La stanza degli orchi

Barbara is the woman I love. She often helps me with modelling advices, she's a talended photographer and traditional artist and she's very fond of Vikings . Tonight I've succeeded in pulling Barbara to the tabletop to play a Hordes of the Things test game. Undead vs. Dwarves. I was Undead, she was Dwarven. The ground area was highly irregular and we played with these armies: She didn't like it. She says there's no clashing, no blood, no magic: it's boring. So I bought a pdf copy of Song of blades and heroes . I think we'll both like it!

I've spent a nice Saturday's afternoon playing Tercios at ARES, in Cesano Maderno (MB). The place is wonderful (two large tables in two separate rooms, lots of minis and props) and the people is nice, welcoming and well experienced. Minis are top-level, especially the ACW ones which were deployed in the first room. The only drawback is that the place is not exactly "around the corner" and moving in the Metropolitan Area during evenings could take two hours to get back. I knew very little about Tercios before playing, I just took a look at the Brevis Editio and tried to remember Pike and Shot Campaigns' golden rule: never send Mounted vs. Pikes. The game rules are quite simple and I understood them in half a round. Cards for orders, alternate activation, reactions, etc. You shoot with 4d6 and hit with 4+, your opponent rolls 4d6 and saves with 5+ etc. Quick and easy. The match opposed a Swedish army vs. an Imperial army. I was recruited by the Swedish and ...

I was walking back home today, when something pulled me inside a classic chinese warehouse. Amongst the pile of items I'd like to buy, I found these... I think they fit perfectly Hordes of the Things' basing. I just need to spread their wings a bit and maybe paint them: the Blue, the Red on the right and the Babies are already well painted for such a product.

The Magician is from Ral Partha's AD&D Battlesystem. Base terrain is made of Fimo Air. The fence is Noch's Garden Fence . The tombstone is made out of cardboard. To do: second tombstone, broken slab for the first grave, weeds and... the raised!

Skeleton Standard Bearer - C1036E (Hobby Products/Metal Magic) I painted this model and then I kept it on a shelf for years. Few weeks ago I used a smoking paper and some vinyl glue to make the standard.