Wimp Wars DBA Tourney - Recon May 2, 2008

I ran the Wimp Wars Tournament at Recon in Orlando.


The Coveted Wimp Wars Trophy

Marian Roman DBA Army II/49

The Marian (Late Republic) Roman Army Arrayed. It is entirely composed of 15mm Old Glory Miniatures, except for
the Antonius figure which is Alain Touller.
















At first I thought that this army would look very boring, but after tinkering with some shield patterns I found them to come out really nice.




The Cavalry General Stand. Gaius Julius Caesar is in the middle, with Marcus Antonius, his right hand man, on his right. These two figures were really well sculpted and were a pleasure to paint.

The first legion with the victory crest symbol on the shields. Each legion consists of about 4 stands of Blade in this army. I decided to give each one of them a standard that went with their motif.

Another view of this legion. All of the shields are hand painted. No decals were used.

The second legion has the eagle wings as their motif.

The standard bearer of this legion has an eagle as well. Like the first legion, all of these shiled were hand painted.

Roman skirmishers.

Siege of Augusta - January 25-26, 2008

The first game we played Friday night was the Battle of Stilo BBDBA event hosted by Jason Mirosavich. This pitted the Sicilian Muslims (Florida guys: Marty Schmidt, Dave Blackmon, Rick Parrish, and Tony Aguilar) against the Emperor Otto and his Lombard Allies (Chris Pagano, Mike Demana, and Jason Mirosavich). We enjoyed all playing together as a team, since we are usually having to fight each other. We almost pulled off a win, but Otto came back and crushed our center at the very end. Marty Schmidt (L), Chris Pagano (M), and Mike Demana (R)

A view of the middle of the battle from the Muslim right flank. It was nice running into some fellow painters at Siege. I got a chance to talk to Jason Mirosavich about his use of flags from LBM Studios. They definitely give a nice effect and come out well.

My first battle in the Matched Pairs Tourney was against Gray Strickland and I picked the Hussites against his Medieval Germans. Gray's general got shot up by the Hussite warwagons and ended the game relatively quickly. It was the only game in this tourney which I ended up winning. I had fun nonetheless.

Matched Pairs: Jason Mirosavich (Ghaznavid) vs. Mike Demana (Rajputs)

Another shot of the Ghazni-Raj battle.









Scott Gray (L) vs. Mike Demana (R). Scott went on to win the Matched Pairs Tourney going undefeated 4-0.






Bryant McLaughlin (L) vs. Dave Blackmon (R)







Paul Harrison (in picture) vs. Gray Strickland








Jason and I sligged it out with the Koguryo Korean and T'ang Chinese match-up. It was a good fight, even if my Koreans had a hard time finding their arrows!






Chris Pagano surveying the battlefield.








Gray Strickland didn't get a chance to play as the Hussites in the Matched Pairs Tourney, so he brought the out for the Open Tourney.

Polybian Roman DBA Army II/33

The Polybian Roman Army arrayed. This army consists of 15mm Old Glory figures.

The Cavalry General in all of his glory.

Italian Allied Cavalry make up the other Cv stand. The figures were cast with bulging eyes, which meant that I had to paint the pupils and all.

The Consul and his Italian Cavalry.

The capes on these figures makes them stand out nicely.

The first three units of blade are Hastati with linen armor with bronze pectorals and white shields.

The next three units of blade are the Principes with mail armor, white tunics, and red shields.

The two spear stands are Triarii with the yellow shields and red tunics underneath. These are the veteran troops of the legion.

I decided to use needles for the spears instead of wire. They have a nice taper at the end and have been blunted by filing the tips.

Two stands of Psiloi provide support for the legion.

A simple wooden pallisade made from Bamboo skewers. Just cut, glue, and paint to look like wood.

Due to the simple shield designs of the Early Republic, this army actually looks more impressive from the back.

The Rise of Rome DBA Tourney - Hurricon Sep. 29, 2007

This DBA Themed tournament was held at Hurricon on Sep. 29, 2007 in Orlando, FL. This tournament was sponsored by Time Portal Hobbies and Green Dragon Hobbies.


Gray Strickland (L) looks on as Rick Parrish (R) tries to come up with a brilliant plan for his Parthians to defeat Gray's Sarmatians.

Doug Hawes (L) and the Polybian Romans faces off against Jeff Franz (R) and Carthage.

Doug and I faced off in the Polybian-Polybian slugfest in Game 2. This game actually lasted about 40 bounds...and that is with both of us crashing into each other.

Rick Cundiff (L) and Carthage face off against Rick Parrish (R) and his Parthians.

Gray Strickland (L) and Jeff Franz (R). Sarmatians vs. Carthage.....mano a mano.

Rick Parrish (L) and Doug Hawes (R) battle it out in Game 3.

Rick Cundiff (L) and Jeff Franz (R) duke it out both with Carthage.......LITTORALY.

Nothing like a pair of hefelumps landing on your rear.

Gray Strickland with his Sarmatians (12 Knights!) against my Polybian Romans in the final battle. Luckily I won terrain and my dice were hot!

Everyone had a great time. If you don't believe me, just ask any of these guys. Thanks again to Time Portal Hobbies and Green Dragon Hobbies for your generous prize support!

FINAL RESULTS - NASAMW Scoring

Tony Aguilar 73 points

Rick Parrish 48 points

Gray Strickland 47 points

Jeff Franz 28 points

Doug Hawes 24 points

Rick Cundiff 5 points

Tang China III/20b

The DBA army of Tang China arrayed. The army consists of Cv (Gen), 3 Cv, 2 LH, 3 Sp, 1 Ps (or 1 Bw), 1 Cb, and 1 Bw.

The figures used are a mix of Essex, Minifigs, and Outpost. The "official" color of Tang was red, so I had a recurring theme of using red on every stand to tie the army together.

The General and the Cavalry are Minifigs. Horses have frontal armor only and the riders are armed with both lance and bow.

Spearmen and Psiloi. Spearmen are Essex and Psiloi are Minifgs.

Light Horse figures by Minifigs.

Bow and Crossbow - figures by Outpost Miniatures

Rajputs - Hindu Indian III/10b