMwQ0qnXoblMDx0yqj1q2Knazuoa5dpPQFec7moz3TlGwttFN0xVrFTZG7YnFQswFr66K3iSMcOQTUro9I/w640-h480/775AF189-7F4C-4115-84FD-68364F21B09D.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">French GRDI with AMR and Laffly</span><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLq_UC3ajFeECYnRu-eZdpTDChyMXpwejPCJOUFzwG6n9ccOYddq8E5_RnktMrIihGw9Z5D-X2jjZNuaIlux8VIy0MhYi7SmYEMMbrbOhO8GfSt_T-03SjP6ZFBhzWZQHcHn7db_VpL1BWCiUzL4wwo80UdTjyoVvNS9nVGsN4WT-IB-W4Z0uze4RKd2P9/s3264/8467B9A9-3EB8-4DA3-9759-7F1EE18A608B.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLq_UC3ajFeECYnRu-eZdpTDChyMXpwejPCJOUFzwG6n9ccOYddq8E5_RnktMrIihGw9Z5D-X2jjZNuaIlux8VIy0MhYi7SmYEMMbrbOhO8GfSt_T-03SjP6ZFBhzWZQHcHn7db_VpL1BWCiUzL4wwo80UdTjyoVvNS9nVGsN4WT-IB-W4Z0uze4RKd2P9/w640-h480/8467B9A9-3EB8-4DA3-9759-7F1EE18A608B.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">French 155 GPF guns</span><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PTsqee78mvznBhMcnt9clq4f6OaVmSprLCCwEFXRd-CZ3eP0f074KbHXRFGJNR5TbCR2sNWj5XZe2rJa6wXTX_bm3K4v_wJCuTa1vXujf0n38gIBZNQMdfBR0gwhO5fLzD4g3EQEUNrDTC9TZQR7Hjxa3RtoyqS9Lfa8gAuVixsqOilLa85ulVG3j6L6/s3264/28626C30-206A-48C8-B26B-9B351B8B6D07.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PTsqee78mvznBhMcnt9clq4f6OaVmSprLCCwEFXRd-CZ3eP0f074KbHXRFGJNR5TbCR2sNWj5XZe2rJa6wXTX_bm3K4v_wJCuTa1vXujf0n38gIBZNQMdfBR0gwhO5fLzD4g3EQEUNrDTC9TZQR7Hjxa3RtoyqS9Lfa8gAuVixsqOilLa85ulVG3j6L6/w640-h480/28626C30-206A-48C8-B26B-9B351B8B6D07.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">German Infantry</span><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg684Uxi0MgpT0M4FTeshw6jt7FCmWm9-5EQezfd2WI2T4dC9srm2scJvcpGaTwjGgHcoQEThXPU_jKgPwzUgnxgOy9doZzbcp9LTFp7vET7YDBSyFLgFzhZQieV5uBV7QV8n6AtMvyhaByoMQ4gHCZ-frk4C9co-NVBEEMpTGQ8MIhbJKFO8uvsg6eUo1m/s3264/B7382E0A-92DB-4490-AE68-36B3A3ADB55B.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg684Uxi0MgpT0M4FTeshw6jt7FCmWm9-5EQezfd2WI2T4dC9srm2scJvcpGaTwjGgHcoQEThXPU_jKgPwzUgnxgOy9doZzbcp9LTFp7vET7YDBSyFLgFzhZQieV5uBV7QV8n6AtMvyhaByoMQ4gHCZ-frk4C9co-NVBEEMpTGQ8MIhbJKFO8uvsg6eUo1m/w480-h640/B7382E0A-92DB-4490-AE68-36B3A3ADB55B.heic" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Table overview before the units were placed</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffoj8cu9pZaCgSjTa-r04Wh48HKWqD-FFE5KdjWh8plQChNepkdIit9m6MWT_EoIuR0IWzMOvkw0u7jtfSnT5_hiwtltrJPw-yUNyfG-5QOFF3BVjG4Xv3RslmlvljzgPfm70tGfPSbFMlO2yi9wfJcJPfx-YuzxamOHyxh-xT8yjPuo-ZcLlBrYH2Y-c/s3264/D4517D77-8997-4997-B9DA-3D5C51273F13.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffoj8cu9pZaCgSjTa-r04Wh48HKWqD-FFE5KdjWh8plQChNepkdIit9m6MWT_EoIuR0IWzMOvkw0u7jtfSnT5_hiwtltrJPw-yUNyfG-5QOFF3BVjG4Xv3RslmlvljzgPfm70tGfPSbFMlO2yi9wfJcJPfx-YuzxamOHyxh-xT8yjPuo-ZcLlBrYH2Y-c/w640-h480/D4517D77-8997-4997-B9DA-3D5C51273F13.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">French GRDI elements</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wFVbna84iKfMv8zeIy37PP70048a6rs11HayD030qFKfReDFNVyWJkJk-nIp_GYeE25YCKO2oie7CvMjvFXg0EIOrITceW684m6QRrnORZsa7VbBtky3On2kOQYgic0mpqUBpcBrdcQOxLOCUSdPAtMNMOydbyiZJKloq2hIES9stslmUZBai6fJTePa/s3264/FEC05E92-3097-47EE-92DE-58273AF17270.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wFVbna84iKfMv8zeIy37PP70048a6rs11HayD030qFKfReDFNVyWJkJk-nIp_GYeE25YCKO2oie7CvMjvFXg0EIOrITceW684m6QRrnORZsa7VbBtky3On2kOQYgic0mpqUBpcBrdcQOxLOCUSdPAtMNMOydbyiZJKloq2hIES9stslmUZBai6fJTePa/w640-h480/FEC05E92-3097-47EE-92DE-58273AF17270.heic" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(80, 0, 80); color: #500050; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">French GRDI with AMR and Panhard</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For those unfamiliar with MEM44 it is a Richard Borg game that is similar to other Borg type games such as the <i>Command and Colors </i>series.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The game is card based which each player getting up to six cards depending on the scenario. It this scenario the French player received 4 cards and the German player received 5 cards. The cards are used, one per turn, forcing the player to make the best decision he can given the cards he has. Obviously, drawing a card after playing a card has a lot to do with Fog of War, or luck of the draw.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Combat is resolved with a dedicated set of MEM dice that indicate hits or misses. Each unit can take four hits if armor or infantry, two if artillery. Terrain matters and some units have more abilities than others.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Attrition is the primary way of determining winners although in some scenarios occupying key terrain hexes add to the numbers of medals needed to win. Six medals seems to be the standard victory conditions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">MEM44 is a fast game once the rules are digested. It was intended to be fast and that gave the players the opportunity to switch sides after the first game was played. It's an interesting concept because if you have play both sides you cannot complain about bias or being set up. You have to play that cards the best you can and the dice always provide surprises. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For the scenario played here the Germans won the first game 6-4. In MEM that is a very close game with the French coming close to winning. In the second game after switching sides the the French won 6-3 and given the advantage in cards that the Germans had it was a more significant victory and not as close as the first game.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the strengths of MEM, at least within the official scenarios is play balance. This was certainly in evidence in this game because on paper it looked like the Germans would just bash their way through; yet the French came close to a win in the first game and did win in the second game.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">MEM44's limitation is that the models do not matter. There are tanks, infantry and artillery and it does not matter what types of models represent the categories. MEM44 has expanded and later modules do include categories of anti-tank guns, heavy tanks and light armor as well as air power. Even with these additions it remains generic in nature but if you want a fast and fun game with minis it will be your cup of tea.</span></p><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.7878678-10.872660813303668 -159.10036780000001 90 -18.4753678tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-53538739147589118542023-09-05T13:56:00.000-05:002023-09-05T13:56:43.882-05:00IMEX AWI Artillery<p><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">The figures are 1/72 IMEX from the British and American artillery sets. I used some from each set. They are painted as Continental artillery although the British uniform is not much different. The poses are excellent imo, but the guns that come with the sets are terrible. They are way to small which is to bad because it’s a howitzer in the British set. I tried to make them work but no go so I salvaged two guns from an IMEX set of Mexican artillery for the Mexican American War.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjk6T8mqrP2eJrZ1RNaemsJsh9XJYiXYezX95XwDbAXpyUxK4t_q87uUdVBTjPGpKCt0L-tx6G389yR0DLcazrtt19Q2uNWB8T1eRqCrOeRn5HjxSAuZhe51Yg1cYoWnRtKVqPHZRpy43rfpSn_plxhshFAZd931-NQ8o-oeF21t8mbODFgkR7GbyricM/s1932/1A12DDD9-23C5-440D-9FF9-C4BF708BC5AB_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjk6T8mqrP2eJrZ1RNaemsJsh9XJYiXYezX95XwDbAXpyUxK4t_q87uUdVBTjPGpKCt0L-tx6G389yR0DLcazrtt19Q2uNWB8T1eRqCrOeRn5HjxSAuZhe51Yg1cYoWnRtKVqPHZRpy43rfpSn_plxhshFAZd931-NQ8o-oeF21t8mbODFgkR7GbyricM/w565-h640/1A12DDD9-23C5-440D-9FF9-C4BF708BC5AB_1_201_a.heic" width="565" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnC5AIVXqvwvyo1dXPC_oMxuLcTOrtNmlNpC0pbwTtl2Fnh_8eJg9xC0wQpgjO5HKeB7_jWTt60rqZu_VGvbxfBKx7RTLYqxR5AUZNb2fRiiZc5g3cj9SWnOQVdBub8UeCk2-0EK9aaaoDnHugvLTF9G-nkHKI7Y-AYa0kuylmnm16hixcJ2ZMB1hdCHTV/s2853/6E86D8C0-0670-4C7D-9C08-F03328FA8CD4_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="2853" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnC5AIVXqvwvyo1dXPC_oMxuLcTOrtNmlNpC0pbwTtl2Fnh_8eJg9xC0wQpgjO5HKeB7_jWTt60rqZu_VGvbxfBKx7RTLYqxR5AUZNb2fRiiZc5g3cj9SWnOQVdBub8UeCk2-0EK9aaaoDnHugvLTF9G-nkHKI7Y-AYa0kuylmnm16hixcJ2ZMB1hdCHTV/w640-h228/6E86D8C0-0670-4C7D-9C08-F03328FA8CD4_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bGO0O8rJ5M14leqxU3tR3fv0WEjLgsP8-hHw2ZahENONJh7tPUVQswMtG8hYyiXuR1PhjXtZzyti1OTU8qLaTunyVboA_cSab3EqKxyMW054Yurm9R_-4F4KCKvKzgDO2SezlrBTYGsINYr9XShmyFRhF059lL3vmSIzyn494RlCjrLWfyGmASWRN1OS/s2392/D151E9E5-9CAA-4511-A76E-67823225B0A0_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="2392" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bGO0O8rJ5M14leqxU3tR3fv0WEjLgsP8-hHw2ZahENONJh7tPUVQswMtG8hYyiXuR1PhjXtZzyti1OTU8qLaTunyVboA_cSab3EqKxyMW054Yurm9R_-4F4KCKvKzgDO2SezlrBTYGsINYr9XShmyFRhF059lL3vmSIzyn494RlCjrLWfyGmASWRN1OS/w640-h326/D151E9E5-9CAA-4511-A76E-67823225B0A0_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmuw_mCHr2C5XJyYP10sAS3qQG43WVchVpFgKT2v7SBYOvJHepsWgP9AbPUQvxQ-5U_rN3RMLtTbC724t-GXLSJLp9qQxkVoWD6fTJ1fXCHxPq9KtGTqDMP6LMfDnFBtX0wMvAv-dHgGyMLrslvCBT6ftozbRGZQLsFGYIP52dQGHNfmlNNfuEDdbolTg/s2405/DA57A297-384B-4EFF-8578-3EDCE05884E9_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="2405" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmuw_mCHr2C5XJyYP10sAS3qQG43WVchVpFgKT2v7SBYOvJHepsWgP9AbPUQvxQ-5U_rN3RMLtTbC724t-GXLSJLp9qQxkVoWD6fTJ1fXCHxPq9KtGTqDMP6LMfDnFBtX0wMvAv-dHgGyMLrslvCBT6ftozbRGZQLsFGYIP52dQGHNfmlNNfuEDdbolTg/w640-h274/DA57A297-384B-4EFF-8578-3EDCE05884E9_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-40601043185539763722023-08-11T09:44:00.000-05:002023-08-11T09:44:30.131-05:00Hastings Project in Vintage 25mm Metal<p><span style="font-size: medium;">My friends and I started wargaming back in the late 1960s with 1\72 plastic figures. By the mid 1970's and into the 80s, 25mm metal figures made major inroads into our collections. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The companies that made 25mm metal that I used were primarily Minifigs, Hinchcliffe, Garrison and Ral Partha. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the armies I had in 25mm metal were Anglo\Saxons or Anglo\Danes for the 1066 period. I also had some Normans and some Vikings.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometime in the early 90s I left the hobby and sold off 95% of my collections. (kick self here)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When I got back into the hobby back in 2014 the figures of choice were 1\72 plastic sometimes supplemented with 20mm metal figures. The use of 1\72 plastics, in addition to the low expense was a nostalgia itch that was scratched.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Within a short time I started to collect odds and ends in 25mm vintage metal figures from what I could find on eBay. The intent was to collect a few, paint them up and display them. Like many a wargamer and collector would attest to, the word "few" is mostly meaningless. It always seems we like what we like and the unpainted collections seem to grow faster than the painted pile.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A good friend dating back all the way to our early days discovered a huge stash of old 25mm metal in a local shop that does not advertise. Strange, but apparently this guy has some cool stuff and there my friend found hundreds of vintage Garrison, Minifig Dark Ages figures along with a substantial number of newer Old Glory Dark Ages. The total number of figures was 1,000 or more.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My friend knew I had started to work on my small collection of eBay figures and offered me hundreds of what he had found. I HAD to accept even though the stack of unpainted figures did not need reinforcement.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I decided to do a Hastings project to be followed by a Stamford Bridge project, to be followed by a 1st Crusade project-all in 25mm metal. Those who have ears to hear will understand totally.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Hastings Project received immediate attention since I had a few units already.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Below is where I'm at with the project. Some of the Norman units will do double duty as units for the 1st Crusade.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The units are all organized for Lion Rampant 2.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGjP2UjHjmtK8WBDgoOaJ311IDBUFAp7WpbVOIG0Ke7x8NGwF2Ke0RQNwxE-t5L_piZi2agEe1aE-FrlfhC_SHYa151M-UU84JJiGstFdnCzmkP9FpqOqIjkSq_HqfmHJ4vVj5GPdU7O6umLU90WEMTEw0sFjuSKFHHNAOcAh-ju573kAvEA08D-oqhbL/s3124/IMG_1591.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="3124" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGjP2UjHjmtK8WBDgoOaJ311IDBUFAp7WpbVOIG0Ke7x8NGwF2Ke0RQNwxE-t5L_piZi2agEe1aE-FrlfhC_SHYa151M-UU84JJiGstFdnCzmkP9FpqOqIjkSq_HqfmHJ4vVj5GPdU7O6umLU90WEMTEw0sFjuSKFHHNAOcAh-ju573kAvEA08D-oqhbL/w640-h278/IMG_1591.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Overview of units thus far. There are 10 units of Anglo\Danes and 14 Norman pictured</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwkrdBcadiLKdspeL0p7t849pxQ_oMSs08eScuYHtAUY_qgD5MpKZ5VMRncXDBAbYcx0R32HOjivHDay5w5a_JO11_j0KUiJqk4ZC1V5vcouKpIs950yyQ3vTT41GaykK6ci5DYY7kh9ahoLQ6h0RYn1SeHU0hbwCrIQBbY10GWEm2334L1soKvayhUva/s3264/IMG_1593.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="3264" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwkrdBcadiLKdspeL0p7t849pxQ_oMSs08eScuYHtAUY_qgD5MpKZ5VMRncXDBAbYcx0R32HOjivHDay5w5a_JO11_j0KUiJqk4ZC1V5vcouKpIs950yyQ3vTT41GaykK6ci5DYY7kh9ahoLQ6h0RYn1SeHU0hbwCrIQBbY10GWEm2334L1soKvayhUva/w640-h332/IMG_1593.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I put skirmish units out front, Select Fyrd and Huscarls in a Shieldwall and 2 units of Fyrd in the back,</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvoHGbQUoJxEA0H4XYtlw2jNR4vygWM9v_gseyIhdD8-QbSnFBiIsi3-YM-SfgHNhuvk9ZU4uFZe-o20LJzBnaaTirAzm5uk3S6LEc_Iaq6V1Wb9O1Ptbog0KuKBDDj26b9CnQLvKb61pGiSEkdjS2ImjCDREJs3j9kspOGnarmUhGZFLzAjUOY4AoL63/s2861/IMG_1594.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1737" data-original-width="2861" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvoHGbQUoJxEA0H4XYtlw2jNR4vygWM9v_gseyIhdD8-QbSnFBiIsi3-YM-SfgHNhuvk9ZU4uFZe-o20LJzBnaaTirAzm5uk3S6LEc_Iaq6V1Wb9O1Ptbog0KuKBDDj26b9CnQLvKb61pGiSEkdjS2ImjCDREJs3j9kspOGnarmUhGZFLzAjUOY4AoL63/w640-h388/IMG_1594.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Same arrangement on the other flank</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrhN7ZMQg-9NadXHrSI7qGHg6-LxeAwbuyRqI_of5wu5niOWsbqQsSvq4odbrwcJNaL85Ec1oo7-nFL5P9H1be2Jg-ZYOvo4hf0m2VxUJjP7C-dbZi8p-jp9WzftQ2Intiui065aoVXhr-f30YV9h7GOPiEXSIGxrpJsxHsczljEJo0XhHQZyHUziPmGM/s3264/IMG_1596.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="3264" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrhN7ZMQg-9NadXHrSI7qGHg6-LxeAwbuyRqI_of5wu5niOWsbqQsSvq4odbrwcJNaL85Ec1oo7-nFL5P9H1be2Jg-ZYOvo4hf0m2VxUJjP7C-dbZi8p-jp9WzftQ2Intiui065aoVXhr-f30YV9h7GOPiEXSIGxrpJsxHsczljEJo0XhHQZyHUziPmGM/w640-h350/IMG_1596.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Norman unit on the far left is a split unit in LR2. They were painted more for the 1st Crusade project than Hastings. The small unit next to them are supposed to be dismounted knights for the 1st Crusade.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrufTc92Q2NSsgnuROQ8Lm7-UDInI9fIBodzKFsKSr9ie5PgeKwK1jA1TWpjWqLwLnYr42CPPCPRNxoMxQcxLYhBu3RTEKGB1NAnaRVZ6N01cdh77dEAcO2BEeZuplzRj7O-68DRhvtHXbE3CNutabK7pkOUl21TCcJF68NxlNyQQ6Kmk0z6IIBFnfB9Vx/s3264/IMG_1597.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="3264" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrufTc92Q2NSsgnuROQ8Lm7-UDInI9fIBodzKFsKSr9ie5PgeKwK1jA1TWpjWqLwLnYr42CPPCPRNxoMxQcxLYhBu3RTEKGB1NAnaRVZ6N01cdh77dEAcO2BEeZuplzRj7O-68DRhvtHXbE3CNutabK7pkOUl21TCcJF68NxlNyQQ6Kmk0z6IIBFnfB9Vx/w640-h362/IMG_1597.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Norman crossbow skirmishers are in front, with Norman spearmen behind and behind them 4 of my five knight units.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlXDtovPkDHjASNN8tWQGSf53Z4ZP22P-lHyDNm2Dq3t_SS7L8LkTRi3jBDc0xVCmz_-l0T2j-9P6To3WVr1pDBECrG-iuAvPyJ5OHkmzOIS5nVo2YPhtmcWcAn89JfFoI_0TW2f6zOKjYNAIbdN9SHqB2cSBmW0E4ik1HHXn99Hcmh7XMjrPHbAFHilv/s3264/IMG_1598.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlXDtovPkDHjASNN8tWQGSf53Z4ZP22P-lHyDNm2Dq3t_SS7L8LkTRi3jBDc0xVCmz_-l0T2j-9P6To3WVr1pDBECrG-iuAvPyJ5OHkmzOIS5nVo2YPhtmcWcAn89JfFoI_0TW2f6zOKjYNAIbdN9SHqB2cSBmW0E4ik1HHXn99Hcmh7XMjrPHbAFHilv/w640-h480/IMG_1598.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The unit adjacent to the mounted knights are painted for the 1st Crusade as are the split unit in front of them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjWWx7bDd1Do27b6Y8mObtRFJt0PyyRwGTMHmEpIRBDrdz3NNDAwEUUtwGwpz7v5NOkg0ORXVeGuoujvXX9EunjRG2q_4mYENhmhq6AgS1fTIixdkucCEX5p5PMh34TGxCN2STU1xHIjN9sh0X6y1BqM0UUby5xJysJOE3Eq_9boDLfFp1VQVAJZAXtR1/s3065/IMG_1599.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="3065" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjWWx7bDd1Do27b6Y8mObtRFJt0PyyRwGTMHmEpIRBDrdz3NNDAwEUUtwGwpz7v5NOkg0ORXVeGuoujvXX9EunjRG2q_4mYENhmhq6AgS1fTIixdkucCEX5p5PMh34TGxCN2STU1xHIjN9sh0X6y1BqM0UUby5xJysJOE3Eq_9boDLfFp1VQVAJZAXtR1/w640-h406/IMG_1599.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A closer look at two of the 1st Crusade (Norman) units. The front unit are Minifigs and the back unit is Garrison.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmGn7DvMorrLoA0_UC5gDdGR4iMi2AoI_uhDuXQF6U4cF9e6J7ScmOZs3qplnexN63iYNOujbSXhanQSftWFkTfQteyzqGqF4TazJoAWE42Jb_XsiOSz_0PhDPJ249ilJCLFD5IN85Z7LXyNkIzEZDTamagUlFMM7ny-ZSzBrXvteftN2eqc9AAkacEun/s3264/IMG_1600.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmGn7DvMorrLoA0_UC5gDdGR4iMi2AoI_uhDuXQF6U4cF9e6J7ScmOZs3qplnexN63iYNOujbSXhanQSftWFkTfQteyzqGqF4TazJoAWE42Jb_XsiOSz_0PhDPJ249ilJCLFD5IN85Z7LXyNkIzEZDTamagUlFMM7ny-ZSzBrXvteftN2eqc9AAkacEun/w640-h480/IMG_1600.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T<span style="font-size: medium;">his unit of Norman spearmen is particularly special. They were even to me by my friend. They are 25mm Phoenix miniatures who at one time made historical figures. An eBay search for Phoenix historical figures consistently turns up zilch. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Lyl4QEAqq0Hv_bG2g7P8L5R8a7RbRoIInL9jL1LCzPPaF1r0uNpR3thNSngn1tvLAXShezSRY64UG6OSXpdprCbuPI4i8ynOqnb9rZDChVdVnMQDOAxnGWpRzjseWtY23jHd7Rt0cN1aSEqlkKNJ5ogrEYWtDzo2yxTuVAETT0Y6bmCp046q5yl5GFP/s3264/IMG_1601.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="3264" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Lyl4QEAqq0Hv_bG2g7P8L5R8a7RbRoIInL9jL1LCzPPaF1r0uNpR3thNSngn1tvLAXShezSRY64UG6OSXpdprCbuPI4i8ynOqnb9rZDChVdVnMQDOAxnGWpRzjseWtY23jHd7Rt0cN1aSEqlkKNJ5ogrEYWtDzo2yxTuVAETT0Y6bmCp046q5yl5GFP/w640-h428/IMG_1601.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Getting some of the 25mm Garrison Norman Crossbowmen was great. I can use them as one unit or two units of skirmish types. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf498ZYUM26lJ-vEJxiGcgZ7DfrOz74T5_D6vLdpRuQnMdy0w7Nm32OoRIa9azCNbyLDhW4RQnPh2JKciBtBPKnyU-UvWpPuLlCF6CzHKGWKLzwMwyv1wsjgK3KaQK7UpEtwkN_yR4mQ5eecocpV7QH2QKC-iR1mchx2W2UBqgkQIvhJ_NUQfjXT1UbCw/s1924/IMG_1602.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="1924" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTf498ZYUM26lJ-vEJxiGcgZ7DfrOz74T5_D6vLdpRuQnMdy0w7Nm32OoRIa9azCNbyLDhW4RQnPh2JKciBtBPKnyU-UvWpPuLlCF6CzHKGWKLzwMwyv1wsjgK3KaQK7UpEtwkN_yR4mQ5eecocpV7QH2QKC-iR1mchx2W2UBqgkQIvhJ_NUQfjXT1UbCw/w640-h490/IMG_1602.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close up of the dismounted knights for the 1st Crusade. They are Minifigs from their Dark Ages line which are still available in the UK.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaxGblPFGDL2ulg8WQO5XVj2G9LLUYOxS_82nKoA-V3A8kMAZ6LpLsmBk8HInzvT87cGUR6sKtIUPd0cf1KOVZtM6INep9tKrikCzcX76WjjTed8KARXc7bUI8B8ZTtwMHwWuAtktksuhFuVhSA3ZBrqBoXMagfh0BOQz8-tQol5Ds4KU3PWWvnx1Jjq7/s2824/IMG_1603.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1649" data-original-width="2824" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaxGblPFGDL2ulg8WQO5XVj2G9LLUYOxS_82nKoA-V3A8kMAZ6LpLsmBk8HInzvT87cGUR6sKtIUPd0cf1KOVZtM6INep9tKrikCzcX76WjjTed8KARXc7bUI8B8ZTtwMHwWuAtktksuhFuVhSA3ZBrqBoXMagfh0BOQz8-tQol5Ds4KU3PWWvnx1Jjq7/w640-h374/IMG_1603.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My two units of Ral Partha Normans. I have a late Byzantine army with many of the Ral Partha 1200 A.D Byzantines so the Partha Normans fit right in. I got most of the Partha Byzantines and Normans off of eBay. The 1200 A.D. line still commands a good price on eBay but not anywhere near what Iron Wind Miniatures who now carries the line charges!