Last weekend saw the running of the 2013 'HotT Winter's Day' event, an annual wargaming competition hosted by the Christchurch Wargaming Club - so I headed home to Christchurch with a specially prepared 'Doctor Who' themed army.
For more details about HotT (Hordes of the Things), check out my last post on this blog.
The army that I had put together was based upon the 2010 episodes The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone.
Amy Pond, Father Octavian, the Doctor and River Song in The Time of Angels (2010)
For those interested, my HotT army's composition was as follows:
24 points from:
7x Shooter Bases (soldiers of The Church; 2 points each)
1 x Artillery Base (3 points)
1 x Cleric (Father Octavian; 3 points)
1 x Hero (River Song; 4 points)
1 x Sneaker (Doctor and Amy Pond; 3 points)
Father Octavian (right) and some of his unit. Figures are from Caesar Miniatures' Modern British Army set.
'Heavy Hitters' - artillery of The Church. Figures are from Caesar Miniatures' Modern British Army set.
Because there are no officially licensed suppliers of wargaming figures representing the characters in post 2005 Doctor Who (Black Tree Design only caters for the "Classic" Dr Who market) I had to look for appropriate substitute figures to represent the Doctor, Amy Pond and River Song. Fortunately I obtained some good substitutes through Crooked Dice Game Design Studio. Introducing Melody Lake, Tweedy Mattison and May Killan from the Crooked Dice range of figures (once again, thank goodness for the resemblance!). I must say, these figures were a joy to paint!
Tweedy Mattison
Melody Lake (left) and May Killan (right)
Here are some photos of my army in action on the day - against a British Victorian Science Fiction Army (eh wot?!) ...
Unfortunately, the competition was not my best in terms of results - in fact, I failed to win a game (although with a couple of different die rolls at crucial times things may have been quite different!). Nonetheless, there were some hard fought but enjoyable match-ups and I look forward to the next chance I get to have a game.
For more pictures and a brief 'battle report' (if you are interested in that sort of thing) click here.
Nick.
