/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 15th in military history:

636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1237 – The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon.
1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John.
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire.
1511 – Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
1599 – Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces.
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom.
1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 – Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following the effective surrender of Japan in the World War II.

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It is 1,239 years since the Battle of of Roncevaux Pass, where a large force of Basques ambushed a part of Charlemagne's army in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. As the Franks retreated across the Pyrenees back to France, the rearguard of Frankish lords was cut off, stood its ground, and was wiped out.

In 777, Charlemagne was courted by Sulaiman Ibn al-Arabi, the wali, or governor, of Barcelona. Al-Arabi was keen to form an alliance with Charlemagne, in the hope that such a powerful ally would protect him from invasion. He assured Charlemagne that if the Frankish armies crossed the Pyrenees, they would meet with little resistance and could make considerable gains.

Charlemagne accepted the enticing offer, and marched into the Iberian Peninsula in early 778. His progress, as promised, was swift, and by the spring he had taken the strategically important city of Pamplona. His army continued south, intent on capturing the jewel in the crown, the city of Zaragoza. However, when Charlemagne reached the city his progress was unexpectedly halted. The city governor, Hussain Ibn al-Ansari was in no mood to submit, and vowed to repel any Frankish invasion.

After a tense standoff, during which Charlemagne laid siege to Zaragoza, a deal was eventually struck: Al-Ansari offered a substantial payment of gold, and the release of several prisoners, in return for a Frankish withdrawal. Charlemagne, pleased of an excuse to return to France where a Saxon rebellion was threatened, accepted the deal, and readied his forces for the march northwards.

During the retreat, Charlemagne ordered that the fortifications of Pamplona be destroyed, reducing the threat of it being used as a base to attack the Franks. This antagonised the local population, and can be viewed as a possible cause of the battle the followed.

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>>54877098
On the night of 15 August, Charlemagne’s army found itself deep in the Pyrenees, stretched out in a long column as it negotiated the narrow Roncevaux Pass. A rearguard, commanded by Roland, one of Charlemagne’s most trusted military leaders, was tasked with keeping watch for potential enemies. However, notwithstanding the superior strength of the Franks, the rearguard came under surprise attack, and the battle commenced.

The revised version of the Annales Regni reads: 'Having decided to return, [Charlemagne] entered the mountains of the Pyrenees, in whose summits the Vascones had set up an ambush. They attacked the rearguard, causing confusion which spread to all the army. And, while the Franks were superior to the Vascones both in armament and in courage, the roughness of the terrain and the difference in the style of combat made them generally weaker. In this battle were killed the majority of the paladins that the King had placed in command of his forces. The baggage was sacked, and suddenly the enemy vanished, thanks to their knowledge of the terrain. The memory of the injury so produced overshadowed in the King's heart that of the feats done in Hispania.'

It is probable that the attackers consisted of several Basque tribes aggrieved at their treatment during the Frankish invasion. They were familiar with the mountainous terrain, and despite military inferiority, inflicted considerable losses on the exposed rearguard, as well as plundering the gold that had been taken from Zaragoza. Although destroyed, the rearguard, under Roland’s command, managed eventually to repel the Basque attackers, allowing Charlemagne to return to France and ensuring the bulk of the Frankish army remained unscathed. The battle caused numerous losses among the Frankish troops, including several of the most important aristocrats and the sack of the baggage. It was the only significant defeat that Charlemagne ever suffered in his otherwise successful military career.

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>>54877121
Over the years, this battle was romanticized by oral tradition into a major conflict between Christians and Muslims although in fact, the Basques of the period were mainly Pagans and Charlemagne had been allied to some of the Muslims. In the tradition, the Basques are replaced by a force of 400,000 Saracens. Although Roland died in the battle with little information about him, the battle popularized him as a chivalric hero of honor in the Middle Ages. The Song of Roland, which commemorates the battle, was written by an unknown poet of the 11th century. It is the earliest surviving of the chansons de geste or epic poems of medieval France in the langue d'oïl, in what would become the French language. Together with the Knights of the Round Table in Britain, the story of Roland and the paladins have become the archetypal icons of chivalry in Europe; greatly influencing knightly culture and inspiring many Christian warriors that came after. During the Battle of Hastings in 1066, knights and soldiers under William the Conqueror, chanted the poem to inspire themselves before their fight with the Anglo-Saxons.

Wargaming Roncevaux Pass could be played in a few ways. You could try the peculiar experience of an early Medieval army fighting guerillas in rugged terrain, struggling to get the baggage train off the board before being overwhelmed. Or you could go the chanson route and make it a heroic affair modelled on the old songs, with a handful of knights holding the pass.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/bmuy7f81459yfgv/Osprey+-+MAA+150+-+The+Age+of+Charlemagne.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/908au5wan3nl2e6/Osprey+-+WAR+096+-+Carolingian+Cavalryman+768-986.pdf

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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

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I'm looking for the Mad Dogs with Guns. I've already special ordered the book as well as several minis for the game, but I could really use the PDF for convenience and for printing player aids.

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I've been reading about 12th and 13th century Finland and the fights they did, it's great, Swedish crusaders (fighting as Vikings), raids by Novgorod. And as far as I see, the period is basically untouched by wargamers. The problem is, I don't have a clue what a Finnish warrior of the period would even look like (pic basically unrelated), any ideas /hwg/?

Also, what's that obscure period/war you to get into?

>>54877044
I genuinely love the Song of Roland, it's just so ridiculous it gets kind of hilarious at times.
>Roland kills himself by blowing a horn so hard his temples burst

>>54878258
The wars in South America during the 19th Century. There's some great stuff there. War of the Confederation, War of the Pacific, War of the Triple Alliance, War of Canudos...

>>54879019
>War of the Pacific

Great choice. There are some superb naval engagements too. Plenty of gaming in that one.

Is there a high impact autism air battle game that covers eras from the 50s-80s using a unified rules set?

>>54879310
I quite like it. Once played the Battle of Arica, the Chileans had a Chupilca del Diablo bonus. Best drink.

That said, my darling has to be the War of the Triple Alliance. Battle of Tuyutí is just great, it's like Waterloo but even cooler.

>>54877044
>Superior song of Roland coming through

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FHWmxCoTV3Y

I'm sorry great and wise OP, but it had to be done. I'll patiently await my keel hauling now.

