/hwg/ - Historical Wargames General

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>Advanced Squad Leader
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
>Battleground WWII
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
>Battlegroup
https://mega.nz/#F!SolyxarJ!GUg6zWBStfznr6BvYedghQ
>Black Powder
http://www.mediafire.com/download/o5x6blwoczojmfr/Black+Powder.pdf
>Bolt Action
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
>By Fire And Sword
https://mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q
>Fleet Series
https://mega.nz/#F!i1N3xZxL!C6fQ3Z8o2U0gtk5kdXuVcQ
>Hail Caesar
https://mega.nz/#F!XsVD0KgT!twB1NWiFE3aKXK_O1EZ4pA
>Impetus
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/28i9gevqws518/Impetus
>Modelling & painting guides
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_%26_Painting_Guides
>Next War (GMT)
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/eupungrg93xgb/Next_War
>Phoenix Command RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw
>Saga
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
>Twilight 2000/2013 RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
>Wargaming Compendium
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming+Compendium.pdf
>Warhammer Ancient battles 2.0
http://www.mediafire.com/download/uttov32riixm9b0/Warhammer+Ancient+Battles+2E.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ta7aj1erh7sap1t/Warhammer+Ancient+Battles+-+Armies+of+Antiquity+v2.pdf
>Warhammer Historical
https://mega.nz/#F!LxkElYYY!FJB5miNmlWZKMj2VfSYdxg
>Warmaster Ancients
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cifld8bl3uy2i5g/Warmaster+Ancients.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3emyvka11bnna1b/Warmaster+Ancient+Armies.pdf

Desired scans :
Rank and File supplements
Harpoon 3 & 4 supplements
Force on Force supplements
Hind Commander
At Close Quarters
War and Conquest

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9th May in military history:

1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
1450 – 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
1864 – Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1918 – World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1940 – World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
1945 – World War II: Ratification of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.
1945 – World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.

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It is 72 years since the Second World War officially ended in Europe. Scattered fighting continued in northern Czechoslovakia as the final ember of the Reich died. From Moscow to Los Angeles, people celebrated. In London, crowds massed in Trafalgar Square and up the Mall to Buckingham Palace, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the palace before the cheering crowds. Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister Princess Margaret were allowed to wander incognito among the crowds and take part in the celebrations.

In the United States, the victory happened on President Harry Truman's 61st birthday. He dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died of a cerebral hemorrhage less than a month earlier, on 12 April. Flags remained at half-mast for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period. Truman said of dedicating the victory to Roosevelt's memory and keeping the flags at half-mast that his only wish was "that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day." Massive celebrations also took place in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and especially in New York's Times Square.

As the Soviet representative in Reims had no authority to sign the German instrument of surrender, the Soviet leadership proposed to consider Reims surrender as a "preliminary" act. The surrender ceremony was repeated in Berlin on 8 May, where the instrument of surrender was signed by supreme German military commander Wilhelm Keitel, by Georgy Zhukov and Allied representatives. Since the Soviet Union was to the east of Germany, it was 9 May Moscow time when the German military surrender became effective, which is why Russia and most of the former Soviet republics commemorate Victory Day on 9 May instead of 8 May 1945.

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>>53124797
Things were considerably different in Berlin. In many areas of the city, vengeful Soviet troops (often rear echelon units) engaged in mass rape, pillage and murder. Oleg Budnitskii, historian at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, told a BBC Radio programme that Red Army soldiers were astounded when they reached Germany. "For the first time in their lives, eight million Soviet people came abroad, the Soviet Union was a closed country. All they knew about foreign countries was there was unemployment, starvation and exploitation. And when they came to Europe they saw something very different from Stalinist Russia... especially Germany. They were really furious, they could not understand why being so rich, Germans came to Russia. "

In the Pacific the mood was also grim. Rainsoaked Marines on Okinawa listened to the jubilant celebrations on the radio, knowing that for them the end still seemed a long way off. At Trieste in Italy, no sooner had WW2 ended then the board was being set for WW3. Tito's Serbian partisan armies had every intention of seizing the city for Yugoslavia, something Churchill could not abide. He send the 2nd New Zealand Division - who never got the chance for a decent party - to Trieste to block the partisans, and a weirdly-tense standoff played out over the next couple of days before the partisans backed down.

Anyone interested in the events of this particular day are strongly recommended to check out Craig Cabell's "A Day To Remember", which looks at how VE Day was marked around the world and contains a wealth of fascinating anecdotes.

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An anon asked me to add a particular game to the desired scans list but I forgot! Could they remind me what it was?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWVM5bUZmE

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Panzer 38(t) vs BT-7 - Barbarossa 1941 (Osprey Duel 78)

The tank battles in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941 were the largest in World War II, exceeding even the more famous Prokhorovka encounter during the Kursk campaign. Indeed, they were the largest tank battles ever fought.
This book examines two evenly matched competitors in this conflict, the German Panzer 38(t) and the Soviet BT-7. Both were of similar size, armed with guns of comparable firepower, and had foreign roots - the Panzer 38(t) was a Czechoslovak design and the BT-7 was an evolution of the American Christie tank. With full-colour artwork and archive and present-day photography, this absorbing study assesses the strengths and limitations of these two types against the wider background of armoured doctrine in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/2v12p3mvfb61676/Osprey+-+DUE+078+-+Panzer+38%28t%29+vs+BT-7.pdf

>>53124809
Modern Spearhead. I've looked everywhere but can't find a scan of it.

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>>53125219
>Modern Spearhead.
That's the one. I'll see what I can do.

>>53124895
>Stalin wanted to ride the white horse in this parade, but he fell off during rehearsal, so Zhukov rode the horse, and rightly so.

Fukken Stalin, not wanting anyone else to get credit.

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British Destroyers 1939–45 (1) Pre-war classes (Osprey New Vanguard 246)

The Royal Navy entered World War II with a large but eclectic fleet of destroyers. Some of these were veterans of World War I, fit only for escort duties. Most though, had been built during the inter-war period, and were regarded as both reliable and versatile. Danger though lurked across the seas as new destroyers being built in Germany, Italy and Japan were larger and better armoured. So, until the new, larger Tribal-class destroyers could enter service, these vessels would have to hold the line. Used mainly to hunt submarines, protect convoys from aerial attack, and take out other destroyers, these ships served across the globe during the war. This fully illustrated study is the first in a two-part series on the real workhorses of the wartime Royal Navy, focusing on how these ageing ships took on the formidable navies of the Axis powers.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0msidubym5i3y3k/Osprey+-+NVA+246+-+British+Destroyers+1939-45+%281%29+Pre-war+Classes.pdf

>>53126703
Already said thank you in the botes thread, but thank you anon.

Anon from previous thread how did you build the telephone poles?

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>>53126703
>>53124992
Thanks Anon.

You're the best!

>>53125245
And Great War Spearhead, ta!

Oh, and does anyone have the latest copy of Hind and Seek, because I'm feeling the urge to buy 6mm and drape brown & white cloth over piles of books.

>>53128833
GWS II, that is. Also I'm not the anon who was just asking for Modern Spearhead, just someone else who likes large-scale games.

