Besides fighting and refighting the 1615 Battle of Dōmyōji and working on the rebasing of my 28mm WotR project throughout June and July, I managed to push out an additional contingent for the WotR project.
Mustering out today is Clifford's Battle consisting of the three battle lines, one line each of archers (20 figures), billmen (14 figures), and Men-at-arms (13 figures). Yes, bases are still configured into BMUs of figures yielding similar weapons. That is, archers in one BMU of two stands, billmen in one BMU of two stands, MAA in one BMU of two stands. Figures are all Perry Miniatures plastics. The rebasing project is nearing completion. Only a couple of Battles left to convert. Once finished, it may be time for a parade and an explanation of my rebasing madness. In the category of something you don't see every day, I came upon this sight while out on the bike one morning. Now, we like to complain about potholes in these parts, but this sight takes "pothole" to a new level. As seen in the photo above, the inattentive driver drove his car around the "Road Closed" barricade and straight into a reconstruction trench! That is about a two-foot drop from street level with two wheels in and two wheels out. Ouch! The driver had his trunk open and was quietly removing items from the trunk and placing them beside the car. I was tempted to stay to watch the extraction but had to be on my way. Be careful out there!
Lovely work on the latest battle Jonathan. The paints you have used really work well; nice solid colours but without looking garish. I have lost three tyres to potholes in the last three or four years, which always necessitates the purchase of two each time to 'keep things balanced', but thankfully I haven't hit any potholes quite as large as that trench. It's not like he wasn't warned.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Bad roads and potholes seem to be universal problems.
DeleteBeautiful addition to the WotR collection Jon. Complaints about potholes seem to be universal....I see them occasionally on BBC reports from the UK, and here, our right leaning government set up a special pot hole helpline guaranteeing to get them attended to within 24 hours after making a song and dance about how poorly maintained the roads were under the previous lefty administration!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith! We have a pothole hotline here too with promises to fix quickly. The incentive here is that if the pothole has been reported but not fixed in a timely manner and you damage your car, the city could be liable for repairs.
DeleteA fine looking battle Jonathan. Our roads seem to become like assault courses more and more it certainly makes driving interesting at times.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Phil! We have poorly maintained roadways that would fall under your “assault course” definition as well.
DeleteGreat looking units Jonathan. I am looking forward to the parade.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand some drivers, going around a road closed sign and then not watching for problems! Although in Sydney they don't trust us and any hole like this would be surrounded by witches hats, five council workers and two young ladies directing traffic. (for some reason it is always young ladies now)
On a happier note, your post came up as being 6 minutes old so hopefully blogger is back on track.
Much appreciated, Ben! Well, not all is OK with Blogger blogroll. I first posted this three hours earlier. Without any sign of it hitting the blogroll, I reverted back to draft and republished. Then, it showed up about an hour later. So, about a four hour lag that had to be nudged along the way. Disappointing.
DeleteLovely looking battle,all ready for Ferrybridge! Lovely finish, I look forward to the parade, in Jamaica I got used ti having to drive into and then out of some potholes that were almost the entire width of the road!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain! I suppose I could follow norm's lead and brig Ferrybridge to the table. Potholes spanning the entire roadway are nasty ones, indeed!
DeleteAll the best with your rebasing. There seems to be little joy in the rebasing process until all units are done, then relief all is done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Peter! Call me strange but I somewhat enjoy rebasing. It is like getting a new army for almost free!
DeleteGreat job! Large bases look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alexey!
DeleteClifford's 'lads' look great, looking forward to the 'rebasing' post.
ReplyDeleteIn the UK, potholes are a 'national thing' now. Last year the RAC (Royal Automobile Association) reported that the highest motoring repair costs of the year had been related to pothole damage.
I have just had my Tracking re-calibrated due to pothole induced issues.
And of course they pose a significant danger to cyclists.
Happy you approve, Norm!
DeleteI would not bet against the same statistic here in the Pacific Northwest either. Potholes are a terrible obstacle for cyclists. I speak from experience!
