Hi all,

This is my first post on the new Forum... I'm new to posting pics, so please be patient :-) The pic is of my Normans I bought from Peter some time ago. I've used them a couple of times against a Viking army at our local club, using a simple set of rules I wrote (our club generally prefers simple/fast play rules as they give a result in the same day!).

Cheers for looking,

Rob

Love these.  The kite shields really make the stands pop out.

Hi again, thanks for the comments guys. I think I've got some Chocolate Brown I can do the edges with. That's a job for when I get a spare 5 :-)

My gaming buddy let me borrow his Viking army to take pics of (I painted it for him)...

I love the look of these armies of yours and Chris Jorgensen's Romans.  With the advent of L'Art de la Guerre apparent new ancients tournament set, I am seriously thinking of defying the 15mm convention and building 6mm Huns, Late Romans and Goths.  Chalons sur Marne in 6mm, HELL YES!

Those armies look great! Every time I look around this gallery section it makes me glad I went with 6mm for my DBA project. I love the tabletop look of 6mm armies.

Hi again,

I was at the Other Partizan a few week ago with some other members of my club. We saw the later crusader range "in the flesh" & decided that we wanted to give it a go. Unfortunately, none of us wanted to do the Saracens.... Baron wars was our next thought! I thought it would be a good idea to perhaps paint a few figures in my family colours. I'd found my family crest etc, so knew what colours I'd need. I mentioned this to the other members who all thought it would be a great idea to do it as an ImagiNation army....

So, we'd then progressed from Crusaders, to a sort of fantasy-esque Baron wars. I've painted a couple of packs of Knights for a friend - his colours are black & white (quartered)!!! Not the easiest paint job for 6mm, but it is what it is.... Anyway, pic is below - just got to add flags. I'll add more pics as the armies progress :-) Cheers, Rob

I think it's about time I updated this...

I've actually finished the army shown above, plus a second army. I am now on the third (all for friends - my own army is still WiP!)

Anyway, here's the mounted contingent for the Eaton Jr army ... remember it's an ImagiNation army, so colour scheme is taken from the guys family crest & flags as per his request :-)

Hope you like them :-)

Rob

Wow, amazing work on those shields and horse tabards! Very nice, colorful armies overall and the basing is just right, too. Your friends must be very happy. :)

Beautiful, crazy but beautiful!

Hi again.

Time for an update on the project me thinks...

We had our first game of the ImagiNation medieval project last week. I took my camera, but unfortunately only a handful were useable...

The armies of the Earl of Pembroke & his Cornish allies took on the mighty Eatons...

I managed to get a single shot of part of the Eaton battle line. Eaton Sr (Black/white) is in the foreground, Eaton Jr (Red/White) is in the distance.

The battle started with both sides in a crossbow duel, where the Earl of Pembroke eventually gained the upper hand. Pembroke unleashed his Knights (pictured below) in a wide outflanking maneuvre that broke through Eaton Sr's Norse allies.

Pembrokes foot (also shown above) pushed forward, then held the high ground, provoking Eatons Knights into launching a rash uphill attack...

Things didnt go well for the Eaton Knights... you could say it was a bit of an Eaton mess!

The knights were repulsed time & again as they attempted to take the high ground.

One of the funniest parts of the game was the challenges... In the command phase, Champions may challenge each other. The Eaton champion (a man of dubious morals) challenged one of Pembrokes champions to single combat. Eatons champion saw off this first champion with ease. Pembroke then issued a challenge from a nearby champion, hoping to even the odds, but he too was beaten back with sever injuries. As it turned out however, later in the battle, the Eaton champion had attached himself to one of his knight bases that was driven from the field. When we rolled for the outcome (on the Killed or Captured champion table), his "dubious" nature resulted in him feigning death, and escaping (unharmed) at the end of the battle... No doubt he would have many tales to tell of his er, heroic? deeds in the ale houses over the coming years.

In the end, the Earl of Pembroke was victorious.

I hope to get more & better photos next time we have a game of this, as we all really enjoyed the game & look forward to having another game really soon.

Cheers, Rob