Saturday 4 April 2020

Hyborian battle (part2)


I'm afraid my coverage of this battle is a big bitty as I forgot to take photos as the action heated up . Here we see the Cimmerian warband charge and ultimately rout the Thurn infantry . The cavalry clash at the ford ended up with both sides retiring but the Hykanian cavalry didn't rally and fled the table leaving the 1st Guard Cavalry to rally and return to the fight .


Gayomar 'First of all Men' leads the 3rd Imperial Foot Guards forward .


The Thurn Archers capture the ford (briefly) .


The situation about half way through the game , the Hykanian cavalry are fleeing the table nearest the camera (even though I spent 'Fate' points to try and rally them they kept rolling '1s' ) . In the centre the infantry clash at the road junction .


The 1st Gwalur move up to support their comrades . Unfortunately the Thurn infantry broke under pressure from the Cimmerians and fled , The 1st had to test for friends routing and failed their morale spectacularly ! and also ran off ! .


Towards the end of the battle the Hykanian infantry flee , their archers still hold the ford but are isolated and have cavalry bearing down on their left flank .


The 3rd Imperial Guards didn't even get to draw blood .


Some of the survivors of the 1st Thurn Infantry .


The 1st Guard Cavalry move up to capture the ford , with the rest of the army in rout the Hykanian archers had no choice but to retire as well so giving up the ford .


The looser - Count Valenso , the fates were against him from the start as his army made some abysmal dice throws that even the 'Fate' dice couldn't alter .


The victor- Gayomar 'First of all Men' attributes his victory to his brilliant strategy and not lucky dice rolls ! . A great game, a bit one sided but entertaining never the less .















12 comments:

  1. Tony could you tell me about the basing you use on the flats? Materials and size would be great.

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    1. They are MDF 3mm bases 20x30 (?) , I glue the figure onto the base coat with glue and then sprinkle fine sand onto it (got from a beach in Northumberland) when dry paint it a lightish shade of green .

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  2. Ahhhhhhh Wonderfully evocative! Such fabulous figures. A bit like vase paintings or frescos come to life in full colour.

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    1. It's strange but flats have so much vitality about them and a lot of the Ancients have that quaint 1960's epic film about them .

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  3. Superb coverage of the battle Tony. Those flats have so much character.

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  4. A lovely looking and sounding game Tony...
    I have 24 30mm Egyptian flats that I bought on a whim...
    They keep looking at me and saying... go on you want more... you know it makes sense...

    You are not making things any easier...😂

    All the best. Aly

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    1. They can be bought unpainted fairly cheaply on German Ebay ;)

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  5. These are as vintagey as it's possible to be, Tony! Absolutely wonderful.

    If you want the full 60s sword-and-sandal epic look you'll have to paint a few wristwatches onto them! I think you also need a Gina Lollobrigida or two.

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    1. Yes I lack female characters at the moment , I do like painting them as a change to fully round figures .

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  6. What dark gods did Gayomar pledge his soul to in order for the Hyrkanians to have such terrible luck? I hope Valenso will be back for a rematch once he rallies his fleeing army.

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