With the end of the year approaching it is time to review how my wargaming year progressed. Text in italics are taken directly from the year's plans.
BATTLES
ANCIENTS:
Early Imperial Roman 16th Legion v Ancient British Trinovantes tribe in East Anglia.
2nd Punic War - Battle of Trebia (Both sides need painting so 50:50 if achieved this year).
Complete failure! Figures acquired but that is as much as I have achieved.
Continued -
An absolute barnstormer of a cold has disrupted my wargaming! Any thought of putting something on the table was out although I did manage to keep some semblance of figure painting ongoing.
200 more Zulus were completed before I ran out of steam - my goodness do I find them boring to paint! Pony Wars though pulled me back and very much looking forward to getting some games played.
I have been getting in the mood watching old John Wayne films such as 'Fort Apache' and 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' along with the more recent non-Wayne 1967 film 'Custer of the West'. The latter film I first saw as an 11 or 12 year old soon after it was released at our boys school cinema club. At the time I thought it was fantastic although a little dated now.
First up was a batch of 96 dismounted braves:
