Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

I really can't believe it's the penultimate update of 2024, where has the year gone?  I didn't manage to reach the heights of October, but November has been a steady hobby month with the Early Imperial Roman project entering the end of the first phase.  Completed I've completed quite a bit this month: I've continued basing the 15mm Cromarty Forge figures that I'd painted over the last few months completing: 44 Early Imperial Roman Legionaries 39 Ancient German warriors.  As well as basing these I'd not finished painting the shields , so I did all these while painting the shields for the noble warriors (see below).  The shields took ages to do but they've been worth it as they set the figures off well.  I don't want to paint anymore for a long while though. Still with the 15mm Cromarty Forge, I painted and based 36 Ancient German noble warriors that'd I'd prepared last month.  That's the last unit done with just have a few villager figures...

Introduction  After last month's test game, I sat down and read the rules more closely and then gave my Chaos Dwarf and Ogre Kingdoms armies another outing.  I used the previous edition of the rules (version 1.2) and army lists (version 1.22) purely as I had these printed.  I'm not sure what the differences are in the newer version.  All of the rules and army lists can be downloaded for free at  https://www.wm-revolution.com/articles/download.html Set up Each army was just under 1000 pts.   The lists are here . Starting positions, Chaos Dwarfs at the top Turn 1 The Ogres gain initiative but it doesn’t do them much good as Tyrant MountainGut fails his first Command roll and that ends the turn for the Ogres. Flametache, the Chaos Dwarf general does better and sends his Hobgoblin Wolf Riders off to reconnoitre the battlefield.  His next order moves a mixed brigade of Axemen and Blunderbusses forward.  And that’s where the dice fail him and the m...

This has probably been my most productive month of the year.  It's definitely the longest update! Completed I've completed quite a bit this month: 15mm Cromarty Forge Ancient Germans and Imperial Romans.  I finally made a decision on how to base the figures that I'd been painting over the last few months.  I've now based and thereby finished: 16 Ancient German archers 16 Ancient German javelin men 8 Early Imperial Roman auxiliaries 8 Early Imperial Roman auxiliary archers They're all based individually to make them usable for as many rule sets as possible.  The missile armed troops are all on 15mm rounds, the rank and file on 12.5mm squares.  I've added 3x1mm magnets to all the bases and I'm working on some movement trays.   Victrix Dark Age Warriors, four from the Viking set and one from the Ancient German set which you can see more of here .  By painting only a handful of these at a time they're a joy rather than a chore. Verrotwood Cultist....