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>>54879463
I'm working on one. (although 60s - 2000s)

You could look at Harpoon, Table Air Combat, Check Your 6 Jet Age. Harpoon is pretty solid and cover ships and radar and all the fun stuff.

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>>54879463
Air Superiority/Air Strike from Game Designer Workshop

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>>54882086
>Actual smoke markers for Phantom
10/10

>>54881968
Relevant to my interests.

More A S L Modules

On M3d14 F1r3
/file/23q33qlwr1zlqo1/Operation+Watchtower.pdf

/file/nrypzs8mc32uc9a/Code+of+Bushido.pdf

/file/02ccye5sfwo4wq1/Primosole+Bridge.pdf

For the trove

>>54882313
ohhh Operation Watchtower...nice...

added to OP

Any kind anon happens to have Wargaming in History: The American Civil War in pdf format by any chance?

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>>54883507
Those Wargaming in History books are gold, I have battered old hardcopies of the Waterloo and Siege Warfare ones, and I think we have the Boer War one in our files. They're the sort of thing that never got scanned. There are a few copies on Ebay and so forth, though.

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>>54877044
>Song Of Roland Edition
>not Battle of Warsaw Edition
i'm mildly triggered

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I always promised I'd upload a true PDF of this if it ever showed up, and here we are

New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier - Greece & Crete 1941 (Osprey Combat 23)

In April 1941, as Churchill strove to counter the German threat to the Balkans, New Zealand troops were hastily committed to combat in the wake of the German invasion of Greece where they would face off against the German Kradschützen - motorcycle troops. Examining three major encounters in detail with the help of maps and contemporary photographs, this lively study shows how the New Zealanders used all their courage and ingenuity to counter the mobile and well-trained motorcycle forces opposing them in the mountains and plains of Greece and Crete. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and drawing upon first-hand accounts, this exciting account pits New Zealand's infantrymen against Germany's motorcycle troops at the height of World War II in the Mediterranean theatre, assessing the origins, doctrine and combat performance of both sides.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/4cl3potx82lbpg4/Osprey+-+CBT+023+-+New+Zealand+Infantryman+vs+German+Motorcycle+Soldier+1941.pdf

>>54885831
Well we did have one around this time last year, anon
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/48968927/

More A S L Modules

On M3d14 F1r3

/file/hh7phkvu3fgnvfb/Operation+Veritable.pdf

/file/g7dkxobmbly1150/ASL+-+MMP+-+Boxed+Set+-+Solitaire.pdf

For trove (OP)

More goodness to come...

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>>54886562
you can just post mediafires, as shown in >>54885867 >>54877184 >>54877139 and the OP posts

>>54886684
Is that a fake dead horse?

>>54886684

One anon says obfuscate. Another anon says don't bother. Does it really matter which way we post links?

>>54886562
Thanks so much, kind anon!

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>>54886851
>Is that a fake dead horse?
Yes, made out of canvas

>>54886562
I don't know where you're getting all these ASL goodies but I know they're definitely appreciated
We have quite the archive now

Anyone pledging this?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1561049203/1-48tactic-fast-paced-cinematic-ww2-miniature-skir

I'm kinda tempted desu.

>>54885867
>New Zealanders used all their courage and ingenuity...

... and still got their ass kicked.

Is it just me or are these CBT title getting more and more worthless?

>>54885054
Yeah, eventually I bit the bullet and ordered the ACW, Waterloo and Peninsular War books. Will get the rest as well if I like these. At approx. 10 Euros per book inc. postage to this God-forsaken Slavic hellhole, it's pretty good.

>>54888594
Me too, but I'm not entirely sure if I should participate...Reaper's Bones ends around the same time as well, but we'll see. Maybe I'll pledge for a starter set.

>>54888797
it's osprey, it was always fucking worthless aside from the pretty (but ahistorical) pictures.

The Second Anglo-Boer War
http://depositfiles.com/files/kq4mr0fzy

Waterloo
http://depositfiles.com/files/ukijjrd7w

>>54888797
>>54891084
>clearly haven't read this particular book
>whine anyway

good old /tg/

Japanese Castles in Korea 1592–98 seems to be missing.

>>54887200
Not the contributing anon, but there's a bunch of ASL stuff in this MF from the wargames request thread on 7chan

https://www.mediafire.com/?wu4acidh0bpwg

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>>54892603
Here you go anon. I've never really collected the Fortress series but they are easy to find. As always if any anon is looking for a title I not in the folders I'll upload it as soon as I can.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/y066asuahooe4i5/Osprey+-+FOR+067+-+Japanese+Castles+In+Korea+1592-98.pdf

>>54892069
Thank you very much, Waterloo will be added to the files (we have the Boer War one). What a bumper thread this has been for books so far!

Okay /hwg/, with the new fervor against Confederate monuments in the US, I want to know some real history. I'm looking for sources on the American Civil War, especially the political affiliations and beliefs of those involved. I'm here because I' seeking academic sources, legitimate sources, trustworthy sources. I want to be educated, not propagandized. Can you hook me up?

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>>54897049
Look through Ed Bearss works, they're solid research and focus heavily on the politics.

>>54897049
I would recommend Ken Burns' civil war documentary if you haven't seen it. Its pretty in-depth and even handed

>>54897049

"The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader" by James Loewen and Edward Sebesta.

It's a collection of PRIMARY documents in which Southern leaders, politicians, and spokesmen all say in 1860/61 that slavery is their primary reason for secession and war followed by a collection of PRIMARY documents from 1865 to 1890 where they all pretend it wasn't about slavery but was about states' rights.

It's a great overview into the proximate cause of the war AND the apologia which sprang up afterward.

>>54892568

>>I'll eat anything Osprey ladles into my bowl.

Good old apologists.

Don't forget to buy the Osprey with the illo of a US Civil War timberclad ram sporting a RADIO DIRECTION FINDING LOOP.

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>>54897141
I loved that doco. When it first aired I was just getting into historical wargaming, and I had just gotten my copy of Featherstone's Complete Wargaming with his "beginner's starter kit" for the ACW. Together they were the perfect intro into gaming the period.

>tfw Ashokan Farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084

>>54897216
>cherry picking one shitty mistake out of literally thousands of books

>>54897237

>>Ignoring all the thousands of others from armor to maps to OOBs because "Pictures are pretty, George."

