Sunday, 19 July 2020

Early Imperial Roman 4 Newline auxiliary infantry and another Venetian/Papal game!

Here are some Roman auxiliaries, it's okay Matt, I've taken your advice and they have got painted shields to differentiate from the previous identical auxiliary unit



More Newline figures, nice sculpts without too much detail, this time I managed a shield design! It was my birthday in June and in leu of a present my daughter offered to help me paint some figures and this is our collaborative result, while she was doing it she asked if she could do one for her boyfriend and this is it.



Pretty good I think, even got a tuft(which none of my chaps do!) We had a refight of the Venetian versus Papal armies with daughter and boyfriend on one side and me on the other ( this time I managed not to lose!) Not long after we dug out the two armies for one more game of TtS but between the pair of them with me keeping the peace!















She won ,in spite of getting 3 aces in a row for her activations in one go,mainly because she was much more aggressive, still a fun game and they want to play some more games which is good!

All the best Iain 

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42 comments:

  1. Dave Stone19 July 2020 at 22:19

    Excellent looking Romans Iain, and nice collaboration with your daughter. The games look to have been great fun

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  2. nundanket19 July 2020 at 22:23

    You must be a very happy man Iain. Not only have you passed it in to the next generation, she’s got a significant other involved. Good work!

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:41

      Yes, I've been pleasantly surprised!
      Best Iain

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  3. Delta Coy19 July 2020 at 22:35

    Very nice auxiliary unit Iain and good to see your daughter recruiting her boyfriend into the hobby. Cheers Greg

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:41

      Thanks Greg! Yes beat the drum and report to sergeant Kite!
      Best Iain

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  4. Matt Crump19 July 2020 at 23:52

    Nice looking unit Iain and a good looking game as well 👍

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:42

      Thanks Matt! Thought you'd like them this time as they have proper shields!
      Best Iain

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  5. Fitz-Badger20 July 2020 at 01:56

    Cool!
    Always good to see family getting involved, and even better when they enjoy it enough to want to do it again. :)

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:43

      Thanks Fitz! Yes nice that they liked it enough to come back!
      Best Iain

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  6. Jonathan Freitag20 July 2020 at 02:40

    Good work, Iain! Also good to see that you are pulling the entire family into wargaming.

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:44

      Thanks Jonathan! Wargaming an equal opportunity employer!
      Best Iain

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  7. Michal DwarfCrypt20 July 2020 at 03:55

    Looking great!!

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  8. Cyrus20 July 2020 at 06:37

    Excellent auxiliaries and nice looking games!

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  9. Phil20 July 2020 at 07:14

    Well done, nice report and awesome auxiliaries!

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:46

      Thanks a lot Phil,very kind of you!
      Best Iain

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  10. Michael Awdry20 July 2020 at 07:49

    Smashing job Iain and you have even got the family painting miniatures for you, brilliant!

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:46

      Thanks Michael! Yes, she did a pretty good job too!
      Best Iain

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  11. Lawrence H20 July 2020 at 08:17

    Nice to have your daughter and boyfriend involved here Iain, and she did a great job on that auxiliary figure.

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:47

      She did that and they had a good laugh playing the game!
      Best Iain

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  12. Dmitry Svidlo20 July 2020 at 10:27

    Splendid auxiliaries, Iain. It's a wise strategy to lose a game. You bring and retain more people to the hobby :)

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  13. Norm20 July 2020 at 11:05

    The Newline fit very nicely to that base for a mass effect. Just one figure for the boyfriend, we all know where that is going to lead!!! :-)

    Love the pike blocks, the unit / formation seems ideally suited to the TtS table grid.

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:49

      Thanks Norm! Yes the pike blocks fit nicely in the squares, it was her idea, I was happy to oblige!
      Best Iain

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  14. Paul Scrivens-Smith20 July 2020 at 18:07

    Nice work from you both.
    I see a lot of aces in that game, maybe you are unlucky or I have learned to anticipate them in my TTS! games ;)

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 15:51

      Thanks Paul! Yes she was unlucky, still won in my previous FK&P game I also drew 3 aces for my whole go,you must just be lucky!
      Best Iain

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  15. Stew20 July 2020 at 22:37

    Great looking Romans. And fabulous games! TtS is certainly a hit with your family. It’s nice when that happens. Your getting some good use of your armies! 😀

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 22:27

      Thanks Stew! Yes lots of family fun! It's nice to get lots of use out of my armies!
      Best Iain

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  16. Aly Morrison21 July 2020 at 08:50

    Splendid stuff Iain...
    What’s not to like about Romans , Large flag heavy armies and getting the younger generation addicted to toy soldiers.... well done sir.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 22:33

      Thanks Aly! Exactly right, what's not to like!
      Best Iain

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  17. rross21 July 2020 at 11:54

    Very nice Romans Iain and a couple of great looking games, I am really quite envious of guys like you and Aly who can tempt their off spring into gaming - the best I can achieve from my kids (18 and 21) is a kind of amused tolerance for a father still playing with toy soldiers!

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    1. caveadsum147122 July 2020 at 22:38

      Thanks Keith! I was pleasantly surprised when my daughter said to me "I can't believe you haven't given me a game with your little men!" She has offered to help trim figures off sprues in the past which is nice!
      Best Iain

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  18. Ronin23 July 2020 at 17:48

    it seems to me an excellent collaboration, lain

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  19. DeanM26 July 2020 at 16:25

    Great auxiliary unit, Iain - lovely gaming too.

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    1. caveadsum147126 July 2020 at 20:41

      Thanks Dean! I'm having fun painting Romans, maybe not as much as you though!
      Best Iain

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  20. Pat Smith Silver Whistle Blog.27 July 2020 at 20:25

    Wow! your collection looks like it is growing lain and good to see the family joining in.

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    1. caveadsum147131 July 2020 at 06:39

      Thanks Pat! Nice they want to have a game!
      Best Iain

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  21. Dai31 July 2020 at 18:53

    Aux Romans look very nice. I like the shield designs very much. Always umm and err over what the flip I should paint on shields as I feel my designs seem to look pants in general. LOL

    Jealous of you playing with your girl (And bf) - haven't played a game of anything in a long time! Game looked really good too!

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