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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 6, 2024 8:07:45 GMT
One of my Christmas presents was the DVD of Michael Wood's "In the Footsteps of Alexander". I haven't watched it yet, but it will be interesting to see how well it has aged since it first aired. (Watching one of Michael Wood's original "In search of..." programmes - possibly the one on Athelstan - after a gap of forty years was a bit of a shock.) I have it on VHS, I need to get the DVD version. He is such a wonderful story teller though - I think it still holds up. It's about a fiver on Amazon at the moment.
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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 5, 2024 22:10:18 GMT
One of my Christmas presents was the DVD of Michael Wood's "In the Footsteps of Alexander". I haven't watched it yet, but it will be interesting to see how well it has aged since it first aired. (Watching one of Michael Wood's original "In search of..." programmes - possibly the one on Athelstan - after a gap of forty years was a bit of a shock.)
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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 5, 2024 15:01:25 GMT
Another sad note to add. I saw on ‘The Keep Wargaming’ website that Paul Bailey is in hospital after a stroke. Nice people that I’ve bought a fair amount from over the years. K Yes, that is sad news indeed.
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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 4, 2024 16:51:57 GMT
............ My army was the early Blemmye of Nubia. This is a desert army that looks longingly across the Red sea at its Arabian neighbours because they have already invented the camel - but does not do so itself until a century or so after the tournament's end date of 0 AD. Even so they field a nice combination of cavalry, spears, fast bow and fast auxiliaries. Their poor results (W1D2L3) can be blamed neither on the army nor the dice but on the skills of enemy commanders and the mistakes of their own. Among other things, another time I'd take different terrain (fewer dunes) and do more to avoid my troops getting out of command range. .............. Paul H Which is my current painting project (and which may succumb to exactly the problem you describe). I haven't gone for all the options, as I don't think I'd ever want to field six 3Ax; similarly two Ps should be ample for my needs. I am using figures from Alternative Armies. Which company did you use?
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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 4, 2024 8:20:24 GMT
A wonderful field is here. That field is marrying material Careful there, Baldie. That's quite an old photo.
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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 3, 2024 9:32:33 GMT
Good luck to those of you who can still access the forum.
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Post by menacussecundus on Feb 1, 2024 21:56:32 GMT
Now added to the league as ‘Bucklebury Bash’… let me know if you want a name change, Diades! P Perhaps Bucklebury Bound? Although I suspect most people here are too young to remember the cartoon character Huckleberry Hound.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 31, 2024 17:51:15 GMT
Just seen an announcement that the "January" sale actually ends on 7th Feb. "Curiouser and cusiouser."
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 31, 2024 8:12:17 GMT
Nice report. Thank you for posting it.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 30, 2024 21:38:30 GMT
We'll stick a candle in a Brownie for you! Hey, I don’t want short changing here - I want a Brownie with a candle in for each of the 21 years I’ve been on this planet 😉🎂 One candle for each lot of 21 years. That'll be three candles then.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 27, 2024 17:26:15 GMT
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 27, 2024 17:21:12 GMT
After 5 months of working on the DBF 28mm ‘Battle of the Bastards’ project, I’m returning home to my 15mm lead pile… hope to start work on the Attalid Pergamene army, purchased from Magister Militum last year before they wound down their business… I’m looking at the Light Horse and thinking ‘how do I paint something so small…?’!! 😂😂😂 P Knock out a few bases of 6mm. They won't take long and afterwards you'll be amazed how big the 15mm figures are.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 23, 2024 12:02:08 GMT
Brian Ború If you are looking for a QRS for DBA, I can recommend the one on the Society of Ancients website (https://soa.org.uk/joomla/publications). Menacus S
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 22, 2024 15:53:03 GMT
"There is no 6Wb in DBA3 and only one army with 6Bd" 6wb is shorthand for doubled 3wb, like 8pk is shorthand for doubled 4pk. So, for consistency, is 6Bd shorthand for doubled 3Bd? And if one has four lots of 6Wb is that 4 elements or 8? This seems to complicate rather than simplify.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 21, 2024 18:44:06 GMT
I'll introduce myself here by showing just how far and fast I've fallen down the DBA/HOTT rabbit hole. I have packs for II/5c, f, and h coming from Museum Miniatures taking advantage of their sale and see how good those Z line figures are; they have been sitting in customs for a few days now. I also ordered packs or Meerkatmen and Mongeese from Magister Militum since their survival is apparently in question; a Meerkat army will help get my wife to play and preserve interest for my daughter. The Mongeese are just too cool to not get & right up the alley of a friend who's interested in playing. I bought enough figures for a II/73 Saxons second hand from someone at the local club. Welcome. I'm afraid you have a lot further to fall. For a start your Saxons are going to need an opponent: Middle Imperial Romans (II/64a) might be fun; or perhaps one of the Sub-Roman British (II/81).
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