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>>54897216
I can't attest for the Kradschutzen side, because that's definitely not an area of expertise
But as someone who's very serious about New Zealand in World War 2, that Combat title does an excellent job of covering the lads in Greece/Crete, mainly because it draws upon the mountain of sources we have on the subject
I do like the Combat titles myself, along with Duel, because contextualizing the different sides is much better for wargamer research, and that's all I want from these books
I was waiting for the Longbowman vs Crossbowman one to start some sort of argument though

>>54897322

Poor little fellow. I hope the Jerries adopted him after they routed the Imperial forces.

>>54897049
George Cary Eggleston's Rebel's Recollections is a really good firsthand account.

' Lunching one day with Oliver Johnson, the best "original abolitionist" I ever knew, I submitted to him the question I was debating with myself, namely, whether I might write this little volume of reminiscences without fear of offending excellent people, or, still worse, reanimating prejudices that happily were dying. His reply was, "Write, by all means. Prejudice is the first-born of ignorance, and it never outlives its father. The only thing necessary now to the final burial of the animosity existing between the sections is that the North and the South shall learn to know and understand each other. Anything which contributes to this hastens the day of peace and harmony and brotherly love which every good man longs for." '

>>54897398

Either the Greeks ate him when the '43 famine kicked in or the Nazis shot him for aiding the enemy
RIP doges of ww2

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>>54897443
The verbosity of those old ACW diarists is amazing, so lush and languid

>>54897497
I have a librivox recording of the whole thing, and it's even better aloud.

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>>54897225
>Ashokan Farewell
>tfw just learning this on accordion
Lovely piece. Great documentary. Also good to see it parodied in american dad...

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>urge to buy rising

>> 54894274

Real nice find. I got everything I'm sharing off the net from various nooks and crannies.

I also had the two WiH books found the same way. There are a lot of "hidden" places with hex & chit scans. The only ones I haven't found (yet) are the scans from Gamers-Garage.

>>54897472

Yeah, that's what most likely happened. I often wonder about the animals we see in various old photos. Every see the number of estimated horse casualties in WW1 & 2?

More A S L (ish) goodness

On M3d14 F1r3

/file/3j9tzvv4916tjbx/Ruweisat+Ridge.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/file/u78eq4aktwwv43q/Those+Ragged+Bloody+Heroes.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yb6ra52su6ukes5/Hell%27s+Bridgehead.pdf

For trove (OP)

I'm happy someone can get some use of these shares.

>>54897089
>>54897141
>>54897175
>>54897443
Thanks mates for the recommendations so far

>>54892069
Cheers anon! I might scan the others once I'll get them.

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>>54898071
>I'm happy someone can get some use of these shares.
You're helping to build an almost complete collection of ASL, even just from an archival point of view that's a great achievement

>>54898684
I have Stuart Asquith's Siege Wargaming which I once promised to scan, and I really should follow through on that

>>54897828
Consider how the Germans shot every dog they encountered in Russia, after their initial experience with mine dogs
How many millions of poor comrade doggos would have been wiped out?

>>54898966
>I have Stuart Asquith's Siege Wargaming which I once promised to scan, and I really should follow through on that
oh man, please do, that book goes for way more than I'm willing to pay.

...i should scan programmed wargame scenarios some time

>>54898993
>>54898966
Scan everything you wankers. Scan it all. Every scan doubles your monthly wank allowance.

>>54897216
>Good old apologists.
Not that poster but Osprey is really hit or miss when it comes to historical accuracy/shoddy artwork.

From what I've read some periods such as Sengoku period Japan are fleshed out while medieval Chinese armaments belong in the trashbin.

>>54897497
I can't help but read it in a full-on Southern Gent accent in my head.

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So, /hwg/, who had the best facial hair of the ACW?

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>>54899720
Well I'm totally down for that
I just have to dig the book out from my boxes somewhere, not even quite sure where it is
But I will find it

>>54901652
Burnside wins on points
There's probably a scientific study to be done on ACW generals and how the ones with the craziest facial hair had the least military talent

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>>54901652
Gen. Alpheus Williams is a stern contender

>>54901652
The more I look at this the more I think Hood looks like someone who would own an artisan coffee shop in Vancouver or something.

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>>54901769
Someone should set up a slideshow quiz, "ACW General or Coffeehouse Hipster"?

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Camel Artillery bump

ACW facial hair "studies":

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-had-best-civil-war-facial-hair-180951965/

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-civil-war-beards-and-mustaches-2013-11

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/30/the-greatest-beards-of-the-civil-war-in-one-chart/?utm_term=.fee8694fdfe4

>>54903054
>ACW facial hair "studies":
Because of course there would be

>>54899720
Once the Wargaming in History books arrive, I'll scan them. Or at least take photos of them, depending on the binding of the book.

>>54898071
pretty good finds. no map scans with them though. Added to OP

Do anyone know where I can find pdf:s of Swordpoint?

I'm trying to get my playmate into napoleonic warfare. Is there a simple hex and counter napoleonic game which I can print and slap on some cardboard homemade style?

>>54906165

I dunno. Maybe the PDF Share Thread on this very board? Might be a stretch though.

>>54906448

already checked. They just use the same links as in this thread. Thanks though for the suggestion.

>>54906791
PDF share thread is a bit shit for wargames, honestly.

>>54906791

Yeah, I figured it was a long shot. Like >>54906910 says, the Share Thread is more about RPGs and related stuff than wargames.

Care for another long shot? The /tg/ board at the chan three doors up has a wargames request thread. They may have it and, if not, you can make a request there too?

>>54896893
thanks.

>>54907820

Went there, seems like a bunch is searching for the same thing but no luck. Just have to wait and see.

>>54908541

Sorry. I've been sending you on wild goose chases it seems.

>>54908925

nah, it will emerge eventually.

>>54909154
There doesn't seem to be a copy of l'Art de la Guerre, Mortem Et Gloriam or To The Strongest! either. Along with Swordpoint they appear to be the most popular of the new ancient to medieval rulesets.

It will be interesting to see which order they appear.

>>54906285
I started with Napoleon at Waterloo. It's in the Napoleonic / Games folder of the OP

fucking games workshop wash just ruined a project of mine. Tried to darken down a rich blue colour on a vehicle and it just dried chalky, and made the previous layer of vallejo paint bubble (never seen that before). It's a resin model so I probably can't strip it safely.
Fuck you, games workshop.

>>54912751
>not using a tester first

>>54912751
Actually this is a decent time to bring up a question I've been thinking about today.

Where do you guys get your washes?

