Now I'll take you through a castle assault from start to finish. I've opted for the "Late" period as you get all kinds of gunpowdery fun and cooler units.
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Here we see the beastly English, up to no good as usual. They are about to storm a massive Scottish castle, that is held with a reasonably-sized garrison. It won't be easy.
We warm up with a few shots from our mortars.
That's a promising start.
But we'd rather capture the place without damaging it too much, so we'll hold fire with the artillery and send in the siege towers.
The first one reaches the wall, and the English pour out of it.
A nasty sharp fight develops.
Hey! That's not cricket! Those cheating Scots have set fire to the second tower.
But the boys in the third tower manage to unload at an undefended section of wall.
Things aren't going well for the first tower, so we'll open up another front. Send in the ladders.
Push!
Up they go.
Rats! The lads from the first tower have had enough. The ladders came too late. It's all going pear-shaped.
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again...
So the escalade has failed. Bum.
Okay, so now the English general decides to stop worrying about capturing the castle intact and does what he should've done all along. Time for the heavy guns.
How'd ya like them apples, eh Jock?
Even the strongest castle walls aren't proof against modern artillery.
Soon we have three breaches.
And the Sassanachs come pouring through them.
The Scots decide not to try and hold the breaches, and withdraw to the next line of defence. The English take the outer works and advance further in.
The guns are brought up, and once again make short work of the Scottish walls.
Cry God for Harry, England and Saint George!
The proud Scots seem to be losing heart.
Their defence of the second ring is nowhere near as tenacious as that of the first.
And soon all that remains is the inner ring and keep.
The Scots noble pikemen bizarrely plump for the "Butch and Sundance" option, and come charging out to face their foe.
O, Flower of Scotland,When will we see your like again?
That fought and died forYour wee bit hill and Glen?
Yet another breach...
And the end is a somewhat anti-climactic massacre.
The Hills are bare now,And Autumn leavesLie thick and still,O'er land that is lost now,Which those so dearly held.O Flower of Scotland,When we will see your like again?
I've already posted these pics on Lead Adventure, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have them here, too. Finished my DH2 before Christmas. Hopefully it will see service in our Fictional "Pulp-ish" East Africa occasional campaign. Historical accuracy is of no concern, I like the DH2 because it looks rickety and primitive, pusher-props are adorable for that. So very "Stop the Pigeon."
It's a 1/48th scale SMER DH2, ridiculously-priced at £3.99.
Pretty pleased with how she turned out all in all. Especially seeing as I ain't much of a modeller.
Painting and playing is more my thing. Not mucking around getting covered in superglue and little bits of plastic. These SMER kits are great for wargamers, though. A minimum of fussy detail. Just the basics, so easy to put together.
Making another sweep of the lake, Biggles finally spotted her. There she was: The Prinzessin Charlotte in all her terrible splendour.
After weeks of fruitless searching, Biggles finally spotted one of the wily Von Hanneken's elusive columns.
Outraged by Bill's ridiculous new names for the Great War boards, Biggles emptied the magazine of his Lewis Gun into TMP before turning and heading for home... 
