Why Credit Cards & Alcohol are a Bad Combination

It seems that while drink had been taken, I jumped online the other night...  and ordered 24 figs from Foundry, a die-cast M1A1 tank, and an Essex Later Polish Army pack...  oh well, I can add them to the Gripping Beast SAGA rules and the Brigade Models SAC Frontier Patrol Group that arrived this week...  Must learn self control, must learn self control...

There is only One!

Well, somehow yesterday despite drink being taken, Thomo and I got to play the Rajput vs Teutons game - we finished the DBA Cancon Championships last year with me unbeaten, but we didn't actually play each other. Ever since he has been teasing me that as I hadn't beaten him, it didn't count.

Finally last night, the might of the Teutons faced the Rajputs...  unfortunately, no pictures, and somehow the goose-steppers prevailed. So there is only one. I understand a slightly used Rajput army may be up for sale shortly...

And in other news, it seems Thomo managed to take pictures, and remember what happened...  note that his account may contain traces of bias.... 

There Can only be One

Thomo is due to come over this weekend, I hope he brings his Rajputs, and we can finally play the DBA final we should have had at Cancon... 

DBA Redux

David Lawrence has been a fantastic asset to players of DBA in Canberra and the surrounds. He runs a number of competitions which are always well attended, and has been running Landwaster since 2002. So David being a proactive organiser, started harassing me about what army I will use on Nov 20.

I have cast around, have lots of options - but decided it was a good chance to force myself to finish painting the Ayyubids:

Ayyubid Egyptian, IV/20

1x 3Cv (Gen), 5x 3Cv, 2x 2LH, 1x 3Ax or 3Wb or 7Hd, 2x 4Bw or 2Ps, 1x 2LH or 2Ps 

Not a very competitive army, but should look pretty. The Mirliton minis are nice.


Quick - to the painting cave...

More Vikings

I am actually very impressed with the Gripping Beast plastics. A quick black undercoat and these guys look really good. I am actually looking forward to slapping some paint on them.

A Viking we Will Go

Ok, so I found the GB Hirdmen. Very pleasantly surprised at how smoothly they go together. I did one sprue, and I reckon they look the business. They should paint up very easily. I am thinking nice washed out colours with some decorative borders. Lots of ink on hair/beards. Ultimately, they will be going on 30 mm round bases. And there another 34 in the pack  Good value.

 

SAGA and 54mm Aussies

So I was down the club very briefly last night, unfortunately, I was feeling way too sick to play, but Jason handed me a bag of 15 Airfix WWII Aussies.  Cheers Jason. I remember these well. Nice figures and it will be the first time I have painted figs this size in 30+ years.

Andrew also handed over the Achamaenid Persians he had for me, a mix of Black Hat and Chariot figures. They will go very nicely with my existing Chariot DBA Army. I just need to remember how I did the basing.....

Speaking to Andrew, he was playing some Polemos Napoleonics, using 6mm figures. I really need to finish mine.  And I got talking about SAGA from Gripping Beast. Now as it happens, somewhere, I have a box of Gripping Beast plastic Hirdmen.

Don't you love it when a plan comes together?