I generally warn my students that they can trust me on syntax, lexis, pronunciation, idiom, punctuation, dialect, and register, but NOT on spelling.

QuoteBear in mind that spelling only standardised with mass printing - Billy Spearshake couldna spell.

He didn't have to since his words were designed to be performed.


(How I wish my English teachers had remembered this simple fact).

I taught a group of students Much Ado about Nothing using only films once. They loved the idea.

For Fred. From my latest game - Poles vs Bavarians. (I know, but I did because I could.) Terrain and initial placement are randomly determined.



 Overview of the Poles. Infantry on the left, the 14th Cuirassiers and some infantry in the centre and a lancer brigade on the right - on the wrong side of the river.   


Infantry in the centre, with the 14th Cuirassiers and a lancer regiment in support.


Other side of the windmill. 14th Cuirassiers in the background and a couple of artillery batteries. The general, Kaminiecki and his staff take position in front of the windmill. 


Polish right, two lancer regiments trying to get over the river



Bavarians - all the cavalry (4 regiments) on the right


The Bavarian centre is held by a brigade of light infantry. Their commander Wrede and his staff move off the road to let the artillery pass.


Left wing. Regular infantry and a couple of battalions of landwehr.


I mentioned the 14th Cuirassiers because they were the stars of the show. They (and the 3rd Lancers) cut across their infantry and straight into the Bavarian cavalry, destroying the two brigades in short order. 

The Bavarian Light infantry holding the centre went into square and their inertia seemed to infect the next in line National infantry who refused to advance from their hedged field, and the regular infantry were held in place by the other Polish cavalry brigade (2nd and 4th Lancers) who had finally made their way over the river on the Polish right.

Wrede, in command of the Bavarians, seeing no way forward conducted a controlled withdrawal, leaving the field to Kaminiecki and the Poles.

Lovely looking game there .

Cracking stuff! Thanks for sharing. Always great to see a game with loads of figures involved. Your units are of an impressive size!

      

Love the columns, limbers & caissons  

Quote from: paulr on 10 October 2022, 06:15:22 AM     

Love the columns, limbers & caissons  

+1

The large units are impressive, really look the part.

Can't cope at the moment - need to take stock.

Yesterday I based a unit of Imperial Roman auxiliaries, painted a battalion of Danish Napoleonic infantry, and prepped some British Cold War vehicles.

I'm waiting for the promised Israeli half tracks before I can finish that project, I bought some Hoplites because (?), and found some Roman Republicans that need a coat of paint.

So what did I do this morning? Worked out how to get a Napoleonic Swedish army.   

By my reckoning, I have 13 projects on the go at the moment. 

So, being resolute I am going to:

• Paint the horse, and finish basing Uncle Richard <<Project Finished>>
• Paint the 2nd (technically the 4th) battalion of the Danish Holstein regiment (75 figures), and the Brigadier
• Paint the Cold War British vehicles - 26
• Rig the HMS Charlotte <<Project Finished>>
• Finish painting the Imperial Romans - just a few to do <<Project Finished>>
• Paint the 2 battalions of the Danish Funen Regiments - 150 or so figures
• Paint the British Cold War infantry - 120 figures <<Project Finished>>
• Paint the 2 battalions of the Danish Schleswig Regiments^* - 150 or so figures, and the Brigadier
• Paint the Cold War Harriers *Project Finished*, A10 Warthogs and Su25s^*
• Paint the Danish General, staff, ADCs, markers and cassions - 50 figures(?)<<Project Finished>>
• Paint the M60s and M113 for the US Cold War forces^*  10 vehicles<<Project Finished (see below)>>
• Paint those two Napoleonic Polish battalions I "found" - 144 figures
  
• Finish painting the Republican Romans - 2 allied Legions - about 200 figures <<Project Finished>>
• Paint those other two Polish battalions - 144 figures <<Project Finished (again)>>
• Paint those Hoplites <<Project Finished>>

Meanwhile, in terms of purchasing I need to heavily invest in Soviet T34's, T62s, BTRs and BMPs to finish off the Egyptians and Cold War Soviet (about 40 vehicles),a nd the M3s when they arrive for the Israelis.   Also, realistically, I'm not going to resist those new buildings for long. Oh, and 'cos I've got some British Cold War artillery, I'll have to get some Soviet ... and that means I have to get American guns too. 

Then, and only then, may I start a new project.^** This will be one of (in current order of interest)

• Swedish Napoleonics (I can proxy) 
• Ottoman Napoleonics
• Spanish Napoleonics
• Romano- British
• WWI Russian, Austrians, Germans (Eastern front anyway)
• Minor Napoleonics (e.g. Italy, Saxony, Westphalia, Naples^***)
• French Napoleonics
• Portuguese Napoleonics
• Viet Nam or French Indo China
• Something else

Yes, I could just go period specific and for example, blitz the Danes, but that means painting nearly 400 red coats and blue trousers in one fell swoop. I prefer a bit of variety in my painting, and unfortunately painted all the Danish cavalry and artillery in between Romans.

