David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Tuesday, 13 March 2018

A base of (very) Large Ordnance completed.

Back in early January I went to the Penkridge Table Top Sale. While the majority of stuff on view is for Fantasy and Sci-Fi gamers I’ve had one or two real bargains there over the years. This year I got some Front Rank handgunners, which have already featured on the blog, and a Warlord Games/Pro Gloria Landsknecht Light Gun and crew, which is primed and nearing the head of the painting queue. But I also got this monstrosity, a large gun and Empire crew from Games Workshop for just £7.00 I recall. Now, I know it’s strictly not historical at all, but it was fun to paint and it makes a talking point in games and perhaps even here on the blog, you never know. Here it is ~

I hope to be at WMMS with Phil on Sunday, at least for a little while. I wasn’t expecting to go as you will know, but I shall make the most of my opportunity and look to buy some scenic stuff for the Italian Wars project, perhaps from Charlie Foxtrot for instance. If you see me on Sunday don’t hesitate to say hello.
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  1. caveadsum147113 March 2018 at 00:48

    The good thing about the Italian wars is that there is such variety and I think this gun fits in splendidly! The crew look great, who's to tell when they're off their slotted base, I've got some Warhammer figures I will be using in my Italian wars army, lovely painting too!
    Best Iain

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    1. David14 March 2018 at 05:07

      Thanks Iain, always nice not to be out on a limb on your own.

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  2. Matt Crump13 March 2018 at 00:58

    Lovely job.....cannon looks perfect , much of the older Gw stuff was sculpted on historical lines anyway. But do be careful you’ll be collecting dwarves or somesuch 🙂

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    1. David14 March 2018 at 05:08

      Thanks, or should that be tanks, Matt! Dwarves, been there, done that.

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  3. Phil Robinson13 March 2018 at 01:49

    My that’s a big one you have there Cardinal Bicclioni.

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    1. David14 March 2018 at 05:08

      Indeed, I’ve never had any complaints...

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  4. Colin Ashton13 March 2018 at 04:34

    oooo! what a whopper!!!!!!!

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  5. Phil13 March 2018 at 05:06

    Superb...and very imressive!

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  6. Aly Morrison13 March 2018 at 14:06

    Will you look at the caliber on that... boom! boom!...

    Time to behave ourselves... teachers back in the room... :-)

    All the best... it was Robinson wat started it... Aly

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  7. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)13 March 2018 at 17:30

    Looks just great David and a real wall breaker!

    Christopher

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  8. Arlequín14 March 2018 at 05:47

    Most Warhammer human armies were essentially historical rip-offs, more so the older metal figures produced for them.

    Keep your eyes peeled around the shows Dave, you might turn up a few more useful figures!

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    1. David15 March 2018 at 11:37

      Thanks Jim. Other GW Empire models were on the stand, but none I really took to.

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  9. George Anderson14 March 2018 at 09:40

    Thought I was reading the script for a Carry On movie there for a minute. Lovely piece, oh dear.

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