Pony Wars - 7th Cavalry deployed.

Finally the business end of the project and the 7th Cavalry take to the field. The plan is to use them for an adapted version of Sharp Practice and/or the re-released Pony Wars Rules.

With 6 figures to a base, each base represents a section of cavalry fighting as Irregular skirmishers within sharp practice when on foot.

Big men are based on a small Flames of War command stand with a built in bugler and standard bearer.

The good thing about 6mm as despite the initial mass, once finished I have 8 units complete, a great starting point for any outing. Now for the mounted versions.

Adding in the horse holders and wound/shock stands this is what an individual section should look like or perhaps a company depending on the scale of battle I was looking to play out.

The sabots look really nice next to the units and hopefully keep the volume of table top clutter down to the minimum.

Now the pressure is really on as the re-released 1980's rules landed this morning. The text and layout is largely unchanged with a number of the original line drawings kept in and pic's from the early miniature wargames magazines. Wonderful stuff.

The inclusion of the event cards does cut down on the effort required to set up the game.

A nice touch providing a guide to a typical layout.

My original copy is long gone but the latest version whilst retaining all of the original charm has a clear and clean layout however a quick flick through reminds me of the need for several more packs of Indians and Cavalry, not forgetting the lone ranger of course.

Next up the mounted cavalry.