Field of Glory V2 - Recent Comments

Whilst reading the most recent post on Phil Steele's "Ancients on the Move" blog I came across a slightly worrying comment:

"Our first 8 Doubles games [of FOG V2 Ancient & Medieval] produced just 1 decisive outcome and sadly a whole day's wargaming [at Triples, Northern League round 2] did not add to that total. Despite rattling through as many turns as we could in a losing second game, it still did not reach a natural result within the 3.5 hours. The earlier game was a 10:10 draw with only 2 units broken on each side (of the 30 or so on the table). V2 continues to disappoint in this respect and I am losing interest I think."

From an experienced wargamers like Phil this is a worrying comment. I'll be interested to see if this is a general trend and is reflected in the average points scored. Outright wins result in a five point bonus so more draws should mean a lower average score. I'll do some digging and report back.

Islamic Persian Camel Gunner

I am never going to make progress with my Renaissance Persian army if I keep getting distracted. My latest distraction came about whilst reading the Field of Glory lists for the Moghuls & Persians. Both have camel mounted light artillery! This was too unusual not to investigate. The end result is this test piece:

It's an OTC10 Ottoman Camel Gunner from Donnington.

Islamic Persia - Progress Of Sorts

In January 2008 I started a slow burn project to paint an Late Islamic Persian DBA army. The idea was to have an army that would do for both the medieval (Timurid) and Renaissance (Persian) periods. I've now decided to go for a 650 point Field of Glory Renaissance (FOG R) army.

Doing a bit more research has shown me that an early Moghul army is also a possibility. This all means the project keeps getting bigger but I am steadily completing one battlegroup after another. More importantly I have finally settled down to painting the heavy cavalry.

The main drawback with these has been the quilted armour which I want to paint in the colours and the patterns of the period. In October I made a bit of a breakthrough by finding a way to speed up painting the tiny quilted squares. I've just finished a commander element featuring Shah Tahmasp I.

Painting Tips #7 - Varnish Recovery Technique

I've written before about improving commercial matt varnishes. Despite this there are still occasions when I have the odd "less than ideal result" usually just before I apply one of the fixes I've uncovered over the years.

One such occasion occurred this morning whilst varnishing some 15 mm Swiss halberdiers for my renaissance French army. The problem was only obvious on the red and blue jackets of the figures which retained a slight satin sheen.