Tax revolt!!!

So..my first wargame for ages. I´m using house rules...a bit of this and a bit of that mixed up to create something that I like. As I can´t just start a battle without there being a reason for it...this is how it will all start :-D

It´s  saturday and market day in the happy little town of Styrow on the Fome

The villagers are going about thier business....

...wares are being sold...friends meeting and chatting...

..children play happily......but all is not well.

Mrs Migs starts to remonstrate with the mayor about the new tax rises demanded  from thier lord and master Sir Hugh Jarse.

The local preist, Geoffrey Black sparrow joins with the argument accusing the Mayor of being a lacky to Sir Hugh Jarse

All this is watched by the local watchmen standing on the steps of the Goalhouse , the crowd jeers at them but they do nothing.

later several of the watch get drunk, taking thier revenge for the insults they had to suffer, beating up several local trades people in a back alley.

Within a short time, an angry crowd has gathered in front of the goalhouse...demanding justice...the situation gets out of hand and both sides clash violently

A deathly shout is heard above the melee and both sides part to reveal the dead body of Alan Add-ale

The shock makes both sides withdraw...but as they do ..a cloaked figure is glimpsed leaving the village.

Who is this cloaked figure and what is his mission?? What will happen next over the death of Alan Add-ale ?

 Welcome to melvin...thanks for folowing :-D

Odd bod poses ( Number 1 )

There have been  some odd poses released in sets over the years like this one from the Airfix  World War II German Infantry (type 2)

.....97....98....99....100!! Coming, ready or not!!

To answer a question..."how do I produce so much?"...the answer is..I´ve got a troop of elves. They come out at night, paint etc and in return I give them shoes. Cobblers!!  I hear you shout, but no..I didn´t say I made them.. There was a sale on at the local toy shop...and seeing as Elf feet are similar in size to barbies. Quite amusing seeing elves tottering about in high heels.

Medieval village ( expansion )

A bit more of the green belt has been taken up.
I´ve added a river and called it the "River Fome" because there are no fish ( Fome in Portuguese means Hungry ) and the Village will be called Styrow...because it started as a row of pig farmers houses...who had.....pigstys.
The full name as written down in the Boomsday book  (there was a lot of thunder at the time) is the Village of Styrow on the Fome. 

The Gaol house

Stables with well

Another house

Bridge over the troubled waters of the Fome

Mill.

Rear entrance  ( no sniggering at the back!!  ) to the gaol house

North American Native

This is a Hong Kong no name 1/72nd copy of the Airfix 1/32nd set....
WHY OH WHY didn´t they make all the sets and all the poses  in both sizes!!!!????
This guy is painted up in the classic Karl May style. 

Medieval Market traders, A lady and a Prostitute

All 4 from valdemars civilian set number one.
I´ve decided to have some sundays off from posting...nothing to do with a lack of bods and stuff...just that I´m getting very badly behind in visiting other blogs...so I´ll devote some more time on sundays to that...:-D

Hell to Sean.....another whose Google friends connect isn´t set up to link back on.

Medieval Levy 1 (Strelets)

The first set of Medieval hired thugs, the second set here. This time they aren´t mainly armed with spears but with all sorts of nasty looking clubs and axes. PSR rates them as pretty average which is pretty accurate IMHO..though not a bad set. I´ve made a couple of alterations, the two with shields have had them replaced with printed ones, I used a homemade halberd instead of the one supplied and the guy swinging an axe has now got a flail from the Miniart hussites set.

All twelve poses with the minor alterations

One of my favourite bods from the set. You need to carfully cut the halberd away from his helmet and slightly bend his arms away from his line of sight, the pose is very unnatural otherwise.

My favourite from set 2....that padded coat!!

IMHO, the best bod in both sets....the face, the pose...great..and he must be a well hard guy.......

...............cos he dares to carry a shoulder bag :-

Both sets together.

Hello to Legatus Hedlius.He has 5 blogs..but I must admit that my favourite is Cavegirl Wargaming, simply becuase he is very inventive with creating the cavegirl world and it´s monsters etc, and nothing to do with the "undressed" condition of some of the cavegirls.......................honest :-D

Perry 28mm Medievals

Wonderfull bods these...I really like the look of  them...the fun bit being the multi-parts allowing seemingly endless combinatios of heads, arms and weapons. I haven´t decided yet how I´m going to base them yet.

They are all suitably dressed and equiped for the WotR period...but I won´t paint them up in any of the liveries used at the time for a couple of rasons. I like the look of "generic" medieval armies...the possible mix of colours and styles...this will also allow me to add bods from other manufacturers and I got away from painting ancients becuase of the "uniformity"...particually the romans...although I love the look of a full legion..

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Georgi and the dragon

Georgi??? Well they are Russian peasants....;-D  Figures by Alex

It was a sunny day...and Georgi got into the spirit of it all.....

....but when he got home.......

....he would have to explain it all to the  "dragon" :-D

"oh no....not again...what do I say?"

"NO excuses!!!! This time he´s going to get it!!"

Burgundian Heavy infantry

This lot are miniart Italian knights  and a couple of miniart German Knights.

The whole army so far

BUF Bandsmen

Or they could be marine bandsmen, Created from the Airfix Guards Band and WWI British Infantry 

Two Towers

Both these little 1/72nd scale master pieces are from Fredericus - rex who are now the main suppliers of Valdemar bods.

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The wall, stairs,  tower etc are all seperate pieces

OUCH!!!

Poor Percival has sprained his knee :-D Bods from Valdemar

Hello to Michael from Angel Barracks He sells 6mm bods, buildings, nags...everything.  I have a lot of respect for those in the hobby that paint 6mm and I can highly recommend going and having a look at this site. The houses!!!!! The "snake fence"!!!!! The chuckwagon..which comes in 3 parts!!!! Incredible!!