Yes me and the little chaps are getting acquainted again this evening.
Pikes back centre, shot on the left, swordsmen and pole arms on the right. Leonardo in the centre and a spare command/pole arm unit front right.
Cavalry and Artillery still to do.
Look at this, up with the larks and motoring.
I started on the rest of the miniatures this morning and it did take a good while. Sadly it wasn’t just the bases
It was a bit time consuming, I don’t mind the odd bit of clean up, but it was almost as if it was every other miniatures. Maybe I am now a proper old Grognard.
Yes I eventually got enough energy to actually sit down and start working on the Florentine army.
I didn’t get them all done, just the Pikes and gun crews… Yes crews. I was convinced I only ordered one.
Well I checked. I actually ordered two, but got a whole gun crew instead of just the Gun captain.
So yey me! Do I make it into a three gun force….mmmmm interesting conundrum. They were super wealthy and do have a certain Leonardo Da Vinci in the box with them. I am sure he might have some cunning ideas.
Huzzah toys have eventually arrived. The buggers must have put up a heck of a fight as the postman broke my post box lid getting them in.
Oooooh those little men are doing my head in. Still not here. By the time they arrive they will have marched their legs off (or drowned crossing the sea).
Oooooh Just had a thought, maybe Mike offered them more money. Ooh those conniving traitorous dogs!
That’s it, Florence is off my holiday destination list and the Florentines won’t be getting a Christmas card this year.
Well okay, I may be being a bit overdramatic.
I Scampered up the track on Saturday and today, I know it is Sunday, but you never know.
Guess what wasn’t there, that’s right my box of soldiers. Those Pesky Swiss will be winning this particular arms race.
On the AA Website it states:
That got me wondering… I wonder who will be next? Maybe Venetians or their ally (at times) x the Ottomans.
Well they are next to each other in the book.
Milan, Naples… Who knows? Might not be anything lol.
Well my toys still haven’t arrived so for some reason I decided to play around in 3D builder and made some teeny, tiny Landsnekht…
Here is a single dude with a halberd. To be fair this is after he was shrunk. Even I have limits to my stupidity.
To be honest, and in hindsight I should have done it in blender. Well it kept me busy for a bit.
Well I got a little package from the lovely people at War bases today.
I ordered it on 20th and although they had to cut these specially out of black plastic they still had it on my door in 6 days… well done them.
I was wanting 20x40mm and 30x40mm in plastic and no-one could do both in standard packs. Warbases did clear plastic, but I am a fussy bugger and didn’t want to see miniature bases and superglue from underneath. They were happy to make them out of whatever colour I wanted. It did incur an 80 pence increase per pack, but I was pre-warned that the coloured plastic was more expensive. I felt it was worth it as I got what I wanted
I also ordered my army on the 13th February and it was posted today. What is odd is my mate ordered his troops from the same company on the 18th and his arrived yesterday… Booo Hiss.
So mine will possibly arrive Saturday if I am lucky. Next week if not.
I decided to be a bit artistic and did some art based on my favourite artist.
I haven’t used oil pastels in years, so not to disappointed.
So, because I am a twit, I have decided to once again expand the Great Italian Wars Forces. This time with the (kind of) new Florentine forces from the Altuos range.
Not really a super large force, but enough to have a small army. Don’t ask me about points, I haven’t got a clue and honestly I just got what would look good on the table.
Basically pikes, shot, swordsmen etc. oh and a medium artillery piece. Well Florence was rich.
Anyway I decided I needed more Flags. So off to the fabulous Pete’s Flags on eBay. I came across two sheets one a Florentine Mercenary set and the other from the Florentine League at the battle of Anghiari.
They Arrived today and I am very happy… I had a bit of a niggle at the back of my mind about the Florentine League at the battle of Anghiari… Well yeah of course I did. The battle took place in 1440. Giovanni of the Black Band was born nearly 60 years after the battle. So I will have two forces on the table that are basically 75 years apart.
So the options are:
Say sod it, a flag is a flag.
Put one set in a box and only use the standard mercenary flags.
I will let you have a guess which way I might go. Purists may want to look away now.
In my younger days I used to go hither and thither with my trusty chum and our five man canvas tent.
Our favourite place to go was the Lakes. We would get the bus to Keswick from Newcastle and spend a few days over there before hauling the bloody thing back again.
One Easter, disaster struck and we were at an awesome camp site at Ashness Bridge. The temperature plummeted and we were stuck. Blizzards whirled around us and we decided to sit it out.
One morning after surviving a night on Kendal Mint Cake and Hypothermia we were awoken by a knock on the door.
A policeman stood there shivering. He told us to get out as we were loitering Within Tent.
Get it, Loitering within tent…. Okay I’ll get my coat.
Bogenwald 