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Tally Ho! Mechanics

Tally Ho is a game idea that I started developing, probably nearly twenty years ago, but hasn’t come very far. The vision for the game is having small unit actions in the 1930s, normally using a small band of heroic adventurers versus nasty types.

I am aiming to use the blog to expand and explore upon the ideas behind the game and rules and then collate them before publishing them on the main website.

In terms of game mechanics, the main concept was less about realism, but much more about heroic actions in the style of film and television heroes.

Each figure in the game is an individual character and would be represented by a character card. The character would have characteristics that would allow them to carry out certain actions in the game.

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Venturing into Darkest Africa

These are some of my Foundry Darkest Africa figures currently on the workbench.

These are nice models with a lot of character. I will be using them for Tally Ho! games and also Doctor Who scenarios.

Enfield – A League of Exceptional Gentleman

I had a pack of Darkest Africa miniatures from Foundry. I also intend to use them for VSF and Old West scenarios too, as well as Tally Ho! games. This is Enfield from the blister of A League of Exceptional Gentleman.

Enfield

Another nicely crafted model from The Foundry. The model was glued to a two pence piece and I gave the model a white undercoat. I decided to use a bit of green stuff to texture the base. This will combined with the Citadel Texture make the base look more like a base and less like a coin. In addition I added some Citadel slate as a rock for the base.

Starting on painting the model with a light brown for the hat.

Malto Cortese – Tally Ho!

Having given him a white undercoat, I started painting the model.

Malto Cortese is a really nice sculptured model and quite different to the other miniatures in the A League of Exceptional Gentleman – DA012 range.

I think this will be a really useful model for Victorian Science Fiction scenarios, he looks like a Steam Tank or Ether Flyer Captain rather than a Darkest Africa explorer. His expression of determination really comes out in the model and he looks like an individual who you wouldn’t want to cross.

Malto Cortese – Tally Ho!

Malto Cortese is a really nice sculptured model and quite different to the other miniatures in the A League of Exceptional Gentleman – DA012 range.

This is the painted version from the Foundry website.

After basing the model on a two pence piece, I gave the model a white undercoat.

I don’t know if I will give him a blue uniform, I might go for more of a desert khaki look instead.

Capitain Craupaud

“I think he might be French”

This is another of my Darkest Africa miniatures from the A League of Exceptional Gentleman – DA012 range.

He is certainly an elegant chap, holding his pistol as though wary of what might happen just around the corner.

I am intending to use these models in Old West scenarios as well as Tally Ho! adventures set in Africa and Asia. I also think they are ideal Victorian Science Fiction miniatures.

Graf von Schnyder – Tally Ho! Workbench

This model is from the Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa range. Graf von Schnyderis walking whilst carrying his rifle. This is a picture of the painted model from the Foundry website.

In the first instance I based the model on a two pence piece. I then gave the model a white undercoat.

This is a nice model, not sure if I will follow the paint scheme from the Foundry website.

The Younger Stanley – Tally Ho! Workbench

This model is from the Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa range. The Younger Stanley is carrying his rifle. This is a picture of the painted model from the Foundry website.

Having based the model on a two pence piece, I gave Stanley a white undercoat.

I also, as I said with Teddy Roosevelt, intend to use the model for VSF and Old West scenarios too.

Teddy Roosevelt – Tally Ho! Workbench

This model is from the Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa range. Teddy Roosevelt is carrying his helmet and carrying a rifle. This is a picture of the painted model from the Foundry website.

Having based the model on a two pence piece, I gave Teddy a white undercoat.

I also intend to use the model for VSF and Old West scenarios too.

Egyptian Sarcophagus

Having given the resin Egyptian Sarcophagus from Grendel a basecoat of Citadel Base: Zandri Dust, I gave the model a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade. This has really bought out the detail, however there are areas where there was a little too much shade and it has pooled.

This needed a few extra washes to ensure full coverage.