More 28mm Napoleonic Dutch/Belgians

Here we see lots more of the Napoleonic Dutch / Belgian forces going to the collection of my good friend Paul Spence...Paul is building a great force of these lovely figures all from Perry miniatures.

Belgian Line Infantry

Dutch Jagers

Dutch Militia

28mm Mycenaean Raid Skirmish Game

Having painted this beautiful Greek Trireme I had to use it for something...(actually the ship was a gift from Grand Manner grand master Dave Bodley. Well I chose to use it for my skirmish collection of Trojan period stuff and devised a raid on a Phoenician settlement by Mycenaeans warriors with the Egyptians allied to the settlers.
Below we see the Terrors from the sea heading straight for the village for plunder ,but the cry has gone out for aid from an Egyptian camp close by.

The Greeks ready themselves to storm ashore

The Egyptians have got the work and their Lord leads them out

The Phoenicians take up heir arms to meet the threat

The Mycenaeans land and attack the villagers with archer cover from the ship

After a heroic fight the villagers are finally pushed back through the village

As the Egyptians arrive in the village it seems too late as the Greeks have taken the supplies and live stock and are taking them back to their ship

Finally with all aboard and their booty the Achaeans set sail with minimal losses and an angry Egyptian Lord looking on 

28mm British in Africa 1850's Skirmish game

The collection used for this game I painted for my great mate John Martin and it resides today in his cabinets.

The idea for the game is a force of British troops have set up a camp at an African trading post but the local tribes haven't actually agreed to this incursion so when a supply train is spotted heading for the post with more troops the tribes decide to attack.

Below shows the camp and its defences and the supplies approaching

Here we see the tribes that have united to face this threat under the chief of the largest tribe

The troops in the camp start to realise the danger

The supply train needs to hurray as their troops start to form up to face an attack

The warriors start  to poor down from the hills towards the supply train to try to hit it before it reaches the camp

The regulars and askaris in the camp take to the walls to repulse the attack

Skirmishers start to poor fire on the charging warriors

More warriors start to poor down from the hills and the camp is now charged

The supply train finally gets to the camp as the warriors are desperately close

With the camp now fully defended it will be will power against fire power as the warriors full attack hits the barricades 

The hand to hand fight is ferocious and there are heavy casualties on both sides

But the troopers second line halts the warriors in their tracks and forces their retreat

The poor Chief of the tribes gave his life for the cause but to no avail as can be seen by the arrow and the British juggernaut in Africa roles on...

Making a WWII Game more realistic...

Having took loads of picture of a recent WWII shoot I thought I would have a play with things on my computer to try to enhance the things that happened during the game.

"Who says that wargaming has no realism"...lol

28mm Peloponesian War Game (Hail Caesar)

Well in my Gallery section you will find a collection for Classical Greece ,and here is a game that was played with those figures and represents an attack on a Greek City allied to the Athenians by the Spartans. The two forces that I put together were predominantly from 1st Corps with a few Foundry and a few of the new (at the time) plastics. Obviously the Spartan forces had the common Lambda on their shields but for the Athenians I could go crazy...now I have to admit that many of these shields were hand painted by an old friend Andy Jarvis who did them many years ago.
Below you can see the two armies lined up in battle array and as for this period it was Hoplite against Hoplite at the heart of the battle lines.

Below is the Athenian force comprising of six phalanx's of Hoplites and a line of covering Ekdromio with Heavy cavalry on the flank

The Spartan line is made up of four phalanx's of Hoplites with Helot archers ,slingers and javelinmen to their front with Thessalian Horsemen covering their flank. They also had a reserve of Young Hoplites in the rear. 

Closer pictures of the opposing forces

After the Gods had been appeased the Spartans advanced in line straight towards the Athenians

The Athenian Hoplites advance to meet the threat with their heavy cavalry charging the flank

The Spartan veteran Hoplites push the Athenians back

With all the Athenian Hoplites in the centre falling back the Thesselain cavalry attack from the flank

Two units of Veteran Athenian Hoplites manage to fight a heroic rear guard as the rest of their army streams back into the city

A happy Spartan General looks on happy as he knows that the city will now offer bread and water in submission..."thank the Gods"