Television is rather a frightening business. But I get all the relaxation I want from my collection of model soldiers.
Peter Cushing

Tuesday 30 December 2014

More purchases, a request and a tip.


This arrived from everyone's favourite tax-dodging online retailer this morning:


I'm intending to start up a small wargames club at work - simply in honour of the fact that it was a long ago history teacher who got me started and now I'm back to teaching history full time I feel like I owe the man to pass it on - and so I've picked these as the rules to use. 

The fact that it gives me an excuse to paint a couple of Wars of the Roses retinues is a pure coincidence, of course. 

I should hopefully have some of the Ramblers of Rohan completed tomorrow or the day after so expect some shinies then. 

I do have a request - does anyone know of a 28mm Victorian photographer mini from any manufacturer? I need one for a vignette idea I've had. 

In return I offer this tip - In Her Majesty's Name - a rather spiffing set of steampunk skin rush rules - are currently 99p on kindle as is the expansion. At that price you'd be rude not to get it. 

6 comments:

  1. Ha, I've just ordered Lion Rampant from "everyone's favourite tax-dodging online retailer" this afternoon.

    I can't help with the mini' search, I'm afraid. Not my period of knowledge.

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    1. The rules read very nicely. Elegant and simple in their abstraction. They'll ply really well with school kids and certainly with a few mates and a few beers.

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  2. I do love the idea of doing something similar at my place so will be interested to hear how you get on. Now as for the Victorian Photographer, I had an idea of using Roger Fenton (he who recorded the Crimea War) on the blog as a sort of motif, didn't really come to anything but did manage to source the miniature.

    http://28mmvictorianwarfare.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/are-you-ready-for-your-close-up.html

    He was part of Bicorne Miniatures War Artists set, now off to download the rules!

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    1. Oh that's absolutely spot on, old chap - exactly what the Doctor ordered!

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