/hwg/ - Historical Wargames General

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

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

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August the 9th in military history:

48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
1500 – Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
1610 – The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
1810 – Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
1814 – Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
1914 – Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
1944 – Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate.
1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35,000 people are killed outright, including 28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
1945 – The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
1971 – The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.

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It is 2,065 years since the Battle of Pharsalus, a decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War. Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the republic under the command of Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great"). Pompey had the backing of a majority of the senators, of whom many were optimates, and his army significantly outnumbered the veteran Caesarian legions.

The two armies confronted each other over several months of uncertainty, Caesar being in a much weaker position than Pompey. The former found himself isolated in a hostile country with only 22,000 men and short of provisions, while on the other side of the river he was faced by Pompey with an army about twice as large in number. Pompey wanted to delay, knowing the enemy would eventually surrender from hunger and exhaustion. Pressured by the senators present and by his officers, he reluctantly engaged in battle.

Pompey anchored his right flank on the Enipeus River and deployed his men in the traditional formation of three lines, each ten men deep. Knowing that he had a larger and better-trained cavalry force, he concentrated his horse on the left. His plan called for the infantry to remain in place, forcing Caesar's men to charge a long distance and tiring them before contact. As the infantry engaged, his cavalry would sweep Caesar's from the field before pivoting and attacking into the enemy's flank and rear.

Seeing Pompey move off the mountain, Caesar deployed his smaller army to meet the threat. Anchoring his left, led by Mark Antony, along the river, he too formed three lines though they were not as deep as Pompey's. Also, he held his third line in reserve. Understanding Pompey's advantage in cavalry, Caesar pulled 3,000 men from his third line and arrayed them in a diagonal line behind his cavalry to protect the army's flank. Ordering the charge, Caesar's men began advancing. Surging forward, it soon became clear that Pompey's army was standing their ground.

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>>54761011
Realizing Pompey's goal, Caesar halted his army approximately 150 yards from the enemy to rest and reform the lines. Resuming their advance, they slammed into Pompey's lines. On the flank, Titus Labienus led Pompey's cavalry forward and made progress against their counterparts. Falling back, Caesar's cavalry led Labienus' horsemen into the line of supporting infantry. Using their javelins to thrust at the enemy cavalry, Caesar's men halted the attack. Uniting with their own cavalry, they charged and drove then enemy cavalry from the field.

Wheeling left, this combined force of infantry and cavalry struck into Pompey's left flank. Though Caesar's first two lines were under heavy pressure from Pompey's larger army, this attack, coupled with the entry of his reserve line, swung the battle. With their flank crumbling and fresh troops assaulting their front, Pompey's men began to give way. As his army collapsed, Pompey fled the field. Seeking to deliver the deciding blow of the war, Caesar pursued Pompey's retreating army and compelled four legions to surrender the following day.

The battle cost Caesar around 1,200 casualties while Pompey suffered roughly 15,000. Additionally Caesar reported capturing 24,000 and showed great clemency in pardoning many the Optimate leaders. His army destroyed, Pompey fled to EgyptI. Shortly after arriving at Alexandria, he was murdered by the Egyptians. Pursuing his enemy to Egypt, Caesar was horrified when Ptolemy presented him with Pompey's severed head.

Classical warfare fans will know this one well, it's a definitive early Roman battle that could swing either way and makes a fine test of tabletop generalship.

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/gdr30hxxqs43cqc/Osprey+-+CAM+174+-+Pharsalus+48+BC.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jf6hbeffzo98l9r/Osprey+-+WAR+071+-+Roman+Legionary+58BC-AD69.pdf

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It is 1,639 years since the Battle of Adrianople, fought between a Roman army led by the Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels led by Fritigern. The battle took place about 13 km (8 mi) north of Adrianople (modern Edirne in European Turkey) in the Roman province of Thracia. It ended with an overwhelming victory for the Goths and the death of Emperor Valens.

We have a detailed account for the lead up to the battle from the Roman perspective from Ammianus, which forms the culminating high point at the end of his history. The position in his histories and the lack of a detailed history for the following century has tended to exaggerate the significance of the battle for later historians. Ammianus's account of the battle itself, as to be expected from a losing side, is far from clear. Heat, fire and dust seem to have been particularly significant. Much of what follows about the battle itself is modern supposition.

Valens had decamped from Adrianople, where he left the imperial treasury and administration under the guard of the legions. The reconnaissance of the preceding days informed him of the location of the Gothic camp north of the city. Valens arrived there after marching for seven hours over difficult terrain.

At around 14:30 the Roman troops arrived in disorder, exhausted and dehydrated, facing the Gothic camp that had been set up on the top of a hill. The Goths, except for their cavalry, took position in front of their wagon circle, inside of which were their families and possessions. Fritigern's objective was to delay the Romans, in order to give enough time for the Gothic cavalry to return. The fields were burnt by the Goths to delay and harass the Romans with smoke, and negotiations began for an exchange of hostages. The negotiations exasperated the Roman soldiers who seemed to hold the stronger position, but they gained precious time for Fritigern.

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>>54761031
Complacent Roman commanders began the battle without orders to do so, believing they would have an easy victory, and perhaps over-eager to exact revenge on the Goths after two years of unchecked devastation throughout the Balkans. The imperial scholae of shield-archers under the command of the Iberian prince Bacurius attacked, but lacking support they were easily pushed back. Then the Roman left-wing reached the circle of wagons, but it was too late. At that moment, the Gothic cavalry, alerted by messengers from the embattled wagon circle, arrived to support the infantry. The cavalry surrounded the Roman troops, who were already in disarray after the failure of the first assault. The Romans retreated to the base of the hill where they were unable to maneuver, encumbered by their heavy armor and long shields. The casualties, exhaustion, and psychological pressure led to a rout of the Roman army. The cavalry continued their attack, and the massacre continued until nightfall.

