Crusade: Lion Rampant game

[Eric the Shed]

Echo that thought about random shapes of terrain bases - that is inspired - definitely STOLEN

In spired - and the figures look great as well

[Engel]

Thanks all.
The puzzle terrain turned out even better then I had imagined. The plan was to be able to use them all as the same area terrain or be able to rearrange them to be placed separated without looking wrong, I dont like straight bases on my terrain pieces.
Feel free to nick that idea, after all that is what this forum is all about.



Latest unit.
A small unit of Turcoman horse archers, I´ll reckon I will need plenty of these in the future.

More pictures at: http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2013/12/turcoman-horsearchers.html

[Mitch K]

Lovely! Your blog has some fantastic stuff too!

[Engel]

Big thanks Mitch.



This is something more people should do... Army pictures.

Here are my small but growing force of Saracens with some African skirmishers recruited from my Tribal Africa project.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=40855.0


More pictures of the Saracens at:
http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2013/12/my-saracen-force-at-moment.html



Starting with from the left side I got a small unit of archers and some light infantry, I got two small unit of African skirmishers.
The Commander of this small force is accompanied by a drummer and two bodyguards (two spare infantry miniatures).
Then I got two other unit of African skirmishers lead by a commander from the same tribe.
Under them is a small unit of medium infantry and a small unit of Turcomen horse archers.

[Engel]

Yesterday I brought my miniatures to the club and press-ganged a friend to throw some dices in an Crusader game of Hail Caesar.

We played with small units instead of standard sized ones. We just gamed with what was available.

Im sure the gaming balance with close combat and ranged combat as well as the balance with unit types is somewhat altered with just using small units but it works.


The battle report can be found here http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2014/01/crusader-battle-report.html

Some of the pictures from the game.







Im sure we did all kinds of things wrong, both tactically and  rule wise but it was a really fun game non the less.

[duc de limbourg]

Pictures and figures look good.
Which firm makes those rectangular bases with irregular placed figures?
thanks

[Engel]

Thanks Duc de Limbourg, those bases where made for me by Tiny Terrain, http://tinyterrain.com/

Its a small company just starting up so the site is somewhat lacking at the moment but you could always use the "contact us" and ask for a prise as he havnt got them up on the site just yet.

If you mention "warband movement tray" and my name he knows what you mean.

[Colonel Tubby]

Great looking figures and terrain - nice AAR.

[Engel]

Thanks Colonel Tubby.




I needed some heavy cavalry to my collection.

Here are the latest, a small unit of Mamluks.

http://kampgruppe-engel.blogspot.se/2014/01/mamluks.html

[Anderson Collection]

Those look great are they musketeer figures? your collection is growing at a great pace really enjoying watching it all come together.

[Engel]

Thanks.

The miniatures are from Gripping Beast they apparently use the same horses as Musketeers now adays.
Making mixing units even easier. 

[Anderson Collection]

Thanks Engel 

[killshot]

  Saw these on your plog on Warseer and you answered my question over here about the manufacturer of the miniatures.  I'd forgotten that GB had switched nags (thankfully).

[Engel]

Thanks.


So was the old horsies so bad looking?
I've only seen pictures of them painted and by that I didn´t think they were that awful.

But as they changed I guess maybe there were. 

[killshot]

They weren't that bad, but they weren't in par with the other horses on the market in my opinion.