/hwg/ - Historical Wargames General

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>Wargaming Compendium
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming+Compendium.pdf
>Saga
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
>Black Powder
http://www.mediafire.com/download/o5x6blwoczojmfr/Black+Powder.pdf
>Bolt Action
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
>Hail Caesar
https://mega.nz/#F!s9xTTDpQ!CasEjRETeqZsJ5LOzYrJdg
>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
>Warmaster Ancients
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cifld8bl3uy2i5g/Warmaster+Ancients.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3emyvka11bnna1b/Warmaster+Ancient+Armies.pdf
>Advanced Squad Leader
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
>Impetus
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/28i9gevqws518/Impetus
>Ronin
http://www.mediafire.com/download/m8xke04pc3hne2k/Ronin.pdf
>Battleground WWII
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
>By Fire And Sword
https://mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q
>Modelling & painting guides
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_%26_Painting_Guides
>Twilight 2000/2013 RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
>Phoenix Command RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw
>Next War (GMT)
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/eupungrg93xgb/Next_War

Desired scans :
Battlegroup supplements
Black Powder supplements
Rank and File supplements
Harpoon 3 & 4 supplements
Hail Caesar! Late Antiquity to Early Medieval Army List
Force on Force supplements
Hind Commander
At Close Quarters
War and Conquest
Germany Strikes!

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17th of March in military history:

45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
624 – Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in the Battle of Badr.
1452 – The Battle of Los Alporchones is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the Emirate of Granada and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and Murcia resulting in a Christian victory.
1560 – Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.
1677 – The Siege of Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking of the city.
1776 – American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
1780 – American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
1860 – The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.
1939 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
1947 – First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
1960 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
1976 – The Troubles: Four civilians are killed when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates a car bomb outside a pub crowded with people celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.

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It is 2,016 years since the Battle of Munda in southern Hispania; tthe final battle of Julius Caesar's civil war against the Roman Republic, and against the leaders of the Optimate. With the military victory at Munda, and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (eldest son of Pompey), Caesar was politically able to return in triumph to Rome, and then govern as the elected Roman dictator.

In the wake of their defeats at Pharsalus (48 BC) and Thapsus (46 BC), the Optimates and supporters of the late Pompey the Great had been contained in Hispania (modern Spain) by Caesar. While there, Gnaeus and Sextus Pompeius worked with General Titus Labienus to raise a new army. Moving quickly, they subjugated much of Hispania Ulterior and the colonies of Italica and Corduba. Outnumbered, Caesar's generals in the region, Quintus Fabius Maximus and Quintus Pedius, elected to avoid battle and requested assistance from Rome.

Thus, Caesar was forced to move from Rome to Hispania to deal with the Pompeius brothers. He brought two trusted veteran legions (X Equestris and V Alaudae) and some newer legions (including III Gallica and VI Ferrata), but in the main was forced to rely on the recruits already present in Hispania. Caesar covered the 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Rome to Obulco in less than one month, arriving in early December (he immediately wrote a short poem, Iter, describing this journey).

Arriving in early December, Caesar was able to surprise local Optimate forces and quickly relieved Ulipia. Pressing on to Corduba, he found that that he was not able to take the city which was guarded by troops under Sextus Pompeius. Though he outnumbered Caesar, Gnaeus was advised by Labienus to avoid a major battle and instead compelled Caesar to embark upon a winter campaign. Gnaeus' attitude began to change following the loss of Ategua. The capture of the city by Caesar badly shook the confidence of Gnaeus' native troops and some began to defect.

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>>46054611
Unable to continue delaying battle, Gnaeus and Labienus formed their army of thirteen legions and 6,000 cavalry on a gentle hill approximately four miles from the town of Munda on March 17. Arriving on the field with eight legions and 8,000 cavalry, Caesar unsuccessfully attempted to trick the Optimates into moving off the hill. Having failed, Caesar ordered his men forward in a frontal assault. Clashing, the two armies battled for several hours without an advantage being gained.

Moving to the right wing, Caesar personally took command of X Legion and drove it forward. In heavy fighting, it began to push back the enemy. Seeing this, Gnaeus moved a legion from his own right to reinforce his failing left. This weakening of the Optimate right allowed Caesar's cavalry to gain a decisive advantage. Storming forward, they were able to drive back Gnaeus' men. With Gnaeus' line under extreme pressure, one of Caesar's allies, King Bogud of Mauritania, moved around the enemy's rear with cavalry to attack the Optimate camp.

In an effort to block this, Labienus led the Optimate cavalry back towards their camp. This maneuver was misinterpreted by Gnaeus' legions who believed that Labienus' men were retreating. Beginning their own retreat, the legions soon crumbled and were routed by Caesar's men. The Optimate army effectively ceased to exist after the battle and all thirteen standards of Gnaeus' legions were taken by Caesar's men. Casualties for the Optimate army are estimated at around 30,000 as opposed to only 1,000 for Caesar.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/5g9004k6c7w21rk/Osprey+-+BOR+034+-+The+Roman+Army+in+the+Civil+Wars+88-31+BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/itc22n7bt8rbxjt/Osprey+-+ELI+155+-+Roman+Battle+Tactics+109+BC-AD+313.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jf6hbeffzo98l9r/Osprey+-+WAR+071+-+Roman+Legionary+58BC-AD69.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/9mvu9aewy08gx1o/Osprey+-+WAR+170+-+Roman+Guardsman+62BC-324AD.pdf

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It is 28 years since the Battle of Afabet, a watershed event in the Eritrean War of Independence. It has also been described as the largest battle in Africa since El Alamein

The Nadew Command was part of the Ethiopian Second Revolutionary Army. Morale of the soldiers was at an all-time low, and none of the divisions "had even half of the numbers that would normally constitute an Ethiopian division – ten to twelve thousand men", quotes Ministry of Defense reports to state that there were 15,223 men in the three divisions.

The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) had attacked the Nadew Command a few months previously, with limited success. Eritrean losses have been estimated at 125 killed and 269 wounded. However, the Ethiopian side suffered even graver losses in the aftermath: on Mengistu Haile Mariam's order twenty senior officers were transferred and the commander of the Nadew Command, General Tariku Ayne, who had been absent from Afabet for medical treatment, was executed outside of Asmara on 15 February 1988. The death of one of Ethiopia's most prominent generals surprised even the EPLF, whose Radio of the Masses broadcast that the Derg had "cut off its right hand with its left hand". The Twenty-second Division was moved to Keren, and replaced with the Fourteenth Infantry Division.

By mid-March 1988 the Nadew Command had planned to launch an offensive campaign against the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF); however, they were pre-empted by the EPLF. On the morning of March 17, 1988, the EPLF deployed troops on three sides around Hedai Valley to encircle the Ethiopian garrison. The first unit attacked was the newly arrived Fourteenth Division. Upon their attack, the Ethiopian forces began to withdraw but were cut off. The battle continued while the Ethiopian garrison from Keren tried to reinforce their position, which was thwarted by the EPLF.

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>>46054640
The EPLF 85th Division was held up by the dogged resistance of the Ethiopian 29th Mechanized Brigade. It fought without reinforcement for most of a day until its commander gambled on a retreat to Afabet. Lacking time for careful reconnaissance before its withdraw, the brigade was halted when a tank and truck were disabled by Eritrean 100mm guns, the burning vehicles blocking the road. The Ethiopians were forced to destroy their weaponry to prevent them from falling into EPLF hands. Ethiopian aircraft even bombed their own troops. The commander of the Second Revolutionary Army came to the battlefield himself to supervise opening the road to Afabet "until he allegedly 'escaped on a camel' just before the fall of the garrison." Once the Ethiopian troops were routed in Hedai Valley, the EPLF stormed and captured Afabet. As the town was a major garrison the EPLF also captured a large cache of weapons in addition to those captured in the valley.