>>53124785

I always love that picture. Why? That empty flagpole. Someone from the Liebstandarte made sure the colors weren't captured.

A friend of mine was stationed over there for a lot of years in the 1990s, and became friendly with a fair number of Waffen SS vets, the few that were left even then. He asked about that picture once.

They laughed, and said the Liebstandarte colors were safe in a very private veterans' collection and had never fallen into enemy hands.

So I obviously have Saxons vs. Vikings for Saga. You guys think the other great pairing would be the Crusaders vs. Saracens for Crescent and the Cross? Also where do you guys find your painting guides for say these four factions?

>>53129001
Such a pity

>>53124992
Nice, my buddy got a 38(((t))) and I wanted to know more about it. Thanks!

Anyone here played Deus Vult and willing to give me a quick rundown?

Looking into getting into Saga: C&C but I want to be able to use the miniatures for multiple games and Deus Vult seems like a perfect fit thematically. I like that period of history.

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>>53127881
The telephone poles are lengths of wooden dowel. I whittled off a bit of each of them to give a flat surface, then glued lengths of sprue to them for the crossbars. Quick coat of brown spraypaint from wal mart, then elmer's glue and baking soda for the snow.

Repostin the picture in case anyone else wants to see.

>>53132468
Thanks anon. They look good.

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>>53132502
I'm also the anon who's been working on this map, with help from another kindly anon who gave me some suggestions. This is for our upcoming Bolt Action campaign: It looks like the initial setup is a Soviet/US Alliance vs. the Anglo-German Pact. Finland(Me) has made no commitments yet.

>>53132543
>Anglo-German Pact
Strange how this could have been a probable scenario for WW1.

>>53132663
Always weird to think. But for us, it's just because we said all diplomacy is good. We've even included rules for officers getting captured and then used as bargaining chips.

>>53132543
I remember is. I saved a copy to adapt for myself.

>>53132300
Is a good game, but its mass battle not skirmish so you need many more mans than SAGA. Burn and Loot is the large skirmish version of Deus Vult and plays with many similar mechanics so maybe look at that. I had a game of it last week and It was pretty dang good. A SAGA/C&C force would be a good fit for it too.

>>53132663
In the context of the majority of history, an Anglo-French alliance against Germany seems relatively absurd.

Someone please stop me from impulse buying an anglo-saxon and viking starter pack for SAGA along with the two necessary rulebooks.

>>53135330
Don't do it or else real vikings will show up and pillage your farmstead and carry off your daughters.

>>53135330
Do you have a friend to play the game with?
Are your finances in good shape?
Do you have any chores or tasks that need to be done?
Perhaps you should start collecting a Seleucid army under the command of Antiochus IV to combat the Macabean, Parthian and Ptolemaic menace instead. ;^)

>>53135451

Got a couple friends to play it with even I might have to coerce them.
Yeah, not worried about much.
Again yeah I'm good on that front.

Also I don't bout that last part anon. After these two only really interested in Knights and Saracens.

>>53135531
Well you sound set to go, BUY THOSE WARBANDS!

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>>53128833
If you want the latest version of H&S, try here:

http://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/hind-and-seek-rules-for-the-soviet-war-in-afghanistan/

>>53129096

I know I've seen a couple of Saga-specific painting guides on youtube. In general I just learn how to paint colours independent of the subject, then look at Ospreys to determine the colour scheme for a given faction/era

This way I can use principles learned for GW tutorials instead of hoping to find an /hwg/-specific one

That said, check out
https://www.youtube.com/user/wssmagazine
and
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePaintingClinic
both do historicals as well as non-historical

Saint Duncan of Rhodes is still the gold standard for beginner as long as you accept that you don't have to buy GW paints/gear to use the techniques he teaches
https://www.youtube.com/user/GamesWorkshopWNT

>>53135307
> Fuck out the way, granny

Is there a /hwg/ discord? Should we make one?

>>53137769
No, and fuck no.

>>53137827
Did Polish Airborne uniforms differ in color from British Airborne? I know they used grey berets instead of red, but was that the only difference?

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>>53139135
They were issued the same uniforms, yes. Check out: http://www.89fss.com/polish.htm

>>53139216
Cool. I'm considering making a platoon of them for Bolt Action, partly so that I can pick up a Bear model and have Wojtek the Soldier Bear

>>53129001
That is awesome, the defense of the colors should always be a notable achievement.

>>53135330
earlier periods are cooler, buy dux brittaniarum from too fat lardies and get some saxons and brits instead. or the supplement for it, with picts and irish and scots.

it's got a really cool campaign system that gives you a good campaign for two players with minimal effort.

arthurians own

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Can anyone reccomend a good system for pike and shot era, specifically English Civil War in 6mm.

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>>53140735
They're plain and simple and nothing special, but Polemos' ECW rules have always had a solid playerbase and were designed specifically for the big battles.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kvv2mb2fos9c0fd/6mm+English+Civil+War+Rules.pdf
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18916/polemos-english-civil-war

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Does anyone have a complete scan of Battlegroup Overlord?

>>53135330
The only thing that I could say is:
Pick up the Anglo-Dane set instead of the Anglo-Saxon set. The playstyle of the Danes will lend itself to better beginning/demo fights.

It's really a great matchup, AD and Vikings. The Immovable Object vs. the Unstoppable Force.

That and Saxons need huge units (over ten men a unit) to benefit from most of their board.

>>53140885
>to benefit from most of their board.
I read this as "to benefit from most of their beard" and didn't remotely question it

>>53139305
>Wojtek the Soldier Bear
>He accompanied the bulk of the Polish Second Corps to Italy, serving with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, in Italy in 1944, Wojtek helped move crates of ammunition and became a celebrity with visiting Allied generals and statesmen.

He was with the land forces.

which osprey would be the best reference for uniforms of individual clans during the sengoku period?

>>53141170
There was no such thing as uniforms back then. Armor was usually black, or in case of I think Noda Obunaga's men, red, but other than that, whatever they had.

>>53141170
Uniforms weren't really a thing in the Sengoku period.
The Ospreys about heraldry, ashigaru and samurai armies in the OP are good though.

There's also:
http://www.samurai-archives.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1638&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=18953d59e6af9675783d6d8ce1bd79bd

which is a fantastic resource.
>>53141229
red armor is commonly linked to Naotaka Ii and his Red Devils at Sekigahara, but was also used sparingly by other Daimyo.

>>53141234
>Red Devils at Sekigahara
Yeah, that's what I was thinking of, but been a while since I did anything concerning my Feudal Japanese.

>>53135330
Be my friend and you can play with my SAGA starter armies. They're all painted, I just don't have anyone to play with. :(

>>53141229
>>53141234

yeah i knew that there were no real standard uniform but i was hoping to get a rough idea now that i am painting up a force of ashigaru.

thanks heaps though

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On Sunday I met up with some lads from /hwg/ I'd never met before to play some 4 player games of Muskets and Tomahawks, a game none of us had played before.

The First game was not so close, as we learned the rules, and the second game was extremely close, and could have been won by anyone in the end, both armies were hanging by a thread with exactly 7 men each out of 40+ on both sides still on the field.

Just a quick dump of what I think were the best pictures taken. If you want to see more they are on my blog already http://xccamminiatures.blogspot.co.nz/ and I think one of the other lads will be putting them on his at some point.

