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Dazzle camo would be fun yeah, though I think the minis are too small for even exaggerated flags. I did find this link for ship colors which might help. I think one big challenge is gonna be selecting colors (especially for infantry) that won't get confused with other factions and won't clash with the base colors the game uses (US olive green, UK khaki, France dark blue, Italy light blue, Russia white, Germany dark grey, Austria dark red, Ottomans light red.) Not an expert but it seems Germans and Austrians in particular had pretty similar uniforms.
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What are people's preferred scales for Napoleonics? Thinking of getting armies for General de Armee or Blucher but not sure whether 6mm, 10mm or 15mm is the way to go (not a fan of using 4 28mm guys to represent a brigade like some people do)
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I don't currently do Napoleonics, but you'd have far easier time getting me excited about 6mm than 15mm. This goes for a lot of periods.
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MikeCrotch posted:What are people's preferred scales for Napoleonics? Thinking of getting armies for General de Armee or Blucher but not sure whether 6mm, 10mm or 15mm is the way to go (not a fan of using 4 28mm guys to represent a brigade like some people do) I think you should do some busts, that way you can really dig in to the art side of the project. Then have a bunch of little tiny 6mm or smaller for gaming. I think going smaller than 28mm really minimises the art aspect of the hobby and is a weird mix. Like 15mm is big enough to have some details but not quite enough to make really engaging art. So go smaller than 15mm for playing. 28mm or bigger for actual art.
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I've got three friends who started interest in Napoleonics this year. They are doing 10mm paper stand-ups, 10mm 3D prints, 6mm 3D prints, and 28mm plastics. None of them are doing anyone else's scale. I've also started 28mm plastic, but now I feel like just saying gently caress it and printing a bunch of resin in Warlord's weird scale because I like it.
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moths posted:I've got three friends who started interest in Napoleonics this year. They are doing 10mm paper stand-ups, 10mm 3D prints, 6mm 3D prints, and 28mm plastics. None of them are doing anyone else's scale. 
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28mm can be fun, just solely for the Perry’s absolutely lovely range. 15mm is still too big, I think an awkward point between really highly detailed models and having lots of men on the board. I don’t think 50 men in a unit looks substantially better than 30, so if you want mass battles it’s better to commit to truly mass battles. 6mm is widespread where I am, but having recently discovered magister militum’s 3mm napoleonics that’s where the money is imo. Absolutely beautiful. Of course the real answer is do wooden blocks and play at Corps level, 1 to 1 Austerlitz and all that.
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Warlord's Epic Waterloo stuff looks awesome at ~15mm; I haven't started any of the ACW stuff I bought, but I'd like to get a little of the Waterloo stuff just for hobby/display
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As someone currently playing larger games with 28mm, I think 6mm or smaller is a great option if you want to a) be able to play without painting for 2-3 years, and b) be able to fit a medium sized game one anything smaller than a 6' times 8' table.
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6mm is good because you don't need a entire room dedicated to tiny mans to play a game.
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Hey about to start on painting those WW1 minis, but I can't decide on a scheme for the Ottomans that's distinct from British khaki and Russian green/brown without also being white (the Russian faction color)- anyone have any advice?
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Fashionable Jorts posted:6mm is good because you don't need a entire room dedicated to tiny mans to play a game. I'm reorganizing my entire minis collection because I have a baby on the way real soon. Today I moved eight banana boxes of 28mm minis to the attic. I also moved several 15mm and 6mm armies, as well as my sizeable collections of unpainted 6mm samurai and nappy to the attic. All my 15mm and 6mm minis stuff fit in a single banana box, and that box also included a copy of the Samurai Battles board game. Now, I surely collect more 28mm than 6mm, but the difference in storage space an army takes depending on scale is very very very hard to overestimate.