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq1D0CWxulKl2G3ueJ934f07Xx0rCkyRlk6eTs8V1EoiPfZsZMLRmmSSQzR16kMMdw6WAwx1Hjn7mquV7Q3Y_3Az9dVJwNCenH8uEFaoainiX0akC1kfm7jb43arfYjIaUXY2UCwAnqe5FK5PGUPSzDQP-lPJL9rWpl3qWzhYFg21zVu1eSJUweEgQu78/s1865/IMG_1604.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="1865" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq1D0CWxulKl2G3ueJ934f07Xx0rCkyRlk6eTs8V1EoiPfZsZMLRmmSSQzR16kMMdw6WAwx1Hjn7mquV7Q3Y_3Az9dVJwNCenH8uEFaoainiX0akC1kfm7jb43arfYjIaUXY2UCwAnqe5FK5PGUPSzDQP-lPJL9rWpl3qWzhYFg21zVu1eSJUweEgQu78/w640-h574/IMG_1604.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Minifig Normans, although I think these poses are from the Minifig Crusades line.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq0vtRaFPBmls00wH7efihAll-nCg1-ArpT4XRbSuCbUzC-PfYxyZC_sBvz9nlJA_-iRF0mEXPotgPgc-HTS1pNEnuC2gjSRBvScsk05KB9WW1bj81Gf0Kr67O1z1-9cv63pFktCDdHpda_rZg1RhhJGhaXMynqvZ60j4AbUbIQgJAuTG3mfoAmfIJrjB/s1768/IMG_1605.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="1720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq0vtRaFPBmls00wH7efihAll-nCg1-ArpT4XRbSuCbUzC-PfYxyZC_sBvz9nlJA_-iRF0mEXPotgPgc-HTS1pNEnuC2gjSRBvScsk05KB9WW1bj81Gf0Kr67O1z1-9cv63pFktCDdHpda_rZg1RhhJGhaXMynqvZ60j4AbUbIQgJAuTG3mfoAmfIJrjB/w622-h640/IMG_1605.jpeg" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are Garrison Normans and they are another unit that is special to me. Garrison figures are very rare on eBay (in the USA). At one time my Anglo\Saxon army was almost entirely Garrison.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NTon9l7lH1Hhzi1m9ZB6ySDJRIwmQLIDimEg5Afc4mOCIvDHtqBn4sVlEghQ5e0-1x_J_XfZZF3yxq-iXVdaGfRb76Od3Ay_1Mns98aR49vCn2Y4bjS9yMPWHqJcQoSn4njdprH5SH-XSubY9UMfLxCF77sw7uNGs_fXX8itr0kH2uJV3k7kH70DgZbd/s3184/IMG_1606.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2131" data-original-width="3184" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NTon9l7lH1Hhzi1m9ZB6ySDJRIwmQLIDimEg5Afc4mOCIvDHtqBn4sVlEghQ5e0-1x_J_XfZZF3yxq-iXVdaGfRb76Od3Ay_1Mns98aR49vCn2Y4bjS9yMPWHqJcQoSn4njdprH5SH-XSubY9UMfLxCF77sw7uNGs_fXX8itr0kH2uJV3k7kH70DgZbd/w640-h428/IMG_1606.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have two units of Minifig Normans finished at this time. The banner is actually a 28mm banner but close enough.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdAxCgl86ZY4jkjvSXcZhDtGyfvPRkgy8ANY47JntwavAm8fSIGwPFj2ZloZnpF5bnQbciLujn875qq6KO6HRzUAi7xxVWH7TIOjhpeL-pXm75mN-TbdYuODIxNmP4jeyCALV59ZfKgfEmmnT2C-q0mObN_vBSueiWYBtU565rYDgIon7HTl8y4Smvucp/s2333/IMG_1607.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="2333" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdAxCgl86ZY4jkjvSXcZhDtGyfvPRkgy8ANY47JntwavAm8fSIGwPFj2ZloZnpF5bnQbciLujn875qq6KO6HRzUAi7xxVWH7TIOjhpeL-pXm75mN-TbdYuODIxNmP4jeyCALV59ZfKgfEmmnT2C-q0mObN_vBSueiWYBtU565rYDgIon7HTl8y4Smvucp/w640-h362/IMG_1607.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This unit of Select Fyrd are all Minifigs.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtNdhs0VRqENRYoYraZ_bOSPJE2tW0HrHW4WL2RB-EocsU_XDZ9c5AoUHkG7pjgz3SvFCZhVmxMU93eVztxjaeUYjYIlVFhC_VdMxnbaGIUIbuGFL_6ymmfLnm9gaYzesuCuTNzdvytsJbMejQ3S71QtZl4hKTnbcSgfZLkgu1HwNAprruFKC15R4wQ9-/s3264/IMG_1608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtNdhs0VRqENRYoYraZ_bOSPJE2tW0HrHW4WL2RB-EocsU_XDZ9c5AoUHkG7pjgz3SvFCZhVmxMU93eVztxjaeUYjYIlVFhC_VdMxnbaGIUIbuGFL_6ymmfLnm9gaYzesuCuTNzdvytsJbMejQ3S71QtZl4hKTnbcSgfZLkgu1HwNAprruFKC15R4wQ9-/w640-h480/IMG_1608.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Minifig Anglo\Saxon archers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfk6TKegHyy1jBCckntnS16gEvwUyzp5zGbXu1d5okLhy5By81VYvy392bzOFQHkYw5Djcjxa2AeSJgBPpS-OND3OjIYWpkhvD8saC72FX6lOMwI15Tx-HsBkg72y9S1yb57USJItIPQtN13C_HuMnFDqy6fBFPF4njeHAKpK2hRM1_fy1483ClpsDx_a/s3264/IMG_1609.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1678" data-original-width="3264" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfk6TKegHyy1jBCckntnS16gEvwUyzp5zGbXu1d5okLhy5By81VYvy392bzOFQHkYw5Djcjxa2AeSJgBPpS-OND3OjIYWpkhvD8saC72FX6lOMwI15Tx-HsBkg72y9S1yb57USJItIPQtN13C_HuMnFDqy6fBFPF4njeHAKpK2hRM1_fy1483ClpsDx_a/w640-h330/IMG_1609.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My two units of Huscarls. The one on the left is Garrison figures. I had just enough with the Danish axe to give the unit the right flavor. The unit on the right are Ral Partha. The Danish axe is prominent as it should be.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HNh5CD6PRZOv3Xi_2rqyYBDfMjswY16FrYLah53bq6xWBSBeCU2ykm1iimWk5AIaCybBruCfEYMPaZaKfrPYjx-gvPZffW-7otp0De-W-bjAUJd9zdUFBv1m6ge7duqSrlL15MtimOJd2fCUln3n8YJHqvh7c2xoZrPtHtdgpgqezyfGz6fBxiWEwKyk/s3264/IMG_1610.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HNh5CD6PRZOv3Xi_2rqyYBDfMjswY16FrYLah53bq6xWBSBeCU2ykm1iimWk5AIaCybBruCfEYMPaZaKfrPYjx-gvPZffW-7otp0De-W-bjAUJd9zdUFBv1m6ge7duqSrlL15MtimOJd2fCUln3n8YJHqvh7c2xoZrPtHtdgpgqezyfGz6fBxiWEwKyk/w640-h480/IMG_1610.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Minifg Anglo\Saxon Fyrd used as skirmishers for LR2.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIhRzckfFWm_QQE9xWBLAecjo8S0jfhxhWvXZ92Ah7yq00RB2n_RDHIP2KmIZ_Y4TjlWt1WI9nMKxtB9aqWxqMSmV35nFp-hEfI7HTBimSxjTMYzUMH4m2MJcdHuWBZdJmRCd-3bbo2uT_n5PeYBqNTDpy69YtZrTia8QIckdKmWvMoKlvgJkuPJF6ZDs/s2883/IMG_1612.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="2883" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIhRzckfFWm_QQE9xWBLAecjo8S0jfhxhWvXZ92Ah7yq00RB2n_RDHIP2KmIZ_Y4TjlWt1WI9nMKxtB9aqWxqMSmV35nFp-hEfI7HTBimSxjTMYzUMH4m2MJcdHuWBZdJmRCd-3bbo2uT_n5PeYBqNTDpy69YtZrTia8QIckdKmWvMoKlvgJkuPJF6ZDs/w640-h382/IMG_1612.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a composite unit of Select Fyrd or Veteran Heavy Infantry in Lion Rampant 2. The composite contains Garrison, Minifig and Ral Partha figures. The banner is from Maverick Flags in the UK. Maverick will scale his flags to whatever size is desired but he has a very limited selection for the Dark Ages.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwpeSqymKV9FegFbT1hhpxGcQZCt58O3opR0rwdVITooq1SYUtq4BTD4bvc1uDsInTp3I1Oa2aHgn0o9tIpUojhBhKvHXUpX3KMPmJ2NQiLve0Glb76ZUFBwbOjPrpF0MULthFVvwzlSVq8ZpfKucCaLfbnjLiMPUoUA8HMzkl0ej-xgfFCirXPUC6-b1/s2804/IMG_1613.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2804" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwpeSqymKV9FegFbT1hhpxGcQZCt58O3opR0rwdVITooq1SYUtq4BTD4bvc1uDsInTp3I1Oa2aHgn0o9tIpUojhBhKvHXUpX3KMPmJ2NQiLve0Glb76ZUFBwbOjPrpF0MULthFVvwzlSVq8ZpfKucCaLfbnjLiMPUoUA8HMzkl0ej-xgfFCirXPUC6-b1/w640-h334/IMG_1613.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another unit of Fyrd. For LR 2 purposes I might use this unit as Light Infantry instead of Heavy Infantry. The figures are all Minifigs. I believe the bareheaded figures come from the Slavic portion of Minifig's Dark Ages line.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM4Jk8Piohj5LTGAXsaSqDV_osDQy12w8jm-Y9wD9fgPKCpQLqzsyA-d0MMW2CQzdJJpbLbzXyx_JUAq9hTDMYYx7ugUS-VMsi8Cl0p7j3DHsJjXs8OaNFLhBx8y3e26b1mNy4etHvkmDNjZxCKAPHn4qE8JF0sHYxH3Jefi7g_y34DpXltYy8CVidYzf/s2803/IMG_1614.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2803" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM4Jk8Piohj5LTGAXsaSqDV_osDQy12w8jm-Y9wD9fgPKCpQLqzsyA-d0MMW2CQzdJJpbLbzXyx_JUAq9hTDMYYx7ugUS-VMsi8Cl0p7j3DHsJjXs8OaNFLhBx8y3e26b1mNy4etHvkmDNjZxCKAPHn4qE8JF0sHYxH3Jefi7g_y34DpXltYy8CVidYzf/w640-h272/IMG_1614.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fyrd Light Infantry. The unit is mostly Garrison with a sprinkle of Minifigs. The two lines are very compatible.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilru_JLc6FEhNqdqfvxjl-xF7bG1Pzo6dZZu6QpBkiHVcyG1dQSwENhpagt1UsO4OBhB_xAqMk7MnOzoGKuYS-S0mMr94FxtF8dyzohDF6bgYP5v74CcVO5_-fP-tqpznTnKWiA63LL9qIbZ9Mwiw3n_B8B3PZivOx2RRlMJ7MEt23UIvtNOELOTfoul0S/s2754/IMG_1616.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="2754" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilru_JLc6FEhNqdqfvxjl-xF7bG1Pzo6dZZu6QpBkiHVcyG1dQSwENhpagt1UsO4OBhB_xAqMk7MnOzoGKuYS-S0mMr94FxtF8dyzohDF6bgYP5v74CcVO5_-fP-tqpznTnKWiA63LL9qIbZ9Mwiw3n_B8B3PZivOx2RRlMJ7MEt23UIvtNOELOTfoul0S/w640-h246/IMG_1616.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This unit of Fyrd Light Infantry are all Garrison figures and one of my favortites. Garrison made the best general Fyrd back in the day.<br /><br /><br />I have yet to do a game with the collection but when the time comes I intend to have it on a larger table with appropriate terrain.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.78786782.0050879275040359 -159.10036780000001 85.563791472495964 -18.4753678tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-63474973008523615872023-07-06T09:35:00.000-05:002023-07-06T09:35:27.407-05:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://broeder10.blog/2023/07/05/war-at-saber-point-book-review/" target="_blank">War at Saber Point book review</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The book is about the Banastre Tarleton and the British Legion. It is detailed and provides good ideas for Osprey's<i> Rebels and Patriots.</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">British Legion Light Dragoons by Irregular Miniatures, UK.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUf0d3cGc5wZxgIbV5QlG_lQgbvA9VTkhekRSDL5OsXiaPgqOpDi2KnX0-w5fifdaOJJ0DGWP8yezRu52UwaD0me8GO-pvwbj_6dKUueJeDsyYR1KiW8ZYjDzg4UB4P5hATIA1hjKEZVTLhksyxl5paONGjPus9MekNJlKk5Y-DpeGHaqsFxryJ4Me0ev/s640/British%20Legion%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUf0d3cGc5wZxgIbV5QlG_lQgbvA9VTkhekRSDL5OsXiaPgqOpDi2KnX0-w5fifdaOJJ0DGWP8yezRu52UwaD0me8GO-pvwbj_6dKUueJeDsyYR1KiW8ZYjDzg4UB4P5hATIA1hjKEZVTLhksyxl5paONGjPus9MekNJlKk5Y-DpeGHaqsFxryJ4Me0ev/w400-h300/British%20Legion%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0shvaX_VhE-b05iFdSJ8EnG8OTEw3zAYjF5t8JKLUpLNSdYKXeb_J3OxfsgBSN-4okvUs06Ijbc0_-oQ7xsQPT-KmYSvVku9oj5xpmJrn4gECYMQPaPIhwY_AZmdNzTDIpG6wZSNVg8JOElt_1pqs9L_sgoMAqdb_Gq1xKWo4GQkTSi_xIfZqhDBg4yz/s640/British%20Legion%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0shvaX_VhE-b05iFdSJ8EnG8OTEw3zAYjF5t8JKLUpLNSdYKXeb_J3OxfsgBSN-4okvUs06Ijbc0_-oQ7xsQPT-KmYSvVku9oj5xpmJrn4gECYMQPaPIhwY_AZmdNzTDIpG6wZSNVg8JOElt_1pqs9L_sgoMAqdb_Gq1xKWo4GQkTSi_xIfZqhDBg4yz/w400-h300/British%20Legion%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-42614508279677487302023-05-27T13:03:00.002-05:002023-06-06T20:24:35.514-05:00Phoenix Models Norman Spearmen in 25mm<p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A friend gave these 25mm Phoenix Models some time ago. Thet are suitable for any number of armies. I originally painted them up as mercenaries for a later Byzantine army but they fit equally well into my Norman collection. Historical Phoenix minis are hard to come by so they occupy a unique place in my collection. I use them in Lion Rampant games.</span></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZbPaHIyra3cLIuXOkv3MRgHQD7jorv7vBvc6FtJTWafYk3rd3rOGnHnseeEEPH48qhFdDwMefVV8Sg0ewDRfYcmsqGzubuKEzYGIISKUerTbOZY6EgEPJUwLs4vvVOsXS90Pv3JtWeYT-w3uVFNl4hbfiiSTJZTaKd-5idqabvd_3PaG47t4i3Q_iw/s2745/IMG_2617.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="2745" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZbPaHIyra3cLIuXOkv3MRgHQD7jorv7vBvc6FtJTWafYk3rd3rOGnHnseeEEPH48qhFdDwMefVV8Sg0ewDRfYcmsqGzubuKEzYGIISKUerTbOZY6EgEPJUwLs4vvVOsXS90Pv3JtWeYT-w3uVFNl4hbfiiSTJZTaKd-5idqabvd_3PaG47t4i3Q_iw/w640-h392/IMG_2617.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-87762750757933435372023-05-19T09:40:00.000-05:002023-05-19T09:40:08.131-05:00The Sword Brethren of the Livonian Knights Versus Nevsky's Rus in Lion Rampant 2<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The era of the Baltic Crusades has become an era of interest to me. My friend has painted up Mongols for the period and I have Livonian Knights and Nevsky period Russians.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Doing the Baltic tribes and Danes\Swedes for the period are on the agenda as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The figures in this game are all Zvezda and Strelets in 1\72 plastic, painted in a toy soldier retro fashion</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my first attempt to play the Five Battle Campaign from Lion Rampant 2. I'm playing solo. After I set up the five armies per side I made a rough system how to fight out the battles.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first game was with these forces. </span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Livonian Knight (LK OB)</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2 Units of Elite Cavalry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2 Units of Heavy Cavalry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2 Units of split Light Infantry</span> </p><p>30 points</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Russians (Rus OB)</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2 Units of Dvor Elite Cavalry (one unit is motivated)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2 Units of Druzina Heavy Cavalry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1 Unit of Cuman Light Cavalry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1 Unit of dismounted Druzina Heavy Infantry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1 Unit of split Light Infantry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1 Unit of Skirmish Infantry</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">36 points</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Victory Condition</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Russians are on their way to reinforce another Russian force. To do this they had to run a diagonal gauntlet across the board between two Livonian Knight forces trying to intercept them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Terrain placement was diced for and there is quite a lot. The way it turned out there are a number of bottle necks. The stream and hedges are all obstacles. The terrain favored the Russians because of the obstacles but favored the Livonian Knights given the bottlenecks that the Russians had to pass through.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Russians are supposed exit the board to reinforce another army. The knights are supposed to stop them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Livonian Knights also know as Sword Brethren were split into two equal wings each of one Knights (Elite Cavalry), one of Sergeants (Hv. Cavalry) and one split Light Infantry (1\2 crossbow, one half spearmen). Each wing had a leader in the Knight unit</span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Russians were divided into foot and horse contingents. The foot contingent was ordered to take the village and control the bottleneck thus protecting the flank of the horse contingent.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The horse contingent was ordered to run the gauntlet along the stream to eventually exit the board. To win 18 points had to exited. A failed activation for the Russians did not end their turn. That turned out to be critical. It was offset a little by assigning a leader to each of the Livonian Knight wings.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Game</b><br /></span><span><p><br /></p><a name='more'></a></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAcFdYoq-94KuBLQTkmA8ueMcAdpJtsAq7xUjn53-GysUE4df9AXHkrf7skN0vO3UpRFZny3LDCsQ60cOnRTsd58QjRUp2hxRgPPXoYdHJUkSil5b936YGyobluG0zG1gHkzEXQuL7jXvnG5OqbyVuQGcI3sAF7hordJH4990gXxhTXeurfQ-1Zty5A/s4032/IMG_1621.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAcFdYoq-94KuBLQTkmA8ueMcAdpJtsAq7xUjn53-GysUE4df9AXHkrf7skN0vO3UpRFZny3LDCsQ60cOnRTsd58QjRUp2hxRgPPXoYdHJUkSil5b936YGyobluG0zG1gHkzEXQuL7jXvnG5OqbyVuQGcI3sAF7hordJH4990gXxhTXeurfQ-1Zty5A/w640-h480/IMG_1621.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This shows the LK left flank wing at the outset. The Rus horse can be seen in the background.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-IxFDzumVgVllAFmeLGTZSIYAhlmMRfen2uW3UK6QllZJ7Pp4o7IoFtV_m51suqr-nJMXhjK6oHmIGypNIOj0KP_u7btBOfIV8c6W8WIrXwqXxMIYehwCoHnEumOViioMZ4orl7r7yc8C2VPy60OiiCn1tSbxpD_56icKyrgbtRMoav11WVsolq0_g/s4032/IMG_1622.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-IxFDzumVgVllAFmeLGTZSIYAhlmMRfen2uW3UK6QllZJ7Pp4o7IoFtV_m51suqr-nJMXhjK6oHmIGypNIOj0KP_u7btBOfIV8c6W8WIrXwqXxMIYehwCoHnEumOViioMZ4orl7r7yc8C2VPy60OiiCn1tSbxpD_56icKyrgbtRMoav11WVsolq0_g/w640-h480/IMG_1622.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The LK right wing. Their orders are to avoid the hedged fields and get to the village before the Rus.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3Osby4DEiSIZJo3DaEBm7D6IkPAGxlK2bzBcNPQToTIEiUAUXUqGmMF-gwspscFyo7PRHRMz0QtIQRFUTJeOKcX5yafdLxjkYPcWz8X33V50iiBNeHWXNBxByWPGD-n2iAEOtFffjMsHALD10eOuQDQ8NIC4TZroUDkgdicGTIlk5L5CQWhawUvzLw/s4032/IMG_1623.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3Osby4DEiSIZJo3DaEBm7D6IkPAGxlK2bzBcNPQToTIEiUAUXUqGmMF-gwspscFyo7PRHRMz0QtIQRFUTJeOKcX5yafdLxjkYPcWz8X33V50iiBNeHWXNBxByWPGD-n2iAEOtFffjMsHALD10eOuQDQ8NIC4TZroUDkgdicGTIlk5L5CQWhawUvzLw/w640-h480/IMG_1623.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rus infantry is ordered to get to the village and contest it if necessary to protect the flank of the Rus horse.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnkwkYsPr-6xColmproim0EenLOXnMZH4jLHZxwAt_1XQt0R3AQKPqcKOT2GOD7uqXukV_xaSEN7GaUC5U4oJGbykMTF8PEHrKaSqeiPJDnchsnTVhomSpD8l6yyFCI7AZHtFp8No5oWIPm3oo-WDyymS9KqdW8H1gDEKTm8LmZ-vbx5jdmoELQaBkQ/s4032/IMG_1624.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnkwkYsPr-6xColmproim0EenLOXnMZH4jLHZxwAt_1XQt0R3AQKPqcKOT2GOD7uqXukV_xaSEN7GaUC5U4oJGbykMTF8PEHrKaSqeiPJDnchsnTVhomSpD8l6yyFCI7AZHtFp8No5oWIPm3oo-WDyymS9KqdW8H1gDEKTm8LmZ-vbx5jdmoELQaBkQ/w640-h480/IMG_1624.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rus horse has a tough job. They have to get around the hedged field and advance along the stream with the LK to their flank. They are led by mercenary Cuman Light Cavalry. The Druzina are in front in the two Dvor units.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuN9-ZbAoiwVbBr_tPs-sLvrqrYVHj-wyUJcsesio-5KFauFB8-Tz7OZcQoPlvbb9KFzVXhKa7N14HwnDjkiFPsQZDLKbzUb9vRTGCOd1UlLW56rm0Tb16oeqYt8s3CZDMWjxppemMnpjiagaivLRm0pD8vaag7Ar89Uks1w6zOw7t5Jgb_bFrkRDcg/s4032/IMG_1625.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuN9-ZbAoiwVbBr_tPs-sLvrqrYVHj-wyUJcsesio-5KFauFB8-Tz7OZcQoPlvbb9KFzVXhKa7N14HwnDjkiFPsQZDLKbzUb9vRTGCOd1UlLW56rm0Tb16oeqYt8s3CZDMWjxppemMnpjiagaivLRm0pD8vaag7Ar89Uks1w6zOw7t5Jgb_bFrkRDcg/w640-h480/IMG_1625.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Birds eye view of the start setup.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2746" data-original-width="4032" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYTUK35XpLdjespIZY_sREm-hbjdW3a_jhIcgn2s5eExahfu4E3F3_VU5Lm-_8AzHG_MF2dOaMLbxvzztxxma2AgtyMPEcpFHj_0icsw7Uuy1R11dLE9RG1fr_coFb6OqWTG8IRypWDudGMdzzQUleBa4-5CD7QmH_oTBZTWMuPLmJ-7VtbVW_4AYQ/w640-h436/IMG_1626.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The LK left makes it way to the stream edge. The snooty Knight unit refuses. The stream is an obstacle. Given the wild charge rules I had to use common sense as to how to apply.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYTUK35XpLdjespIZY_sREm-hbjdW3a_jhIcgn2s5eExahfu4E3F3_VU5Lm-_8AzHG_MF2dOaMLbxvzztxxma2AgtyMPEcpFHj_0icsw7Uuy1R11dLE9RG1fr_coFb6OqWTG8IRypWDudGMdzzQUleBa4-5CD7QmH_oTBZTWMuPLmJ-7VtbVW_4AYQ/s4032/IMG_1626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsP2XFApLRy-IjcAXLdIvabgvfb3TQ3QJEy7BKt2RCWdf7y7cXxg4acVf-CxbYBLNo1wL4dr9B_WcgKCUo6u8h0AFy1k14oxcBbGvsu_zSPujpobK98-hVXjstTnQ3JdLrRzT8MG8utMnqh6QkleNZO5M7XM8r4wst9sG5IHooVklQeDZ2YAFidSD0Q/s4032/IMG_1627%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2843" data-original-width="4032" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsP2XFApLRy-IjcAXLdIvabgvfb3TQ3QJEy7BKt2RCWdf7y7cXxg4acVf-CxbYBLNo1wL4dr9B_WcgKCUo6u8h0AFy1k14oxcBbGvsu_zSPujpobK98-hVXjstTnQ3JdLrRzT8MG8utMnqh6QkleNZO5M7XM8r4wst9sG5IHooVklQeDZ2YAFidSD0Q/w640-h452/IMG_1627%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rus skirmishers and split Light Infantry make their way to the hedged field bordering the village. The dismounted Druzina refuse to advance.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0eb3-FaBWAxJ9mjEJQqHNQbjisJv0kuRZZ1bjCZ2GHAXR8KNkFUfwh8qNHEswWtiNzhsHdsV9QUxbe-wQX6WNalInUE0MaPLkIVevBZkQ6RxgzU6IkRBzaR8cu7da-hD34NsmstTxD9NdNmO5Kr1SGdeQIBrBG-HkfcEftCez9QhrLbeR4NXSdlp2Q/s4032/IMG_1628.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0eb3-FaBWAxJ9mjEJQqHNQbjisJv0kuRZZ1bjCZ2GHAXR8KNkFUfwh8qNHEswWtiNzhsHdsV9QUxbe-wQX6WNalInUE0MaPLkIVevBZkQ6RxgzU6IkRBzaR8cu7da-hD34NsmstTxD9NdNmO5Kr1SGdeQIBrBG-HkfcEftCez9QhrLbeR4NXSdlp2Q/w640-h480/IMG_1628.