“Put on your high
heel sneakers, put your wig hat on your head…”
- Tommy Tucker, 1964
- Tommy Tucker, 1964
The Forces of
Fundedburg!
Her Royal Empress Persephone’s army consists of battalions and
regiments raised from the duchies,baronies and shires across her
Empire. Because of this, uniforms can
vary in color and even cut considerably.
Some would also say that this would also be true in terms of the cut of
the troops, but never to the Empress.
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| The bee and crown with a heart stinger is my Daughter's ( the Empress') Sigil |
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| Splinterloo regulars painted by Stanley Stinnett |
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| The infamous "Black cuffs" battalion |
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| Another unit of Reds painted by Stanley Stinnett. Eventually these will form the next army |
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| Major Maestro's battallion, painted by the talented John Sullins |
54mm Wars of the
Imaginations!
I had the
great pleasure of attending Recruits game convention last week as the guest of
honor, where I ran a couple of rousing Wooden Wars games, and also got to help
run** a 54mm Wars of the imaginations game with Jaye Wiley (aka Baron Von J ofForthweg) using a variant of the Brilliant Simon Miller’s “To the Strongest”
rules, which I quickly dubbed “To the Wiggiest”.
**By helped, I supplied the wooden forces,
including one painted army and some wooden Terrain.
When I set up the pics for shots, the general surrounding lighting was more yellow than I thought, so there is an over all yellowish glow to all the pics.
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| Grosenheimers Dragoons painted by the awesome Peter Grose |
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| These guys passed the 3 color rule on getting them onto the table. still WIP |
Officers of Forthweg!
As time was
of the essence and I hand only just cut these officer types a full day before getting
on the plane to Recruits, I asked Jaye what colors he wanted his officers (he
said, in bold type, “Bright yellow”) so I scrambled to paint these up,
finishing them at 4:30 am- a mere two hours before I needed to head to the
airport- because that’s what we games do!
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| Officers of Forthwegg |
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| The officer on the square base managed to lose every unit he commanded |
Troops for Sale?
I know I
know- you are wondering, “when can I have armies of my own?!!! Well the truth
is these guys still need some more tuning and polishing to get them shiny, as
well as adding a few more troop types (such as Grenadiers) and officers with
bigger wigs to the lineup. I’m hoping to
have all that squared away by the beginning of next year. More on this anon.
These are great! How do I get me some?
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Anon- Thanks for the interest! These are still in "prototype" stage, but should be ready for sale at the beginning of next year. keep a weather eye on my blog, as I'll be tracking progress for sure!
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Great stuff Thomas!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay- they were a lot of fun to play with, which we will do in the near future.
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Smaller than Wooden Wars figures but just as fun to paint. You've inspired me to paint the flat wooden buildings/ table decoration I've collected.
ReplyDeleteAlways great stuff! These guys look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys- 144 artist- they really are fun to paint.
ReplyDeleteLooking great, Thomas. Really nice to see this come together with the horse and guns now in the mix. Good call with the cavalry trooper, not to go with cuirassiers as the default style of rider. The guys in plain coats are more versatile.
ReplyDeleteNow I see where you were going with the building block. Great concept, place a few of those, instant town !
Cheers,
Steve
Steve- thanks for being one of my inspirations for this project- I'll be posting game pictures soonly
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