Gangs of Rome on a Friday Night

Friday Night Fun 

Work ongoing on the gangs of Rome, with the two small starter gangs built and the first mob base completed. The texture roller turned up during the week, and I have obviously started using it to make the bases and add to the building. 

Not a Roman!

The first of the objective marker is completed. 

It has been long overdue for a overhaul of my painting desk, workshop, home office or man cave*. So, focus this week has been on tidying stuff up. 

*delete as appropriate

The Hobgoblin continues to be a regular beer of choice for a Friday night.

Only the weekend to go before Advent starts and the adventure begins....

Rob 

The Paleo-Hunt Continues

 Big Game & Other Stuff

Painting some of the big stuff from Warfare in the form of some prehistoric beasties. Obviously the mammoth is looking a bit worse for wear but will provide a good focal point for a game or two. Quick and easy paint jobs on these minis but suit the subject. 

Working on some more dwarves, the EM4 body provides a good starting point. 

The first Roman gang is starting to take shape. I decided I was going to make the objective counters and tried to create some cobble stones on the base. I wasn't happy with the cobble effect, so I ordered a texture roller!

A dark beer for a dark Friday night.

Rob 

Warfare 2025 Show

 A.K.A. Sherman Fireflies are Awesome

Had a great time at Warfare in Farnborough today and I did spend a bit more than I was planning! Plus managed to play a couple of games. 

This will mean I can put together a new Wartnose jousting team of witches, go on a couple of paleo hunts and start my rise as the biggest gang in Rome. I wasn't planning on getting the Gangs of Rome but as soon as picked up the box and felt the weight. I just had to have a copy. 

We first managed to get in on a game of 'What a Tanker' where I crewed a heroic Sherman Firefly and Jason took on a dastardly Panther. The Firefly took out two Panzer IVs and nearly took out Jason's Panther but got stuck in the open and eventually my luck ran out. And then of the course the Panther's 75mm gun found a weak spot. A really great participation game and run by a friendly team. It also hardly needs saying but what awesome terrain. 

Also took part in an epic  historic battle between the Greeks and the Romans. The Greek Phalanx looked unstoppable but in true Roman form they still managed to duff us up. And a Roman victory was inevitable. 

Plus a couple of pictures of a very nice looking large scale LotR game. 

Rob 

The Goblins Jousters 'Jump the Plant'

2-1 To Gorbo's Morbos at the Thornspitter Arena

Snap (Badger) manages a glancing 

blow on Morbo (Spider chariot)

Back to Wartnose Jousting on a Friday night. And the goblin team wins a second game to lead the Conker cup. As a prize the gobbos win a bag of rotten fruit which they can chuck at their opponents in future games. 

Pop (Fox) narrowly escapes 

being taken out Gorbo (Mjölkhare)

We did forget half the rules on Jeering tokens which meant we didn't get any rerolls during the game but picked up one each after we finished. Snap the Pixie badger also managed gain Piercing shot skill on the Triples dirty tricks table. After levelling up. 

Another fun game which lasted about an hour which made it fit nicely into a Friday evening before the beers came out. 

Rob 

33 Minutes Later

Doing Some Painting

Before 

Finally finished the latest round of work trips and time to do some painting, not really geared* for a long evening painting so went to a 30 minute finish a figure session. 

This was the first test mini with the Oathmark head on the EM4 spear dwarf body. 

Once I started painting him, I realised I hadn't remoted enough of the original plastic. So, I painted it brown to look like leather and fortunately it will be covered by the shield. Something to look out for on the next twenty!

33 minutes later

*mentally geared that is!

Its obviously not Friday night but is time for a beer. 

And one from my work trip. 

Rob