In the rout, the Emperor himself was abandoned by his guards. Some tried to retrieve him, but the majority of the cavalry deserted. Valens' final fate is unknown; he probably died anonymously on the field. His body was never found.

This battle is a great piece of Late Roman warfare, a marked contrast to Pharsalus above. The legions are diverse and colorful and the Gothic hordes present a fascinating army to play and collect.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/q1exxflp5wjyamf/Osprey+-+CAM+084+-+Adrianople+378.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/y97f7zlehreqie9/Osprey+-+MAA+093+-+The+Roman+Army+from+Hadrian+to+Constantine.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7j30o13k9lzy4tc/Osprey+-+WAR+009+-+Late+Roman+Infantryman+236-565.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zhw5n81y3pz2xru/Osprey+-+WAR+015+-+Late+Roman+Cavalryman+236-565.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/17mja4dp1zvat4f/Osprey+-+WAR+017+-+Germanic+Warrior+236-568.pdf

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It is 155 years since the Battle of Cedar Mountain was fought during the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Cedar Mountain as the Confederates marched on Culpeper Court House to forestall a Union advance into central Virginia. After nearly being driven from the field in the early part of the battle, a Confederate counterattack broke the Union lines resulting in a Confederate victory.

Jackson had moved north in July 1862 after it became clear that the primary Union force in the east, General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac, was not going to attack Richmond, Virginia. McClellan was camped on the James Peninsula southeast of Richmond, where General Robert E. Lee stopped him at the Seven Days’ Battles in late June. Frustrated with McClellan’s lack of action, President Abraham Lincoln began shifting troops from the peninsula to Pope’s newly formed Army of Virginia, which was operating near Washington, D.C.

Jackson, who was sent north by Lee to counter the growing Yankee presence in northern Virginia, fell on part of Pope’s force at Cedar Mountain on August 9. Despite being severely outnumbered, Pope’s army dealt Jackson a near-humiliating defeat. Jackson attacked in the afternoon, but a fierce Union counterattack, led by General Nathaniel Banks, almost broke Jackson’s line. The arrival of Confederate General Ambrose P. Hill provided Jackson with enough troops to launch another assault that evening. That attack drove the Federals from the field, and only nightfall prevented a complete rout of the Yankees.

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>>54761050
Union losses totaled 2,300 out of 8,000. The Confederates suffered 1,300 casualties out of 18,000. But the battle was nearly a disaster; Jackson miscalculated, and the Confederates almost lost to an army half their size. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, performed her first field duty at the Battle of Cedar Mountain.

Jackson is a controversial figure in a controversial war, and this particular battle prompts a lot of discussion over his generalship. It was the only time in the entire war when he is recorded as drawing his sword.

Weather and poor communication with his divisional commanders had robbed Jackson of the initiative in the fight. Still expecting to face the same cautious opponent from the Valley, he was taken by surprise and very nearly driven from the field. Excellent commanding by the Confederates at the crucial moment of the battle and the fortuitous arrival of Hill staved off defeat, eventually allowing their numerical superiority to drive the Federals from the field. For his part, Banks, having been soundly defeated by Jackson in the Valley, was anxious to make up for previous losses. Rather than fighting a defensive battle from a strong position because he was outnumbered 2 to 1, giving time for the rest of Pope's army to arrive, he decided to take the initiative and attack Jackson before he could fully form his lines. The bold move very nearly paid off, but in the end he was again defeated by his old foe.

While not a majorly important Civil War battle, I thought it was worth acknowledging for two reasons: it's a classic kind of ACW clash that could be won by either side; and we have an S&T covering it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/v80w2pt47xk8t8e/S%26T+086+-+Cedar+Mountain.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cdl41h9cyzwpeb2/Osprey+-+MAA+030+-+The+Stonewall+Brigade.pdf

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Well this was one hell of an OP, good job on that.

OP delivers.

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Who is your favourite daimyo? Mine is konishi yukinaga, kato kiyomasa fags can fuck off.

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>>54762253
He almost conquered the whole of japan and was a complete westaboo

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Whats everyone working on/playing?

Looking to start my first historic, High Middle Ages period.

What are some decent rank and file systems (prefer 28mm) that aren't totally obscure?

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>>54763013
Impetus, DBM, Warhammer Historical Battles

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>>54762807
Doing some play-testing for Missile Threat. Vietnam research and aircraft/ordnance lists are all done, as well as a bunch of play-tests. Now moving on to the 6 day war and Yom Kippur war. Learning all about French aircraft and missiles.
Started some research on the Iran Iraq war as well - very interesting and brutal conflict. Interesting to see a helicopter shot down with a maverick missile from an Iranian F-4. I will probably include mechanics to allow this - if a heli is moving slow enough, and fails to evade, it could well get hit by a Maverick.

>>54762807
A friend and I are getting back in the saddle after not playing wargames for a while. We're going with SAGA since it's got a pretty low barrier to entry.

>>54763250
What factions are you guys thinking about playing?

Thinking about getting into saga myself.

>>54764074
He's going Vikings and I'm going Anglo-Danes/Saxons, pretty much just because those are what the cheap plastic 4 point starters are for.

consider 15mm saga

Can I use any miniatures with Black Powder? I only played Warmachine and Warhammer 40K so I have no bloddy idea how this works. Do I get stats listed in the book or do they come with the miniatures?

