/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!XsVD0KgT!twB1NWiFE3aKXK_O1EZ4pA
>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
>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
>Battlegroup
https://mega.nz/#F!SolyxarJ!GUg6zWBStfznr6BvYedghQ
>Fleet Series
https://mega.nz/#F!i1N3xZxL!C6fQ3Z8o2U0gtk5kdXuVcQ

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

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7th October in military history:

1406 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.
1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians
1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars.
1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent.
1828 – Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
1864 – American Civil War: Bahia incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris: Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Front.
2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

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It is 445 years since the Battle of Lepanto, a naval engagement in which a fleet of the Holy League (a coalition of European Catholic maritime states arranged by Pope Pius V, led by Spanish admiral Don John of Austria and mostly financed by the Spanish Empire), decisively defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Empire on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece. The Ottoman forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto met the Holy League forces, which came from Messina, Sicily, where they had previously gathered. The victory of the Holy League prevented the Ottoman Empire from expanding further along the European side of the Mediterranean. Lepanto was the last major naval battle in the Mediterranean fought entirely between galleys and has been assigned great symbolic and historical importance by several historians.

Don John's fleet consisted of 206 galleys and 6 gallasses (large galleys that mounted artillery). The Ottoman admiral Ali Pasha commanded 230 galleys and 56 galliots (small galleys). As the fleets sighted each other, they formed for battle. For the Holy League, Don John, aboard the galley Real, divided his force into four divisions, with the Venetians under Agostino Barbarigo on the left, himself in the center, the Genoese under Giovanni Andrea Doria on the right, and a reserve led by Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis de Santa Cruz in the rear. In addition, he pushed gallasses out in front of his left and center divisions where they could bombard the Ottoman fleet

Flying his flag from Sultana, Ali Pasha led the Ottoman center, with Chulouk Bey on the right and Uluj Ali on the left. As the battle opened, the Holy League's gallasses sank two galleys and disrupted the Ottoman formations with their fire. As the fleets neared, Doria saw that Uluj Ali's line extended beyond his own. Shifting south to avoid being flanked, Doria opened a gap between his division and Don John's. Soon Doria's ships were duelling with Uluj Ali's.

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>>49659581

To the north, Chulouk Bey succeeded in turning the Holy League's left flank, but determined resistance from the Venetians, and the timely arrival of a gallass, beat off the attack. Shortly after the battle began, the two flagships found each other and a desperate struggle began between Real and Sultana. Locked together, Spanish troops were twice repulsed when they tried to board the Ottoman galley and reinforcements from other vessels were needed to turn the tide. On the third attempt, with aid from Álvaro de Bazán's galley, Don John's men were able to take Sultana killing Ali Pasha in the process.

Against the wishes of Don John, Ali Pasha was beheaded and his head displayed on a pike. The sight of their commander's head had a severe impact on Ottoman morale and they began withdrawing around 4 PM. Uluj Ali, who had success against Doria and captured the Maltese flagship Capitana, retreated with sixteen galleys and twenty-four galliots.

At the Battle of Lepanto, the Holy League lost 50 galleys and suffered approximately 13,000 casualties. This was offset by the freeing of a similar number of Christian slaves from the Ottoman ships. In addition to the death of Ali Pasha, the Ottomans lost 25,000 killed and wounded and an additional 3,500 captured. Their fleet lost 210 ships, of which 130 were captured by the Holy League. Coming at what was seen as a crisis point for Christianity, the victory at Lepanto stemmed Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean and prevented their influence from spreading west. Though the Holy League fleet was unable to exploit their victory due to the onset of winter weather, operations over the next two years effectively confirmed a division of the Mediterranean between the Christian states in the west and the Ottomans in the east.

Miguel de Cervantes lost the use of an arm in this battle and therefore he is known as el manco de Lepanto (the one-armed man of Lepanto) in the Hispanic world.

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>>49659592

Lepanto is a massive and historic clash that would look spectacular on the table. It combines elements of both land and naval Renaissance warfare, with two diverse and gloriously-bedecked armies. Both sides are about as balanced as it could get in this situation and it all comes down to competent command and making use of the strengths of one's side while exploiting the weaknesses of the other. I don't really know what system could work best - DBR could cover it but that was very poor for simulating anything naval. I've included a link below to a fast-and-easy Juniorgeneral rendition of the battle. There is also a recently published set called Galleys Guns and Glory which would definitely be worth a look.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/l2psm5ijbpshbp3/Osprey+-+CAM+114+-+Lepanto+1571.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/887bantko1h01r8/Osprey+-+NVA+062+-+Renaissance+War+Galley+1470-1590.pdf
http://www.juniorgeneral.org/naval/lepanto.html
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47917

I asked a question near the end of last thread and didn't get much in the way of suggestions, so I thought I'd repost it here:
I got a bit of a not-really-historical question here: In the opinion of the naval enthusiasts here, which era of ships would be most fun for a Strangereal-style world where tons of small countries with full navies exist, and pirates and mercenaries and the like own and operate proper warships? Anywhere from pre-dreadnaught ironclads all the way to 70s-80s Harpoon era could work for me.
Any thoughts?

>>49660261
I would almost tend towards age of sail, its a bit simpler and you can really play on the superstitions of the men if you want to add supernatural or strange things going on. Russo-Japanese era pre-dreadnaughts would also be very cool.

What's /tg/'s go to rule set for ultra modern combat (late 80s to 2020 or so) for squad/platoon sized engagements? I've been looking at Spectre's new rules and Force on Force, and I'd like to pick up something that provides a realistic yet not overly complicated system for some cool operators operating things I can whip up for friends that would be easy to explain.

>>49660374
I kinda had this idea because I want some Age of Sail-style stuff without being age of sail, and with more modern stuff. I do like the turn-of-the-century idea, especially since it means dreadnaughts and pre-dreadnaughts co-existing, which is always fun

>>49660569
I can't vouch for them personally, but both Fivecore and Skirmish Sangin are squad-level moderns games that get a lot of positive buzz. I don't think we actually have them on file but when I get home I can upload Skirmish Sangin and some supplements.

Those Spectre minis do look amazing but I haven't heard anything about their rules. Force on Force has a good following but it's probably one of those games where the expansions make it better.

>>49660985
This sounds like you want World War I.

Or Russo-Japanese war.

>>49661102
I'll check them out. I saw Skirmish Sangin before but for some reason didn't get a good in depth look at it. Thanks anon!

>>49659527
Does anyone know what kind of differences existed between the military of west and east francia after the Carolingian dynasty passed. I can't seem to find much

>>49660569
Squad, FiveCore. Platoon... Eh. I don't like FiveCore at that level, and the higher-level FiveCore games are too high level for it.

No End in Sight is another Weasel game that fits, but not quite my thing.

I find Skirmish Sangin way too crunchy.

Does anyone know a good book or site on Soviet WWII scouts?

What's a good place to get miniatures for Napoleonic combat, both on land and sea?

>>49662862
What scale are we talking about here anon

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I know quite a few Anons here are a fan of Sam Mustafa and his various rules sets, but has anyone tried Aurelian yet? Is it any good?

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>>49662796
what kind of scouts? cavalry? air scouts? light vehicles? or the "We will scout this area with T-34/85s" type of scout?

