Ian's French

Took some shots of Ian's renaissance French for colour inspiration for my Spanish armies, so I thought I'd share.

Pike and shooty troops

Tents (need to know where these come from!)

Gendarmes and archers  

Gendarmes and Archers (another lot)

Flags Ready

I have gotten the flag poles and bases ready for Mark and Russ; can you both pick out three flags each and I will finish your army markers for you.  Phil, I will do the same for you when you've finished your army - you will need to print/buy suitable Spanish flags.

Also, can someone tell me how to take a photo on my i-phone or i-pad and use it on blogger.  I want to show my latest update for Plassey!

Rapier Elephants

These are the Elephants I purchased from Rapier Miniatures to boost my Carthaginian army.

I washed these black (not with soapy water) to try and pick out some details.

I really like them and would say they are better than the Baccus ones.

Can't comment on the H & R models.

Metal bases

Russ has recently sprung for some metal bases for his 6mm Greeks and suggested I do the same for my Renaissance Spanish armies.  They are much thinner than normal mdf bases, are less likely to move on the table and stick nicely to the magnetised sheets in my A4 box folders.

Of course they're not cheap and finding the right size is tricky.  The Spanish need to be based for Principles of War - 3cm x 9cm.  A non-standard size.  Enquiries into a couple of companies who say they do these has revealed that they don't.  So I need to look at extending the search or making my own.

I've seen some companies that provide metal sheet in 0.4mm thickness.  Easy to cut but is it too thin? Perhaps a trial sheet needs to be purchased to give it a go.

Alternatively, thin plywood gives the thinness required (as I'm using Heroics and Ros figures, 2mm and 3mm mdf makes them look like they're hovering above the battlefield).  But this may be prone to warping.

Decisions, decisions!

Update: http://www.freewebs.com/pwsltd/steelbases.htm These chaps do them in PoW sizes! 61p a pop.

TREEES

My trees covering an area approx 2feet x  2feet. I need lots ,lots more!

Events 2015 (so far)

Russ makes a note of the next time he'll be offering to tidy the tables away!

I got a list some weeks ago from Len outlining up coming dates for the club.  I did offer to put them on the blog but due to a broken computer I have been somewhat amiss as Mark pointed out last night!

Thus, these are the relevant events so far.

16th/17th May   Sheffield Triples

23rd/24th May   Open Gaming Weekend in Main Hall

6th June             BBQ at Jon's house  (He's 41 and will need a cardio test as part of this years medical)

20th June           Phalanx, St Helens

4th/5th July       Gauntlet  (Mark will be putting on Waterloo on the Saturday to commemorate the bicentenary)

18th/19th July   Joy of Six weekend - visit to Bosworth on the Saturday and show on the Sunday

12th/13th Sept  Open Gaming Weekend in Main Hall

26th/27th Sept  Battle for Hannover (?) plus Open Gaming Weekend in Main Hall

3rd/4th Oct       Derby Wargames Show

10th Dec           Christmas Do


Feel free to add anything I have missed.

Trees and elephants

Top- original trees

middle-sprayed trees

bottom- Jons trees

original, sprayed, jons

H+R Indian, Baccus Indian, Baccus successor, H+R Persian, Baccus?, H+R Carthaginian

Carthaginian, Persian