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One unit of Druzina advances to contest the stream while the Cumans provide some covering fire. For solo play I created some mandatory AI rules such as the Cumans must always skirmish and split Light Infantry must always shoot in preference to melee.None of the Druzina or Dvor were double armed but if they were I would have created a scenario rule that mandated preferred combat.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YR3GLaJdjor8uQirNrt4QHWV-by8MCh4kMWImpqPF63Rc00hRZzfMiBLRz9NQJZDa6ewAhmXb1FKOOtcDAJYoaFGPEZh87IIrUQDkRaFKP4v-DFvt_n7-Wc50FEQnic6WrJv3WLxpOo1QEw5v8IrAdTcUsoU44F61unZIUe6MWP2C_K8lMjywwPuMw/s4032/IMG_1629.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YR3GLaJdjor8uQirNrt4QHWV-by8MCh4kMWImpqPF63Rc00hRZzfMiBLRz9NQJZDa6ewAhmXb1FKOOtcDAJYoaFGPEZh87IIrUQDkRaFKP4v-DFvt_n7-Wc50FEQnic6WrJv3WLxpOo1QEw5v8IrAdTcUsoU44F61unZIUe6MWP2C_K8lMjywwPuMw/w480-h640/IMG_1629.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The LK right avoids the hedged fields and rushes to get to the village. The Knights like their brother unit on the left refuse to advance at first. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAQngPutExu_1KjaJ_GNQ5I6NSKxiGy3Gr8QLj8LD7d_i2YLzf0F7ENfKPRd9z0lWPCsT_JIgcB8LPPVc_DJhwuquTgpszUujMV5oyzsC9ihr-9-QlhikjvQ_YUsqy-uOrjSKM-2tFK0d486ozOOPgFc6tDoZvImyrfF_hjtO7IOgw4r4KO9zcl6nfA/s4032/IMG_1630.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAQngPutExu_1KjaJ_GNQ5I6NSKxiGy3Gr8QLj8LD7d_i2YLzf0F7ENfKPRd9z0lWPCsT_JIgcB8LPPVc_DJhwuquTgpszUujMV5oyzsC9ihr-9-QlhikjvQ_YUsqy-uOrjSKM-2tFK0d486ozOOPgFc6tDoZvImyrfF_hjtO7IOgw4r4KO9zcl6nfA/w640-h480/IMG_1630.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Russian Infantry approach the village from the opposite side. It looked to me that the bottle neck between the village and stream would be a bloody area and it would be.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKGBS7im4MzboqprVYV-WmLw9Zp-zoX6ozq_JSReiZd4qz9kdC-Vw1wUzms_Pq7iJp2_kwjr1nndxt5nxvG_mazOAUDdiuxiv9l3_wl_-_g34kk4jbEyK4ND3bVY8Afp9GiyNZ08Ufq7Mf6RwD0ZpVmLS_kJt3QrakPj0Dn36u7kH6-OOm5L2KmhzKg/s4032/IMG_1631.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKGBS7im4MzboqprVYV-WmLw9Zp-zoX6ozq_JSReiZd4qz9kdC-Vw1wUzms_Pq7iJp2_kwjr1nndxt5nxvG_mazOAUDdiuxiv9l3_wl_-_g34kk4jbEyK4ND3bVY8Afp9GiyNZ08Ufq7Mf6RwD0ZpVmLS_kJt3QrakPj0Dn36u7kH6-OOm5L2KmhzKg/w640-h480/IMG_1631.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the LK left the Light Infantry try to subdue the Cumans as the Cumans context with the LK Sergeant unit with bow fire. The Sergeants are stuck in the stream and Knights finally get arrive!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-xAMy3soxqzLxlaeqIgyJNvhrqiN2MtRX-m71DPyzdJOCCsSWgYa8AH3O9q9wp3LGoM9LhP_464ZzMLW0TgIVl5fTpImiZFvWShX26NWn8meOmRLJLk8CAeXsRJIX18NRPAxewGQesI9B8Z0Opu3cOeYFa2OH_VLYBHUmQMUygoQK7A3DmcQhcqVtw/s4032/IMG_1632.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-xAMy3soxqzLxlaeqIgyJNvhrqiN2MtRX-m71DPyzdJOCCsSWgYa8AH3O9q9wp3LGoM9LhP_464ZzMLW0TgIVl5fTpImiZFvWShX26NWn8meOmRLJLk8CAeXsRJIX18NRPAxewGQesI9B8Z0Opu3cOeYFa2OH_VLYBHUmQMUygoQK7A3DmcQhcqVtw/w640-h480/IMG_1632.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is where I had to apply some common sense as the Druzina charged and the Sergeants counter charged. The battle occurred in mid-stream and both sides had the penalty. The Knights could not wild charge since they had to spend a turn before the obstacle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe-dFWSJZ-hdYGw5nul602l41UnaTMGd1Owkz49bOZwYniZ7TwldoBA0ukzhnNaiGsu1wfa-dIRJ5fnTRBJuQzvLh5hWIGb-zf8tR3iOZe2L1RyJHSaMj8Ryh7h-wHYDatY8pZEX5cePtIJ6oKKeLqzR5KR2Kj0ozmnRQOCOWWMpbYHaX2TBYHwPuBw/s4032/IMG_1633%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe-dFWSJZ-hdYGw5nul602l41UnaTMGd1Owkz49bOZwYniZ7TwldoBA0ukzhnNaiGsu1wfa-dIRJ5fnTRBJuQzvLh5hWIGb-zf8tR3iOZe2L1RyJHSaMj8Ryh7h-wHYDatY8pZEX5cePtIJ6oKKeLqzR5KR2Kj0ozmnRQOCOWWMpbYHaX2TBYHwPuBw/w640-h480/IMG_1633%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile the Lk Sergeants and Light Infantry on the right get through the slot. It appears they will block the Rus horse.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUkQCtuHw7aUlOmLGYL-vJseCAeAZMQKJ2ifkGnELzXGGr6_-5VOB6Q72WlpwxoMeggKYGDuCMf3WYWLbvLW6PR0iAneT4ZRM0Z1Gu4sJbIuBSoRxvnMAwnGM5Up-7KTMDlt4WiEzPOmGOAO-gc_IWQ2mb90F2s8IJ8Q--tfjYGAm9XUgdXngR0_Ogg/s4032/IMG_1634.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUkQCtuHw7aUlOmLGYL-vJseCAeAZMQKJ2ifkGnELzXGGr6_-5VOB6Q72WlpwxoMeggKYGDuCMf3WYWLbvLW6PR0iAneT4ZRM0Z1Gu4sJbIuBSoRxvnMAwnGM5Up-7KTMDlt4WiEzPOmGOAO-gc_IWQ2mb90F2s8IJ8Q--tfjYGAm9XUgdXngR0_Ogg/w480-h640/IMG_1634.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The right flank LK Knights take a detour past the hedged field and will try to block the area around the pond. In retrospect the entire LK right should have ignored the village and moved to the pond area but they had their initial orders. I stuck with the AI's poor decision ;-)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX5qJ3YBNGEL2XWMAWkpJ5Kqo6m5odcGx1P4RUqmwXA8GnSMlva7Hf7cClv-HotE4kVTtJzZBIvKv5WMDeGE2je2-2EXv8hf1GFxedA12RuodfP00YDnkFub-dV-D0qZaMV8Tn2HA8v1ajPIR5cKTP5PqM_gHTWXGAnBV7UCip14rmgL69dSSqoekrg/s4032/IMG_1635.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOX5qJ3YBNGEL2XWMAWkpJ5Kqo6m5odcGx1P4RUqmwXA8GnSMlva7Hf7cClv-HotE4kVTtJzZBIvKv5WMDeGE2je2-2EXv8hf1GFxedA12RuodfP00YDnkFub-dV-D0qZaMV8Tn2HA8v1ajPIR5cKTP5PqM_gHTWXGAnBV7UCip14rmgL69dSSqoekrg/w640-h480/IMG_1635.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a gap in the pictures and what happened previously is that the LK Sergeants on the left were destroyed by the Cumans and the Druzina unit in the picture. The LK Knights ended up with a wild charge and the Druzina ended with a counter charge. Another battle in mid-stream.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5ruSm5dbaKwpGB-u_lSMeJZ2RXdyMaaYiKupqQ7gRPH6HNNfvfNDf0VrcA8sgsbnHMSGSg9dOboBRtngQr23Jyx3B9e1Jj6f_VEb3mbqrHQQrvriQWDoE-OTBfxLmXOjN-U5LpYGXN60r9qTVQBu0ZEtzFde1nl16byJO1Oiq4xHp2dMXNvoPu7LIw/s4032/IMG_1636.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5ruSm5dbaKwpGB-u_lSMeJZ2RXdyMaaYiKupqQ7gRPH6HNNfvfNDf0VrcA8sgsbnHMSGSg9dOboBRtngQr23Jyx3B9e1Jj6f_VEb3mbqrHQQrvriQWDoE-OTBfxLmXOjN-U5LpYGXN60r9qTVQBu0ZEtzFde1nl16byJO1Oiq4xHp2dMXNvoPu7LIw/w640-h480/IMG_1636.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The LK Knights get a measure of revenge on the Druzina killing three and losing none. The Druzina hold!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bhsDlhFR_mA4QWANPHdJH11N8aQUq5FzsSbS2VDRBow0F0Gwy6BQR-zuth1jgvU_WO7eQq2sr6qvK8kvsydtZBlU9tjkAhl8kduvGl80onfwa5jXcn6VqyuN43nkn44LAHgrFPs0ZVv2z15FGVU83B7U9brGqvnjtrtkeQ2iqFXTAqcQBOn0yJPmlw/s4032/IMG_1637.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bhsDlhFR_mA4QWANPHdJH11N8aQUq5FzsSbS2VDRBow0F0Gwy6BQR-zuth1jgvU_WO7eQq2sr6qvK8kvsydtZBlU9tjkAhl8kduvGl80onfwa5jXcn6VqyuN43nkn44LAHgrFPs0ZVv2z15FGVU83B7U9brGqvnjtrtkeQ2iqFXTAqcQBOn0yJPmlw/w640-h480/IMG_1637.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I rather thought the Druzina would die but they survived the game.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBFwnObsit_bR24THtWjAQrUFdq8JRkEfY3_UEU54pu8wtKXWlPpXiiGdq6IYg8yhwpb4g74RkI4xDJ6i7Vks95sPLyhlSYQO6Tq7wlhRcUmCUyngKgUMk--VVE2C8IenkQkp1_Xphxx1pZFHVxmX0HJsCZD1OrjdjyjOivad1VbEvhukWlKxatOUeg/s4032/IMG_1638.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBFwnObsit_bR24THtWjAQrUFdq8JRkEfY3_UEU54pu8wtKXWlPpXiiGdq6IYg8yhwpb4g74RkI4xDJ6i7Vks95sPLyhlSYQO6Tq7wlhRcUmCUyngKgUMk--VVE2C8IenkQkp1_Xphxx1pZFHVxmX0HJsCZD1OrjdjyjOivad1VbEvhukWlKxatOUeg/w640-h480/IMG_1638.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile the Russian Infantry get inside the village.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG41iNwwhEyD0le0bVNfhtkyxXUMuFg1Ks75A1lXuDOx4c80PkI_uksxHeWMMgLe24vsw-WAnH5MY4TZyZBhGW556whFK9HRCoeTW7Fvuwi0vgwSfjVThbrEg5ElwP5lkehXj8R2ziWTMNpix8VTe_lX6MLWpcH0a4P_x0lcd-rko9qivMz3TIbAuMiw/s4032/IMG_1639.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG41iNwwhEyD0le0bVNfhtkyxXUMuFg1Ks75A1lXuDOx4c80PkI_uksxHeWMMgLe24vsw-WAnH5MY4TZyZBhGW556whFK9HRCoeTW7Fvuwi0vgwSfjVThbrEg5ElwP5lkehXj8R2ziWTMNpix8VTe_lX6MLWpcH0a4P_x0lcd-rko9qivMz3TIbAuMiw/w640-h480/IMG_1639.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cumans allow another unit of Druzina to pass by while the Dvor are still in reserve.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErX3cMMnL9_cR3HdFy7KY4dy9UurQUHahRd3viYPjwpfLhMLScou_UAceqLY6GyLgUCm8BxJGNYr3jJGd8ZtKRyyz4WNZ2ENHr8zMHH2MoNrRTJ0--pNddj2Mt9_leCl6-bFZW6cfesJj3x9JRtR7nU7AQhxR4YbjFxBkfGWiMy85exyw0aV-b_HFhQ/s4032/IMG_1640.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErX3cMMnL9_cR3HdFy7KY4dy9UurQUHahRd3viYPjwpfLhMLScou_UAceqLY6GyLgUCm8BxJGNYr3jJGd8ZtKRyyz4WNZ2ENHr8zMHH2MoNrRTJ0--pNddj2Mt9_leCl6-bFZW6cfesJj3x9JRtR7nU7AQhxR4YbjFxBkfGWiMy85exyw0aV-b_HFhQ/w640-h480/IMG_1640.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first Druzina unit gets way while a Dvor unit smashes into the LK Knights.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwR_TOSDDnx2Oscw_2C0oF_et3CcZjW4EKGKMlq935YPR2MbrSQRuok1GvQQrqMjJ4wz09Eeo20Zm-ztTmI_neGTqhNf57J20p_5Ij7MftpVavlSrwahJyEDXc60B-3iRaddLWLXkJBxnmdGWTSS9SOT-r32HeStKa9xSjfB5ULDqkguayFO9uPCMkug/s4032/IMG_1641.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwR_TOSDDnx2Oscw_2C0oF_et3CcZjW4EKGKMlq935YPR2MbrSQRuok1GvQQrqMjJ4wz09Eeo20Zm-ztTmI_neGTqhNf57J20p_5Ij7MftpVavlSrwahJyEDXc60B-3iRaddLWLXkJBxnmdGWTSS9SOT-r32HeStKa9xSjfB5ULDqkguayFO9uPCMkug/w640-h480/IMG_1641.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The dice went agains the LK Knights as they lost three to the Dvor one. The Cumans would pick off another Knight and the unit would be removed in my rules. This left the LK split Light Infantry alone on the LK left separated from the Rus by the stream which was fine with them!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEKQ6Do503NPbpxnBMInjVCNj6kJp2R3EvnKybNQX_Aob1zkCOO9TkRpdp5n2Gxc66Hq6FF_u345FD3I5bD4blW4NbumAl-jdb_mdSCwCyjxhZA8_unAPe0VeU4Ihh6Q8jjyuUbGwlyeTg306Ncx2ATghmWTnuHkfcUua3RLEtUw4uTcbRBxLHPuJeg/s4032/IMG_1642.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEKQ6Do503NPbpxnBMInjVCNj6kJp2R3EvnKybNQX_Aob1zkCOO9TkRpdp5n2Gxc66Hq6FF_u345FD3I5bD4blW4NbumAl-jdb_mdSCwCyjxhZA8_unAPe0VeU4Ihh6Q8jjyuUbGwlyeTg306Ncx2ATghmWTnuHkfcUua3RLEtUw4uTcbRBxLHPuJeg/w640-h480/IMG_1642.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Lk Sergeants from the right flank advance to close the slot while the Light Infantry engage in a missile duel with their Rus counterpart.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1eXP5be2XeAUN5qlxDQaN94A_0IuSgmuZbJTjSmuSbosv90QEXnlj8bNpsoX77x99kD1pr0JhG73iMAKcSa-897hcDmnTyxhRS7_KNgqBZMYTCpN_qqUZ0Rn-UCzQNwwJ8cRnA6SGOUMYNapULu6M8HZFyUQzML-1D4rJa4wTMzG_WRMQ-cdHGIPSg/s4032/IMG_1643.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1eXP5be2XeAUN5qlxDQaN94A_0IuSgmuZbJTjSmuSbosv90QEXnlj8bNpsoX77x99kD1pr0JhG73iMAKcSa-897hcDmnTyxhRS7_KNgqBZMYTCpN_qqUZ0Rn-UCzQNwwJ8cRnA6SGOUMYNapULu6M8HZFyUQzML-1D4rJa4wTMzG_WRMQ-cdHGIPSg/w640-h480/IMG_1643.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The right flank LK Knights advance up the slot but are delayed by inaction.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQonUBNXDUowE_DHJd2j6qRu3O2VrlJPAofGp95d9aJE5AwPxNzmYFKaDdMAf3D22SoExEIJCm76QmSTuftfLg_aKmrggeBwm1aKmUKWxd1Zm3rPx7yGqpQzMzQWHUOVYWf584ZS-f1PzbW6-H69T7Goo3Zn_Cv20EOHw0yTkIbPixqGzbf6Nh7XKGw/s4032/IMG_1644.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQonUBNXDUowE_DHJd2j6qRu3O2VrlJPAofGp95d9aJE5AwPxNzmYFKaDdMAf3D22SoExEIJCm76QmSTuftfLg_aKmrggeBwm1aKmUKWxd1Zm3rPx7yGqpQzMzQWHUOVYWf584ZS-f1PzbW6-H69T7Goo3Zn_Cv20EOHw0yTkIbPixqGzbf6Nh7XKGw/w640-h480/IMG_1644.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rus skirmishers arrive in a small wooded area behind the LK Light Infantry!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcg92dFmuvNyGZpg8Fb0UynmUVzf3JL0m-zw8iySWbvLmmMIZ83g9viorKh5w_IHmCZD1l9n03uy6s4BxLD9hG-acJyWPDRiN1xEBeXRaLyr9V-0sO_erCm-IEpKHBBZHD_3_MJQk2bLuZr30DSOFAB5AgsV-z1XMtDB1DsRrxj7bxzTvM8-iRfnvNwA/s4032/IMG_1645.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcg92dFmuvNyGZpg8Fb0UynmUVzf3JL0m-zw8iySWbvLmmMIZ83g9viorKh5w_IHmCZD1l9n03uy6s4BxLD9hG-acJyWPDRiN1xEBeXRaLyr9V-0sO_erCm-IEpKHBBZHD_3_MJQk2bLuZr30DSOFAB5AgsV-z1XMtDB1DsRrxj7bxzTvM8-iRfnvNwA/w640-h480/IMG_1645.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The LK Knight unit would be destroyed by the Cumans. Meanwhile the Sergeants contact the other Druzina unit. They do well and destroy it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOjARWqWdFWc65rdC1BzVHvCLTcOuOayZHPIOkEwSTErFBPwQwQc5HxOcqFQmtB_PrpJLUDLsn4XFcT0mRPIIALJzscggX2iu0KQucfzYmddif9QDe5V2wFksqTFwjh6zEFnSQZU2hUwkAi8Aipm53GYDqPcOKllctSLrYzrxjINwb0cXwcAswk6wtw/s4032/IMG_1646.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOjARWqWdFWc65rdC1BzVHvCLTcOuOayZHPIOkEwSTErFBPwQwQc5HxOcqFQmtB_PrpJLUDLsn4XFcT0mRPIIALJzscggX2iu0KQucfzYmddif9QDe5V2wFksqTFwjh6zEFnSQZU2hUwkAi8Aipm53GYDqPcOKllctSLrYzrxjINwb0cXwcAswk6wtw/w640-h480/IMG_1646.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is LK high tide but the Light Infantry on the right already have two casualties. They are not doing well against their counterparts and it's about to get worse.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo1ixETdX_z-t6AX4-MeDzwILimq3TSZDSmPfaj6-kmqemvIYkOu5fsFvTijXrMdnPFZbHLKgMfI4oxS8Q1Bd8TB2KSb78k-LGRCsKZd-soomdcx74oGqYsbYGEskXTWNVa53_7gXsylI1y-712sghbMu2Y8WnoMtqJJCziwUp-_8YB4iMszM4JODBQ/s4032/IMG_1647.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo1ixETdX_z-t6AX4-MeDzwILimq3TSZDSmPfaj6-kmqemvIYkOu5fsFvTijXrMdnPFZbHLKgMfI4oxS8Q1Bd8TB2KSb78k-LGRCsKZd-soomdcx74oGqYsbYGEskXTWNVa53_7gXsylI1y-712sghbMu2Y8WnoMtqJJCziwUp-_8YB4iMszM4JODBQ/w640-h480/IMG_1647.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sergeants get disordered from the Cumans and block the other Knight unit. Things do not look good for the LK.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinBClXTNah_FNWb6AEGvv8Oo-KEycuWHmhKXBYJMjbWhnrGuMJuCIyZqz7_t5YlkXDN14V2hb1OW3pwd8HRJmxu7J-ESIZBcjVfkhPVVFehMDDk-qqLPA31z0gR2dTTvvvAj9fjZn_CxVuK1FJNVNKKpESWdo0_89tvAfrk9iX6d4jDA2LhtijlpepQ/s4032/IMG_1648.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinBClXTNah_FNWb6AEGvv8Oo-KEycuWHmhKXBYJMjbWhnrGuMJuCIyZqz7_t5YlkXDN14V2hb1OW3pwd8HRJmxu7J-ESIZBcjVfkhPVVFehMDDk-qqLPA31z0gR2dTTvvvAj9fjZn_CxVuK1FJNVNKKpESWdo0_89tvAfrk9iX6d4jDA2LhtijlpepQ/w640-h480/IMG_1648.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T<span style="font-size: medium;">he Rus skirmishers are behind the LK Light Infantry and the Light Infantry get down to 1\2 strength through missile fire. Although it's "just" skirmishers the LK units are surrounded with one down to 1\2 strength and the Sergeants disordered.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaR8u0ciZar50qKBXM1yjvXZbJrcCfXe1g5lRI6DVNfY5Isr16x3jC40A70TYSMZ9Lnfu4BfKPJy-tuWSEYNn1Yi8GF70HqQLKhhu2LBJBR8YGkSa9-xQdg6aIA3M80D66ovKze66fY0fYwpd53BNIx5Bf3ReHVRwAxI0ujYIcRfM8_mI1TZBcV5_cA/s4032/IMG_1649.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaR8u0ciZar50qKBXM1yjvXZbJrcCfXe1g5lRI6DVNfY5Isr16x3jC40A70TYSMZ9Lnfu4BfKPJy-tuWSEYNn1Yi8GF70HqQLKhhu2LBJBR8YGkSa9-xQdg6aIA3M80D66ovKze66fY0fYwpd53BNIx5Bf3ReHVRwAxI0ujYIcRfM8_mI1TZBcV5_cA/w640-h480/IMG_1649.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sergeants fail to rally and are down to 1\2 strength. I determined that the LK cannot destroy 18 points and thus call the game. The Rus gain 5 victory points for the campaign.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rus would survive with 24 points and the LK with 9 points, a rather lop sided victory. I made an effort as a solo player to role play the leaders of both sides. The LK left flank was badly handled in that it would have been wiser to not try and cross the stream until the two LK wings could support one another. However, my initial orders were to disrupt the Rus horse even if destroyed in order to give the right wing the opportunity to close the slot. The fiasco that followed will cause me to think through battle plan options in the future and dice for which is selected.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rus plan was sound given the circumstances. The Rus also had the advantage of more points and their turn did not end with a failed activation. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Five Battle Campaign system has a lot of potential and I think Lion Rampant less itself well to solo play.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-56877865262382376322023-04-19T12:09:00.000-05:002023-04-19T12:09:12.237-05:0025mm Scruby Queens Rangers<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Queens Rangers were a Loyalist (Tory) Regiment that fought in the American War of Independence.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It may the best known Loyalist unit. Late in the war it became part of the British Establishment as British Regulars. After the war, members of the regiment were settled in Ontario, Canada due to the hostility of the victorious American patriots (rebels depending on your point of view). The regiment still exits as part of the Canadian Army (Queens York Rangers, I think.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The regiment was unique in many ways.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First it was a descendent of the famous Roger's Rangers from the French and Indian War, although the regiment's most notable officer was John Graves Simcoe and not Robert Rogers who initially raised the unit.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The regiment consisted of ten companies of infantry and one troop of light cavalry called hussars. Another troop from the 16th British Light Dragoons were often attached.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The regiment was organized as a "light corps" similar to the converged battalions of British Light "Bobs" that were so effective in the war.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdTyjlsUaQv54w7IVj80OzaQadb_8CddL0k-Jhy38mofLcz6ppgviQHBBm9xzK2K8SavhHdp70gC1nMIy6HaMEMSNh2xwdDGICbbJ44sM58Gy2CA5ErqOIJDqKa7kn0hlgrj-ymnVi4Q1nqKJzXu2TqwQsp4RO_DxAYRNf69fUu4S1ray0adYN-WcKw/s1200/B04884CC-67A0-4F1E-ABF8-64F2CCDB782C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1200" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdTyjlsUaQv54w7IVj80OzaQadb_8CddL0k-Jhy38mofLcz6ppgviQHBBm9xzK2K8SavhHdp70gC1nMIy6HaMEMSNh2xwdDGICbbJ44sM58Gy2CA5ErqOIJDqKa7kn0hlgrj-ymnVi4Q1nqKJzXu2TqwQsp4RO_DxAYRNf69fUu4S1ray0adYN-WcKw/w400-h324/B04884CC-67A0-4F1E-ABF8-64F2CCDB782C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reenactors in the Uniform of the Queens Rangers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition to the line companies that functioned as light infantry the regiment had an official light company and grenadier company just like the British line infantry regiments of the period.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eV79Iw55PNXGFYdOzqscyW-dvRjvdc8E_LtoPkAPhx_SlA2bqP8gS9zARg0VbFGyeymItiLaw40IZ5OWpiaci60EAJloaH_zGXSSfCcKRObwz8FvVICtqRgO2e_Mne_HBHoWscLg8JZjVV5uNQOmEM6DH7ATeh_Q5_Zql5-xmxOBcgAueOCoiH7xhg/s722/4B32E65E-9DB2-4B6D-B8B2-DC4FC812F87B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="525" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eV79Iw55PNXGFYdOzqscyW-dvRjvdc8E_LtoPkAPhx_SlA2bqP8gS9zARg0VbFGyeymItiLaw40IZ5OWpiaci60EAJloaH_zGXSSfCcKRObwz8FvVICtqRgO2e_Mne_HBHoWscLg8JZjVV5uNQOmEM6DH7ATeh_Q5_Zql5-xmxOBcgAueOCoiH7xhg/w291-h400/4B32E65E-9DB2-4B6D-B8B2-DC4FC812F87B.jpeg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Osprey book on American Loyalist units.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition to the line companies, the light infantry company and the grenadier company the regiment featured an additional Highland company pictured above. The Hussar troop is also pictured but other renditions show the green uniform to be much darker.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Most Loyalist units began the war in green uniforms to distinguish them from the British red. Many changed over to red during the war on the basis that they were subjects of the crown and should have the same status as regular British units.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Queens Rangers were one of the exceptions and they retained their green uniforms throughout the war.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My collection featuring the Queens Rangers is limited to 12 infantry figures and 6 hussar figures. I intend to add the Highland company, a troop from the 16th Light Dragoons and possibly more line companies for use in Rebels and Patriots skirmish actions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Scruby line was limited but at the time they were first produced they represented a sincere attempt to have war-game units in distinctive uniforms.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">By today's standards Scruby's are small 25mm figures. Although the height is close, the "bulk" is not. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have no problem mixing them in separate units with the old Musket Miniatures 25mm AWI or Airfix or even Irregular Miniatures of 20mm AWI. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I enjoy the old Scruby figures because I think they have a classic look to them. I also gloss coat them for the same reason.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7tUXbVaKhBlnOtE9I3ZRh1AxQV87XXcY3o9Yd4hfVF5ulTi6DVUgJ1c6rzXwvsO6YGMNMHymk1tzC4j4kuHR6JikYnO_pSKM2hWW3BWvpyuGBoAARsF9eISF6Feh3juprMKDpeH07d66A2lD5qQaNaKmFEUWL-I7TwtNNKqlX-doVaQJ_rKa9cJAfg/s4032/IMG_1518.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7tUXbVaKhBlnOtE9I3ZRh1AxQV87XXcY3o9Yd4hfVF5ulTi6DVUgJ1c6rzXwvsO6YGMNMHymk1tzC4j4kuHR6JikYnO_pSKM2hWW3BWvpyuGBoAARsF9eISF6Feh3juprMKDpeH07d66A2lD5qQaNaKmFEUWL-I7TwtNNKqlX-doVaQJ_rKa9cJAfg/w640-h480/IMG_1518.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The troop of Hussars. It's debatable how many men the troop could actually put in the saddle but the unit is too unique to ignore!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lFr3Nz9WDDRj1MQQwZWxFzQIPyzgIgwSwf0DglBVNdjke85rG32ka0h1JbL4v9XL7JO-snEX93_Hf-LKOJyOa7uJQAOStKVOAW1oLL7zNrfzvlXGVSu4kYruLD-btloZWUadk2bW0OFm2LCFf43o-V0SIvrIMfqc1JW33fnpVynvm8A8VohKCBw0jg/s4032/IMG_1519.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lFr3Nz9WDDRj1MQQwZWxFzQIPyzgIgwSwf0DglBVNdjke85rG32ka0h1JbL4v9XL7JO-snEX93_Hf-LKOJyOa7uJQAOStKVOAW1oLL7zNrfzvlXGVSu4kYruLD-btloZWUadk2bW0OFm2LCFf43o-V0SIvrIMfqc1JW33fnpVynvm8A8VohKCBw0jg/w640-h480/IMG_1519.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My "battalion" of infantry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Wcpoy_45xHoR3y8KdfBKs59mLKXgSboriOtxkMgELMsDge6K2mExUIQ0FcVjiHefb3LtRFBmdHJfb1rMIxYYZoPGSfAlFECxj68j11xWBej9wuoDbT6AQBdfTQuqvkksG_muajU_Noh9QWlH70odA5cc7_wvqgy8iHGWVAL09_dUVjpoWVBTgWN8yA/s4032/IMG_1520.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Wcpoy_45xHoR3y8KdfBKs59mLKXgSboriOtxkMgELMsDge6K2mExUIQ0FcVjiHefb3LtRFBmdHJfb1rMIxYYZoPGSfAlFECxj68j11xWBej9wuoDbT6AQBdfTQuqvkksG_muajU_Noh9QWlH70odA5cc7_wvqgy8iHGWVAL09_dUVjpoWVBTgWN8yA/w640-h480/IMG_1520.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was ablate obtain a Kings and Queen's color from Maverick flag in the UK.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-90287506242499418102023-04-17T12:48:00.000-05:002023-04-17T12:48:03.087-05:00Musket Miniatures "Light Bobs" in 25mm<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are 25mm "Light Bobs' from Musket Miniatures. At one time Musket Miniatures was Stone Mountain and the owner produced a line of 25mm AWI and 22mm ACW. A new owner (many years later) bought the molds for the AWI and ACW. The ACW are still available but for some reason he has not done anything with the AWI. It's too bad because they are little gems and compatible to Scruby in separate units.I have about 75 mostly unpainted that I picked off eBay</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6jmcNffBCLqnaVr1QpQaIAyHgZyMu2P-TJERJ1aw3YKWrJ3m_q72dtNJnXRf415I-qdoGs6H9NCmrkP1JVl74kHrzF2R-gl2r8cZDqoJUki8xG_ihpiGw3Om3J1_0YwoDUxoRqPwUcoQATlFIPosS2TjlMiP_tSahoEKdgKHJ6XUs6QFHiyWEDxFoA/s4032/IMG_1404.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6jmcNffBCLqnaVr1QpQaIAyHgZyMu2P-TJERJ1aw3YKWrJ3m_q72dtNJnXRf415I-qdoGs6H9NCmrkP1JVl74kHrzF2R-gl2r8cZDqoJUki8xG_ihpiGw3Om3J1_0YwoDUxoRqPwUcoQATlFIPosS2TjlMiP_tSahoEKdgKHJ6XUs6QFHiyWEDxFoA/w640-h480/IMG_1404.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mg1gS5ZmejW41IX6pWOA7f3sCjLn51sARc3BSb5L2c5xS3m70WQGr2J5lFHUEe0YPZWGPv5qvulX3JOBo234I0x1xwfXYNM-Y4WYtcdEBmtHnAdTqCABWjLTamlGjl52ekdyu-7TF-SNYfO8HyzhLZlaIlacEHO4BqzUAkwALsfXiaFmUqYUgEbTxg/s4032/IMG_1405.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mg1gS5ZmejW41IX6pWOA7f3sCjLn51sARc3BSb5L2c5xS3m70WQGr2J5lFHUEe0YPZWGPv5qvulX3JOBo234I0x1xwfXYNM-Y4WYtcdEBmtHnAdTqCABWjLTamlGjl52ekdyu-7TF-SNYfO8HyzhLZlaIlacEHO4BqzUAkwALsfXiaFmUqYUgEbTxg/w640-h480/IMG_1405.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCgX6bM8Gm30kprWOk6IKpsHwvPjT1sYq0Pe1kedE8bs6RxFPCIQZP6kPUhvd0l1Ytrc4EAu_umXkupWpaI7uC_A8NQ2LzBVMxswpCvjiOKJ0Z4mEbK0c7d5FvdiuG1Qg7lEFA_rIebqEON-VAtU1-B-UKgeOYsxGMwR1O4s1gt68XjjPlh2X3w7sdQ/s4032/IMG_1406.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCgX6bM8Gm30kprWOk6IKpsHwvPjT1sYq0Pe1kedE8bs6RxFPCIQZP6kPUhvd0l1Ytrc4EAu_umXkupWpaI7uC_A8NQ2LzBVMxswpCvjiOKJ0Z4mEbK0c7d5FvdiuG1Qg7lEFA_rIebqEON-VAtU1-B-UKgeOYsxGMwR1O4s1gt68XjjPlh2X3w7sdQ/w640-h480/IMG_1406.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-80223505583278447322023-04-08T08:15:00.001-05:002023-04-08T08:15:43.210-05:00David's or Solomon's Hebrews<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">A friend asked me to post some pictures of my 1\72 Hebrew Army. The figures are from the excellent Caesar set.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I organized the army initially for my version of DBA, although for looks purposes I like to use double stands. The lists I used were from DBA, Meshwesh and whatever else I could find at the time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A few years ago there was a fan site for DBA that provided some basic paint guides. I used some of them for my army.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Chariots were a problem since Caesar, nor any one else made a 1\72 chariot for Hebrews. I reasoned that a Hebrew chariot probably was not much different than an Egyptian chariot or Mesopotamian type. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I settled on the Caesar Mitannian set for the chariots.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The DBA lists allow for quite a few Hebrew variants between an early list and a late list. I settled for the list that seemed to be the army at the height of the Israelite united kingdom under David and Solomon.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw2sd55vR-HExNWzmSlCBDPOPPbvMdtVXHdXgMx18vQCGd4BazF8voYGJ6RDjXlCXmqBIWu02F2b5S4wLtXONwJzV8TJaj9ZQXv1BQeWJjJtU3ClwRoG2KbtrCr8_jcLykoZgntb83pjYNWwIVgy5BbUWfKVTYICJazUPuZeKMEEgMnj4O9N-HlX1OiQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="3128" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw2sd55vR-HExNWzmSlCBDPOPPbvMdtVXHdXgMx18vQCGd4BazF8voYGJ6RDjXlCXmqBIWu02F2b5S4wLtXONwJzV8TJaj9ZQXv1BQeWJjJtU3ClwRoG2KbtrCr8_jcLykoZgntb83pjYNWwIVgy5BbUWfKVTYICJazUPuZeKMEEgMnj4O9N-HlX1OiQ=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two of the Mitanni chariots. Very nice miniatures!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieqV402bmhd37YCNdX9MpkgxoMyZSYE_Tgg3nmpAWqfUeMcSmSjgtwtBkWMPemNaFlkrLgOPJfqUVV2UkJqP1qSzAZBjdsiO7ssWyhtVonCLT7RsGa35KmTEUTXve6RyrvCpUFwraj6hoii4GawdXou1jfJA8kM6kwMGy8WfrwG4wc9VgBf8R7sWZ3rg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1741" data-original-width="3209" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieqV402bmhd37YCNdX9MpkgxoMyZSYE_Tgg3nmpAWqfUeMcSmSjgtwtBkWMPemNaFlkrLgOPJfqUVV2UkJqP1qSzAZBjdsiO7ssWyhtVonCLT7RsGa35KmTEUTXve6RyrvCpUFwraj6hoii4GawdXou1jfJA8kM6kwMGy8WfrwG4wc9VgBf8R7sWZ3rg=w640-h348" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This isn't actually a unit. The set comes with biblical characters. On the left is Samson with Moses on the far right. My guess is the female character in the center is the only female judge in the Book of Judges. Deborah inspired Barak the Israelite general to wage a successful war against a Canaanite kingdom. To Deborah's side a priest uses a shofar (a horn) to call his countrymen to battle. A bodyguard of 3 spearman complete the little diorama.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ8eO5vo1EXKibuF3y0nR83Km61E6ET-BsbI5o2XLFnDxGBTJZz7VbFq2ErWS83maJ63nIIGJ11yRgh8x5k_K-Tnjisabxq6jxduEnwfDzgJBv69oVK8160bFxsN0n-_L8Ql_nivKgv-tHUYwz184L5Hwqa2DyIXlsVkUf76qoh1efitRYW3uVm9LX4A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="2284" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ8eO5vo1EXKibuF3y0nR83Km61E6ET-BsbI5o2XLFnDxGBTJZz7VbFq2ErWS83maJ63nIIGJ11yRgh8x5k_K-Tnjisabxq6jxduEnwfDzgJBv69oVK8160bFxsN0n-_L8Ql_nivKgv-tHUYwz184L5Hwqa2DyIXlsVkUf76qoh1efitRYW3uVm9LX4A=w640-h539" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my command chariot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPI_67CeY0WDe6TQRRNJPNm3iuppWx78HCiHcrV94aIy-mDeOS8wuKr7toy2Tkn-CnX8WGQYLL50ES_mO7uYRunmLOU6xkaE4zrErPPKSmjJB6feOE5L-Ef0P6aIwTa64xZUWgcxfv9AcrrUNyAV1bPUgbk-g3YQQRynjiLa6D4Fngu-yJ9XBzpMalng" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="3264" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPI_67CeY0WDe6TQRRNJPNm3iuppWx78HCiHcrV94aIy-mDeOS8wuKr7toy2Tkn-CnX8WGQYLL50ES_mO7uYRunmLOU6xkaE4zrErPPKSmjJB6feOE5L-Ef0P6aIwTa64xZUWgcxfv9AcrrUNyAV1bPUgbk-g3YQQRynjiLa6D4Fngu-yJ9XBzpMalng=w640-h382" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One list allowed for Phoenician (Tyre) archers. I think the three archers on the left are from the Caesar Philistine set. The other four are from the Hebrew set. Most lists allow Hebrew archers to be massed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCHs1clI3b363rKq7tw0IDoIKJSfqrz-FAewaG5K1ovX-mEH8JFbQoezjakJOmh-y25rwlQ-BlRR3kb_kzcF0zEDsBut7HCt1RdxS1ptVFd7OW_2r6awtS9leRTIRyS7kTNItzhZL7w9jL33lkY4jDEeetmhpEzUcRvzZEAbr8X7LaGcAtgqQxOgK3eA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="2178" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCHs1clI3b363rKq7tw0IDoIKJSfqrz-FAewaG5K1ovX-mEH8JFbQoezjakJOmh-y25rwlQ-BlRR3kb_kzcF0zEDsBut7HCt1RdxS1ptVFd7OW_2r6awtS9leRTIRyS7kTNItzhZL7w9jL33lkY4jDEeetmhpEzUcRvzZEAbr8X7LaGcAtgqQxOgK3eA=w640-h605" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Philistines were a frequent enemy of the united kingdom but they also served as mercenaries under David and Solomon. The Philistine Caesar set is also an excellent set.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrtcrZyXgtt-IsngRmGxvVoLOQAfWhX7qqHGPHLDcLGwM8FxFUQ1Ws3eM2sP9_KrKNsApvnFH2d2dayFG48L9NgWOYCUVIyqJaJ3pELKwDozqfXSeBsHQ5VwPrnZ8c2xIkI4pCazq56NokQJh4-qL7XDpsTEEG58oMhCtrGYQ4T_RuSgodrMSmL6GYKQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="3264" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrtcrZyXgtt-IsngRmGxvVoLOQAfWhX7qqHGPHLDcLGwM8FxFUQ1Ws3eM2sP9_KrKNsApvnFH2d2dayFG48L9NgWOYCUVIyqJaJ3pELKwDozqfXSeBsHQ5VwPrnZ8c2xIkI4pCazq56NokQJh4-qL7XDpsTEEG58oMhCtrGYQ4T_RuSgodrMSmL6GYKQ=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are simply classified as light foot. Israelite armies were primarily militia and their arms and armor could vary quite a lot. On the far right is a slinger. I will be painting a unit of slingers as it was a common Hebrew weapon. I wish the set would have included a young David with a sling and a giant Goliath!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvUX9EYg0z-zGqhozh9d1o1z6CKCYIojZOosYWcdcjB6Kq8mT9elNewM5yO0V_7-yaPMHi1GqG9j-Y7xKiarlh1jl4AdtBg3hmaN2AKUNEZo_ZgCs6XshsbU3wiSfryWRbZJvRV9cl4AwkZnsTgfVLuxJ2xzg1aYbfE1ajcDxhmbrCJcGvxbOcg0GlnA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2617" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvUX9EYg0z-zGqhozh9d1o1z6CKCYIojZOosYWcdcjB6Kq8mT9elNewM5yO0V_7-yaPMHi1GqG9j-Y7xKiarlh1jl4AdtBg3hmaN2AKUNEZo_ZgCs6XshsbU3wiSfryWRbZJvRV9cl4AwkZnsTgfVLuxJ2xzg1aYbfE1ajcDxhmbrCJcGvxbOcg0GlnA=w640-h500" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These figures were left over from the Mitanni chariot set. They serve as David's "might men" and whatever served as the small standing army under David or Solomon. Later Hebrew armies would look a bit like Babylonians or even Assyrians.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP68uPvSlLM9CQzBG2dNZpiSI7YnMXk-dHLmhlcdKkVhP_qQwJ62o51xqtzze-24xwzKFYQ5lTbkKWLBq7iRrGW7_f1va_RpcFVB5y3_aoVxVbGy4wNQxddpFcuJZwSGTeXo37TYHDkgpmoRcM3g0641BK2SyMQQ_lE7o3QBSCbkz2csmvjKgWhq_npg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2069" data-original-width="2710" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP68uPvSlLM9CQzBG2dNZpiSI7YnMXk-dHLmhlcdKkVhP_qQwJ62o51xqtzze-24xwzKFYQ5lTbkKWLBq7iRrGW7_f1va_RpcFVB5y3_aoVxVbGy4wNQxddpFcuJZwSGTeXo37TYHDkgpmoRcM3g0641BK2SyMQQ_lE7o3QBSCbkz2csmvjKgWhq_npg=w640-h489" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">This figure was the only shielded figure included in the Caesar set with is too bad. Although militia (Gibborim) many would be equipped as light spearmen. The set as a whole is excellent and fills a niche. Most of poses could be used in the Jewish wars of the Maccabees and later in the revolts against Rome.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-84819509537901902842023-04-01T13:18:00.001-05:002023-04-01T13:18:00.180-05:00Scruby Continental Infantry<p> This is another part of my Jack Scruby collection. Jack Scruby was a pioneer in American wargaming. He organized the first wargaming convention in California in 1956. He also produced wargaming figures in multiple scales.</p><p>I first came across Scruby's miniatures in the early seventies. At the time, all we had for wargames were the Airfix plastic sets. We were largely unaware of the English manufacturers like Hinton Hunt, Miniature Figurines, Garrison and Lamming.</p><p>I purchased some Scruby's hoplites and they served for quite a while in one of my early armies. They disappeared when I sold off my collection in the late 1980's. </p><p>Since returning to the hobby in 2014, I've sought out the old figures from the 1970s and 80s. Most I find on eBay, but for a time I could find Scruby's figures at historifigs.com. Although the website is still up it does not appear they are taking any orders.</p><p>This is one of my AWI units painted for <i>Rebels and Patriots</i> rules. They represent a Continental Regiment with half being clothed in the famous hunting shirts and the other half being issued one of the many varieties of period uniforms. This unit represents one of the Massachusetts Regiments that served in the Saratoga Campaign.</p><p>I like the classic toy soldier look to Scruby's and have gloss coated them to reflect the old style.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35XLj7EpPVRYKaFZH6Ad3Ehoyd2b59-v-5sAW71A9pbhZbRV_SmdVxsgsn6tZB2Kvur0BthHCXxbfffYktmRxMsjGdmCpjLhB8dgtLHVwhHe4-iZe0Yfkc2BPahNGMvzBdt0GSXo32uKMyxqHL7i5aED2BJdEgCXY-dlqTcEuaYyAGY1NGVCQ9j5xDQ/s4032/50777176-7B01-4397-BFB2-BFDC1D623542_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35XLj7EpPVRYKaFZH6Ad3Ehoyd2b59-v-5sAW71A9pbhZbRV_SmdVxsgsn6tZB2Kvur0BthHCXxbfffYktmRxMsjGdmCpjLhB8dgtLHVwhHe4-iZe0Yfkc2BPahNGMvzBdt0GSXo32uKMyxqHL7i5aED2BJdEgCXY-dlqTcEuaYyAGY1NGVCQ9j5xDQ/w640-h480/50777176-7B01-4397-BFB2-BFDC1D623542_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9fEuvE6I_xgai8wpxxzeZoFrZAZFs04JtnmUk6x0gzqmK8m3RcYMvEPhGW00rcNIWlvUuamAiK8riW6Y8LACH42Rd03insoO45mUu-IvCRkF6qtE0c-G_C8OpCeyofz_0oRIGVE6N82p267Ae8xDoUGg_BkT2e70Y1XS9v5qySPXhe6p12UJb3cafQ/s3653/BDF972AA-CBEA-4C29-A078-090F3CCB4FD2_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2843" data-original-width="3653" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9fEuvE6I_xgai8wpxxzeZoFrZAZFs04JtnmUk6x0gzqmK8m3RcYMvEPhGW00rcNIWlvUuamAiK8riW6Y8LACH42Rd03insoO45mUu-IvCRkF6qtE0c-G_C8OpCeyofz_0oRIGVE6N82p267Ae8xDoUGg_BkT2e70Y1XS9v5qySPXhe6p12UJb3cafQ/w640-h498/BDF972AA-CBEA-4C29-A078-090F3CCB4FD2_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOSRmF0qFpI_00T3MSQ8WeYUd9eAYe8i03SQ1zWQXXrMrJHrg6Rv27RVsyGr1zOCA88gbma3kklPYbVedCUrkHpFo39ubcif4pK4l6KSsgWJdtmu9BSdM3h7jz5Olon9_Uy_osWHDjFZsQLNe_jowfr-XBoh20i4YFt-31k_b_V7MELlDXYdKovLsuQ/s3877/C4D42049-D70B-4436-B680-BC06428BE4A7_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2810" data-original-width="3877" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOSRmF0qFpI_00T3MSQ8WeYUd9eAYe8i03SQ1zWQXXrMrJHrg6Rv27RVsyGr1zOCA88gbma3kklPYbVedCUrkHpFo39ubcif4pK4l6KSsgWJdtmu9BSdM3h7jz5Olon9_Uy_osWHDjFZsQLNe_jowfr-XBoh20i4YFt-31k_b_V7MELlDXYdKovLsuQ/w640-h464/C4D42049-D70B-4436-B680-BC06428BE4A7_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-69501556589651333682023-03-20T15:13:00.015-05:002023-03-20T15:13:00.184-05:00MiniFigs 1st Generation Stonewall Brigade<p>These are another of my eBay rescue efforts. They are 1st Generation Miniature Figurines in 25mm. For you youngsters out there who don't know, Minifigs was once a colossus in 25mm wargaming. Minifigs had lines in just about everything.</p><p>I first came across Minifigs way back in the mid-1970s. My first purchases were the British Infantry for the American War of Independence. They were first-generation, and sadly, I no longer have them. </p><p>Being nostalgic for the old metal minis, I began to seek Minifigs and other 25mm figures out on eBay.</p><p>I found this lot with a few command figures relatively cheap. They needed a lot of work, and I saved these six out of eight or nine infantry figures.</p><p>I chose an early war uniform from the famous Stonewall Brigade for the repaint.</p><p>I have them mounted on temporary bases for potential use in a Rebel's and Patriots skirmish game.</p><p>Miniature Figurines 2nd Generation are still available today from the UK under Matchlock Miniatures.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2l87ZcQb6Tvu23I8KzYhfdHqVKdwDtQ4D1OUEKBzxzAqnSyiz__KYkwSZui6VB1sLzau7loQmxEHqhcz5sobYSrMJsVXt-2dT5lAl9fBLf581Vfkq0MrtM9aVbBVyK8sgaOdXhFm8GVc2fDHUwRgPVz1THTckWrlFiBnOfdZtT5Rv4afb9dFir_wCg/s640/1_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2l87ZcQb6Tvu23I8KzYhfdHqVKdwDtQ4D1OUEKBzxzAqnSyiz__KYkwSZui6VB1sLzau7loQmxEHqhcz5sobYSrMJsVXt-2dT5lAl9fBLf581Vfkq0MrtM9aVbBVyK8sgaOdXhFm8GVc2fDHUwRgPVz1THTckWrlFiBnOfdZtT5Rv4afb9dFir_wCg/w640-h480/1_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The officer needed a lot of work. Keeping the saber on the figure was a challenge, but I didn't want to cut it off and insert a pin. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoMvO-eJtKio41oc7xNIilrigDQ26nfsgy57FHRSa5jhrC8gQ_aQjcw9Y8PxUtufC5xi6LWfHgRcvQtOzy9lRbmAHcjbRfF_atp7VmtO2tyhudtQvp0WSrY-8wlVWHOTCH_CG5QGCOMmbyhnrfjx4pb6h_7sdFe3yjbwcu5VCu0aD48mqNeEWzEHPyA/s640/2_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoMvO-eJtKio41oc7xNIilrigDQ26nfsgy57FHRSa5jhrC8gQ_aQjcw9Y8PxUtufC5xi6LWfHgRcvQtOzy9lRbmAHcjbRfF_atp7VmtO2tyhudtQvp0WSrY-8wlVWHOTCH_CG5QGCOMmbyhnrfjx4pb6h_7sdFe3yjbwcu5VCu0aD48mqNeEWzEHPyA/w640-h480/2_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Minifigs ACW line always looked a little Napoleonic to me. Many of the poses featured backpack and blanket roll, and a full dress look to the uniform.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9m_VDPfnU9HN4HMcFyt9Z8N-YJyCC8WWFbk2rpV81M5OrfoR7S0S0cWoAwTgCYvP-np8aJ2bpj6lLliiF3CJQ3hNsfsVSYPBdygtZLFngmOixj52SLrx33-jy1qnpDAKwXDzutycVIA_3Csr-eFDaR_PQdZu8H0Jbm_tDF5HZKK0jBKTjoOsd4q4Ag/s640/3_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9m_VDPfnU9HN4HMcFyt9Z8N-YJyCC8WWFbk2rpV81M5OrfoR7S0S0cWoAwTgCYvP-np8aJ2bpj6lLliiF3CJQ3hNsfsVSYPBdygtZLFngmOixj52SLrx33-jy1qnpDAKwXDzutycVIA_3Csr-eFDaR_PQdZu8H0Jbm_tDF5HZKK0jBKTjoOsd4q4Ag/w640-h480/3_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe the pose is called high port. A unit of Minifigs all in the same pose is impressive imo.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJLj30S6U9H5ezEHqmHzcRXZZjob2CFKkfWw2ciGpIbWgfkSLxQ5jrDXPihhsH2AekteE3Gf7IJ_d_K6zYH_Uh_ywTeTAYgx4TpkjBYc-CJiN4f4jpYtXL0bYdW-FTE2oAHcMghoY7LwsLHcYA4dqQ2S8E3AqehZqjzu-LvaUDln9_8COxoSY7u3Qiw/s640/4_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJLj30S6U9H5ezEHqmHzcRXZZjob2CFKkfWw2ciGpIbWgfkSLxQ5jrDXPihhsH2AekteE3Gf7IJ_d_K6zYH_Uh_ywTeTAYgx4TpkjBYc-CJiN4f4jpYtXL0bYdW-FTE2oAHcMghoY7LwsLHcYA4dqQ2S8E3AqehZqjzu-LvaUDln9_8COxoSY7u3Qiw/w640-h480/4_MF%201stGen%20CSA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today the 28mm manufacturers have all but conquered the market and 25mm figures are rare. I think Minifigs have a classic toy soldier look like most manufacturers from the 1970s and 80s.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-14221894870803555992023-03-18T12:52:00.000-05:002023-03-18T12:52:05.883-05:00Scruby Mexican American War US RegularsBack in the day, meaning the late 1960s and early 70's metal figures for
wargaming were rare in the US. One exception to this was Jack Scruby. Jack was a
pioneer in American Wargaming. He created figures in various wargaming scales. <div><br /></div><div>My first metal wargaming figures were 20mm hoplites and phalanx from Jack Scruby
miniatures. They are long gone now (sadly) having been replaced by English
figures by Miniature Figurines, Hinchcliffe and Garrison. </div><div><br /></div><div>They too are long gone
although I'm working to replace some in the old classic scale of 25mm or one
inch. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, when I got back into the hobby in 2014 I decided to collect a few of
the old metal figures in addition to my interests in 1\72 plastics. I started
with eBay searches and found some Jack Scruby Americans and Mexicans in Scruby
25mm. </div><div><br /></div><div>Later I supplentnted what I found by finding that Scruby miniatures had
been taken over by Historifigs, a copmany out of Baraboo, WI, my home state.