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>>54897828

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>>54909320
>l'Art de la Guerre
Got that on the Mega
https://mega.nz/#F!r1k2xRyB!w8Se4qw204aRnPnRKXJb9A

>>54912872
artist grade odorless paint thinner + black or brown oil paint in about a 15:1 ratio

More often just the army painter acryllic ones though

>>54912856
I've used it plenty before and it's been fine.

>>54913251
Well something reacted funny. Godspeed.

LAV-75

More A S L You get'em as I found'em. Some day I'll up the hundred or so individual map scans.

On M3d14 F1r3

http://www.mediafire.com/file/8pka1bo52j5322d/Stonne+1940.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/file/y4sx5h1cl9kfye9/Gembloux+the+Feint.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ggkbjskhg4sgtc4/Croix+de+Guerre+-+Boxed+Set.pdf

For trove (OP)

>>54912872
AK or Mig enamel washes. I like 'em much better than acrylic washes, but if I use those, Vallejo's black or Army Painter's Strongtone wash.

>>54912888

Ty man! Appreciate it a lot.

>>54898071
>http://depositfiles.com/files/kq4mr0fzy
THANK YOU !!! very appreciated !!

>>54912872
Army painter. They ain't fancy but they get the job done.

I also have some weathering washes from flory models which are fun to play around with.

>>54910072
Hm it looks nice. Gotta make my own counters tho to make it more visually appealing to my playmate. Thanks for the suggestion!

Trying to get into ACW - any systems you lot are a fan of?

MMP's Line of Battle
Great Battles of the American Civil War

>>54912872
I just water down regular acrylic paint.

>>54924280
>>54912872
This, or thing down inks, or combine the two.

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W-what one weird trick did General Pershing use to stop Islamic Terrorism for 35 years, /hwg/?

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump

>>54925363

Dipped bullets in pig blood and killed islamic terrorists with them so they'd go to hell

>>54925391
Early Portuguese explorers to India captured some Muslim merchant, tied him to the mast of his ship, forced shit into his mouth followed by pig fat. They then let him live.

Portugal held a monopoly in Indian Ocean Trade for about the next 80 years.

I'm just saying it's an option.

>>54925391
Some early internet searching reports this as an urban legend. But clearly General Pershing did SOMETHING that was effective. The President wants us to study it. So now we need some authentic, good sources on this Moro War. Anyone have suggestions?

>>54925484
From my research and talk with a guy that lives in the Phillipines - the Americans actively sought diplomacy with people very influential in the Moro community (the Ottoman Sultan being one of them, but also a retired Moro chieftain which was extremely influential in the area). After that, Pershing served as governor, and tried to make the Moro really believe that the Americans were helping them. For example, the troops that occupied the Moro interior were Phillipine Scouts; seeking to solve supply issues when it came to goods (even pretty vital ones); reformed the judiciary system...

Anyhow, apparently there are reports of the guy just before him (General Tasker H. Bliss) ordering for troops which were attacked by Moros in particularly agressive areas to wrap the dead Moros in pig skin and stuff their mouths with pork; which seemed to be effective - this was reported by Rear Admiral D.P. Mannix, who fought as a lieutenant against them.

Would anyone know of good sources for the Royal Netherlands East Indies army?

>>54925812
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_Rebellion#cite_note-63

http://www.thefullwiki.org/Moro_Rebellion#cite_note-8

Same citation of this book
https://www.amazon.com/Old-Navy-Daniel-P-Mannix-ebook/dp/B00LNMM04S
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-old-navy-daniel-p-mannix/1000679567?type=eBook

>>54925363
fake news

>>54905114
Wonderful, thank you! Gonna be painting anns-ton of 28mm cav and this will be most helpful. Cheers!

>>54912872current GW washes are excellent (outside of very rare issues) and AP Washes are very good.

>>54931021
>>54912935
>>54915394
>>54918327
>>54924375
Cheers lads, I'll look into your suggestions.

Last for awhile. I have to cull my map and scenario scans before sharing.

on M3d14 F1r3

/file/i98qsukoskaf35i/Critical+Hit+Module+-+The+Spanish+Civil+War.pdf

/file/zetvl256wvnprx0/Critical+Hit+Module+-+Genesis+48.pdf

For the trove (OP).

BTW, would really like to have scans of 3W's Wargamer and XTR's Command magazines with games.

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Today is Long Tan Day, marking 51 years since the Battle of Long Tan. Fought in a rubber plantation in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, between Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units; and elements of the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) shortly after its lodgement in Phuoc Tuy. 1 ATF began arriving between April and June 1966, constructing a base at Nui Dat which was located astride a major communist transit and resupply route and was close to a Viet Cong base area. After two months it had moved beyond the initial requirements of establishing itself and securing its immediate approaches, beginning operations to open the province. Meanwhile, in response to the threat posed by 1 ATF a force of between 1,500 and 2,500 men from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment, possibly reinforced by at least one North Vietnamese battalion, and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion, was ordered to move against Nui Dat.

For several weeks Australian signals intelligence (SIGINT) had tracked a radio transmitter from the headquarters of the 275th Regiment moving westwards to a position just north of Long Tan; however, extensive patrolling failed to find the unit. By 16 August the communist force was prepositioned east of the Long Tan rubber plantation, just outside the range of the artillery at Nui Dat. On the night of 16/17 August, Viet Cong mortars, recoilless rifles (RCLs) and artillery heavily bombarded Nui Dat from a position 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the east, damaging the base and wounding 24 men, one of whom later died. The Viet Cong positions were then engaged by counter-battery fire and the mortaring ceased. The following morning B Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) departed Nui Dat to locate the firing points and the direction of the Viet Cong withdrawal. A number of weapon pits were subsequently found, as were the positions of the mortars and RCLs.

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>>54933190
D Company took over the pursuit around midday on 18 August. After clashing with a Viet Cong squad in the afternoon and forcing them to withdraw, the Australians were engaged by small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire from a flank. Numbering only 108 men, D Company was facing a much larger force. Pinned down, they called for artillery as a monsoon rain began, reducing visibility. Heavy fighting ensued as the advancing battalions of the Viet Cong 275th Regiment attempted to encircle and destroy the Australians. After several hours D Company was nearly out of ammunition, when two UH-1B Iroquois from No. 9 Squadron RAAF arrived overhead to resupply them. Heavily outnumbered but supported by strong artillery fire, D Company held off a regimental assault before a relief force of cavalry and infantry from Nui Dat fought their way through as darkness fell and forced the Viet Cong to withdraw just as they appeared to be preparing for a final assault. Withdrawing to establish a landing zone to evacuate their casualties, the Australians formed a defensive position overnight.

