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Post by timurilank on Apr 29, 2021 8:59:36 GMT
30 LH and Cv are done and varnished. Horses for the last half are painted, after lunch, the trappings and horse armour.
Soon, the principalities of Moscow and Novgorod will have unwanted guests at their doorstep.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 27, 2021 19:16:16 GMT
Thanks everyone for the reply. I'll be fielding plenty of 8Bw's with my Persians. Welcome to the forum, eagle6. By Persians, do you mean I/60 Achaemenid Persians? If so, then consider increasing the base depth of your horde (7Hd) to match that of the 8Bw. This will not only look tidy, but adding an extra 2 or 3 figures will enhance its appearance.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 27, 2021 15:33:36 GMT
Excellent blog post. I really liked the section on "Key points to consider". I found it to be an great summary of divisional organization. Thank you nangwaya, I looked at a good number of late medieval battles on the continent to formulate a useful description of the divisions, and of course there are exceptions. The Danish vanguard at Hemmingstedt (1500) included 6,000 Landsknecht of the famous ‘Black Band’ while the French vanguard at Fornovo (1495) was a mix formation of men-at-arms and Swiss. With this addition, it is possible to have both sides beat each other into demoralisation without ever reaching the required one-third loss. And this too, is historical.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 27, 2021 8:25:36 GMT
Demoralisation
I have completed a number of tests using this feature with double-sized command late medieval armies. It was common practice to organise a medieval army into vanguard, main and rear guard and despite the reduced number of elements, the rule worked well. The experience of the gradual collapse of a wing, forcing a change of tactics, added another dimension to the game. Full write up at the blog with a few photos of deployment. dbagora.blogspot.com/2021/04/demoralisation.html
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Post by timurilank on Apr 25, 2021 9:11:10 GMT
Waiting for the undercoat to dry on 60 cavalry figures, I took the time to play test Montlhéry again.
This time I added demoralisation for each ‘battle’. This added another dimension to game, greatly improving the game.
Full report with photos in a few days.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 25, 2021 9:03:15 GMT
This presentation is done by the current editor of Slingshot, Justin Swinton. A different interpretation and nicely documented. (duration 19 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ7ExvFhJk0
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Post by timurilank on Apr 22, 2021 19:16:31 GMT
Geoff,
Yes, the Conquest of Siberia.
If I had to start from scratch, these would do nicely.
However, I am preparing 60 assorted Old Glory Turkic cavalry for undercoating and when done will make two commands. DBMM adds Ugrian Cv, 3Wb, 3Bw and Ps for the Khanate of Kazan.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 22, 2021 10:27:39 GMT
Finished the Swedish cavalry (2 x 3Kn, 1 x Cv) for IV/53d and an extra command element (3Kn) to add some variety. Flags for the Scandinavian have been researched and sketched. Next step – is to paint them. Good grief: I wish you'd slow down. You're putting the rest of us to shame!! But I am slowing down.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 22, 2021 10:26:08 GMT
The Scandinavians join the rest of the late medieval collection.
Originally, I had planned to do a Turkic army, but after further decided the two commands would be perfect for the Khanate of Kazan, worthy opponents for the Russians. The bland offering among the Golden Horde & Successors (IV/47) will be augmented with goodies from the DBMM list.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 22, 2021 10:15:32 GMT
Finished the Swedish cavalry (2 x 3Kn, 1 x Cv) for IV/53d and an extra command element (3Kn) to add some variety. Flags for the Scandinavian have been researched and sketched. Next step – is to paint them.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 20, 2021 14:08:52 GMT
DBN Russians Hussars Heavy Cav Cossacks Artillery Jagers Infantry Commander and Sub Commander Ten times more to do, then French Baldie, If you have not already seen it, I can recommend ‘1812’, a four-part Russian documentary of the French invasion of Russia. Many of the lesser known engagements are covered and brief biographical vignettes of key leaders are well done. English sub-titles. Star Media English 1812. Napoleonic Wars in Russia - Episode 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l0j4_Xo-5M
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Post by timurilank on Apr 19, 2021 9:15:47 GMT
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Post by timurilank on Apr 19, 2021 8:57:16 GMT
I am sure others will contribute suggestions for manufacturers, but the Bohemian would not be too different from other German troops. In general, you could mix older armour types without any problem.
Infantry wore gambesons, kettle helmet, and if spear armed would carry a pavise (city militia), an oval or heater shield. The Heerban or feudal retainers (7Hd) would be similarly armed, but omit the pavise.
Men-at-arms would have a mix of armour, but only a minority would have plate armour. Shields could be heater types, but bouched shields were common. I would look to Donnington (New Era) or Essex for suitable figures.
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Post by timurilank on Apr 18, 2021 19:00:14 GMT
An excellent start Stevie,
To design historical scenarios I found, in the past, the DBM army lists useful as the allowance for allies or different troop types are given fixed dates. The revised edition of DBMM (2016) has taken this a step further benefiting from newer findings and the translation of non-English documentation.
At the moment, my energy is focused on the last half of the 15th century (Book IV) and any noteworthy bits of information, I shall certainly share them here. Cheers,
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Post by timurilank on Apr 18, 2021 12:36:55 GMT
Converting the DBMM Army Lists for use with DBA 3.0I have found that the following scaling-down method works quite well, if you first group all the troop types together to find their maximums. For example, work out the maximum number of DBMM Artillery, the maximum number of DBMM Psiloi, the maximum number of DBMM Auxiliaries, and so on, then:- a) If DBMM says “0-1”, then you can’t have that element. (as there are too few to be represented in a 12 element army) b) Divide all other DBMM amounts by 8, rounding down. (but any amount divided to be less than 1 is counted as 1) This roughly appears to be the method used to create the DBA lists, as you can see by looking at the DBMM II/12 Alexandrian Army. Stevie,Good topic. But, let’s keep this seperate from the Cavalry wedge thread as I wish to continue adding information to it. The topic, converting the ‘DBMM Army list for DBA3 use is something I certainly would contribute to.
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