Raising the Second Legion

 My forces for Infamy to date include Caesarean Romans, Spanish and Gauls.  My "first" Roman legion has four groups of legionaries, including a "newly raised" group that have no helmets.  I had enough spare sprues to add a planned extra group but somehow managed to buy a different set of little big man shield transfer decals.  

Having painted this single group I decided they looked lonely.  I needed to add two more groups, four sprues, and get another set of those transfers to allow me to raise the second legion.  I also added a nifty looking Warlord Games Centurion and Optio, using their excellent Vorenus and Pullo metal figures.

This should allow me to expand the size of my games, as well as to conduct some Roman Civil War style games.

Making a start.

The Second Legion's shield design from Little Big Man

Getting ready for shading and varnish 

Centurion Maximus Flatulus and Optio Blandus Piddlus parade their men.

The end of the Goeben

 The last of my 1914 Mediterranean games.  Goeben has been intercepted by a British force of two battle cruisers and a light cruiser.  If the dice had gone another way it would have been a single BC.

Goeben and Breslau

HMS Sentinel CL intercepts.

Indomitable and Indefatigable appear.  Both salvo, both straddle.

Goeben's shooting is off today

Sentinel sucks back into cover.  Indefatigable hits Goeben.

Breslau flees, making smoke.

Goeben covers the cruiser's withdrawal.  She has been damaged.

Goeben straddled but she hits back.

Indomitable is straddled.

Indefatigable's Gunnery Officer warrants a promotion.

Given heavily damaged more but so is Indominatable.

Goeben sinking!

The German light cruiser escaped so perhaps I'm not quite done with the Med.

Straits of Messina 1914

Troubridge's squadron, the armoured cruisers HMS Defence, Black Prince, Warrior, Duke of Edinburgh and eight destroyers have contacted Goeben after the Germans passed into the Eastern Med.  Historically Troubridge withdrew, so I have him the option on a random event roll.  Turns out that, as historically, he had sent his destroyers to refuel at Zante, but this  time engaged the Germans with the cruisers.

The cruisers had 9.2 in against Goeben's 12 in.

Goeben and Breslau exit the straight

Troubridge's squadron in two divisions.

The Germans split

Goeben engages

The British attempt to manoeuvre

The Germans hit hard.  Damage to an AC

Heavy damage to the CA as the British get into the range.

But it's a storm of fire.

And the literally as Black Prince limps off alight.

Goeben turns, HMS Defence is hit.

Black Prince sinks, Defence heavily damaged and straddled.

Cheeky move as the much faster Breslau circles in to hit Defence.

HIS Defence explodes.

Breslau took damage, but rejoins.

And Troubridge heads for the horizon with his surviving ships.

Troubridge can now contact the Battle Cruisers with a positive location for the contact.  He will probably get a medal!