Return to the Romans

Trying to complete another project that stalled - To the Strongest 10mm Republican Romans

I needed to refocus the effort from my original plan of "mad dash to paint as many stands as possible" which obviously didn't work well.  Part of that re-focus was to pick a specific battle, organize the forces around that, then finish painting.  I decided on refighting the Battle of Trebia and found some good "To the Strongest" OOBs already defined and play-tested.  With that information I was able to plan out the rest of the necessary units for the Roman army. Needed to finish some velites units, cavalry units, leaders, and additional Triarii.  

Here’s some work-in-progress shots of the Velites and Command units.  The cavalry are primed but haven’t begun painting them just yet. 

Update - December 30th 2025 - I've completed the roman army.  The only thing remaining is the "camp", which I will finish at a later date. 

Here are some final shots.

Overhead shot - Two legios - Romans (red shields) and Allies (yellow/green shields).  Scipio Africanus Inset.

Roman Equites Cav

The Roman Legion

Allied Cav led by Scipio

Latinii Cav

The Allied Legion

Overhead shot of the Allies

Another pic of the Romans

Scipio leading the Cav

Scipio

Looking forward to finally getting more TTS games in with my buddy Le Coq Fou.  Next up...gotta work on Hannibal and the Carthaginians... 

Take Action at Historicon 2021

After many years I finally made my custom WW1 trench boards.  I made good use of the pandemic time. I always wanted the ground to have a reddish color to represent the clay earth.

We played Take Action, and this was French 6th Army on Day 1 of the Battle of the Somme, July 1 1916. The attack on the Village of Curlu. It was great to roll some dice with Le Coq Fou. 

Republican Romans

I've been slowly working on 10mm romans for To The Strongest. 

I've completed the triarii, princeps and hastati.  Still need to finish the velites, commanders, and cavalry.

Historicon 2019 Part 3

Continuing with the pictures from Historicon 2019.

Next up, a really beautiful western board.  Not sure what rules they were playing but the detail on this board was pretty sweet.

Then there was this pirates board.  Super cool.  I'm not really a big pirates fan, but if i got to play on this board it might change my mind...