Returning in strength the next day, the Australians swept the area and located a large number of Viet Cong dead. Although initially believing they had suffered a major defeat, as the scale of the Viet Cong's losses were revealed the Australians realised they had actually won a significant victory. Over the next two days they continued to clear the battlefield, uncovering more dead as they did so. Yet with 1 ATF lacking the resources to pursue the withdrawing force, the operation ended on 21 August.

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>>54933196
Eighteen Australians were killed and 24 wounded, while the Viet Cong lost at least 245 dead. A decisive Australian victory, Long Tan proved a major local setback for the Viet Cong, indefinitely forestalling an imminent movement against Nui Dat. Although there were other large-scale encounters in later years, 1 ATF was not fundamentally challenged again. The battle established the task force's dominance over the province, and allowed it to pursue operations to restore government authority.

Long Tan is a legendary clash in Aussie military lore. Morrie Stanley, a f/o from the RNZA whose accurate plotting played a crucial part in the victory, represent the Kiwi forces. It's a quintessential kind of Vietnam clash - a frantic stand in the rainsoaked night against a determined onslaught, ending with cavalry both tracked and heliborne coming to save the day. Absolutely perfect subject for a Vietnam wargame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUSq7pxux4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan
http://www.mediafire.com/download/hwsp20q2j0u6tbp/Osprey+-+ELI+103+-+Australian+%26+New+Zealand+Troops+In+Vietnam+1962-72.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTjvG4WJD_A

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Current WIP

I know we like to shit on Warlord but this is one pretty kit...

>>54933303
What's the point with a long lance if he's going to hold it in the middle?

>>54933328
balance?

>>54931434
I would like scans of GDW's Air Superiority. Looks tank as fuck

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>>54933190
>Long Tan
>Phouc Tuy/Fuck Toy
>.RAR

>>54934014
>Bangkok
They literally can't help it. It's like timetravelling Brits invented the Vietnamese language as a joke.

>>54934981
>bangkok is in thailand
Fuck me

>>54905114
nice!

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>Fireforge is painting these and posting em on Facebook
>The box set is still preorder only on their website

Fuggen Italians. Can anyone here guesstimate how long until they're shipping these guys out?

>>54935257
hard to say.

when they announced their medieval russians the shipping was pretty fast after their pseudo-kickstarter funding campaign ended.

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>>54925484
>>54925442

oh boy i know what i am getting myself into here but im gonna do it anyway.

Im Muslim. We avoid pork but its also not the super forbidden evil that non muslims seem to think it is. If we ingest it or whatever and its not our own doing its fine. Sometimes i think non-muslims are more obsessed with tthe pork thing than we are...
I would say there were other factors at play in the supression of the Moro's

>>54936087
Oh shit. the question i actually came here to ask.
Can anyone identify the maker of these models? They look a little crisper than the batch i got from warlord.

>>54935257
Yeah, as I said way up above, Moro control was achieved by making them believe that the Americans were legitimately helping them and getting influential figureheads to give the Americans support.

>>54936189
This one was meant for >>54936097, damnit.

>>54936087
>>54936097

Are they in your possession? If not, any idea of the scale?

>>54936423
Looks like 1/72 to me

>>54936470
That was my guess as well. I couldn't sleuth them out over at plastic soldier review though.

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>>54936482
Judging by the officer, the bloke with a rifle over his shoulder and the crawling grenade guy, I'm pretty sure it's the Airfix box
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=51

>>54935257
Never knew that the Byzantines were gorillas.

>>54936545
They were experts in gorilla warfare.

>>54933374
That's what the steel butt is for. Sorry mate, you need to replace that spear and have him hold it further back.

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>>54936087
>oh boy i know what i am getting myself into here but im gonna do it anyway.
You aren't getting into anything. The Portuguese really did force feed a Muslim merchant purely because he was Muslim, and mostly I thought it was an interesting anecdote.

Weep my fellows, Warlord has purchased another company.

>http://www.warlordgames.com/warlord-games-purchase-saxon-miniatures/

>>54937878

So whats the problem?
It prevents a small studio with nice minis from getting bankrupt (i.e. the minis stay available).

>>54937909
because Warlord are a disorganised mess. They'll probably split packs and increase price assuming they even touch the range within any reasonable time frame.

>>54936087
The infantry look like Airfix. The semovente has 1-piece tracks, so probly Armourfast.
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=51

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>>54939023
>>54936530
Looks like anon posted my Italian army for Ostfront - 1/72
Airfix is correct for the infantry, the tanks and SPGs are all Italieri - the fast build kits where you get 2 in a box. The Autocannone are italieri as well. The Autoblinda I can't remember, probably italieri, but could have been revell.

The field kitchen is probably my favorite part of that small force

>>54940047
>Dem pasta rations
I remember when you posted that originally, was that for the food challenge way back when?

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>>54940129
>there used to be a monthly project
The golden age

>>54940181
All it takes is someone to organise it. I admit i've been rather limited on the /hwg/ front recently but I've been rather busy.

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>>54940129
I honestly can't remember. Might have been. We always have an supply train marker for Ostfront armies (as capturing the supply train can win you the battle no matter the outcome of the game objectives), so its a good excuse to get creative and have some fun. Pasta just seemed right for our Italian friends, especially after the CfNA special rule....

Pic is our Chinese supply train before I based it

>>54940246
>All it takes is someone to organise it.
I submitted every month and "ran"
the imgur that stored all the entries, but I have barely opened hwg in the last 2 months let alone paint anything The busy-ness will end eventually, and bring with it hwgstuff

>>54940290
I feel you man, I used to be way more active in these threads but just having to do junk is a fucking killer.

>>54936087
I disagree with Islam but I don't mind Muslims. It's good to have friends you disagree with. Nice minis Muslim bro.

>>54936087
>Sometimes i think non-muslims are more obsessed with tthe pork thing than we are...

>we

Not all muslims are the same you know. Some take that shit very serious. Others don't care and spme even eat pork like everyone else.

>>54938099

my question is, Are that companies' model's resin or plastic? either way, I might buy in the future.

>>54933190
Talking of Australians in 'nam, are there any good sources on their use of Centurions? Or indeed any good sources on the use of tanks in the Vietnam War, or jungle tank tactics in general?