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>>54765456
>Can I use any miniatures with Black Powder?
Any minis you like, most people build their armies from a variety of manufacturers
Welcome to the wonderful world of no longer being beholden to the same overpriced jerks

>Do I get stats listed in the book or do they come with the miniatures?
They're in the rules, yes
The various sourcebooks go into more detail but the core rules contain everything you need

>>54765456
In historicals, miniature manufacturers and rules writers are often completely independent of one another.

>>54765529
Nice!
Can 8mm figurines look nice if you put some effort into them? I seen people do horrible job of panting them. I want 8mm because only Bachus has shiping that is not higher than the set itself, I live in Serbia so shipping can be a problem.

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>>54765637
>Can 8mm figurines look nice if you put some effort into them?
Definitely, it'll take practice and effort, but they do look great, and en masse it's a fantastic sight
I don't really know about 8mm as a scale? I heard heard of 6 and 10mm though, and I'm sure its much the same
Anyway google around a bit, have a look at some pics, you'll quickly get the idea

>>54765716
I think if anon was thinking about buying Baccus then he's confused 8mm with 6mm. Easy mistake to make, honestly.

>>54765753
So in the end what scale does Baccus sell?
6mm or 8mm? Anon is confused.

>>54765829
Baccus sells 6mm. 8mm is not a very common scale, honestly.

Where can I get General Darmee rules for free? I want to see if I like them before buying it.

>>54766061
I don't think they are in the repository. Too bad, because there is a pdf version available to buy.

>>54765852
Baccus figures are 6mm "to the eye" which means they are generally 8mm to the top of the hat. Adler these days are basically 8mm to the eye and almost 10mm to the top of the hat.

Many 10mm companies are creeping towards 12, 15s to 18, 25s became 28 and basically everything is getting bigger .

Scale Creep is a bitch, nothing is sold as 8mms, but a surprising no of 6mms basically are.

>order paint
>sry we out of gun metal gray
>order different kind of gray listed as on stock
>get confirmation
>oh ye my man we got 5/6 paints gray is missing tho

What the fuck. I'll have to check with them in person what fucking grey they have on stock.

Also, for painting light grey plastic wehrmact in green, should I prime white or black?

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>>54767548

I used black primer for mine(pic related).

It's more forgiving in the sense that if you forget a little corner or something it's a dark shadow and not a flagrant white spot. It's also a better base for metal bits.

>>54762253
Shimazu Yoshihiro. One of the most regularly successful daimyo against the Koreans and Ming Chinese during the Imjin War.

一式半装軌装甲兵車 ホハ

>>54769198
And a ching chong doki doki to you too, friend.

What's a good system to introduce a 10 year old to historicals?

>>54769310
Whatever that one is that uses plastic army men.

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>>54769310
Maybe Command and Colours?

Something self-contained like that anyway.

I dunno, I got into wargaming at age 12 with 40k 2nd edition so fuck knows what is actually 'appropriate' in terms of system complexity and style.

>>54769349
That one NEA was making. It had a pretty neat system for reactionary fire too, IIRC. Don't have a PDF handy atm, but I'm sure someone here does.

>>54769310
take them down your local Hampshire town's gaming club and embroil them in a large team game (sort of 3v3 type) which largely takes them out of mechanics and decision making but still lets them roll dice for "their guys"

works 100% of the time.

>>54769310
Whatever Lindybeige plays, if he can manage it then a child can

>>54772293
This is getting old.

>>54772381
t.angrybrit

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>>54772152
I really like the AMX-13. Or just that era of tanks and other vehicles in general.

Have more finesse, guys, are you really gonna let this general die at less than a hundred posts ?

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>>54773724
I usually wait till page 9 before a bump

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>>54772660
I've got a few of those little guys, the desire to get more armoured cars is real.

>>54773957
Wheeled combat vehicles are one of my fetish. I'm not sure if real world or Battletech is originally to blame.

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>>54773957
>>54772660
>>54774573

Armoured Cars are my fetish, famalam. Post em if ya got em

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>>54774628
Combining two great flavors.

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>>54774628

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>>54775091

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>>54775102

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>>54775206

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>>54775224

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>>54775236

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>>54775253

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>>54775281

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>>54775293

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>>54775305

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>>54775311

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>>54775324

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>>54775338

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>>54775351

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>>54775234
You lads bring a tear to me eye.

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>>54775363

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>>54775376

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COOK THE MAN SOME FUCKING EGGS

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Holy hell, and we're still just in the brit vehicles.

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>>54775455
I actually almost only have Dingos and Daimler Is because I love them deeply and tenderly.

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>>54775475

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>>54775475
Nothin' wrong with that.

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>>54775475
That is a fair and just reason.

Armoured car turned into a jeep?

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Kinda puzzled by this picture. 15th Scottish markings but I read their unit history and it mentioned Humbers.

>>54775455
I've been posting Panhards, so light smattering of French too.

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>>54775492

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>>54775533

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>>54775547

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>>54775559

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>>54775561

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>>54775517
Post more. Love the mortar one.

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Those poor, dumb, young Soviet bastids.

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Can you at least try and post miniatures instead? >>>/k/ is right over there if you just want to dump
historical photos after all.

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>>54775634
The thread needs the bumps and its relevant, I'd be fine with him spacing them out a bit more to not overwhelm the thread.

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>>54775577

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>>54775655
Is this the Gavin we've been looking for?

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>>54775695
Just going to dump a handful more before I head out for the afternoon.

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>>54775764

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>>54775780

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>>54775577
>>54775764
Nice dubs.

