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Speaking of, BF released their 2024 pitch, and aside from pacific war books and a new starter for TY with plastic soviet and US infantry for TY, the big ticket item is... a 1948 WW3 game with paper tanks running through germany??
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spectralent posted:Speaking of, BF released their 2024 pitch, and aside from pacific war books and a new starter for TY with plastic soviet and US infantry for TY, the big ticket item is... a 1948 WW3 game with paper tanks running through germany?? BF? I’m assuming TY is Team Yankee? Oh it’s early…
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Dec 22, 2023 15:41
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spectralent posted:Speaking of, BF released their 2024 pitch, and aside from pacific war books and a new starter for TY with plastic soviet and US infantry for TY, the big ticket item is... a 1948 WW3 game with paper tanks running through germany?? Weird way to do it but what intrigued me most was they seem to be cribbing from the way Warcry is played where cards determine scenarios, setup, and special rules. Sounds neat in theory. Also cool they've decided to go all-in on Early War, I know that era has been largely ignored for a while.
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Dec 22, 2023 16:26
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One stand of knights down! One more to go for an 8-knight squadron.
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Dec 22, 2023 19:07
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Springfield Fatts posted:Weird way to do it but what intrigued me most was they seem to be cribbing from the way Warcry is played where cards determine scenarios, setup, and special rules. Sounds neat in theory. Also cool they've decided to go all-in on Early War, I know that era has been largely ignored for a while. Yeah - a full-effort EW is very welcome. Just a shame it's 2025, it'll be a long wait.
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Dec 22, 2023 22:38
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What's the new TY starter? I didn't see anything in the video about it.
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Dec 22, 2023 22:53
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I thought they said we were getting a new infantry starter? Maybe I misheard.
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Dec 22, 2023 22:57
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They mention it, but no details other than it'll contain the new plastic infantry. Based on that it'll be Soviet vs. American with US Marine options.
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Dec 22, 2023 23:16
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JcDent posted:Don't ask why, but: Agree that 4th plays best, having played 1/2/4 and balked at the rulebooks for 3. The card system is kinda to try nickel-and-dimey (though not GW level, if that's your baseline) but allows for a lot of historical variation with effort. It's not spelled out in the books anymore, but doing your own historical research to recreate the OoB for the 420th (Skyblaze) Independent Engineer Battalion at the Battle of Toker's Hill is a feature, not a bug in wargaming circles anyways. The ruleset also lends itself better to pickup games and house rules imo. E. Also a lot easier to do things on the cheap by picking up a couple starter kits which have two viable-ish forces. Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Dec 23, 2023 02:40
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spectralent posted:I thought they said we were getting a new infantry starter? Maybe I misheard. Probably so; I was skipping around and looking for boxes. Glad to see Pacific coming back though!
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Dec 23, 2023 03:27
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Upscaled a Smol Miniatures 15mm Samurai to 28mm. I don't hate it, even if it's a bit of a chonker. Fun little speedpaint, might do some more for Clash of Katanas. edit-- Bonus Daimyo! 
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Dec 26, 2023 21:31
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Sengoku era headgear is so ridiculous and cool
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Dec 26, 2023 23:51
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Count Thrashula posted:Upscaled a Smol Miniatures 15mm Samurai to 28mm. I don't hate it, even if it's a bit of a chonker. Fun little speedpaint, might do some more for Clash of Katanas. Saw this on facebook, great work.  Hopefully 2024 will be a samurai year, if my kickstarter pledge ever turn up from Fireforge.
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Dear Prudy, #FestiveTankChallenge has swindled me into assembling and painting my Churchill (assembled as VI), and then my Sherman V joined in for a lick of paint. So where the gently caress do I find marking guides? Google has furnished me with these: https://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=404 https://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=590 Which don't really help when it comes to placing Armor Bridging Discs, War Department Numbers and Tank Names much (I have decals for those). Complicating things is that my tactical markings are unbrigaded and I only have specific unit markings that come with the box AND if I ever finish up my infantry, they'll be wearing 43rd (Wessex) decals. Sincerely, Easily Distracted Painter E: I also have the Churchill decal sheet! I dunno why they decided to use black filling for the tactical markers... Also, additional Googling suggests going with 31st Tank Brigade, 9 Royal Tank Regiment since they were attached to 43rd for Hill 112. JcDent fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Dec 28, 2023 |
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Dec 28, 2023 10:10
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spectralent posted:Speaking of, BF released their 2024 pitch, and aside from pacific war books and a new starter for TY with plastic soviet and US infantry for TY, the big ticket item is... a 1948 WW3 game with paper tanks running through germany?? They're making the sprues anyway for World of Tanks, so this is likely a "gently caress it, we have the sprues, why not just put them in a box and sell them in large numbers as a wargame". BF ultimately are becoming a bit like GW - they're a company that do good minis that push rules to sell those minis.
