Happy new year 2012.

I am thinking, in my plans for the next year... is complicated, because this year, that to night ends, I was playing very nice battles, and finished a lot of interesting projects.

The first is, what big WAB battle we play this year. I 2010 we played Magnesia, in 2011 Qadesh, and now, I want play a medieval battle or dark ages battle. I want play Standford bridge and Hastings, but no one of my partners in WAB have enought miniatures to play those battles. My first project is finish my 1/72 norman army for hastings, and start and complete a saxon and a viking armies.

The second, is finish the painting of my US 81mm mortar, and add new platoons to my VC and US armies.

And finally, add new platoons to my WWI armies. German, British, French, and Turkish. And of course...paint.

May be this new year, I begin another interesting projects, for example, new armies for modern war, gladiators... I don´t know!!!!

Happy new year!!! and play many battles, win, and, if you play with me, I always win!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

For king & country.

Is not usually, for us, play WWI cavalry battles, and of course, not in the western front.

Our last game, was a battle in Belgium, where the germans, must defend a town, and the british, covered by an snow storm must flank the town with cavalry, and attack the germans to the rear.

This was the plan.

The german forces were five platoons with two heavy MGs, and they must defend the town. The british were two cavalry squads, two armoured cars, and a 18 pdr gun.

The cars covered by the snow, and covering the gun marching by the road, and the cavalry squads, each one to the left and to the right, to flank the germans.

The cars were too slow, and the cavalry passed the cars in second turn.

The right squad were stopped by the german MGs fire, but the left squad charged to a german platoon. The platoon were destroy, but the cavalry must retreat.

The rest of the battle were the british cavalry trying to move, the armoured cars firing but do it nothing, and the gun suffered a lot of german fire, and after one turn they retreat after fire one tiem.

The battlefield.

British advance.

German forces defending the town.

German view.

Last british charge.

I think is a very funny scenary, but small, if you want a flank move by the cavalry, also, in our game, the germans were lucky, because the MGs places were right to stop the right cavalry squads. In twelve turns, I think, right squads fired, I don´t know, but, may be one or two times!!!!

Miniatures from the collections of Benito Vera and Dario Garcia.

Vietcong rpg 2 team.

Our last set of rules, are the too fat lardies rules for vietnam period.

My first blister for this game is a blister form the assault group miniatures, an type 56 Vc team.

I think the miniatures are nice, and very easy to paint.

Vc type 56 1

Vc type 56 2

Vc type 56 3

Vc type 56 4

The type 56 is the chinese version of rpg 2 grenade launcher from Ussr. Was the most popular grenade launcher in Vc guerrilla, and also was a big problem for the US tanks and helicopters. To the end of the war, the type 56 was changed for the well know and popular, rpg 7.

British MG team.

The last add to my WWI british army is a heavy machine gun team.

The team is firing in an open field, may be during an advance of he british army to the german trenches or to an empty town.

British artillery.

Catapult.

The new artillery sets for my british army are ready.

Are two sets from Great War miniatures, a catpult and a mortar team.

The miniatures are fantastic, and I tried to paint as well as possible, and I think are very nice.

The most difficult was simulate the trench, when I was making the base for the sets.

I made those bases with some wooden sticks -Ice cream sticks- sand and glue. I think, also, is a good work.

What do you think?

Mortar.

Hache forest assault.

The battlefield. German View.

To try a new set of rules for WWI, too fat lardies, If the lord spares us, we played an small assault during Arras battle.

The germans must defend, at least, their second line of trenches, and the british must assault and conquer the german second line of trenches.

To do this, the british had 10 turns.

The battlefield. British view.

British assault were too slow in the first turns, and this was the bigger problem for them during the battle. Also, the germans were very lucky with the dices, destroying a british unit in the first turn.

German defending their trenches,

Finally, the british, pressing the german, force them to retreat to the second line, but is too late. One small british unit tried to assault the german second line, but was a disaster for them, all the unit were destroyed by the germans.

British assaulting.

A very funny and quick battle, for a set of rules very interesting, fun as can be the lardies.

German retreat.

Miniatures from the collections of Benito Vera and Dario Garcia.

Roma Vs Carthago.

We were playing last morning an small battle between Romans and Carthginians.

As is usual, we played with WAB 2.0 rules and the book Hannibal and the punic wars.

The two small armies were formed by four groups of skirmishers, two cavalry units, and a core of republican legion for the romans, and african infantry for the carthaginians, supported for a big gaul warband and an elephant. After the first movements turns, the carthaginians flanked the romans with cavalry, gauls, and skirmishers. One roman cavalry unit was routed, and the other charged by the elephant. The hastati turn to face the cavlary units behind them, and the skirmishers were running out the battlefield. Carthaginian maniouvres were perfect, and the trap closed over the romans.

But gods of war were in Rome this morning. The elephant was wounded by the roman cavalry, and disbanded, attacking all troops in the battlefield. Carthaginians skirmisers ran out the elephant, also the cavlary, and finally, the gauls were far from african infantry to help them, and finally, the africans micght surrender to the Roman legions.

Roman tarantine cavalry

Carthaginian gaul cavalry.

Carthaginian army deploy.

After the first movements turns, the carthaginians flanked the romans with cavalry, gauls, and skirmishers. One roman cavalry unit was routed, and the other charged by the elephant. The hastati turn to face the cavlary units behind them, and the skirmishers were running out the battlefield. Carthaginian maniouvres were perfect, and the trap closed over the romans.

But gods of war were in Rome this morning. The elephant was wounded by the roman cavalry, and disbanded, attacking all troops in the battlefield. Carthaginians skirmisers ran out the elephant, also the cavlary, and finally, the gauls were far from african infantry to help them, and finally, the africans micght surrender to the Roman legions.

Six turns and around three hours playing this battle.

The miniatures are from collections of Jaime de Miguel and Luis Illanas.

Maria Luisa Hussars II

The Maria Luisa Hussars were the first regiment of Hussars in Spanish army during Peninsular war or Spanish war of independence. Were forming for 640 men and around 400 horses.

At the begining of the war Maria Luisa hussars were quartered in Badajoz, joining to Extremadura army .

There are few books about spanish hussars, one of them is this, Los Husares españoles en la guerra de independencia, Almena editons.

Maria Luisa Hussars.

This is the first group of hussars for my 15mm Spanish army for Lasalle. 

For this unit of Hussars, I was looking for a unit of hussars dressing as the ancient form, and I decided that Maria Luisa hussars, were a very interesting unit in Spanish army.

The group are the Leader, with red coat, the musician in the middle, and a hussar charging. 

Land Speeder.

We are playing in our local club a Warhammer 40k small campaing. I am paintong my troops, ultramarines, and I decided begin with my land speeder.

I prefer play historical games, but, sometimes, a fantasy game, is very funny. When I am a lot of time painting egiptyans, or WWII germans, or WWI... brtish, or... I like stop, and relax me painting a fantasy miniature.

Qadesh II

The map.

Hittite lancers.

Hittite chariotry crossing orontes river in at begin of the battle.

Sherden royal guard attacks hittite chariots offering their lives for Ramses.

Qadesh and hittite chariots.

Hittite chariots attacks Egiptian right flank.

The final battle for the Egiptian camp.

Hittite chariots.

Naharin reinforcements.

Hittite division tries to attack the left flak of the egiptian army.

Hittite infantry.

General view of the battle.

Egiptian elite chariots charge sirian chariots.

Egiptian chariots charging hittite royal guard. Those guards were equipped with two hand weapons.

Egiptian elite chariots