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>>54775795

>>54775803
Throw enough shit at the wall, so on so forth.

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>>54775810

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>>54775810
Those pics are the same, I think is the joke.

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>>54775825
Ah, completely missed that, guess I need to reorganise my folder a bit, thought I'd nixed all the dupes. Anyway, last one for the day.

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>>54775841
Americans in hanomags, awesome.

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>/hwg/ - Armoured Cars General

>>54762807
Currently painting a bunch of africans for my imaginary communist rebels before I move on to painting a few platoons of government forces.

I didn't expect painting camo to be this fun actually.

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>>54775561
>>54775810
> those filenames

FUCK LINDYBEIGE FUCK HIM HOW DARE HE LIKE HISTORY HOW DAR EHE PROVIDE QUALITY ACCESSIBLE CONTENT HOW DARE HE BE BRITISH

What would you guys say is the best ruleset for napoleonic warfare? Either 28mm or 10mm is acceptable if it makes a difference.

>>54777178
Black Powder or Blucher

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>>54777178
That's a big call, because personal preference makes all the difference here. I would echo the anon above, with the addendum that Black Powder and Blucher are both noob-friendly and popular at the moment; but I'd also add Shako and General de Brigade - slightly old and unfashionable now, but definitely solid rulesets.

I laid a look on Irregular Miniatures' 6mm medievals and they are pretty fucking cheap and would be perfect for me. My question is, how is the quality? The pictures on the website are very mixed. I read that Baccus is a lot better but it's also way more expensive. Does the price difference worth the trade off in quality?

>>54777178
Shako. Nice and deadly and ability for battles to swing

>>54775403
HA!

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>>54762807
Playing Naval War and doing Botes related things. Have a batrep for those that like botes, but forget that there's a dedicated thread for as long as we can maintain interest.

https://www.naval-war.com/navalforum/battlereports/81-battle-of-norway-cruiser-action

Other than that, dreaming of starting up Musket and Tomahawk, building African ImagiNations so I can roll with outdated equipment, or getting together the stuff to play Vietnam era aircombat games like the one that was posted here a couple threads back, the one that actually had a good simulation of a Wild Weasel type stuff. If anybody actually remembers what I'm talking about, I'd be extremely appreciative if you jogged my memory about the name. I thought I'd bookmarked, but can't find.

>>54772381
So is Lindy.

Anyone got any cool ways for DIY miniatures? Making tanks yourself with polyestrine is quite easy, all you need is a good knife and patience. But what about let's say napoleonics? Got any ideas for how that could be done cheap and durable?

>>54779106
Unless you're willing to learn to sculpt or have access to a very expensive 3D printer, paper flats are probably your best bet.

I think some companies still sell the old school kits to cast your own stuff out of metal in pre-made moulds but generally only in larger (40mm+) scales.

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>>54779106
>>54779133
Oh also there are people who have run games with clothespin soldiers, if you want to be REALLY oldschool.

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>>54779106
What size are we talking about here?

>>54779147
28 mm
You can try to make smaller ones, they would be hard to tell tho unless you use like use a heated needle to make small edits, bu be careful that shit is higly flammable, heat it too much and you lose the thank, and probablly your basement.

>>54779144
I don't care honestly, all I want are minies so I would not have to use dice instead f them.

Not sure about Wester Europe/Americas, but here in Serbia we have a lot of chinesse shopping malls where you can find pre-painted plastic tanks ov various sizes, with great detail. They are based on historical tanks most of the times, great way to build up your collection fast?

>>54766950
>Scale Creep is a bitch, nothing is sold as 8mms, but a surprising no of 6mms basically are.
There's a reason I wasn't too shocked when GW announced that New Epic would be 8mm.

Their tanks and other vehicles tended to be undersized anyway.

>>54780321
3mm and 1/72 are the best scales for a reason

>>54779068
So are we all.

>>54779144
I want to play with clothespin soldiers and spring-loaded cannon, go full Little Wars.

>>54780334
6mm and 28mm for me, alas. I'm too broken to do anything in-between, and 3mm doesn't quite have everything I want and isn't as good for infantry games.

like platoon-level mostly-infantry actions.

in 6mm.

on a huge table.

>>54780385
12ft x 12ft table, fully terrained. single based soldiers. 3mm. Do it

>>54780439
> assuming 3mm = 1/570 12' represents ~1.3 miles
> for comparison, the length of the front of the battle at Waterloo was 2.5 miles
> this was described as 'comparatively short'

Chasing fully accurate representation really is a fool's game, isn't it

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>>54780374
Blue wall, cardboard mountain backdrop, go.

>>54780519
This is why scaling is a thing.

>>54780519
3mm is 1/600 and 2.5 miles would be 22 feet at that scale. Probably doable.

>>54779147
Have you got any more pictures of those little tanks?

>>54779283
do you have pictures anon ?
never seen them here !

Hi folks,
someone has a scan of "About Bonaparte" ?
This ruleset is a "Command and Colors" porting and is published by Caliver Books but I prefer to read it before ordering !
Even if you don't have a scan can you give me more info ?
thank you

>>54778971
Missile Threat or Slicks & Snakes?

>>54778971
Downtown by GMT, and the miniatures conversion someone made? (it's the same rules, but with much larger hexes and an enormous table that still only covers part of the map)

http://www.airbattle.co.uk/d_example.html

>>54784324
That's the one, thanks anon!

>>54784064
I know Missile Threat is in the works, but I'll have to give the other a look. Thanks!

