But for 6 Figures, The Bucket List Is Complete

 Oh how frustrating...

I am waiting for 6 Wolf Riders to aarive. Once they have, the planned fantasy project has all it's parts in place and ready to rock. 

Then, I can tick off another Bucket List wish and wait for the return of the models from the painter who, has been busy since returning from his own Summer break, cracking on with the 15 kilos of figures in the first tranche I sent over to him.

I've been making a few changes to the Satanic Panic Universal Rules System over the last few days and have tweaked a few things and added others, so that it looks as if it's a really viable system.

Independent play tests have yielded a few comments, but all have been positive and/or constructive, which shows that I am heading in the right direction.

This is not just another Warhammer, but is a way to play stupidly large battles to completion using potentially thousands of models with a single number abstractly defining each unit. As a general, you should be focussing on big picture troop movements rather than micro-managing and S.P.U.R.S takes that view.

I am also not a fan of rigid army types where for instance all Orc armies are basically the same. Instead, I like the idea of being able to build an army whereby if you can find a model equipped in a certain way, it can be legitimately fielded.

I've gone with generic riules to cover such things as assassins, fanatics and idiots with bloody great ball and chains. The mechanic of use is the same as is the end result. It's just the way you depivt those troop types.

'Friction' is caused by a non-linear sequence of play which can further be disrupted by the players, giving a real sense of 'fog of war' and 'fortunes of battle'. 

The best thing about it, is that the game has been referred to repeatedly as 'great fun', which is what it's all about at the end of the day.

I got 114 out of 120 Ral Partha wolves stuck down to bases the other day, and I have to say that when they are finished and the 60 with riders, sporting their pint sized handlers, they will look awesome. I keep having to remind myself that these are just a fraction of the Evil Horde as there's a traditional fantasy army's worth of figures there :)

 

Finally, about 5 years ago, I parted company with a client who was arguing about the lack of shining  armour (white harness) in his 16th century Landsknechts.

So, I was somewhat cheered to see that there is a book on just this subject:

 https://renaissancedissident.com/medieval-armour-colour-finishes.html](https://renaissancedissident.com/medieval-armour-colour-finishes.htm

 

" For centuries it has been assumed that Medieval and Renaissance European armour and edged weapons were generally very-highly polished ‘white’, and the use of coloured and hammer-finishes on armour was something that arrived around the end of the 15th century, and ran through until armour largely went out of use. 

It was only as Chris handled more and more of the real thing, and then carried out restoration work on it, that he began to find evidence of colour finishes everywhere, also on early pieces. 

The book is the product of what he found hidden away underneath rivets and between the plates of that armour. It is full of photography which has never been published before, including pieces from private collections, although some of the biggest surprises will come from iconic pieces well-known already. "

TTFN