This weekend my dear wife of 35 years was off enjoying a girl's weekend to celebrate birthdays, so I had a built in excuse to get in some gaming. While the troops looked good, as usual, my handling of them left something to be desired.
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| Aslan at the Stone Table with Susan and Lucy. How could I lose with this mighty lion looking over the battlefield along with the fated queens of Narnia? |
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| King Peter sounds the mighty war horn of Narnia. |
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| But Jadis, the Ice Queen, has other plans. |
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| Beasts of all sorts clash in the middle... |
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| And the Narnians pull out a crushing victory over the center of the wicked Queens army! |
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| But in the end, the magic of Jadis was too strong and the good people of Narnia will have to wait for another day to feel the return of Spring - Kinda reminds me of US politics come to think of it... |
To make up for his treatment of my Narnian army, Terry presented me with an extraordinary gift. A beautifully based and customized, painted figure of a 54mm Charles Stadden original, here altered to depict a Fusilier in Spanish service of the Cordoba regiment 1810-1812.
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| Here is how he started life. |
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| Modifications to the front and back in preparation for converting to a Spanish Fusilier, and also some general improvements to the casting of the figure. |
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| The list of modifications was extensive: Removed the chinscales, cords and shako plate, and reduced the pom pom to a cockade. Made a new shako plate in the shape of the city seal for Cordoba. Added mutton chop style sideburns and a thin pointed moustache typical of the Spanish at the time. Distressed the coat, trousers and shako with patches and tears (saber cut in the shako). Added a new flap cover for the cartouche, and removed the fatigue cap below it. Did some undercutting and refinement to the casting. |
Finally, I present the Completed Figure for your Enjoyment
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| The old campaigner |
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| Even the pot was hand carved and researched for authentic Spanish motifs! |
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| He looks like he stepped right out of the Peninsular war after much hardship! |
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| Even the back is detailed! |
So how do you run Aslan in your HOTT games?
ReplyDeleteHi Kapt. I don't much care to play gods in HotT as they introduce too much randomness for my taste. I have Aslan based on the camp so he can oversee the game, but the outcome is up to the players.
DeleteA great looking game, nice to see something that wee bit different and Narnia is certainly that! The Spanish fusilier is really top notch, great piece of modelling and superb painting,what a super gift to get.
ReplyDeleteHi Donnie, I have to venture out of the Napoleonic arena to keep things fresh every now and again. :) As for the figure from Terry, I do indeed count myself blessed to be his friend and receive such a gift!
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing eth Narnia game was a HotT bash? Might try my recently posted LotR figures - thinking of using a hex grid and making a hex equivalnet to a base with the requisite numbers of figures in it.
ReplyDeleteThat secnic basing for the Cordoba Fusilier is delightful, sets him off a treat. I think I would've gone with the Toledo regiment to get brown jackets with yellow facings to bring his essential Spanishness.
You are correct sir. HotT is an old favorite. Funny story about the fusilier, when Terry first completed the paintwork on the figure he sent me a picture and asked if I knew which regiment it was. I couldn't even figure out the Nationality!
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