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Post by Baldie on Oct 21, 2023 6:23:08 GMT
I have once again been tempted away from ancients, this time by a 15mm Chain of Command Eastern Front project.
Despite the fact I can easily play with my existing FOW bases and the fact I also play COC in 28mm I have been conned into single bases by chums with some fab armies and do agree it looks better in 15mm scale.
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Post by skb777 on Oct 21, 2023 10:23:33 GMT
Is it a skirmish level game?
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Post by Les1964 on Oct 21, 2023 10:28:17 GMT
Is it a skirmish level game? Uaually 1 platoon + some supports each , but it can be played with several platoons each .
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Post by gregorius on Oct 21, 2023 23:37:17 GMT
I got distracted from my Medes project. When I returned home from MOAB I discovered that only 11 elements accompanied me. So to bring the Nikophorian Byzantines up to scratch I had to paint up a 3Cv element. As I had some Baueda mounted Normans, iwith the overhead thrusting pose, laying around I used them to represent Lombad mercenaries.
Cheers,
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Post by carll on Oct 22, 2023 23:30:51 GMT
Sad news gregorius!
I once lost 5 bases / elements of lovely minifigs 25mm Cretan archers who disappeared after a display game cum DBA invitation show stand....
I got some replacements but they are still unpainted! (40 years later) meanwhile I used Persian archers instead!
CarlL
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Post by Haardrada on Oct 24, 2023 10:53:57 GMT
I completed batch 1 of the Lombards this morning....the ones I couldn't generate enough drive to paint earlier this year and decided to do the Ghaznavids instead. This group allows me to play a III/21b Italian Lombard list which is a mutual enemy/ally of my Normans.
Now it's on with batch 2 with an aim to complete the III/2 and III/21a lists plus some Anglo-Norman elements...
This batch consists of 4x4Wb,1x3Lb,1x3Ax & 7Hd and is prepped and undercoated.
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Post by paddy649 on Oct 24, 2023 17:57:42 GMT
I got distracted from my Medes project. When I returned home from MOAB I discovered that only 11 elements accompanied me. So to bring the Nikophorian Byzantines up to scratch I had to paint up a 3Cv element. As I had some Baueda mounted Normans, iwith the overhead thrusting pose, laying around I used them to represent Lombad mercenaries. Cheers, I hate that! Any idea what happened to them? Pilfered? Mixed up with someone else’s box? I did large display for decades and only lost 1 figure (my Napoleon) which I am fairly sure went the way of sticky fingers. Otherwise most wargamers are very trustworthy. Most of my DBA casualties come from me being clumsy - putting a box of figures down on a Psloi element has the same effect as a 1:6 in combat!
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Post by gregorius on Oct 24, 2023 22:23:56 GMT
I got distracted from my Medes project. When I returned home from MOAB I discovered that only 11 elements accompanied me. So to bring the Nikophorian Byzantines up to scratch I had to paint up a 3Cv element. As I had some Baueda mounted Normans, iwith the overhead thrusting pose, laying around I used them to represent Lombad mercenaries. Cheers, I hate that! Any idea what happened to them? Pilfered? Mixed up with someone else’s box? I did large display for decades and only lost 1 figure (my Napoleon) which I am fairly sure went the way of sticky fingers. Otherwise most wargamers are very trustworthy. Most of my DBA casualties come from me being clumsy - putting a box of figures down on a Psloi element has the same effect as a 1:6 in combat! Thanks Paddy. I've asked MOAB participants to check their figures and so far I've only received negative responses. Looks like a random person pilfered it. Cheers,
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Post by paddy649 on Oct 24, 2023 22:32:54 GMT
Cut their b*****ks off! That’s what I say!
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Post by mark leslie on Oct 25, 2023 3:04:18 GMT
That is of course an option, however, it would perhaps be more in keeping with Byzantine sensibilities to go with blinding. Not that I would advocate for any of these things.
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Post by Baldie on Oct 25, 2023 11:36:46 GMT
Got an airbrush for my birthday but never got round to using it. I think because I am worried about cleaning it.
Finally got it set up and am determined to use it on my Soviets.
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Post by Baldie on Oct 25, 2023 11:40:21 GMT
I got distracted from my Medes project. When I returned home from MOAB I discovered that only 11 elements accompanied me. So to bring the Nikophorian Byzantines up to scratch I had to paint up a 3Cv element. As I had some Baueda mounted Normans, iwith the overhead thrusting pose, laying around I used them to represent Lombad mercenaries. Cheers, We did a big 8 player FOW game and I lost one stand of Soviets. May have dropped it or someone else accidentally picked it up. It had a distinctive base and what annoyed me most is that I could not get the replacement stand to look quite the same so it stands out every time I use them.
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Post by gregorius on Oct 25, 2023 21:42:01 GMT
I got distracted from my Medes project. When I returned home from MOAB I discovered that only 11 elements accompanied me. So to bring the Nikophorian Byzantines up to scratch I had to paint up a 3Cv element. As I had some Baueda mounted Normans, iwith the overhead thrusting pose, laying around I used them to represent Lombad mercenaries. Cheers, We did a big 8 player FOW game and I lost one stand of Soviets. May have dropped it or someone else accidentally picked it up. It had a distinctive base and what annoyed me most is that I could not get the replacement stand to look quite the same so it stands out every time I use them. The distinctive looking stand marks them as special Baldie. Luckily, I was able to achieve a very close match to the other bases. Cheers,
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Post by menacussecundus on Oct 26, 2023 7:32:20 GMT
We did a big 8 player FOW game and I lost one stand of Soviets. May have dropped it or someone else accidentally picked it up. It had a distinctive base and what annoyed me most is that I could not get the replacement stand to look quite the same so it stands out every time I use them. The distinctive looking stand marks them as special Baldie. Luckily, I was able to achieve a very close match to the other bases. Cheers, I suspect that standing out in FOW makes them a bit of a bullet magnet (or a shell magnet). Menacus S (who is just about to try and match the basing style of 9+ years ago for the new element being added to the EIR)
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Post by Haardrada on Oct 26, 2023 10:40:14 GMT
I managed a few hours in on Batch 2 of the Lombards this morning...I'm not sure if I like the colour pallet I've chose for the warbands but they look ok so far.
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