Sadly, for about a year now, Historifigs seems to be out of business, although
the website is still up. Email inquiries have not been answered. </div><div><br /></div><div>I painted up my
one unit of US Regulars by Jack Scruby. I like the old toy soldier look of
Scruby miliatures and so used gloss coat to seal them. I'm not sure what
happended to Historifigs but they filled a nostalgia itch for me. Here's my unit
of US Regulars by Jack Scruby, painted by yours truly.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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</div>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-83524069501838153962023-02-05T16:46:00.000-06:002023-02-05T16:46:00.525-06:00Operation Norwind-Task Force Linden<p><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">What follows is the scenario description, an Order of Battle and then pictures from the action.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The game was played out in 1\72 scale. The rules are called THAB (To Hell and Back) and are homegrown.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">A company of infantry has a variable number of figures, usually between 8-12 and that includes intrinsic support weapons like MG's, panzerfausts and bazookas. All the weapons within the company are accounted for in the rules.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Three to four actual AFV's are represented by a single model.</span></p><p><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u>Scenario</u>: In January of 1945 Operation Nordwind was launched to take pressure off of the Bulge Offensive to the north. The 6th SS was tasked to attack American forces along with the 553rd Volksgrenadier and drive them back. The inexperienced Americans were badly mauled by the German attacks and failed to hold their part of the front and all counter attacks met with complete disaster. Falling back the Americans were forced to leave wounded comrades behind out in the snow. German forces continued their drive and the next day hit the 3rd Algerian Division and the slaughter began again.</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This scenario depicts the German assault on Task Force Linden in the early hours of January 6th, 1945.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><u style="background-color: black;">Order of Battle</u></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">American Elements</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2nd battalion 242 Regiment Task Force Linden</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> A and B companies</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">A company 281st Tank Bn 2 M-4</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">14th Cavalry Group</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> 1st Squadron 1 M-5 1 M-10</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> 2nd Squadron 2 M-8 1 Jeep</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">2nd battalion 242 Regiment </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> E company 1 M-3</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">German Elements</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">6th SS</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> 1 and 2 companies</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> 6 SS Panzerjager 1 Puppchen </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">553rd Volksgrenadier </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> 1 and 2 companies</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> 553 Panzerjager 2 Hetzer 38t</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 1553 1 Sturm III 1 Sturm IV</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The victory condition was for the Germans to get one element in the town. The Americans would win if they prevented that.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">It would have been hard in my opinion for the Americans to win, We do not mind lop sided games but this game went beyond lopsided due to my uncanny dice rolling when I needed it as the German player. I can assure you that is not usually the case. I usually think my dice hate me. Maybe I was fortunate because I used my friend's dice. He won't make that mistake again.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">So, suffice it to say, the Germans took the town losing 3 or 4 infantry figures and the two Hetzers. The Americans lost everything.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">I will describe some of the action with the captions.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">I</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfudfqL_J0DO5lU7PxQHCG8oe4fk8w_DDaxcRdanKu_C12b423sGmkCs19sO56ShKl7EUxyWljcpy-H-kP3PzZIHvg8GkLfdPS7EIVyWeiBmj-sJol47E-xVKMzaCgOjanY3W00OEFWl8XXWZ6s8WA83jsLoFJc47_rTVy1jnvzNybWHZuq00NGq-7Ow/s4032/IMG_1314.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfudfqL_J0DO5lU7PxQHCG8oe4fk8w_DDaxcRdanKu_C12b423sGmkCs19sO56ShKl7EUxyWljcpy-H-kP3PzZIHvg8GkLfdPS7EIVyWeiBmj-sJol47E-xVKMzaCgOjanY3W00OEFWl8XXWZ6s8WA83jsLoFJc47_rTVy1jnvzNybWHZuq00NGq-7Ow/w640-h480/IMG_1314.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An American Infantry company holds their left flank. They would face 2 Volksgrenadier companies and one SS Mountain company as well as a supporting Hetzer. They were overwhelmed with killed, captured or routing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNrtoO-t9H_94plsfn-IMo3F4m06caBfibFmxol61K2SH8I95abr8y2TxecK3Wv2Lwzo1vXOf7xgu5hewVXK9ZemtWts5NBw48HZC9LllPC3HDALW_SAEKkp64hB3SABVgpWWgxyfr4IgYf87QSEWazlR-Syp7DsioxH3dgvYFfF0RsQMmzAdzKly2Q/s4032/IMG_1315.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="4032" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNrtoO-t9H_94plsfn-IMo3F4m06caBfibFmxol61K2SH8I95abr8y2TxecK3Wv2Lwzo1vXOf7xgu5hewVXK9ZemtWts5NBw48HZC9LllPC3HDALW_SAEKkp64hB3SABVgpWWgxyfr4IgYf87QSEWazlR-Syp7DsioxH3dgvYFfF0RsQMmzAdzKly2Q/w640-h444/IMG_1315.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The M10 was the American's best chance to take out the German armor. My extraordinary dice throwing meant it hardly had a chance being destroyed early. The M8 on the left would survive until the end of the game,</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IPBwszCHrc6jmFI_5_gV8SxAkF1kYDaeuQOpn-2luQ3TDG8w4XGEiSSP18_IzWxoDIjKUyfx12MTZU3PvMVDybxsGJ1NAdccxByUUxtsjr4DM5GbqrblPJzYbUqcQKtsA5P3uJq-_rTDcAiuIj0a0NsC03LY-6ZGIcd8di_2JFtMHHL5ISm8XFSPWQ/s4032/IMG_1316.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IPBwszCHrc6jmFI_5_gV8SxAkF1kYDaeuQOpn-2luQ3TDG8w4XGEiSSP18_IzWxoDIjKUyfx12MTZU3PvMVDybxsGJ1NAdccxByUUxtsjr4DM5GbqrblPJzYbUqcQKtsA5P3uJq-_rTDcAiuIj0a0NsC03LY-6ZGIcd8di_2JFtMHHL5ISm8XFSPWQ/w640-h480/IMG_1316.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Stuart was destroyed on Turn One due to extraordinary dice throwing. I am serious. I have never thrown such good dice in a game!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEZsVF5Pr-k8UheEo7vLkO6KGbhFA5j8B86VGlDpHZT7V6MeynGaQcfDDUd1UyXPjL4L7rFznAYaOZJ2auj-GBVooFBBKG8a8grKn1LprUCcnlYTl1mFh4eJqb6ISncG4zOXjrLGsAUc0co8ZDaNUPsSZKW-zi8GAnol_tz4ZeKkOeP-8tzEa8ZODxA/s4032/IMG_1317.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEZsVF5Pr-k8UheEo7vLkO6KGbhFA5j8B86VGlDpHZT7V6MeynGaQcfDDUd1UyXPjL4L7rFznAYaOZJ2auj-GBVooFBBKG8a8grKn1LprUCcnlYTl1mFh4eJqb6ISncG4zOXjrLGsAUc0co8ZDaNUPsSZKW-zi8GAnol_tz4ZeKkOeP-8tzEa8ZODxA/w480-h640/IMG_1317.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice overview of the town and the American armor elements defending it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUatbFCDEN318W80kP_Dsy61xMdq5dBqbbARW_c8yK_ZQr9hQ05uCN-8TIu2u-mA9vU2dpuyQzteNojJw0EbhZJF2gOlvZVXYJRJESlkD5T2_wzP6qzgsGGKDi6_REnS8aKcDsgAzN-VVuDuEru58lO1DBmKo8u54TwwR4PMoxxafH7-z8jPjfDGjsw/s4032/IMG_1318.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="4032" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUatbFCDEN318W80kP_Dsy61xMdq5dBqbbARW_c8yK_ZQr9hQ05uCN-8TIu2u-mA9vU2dpuyQzteNojJw0EbhZJF2gOlvZVXYJRJESlkD5T2_wzP6qzgsGGKDi6_REnS8aKcDsgAzN-VVuDuEru58lO1DBmKo8u54TwwR4PMoxxafH7-z8jPjfDGjsw/w640-h420/IMG_1318.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The German right flank would be unengaged and just serve as a reserve or additional threat. The infantry are SS Mountain troops recently arrived from garrison in Norway. The division was understrength and had the combat strength of two infantry companies. The RSO is towing a Puppchen, basically a panzerschreck on wheels.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdHPeSZbqJL3ZnGMa731AKEu3rp8Zs4vNKGTy0DV_-saEZjv033j57arty1vDcKoSqnXCNS6DlHBos09qFyLQESTAHcHki0E049wt2mxh6MaoTxpyIekrJBH3OkueupFmuZGeNWf3mIpUE1vjOWA8n6vOXl8DHw5X1wf0nwEojsfOHTb4tKg4O2VkGA/s3738/IMG_1319.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="3738" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdHPeSZbqJL3ZnGMa731AKEu3rp8Zs4vNKGTy0DV_-saEZjv033j57arty1vDcKoSqnXCNS6DlHBos09qFyLQESTAHcHki0E049wt2mxh6MaoTxpyIekrJBH3OkueupFmuZGeNWf3mIpUE1vjOWA8n6vOXl8DHw5X1wf0nwEojsfOHTb4tKg4O2VkGA/w640-h518/IMG_1319.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Volksgrenadier company supported by one of the Hetzers assault the American left flank.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr36zaMMD1GiRH36GTeZ3zrSxQDZMu1Wbn0huRAH4GKjFfER5aNmT8eqK1WsnMOpXifA_3NhDDblFpWDILZQntQmfnPH18Sv6DxtElCSxWhCKxDXRmgZZxBrwedUMgchahlZT1jXav_BFjbvmY5q2s8OdrlHV-UohGRCK1LeL6ZE72yUu-H4pdc_wTZA/s4032/IMG_1320.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="4032" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr36zaMMD1GiRH36GTeZ3zrSxQDZMu1Wbn0huRAH4GKjFfER5aNmT8eqK1WsnMOpXifA_3NhDDblFpWDILZQntQmfnPH18Sv6DxtElCSxWhCKxDXRmgZZxBrwedUMgchahlZT1jXav_BFjbvmY5q2s8OdrlHV-UohGRCK1LeL6ZE72yUu-H4pdc_wTZA/w640-h436/IMG_1320.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other American Infantry company took up a defensive position in the shot up buildings. They did not last long.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBNnoR1CutXR14K8ikq6ZybJkJYWf1LcoMQvoDUIazp8tBzDLM1PbLRjJ3gpnhEZaibWv7pJKRtY3kmdJpBh52ApW3h0vBzRyQhkZBxohaHFlqK7l5eFggkLYBnLcM2jgB6kjq343BdQJg9Z9BKqUFCr_xvxYZxNKK6sB0qg6cg93N0OTeC8dlUJNQA/s3760/IMG_1321.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3760" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBNnoR1CutXR14K8ikq6ZybJkJYWf1LcoMQvoDUIazp8tBzDLM1PbLRjJ3gpnhEZaibWv7pJKRtY3kmdJpBh52ApW3h0vBzRyQhkZBxohaHFlqK7l5eFggkLYBnLcM2jgB6kjq343BdQJg9Z9BKqUFCr_xvxYZxNKK6sB0qg6cg93N0OTeC8dlUJNQA/w640-h418/IMG_1321.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two elements of Shermans tried to come to the rescue. My opponent (JZ) wanted to use them to contain my infantry since the infantry was the bigger threat. As it was he had to try to take out the StugIII and StugIV but they took out the Shermans. JZ was heard to say he always did bad with Shermans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4w-Sgzhv8w2p6J693RFz-Ned9kE28_uHkYYYAAsm-2iEhR3f37mRPwkGpc4o7mxZ74QK7loVwM3vkKt165C1HGeuZOTlW_RX8yAA8LgxThhKKIDQMQAjRMsDVY7pCYNyvrZQea-ai-Qx_53G13oagTuO9IQvN7Yo87BpibfiUsFLQ_bQ8-D74L9xFoA/s4032/IMG_1323.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2823" data-original-width="4032" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4w-Sgzhv8w2p6J693RFz-Ned9kE28_uHkYYYAAsm-2iEhR3f37mRPwkGpc4o7mxZ74QK7loVwM3vkKt165C1HGeuZOTlW_RX8yAA8LgxThhKKIDQMQAjRMsDVY7pCYNyvrZQea-ai-Qx_53G13oagTuO9IQvN7Yo87BpibfiUsFLQ_bQ8-D74L9xFoA/w640-h448/IMG_1323.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the Hetzers. It took out the Stuart and the M10 before the Shermans got it. I think an Iron Cross is in order if there was anyone left alive.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKC_t-_-1uSdzm-9Ah-be37-oN-PiYOotXMLWOBhW2uU97n54DrDyCBQsnStzgl679CvY7tYaRECCLpsxXRjdM1stkjK3CfLIQDEq617LvtZxaK2g1DTPKIRxyT7mdHh5XOpbalWKHrBqpH4xEI06-9kB4I6k5QDcv9ZisMCB7uRLWz_jcf4viwpmyIA/s3135/IMG_1324.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3135" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKC_t-_-1uSdzm-9Ah-be37-oN-PiYOotXMLWOBhW2uU97n54DrDyCBQsnStzgl679CvY7tYaRECCLpsxXRjdM1stkjK3CfLIQDEq617LvtZxaK2g1DTPKIRxyT7mdHh5XOpbalWKHrBqpH4xEI06-9kB4I6k5QDcv9ZisMCB7uRLWz_jcf4viwpmyIA/w640-h506/IMG_1324.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A StugIII and a StugIV. They occupied the German center after the Hetzer was destroyed, After the Shermans were either destroyed or routed the Americans had nothing that could really touch them.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIueTGc_NpESgia559Y9qeVYK9mayIWyXcO17iQNtzEnf-AiDHwVp376zLo2VHxXeUt6cZwEu8yc7hWpFsha1lm6MZ1490_ZH26ohh0IzEg3ysTUaGAAsow5OVa1vqM1ttBtdpxfxMEBRH2SSd6KKJAnoHk2ZSfeKIedtcFbcsQA52_QJ0VMWGFSthKw/s4032/IMG_1325.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIueTGc_NpESgia559Y9qeVYK9mayIWyXcO17iQNtzEnf-AiDHwVp376zLo2VHxXeUt6cZwEu8yc7hWpFsha1lm6MZ1490_ZH26ohh0IzEg3ysTUaGAAsow5OVa1vqM1ttBtdpxfxMEBRH2SSd6KKJAnoHk2ZSfeKIedtcFbcsQA52_QJ0VMWGFSthKw/w640-h480/IMG_1325.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JZ had high hopes for the Shermans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZLHXShcFF-6rHwml3PpUP0Kia2vg3WI46Bobk6MNl1hzydlUsPB9W_ewkV5bbZQEqH4LUliQj-BjyLiPYn_tRJRl7FS2gXBf4xs5cWZVGs4ctunaDzECBdtc0S9bxno8V7pE9dc9i7jg1GB_ml8_q8fRhxJCflHBniLKRShhWRKQV2brt35jWAdgwQ/s3394/IMG_1326.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2777" data-original-width="3394" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZLHXShcFF-6rHwml3PpUP0Kia2vg3WI46Bobk6MNl1hzydlUsPB9W_ewkV5bbZQEqH4LUliQj-BjyLiPYn_tRJRl7FS2gXBf4xs5cWZVGs4ctunaDzECBdtc0S9bxno8V7pE9dc9i7jg1GB_ml8_q8fRhxJCflHBniLKRShhWRKQV2brt35jWAdgwQ/w640-h524/IMG_1326.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a glorious start the Hetzer is kaput!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKOvjsPnHg9eu4VKdPAF4nhFfR9nap0iOTOiRQQ4NhwuTbaMkmjZJFSAlT-cmH1h81Ya0nKO18sS4Za0ozrr_mf2Y-OQrle8KbmyBmaI9LCo0RsoMDY914Hnf-JOEBaXErEYMPYN8RyF5o_GLUJ7wFGHBnL5jdgb-cUTUSidgHl_GEu4rWmhWs_Vxdw/s4032/IMG_1327.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="4032" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKOvjsPnHg9eu4VKdPAF4nhFfR9nap0iOTOiRQQ4NhwuTbaMkmjZJFSAlT-cmH1h81Ya0nKO18sS4Za0ozrr_mf2Y-OQrle8KbmyBmaI9LCo0RsoMDY914Hnf-JOEBaXErEYMPYN8RyF5o_GLUJ7wFGHBnL5jdgb-cUTUSidgHl_GEu4rWmhWs_Vxdw/w640-h420/IMG_1327.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not to worry, the assault guns have arrived to clean up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4QzyPOkw6kJCtXrQcTsE6BtzBFgpnw_LWBD61XU3QOhXvceGyr6t4PNKLqEauBL53QsLe4Cr7qKGMBvKpWy3uewcOGIuaRhy6_ZRTcuAIApE-LXc53IWVETfuBtYmhkiIX5LVmpzix00YpbtmKv6iednEXJoJwdi73VDcYTkk9mUCRIhCY2mz6kZYQ/s3921/IMG_1328.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="3921" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4QzyPOkw6kJCtXrQcTsE6BtzBFgpnw_LWBD61XU3QOhXvceGyr6t4PNKLqEauBL53QsLe4Cr7qKGMBvKpWy3uewcOGIuaRhy6_ZRTcuAIApE-LXc53IWVETfuBtYmhkiIX5LVmpzix00YpbtmKv6iednEXJoJwdi73VDcYTkk9mUCRIhCY2mz6kZYQ/w640-h414/IMG_1328.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Sherman bites the dust and the other loses morale leaving the table to fight another day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcB94u4ffAq6OlZhU8xsXMcWjC8QszQTlWlOxm8_Hpuz9bVryiaFhpgMTCNmZ_reJr51CAFGRSTccVNmGfjzTmmJ80jRMHvIaRRLcxlR6C9K9ru_OevkzY4iVTIQDkkOM5PbM9lunsUkvBp9M5cIvLrfBSZiwa2S9Wv7Iim4rRk1MPcbS_No4A22YJMw/s3994/IMG_1331.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="3994" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcB94u4ffAq6OlZhU8xsXMcWjC8QszQTlWlOxm8_Hpuz9bVryiaFhpgMTCNmZ_reJr51CAFGRSTccVNmGfjzTmmJ80jRMHvIaRRLcxlR6C9K9ru_OevkzY4iVTIQDkkOM5PbM9lunsUkvBp9M5cIvLrfBSZiwa2S9Wv7Iim4rRk1MPcbS_No4A22YJMw/w640-h448/IMG_1331.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volksgrenadiers close in on the town passing the knocked out Sherman.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSrCK0raf7TkFrwbqp6ZowNiFzs3GC2PxigQeVzf1putxhcvVwnqxRjQgJgSwbEk6H4VvLiTjzeAJxaQLCLixVCHHn1t0StgYWyx_-zMHyqAVuk581b165X9iqfrPQ3usZZ35G73ptWlGsEtmDgwMCSsNDiCkaWbMrqGfEVIooRBho-5S54PVnDyAWQ/s4032/IMG_1332.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSrCK0raf7TkFrwbqp6ZowNiFzs3GC2PxigQeVzf1putxhcvVwnqxRjQgJgSwbEk6H4VvLiTjzeAJxaQLCLixVCHHn1t0StgYWyx_-zMHyqAVuk581b165X9iqfrPQ3usZZ35G73ptWlGsEtmDgwMCSsNDiCkaWbMrqGfEVIooRBho-5S54PVnDyAWQ/w640-h480/IMG_1332.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The assault guns get the M8 as the M8 bravely tries to stem the tide.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoOuhGXYqAizSKi8Iu8csYoLNCjgB525eM_1PzawcGWgx20FXpkYR1JdzM1TdENaBpSS3bUtRWiysTVWitHF0EYw_XSCKd_zrmS7_jDer6mFHP19r2j3bX0z80sZqsQWODFpsbwBa9ItHKIjeW-lcxnUdaQMAMpP9IkgJ1MUI7jcI5fQuyWTXVHeGfg/s4032/IMG_1333.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="4032" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoOuhGXYqAizSKi8Iu8csYoLNCjgB525eM_1PzawcGWgx20FXpkYR1JdzM1TdENaBpSS3bUtRWiysTVWitHF0EYw_XSCKd_zrmS7_jDer6mFHP19r2j3bX0z80sZqsQWODFpsbwBa9ItHKIjeW-lcxnUdaQMAMpP9IkgJ1MUI7jcI5fQuyWTXVHeGfg/w640-h448/IMG_1333.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other M8 gets the Hetzer when JZ finally got a decent die roll.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpT-QfLb9Lh9tYwdv2Jlps6aQr5thiKO0Tf7fsi8upi7GuosuZ_F6KOWy3nebego_9SO38w5P-O-8L1bUNmX_-ppT8xRTARV6QL6NQSvkx6o1yXTxyVsFPyDaJKCHiWzcdp0lv21_hZAoO7LKVY6yBNnKsuU0pv9L9BkvV5JHFBgXf_5K9-5mz2KGMA/s4032/IMG_1334.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpT-QfLb9Lh9tYwdv2Jlps6aQr5thiKO0Tf7fsi8upi7GuosuZ_F6KOWy3nebego_9SO38w5P-O-8L1bUNmX_-ppT8xRTARV6QL6NQSvkx6o1yXTxyVsFPyDaJKCHiWzcdp0lv21_hZAoO7LKVY6yBNnKsuU0pv9L9BkvV5JHFBgXf_5K9-5mz2KGMA/w640-h480/IMG_1334.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An SS company over runs the American halftrack and is now cruising around in it. The scene is almost at the end of the game.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK2VxQRgN_ASMJlN0jagIbI61By7qtseMgQe7jg5O6bz02JXzH3MNE2-Xn8nYLJxttnTh6m8zNiXggw_CiQCL_ghtwCg0_DTid-9jfwAkx0tHAIHNgUNIz-0SaNesFiYaakjPDisS889O6Ud9O80lGArf6cS2q8hs7sq9ZjsCWck6zDsh2WlpJcIjGw/s4032/IMG_1335.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK2VxQRgN_ASMJlN0jagIbI61By7qtseMgQe7jg5O6bz02JXzH3MNE2-Xn8nYLJxttnTh6m8zNiXggw_CiQCL_ghtwCg0_DTid-9jfwAkx0tHAIHNgUNIz-0SaNesFiYaakjPDisS889O6Ud9O80lGArf6cS2q8hs7sq9ZjsCWck6zDsh2WlpJcIjGw/w640-h480/IMG_1335.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SS company over running the halftrack and then trying to take out the M8 with a panzerfaust or bundled grenades. The figure should have turned around because he missed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The beauty of the game was an unusual </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">scenario during a part of the war that does not get much attention. It was a great deal of fun, but of course I'd say that given my dice <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">rolling.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">My friend JZ provided all of the figures and equipment as well as the town buildings. Beautiful work JZ! </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="yj6qo" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-41824662869698721962023-01-16T15:16:00.001-06:002023-01-17T09:41:09.466-06:00Rebels and Patriots: Mexican-American War Scenario <p><i>Rebels and Patriots</i> by Osprey (Daniel Mersey) has opened a wide world of gaming that we could not accomplish prior simply because we are interested in just about everything.</p><p>Being interested in all things historical gaming is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing, because interest means gaming in many periods of interest. The curse is finding the time to paint and organize the armies in our chosen scale which is most often 1\72 or 25mm.</p><p>Daniel Mersey's rules (the ones we use are <i>Rebels and Patriots</i>, <i>The Men Who be Kings </i>and <i>Lion Rampant 2)</i> have enabled us to produce armies that number less than a 100 figures in 6-10 units.</p><p>While the official scale is for skirmish games if you don't care about that so much you can call your units whatever you want like we have in the orders of battle below.</p><p>We like it that way and the units all have historical names.</p><p>The scenario chosen for this engagement was drawn from <i>One-Hour-Wargames </i>by Neil Thomas. I modified it a bit.</p><p>The Americans were the aggressor. The Mexicans held a forward position with light infantry and cavalry.</p><p>The Americans contested the advanced position (a ridgeline that ran alongside a road) with light infantry, dragoons and Texas Rangers.</p><p>The Americans easily pushed the Mexicans off the ridge but the dragoons were destroyed by Mexican follow up units. That's what you get for being cocky.</p><p>Both sides brought up reserves to contest the ridge and road. The Americans has a qualitative advantage with 46 points while the Mexicans had a numerical advantage (two more units) but with 36 points.</p><p>Both sides struggled with units that simply would not do what they were told. That kind of FOW rule always makes our games interesting and hard to predict.