There was an aerosan book posted last thread that was pretty cool
>>49648921

>pic
good one revell you fucking muppets. At least there's a piper and a Monty figure in there. only redeeming factors. The poses and detail are nice, but the mold lines are atrocious, going to be some serious cleaning needed. Time for new molds, revell.

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>>49664396
That looks like the old 1977 Matchbox set - Monty, the POW, and the Bren gunners with the Tam O'Shanter give it away. I guess it got repackaged as Revell? Because Revell's "8th Army Scottish Infantry" were actually kinda good. Whoever the manufacturer is though, that flash is indeed hideous.

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=239
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=294

>>49664446
Yep thats the one. I guess it is the old matchbox repack. The mini's are badass but the flashing will take a bit of time to remove to a good standard.
I'm started to get my brits in order now that my soviets are looking pretty good. Once you order 4 aerosani's you know you have pretty much everything and can move on


FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO STRIP PAINT FROM A PLASTIC MINIATURE:
>Brake fluid.
works a charm. Doesn't damage the mini, and removes all the paint. Leave to soak for a day or two, longer if the paint is very thick and/or old.
I had a figure crusted in very thick 5 year old paint, and soaked in brake fluid for 2 weeks, the paint just rubbed off, just needs a scrub with a soft brush.

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>>49664481
I always had a minor problem with Matchbox dudes being slightly smaller than dudes of other lines. For example their Commando box, they're some of the best 1:76 minis ever made, but they were noticeably "weedier" compared to the German minis I had them fighting. But I loved the shot sentry and the rubber dinghy.

>>49664741
>HMS Lemmington
watch out when you pass the cliffs of dover

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>>49664741
Old girl sailed under three flags in both world wars, that's pretty impressive

>The first USS Twiggs (DD–127) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Major Levi Twiggs. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy, as HMS Leamington and to the Soviet Navy as Zhguchi, before returning to Britain to star in the film The Gift Horse, which depicts the St. Nazaire Raid.

>>49664396
>>49664446
I don't get how Revell gets away with releasing old kits like this without fixing or even upgrading the molds. I worked for Playmobil as machine operator a couple of years ago and we checked and fixed the molds all the time when they were not in a machine to actually mold. There are almost as many "tool-makers" (the guys who make and fix the molds) as there are machine operators.
Something like your pic would be impossible there.

Re-boxing is one thing (and a good one in my opinion, because otherwise lots of kits/minis would be unavailable over time) but they seem to have no quality control whatsoever.

Then again, i have no idea what exactly their target audience is for their 1:72 miniatures. I (and basically all my friends) played with Revell 1:72 kits and soldiers as kids because they are in every toy store in Germany. Of course we didn't care about things like mold lines. If they see their minis as "toy" then i could understand their lack of quality control. They seem to ignore the wargaming market entirely (their catalogue never show any kind of wargame at all in fact) while companies like Italeri and Zvezda do recognize and support "us".

Anyone familiar with topsidemini's I have a few questions

>>49666005
Beyond having the one sample counter, and what I've browsed on their website, I'm not familiar. But just go ahead and ask anyway, and we'll try at least.

>>49660569
Ospreys Black ops could be used. It zas very little crunch, so you could play scenarios from ww2 to 2020 (even earlier and later) but you'd need to housrule stuff. It's a really generic system, so that might not be what your looking for. Also afaik it really shines when you play asymmetrical with stealthmode on. It's pretty much ripped off (and modified) from the 4th (?) 40k edition stealth/killteam mode.

>>49662892
No bigger than 10mm, at least for the land miniatures.

>>49664396
A sharp hobby knife and some patience will help you a ton. The old Matchbox kits are awesome and I'm glad Revell got the rights for them, especially the NATO Paratroopers (which are pretty much spot on in scale with the ACTA British Infantry of the 70s), and the two kits for the desert are really awesome. My critique of the German box would be the bad MG34, but if you can source one from Revell's own Afrika Korps kit, you're basically set. If you want to do some proper shit with them, grab the two Airfix kits for North Africa, they are absolutely compatible, and you'll get much more options. And as the "only redeeming factor"...the Vickers and the mortar are nice too, it's rare to see them along with this many useful poses.

>>49665267
True, and Revell would benefit a lot from reissuing their old sets. The kits for Waterloo, the Thirty Years War kits, the Seven Years War boxes...they were awesome, and mostly sought after by collectors. Their artillery sets are among the best (enough guns, crew and extras like limbers, ammo boxes and so forth), and they made some pretty uncommon shit (French Chasseur e Cheval, German Pioneers, and so forth).

>>49666201
>>49666005
I only have access to a 5x3 foot table, if I got one of their smaller battle sets is this table big enough?

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>>49666524
It all just depends on the ruleset you choose to use, more than the minis. But yeah, you could at least play Victory at Sea or Naval War on table that size. I don't remember what the standard size for GQ3 is. But you can always just do it like the oldsters used to do, and play on the floor.

>>49664396
The kind on the ground with boots and camo smocks and stuff, and vehicles as provided by glorious comrade Stalin, of course.

Also, those Revell figs you posted, look to be exactly in the same poses as army men I used to own ages ago, funny that.

>>49668125
Chinese compnies used to make bad copies of Matchbox figures, and I think they still do.

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I saw a couple of nicely painted Indians a while ago, i think 2 different Anons based theirs with autumn leafs which looked awesome.

Did you use pre-made leafs? If yes, what companys product did you use? Or did you made them yourself?

I just saw pic related and i'm wondering if buying such a tool is worth the money they are asking for it in the long run.

>>49669085
I used the dead/autumn leaves for my Indians.

I honestly can't tell you what company made them. It was whatever packed the train shop had.

>>49659527
So I'm a UK wargamer who left the abusive GW relationship a while back and want to get back into historicals; where is a good place to get paintbrushes, paint and all the other modelling sundries at less extortionate prices?

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>>49669085
birch seeds pods
here's more
http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/24

>>49669085
Glad you like them boys!. (smile)


Amicalement
Armand

>>49669588
EM4 would be first stop I'd say.

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WiP Greek lads!

The shields I made myself with some transfer paper. I'd never done it before I'm quite happy with how they turned out. Not as good as commercial ones but it'll do.

>>49670831
They look lovely, really nice painting and the transfers look great, but they are awfully uniform for what seem to be Athenians.

also the Athenian Owl normally faces to the right rather than left

>>49659592
>Miguel de Cervantes lost the use of an arm in this battle and therefore he is known as el manco de Lepanto (the one-armed man of Lepanto) in the Hispanic world.

Holy fuck.

>>49659592
>Though the Holy League fleet was unable to exploit their victory due to the onset of winter weather, operations over the next two years effectively confirmed a division of the Mediterranean between the Christian states in the west and the Ottomans in the east.
interestingly the Ottomans were not much concerned about the loss of their fleet at Lepanto. In the same year they took Cyprus finally from the Venetians. One Ottoman diplomat to Venice described the loss of Cyprus as the loss of a limb, which can never grow back, and the loss of the fleet at Lepanto as the loss of a beard, which grows back all the stronger and better from the razor.

>>49670916
I realised the owl thing after I did the transfers as you've got to reverse it, I'm a doofus.

