Sunday, 2 August 2015

Ducks from Anne and more Lion Rampant



When I made the castle for our Lion Rampant games back at the start of the year I wanted to have some ducks swimming along in the moat. I didn't get around to doing that. However, then I won another blog giveaway, this time from Anne at O'Leary Miniatures.
Anne very kindly gave me $20 to spend at Warbases .  A quick look on their website and I was ordering the ducks. To finish off the order I also ordered a wagon and some 25mm bases.

 The ducks painted up and happily checking out the castle walls.


My thanks to Anne and to Warbases.
 Fantastic service from Warbases, they have a great range of MDF kits and as you might think they do a large number of different bases too.
28mm wagon that will be used in many games I think.
 Have a look at Anne's blog (if you have not been there before), she is a very talented lady, apart from her wonderful figure painting she also plays the drums and is rather fond of a bit of photography.

Warbases is also well worth a visit. Great range of figures, kits and bases and excellent service.

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 We had another crack at Lion Rampant last Friday night. Smallish forces attempting to take control of an area containing a number of small farms.

 The main reason for this game was to introduce Phil to the rules.







 On the whole the game went relatively evenly with both sides losing units until Prince Philip squared off against Geoffrey, Duke of Avonhead. Their units clashed and when the Prince ended up being the last man standing the Duke's army fled the field.
Prince Philip standing alone and victorious.
Another enjoyable game with the lads.

24 comments:

  1. Nice banner! And the ducks and cows are a great addition to the scenes.

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  2. I'm so glad that you got somethings you really liked. The ducks look great on the water!



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    1. Thanks again Anne. Probably would not have made it without your help!

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  3. Great looking water fowl - the first shot had me thinking it was a real life shot - a visit to a castle :) Great looking LR game too. BTW, I was another lucky winner of Anne's prize give-away - picked up a Perry WotR character set from The WarStore.

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  4. Cool looking game Rodger! The quackers are a nice touch too!

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  5. Love the ducks Rodger and I can't agree more with regards to Warbases customer service.

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  6. The ducks are a lovely touch, and the wagon looks very nice too. Another superb looking game as well, Lion Rampant seems like it will be around for some time :-)

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  7. Very nice ducks:) and really good looking game!

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  8. Ducks are great. I always love those small extras like those.
    The game looks very good!

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  9. That terrain is stunning :)
    Love the medieval game - great looking stuff.
    & agree with the Warbases thumbs up...

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  10. Some very fine eye candy there, Rodger. How to you find the Pike and Shotte rule set? Looking at 'Lion Rampant' is that a Wars of the Roses set, or more generically Mediaeval? I'm taken with that laser cut stuff, too. Wheels. Can one get wheels only? One can never have enough wheels (nor draught horses) in one inventory. Cheers...

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    1. Lion Rampant is a generic Medieval set of rules. Seems to give a reasonable game. Wheels are always handy, I agree.

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  11. Very cool, always good to see the little things added to our tables!

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  12. Excellent post Rodger. I am really glad Phil got a win under his belt.

    Good skills.

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  13. Lovely terrain and great game photos :)

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  14. Love the ducks.......I must speak to Martin at Warbases.

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  15. Like the ducks and the game looks great as well!

    Christopher

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  16. Nice ducks. Warbases are really great.
    Looks like a great game was had.
    cheers

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  17. Hi
    Nice work.
    Ducks belong to the castle on the environment, they are also (such as geese) act as an excellent watchdog.
    I like this taistelukenttä and still lifes, view is very tidy and spacious, as usual

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  18. Excellent work, Rodger. I can't think of many wargames tables which would not be enhanced by a set of ducks! I love adding little details like that myself. The game looks excellent as well!

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  19. These ducks are a great addition to your table. Looks like a fun game too.

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  20. The ducks set the scene and finish it all off. Impressive looking game Roger.

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  21. Great stuff! Love the new banner too.

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