</p><p>While the American regulars were rated aggressive (fighting 5 or 6) and were in large units (18 figs each) I could never quite get them in a decisive position to use their advantage. The Mexican reserves formed a formidable battle line and the surviving Mexican cavalry did good work on the flank I hoped to turn. </p><p>The result was a major Mexican victory because they easily retook the ridge after losing it early on. After the OB's below I will attempt to say something about the actions in the pictures.</p><p><u><b>American OB</b></u></p><p>2nd Dragoons</p><p>3rd Regulars</p><p>7th Regulars</p><p>1st Regiment of Voltigeurs (never saw historical action)</p><p>Provisional Battalion of Artillery men serving as infantry.</p><p>2nd Indiana (Volunteers)</p><p>1st Mississippi (Volunteers) (Jefferson Davis's regiment)</p><p>Bragg's Flying Artillery (a type of horse artillery as the Americans pushed their artillery forward)</p><p>Texas Rangers company of scouts</p><p><u><b>Mexican OB</b></u></p><p>3rd Line Infantry</p><p>11th Line Infantry</p><p>4th Light Infantry</p><p>Standing Battalion of Mexico City (Militia)</p><p>Pueblo Activo (Militia)</p><p>Marine Battalion</p><p>San Patricio Battalion (Irish deserters from the American army)</p><p>Tampico Coast Guard</p><p>2nd Line Cavalry</p><p>7th Line Cavalry</p><p>Tulacingo Cuirassiers (how could a person not paint this unique unit?)</p><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 12px;"><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE29XtjMknGISBZUtrzkdfilvfGMvgCjjoWLGzD6cltKp7q226kquuscYb7uA2pibz4c_PrJDL2_gcAu34cQqka1PR9edydhUEgWwsJTtFpIgtN6zJFRI8tpRSNJfyYtn4hF_aYdu07VoTuNTOy5FQG6MJS1VxTY7BZpla8H0nKFWsrotbhhFJqtHC0Q/s2972/IMG_1468.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="2972" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE29XtjMknGISBZUtrzkdfilvfGMvgCjjoWLGzD6cltKp7q226kquuscYb7uA2pibz4c_PrJDL2_gcAu34cQqka1PR9edydhUEgWwsJTtFpIgtN6zJFRI8tpRSNJfyYtn4hF_aYdu07VoTuNTOy5FQG6MJS1VxTY7BZpla8H0nKFWsrotbhhFJqtHC0Q/w640-h526/IMG_1468.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The American Voltigeurs, 2nd Dragoons and Texas Ranger Scouts approach the ridge line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbwwH5-ViX85TnYQMt2Gt5Yvr5oYlIce1S2GOfUtuHTSGGVEmbND2p8xTgg8eSwGQLk0QaT2HfSlH0s87JG4VdraK4V1aJCMvNkgV7WcXj9WVs3YR-HQ3j1XlQd7hfKLnzuhY9gL2Cgh4b9I2INsLeLLwRngQ8iFkLiciJrY-u5_ZJDteb_eMDDEhzw/s3262/IMG_1469.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="3262" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbwwH5-ViX85TnYQMt2Gt5Yvr5oYlIce1S2GOfUtuHTSGGVEmbND2p8xTgg8eSwGQLk0QaT2HfSlH0s87JG4VdraK4V1aJCMvNkgV7WcXj9WVs3YR-HQ3j1XlQd7hfKLnzuhY9gL2Cgh4b9I2INsLeLLwRngQ8iFkLiciJrY-u5_ZJDteb_eMDDEhzw/w640-h334/IMG_1469.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mexican 4th Light Infantry. The unit is something off an elite for the Mexicans, Sadly, it did not last long and routed after only a few turns. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsfaK2rEb0lt7pqZxYuS7WhNKCKj7uS-xAdAc9FPNHB7BP3NM-H6Hyr0fTEShbj272AwBciZyBHYTcYmLzKTYoDWmRHTio8uJTFdS0UEt3fSlXg-qP5662IINv9tVBRswTSkt9j08Gac5YjaFs7Gs0WFVQBsXHgJONqK7K_Rww3GcJ3NJMQAiU_ZtfA/s2809/IMG_1470.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1877" data-original-width="2809" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsfaK2rEb0lt7pqZxYuS7WhNKCKj7uS-xAdAc9FPNHB7BP3NM-H6Hyr0fTEShbj272AwBciZyBHYTcYmLzKTYoDWmRHTio8uJTFdS0UEt3fSlXg-qP5662IINv9tVBRswTSkt9j08Gac5YjaFs7Gs0WFVQBsXHgJONqK7K_Rww3GcJ3NJMQAiU_ZtfA/w640-h429/IMG_1470.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 7th Line Cavalry of the Mexicans. The American 2nd Dragoons charged them as soon as possible destroying them as a unit. The ridge belonged to the Americans. Huzza!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9FEOQ6DkAmp1VyxYtMa7WbQ8Mv4zf7TFIMRH8_raSghyZ9wvd1vuSOmGjYyQNOtA1yVhw6JkG-z-mM1vNPE9ck8vZHmRLHSzi9aNTfhXVuGLGf7kow6pExWsWqmVsOrE-G7POS7LI4D64MLZSFyqjzUDjcDidJ215wTy-RNd8MIWJDBUXppnjDqGzw/s2904/IMG_1471.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="2904" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9FEOQ6DkAmp1VyxYtMa7WbQ8Mv4zf7TFIMRH8_raSghyZ9wvd1vuSOmGjYyQNOtA1yVhw6JkG-z-mM1vNPE9ck8vZHmRLHSzi9aNTfhXVuGLGf7kow6pExWsWqmVsOrE-G7POS7LI4D64MLZSFyqjzUDjcDidJ215wTy-RNd8MIWJDBUXppnjDqGzw/w640-h424/IMG_1471.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2nd Dragoons were rated aggressive and had a plus 1 to discipline. They were the best unit in the American OB. (and cockiest)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H5ufHix4xx42rUJWXv-QAvKLJAkOFnKklsKztlQfzDJb8JpQ5OJYkMoFyEYaQzJ4vXHZP7RdbdLByyHC620aCi6AwyMlPcTLye9M2r8_RX5C1S7uA40EoDxwue-rvjRySYnz-np-klCSuzLYh6v0pDAjuXJW_osVPrLYhYpjxnp4V1jwsfzsV74jsA/s3262/IMG_1473.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2033" data-original-width="3262" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H5ufHix4xx42rUJWXv-QAvKLJAkOFnKklsKztlQfzDJb8JpQ5OJYkMoFyEYaQzJ4vXHZP7RdbdLByyHC620aCi6AwyMlPcTLye9M2r8_RX5C1S7uA40EoDxwue-rvjRySYnz-np-klCSuzLYh6v0pDAjuXJW_osVPrLYhYpjxnp4V1jwsfzsV74jsA/w640-h398/IMG_1473.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The charge noted above. The Americans were converted from old Airfix US Cavalry set.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTriOM0ZILOLyFkF3wPu2c8It-mVqRUKFYLYEukqugizN_zDvXP0ZBHo01A_OUqzsMSn08Q8IRnFhINTV0PBssNCMPvnc4rt58pngNl2Nb2CiPAnSnwRt-OcKQLRwa4Q8rlugNnA8EYfwrKNRNoxK1TU-FrTDIFU7BflH3LREUyroCBoFaHpjqxdeamg/s3264/IMG_1474.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTriOM0ZILOLyFkF3wPu2c8It-mVqRUKFYLYEukqugizN_zDvXP0ZBHo01A_OUqzsMSn08Q8IRnFhINTV0PBssNCMPvnc4rt58pngNl2Nb2CiPAnSnwRt-OcKQLRwa4Q8rlugNnA8EYfwrKNRNoxK1TU-FrTDIFU7BflH3LREUyroCBoFaHpjqxdeamg/w640-h480/IMG_1474.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Texas Ranger scouts were mounted skirmishers in the game and good shots. They got off one shot before being ridden down. The figures are from the Italeri Confederate Cavalry set supplemented by a few dismounted figures from the old Airfix Confederate Infantry.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETfwR3DjGSlx6enynormU7g-J6tCMpZxrG5CcM7OrhJga8K-_c_LBh3gWH4gvbA4XcGDz7vIZ-9evW0uUMfVVyJW1kDOmAkAn3MIlfoVxysUbxpKpXhuIeqVxg_zpEudNtV500R6-qgTfrYWKz48k8Xw0okJPmVO7NDD-NEDCsRnxyqcuE9qJqjHI1A/s2865/IMG_1475.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="2865" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETfwR3DjGSlx6enynormU7g-J6tCMpZxrG5CcM7OrhJga8K-_c_LBh3gWH4gvbA4XcGDz7vIZ-9evW0uUMfVVyJW1kDOmAkAn3MIlfoVxysUbxpKpXhuIeqVxg_zpEudNtV500R6-qgTfrYWKz48k8Xw0okJPmVO7NDD-NEDCsRnxyqcuE9qJqjHI1A/w640-h294/IMG_1475.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3rd Line and Marine Battalion avante! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKWtPuq3XZDECnkRZ4QamZFFOOC2i0paX3pE5CaAHSoT-UMTvfHcF2fkLcO4gTlIcCHvUZeLWE6MwL7SKuUuA47uO5jV6-OFHTgmL2UISICcU1cwN0dwiOYDWi4gYgkpCQ6QA6MmjK9cR5d5uIZeYS7lW8nIp3uirEtKDvbc7fwfRsyKH-YZnqtANvw/s2632/IMG_1476.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2254" data-original-width="2632" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKWtPuq3XZDECnkRZ4QamZFFOOC2i0paX3pE5CaAHSoT-UMTvfHcF2fkLcO4gTlIcCHvUZeLWE6MwL7SKuUuA47uO5jV6-OFHTgmL2UISICcU1cwN0dwiOYDWi4gYgkpCQ6QA6MmjK9cR5d5uIZeYS7lW8nIp3uirEtKDvbc7fwfRsyKH-YZnqtANvw/w640-h549/IMG_1476.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Standing Battalion of Mexico City (blue pants) and 11th Line (red pants) form up with the Marine Battalion and 3rd Line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3d4Wm_i7fePoHdlYQYG_pjqeMcLMXZaaL-sfgZlSA3T9dq3W9L0shSEJBtEaiPS1KHSpB8C8utgBKN3Uo10s20ZFVwIh57jFuR5ohNFVEoImviO9dr7EOF0Fvr3nlmG01b1aacBUHcYyJY4DV-N-VIpF6PTN28CECXKMiv7WoChp0rA_t9MzZZ_6RPA/s2447/IMG_1477.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="2423" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3d4Wm_i7fePoHdlYQYG_pjqeMcLMXZaaL-sfgZlSA3T9dq3W9L0shSEJBtEaiPS1KHSpB8C8utgBKN3Uo10s20ZFVwIh57jFuR5ohNFVEoImviO9dr7EOF0Fvr3nlmG01b1aacBUHcYyJY4DV-N-VIpF6PTN28CECXKMiv7WoChp0rA_t9MzZZ_6RPA/w634-h640/IMG_1477.jpeg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tulacingo Cuirassiers (converted from the Airfix French Cuirassiers)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0kdwgi8FFllfBioS458HK9GFSi89PpitCSwEDwLcX0ow-_Zmhm2gb519hKlSYly5SdYzQCRfdvjXDblh5nnLnBQcjN271TIAELMTgq5db-oE0uqM-KUm38qACcWY6YSnJsJt9N7bP8ykBQc8_JSfJmb5z_HzBpgtPg072xeZX6JTmd4Tgin0VSsNgg/s3262/IMG_1479.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="3262" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0kdwgi8FFllfBioS458HK9GFSi89PpitCSwEDwLcX0ow-_Zmhm2gb519hKlSYly5SdYzQCRfdvjXDblh5nnLnBQcjN271TIAELMTgq5db-oE0uqM-KUm38qACcWY6YSnJsJt9N7bP8ykBQc8_JSfJmb5z_HzBpgtPg072xeZX6JTmd4Tgin0VSsNgg/w640-h398/IMG_1479.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2nd Dragoons impetously charge the Tulacingo Cuirassiers unsupported and are destroyed but take most of the cuirassiers with them. The Texas Ranger scouts finish off the cuirassiers as they refuse to move after their victory over the cocky Americans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDI6fQqHYM2KOgS_WmoH1DHUgqM5sTauukUgfj6AtJmiozF7rwSE68oiq9JB_dWMuqF_Bybwv10pHJpg9ZciUZqyDy3Kmd_6tXYWMc0H4bzKf8CFMeYMDIIohIKplHlkM8TuJZK3foApXficukFniXRkmzUo_MdgdtjCa3xlIqR5tV85bOHvPzQZrpw/s2749/IMG_1481.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="2749" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDI6fQqHYM2KOgS_WmoH1DHUgqM5sTauukUgfj6AtJmiozF7rwSE68oiq9JB_dWMuqF_Bybwv10pHJpg9ZciUZqyDy3Kmd_6tXYWMc0H4bzKf8CFMeYMDIIohIKplHlkM8TuJZK3foApXficukFniXRkmzUo_MdgdtjCa3xlIqR5tV85bOHvPzQZrpw/w640-h413/IMG_1481.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American reserves start to move up. The Provisional Battalion, Bragg's Flying Artillery (I need a limber!) <span style="text-align: left;">The 1st Mississippi in red, the 3rd and 7th Regulars and the 2nd Indiana (barely seen), The 2nd Indiana simply would not move until it was too little too late. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidB3U8J4kTosXp23oOMAe1445CCPV7nOXmNhiofGSpkjY6d53KB3kDkiY11zloGRco6okW-iUhpO8veGt9C17OmmklrcV2-8FcokzKhUco-k36zDfYynPH6BJwR2aXmhWn-gUSKTH-ivi39pNuIE_oa5EDYUXOaIO0TV-_P2XBGuQFuK4z53YMNyvWQg/s2735/IMG_1482.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1905" data-original-width="2735" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidB3U8J4kTosXp23oOMAe1445CCPV7nOXmNhiofGSpkjY6d53KB3kDkiY11zloGRco6okW-iUhpO8veGt9C17OmmklrcV2-8FcokzKhUco-k36zDfYynPH6BJwR2aXmhWn-gUSKTH-ivi39pNuIE_oa5EDYUXOaIO0TV-_P2XBGuQFuK4z53YMNyvWQg/w640-h446/IMG_1482.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice shot of the 1st Mississippi. Converted from the Airfix Confederate set and painted by JZ. It's hard to see in the picture but JZ put ramrods in the ground in front of the shooters.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvPudgH9oJOEjQIvRUkMabk5F8aigRq-BkTmoyDiHWHgceZu9DMOWH4dm3WLHghVzMe7LcrbNuznV7qSVV6qEKKfvgi_CRXwGjx7-ftIf75wp-P9eIbJrltHO575ag4ObEkr7TLVB9Sw3ruqvq_uvP1ijl6oZbgBDenzNgzLpyf0ybvegDiBq2E7GNQ/s3264/IMG_1483.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvPudgH9oJOEjQIvRUkMabk5F8aigRq-BkTmoyDiHWHgceZu9DMOWH4dm3WLHghVzMe7LcrbNuznV7qSVV6qEKKfvgi_CRXwGjx7-ftIf75wp-P9eIbJrltHO575ag4ObEkr7TLVB9Sw3ruqvq_uvP1ijl6oZbgBDenzNgzLpyf0ybvegDiBq2E7GNQ/w640-h480/IMG_1483.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mexican battle line begins to cross the road. General Vega (on the right) directs them.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFYMHKfIyW0Eh8b9Pi80TrEdL4qYXDLGKly2lMYeLy11f8TIHqnF6Gvr-zTnApguMVMoXX6m4by7T-GWGwCne9fvLWXazLE6vbA7-qTG6iOQa_LYAenfqsYrz184IKwlmcrFLWcZd5kiz4qDDiKlu8IHLhhPj6hfEj4rsW6GtcKOTnmjhefIC3O8jiw/s2067/IMG_1484.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="2067" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFYMHKfIyW0Eh8b9Pi80TrEdL4qYXDLGKly2lMYeLy11f8TIHqnF6Gvr-zTnApguMVMoXX6m4by7T-GWGwCne9fvLWXazLE6vbA7-qTG6iOQa_LYAenfqsYrz184IKwlmcrFLWcZd5kiz4qDDiKlu8IHLhhPj6hfEj4rsW6GtcKOTnmjhefIC3O8jiw/w640-h538/IMG_1484.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The San Patricio Battalion (Irish). If captured by the Americans they would be hung and historically were. In the game they must have known their fate because they usually refused to move!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH70PUVMNf-q7nsJ1lMJVznZl2a7rFZjpGGQzoBPkMKbjAfTNkSW6FhoQzquQ4KNIpKdKPWFDYzKStbSwx5QzoG5nReKZRKFEUYmKTYhaNrXCcmXmKeRAzg92hFL_O8twR4DPR7ZZX_dnGJWYu3YlA47lrWxNeW1yODW36uaQls0ef_oF93eZNwpEv_g/s3069/IMG_1485.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1965" data-original-width="3069" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH70PUVMNf-q7nsJ1lMJVznZl2a7rFZjpGGQzoBPkMKbjAfTNkSW6FhoQzquQ4KNIpKdKPWFDYzKStbSwx5QzoG5nReKZRKFEUYmKTYhaNrXCcmXmKeRAzg92hFL_O8twR4DPR7ZZX_dnGJWYu3YlA47lrWxNeW1yODW36uaQls0ef_oF93eZNwpEv_g/w640-h410/IMG_1485.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mexican 2nd Line Cavalry. They rode down the Texas Rangers as the Rangers failed to evade. Sigh. The cavalry would survive the game bragging about the destruction of the hated Texans.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuEE9OPMRLAwCV5sTUjFPWmhG9lzlePcOSzKKljGbuP9zuXORV0cWy0P4pKT1xScN_5EI0KDZDNbHBYzq_uayGbSQfSnHfkHS_P3sSY3zZ8GheCW0jOeGN_BGuYx0nwjSrxqLFJMFsQQS7aUDYhc8_JC-e12-3vI3ANIhTuRUp3Gdn-xSdjkiunHA4Q/s2432/IMG_1486.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2432" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuEE9OPMRLAwCV5sTUjFPWmhG9lzlePcOSzKKljGbuP9zuXORV0cWy0P4pKT1xScN_5EI0KDZDNbHBYzq_uayGbSQfSnHfkHS_P3sSY3zZ8GheCW0jOeGN_BGuYx0nwjSrxqLFJMFsQQS7aUDYhc8_JC-e12-3vI3ANIhTuRUp3Gdn-xSdjkiunHA4Q/w640-h472/IMG_1486.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice shot of the 3rd Regulars. Figures by IMEX.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYT7DSvQVRKidNkwE2bz4HLuFNuifi58qVsIiiXnyZ63cpdqKWDxXeHHXGzNOUsZRfaS5TqN2yvo1A4l6n5ym0IOS8d_G08U_KG77j4-Z7lqPtK_XbSPZKbdQfmMCc-9nVgTlvi72h4a9RUtWmWok8fO22NdOkbeUm8wbx2xyoR-iUCyiC1nvHWve3_A/s2187/IMG_1487.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1954" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYT7DSvQVRKidNkwE2bz4HLuFNuifi58qVsIiiXnyZ63cpdqKWDxXeHHXGzNOUsZRfaS5TqN2yvo1A4l6n5ym0IOS8d_G08U_KG77j4-Z7lqPtK_XbSPZKbdQfmMCc-9nVgTlvi72h4a9RUtWmWok8fO22NdOkbeUm8wbx2xyoR-iUCyiC1nvHWve3_A/w573-h640/IMG_1487.jpeg" width="573" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Provisional Battalion of artillerymen serving as infantry. Historically, the Americans had more artillery crews than they had guns!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunJkskI-nKw3Ay1SGNYkT64v99eGMJbeEE6Suy7C35eknncicd1AgPPJCaqmiiTw98eT7ra6KwzA28-U-p65zAfWX4297f-SE1X2wWh2GdW8h1cp_QtMRS7UjBwIdMoB-44F0FjkrzAYj-62uoOn7kpJb4-gLW_A43u2mFqFdyzkHzix9_tleMU7XBA/s3262/IMG_1488.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="3262" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunJkskI-nKw3Ay1SGNYkT64v99eGMJbeEE6Suy7C35eknncicd1AgPPJCaqmiiTw98eT7ra6KwzA28-U-p65zAfWX4297f-SE1X2wWh2GdW8h1cp_QtMRS7UjBwIdMoB-44F0FjkrzAYj-62uoOn7kpJb4-gLW_A43u2mFqFdyzkHzix9_tleMU7XBA/w640-h330/IMG_1488.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Americans form a battle line to face the Mexican battle line. The difference was the American battle line fell apart.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8-RNp5XSLulazEeyD_bheRl8d_4bupGzj_6WchSevqlDKK3eqa0Xb72HxYSUyGT2GtEE7M2LKyBKjXhENRD31rQjBWF5gi0nIM2hfaMfikO4LCqh0_saxy3uHYO1_NGFBJfY9Uz8wGwokMxOG9-pjD9WOO9z-g_dhRguI3rZDOuHvgCtfbfOa7fAkg/s2878/IMG_1489.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1983" data-original-width="2878" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8-RNp5XSLulazEeyD_bheRl8d_4bupGzj_6WchSevqlDKK3eqa0Xb72HxYSUyGT2GtEE7M2LKyBKjXhENRD31rQjBWF5gi0nIM2hfaMfikO4LCqh0_saxy3uHYO1_NGFBJfY9Uz8wGwokMxOG9-pjD9WOO9z-g_dhRguI3rZDOuHvgCtfbfOa7fAkg/w640-h440/IMG_1489.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The American Voltigeurs did their job until they reached 1\2 strength. They fell back to the woods and stayed there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujmRRQUlZ2EvM2BuMMTRmNe0F73HK-8sFmh2pl6MpuOVIg6dG8UaBgr5adpfzpbZw69Q-dyiUhLsdybVfJFjvcQkVPVEj23fsaTnj1Ip_jRlvokoPr9iUlDvzbuNhUQT9ydIznkxaWwn1xGXpAYWpW2aYCXpkajE3vrzLh_IJqlVmL4-s185IWPwhyA/s2447/IMG_1490.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="2194" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujmRRQUlZ2EvM2BuMMTRmNe0F73HK-8sFmh2pl6MpuOVIg6dG8UaBgr5adpfzpbZw69Q-dyiUhLsdybVfJFjvcQkVPVEj23fsaTnj1Ip_jRlvokoPr9iUlDvzbuNhUQT9ydIznkxaWwn1xGXpAYWpW2aYCXpkajE3vrzLh_IJqlVmL4-s185IWPwhyA/w574-h640/IMG_1490.jpeg" width="574" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mexican 2nd Line Cavalry. I believe they are converted from the Strelets set of Napoleon's Guides</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bhp6Y26B9jiYnMUlh5tPnh18Uj37G6ry6xzw2zNL137-5MrUuC2rZ5SEpl3eEWa99342VHwTMowrGv1p_bkOBY1Oh4QYVEhUmlzzhZyhzgxNA4wLO82jd20wpvVEqlGilXYGDacXVStDuTEjmwz60ovH_usJYxxkrYzSxwLVU_niD0Jqg-AN0yZusQ/s2783/IMG_1493.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="2783" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bhp6Y26B9jiYnMUlh5tPnh18Uj37G6ry6xzw2zNL137-5MrUuC2rZ5SEpl3eEWa99342VHwTMowrGv1p_bkOBY1Oh4QYVEhUmlzzhZyhzgxNA4wLO82jd20wpvVEqlGilXYGDacXVStDuTEjmwz60ovH_usJYxxkrYzSxwLVU_niD0Jqg-AN0yZusQ/w640-h480/IMG_1493.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mexican left center. My opponent mixed his militia and regular units well minimizing the risk to poorly trained militia. The Mexican artillery (far right) was well served.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifR0zwE9xmN2gNxvI45xMQ4IctlgA5H86kl6m_xaZl2IoshWNxR2joPl4irpJtP-IOqwnUc-gohtcImaKRRcSW3OvsiTmirx5xzfi-SeVmpiLgXOJm86ChjF7zEvXBElSOVhqOiji4eVlCItAfPUWucPeUus9MFgr5ugNyqSKEscGn8J9zdPFJ3nvOQw/s3262/IMG_1494.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1853" data-original-width="3262" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifR0zwE9xmN2gNxvI45xMQ4IctlgA5H86kl6m_xaZl2IoshWNxR2joPl4irpJtP-IOqwnUc-gohtcImaKRRcSW3OvsiTmirx5xzfi-SeVmpiLgXOJm86ChjF7zEvXBElSOVhqOiji4eVlCItAfPUWucPeUus9MFgr5ugNyqSKEscGn8J9zdPFJ3nvOQw/w640-h365/IMG_1494.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3rd US Regulars get to the top of the ridge only to be driven off by the Mexican artillery and an impressive battle line of Mexican infantry,</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1n_MJkgsHSdPrcGx0w-v3ocV_XGNZEFWhKbSsan1J4El8sF5S39-QNf7LqoUkffDrYOlBLkrJgESNmw-mhGoEvRcFqMeB3RjdPpmgZazpx6yFshMKFjigppHESbOLc-eaRy5BD24OWuKGSsQZbT_1BIxmn5rb59xcGxhve_lN0i4zlvWILKK_jKcNVw/s2578/IMG_1495.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="2578" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1n_MJkgsHSdPrcGx0w-v3ocV_XGNZEFWhKbSsan1J4El8sF5S39-QNf7LqoUkffDrYOlBLkrJgESNmw-mhGoEvRcFqMeB3RjdPpmgZazpx6yFshMKFjigppHESbOLc-eaRy5BD24OWuKGSsQZbT_1BIxmn5rb59xcGxhve_lN0i4zlvWILKK_jKcNVw/w640-h469/IMG_1495.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The picture is a little blurred but I think it's the Tampico Coast Guard. My friend (JZ) has produced a very colorful and unusual army. It added a lot to the game.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUqPEt7Q3nEu6moRzHlyIyC-HgtBjBjLqu6tOedBxiM76FkWgR9sC2wbi12J9TiSr9uV3KC85ac3waZ1h3l0lyoKIS44AyKUjbdLcvh7IZTqK9EqdTH65aAOr_C0R-DE-lDRMLr38P96oLgPLEfhJNXhDmVhHjFf0yMGcIhmiCCWVvb8TjEWO2Gc2tg/s2948/IMG_1496.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="2948" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUqPEt7Q3nEu6moRzHlyIyC-HgtBjBjLqu6tOedBxiM76FkWgR9sC2wbi12J9TiSr9uV3KC85ac3waZ1h3l0lyoKIS44AyKUjbdLcvh7IZTqK9EqdTH65aAOr_C0R-DE-lDRMLr38P96oLgPLEfhJNXhDmVhHjFf0yMGcIhmiCCWVvb8TjEWO2Gc2tg/w640-h422/IMG_1496.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My ill fated flanking move. Once the 1st Mississippi left the cover they got shot to pieces by the Mexican artillery and infantry. It proved to be a poor decision on my part since the 1st Mississippi were as good as the regulars.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtePjB0TcVQU8Ch7y95yPhx4_CmbDssaTqfpqMHERgNl3je7gOZKeCzCIDp2NM-QEflCi_-za1NhQWfeklSzeCGZlIbU2q_W9KtMGDPP47l-0O4IKgSDvo9zvFSplI0pCgUx_gdv3YwK_XrsaaVjDtSztQm6RGsCK4Q21Plbn_4siO6KT4mpZZ5rFSw/s3264/IMG_1498.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtePjB0TcVQU8Ch7y95yPhx4_CmbDssaTqfpqMHERgNl3je7gOZKeCzCIDp2NM-QEflCi_-za1NhQWfeklSzeCGZlIbU2q_W9KtMGDPP47l-0O4IKgSDvo9zvFSplI0pCgUx_gdv3YwK_XrsaaVjDtSztQm6RGsCK4Q21Plbn_4siO6KT4mpZZ5rFSw/w480-h640/IMG_1498.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Americans have lost the advantage by now. My flanking move is doomed to failure and the regulars are held in place by the Mexican infantry battle line and artillery. My own artillery was taken out and largely ineffective.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtBoLFhcet2-86uiSQk91J5JBEwn-iM6_RdJWSY6c0igynwrqpYkd9YCP3KXEIPN9fDboBB1LEgHrwLb17Yya0-HQjtBudC0kw--0CPySjXXGTk7SfJb1mraguIMnIp9N51qsMtf73khdUNMZLcNG52_TDeXXZlyEebwbqOdpOJLD0_QU4zelwtXeYQ/s3264/IMG_1499.