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If I wanted to base up 15mm WW2 to be the most flexible for all the various rulesets out there? Individual? FoW style?
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Dec 29, 2023 01:57
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Individual for platoon- scale, multi for company+.
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Dec 29, 2023 04:13
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Is Ridley Scott's Napoleon Historically Accurate? Kings & Generals are not a fan of the movie.
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Dec 29, 2023 07:32
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Comstar posted:Is Ridley Scott's Napoleon Historically Accurate? It was a complete hack job but personally I was most offended by the travesty that was the depiction of Austerlitz. Jesus Christ. Look, how they massacred my boy.
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Dec 29, 2023 08:51
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I think people always want to do too much with Napoleon. I'd love to watch a nice 90 minute movie just about 13 Vendémiaire. It has everything you need to capture the essence of Napoleon, and the key elements of a good movie, without the grand scale and temporal issues of trying to survey his career.
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I'm loving dying how lovely the old Mobelwagon FOW model is. Seriously I thought the shields was gonna be the hard part since they have no support. A shitton of blue tac later and it's not too bad. Now I'm working on the guns and just... wow. The drat thing is suppose to be support by a less than 1mm 90 degree angle connection with no actual slot to align it. I see no real way to do this without using green stuff to create better support.
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Spent an hour googling turret images to find out which bits are viewports and poo poo Had to freezer break the sherman's open hatch doors since I had apparently mixed up which goes where. The Sherman is gonna be hosed anyways, the (British) commander is going to be snugly fit next to the possibly-ahistorical 50cal. Both tanks can wait a few more years till I muster the courage to do dirt/weathering. I have to remember to not glue the loving tracks on the before painting. There's a bajillion issues with painting with them in place, not the least More rant after today's decal application: https://cohost.org/JcDent/post/4023273-gently caress-unit-markings
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If I'm going to build fortifications that I want to use in my 1650, 1750 and 1800's games then I'm pretty much limited to a Vauban-style fortress, right? Ravelins, Projecting Bastions, etc. etc. ? Are there any idiots guides to the kind of dimensions these would be? I always toot the horn for Pendraken miniatures who do the best 10mm figures out there - they are increasing their prices by about 10% on Jan 1st but you can get figures at their original cost today and tomorrow still. https://www.pendraken.co.uk/ - they do historicals, fantasy, sci-fi, dungeons, terrain, etc. - no connection other than being a satisfied customer.
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Dec 30, 2023 17:11
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JcDent posted:Spent an hour googling turret images to find out which bits are viewports and poo poo Idk about the british but canadian shermans had .50cals. However they were usually removed and fielded by the motor infantry instead.
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JcDent posted:Had to freezer break the sherman's open hatch doors since I had apparently mixed up which goes where. Ah, mood. I have an absolutely lovely Easy Eight model in Korean War monster 'noseart', and I managed to assemble one bit wrong and drop the tray of pieces so I lost a return roller. Now I'm roughly a month into the project of finding the right people to email to figure out where I can buy new sprue sheets. Last reply Wednesday with "I will get back to you on this".
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I'm quite pleased with how this 10mm star fort is looking - I got it as a 3D model from Project Diratia on MyMiniFactory and it was split in a really silly way, but other than a wonky corner it's printed out quite well I think and certainly is as imposing as I hoped it to be. Now to figure out some siege rules...
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My 2024 goal is to actually finish and paint an army for something, not just a few figures and then move on to something else. Edit-- making 15mm ADLG armies, I'm manifesting them in this order: 1) Romans vs. Britons 2) Hussites vs. Catholic Germans 3) Samurai vs. Samurai 4) Italian Wars stuff for ADLG-R once I get comfy with the ADLG rules I know folks here don't care about my plans but it's sort of a light toxxing of myself 😫 Count Thrashula fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jan 1, 2024 |
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I'm aiming to get my anglo-saxons finished up in January, at least - a lot of them are done and many of the ones that aren't are partially finished so I'm hoping one big push will do it.
