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Friday, August 17, 2018

Hatti versus Wilusa Chariots Rampant Game

Trojans on the left, Hittites on the right

Hittite three crew chariots

Trojan chariots on the right flank

Hittite force advances

Trojan spearmen in the centre

As I mentioned in my last post we played a Chariots Rampant game in the afternoon last Sunday at the club. This was a twenty four point game with Craig commanding a Trojan force against Garry who had the Hittites. The Hittites made good use of their superior fire power to weaken and then wear the Trojans down. The dice gods deserted the Trojans and the game was over fairly quickly.

Trojan chariots charge on the right flank

Trojan chariots retreat battered

Hittite and Syrian light chariots with Hittite archers

Trojans about to rout

Trojan chariots on the left flank

One of the games played at the club last Sunday was Greg Blake's extremely impressive 35mm Wars of Spanish Succession game. Greg sculpted all the figures in the armies and said he has been sculpting, casting and collecting these armies since 1983! He has designed his own set of rules for the period as well and you can see more photos of these fantastic figures on his blog:

http://landofthelead.blogspot.com

Wars of Spanish Succession 35mm game with troops deployed

Opposite side of the table

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Marian Roman versus Pontic Basic Impetus Game

Marian Romans on the left, Pontics on the right

Romans advance

Pontic Noble cavalry

Pontic Chalkaspides (Bronze Shields) and Galatians

Infantry close in the centre

Roman legionaries get stuck in to the Pontic infantry

Spanish cavalry

Last Sunday Garry, Gary, Craig and I met down at the Vikings Club in Lanyon for the Capital Region Wargames Group's monthly meeting. We played two games, the first of these was a Marian Roman versus Pontic Basic Impetus game with two armies and commanders on each side. Garry and Gary commanded the Pontics, while Craig and I commanded the Romans.

For once Craig had some good luck with his dice, while Gary seemed to only throw sixes when doing cohesion tests! Soon the Pontic forces on the Roman left flank were in strife. On the Roman right flank the fighting was very close until the final turn when the Pontics managed to rout the Romans. Overall it was a Roman victory as the Pontics really got hammered on the Roman left flank. In the afternoon we played a Chariots Rampant game but I will save that for a separate post.

Spanish Caetrati

Roman left flank eventually rout the Pontics

Roman right flank

Spanish cavalry retreat

The fighting on the Roman right flank is very close

Spanish Scutarii

Roman right flank routs on the final turn

Pontic Chalkaspides (Bronze Shields) hold their ground

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Samnites

Victrix Armoured Samnites

Victrix Italian Allies

Crusader Linen Legion

Here is a unit of Samnite infantry that I've finally finished painting. They've been stuck in the painting queue for a very long time, so I'm glad to see the back of them! The figures are from the plastic Victrix set, Armoured Samnites with Victrix shield transfers. In this post I've added photos of other Samnite units I've painted to date, they're all labelled to avoid confusion. The Crusader figures are painted as the famous Linen Legion mentioned by Livy in his History of Rome (9.40 & 10.38).

Crusader and A&A Samnite Command Stand

Aventine Samnite Cavalry

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Aventine Seleucid Cataphracts

Today we have a guest post by Garry (aka Mithridates) of some very nice Seleucid Cataphracts he has just finished painting. These are all recently released Aventine Miniatures figures, except for two of the horses in lamellar armour which are by Relic Miniatures. The banner is by LBM.