They're for a game I'm developing where it's more 'heroic' with bands of heroes and warriors a la ancient Mordheim. So this is one heroes group that's why they're uniform. It's not truly historical rather more mythological.

Thank you for the kind words!

>>49660985

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/the-filibuster-movement/

>>49660985

ACW has torpedoes, rams, paddle-steamers armoured with cotton, ironclads, regular square-rigged ships, blockade runners, commerce raiders, and if I recall correctly, one submarine.

I think George R R Martin wrote a novel about vampires on a Mississippi steamer

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>>49662796
Havent read it myself but Blood on the Shores is supposed to be good. Not scouts like you're asking but maybe you would find it interesting since it's in the same vein.

>>49664481
>paint removal
"Simple Green" works too and is less toxic

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>>49666434
>A sharp hobby knife and some patience will help you a ton.

Once you've done that, a very quick once over with a flame will remove any left over plastic fuzz. Need to be very fast of course so you don't melt narrow parts like guns

>>49669655
He's not actually Armandposting since there's a question in there

>>49672341
>torpedoes

In the older sense of "anything explosive and stationary in the water" and "spar torpedo", anyway. Mobile torpedoes like we have these days weren't developed until literally the year after the ACW ended.

>>49671047
I'd like to know more of your hame.

>>49669085
Maybe look here: http://www.sceneryexpress.com/Forest-Blends/products/1234/

I think these are mixed bottles of turf and leaf bits in various sizes

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Painting tank treads

I noticed today on this bulldozer that the only place that is shiny metal is where the cleats contact the drive and guide wheels. Most modelers seem to drybrush silver onto the raised part of the track but unless the track is continually rubbed against a hard surface like maybe pavement that wouldn't happen

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>>49672341
Although it's worth noting that the submarine killed more of its own crew then the enemy. Sank three times, finally stayed down on the last (at least until we pulled it out a few years ago).

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Hey do any of you guys have a PDF to that osprey book on the Hussite's? Trying to get a friend top purchase one and he really wants some reading material besides a wiki article.

>>49676182
Purchase a Hussite army, i mean.

>>49676220
Should be in our Medieval/Ospreys folder in the OP

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>>49676182

Hussites are a great army to wargame with. All those glorious war wagons. Along with horse people and HYW armies they're one of the real power lists in DBM. I think this was one of the last Ospreys that MacBride illustrated before his death.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/68jgaimnx24vnqm/Osprey+-+MAA+409+-+The+Hussite+Wars+1419-36.pdf

>>49663584
>49663584
Bump. Does anyone have a copy of the .pdf they can post?

>>49668674
They weren't bad copies at all, actually. They were damn good quality army men. Didn't come on a sprue either.

>>49672388
Not what I mean, no. But that sounds like a good read!

>>49669588
Rosemary & Co make some pretty damn good brushes for cheap. Check Lead Adventure Forums for details, as I can't remember which ones are recommended for painting miniatures.

For paint, eh, I pay Foundry prices and get my triads. Not that cheap, but you get almost twice the volume of GW paints and I like triads as I am bad at colours and lazy. They make good paint.

Coat d'arms are good too, being basically the classic GW paints (in bigger pots)

Both (and some other ranges) are actually manufactured by the same people anyway.

>>49659539
>Kings of War Historical
I have the digital, whats the best way to get it into the sticky

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>>49677502
Upload it to the filehost of your choice anon and I'll add it to the Mediafire

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>>49677519
http://www.mediafire.com/file/h8cbeuhfjlnx2ah/KoW_Historical_001-128_v5.pdf

Enjoy

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>>49677636
Great stuff anon, I'm sure it'll be really appreciated. Definitely something good to have in the collection.

>>49677636
Not bad, though that line in the Japanese section about European firearms arriving in the fifteenth century triggered my 'tism a bit.

For those of you that have tried By Fire and Sword, how well do you think it work for English Civil War stuff?

Does anyone know a good reference for naval ships from the high renaissance to early modern period?
I'm specifically looking for speeds, size, tonnage and what level of crew was needed to man them. On a longshot, if anyone knows how many whales could get hauled in a whaling expedition, how much oil could get made from one whale and how long it would take or how much whale a normal expedition could get; that would be helpful as well.
I'm thinking I might try and pick up a gurps supplement to see if it has that sort of info. Is gurps well researches for that sort of thing?

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>>49678665
>the high renaissance to early modern period?

That's quite a broad sweep, but your best bet would be checking out individual Osprey Vanguard titles for different ship types of that era. Both our Mediafire and new Mega folders up in the OP have most of them.

I do have a great whaling resource from Time Life's Seafarers series, which should answer most of your questions there.

https://mega.nz/#!mwtWgbxD!Asce3KdRAur-pCKTOt6xiNK4uRBv_Siyowesn7ASDcM

>Is gurps well researches for that sort of thing?

Regardless on one's opinions about the system, GURPS sourcebooks are definitely well-researched and written by relevant experts. They always make a great resource regardless of what you're actually playing. They have a helpful general, ask them what books you would need.

>>49673615
>>49669241
>>49669642

Thanks. I'll see if i can find birch seeds somewhere outside but i somewhat doubt it in October.
This would be the cheapest option.
If not i'm going to buy a stamp. The pre-made leafs are pretty expensive in comparison.

>>49678731
Alright, then. So check out the osprey vanguard titles. It's like a 3-400 year sweep but I'm planning for a generic age of sail deal and it's been hard to find anything that zeroes in on one era in paticular.
I'll check out the gurps general then. I don't play gurps but I've always heard they're very well researched.
Hell, a buddy of mine used the gurps cyberpunk book since it gives a good overview of how the internet worked in the 90's and the process behind real world hacking. Though they got in trouble for hiring actual notorious hackers as consultants on it.

>>49677315
It totally depends. I think some of the molds are kinda "open source" in china with lots of manufacturers around and all make the same minis. (Or maybe they all come from the same huge factory?)
Some are good quality plastic with little flash, others are extremely soft with more flash than actual miniature.
Prices are awesome of course. Haven't checked those for almost 15 years, but when i was a child, they were sold in bags of 150 men (+ a few tanks and other stuff) for like 2-3€. I had thousands... especially this set (link related) was very common

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/review.aspx?id=26

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>>49678799
>especially this set (link related) was very common

I had the 1/32 scale version of that, the officer mini has always been a favorite

>>49678817
yep, that officer and the guy throwing the grenade were my favorites from that set too.

>>49677636
Brilliant - many thanks!

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>>49673756
The thing with that is Bulldozers don't tend to drive on paved roads so much. Many tanks would have/do, hence the introduction of rubber pads to protect the surface. When vehicles with steel-only tracks move on harder surfaces or paved roads, you would get the metal showing through.

>>49672984
Sure

I think of it as a mix of Muskets and Tomahawks/SAGA/Dux Britanorum. It has the 'your dudes' and general ease of play of M&T. Some abilities like those found in SAGA and the campaign focus and character of Dux Brit.

The basic idea is you have a Greek Hero and his retinue who are dedicated to a god. Different gods give different abilities which are rolled for before the battle (this is based off a number of factors performance, hubris etc). The abilities are a bit more limited in number when compared to the likes of SAGA but add flavour and choices when playing.