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Apr 17, 2022 19:56
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6mm is a weasel scale, go three and experience true Napoleon energy
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lenoon posted:6mm is a weasel scale, go three and experience true Napoleon energy 3mm sounds like a cop out for those unwilling to go to 1mm
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StashAugustine posted:Hey about to start on painting those WW1 minis, but I can't decide on a scheme for the Ottomans that's distinct from British khaki and Russian green/brown without also being white (the Russian faction color)- anyone have any advice?  You could go with a more green tunic as pictured here. (source: https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/ww1-ottoman-army-uniforms/)
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MikeCrotch posted:3mm sounds like a cop out for those unwilling to go to 1mm It’s true, and now I feel ashamed
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StashAugustine posted:Hey about to start on painting those WW1 minis, but I can't decide on a scheme for the Ottomans that's distinct from British khaki and Russian green/brown without also being white (the Russian faction color)- anyone have any advice? Here's a whole big ol' painting guide: link 
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lenoon posted:6mm is widespread where I am, but having recently discovered magister militum’s 3mm napoleonics that’s where the money is imo. Absolutely beautiful. Wow those are nice, I'm deathly afraid I need to put together a 3mm army or four...
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Ospray Games, are you ok? I ordered an army book for the British Army Bolt Actio list and every second page was white. They sent a replacement. I ordered a book on Infantry anti-tank tactics and they sent it with the cover of Battalion and Company level infantry tactics but the book inside is the right one. I feel like this is the start of a stand up comedy routine or I need to be able to read the secret messages someone is trying to smuggle through customs and I've been mixed up with someone else.
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Apr 20, 2022 08:16
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Back when Flames of War did the Market Garden stuff for 3rd edition they neglected to make sure their printers had all the fonts required for their work, and lots of pages had little text boxes that were just [][][][][][][][][][][][]. Luckily none of it rules text at least.
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I'm getting ready to start painting up some Knights, partly because I just picked up the Baron's War book and partly because I've been watching old movies like Knights of the Round Table. Does anyone know of any books of historical heraldry & coat of arms? I already use Wappenwiki pretty extensively and started looking at Wikipedia for articles like the Coat of Arms of the Constituent Lands of the Austrian Empire but was wondering if there's any book sources out there that aren't just "make your own heraldry!" or "why did knights use coat of arms" K-12 books.
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Zuul the Cat posted:I'm getting ready to start painting up some Knights, partly because I just picked up the Baron's War book and partly because I've been watching old movies like Knights of the Round Table. Does anyone know of any books of historical heraldry & coat of arms? Is this something that you might find useful? I think it might be more generic. https://ospreypublishing.com/medieval-heraldry-35177 This looks like it might be good as well : https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Boo...la-760912127232 Are you looking for a specific house/dynasty or just general info?
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When my grandad died he left me his The Art of Heraldry which is probably THE work on it if you want to go deep. It’s illustrated and probably Old enough to be public domain
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Perfect, I ordered those and a few more online. If these 5 books don't answer my quetsions, nothing will.
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Zuul the Cat posted:Perfect, I ordered those and a few more online. If these 5 books don't answer my quetsions, nothing will. Historicals: "I only ordered five reference books for painting my lead barbies, any more recommendations?"
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Wikipedia (a primary source) lists the "Napoleonic Wars" go through til ~1815. The War of 1812 took place in...around that time. Ish. Would Warlord's Epic Napoleonic/Waterloo British troops match/make sense for British/Canadian troops for the War of 1812?
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lilljonas posted:Historicals: "I only ordered five reference books for painting my lead barbies, any more recommendations?" sounds like a good thread title to me
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BaronVanAwesome posted:Wikipedia (a primary source) lists the "Napoleonic Wars" go through til ~1815. The War of 1812 took place in...around that time. Ish. Yeah should work. Uniforms look identical to my slightly practiced eye. Sure there were points of difference for the true grog to spot but can’t see any
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lenoon posted:Yeah should work. Uniforms look identical to my slightly practiced eye. Sure there were points of difference for the true grog to spot but can’t see any did u count the buttons tho
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lenoon posted:Yeah should work. Uniforms look identical to my slightly practiced eye. Sure there were points of difference for the true grog to spot but can’t see any Word, thank you! Gonna pick up that starter I think. Edit: hot cocoa on the couch posted:did u count the buttons tho I am actually slightly scared of this
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BaronVanAwesome posted:Word, thank you! Gonna pick up that starter I think. Afaik stovepipe shako was more common in north america while I assume the waterloo stuff is all belgic shako, but belgic shakos existed in NA too. And it’s a tiny difference at that scale.
