The self-imposed moritorium on gaming has paid handsome dividends. “Undaunted” the boardgame arrived as an unexpected birthday present from our Norfolk chapter and things have just got better as the week continued….

Boardgames continue to inspire my changing miniatures collection. This latest game from Spain is what I had in mind for my new basing system/ lifestyle. The raw material for the bases are my 15mm Huns as a start. 80mm bases by 60mm deep are under construction. 

Above is the before……below are the new bases before sand and flocking. The ruins are the ubiquitous Alienlab, a little over scale but my intention is to go for drama!

Lurkio miniatures provided the still to be painted “noble” Huns. Just can’t get my head round calling these barbarians “noble!” The new Lurkio sculpts are single piece castings and I must admit I was doubtful about two part castings. Would they survive the deadly grasp of John “sausage fingers” Gallacher? Hopefully the three millimetre deep bases will avoid the need to pick up the miniatures.

The sculpts are full of character and the horses are some of the nicest I’ve seen. Mongol horses were actually notoriously ugly with large heads. These are pure Disney but all the better for that. Deepcut studios were a delight to work with over the mat for Commands and Colors. I ordered the “prairie” mat with the hex to fit the boardgame but without the flank markings. A very professional outfit to work with and hopefully the mat will be here in two weeks. The hexes are quite faint but that was intentional. Hopefully the rules will work without hexes but to start with the hexes should cut down on a lot of fine measurements and “ambitious” moves!

All last weekend was spent finishing off the ECW and Acw basing so this weekend should be show off time. Thanks so much with sticking with the blog. Having a hobby cannot be rated highly enough. It has kept me “nearly” sane through a mad month and it has even rubbed off on my youngest. Below is his battle game replete with oven baked playing pieces. I shall start baking him Macedonian companions next weekend!