Imperial reinforcements

What with the hot weather, vacations and family illness the painting mojo has been low of late, but I've finished the last of the Imperialist troops that reside in the pile of potential.

All are Forest Dragon 3D prints from MGS.

They are all based for our mini-Midgard games on an 80mm frontage, 40mm depth for foot and 60mm depth for mounted.

Griffonknechts

The first of a pair of units of Griffonknechts, elite men at arms mounted on mythical beats.

Griffonknechts

Griffonknechts

Griffonknechts

The second unit of Griffonknects, my units of Gendarmes have a consistent scheme, with the, Griffonknects each has a unique colour scheme representing the best of the Gendarmes sent to fight with the elites.

Griffonknechts

Griffonknechts

Halberdiers

A third unit of Halberdiers joins the contingent, stout hard hitting chaps. The chap at the front right of the unit hit so hard he broke his halberd clean in half - the pitfalls of 3D prints, buggered if I know where it went!

Halberdiers

Halberdiers

Swordsmen

Just when I thought I had all the troops I would need for the Imperialists I noticed that they did infantry with swords and shields, so having to have at least one of everything I bought a couple of units to add to the halberdiers, spearmen and Tercios I already had - when will it end!

Swordsmen

Swordsmen

Swordsmen

Swordsmen

Swordsmen

Lastly, after painting the Tercios I had enough skirmishers left over for another couple of units of Forlorn Hope.

Forlorn Hope

Forlorn Hope

Forlorn Hope

Forlorn Hope

Forlorn Hope

Forlorn Hope

With a fresh coat of varnish, these stout chaps get their first game today against the Undead. 

Doomed they are!

Imperialist Tercios and Gendarmes

I've already got more than enough Imperialists for a very large game of Midgard, but I decided that I really wanted to field some Tercios.

First Tercio

First Tercio

So, I purchased a few packs of unshielded spearmen, I figured that for resin prints, if I used pikemen then it would just end in broken resin and tears! I then added a pack each of hand gunners and crossbowmen and finally some skirmishers with swords and pistols. Enough to build three large units of fifty figures* each.

First Tercio

Second Tercio

* I would say men, but these exquisite Forest Dragon figures show what a equal opportunities employer the Imperialists are. Some with missing eyes, some with a wooden leg, some with only one arm, some of them are women!

Second Tercio

Second Tercio

Each tercio has a core of 30 spearmen in five ranks of six, then two crossbow detachments of four each on the rear corners, two detachments of four hand gunners on the front corners, then a screen of four skirmishers out in front.

Third Tercio

Third Tercio

For Midgard purposes, in their first game I counted them as Warriors (Heavy Infantry with Missiles - Bow) then added the Big and Steadfast traits.

Third Tercio

 There were enough figures left over to do a couple of characters.

Master of Crossbows

Heroes with swords and pistols

To complete this post, I had a palette cleanser of a fourth unit of Gendarmes to add to the force. This clumsy oaf did break off a couple of plumes though.

Gendarmes

Gendarmes

Gendarmes

Already working on more Imperialists and hope to have a bumper update when we get back from vacation in a couple of weeks.

Sold: Burma 1945 collection

Burma 1945 collection: £1250.00

Sold 

Since we moved back to the UK and downsized, I want to move on some of the stuff that I'm just not playing with anymore.

I had a blast researching and painting this collection, but being honest with myself I've used these troops and terrain once in the past ten years so they can go to someone who can give them the use they deserve.

So, what do you get for £1250.00:

• Over 200 infantry, enough for two platoons of 14th Army British, one Platoon of 14th Army Gurkhas and two Platoons of Japanese plus plenty of support options. All magnetized and supplied in three magnetic receptive 4L Really useful boxes.
• Three armoured vehicle: A Sherman V of Probyns horse, a Universal Carrier and a Chi-Ha
• Four scratch built buildings, a pair of log bunkers and about 24" of entrenchments.
• Terrain pieces, a well, a Burmese toilet and some objective markers plus a 9L Really Useful box of jungle terrain (some of which you can see in the photos).

Most of the figures are from The Assault Group, but there are a few from Warlord Games, Artizan Designs and Too Fat Lardies.

Posted in the UK for £20.00, or collect from Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.

Some more images:

I'd suggest reading Quartered Safe Out Here by George McDonald Fraser, it was my inspiration for this project!

If you search the Battle of Meiktila on the Scrivsland blog, you'll find many of the painting and gaming articles I wrote when creating this force.