Best of the Blogs I Follow: 20 to 29 September 2015

I. AAR's & Convention Reviews

2 Hour Blog: Urban Renewal and Fringe Space, Part I, 5150

A Frightful Bestiary: Lion Rampant in the Middle Earth

Association Les Riflemen: Archduke Charles and the Danube in 1809

Baron's Blog: Liberty Legion versus Emperor's Swords, Supersystem

Campaigns in Germania: SYW in India,  Batailles de l'Ancien Régime

Daluappror: Cavalry charge at Ängelholm 1678, Pikeman's Lament

I Have Wrought My Simple Plan: First Game, Frostgrave

Ion Age: Patrol Angis AAR

Irregular Wars: Yoyo SkyWalker's AARs for Irregular Wars

Jay's Wargaming Madness: Peterson's Farm, ACW, This Hallowed Ground

Joy and Forgetfulness: Waterloo Garden Gaming

News from the Front: Through the Mud and the Blood and the Mist

Painting the Lead Pile: Initial Game of Frostgrave

Pijlies Wargaming Blog Battle of Nieuwport 1600, Pike & Shotte

Mbango Wabapi, Ducosim

Shadowkings: Conan and the Tower of Blood, Part II, Amazing Tales

The Living Museum AAR, Frostgrave

Skull and Crown: Lepanto, Galleons & Galleys

Sparker's Wargame Blog: Marengo, Black Powder

Stalker7: Blood Trails in the Rubble, Cleared for Engagement

Wasteland Patrol #3, Cleaning Day, Cleared for Engagement

Tides of War: Invasion of Troy, 1238 BC

Wargaming.info: Punic Wars, Impetvs

Wargaming in Sverige: Bombing Run with T.A.C.

II. Battle Projects, Campaigns & Unit Histories

15mm Wargaming For Fun and Sanity: United Nations Space Command

Armies Army: Uprising Campaign, No Stars In Sight

Gaming with Too Fat Lardies: Arnhem Campaign Turns #1-2, Chain of Command

General de Brigade: Wargames Holiday Center--Ligny, General de Brigade

JJ's Wargames: 1/54 Regiment de Ligne

3/8 Regiment de Ligne

Natholeon's Empire: The Necromancer War Campaign, First battle

Wargaming.info: Dux Bellorum Campaign

III. Miscellaneous, Observations & Travel

Brooklyn Wargaming: Fielding the 88mm Flak Platoon in Flames of War

Daluappror: Play Testing Gaslands

Keith's Wargaming/Painting: Star Trek Micro Machines

Legatus' Wargaming Armies: Painting, Traveling, Drinking and not dead...

One More Gaming Project: Galacta

Pen and Lead: Interview with Icarus Miniatures

Root Around the Warchest: Necromunda 20 Year On

Ubique: Playtesting Pikeman's Lament

Vehiculos y Blindados de la Guerra Civil: SCW Armored Cars

Wargaming Miscellany: Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent

HMS Cavalier

HMS Gannett

HMS Ocelot

IV. Painting & Building

A Conflict of Interest: Rohan Warband

A Frightful Bestiary: Builds a Town

All Bones About It: #170, Deadeye Slim

#171, Ape-X

#172 Rosie, Chronotechnician

Alistrilee, Elf Archer

Breakthrough Assault: Israelis 

UAR

Buck's Blog: A Little Painting

Daluappror: Danish Officer for Scanian War 1675-79

Dartfrog's Adventures: ACW

Evil Bob: Chaos Sorcerer

Night Goblins

Fawcett Avenue Conscripts: Horus Heresy Death Guard Vehicles

Herr Brush: Finishing the Rubicon Sherman, Part IV

Ilkley Old School: Spencer Smith Saxon Infantry

I Have Wrought My Simple Plan: Treasure Markers for  Frostgrave

Joy and Forgetfulness: Airfix Polish Lancer

Keith's Wargaming/Painting: Random Figures from the Painting Table

League of Augsberg: Building Derry's Walls, Part V

Jim Purky's Swedes

Lord Ashram's House of War: 40mm British Grenadiers

Mars Miniatures: Zombies

Matt's Gaming Page: Celts

Fist Full of Kung Fu

French & Indian Wars

Frostgrave

Miniarons: Moroccans

Nationalist Painting Guide

Republican Painting Guide

Miniature Mayhem: Heroes of the Revolution for Chain of Command

Russians for Great Northern War

Natholeon's Empire: Gauls

Italian Wars

Joker & Henchmen

WWII--Kiwi Heavy Weapons

Painting the Lead Pile: Apothecary

Drow

Painting Wargames Figures: Austrian Erzherzog Leopold Cuirassiers

Austrian Anhalt-Zerbst Cuirassiers

Palouse Wargaming Journal: Cossack Artillery, Hussars & Infantry for the Great Game

Italian Wars: Mounted Crossbow

Napoleonic: French 4th Hussars

Sikhs for the Great Game

Sarcophagi: Ito Shrine for Bushido

Scrivsland: FT17

Shadowkings: At the Earth's Core built from Star Wars Pre-Paints, Heroclix,

Antediluvian, private sculpts, Hasslefree & Crooked Dice

Shedwars: Building the Docks, Part VI-VII

Nazis

Storm of Steel: Stormtroopers

Tales from GHQ: ACW Command

French Revolution era...

French Musicians

Hanoverians

Highlanders

Tom's Toy Soldiers: Poseidon

V. Reviews & Variants

I Have Wrought My Simple Plan: Unboxes The King is Dead

Mann's Model Moments: Kurak Core Races

RSN Assault Helix

Mersey Books: Goblins & Elves in Dragon Rampant

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Dragon Rampant: sample Sea Elf warband

Here's the latest Dragon Rampant warband I've been playing with. Of interest here is the Single Model Unit Pony Dancer: a hero on a horsey, adept at lobbing javelins and prancing out of the way. He's a very fun chap to have on your side.

1 UNIT OF PRINCE AND RETAINERS (4 models)

Elite Foot @ 6 points

1 UNIT OF ELF GUARDSMEN (6 models)

Elite Foot @ 6 points

1 UNIT OF ARCHERS (12 models)

Sharpshooter Light Missiles @ 6 points

1 UNIT OF SPEARMEN (12 models)

Light Foot @ 3 points

1     PONY DANCER (1 model)

Light Rider + Short Ranged Missiles @ 3 points

_________________________________________________________________________________The Raft: ACW Riverine Warfare using Galley & Galleons

Vis Lardica: Miniarons Flak Panzer Ausf. A