Fisticuffs with the Celts

[James Morris]

Managed to play a small game over Zoom today with my Celtic collection, pitting Conor Mac Nessa and the men of Ulster against the Connacht.  Despite fairly even forces, Ferdiad Mac Daman led the Connacht to a mighty victory, slaying Conor in single combat.  A Druid vs Druid challenge looked like a good idea but it ended quickly and brutally with the death of Cathbad the Druid - another blow for Ulster. Soon after, the Ulster men broke and ran.

Playing over Zoom isn’t quite the same but it’s the best thing under the circumstances, and it’s always great to catch up with old friends and get the Celts out of the loft. Figures are a mix of Alternative Armies, Foundry and Northstar amongst others. We used my own Midgard rules.

[Burnin Coal]

  excellent photos of a great looking game and a very nice collection of figures....Druid vs Druid sounds awesome

[Digits]

Great looking pics too...that clouded backdrop really makes them pop out!

[Fremitus Borealis]

Beautiful figures, but that terrain is breathtaking! 

[Steam Flunky]

Great looking collection!

[Grass-Hopper]

Looks really good, both the figures and terrain. At least someone is getting some gaming in.

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

As always, a great looking game, James.
The figures are beautiful but I am particularly impressed by the table.  I like the different textures and "grasses" used.

[James Morris]

Great looking pics too...that clouded backdrop really makes them pop out!

Thank you!  The backdrop is a 4x1’ piece of MDF that I painted for a WW1 demo game a few years back.  It seems to be quite multipurpose and is a nice accessory to have out for this kind of game.

[James Morris]

As always, a great looking game, James.
The figures are beautiful but I am particularly impressed by the table.  I like the different textures and "grasses" used.

Cheers Anthony!  It seems to have been a worthwhile investment in time.  Gets a lot of use and doubles as my board for photos.

[Misneach]

Fantastic! Great painting   
I love seeing Irish myth in gaming

[Codsticker]

As others have said, great looking figures and terrain; I especially like the way you did your river bank/lake shore.

[Irregular Wars Nic]

Looks great (as your games usually do!).

How do you determine which units are Ulster and which Connacht? We have a gentleman's agreement up here to use different  shield colours based on provincial rugby colours - so Ulstermen tend to get white shields, Leinstermen in  blue etc.

[Mr. White]

This all looks gorgeous, but how does one play a minis game of this sort over zoom?

[Zingara]

Gorgeous. That painted MDF backdrop is a great idea, particularly for photographs. As has been mentioned the shoreline looks great.

[James Morris]

Looks great (as your games usually do!).

How do you determine which units are Ulster and which Connacht? We have a gentleman's agreement up here to use different  shield colours based on provincial rugby colours - so Ulstermen tend to get white shields, Leinstermen in  blue etc.

Cheers Nic!  I’d like to say that there was some thought involved in this, but I have a large bunch of Northstar Roy Eastland Celts who are quite different to their Alternative Armies brethren, so I just squared them off against each other.