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Figured I'd post what I have of my Pike and Shotte guys so far. This took me about 9 months and I've still got a few more to do, had to take a break from it for a while as life happens.

Only been able to do about six games of it over the last two years but I've had fun with it. I'm hoping to broaden my historical wargaming horizons, seeing what other cool games are out there and give those a try.

I'm new to wargaming, so I have just two questions:

1. Can I just paint the miniatures in one colors, for I'm not good at painting?

2. What other types of things should I purchase such as units? I'm in middle school, so I'm on a budget of around $100 half a year.

Please give tips.

To big to be a player plane safely but may use an a one off objective for a mission.

The Hand on the last picture is way to big but funny.

Still a lot to do for Waterloo...

8th Brigade done:

Kempt riding a Horse

1/79th "Cameron Highlanders"

1/28th

1/32nd

1/95th Rifles

3rd (Light) Brigade:

3/95th Rifles in Skirmish Order

and the Nassau Volunteer Jäger Company, because I wanted to paint some green/yellow uniforms. :)

And the 2nd Dragoons "Scots Greys" from the 2nd Union Brigade as well as

Whinyates 2nd Rockets with his 6-pdrs (Horese Artillery).

I will later add a base to 1/28th and 1/95th. I thought about doing 1 Base for every 100 men, but this makes tabletop harder to play, so I make 5 bases for normal size, 3 for small and 7 for big battalions.

For Cavalry I thought about doing the same and for Artillery half the number of Cannons.

So I will remove one Base from the Scots Greys, when playing (2 bases small, 3 bases normal, 4 bases big cavalry unit).

Maybe I'll make a diorama like this with correct prercentage of troops one day...

A little while back I shared an idea of using cheap blocks to get my friends into wargaming without needing them to invest time and money into building an army, which has helped, but I decided to take things a step further.

Being a draftsman I have been designing some top down views of generic tricorne and shako wearing soldiers in CAD during my lunch breaks. Once cut out and glued to some MDF bases for a little heft they feel and look pretty decent.

I'm not very artistically inclined though, so I was wondering what you all thought and if you had any suggestions for improving them? I might post them for download one day when I'm satisfied with them. I know others already exist, but I like my little projects.

Yea I know this foam is trash for terrain but it was free so can’t complain. Still a rookie at this be I’m sure my players will enjoy.

A video of me starting from scratch and trying to build an Ark before the next flood event arrives! (the timer) Building an Ark in the Dark Days is the Defensive way to win in Sword and Stones, and starts the Victory Timer!

In S&S you are the ruler of a small group of survivors after a great flood wiped all civilisation from the map . You must lead your people and build a mighty kingdom worth defending! Solo- co-op modes, full on competitive pvp 2+ multiplayer games with (mostly) simultaneous play.

For this solo play through using only the starter set i chose the 'Before the Flood game mode on Easy. Despite 3 werm attacks and serious disease spread, i managed to build nearly every building the Dark Days, including the Ark and an small army to defend it with!

Oh and found two mystery crates -Lucky Ring and a Flying Carpet :D

This video condenses 1.5 hours of gameplay into 1.5 mins! The Ark foundation was placed on turn 33! So each turn takes less than 5 mins each. Dont be scared of the turn number, its not warhammer lol.

The S&S; The Dark Days Starter Pack is Live for pre-order 26 August 26, only on Gamefound!

Follow now to secure an exclusive scout mini, the first ever release, and be part of the first ever S&S pioneers!

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/swordandstonestudios/swords-and-stones

So my wife and I have begun play-testing my new mini/setting agnostic skirmish war game WARSHARD. I have used both terrain I have scratch built as well as 3d printed terrain. We have played 2 games so far and have been extremely pleased with the results. Our play-testing will be extensive as there are multiple ways to play the game. I have some pics attached and am thinking about possibly doing a battle report for the game. There will be additional changes and corrections as the testing continues but I seem to have been able to recreate a really solid game. If you guys would be interested in a battle report let me know in the comments.

Just a little sneak peek of the next battle report I'm about to do. Will film the next battle/chapter of the story soon! It has Rebels, Battle Droids and Orks. The previous story was Galactic Empire vs. Black Templars.

I find this box with 128 figs for only 60 bucks, witch means something like 45 cents a piece,plus a rule book plus 12 dice

I couldn't resist !

I have just a question.... Does any one play this game ?

Last night's game of a Chain of Command, from Jasper's scenario in the latest WSS Magazine where British paratroops hold the Oosterbeek Perimeter against strong German attacks supported by a King Tiger!

#spreaddthelard #wargaming #chainofcommand

Another batch of Death Spiral aircraft fresh out of the resin wash and coming off the build plates.
It’s pretty satisfying watching these go from digital models to actual 1/144 game pieces. These will be cleaned up, cured, and then it’s off to the paint table.
The Death Spiral air forces keep growing.