Killion estimates that by the end of the three-day battle, the Eritreans had killed or captured over 18,000 Ethiopian soldiers. Eritrean casualties were around 2,000. Eritrea would finally win independence in 1993.

"The significance to the Ethiopian regime of the loss of Afabet cannot be overstated. In this single battle, Ethiopia lost whole divisions of its best trained and armed troops. Worse still, it left behind a weapons stockpile that it had amassed to carry out what it believed was to have been 'a decisive offensive' against the EPLF. That 'decisive offensive' was being planned by Soviet military advisors. As it was, the EPLF, clearly outsmarting the Soviets, turned around the 'planned offensive' to their advantage. The Soviet Union had always denied direct involvement in Eritrea but was caught red-handed by the EPLF at Afabet by the capture of three Soviet military personnel (another one was killed in the combat)." - 'Review of African Political Economy', 1989.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Jo5hRHgEA

haven't played bolt action for an year. did something change?
I am looking at the website now and I see new Fallschirmjäger and Grenadiers in plastic, which is the best kit of the two? because the models look really sweet on the preview (much better than the shitty germans I got a fgew years ago)

is there something planned for italians?
did they change any rules?
how are the scenario books? especially the normandy one

>>46055012
>I am looking at the website now and I see new Fallschirmjäger and Grenadiers in plastic, which is the best kit of the two? because the models look really sweet on the preview (much better than the shitty germans I got a fgew years ago)
If you want to play a Fallschirmjager army, Grenadiers are pretty shit, true for the other way around too.

No changes, new scenario books.

>>46055223
>If you want to play a Fallschirmjager army, Grenadiers are pretty shit, true for the other way around too.

what? so both are shitty kits and have shitty rules?

>>46055243
Why would you get Grenadiers for a FJ army? Why would you get FJs for a Grenadier army?

>>46055251
I would make an entire new army out of FJ OR grenadiers, not both combined

I only have basic infantry but I'd really like to change them since I don't like the old models, I am asking which kit out of grenadiers and fj is the best one

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A gift, fellow naval enthusiasts! The Dutch supplement for General Quarters 3! It's got ship records for both Dutch and ABDA ships, a few scenarios, and some other stuff.


>http://www.mediafire.com/download/06psow0ahdfk9o2/GQ3+Dutch+Complete.pdf

I'd be muchly appreciative if whoever maintains the threadly mediafire could add it to the naval folder.

When I have some more disposable income, I'll pick up either the Regia Marina or the Marine Nationale supplement.

No chance in hell of the USN's though. Fuck paying around $100us. I'm too much of a poorfag to afford that.

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>>46054611
That picture makes me wonder, do we actually know much about what kind of armour late Republic/early Imperial officers wore in battle?

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Painting Perry French Infantry. What are you up to tonight, Hwg?

>>46058505
Feeling shit as usual.

>>46058505
Spanish Grenadiers of course.

I think your guys look nice, but the lighting is very poor it's hard to tell.

>>46058644
Have you tried painting? It relaxes me.

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>>46058768
forgot image

>>46058768
>Have you tried painting? It relaxes me.
Part of the problem. After finishing the 'nam folks, I'm not sure what to paint. Finished a commission job too, spent the money already...meh, I should just go to sleep.

>>46058505
Deciding what to waste money on next.

How are the French infantry? Not bought anything from Perry yet.

>>46058883
Genuinely one of the nicest kits I've ever seen. The sculpts are pretty phenomenal and you get a pretty good range of weapons and poses.

Only downside is the one man at arms sprue. I'd rather it be more like the English box with more Knights and less infantry.

>>46058309
>no Lorica Segmentata in 15 AD
>implying there were any large changes in equipment following the Tetrarchy like that pictures implies
Picture really needs to be redone.
Only the Republican, Trajanic and Severan legionary are fitting.

>>46058956
I think the idea is that if you want lots of men at arms you buy the foot knight box.

That's good to hear though.

>>46059075
Yeah, I think that'll be my next purchase. Gonna maybe grab the plastic light cavalry too.

>>46058962
>implying hamata is inappropriate for 15AD
frankly I'm not sure segmentata was even in use in 15AD

Does that image imply large post Tetrarchic changes? Between the 290AD (pre Tetrarchy) and 400AD the image only shows a major difference of hamata instead of squamata and a larger shield. Both are spear armed, have a rounded shield, a helmet and a sword.

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>>46058962
Segmentata never really replaced Hamata at any point.

>>46059197
Segmentata was already in service by 9 AD at least.
The entire division between Number 5&6 is rather arbitrary. Scale and Mail were always worn simultaneously. Essentially the appearance of a legionary didn't change much at all between 300 and 400 AD.
It would've made more sense to have a mid 3rd Century legionary in there instead.
>>46059277
That's another thing that bothers me about the pic. It implies 100&200 AD legionaries wore segmentata only while in reality they just wore a mix of all three armour types.

>>46059115
Careful, the light cavalry are Wars of the Roses-era rather than Hundred Years' War.

You could probably get away with using that box more than, say, the mounted men at arms, but you might want to do a few head swaps or something from the HYW boxes to make sure avoid any armour anachronisms or whatever.

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Here's a question for you, how absurd is the cost of equipping a war elephant with bronze armour.

>>46059612
>Segmentata was already in service by 9 AD at least.
Oh ok, 6 years of use. I'd still argue Hamata is more appropriate.

The image isn't perfect by a long shot, but I'm not sure it's worth getting that bothered, most decisions of what to depict are pretty arbitrary anyway.

>>46058883
I got a box today and I was blown away.

Can somebody recommend a good game that focuses on squad-level WW1 or WW2 tactics?

>>46054611
>-45 to 2016
>It is 2,016 years
The fucK?

>>46059855
FiveCore, unless you want a bit more mechanical nitty-gritty then maybe not.

Chain of Command is quite well reccomended. Not very many squad level WWI games unfortunately.

>>46059878
What, didn't you know that it's 1971?

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Teutonic knights and Russian mask guy getting some paint on them.

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Plodding along with my Monmouth Brits.

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>>46063767
They are looking very nice, I'm excited to see the end product.

>>46058962
The later Western Roman armies were largely German in nature, hence the round shields, spears as opposed to short swords, and chainmail.

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>>46060824
those 10 or 15mm?

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>>46059878
Guess I got the 1 and 6 wrong way round

>>46066370
15mm Mirliton

Hey paperman anon, you forgot to post the decryption key for the ACW papercraft dudes you linked last thread so no one can download them.

Thanks a bunch for sharing them by the way.

>>46059762

Cons

>Costly
>Consumes scarce resources
>Probably not all that effective

Pros

>FUCKING PIMP ELEPHANTS

>>46070354
The pros really outweigh the cons here.
bronze is heavy after all

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Getting back into the hobby just got a box of Perry's Euro Mercs.

Don't have any paints yet apart from the primer.

Could you guys recommend any decent boxset or bundle of paints I could buy to paint them?

Additionally I want to mount them on 25mm bases, how do I get about removing the small plastic stands they come with? Should I just use a scalpel?

>>46072125
I would clip around the feet to get the stands off then use a file to get the rest.

>>46072125
your best bet isn't to remove the inbuilt base, just glue them to the 25mm and use filler to build it up level.

As for paints, there's starter sets from Vallejo and Coat D'arms that are quite cheap.

>>46072125
>>46072183

or leave the feet raised so that they're standing on the basing material rather than in it.

Better explained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh2Qp04hDFE

>>46073601
Wow, this is a really nice tip! I'll test this on my Perry Foot knights

>>46072125
>>46072188
Either Vallejo, or grab the Army Painter starter. It has a decent brush and a pot of brown wash that'll come in handy for sure.

784

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I take a continuing look at "Next War:India-Pakistan" from GMT. Thoughts, Ideas and how I approach the first scenario 'Kashmir'.

https://youtu.be/ltZx_AOIPxg

What's the reccomended base size for 1/72 artillery?

bmp?

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>>46075072
Which era? I mount mine on...around 50x80, but let's see if I can find my Nappy arty to give you an exact number.

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>>46076140
60x80, sorry. It doesn't matter that much in any game system I'm looking at, maybe except Drums and Shakos, but I'll have some separately based artillery for that.

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What bases do you guys use for blucher?
I was looking at using 3.5" x 2.5" ones from wargames buildings

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>>46054548

For those of you who play bolt action, what do you find the ideal point size to be? My friend and I play around 1250pts but he plays soviets and already runs 17 order dice at this size of game and although we would like to add to our existing forces we also dont want to have to take a whole day for one game.

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Getting there on my AWI Monmouth Brits. This is the 15th Foot.

>>46082931
nice

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>>46080053
1000pts gives a game in about 2-3 hours.

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bamp

Had a quick look through the reference folders but couldn't quite find what I was after: whats a good reference source for figuring out which Japanese aircraft would be the most logical choice for my Bolt Action force?

>>46089420
That picture is interesting, I was under the impression livery colours were derived from the heraldry of the lord. Do you have a picture of the back?

>>46089760
Livery colours aren't derived from heraldry.

I've got the Lance and Longbow society book on livery and banners for the WotR I should really scan at some point.

What's the best way to track unit stats in blucher, is it to laminate the linfo and magnetise it to the back of the base?

>>46089420
> That bit next to the banner of Wurttemburg

That either says the Frankenstein family or the Funkenstein family, either of which is hilarious.

>>46090733
It's usually pretty easy to remember unit stats but if you instead mean tracking unit elan personally I hate that idea, no one I know does it. Marking small boxes on the back of units that are all cramped together doesnt really work well in our experience (although we use small, 60x30mm, bases).
Some people use tiny dice to mark unit elan, some have little numbered markers and some have roster sheets they mark off.

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>>46090837
The House of Franckenstein was a thing long before Mrs Shelley stole their name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Franckenstein

The Funkensteins weren't too bad either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-dRRbIWRQc

>>46090855
But what about what about the unit name and Corps, so you can use a roster sheet?
Should I put this on, if I do, won't I need to change it to represent a different brigade, so would it be better to magnetise it?

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>>46089760

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>>46091066
I use a little coloured dot for corps and a number for the unit.
The only thing which (might) ever need to change is the corps, and that is easy enough.

Basically do whatever you like best, if you want a magnetized strip, do it. It wont be wrong if it's what you like.

Are you the same anon who was asking about Blucher army lists recently?

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>>46092062
Nope, that´s me.

I solo-played the Danube-scenario, using cards and so-far I quite like Blucher. I also enjoy seeing your miniatures and as soon as I´ve got more time for painting I´ll probably start assembling two small-ish forces, just for the sake of it and for the occasional solo-play (or games with the missus if she likes the game).

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>>46092130
the only issue I have with solo playing Blucher is the MO uncertainty, how are you handling that?

I'm attending a 200 point tournament this sunday where I was planning on using my Austrians but due to French players dropping out I've volunteered to use those French instead, wonder what you think of the list attached if you have played around with the lists at all?

This is basically identical to the list I took to the last tournament 6 months ago, where I finished 4th, hoping for a top 3 this time around.

>>46092257
MO is quite a big deal and in the two games I played so far I didn´t find a good way to deal with this, except for pretending not to know the current MO. Not very satsifying, though. Another issue is hidden deployment, which also doesn´t work very well.

As for list building, I´m still struggling with this issue, so I can´t really give any real feedback. From my (very) limited experience it feels as though there´s not enough heavy cavallry included, plus you´re a bit light on the artillery. On the other hand, a concentrated push of a large infantry formation is quite effective, too and usually (historically) a game winner.

>>46092062
>I use a little coloured dot for corps and a number for the unit.
Genius idea, thanks

>>46090549
War of the Ring?

>>46092622
Roses, not Ring (I assume).

>>46092622
War(s) of the Roses

>>46092602
>MO is quite a big deal and in the two games I played so far I didn´t find a good way to deal with this, except for pretending not to know the current MO.
Someone wrote a java program for this, if you are interested I'll have a look for it, the real tension and fun in the game is deciding which units to move, and it only works if you really don't know.

On the heavy cavalry front you are right, but I felt like at 200 points something had to give that and I haven't painted any Cuirassiers and the like yet. I probably should drop the allied infantry in favour of a second Light cavalry unit, but I just like the little bastards, they always seem to come through for me, something my cavalry historically can't claim.

I can guarantee only the Russian players will have more massed artillery than 3 at 200 points and that is because of their OP free ammo.

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Excuse moi for spamming, honored /hwg/, but I'm selling t-shirts only folks like you (and maybe k) can understand.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/jcdent/collections/476939-grognardia-putting-war-into-wardrobe

>>46092928
List building is still a bit tough for me. Comming from games like WHFB, FoW etc. I´m used to strict limitations when it comes to armies, but Blücher is quite difficult. I guess it depends alot on your local meta?

>>46093182
I can get behind those
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>>46093182
Heh, I get it.

Shooting Soviets with an AT rifle...

Man, Red Orhcestra 2 is fun. Put me in the mood of some WW2 figurepainting and making terrain.

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On the subject of Blucher lists, here's something put together for fun (and may possibly be starting something with my brother). Based off of the Saxon Corps that went into Russia, with French support. Probably not optimal, but I think it'd be fun to put together and play.

>>46094178
I actually like it as a list, it has a break point of 6 which is decent and II and III corps are pretty nice.

In my experience you might find I corps fine defensively but a real struggle to use aggressively. moving 5 elan conscripts in the face of any cavalry will be a real pain too, 4 dice rerolling successes is not fun I can assure you.

It would weaken I corps a lot, but you might want to consider putting the attached artillery on the Line infantry, this way you would get the bonus shooting die in skirmish range whilst fresh (5 elan units get no bonus die at skirmish range as the bonus is applied before halving) and has the potential of using the skirmish trait. You could even ditch all the attached artillery in favour of a second unit of allied cavalry in that core, or adding a 4th unit of dragoons to III.

>>46093216
>I guess it depends alot on your local meta?
I think it does, but despite all the choice you will find that a lot of similarity in armies, especially for tournament play as 1) you need a jack of all trades army which can match whatever you come up against and 2) there are prizes and this seems to make people pick a bit more conservatively*, the fun armies don't seem to come out much.


