painting challenge 2019: keep on rolling!

[petercooman]

Thanks all!

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[petercooman]

Been a while since i updated this one!

I am still painting stuff, but at a slower pace than last years!

Currently busy with these, citizen infantry for my punic armies!

[paulr]

Good to see some progress

[Techno]

Agreed !

Look forward to seeing those progress, Peter. 

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Just got the citizen infantry and hannibal and entourage finished:













So: adding 71 to the model count: 158 models finished

Next up should be roman infantry or some cavalry.

[FierceKitty]

Dem spears look a bit long for Carthaginian troops....

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice indeed.

[petercooman]

Dem spears look a bit long for Carthaginian troops....

That's the original sculpt, i didn't change them.

Doesn't bother me though!

[Ithoriel]

I first came across the idea of the Carthaginian "phalanx" in one of the Peter Connolly books - probably "Greece And Rome At War."

However, the idea of Carthage fighting in the Macedonian manner fell out a favour many moons ago. I think the theory was due to misunderstanding over the translation of "Longchephoroi" which was translated as a pike bearer in earlier versions I believe. The longche is currently believed to be a light spear or javelin.

Theories, like empires, rise and fall and some wargames figures wind up looking distinctly odd as a result!

They'd make excellent Successor pikemen. Antigonus Monopthalmos' Leukaspides (Greek: Λευκάσπιδες "White Shields"), for example.

[mmcv]

Looks great!

[paulr]

 

[petercooman]

No painting update, but finally had a solo game in after a long break.

the greene family having a go at snatching supplies from a small cabin in the forest next to the main road:






they did a great job at clearing the first part of the map


but a lot of walkers had amassed behind the cabin


in the end they made it all back to to the cars


billy was the mvp with 6 kills (i use the activated markers to track kills)


followed closely by maggie and arnold with 5 and 4 kills



Only setback was that i had to amputate patricia's hand after a walker bite. Luckily hershel was close by!!

Still a great game system to play solo!

[petercooman]

Worth to mention that the only thing they found in the cabin was a pair of scissors 

In this game you actually have to roll a die when you take a run action with a pair of scissors and risk a point of damage when it goes bad.

Never run with scissors kids   

Apparently the game has no problem with you running around with hunting knives and meatcleavers though!

[fsn]

Is that a gorilla in the background of the 2nd picture?