A Mixed Bag!

There's no unified theme for this blog post I confess, unless you count the fact that they are all painted! First up then I've added a base of Late Roman Cataphractarii to the collection ~

Of course you will instantly recognise these as from the venerable Wargames Foundry range, as is the bulk of the collection here in GHQ. Squeezing five figures onto the 80mm x 60mm base was a challenge and has perhaps resulted in a bit of an odd look, but, I had the figures...and you know what we are like in our hobby! As an aside, I've started on some Saxon/Goth Skirmishing Light Infantry bases, more of them though anon.

Phil and Di came over for the day last Friday. While the ladies put the world to rights Phil and I retired to GHQ for a small Hail Caesar 1066 & All That game. No AAR, just a few nice pictures of the collection in action on the tabletop battlefield and a chance for me to report a rare home win! And, as a bonus, William the Barsteward was slain and Bishop Odo carried from the field so badly wounded he may not live!! "Engleland is Saved!!!"

Later on after lunch Phil and I set too sorting my Footsore Miniatures Vikings into units to add to the collection as was always my intention. They should give me three more units for the game, capable of being allocated to either side as Anglo-Danes or Viking mercenaries. We also put together a joint order to Footsore: Phil for some additions to his Arthurian & Saxon collection in the form of extra cavalry packs and yours truly some of the Dark Age Welsh Matt sculpted for them. In my case funded by a win on the Lottery the week before, so no depletion of the Warchest incurred!!

Finally, as I promised, the figures completed for the side project, The Saga of Bicca Biccasson, now with added snow. One Gripping Beast Dwarf and ten of Matt's Footsore Miniatures Vikings. Then there are the beginnings of the encounter figures of course ~

The Ice Giant Grïhm and the Ice Dragon Snàrg, now with added snow. It's much whiter to the eye by the by than it looks in the pictures. I've completed the figures for the next group of 'bad things' bar the basing so they'll be along as and when so you'll need to keep your wits about you...