1/5

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>>53141800
French musketry forces British regulars to retreat behind the corner of the fence.

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>>53141813
3/5
Canadians take up positions on the fences as British Regulars approach in the distance.

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>>53141823
4/5
French Regulars fire volleys to halt the advancing British and their Indian allies in the settlement.

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>>53141830
5/5
British Indian allies are repulsed for now by a single musket shot from the French Canadians at close range.

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>>53141847
6/5
Whilst we are here, a shot of the whole table about half way through game 2.

>>53141855
>6/5

You have violated all the sacred laws of god and man

>>53142096
Nice banter, I rate it 5/7

>>53142096
I decided to chuck in a 6th for free and I'm a maverick

Any good place to download Afgan: The Soviet Experience from, or any anon would be so kind to upload it to Mega? It was deleted from Youtube, and don't have the money to buy it from Journeyman.

>>53140883
The different sections are in the OP I think, check ww2 folder

Is there a complete version of the WW2 Warhammer Historical?

>>53124801
>He send the 2nd New Zealand Division - who never got the chance for a decent party - to Trieste to block the partisans

My great uncle would beg to differ, he met his future wife in Trieste.

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>>53141081
I don't play Bolt Action but I would assume Wojtek is a separate unit who could be taken with any Free Polish list? Or is there a specific theatre restriction? I do love the idea of a paratrooping bear falling from the skies on some horrified enemies.

>>53141855
I recognize that tower!

>>53142529
My great-uncle met an Italian girl during the campaign, but his staunchly Protestant family refused to allow him to marry her (or so my granny used to say).

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>>53142183
It was a tidy couple of games.

I took away from it that boats are pretty useless, that I suck at guesstimating random activation, and that I need to paint more tiny dudes.

>>53143062
I think botes are better for really big games that have more waterways or sepcific scenerios built around said waterways with terrain to fit theme.

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>>53142257
Hind & Seek anon here, I bought both that film and the companion film from the Mujahideen side. Uploaded them here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/cfkn0ffu2c96ijy/Afghan_and_Jihad_Films.rar
Cheers for the heads up, watching now.

>>53143168
I love you.

Thanks.

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>>53142325
>The different sections are in the OP I think, check ww2 folder
I know, the thing is only the army lists are uploaded not the book as a whole. was hoping someone had it.

>>53143274
The rules are the same as in BGK, the army lists are the big difference.

>>53141278

Anon, where do you live country wise. I'm in the PNW. I'm down to play SAGA with you and be friends.

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>>53140735
Baroque would work really well in 6mm.

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>>53143293
Oh, okay. I thought there were special scenarios in it too.

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>>53129001
The only good Fash is a dead one - and a number of LSSAH flags were captured.

>>53145848
>The only good Fash is a dead one

What an absolute faggot you are, anon.

>>53145848
butthurt as always

>>53135675
Oh, thanks - somehow I missed that it was the Ostfront guy. Since it looks like he'll be polishing it up to sell, I'll not bother him with a playtesting copy (because I won't get around to testing it, let alone giving good feedback) and just buy the final version. In the mean time, time to read more about bears and mountains.

Not technically /hwg/ related but anyone got some good tips and resources for making a gaming table??

>>53146248
How lazy are you? Ikea do a decent 2'x4' board for pretty cheap - two or three (or four, or more) of those with some easily-removable legs (stackable for storage) is my solution. I really, really don't like my local club's pile of 4'x6' boards, they're just awkward.

>>53146355

Ehh I want it too look good and be easily storable. 4x4 size would be good. Something sturdy so people can slightly rest on it and not fucking break it.

>>53146389
Two of those tables? They're pretty solid. Put a cloth over them, clamp it in place on the corners, and you'll be set.

I'm looking for some decent references for Soviet vehicles used during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. Anyone have any ideas?

>>53146469

Fuck yeah, thanks a bunch anon. You do anything with battlemats at all? Think they're made of the same stuff mouse pads are made from. Anyway know of some good quality ones with desert one with say standard green grass?

>>53146775
Nah, I just use painted cloth for the most part. Lets me make hills with books & magazines, the old fashioned way.

>>53143168
holy fuck the name of those videos i feel like im on a list now

>>53148108
You've been on a list for years. Embrace it.

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>>53150257

Anyone got a good source on some 28mm middle eastern terrain of say around the crusade era. I'm down to home make stuff but mainly just wanna know what your guys' tips are or sources of good terrain are?

>>53150792
4Ground does some Arab buildings for Saga:Crescent & Cross, but they're a little on the pricey side. Honestly they're quite easy to make yourself, out of cardboard even. Just find some reference pics and get cutting.

>>53150792
Adobe houses are pretty easy to make with foamboard/corkboard, as in some of the easiest terrain to make. Anything bought will be several times more expensive.

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>>53150792
4ground as the anon above said. Renedra also sell a mud-brick house which is available through Perry, amongst others.

>>53150833

Yeah was thinking I have my table building project coming up soon and I'm already pre-gaming my terrain for it. Gonna make some Arab style crusades era village for the tan side and my green side is gonna be jungle huts and what not for my bolt action stuff.

I'm going to have to look into more source material for sure though. If the terrain is pricey I'm gonna have to pass on it.

>>53150871
Rich from TooFatLardies did a series of blog posts on building an Afghan village.

http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=3471

There's a similar series on building a fort for a scenario set in the Horn of Africa dubbed 'Operation Getting the Horn' (because of course it is)

http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=6027

>>53141170
Where do you get Sengoku era models?

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OCS Case Blue
I dont even want to think of trying this.....

>>53151917

Dear god.

>>53151917
Wait... what is this?
Is this some sort of model less wargame?

>>53141800
>there are four NZers in /hwg/ that live close enough to meet up

never woulda thunk. also congrats on living the dream. are they Conquest minis?

semi-related, WLG lists the plastic indians as "AWI" and the metal Conquest ones as FIW. There's not any real difference though, is there? have been mulling over starting a Franche Comte de la Marine with Injun auxilliaries force for M&T

>>53146248

I've been looking into this recently, want to make these "flexible" mats and terrain pieces with caulk+canvas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1KCX1tKYZg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIG5lMytswM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBn1aZt9H6o

He also uses vinyl tile for hills/tree stands which sounds like a cheap/effective idea as well.

>>53145848
Eat Shit And Die.

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>>53152588
I was gonna try something like that for my next project since I've done the fake fur grass mat thing now.

>>53129001
>>53145848
you're both emos

>>53152476
Was an English meet up. Somehow only one of us was from Hampshire.

>>53152476
I don't want to disappoint you but .nz avoids the spam filter. There were a couple of brands on display, but yeah mostly conquest.

There doesn't seem to be any difference, we had both the Plastic Indians and metal on the field on sunday, along with some perry sculpts.

All told I think we had on the field in some way or other models by;
Conquest,
Perry,
North Star,
Redoubt,
The Plastic Woodland Indians (Wargames factory sculpts maybe?)
And none of them looked out of place.

>>53154197

Yeah, the plastics are WGF bought and reboxed/reprinted by Warlord now. They said they'd be updating the sprues somehow, not sure if they actually did.