Has anyone of you experience with replacing the heads of Warlord Games metal miniatures (which look mediocre at best and horrible at worst) with plastic heads? Do they fit in size and shape? Example pics maybe?

I'm tempted to get some soviet metal blisters (got a mail that the discount on blisters is only valid til monday) so i figured i could add some of them to my force.. but their heads scare me and i don't want to own a bunch of headless minis because i can't use the plastic heads.

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Has anybody tried out any of the Osprey rules sets, are they generally alright?
The Men Who Would Be Kings looks quite interesting.

>>49681219
Lions Rampart should be in the OP. Some other books too i think.

I'm kinda interested in their modern spec ops game but didn't bother to look into it yet.

>>49681216
Isn't the main catch of Warlord metals is that their heads are interchangeable?

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>>49681444
It kinda is, but i really don't like their "characterful" faces.

Pic related for example.. some of their worst.
I'd rather have a bit more "plain" faces like from the plastic boxes.

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>>49679057
I noticed this one today is less rusty but I agree, these aren't on pavement or other abrasive surface which would grind rust off. Of course on the east front of ww2 there were very few paved roads outside the 2 lane highway outside of Moscow and within cities.

>>49681515
All of their WW2 minis use the socketed heads, so yeah.

>>49681611
Bulldozers hardly drive at all actually. They drive off their truck that brought them to the construction site and there they move like 20m-50m back and forth.. you can't compare that to tanks that might drive hundreds of kilometers.

>>49681611
Hey anon, are you from Australia by any chance?

>>49681219
Men Doing Kings is pretty neat. It's clearly in the Rampant family, but does a bunch of stuff differently and is quite a distinct game, unlike Lion & Dragon Rampant, which are basically a game and its fantasy expansion.

It's got differing unit sizes, a basic 1 die per figure mechanic as opposed to Rampant's 12/6 dice, some neat leadership/unit commander stuff. I like it a lot and can't wait to get a few non-trial games in, hopefully this weekend.

>>49681735
Bulldozers: basically German big cats, but they catch fire less.

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>>49682232
>Men doing kings

>>49682242
Don't be too mean to the Germans.

sometimes their tanks broke down and didn't even catch on fire!

>>49682287
Fuel shortages'll do that to ya

>>49681219
There's a video rulebook review here for some stupid fucking reason: http://wargamesillustrated.net/the-men-who-would-be-kings/

It's at least professional enough that you can pause and read a few pages.

>>49681836
Nope, USA.

Why do you ask?

>>49682910
It's upside down

Repostan from the last thread.

I may have been playing Assassin's Creed IV over the past few days, so I'm really in the mood for some privateering, piracy and cool beards. Does anybody know of a good naval system for the post-Spanish Succession period, particularly with options for boarding actions and such?

>>49681219
They're varied a lot in quality. Some are really good, others are good but not amazing, others are crap.

>>49684276
A few threads ago somebody posted something from a Kickstarter for a game that was basically that.

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>>49681219

>>49684364
yeah what was it called? Blood and Plunder?

>>49682242
:')

>>49684276
I haven't played it and have no idea about the genre, but out of boredom i looked at "Sails Of Glory" miniatures/ships earlier today.

They look nice and they seem to fit into your time frame from what i can say with my limited knowledge.

http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/index.php/katalog/artikelinfo/36453-1-show-sog_-_french_embuscade_1798_le_succes_1801_ship_pack.html

Hey, /hwg/, I've been working on rules for running a campaign-styled game of the old Pirates pocketmodel game. Would anyone be interested in seeing and critiquing them before I try playtesting them (I know that terminology needs a bit more standardization throughout, and some abilities seem too similar or boring), or should I go to Alternative Wargames General?

Thanks!

>>49685326
Oh man, that game was cool. I still have a ship on my shelf for it, wish I bought more.

Please do, I'd like to play some ship-related sheanigans in the future.

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>>49685359
Alright. Just for clarification, the game takes place on a map of the Caribbean with several famous ports generating resources, but that's not included here, and besides that is rules as normal in the base game. I'll post a PDF of those (including some weird pseudo-campaign rules with them) I found in my next post.

I'd be happy to answer any questions, by the way, hoping to try this out in the next few weeks.

Oh, and included in my file is a brief idea for a campaign, a hunt for an artifact that the Cursed have. That bit can be changed for any specific campaign, but the majority of the rules are at the bottom.

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>>49685526
And the base Pirates of the Blank rules

>>49685526
>>49685559
Thanks, I'll read them tomorrow, as it's getting a bit late and gotta wake up early tomorrow.

Any idea where i could find "Platoon Forward"? Without buying it ofc. Its sadly not in the OP

>>49678665
>On a longshot, if anyone knows how many whales could get hauled in a whaling expedition, how much oil could get made from one whale and how long it would take or how much whale a normal expedition could get; that would be helpful as well.
check out moby dick

>>49659527
Hey /hwg/ I only have a passing interest in AWI/American frontier history. Mostly just about military tactics and how the weapons work since that satisfies me for the miniatures i paint up. But an upcoming job might require me to know more about this stuff. Anyone wanna tell me some cool stuff about colonial america/frontiersmen?

>>49687024
>But an upcoming job might require me to know more about this stuff. Anyone wanna tell me some cool stuff about colonial america/frontiersmen?
Not really? You need to narrow down for likely anyone to give you anything close to specifics. American Frontier history is incredibly massive, what do you want to know, and have you checked the ospreys in the relevant OP folders?

>>49687089
Oh im reading through ospreys and stuff. Im just looking for cool stories people might know.

Posted this last thread but it expired so I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the first or second edition of Twilight of the Sun King? Can't seem to find it in the collection but I saw this review recently for the 2nd edition: http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/review-twilight-of-the-sun-king-second-edition/

>>49687634
As stated in the review, the first edition is old as balls and the second isn't out yet.

Finding a pdf for a game as old as the 1st ed might be tricky, depending on how popular it was or was not.

>>49687655
Dang. Well, if anybody finds a pdf let me know. Otherwise I guess I'll be patient for the 2nd edition.

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>>49684276

There's a long list of appropriate age-of-sail games that cover it. Check out the Naval Wargaming folder and the Horse & Musket/Napoleonic folders too. "Good" is a matter of personal preference but if you're looking to focus on boarding actions and such, then you want something like Close Action.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zkaqig52hghn31u/Close+Action+Rules+and+Charts.pdf

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>>49687024

There's a great website I've taken to visiting for all things related to 18th-century America: the 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center. They compile these sets of relevant images for everything from children's toys to powderhorns, with a particular focus on the American frontier (although it does cover Britain during the same time).

>>49669085
>a fucking LEAF

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>>49670831

Noice, I just binge-ordered a bunch of victrix sets (Iberian infantry, peltasts, unarmoured hoplites) which reminds me that I've been thinking about an ancient/classical fantasy-type setting for a while, and about how well Iberians would fit into it, to add a unique-looking faction

>>49681515
My gf just asked why those heads looked like they were held to an open flame for a while.

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>>49681515
>>49692419

Because they're the German dudes from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark

Working on some cold war gone hot stuff (western Europe theatre) and I'm considering how to paint my Hinds since I don't really wanna do the generic yellow/brown or yellow/green stuff.

Does anyone else have any cool colour setups for them?
A bit of loose historicalness for the sake of coolness is acceptable here.