*except for the ottoman player, he will be taking as many cavalry and conscript infantry as he can fit in his points allowance because he's come to the conclusion that you can't play the Turks conservatively. He's probably right.

>>46094558
Thinking about, I think you're right about buying something else with the points. I'm just fond of the Saxons as a minor power - spiffy uniforms and an interesting little history, so I'd like to put them on the table (even if they'll be a bit hapless at times).

More cavalry for I Corps might do, if only so they have an effective screening element.

>>46094607
Definitely go for the Saxons, I love an army with minor power representation.

I have a list drawn up for an early Prussian list I'd like to get in the future with all 6 of the Saxon Infantry allies taken, but I don't know when/if I'll ever get around to it.

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>>46094768
Hell yeah. Plus my "french-model infantry" can be these fly Saxon light infantry.

>>46094558
Is it recommendable to combine infantry and cavalry into one Corps or should cavalry be put into a different Corps?

>>46092062
what base sizes do you use?

>>46094905
sweet green jackets

>>46095029
I think infantry corps benefit from a cavalry unit, but a cavalry corps is good to have, it shouldn't all be too dispersed.

>>46095470
60x30mm

bomp

OK, I two 300 point Bolt Action trial games last Monday and my clubs doing a slow-grow tournament starting mid-April and I decided to get in on that.

It starts at 300 points, so I was planning on using the list below, re-purposing some Secrets of the Third Reich models I haven't used in years:
http://boltaction.easyarmy.com/BAPrint.aspx?list=e88b9854-46e2-4f77-8cae-78dd4271e7d0

Is succumbing to the lure of making everything veteran a rookie error/cheesy? It is partially because I can easily run that list without having to paint up any extra models or fix too many busted models...

Later on down the line I'm going to get some dedicated minis and run them as one of the Indian divisions in Italy, but for now I'll use what I have.

>>46099076
Your link didn't work for me.

>>46101704

Generic British Reinforced Platoon- 300 points

Veteran 2nd Lt.- SMG- 65

Veteran Medic- Pistol- 30

Veteran Late War Infantry Section- NCO (Rifle), 2x Infantry (Rifle), 2x Infantry (LMG)

Veteran Late War Infantry Section- NCO (SMG), 2x Infantry (SMG), 4x Infantry (Rifle)

National Characteristic- Up & At 'Em

The tourney is mostly for learning the rules so annoyingly I'm not allowed the free FO until at 700 points.

Plan is to suppress with the Bren Gun section whilst moving up with the SMG section, which will be supported by the Medic.
The Lt. will hang about with the Bren Gun Section, hopefully using his SMG to put some pin markers on any enemies getting too close.

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>>46103869
Only i think that miniatures it's pure autism?

>>46102600
You might get away with a seven man vet section (I run veteran FFL in 8 man sections), but five is a bit small. LMGs are also woefully points inefficient, unless you're using some house rules.

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>>46104120
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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>>46104419
I'm not english well enough, so your post complete gibberish for me.

>>46104149

So swap the Bren Guns out for three more rifles? Or I could swap that entire section out for a regular section all with rifles?

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>>46104419

>>46104592
I think a largeish regular section with loads of rifles as your firebase would probably work well, especially if the LT is around to keep them going. More vets with rifles would work too.

Personally, I still take LMGs because of the historic TOE, but it depends on how min-maxy your local scene is. Just be aware that for the 20 points you pay for, you're basically just getting an extra 6" of range and one extra shot.

>>46105576
I was also thinking of swapping the Veteran SMG section out for some Paras instead?

Yeah, when I get the models to do so I'll play a lot more historically accurate.
Speaking of, British Corporals & Lance Corporals both generally had SMGs right? Or did the Lance Corporal get the Bren Gun?

>>46105987
Veteran Paras will be similar to normal vets, but they have the benefit of being Stubborn. Not sure what their equipment options are.

I'm not totally up on British TOE, though. Check out Bayonet Strength (Google it; first result). Great source for the official TOE of a lot of the major combatants of WW2.

>>46104419
What is the ruleset for this? Is it on PDF?

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>>46108319
It's likely Force on Force

>>46104419
I for one both understand and appreciate the classics

Has anyone managed to have a gander at the new Honour rule set for for ancients, Aurelian, yet?

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>>46104419
This could easily be a game of T-90

by the way have I ever posted this here? my modern skirmish game loosely based on 5.56MM and ostfront, T-90.

The rest of the rules are here, including full army lists for most US and Russian forces, and some other randoms like china serbia and syria? Its ridiculously fast play, with games lasting 3 or 4 turns max. Shit tends to die pretty quickly in a modern battlefield when everyone has tandem HEAT and AA missiles up the wazoo.

Some of the lesser army lists aren't complete... never really got around to researching the rest of the armies. The core stats were partial conversions from Rapid Fire, slightly modified for balance.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/nha0afd6r8uki/T-90_(Modern_Tabletop)

>>46108397
Hey, I have seen that one in real life

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I'm trying to work out a Russian list for Blucher.

I Guards Corps
+4 Guards/Gren Brigades - 64
+1 Massed Foot Artillery battery - 6
+1 Guards Cavalry - 15

II Corps
+4 Infantry Brigade - 44
+1 Massed Foot Artillery Battery
+1 Cavalry - 20

III Corps
+3 Cavalry - 30
+1 Cossacks - 4
+1 Massed Horse Artillery Battery - 9

TOTAL: 198 points

OR

I Corps
+3 Inf Brigade - 33
+1 Gren. brigade - 16 + 2 (attached artillery)
+1 Massed Foot Artillery - 6
+1 Cavalry unit - 10

II Corps
+3 Inf Brigade - 33
+1 Gren. brigade - 16 + 2 (attached artillery)
+1 Massed Foot Artillery - 6
+1 Cavalry unit - 10

Cavalry Corps
+1 Curiassers - 16
+4 Cavalry - 40
+1 Massed Horse Artillery - 9

TOTAL: 199 points

Are there any good 6mm portuguese miniatures?
Baccus doen't do any

>>46111902
I used British with belgic shako for Cacadores and I used stovepipe brits for portugese line infantry

>>46112173
Not a bad idea, the uniforms are similar enough that at 6mm scale you won't see them. The most obvious thing will be the british have those strip things on the front where the portuguese just had buttons.

Don't know how well that shows on the minis.

>>46108397
You know, if you squint, that looks similar in shape to a fat, truncated aircraft carrier deck.

/hwg/ project to buy an aircraft carrier and use its entire deck area for 3mm FFT like the tiny tanks guy?

>>46073601
but what if you're the sort of person who wants to use clear bases, huh?

actually, I should test that. paint the excess in black, perhaps, as a kind-of minimal shadow effect?

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Has anyone ever bought the "Boxed Starter Pack British 1806-1812 vs French 1806-1812" from Baccus
It says you get:
1 x Polemos Napoleonic Ruleset (Second edition).
1 x Polemos French Army Starter Pack.
1 x Polemos British Army Starter Pack.
2 x Sets of pre-cut bases.
2 x Flag sheets
2 x Painting guides for British and French armies
3 x Buildings and plinths.

Are the Polemos army starter packs the same as the Baccus army packs?

>>46113961
Peter reads his email so you could just send him an email about the kit.

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>>46114067
Post results if you do, I'm tempted to start 6mm Napoleonics myself.