>>53141081
>>53142843
Wojtek doesn't have rules of his own. I was just going to use a bear model as a crewman for my light howitzer.

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>>53154885
>I was just going to use a bear model as a crewman for my light howitzer.
Perhaps we could have some kind of animal mini as our next community project?

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>>53150936
>>53150871
>>53150833
>>53151031

This is why I'm reminded /hwg/ rocks.

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>>53148108
Fo' sho
Lemme just put this in my jihad movies and nasheeds folder

>>53150792
Some more tutorials for you: http://www.matakishi.com/afghanistan.htm

>>53124785

Can someone give me a rundown on warlords games? Things like gameplay/balance/affordability/model quality etc.

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For those of you interested in Stalingrad, "Island of Fire" is getting a reprint

>>53152896
Go fuck yourself, scum

>>53156868
The general take is that they're average/decent for the most part with a lot of caveats. Bolt Action for instance is a lot more easy to appreciate if you like 40k's style of gameplay, including army list metagaming. It's not really got anything more than nods towards historical simulation because it was quite literally designed as a generic game and had WW2 pasted on top.

The Pike&Shotte/Black Powder/Hail Caesar set are built as grab-your-shit-and-game systems: they're simple systems written in a very conversational way and designed so that people can just get whatever bits of their collection they have, put it on a table and have a game. Needs a lot of space if you play it at 28mm and there are points costs and army lists but these are an obvious afterthought. They're decent enough but the format makes it far more work to learn and reference than the simple system really should be. Good toolkit games if you want to work on modifying it.

Model quality from Warlord is generally good but there's some notable exceptions in ranges, more in terms of sculpt quality than casting.

>>53157161

What would the better franchises be?

>>53157241
Depends on what you want

>>53157564

Historical not fantasy prefered.

Good game play, balance and quality. War-hammer scale maybe slightly smaller but no 6mm minis.

>>53157692

Galloglas models would be a +1 but WW2, empire and classic time periods are all interesting.

>>53144223
Far north Queensland, Australia

>>53157692
>War-hammer scale

IE 28mm which is all that warlord does (though any of their rules could be adapted to smaller minis)

>good gameplay, balance, and quality

Tough to say as these are very subjective. I think Hail Caesar (Ancient to Medieval)/Black Powder (18th-19th centuries) are balanced to a fault, I personally find the gameplay a bit simplistic but I understand the appeal. Bolt Action has the benefit of using fewer figures, but seems to have a lot of balance issues and WAAC nonsense from 40k refugees.

BA probably has the lowest buy-in cost to try it out without committing, HC/P&S/BP all have massive armies in mind and don't work as well with smaller forces (though it can be done). One of the strengths of HC's relatively simple gameplay and somewhat "samey" units is that you can play fairly balanced ahistorical matchups, which is helpful if you don't want to collect two era-specific forces, and don't have an opponent lined up.

All of this said, the more enthusiastic you are about a specific era, the more fun you'll have gaming it.

As for Galloglases, I think SAGA has them, which is a Dark Age (largeish) skirmish game not made by Warlord which is popular but balance can be an issue from what I've heard

>>53157755
>>53144223

Hey, you're on the same ocean!

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>>53145903
>>53145910
>>53152896

All Fascists must hang

>>53151719
Not him, but I get most of mine from Perry - and I had bought a bunch of Wargames Factory stuff before they went under.
I've also used some Kensei miniatures in a pinch.

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>>53148108
Yeah you're on the list of people to receive stinger missiles ;)

Few things I've picked up from Afghan: The soviet experience:
-Soviets called the mujahideen the "Dushman" (Although this is just uzbek for "enemy" ?)

- "PZRK" is the soviet name for man portable AA missiles. "Perenosnoj Zenitno-Raketnyj Kompleks (Mobile Anti-Aircraft Missile Complex)"

>>53160206
Yeah Dushman is enemy in most languages that have a strong Farsi influence, such as Uzbek, Tajik, Azeri, and Pashto (Turkish i think too). Given how multiethnic the Soviet Army of the 1980s was its its no surprise that they used a lot of mutually intelligable words with the Mujahadeen.

was anyone else struck by just how unprofessional the Spetznaz were in that film. Also the addidas sticker in the APC

....now i wanna paint BMPs

>>53160489
>was anyone else struck by just how unprofessional the Spetznaz were in that film

I'm struck by how unprofessional the Spetsnaz are in general

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>>53160489
>....now i wanna paint BMPs
I just finished painting the first batch of my soviet armor and APCs, came out pretty good. I'll take a photo once I finish off the infantry and the bases of my Hinds too.

I was doubting the presence of Mujahideen technicals for a while there (having only seen them in the film 9th company) but I'm watching Jihad: Afghanistan's Holy War now and there are clearly technicals, although how often they were fired from the truck I'm not sure.

Looking forward to painting my dushman technicals like pic related - mismatched paint jobs and all. I'll probably green stuff some canvas and random supplies too if I can.

>>53160593
there are other places in the world using a technical would be a good way to shoot n scoot but im not sure that Afghanistan would allow that. I imagine it'd be a pretty big target for hinds and the terrain would be quite difficult to make a quick getaway

if anyone has any more information on this that'd be awesome.

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>>53152588
>>53153009
I'm using cloth one uses to cover the floor when painting. I paint it and then flock it with some static grass here and there.

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made myself a little trench.

>>53160708
Noice

>>53160708
love it

Would anybody happen to have the materials for Byzantium Reborn? I mean the rulebook and the like.

>>53152167
>model less wargame
Lad...
Tons and tons of wargames are played using counters and flat hexmaps. Miniature wargames are usually rather small in scale (both in terms of space and time); hex and counter games can be simple (as far as mechanics go, like OGRE) and short but some of them are huge and extremely complicated. Case Blue is one of the posterboys of the category, I believe.
Another famous example is Vietnam 1965-1975, which is manageable as far as the rules go, but a full campaign game is supposed to take hundreds of hours to complete.

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>>53151917
Now that's fuckin' metal
More like OCD Case Blue amirite
>entire Stalingrad/Caucasus campaign
>USD$400
>won a Charles S. Roberts award

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First batch of Soviets done for Hind & Seek. 1/300 (6mm) from Heroics and Ros

Considering how little time I've had to work on these, they came out ok.

>>53161410

And don't forget the poorfags/lazyfags wanting to play wargames on the cheap/quick.

>>53161537
Making bootleg wargames with cardboard, paint and markers best day of my life ayy

>>53161626

Well, how else am I supposed to test my 39,999k homebrew/copypasta? Sheesh ...

>>53161626
I literally did that as a kid. We dug up a photo of my brother and I playing a home made wargame made from paper and cardboard,
and with hand drawn board and pieces. (Looked like a medieval-esque double siege game. both players with a castle. Plenty of chariots, trebuchets, archers and cavalry...) at age 13 or so.

>>53161722
I still do it to make portable versions of boardgames, great stuff desu

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>>53161419
>More like OCD Case Blue amirite
HA. that can be said for all the OCS titles i have a feeling.....
Europa is still the mother of them all.....some good memories doing 'Drag nacht Osten'

>>53161519
Looking good!

