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Stage 1 based brown using brown acrylic and rhinoceros hide plus zandri dust .

First figures were assembled and then zenithal highlighted using gw primers .

Add guliman flesh and gold armour.

Ultramarine blue cloaks . Leather is first snakebite leather brown then blood angels red.

First up was Spectre. We chose to play without the Traitor. Phil managed to grab and hold onto an early lead.

Second was an intriguing game of Intrigue and War in the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Phil managed to be the last one to be in control Mary in Edinburgh whilst still holding a viable army. This was a fun game with 2 pages of rules and simple printed counters and cards. Does not even have a BGG entry but it does capture the feel of that period of history in Scotland. Some gaps in the rules of course and difficult to reach an end so we carried on until all sides were exhausted. Recommended if you ever get a chance to play but probably won’t play it again!

We played through one turn of this very complex card driven game. Lancaster remained as King but York was in a powerful position heading into Turn 2. Certainly felt we knew what the game involved by the end!

Spectre. Bruce’s bran new game. Phil won as Raoul the Traitor.

Darryl won this time round being the most successful emperor.

Campaign two scenarios four and five.

Burning of the Mirkwood

This scenario seemed impossible for the elves. We even allowed only one roll per tree per turn to bring a tree down. With the orcs having troops that move faster and the greater numbers we wondered what they could do otherwise.

The finale. The battle under the trees. The good side are even awarded Grimbeorn as a result of their previous victories.

This was a tough scenario for the elves. A victory for evil in the second campaign of defence of the north.

Next will be campaign one as I am busily painting up some black dragon warriors and have some proxy Rhunish war drakes on order.

Razgush has readied his horde and is burning the edge of the fair green wood. he means to destroy five great trees and to set the whole forest aflame .

Can Tauriel and her small elite force of elves stop them ! ?