Painting Update

No game this week but I did manage to get some painting completed.  In the foreground, there is  selection of horses painted for a BG of Parthian/Sassanid horse archers.  In the background, more Pre-Islamic Arab archers for my Hatra ally as well as more horse archers and Arab lancers.

Peter Pig 15mm Camelphracts - will work for the cornerstone of a Hatra 300 army and another BG for my Parthians.

Khurasan Arab Light Lancers for my Pre-Islamic Arabians/Arab Conquest.

Two shots of Xyston Camel Train for my Parthians.  This is a 40x80mm base and will work for a FOG 300 army and along with two other bases for a full size FOG camp.  It will also work for that other rule set that is played down here in the south.

FOG 3.0 in the Man Cave

Finally able to get game in this weekend - Willard Moore traveled down from Huntsville with his Daylami Horde to take on my Rus.  The Rus have not faired well under any of the three versions of FOG and today was to prove no different.

Will deployed with only 10 BGs including a BG of superior elephants.  The Rus showed up with 11 BGs three of which were lights.  

The Rus won the initiative and chose agriculture.  Will tried to clutter the battlefield by I picked up two his choices by rolling a 6.  Most of the remaining terrain ended up on the edges anyway so we fought in the middle.

Early on things were working for the Rus as the elephants were seen off by one of the veteran Rus Spear units and one of the average Ghilman was driven off by an average spear BG on the opposite end.

Once the two main lines joined in melee things quickly went askew as the Daylami impact foot won just about every impact and the ones they did not win, they rolled out of danger.  One Daylami sub general bit the dust but none of the Daylami BGs cared.  In just under 2 hours, the Rus army was fleeing from the field with the Daylami down only 5 attrition points.

Here are some pictures of the action. Unfortunately, no record survives of the final minutes of the slaughter.  Until next time...

Cold Iron 4: Final Rankings

Cold Iron IV is now in the books and by all accounts everyone in attendance had a blast and have asked for me to run it again.

Final Rankings (we used the 100 point scoring method from ADLG)
1. Lee Cleveland, 282 points (only played 3 rounds Saturday and did not make it back on Sunday) - Khmer

2.  Joey Miller, 232 Points, Carthaginain ( he won a complete set of Fog V3 Books)

3.  Vince Solfronk with 217 points, Post Roman Britain (he received a painted set of Celtic FOG markers from Monolyth Designs)

4. Gino Agnelly, 206 points, Arab Conquest

5. Will Moore, 188 points, Medieval Scandinavian (winner of the Worst Dice Award and a set of Chessex Dice)

6. Brett Stiefel, 134 points, Principate Roman

Referee:  Christopher Anders, 40 points, Early Scots (Only played 2 rounds)

Cold Iron IV: Round 2

Round 2 Match-Ups

Christopher Anders with Early Scots vs Brett Stiefel and his Principate Romans - Brett's Roman beat the Scots back into the Stone Age

Vince Solfronk in the foreground with his Post-Roman Britains vs Will Moore's Medieval Scandinavians - Vince and Will took it to time being called with Will edging Vince on total points for a winning draw.

Lee Cleveland and his Khmer vs Joey Miller's Carthaginians.  Lee's Khmer showed Hannibal what real elephants can do on the battlefield.

Cold Iron IV: Round 1

Brett Stiefel vs Joey Miller in the foreground with Principate Romans vs Hannibal's Carthaginians - Joey destroyed Brett

Lee Cleveland is taking on Will Moore in the background with Khmer vs Medieval Scandinavian - Lee finished off Will as time expired

Gino Agnelly with Arab Conquest vs Vince Solfronk with Arthur's Sub-Roman British.  Vince pulled it out in the end.

Cold Iron IV: The Return of FOG Update

Today is the day for Cold Iron IV.  Here are pictures of the prizes and trophies.

FOG Markers are by Monolith Designs out of Canada.  

Early Scots

The Early Scots are done.