Legio Wargames

Fresh off the painting table is a unit of Armenian cavalry These men will see action when I refight Dasymon (AD 838) as part of my play-testing for the 2026 revision of Comitatus rules . They can also see service in Byzantine, Crusader, or even Turkish and Arab armies. As usual I kept to a limited colour palette -- in this case various shades of red, white and yellow. This gives coherence to a unit of non-uniformed men. The figures are all 28 mm Perry Armenians from their c

I am staging another play test for my revision of Comitatus Rules in December. This unit, just off the painting table, will be the Comitatus of Sembat the Armenian leading the Arab cavalry at the Battle of Dasymon (aka Anzen) AD 838. I kept to a simple green and yellow colour palette to give a sense of coherence to an otherwise un-uniformed group of men. I am particulary pleased with how the banner turned out -- a golden pheasant and cresent moon. It was actually much easie

The British had a heavy gun batterry on the heights above Queenston Village in the 1812 battle. This battery disrupted the American...

Large numbers of militia were fielded by both the Canadians and Americans in the War of 1812. In both cases they outnumbered the regular...

Following on from our refight of Falkirk Muir , Prince Charles Stuart has another chance to secure the British throne for his father —...

King Louis XIV in person has led the French army into the Spanish Netherlands to lay siege to Namur. Driven from England by the Jacobites...

The Saxons, raiding deep into British held Caer Colun, stole the treasures of Praefectus Firmum Coquus but had to bury the loot in order...

Stoke Field (1487) was the last attempt by the Yorkists to regain the throne of England. These figures are also the last Yorkists I...

Next Sunday I shall be staging the last battle of the Wars of the Roses — Stoke Field (1487). Around 4000 Irish, led by Sir Thomas...

Some years back we refought the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim both of which the Jacobite players won. It seemed like a good idea to...

Working through my orders of battle for Barnet (1471) I realised that I needed a few more Lancastrian archers. As I had plenty of spares...

Originally a Lancastrian, Sir William Norreys changed his allegiance to King Edward IV after the Battle of Towton. Sir William commanded...

Next up on the painting table is a unit of 11th C Armenians for my Byzantine army. The Armenian Theme was unwisely abandoned by Emperor...

It has been 5 years in the making but finally I had painted up all the troops I needed to refight the battle of Rocroi (1643) between the...

Preparations for staging the Battle of Rocroi continue despite the fact that I am away from the painting table for a few days in northern...

It is 27 October 1644 and the fate of England hangs in the balance. Having relived Donnington Castle, King Charles I stands his ground at...

Italians, Burgundians and Germans fresh off the painting table, ready to join the Spanish Army at Rocroi (1643). The Italians (left) and...

My Italians in the Spanish army of the 1640s are progressing well. The figures are a mix of 1898 Miniatures, Perry, Avanpost and Warlord...

I have slowly been building up my French and Spanish armies with the intent of re-fighting Rocroi (1643) — the time of the Three...

This recently painted 28mm unit represents 5th century Goths. I have used a mix of figures, mostly from late Roman, Saxon and...