Boots and Saddles - BLAM Report

[rumacara]

Great table and game.

[Jeff965]

Thank you.

I used craft acryllics throughout - mostly from the Decoart range with a few colours from Graduate acrylics.

The whole board was painted in Burnt Sienna and then given a heavy dry brush of 50:50 mix of Burnt Sienna/Venetian Red followed by a dry brush of Venetian Red to give it a good dark reddish base. 

Thereafter it was series of dry brushes getting lighter as the colours got lighter in this order: Pure Pumpkin, Squash Blossom (both oranges), Goldenrod, Bright Yellow (both yellows) finished off by Tan and finally Sandstone.   Hope that helps.

Thanks Gary, much obliged 👍

[Romark]

Looks great Gary 

[Mason]

That certainly looks the nuts, mate.
Proper eye candy.
 


And also reminds me that I really do need to make up some mounted versions of my own cavalry at some point....
 

[Andym]

What a great looking table Gary! One of the best I’ve seen in a looong while!

[Hu Rhu]

Splendid stuff, it looks very cinematic 

Nicely done Gary 

Looks great Gary 

That certainly looks the nuts, mate.
Proper eye candy.
 


And also reminds me that I really do need to make up some mounted versions of my own cavalry at some point....
 

What a great looking table Gary! One of the best I’ve seen in a looong while!

Thanks for all the compliments guys.

I am busy with the conversion of the buildings etc for Sudrose Wells proper and will post some pics in due course.   After that I wil be starting on the Wagon Train scenario.

[guitarheroandy]

That looks and sounds absolutely great!!! Your rules sound really interesting too. Keep it coming - really looking forward to hearing/seeing what else you come up with.

[FifteensAway]

Sudrose Wells, that anywhere near Sudro's Wells?    

[Hu Rhu]

Right next door. Tomato v tomatoe 

[Hu Rhu]

Over the weekend I got to run the game three times at BLAM.  Here are some shots of the action from the three games.

First up is a shot of the board at the start of the game.  The indians are going about their normal routine aware that their village is about to come under attack.




From the south a troop of US cavalry crosses the Little Powder River and heads towards the village.



Meanwhile another troop form a firing line on the other side of the river to distract the Sioux.



The third troop attack the village, driving off the defenders.



However the White Eyes don't have it all their own way as returning from the hunt, braves under the leadership of War Chief Bright Lance enter the battle in large numbers.





Crossing the river they hurl themselves at the troopers who desparately try and stem their attack.
However the numbers are too great and slowly but surely the Cavalry are forced into a last stand and overwhelmed.



Meanwhile the thrird troop have successfully attacked the village buring a number of tepees but failed to drive off the pony herds.



With the other two troops being destroyed the column withdrew allowing the indians to claim a narrow victory.

The players semed to have a great time and the rules provided enough historical flavour but with the occasional Hollywood moment.  One was when the Greenhorn Lieutenant, having seen most of his troop killed, rode to the aid of his remaining men who were holed up in a desparate Last Stand. He was killed trying to rescue the last trooper in the final action of the game. 

[Panama]

Cracking stuff that table rocks

[DintheDin]

Must have been an extremely exciting game!
The table is fabulous! Cheers!

[NurgleHH]

The game was great fun. Suprising after a normal start with millions of new indians. HuRhu made a great set of rules converting Muskets & tomahawks. The table looks million times better in reality. And all these indians and soldiers! 

[Dr. Zombie]

It was a really great game. I enjoyed it.
When you have a game with that many miniatures on the table it always runs the risk of clogging down. But this one didn't it was fastpaced action from start to finish.

Al my indians circkling and attacking the poor cavalry who made a last stand in a rocky outcrop felt very cinematic.

And great job on painting such a huge amount of figures in mounted and dismounted verisons too!

[Clearco]

It looks failry impressive!!