The final Wars of the Roses units done.

So as we finally drag ourselves out of lockdown I thought I should complete and I mean that's it, my Wars of the Roses army. I picked up some decently priced old Citadel WOR figures which are still good quality figures and set to.

I 'needed' these extra figures because Pete of Pete's flags had released a new Yorkist set of standards that I had to buy. Most wargamers understand these two words, 'want' and 'need.' They are important words often used in the wargamers world, when in reality we dont really need them, its just we have to feed the addiction. 

These chaps belong to the ward of John de Pole and are in my favourite livery colours.

 So hopefully as the weeks progress we will finally end up playing regular wargames and attending wargame shows. I appreciate there is the fear of the consequences of the Indian variant, but looking on the brightside I'm expecting things to slowly relax back into something like normality.

 

Yes I am still here!!!

Well here we are, a new [ish] month and finally a new post. It finally occurred to me that I was simply posting for postings sake during lockdown and since I didnt have much to report since my last post I should simply wait until I had something to say, albeit not much.

I thought that the months leading up to the end of any sort of lockdown would be very slow moving and I must admit I am right. Waiting to resume some sort of life has moved at a snails pace, not helped by the unseasonable crap weather which doesnt encourage much physical activity. Well thats my excuse. I have found things difficult. 

Anyway I have done a little bit of painting to keep my hand in whilst I ponder, what next? Im still pottering around with various units of Wars of the Roses figures even though I definitely have enough for a Never Mind the Billhooks game. These archers are from Claymore Castings and represent a levy archer unit. Yes they are figures from their Scots War range but they are beautiful figures and look quite leviish? to me. Wargamers are so lucky honestly. Yes I know we all go on about it but we truly are.

 Having done a bit of reading about the world of 3d printing, I can see another shift in the wargaming firmament happening over the next couple of years as prices drop and the technology improves. Already there are some amazing items being created which can be obtained pretty easily but expensively. But how long before we put in an order for a unit of infantry and watch as they are printed an hour later. Im not certain if it will be a good thing for the many figure producers but I can definitely see changes occurring. In the 1930's to possess round figures was looked down upon by true collectors who owned beautiful collections of flats. At the moment plastic is sneered at to a certain extent, but with 3D, that will probably blow some peoples minds. Still it might help our numbers.    

The vast majority of wargamers are generous souls and Iain Macmillan very kindly sent me some Old School figures to paint. These Celts are Willie, and are quality figures with a lot of character and life. I've added plastic shields and accoutrements. They will hopefully lead some warbands.

The two chaps heading this page are Marcus Hinton figures and are full of life. They were a pleasure to paint and will stand about my table shouting advice to the poor units fighting

I felt incredibly old the other night as I watched Gogglebox and saw two of the participants? laughing at Dominic Cummings possessing a blog? Its seems its a dying facility and ignored by the young ie. under 40 years old. Here was I thinking I was cutting edge and down with the bloody kids,[not]

To be very honest I really dont care because writing a blog and sharing our thoughts, information etc with each other is a great comfort and has proved invaluable and anyway being of a certain age being invisible to the young is inevitable. So sod them.