Just ordered Next War:Taiwan. How much head scratching am I in for considering it's my first hexes and chits boardgame?

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>>49693733
Tiger stripes! In vivid orange and black. The enemy is going to see you anyway, why not look awesome?

>>49693953
It's definitely a bold one to start with but learning will be a fun experience. There are tutorials and resources online too which will help. Also check out the forum on BGG, big community there.

PDF related is a really simple free h&c about a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan that you might want to try as a warmup!

>>49694055
I've actually read most of the material on the official onedrive and watched a four hour introduction by GMTGames on youtube. I feel ready but that might all be gone once the box arrives.

If I could print that out I would try it out. I feel somewhat confident in my ability to plan and act out the wars on hexes from video games though. I expect the biggest thing is the manual bookkeeping.

Have Warlord made any mention of whether BA 2.0 is going to necessitate all new army books?

>>49696315
>Only the german army book gets an update

Thats the official statement at this point. Its already available for pre-order and will be released in november.

The next releases after that (according to amazon where they are already listed) are theater books (bulge, sea lion)

>>49696511
>bulge
OwO

>>49696571
https://www.amazon.com/Bolt-Action-Campaign-Battle-Bulge/dp/1472817834/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475945938&sr=8-1&keywords=bolt+action+bulge

No idea how precise the amazon release dates are though

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Not seen this mentioned but the new plastic US Airborne come with an alternative late war profile so I've decided to scan it for all you lovely boys.

>>49681694
Some of the older ones like the Partisans don't. Though cutting off the head and pin vicing a hole is easy enough.

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>>49696794
cheers pal

Anyone ever use an M4 Calliope?

I've ended up with a spare M4 75mm turret and since I'm unlikely to ever field 2 I was thinking about what else I could do with it.

The Calliope looks pretty cool and I guess if you roll well enough it could be pretty devastating in game.

>>49696956
Rule of awesome dictates that the Calliope is always a good idea.

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ASL map for Slaughter at Ponyari.

think this is a Historic module in playtest at the moment.

>>49696794
Thanks.

>>49692439
I LOLed

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I tried getting into saga at the beginning of this year and after a few games i became a bit disapointed with it but i'm not sure if it was the game or the people i was playing with that was the problem?

>>49699059
You've phrased this as a question, but I'm afraid I have no answer for you.

Do you think it was the game?

>>49699059
What exactly bothered you while playing?

>>49699059

I know some people have been disappointed with how small-scale your average SAGA game is. Could it be that you're just craving larger games with genuine formation warfare?

Watcha reading /hwg/? Fiction? Non-fiction?

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>>49699858
It's not /hwg/ specifically but it has a historical setting.

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>>49699858
A pretty good read.

>>49699858
The Military Life of Frederick the Great, and The Army of Frederick the Great, both by Christopher Duffy. Did I do alright /hwg/?

>>49699876
That's such a good book.

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>>49699987
It's one the most impressive debut novels I've read from any author.

I do like my historical-flavoured hijinks in medieval Italy, I read pic related a short while ago and it was pretty tasty.

>>49699858
Well, I'm getting drunked up like a crazy bastard and rereading Point of Impact, but in /hwg/ stufg , I'm working my through an older book on the falklands, which has always been a favorite war of mine.
On a related note, there've been a couple of Harpoon sourcebooks on the Falklands. Anyone have them in PDF format?

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>>49699858
Bits of "Battles in Britain 1066-1746 by William Seymour."

Not exactly a new book, but a good one. Been re-reading certain civil war battles in it. The author certainly paints a wonderful picture of the utter clusterfuck that was Marston Moor for one.

Anybody know where a fella could find himself some 6mm Jacobites? 1745 being the period.

>>49700572
I think Irregular miniatures do them

>>49700596
Thanks amigo, I'll look into that.

>>49699858
Paths of Glory rulebook.

>>49700814
Is it any good?

It was a really good film.

>>49700847
Board Game Geek says it's the 3rd best war game ever made and I could see that being true given what I've seen so far.

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>>49693733

http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/v/41

This site is a good general painting resource for all aircraft

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>>49698075
Neat.

What distance does 1 hex represent?

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>>49699858
It's pretty good. Quite a few scenario ideas for larger scale games like FFoT or Command Decision in there.

>>49693733
A Hind-D?

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>>49701725
What is this? On Killing Ants?

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>>49699858

Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967–1970 (Osprey Men-at-Arms 507)

With decades of research to draw from Philip Jowett explores this extraordinary David-and-Goliath conflict, where the rag-tag Igbo tribal army of secessionist Biafra faced off against the Nigerian Federal forces. It was an African war that captured the attention of the western media, with individual commanders such as Biafran leader Colonel Ojukwu and Federal Colonel Adekunle becoming familiar figures across the globe. The Nigerian forces easily outnumbered their opponents and benefitted from British and Soviet equipment, yet against all the odds the Biafrans held out for two and a half years, inflicting many setbacks on the Federal forces before their eventual surrender in 1970. Specially commissioned artwork and historical photos, including some from respected Italian war photographer Romano Ganoni, reflect the diverse array of uniforms and equipment on both sides, with images ranging from Sandhurst-educated officers in immaculate uniform to ragged militiamen armed with World War II kit.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/pqzaou4p1ztzwj9/Osprey+-+MAA+507+-+Modern+African+Wars+%285%29+The+Nigerian-Biafran+War+1967-70.pdf

>>49701793
Have I missed something important, or is there an explanation as to why that young gentleman has a rocket-hat?

>>49701843
Because Biafra, that's why.

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>>49701843
1/2

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>>49701843
>>49701872
2/2

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>>49701890
It all makes sense now.

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>>49701674

So I was looking to get into historical wargaming, and was most interested in it being set around the late 16th-early 17th century. Where should I get models for that, and what rules would I use?

>>49705116
Which scale were you thinking of? Baccus offers starter armies for that period in 6mm, as well as Pendraken. For rules, you could check out Sam Mustafa's Maurice, or Black Powder with the Last Argument of Kings.

>>49705116
My advice would be to pick a conflict from that period that really interests you, then google miniatures and rule sets. You could look through the OP folders under Horse_and_Musket and see what takes your fancy.

Personally I find Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) to be a very cool period, I read through the "Lutzen" osprey (in the OP folders) and was instantly hooked. very interesting period with colorful characters and pretty cool tactics and combined arms.
You could use the Pike and Shotte system, and get miniatures from Warlord, although they're 28mm and rather expensive:
http://www.warlordgames.com/tag/thirty-years-war/

Father Tilly is another decent rule set for the period:
http://www.wargamevault.com/product/63303/Father-Tilly

It may be cheaper to go for a smaller scale like 10mm, which a few companies do Thirty years war minis in.
Irregular miniatures do army deals: and will even paint them for you if you want!
http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/indexes/10mmindex.htm

>>49699858

Bernard Cornwall's Last Kingdom series because Amazon did a thing a couple of weeks ago where all of the kindle editions were 99p.

>>49699858
Several things in fact...

>current White Dwarf magazine
yes, yes..

