Posts by Ceeteegee

    Very good of you Bryan. I'd be happy with the shields; but there're bow arms and quiver on the sprue by the look of it and I have a hungry bits box.

    I can now order another Reaper Ogre and commence my cunning scheme aimed at bringing diversity to my Empire force.

    Two of those shields and a plastic horse tail will be all I need.

    Will you be able to de-sprue and post?

    Most excellent Bryan. I had it in mind that it was from the Perrys Ansar range!

    I just need one and then I can look to complete an addition to my Ogre Auxiliaries. Let me know if you have one you can spare.

    Ogres. Can't have too many. More Guard and a unit off handgunners.

    PS Can anyone identify the plastic shield. It turned up in my bits box during a damn good sort and I realised that my life will not be complete until I get another one.

    Fencing. Several of my units will consist of the vertically challenged/ diminutively proportioned and so fencing may actually inhibit the armies ability to vanquish their foes.

    (I nearly put a few words like synergy into this paragraph; but I didn't want to trigger Ste' s stress monkey as he has enough of that to deal with at work).

    I may well make a few sections of Gulyay Gorod to count as pavise just to try them put. In the meantime we have a unit of swordsmen in team colours and a member of the latest unit to join up. It's pronounced Gehnomi BTW.


    I think the steam tank'll be safe enough once she's up to pressure.

    Another 6 handgunners and then I'll treat myself and do the Reaper Ogres.

    I am concerned about the prospect of facing a horde of McGregor's Halfling Militia though.

    I need a suitable unit of fierce yet diminutive warriors to oppose the pudding gobbling, furry footed band of livestock worriers.

    We could always starve them out by making them miss the first course of a meal but where's the fun in that?

    Luckily I saw a suitable mini on Lead Adventure and spookily enough I bought a partially made box of the donor figures required for the conversion from Phalanx several years ago.

    So i made one.

    I'll post a picture tomorrow of the first archer providing the sky doesn't fall on my head etc...........


    Volley fire! Now how can I possibly counter that? More Militia? Certainly.


    How 'bout artillery support. Bill the Ogre identifies as a regimental gun. Bigots tend not to challenge Bob's decision. Well, not in earshot of Bill or his little mate Zippo. His mate Ben's in the painting queue. Might do two more as crew with some gabions to represent field guns.


    And the first handgunners from the small hill of handgunners yet to be painted.


    Considering building a steam tank as well. A Great fire-breathing Warbeast kind of thing.........Might be in the market for suitable 3D printed wheels........

    Father Dominic became disenchanted with life in the monastery and opted for the more active life of a warrior priest.


    His hammer is now ready to bring the disbelieving masses to a true understanding of the bountiful love and peace of the many gods by dealing out death and destruction in their names.


    He is ably supported by the first finished unit of Town Militia and they are in turn watched over by members of the Town Guard.

    Thanks Bryan. I've started a priest who'll count as an agitator ( and just wait till I do the halberdiers). Father Dominic Nimmo is very nice man. A very, very nice man.


    And there're some very nice banners from the Imperialist armies of the 30 Years War I have my eye on. Very nice.


    There's a mod that blends Lion Rampant and The Pikeman's Lament that looks tres interesting. And then there's Zenos Rampant. Ideal for those who like the models but would rather keep it simple

    ( A rulebook and neither codex, card deck nor supplement in sight).


    Thanks Bryan. Next units are to be the swordsmen shown in this and the previous post.


    The handgunners were in the Bumper Bag of Bits I bought from the Bring and Buy. I have enough for another 6 that will require powder flasks or similar.


    The swordsmen were in a lot on E Bay. There were 5 done and 5 that were

    " deconstructed ".


    I've touched up the colours on the painted figures and one of the above is all my work. They'll be joined by 12 Halberdiers in the same colours.


    The eagle eyed amongst you may notice a similarity with the Papal Guard. In my defence I'd say that the yellow and blue was the original owners choice.

    Rik made me do it. No, honest, he did. My old GUO dates from 4th edition and is rather small when compared with the new one. " Make it a DP", said Rik. Okay. Sword and flail removed and wings added.

    The other fellows are for my Dragon Rampant Empire army. Two spear plus NCO with glaive, sword and buckler man, skirmishing shot and militia with sword and target. They've been sat in a box forever and have been given new bases and a bit of paint/ ink to suit.

    A cup of grog and a rousing chorus or two of Sally Brown* should see those fellows put to flight.

    Unless the Frogs has Sea Shantys of their own.....

    * Who we all know is a nice young lady from New York city with a liking for rum and tobacco.

    Oh my! They're the right way up!

    My Frostgrave warband appears to be moving towards a Dragon Rampant army. 12 pistol armed ruffians will be followed by another 9 handgunners. And maybe more Trolls. Can't have too many Trolls can you.

    The minis are fantastic. I've played games using a modified set of the original Necromunda rules. I cornered Luke in a cavern and tossed in a few grenades. He killed my squad. All of them! Jedi Master!


    We tried the other rules; but somebody played the, "We've just sold all of the rights for a bucketload of money to somebody who hates you and now you're replaced with somebody stunning and brave " card.

    Luke threw away his lightsaber in the middle of the turn and became a sulky recluse with an unhealthy interest in alien sea-mammals. I won't go into what happened to Lando...

    Things went from bad to worse in the second turn and nothing made any sense anymore. Except that one of the new characters didn't need to roll a dice any more and succeeded at everything 'cos they had the "Bestest Jedi ever" card.

    They game changed in the third turn as if they wanted to fix turn two; but by then we'd had more than enough and called it a night............

    Thank you Will. I put your , " If you can't be brilliant try and be neat", into practice. The shield on the front left came already painted in a big bag of Warhammer bits I picked up from the Bring and Buy many moons ago.

    It was so nice I decided to use it as is. Chris