Medieval Cottage

This is Perry Miniatures Medieval Cottage in hard plastic. A really nice set and quite simple to assemble. I mounted it on a 8x8" square board and fitted the fencing induced, around it. The texture on the ground is just filler stippled on with an old brush. I just finished painting it today, when I look at the pictures a can see a few blotches that might need some tidying up.
This will make a nice little addition to our terrain collection :)

Quick and small Sunday night battle.

We had an small outing this Sunday night. We had no scenario planned. I set up the terrain in advance and I wanted to use my new Warlord games Ruined Hamlet buildings. This is a really nice kit, for some reason I got a urge to break out my Band of Brothers DVD's and get into 28mm WW2 skirmish gaming :P

A friend at the club just bought some cobblestone roads from the "Battlefield in a box" series for Flames of War. If you need cobblestone roads look no further, usable for 15mm to 28mm miniatures. Looks great and made in a damn near indestructible material.

So this became an "attack the British holding the town scenario". We played on a small 4x6' board, I with three brigades and my opponent with only two. With so small forces a failed break test can really make or break the game. Which is just what happened, I rolled a few good break/morale tests initially then Erik rolled one really bad which sent his cavalry brigade off the table in mass panic. He surrendered that turn.
We came to the conclusion that we should really play on bigger tables, that we want to play with all of our toys just for once, and in that case we need more players.
So our ambition is to set up a game with our entire collection on a 6x12' or even 6x16' tale with at least two players aside.

Breakthrough battle, British attacking French 1815

Time had finally come for Erik to dust off his British minis. They have since last time been reinforced by some hussars and highlanders, these aren't painted so if you find that disturbing look away ;) We just wanted to put lots of minis on the table.
I had prepared a scenario for us. The British was on the attack trying to drive off an French infantry brigade and reach and take a village before French generals realized their weak spot and reinforced their position. British forces was nine battalions of infantry in three brigades, two batteries of guns and two regiments of hussars. The French forces was divided into four brigades. One deployed at the start of the game, three battalions. A cavalry brigade arriving in turn 3, two regiments of light cavalry with horse guns. In turn 6 a infantry brigade, three battalions and a battery of 6 pdr guns. In turn 9 the last brigade of three infantry battalions. We didn't count points, which we should had. Halfway into the battle we were curious and calculated that my French force in total was a good bit too strong. I think it would be a better balanced scenario if forces were equally strong or there about.

The village in my left corner.

 Advancing British in columns of divisions(?)

 A single French brigade starts the game deployed midway up the table.

Marching rapidly on the village.

 Cavalry reenforcement arriving in the distance. Infantry in open order.

 French cavalry moves in to pin the unopposed British brigade.

 Brigade deploys along the hedgerow.

 Hussars on the move.

 On the other flank skirmishing has erupted.

 More French infantry arriving.

 Horse battery deploys, reinforcements marching through the village.

 British close and drive off French infantry in open order.

 Advance halts and a line of battle starts to form.

 In the distance last French reenforcement arrive. Hussars charge!

 And are promptly shot to pieces, routs of the table. Guns held and stayed on the field.

 More meleé. British is pushing back and taking ground steadily.

 British hussars are decimated by French canons.

 At this point French brigades starts to crumble.

We played a whopping 22 turns, taking Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. In the end two of my brigades had broke and a third hanging by a thread, so great job by Erik. Village not being held by any but I admit myself defeated.