Well it’s officially the most depressing day of the year! It’s too far from New Year to remember and it’s too long until Easter to wait. As the Western World is grinding to a halt and the search for meaning in life continues unabated….
Some may seek the answer in fitness, yoga or assertiveness training. Here we offer a far simpler yet more holistic answer; artillery. It’s amazing how a few miniatures can help you block out the nasty world outside. Perhaps because it’s Scottish artillery that is making the difference. It takes a real man to set a torch to something that may in equal likelyhood blow himself up!
Perhaps it has to be massed artillery to really cheer the heart. Napoleon may have gained fame from clearing the Parisian streets but think of the skilled ginger gunners of these monsters. The ability to destroy an opponent from a long way away, does have its attractions. Would the modern politician be so keen on foreign wars if they were putting themselves at risk? I doubt it although auld King James’ fondness for gunnes was famously his undoing.
Some De Bellis Antiquitatis competition organisers used to ban artillery from tourneys. Just too good in relation to the other chaff. In most rulesets artillery is quite a rarity but in To the Strongest you can have two batteries in a Medieval Scots army and therefore dominate about a third of the table. It’s a little cheesy but the Scottish spear were never up to much against longbows, and as pikemen they were worse. So two batteries it is and if the Blues are still lingering then there is……
Highlanders! Not French accent time travellers but archers for God’s sake. I added a few ginger hair mops to get that authentic Shortbread feel. No, I ‘m joking of course. In order to dispel the blues I’ve painted yet more guns!
Nevermind “States-rites”, these badass boys are ready to force the good ol’ boys to head back to the South. So with dreams of easy victory, I bid you a happy Monday! Massed artillery; the ultimate mood changer….
Stay tuned for the full story of how buying more metal does actually count as ” finishing off projects” ( honest!)
Best wishes
Miguel
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