Historicon 2015 - Skirmish at Westridge Farm 1675 - King Philips War

[Mindenbrush]

My Historicon game that won a PELA award.
Scenario was an Indian attack on the farm with the objective of destroying buildings and killing or capturing civilians etc.
The Indians had 9 warbands of 6 figures each plus 3 leaders, the settlers had a 12 figure unit of pike/musket militia with a leader and a preacher, 2 units of 8 Settlers Guard with a leader who were escorting wagons, a unit of 8 Rangers with a leader and 11 settlers (4 men, 2 women and 5 kids).  Livestock was made up of sheep, 2 cows, a bull, 3 goats, pigs and chickens.
The Settlers were positioned at the start of the game except the Rangers who had to die roll to come on, the Indians were allowed to deploy anywhere they liked except that no more than 2 warbands could set up together.
In the first game the Settlers were unorganised and that lost them the game as they were always trying to catch up.
In the second game the Settlers were more organised, they managed to save the majority of livestock and only 1 civilian died as a house collapsed from being set on fire, a second civilian – Mary Hawkins – was captured by the Indians and led of into captivity ( next game is The Rescue of Mary Hawkins....) despite her son Richard kicking an Indian where it hurts and killing him. Wrestling the Bull was dangerous for the Indians but they did manage to capture a cow and the chickens.
Figures are a mix of Brigade Games, Crusader, Perry, Conquest, Front Rank, Foundry and Warlord Games. A number of the Indians were converted to carry bows.

[folnjir]

Looks like a great game.

[Atheling]

As I said on the SDF it comes as no surprise that this game won an award!

Excellent attention to detail with both the models and the lovely terrain 

Darrell.

[Hapax Legomenon]

Well deserved award, I would say.

[OSHIROmodels]

Good looking game and also good to see a slightly different time period than normal 

cheers

James

[Captain Blood]

Good looking game and also good to see a slightly different time period than normal 

Exactly what I was about to say 
Well done. Looks great.

[Belisarius]

I,d like to echo what the other guys have said, how did you make the standing maize fields ? I wonder which Rules you used ?

[Ragnar]

Gorgeous eye-candy!

[Dalauppror]

Indeed a stunning looking game !

More pictures anywere?

Best regards Michael

[Malamute]

Wonderful looking game, from an underplayed era.

[Huron34]

Very beautiful miniatures painting

[mikedemana]

Great job -- and congrats on the award. Well deserved!

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

[Sterling Moose]

Lovely looking game.  I second the request on how you made the cornfields.

[Garder]

Looks really good. Congratulation on the award

I would also really like to hear how you made the corn field.

[Mindenbrush]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Maize fields are made from Canadian Pine Stems - there seems a lot more store stocking them than when I was looking 3 years ago
http://www.miniaturemarketplace.com/Canadian-Pine-Stems-12In-X-20Mm-10Pc-P52122.aspx
http://store.littlecooncreek.com/craft-supplies/canadian-pine-stems-20mm_2503-32/
http://www.dollhouseheaven.com/Canadian-Pine-Stems-12In-X-20Mm-10Pc-P52122.aspx

Cut the 'stems' to the required length, I made mine around 35mm long so that they were slightly taller than the current '28'mm figures along with base.

They are mounted on 2" x 2" thin ply bases that I got from Fenris Games but there are plenty of other base suppliers out there that do similar.

Each base had 2 rows of 3 holes drilled in it so that the wire stem of the 'stems' would fit into the base, each one was then hot glues into place and any excess that protruded through to the underside of the base was clipped off and ground back with a dremmel.

My normal basing texture of PVA woodworking glue and sand was added, painted and dry brushed. A little static grass was added here and there around the stalk of the 'maize'.

A light drybrushing all over was the final touch.

Rules were Muskets & Tomahawks slightly modified to allow for the militia pikes.