Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Western Rome's Last Gasp

 The Army of Attila, with the Gepids (far left) and German allies next, Huns in center, and Ostrogoths on right...

Attila himself...

The Army of Aetius with the Salian Franks front right with Roman Cavalry behind; then Romans themselves with one unit of Cavalry behind; Alans in the center block; with the Visigoths on the left...

General Aetius...

Before the fight commences, with Attila and his men on left, and Aetius and his men on right...

We only played a few rounds to get the feel of the Saga Epic Rules, but it proved to be very enjoyable.

The early conflict was limited to the Ostrogoths/Visigoths, as losses were taken by both sides (top). The Gepid commander moved some Germans forward (bottom), but this front remained quiet...

The fighting continued between the Goths, as the Ostrogoths (bottom) inflicted severe casualties on their western cousins...

The conflict finally got serious between the Gepids/Germans and the Roman/Franks. To our surprise, it was a unit of Alan Levy bowmen (center) who began punishing some Huns. The Gepids also lost a unit against Roman cavalry (bottom)...

The Levy finally lost casualties vs the Huns, while the Visigoths lost their king and their army routed! Good point to stop our 'practice' game. We plan to redo the whole battle in the near future so I will keep it posted...

San Carlos de la Barra

 Located on a spit of land guarding the entrance to the large inland bay that house, among other towns, Maracaibo. The Spanish constructed it to defend against Buccaneer Raids. It was, and still is, massive.

The view from the sea with some of the landward defenses still incomplete...

Same view, a few months later (yea1, I finished the model!)...

From the landward side...

Finally, my version of Maracaibo...

Hopefully will make for a couple of exciting games...

Trafalgar

 Have been collecting models for this epic fight for years, starting back in the 80s! These photos show how far things have progressed. Missing models are filled in by paper-slips with the vessels name. There is light at the end of the tunnel...

First view is from the north, with the Franco-Spanish fleet on the left. The two English columns are about to reach the enemy lines, Admiral Nelson aboard the Victory, at left-center and Collingwood's line lead by the Royal Sovereign just above...

The view moves to the South and Collingwood's Royal Sovereign is just about center with Nelson and Victory above...

The tail of Nelson's column on the left and Collingwood on right, with the Franco-Spanish fleet drawn up from right to left...

Final shot is from the NE over the Franco-Spanish line, which the immense Spanish ship Santisima Trinidad (largest ship in the world at the time with 140 guns!) slightly left of center. The French Bucentaure and Redoubtable are next in line behind her. Nelson's Victory will cut the Franco-Spanish line between those two French ships...