The everything miniatures wargaming thread

[Syt]

Peter Cushing was a wargamer: http://vodpod.com/watch/3136799-british-pathe-peter-cushing

grumbler would've smoked him.

Yeah, because grumps would have had an advantage in age and experience.

"You want to 'play' Waterloo? What do you know about Waterloo?? I'VE BEEN THERE!"

[The Brain]

Still waiting for the WotR infantry, but I got the other thing I ordered. I nerdcame when I unpacked this baby:



I figured since I am going medieval I might have use for a castle.

[The Brain]

Today I got the boxes of infantry. They look pretty good. And they are cheap: 160 guys for GBP 53.

I kind of like the suggestion about going for a Warwick army. Or Ed IV. Or some combination. I will have to think about this come paint time. Before that I have some assembling to do though.

[The Brain]

The new WFB edition has been announced. For reasons known only to GW the cover is graced by the mighty Rockethammer. Warhammer CAN into space!

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=&categoryId=&section=&pIndex=0&aId=9800040a&start=1

[Sophie Scholl]

Today I got the boxes of infantry. They look pretty good. And they are cheap: 160 guys for GBP 53.

I kind of like the suggestion about going for a Warwick army. Or Ed IV. Or some combination. I will have to think about this come paint time. Before that I have some assembling to do though.

If you're going with some siegecraft and what not, Warwick's younger brother John Neville, Lord Montague would also work.  He curbstomped the northern Lancastrian resistance and regained a bunch of castles that the Lancastrains gained via treachery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neville,_1st_Marquess_of_Montagu

[The Brain]

I have started assembling some models. They look very nice. I think I will try to assemble the whole guys before painting. I usually leave off arms etc to get to all those hard to reach places but if I do this with a hundred guys with tiny arms and scabbards etc I will go insane. If you can't paint it you can't see it... that will be my motto.

[The Brain]

Assembled some guys. These Perry minis are awesome. Look great, fine detail, mould lines are kept to a minimum. Recommended.

Sorry for the background and lighting fail but you get the idea:

[Pedrito]

They are teh beautiful

Can you post some more pics please?

L.

[The Brain]

I assembled a second command group and twelve billmen. Working on 24 longbowmen.

Disregard the glue in the second pic, I haven't cleaned them up for painting yet.

[Pedrito]

Oooh

L.

[garbon]

You know, you might consider getting rid of the wisps of glue. Sort of ruins the look.

[Sophie Scholl]

They seem a touch too armored for WotR.  I could be wrong, but the majority of commoner troops weren't sporting that much expensive armor at the time as far as I know.  I will admit though, they do look like nice minis.

[The Brain]

They seem a touch too armored for WotR.  I could be wrong, but the majority of commoner troops weren't sporting that much expensive armor at the time as far as I know.  I will admit though, they do look like nice minis.

The three billmen there are some of the most heavily armored models. Many models in the kit are unarmored. My reading indicates that the mix is realistic.

[The Brain]

Assembled some longbowmen as well. Now it is time to paint the test figure. I will pick a billman. I will use the livery of the Kingmaker. One good thing is that many liveries are fairly similar and since I won't be bothering with badges on the lowly grunts they will be fairly flexible.

[Sophie Scholl]

   I await updates.