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>>46114581
I have a medium baccus british army and my friend has a french army so if you have any questions about baccus I could help

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>>46111586
I don't love either list I'm afraid, break point 5 isn't my cup of tea for the Russians. I think you might be better off ditching the guards from the list at 200 points in favour of just solid Infantry and a break point of 6~

List 2 has cuirassiers as 16 points when surely these are russian guard cav and should be 15 points? this would put the list at 198, I'd drop the attached artillery and take 1 militia to get you a break point of 6, it's a little gamey I suppose but its a much stronger list.

>>46113961
it is my understanding that the polemos army packs are just the army packs as listed seperately, and in my opinion these packs are worth it. I dont think the polemos rules are great however.

>>46082931
Slow but steady progress. Need to get some yellow to do the facings and cuffs. Then it's just the satchels and pouches, shading the black, the metal and the hair.

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>>46115417

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>>46115437
looking good

>>46115437
Nice work on painting eyes without falling victim to Crazy Eye Syndrome.

Speaking of Napoleonics, I just rediscovered a pile of Italeri 1/72 Napoleonic minis.
Specifically, Dragoons and Line Infantry.
Only a few of the Dragoons were based, two together on a 50mm square and two more on single 25x50mm bases.

I'm thinking of painting up at least a few of them for a change now that my Infinity collection is fully painted.
Are there any rulesets that could work well with these minis, potentially with a few more purchases?
Also, any recommended unit colours? I'm not very familiar with Napoleonics.

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>>46115437
Nice work with the faces

>>46116191
Looking at Plastic Soldier Review, the dragoons are mostly accurate for 1812, despite being dated for 1815.
The Line Infantry are apparently some kind of abomination with pre-1812 jacket tails but post-1812 jacket fronts and various other issues along with that.
Still, they might look decent; I'm not sure, since I know very little about Napoleonics stuff.

So, any recommendations?

Does Baccus 6mm count the UK as EU, because it seems odd that a company based in Sheffield would charge more to go to the same country.

>>46117123
POSTAGE, PACKING AND DELIVERY
Postage charges in the UK are 10% of the total order value, those to mainland Europe 15% and for the rest of the world 25%. These charges to Countries within the EU are subject to VAT.

from the FAQ

Considering Baccus for my Saxon/French contingent. Think French would work as Saxons? They wore similar uniforms, only issue is that the Frogs seem to only have one crossbelt and the Saxons wore two.

>>46117352
depends on when, pre 1810 with the bicorne maybe prussians might be a better fit as the French bicornes have the cocade on it which I imagine the Saxons didn't have? Post 1810 I think the French in Shakos are definitely the closest match.

At 6mm you can just paint 1 crossbelt if you want and no one will notice.

>>46117395
I'm thinking post-1810 reforms for the Invasion of Russia and the subsequent campaigns in Germany . Too used to thinking about larger scales, I suppose.

>>46117525
Yeah I'd say french it is then.

And really no one will notice crossbelts, honestly, you paint units in 6mm not soldiers.

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Well, I just decided to throw some paint on one of those line infantry minis.

Pic quality is a bit poor since it's evening and my phone doesn't have a great camera.
Still, what do you think?

>>46118409
Doesn't look bad at all! I like it.

>>46118409
Looks pretty fucking decent!

>>46068445
What is going on in this webm? It looks hilarious

>CAESAR WE WHO DIE TO SALUTE SOMETHING UHHH...
>Soldier what are you doing shut yer mouth
>Sorry sir I've never seen a caesar before and I'm trying to make a good impression.
>Oh good Jove above...
>...PROTECTOR OF ROMA AND HER OTHER PLACES AND UHHH, WE SALUTE YOU IN OUR DARKEST UHHH...

>>46118409
I like it.

Any rulesets you guys would like to recommend with 1/72 scale Napopleonics?

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>all of those Ospreys in the Ancient, Medieval and Horse and Musket folders.
>I want to download them all and read everyone
>But there's hundreds of them

fuck me

>>46119317
>all these ospreys
I've downloaded tonnes of them in periods I don't even play and have them on my PC to read.

It's a good life.

>>46119258
Depends on if you want skirmish rules or something bigger.

>>46119737
Preferably something bigger, probably with each base simply representing a larger unit.

>>46119910
Blucher might work, then, as long as you don't mind fighting corps and army level engagments with large figures. La Salle is smaller scale (divisions rather than corps), but units have multiple bases. Depends on your pick - I think both are in the Napoleonics folder.

So, I've figured out what the worst part of playing Bolt Action is.

Every single time you play, some history buff will show up and try to tell you everything he knows about WW2

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Anyone have experience with paper terrain for 6mm? Seems like the lack of 3D detail wouldn't be noticeable at the small scale

>>46120308
>he thinks this is just bolt action

>>46120422
Nah, it's just Bolt Action is the only HWG that's popular around here. We've got like ten players though. All the major players covered, and a few minor ones like me playing Finland.

Related: Simo Hayha does not seem to be pulling his weight, and I feel like I get more from a standard sniper team.

>>46120197
Taking a brief look at Lasalle, that seems quite interesting.
If this painting works out, I might try putting together two small armies for that to give it a try.

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>>46072183
>>46072188
>>46073601
>>46074126

Just wanted to quickly thank you guys for your advice. I ended up building up the base to the right level with milliput and I'm happy with the result.

I will also be picking up some paints from my local store- turns out that with their 10% discount and no delivery costs it will be cheaper for me to pick the paints individually.

Where are the rules for artillery spotters in Bolt Action? I can't find them in the artillery section of the main rulebook

Working on a campaign walkthrough for the FiveCore medieval hack. Really trying to emphasise the narrative elements by putting my creative writing talents to work. Our protagonist is a minor noble from the Scottish Borders, desperate to make a name for himself while other nobles steal glory at Crecy.

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Enough for tonight. Need to pick up some yellows so I can get on with finishing them next week.

Please don't actually use white for the painting of eyes.

>>46121872
They all look so offended

>>46122019
They've just seen the continental militia then?

>>46121872
>"The audacity of those sturdy beggars over yonder"

The Grognards Corner continues with its gameplay of OGRE focusing on a couple core mechanics of the game.

https://youtu.be/sn1I4X6EKXI

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>>46122430
>>46122164

>>46122829
Found the image for the next general

>>46122829
>Let me tell you about [...]

well /tg/?

>>46122991

Yorktown.

Breed's Hill.

Bunker Hill.

Guilford Courthose.

King's Mountain.

>>46122991
As the painter of the model, may I suggest Monmouth Courthouse (that's what they are being painted up for).

It was one of the highest casualty battles of the war, mostly due to heat exhaustion, so it's certainly fitting.

Also
>tfw turned into a meme because Perry didn't sculpt proper eyes on their AWI plastics

>>46122829
Remove Washington

You are the worst Yankee

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Why is roman century 80 men?

>>46123306
It includes the 20 man support staff.

>>46123306
so that when they told their enemies they had x centuries they thought they meant 100x when it was actually 80x, psycological warfare, making them think they had more than they had

>>46054548
What would be the best way to get started with DBM?

Hey ASL anon, Is there any way to get Valor of the Guards still, (even just a pdf of the rules? since i can obvi find the map online)

I just finished RB with a friend and desperately want more

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>>46118790
Caesar and Cleopatra are presenting their son Caesarion to his legions, who are cheering in congratulations. However the audience, as well as Legionary Titus Pullo (the cheering dude) and Centurion Lucius Vorenus (the stern dude), know that the child is actually fathered by Pullo, who fucked Cleopatra some time before. It is a great character moment between these two, as the cheerful Pullo plays along while Vorenus looks at him like "Why are you cheering, it's your fuckin' kid", and Pullo is caught out for a moment.

