A few more Irish and a game of Pillage

In preparation for the first game of pillage I quickly completed a few more warriors. This time a few in chain armour as so far the force was looking a little brittle. These are all from Footsore miniatures, I also picked a few mounted figures only to discover the Irish don't have them in Pillage.

These all saw action in tonight's game along with the plastic building from Victrix which was in the starter set. I didn't use the wood frames of the roof as I preferred the model without it and helped it match with the rest of the collection.

And so to the first game of Pillage. We just set up the table, picked some random figures and worked our way through the rules. They are simple enough to pick up, but we would have benefited from a QRS, especially for combat. It was an easy victory for the Vikings who managed to extract enough booty from the village. My lack of ranged weapons hampered the defence as I initially seemed too far away. I did though get the satisfaction of killing the Viking leader. A few photos from the game.

In other news I've managed to make a start on a new side project. A skirmish game so thankfully a low figure count. Though plenty of scenery will be needed.

Buildings and more Irish

As mentioned in yesterday's post, Thom provided me with 2 dark age Grubenhaus or pit houses for free. He had printed more than he needed. They took no time at all to paint up. One is wattle and daub and the other is wood. I've got a 3rd one from Victrix to paint up that came with the starter set.

I also managed to paint up a few more Irish warriors to fill out the ranks, there are a couple with slings to provide a bit of ranged missile support to the force. These are Victrix apart from one which is from Gripping Beast.

To further fill out the Irish I have some of the metal figures from Footsore, mainly in armour as the force is seriously lacking armoured troops. Hopefully get them painted up by next week.

Pillaging in the Dark Ages

With a couple of the club members picking up the Pillage rules, I decided to pickup the new starter set  and see what it was all about. I then remembered that I had some Vikings and Saxons from an old Shore raid game I did at the Border Reiver show about 20+ years ago. All they needed was some re-basing and a little touch up. 

They are a mix of Gripping Beast, Artizan, Foundry, and Blacktree. Not bad for being around 25 years old. I've got a few more unarmoured Saxons to re-base and the Vikings could do with a couple of archers. Now the starter set comes with a sprue each of Irish and Vikings. With already having plenty of Vikings I swapped these with Mitch for a sprue of Irish. I've added these to some figures I already had from Gripping Beast, including a couple of plastic figures. I have an order in for a sprue from Wargames Atlantic and some metal figures from Footsore to give me a few mounted figures and some armoured troops.

I've nearly enough painted for a 600 point starter force. Now I just need to see of blogger will update.