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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: tim in saskatoon on March 12, 2018, 08:43:50 PM

Title: The Pikeman's Lament: Patrol
Post by: tim in saskatoon on March 12, 2018, 08:43:50 PM

My friend John stopped by at the end of last week and we played game of The Pikeman's Lament. I played Scots Covanenteers under Ensign Evan "Holy" MacErrol and he played some English Royalists under the command of a foreign mercenary - Johann Strudel.

You can find a full report of the action and loads more pictures on my blog:

http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/2018/03/somewhere-else-to-be.html (http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/2018/03/somewhere-else-to-be.html)

Here are a few pics of the action:

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All set up and ready to go!

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Cavalry charge!

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This is getting a b it chaotic...

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Wait, where did this preacher come from?

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Scots making their way across the creek.

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Anyway, check out the blog for a bit more narrative and a bunch more pictures...

Title: Re: The Pikeman's Lament: Patrol
Post by: DintheDin on March 12, 2018, 10:16:22 PM

Always glad to read PL action reports! It was a nail-biting thing! You had an enjoyable game, for sure! Cheers!

Title: Re: The Pikeman's Lament: Patrol
Post by: Sunjester on March 13, 2018, 08:13:10 AM

An excellent report, sounds like a lot of fun.

Title: Re: The Pikeman's Lament: Patrol
Post by: Bloodysword on March 13, 2018, 10:54:50 AM

Great report!  I'm looking forward to the return of that Highlander:) How did you build your hills?

Title: Re: The Pikeman's Lament: Patrol
Post by: tim in saskatoon on March 13, 2018, 02:26:03 PM

Thanks Guys!

Quote from: Bloodysword on March 13, 2018, 10:54:50 AM

How did you build your hills?

I start with a base of 1/8" or 1/4" on that I put some extruded polystyrene insulation. Then I carved away at that until I had the slope I wanted. I covered it with a mix of filler and carpenters glue. On top of that I glues some wood saw dust, then painted the whole thing green - dry brushing on successive layers of lighter greens.

I couldn't find a post just one hill making, but if you go through the terrain articles on the blog you can see some of my process:

http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/search/label/Terrain (http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/search/label/Terrain)