>>53161519
That's the secret of 6mm; takes fuck all time to make it look decent.

Especially when you're using uni-colour Russians which is practically cheating.

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>>53145848

And then the Commies went on to kill many times more people...

My friends are all big War Thunder players and I would like to get them in /hwg/ - was thinking of running a Lacquered Coffins game. I've never played it before but it looks relatively cheap to get into with 1/600 scale planes. How easy will it be for wargaming newcomers to pick up?

>>53163678
>>53145848

Take it to /his/

>>53159177
>posts unhung fascists

Try harder, commie scum!

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Had an extra Mogami, decided to ask "what would happen if the 1944 conversion wasn't *complete* and utterly retarded."

Davco 1/3000

>>53163700
I don't know about Lacquered Coffins but 'bag the hun' would be another ruleset to look into. Also, for absolute wargaming newbs, wings of war/glory (or even x-wing ,if they like star wars) could be a better option

>>53164415
derp, forgot to say, still a WiP and that's Chitose (or possibly Chiyoda for comparison)

>>53164423
A couple of them have played Warhammer 40k in the past.

Thank you, I will check all the mentioned rule sets out! I actually own some X Wing stuff already so maybe that could be another gateway drug to this glorious hobby.

>>53164423
canvas eagles is also available and is free.

>>53159177
I find it quite disrespectful to make fun of the dead for the sake of a wargaming dispute.

You should collect miniatures due to interest, not political reasons.

/hwg/ do you have a go-to distributor for historical minis? Like a place I can go to get 8mm pike and shot, 28mm WWII, 15mm WWI, etc. all in one place?

>>53165689
>8mm
Not really a thing except in Perry's travel battleor Adler scale creep

As for all in one place, not really. There are plenty of places you can get 15mm and 28mm ww2, and maybe some 28mm ancients and Napoleonic, but the rest is almost exclusively by specific online retailers or going to big shows.

>>53165734
>going to big shows
>outside
>around people
Fuck that.

>>53152167
>Is this some sort of model less wargame?

Good sweet mother of Christ, are you actually claiming you've never seen a "map & chit" war game before?

>>53161677
>Well, how else am I supposed to test my 39,999k homebrew/copypasta? Sheesh ...

That's what I do. I "test drive" minis rules all the time with marked cardboard pieces cut to the proper base size(s).

A "lack" of the "proper" figs ins't going to prevent me from playing.

>>53160526
I've heard that underneath the memes the Spetsnaz tend to perform more along the lines of regulars in Western armies rather than really being bear-eating ubersoldier badasses.

>>53166573
'spetsnaz' covers a very wide range of units so their capabilities and performance varies a hell of a lot.

>>53160526
>>53166573
Spetznas are probably the best thug unit in the world
They just aren't very good soldiers

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>>53163700
Lacquered coffins is incredibly user-friendly. I regularly run it with first time players and after a quick run down of the basics, (Speed, altitude, and maneuvers) they're good to go. Probably one of the lightest WWII air combat rules around at the moment, yet still feels like you're flying real aircraft, and each aircraft feels unique.

>>53168336
Sounds interesting. You wouldn't happen to have a PDF of it? I've already sifted through the sticky and it doesn't appear to be there.

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>>53166573
>>53160526
>>53167425
>Slovenly Slavs

>>53159232

Warlord's new Japs are reprinted WGF ones, some sets just have new metal heads and metal characters for variety and because the heads were kinda bug-eyed (as most WGF figs)

Are there any ancient skirmish games besides Saga? I'm trying to use that $15 from Warlord games without starting a big army.

Hell I'm really just looking for a skirmish game that Warlord Games minis will work well with that isn't WWII.

>>53169970
>Are there any ancient skirmish games besides Saga
Of course there are. Saga is a medieval skirmish game.

In all seriousness have you checked the OP links? Bound to be a few in there.

>>53169970
Chevauchee's written for the medieval period but will work for ancients with no problem at all.

I keep meaning to write a conversion but the period's so giant that it'd require multiple guides for period/location.

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>>53160593
The book "Ghost Wars" talks about the Afghans having technicals and the Spetsnaz using captured technicals on rare occasions

>>53171947
I've been meaning to pick that up. How is it?

Does anyone have any experience with the sarissa Japanese landing craft?

>>53173123
Not that anon, but it's pretty great. It was on our recommended reading list for a class I took for the Navy.

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>>53173123
It's good, I'd really recommend it

>>53151719
I personally use Perry/Kensei for the rank and file,Steel Fist for elites and vignettes(Steel Fist are slightly beefier and their cavalrymen are massive).

There's a Kensei kickstarter coming out this Friday as well.

>>53159177

That's unfair, anon. If that were true we wouldn't have any more Americans, and I rather like having them around so they can waste their lives and money on a global military presence, leaving us free to devote our money to useful things like health care.

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I found this training video from 1942. It's got half-tracks. Everybody likes half-tracks, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMj16ieMCt4

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Early Iron Age Greek Warrior 1100-700 BC (Osprey Warrior 180)

The period from 1200 BC onwards saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands as monarchies disappeared and were replaced by aristocratic rule and a new form of community developed: the city-state. Alongside these changes a new style of warfare developed which was to be the determining factor in land warfare in Greece until the defeat of the Greek city-state by the might of Macedonia at Chaeronea in 338 BC. This mode of warfare was based on a group of heavily armed infantrymen organized in a phalanx formation - the classic hoplite formation - and remained the system throughout the classical Greek period. This new title details this pivotal period that saw the transition from the Bronze Age warriors of Homer to the origins of the men who fought the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/c2yoctrr92efl1a/Osprey+-+WAR+180+-+Early+Iron+Age+Greek+Warrior+1100-700+BC.pdf

>>53174973
i only watched the first two minutes, but so far it's pretty funny how dopey (and remarkably contemporary) they sound. Guess I'm more used to hearing the radio voices of that time.
It's also quite weird that whoever made the subtitles omitted half of what they are saying. Kind of defeats the point of watching and instructional film.

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>>53168661
It's the recent creation of our resident gamemaking anon. Check it out on Wargame Vault:

http://www.wargamevault.com/product/205740/Lacquered-Coffins-WW2-Air-Combat

>>53174973
>>53175539
>omitted half of what they are saying
scratch that. whoever made the subtitles didn't even understand what they were saying half the time anyway.

>>53159177
Fuck your communism right up the ass.

>>53169970
>I'm trying to use that $15 from Warlord games without starting a big army.
what? there's a coupon?

>>53160679
>I'm using cloth one uses to cover the floor when painting

Canvas dropcloth? how do you seal in the static grass?

I'm looking for a bit of help.
My preamble: I play a bit of X-Wing and, while I don't care much for Star Wars (I'd play Wings of Glory if I could find someone), I really enjoy the pre-planning aspect of it--having to guess where your opponent is going to be and out planning your opponent.

So, my question is: are there any historical war games that use a similar system of pre-planning movements/activation/whatever? Sort of a proactive approach than a reactive one.

>>53169753
Yep, that they are. Which is one of the reasons I'll be avoiding Test of Honour like the plague.