You should really watch HBO's Rome sometime, anon.

>>46124247
ASLanon hates piracy, he wont give you shit

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>>46119258
You might check ebay for Faller and Kibri HO scale building kits. Could be used for Austria. Used ones come up fairly often and are generally cheap enough

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>>46124215
Dive right in. We have the pdf and the army books in the Medieval/Games folder, and you could print out custom-made paper armies from Juniorgeneral to get started. It's more accessible than DBA at least. Seeing how popular it is if you google around you're bound to find a lot of support.

>>46125258
I hear it's better than hail caesar? Is it?


Thanks a lot for letting me know.

>>46124247
there are plenty of people out there that have copies of VotG....so im sure there are some pdfs out there that cover it.. I however do not have it. Thought it was in the 2nd ediditon rulebook i have in the mediafire but I dont have it. So I may need to hit up my club and see if any of them have a more complete pdf for ASL.

>>46125149
when did I ever say I hated piracy. Have you seen the folders in OP that I have uploaded and made available? I dont condone piracy.....usually....but the occasional nudgenudgewinkwink does happen....

besides VotG is out of print. I dont consider efforts to get something out of print piracy. Im a bit more.....sticky when it comes to things still in print I will admit.....

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The Middle East arrived. I have bubbles on my mosque domes. Amongst other things.

>>46126278
Scale and where from? Been looking for 1/72 middle east stuff, and it's spread all over the place.

>>46125844
2nd ed rulebook isnt in the mediafire lists atm, is the link missing or?

Anybody have a source for plain 15mm skeletons? I wanted to use some on a couple bases I'm makikg, but all I can find are fantasy skeletons holding weapons and in armor. I can make those work, but if I can find plain ones that'll be even better

>>46126319
Timecast 6mm.

>>46126278
They're smaller domes. Obviously.

Anyone got some more pdfs for paper soldiers? I just made some for the English Civil War ones that were posted in the last thread, and I make some more from different eras.

>>46125081
>kids that will watch it will learn that Caesar was a cuck
I know that its tv show and they need to do such things for audience, but i would still prefer them to not ;_;

>>46131121
"The Oxford Anthology of Roman Literature" Peter E. Knox,J. C. McKeown
Read it before posting. He was

>>46131230
>Read it before posting. He was
and that is when Candle Jack took ano

>>46131287
Oh god I'm so tired of this Candle Jack meme I thought it died yea

>>46131121
>cuck
just fuck off

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>>46125634
Well I can't fairly comment on that because I've never played Hail Caesar, but I was a relative noob when I got into DBM (although I did have an experienced partner showing me the ropes) and still found it easy to learn and indeed master, after a while.

>>46131287
Ive never got into this candle jack me

Going to a Blucher Tournament in a couple of minutes, wish me luck /hwg/

>>46133385
Blood & Glory Fa/tg/uy.

Let us know how it goes.

>>46126408
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader

its right there in the ASL folder....

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Just bought the new paratroops box from plastic soldier company and there aren't enough smgs in there for CoC so I converted a rifle into a thompson. Is that convincing enough for 15mm?

>>46134699
The barrel has been cut a little too short I think, it goes further from the magazine than that. Maybe greenstuff on a little nubbin of barrel to the end?

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>>46134710

Still had the original tip of the barrel sat around, better?

>>46134803
Straighten it up a bit and yeah, that'd be passable. Not perfect, but not bad.

>>46134814

Shall do, thanks for the help

Is the medieval hack for FiveCore available yet?

>>46136490
I haven't heard from Based Ivan in a while, basically I'm waiting on him to read over it before I make it available.

>>46136762
Alright, thanks for the info m8

>>46136888
No problem. I'm itching to get this stuff out, man. The beta is gonna be so good.

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first try at german uniform, did I get it right?

Basing-wise for Blucher, I am debating 60x30mm or going straght for the 3" x 2".

>>46137336
Looks pretty good at first glance.

>>46137336
I'd say more green.

>>46137685
so the uniform is not grey?
how do I achieve the perfect mixture using gw paints?

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>>46137336
>>46137685
I'd agree. Feldgrau is a bit more grey-green. See pic releated.

>>46137713
Add a bit of green to the grey and experiment a bit. Don't worry too much about being 100% perfect - wartime production and weathering/field use meant there was variation.

>>46137713
>how do I achieve the perfect mixture using gw paints?
by throwing them to trash can and buying vallejo instead. cheaper, better and you can buy exact color you want plus shadow and highlight colors.

>>46119258
Lasalle.

>>46138324
+1

>>46138324
>>46137750
>>46137713
>>46137680
>>46137685
thanks guys
how are the new german kits? I am starting to think about swapping the core units...

>>46138324
Doesn't Vallejo also have a range with historical uniform colours in it?

>>46138784
The Model Color and/or Panzer Ace line.

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>>46134456
I came 6th of 16, so not a bad result.
over 3 games in the scoring system use I squeeked 2 16-14 tight wins and my final game was a 15-15 draw.

All 3 were incredibly tight and great fun.

>>46139150
All I see is that you were unbeaten.

Well done. Dump pictures if you took any.

>>46138784
The "recommended paints" on Warlord's website are great if you've got the basics already. Getting a lot of good out of them.

>>46139520
>All I see is that you were unbeaten.
Yeah I'm pretty pleased with that to be honest

>Dump pictures if you took any.
I have loads as it happens, I'm going through them at the moment, I might make a couple of composite images to save space.

>>46055306

Grenadiers and FJ are both pretty good, I think fallschirmjager is the newer of the two

They are both much improved on the older German plastic kit

>>46059762

It was notoriously expensive and you could only really armour Indian elephants like the one in your picture, African forest elephants being too small to carry that much armour, possibly even too small for a tower.

Indian elephants were also the more expensive and difficult to get your hands on, of the two.

The Seleucid empire, which your picture represents I believe, was one of the richest in the known world in its heyday. They could afford not only armour for the royal elephant herd but also jeweled, silvered, and gilded armour and shields for a significant proportion of their foot troops by the time of Antiochus III.

The Ptolemaic empire probably rivaled them in wealth, but didn't hae geographical access to Indian elephants, so they (like the Carthaginians and romans) had to make do with the inferior African forest elephant.

As far as a specific price goes, I don't know, but it doesn't seem like it was too expensive for extremely wealthy empres. The Seleucids began to specialize in heavy armour, for cavalry (Cataphracts) and infantry (Phalangites, Thorakites), and they seem to have been able to afford it. This arguably became a disadvantage in battle against any non-Hellenistic army, especially the Romans.

>>46141513
did they use the african forest elephant? I thought the carthages used the way bigger and more agressive plains elphant, that easily beats the asian elephants in size?

>>46141513
>>46141801
Ancient Mediterraneans used a North African elephant that is now extinct.

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>>46142110
>tfw you realize the last mammoths only died out in 1600 BC

>>46142110
ah ok

This may be more of a /WIP/ question, but do you guys use a matte spray to protect your models?

>>46143099
Generally speaking, I'll give them a layer of gloss to protect, and then a layer of matt to dull them down (and protect a bit more).

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>>46139520
Alright, short dump of today's images.

