Italian Wars with Neil Thomas rules

Well after 20 years, of off and on planning and painting, my Italian Wars figs finally hit the table! I will not even mention how many times I've rebased some of the figs. Okay the Swiss have been rebased 4 times without ever seeing the table. But last year, Stelios introduced us to the Neil Thomas rules and suddenly it all clicked. So for a few months now I've been rebasing all my Italian Wars figs. And today we played! About 12 units per side. French vs Spanish with Italians, Swiss and Landsknecht all present. Played 2 games in about 4hours. Great fun! With no arguments over the rules!

Italians

 

Spanish

 

French line

Spanish and Allies

Spanish

 

Swiss

 

 Figs from Redoubt, Grenadier, Foundry, and Ral Partha

Finally the Samurai and Cavalry

Well, after a bit of a hiatus, the first of the Wargames Factory Samurai and Samurai Cavalry are done. The Samurai box is a bit of a pain. Attach legs together and then to torso and then arms and then head and weapons. The Cavalry box was a delight! Lower torso to upper then arms/w weapon attached! The rider fits on the horse perfectly! I hope to buy some extra rider weapon sprues to use with the other boxes. Major drawback of the cav box was that the horse hoofs had to be attached to the base. I added a pin to brace the horses that only had 2 hoofs touching the ground. But it was an easy fix and easily covered up.

Lepanto 1/1200

Yesterday was the club's second game of Lepanto using the Laterna rules. Almost 80 ships in all. Once more it was a big win for the Holy League. We're going to tweak the rules a bit as we build for the third game in May. Should have about 130 ships by then. Bob, started all this with his purchase of exquisite Langton ships, was considering 1:1 as our final goal in ship numbers, but we decided on a 1:3 ratio.

Navwar galiots

The Langton galleys just stand out!

15mm Fantasy Terrain

Rick and I gotthe bug for a bit of 15mm Fantasy last year. After a little searching we tried out a bit of Warmaster, and it fit well. First game was New Year Eve and there's been a game almost every week since. First club intro game also went well.  Warmaster seems to easily handle multiple players and I love big games. I hope that in a few months that we'll be able to play on the big 12x6 table at Treefort games. So of course I have to build terrain!
First 2 pieces the Shrine and the Village.

The Shrine, made to fit on a table corner.

Tree bases are removable

Elves enter the area

15mm Elves from Black Raven Forge

The Village

All the buildings can me moved

Holy Building

Houston's French, Gunners and Republicans

Here are the last pictures of the old Houston's Lyzard Grin Maximilian Range. Only 2 figures that I did not have from the catalog is the French Zouave and the Mounted Contra-Guerrilla.

M/A 21a Artillery in Kepi

M/A 21b Artillery in Kepi

M/A 21c Artillery in Kepi

M/A 21d Artillery in Kepi

MF 1 French at Port

MF 2 French advancing

MI 14 Mexican Republic

More Republican Forces

MR-12 Mexican Republic

MR-13 Mexican Republic high port

MR-15 Mexican Republic rifle at side

MR-17 Mexican Republic firing

More Mexican Troops

Here are some more photos from the old Houston's Maximilian in Mexico range. Found an old catalog so I have the correct codes.

MIC-2 Mexican Imperial Cav in Kepi

MIC-3 Mexican Republic Cav in Kepi

MR-16 Mexican Republic

MIC-5 Mexican Republic Cav Rurale

MO-18a Mexican Officer Brim hat

MO-20a Mexican Officer Kepi

MO-20b Mexican Officer Kepi