Wizkids 28mm HD Minis Half-Elf Male Ranger

Special 28mm Fantasy Commission

No I haven't gone over to the Dark Side. Someone I know plays D&D and asked me to paint up and personalise two Wizkids 28mm Half-Elf Male Rangers for his games.

They are sold by Wayland Games in Essex amongst various retailers, Product code WZK73544.

https://www.waylandgames.co.uk/wizkids-unpainted-miniatures/60418-male-half-elf-ranger

It was an interesting fantasy commission to paint up and made a change from the usual projects. The figures required minimal preparation, they are supposed to be painted out of the packet but I did put a thin white undercoat on them.

Xyston 15mm Numidian Commission

Small Numidian Commission To Help Complete An Army

As part of my ongoing plan to clear out my own Lead Mountain I get asked to paint up small commissions to help out other players. This is the second batch of Xyston ANC20253 Numidian Light Cavalry I have been asked to paint. Whilst they are excellent figures they are a pain to work on as they consist of separate horses, riders, shields and of course javelins. The castings are mostly clean with very little flash apart from flow lines that need trimming off and the whole lot of course needs gluing together. It took me four days to do them in small time batches as I was working on other things at the same time. I think the end result worked out well and since he wants to match them to his existing collection I didn't have to base them which saves me some time.

Xyston ANC20253 Numidian Light Cavalry

Minifigs ZC103 Thessalian Cavalrymen, Javelin

Minifigs ZC103 Thessalian Cavalrymen, Javelin

As part of Project Lead Mountain I have a box of left over 15mm castings for DBx Book 2 armies. I am currently part way through a special commission for a clubmate for his Later Hoplite Greek. They are Xyston castings so are the usual task of drill, clean up and glue together.

He's building Thessalian Reg Cv O elements but their wide brimmed hat reminded me that I had a bag of twelve Minifigs ZC103 in the box. Being older castings that are finely sculpted and four of them had broken javelins. Since I hate to see castings go to waste I decided that I would paint them up as a test project. I managed to drill out all of their hands and replaced their javelins with metal spears to make them more durable and robust. I decided that since they are unarmoured that they will be Irr LH O Light Horse elements rather than Reg Cv O Cavalry elements.

I am very pleased with how they turned out and since I dont have a suitable army to use them with I am almost certain to offer them for sale in due course.

Minifigs ZC103 Thessalian cavalry, Javelinmen Irr LH O

King Richard III Army at Bosworth Field - Part 3

My Take On King Richards Army - Part 3

This is the last blog entry about how I created King Richard's army for Bosworth Field. Part of the army consisted of troops designated as Northern Border Foot. This was a problem as no one made dedicated castings to represent this trooptype which consisted of a mix of Spearmen, Swordsmen and Archers. I searched all the usual 15mm figure makers before I came across the WoR range from Fighting 15's. These were already known to me as they have been sold under the Gladiator Games, Blackhat and finally Gladiator Miniatures brand. They WoR range is listed here https://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/wars-of-the-roses-1161-c.asp and they list code WOR013 Northern Spearmen which is actually a cheat as this is a duplicate listing of their https://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/med037-brigans-shieldless-spearmen-16667-p.asp Brigans Shieldless Spearmen castings.

The figures are well sculpted and cleanly cast despite their venerable age and having passed through three different owners. There are a few different poses and the figure mix is totally random. I needed twelve elements of Irr Sp I totalling 48 castings. I decided that given the figure mix I received I would create 4 elements of identical poses and 8 elements mixed and matched in pairs where possible. Being Border Levies to protect against the Scottish raiders raised by order of the crown I felt that they would have had at least a minimal standard of dress and equipment.