Game 1 - Russians

I didn't get a lot of photos of this game, and even fewer came out decent but this battle saw my French defending against my opponents numerically superior army, 25 Russian units to 17 French.

>Image 1
In the centre of the field during the middle third of the match, French infantry and Russians stare each other down under the watchful eye of the French Dragoons.

>Image 2
Some plucky Russian Infantry had managed to get behind my lines, and onto the objective on the hill! Fortunately my infantry were able to return and oust them from this position.

This first game ended with 6 Russian units broken (break point 7) to 4 French (break point 4) in an extremely close and bloody encounter. Fortunately I was in possession of all 3 victory points and so scraped a close 16-14 victory.

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>>46143411

Game 2 - British
My second game featured a British army which afforded me the rare opportunity to outnumber my opponent, even if only by 1 unit. I was nominally the defender in this game but the game rapidly devolved into a desperate struggle over VPs in both deployment zones.

>Image 1
Early on in the game the British army is pushing hard on my refused right flank with 3 quarters of it's number. My I Corps is making it's slow march towards the British troops still defending their own VP whilst light cavalry from both sides prowl the centre looking to disrupt the enemy advance.

>Image 2
After a few cagey turns sizing each other up the British launch into a full assault on the French positions with reasonable success. In the middle by the ploughed field a fresh unit of British infantry is wiped out in a single combat by French Dragoons, a fantastic early result for my army. to the top of the picture my I Corps continues it's long march towards the British reserves.

>Image 3
A couple of turns from the end of the game the situation for the French in the bottom of the image is rapidly deteriorating, but they are still able to bloody the British noses. At the top of the image the fresh I Corps are starting to take the upper hand against the outnumbered British defenders.

>Image 4
The finished game. The French positions has completely collapsed at the bottom, however the British have been smashed just as hard around their own Victory Point.

I entered the final turn of this game with 4 broken units to only 2 British however I was able to break 3; a heavily battered unit in the ploughed fields by Dragoons, a unit of infantry in the forest holding the British VP by French Line, and a Spanish Cavalry unit with accurate long range artillery fire, to ensure I won yet another nail-biting game 16-14.

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Game 3 - Russian's 2
In my final game of the tournament I came up against Russians from the winner of the tournament in November 2015. Once again I was able to secure the role as defender in the hopes of forcing the Russian's larger army to come to me on my terms.

>1
Early on in the game Cossaks signal their intent by looking to sweep by my right flank. The Hussars to the left of my line of cavalry held a charge from Cuirassiers, a great surprise but typical of my cavalry who had performed excellently all day.
>2
The Infantry stare at each other in the centre, artillery having good success targeting the elite units of the French army.

>3
My cavalry continued their great success, Dragoons and Hussars combining to wipe out the Russian Cuirassiers on the right flank, whilst also charging and destroying a unit of Russian artillery. This forced the Russian infantry to hole up into squares and halt their advance.

>4
My cavalry returned from their charge to take up position on the hill, not willing to stay too close to the Russian ranged fire or the still remaining fresh Cuirassiers in the centre. Russian infantry in this time took the opportunity to advance against the French infantry.

>5
I don't have any photos between the last one, and this final shot of the game. The Russian Cuirassiers and Cossacks had got together to smash my weakened cavalry on the right flank and the Russian Guards had smashed a hole in the French centre.

This game was far from decided at end time, the situation on the right flank was becoming desperate for my cavalry who were being worn down by the quality of the Russian Cuirassiers and the numbers of the Cossacks. Despite this the Russian Guards were blown and most of the Russian Infantry which remained in the centre were Militia and regulars with strengths of 2 and 3 ready to be broken by my fresh I Corps entering the fray from the left.As it was we finished the game with 2 units broken apiece and a score of 15-15, a very close fought game!

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>>46143592
And some shots of the rest of the tournament,
Round 1
In the bottom right you can see the Russian army which won the tournament, the 6 central Russian gun batteries blasted units of the field all day and seemed to be the entire plan. Not a fun way to play, but definitely a strong style if winning is the order of business.

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>>46143638
Round 2

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>>46143669
Round 3, and the end of the picture dump.

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>>46121872
Progress on the sullen 15th. Need to shade and highlight the yellow next.

>>46141801
Nah, the plains elephant isn't really domesticable in the same way as the Indian and ancient North African varieties.

Otherwise Subsaharan Africans would have had Elephant Cavalry.

>>46134538
Sorry im stupid i was looking in the WW2 folder in the OP, thanks so much

>>46143099
I do, yes. It's a can of the old GW Purity Seal I've had for ages and it still works pretty well.

>>46142385
Now I'm imagining elephants in the zoo having a WE WUZ MAMMUTHS argument with the other animals.

>>46145896
all i can imagine now is some braindead retard being tricked into screaming "We were apes and now look at us"

>>46145041
all good. tough to keep track of whats in all the folders up there.

>>46146510
Thanks so much though, Im new to the rule system and these resources help a lot.

Anyone tried the Perfect Captain Hoplomachia rules?

>>46055534
Just to reiterate, would anon that manages mediafire mind adding this to the naval folder?

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>>46148809
Done and done.

Also I found the cards for Jugula which were right under my nose the whole time. Reposting the book with them.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/j64d48qiyqddre1/Jugula+Rulebook.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ha196i8r8p9957d/Jugula+Cards.pdf

>>46149382
is the battle scene in that webm at all realistic?

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>>46149461
I don't know, I wasn't there at the time

>>46054548
Holy shit, that's a ton of links.
For those of you with a greater grip on strategy than me- Say I wanted to build some sort of campaign based on the Punic Wars, and I wanted to learn about the actual tactics and situations that would occur in them.
What do I want to look at?
On my main list is
>List of Historical Tactical, Strategic, and Military Drill treatises
>Games, Ospreys & References folders: (Ancient, Strategy Tactics Magazine, Wargames)
>Hail Caesar
>Warmaster Ancients (Both)

Should I put all my infantry squads in trucks in Bolt Action?

It seems to me like they'll always be worth it. Letting my infantry get where they need to in the early turns, and making them a bit harder to kill.

>>46150918
>people actually play World War 40k

>>46150977
It's fun. No need to jerk yourself off because you touched a Phoenix Command rulebook once.

>>46151019
Im just making fun, I personally couldn't go back to a system similar to 40k but its nice to see a historical game gaining traction.

>>46151034
It's gaining a lot of it, actually. About 10 people at my FLGS have dropped 40k for it over the last few months, and a few more have gotten into it who were never into 40k. I'm glad I could go for a little faction like Finland and not need to worry about buying a huge army. $150 or so and I'm done.

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>>46150918
You know it in your heart to be true.

>>46151716
It's been looking like a good idea. Will my meta turn into Truck Action?

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>>46151019
Sometimes I wonder if wargames like Firefly, Challenger, and plenty of RPGs from the 80's and Phoenix Command, are all collectively responsible for the spam of rules-lite games we have these days. Not to say they're shit. A couple are pretty clever.

Also, goddamn, why'd they use PC as the basis for the Aliens: RPG?

>>46151728
If you use nothing but lorries all the time, I suppose.

Are there any modern games with a solitaire system? I mean Im okay fighting myself but if theres one I can do solitaire Id like to look into it.