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>>54784324
>Downtown by GMT
good luck finding a copy for a decent price. its one of those games that has grown in popularity over the years. I dont think ive ever seen a copy less than $100

the good news is GMT is working on a follow up game covering air combat over central germany during a 'cold war gone hot' situation

>>54775655
>needs the bumps
Yeah, but not in the speed of Armand.

>>54762807
Getting my Bolt Action Finns rebased and fully painted. Tomorrow I play the "Assault on The Mannerheim Line" scenario, 750 points of Finns(three squads with a howitzer and an armored car defending) against 2250 points of Soviets(I know he's bringing a KV-1...)

>>54777145
>QUALITY

>>54762807
Trying to finish some Moors and Turcoman mercenaries for a SAGA warband.

>>54784064
Air War in 21st century.

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What is /hwg/'s preferred way to game early Cold War Curtis LeMay style bomber raids/interceptions?

CY6? Some hex and counter thing?

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>>54778971
Missile threat will let you do Wild Weasel stuff, the whole 'air vs ground' and 'ground vs air' is an important element. It covers aircraft like the A-6 Intruder, as well as the Wild Weasel variants of the F-4 and F-105. SAM sites and AAA rely on ground radar, and both can be taken out with bombs or cannons. Radar can also be taken out with Anti Radiation Missiles like the Shrike and AGM-78 "standard". After the Vietnam war the HARM will become the go-to for this kind of SEAD mission.

Generally a game will have multiple aircraft fulfilling different roles, its up to the player - you could have all Wild Weasel aircraft and just wreck the enemy ground assets, or you could have a few WW, a few fighters and a few bomber or ground attack aircraft to hit larger ground targets like bridges or storage facilities.

I might as well post the WIP here you can have a look and give it a try.

We're still playtesting and now researching post-Vietnam conflicts (Finished 6-day war, now moving on to Yom Kippur), so would be interested seeing if the rules make sense to people from a blind read-through

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Does gripping beast sell individual sprues or do you have to buy the boxes to get the plastics?

>>54792437
Please tell me FACs will be a thing too.

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>>54792956
Yep, they're in the rules already. You can get a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and nominate ground targets. Were there any other aircraft they used for FAC in Nam? OV-1D Mohawks perhaps?

>>54793009
Cessna O2A Skymaster, OV1 Mohawk, OV10 Bronco. Might be others, but those are the ones I'm aware of.

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>>54793103
Nice, added those in. Certainly an incredibly large variety of aircraft on the U.S. side during Vietnam...

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>>54783687
I have one more.

>>54793407
Where did you get those?

>>54793711
They popped up in a thread about scratchbuilding models.

I believe they are from someones blog, but I haven't looked any further than that

>>54793768
https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?428224-Germy-s-2mm-microarmor-too-cute!/page5
i think i found them.

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>>54784912
>game covering air combat over central germany during a 'cold war gone hot' situation
Now this I could definitely get into
Did you see someone posted some ASL stuff in the last thread? As you were keeper of that folder I was wondering if you had looked it over

>>54792568
There's usually a seller on ebay doing split boxes/individual sprues.

>>54761040
>The imperial scholae of shield-archers
The fuck are shield-archers? The type of infantry that always sucks in wargames, because you have to pay for both the ability to shoot and actually stand your ground in melee?

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>>54797687
The Scholae were the successors of the Praetorian Guard, being elite household troops
"Shield-archers" is a mistranslation of horse-archers, in this case the Scutarii Sagittarii, a small elite unit of armoured mounted archers

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>>54797687
>>54797953
I should also note they were largely Iberian (or at least they were at Adrianople); and the confusion with the shield comes from the fact they wore a "target" (a small round buckler-type shield) on their upper arm

>>54797303
>game covering air combat over central germany during a 'cold war gone hot' situation

gaaay!

Can I has a proper Planes & Mercs RPG rulebook please?
mfw dropping napalm for fun & profit.
And, no, profit is NOT optional - somebody's gotta pay for all the napalm,
bro.

>>54793407
I bet they get +1 Dice when removing kebab?

>>54797303
yup I saw it. some good stuff. Got water marks all over them so Im not comfortable sticking them in with collection, But adding it as a separate entry along with mine wouldnt be a bad idea.

may be something OP will have to do

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>>54799870
I'll add them to a second folder and post it in the OP with the other

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>>54799529
Yo buddy, you still alive?

It's not Planes & Mercs or Mercs & Planes, but there's a pretty good COMMAND LP over on Something Awful that might do it for you.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3815107

I'm a bit behind, but last I saw they were doing war crimes for profit all over the world.

>>54800968
If White Tiger had used the original Tiger built for the film, it'd be so much better.

It's still one of my favourites; basically Soviet tank porn. The scenes with the Scout units are great, too.

>>54799870

Sorry about the watermarks. If someone can clean them up, much obliged. More to come in the next couple of weeks.

>>54800968
OP. the real hero of /hwg/

>>54805275
Oh i wouldnt worry about the watermarks to much. like I said...I just dont want them in with my stuff. pretty much for a dumb reason. And like OP is going to do-just add it in with the ASL tagline so people will still have access to it.

looking forward to what else is to come

Whats a good way to start a german army for Bolt action

https://www.miniaturemarket.com/wgb-start-25.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiLDMBRDFARIsACNmiX8mllcj5s8miAQuRBLbc9TeTIil6V4vO8zIYItT6U0xvEKW6h3vmsUaAsQoEALw_wcB


I really dont like the look of the puma at all...

>>54807404
I've got the puma it looks a lot better when you get it. Idk what it is but the person who paints for Warlord seems to make them look worse than they are

unless you just dont like the puma as a vehicle then idk diffrent strokes I guess

>>54807404
>not liking the Puma
Have you seen a doctor?