Hi Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteOutstanding progress on the rebasing project. As Alexei mentions in the comments, those larger bases look fantastic and really give you a proper vignette feel for medieval lines. It must be a great feeling to have the end of the project in sight. Safe riding on those pothole-ridden roads!
Cheers, Andy
Much appreciated, Andy! I like larger bases, in part, because I hate moving around a lot of smaller bases per unit. Since many of my 28mm collections are based for Impetvs and its "diorama" style basing, I stuck to that approach here.
DeleteGreat looking unit Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michal!
DeleteLovely figures, I can see why people are still puzzled by how WotR armies fought with that interesting mixture of different troop types.
ReplyDeletePeople are always driving through 'road closed' signs around here too, but I've yet to see a car actually go into hole.
Thanks, Martin! It would be educational for to travel back in time to see how armies actually fought throughout history. That would ease a lot of wargamers' minds. I don't often see a car swallowed by a hole, here, either!
DeleteGreat work on the rebasing Jon and I look forward to reading about your reasons why etc:). The trouble is everytime I hear 'Clifford', I can't help but thinking of the eponymous 'Big Red Dog' as our kids loved it way back when;)! As for potholes, nothing that size but plenty of ones to do damage to your tyres, suspension etc:(.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve! Yeah, I remember Clifford the Dog too! This fellow is going to have much more damage than to only tires and suspension!
DeleteNice WotR!
ReplyDeletePotholes are a problem / cause of complaint in the UK too.
Never underestimate stupidity........☺
Neil
Thanks! I agree. Never under-estimate stupidity.
DeleteSince I'm painting 30-years war, I think that it's important to make the figures colourful without using too many different colours. I hope that it's clear.
ReplyDeleteI love your mix of different poses and colours. Very well done!
I agree with your painting and composition assessment, André. We want variation but not to the point of excess and historicity.
DeleteFab looking figures Jon!!! I wonder if that driver's English?
ReplyDeleteThanks! Well, he wasn't driving on the left side of the road!
DeleteClifford, lovely unit but not a favourite of we Scots. I sued the local council years ago over a pothole, their defence was that if they didn't know about it they couldn't do anything and if they did know about it they were going to so something. I asked for the work sheet, they caved and I got the money back for a burst tire, it took a year.
ReplyDeleteThanks, George! I am very pleased to see that you won your case! I will tuck your experience away for future events.
DeleteAh, so I'm not the only one who re-bases! Nice looking WotR figures. Oh, and that driver will have an interesting call with his insurance company.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dean! Yes, I would not want to be making THAT call!
DeleteLovely looking troops, Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteThe driver might be more mindful of road closed signs in future... but how did he not see the huge hole in front of him?
Thanks, Richard! I was riding in the morning so perhaps the driver drove into the hole before visibility was good? Maybe he thought he could navigate around the hole? Who knows what was going through his mind? Since there was already a small group gathering to take photos, I figured I should keep pedaling.
DeleteGreat job love the little dragon flag very cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteNicely done Jon, super additions for your project.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donnie!
DeleteUpon reading the post's title, I was expecting a diorama of a large red dog wielding a machine gun or battleaxe. Colour me disappointed. :P
ReplyDeleteBattle looks great sir and I'm eager for the parade. Always like seeing others' efforts with WotR projects, but for some reason the topic/era never appealed to me enough to start my own.
Idiot in a hole.... is an idiot. Driver Licenses are given out far too easily imo.
Sorry to disappoint you, Dai! Next time I mention Clifford, you may see a Big Red dog!
Delete"Idiot in a hole...is an idiot." So true and so easily avoided!
Excellent work on Clifford's battle
ReplyDeleteThanks, Neil!
DeleteNice unit (or three) Jon….. as for potholes my garmen cycle computer has started warning me off potholes in certain places I assume somewhere you can upload locations as yesterday I cycled past many hundreds but only got warned of one !
ReplyDeleteThank you, Matt! GPS provides pothole tracking? That is news to me!
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