Gladiator WOR013 Northern Border Spearmen 

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Essex Warriors 2019 15mm DBM Tournament 2nd Round Results & 3rd Round Draw

Essex Warriors 2019 15mm DBM Tournament 

Essex Warriors 2019 15mm DBM Tournament

Runners & Riders & 1^st Round Draw

Richard G       398 BC            02/09 Syracuse DBMM2

Drew J             150 BC            01/43 Scythians DBMM2

Steve N           50 BC              02/46 Kushan DBM2

Peter K            273 AD           02/74 Palmyran DBM2

John D             357 AD           02/46 Kushan DBM2

Paul B             459 AD           02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2

Brian A           460 AD           02/83 Patrician DBM2

Tim M             1066 AD         03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2

Bob M             1430 AD         04/80 Hussite DBMM2

Peter H            1435 AD         04/18 Lithuanian DBM2

DBM Lists – 5

DBMM Lists - 5

Book 1 – 1

Book 2 – 6

Book 3 – 1

Book 4 – 2

1^st Round Draw

Game 1

Richard G       398 BC            02/09 Syracuse DBMM2

v

Drew J             150 BC            01/43 Scythians DBMM2

Game 2

Steve N           50 BC              02/46 Kushan DBM2

v

Peter K            273 AD           02/74 Palmyran DBM2

Game 3

John D             357 AD           02/46 Kushan DBM2

v

Paul B             459 AD           02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2

Game 4

Brian A           460 AD           02/83 Patrician DBM2

v

Tim M             1066 AD         03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2

Game 5

Bob M             1430 AD         04/80 Hussite DBMM2

v

Peter H            1435 AD         04/18 Lithuanian DBM2

1st Round
Player	Army	Score	Total	Position
Game 1
Richard Gravatt	02/09 Syracuse DBMM2	00	00	10
V [03/03/19]
Drew Jarman	01/43 Scythians DBMM2	32	32	01
Game 2
Steve Nutt	02/46 Kushan DBM2	02	02	08
V [03/02/19]
Peter Kemp	02/74 Palmyran DBM2	30	30	03
Game 3
John Davis	02/46 Kushan DBM2	25	25	04
V [17/02/19]
Paul Brady	02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2	07	07	07
Game 4
Brian Ash	02/83 Patrician DBM2	31	31	02
V [17/02/19]
Tim Myall	03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2	01	01	09
Game 5
Bob McDermott	04/80 Hussite DBMM2	08	08	06
V [20/01/19]
Peter Hockaday	04/18 Lithuanian DBM2	24	24	05

1st Round Positions
Player	Army	Score	Total	Position
Drew Jarman	01/43 Scythians DBMM2	32	32	01
Brian Ash	02/83 Patrician DBM2	31	31	02
Peter Kemp	02/74 Palmyran DBM2	30	30	03
John Davis	02/46 Kushan DBM2	25	25	04
Peter Hockaday	04/18 Lithuanian DBM2	24	24	05
Bob McDermott	04/80 Hussite DBMM2	08	08	06
Paul Brady	02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2	07	07	07
Steve Nutt	02/46 Kushan DBM2	02	02	08
Tim Myall	03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2	01	01	09
Richard Gravatt	02/09 Syracuse DBMM2	00	00	10

2nd Round [Completed 14/04/19]
Player	Army	Score	Total	Position
Game 1
Drew Jarman	01/43 Scythians DBMM2	32	64	01
V [14/04/19]
Brian Ash	02/83 Patrician DBM2	00	31	07
Game 2
Peter Kemp	02/74 Palmyran DBM2	06	36	04
V [14/04/19]
John Davis	02/46 Kushan DBM2	26	51	02
Game 3
Peter Hockaday	04/18 Lithuanian DBM2	27	51	02
V [17/03/19]
Paul Brady	02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2	05	12	08
Game 4
Bob McDermott	04/80 Hussite DBMM2	02	10	09
V [14/04/19]
Steve Nutt	02/46 Kushan DBM2	30	32	06
Game 5
Tim Myall	03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2	32	33	05
V [14/04/19]
Richard Gravatt	02/09 Syracuse DBMM2	00	00	10

Bob McD bumped down one place as he and Peter H had already played.

