My Renaissance Army is working its way from bottom to top in the photograph. I had tried to make the battlefield as flat as possible without obstructing terrain but my enemy (another young Alexander still in the process of finishing his studies) had cunningly drawn a forest partially across my path. My impact troops hurtled forward scoring an early success against a deep warband but in so doing had left behind their supporting" shooters" (an obvious mistake in hindsight). Note: my crack unit of Germanic MAA is somewhat wasted pointing in the direction of some distant Light Cavalry. However skirmishers hold the strategic toe of the forest and are eyeing up a dangerous looking unit of mounted Cavalry and another of Impact Elephant skirting the wood (top right above).
(Above) Alas my brave Burgundian Knights now get "gubbed" in the middle (admit it you saw it was going to happen), I just didn't get through enough of the enemy warband troops before losing my "impetus" (see below).
But wait all is not lost, these boys are tough. They can still kill more warbands any day of the week despite accruing casualties in the process. Their quality shows despite the dangerous presence of more enemy "quantity" to their immediate left. Meanwhile lurking to their far right is a dangerous shadow sizing up the flank of my Pike Block (see below):
My adversary looked on despairing not of his losses. This Young General was planning something cunning with these fine fellows (above).
Good to see you're getting some mileage under the feet (and hooves) of your new toys. That elephant was a bit unexpected!
ReplyDeleteI try to work on a LIFO principle these days, Last In First Out of the painting tray principle where possible.
ReplyDeleteI painted the "new metals" as fast as I could
(Note: Mileage doesn't necessary mean winning)