>Panzer Tracts 3-1

and i still try to properly learn the 5 men in kursk rules, so i guess that counts as reading as well whenever i go over a section in the book again

>>49699858
Biography of Napoleon, Austerlitz was pretty dope, also reading a lot of glorantha books and finally I am still reading Tuchmans The Incredible 14th century

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Hey /hwg/, I just purchased some agincourt minis and I was wondering if maybe there was some way of knowing heraldry for knights in 4015-20s. Notably more so the french as they have more cloth covering thier armour then the english.

>>49705922
Nothing in the books of the OP?

The Perry Agincourt French infantry box has a leaflet with a few color schemes.

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>>49705922

A reading list for Agincourt-anons:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zr2im4aed0eb4ba/Osprey+-+MAA+099+-+Medieval+Heraldry.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bb663bfcq906z7a/Osprey+-+CAM+009+-+Agincourt+1415.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5vjujgzv92rd085/Osprey+-+MAA+113+-+The+Armies+of+Agincourt.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/va2inkaho0aq6xs/Osprey+-+MAA+337+-+French+Armies+of+the+Hundred+Years+War.pdf

>>49705933
>>49705941
Thanks you. Guess I should have looked at the op before asking.

>>49701608
IT's always time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDc2pDQgVg&feature=youtu.be

>>49701725
I bought this book thinking it was new but it wasn't so it's just lying on the shelf now. Is it worth reading despite it being 30+ years old?

>>49699858
Sharpe's havoc. Could be better.

>>49684377

kek'd then put bins out

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>>49706542

>Could be better

There's only so many times you can go back to the well. I am glad Cornwell shook off the prequelitis eventually though (last Sharpe novel was Fury, in 2007). Time to let the poor bugger rest.

>>49706571
>Can I forgive you over there?
might rewatch all of Sharpe again desu

>>49706571

There's always Saxon Sharpe. Or ACW Sharpe. Or HYW Sharpe...

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>>49706690

I could go for a bit more Starbuck Chronicles aka ACW Sharpe, but I think he's done with that.

>>49706571
I recently bought the entire Sharpe book set. Are there any info on him getting another book? It would be a real shame if it didn't fit with the rest of them on the shelf.

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>>49706858

I know the feel; I bought the whole paperback set in 1998 when "The Sharpe Companion" came out, then he went and wrote all the prequel novels. But it's been nine years and Cornwell's never talked about a new one since, so you should be safe.

What he should do is a series about Sharpe and Teresa's daughter - she had some literally killer genes. Imagine her swashbuckling adventures in the Carlist War or maybe colonial South America.

>>49706908
>Imagine her swashbuckling adventures in the Carlist War or maybe colonial South America.
Or in reverse. Sharpe's father leaving his son behind and fighting in the revolutionary wars.

>>49706908
>that webm

lol hes so unaffected by her threat and she acts so smug for chimping out

>>49707587
>chimping out
go back to /pol/ shitposter-kun

>>49707618
good job proving him wrong there

>>49707641
good job proving him wrong there

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>mfw the /pol/ack thought he was edgy with his mates and when he got btfo he tries to backpeddle

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Whats your opinion on german field grey uniforms on early war miniatures.
I don't want to argue about the "correct" shade of the color because in 2016 it should be clear that there were tons of different shades.

But when it comes to early war miniatures you often see them painted in the style of the squad at the left side (dark jacket, slightly lighter trousers or the way around) and not both parts of the uniform in the same grey like the minis on the right.

What style do you prefer?

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>>49707859
>What style do you prefer?

I'm all about the dark green jacket and light grey trousers combo myself, it's just one pf those things that represents the Blitzkrieg in my mind.

>>49707859
My god those are definitely not the best minis Warlord has produced. But to answer your question I have to say that I like the right one more.

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Except you're completely wrong Anon.

Unless you can prove he was calling her "a white person acting like a black person that's behaving like an angry monkey" and not simply "an angry monkey" you were in the wrong. "Chimp Out" is a racist way to call angry African-Americans monkeys yes, but if people started using it in instances when anyone (white/black/Asian) is angry it would remote it as a racist insult. The woman in the webm isn't even black baka.

I would argue there was no racist intent at all seeing how shes not black, or even Mediterranean in appearance (not white, in /pol/speech). Just an anon calling a person that lost their temper a monkey. Even if the poster is a racist hes using what he would consider a slur towards black people on a white person, that doesn't make any sense. Unless you say "Hes saying shes acting like a black person" but I can imagine a few things he could have said if he wanted to call her a black person. "Shes so smug for acting like a nigger" would be grounds for calling him /pol/.

Either way you shouldn't try and police the way someone speaks, he hasn't said anything racist, you've chosen to interpenetrate his choice of words as racist. If I call someone a monkey and you immediately assume I'm talking about a black person that tells us more about your character than mine desu senpai desu

>>49707859
I prefer the green.

But then I'd never expect early war Germans to stay confined to early war battles only. It's cost inefficient.

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>>49707859
some kind of grey green. As long as they look like young men with rolled up sleeves and tans, and not middle aged guys in winter uniform, its ok

>>49707919
shitposter-kun please leave

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>>49707941
>>49707859
>June 1941
>tfw Russia will fall in a few months

>>49707941
a soldier at the age of 19 in 39 would only be 25 in 45 though.. but i know what you mean

>>49707913
> it's just one pf those things that represents the Blitzkrieg

True, thats what i thought too.

>>49707941
>>49707971
>>49708053

Those young men with nice tans ARE the middle aged guys in winter uniforms

Constant stress, seeing all your mates die and being being exposed to the elements for years at a time completely fucks up your skin.

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Goddamn Commies and their nuclear space-tanks

>>49706524
Oh yeah. Don't agree with his "muh violent video games. muh chillen" conclusions, but the book is important to anyone studying war to some degree.

>>49708191
I swear I saw in the past couple of years that someone was making a miniature for this, possibly in 15mm

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>>49701639
40 yards

its for ASL. so its down at the tactical level

>>49708100
should have taken lotion with them.

>>49707859
Field grey tunic, dark grey trousers for me.

>>49709151
>dark grey

Like Panzer grey?

>>49709167
Yeah, kinda like that.

>>49707859
Weren't the uniform on the left side the Pre-War/early war uniform, from BEFORE they went with all field grey?

>>49709188
I don't know honestly.

I just looked for inspiration for my Blitzkrieg platoon and noticed that lots of early war germans are painted with 2 different colors and assumed it might be because it gives a bit of variety to the minis.. to make them less "boring" to look at instead of using the same color for everything.

I still haven't finally decided how i want to paint mine.. currently i'm thinking about painting the 3 squads differently: Fieldgrey + lighter pants, Fieldgrey + darker pants (like >>49709151 said) and squad 3 with all Fieldgrey.
But i fear that might take out the uniformity of the army to some degree.

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>>49685526
I'm excited to read through them. I always wanted a campaign system to go with PotSM. The system played quickly enough and had lasting damage and upgrades and the like, so it seemed like it would lend itself to a campaign. I'll post thoughts tomorrow once I've looked at them more.

>>49709250
I'm on the verge on starting on a new army and Early War Germans have always interested me. Please post pics when you've started painting

>>49709592
Will do. maybe tomorrow or tuesday as soon as there is actually something to see. Right now they are just primed black with vallejo texture paint on the base and 10 of them have field grey jackets already.

