Reject John - Raid on Sandwich 991

Reject John has up and left the Rejects!

At the start of the year he buggered off back up north, close to where he was born.

He now resides in the Lake District in Cumbria.

He can't find any clubs locally, so he's settling down for the life of a solo gamer.

He sent me a few pics of his lastest game, using his 10mm Saxons & Vikings, so I thought I'd share them on my blog.
Its not taken John long to get a table up, I'm glad you've got your priorities in order!!

Got my table sorted. I haven't measured it but I reckon it's about 10' x 4'. Here are a few pictures.

Raid on Sandwich 991. The good thing about the Dark Ages is that there are so few sources that no one can say for sure what happened or what the order of battle was.

1 The initial set up - Vikings disembark from the longships while the Saxon army comes down the road.

2 Sandwich with its garrison.

3 3 separate engagements, one to the east, one to the west and a skirmish by the boats

4 Battle is joined

5 The Saxons win in the west but lose in the east but with the Sandwich garrison they can just about drive off the Vikings.

Salute 2017 - Blogger Meet up???

With Salute 2017 just around the corner on Saturday April 22nd, its time to drum up some support for the Annual Blogger meet up.

Strangely enough it'll be at that big red spot again at 1pm.

So if you fancy meeting up for a quick chat please come along.

It getting bigger each year.

Here's a pic of the Rouges Gallery from last year...

Analogue Painting Challenge VII

I for one am gutted the Challenge is over for another year.  Infact, I'm already looking forward to AHPC 8!! I'm so glad Curt came up with the idea, the Challenge forces me out of my painting doldrums and gets my butt into painting gear! What helps the most is all you other Challengers posting and commenting and pushing me to paint more.
Of late my painting and even gaming have been hit hard, with several job changes, the main one a few years ago when me and Fran both left GSK, a painters dream job, 4 twelve hour shifts days and nights with nothing to do except watch films and paint. It seems a lifetime ago (well it was?) when I finished 1st in the Challenge with nearly 5000 points, but that was only because of the job I was in.
Nowadays I'm just happy to finish in the top half!!!
So I'm very happy I beat my target and finished in 24th place with 1093 points and I even managed to beat fellow Posties Reject BigLee, now that makes 24th place taste even sweeter!!!




I managed to finally finish the infabtry for my French/Jacobite/Rebels army, which I undercoated to paint up in Challenge 6, but only actually finished 12 figures for. And I started my Woodland Indians army for Donnybrook, finishing 3 12 figure units.
All in all I painted 151 25mm figures and some scenic defensive terrain pieces.
A big thank you has got to go to Curt, Sarah, Miles and all the other Minions, great work Guys!

Long live the Challenge!