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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: guitarheroandy on April 21, 2013, 10:40:21 AM

Title: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: guitarheroandy on April 21, 2013, 10:40:21 AM
A bunch of us put on two games of Osprey's Arthurian rules 'Dux Bellorum' at Salute yesterday. We had a standard 32pt rulebook scenario using Arthur vs the Saxons and a double size game set in the late 4th century pitting the Late Roman British Northern border garrison against an unholy alliance of Picts and Scots...

We won 'best painting' which was unexpected and is a huge honour at such a prestigious show!  :D

A couple of taster pics below and many more on my blog...

(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/Arthurians/001bSalute_zps23f459d7.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/Arthurians/001bSalute_zps23f459d7.jpg.html)

(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/Arthurians/017Salute_zpsac64bfef.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/Arthurians/017Salute_zpsac64bfef.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Mitch K on April 21, 2013, 04:28:19 PM
If it played even half as well as it looks, it must have been great fun!

Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: TWD on April 22, 2013, 12:00:47 AM
You can read my version of events on my Blog (http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/dux-bellorum-at-salute-2013.html)

Some teasers:
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Dux%20Bel/Salute2013055_zps6215828c.jpg)

(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r195/webdeak/Dux%20Bel/Salute2013038_zpsfe407a47.jpg)
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Atheling on April 23, 2013, 10:42:20 AM
Beautifully done!  :-* :-* :-*

I'll check your blog later Andy.

Darrell.
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Driscoles on April 23, 2013, 01:03:10 PM
Congratulations and it looks great.
As said in another thread before. Dux Bellorum was the Game 2012 to me...Nobody is paying me for saying this  :)
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Dalauppror on April 24, 2013, 07:17:41 AM
Congratulations to the prize !

Well deserved, stunning looking minis and terrain  :-* :-* :-*

Best regards Michael
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: painterman on April 24, 2013, 10:40:00 PM
many congratulations on the win!!
Simon.
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Wilkins on April 24, 2013, 11:47:01 PM
Really nice tables and exceptionally nice chaps around them. A well deserved win!
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Axebreaker on April 25, 2013, 03:46:14 PM
Fantastic looking figures and terrain! :-* :-* Well deserved award!

Christopher
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: guitarheroandy on April 25, 2013, 07:41:06 PM
Many thanks for all the kind words! The terrain belongs largely to Steve Jones (http://paintingshed.blogspot.co.uk/) and is superb! The scratch-built fort (see his blog for a WIP thread on that) is particularly wonderful!

We always put a lot of effort in to ensuring that we are as pleasant and communicative as possible when doing a demo game. We all believe that is the way to do it, so we all try to explain as much as we can to observers, either individually or en-masse - the latter happened at one point where a fairly sizable crowd watched Arthur's force get beaten, helped by some truly atrocious dice rolling from yours truly, of course  ::)  Mind you, I asked for it a bit by 'playing to the crowd' and putting more into the attacks than I normally would 'for show'... lol
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: pcjohnstone on April 25, 2013, 09:04:23 PM
I'm glad it all came together Andy and the prize was well deserved.

I was there and was very impressed by the figures, the basing and the terrain - inspirational stuff!

Norman
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Barry S on April 26, 2013, 02:20:31 AM
Great looking set-up. It would have been great to see  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: scrivs on May 08, 2013, 02:26:13 PM
A bit of thread necromancy, but I also took a part in this and my report of the game are on the Scrivsland Blog (http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-2013-morning-after-day-before.html)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1nxKXArC6Co/UXOF5-6tICI/AAAAAAAAEeE/k0592Ep6_6g/s1600/DSCF1984.jpg)

Scrivs
Title: Re: Dux Bellorum at Salute
Post by: Atheling on May 08, 2013, 06:01:27 PM
A bit of thread necromancy, but I also took a part in this and my report of the game are on the Scrivsland Blog (http://scrivsland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/salute-2013-morning-after-day-before.html)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1nxKXArC6Co/UXOF5-6tICI/AAAAAAAAEeE/k0592Ep6_6g/s1600/DSCF1984.jpg)

Scrivs

And jolly good it all is too!  :)

Darrell.