Plastic Pirates

A wall of Carthaginian shields and spears! Juba sat astride his horse, stretching without dismounting. For three days and three nights he and his Numidians had been almost constantly in the s...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/03/clash-campaign-report-battle-of.html

As readers of this blog already know, I am getting started with The Barons' War from Footsore. I am at the point where my next step is to actually assemble and paint a retinue. But, as is so oft...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/01/making-tokens-for-barons-war.html

As mentioned in a previous post , I am learning about and building forces for a new game (new to me at least): The Barons' War by Footsore Miniatures . Those of you who read my blog (thank you...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/01/introducing-willan-dourant-my-leader.html

Following up on my post from yesterday , I am now using the broom bristles not to repair a weapon, but rather to make a completely new one. There were several comments, here and in social media...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/01/making-falchion-using-broom-bristles.html

On Saturday I played, and won, another game in our Clash of Spears campaign. Unfortunately, though victorious, I did suffer some losses. Among them was a pair of broken javelins on my Victrix m...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/01/unbreakable-spears-and-javelins-for.html

That's a good-looking army. Last Saturday I was able to get in a game for our Clash of Spears campaign. I'd already played a couple of games this turn, and fortunately won both, so I did not ...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/01/vengeance-tastes-sweet-malchus-wins.html

Lately I've been reading a lot of online buzz about a game from Footsore Miniatures called "The Barons' War." The game has been out for a while now, and there have been, I think, four very su...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2023/01/getting-started-in-barons-war.html

A crucial moment in the battle during turn 3 - read on for details! Bryan and I met to fight the second battle for each of us this campaign turn. As such, it is what the campaign calls a "pr...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-close-run-thing-or-how-malchus.html

La casa en la mesa de juego (Foto/Beren) En una publicación anterior, escribí sobre algunas ideas que tuve para construir una selección de estructuras rurales para representar una villa o ...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/12/villa-rural-romana-en-3d.html

The printed villa on the tabletop. (Photo/Beren) In a previous post , I wrote about some ideas I had to build a selection of rural structures to represent a Roman villa or farm. As opposed to...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/12/3d-small-roman-rural-villa.html

Si han leído mis publicaciones anteriores, ya saben que hasta ahora en la campaña de Clash of Spears no me está yendo muy bien, al menos en términos de victorias. No me malinterpreten, l...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/12/cuales-griegos-eligiendo-mi-proxima.html

If you’ve read my previous posts, you already know that so far the Clash of Spears campaign isn’t going very well for me, at least in terms of victories. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enj...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/12/which-greeks-choosing-my-next-clash-of.html

Numidian cavalry ride unopposed across the farm. With Campaign Turn 1 (finally) over, it is time to begin Clashing in Turn 2. My first match-up of the new season was against Chris and his Gau...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/12/victory-or-how-malchus-finally-beat.html

Malchus leads his men through drills. With the first campaign turn ended, and my record at a frustrating 0-4, it is time to regroup, reorganize, and re-think the situation. But rather than ju...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/re-thinking-my-warband-clash-of-spear.html

I really enjoy making terrain, as should be evident from this blog. Since starting the Clash of Spears campaign I've assembled and painted figures, fought battles, and written stories and reports...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/building-provincial-roman-villa-for.html

Roman "ghosts" hold the hill against Carrthage's finest. Malchus stalked his way back to his tent, Bostar at his side. “Dammit, man,” he growled, “The men looked like crap at drill toda...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/we-need-victory-clash-of-spears.html

Libyan spearmen at the ready. Today I fought another engagement in our ongoing Sicily campaign for Clash of Spears. Again, my opponents were the darned Greeks, this time Bryan's force of Pyrr...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/pork-its-what-for-dinner-hopefully.html

Malchus' Carthaginians face off against Sean;'s Greek mercenaries. Tonight, Sean and I played another Clash of Spears game as part of our ongoing campaign in Sicily during the First Punic War...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/malchus-carthaginians-face-off-against.html

A friend (thanks a lot Bryan!) recently made me aware of a new miniatures wargaming coming soon to Kickstarter - Fjord Serpents, subtitled Vikings at War. Two fully painted ships and the...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/upcoming-kickstarter-preview-fjord.html

  600 pts of Carthaginians for Clash of Spears! This fall/winter the gentlemen that I game with and I are running a campaign for the Clash of Spears wargaming rules. (You can read about t...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/11/campaigning-carthaginians.html

Malchus knelt before the small altar in his campaign tent, head bowed. In front of him, vapors from incense burners snaked around a golden idol of Rasap, the lord of war.  His meditations were...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/10/clash-of-spears-battle-for-sicily-begins.html

I love wargaming. And I love history. So when I stumble upon a little nugget of history that would make for great wargaming, well, the inner geek in me totally loses his mind. That happened y...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-awesomeness-of-history-vikings-vs.html

On Labor Day I was able to gather with some gaming friends at Giga Bites Cafe in Marietta for some more Clash of Spears action. There were four of us, and we decided to fight a four-player ba...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/09/four-way-clash-of-spears-battle-celt.html

When Clash of Spears was announced, it really was a simple choice for me to dive in! The Kickstarter in late 2019 was the perfect opportunity for me to explore ancient wargaming at what I th...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/08/painting-celtiberians-for-clash-of.html

I gathered this past Saturday, Aug. 27, with a group of wargamers to participate in the Clash of Spears Summer 2022 tournament at Giga-Bites Cafe in Marietta . The tournament was hosted by my ...

http://plasticpirates.blogspot.com/2022/08/clash-of-spears-summer-2022-georgia.html