Painting update...Light Horse for the North

It's been a busy few weeks here as we've been finishing off the decorating and my son has returned from Uni, hence no post for a month.  Normally he's back for a few weeks before he returns to the wilds of Cardiff but this time it's a permanent move as he has finished his final year.  It's very strange readjusting to having us all at home again although it's been great to have him back.  Of course he has returned with 4 years worth of stuff which we have to somehow fit into the house as well as clearing out all the things that we've dumped in his room while he was away!

This hasn't left a lot of time for painting but I have managed to complete my 1st unit of cavalry for the Wars of the Roses project.  These are a unit of light horse painted in Clifford's livery.  Most of my infantry are painted as Percy's troops and I wanted a bit of variety.  As Clifford and Percy are both northern lords and fought on the Lancastrian side (mainly), this seemed an obvious choice.

The flags and badges on the figures are all from Citadel 6 and I also have some more flags which I ordered from Pete's Flags

I've also painted up some Pavises to protect my Handgunners and Crossbowmen...the transfers for these came from Little Big Men Studios

I've started on the rest of Clifford's men with a unit of Bow and one of Bill and will finish them off with a unit of mounted men-at-arms.

Sadly there's no actual gaming to report yet apart from last night's game of Discworld, a really excellent boardgame.  As usual I lost badly but the game was great fun as always

I also picked up a copy of Tank Duel from GMT games which is an interesting game in which each player controls a single tank represented via a 'dashboard'.

There isn't a board as such and it is all abstracted but the descriptions of the games sound very interesting and highly cinematic which I always like.  Games also don't go on for hours which is a key feature for me these days...I simply don't have the concentration or time to play marathon games like I used to.   I'll post more on this once it has had a proper outing.