Pyrrhrus' Army

More pictures of Nathan and Andrew's Pyrrhus versus Rome game. The new army list for the Epirote army written by Jeff Jonas and hopefully available next year are varied and a great army can be created that can give those hated Romans a run for their money. The new Roman lists in the Hannibal Supplement have gotten some criticism by some gamers (usually competition gamers), but I believe they force people to play the army the way it really fought (and I don't play competitions).

Old Glory Army and Ottomans

The Ottomans are here is the cry. Yes after joining the Old Glory Army a few weeks ago for 50 dollars US I now have 2 of the really nice pirate captains and 6 packs of Ottoman infantry that cost me less than 200 Australian dollars to my door. I joined the 'Army' through Merrimack Miniatures and have since recieved excellent service and my membership has already been payed for by the first discount. Old Glory usually costs 60-70 Australian dollars a pack, and I have waited 5 months for a pack of Cossacks from the Australian distributor who was not that keen to help me obtain them any quicker (their loss I say). I now have enough infantry to start painting my Ottoman army, the heavy cavalry are Redoubt Miniatures on Elite horses and the light cavalry are a mix of Old Glory and the Tartars already painted from Essex Miniatures. I now only have to buy 2 heavy wagons with light cannon from Redoubt and a pack of Old Glory Ottoman command. Robert's Poles won't know what hit him, I just have to get him using them again or he can sell them to me as I did paint them (you hear that Robert). Cheers Scott

Republican Romans

Some nice views of Andrew's nice Roman army, the velites on the round bases are Elite Miniatures as are the 3 units of Roman heavy infantry in the bottom photo.

Macedonian versus Republican Roman

Nathan and Andrew Parr played a Macedonian versus Roman game a few weeks ago. The Roman army was made up of Old Glory and Elite Miniature figures, most of whom were painted by Leroy Simpson.

Clash

The clash of the two phalanxes but the Macedonian cavalry have managed to get around the flank of the Spartan line.

Phalanxes

Two more nice views of Macedonian and Spartan phalanxes eying each other before engaging in combat. I will post more of these great shots of Nathan and Eddy's game later this week as well as a nice Macedonian versus Republican Roman game.

Spartan Phalanx and Macedonian cavalry

Spartan Phalanx about to come to grips with a large Macedonian Phalanx. The Spartans are 1st Corps miniatures and I really like the way that Eddie has painted the inside of the Hoplite shileds in a nice red, surviving fabric from inside shields found by archeologists support the use of this vibrant colour. The Macedonian cavalry are Tin Soldier figures and are led by a Foundry officer.

Castaway Arts Thracians

Two close up views of Gerry Webb designed Thracians fighting Black Tree Design mercenary Hoplites. Gerry is thinking of expanding the Thracian range and with the upcoming Successor WAB supplement this would be a very welcome addition. Early Thracian figures abound but there is a real need for Hellenistic period Thracians such as those displayed in the tombs recently discovered in the old Thracian areas. See Slingshot a few years ago for Duncan Head's nice and informative article on one of the latest tombs.

WAB Successor: Macedonians versus Spartans

This Spartan versus Macedonian game was played by my good friend Nathan Vinson of Elite Miniatures Australia http://www.eliteminiaturesaustralia.com.au/ and his army collegue Eddie who bith had a great game using the test WAB Successor Supplement a few weeks ago. The Spartan army is made up of 1st Corps Miniatures and Black Tree designs, which both paint up very nicely. The Macedonians are A&A Miniatures and 1st Corps with a unit of Tin Soldier heavy cavalry and nice Thracians by Gerry Webb at Castaway Arts.

WECW Changes

I haven't posted for awhile, I have loads of stuff waiting to be photgraphed but haven't had the time, will get there in the next few weeks. I am in the process of reformating the lists and the rules and I have made a few changes to enable them to play smoothly, so I hope to have these posted in a few months. Some of the rule changes includes dropping the -1 for fighting against light lance and my gaming partner Russel has come up with some great ideas to help sort out some of the grey areas in the pike and shot formations. The two photos above are of some really nice models from Redoubt miniatures that I use in my cavalry regiments as characters, especially religous leaders (I love the Bishop in cuirrassier armour). The Deluge period would not be complete without religon, Islamic Ottomans, Orthodox Cossacks and Muscovites, Protestant Swedes and Prussians and Catholic Poles. I have used the rules from the El Cid WAB supplement and adapted them to give a period feel. Until next time, Cheers Scott