Brass Coffin

For ages I had wanted one or Ramshackle Games Bross Coffins and I did finally get one and paint it up.

I did a pretty basic metallic paint job and it came out okay really.

The bit of brass was kind of essential as it is in the name and brightens up the model nicely!

In Her Majesty’s Name

Ages ago, I lamented about all the unplayed rules I have on my bookshelf. But now I am pleased to say that In Her Majesty’s Name now moves into the played pile.

To keep it simple, I selected a 250 point Rifle Company consisting of only nine models. These were to face off against Mr Steinbergs fifteen man London Bobbies! It looks like I was going to be outnumbered.

The rules are actually pretty simple, there is not a huge model profile and for our first game, we stuck to basic weapon profiles except for a grenade launcher.

Perhaps the most fiddly aspect of the game is how the movement rate of each model must be recorded as this affects the models ability to perform a ranged attack AND how difficult is is to be hit by a ranged attack. This can make ranged shots impossible as the penalties add up quite quickly. But even for the difficult shots, if you can roll high enough, as indeed I was, that is not a problem…

Close combat is somewhat easier than ranged attacks with fewer modifiers and the movement of the models does not have any effect.

It is meant to be played as a mission based game, so capturing an objective would be easier with more models to spread around, something that the limited numbers of a Rifle Company may struggle with. Our first mission was to bump off the opposing leader, which meant we both had a single target to aim for.

I think the long term draw of In Her Majesty’s Name for me is that you can create your own model profiles and field a unique character driven company. We have another game planned and I will be using some of the fantastic Lead Adventure models kitted out with whatever fantastical weapons they are carrying.