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So what exactly comes in the Dark Ages Pendraken packs? I might just be illiterate but I'm not sure what it means by 2, 6, 2 x N3. Does it mean 10 models of the medium foot spearmen? Cos that seems low seeing as it gives 30 cav models.

>>49710457
ok you get 1 N1, 1 N2, 1 N6 2 N3 and 30 cavalry.

>>49710502
Are they packs or individual models?

>>49710556
I dont want to be a dick, but obviously packs.

You think 11 infantry and 30 cavalry is £31 in 10mm?

>>49710457
You get those packs. So one of pack of N1, N2, N6, two packs of N3 and 30 mixed cav.

>>49710565
>11
i mean 5 of course

>>49710565
You're not being a dick I'm just being a colossal retard. This'll be my first foray into 10mm so I'm not 100% sure on pricing and the like.

>>49710591
Well I hope you go for it.
10mm Pendrakens were my first foray into historicals after a 7 year absence from wargaming and I have a big soft spot for them.

>>49710644
They seem like brilliant little things. I've been meaning to get a few small scale models for a really simplistic mass combat game I've been working on, and these are perfect.

Does anyone have the memoir 44 campaign book volume 2 pdf?

So, it's getting cold and rainy. And I have shitton of unprimed stuff. To what temperature it's resonable to use spray primer? How about humidity?

>>49711529
You can always invest in some brush on primer for those sorts of "maybe" days.

>>49708317
There's a 1/35 kit and I think Model Collect might be making one in 1/72

>>49712084
Not that anon. For bolt action, is 1/35 the preferable scale for tanks?

>>49712132
No that's gigantically oversized. The preferred is about 1:56 or thereabouts. Some go as large as 1:48 but I think even that is a bit big given it's closer to 40mm than 28mm, 'heroic' or otherwise.

I know the Sharpe TV show is an eternal favorite of /hwg/, but are the novels any good?

>>49712529
Most of them are excellent. There are a few that are lacking, but they were all written after Cornwall had finished the series and then went back to it.

>>49713742
>paining all those horses in 28mm
noty
Horses are the actual worst

>>49713787
The horses are not so bad, it's all the harness and saddle crap that gets my goat when painting them.

>>49713787
horses are easy just paint and wash with minimal highlighting

>>49713875
I feel you brother.

>>49713960
?
I never said it was hard. It's really boring painting horses, and as mentioned you still have to go back and get all the trimmings.

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>>49714018
You can vary it up a bit by painting more interestingly patterned horses, plain bays are boring as fuck but dappleds and piebalds and such are more fun.

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I'm not sure if this is the best place to discuss this, but does anybody have good sources on how Junks fought?

Did they form lines and fire broadsides like western sailing ships, or were they more like galleys with rams and forward mounted cannons?

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>>49714057

>>49714057
Most of what I know, which is very little admittedly, is that it's mostly boarding actions and hand-held shooting rather than broadsides. But I suspect it varies a lot on era.

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>>49712529
The original '81-'90 run from Eagle to Waterloo (with Rifles being slotted in) are excellent, certainly better than the show for the most part. That's the quintessential Sharpe. As anon notes here >>49712598 the rest are variable but not as good; the original sequel Devil is pretty meh, the Indian prequels okay, and the other prequels even more meh.

>>49712598
>>49715570
Thanks Anons, gonna get started on those once I'm done my current reading.

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>>49715075
>>49714057
Did some research, and it seems like you are right.

It's really disappointing that China never became a great naval power in the age of sail. Junks are kickass, and they could have easily mounted cannons on them.


I'm wondering though, if they would have formed battle lines, or if the manuverability of junks would have allowed them to be armed like galleys with forward facing guns.

>>49715570
>the original sequel Devil is pretty meh, the Indian prequels okay, and the other prequels even more meh.
I can only agree. I'm currently reading through the entire series and I'm up to Sharpe's havoc, the book before Eagle, and the only books that were good were the three in India and the Rifles one.

>>49711529
>>49711651
A bottle of black or white gesso is super cheap and convenient, like £5 on Amazon and it'll last you forever.

Speaking of ships, are there any naval combat games set pre 18th century?

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>>49717469

I think we all know that prequels have problems, especially when the author tries to shoehorn in stuff from "later" stories. Rifles works well because Cornwell had originally written it to tbe the first novel, but decided to start with Eagle instead to "jump into the action". He had the draft for Rifles lying around for years so it feels a natural part of the series. The Indian ones were neat because it was exciting to return to the series, now with a young and (relatively) innocent Sharpe as a redcoat private, plus of course Hakeswill was back. Every novel in the original series had made some kind of reference to Sharpe killing the Tipu Sahib and/or saving Wellesley's life at Assaye, so it was great fun to actually 'see' these events finally happen.

But Cornwell really seems to have lost enthusiasm after that. Trafalgar and Prey were a real nadir; I give the first one a bit of a pass because I like the naval theme, but it's so lazy. Prey is worse, like someone doing a parody or weak fanfiction of Sharpe. I thought it was amusing how his love interest is brutally murdered but he doesn't give a shit; she really was just a plot device and he forgets about her completely in the next chapter. Pumphrey was such a non-event as a foil/patron/villain too.

Havoc, Escape and Fury were at least set in Spain, but again it was just going through the motions. They felt like reheated mishmashes of the original books. The only thing I remember from them is the luscious descriptions of the heroine's butt in Havoc, and how good it apparently looked in hussar trousers!

Devil itself was considered a book too far by some, but I always loved the opening chapter where Sharpe meets Napoleon on St Helena.

>>49718277
Yes. Many. But which period are you looking for? All the way back to the greeks?

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>>49718277

You could probably use most standard Age of Sail rulesets for as far back as 1500. There's this recent title called Galleys Guns and Glory, you can see it being used to refight Lepanto here >>49659608. It covers 16th-century naval warfare, especially in the Med. A few sets exist for Medieval or Ancient era fighting too.

>>49718307
Late reinassance/ early modern.

>>49718328
Do you know anyone that sells miniatures for that setting?

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>>49718567
The ones in those Lepanto pics are 1:300, and they're actually made and sold by the same guys who do that Galleys Guns and Glory ruleset.

For 1:1200 (the more "traditional" naval wargaming scale), see Langton:
http://www.rodlangton.com/rennaissance/list.htm

>>49718626
What game is this ship for? I like the look of it.

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>>49719037
>Galleys Guns and Glory
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/1788243002

>>49711529
I already went to "prime by brush"... my basement is moist all the year, and if its rainy outside its just to much moisture. It might still work, but why take the risk? Vallejo primer works pretty good with brushes.

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>>49712132
>>49712512

1/48 it is in my book.
Perry miniatures and some other of the smaller mini companies work fine with 1/56, everything else makes 1/56 look like toys.
The commander upper bodies or the seated soldiers in the halftracks from the Warlord plastic tank kits (1/56) look like children next to warlord plastic infantry.

I made this picture some time ago, truck and its driver is 1/48, the BT-7 + commander is 1/56.

Anybody use lead-adventure forum for historical pictures? TMP is disliked here, what is /hwg/'s opinion of LAF

>>49719934
I like it, even with the "no swastikas allowed" shit.

>>49720261
Well it's a german site, so they could be fined for showing swastikas

>>49720261
german hosted page afaik

>>49720281
>>49720285
Yeah, I'm aware. But still.