>>54933328
Well, it's more comfortable and easy to aim than a shorter lance held at the back of the pole.

>>54934726
Nice.
What model and scale is it, and which army is it meant to be in with that colour scheme?

>>54942457
You don't like metal?

>>54943066

I have had too many bad experiences with metal. Chipping mostly although I can find myself enjoying the weight of the metal miniatures compared to plastic/resin. But mainly I prefer the latter for the conversion possibilities.

>>54940283
"Sir, I brought the rest of your Imperial Guard--" "NOT NOW, I'M ROLLING COVER SAVES"

>>54940181
>Thems my tiny manz.

I'll be honest, during summer I have better things to do. Come autumn I'll be game for getting back into /hwg/. Does anyone want another Greater Surrey game?

>>54943500
>Does anyone want another Greater Surrey game?
Not Greater Hampshire?

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Pre-orders for plastic king tigers are up.
Unfortunately there is only the zimmerit option but diffferent turrets are nice for porsche lovers i think.

Also why do they sell it as a zug? i dont need 3 KT's

>>54943985
>Also why do they sell it as a zug? i dont need 3 KT's
Why sell 500 KTs when you can sell 1500 instead.

>>54940290
>>54940181
>>54940246
I submitted nearly every month, except food, and whatever Christmas was. I miss it, but I haven't been painting much lately due to time constraints and the little bit I've done has been posted in the botes thread instead, as it's slightly more relevant there. I'd be up for one next month maybe, as I recall there were still some pretty good broad topics that could cover most everyone.

>NO MOM THE ALLIES ARE SUPPOSED TO WIN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
is historical wargaming the worst thing to happen to the wargaming hobby to date?

>>54944888
...lulwut?

Try making sense instead of whatever you just did.

>>54944888
>>>/r9k/

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>>54945613
>feedin the trolls

>>54945999
>whats with the face tho?
It's Bigle Rig :--D

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>>54934987
Fok U.

>>54947028
>Godammit Gene, I told you we were looking for Olmec's temple! Olmec! Give me that map!

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>>54943303
Legitimately looks like he's rolling some dice...

>>54943985
They always introduce new tanks with a Zug box first, and next month the single model kit will be available.

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>tfw Tinytanks hasn't updated in six months

>>54950429
those are some tiny ass models

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>>54950536
You bet
6mm on the left, 3mm on the right

>>54950556
damn man
gotta apreciate the amount of detail though

>>54936097
>Can anyone identify the maker of these models?
Airfix and Italeri.

>>54936189
>making them believe that the Americans were legitimately helping them
>implying Americans ever helped anyone

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>>54943041
I have three books you could look at anon, general studies from Osprey and Squadron-Signal; and the Osprey on the Centurion thrown in too

Osprey - VAN 042 - Armour Of The Vietnam Wars
https://mega.nz/#!K8VSRbpS!qVCEkkuYDrPbh9XX_n7ZxRtaBzVmrxxLHj9kMoNE89g
Osprey - NVA 068 - Centurion Universal Tank 1943-2003
https://mega.nz/#!Ww9nWRrT!cfQURxW78v-6FAkYki7Vw1tvCihuQ3YSyCFW22RIXI4
Squadron-Signal - Armour In Vietnam
https://mega.nz/#!yhEhgLpK!apIr_1V7uXfK__Lhjow-YVqltxvYRc_zMVeKg8ispYM

>>54877044
>warlord sale
>greyhound down from £18.00 to £13.50
>order
>£5.00 shipping

well fuck you too

>>54951184
So its 18,50 compared to 23.. if you order more than 40 or 50 you get free shipping. Same as always.

>>54951213
£5 shipping a small package within the UK. megaturds

>>54951235
Oh noes, now people have to pay the same price as everyone else outside of the UK, what a horror.

Seriously, eat a dick. We all have to pay that 5GBP.

>>54951235
roughly the same price than it is in Germany though. Can't blame Warlord if your postal service is as shitty as ours.
If you want a tracking number over here, its 7,99€ already. (Its usually cheaper to order small items from abroad and only order in Germany if its enough to go over the free-shipping amount).

>>54951257
lol pls die you mega gay retard. You need cancer bro you fucking faggot.

>>54951258
its more the fact that I sent a land raider in a few days ago in the box with bits and it will have been about three times the weight as the greyhound yet that was only £3.50

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>>54950809
You're a gent and a scholar anon!

>>54951292
It's 5GBP for you because you are a faggot.

>>54951378
that explains this
>>54951257
but they should pay more cause they're a massive gaybo nigbastard :/

I'm a faggot and even I wouldnt touch you, you fugly revolting bastard ;P

>>54951387
>smileys
You should pay more for postage. I'll forward this to Warlord and ask them to charge anyone ordering an M8 in the near future to charge double postage costs.

>>54951420
0w0 post face pls

>>54943985
>Unfortunately there is only the zimmerit option
Bit of a shame. I don't think it adds much. Though their resin tigers come without zimmerit IIRC.

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>>54950429
>tfw

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>>54950809
Is the M76 Otter the most kawaii vehicle ever used by a military service?

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>>54952132
I'd argue that that title should go to the kettenkrad.

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>>54952132
>>54952270
nope.avi

>>54950556
That lego man looks very concerned. I would be too if I had two tanks pointing their guns at me.

>>54943985
Could make at least one of the others into a wreck for terrain I guess.

>>54952270
Kettenkrad isn't all plump and chibi though.

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>>54952327
Whats wrong with his face?

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>>54952375
Looks like it's been blurred for anonymity
Sometimes get that in official photos

>>54952327
>>54952460
I stand corrected

There are a lot of games listed in the naval category. Does anyone have recommendations for a good one Set in the Napoleonic/age of sail time frame?

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>>54952875
The newer rulesets are Osprey's Fighting Sail, Warhammer Trafalgar, and Fire As She Bears
They would making good starting points
The first one is single ship/small groups, while the other two focus more on fleets

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What are the best Vietnam Wargame rules guys? Wanted to get into a game with a mix of S&D, raids, and Air Assault stuff and portrays the war's asymmetrical nature. Does such q game exist?

>>54953073
There's at least one anon in this very thread working on their own 'Nam rules.

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>>54953108
That's cool I'd like to see what that anon thinks, I've recently picked up that Soviet-Afghan game by another anon and considered retooling that considerably, but wanted to see what other games were good before going through all that work.

