Welcome to "Adventures in Lead", a blog dedicated to the hobby of miniature wargaming. The figures and terrain on this site are mainly for a campaign set in exotic "Indostan", a distant land bearing remarkable similarities to 18th century India during the Seven Years War. Bits and pieces from other projects may pop up here as well from time to time, including colonials, gladiators, pirates, dinosaur-hunting and even some RPG'ing.
The actual campaign journal and after action reports for the Indostan campaign can be found on their own blog - "Indostan: The Jewel in the Crown", the link to which is found by clicking the small image below-left.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.

What a wise Indostani proverb and so true. I have already spent way too much time (and money) on these hairy Foundry goats, which will basically act as counters for the following random event in Sharp Practice. (Click the images to enlarge)

Damn and Blast! Scared by the firing some local livestock have escaped, moving 2D6” away from the group each turn in a random direction. They will disrupt any Formation that they contact, leaving it unformed. They will halt once 9” or more from any humans.

When not disrupting the soldiery they will of course make for some nice scenic diversions to all the musket smoke and dust. As goats go they are probably not the best selection for an Indian setting, but a goat is a goat, to me at least. I have a couple from Magister Militum that are the short coat and floppy ear type, but the hairy ones will more than suffice. Next up are a couple of hat counters for the lost hat random event - I kid you not (get it? Kid you).
Hairy goat counters.
Peak hour - Indostani style.