Oldhammer: The Kingdom of Bretonia

The army I personally commanded and I am proud to say that they never lost a battle!  Hail Bretonia!

Oldhammer: It's tough being Green

More blasts from the past as we have some of the units that made playing the Bad Guys fun!  Usually commanded by Honorable Son #1 (The Librarian)!

Every ork army needs at least one ruthless warlord to lead them . . . plus a loyal shaman who wears face paint.

This is why I always bring my longbowmen with me.

Nasty goblins!

More Gobbos!

I love painting trolls . . . this is where you need knights . . .lots of knights. The ocassional hero doesn't hurt to have also plus fire arrows.

A unit of mercenary ogres looking for plunder and loot with the green horde.

Not the brightest chaps in the army, but trolls tend to be bothersome.

Goblin warlord with his dog.

Boar chariot . . . of course.

Giant arrows!

Gobins and spiders and trolls . . . oh my!

Oldhammer: When Warhammer was Fun

I've been reorganizing photos and digitizing old ones . . . and I found one of my favorite armies commander by Honorable Son #4: The Empire.  Ah yes, the good old days before everything had more skulls and Warhammer was fun.  Long live Oldhammer.

 The massed might of an Imperial Army.

 The army standard bearer and an early conversion I did.

 Pistoliers.

 Lots of missile troops with Halfling archers, crossbowmen and musketeers.

 The Knights Panther.

 Great Swords - Death and Destruction heading your way.

 Spearmen.

 Swordsmen.

 Mounted and dismounted wizard with army cleric.

 And who doesn't like a big ole cannon?

 Hero next to the army standard.

Veterans Day 2016

November 11th is Veteran's Day in the USA and Armistice Day in other countries. 

I proudly have the 1st Armored Division on my right sleeve.

 

Me with Honorable Son #2.

Younger me on my Bradley "Audacity" with the 1st Armored Division.

My brother Shawn and his lovely bride Mary.

My lovely bride and my sister-in-law Allison (a retired colonel who is still my favorite Blackhawk pilot!).

My brother Brian.

 

My Dad.  He was "Doc" to the Marines during 2 tours in Vietnam.

Not pictured is my father-in-law Jim who as a 19 year old 1st Lieutenant starting flying B-17 bombers with the 8th Air Force in 1944 and ended the war as a captain.  My grandfather Sylvester was a Gunner's Mate on a destroyer in the US Navy during World War 2. My grandfather Mike served as a civilian civil engineer during World War 2 building railroads in Persia. My Uncle Gus who served in the Army as a Vietnamese language intelligence specialist and my Uncle Glenn who served in the US Navy.

Gripping Beast Vikings

The other days my Vikings were standing in for tribal infantry while play testing The Men Who Would be Kings.  At the end I realized I have never really taken any "posed" pictures when I finished these Vikings as a Sea Raider Army for Dux Bellorum.  Since then they have battled Middle Earth, in Dragon Rampant and various other games over the last year.  The over whelming are from one box of Gripping Beast miniatures with 2 metal command packs thrown in for variety.