The Butterfly of Distraction Lands in Nashville!

 I have been warned the the Butterfly of Distraction was loose, but little did I know it had made it's way to Tennessee.  Our local convention, Nashcon, is a couple of weeks away, so perhaps I can be forgiven.  As part of the festivities, I have agreed for some unknown reason to play in a L'Art de la Guerre tournament.  I have been furiously re-organizing my DBA armies to fit the new format, and found to my surprise, that I only needed to pull out enough commanders to make a couple of General's stands for a late Feudal English period army.

The Garde de Paris continues to progress, but for some reason I felt the need to paint some Hinchliffe 20mm artillery first.  The Paris Garde has been waiting patiently for the return of my attention.

I also got it in my head that I wanted to pull out my copy of Melee from The Fantasy Trip series.  One can not have a fantasy melee without some skellies, so I finally finished up the last three of those that had been moldering in a corner.

Not period correct for an army led by Edward the III, but beggars cant be choosers.

Two British 6 pounders courtesy of Aly, all nicely spruced up and ready for action.  The 6" French Howitzer was still new in the package, which was a joy to build.  It came with enough spare axel hub caps to replace the missing ones on the British 6 pdrs.

I've been working on thinning the paint for a smother painted surface and have been very pleased with the results!

Not a lot of progress since my last post, but little by little they are getting there.

Melee!

I needed some more good guys to fight the aforementioned skeletons, so what better than some Fountain Guards of Gondor!

These are 40mm pre-painted hero clix kind of figures which I rebased for Melee

40mm skeletons from a discontinued epic Greek fantasy line.

This guy must have connected with that old rusty sword!

Then Aston Villa came to Nashville to play a friendly.  Nashville acquitted themselves well in 2-2 draw.  Had to go see that!

This is actually a shot from the previous game, but is pretty standard for any game I attend.  I even sneak a mayonnaise pack into the stadium for my hotdog.  Can't believe they only provide mustard, ketchup and relish...

We always chill in the stands and let the crowd disperse.  It's a fun way for Cindy to attract the attention of the players.  :)

Oh Yeah, and we also went to Lake Tahoe for vacation!

Alright, back to the painting desk!