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>>53177541
That's actually a factor you can introduce to games, especially stuff from the pre-radio age. Old school grogs were pretty fond of it. You'd write up detailed orders for individual units and so forth before the game, based on a quick study of the tabletop. Once the game began orders could only be changed if you could get new units to the units via couriers and messages. You could take any standard ruleset and incorporate that into it.

Given your fondness for X-Wing you could look at naval and dogfighting games, which often incorporate pre-planning stuff.

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The Gladius: The Roman Short Sword (Osprey Weapon 51)

One of the most feared weapons in the ancient world, the gladius was lethal both on the battlefield and in the arena. Literary sources tell of the terror it inspired, while archaeological evidence of wounds inflicted is testament to its deadly effect. By pulling together strands of literary, sculptural and archaeological evidence renowned expert M.C. Bishop creates a narrative of the gladius' development, exploring the way in which the shape of the short sword changed as soldiers and gladiators evolved their fighting style. Drawing together historical accounts, excavated artefacts and the results of the latest scientific analyses of the blades, this volume reveals the development, technology, training and use of the gladius hispaniensis: the sword that conquered the Mediterranean.

https://mega.nz/#!C9ECEIjC!qfijx742uQbRXMgxGmpdAtMceV_16fr4lu8TuMbZ7As

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Colt Single-Action Revolvers (Osprey Weapon 52)

In 1836, Samuel Colt changed the face of warfare with the production of the first of a series of iconic and influential single-action revolvers, including the .44-calibre Colt Walker and the seminal .45-calibre Colt Single Action Army, which remains in production today. These weapons shifted the role of the pistol from single-shot weapon of last resort to a practical and powerful sidearm that gave the user the ability to defend himself once his primary armament was discharged. It transformed cavalry tactics and relegated the sword to a largely ceremonial role in many armies. Featuring full-colour artwork, expert analysis and gripping first-hand accounts, this is the absorbing story of Colt's family of single-action revolvers, covering their origins, development, use and lasting impact on the modern world.

https://mega.nz/#!voNx2RRQ!wfomSHre0zsiuI5uS7j6zgooGa9rZ-mKTWPAltH8ITw

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>>53177541
Wings of war / wings of glory - each player pre-plans their next moves using cards, the moves are played out and then they choose new moves. It flows very nicely and adds an unpredictable nature to gameplay - you have to try to guess where your opponent will be at the same time as trying to not be where he thinks you will be... can be a lot of fun. There's a WW1 and WW2 version.

>>53177796
Thanks a ton! That's exactly what I was looking for. You really helped me locate a bunch of resources to implement that sort of system into Warmaster Ancients.

I'll also definitely be looking into some naval games.

>>53177981
Oh, I've looked into Wings of Glory, but I was actually looking for ground combat (ancients, Napoleonic, ACW, etc). Thanks though!

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>>53178165
Pre planning gets much harder in games like ancients, napoleonics, ACW where the scale is usually large battles and there are many different types of units (And many units in general), more to keep track of means more trouble with pre planning everything. The only game I can think of with pre planning everything is Harpoon - a modern naval game - that requires a referee and both players to plot movement on paper (or transparency paper so the referee can overlay both papers and see how close the forces are and advise on whose radar is getting pinged, etc).

There might be more games from your periods of interest that use pre-planned moves, but I'm not familiar with them. I would be interested in hearing about these if anyone knows of something...

>>53178224
I know my own gaming group often does some informal pre-planning prior to playing multi-player games.

A couple of the homebrew systems we use require messengers to relay orders and have rolls for radio communication to call in off-map artillery and chat between separate units.

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>>53178394
Limited command control is often an element of wargames - especially from the pre-radio days (and sometimes even in the radio days...)

Many games have systems for limited how many units can activate and there are many methods for working this out. Most games do a pretty good job of straddling the line between historical accuracy and fun. I would look at Blucher for Napoleonics, and Longstreet for ACW - they're both in the OP folders. Have a browse through some of the rules in there and see what takes your fancy

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I've been a 28mm guy for all my wargaming years, but lately I've been oggling the smaller scales, I have some questions however..

Would there be much point in playing skirmish games like Sharp Practice with 15mm models? is there any advantage or difference to it?

I have also been eyeing 6mm ACW gaming for a while, but I was wondering how many units or gaming pieces you need for an average 6mm wargame?

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>>53179083
>how many units or gaming pieces you need for an average 6mm wargame?
probably not that many for a small game - a bag of infantry, cavalry, and artillery for each side and you're pretty much set to start off. Google around for 6mm ACW or check the Heroics and Ros site.

Each unit of these will give you a bunch of infantry (pic), so you'd probably only need 1 or 2 infantry bags to start with - each comes with about 50
http://www.heroicsandros.co.uk/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=catshow&ref=Confederate_Infantry_ACW&sid=o969601k482u67x4sm9x74k53ll16oir

>>53177388
Yeah I just got an email yesterday. It applies to a single product

>>53160526
>>53160489
>unprofessional
In what way? I just watched it and there's nothing in there that can suggest they were unprofessional.

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>>53178165
General Quarters 3, the first edition of Grand Fleets, and a lot of age of sail games all feature pre-plotting of movement.

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>>53179083
>Would there be much point in playing skirmish games like Sharp Practice with 15mm models? is there any advantage or difference to it?
You would lose one of the main appeals of skirmishing in 28mm, namely having all the pretty detailed minis. I can't think of any real advantages, because with the amount of minis you could field in 15mm, you might as well be playing something battalion-sized or up anyway.

>>53179767
The biggest advantage to skirmishing in 15mm is space, in my opinion.

You can compress a 4"x4" game into a 2"x2"

You're absolutely right about losing the detail, and I'm not sure it's quite worth it in most cases.

>>53179841
it's likely not worth losing the detail to save space, is what I intended to convey.

I'm looking to make a Hitler youth squad and I know there are a few models in the last levy box but I don't really want the other stuff that comes with it. Any idea on who else might sell some models suitable for that in 28mm.

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>>53180059
Great Escape games do a 4-member squad for the Battle of Berlin line; also you could check out some of the "pulp" WW2 ranges which have HJ units in their alternate-1945-type games.

>>53180119
Thanks anon. Know of any that don't have Faust's?

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>>53180155
I'm afraid I'm at a loss there anon. To be fair Panzerfausts were about the only thing they had at that final stage.

>>53179179
eeeeh... just a lot of their ways of doing things. the way the hold weapons or wear their webbing. It makes them look like militia, like they saw poses in a mvie and decided thats how to soldier. I was fitter for aviation back in the mid to late 2000s and our SAS or commandos never looked that slovenly from their outings. Just one mans opinion though. I can't exactly put my finger on it but thats mytake on it.

>>53180233
Yah I feel it's a valid point anon. I just wouldn't necessarily want to run them that way in a game. Rifles would be fine. Maybe I could do some swaps. I assume they just were basically using the kids the same way the Soviets did bomb dogs.

>>53179159
How do H&R miniatures compare to Baccus ones? I was thinking of just getting two infantry sets from Baccus and some officers for starters. what do you guys suggest for using as bases with these tiny guys?

>>53179767
>>53179841
>>53179859
Yeah, saving space is about the only thing I could come up with aswell, guess its not really worth it.

