Saturday, 14 March 2020

Calatafimi, 1860

This was a Battle Cry game played with 54mm figures on my Hexon terrain. Most of the figures I had painted specially for the game. They were a mix of ACW and Napoleonic plastics, largely ‘converted by paint’. I think at least seven manufacturers were represented!  I also built some hills out of 1-inch insulation board to better match the stature of the figures.
Unfortunately my photos have become rather jumbled but I hope you’ll enjoy them anyway.
British napoleonics standing in for Royalist forces.










The Royalists with the flag began life as ‘Alamo’ Mexicans.





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12 comments:

  1. Steve814 March 2020 at 18:44

    I drooling.

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  2. Maudlin Jack Tar14 March 2020 at 20:54

    Fine looking game Tim. I'm guessing this is part of the fighting during the Unification of Italy?

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  3. Martin Rapier15 March 2020 at 08:36

    It was a great game and looked fabulous. I was a bit dubious about 54s on the hexon hexes, but it worked fine.

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  4. Brian Carrick15 March 2020 at 08:56

    Nice work on the toys, the Royalists look very dapper.

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  5. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com15 March 2020 at 10:05

    Looks good to me. Reminds me of 54mm Volley & Bayonet games in the '90's

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  6. Pete.15 March 2020 at 23:58

    Looks lovely Tim. The old school charm of 54mm are brought nicely up to date by the plastic hexon tiles.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  7. Tim Gow18 March 2020 at 12:53

    Steve8
    Not on your keyboard I hope!

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  8. Tim Gow18 March 2020 at 12:54

    Maudlin Jack Tar
    That’s right - and there are still a few battles to come in this series.

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  9. Tim Gow18 March 2020 at 12:55

    Martin Rapier
    It helps that we have a group of gamers who’ll try pretty much anything - however dubious the concept sounds!

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  10. Tim Gow18 March 2020 at 12:56

    Brian Carrick
    Expect to see them in an assortment of other 19th century armies!

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  11. Tim Gow18 March 2020 at 12:57

    Ross Mac
    Thanks. I might have persevered with V&B if it had occurred to me to try 54s.

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  12. Tim Gow18 March 2020 at 12:58

    Pete
    It shouldn’t work but somehow it does!

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