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtBoLFhcet2-86uiSQk91J5JBEwn-iM6_RdJWSY6c0igynwrqpYkd9YCP3KXEIPN9fDboBB1LEgHrwLb17Yya0-HQjtBudC0kw--0CPySjXXGTk7SfJb1mraguIMnIp9N51qsMtf73khdUNMZLcNG52_TDeXXZlyEebwbqOdpOJLD0_QU4zelwtXeYQ/w480-h640/IMG_1499.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mexicans are refusing their left. I hoped to take advantage of the weakness but to no avail. The cows were not concerned with the sounds of battle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygxF75ucwKgBWAJaysYDTorfXl3kDymuGhg6C1asEYmDV2osbgRqda9Aibb13dXXhuzEP21nlRHahvZoqggQ-DG_Zw0112li2_DsQwGlb6YEH2NOAYY2yWm3viy_Fos-Uuhe09TITWAMb2Ejq2fTyq2C3uD7OnWdQjfOPdR6SjBYz7wHAd0iwTuBdZg/s3262/IMG_1501.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="3262" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygxF75ucwKgBWAJaysYDTorfXl3kDymuGhg6C1asEYmDV2osbgRqda9Aibb13dXXhuzEP21nlRHahvZoqggQ-DG_Zw0112li2_DsQwGlb6YEH2NOAYY2yWm3viy_Fos-Uuhe09TITWAMb2Ejq2fTyq2C3uD7OnWdQjfOPdR6SjBYz7wHAd0iwTuBdZg/w640-h402/IMG_1501.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like one of the last scenes from the 1962 version of The Alamo!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrZMRhUb9E1xvT7DGy2jCsGv6e8B3ja7czFJW6IU9poWTci3qBTUuoK9s2n4vpljpKpc-_P_5sWpQM-gEpc1-txTYj9uLZGAPm3Dj3S9ue1KpzsrxjtVGP8uZfFhbxNroBznwYSGy1_p0e_fRdnLs82oka-Hr74CdbDIJxIN9Ne08B9pA5n-s-zOb2A/s3262/IMG_1502.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="3262" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrZMRhUb9E1xvT7DGy2jCsGv6e8B3ja7czFJW6IU9poWTci3qBTUuoK9s2n4vpljpKpc-_P_5sWpQM-gEpc1-txTYj9uLZGAPm3Dj3S9ue1KpzsrxjtVGP8uZfFhbxNroBznwYSGy1_p0e_fRdnLs82oka-Hr74CdbDIJxIN9Ne08B9pA5n-s-zOb2A/w640-h434/IMG_1502.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see disorder markers on the 2nd Indiana, 7th Regulars and the remnants of the 1st Mississippi. The Mexican battle line is intact. A charge on my part would have been a forlorn hope so I conceded. Viva Mexico.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The game was a lot of fun. The Mexican War is a period we never thought we would get too but Rebels and Patriots have made a lot of things doable.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>As noted some of the figures are conversions from various sets but most of the figures are from the IMEX sets for the period.<br /><p><br /></p></div>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-38779923324706556912022-10-30T16:35:00.000-05:002022-10-30T16:35:22.345-05:00Armies and Enemies of Ancient Rome-Romans and Hannibal's Army in Italy<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Most of my war game armies are in 20-22mm (1\72-1\76) with many being in plastic. At some point, I discovered Newline miniatures and set about replacing some plastics with Newline-in this case Hannibal's Army in Italy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My ancient armies are based to be versatile. I play games with<i> Command and Colors Ancients</i>, my version of <i>DBA</i> and in the not-to-distant future a set called <i>Triumph</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was looking over the Triumph lists and brought my collection out. I decided to take some portraits with my iPad. Here are the results.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiALYdL2ltRhekOt0WKc805ZC5-tsbsArq30fpHYoHnThRCpNTbDeQnZ_Afrc2JeXrhLmqvkap5t-pIgYwUTkHWfNNdVN3_50j_nTq4jjuAVCVx1wyjGy-rx-bA9SGG_j5gqqbReKDEyCxHf19rqzqSMPWswQlpuDOn_oGZXDdGvrW0zLn8H8bsusAw/s640/IMG_1422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="640" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiALYdL2ltRhekOt0WKc805ZC5-tsbsArq30fpHYoHnThRCpNTbDeQnZ_Afrc2JeXrhLmqvkap5t-pIgYwUTkHWfNNdVN3_50j_nTq4jjuAVCVx1wyjGy-rx-bA9SGG_j5gqqbReKDEyCxHf19rqzqSMPWswQlpuDOn_oGZXDdGvrW0zLn8H8bsusAw/w640-h453/IMG_1422.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Spanish Scutari</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIb0WcawbTqng2wgqHbwW_GRPqg2Q4gP6a-0jsn0NdTzaiEKbhMsP4rXo8-SOhnlS0TcgcA9SdVQYm9U_w3iuF7XpkcwBnl3UeLpoODLZmleCSUJeF8iXL0o9Ax4bEclYLvyW5mQyPydIYeZ_xNgMzBNZGds0DoVODjEepWRj_HPJc5mREIUWdV0FgQ/s640/IMG_1423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="640" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIb0WcawbTqng2wgqHbwW_GRPqg2Q4gP6a-0jsn0NdTzaiEKbhMsP4rXo8-SOhnlS0TcgcA9SdVQYm9U_w3iuF7XpkcwBnl3UeLpoODLZmleCSUJeF8iXL0o9Ax4bEclYLvyW5mQyPydIYeZ_xNgMzBNZGds0DoVODjEepWRj_HPJc5mREIUWdV0FgQ/w640-h390/IMG_1423.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Spanish Caetrati</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpLqbK6b10zJlKIkJNQmiTsOcxO0vy7I2isIqxD4yGM5bDXbnuvxt_r3AYPV1cvjqmKpdzXdUORgc2dsi0-kr2Vca-ESnueNywM1RsqxU4GDd9W5xMft2BOSlJhHt_KpXMo_QUiFoAPbty5uFzy-m715VclootltsPPf30Y7NrNB0PZsoF3XeDftmIQ/s640/IMG_1424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="640" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpLqbK6b10zJlKIkJNQmiTsOcxO0vy7I2isIqxD4yGM5bDXbnuvxt_r3AYPV1cvjqmKpdzXdUORgc2dsi0-kr2Vca-ESnueNywM1RsqxU4GDd9W5xMft2BOSlJhHt_KpXMo_QUiFoAPbty5uFzy-m715VclootltsPPf30Y7NrNB0PZsoF3XeDftmIQ/w640-h444/IMG_1424.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Newline Spanish Long-Shield Cavalry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq892BonkpLNGLyazefOVPdB9_Ebp7VljbWuA7pu88e-LmQZy8_44fTY-SbvhZZOZQjyN25GznGmj292awuwiqgPPYvjMuR1kvSgaub2B0s9yjRFB09vaOYSEcZowkqICzDAsoAgk4izHxsfHN5DRcqB1TpT5pdm48LXYfnpS4JIrvDNDePHBUU3Ybog/s640/IMG_1425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq892BonkpLNGLyazefOVPdB9_Ebp7VljbWuA7pu88e-LmQZy8_44fTY-SbvhZZOZQjyN25GznGmj292awuwiqgPPYvjMuR1kvSgaub2B0s9yjRFB09vaOYSEcZowkqICzDAsoAgk4izHxsfHN5DRcqB1TpT5pdm48LXYfnpS4JIrvDNDePHBUU3Ybog/w640-h424/IMG_1425.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Celts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z7DWY7QK18xTvQ5vA2lTE5A4ozp3djZcLTgD16bK6s6pUaX-4fkthHmkp751ijTLm6rFoC5PQaKurV2CdbCwjfYBlncagB9iahsymbezVzkdmA3KwrZlUQNi7EksVMXig7nV5JejgLDJTTmKqD6QkSL0nBnzoIY1qIlNBV5pTEOu_78hceVuEQJaLA/s640/IMG_1426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="640" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z7DWY7QK18xTvQ5vA2lTE5A4ozp3djZcLTgD16bK6s6pUaX-4fkthHmkp751ijTLm6rFoC5PQaKurV2CdbCwjfYBlncagB9iahsymbezVzkdmA3KwrZlUQNi7EksVMXig7nV5JejgLDJTTmKqD6QkSL0nBnzoIY1qIlNBV5pTEOu_78hceVuEQJaLA/w640-h534/IMG_1426.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Celt Cavalry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQCckjQ0zrJaqprWBTau5KbJDFRoE54cMY6Tx65QaK2BMUi44GeVSnNTW9kvHe2BtMb9wf-3MpivSNbu-m57gS3LH3uRbSxoL_kKyX2DMKizZUIoCuV2ZhzRhV-6S3oxWxiq3ken_wmKLmqrIA1u4LxXLG7YkyL6Sbf5sUzCwkK65QFVhVPfGZrFUeQ/s640/IMG_1427%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="640" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQCckjQ0zrJaqprWBTau5KbJDFRoE54cMY6Tx65QaK2BMUi44GeVSnNTW9kvHe2BtMb9wf-3MpivSNbu-m57gS3LH3uRbSxoL_kKyX2DMKizZUIoCuV2ZhzRhV-6S3oxWxiq3ken_wmKLmqrIA1u4LxXLG7YkyL6Sbf5sUzCwkK65QFVhVPfGZrFUeQ/w640-h388/IMG_1427%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Libyan Spearmen</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfooeN_4f2qcb7eV492sD7eFFAozZuHkaaasCSX9NFMb7Lho5OB2RMvsFof_igqju1IrG2_xwb8J9mAQrWyLfF8Ox-jFOdH0CFhdvdaM_wmcGD8tFYhjEg3StF_oiUxFxjcJuBj-21q-tfXal6PSIQtY-bslu6ScbmoXvirlXeOevpVWmsAScBTIC5w/s640/IMG_1428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="640" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfooeN_4f2qcb7eV492sD7eFFAozZuHkaaasCSX9NFMb7Lho5OB2RMvsFof_igqju1IrG2_xwb8J9mAQrWyLfF8Ox-jFOdH0CFhdvdaM_wmcGD8tFYhjEg3StF_oiUxFxjcJuBj-21q-tfXal6PSIQtY-bslu6ScbmoXvirlXeOevpVWmsAScBTIC5w/w640-h474/IMG_1428.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Numidian Cavalry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMl39B8ixG90zefATfNa806gfgUbttmaXFJs_V8WF99VUeXpixZGd62AVUdZNKrh4b8t8JX0P5-nA2eJ02wnLHQVX3IReOwyN8u9dYP4Bap_iVxjJhdLeqznCTXyJSxvePK0Oa1KVW9dBr0-uYGC06qh1rElnYKkHkpQxQLfjtLxvJYcHGLSK-cHH7A/s640/IMG_1429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="640" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMl39B8ixG90zefATfNa806gfgUbttmaXFJs_V8WF99VUeXpixZGd62AVUdZNKrh4b8t8JX0P5-nA2eJ02wnLHQVX3IReOwyN8u9dYP4Bap_iVxjJhdLeqznCTXyJSxvePK0Oa1KVW9dBr0-uYGC06qh1rElnYKkHkpQxQLfjtLxvJYcHGLSK-cHH7A/w640-h408/IMG_1429.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of the best sets HAT ever made. Libyan Spearman in captured Roman armor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEBaVdzwH8sdd5ibXSjx85P8Fac4PjC00hWCXaX6XpnV41hQQRz-HvzwVXmKDKjbG0TC_SBoHD3oiSznnn482A7N1aCXDtqAWhHB-j0DmX9duNy7uIUCLpHfFtK_AEf0FD7DaRgRKxGIFhZbXQT4P7qxscb1M6_AUFHtOWzWAJUr5-pPgJFxYrdWV2w/s640/IMG_1430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="640" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEBaVdzwH8sdd5ibXSjx85P8Fac4PjC00hWCXaX6XpnV41hQQRz-HvzwVXmKDKjbG0TC_SBoHD3oiSznnn482A7N1aCXDtqAWhHB-j0DmX9duNy7uIUCLpHfFtK_AEf0FD7DaRgRKxGIFhZbXQT4P7qxscb1M6_AUFHtOWzWAJUr5-pPgJFxYrdWV2w/w640-h382/IMG_1430.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Great Man Himself-Hannibal by Newline<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kTjhaLUfAlnPs7dNTNRSolad5XPF-NtAxEAcf13DAtZtgEMoOz2ITiNiVzrD4QmFk4Gcjs413sPlTfLk7Xw8VRxouy4CQNmZ0tuxXy5nX25ldavo_AMoFm89mWDmpySvDp0XsH4rsNWy5ge67qeY3uIIaZPkfupDS6XDWodT6UIseUuL5gSPRT6SGQ/s640/IMG_1431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="640" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kTjhaLUfAlnPs7dNTNRSolad5XPF-NtAxEAcf13DAtZtgEMoOz2ITiNiVzrD4QmFk4Gcjs413sPlTfLk7Xw8VRxouy4CQNmZ0tuxXy5nX25ldavo_AMoFm89mWDmpySvDp0XsH4rsNWy5ge67qeY3uIIaZPkfupDS6XDWodT6UIseUuL5gSPRT6SGQ/w640-h528/IMG_1431.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Balearic Slingers, Hat and Italeri</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLX2j9lw1l-MtcfKOZiCjZ7gyZ9rrQVFqDJTeKcTaMj6MaFESuyqy3gnVqh_6OQIiC1mNE5DZ2mcZ5yrdxHlBgpWaQzmtlLGxEFRS5fD4KQNqFAxLBvRW1ClgGHSMCR9brZF0e3acyLQg653Q8aRRQusM_hItwglh2G_J__stc87-LNJHiYZod9Gn_A/s640/IMG_1432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="640" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLX2j9lw1l-MtcfKOZiCjZ7gyZ9rrQVFqDJTeKcTaMj6MaFESuyqy3gnVqh_6OQIiC1mNE5DZ2mcZ5yrdxHlBgpWaQzmtlLGxEFRS5fD4KQNqFAxLBvRW1ClgGHSMCR9brZF0e3acyLQg653Q8aRRQusM_hItwglh2G_J__stc87-LNJHiYZod9Gn_A/w640-h386/IMG_1432.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Roman Hastatus</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLErg7CW9GTitl-jO8JB56_SMKGlkyVd8h6F7N_cHVmziMCB3jRzYTEEpOqExW0L0sNtx-LBob-myCVeZeUSA8cguC7rZRQ4-wa2iBUJ30Hy6zNaY3mc6CyOKzzFEs94qnWPex55425AgIXXGrvjwUEEswiDqxFZjU6EPLM5y5BkYA9bhanE7mH0xxQ/s640/IMG_1433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="640" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLErg7CW9GTitl-jO8JB56_SMKGlkyVd8h6F7N_cHVmziMCB3jRzYTEEpOqExW0L0sNtx-LBob-myCVeZeUSA8cguC7rZRQ4-wa2iBUJ30Hy6zNaY3mc6CyOKzzFEs94qnWPex55425AgIXXGrvjwUEEswiDqxFZjU6EPLM5y5BkYA9bhanE7mH0xxQ/w640-h366/IMG_1433.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Roman Principes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwhaXm8SbEqXSekPBhVuEjjDRldN6EtlgWtq_dbkBFj7PIS2_FcYSLTmZ6Hi_v2vrh3ikspsmycHnpOQ7xUCgNDk7E-ni1YFgwfKLitU7NuvplPzBNj9iDM79eAF9myjhhDXiLEkh8f9-ZW92eqj4_Ml7CHr-NxZ79zcsw5noCRUXrUFRu8F3lP2cZw/s640/IMG_1434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="640" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwhaXm8SbEqXSekPBhVuEjjDRldN6EtlgWtq_dbkBFj7PIS2_FcYSLTmZ6Hi_v2vrh3ikspsmycHnpOQ7xUCgNDk7E-ni1YFgwfKLitU7NuvplPzBNj9iDM79eAF9myjhhDXiLEkh8f9-ZW92eqj4_Ml7CHr-NxZ79zcsw5noCRUXrUFRu8F3lP2cZw/w640-h432/IMG_1434.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Newline Roman Triarii</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5iM-zeShsK8tgNi2p1H1YLwt57vxkuvsFmqNLWZ7wbK7V43kBK3gRBydRC0Uwsjjx3ozy4k1e8ud-Z2J_XBRJNWJFyO2yglnuezHwVOqBHLK-mV8xFsa-xp5_7sf5vXPplWJhVI9kO4aEEPKPLQ7d-jD2EKC1KTreitVOtpysy66V2Ev02UmOq3vLw/s640/IMG_1436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="640" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5iM-zeShsK8tgNi2p1H1YLwt57vxkuvsFmqNLWZ7wbK7V43kBK3gRBydRC0Uwsjjx3ozy4k1e8ud-Z2J_XBRJNWJFyO2yglnuezHwVOqBHLK-mV8xFsa-xp5_7sf5vXPplWJhVI9kO4aEEPKPLQ7d-jD2EKC1KTreitVOtpysy66V2Ev02UmOq3vLw/w640-h512/IMG_1436.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hat Velites</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsEYJxdcXrZLM6NvFDBraD82yA6MUOyS1m5YmPgqGRP8Y4nw4Rutehm2kdYSkuC7Je539iwa7O4BWWaqhYg9_kH3rV6PtB9GsibnCXWsITktMlxicTUq4Ofe39-eUOVypGKKgGghCXUvjlrgo7ujQXKbZGjMg91oC1YzmXyTorL-U_oV_FoPjitEE0w/s640/IMG_1437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="640" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsEYJxdcXrZLM6NvFDBraD82yA6MUOyS1m5YmPgqGRP8Y4nw4Rutehm2kdYSkuC7Je539iwa7O4BWWaqhYg9_kH3rV6PtB9GsibnCXWsITktMlxicTUq4Ofe39-eUOVypGKKgGghCXUvjlrgo7ujQXKbZGjMg91oC1YzmXyTorL-U_oV_FoPjitEE0w/w640-h490/IMG_1437.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newline Roman Cavalry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="640" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOFwT-SogrpzTjUIzB_OYLHa1_3M4EyU2eEMOXcNem_udNPasr2JZHH_aHj4lIIStf-_1b2nIqqxo1k6WmMI-48DDstNM52rKIFKc1_nTB5ySe3ngcC65vuDGU23tM9_jfSKC5UF2_o3gP46EIAkxuuFlJ0iaTF_C_J_F4mMVzfdj1eTTvDOtOpTpnQ/w640-h416/IMG_1438.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat Italian Allies</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOFwT-SogrpzTjUIzB_OYLHa1_3M4EyU2eEMOXcNem_udNPasr2JZHH_aHj4lIIStf-_1b2nIqqxo1k6WmMI-48DDstNM52rKIFKc1_nTB5ySe3ngcC65vuDGU23tM9_jfSKC5UF2_o3gP46EIAkxuuFlJ0iaTF_C_J_F4mMVzfdj1eTTvDOtOpTpnQ/s640/IMG_1438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWykfFNG5Owl3oJxEIAI2pQog9antJUFEPcfyw-dgusB52MAka51ZcpnzW1VHGf_ON9q--rpsSP7mCw8OOp5LfLYpHfmiDXZuSmxwa6YjHH1prau06HvzcfGWkncsGbY83dwvOM6-WWyBerBUz7d-91ufjMPuUSEDoDCDOSHwMECm7Pdn5ngltDpqKlA/s640/IMG_1439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="640" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWykfFNG5Owl3oJxEIAI2pQog9antJUFEPcfyw-dgusB52MAka51ZcpnzW1VHGf_ON9q--rpsSP7mCw8OOp5LfLYpHfmiDXZuSmxwa6YjHH1prau06HvzcfGWkncsGbY83dwvOM6-WWyBerBUz7d-91ufjMPuUSEDoDCDOSHwMECm7Pdn5ngltDpqKlA/w640-h502/IMG_1439.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Legatus and Eagle from the Hat command set</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-89086628918986742012022-06-25T14:14:00.001-05:002022-06-25T14:14:41.373-05:00Wilson's Creek, Bloody Hill<p><br /></p><p>I've been trying to use my Wordpress Blog\website to encompass my historical and wargame interests. The site is doing ok so rather than duplicate things I thought it easier to just link this blog to my Wordpress site if people are interested in the whole story along with picture captions. Please visit the link and let me know what you think. 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You can read about it there but here are some pics of the action. The Lion Rampant rules were used.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZnZmv_CnUN1didsfgxQrmisUJDmzUIdUhvHC5woq9JpA6eBrbQAQnQhW17K4raWQaYfmZKgqOuvySkgrnfQDByEXKMyFxxN2F0AI1v_HcyeUmlz3M1Bzk8wq62lYE7DDq5wV-llNWGe_umbHtYQtTmyVQDJEN80Un5aeWasjIJVsCDrLhgHOvCwjVQ/s2878/JZ)Mong_HVCav.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2171" data-original-width="2878" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZnZmv_CnUN1didsfgxQrmisUJDmzUIdUhvHC5woq9JpA6eBrbQAQnQhW17K4raWQaYfmZKgqOuvySkgrnfQDByEXKMyFxxN2F0AI1v_HcyeUmlz3M1Bzk8wq62lYE7DDq5wV-llNWGe_umbHtYQtTmyVQDJEN80Un5aeWasjIJVsCDrLhgHOvCwjVQ/w640-h482/JZ)Mong_HVCav.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mongol Heavy Cavalry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEkSy5MaZ5ITBWQvaSS9V_DCfs5MeE5pV-NHW4-7yJ_CQzW8F_4_xeFzTMZjHgcvQfq9ChA1109PL2_B7XAe_SOFfAdsvomejdv6jrQsfxw_AppwiQvXABbyf95jyoylXR4UWOWDByTxv7w6tFR1uT_Bu3aJZXiZfoDipmepmHSePGg7ngVlS98fBRQ/s3471/JZ_Chin_Cav2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="3471" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEkSy5MaZ5ITBWQvaSS9V_DCfs5MeE5pV-NHW4-7yJ_CQzW8F_4_xeFzTMZjHgcvQfq9ChA1109PL2_B7XAe_SOFfAdsvomejdv6jrQsfxw_AppwiQvXABbyf95jyoylXR4UWOWDByTxv7w6tFR1uT_Bu3aJZXiZfoDipmepmHSePGg7ngVlS98fBRQ/w640-h293/JZ_Chin_Cav2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allied Chinese Cavalry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpQ9-V3k4xUXsZVFHT-_eaTKm3qKXI3dQ9-ILSYs0q0HFCNntz0MvR7TqmvtpKH8oU0lRvrD8JM7upFqpfP6BXQDW0-6KdW0fFlu8g4_CLR6xg_o_vANGzOYQBPEO_rCS412NQdcqoKVSZaYpgNcOzcEF94DTgaRytFPYrVjekwnQ6DWsUJQj3f5Enw/s3310/JZ_Korean_Inf.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="3310" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpQ9-V3k4xUXsZVFHT-_eaTKm3qKXI3dQ9-ILSYs0q0HFCNntz0MvR7TqmvtpKH8oU0lRvrD8JM7upFqpfP6BXQDW0-6KdW0fFlu8g4_CLR6xg_o_vANGzOYQBPEO_rCS412NQdcqoKVSZaYpgNcOzcEF94DTgaRytFPYrVjekwnQ6DWsUJQj3f5Enw/w640-h536/JZ_Korean_Inf.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautifully painted Korean Infantry.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStHTd6-JZ9JlR7j2h7vVAmZZjfH2pi7xEjQWUH-QeUkunaq83ZG7NWnlf2Y-kTGkitWAWssS64eOpBG52MIx4rdJs6Xk-G-juHO0nniOve4O6RGQb7aQwOG5ceqPaiyxjUHftmZckafby45hOSl_UcNzb7Le3V6v2Mg6fAOPQsUCatoy7k3WdyQu4Zw/s4032/JZ_Mong_HvCav2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStHTd6-JZ9JlR7j2h7vVAmZZjfH2pi7xEjQWUH-QeUkunaq83ZG7NWnlf2Y-kTGkitWAWssS64eOpBG52MIx4rdJs6Xk-G-juHO0nniOve4O6RGQb7aQwOG5ceqPaiyxjUHftmZckafby45hOSl_UcNzb7Le3V6v2Mg6fAOPQsUCatoy7k3WdyQu4Zw/w640-h480/JZ_Mong_HvCav2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mongol Heavy Cavalry over run the Russian fort</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbeZhTCr945ir1iGk1y6nhKm5ftltwCPK0sYeAXl5YSRR7w8NHILoCCoyF0ZBLvNkZbBOTaiSW7jgrH0sKX2sYE23XO8bLDyV2e2V9QEY7gm_L4A-dowFC8pXy4RbZYtqf1L05RoZRY24Bi8PgkZCkY6aN9NsA-M7pq4DDGWu96x9w6mwNF54X-aXQA/s4032/JZ_Mong_Skir.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbeZhTCr945ir1iGk1y6nhKm5ftltwCPK0sYeAXl5YSRR7w8NHILoCCoyF0ZBLvNkZbBOTaiSW7jgrH0sKX2sYE23XO8bLDyV2e2V9QEY7gm_L4A-dowFC8pXy4RbZYtqf1L05RoZRY24Bi8PgkZCkY6aN9NsA-M7pq4DDGWu96x9w6mwNF54X-aXQA/w640-h480/JZ_Mong_Skir.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dismounted Mongol Archers<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV3LPiGO1y6HMq7fDfYdYyCWuyPDwmiuQAkW0OfNAC41kKRnj_as6WpcIz5QsEiz2PObiWI0pi79eJDbGozjfGyLP9de7sJnbre79N-NakTKI9ir8xT7AY0XJfjEBY7GD2uHPbpzBCzdAj0PTuOcm_kuzXvArpmyNidhmvbc-278uKe8y57wp43TzVg/s4032/JZ_Rus_City_Militia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="4032" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV3LPiGO1y6HMq7fDfYdYyCWuyPDwmiuQAkW0OfNAC41kKRnj_as6WpcIz5QsEiz2PObiWI0pi79eJDbGozjfGyLP9de7sJnbre79N-NakTKI9ir8xT7AY0XJfjEBY7GD2uHPbpzBCzdAj0PTuOcm_kuzXvArpmyNidhmvbc-278uKe8y57wp43TzVg/w640-h312/JZ_Rus_City_Militia.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian City Militia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHAc0jN-8hTMTFoxs47cHzUgeb_5u0akR0MSjS7l5GijzK8HvY3X6-9dJ2BF6Kg2MU1etP3LBguz2cGWf_dbnkfFpA-ntV8hnggSENp_uADilv5BeQ3CQp_CiBE0EojiG3FIt9_bdSJMzqHBqPbqr_aYlerAaarYuTV8EnhiqX5lkk9Ao9NUQ8V0a8w/s4032/Rus_City_Militia2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="4032" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHAc0jN-8hTMTFoxs47cHzUgeb_5u0akR0MSjS7l5GijzK8HvY3X6-9dJ2BF6Kg2MU1etP3LBguz2cGWf_dbnkfFpA-ntV8hnggSENp_uADilv5BeQ3CQp_CiBE0EojiG3FIt9_bdSJMzqHBqPbqr_aYlerAaarYuTV8EnhiqX5lkk9Ao9NUQ8V0a8w/w640-h416/Rus_City_Militia2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian City Militia was on both sides!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr5ZVgr5kXcZVvtPdpj_z0CnOxXhWmFRwrE_9MryrwGVFG4gl3t1YeE-2pq_wtmCK3shcZWhB9fJL3IfU2zzRjUb-r9MCMS_pDiKXuzNN02KRpY3Xu68qr22J-wBsOEBXwOy1JR3ukgObzsrqE9mNtmsXGkYxKC3RFJ0RPopvWN8geTSDZhHZI_6L-w/s4032/Rus_City_Militia_1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr5ZVgr5kXcZVvtPdpj_z0CnOxXhWmFRwrE_9MryrwGVFG4gl3t1YeE-2pq_wtmCK3shcZWhB9fJL3IfU2zzRjUb-r9MCMS_pDiKXuzNN02KRpY3Xu68qr22J-wBsOEBXwOy1JR3ukgObzsrqE9mNtmsXGkYxKC3RFJ0RPopvWN8geTSDZhHZI_6L-w/w640-h480/Rus_City_Militia_1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian City Militia in the fort initially.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXO9CPdKXGTk4Rmnf409fR8zY81WpYM8qFdkP2510zlMKjklCR9qmVr08qSWT0Zk-PGwhxs4BRF0VhwSpvxDo56DfTOxxCkForSPb_UyRHb-QZIvNdlOGU0Y4ayXxuSYRPjmGkNWNJQddaMGlIj6pq7TCOn7k27gTSlNjeJhIIL-Jzp5fHo5krpvAhQ/s2040/Rus_Dvor1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="2040" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXO9CPdKXGTk4Rmnf409fR8zY81WpYM8qFdkP2510zlMKjklCR9qmVr08qSWT0Zk-PGwhxs4BRF0VhwSpvxDo56DfTOxxCkForSPb_UyRHb-QZIvNdlOGU0Y4ayXxuSYRPjmGkNWNJQddaMGlIj6pq7TCOn7k27gTSlNjeJhIIL-Jzp5fHo5krpvAhQ/w640-h504/Rus_Dvor1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian Dvor or Boyars (nobles)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrvUlMbJyB8Tv5FFOUlryojeDeEUK_mVh95jzMeiwavkpCm_cKxJFDc2VODVFeGNVT4e31CW9zPONKlEKjpOFhOit7-dhsyDvYynPMPEB7wfPixQcLP1qCeu7rMFcNn8v9MKYXP3dKel0JViwGnVxq7KSPnwKwi5dYtYkJDggrnMJCajLs423mq4NeQ/s4032/Rus_Dvor_recoil.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrvUlMbJyB8Tv5FFOUlryojeDeEUK_mVh95jzMeiwavkpCm_cKxJFDc2VODVFeGNVT4e31CW9zPONKlEKjpOFhOit7-dhsyDvYynPMPEB7wfPixQcLP1qCeu7rMFcNn8v9MKYXP3dKel0JViwGnVxq7KSPnwKwi5dYtYkJDggrnMJCajLs423mq4NeQ/w640-h480/Rus_Dvor_recoil.