1) Painting:
A) Job one is completing my British Napoleonic Army. I have 3 units of Dragoons/Dragoon Guards on the table, after that some Foot Artillery batteries and three more Light cavalry units. Then a single unit of Highlanders, probably Perry (which I will have to order) and a few more command figures, and this army is pretty much DONE. Aside from perhaps the highlanders, I hope to finish these by the end of 2016.B) Ancients is probably the next priority,. with that huge Macedonian Army, some more Numidians for my Carthaginian army, and some more General figures being the main areas of focus. I can also add some more cavalry and Chariots to my Assyrians if I feel like it. And there is an entire small army of Ancient Syrian types to be allies or enemies to my Egyptians, donated to me by Ken Baggaley, that need refurbishment and basing upgrades, and some that need painting. That should take relatively little time... once I set to it.
C) No lack of other distractions, but at present no pressing need or draw to add to my Late Medieval or Renaissance forces... but that could change!
2) Gaming:
A) Resume the "Lannes" Napoleonic campaign with Barry
B) Play test the in-development ECW rules based on To the Strongest! (This month, probably solo, at least the first time)
Table set up, ready for the scenario Simon included, The Battle of Montgomery, 1644. This will be familiar as the scenario Jon used for his three ECW rules play tests as well!
My Parliamentary Army has been languishing in its storage boxes for far too long.
Likewise my Royalist Army!
c) Whatever else arises... Joe and I need to get together for a game again, and also Jared and company.
3) Rules:
A) work on a Snappy Nappy Campaign booklet project
B) Develop new rules for my 15mm Renaissance Galleys and play test by the end of this year
4) Convention Games
A) The only convention under consideration for the rest of 2016 is Ellis Conn, held in November in Danielson, CT; that will depend upon my call schedule and energy level. If I run a game there, it will be a "small" game with either Field of Battle, Snappy Nappy, or To the Strongest!
5) Purchasing
Not much planned, but there is this sale from Murawski: Don't forget our 'buy 5 packs get 2 free' special offer! This will run until the end of August.
This is quite an important offer as I have some great news! Paul Hicks has started work on the Polish Imperial Guard Battalion and we've found a new sculptor to work on finishing the Baden range. If this works out we'll also be looking at some other new figures.
Buy Baden!
Buy Baden!
Great but ambitious plan.
ReplyDeleteJohn
"The best laid p;ans..." and all that, of course apply!
DeleteLooking forward to your ecw battles
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain. I am as well!
DeleteSurely there is always a pressing need to add to your late medieval and renaissance forces Gonsalvo!
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
DeletePeter, it will be very good to see your ECW collection out on the gaming table. Your layout for Montgomery looks very familiar having fought over similar ground not so long ago! Anxious to see how TtS fits the ECW.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have a plan.....I hope you have better luck sticking to it than I would.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have a plan.....I hope you have better luck sticking to it than I would.
ReplyDeleteI am usually pretty good at that - but I am not immune to "ooooh, shiny!" type distractions
DeleteThere is that. I have quite a bit of raw lead for the late medieval and Renaissance eras!
ReplyDeletePeter,
ReplyDeleteYou too ... have the same British illness? Job two in the warren. Finally have sufficient units for Peninsular battles. Painted and purchased my army back in 2010. Still haven't based or sorted out the requirements. Maybe in 2017..... as finishing up the 1st Coalition era Hessians for the 3rd quarter.
Await another LANNES installment..
Michael aka WR
I started working on the British almost 2 years ago. I have almost all of the infantry done, just one unit oh Highlanders to buy and paint. I still have quite a few cavalry units to paint (seven ?) and some foot artillery. Then it is on to the Spanish! I also have Tyrolian rebels to do.
DeleteLANNES should return in September....
I was most impressed with the idea to use the storage boxes upside down, keeping the miniatures on the lid. More storage space and much easier to see. Very clever!
ReplyDeleteI was most impressed with the idea to use the storage boxes upside down, keeping the miniatures on the lid. More storage space and much easier to see. Very clever!
ReplyDeleteThese clear, hard plastic shoe boxes were widely available back in the 1970's, and I bought a real lot of them each time they were on sale at the local discount department store -back then, on sale, they were about 50 cents each. The clear plastic makes it easy to see the troops, and I stack them up 3 to 4 boxes high. they also came with a wide variety of lid colors, so my French Napoleonics are on blue trays (lids), Russians Green, Austrians Tan, British white (no red!), Prussians brown, Poled dark blue, Brunswickers black, etc. The one down side to them is that being had plastic, some have cracked with heavy and prolonged use. However, none of them have had to be retired due to that. Unfortunately, they have been unobtainable since the mid 1980's at least.
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