2nd Round Positions
Player	Army	Score	Total	Position
Drew Jarman	01/43 Scythians DBMM2	32	64	01
John Davis	02/46 Kushan DBM2	26	51	02
Peter Hockaday	04/18 Lithuanian DBM2	27	51	02
Peter Kemp	02/74 Palmyran DBM2	06	36	04
Tim Myall	03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2	32	33	05
Steve Nutt	02/46 Kushan DBM2	30	32	06
Paul Brady	02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2	05	12	07
Bob McDermott	04/80 Hussite DBMM2	02	10	08
Richard Gravatt	02/09 Syracuse DBMM2	00	00	09
Brian Ash	02/83 Patrician DBM2	00	31	WD

Brian withdrew from the tournament 15/04/19 which activated the BYE round process from the 3rd Round onwards.

3rd Round Draw
Player	Army	Score	Total	Position
Game 1
Drew Jarman	01/43 Scythians DBMM2	32	64	01
V [TBA]
John Davis	02/46 Kushan DBM2	26	51	02
Game 2
Peter Hockaday	04/18 Lithuanian DBM2	27	51	02
V [TBA]
Peter Kemp	02/74 Palmyran DBM2	06	36	04
Game 3
Tim Myall	03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2	32	33	05
V [TBA]
Steve Nutt	02/46 Kushan DBM2	30	32	06
Game 4
Paul Brady	02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2	05	12	07
V []
Bob McDermott	04/80 Hussite DBMM2	02	10	08
Game 5
Richard Gravatt	02/09 Syracuse DBMM2	32	32	TBC
V [23/04/19]
BYE	BYE	00	00	00

3rd Round Positions [*=3 games played]
Player	Army	Score	Total	Position
Drew Jarman	01/43 Scythians DBMM2	00	64	01
John Davis	02/46 Kushan DBM2	00	51	02
Peter Hockaday	04/18 Lithuanian DBM2	00	51	02
Peter Kemp	02/74 Palmyran DBM2	00	36	04
Tim Myall	03/52 West Frankish Norman DBMM2	00	33	05
Richard Gravatt	02/09 Syracuse DBMM2	32*	32*	06
Steve Nutt	02/46 Kushan DBM2	00	32	06
Paul Brady	02/69 Sassanid Persian DBMM2	00	12	08
Bob McDermott	04/80 Hussite DBMM2	00	10	09

Round Dates: [All meetings on a Sunday UNLESS noted]

Essex Warriors Dates for 2019

06-Jan-19 (AGM) – Past

1st Round [Completed]

2nd Round [Completed]

3rd Round [12 meetings]

27-Apr-19 SATURDAY Meeting 

12-May-19

26-May-19 [also 2^nd Dresden Practice Game]

Spring Bank Holiday Monday is on 27th May

Sat 1st June-Sun 2nd June 2019 Dresden Weekend game

02-Jun-09 [Playing Kevin Baker,Cowards Wargames Club,500 AP WoR Doubles Game]

09-Jun-19 [this meeting has been cancelled and moved to 2nd June]

23-Jun-19

30-Jun-19

 07-Jul-19

20-21-Jul-19 Attack Devizes [Entries close 29^th June 2019] 500 AP DBM Doubles

Hall booked by other users from 14th to 28th Jul inclusive

04-Aug-19

18-Aug-19

01-Sep-19

07-08-September 2019 – Iceni 500 AP DBM Open

15-Sep-19

29-Sep-19

In the event of the 3rd Round being completed before the allocated time any left over meetings will be added to the 4th Round schedule.

4th Round [6 meetings]

13-Oct-19

19th-20th-Oct-19 Vexillum [Frome] 500 AP DBM Doubles

Any army from 1071AD to 1500AD,  DBM 2nd ed or DBMM 1st ed or DBMM 2nd ed list books. For clarity, we will abide by whatever the DBM community has agreed to regarding changes to the DBMM 2nd ed lists.

26-Oct-19 SATURDAY Meeting [27^th now cancelled]

02-03-Nov-19 Caesaromagus 2019 [Writtle] 400 AP DBM Singles [Open]

10-Nov-19

17-Nov-19

Hall booked by other users on 24th Nov and 1st Dec

08-Dec-19

22-Dec-19