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>>53180761
Baccus tends to do nicer infantry but they're larger.

>>53175530
Thank you Anon!

>>53180761
>Yeah, saving space is about the only thing I could come up with aswell, guess its not really worth it.
Nah, it also tends to make the ground scale closer to the figure scale, which makes for a better look overall. I mean, assuming you leave the measurements the same, that is. Which you should unless you're really pressed for space.

Some nice, detailed 15mm figures and some nice, detailed 28mm figures on the same board, the 15s'll have saner ranges and a better overall look, for a lot of people.

Having said that, I do 28mm and 6mm and nothing in-between.

>>53179172
I got an email as well but no coupon. Wanna share?

>>53141800
>>53141813
>>53141823
>>53141830
>>53141847
Freaking cool anon. I have the weirdest boner right now. What company are those minatures from?

>>53177796
I was trying to identify that pistol for a good few seconds before realising it was a pigeon.

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>>53182398
That's pretty glorious anon.

>>53180301
Oh, I see. There might be a number of reasons for that though- maybe Soviet citizens were just more relaxed naturally when it comes to deportment. How you carry your stuff while just hanging around doesn't have much meaning after all.

I really like tiny scale wargames. Also a Force on Force looks interesting. What about playing it with really small minis? 3mm, 6mm or 15mm

>>53182637
3mm would be excessive, 6mm could work if you want something super-portable as would 10mm (though there's less stuff for moderns available in 10). 15mm is the best balance imo.

>>53182398
Same here. For a second I thought it was an early machine-pistol or some sort of weird buck rogers gun.

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>>53182354
Thanks. The figures on the table were were 3 people's collections so there were a myriad ranges on display. See >>53154197 for a list of most of the figures.

>>53179841
As someone who does 15mm, yeah its because of the space. Also as a WW2 guy, I like an occasional vehicle and 15mm is the perfect scale for those imo.

tbqh I probably should've gone with 28s anyways, since I occasionally buy figures in that scale if they got a nice sculpt.

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/hwg/ can we get some movie recommendations? What are some good /hwg/-porn films that you can recommend? Preferably lesser-known stuff. I watched The Sorrow and the Pity about a week ago and then Army of Crime last night. Both were pretty interesting.

>>53184979
>Somehow manages to be both proto-metal and art deco
That's an amazing poster. Got any more that are that awesome?

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>>53185005
That awesome? Not really but I can share some of propaganda folder that are either really interesting/important or just badass.

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Kind of tempting to collect 6mm minis for the Second unification War of 1859, the uniforms seem more interesting than the ones from the ACW, especially the Austrians look dapper

>>53185106
Cool. Do it.

Anyone here play AK47 republic? Should I play first edition or second edition?

Tempted to try it with 6mm figures to save money/space.

>>53185056
Pic saved

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This is horrifying.

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>>53184979
Reminds me of this.

Would these Luftwaffe field division guys work as Volksgrenadiers?

>https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/german-army/products/luftwaffe-field-division-squad

>https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/german-army/products/volksgrenadiers

>>53188025
You won't get the same look and feel. Air Force vs army. Why are you considering?

Does anyone have any Spanish Civil War Ospreys? I can't find them in the OP links

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>>53185286

>>53188112
I love the luftwaffe models but I'm wondering if the miniatures have any noticable luftwaffe markings or designs. I intend to paint them like Volksgrenadiers if they fit.

>>53188237
10/10

Say, anyone here have the Modern Micro Armor rules from GHQ? I don't need the whole thing, just 3 units stats for a comparison. Specifically, the T-64B, T-72A, and M1 Abrams. And I only really need the mobility and armour values.

Thank you.

>>53188290
The uniforms are entirely different from the wermacht

>>53188929
Dug out my copy for this:
T-64 is only only listed as T-64/75 for some reason. armour 15 speed 18T, T-72 or possibly T-74? Fuck knows what's going on with these horrifically outdated designations, both armour 15, 20T movement, basic M1 Abrams is armour 18, 20T move

>>53189113
In what way?

>>53189225
Thank you, you've no idea how helpful you've been.

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Despite dropping sonobuoys everywhere this P-3 cannot find the November-class. This game isn't actually that difficult, it tells you everything you need to know, you just have to click through a window or two to get to it.

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>>53188929
Is this what you're after?

>>53189276
Was an interesting surprise, I remember Microarmour having some pretty basic unit stats compared to the massively better FFoT but had forgotten that it wasn't even using accurate unit type designations and instead using the ancient system.

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>>53188188
>I can't find them in the OP links
They're the in the WW2 folder, should be two recent MAAs covering the Republicans and Nationalists

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>>53185123
There's an anon around here who runs a gorgeous-looking army based on the "colonial rump" faction, hopefully he could answer your questions. I think 1E has the cooler army builder but 2E is just the better system overall.

>>53184979
Many Wars Ago (1970)
Battle Of Sevastopol (2015)
the Nine Network's Gallipoli miniseries (2015)
The Duellists (1977)
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
How I Won The War (1967)
Days Of Glory (2006)
The Big Red One (1980)
Cross Of Iron (1977)
Stalingrad (2013)
and the Sharpe series, of course!

>>53190533
>a Stalingrad movie made by Russians in 2013
Does this have T-34s driving off other tanks and getting sick airtime?

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>>53190533
>Stalingrad (2013)
Holy fuck check that, I meant to specify the 1993 German Stalingrad and definitely NOT the 2013 Russian one, that's a big screwup on my part. As you imply the Russian version is pretty cartoonish; the German one is superb.

So because i am a snowflake faggot i like collecting obscure as fuck lists/get all my list ideas from reading books regardless of whether or not it will play well

Anyone got any ideas on what i could use to model San Marco Marines?

So guys just got finished with Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer along with Tigers in the Mud by Otto Carius. Really in a kick for books like this pertaining to world war 2.

Also looking for some good reads about the crusades? Anyone got good interesting books.

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>>53189227
See attached for some of the differences. They were pretty significant. If your play with any neck beard types they will likely lose their minds.

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>>53190989
Into Oblivion by Jason Mark if you can find a copy

Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger is terrific

Goodybye Darkness by Wm. Manchester

Does anyone have experience with running:

Platoon Forward!
Squadron Forward!
and/or
Bag the Hun- Finest Hour
?

Considering buying all of them, but money is always tight and all that.

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Thoughts on how I should paint my T-34?

Rest of my Soviets are Naval Brigades, so I'm not sure what an appropriate paint scheme would be.

>>53192912

Olive drab?

>>53193249
Yeah, looks like. I sorta figured the Soviets had more in the way of paint varieties

>>53182637
For FoF you're going to want individually mounted figures, so I'd say 6mm is a minimum, and would recommend 15mm.

>>53192912
which turret is that?
Also my T-34's are shit but I can take photos of them when I get home from work if you want.

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>>53193996
Whichever one came with the default T-34 Bolt Action box?

Status update 1/2: Green and grey applied

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>>53194312
Status update 2/2: Red underlayer for brass coloring on the ZP turret's cables

>>53185123
Either. 1e has a cooler pre-battle sequence, 2e's a little less charming.

Doesn't really matter which you play though. 6mm'll be fine, stick with the same basing and it'll look great.