This, Gentlemen, is a plan. The plan is of such a quality that requires an appropriate logo:


^*Assuming they arrive from Pendraken by the time I get here in the list
^**This does not include the possibility that Pendraken may release something that is more interesting - e.g. Ancient Indians, Amazons, SciFi.
^***Too many damned white uniforms!


Please note: *Project Finished* just means "balanced force that can be gamed with" and implies no cessation of increasing, improving or generally updating the force in question.

No plan survives contact with the enemy Pendraken release schedule!

On fire tonight Ithoriel! 

No plan survives my butterfly mind and poor bookkeeping

• Paint the horse, and finish basing Uncle Richard <<Project Finished>> In progress! 
• Paint the 2nd (technically the 4th) battalion of the Danish Holstein regiment (75 figures), and the Brigadier Need my order to arrive, but I can do #8 
• Paint the Cold War British vehicles - 26
• Rig the HMS Charlotte <<Project Finished>>
• Finish painting the Imperial Romans - just a few to do <<Project Finished>>  Done
• Paint the 2 battalions of the Danish Funen Regiments - 150 or so figures
• Paint the British Cold War infantry - 120 figures <<Project Finished>>
• Paint the 2 battalions of the Danish Schleswig Regiments - 150 or so figures, and the Brigadier
• Paint the Cold War Harriers *Project Finished*, A10 Warthogs and Su25s
• Paint the Danish General, staff, ADCs, markers and cassions - 50 figures(?)<<Project Finished>>
• Paint the M60s and M113 for the US Cold War forces  10 vehicles<<Project Finished (see below)>>
• Paint those two Napoleonic Polish battalions I "found" - 144 figures
  
• Finish painting the Republican Romans - 2 allied Legions - about 200 figures <<Project Finished>> Yeah, well they came to hand so I've prepped a legion
• Paint those other two Polish battalions - 144 figures <<Project Finished (again)>>
• Paint those Hoplites <<Project Finished>>

This plan lasted 3 hours 28 minutes. Better than normal. 

Only 13 !!, I wish for such ease and order.

My current Projects

• 28mm Prussians for In Her majesties Name ( 1 gun 12 figures left)
• Finish painting 20mm French Platoon for Chain of Command (20 left)
• Assemble and paint French vehicles for above (10 vehicles/tanks)
• Paint 20mm Radar station
• Paint 20mm MDF Girder bridge
• Paint 20mm Canalboat
• Paint additional 10mm Wars of the roses to complete units for To the strongest (90 figs)
• Paint 60 Early Iperial roman archers to replace rubish ones from another manufacturer. (Yes I know)
• Paint the Latex streams to go with Timecast rivers (6 feet)
• Finish camps for To the Strongest (3)
• Finish 10mm French Foreign Legion
• Finish 10mm WSS (200 figs)
• Pant Spanish peninsular Village for above.
• Rebase 1200 10mm ACW for Fire and fury.
• 15mm Biblical (8 chariots 100 infantry)

And this is before the other projects that I have yet to start that are in the "next on the list pile"
10mm
WW2 Japanese
WW2 BEF
WW2 Russian
10mm Fallshirmjager
Macedonians(500 figs)
Parthians (500 Figs)


20mm
Falshirmjager Platoon
3 SDKFZ 232
3 Half Tracks
4 Bunkers for Normandy

You then go onto the Lead Mountain

1:3000
pre dreadnaught Russian and Japanese fleets (40 ships approx)

10mm
1000 ACW


6mm
FWC Space Marines

15mm
500 Italian wars
400 Waterloo Napoleonic (French and British) All Battle honors miniatures purchased before 1990

28mm
100 Men Of Gondor
50 Orcs
Box of plastic Fuzzy wuzzies
20 plastic Sudan Brits
80 Arabs


As you don't die till you have painted your last miniature I am on course to live to 183!

Ah! Good to know I'm not the only one.

I don't like having so much on the go. I prefer only one or two projects running concurrently at the painting phase, with one other in the purchasing phase. 

When I signed the Pledge that the Dark Lord was the Way, and that 10mm was the One True Scale, I ditched all other scales (barring 1:600 aircraft and 1:3000 ships) which does allow me a consistency with scenery. My one regret is that it does limit one somewhat in the realm of skirmish games.

Recently Pendraken have tempted me to stray by releasing so many new loveliness. I need to next few releases to be Meso-Americans, League of Ausberg or AWI, so I can look and say "that's nice, but not my period".

QuoteAs you don't die till you have painted your last miniature I am on course to live to 183!

My spreadsheet tracks my purchases and paintings and dynamically calculates the point at which my lead mountain will be exhausted.

At the moment 5th May 2025. I hoping to extend this somewhat, because it's a bit too close to my daughter's birthday.