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Post by Commiades on Dec 23, 2018 23:37:29 GMT
I've got the Carroccio done for my early Communal Italians: The spearmen and crossbowmen to support it are underway. It uses knights from my Norman army, which will in time morph into quite a few armies around that time. More pictures are here: hesperiana.wordpress.com.
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Post by Commiades on Dec 18, 2018 4:59:43 GMT
… in my opinion, better than the movie and is useful if you wish to play this as a big battle game. 'Better than the movie' is an incredibly low bar to get over! I enjoyed this video, so I reread the chapters in the book and then looked at some comparisons of the movie and the book. The silly goat and reindeer of Thorin and Thranduil, along with the ridiculous kung-fu style fight between Thorin and 'Azog' (despite Azog being without a head, one would have thought) had stuck with me, as had the dwarves in plate (even though Tolkien's description is clear of angry short vikings).However, I'd forgotten about the 'Wereworms' and other silliness (No Beorn). It was so bad I've still not been able to bring myself to see Jackson's film on WWI.
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Post by Commiades on Dec 8, 2018 6:54:49 GMT
Here's an in-game photo of the centerpiece Carroccio (CWg) of Eric Donaldson's brand new III/73 Communal Italian army (15mm Mirliton) flanked by a pair of 8Cb elements. Flank support! That looks great. I really like the idea of a carroccio flanked by 8Cb; it creates some resilient shooters. I look forward to seeing that. Do you have it flanked with crossbows?
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Post by Commiades on Dec 3, 2018 20:41:49 GMT
Personally, I paint them "wood", i.e. whatever my choice for wood is at that time. Cheers Jim That's my approach too. I think anything too bright is likely to be distracting, even if it might be historical.
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Post by Commiades on Nov 25, 2018 1:33:04 GMT
Really enjoyable write up. The skillful display of apparent confusion at the start suckered the Egyptians forward so they could be taken apart piecemeal!
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Post by Commiades on Nov 17, 2018 10:19:51 GMT
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Post by Commiades on Nov 14, 2018 8:51:40 GMT
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Post by Commiades on Nov 13, 2018 7:23:46 GMT
Great reports👍👍 Thanks, Commiades. Martin Thanks, here's the second half of the day, with the Syrians: hesperiana.wordpress.com
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Post by Commiades on Nov 12, 2018 8:17:52 GMT
The first report of my trip to Conquest 2018 in Christchurch; the morning battles with the Carthaginians: hesperiana.wordpress.com
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Post by Commiades on Nov 5, 2018 20:30:09 GMT
Thanks, they saw action last night against some Normans impersonating War of the Roses English. I learnt a bit and after losing the first battle badly, won a close fight in the second. The Ghulams acquitted themselves well after the Syrian cavalry was lost at the start to archery. In both battles I was the aggressor and was lucky that in each battle a difficult hill couldn't be played in the sector it was diced for. I had the best of both worlds -- favourable terrain and the luxury of deploying second.
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Post by Commiades on Nov 5, 2018 3:23:27 GMT
Very nice indeed Mark. Are they likely to make an appearance at CANCON? Cheers, Not as Syrians, but as Samanids, I think.
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Post by Commiades on Nov 4, 2018 17:12:54 GMT
Those look very nice Commiades. You have obviously pit a lot of thought into that Army and I love the colour palette you have used. Thanks; there's a fair bit of foot left to paint. However, the thought of cutting of shields is likely to see them sink into the lead pile! Very impressive array and good use of a theme colour. The Legio Heroica are fine figures, I am almost tempted to collect their Mongols. Thanks; LH are lovely figures; I've spent a bit of time considering getting more figures to allow me to morph this army into Fatimids, but so far I've resisted (mainly because other projects have presented themselves).
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Post by Commiades on Nov 4, 2018 2:32:29 GMT
I've painted a Medieval Syrian army using Legio Heroica figures for the cavalry and Khurasan figures for the foot. I've also used LBMS transfers for the shields and banners. It's a contemporary of the Crusader armies and lends itself to morphing into a number of other armies. More pictures are here: hesperiana.wordpress.com
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Post by Commiades on Nov 4, 2018 2:07:54 GMT
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Post by Commiades on Nov 3, 2018 4:03:58 GMT
I've used grey primer and a black wash, which is similar to black with a white drybrush. As I use a final wash for my painting, it gives a sense of how the detail will be highlighted.
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