>>53145839
There are. No complete scan around that I've found.

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You know, after playing a lot of games with detailed stats for vehicles, the way fivecore company command handles anti-vehicle fire is refreshing. I'd always use the facing option, though.

>>53194424
I mean, you don't really need to know that this gun is a 6 and this gun is a 9 and this armour is a 7.55, and most games get even worse when they cover a longer period and have to have interwar light tanks on the same scale as post-war heavies. so why not do it this way?

It helps that it's an infantry-focused game, too, but I'd happily play a tank game with these rules.

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>>53194329
Finished the brass

Is anyone aware of a company that makes flavorful Dark Age / Medieval Civilians in 15mm.

I game on a budget and play virtually all of my minis in 15mm or smaller an I get most of my stuff from Essex but I find their civilians lacking. I'm looking for a mix of occupations, peasants, lords, ladies, the works.

>>53194682
Chariot/Magister Militum do a few. A lot of ranges have armed peasants, but some of them are armed with pitchforks and could probably be used as non-combatants. You could also try minor conversions on gun crews, and expanding into ancients & renaissance might get you some usable figs.

>>53194770
also http://www.madaxeman.com/main/15mm_ancients_suppliers.php gave me http://www.strategianova.it/soldatini-e-resine/miniature-wars-15-mm/civili which may be of use, and I'm sure irregular miniatures do 15mm civilians. they do everything else.

>>53191053
Thanks for the picture, I suppose I'll just have to keep them seperate?

>>53194948
Ignore the questionmark, just a mistake.

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>>53194659
I don't remember this version of the t34

>>53195026
T-34/ZP, "Zvukovoy Proyekor", essentially a sonic cannon. It's for Konflikt '47

>>53195059
Ah good, I thought I was going mad.

>>53182701
>>53193432
Thanks lads. I googled around a bit and found one manufacturer for 15mm that send good (Eureka), but do you have any recommendations?

>>53193359
They had the mindset of "Shit son, what kind of paints do we have? This can? Well, butter my butt and call me a cupcake, this can o' shit will look nice on that tonk."

>>53195454
Off the top of my head (some of this will be Sci-Fi as well as I play 15mm sci-fi too):

Khurasan
Rebel Miniatures
Ground Zero Games
Peter Pig
QRF

Plenty more out there but most of my collection is from these manufacturers. Ground Zero Games is all sci-fi but really great sculpts. Khurasan and Rebel minis both do great modern ranges. Peter Pig's modern African Wars range is fantastic. QRF can be a bit wonky quality wise but have almost any vehicle you could possibly think of.

>>53185123

I'm the anon >>53190533 mentioned. 6mm would be fine to use use the same basing for a section of infantry maybe multibase a few tanks as one vehicle? Or just go with your own consistent method of basing if doing forces for yourselves/club.

the editions are broadly similiar, both are in the OP if not I can upload. 1st ed has slightly wackier/more fun pre game phase but most of it can be cobbled together for whatever you want really.

>>53196059
I have PDFs of both versions, hence why I asked!

Its mostly a case of me convincing my pals to invest in the game so I figured running it at 6mm might be a little cheaper for everyone else. I'm actually leaning more towards 15mm now as I already have some terrain in this scale, not sure why I didn't think about that before.

Do you have any pictures of your force? I love seeing the armies.

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>>53196104
This was all my painted notSaffers/Rhodies. This was taken about a year ago some more has been finished since then.

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>>53196268
Have some Communist backed nation tanks too. My non colonial type forces are lacking at the moment but I need some inspiration to get them going.

>>53196283
Speaking of T-55s - in the 'nam, how often the machine guns were left off the cupolas? I have the Trumpeter T-55s, and as they are the earlier production versions, they don't have those MGs.

>>53189349
I actually just watched a video of an Orion deploying a sonobuoy. Was really neat watching all the stages of it deploying.

>>53192912
Mind posting some pics of your Black Death? Those were some stylish mother fuckers.

>>53196463
NVA usage of t-54/55s I am rather unsure about but it seems to be that they were mounted in the late 60's/early 70's. I imagine if some were available they might be used but then again maybe not and used elsewhere, see British usage of .50cals during WWII. It's a relatively small thing to quibble over and I doubt anyone would complain. Sorry for not being overly helpful, my knowledge of vietnam is generally limited to ANZAC involvement.

>>53196634
No problem, thanks for the reply mate. I have a couple of die-casts as well that has the DhSK mounted, tho I want to repaint those to be used in the middle-east.

>>53196268
Wow, they look absolutely fantastic.

>>53194948
Yah I mean do whatever makes you happy anon just know some neck beard will notice and be a cock about it. They are both cool figs and I think painting them up differently will be nice a d give you some contrast to the Greys and greens.

>>53194312
it comes with three alternatives actually

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>>53180059
>>53180155

If you're into plastics/conversions, one of the Bolt Action regulars cobbled together teenager Hitlerjugend with torsos/arms from the grenadiers kit and legs from the British one.

>>53198886
That's awesome. Is there a tutorial somewhere or he just kit bashed them?

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>>53199059
he just kitbashed them i suppose.

His name is Andy Zeck, he is active in the facebook BA groups as well as in the BA forums on the warlord website.

>>53198886
They look way too grown-up and healthy, like they're 16 year olds who've actually eaten a food for a week straight and are wearing mostly-intact uniforms.

>>53199106
Thanks. I'll look him up. If you have any more hj pics please post.

>>53199262
Maybe you can find some more pics in his thread.. or just ask him

http://www.warlordgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=6420&start=490

>>53199262
>hj pics
>>/hc/
>>/gif/

>>53200100
Lol. The other kind of hj

Does anybody have any nice coupons for Warlord?

>>53200534

You just missed the 3 tanks for the price of 2 deal by a couple days.

It even included the Soviet KV-1 and IS-2 tanks which each come with a sprue of Soviet infantry. Hnng.

>>53196268

manufacturer? interested in Bush War, but couldnt find any 28mm ranges I really liked

seems like it would work well in (15mm? w/e your figs are) at a 1:1 man:mini ratio

Anyone know any cheap options for 28mm WW2 trucks? Warlord's are all like $30. I'm doing Soviets and Finns, so Northern-Europe appropriate ones would be best.

>>53201849
Tamiya's 1:48 range has a russian 1,5t truck which can be found for around $15. (they also have US trucks which were used by the russians too, but in my experience these are not as cheap as the russian truck)

Italeri offers a Opel Blitz (not sure if Finland got any of these though) in 1:48 for around the same price.

>>53201619
the figures are 15mm and are mostly Battlefront and Peter Pig. There are a few QRF and Old Glory in there as well.

>>53201913
Do you know if Tamiya has any US distributors? Amazon looks like it'll take a month to get to me

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>>53202144
i have no idea since i'm from europe. ordering from asia is the cheapest option in most cases.

Are there Panzershrecks in any of the German plastic kits, or do I need to buy them on their own?

>>53202440
I just assume you are talking about Bolt Action/Warlord Games plastic kits.

No plastic panzerschrecks in any of them.
(You could get an US weapon sprue and customize the bazookas by adding the blast shield)

>>53145848
Bad taste anon.. just really bad taste.