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Dvor or Greater Boyar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXyKQkeWkb7lb623v8zDKEy-ViNJG7yz0087UDmYJXDFw2Zr_tAGoDfe6wyJ3E-abnXvX289SmkQ2VBQOYXWpi7gsDbbmac7VF7KSIeS2RNu0_V9pZqWqS8qfbQSLGPpm2mJfMptGq6kDwy7Qrk_CkdUU44VSke5p0MOKn_h_PI5POvtgudzgaGP9tg/s4032/Rus_HorseArchers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="4032" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXyKQkeWkb7lb623v8zDKEy-ViNJG7yz0087UDmYJXDFw2Zr_tAGoDfe6wyJ3E-abnXvX289SmkQ2VBQOYXWpi7gsDbbmac7VF7KSIeS2RNu0_V9pZqWqS8qfbQSLGPpm2mJfMptGq6kDwy7Qrk_CkdUU44VSke5p0MOKn_h_PI5POvtgudzgaGP9tg/w640-h444/Rus_HorseArchers.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Russian Boyar using bows</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOCH_9z2hYi1IHfdFMgpSongJFCirgy2pKHZQOlwNZVsDJuEXpOXTiYXczTA62UWWMhiWCzAXTiFiBRIj0NykUQlEQQNxTGaKleVEPYRpJTnMbAUBi3wBW_m5KOfSgQ9wTYOc0NZwcJMUyaxweKzWqPPP8fuxoC4zxkClc9rk5OVD-EZ0pxLo3bKTEA/s4032/Rus_HvCav1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOCH_9z2hYi1IHfdFMgpSongJFCirgy2pKHZQOlwNZVsDJuEXpOXTiYXczTA62UWWMhiWCzAXTiFiBRIj0NykUQlEQQNxTGaKleVEPYRpJTnMbAUBi3wBW_m5KOfSgQ9wTYOc0NZwcJMUyaxweKzWqPPP8fuxoC4zxkClc9rk5OVD-EZ0pxLo3bKTEA/w640-h480/Rus_HvCav1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Boyar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH5ED7t_CwAnf0e-SNEoYCmiGHMhwHgEIYbJo-8EEfaIKW8e7I8kRFhhK7jFRFtwN0PshEDc-HpRz_NsBohMD-EYYwPQeAx8U9hZw7V-F3C5NvJvm223uzGrBRVhsaQNto6YPQm9inHiAopN5HUw6EMPeEx-oEF4JfCL030NCyBEss0Ig2cpG-ltqbA/s4032/Rus_HvCav_charge.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH5ED7t_CwAnf0e-SNEoYCmiGHMhwHgEIYbJo-8EEfaIKW8e7I8kRFhhK7jFRFtwN0PshEDc-HpRz_NsBohMD-EYYwPQeAx8U9hZw7V-F3C5NvJvm223uzGrBRVhsaQNto6YPQm9inHiAopN5HUw6EMPeEx-oEF4JfCL030NCyBEss0Ig2cpG-ltqbA/w640-h480/Rus_HvCav_charge.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Boyar charge against elusive lighter horse archers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD27iDNglfweKx6IRZ36fsevVBh9rQqcruEa39OD6xlJegh7ZnOb2zZNyEIVPKloI1tDFJ_OXYsmwwbzXfMSsynTAcKNjwIB9DDdvY8kSr4kNcl2Blhkd6FU39A6wAAGXgY-fakKh0HoKSpnGL8gmMyS7naZb241KfXAo5mSjDqU7fxByDIf9LNawzA/s4032/Rus_Mong_game%20overview.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD27iDNglfweKx6IRZ36fsevVBh9rQqcruEa39OD6xlJegh7ZnOb2zZNyEIVPKloI1tDFJ_OXYsmwwbzXfMSsynTAcKNjwIB9DDdvY8kSr4kNcl2Blhkd6FU39A6wAAGXgY-fakKh0HoKSpnGL8gmMyS7naZb241KfXAo5mSjDqU7fxByDIf9LNawzA/w640-h480/Rus_Mong_game%20overview.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird's eye view of how the action developed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjost2iuKaQKrBShGL2wEEZ-KLq4NXFkt-OtJz7k4RFdGtAyvPZuGQ287GkynEOpjd19JPPqUZ8W5AbivR8pnwq2xxPnaHqkeEXlB6fTXF7xuRkcaZ37BheX_KRPiYpDJwHJoiFDxOkC0r-RYk6SwYYjjMHQNJZpR5xh94XzsSmbvPkewqFa4UUYubWTQ/s4032/Rus_Mong_Melee.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjost2iuKaQKrBShGL2wEEZ-KLq4NXFkt-OtJz7k4RFdGtAyvPZuGQ287GkynEOpjd19JPPqUZ8W5AbivR8pnwq2xxPnaHqkeEXlB6fTXF7xuRkcaZ37BheX_KRPiYpDJwHJoiFDxOkC0r-RYk6SwYYjjMHQNJZpR5xh94XzsSmbvPkewqFa4UUYubWTQ/w640-h480/Rus_Mong_Melee.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Boyars versus the elite Mongol heavy cavalry. Boyar's lose!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYmeUJaS2hvOG8nta01bvdW0D8gn_zHUjS7UudH9DkDlUa_NOzDbNE2aodiRASxa_KV8Ijf8Rb4fwPgMLmddXn5Nuc5UK-BRGjmDbfdjXeflZSFeLLxad1GHpsQRs24yvRWlLboVBf27ObIpWjooxh3Wvqi0jc09zz6zRlbW3ly88uj7Hz1YG4PX6Ww/s4032/Rus_Rus_Melee.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYmeUJaS2hvOG8nta01bvdW0D8gn_zHUjS7UudH9DkDlUa_NOzDbNE2aodiRASxa_KV8Ijf8Rb4fwPgMLmddXn5Nuc5UK-BRGjmDbfdjXeflZSFeLLxad1GHpsQRs24yvRWlLboVBf27ObIpWjooxh3Wvqi0jc09zz6zRlbW3ly88uj7Hz1YG4PX6Ww/w640-h480/Rus_Rus_Melee.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boyars on both sides!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1dd1R8wTRU0-aVvNIjz4HjHfjLn91rHqXoU7LHvMT_08prnKrAXvdW3KwQeikLyCUcX34L0Vz5pmGdlTCVCp2TCSKLEfpnVI0aEe4k3DbioIoemEMH31EqDLfY2e9wOEsRZk3HlgNXcRLOIzvdNrwxUt_d_RFl5eOlRYitoX2FoBAwEFrENjbtrlfw/s4032/Rus_Skir.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1dd1R8wTRU0-aVvNIjz4HjHfjLn91rHqXoU7LHvMT_08prnKrAXvdW3KwQeikLyCUcX34L0Vz5pmGdlTCVCp2TCSKLEfpnVI0aEe4k3DbioIoemEMH31EqDLfY2e9wOEsRZk3HlgNXcRLOIzvdNrwxUt_d_RFl5eOlRYitoX2FoBAwEFrENjbtrlfw/w640-h480/Rus_Skir.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russian skirmishers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-26320001979474950472021-12-04T14:16:00.001-06:002021-12-04T14:16:26.220-06:00Wilderness Ambush 1757<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although my tiny group deals mostly in 1\72 plastic figures, we do have a few collections in 25 or 28mm metal. The French and Indian War is one such collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The game below is the result of a seven year effort of painting, organizing and then finally planning a game using the <i>Rebels and Patriots</i> ruleset by Osprey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some of the figures were painted 20 years ago or more but sat in a box in my friends house or mine. We had a break in our relationship for a number of years and unbeknown to the other had developed an interest in the period. When we got back together about 7 years ago we began to discuss what we might do with our small metal collection of figures we had produced in the years we were not in contact.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In any event, we finally had enough to do a game. It was truly a treat to finally get these figures on a table and simply enjoy the spectacle of finally painted miniatures in a historical setting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The inspiration for the game from a scenario I got off the <i>Rebels and Patriots</i> FaceBook page. It was titled Braddock and the author is Gerry Upton. The scenario is obviously based on the ambush the Braddock's column suffered at the hands of the French and their Indian allies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mr. Upton did a fine job with the scenario. I especially liked how he assembled the unit profiles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I modified the scenario to reflect our collection, but also to reflect how I might do the scenario solo, because I didn't find Mr. Upton's mechanisms practical for a solo game. I came up with my own that involved a random placement for the ambushers except for the company of the Franches de la Marine who would block the ford.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Except for one unit in the second column all other units on the British side were made up of Provincials.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They included three units of the "Jersey Blues", one of which were Grenadiers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of the four skirmish units, two were rated as Rangers and the other two as Militia (all small 6 fig units).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The second column consisted of a British Foot unit and another unit of Rangers (Gorehams)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The initial French force consisted of the company of Franches de la Marine, two small units of Cour de Bois, three native (Huron, Fox, Sauk and Algonquin). French reinforcements would be three more units of Algonquins with two never arriving in time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I came up with an initial "free turn" that involved both sides at the moment the ambush was sprung.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I comment on the pictures, I'll say more as the action developed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The figures used in the game included Dixon, Irregular, Warlord, quite a few RAFM from their Flint and Feather line as well as some Minifigs and one lonely Garrison figure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpFSiYS04RuQxOz055lag2pGeqdnNS2YBDawSv0Dk_I5de184zTIQ8qBYIFF7oDU0koQLu4r1Bgsvx-CxRiO3ceJdv_0YQxyy59CPZsIt-j9sIxVeI0HpE9sjW4rHb0s7ES__642Qf7rK/s2048/IMG_1196.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpFSiYS04RuQxOz055lag2pGeqdnNS2YBDawSv0Dk_I5de184zTIQ8qBYIFF7oDU0koQLu4r1Bgsvx-CxRiO3ceJdv_0YQxyy59CPZsIt-j9sIxVeI0HpE9sjW4rHb0s7ES__642Qf7rK/w480-h640/IMG_1196.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An overview of the Provincial column making it way through the woods. The Rangers and Militia units are deployed on the flanks and front of the column to spot any potential ambush. The three units of the Jersey Blues are in the center with the light company designed as Rangers.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4lqbo8Z5-T8KmLM-TAdnh8SMc-FwQE0rxHCsOWMZdedZYvgrrCoTWCAjeXv0sSD5gQ8Lt3j3heuQJasg2EPVZWG6_h5yTlwaW_aYTqaKLWlxB8kez9V9C7NDxUt2zXhVZ4s6K1LI66NF/s2048/IMG_1197.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4lqbo8Z5-T8KmLM-TAdnh8SMc-FwQE0rxHCsOWMZdedZYvgrrCoTWCAjeXv0sSD5gQ8Lt3j3heuQJasg2EPVZWG6_h5yTlwaW_aYTqaKLWlxB8kez9V9C7NDxUt2zXhVZ4s6K1LI66NF/w640-h480/IMG_1197.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the Ranger units in frontier "uniform." This unit did very well, exposing an Algonquin ambusher and getting the better of them. It would be the only Provincial unit to survive.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeFkazE-_QAVFBZ9KOXPK6wcvNQ-E0m84Cj9J4zwXqRJKJ4TK2AGT3HMrWFVDR3qAJ6Ll903NVRhWI2ymGVL9rLVyEmqRFyTzXOEhQdTzAli1BHLTdoOC27jxk8e6wtMe7RXQucM9Q_B1/s2048/IMG_1198.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeFkazE-_QAVFBZ9KOXPK6wcvNQ-E0m84Cj9J4zwXqRJKJ4TK2AGT3HMrWFVDR3qAJ6Ll903NVRhWI2ymGVL9rLVyEmqRFyTzXOEhQdTzAli1BHLTdoOC27jxk8e6wtMe7RXQucM9Q_B1/w640-h376/IMG_1198.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the light company of the Jersey Blues. It was rated as Rangers for the game. They would trade volleys with the Franches de la Marine who are directly in front on them. Fortunately, the French became disordered losing only figure, thus giving my light company a bit more time. That would not last as we will soon see.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkXUcwdhNET9s8qDvtvmdagOOWfvhqr9jmuilOxb12JetklopvAb3D3ObFo3962aDR-_fuu1ppGdBKMiSI2QXoQFmZ0Kg1LP32NytVpqJTeXlWe3uBd3SO3Tabeq7bysB8KDF0IaijHu0/s2048/IMG_1199.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkXUcwdhNET9s8qDvtvmdagOOWfvhqr9jmuilOxb12JetklopvAb3D3ObFo3962aDR-_fuu1ppGdBKMiSI2QXoQFmZ0Kg1LP32NytVpqJTeXlWe3uBd3SO3Tabeq7bysB8KDF0IaijHu0/w640-h480/IMG_1199.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jersey Blues consisting of Grenadiers and a Line unit rated as Lt. Infantry for the game. The Jersey Blues officer is British and he only affects the Blues. He was rated as a "Peacock." The militia and other Ranger unit apparently didn't think he was worth listening to. A precursor to the coming Revolutionary War I think!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wIidvBrPMOCGgv-zaJBERuTE9hOyyTnhygUt4UPtQuPAa2Qk7vAoL0pIQ_bgkGQ2zO0JMszWHGtiLS9IKQE_Shy1DxLtpxvmOpiI3rNSgxIJup1S4iRB3_LBN47FbPjr9ITeYfxn-kc6/s2048/IMG_1200.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wIidvBrPMOCGgv-zaJBERuTE9hOyyTnhygUt4UPtQuPAa2Qk7vAoL0pIQ_bgkGQ2zO0JMszWHGtiLS9IKQE_Shy1DxLtpxvmOpiI3rNSgxIJup1S4iRB3_LBN47FbPjr9ITeYfxn-kc6/w640-h480/IMG_1200.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the militia units. I believe they got one shot off before heading out!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivK8XzlkQ-UMRPMH6cH3MucbCoaFTr7Q9vASk7Q0yx49DgiAEIfc-Ke041555Y55md6iGpdyZR75F0n62nMdl4cTsKeEX_JN6S1ZfHFhoBrPYGvRgBJFBoRXESe6jQQLWV5sO7HeYImD5M/s2048/IMG_1201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2048" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivK8XzlkQ-UMRPMH6cH3MucbCoaFTr7Q9vASk7Q0yx49DgiAEIfc-Ke041555Y55md6iGpdyZR75F0n62nMdl4cTsKeEX_JN6S1ZfHFhoBrPYGvRgBJFBoRXESe6jQQLWV5sO7HeYImD5M/w640-h392/IMG_1201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This unit is painted as a Connecticut ranging company but rated as Select Militia for the game. They become disordered early in the ambush and routed early as well.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWKINArlzueZexg06eQcDFM3Ogl9cbKsZgx6gLOWuiaUqWk07fpcp0OQok-_AEoyqXSs88yCj-nZqprFUfxn1lhs_SHBp4iXKzeYestltXIgMNgQHVoe_GGAoG9UnrcOvjgKZQbkEQfi_/s2048/IMG_1202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="2048" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWKINArlzueZexg06eQcDFM3Ogl9cbKsZgx6gLOWuiaUqWk07fpcp0OQok-_AEoyqXSs88yCj-nZqprFUfxn1lhs_SHBp4iXKzeYestltXIgMNgQHVoe_GGAoG9UnrcOvjgKZQbkEQfi_/w640-h528/IMG_1202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The company of Franches de la Marine led by their officer who was rated Non de Guerre. In our game this valiant fellow would give plus 2 to discipline for any unit with 12". The unit itself, performed well enough to hold the ford but that had more to do with the ferocity of some of Indians and the fact that early on, I gave up on trying to get to the ford!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDym1r-LW8o_G86e7SWZIPl6EeW2-ewoIY7k9RQapQ3ExNfEouFpAquI_q6r0kUlm2TcRIiG6a5UvKZT_N8Mb5Ad_pQcysdkuk1s1khpjJfHx7dqQ7B3C7igd75Srmf3E3DpsELlVeCgf/s2048/IMG_1204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDym1r-LW8o_G86e7SWZIPl6EeW2-ewoIY7k9RQapQ3ExNfEouFpAquI_q6r0kUlm2TcRIiG6a5UvKZT_N8Mb5Ad_pQcysdkuk1s1khpjJfHx7dqQ7B3C7igd75Srmf3E3DpsELlVeCgf/w640-h480/IMG_1204.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jersey Blues turn to face their ambushers. The unit would perform well but in the end be shot to pieces. The Indians facing them are Sauk and Fox.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v1LLWVgXnsjoSPmCRdQhLSVI56BnwjCXfRbqJ4gBRO_8JR-DcACjvOOzvIO3zjneX4vFTI4ZsMTuQZlEQL3c2Fu3EaxpNH_7hCXNG2-hnwNNaxa8wvF3Dq-VO-GQRziw8jWfXD9D6g4x/s2048/IMG_1205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v1LLWVgXnsjoSPmCRdQhLSVI56BnwjCXfRbqJ4gBRO_8JR-DcACjvOOzvIO3zjneX4vFTI4ZsMTuQZlEQL3c2Fu3EaxpNH_7hCXNG2-hnwNNaxa8wvF3Dq-VO-GQRziw8jWfXD9D6g4x/w640-h480/IMG_1205.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Grenadiers also turn to face the major threat emerging on their left flank. They are covered on their right by an elite Ranger unit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSj8XC4_QSEFf_djECAe_6ufXIzaL3AImY8RQNTUuAN-U6hgKHKXNv1Eg0uyWm5oN3HZS9nrWRc9io-VTCLuGuFuLTCS6vckVvszhuQ5BByU9GpQplthrGccZaScShFmAiHall6RQP9wb/s2048/IMG_1206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="2048" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSj8XC4_QSEFf_djECAe_6ufXIzaL3AImY8RQNTUuAN-U6hgKHKXNv1Eg0uyWm5oN3HZS9nrWRc9io-VTCLuGuFuLTCS6vckVvszhuQ5BByU9GpQplthrGccZaScShFmAiHall6RQP9wb/w640-h396/IMG_1206.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vast majority of the ambushers appeared on the Provincial left flanks. At this point in the game things are relatively stable but that would soon change.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvWAYQytVl3a9EoVDv0wZw6aTtMG72zv7KEp1OwpGLpxpw-osWo1FDFDCa5VnUNQ6zdzMA-54t15KlLgNUCHn4zikVkgSRFwc_lTuq2vVmU8JTXuu7fYZEPu3x2CxLMUdFrX9MFDymH6o/s2048/IMG_1207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvWAYQytVl3a9EoVDv0wZw6aTtMG72zv7KEp1OwpGLpxpw-osWo1FDFDCa5VnUNQ6zdzMA-54t15KlLgNUCHn4zikVkgSRFwc_lTuq2vVmU8JTXuu7fYZEPu3x2CxLMUdFrX9MFDymH6o/w640-h480/IMG_1207.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This large unit of Huron's was rated aggressive. They would destroy the Jersey Blues Ranger unit and cut off the column from the ford. They lost heavily and finally routed themselves but more than any other unit on the French side were responsible for the eventual Provincial collapse.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2sUexRLKsLikCV_YADGk9AiCjc4Az3bmaXRCa60v96juaMfvQXZaCLUwvk3EHOf5FjBg8rENDw1rm-munHhoDtch0yxYANyjXhoHaETkjXvsi8SIsaXD2eui-uXbIOLAIhiL0cxWXix1/s2048/IMG_1209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2sUexRLKsLikCV_YADGk9AiCjc4Az3bmaXRCa60v96juaMfvQXZaCLUwvk3EHOf5FjBg8rENDw1rm-munHhoDtch0yxYANyjXhoHaETkjXvsi8SIsaXD2eui-uXbIOLAIhiL0cxWXix1/w640-h480/IMG_1209.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Huron's close with the Jersey Blues Ranger company. They would succeed and then outflank the Jersey Blues line unit who were dealing with the Sauk and Fox.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKDjzvU10DyjmQ2ZQUCE3Nj7UN4ny3woBWRNLqYLFjAL_ltxW7QGRZ-8SgEpymnqTLjUmRDHOA-hOaL-8uNAf3Ui0mfGfkwvO91YolR-aKeeMoc8QbIhqz_Ro4uVQjJrBTLVm24icJX2l/s2048/IMG_1210.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="2048" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKDjzvU10DyjmQ2ZQUCE3Nj7UN4ny3woBWRNLqYLFjAL_ltxW7QGRZ-8SgEpymnqTLjUmRDHOA-hOaL-8uNAf3Ui0mfGfkwvO91YolR-aKeeMoc8QbIhqz_Ro4uVQjJrBTLVm24icJX2l/w640-h390/IMG_1210.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uh oh-there is a unit of Cour de Bois now supporting the Huron as the Provincial head the column is destroyed.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtq6D6XJL67e5azg7mFtRHezEJJJrCp7lVBXum_0ZANcFsUUFOQr17dHKQvMu1h5At1F3u3DnQOefzDiJdLjFgsFOzOAIHgKbqf0dgvzYxocehiVMeAyg7wIFMWuD8iytsipQLwRGYPNB/s2048/IMG_1214.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtq6D6XJL67e5azg7mFtRHezEJJJrCp7lVBXum_0ZANcFsUUFOQr17dHKQvMu1h5At1F3u3DnQOefzDiJdLjFgsFOzOAIHgKbqf0dgvzYxocehiVMeAyg7wIFMWuD8iytsipQLwRGYPNB/w640-h480/IMG_1214.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice overview of how things are collaping. At his point, only one Ranger unit remains. The Grenadiers in the upper left would never fire a shot. They suffered one disorder after the other as militia routed and they needed to check. Eventually, they picked up three disorders and went to auto-rout!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18vCQddI0FPr0JT2zgT7pVvB0timTfhPeAaRARA1uYVVGW3YDXeJ_N2xmiY5KM4-59VRsG2ySID4tt8tD9iCvOBNoOWHgrpAl2skNph62VHytb7cDaOx1vLLgOvLjQOkWMVZsrua1l61X/s2048/IMG_1220.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="2048" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18vCQddI0FPr0JT2zgT7pVvB0timTfhPeAaRARA1uYVVGW3YDXeJ_N2xmiY5KM4-59VRsG2ySID4tt8tD9iCvOBNoOWHgrpAl2skNph62VHytb7cDaOx1vLLgOvLjQOkWMVZsrua1l61X/w640-h420/IMG_1220.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too little, too late...Goreham's Rangers would take a loss, roll terrible and become broken. At this stage of the game all hope of rescuing the remaining Provincials had vanished and I conceded. The Provincials lost 5 of the 6 units originally engaged. Th French lost two units of Indian allies and one of Cour de Bois.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNunavtp4vUSM0Z7PsHCYAVsARra4B8oJ9Pn4kLZHxNI19HcHEgceT34GYxZfssUi8qx_O9JRj0tZXK9sq7c2KUdl489_H2IEAGwLODk2050Qdi6DjKllNoGWm9rQRHymDejWRfHeyKyZD/s800/IMG_1221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNunavtp4vUSM0Z7PsHCYAVsARra4B8oJ9Pn4kLZHxNI19HcHEgceT34GYxZfssUi8qx_O9JRj0tZXK9sq7c2KUdl489_H2IEAGwLODk2050Qdi6DjKllNoGWm9rQRHymDejWRfHeyKyZD/w400-h360/IMG_1221.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A French victory! The paining depicts Montcalm and his regulars celebrating their victory at Fort Carillon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Bruce Roederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547059631147386076noreply@blogger.com1Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.787867815.474205863821155 -123.9441178 72.094673536178846 -53.6316178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991075396907558314.post-48759112962328266532021-10-15T20:25:00.000-05:002021-10-15T20:25:42.143-05:00The Battle of Bushy Run-1763<p> </p><p><a href="https://bushyrunbattlefield.com/battle-of-bush-run-history/" target="_blank">The Battle of Bushy Run </a>(1763) took place in western Pennsylvania during Pontiac's War. A British expedition that consisted primarily of Scots Highlanders was ambushed by a coalition of numerous native American tribes. The Highlanders prevailed after a spirited bayonet charge.</p><p>My interest in modeling the period dates back twenty years. The idea at the time was to create a diorama of the battle with 28mm wargame figures. I did not make much progress. Many years later with the help of a friend we built two French and Indian War armies in 25-28mm. It revived by interest in Pontiac's War and the Battle of Bushy Run.</p><p>The occasion for the pictures below was me finishing my fourth war band of Indian warriors. I added one of the units of my Highlanders to create a scene from the battle.</p><p>The figures in the pictures are from <a href="https://www.dixon-minis.com" target="_blank">Dixon Miniatures </a>in the UK and <a href="https://us.warlordgames.com" target="_blank">Warlord Miniatures</a> (UK and US).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE5tuxvnlVsKN6wY60CIHMjK4xNjmLzwJhkNxorS1YVOsZoXX62OqjvHPx8F_HQn_wJiZMgmtFtV_iJhpTbeJQSw5it2tx99_VXtteLykLJchDzIB0eMwK08EiqwDDaiwtJWMdIKoGV-v/s2048/2C2ABCD2-0A68-4918-B126-54031E36EA06_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE5tuxvnlVsKN6wY60CIHMjK4xNjmLzwJhkNxorS1YVOsZoXX62OqjvHPx8F_HQn_wJiZMgmtFtV_iJhpTbeJQSw5it2tx99_VXtteLykLJchDzIB0eMwK08EiqwDDaiwtJWMdIKoGV-v/w640-h480/2C2ABCD2-0A68-4918-B126-54031E36EA06_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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