>>54807621
It looks gross. Id rather have a half track. I have no idea what it does on the table top but its just a funky looking ride.

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>>54807686
It's a beautiful tan... err, car.

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Anyone interested in some CMANO? I'm the guy who asked for cold war wargames the other day, and I decided fuck it and to just learn CMANO. While not exactly cold war in the scenario I'm doing now, I do quite enjoy the game after getting atleast a minimal grasp on it. I will be posting here and in /nwg/, as I feel /nwg/ might be more appropriate, this seems to have a more active community. However, feel free to tell me to straight fuck off if that's not okay.

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>>54810274
>>54810800

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>>54810813
>>54811637

#3 is already posted.

ASL Journal #01
http://www.mediafire.com/?gbac9il5jmx5ab7

ASL Journal #02
http://www.mediafire.com/?b8caxcqn8lg8h99

ASL Journal #04
http://www.mediafire.com/?02s2cstmhcrkx26

ASL Journal #05
http://www.mediafire.com/?7ycbsrtbfvc1fud

ASL Journal #06
http://www.mediafire.com/?avx15w4ex8o0z43
http://www.mediafire.com/?3xp1lpa2hfdnbqf

ASL Journal #07
http://www.mediafire.com/?25pq2p10t950wqx

ASL Journal #08
http://www.mediafire.com/?benjj2i22h82nsd

>>54811697
great finds.
no watermarks. added to the existing ASL mediafire in OP

Looking for scans with games of S&T after #101, Wargamer and Command magazines

>>54811697
>ASL Journal 1

is this man jesus?

Mebbe

ASL Annual 1989
http://www.mediafire.com/?ofojxab2ux5skbf

ASL Annual 1990
http://www.mediafire.com/?ejaa1mj9wp8ieho

ASL Annual 1992
http://www.mediafire.com/?ekjsdujv5kbu4j6

ASL Annual 1993a
http://www.mediafire.com/?0yam44at7n3c343

ASL Annual 1996
http://www.mediafire.com/?bl73phb1tqpc6qd

ASL Annual 1997
http://www.mediafire.com/?o6sciery6a1lqg1

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>>54813059
>>54811697
>>54811896
>>54811912

>>54807404
Warlord offers a bundle on their website called "build your army".
In short you can select a HQ, two boxes of infantry a bit of support and 2 vehicles from a given selection. Its a tad bit cheaper than buying the pre-packed army box too.
Its basically the best deal unless you can find the Warlord stuff for 20-25% off elsewhere, but even if you pay more, the possibility to choose exactly what you want might make up the price difference. You could, for example, pick an Sdkfz 222 instead of the Puma.

>>54810274
I've had some fun tinkering with it but have yet to invest the time to really get into it.

I think I have a penis

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Hay /hwg/,

I'm looking for a PDF copy of Mad Dogs With Guns. I have recently special ordered it a long with some Copplestone Casting minis but I would like a digital version for convenience as well as to get started on the rules.

Furthermore, I was wondering if anyone has played the game and could give any feedback or thoughts on the game?

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>>54762807
Painting quite a bit of 1/1500 Pre-Dreadnoughts.

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>>54816746
This looks promising and I am excited for it
Sometimes we can score PDFs, especially Osprey stuff, pretty quick so it might pay to check in now and again
What minis did you order anon? Copplestone are good stuff
Have you ever played this sort of game before? Like 'The Chicago Way', perhaps?
Here's a couple of AARs anyway: http://laststandatcairngorm.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Mad%20Dogs%20with%20Guns

>>54816788
Not any roaring twenties game, I looked at The Chicago Way before but something about Mad Dogs made me bite the bullet and give it a shot. I ordered Frankie's Fingermen, Beat Cops, Honest Citizens? and Gun Molles.

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>>54816879
Copplestone really are great
They good thing about them is you could combine your gangsters with their Pulp ranges and so on, and go all Indiana Jones/Call of Cthulhu too

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>Gripping Beast don't sell plastic Normans

Strange.

Guess for 28mm plastic Normans it's going to be Conqest Games then? They seem quite big though.

>>54817159
>They seem quite big though.
They're not. Or at least not compared to GB plastics, about equal size there. Quite nice models, I think.

>>54817159

Why would they do plastic normans if there already is a company doing them. i have a feeling all the companies doing historical plastics try to not cut each other with their releases. Like warlord probably won't doing afrika korps or desert brits because the perries already do them in plastic.

>>54817159
I noticed that as well but with GBP, they are meant to be 28mm but look smaller than Bolt Action minis. I think its to do with some companies include the base in the height and some go from like the eyes to feet whereas some go from head to feet when measuring

>>54817304
fun fact people are different heights in real life

>>54818305
>scale = height
so why are all the minis in range cast the same height? :^)

>>54816600
>t. TMP admin

>>54817159
>Dat Fomorian
I'm sad my Heroquest box got trashed.

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>>54818305
>>54818321

>tfw you spend your money on a box of 28mm soldiers and half of them are underfed 25mm manlets

Ugh I hate this

>>54819065
not even 25mm matey thats two bases they're on

>>54817258
>they already did Napoleonic French line in plastic, covered by both the Perry bros and Victrix
>they already did Napoleonic British line in plastic, covered by both the Perry bros and Victrix

Come on man, why wouldn't they release more plastic Germans?

>>54819198
Are you retarded or a bitch?

>>54819366
>anon says historical manufacturers don't compete with each other, brings Warlord as an example
>they already did figures competing directly with others
>calls ME a retard
Sure you wanted to ask that question from yourself.

