ImagiNations: Battle of Woodenstadt

ImagiNations: Battle of Woodenstadt

Kublacon game convention this year was a hoot, seeing lots of old friends, making new ones, and running and playing games. Saturday I ran a Wars of ImagiNations scenario using my 54mm woodens. For rules I used highly modified Warmaster rules... probably to the point where I can, with a few  key changes, have my own set of rules that work best for this period and scale of game.
Usually I pick a half a dozen pics to show; I couldn't really narrow it down this time (and I'm still a bit... okay a lot sleepy from the con) so you guys get an eyeful. Hopefully the hit the spot. 

Birds eye view of the table. Up here is where the coffee is located.

Veteran sheep holding the center

Forthwegg forces and allies surround the city

Empress P's troops, led by Baron Fossmeisterhaus attempt to break the siege

The scenario:

The Forthweggian army and it's allies have encircled the town of  Woodenstadt, which is desperately holding out against the siege. Empress P has ordered her Marshall, Baron Fossmeisterhaus to lead her army and break the siege, and has taken her coach to directly oversee the battle. 

Cavalry advance on Forthwegg right and left flanks

Objective- capture the hill And that cool shirt!

Cavalry charge near the woods. Much carnage!

The counter advance!

Baron Fossmeisterhaus advances the army, much to the chagrin of the sheep.

obligatory group shot.

Forthwegg troops decided to take the initiative and were keen on capturing the Empress' coach as well as herself.  Both flanks of cavalry charged in as the infantry made a somewhat haphazad advance.

The killing fields. Actually the guns missed more than hit in this battle.

Forthwegg forces make a final push with their reserves.

Final Outcome: Woodenstadt saved!

As the battle raged there was much carnage, but the Empress' army made a big push through the center and ended up surrounding Lord Marshal Wiley of the Fortwegg army. Woodenstadt was saved! 

Marching over the killing fields. Oh the woodemanity!

The Empress is happy. 

It was a great game, with wonderful players. I think we started around 10:30, and had come to a full conclusion (and 11 or 12 turns) by 1:30pm.   Thanks again for all that played, or came by and said hi!

ImagiNations: Coach and horses

Please Sir, rest here, in my coach...

I finished up my first coach for my Wars of ImagiNations line. This will hit the table/battlefield at Kublacon in a few weeks.

I'm fairly happy with the whole set up, and paint job. I worked hard on getting a "round" effect on the blue, but now that I see the pictures, it looks too subtle for me. The next one I'll really build it out a bit more with the color.

Baron Fossmeisterhaus salutes the Empress' Grenadiers.

This coach was a project I started over three years ago, and am happy to see it go from a sketch to finished piece. Next I'll make coachmen for it.. Hopefully not another 3 year project :)

If you are around in the Bay Area for labor day, I highly reccomend Kublacon game convention, where I'll be running a ImagiNations game as well as a Breaking Lances Tournament!

Cheers!

ImagiNations: (laser)Burnemwood

Woods and Shrubs and stuff

Kublacon is in a couple of weeks, and between a very busy work load, working on my next kickstarter and two commissions, I still need to get my stuff done. This years ImagiNations scenario needed more woods, so I designed up and cut trees and shrubs.

Trees in the "woods" area are removable

I used almost a stain type style on the main tree bits to give it a more light catching feel. The grain coming out on the leaf area is a great happy accident.  After taking these pictures I realized that the base green isn't working for me, and I'll repaint it to match my game mat more closely.

The "Fighting Cocks" regiment march through the woods.

That's it for now- back to the painting table!

Cheers
Ths

The battle of Woodenstadt: Pacificon

                                        "No, pointier there- and there, and there.." 

                                                                                        ~Vauban 

A good view of the battlefield, with yours truly at the end.

Pacificon: the Battle of Woodenstadt

This year at Pacificon game convention I decided to run two large Wars of the Imaginations games with my 54mm woodens. I used a bastardized and simplified version of Warmaster, which for the most part worked very well. It was definitely a grand spectacle, and the games garnered players of all levels. 

Medals that I gave out for valor and dumb luck rolls.

Baron Fossmeisterhaus signals the advance!

Cavalry hold the right flank

Back view of the Empress V's forces.

A question of size

One of the unforeseeable issues I ran into was me thinking that a 6 x 9 foot canvas mat for the game table/ field  would be  adequate. After all, it was huge in my patio and back yard when working on it. Of course once you get to the convention and start putting all the troops on it, it was about 3 feet shy of what I really needed, so troops were a bit cramped. But as one must do with all battlefields, we took a look at the ground, adjusted ranks and moved forward.

Dead cart holds casualty markers

This unit took 4 casualties from cannon fire. The drive back dice show a rout!

The Stretchenheim forces advance as if guided by giant hands.

The whites of their eyes?

It occurred to me as I was putting this blog post together that I shot a lot of pics from the "commander's eye view"; that is to say, you're seeing a lot of the backs of the troops.  I'll need to remember that for the next battle!  

Mid battle- a terriffic clash of cavalry and grenadiers!

Baron Griffonsburg's troops flank the princesses right flank.

Conclusion

All in all the rules and players gelled, and the final turn had both sides losing enough for their bottle check, but then the Empress' troops lost one more battalion to a clever use of cannon and a flanking charge.   Awards were given to the player who had captured the most flags, and one to the player who rolled the most poorly!   

At the end of the day, the spoils of war were taken by the victors!

IR Pallandt Finished

IR Palladant

Once again a bought commission saves lives.

Ahoy bloggers!
 I've been torn away from my blog and table top gaming for a spell as I've been quite busy at work. More on that later.  I'm back in the saddle and feverishly painting and preparing for Pacificon game convention, upcoming in a week, where I'll be running two large Imaginations battles.

The Unit Formerly know as Pallandrome

The unit in full. Again taken with my phone. Need to get that camera fixed.

When I started this unit, I was parodying my pal Saxon Dog (aka David Imrie)  and a unit he was painting in 28mm. I ended up making my own flags at first, but then thought- Ooh why not contact Iain Duncan at Flags of War and see if he can make me some Imaginations scale flags. Iain was super accommodating (had nothing to do with  one upping the Dog, I'm sure...) and sent me over some beautiful flags poste haste!

Long story short, I've finished the unit before Imrie, so am posting first! Sure he may have painted up a couple of other armies in the mean time...

New bases with scrolls to place unit names. And those lovely Flags of War Flags!

This was a fun challenge, and I hope to do more of this type.

Pacificon

As mentioned next week is Pacificon game convention here in Northern California. The South bay Game Group of which I am a proud member puts on several splendid historical and fantasy games at this con, and I strongly encourage you to come and play.

Under coating with a flat earth type color.

For the bigger battles I am to run, I needed a new larger game mat, so have one in progress. This guy is 6 x 9 feet. The green is a bit more on the blue side that I would normally use, but matches well with the color from the rattle can that I've been using on my bases.

While at it, I started work on a new photo background for my friend Stanley (which can be seen in the above shots).

More WIP. Second color on. Next is some drybrushing.

I also painted up a photo backdrop on 100% rag paper

That's all for now- back to the painting table for more adventures. In the mean time, keep your paints wet and your Series 7's sharpened to a point!