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The main difference seems to be more red? I don’t think anyone’s going to button count on 15mm plastics, the french ones I got are barely accurate enough to be what they describe. The 15mm metal individual based guys are the button counters. Well, them and the 54mm guys. And the 28mm of course. Thinking about it, the 10mm 6mm and 3mm as well Edit: some modelling putty would sort the shakos our no problem
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Yeah if you’re sweating it over shakos in 12mm you might need to chill a bit, unless it is for your own OCD tendencies.
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You're all totally right - I don't think I'd model additional hat if they're "close enough", but I love knowing those differences and at least being able to speak to them. Realistically the only non-warhammer mini games I play are ones where I own both armies and am demoing for friends, who'll be excited either way. They'd better be excited
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lilljonas posted:Historicals: "I only ordered five reference books for painting my lead barbies, any more recommendations?" Too long, but I asked for something similar
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lenoon posted:When my grandad died he left me his The Art of Heraldry which is probably THE work on it if you want to go deep. It’s illustrated and probably Old enough to be public domain It is in fact public domain, which is almost as cool as having an old print copy https://archive.org/details/artofheraldryenc00foxd/mode/2up
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Too Fat Lardies did a full AP on Strength & Honor. Seven videos covering all the force selection, setup, command board allocation, and then the actual game starting at #5. The game itself looks very promising, I think there's a good balance of uncertainty and difficult choices to make for a fun experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYJZL2G35I
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mllaneza posted:Too Fat Lardies did a full AP on Strength & Honor. Seven videos covering all the force selection, setup, command board allocation, and then the actual game starting at #5. The game itself looks very promising, I think there's a good balance of uncertainty and difficult choices to make for a fun experience. Looks like a neat game, but at that scale I almost think chits and counters are better?
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NTRabbit posted:It is in fact public domain, which is almost as cool as having an old print copy Oh man, hell yeah. The color plates are beautiful! I got a bit inpatient and started painting Knights anyway. Here's my first dude so far.  Inspired by the House of Vukotić from Bosnia.
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Hey, so to those who play Bolt Action - what point total do you think you can comfortably go up to? I've played a bunch of 1000pt games and a couple of days ago played a 1250pt game, which seemed just as smooth to play. (I also won! I've been incredibly lucky in BA. 6/6 wins so far - although all that means is that I'm about due for a crushing loss!  )But anyway, as I've been expanding my Alpini force a bit over the last 6-9 months I've been thinking about how far I can take my force. I think with what I currently have* I can easily create a 2000pt force (a standard reinforced infantry platoon accompanied by a tank platoon with my various piddly Italian vehicles) and with the upcoming cavalry, I can probably stretch it out to being 2200pts. So, how feasible is this? Would that be OK, or...well, a little too unwieldy? I guess it might require splitting forces into two waves, and maybe adding in an extra turn or something. I'm not sure though, so I'm very much open to opinions, on it all! * I currently have four squads of eight vets, an M15/42, L6/40 three L3/35s, an AS42 Sahariana car, a light mortar, medium mortar, medium howitzer, light AT team, sniper team, AT rifle team, two S37 armoured transports, an arty observer and most recently a ten man Blackshirt squad, to use as a disposable 'short straw' building-/tank-assault team in large-scale games, so my Alpini won't need to risk themselves too much. Better to let some pro-Mussolini chumps die instead of vet soldiers, right? I'm also waiting for some bits to arrive so I can build an eight man mounted recon squad)
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