>>54819428
implying >>54819366 and >>54817258 are the same person

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>>54819484

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>>54762807
28mm Colonials

>>54819637
colonization of Australia?

>>54819649
Posting from a very fickle iPad. I'd love to hear a way to prevent Australia syndrome, can you point me a way?

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>>54819637

>>54819637
Nice looking board you've got up there.

>>54819755
I have taken images that were that way and edited them on a computer, and futzed with the orientation, and they resolutely remain wrong.

>>54819792
I want to jizz on that table when nobody is looking

>>54819866
I want to jizz on it while EVERYONE is looking

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>>54820410

>>54820410
>>54820462
Australia pls go

>>54820482
Bollocks.

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>>54762807

Saga

If the package ever ships.

>>54819198
Your cries were heard. (if you count vehicles)

Todays newsletter announced an Plastic Opel Maultier (to slip it onto the market at the same time as Rubicon) as well as the upcoming Tiger 2 in plastic.

The growth of Rubicon is pretty cool. Warlord really has to improve in the Vehicle section now (and they do)
While there are several companies doing better resin stuff than they do, there was nobody (besides Tamiya in 1/48) doing WW2 vehicles in plastic in a fitting scale. The resin companies (like Blitzkrieg) are small and their ranges are limited while Warlord offers almost every vehicle you can think of, so there often was only Warlord as an option.
Hopefully these days are over now.

>>54762807
Slowly chipping away at Snakes & Slicks and a Mass Effect project for /awg/

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>>54762807
Working on a short Horse and Musket game. I put some restrictions on it - it ought to be simple yet allow for some good strategy. Kinda working out.

>>54819637
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>>54820462
Are those the new game mats that are just like felt blankets or something?

OT-64

>>54827256
M113

Anyone have any recommendations on reading material for the CIB theatre in WW2? It's a big gap in my knowledge and I'm looking for somewhere to start that isn't Osprey.

And I guess if anyone else has read good stuff recently, plug it.

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>>54831476
I recommend "Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze"

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Did a proper write up of the game I mentioned in >>54825295, still haven't really tried this game more than a few plays, but it has shown some fun results. Thoughts?

>>54829453
>those goats

ISIS mission objective?

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House to house, comrades!

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I desperately hope that not a single one of you lives to feel this worst of feels
(Sir Christopher Lee speaking of his best friend and wargaming buddy Peter Cushing)
> "I don't want to sound gloomy, but at some point of your lives, every one of you will notice that you have in your life one person, one friend whom you love and care for very much. That person is so close to you that you are able to share some things only with him. For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first maniacal laugh or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. We used to do that with him so often. And then when that person is gone, there will be nothing like that in your life ever again."

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>>54833303
Cushing was famous for his wargaming back in the day, there's an old Pathe video showing him painting some minis and playing what appears to be some variant of Charles Grant's rules
Lee himself got a mini for Bolt Action!

>>54832148
noice!

What are my options for 28mm plastic Anglo-Saxons chaps? Gripping Beast and Wargames Factory?

What about archers, Conquest Games make generic Medieval archers I guess I could a few little bits to.

>>54834994
Conquest Games makes only Normans.
I think you are talking about Fireforge Games and their Medieval Archers.

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>>54835020

Funny the filename says Norman but the box doesn't.

I'll check out Fireforge, not sure I've really seen them on the single-sprue resellers on eBay.

>>54834994
Don't gripping beast also make plastic archers?

>>54835020
Conquest do actually make generic medieval archers (well, almost generic, they have enough stuff that is "not distinctly norman" for it to work, at least.

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>>54835044

Yeah, Gripping Beast make generic Dark Age warriors and archers too

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>>54832148
Makes me think of Lionel Tarr's legendary sprawling Stalingrad setup

>>54833303
Cushing was never the same after his wife died. Lee commented that a lot of the time he seemed to be just waiting for death.

>>54836526
R E V E R S E

P E R I S C O P E

>>54835070
>a box where the only option for assembly is which head to put on
>no spare heads included
Man, this box is really shitty.

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First time painting miniatures. I think I succesfully hit the "chinese prepainted toys level". How did I do?

>>54839150
Not bad for your first mini.

Go check out /wip/ and lurk for a while to pick up some useful stuff. Also, invest in a dark wash so you can do the incredibly effective wash and highlight.

>>54839150
Not bad, couple of spots could use tidying up though.

>>54839150
Not bad, considering these are (i assume) 20mm/1:72 minis.

There is a super easy technique to improve your result: A wash.

Get a brown wash and cover the entire miniature with it so it can flow in all the folds of the uniform and the details of the faces/weapons and make them more visible to the eye.

Washes are sold as ready-to-use products or you can make one yourself by heavily diluting brown paint with water (or acrylic thinner if you have some).

Also consider buying some round bases, either plastic ones or mdf. They are cheap, and with a bit of sand and grass on them they make your minis look way better. They just feel not complete without a base. (maybe thats just me though).

Anyway. Welcome and good work!

>>54839150
>buy agrax earthshade from Games Workshop
>dunk them in it
>profit
You'll thank me, I promise. They'll be perfect.

>>54838786

Jesus, I'll skip them probably then, though I might get a single sprue for like £2.

>>54840023
>agrax earthshade
Devlan Mud, scum.

Army Painter do a copy of it now that GW don't make that shade any more.

>>54831476
There was a time life series of ww2 books that are fantastic quality and hold up today, might be able to pick up a whole collection at a used book store or something.