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>>46149801
have a lookee here

http://www.mediafire.com/download/mki5342kpdurtc7/Osprey+-+BOR+027+-+The+Roman+Army+of+the+Punic+Wars+264-146+BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/j0qe3u9fi6begnk/Osprey+-+CAM+036+-+Cannae+216BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d174z77f4p1tgh8/Osprey+-+ELI+121+-+Ancient+Siege+Warfare.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ceqmat60mhbczty/Osprey+-+ELI+172+-+Roman+Battle+Tactics+390-110+BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2gwmsd1696bfe8j/Osprey+-+MAA+121+-+Armies+of+the+Carthaginian+Wars+256-146BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7oyyllmun2l0vam/Osprey+-+MAA+291+-+Republican+Roman+Army+200-104BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/z7i79pmud326kzd/Osprey+-+MAA+374+-+Roman+Military+Clothing+%281%29+100+BC+-+AD+200.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/download/u8e8l5urekr151t/S%26T+053+-+The+Punic+Wars.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/download/98n2hj7f11rakem/Armies+and+Enemies+of+Imperial+Rome.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d5ne7wguz0he40k/Logistics+of+the+Roman+Army+at+War.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7dcya2rzpi16g39/Roman+Legionary+Drill.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ucc1vargbc1b4sr/WRG+-+Warfleets+of+Antiquity.pdf

I think gameswise you'll want to check out DBA, Hail Caesar, Impetus, and WAB.

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>>46152332
Some interesting ones come immediately to mind. There are the "Thunderbolt Leader" games where you pilot an aircraft of varying kinds; and "Where There Is Discord", a strategic-level game covering the Falklands War.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/3268/leader-series
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35614/where-there-discord-war-south-atlantic

It might be a good idea to do a BGG search for Modern-era titles in the Solitaire section

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/8164/solitaire-wargames

>>46152787
Thanks boo

>>46149801

As someone working on a similar project my advice is focus in particular on manipular tactics for the Romans and on the way Hannibal used his cavalry superiority to defeat outnumbering armies, especially read up on Cannae

The Hannibal and the Punic Wars supplement for WAB is a must read even if you use Hail Caesar

>>46149801
Goldsworthy's Punic Wars will give you an easy to chew through overview of all three conflicts.

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WIP of a hetzer
still need to paint crew and machine gun plus add the mud

>>46155383
Damn Nazi engineering, flying tanks and shieet.

>>46155383
Spiderhetz, Spiderhetz

>>46155383
Sexy

>>46155383
Nice to see the Australians used Hetzers

>>46155383
Nice. But why grey?

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>>46152332
Check the Ambush Valley FoF supplement in the Vietnam folder. IIRC there's a solitaire system somewhere in that book

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Could you effectively defend a 16th-17th Century Vauban fortress medieval weapons work?

>>46142448

A lot of miniature designers/artists don't know about the forest elephant and either depict the African elephant proper or just an Indian elephant. This triggers my autism

>>46144410

lookin bretty gud, what brand paint is that?

>>46143411
>>46143477
>>46143592
Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing.

>>46155383
Did you paint it in grey?

>>46160072
grey + shade of grey blue and green

>>46137336
Looks decent enough. You can use different grays like in >>46137750 to give your squads a bit of variety. You can also use different shades for that effect. I usually paint the pants in a different shade than the jacket and the helmet so the soldiers are not to boring to look at.

>>46138564
>new german kits

As in, new warlord germans?

They are very good. personally i like the grenadier box the most, because it gives the most options, but kit-wise, fallschirmjägers are newer and have maybe the better sculpts.
Blitzkrieg has the weakest poses in my opinion, but its the only box with a prone german body so yeah.

>>46137713
Use a green wash/shade/ink (not sure how gw calls it these days) to give your grey a greenish tint.

>>46055251
>Why would you get FJs for a Grenadier army?

Because some people like to combine things.

>>46157404
because he probably fell for the "all german tanks were grey"-trap

>>46160239
Hetzers were produced in 44 and 45. All german vehicles were painted in dunkelgelb (dark yellow) in the factory, starting in 43.
That means the chance for a hetzer to have been painted in grey is fairly limited.

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started painting my bt-7 earlier today.

What color should i use for the uniform of the early war commander? Beige/khaki like for regular soldiers? Or did the soviets use a different uniform color for tankers?

>>46162157
Tankers were almost universally in black/dirty dark grey uniforms iirc, Russians included.

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>>46162157
>>46162437
black/very dark grey or blue

>>46162157
Soviet tankers wore overalls, usually, but the color varied - there are pictures of them in a brown-kahki, a grey, and black. I've even seen some in a dark blue.

So you've got a fairly wide variety to choose from.

>>46163146
Though the vast majority were black or dark blue.

Also blue seems to be mostly restricted to early war (so perfect for a BT7 of course)

>>46162437
>>46163063
>>46163146

Thanks. I think i will stick to khaki for this one though, but i'll keep the blue in mind for further tank projects.

>>46163430
Khaki color of tankmen uniform it's wartime production. Obviusly BT7 mostly losted to that time.

>>46163477
I see. Its blue then and the T-34 will get a commander in khaki.

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finished the hetzer, it came back from australia with 2 new pals

>>46162157
Blue, comrade!

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Any of you guys have experience with Rapier Miniatures? I ordered some of their pikemen last week and I'm hoping theyre going to arrive.

>>46164188
I am conflicted, on the one hand the grey is anachronistic but on the other hand it looks rad as hell.

>>46164442
>one detail is off
>retards have a heart attack

>>46164540
dude said he thought it looked rad as hell.

Rivet counters certainly exist but surely that comment isn't it.

>>46164540
> Literally the entire colour of a thing
> One detail

Well I guess that's technically correct but still.

does anyone have a PDf of Bolt Action: Duel in the sun? I want to figure out if I want to run a British North African platoon or not and having a PDF for the such a list would be nice.

>>46164741
check the OP

>>46164540
one detail would be the sidecap of one soldiers, the color of the entire tank is kinda a big deal

>>46164786
its not among the BA books in the OP. Neither is "Germany strikes"

>>46164796
ok really what's this big fuss about grey stuff?
there are grey tanks, certainly grey german tanks, so what?
I don't have an airbrush so I didn't bother with camo with this one, I followed some youtube tutorials and their tanks had grey paint (panzer IV)....

>>46164848
Well, it's better than metallic blue, I'll give you that...

>>46164848
they want it to be green or yellow

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>>46164848
I think by the time the Hetzer was being produced the germans had switched to largely using dunkelgelb for their tanks.

Then again it's not like there aren't pictures of grey Hetzers and most of the pictures you'll find have them using camo anyway so whatever, you do you.

>>46164953
>G13
Maybe it's a swiss Hetzer? Then grey make sense,

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>>46164848
see >>46162013

There were grey german tanks. They stopped making new ones in 1943. Hetzer production started in 1944.

You don't need camo actually, plain yellow is perfectly fine. (or green if it is very late war stuff)

No offense to you, but a late war tank in early war grey shows a lack of research and i blame popular computer games like blitzkrieg and world of tanks with their "all german units are equally grey" policy for most of these mistakes.

But don't worry, your tank looks pretty good painting wise, its just not historically correct, thats all.

>>46164953
>here aren't pictures of grey Hetzers

Most, if not all, "hetzers" you see today are tanks from czech and switzerland and those were actually painted in gray. They were produced after the war though.

>>46164992
calm down you meticulous faggot

>>46164992
I didn't do research, blame it on me. I just didn't want to fuck up the first tank with a camouflage

>>46164786
>>46164840
What he said. North African Campaign, Early War and Pacific Theater are not in the folder.