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Tigers are great at holding objectives and pushing forces away from them. I learnt from experience that Tigers are better to ignore than commit any large number of forces against it*. *The counterpoint is if you can afford the troops a solitary tiger is very vulnerable to being rushed. Unless it is piloted by a "Death Kanone" tiger ace who has ROF 3 and re-rolls misses. No Pun Intended fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Apr 7, 2010 |
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My first forays beyond Open Fire! for flames of war involved playing with the unit names and an arrow written on the bases.
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GW's the great war is a another one of those books that I have but haven't played. Serotonin posted:
There is no greater pastime than punching Nazis (you should do it, it sounds awesome).
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FirstCongoWar posted:I got Black Powder today. It lives up to the hype, go buy it if you have any interest at all in the time period it covers. My wallet doesn't like the sound of this 
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big_g posted:Couple of more updated pics for you guys. I like it, that wash really took the "model kit" look away.
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Every time I see that tank it keeps getting better  Edit: How did you do the chipping? It looks really ace.
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May 10, 2010 06:40
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The S.E 5A  . How much are skytrex planes and where would one get them from?
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May 10, 2010 22:13
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Thanks - That zeppelin is crazy expensive though (but oh so awesome). If y'all want I got a bunch of pics of amazing WWI re-production aircraft from a recent airshow over here.
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May 11, 2010 09:13
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Why not just use gun cotton. Burn it for 100% authentic smell.
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May 16, 2010 05:06
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Tentacle Party posted:Wow that Wesp is amazing. Most tournaments are done by period - early/mid/late. you can battle forces from any book as long as they are from the same time period. I am sure you can try to mix the periods up but I am pretty sure late war armies would kick everyone earlier's asses.
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This month's Wargames Illustrated comes with a free exclusive osprey book on Napoleon's french guards. A pretty cool extra for a magazine that only cost me 12 of my moon dollars.
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I wonder how hard it would be to implement "walking" into the vehicle movement of FoW... Hmmm...
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Jun 12, 2010 08:23
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Is that the Gotha?
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Jun 14, 2010 07:43
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lilljonas posted:Canvas Eagles (pretty much Blue Max with some updates) That actually looks pretty awesome. Are those bases a specialist item or do people make them up themselves? They look pretty nifty.
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What do they attach to the model with?
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Jun 25, 2010 07:39
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The only other suggestion is go to your local library and get some books on the subject.
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Jun 28, 2010 23:52
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On the topic of information (but not about Napoleon sorry), I got linked to this 1964 LIFE Magazine. If you skip to page 62 there is a nice little article on WWI Aviation.
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S.J. posted:FoW owns. This is correct.
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Looking good there Big_g, although I do think the decals could be "faded in" a bit more. One question though, you have a very British tank, and very British commander, yet there is a big old American star on the back? Not that this is a complaint or any form of historical spergery, but it just struck me as odd.
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I was in a different games store (since I am out of town) and one of the staff had Blitzkrieg out, so I took a look and we got discussing. The polish can get an armoured train for about 700 points. You pick a point on the table and your opponent does likewise, the track is run between these point and you train rumbles up and down it during the game. I can't wait to model it, guess it looks like I might be doing poles for my first EW army (I was kind of eyeing up the french).
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That is correct.
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I went and picked up Blitzkrieg today. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I am looking forward to it.
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I've had one game and am planning to play another one tomorrow. It is fun and this might sound strange, but the battle that was played actually felt more "historical" than some of the late war games I've played. I played a French Compangie de Combat vs a Mittlere Panzerkompanie (both tank companies). The French are pretty much the perfect WWI army, but it is WWII and nobody has told them to get with the times therefore such luxuries such as fighting a mobile battle with my tanks wasn't possible. Coming from the late war mindset where this is a big part of the game; this threw off my tactics a bit and probably was one of the reasons I lost (Instead of bunkering up with my tanks and guns I tried to best the Germans at their own game). Tomorrow I will be giving the British and their Land Battleships (similar to what Lintman posted) a spin. No Pun Intended fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Sep 25, 2010 |
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Karandras posted:How does that work, mechanically? Are you really limited in the number of French tanks you can take? Char B1s are amazing and I imagine if they were controlled by a player with an awareness of the French failings would be able to use them really well. Most of the French tanks (Char B1s included) have either Awkward layout or One-man turret, this basically boils down to "Cannot move and shoot". The Char B1s are great tanks and can take and deal a lot of damage but not being able to fight on the move really limits what you can do with them. Now that I know what they can do though, next time I should be able to use them better.
