Sharp Practice part 6 - Artillery

back in Spring I ordered a gun and 6-crew from Brigade Games in the US. Excellent service (no customs issue, fast delivery), very good sculpts by the famous Paul Hicks. The only decent 28mm pre-1812 uniforms I could find in metal (surprisingly, the Perrys don't do them!).

The Perrys anyway offer 4-strong gun crews, while the Sharp Practice rules require 6 - so that's another thumb up for Brigade Games.

The sabot base is from www.supremelittleness.co.uk

Painted in May 2018

Renegade Indians

Another quick distraction from my Napoleonic projects: some 'Renegade Indians' (28mm) by Great Escape Games, for the Dead Man's Hand ruleset. A nice little game - easy to learn, and very entertaining. Well, especially if someone (not me 😇) provides lovely scenery to complement the battle board!

 

Painted in February 2018.

Anglo-Danish warband

In the last couple of months I have been distracted by a side project - an Anglo-Danish Saga warband (Saga is played regularly at my local wargaming club). I ordered the miniatures from Warlord Games but these are the former Saxon Miniatures range.

On the website they are listed as:
Saxon Huscarls with Dane Axe (x8)
Saxon Ceorls A (x8)
Saxon Ceorls B (x8)
Saxon Leaders - Battle of Hastings

Which make up in the Saga rules for two units of Heathguard (with Danish Axe), two of Warriors (with Spears), and the leader.

For a while I contemplated ordering transfers for the shield and a flag. Eventually I decided to hand paint it all - which proved to be quite a challenge! The flag is made of a wine bottle metal header.

Painted in April-July 2018