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>>54844245
Those were fantastic, we had a full set at my old library
They covered all the obscure theatres too

I just noticed that in the Bolt Action 2nd Edition rulebook, US Army Rangers have more SMGs available to them than in the US army book. Which one should I use?

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>>54834994
Get the gripping beast ones. Conquests Saxons are manlets and have funny proportions.

>>54850955
bmp

>>54840413
It's army painter strong tone

>>54854013
Yes, but remember it's the ink/wash, not the dip/shade. That's a different thing entirely.

>>54846781
what full name of this?

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>>54854908
https://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-39-Set/dp/B000MC7H4I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_series

Sup /hwg/. I've gotten the itch to pick up a hex-and-counter game recently; found a copy of Tactics II as a kid and loved messing around with the chits and the map, even though I never had an opponent.

I've been looking at picking up a game in the Next War series; what's the consensus on those, both as games and potential for messing around solitaire?

>>54846781

Ahh, I loved these as a kid. Used to read them all the time. You can find a good number of them at used booksales pretty easily.

>>54855287

The Korea one is a good game, solitaires fairly well and just happens to be timely.

>>54855520

Thanks for the input. I'm thinking of picking up either that one or India/Pakistan.

The Cold War air battle game they've got in P500 looks pretty neat as well.

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Does anyone know anything about this Blood Red Skies game that Warlord's doing preorders for? Air combat's not usually my thing, but was intrigued the moment I saw them offering A6M Zeros - because goddamn, I love me some rice paper planes.

>>54857088
>Does anyone know anything about this Blood Red Skies game that Warlord's doing preorders for?
No, but they got a channel with an introduction here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZ9DtyK7og&list=PLSE7ggX7Fp-mhD_yEr4hVlxYEQe_1QbiW

Dem numbers with that post.

>>54857088
>Blood Red Skies
Seems like a relatively light air combat game designed at getting you to buy warlord miniatures.

There are a bunch of manufacturers making WW2 aircraft with much wider ranges and much cheaper - Tumbling Dice for example in 1/600.

My guess is BRS will have very limited aircraft types to play compared to other air combat games - it will depend on which aircraft they decide to make miniatures for.

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>>54856412
India/Pakistan is a bit easier to learn as you dont have the naval aspect added in like youll find in Korea and Taiwan.

and get your hands on the air battle game if you can. its the sequel to their madly popular 'Downtown' game (airwar over hanoi)

>>54760989
last page bump

What did everyone make this weekend?

>>54860904
I finished an 8-man group of warriors for Saga.

>>54860904
made a start on an MDF church but thinking about how I'm gonna paint it

>>54860904
6mm Cobras and Cayuses for Slicks and Snakes.

>>54860904
28 xNapoleonic Spanish line inf as Cantabria
because a couple of dozen cheap guys hiding at the beck improve the breaking point of the 23rd foot at the front

>>54860904
Painting up a group of 8 28mm celts for an /awg/ project along with some ruined buildings.

>>54860904
Painted some desert hills and started assembling some middle eastern houses.

>>54860904
Glued some Panthers and after finishing some Sdkfzs (im on holiday right now) i will finally be able to paint my brits and germans. Only thing missing then will be terrain but i will simply order a gaming mat and improvise a bit for the first matches

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>>54860904
Technical for Spectre Operations

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>>54860904
Grinding through Arab-Israeli wars research, stats and points for Missile Threat.

Only have the 1982 Lebanon war to go and the Arab Israeli wars are done - then on to the Iran-Iraq war, then Falklands, then Gulf War, then Bosnia and I'm done... Need to slot in the Indo-Pakistan war too, probably after Vietnam and before Six-Day War

>>54858439

Will do, thanks anon. Even with as much of a WWII buff as I am, I'm still a sucker for the late Cold War.

LAV-75

>>54860904
painted up some hoplites, they're boring but can be churned out quickly.

>>54860904
finished and took photos of some non /hwg/ related minis.

>>54860904
Made progress on some insurgents and an afghan civilian.

http://www.wartimeminiatures.com.au/ourshop/prod_3740758-CIV02-Afghan-Civilians-Male.html

It should be known that these are cancer to paint.

>>54846781
Huh, I've had a full set of these laying around for a while that I've never checked out too much. Maybe I'll dig them out and read some.

More A S L:

All on media fire

/file/8qn7c0xowig938s/Doomed+Battalions+-+Boxed+Set.pdf

/file/c7kslsm8e2335fx/Blood+Reef+Tarawa.pdf

/file/gvepb3czn51l3am/A+Bridge+Too+Far.pdf

Please add to trove, I can only keep them up for a brief time.

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>>54872401
got it. added into the ASL folder in OP

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Longbowman vs Crossbowman: Hundred Years’ War 1337-1460 (Osprey Combat 24)

For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labour of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into the French and their allies. This study examines three battles - Sluys (1340), Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356) - and shows how the use of the longbow allowed England's armies to inflict crushing defeats on numerically superior forces. The longbow changed the shape of war, becoming the defining weapon of the age and wreaking havoc upon the French armies that would face it. Featuring full-colour artwork, this is the engrossing story of the first clashes between the English longbowmen and the crossbowmen of the French king on the bloody battlefields of the Hundred Years' War.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/01168lqp6ql0j33/Osprey+-+CBT+024+-+Longbowman+vs+Crossbowman.pdf

>>54873117
>Longbowman vs Crossbowman

Oh boy here we go...

>>54873117
>>54873176
The Bren wins.

>>54873176
bring back slings

>>54864418
Awesome. I enjoy watching your progress.

Will MANPADS make it into the game?

>>54864122
sweet