A Troll Hunt.....

 Reports of a troll eating local livestock near Villensdorf, located near the edge of the Sackwald forest, reached the offices of the Department for Supernatural Affairs run by Ernst von Tiddenheim (the hereditary witchfinder general).  Von Tiddenheim put a team together comprising himself and his wife Eleanor, Samantha the white witch, Sargeant Manfred Harfenist (from the Kings Jagers) and Brother Osbert from the monastery of Alt-Wittenberg..... they travelled by coach .....

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 On a clear moonlit night, the squire of Villensdorf leads some of the local men into the rocky countryside to locate and kill a troll that has been taking their livestock....

Ernst Von Tiddenheim and his group of 'monster hunters' arrived in Villensdorf, they were supposed to be met by the local squire... but he had not waited for them.... they would have to search for the troll without any local guides...

The troll has emerged from his lair and is out for a night of hunting...

The group led by the local squire moved up over a rocky outcrop ...

they reached level ground, still nothing in sight... however the troll had heard them and was moving their way...

von Tiddenheim's group moved carefully through the rocks....

The troll sees the squires men, they see him and fire at him, wounding him...

Enraged, the troll charges at them swinging his club, knocking down one man

Tiddenheim's group moved to towards the sound of the shots fired. On arrival they opened fire to little affect, an attack spell from Samantha forced the troll back. The troll climbed up on a large rock and roared at his attackers...

The troll attacks the squire and his men again, avoiding the sting of a spell from Samantha's wand..

Everybody gets out of the way as the troll swings his mighty club...

The troll charges down a narrow defile downing one of the squires men, the rest are wrong-footed,  they'll have to try and catch up with the troll ...

The troll rounds the rocks and turns to face von Tiddenheim's party...

Brother Osbert tries to get round behind him as the rest move up to higher ground and open fire....

The troll turns and goes for Brother Osbert who dodges him and the troll continues on to swing his club at a couple of the squire's men...

Brother Osbert fires his blunderbus, the blessed projectiles and musket fire from the squire's men finally kill the troll......

a good nights hunting....

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1)  Another nice enjoyable small game using my Simple Combat rules with relevant parts of Devilry Afoot for the troll's stats and actions.

2)  Of the squires men there 3 dead, 1 badly wounded and two with light wounds (they should have waited for von Tiddenheim & co).

3) von Tiddenheim & co, ok apart from a few bumps and scratches ... ready to deal with the next supernatural threat.

Going mouldy.....

The finished generic 40mm SYW sculpts of various figures, finished off in June, have been allocated to moulds.   There artillery crew, infantry command, march attack infantry, a jager and hussar in kolpack.

Currently working through doing final checks on the masters, before they are bedded in with plasticene prior to mixing the mould compound.