I've been active for a bit in the local Flames of War scene, participating in some tournaments and painting up my americans while all my other miniature interests have been lying low.
Things slowly start to change though... Since we moved to our new home, I have secured for myself one of our (still) spare rooms to make myself a decent hobby room. Hurrah! Now having finished most of the little bits and bobs around the house, I've found a bit of time to furnish my room with some simple things like a 180x120cm table, a painting corner and some left-over cabinets from our former appartment.
Also, the miniature companies have not been sitting still. I've recently aquired Gripping Beasts' SAGA; the Crescent & the Cross and going over my medieval miniatures I've already put a small warband together. Furthermore I've spent some spare time at pondering some home-brewn naval wargame rules for use with the terrific Mongoose publishing miniatures (probably the only company that is so slow in releasing stuff that you can concieve and raise a kid and move to another home between their releases.). Maybe more on that in later posts...
For now, I've aquired a load of excellent laser cut bases and movement trays from Warbases on Crisis to rebase my medieval models to be able to use them for both SAGA and Deus Vult. The prime mover here being that I can play SAGA with just a few models while building & painting my army for Deus Vult. So I intend to pick up my blog at the point when I first started it, my medieval miniatures. In the years I've also progressed in my techniques, so a post detailing my new basing method (since the crusades is the period it will be a bit more arid than my other bases) will probably be one of my first posts.
From left to right my progression in bases, far right my newest laser cut bases with desert basing.
Very nice looking minis. I've gone down the Lion Rampant route rather than Saga. My poor brain can't take on more than one medieval ruleset at a time ;)
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I've read a bit about Lion Rampant and it seems that it is a very fun rule-set. I might pick it up also to compare the different sets. Both sets use the same basing conventions, so it wouldn't be hard building a force for both I think?
ReplyDeleteWhat was the main mover for you to go for Lion Rampant?
Basically because it easy to pick up and play but has enough depth to enable you to play campaigns (if you wish). There is an element of role playing that you can add but again, this isn't necessary in order to play the game but can add more character to the game.
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate enough to get a draft edition so have been playing for a while. The rules must be easy to pick up as I was able to 'teach' a complete gaming newcomer (he was also someone I'd never meet before, it's a very social game - if that makes sense) to play the game over the course of an evening.
Regards,
Matt
Thanks for the reply, I'll keep my eyes open for them.
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