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>>54953073
Squad or Platoon level?
I'd say Fivecore for the former and Ambush Valley for the latter

>>54953163
I own Fivecore, I'll look into Ambush Valley, is it more like Ambush Alley or it's big brother Force on Force?

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>>54953189
Whoops I actually did mean Ambush Alley

>>54951292

It is way better than gays workshop international shipping prices.

Freeshipping over 150 usd's and 18 usd if your order is under that.

>>54952327
I still want one to commute to work in.

For all my 1/72 master race niggas, Elhiem has a closed facebook group now for submitting sculpt requests directly to Matt. As a reminder he charges 20 britbucks for a sculpt and keeps the master.

>>54954221
Time to get some African militia in wedding dresses made.

>>54882086
I start now to play. Not easy but beauiful game.

>>54953189
It's the first edition of FoF. Vietnam supplement is called Ambush Valley.

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i really start to get hyped for these guys.

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>>54953154
That'll be me. Slicks and Snakes is really close to being finished. It's designed to explore Vietnam with a focus on helicopters and air assault. It's a 6mm system, with provision for some infantry and armoured vehicle combat with supporting emplaced weapons, but the focus is definitely on helicopters.

>>54956906

Every time I see a pic of the new Byzies posted, there's inevitably some dude commenting on how great they'll work as Gondorians.

Is this just one dude who's REALLY fuckin hyped to make some Gondor spearmen, or is this a legitimate demographic I've somehow only noticed now?

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>>54958025
I used to think Gripping Beast's late romans would make good Gondorians but then I saw some guy who used ebob's Normans instead and they look way better.

>>54958025
These guys look absolutely nothing like the soldiers from Gondor.

>>54958279
Tolkien based Gondor on the Byzantine Empire.

>>54958370
indeed, but who is building a tabletop army according to the book-style when there are the movies and the gw minis setting the new gondor style somewhat in stone?

>>54958390
Those who like the books better.

>>54958025
I'm not that guy and I've had discussions with people about using them as gondorians.

I might be biased as I use footsore saxons/goths as Rohirrim.

I do like the those Normans though.

For Phoenix Command, does anyone have the High-Tech Weapon Data Supplement?

>>54956906
Those shields look like no current decals will fit properly on them.

>>54957981
Awesome, you've got a buyer when it's done mate.

>>54953163
Those tanks look almost cartoonish, its a surprisingly good look with those explosions.

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>>54953154
>I've recently picked up that Soviet-Afghan game by another anon and considered retooling that considerably
I do plan on doing a Vietnam version of Hind & Seek at some stage - as Vietnam is the quintessential asymmetric modern war and H&S was designed specifically for Asymmetry.
Its still a wee way off though, as I gotta finish this Missile Threat modern air combat game first.
Speaking of which, did a playtest today, the U.S. won the game for the first time, losing a few aircraft but inflicting enough damage on ground targets that the losses didn't matter. They even shot down a MiG-21!

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played a game of chain of command on friday.
German counter attack on an American held village.

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>>54966894
the Americans got their ass kicked pretty much.

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>>54966902

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>>54966894
>>54966902
>>54966946
That looks like some nice terrain and minis there anon
Love the pumpkins

>>54956906
Only good thing about those minis are the shields, they'd fit late Romans quite well.

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Bumping with some teeny tanks

Anyone know of good references for the Spanish Civil War?

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>>54969711
Biggest problem there is of course that the best sources are all in Spanish, but Antony Beevor did a great book I enjoyed reading, "The Battle For Spain", which I would recommend
Here are the obligatory Ospreys (which will have bibliographies you can also consult)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rhz1hsm3tcwh10f/Osprey+-+ELI+053+-+International+Brigades+in+Spain+1936-39.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1r9l4baapr82jw9/Osprey+-+ELI+131+-+The+Condor+Legion.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/f8ef17cbgc7877q/Osprey+-+MAA+161+-+Spanish+Foreign+Legion.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/rl7kfgq12t2k3gk/Osprey+-+MAA+498+-+The+Spanish+Civil+War+1936-9+%282%29+Republican+Forces.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/u881ottnc0rttu9/Osprey+-+MAA+495+-+The+Spanish+Civil+War+1936-9+%281%29+Nationalist+Forces.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zw3md2ecae5znkr/Osprey+-+NVA+170+-+Spanish+Civil+War+Tanks.pdf

>>54970257
mil gracias!

So I have a question. Where did the most iconic tank engagements of the Cold War happen?

>>54972720
India/Pakistan, Iran/Iraq and Israel/Egypt/Syria.

Boarder areas and so on, there's a bunch of battles that I think count.

>>54972791
I've got plenty of stuff for the Arab/Israeli wars, couldn't find much on India/Pakistan or Iran/Iraq. I'm looking at expanding the ground combat for Snakes and Slicks, probably going to end up as a fully fledged game at the same scale with very similar design conventions so you could potentially play them both together.

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Got the urge to paint after a few years away from the hobby, got the hankering for ww2 british. Would love to do a diorama of some kind (Guys performing a job, manning an MG, artillery piece etc) are there any good 28mm diorama kits out there? don't have the ability to or time to scratch build anything. Interesting historical images in return.

More A S L goodies (found another directory of rules stuff)

On M3d14 F1r3

/file/1j21wuxd5t6ph9h/Rulebook+Manual+V+-+Valor+of+the+Guards.pdf

/file/6zqb83ye8blbct0/Heat+of+Battle+-+Berlin+Red+Vengeance+-+Rules.pdf

/file/kafvbcx7oqyrcv3/Critical+Hit+-+Dien+Bien+Phu.pdf

For the trove (OP)

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>>54952132
>>54952270
>>54952327

Honourable mention.

>>54972720
>Where did the most iconic tank engagements of the Cold War happen?

Iconic as in "most skilled use of tanks" or iconic in "most tanks in one battle/biggest waist of tanks"?

AIW has many examples of the former while Iran/Iaq and Pakistan/India have many examples of the latter.

>>54974061
>waist

Damn potato phone. Waste not waist.

>>54974061
Either works - giving players the option to rewrite history through sound tactical thinking is one of my design objectives for the game.

What are the best wwii games out there, particularly ones heavy on tanks? I'm more interested in the hobby side for them at the moment, but I might start playing depending on how on community at my LFGS is.

I know Bolt Action and Flames of War are played there, but I'm not sure if those are the ones I'd want to jump into. Hell, I'd be willing to do Cold War or Modern if the models.are spiffy enough.

