Beneath The Lilly Banners Game - Part II

This really just an excuse to post some more images of the game that Nick sent to me, plus some images he has shared over the last few months as he worked his way through painting a shed load of figures for this era.

Ok for some reason, probably related to the naming convention, Blogger has placed the figure painting images first - not really a problem. As I (and Mark at 1866) have stated, Nick is probably the best painter we know - he puts a great deal of effort into getting things just right. His painting was outstanding ten years ago, but, not satisfied with perfection, when the new Army Painter type washes came on the scene, Nick experimented with this new technique until he actually DID improve on perfection - some of the results are below...

Following are the images of yesterdays game that Nick sent me after I had already posted my AAR. I didnt use them all but have selected mainly the ones that give a view of the game from his perspective

Nicks end of the table including the river

The collection of supply wagons to be shipped across the river

Long distance view down the table

Initial deployment of my troops as they entered the combat zone

The farm held by one of Nicks units

The view down the road from the farm to the river 

My cavalry heads off towards the river as the first infantry brigade moves towards the farm

Another view of the farm and its defenders

Cavalry advance continues

The first brigade deploys (slowly) to begin the assault on the farm 

The cavalry scatter a herd of cows, then the Jacobites appear in the trees to their right

Around the river crossing, the rest of Nicks force is revealed

Including the cavalry that would do all the actual fighting

View of my end of the table

The cavalry sweeps past the admiring Jacobite civilians clustered around the supply wagons

Above and below, a couple more general views from Nicks perspective

A long column of Williamite infantry plodding towards the sound of battle

My three squadrons of Raw cavalry can be seen in a line in the middle distance

The first brigade almost in position to start attacking the farm

First cavalry clash

Two squadrons of elite v's one raw - the result was not a surprise....

A couple of turns later

The next cavalry clash, as both sides send in reinforcements

The Jacobite cavalry pursue and destroy the two raw squadrons.