Adventures on the Wargames Table

 Introducing Sergeant William “Bill” Yidle and his Confederate Sharpshooters. All Perry plastic figures and painted using a base coat, wash and highlight(s) technique. The painting recipe is: Prime with AP Uniform Grey (ideal for Confederate troops) Paint the Jacket/Trousers/Blankets/Hats with one of AP Uniform Grey - only where the spray had 'missed' Foundry Night Sky Foundry Bay Foundry Rich Butternut Foundry Spearshaft Foundry Bavarian Cornflower Blue (used sparingly!) Bags etc - either black or any sort of brown Muskets - GW Scorched Brown Then wash with GW Agrax, followed by highlights of the original colours plus further highlights of the lighter shades in each triad, or mix the base with a little VMC Dark Sand Basing: Solid base of Americana Honey Brown Highlights of VMC Tan Yellow VMC Dark Sand Foundry Boneyard Light  Add some Colonel Bills Winter Grass and some clump foliage and tufts Each figure took approx 15 mins to base coat ...

Inspired by the recent series of “how to” videos by Lardy Rich, I thought I’d help out anyone new to Sharp Practice with these notes on the different troop types I made way back when I was new to the game.  They simply summarise what each troop type can do.  Others have found them handy, so here they are.  Please do let me know if you spot any errors or omissions 😂 Irregular Skirmishers (e.g. Spanish Partisans, Rebel Skirmishers) Prefer to avoid contact and may evade (2D6" directly away) if an enemy attempts to close to Fisticuffs with them Cannot adopt a Skirmish Formation with other groups Deploy up to 12" from a DP Do not reduce the level of cover (if used as a skirmish screen) as they are not trained to operate as a screen Do not get the 'free' additional movement action afforded to Light Infantry and Skirmishers Gain +1 to hit only if firing from cover at Effective or Long range Count as being in one level of cover better than they are in Require a 6...

Quick post to show my recent efforts for Infamy movement trays for my Early Imperial Romans. I’ve also made a few extra skirmish style trays in case the Auxiliaries decide to break formation. Paints used were a solid base of Americana Honey Brown followed by highlights of VMC Tan Yellow and VMC Dark Sand.  The stones were picked out with a little Foundry Boneyard light.  Then add some grass, tufts, etc.

Here is Weatabix and his family on their farm in South West Britannia just waiting to welcome their new Roman masters... The cattle pen and the chicken coop were shown in an earlier post .  The new dwellings are the two round houses, from Hovels, painted in the same style.  The wattle enclosure was made in the same fashion as the cattle pen. Closer pics Dramatis personae, Weatabix and his delightful missus Chlamydix with family.  Foundry figures. Every farm needs a few hostile “attack” geese. Warbases figures. Wolves for ambush points.  Again, Warbases.

These buildings are Hovels and Gripping Beast and have been painted in the same style as the thatched hut I did some time ago. NB: the roof of the larger building was base coated in VMC Leather Brown, and the smaller was given an extra highlight of Foundry Boneyard light, so as to give a bit of variety. Settlements need crops, animal enclosures, livestock, etc too.  The piece on the right was originally made for Saga but has been re-purposed.  The fences at the rear are Renedra.  The enclosure in front was made by weaving garden wire around cocktail sticks then given a couple of coats of PVA. This is my test piece for a marsh.  I used much darker earth colours than the other pieces as I wanted to give the ground a more boggy appearance.  The water areas were simply washed with a drab green. These hills are from Kallistra and I’ve just jazzed them up a bit with extra grass and some clump foliage. That should be enough to get playing Infamy Infa...

No difficulty guessing what this is all about eh?  Yes, the Lardies are about to launch Infamy! Infamy! so I’ve dusted off my Early Imperial Romans. Are you ready for war? I’ve quite a few suitable figures from my Warhammer Ancient Battles and War & Conquest days, so it’s nice to be in the position of having a fully painted force ready to go, with a lot of extras ready too. The man himself, Maximus Lardicus, leads from the front The figures are all Black Tree Designs with LBMS shield transfers.  I’ll order up some sabot bases from Charlie Foxtrot. I found these ‘tokens’ which I think might be suitable as some sort of deployment point? Even better... whilst sorting these out I stumbled upon a box of Ancient Germans so that’s some allies (or enemies?) sorted.  Anyway, I’ve ordered up one of the bundles and look forward to getting the PDF on Monday 29th June.  Currently on the painting table are some lovely resin pieces of scenery that I’v...

This Warbases kit is perfect for a little French Garage. I wasn’t too thorough about taking step by step pics but here’s a few work in progress shots.  The roof is tiled using strips of textured card supplied with the kit and makes for a great effect. The front and back long walls were textured using masonry paint. This wall was textured with fine ballast. The brick wall was painted a dark red/brown then washed with Agrax to help pick out the brickwork. These are the colours used for the tiling effect on the roof. The doors and window frames, etc were painted using the Foundry Forest Green triad. The bricks were picked out using the base colour along with a variety of dark browns through to warmer reds. Next, I added a few suitable printed signs. The building is free-standing but to better set it in context I made a base tile.  The cobbles are textured wallpaper.  The WC is from Charlie Foxtrot. Finally I made some little piles of junk from oil barrels, crates, fuel cans,...