>>54975302
if you want many tanks 15,, is far more condusive to that. FoW is also better suited as as ruleset for tank heavy engagnements

>>54975302
A Fistful of TOWs.

Don't be fooled by the name, it has extensive coverage of WW2.

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>>54975302
I'm going to post this and no one can stop me.

>>54972720
Six-Day war and the Yom Kippur War.

Soviet war in Afghanistan had a bunch of tanks (only on one side though).
The wars in Yugoslavia in the 90s had a bunch of tanks on every side and they saw a lot of use.

>>54975302
Have a look at Ostfront - designed to handle lots of tanks very quickly

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>>54977959
Based Jim Wallman
Visit his site for more awesomeness

>>54966894
I love to see some nice CoC, thanks.

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>tfw Steve reviews an NZDF ration
Nice!
Good to know our lads are eating well, even if the rest of their gear is shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMOmvakYYqg&

>>54885054
I know its from days ago, but godamnit, I came to learn, not to feel.

How well do aventine and Victrix go together?

Looking for SAGA Aetius & Arthur supplement.

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Anyone else playing Test of honour? I'm not a huge warlord fan but the guys that wrote this seem to have put together a fun little game and are doing all the community legwork that warlord doesn't do.

bmp?

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>>54987450
Here you go anon

>>54938946
Nice looking Saxons, anon.

>>54987829
"by battle brush studios"

>>54988924
Are those 54mm?

>>54988978
Think they're 40mm actually

>>54988978
>>54989155

60mm it seems according to the website, firstlegionltd.

>>54926019
What period are you looking for, centjours has a pretty good overview of their uniform from the 100 days period (Napoleonic).

Are there any reliable resources for Modern OOBs and the breakdown of textbook make up of units like Combat Teams and Company level forces for different countries?

I'm looking to do a series of really elaborate campaigns based on the book "The Next 100 Years" and would like to try and get strength and organization as accurate as I can.

>>54994251
>The Nips, Turkey, Germany and Surrenderfags fight US, Brits, China, Polefags and poo-in-loos

What hot mess of fiction is this?

>>54990067
They make very nice stuff

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>>54996879
Forgot pic

Whats everyone working on right now?

Currently painting up some Dark Age Celts right now in 28mm, not sure if you're supposed to highlight fabric when painting.

>>54973217
Look up Perry/Foundry they do some neat little dioramas

>>54979944
I just went there and grabbed a bunch of interesting looking stuff. Thanks anon.

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>>54973217
Pretty sure airfix or one of that mob of manufacturers does kits specifically for dioramas.

>>54998280
Working on resisting buying 28mm Thirty Years War stuff. No one around me wants to play it, and 28mm is the wrong scale to get the feel right anyway.

>>54998280
Assembling some Daimler Dingoes.

>>55000606
That's a terrible scale for 30YW, don't do it.

>>55000839
I know, I know.

But gosh the models are pretty.

>>54877044
>He+recounts+the+story+of+Roland.jpg
>recounts

lel

>>55000955
why history remembers him as a count and not a marquis or margrave though, i do not understand. he was lord of the breton marches, not a county.

>>55000862
Do not do!

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>>54897225
>TFW 11 days away from next reenactment
>TFW miss my pards
>TFW no yankees to shoot

God I hate waiting.

>>54986210
I've bought a number of the kits and I'm intending to get them painted soon. Alternating between using the minis in ToH, Kings of War, and D&D.

Debating on what color scheme to use, though. Japanese armies in the mid-Sengoku had at least a minor semblance of uniform (at least for the ashigaru) and I'm thinking either green and white or blue and white.

Anon, i need some book about Italo-turkish war 1911.Mostly equipment and tactics. May you help?

>>54996900

Man, I really wish they did Roman gladiators.

>>55001048
How does it feel to be compared to literal Nazis? Normies gotta ruin everything interesting in history.

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>>55001248
I don't have anything appropriate on hand myself, but if you look at the World War One/Osprey folder, you could use the books on the Italian Army and Ottoman Army, as well as the Balkans War title, which would at least help you with the equipment and tactics those armies used.

That particular war had the first bombing attack by an airplane on infantry. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of the Italian Air Flotilla threw four small 4.5-lb (2-kg) Cipelli grenades over a Turkish camp stationed in Ain Zara, Libya, from his Taube monoplane which was flying at an altitude of 600 ft (185 m). There were no casualties but it caused havoc among the encamped troops.

>been painting my victrix Macedonians for a Seleucid army
>Aventine has said they'll be doing agema and cataphracts for the Seleucids

I'm thinking of doing a pure Aventine Seleucid army instead of using Victrix now but the Victrix miniatures already look great, should I make a Victrix Ptolemaic force?

>>55001273
We don't typically have people like that show up to events, but the officers are being briefed just in case anything does happen.

That being said most of us are kind of appalled about the comparison. Most reenactors that aren't total farbies know that both sides were pretty shit, so we don't try to romanticize it. A lot of guys in my unit are pretty disgusted with the shit that happened in Charlottesville.
We see ourselves as educators, and if people don't want to be educated, that's fine, but don't try to prevent other people who want to be educated from doing so.

The German reenactors, on the other hand, are a whole different bag.

>>55001335
Tell us about the German reenactors.

>almost finished some late Romans
>vet drops by
>your dog is dying, ill come by in a few days to put him down
>hes coming tomorrow to do the deed
>lost all will to finish late Romans

Just wanted to share because I feel awful sorry.

>>55001720
Sorry bout your dog anon

>>55001720
I too shall mourn for your friend, I've also experienced such loss.

>>54995624
The best kind, it's like a weird Tom Clancy tier acid trip.

So I'm using Fistful of TOWs for that campaign, is there a Naval equivalent anywhere?

Can anyone speak to the quality of PicoArmor's 3mm range? Is it easy to separate the infantry stands, what is the best method? Is there an idiots guide to painting all this shit?

Sorry for all the questions this is my first foray into micro armor and want to be well educated before hand.

>>55001720
Anon, don't worry about it. That kind of shit kills any kind of plan. Go spend some time with your doggo.

>>55001874
>is there a Naval equivalent anywhere?
Not really, but since you're basing things on a tom-clancy-high-on-DXM setting, Harpoon is clearly your only option

Anyone got a Warlord discount code knocking about?

>>55002975
there is none at this time.