>>49719934
It's the only other wargaming forum that I look at. All the others are pretty much fucking garbage.

>>49719934
Why does /hwg/ hate TMP


Amicalement armand

>>49720383
Mostly because Armand. I'm surprisingly fine with the owner using Filippino traps to be the mods.

One thign I don't like is any time I'd really need it, "Sorry, TMP is offline for maintenance, please come back later"

>>49719137
oh neat. I might try it at some point.

>>49720383
I dont.
Its pretty slow moving in my areas of interest though. The news feed has been good advertising for us though

>>49720577
I like to call it "The Many Philippino's" even though they prefer to spell it with an F

>>49720673
>The news feed has been good advertising for us though
Who is us? Based Ivan and the 5 core group?

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>>49720692
nyet, I am the humble game writing anon. Ostfront / NZwars / Dogfight / Ikonki

>>49697108
>Rule of awesome

Made me realise I'd never actually seen one in action so I thought I'd look it up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG6f0YQ4q3g

>Something extremely unpleasant was cooking for the Bosch

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>>49721185
Shit now I want one.

and none of my armies even used them.

Anyone know of a brand that makes those silly marine rocket trucks in 28mm? pic related.

>>49721336
Never seen them, but they should be easy to kit-bash.

>>49721185
>>49696956
We've used these a few times in osftfront, similair innacuracy and devastation as a katyusha, but takes so long to reload its essentially a "one shot only" weapon. by the time the reloading is complete, the battle is over. Very effective if used en masse - just like stalin ordered, but only 1 or two can be very hit and miss. Last game I took 2 katyushas and all they did was blow up a kubelwagon and damage the tracks on a Pz.IV. They didn't make their points back that day.

Actual calliopes are very cool too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgqDSBba1g

>>49721336

Technically mine don't either since I play USMC so I'd be better off with those Jeeps if I wanted something historically accurate but as far as I know they don't have rules in BA.

It's just a cool tank and I'm not going to let rivet counters tell me I can't have one, same with my 76mm.

Arguably it's Warlords fault, if the Sherman 105mm was any good I'd gladly take one but it's a bit pointless really.

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Some sexy ACW miniporn on the Perry's Facebook right now.

>>49721499
Poor shed, getting executed like that

So, currently working on a 1/1800 LSD ship mini for the noncombatant project (the same mediocre Axis&Allies sculpt someone else also posted already) plus a bunch of IJN destroyers and a converted HMS Exeter.

Just the basing to go at this point.

What are you guys working on?

How would one base for Black Powder in 6mm? This would be my first foray into BP, so I don't have a clue what the fuck I'm doing.

>>49721596
20mm X 40mm Seems to be the way to go:
https://www.baccus6mm.com/forum/Rules/OtherRules/347-1-BlackPowderbasing/
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=195967

you could probably do 20mm X 20mm for infantry like the BP rulebook specifies, just with like 8 minis instead of 4 or whatever fits right.

>>49721636
I like the idea of 20mm X 20mm, but I'll probably try both and see what I like better in practice.

>>49721572
Two Agano class cl's and a Kitakami cl.

>>49721547

It's abandoned. The charge was being derelict on duty.

I'll see myself out.

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>>49721917

>>49720577
This. I stopped using it once any Interesting or helpful discussion was buried by Armandposting. Some of the users are abrasive grogs but by and large it used to be a useful resource

>>49721636
If one were to go with 20mm x 20mm for infantry, would 25mm x 50mm also work for 6mm cavalry?

>>49720577
>>49722346
Armand? Explain pls

>>49719934
LAF is pretty great, but has intimidatingly high standards. Not in a nasty way, I get the feeling if I posted my mediocrities and a shitty battle report they'd be nice, but it would be like doodling on a blank canvas in a halfway-decent art gallery. Everything there is so nice.

At least Frothers would call me a wanker and I could tell them to fuck off and feel good about it.

TMP... TMP exists, if you can get around The Bug (seriously, fix your shit) and Armand Armandposting. It also goes offline for me at just the point in my morning when there's not too much to do and there are few enough people in I can get away with just browsing shit on my phone. Some cool stuff tucked away, but eh.

SA's TG historicals thread is pretty great, but not that high-traffic.

I subscribe to some yahoo groups and let the mails pile up, occasionally browsing them. Some of them are interesting, but effort.

I just generally subscribe to any blog I read an interesting post on and skim my giant RSS reader inbox daily.

>>49722469
Just click on a few threads in a random forum there, you'll know it when you see it. It's not always that big a deal, sometimes it's interesting, but the VOLUME...! And his inability to add anything interesting to his posts.

Glad you like it boys!

Amicalement

Armand.

>>49722661
>LAF is pretty great, but has intimidatingly high standards.
It has a lot of great quality painters, especially in some of the historical boards, but trust me there are tonnes of shitters.

There is no excuse in 2016 to have to take your forum down DAILY for maintenance.

>>49722682
>Just click on a few threads in a random forum there, you'll know it when you see it.
You can often (though not always) tell armand posting without clicking the link. His posting is beyond a joke.

>>49715570
That woman in the background takes a sip of her cup and just gobs it out. What the hell?

>>49722834
>His posting is beyond a joke.
It has its uses. if you need money to buy some toy soldiers in a hurry, start armandposting in /hwg/ and don't stop until people pay you to go away

>>49722834
>There is no excuse in 2016 to have to take your forum down DAILY for maintenance.

The forum looks like its from 1999... so it kinda fits

>>49723033
>Average Characters per Post:
>606

horrifying

>>49723159
Even SA's unfucking itself these days. Although they're talking about migrating to a whole new forum software package soon, which I'm sure will have people longing for the days of radium.

Bill's just... Bill. And fuck, it's a thousand times better than Consimworld.

Do we have a copy of Ospreys "Broken Legions"? I checked the OP but couldn't find it.

>>49721342
The problem is the rocket launcher is kind of unique, if I found suitable rockets I could scratchbuild, but not sure about those.

>>49721441
This was my issue too, unfortunately I am a bit of a rivet counter (if only with my own army)

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>>49669588
Check Aliexpress if you want to buy some very cheap, but quality brushes and other tools: http://pandahelper.com/modeling-tools-brushes-wargaming/

Especialy tools like pin vice, pliers, diamond files are basically GW quality but for 1/10th price. Brushes are really ok too.

>>49670831
Really nice anon, I want to start Athenian army too. Question: what transfer paper did you used? Is it possible to print it on ink printer?

>>49724250
I don't know I'll find it out later in regards to what paper.

Yeah I used a shitty inkjet so the quality isn't great but it's servicable. There's good commercial transfers avaiable if you've got the budget.

>>49723267
Speaking of SA, they got a nice little historicals thread. It and /hwg/ are my main places to browse about pewter men having non-fictional wars.

>>49724650
> my main places to browse about pewter men doing non-fictional fights.

FTFY

>>49724747
Hot diggety.

>>49724650
>Speaking of SA, they got a nice little historicals thread.
It's ok, but its pretty boring desu. And very ww2 dominated if I remember correctly.

I'm trying to find a Napoleonic wargame in which the player took the role of a commanding officer with all sorts of RPG elements and things.

>>49726429
Sharp Practice?