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Count Thrashula posted:My 2024 goal is to actually finish and paint an army for something, not just a few figures and then move on to something else. yup. my goal is to get my ecw stuff up to being able to play fk&p, and get some games in with other players of pikemans lament as well
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I'm in for a 28mm AWI Continental Sharp Practice force before February as it's supposed to be a birthday gift. Speed paints will be my savior.
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My Historicals resolution is to do a lot more demos of Chain of Command at the new game shop near my house, and use that to build a historicals group. Here's a few pictures from a demo I did last week:   
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Jan 1, 2024 22:02
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Gorgeous table, what are the roads? They blend in perfectly.
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Hey, just wondering, is anyone aware of any good Bolt Action scenarios? Doesn't matter if they're official or unofficial - just preferably non-themed like the core book's scenarios, if that's an option. (Since I use an Italian Alpini force, while my friend uses the Romanian army. So yeah, not really any suitable campaign books for us  )
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Southern Heel posted:If I'm going to build fortifications that I want to use in my 1650, 1750 and 1800's games then I'm pretty much limited to a Vauban-style fortress, right? Ravelins, Projecting Bastions, etc. etc. ? Are there any idiots guides to the kind of dimensions these would be? I think it's going to depend on where you are talking about. If you're looking at that era in North America forts are probably going to look like this: 
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Count Thrashula posted:Gorgeous table, what are the roads? They blend in perfectly. Roads and Mat are from Geek Villain, though last I had seen they had printer issues and much of their stock was unable to be replenished. I haven't checked in a while though.
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Cessna posted:I think it's going to depend on where you are talking about. If you're looking at that era in North America forts are probably going to look like this: A lot of forts are even just going to be blockhouses without the perimeter wall-- the outskirts of Halifax during a similar period would have been a collection of blockhouses, and British defences elsewhere in Nova Scotia (and elsewhere besides) are going to be similar unless it's a very established and strategic settlement.
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Neat, I'm not wargaming NA but the 18th century period in general - I guess a wooden fort would be a good alternative strongpoint. EDIT: Removed pointless waffling irrelevant to the thread. Southern Heel fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Jan 4, 2024 |
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After a hiatus I'm putting the finishing touches to my 10mm ECW armies and I've realised I really prefer the metal miniatures from Pendraken compared to the Henry Turner 3D prints. Henry's models are good but the Pendraken stuff is just fantastic. I'm considering the next 10mm massed battle project, after an abortive dalliance with Fantasy. I'm strongly considering either a) the north-west European dark ages i.e. Picts, Scots, Irish, Welsh, Vikings, Anglo Saxons, or b) the War of the Roses/Late HYW period with York/Lancaster and France/England. Individual preference aside, is there anything I should know about gaming these periods? It seems that WOTR is a fairly mundane mirror-match (unless it's a scrap against the Scots), and the HYW while providing two opposing forces appear to offer little else other than bashing the same armies into each other over and over? Am I missing something? By contrast (and to my surprise) in the Dark Ages, it looks like there are fairly distinct armies by DBA's definition: Anglo Saxon - Spears and Blades Scots - Spears, Scouts and Cavalry Irish - Auxilia and Scouts Normans - Blades, Bows and Knights Vikings - Blades and Scouts Welsh - Warbands and Scouts These become a bit more generic in OHW where the paradigm is essential Scots/Anglo-Saxon (normal) vs Norman (more cav) vs Welsh/Viking (more warbands) but are at least all different and presumably all interact differently with each other? Southern Heel fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Jan 4, 2024 |
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Has anyone bought/built/painted any of the Black Powder "Epic Battles" stuff? I'm very tempted to buy some tiny US Civil War dudes. I know they're very small scale so I might not be able to paint Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's mustache quite right, but still.
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Southern Heel posted:After a hiatus I'm putting the finishing touches to my 10mm ECW armies and I've realised I really prefer the metal miniatures from Pendraken compared to the Henry Turner 3D prints. Henry's models are good but the Pendraken stuff is just fantastic. its not strictly historical, but i plan at some point to do a broad foray into late medieval/very early italian wars. circa 1450-1550. youve got wotr presence, but also continental knights, the emergence of the pike w the swiss, the ordonnance, the italian levies + mercenaries, mounted crossbowmen + stradiots, etc., plus the growth of hand guns from boom sticks carried by armoured guys into the arquebusiers and musketeers with ripped sash clothing. a lot of variety, a lot of colour, and a lot of potentially theoretical matchups that are quasi-historical, even if you have to stretch some
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