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I splashed out today and got myself BRABO5: British Armoured Regiment for EW. Now I have 22 tanks to put together. 
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Is there any reason, other than looking good, to put bases on my FoW Tanks?
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BeigeJacket posted:All the armies look pretty awesome though. What sourcebooks have the lists for US airborne and LW Brits? You'll find US Airborne in the following books D Minus 1 and Hells Highway Late War Brits in D Minus 1 (also), A bridge too far, Fortress Europe + some others that I can't remember right now BeigeJacket posted:* Except for the assault phase, which looks quite awkward. Infantry can only assault 4" IIRC. So, do you throw a load of transports up as fast as can be, and send your guys in? Assault is probably the most complex combat you can have in FoW, they are pretty brutal and I wouldn't recommend actually trying to get into an assault unless you majorly out number your opponent.
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Danger - Octopus! posted:vallejo grey pumice texture paste (it's just paint with sand in it, to be honest) works well if you use it quite thickly. This is what you need, I used it to base my late war airborne & it is really easy to work with too. The only thing that you'll have to be careful with is that the resin fumes can be a bit much sometimes. I can drag out some pictures of what the end results look like if you want.
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Here are some pics of a stand of infantry from my Airborne. They are still undercoated because I am a slacker, but you can see the final texture of the Vallejo Gray Pumice.  Click here for the full 1005x742 image.  Click here for the full 1021x481 image. moths posted:Being British, I guess they could maybe count-as hobbit riflemen or something. Here's a better shot of the difference between Minifigs' and Blue Moon's 15mm: Is it me or does the "larger" 15mm soldier's rifle look comically oversized.
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  Pity I don't really need to start another EW Army  .
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When I saw the cover, it looked kinda lame in a "hey you know what's popular these days? Zombies!" Sense; but actually reading what they had to say about it, it sounds pretty rad.
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First you should decide what style of army you primarily want (tanks, inf, mech inf, combined arms etc), then you should see if you can borrow your friends books and have a look at the army lists and see what catches your eye.
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I am not sure they will but you could probably adapt it into the pacific theater with relative ease, there are already rules for amphibious landings (Ie D-day). As for things like naval support it would be easy to use the rules for airstrikes/artillery and have it purchased as part of your army list. The only problem I see is quite a few of the games would be basically infantry based island hopping (although there is scope for "open" combinded arms land battles) and for me at least that isn't my favorite aspect of the pacific theatre. . Although it would be interesting to have rules for Japanese forces so you could do what ifs like an US invasion of the mainland or a Japanese invasion of the US or Australia.
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shotgunbadger posted:I should ask just to be clear though, this isn't like GW/Warmachine where there are 'official models' for the game, right? It's just 'whatever fits the army and is in scale'? Right! Black powder is just a rules set and it is up to you what scale/manufacturer you use.
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shotgunbadger posted:Alright so while I spend weeks debating where to start, two questions now that I'm throwing myself all in this historical stuff. WGI is a pretty good mag, sure it has ads (like all magazines do), but other than that it has has a pretty good balance of hobby and gaming articles. It also has quite good coverage of various cons and tournaments. The only caveat I guess is you may find it a little FoW centric as it is owned by battlefront . Currently it is a better magazine than WD (but WD probably has better painting articles). It is probably worth your while to pick one up and see if you like it.
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Air support is a good way to use up extra points.
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Colonial Air Force posted:Ambush Z is pretty amazing. Is Ambush Z still available now that Force on Force is out?
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Oxford Comma posted:What are you using for spackle? I have some but even after a day of drying it still comes off very easy. I found the Vallejo scenery pastes really useful for basing FoW stands. They are easily workable and can be applied using a small flat blade. Finally the final product is durable and dries dry very solidly, the only downside is they stink to high heaven until dried. here is a link, scroll down to where it says "stone". I used the rough pumice. Speaking of Battlefront, I was really impressed by their handling of the EW British Armoured company situation was impeccable. Not only did they admit an error, they provided a free sticker sheet to amend your old rule book easily. Two thumbs up from me for that one. No Pun Intended fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Sep 27, 2011 |
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I have never used sand and spackle method however the end result will give you a sand/dirt texture (similar to PVA and sand). What method you use depends on how you want your bases to look like.
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