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Post by Haardrada on May 3, 2021 10:32:34 GMT
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Post by timurilank on May 3, 2021 12:29:45 GMT
It is worth the watch. Also recently released, The Legend of Tomiris, is based on the queen who repelled the Persian incursion of the Scythian steppe land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23S3Lu9oT4 |
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Post by Haardrada on May 3, 2021 12:43:18 GMT
That is excellent Thomas, I wonder if it would be worth starting a thread to post links to historical videos of interest to help give a background to different periods and armies?
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Post by hammurabi70 on May 3, 2021 14:03:15 GMT
Perhaps, or just search Kings and Generals for latest updates.
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Post by Haardrada on May 3, 2021 15:31:14 GMT
Perhaps, or just search Kings and Generals for latest updates. . Hi hammurabi, I was thinking of maybe adding links to more than Kings & General material as their is a wealth of material out there covering all the Ancient/Medieval period. |
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Post by timurilank on May 3, 2021 15:42:00 GMT
That might prove useful, but a Google search “top 100 historical films” will produce quicker results.
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Post by Haardrada on May 3, 2021 17:43:58 GMT
That might prove useful, but a Google search “top 100 historical films” will produce quicker results. Thats fine if your doing Early or Late Imperial Romans or happy to include WW2 or other periods in the list.😊 If your looking for something more specific you either have to use the name of a battle(if your lucky enough to have it), the name of the ruler/general and the people/nation that you are searching for. Kings & Generals list of videos are expanding but there are still huge gaps in their range, for instance Chinese history videos between the Three kingdoms and Ghenghis Khan only possibly has one video on Tang China(if that is a K&G video?) Which is a period of over 900 years. |
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Post by timurilank on May 4, 2021 14:11:40 GMT
That might prove useful, but a Google search “top 100 historical films” will produce quicker results. Thats fine if your doing Early or Late Imperial Romans or happy to include WW2 or other periods in the list.😊 If your looking for something more specific you either have to use the name of a battle(if your lucky enough to have it), the name of the ruler/general and the people/nation that you are searching for. Kings & Generals list of videos are expanding but there are still huge gaps in their range, for instance Chinese history videos between the Three kingdoms and Ghenghis Khan only possibly has one video on Tang China(if that is a K&G video?) Which is a period of over 900 years. A separate thread, such like those covering books, read, latest purchases, or currently painting, could be dedicated for ‘inspiring’ movies. Aside from the title, a link to IMDB (International Movie Data Base) would and why it is inspiring. What else would you like to read? |
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Post by Haardrada on May 4, 2021 15:32:21 GMT
Thats fine if your doing Early or Late Imperial Romans or happy to include WW2 or other periods in the list.😊 If your looking for something more specific you either have to use the name of a battle(if your lucky enough to have it), the name of the ruler/general and the people/nation that you are searching for. Kings & Generals list of videos are expanding but there are still huge gaps in their range, for instance Chinese history videos between the Three kingdoms and Ghenghis Khan only possibly has one video on Tang China(if that is a K&G video?) Which is a period of over 900 years. A separate thread, such like those covering books, read, latest purchases, or currently painting, could be dedicated for ‘inspiring’ movies. Aside from the title, a link to IMDB (International Movie Data Base) would and why it is inspiring. What else would you like to read? Historical University papers or podcasts could be useful too perhaps? I just thought something like the resource section that used to exist on the old fanaticus, but not taking up space by being references to other sites using all forms of access to media which could help new and existing players find material on armies they wish to build or take an interest in. |
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Post by timurilank on May 4, 2021 18:07:35 GMT
A separate thread, such like those covering books, read, latest purchases, or currently painting, could be dedicated for ‘inspiring’ movies. Aside from the title, a link to IMDB (International Movie Data Base) would and why it is inspiring. What else would you like to read? Historical University papers or podcasts could be useful too perhaps? I just thought something like the resource section that used to exist on the old fanaticus, but not taking up space by being references to other sites using all forms of access to media which could help new and existing players find material on armies they wish to build or take an interest in. A resource thread seems a better option and inspiring films could become a sub-category of it. The search tool here leaves much to be desired. Could information be presented in such a way to make later searches less frustrating? Perhaps Stevie has a few suggestions? |
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Post by stevie on May 8, 2021 8:05:50 GMT
Historical University papers or podcasts could be useful too perhaps? I just thought something like the resource section that used to exist on the old fanaticus, but not taking up space by being references to other sites using all forms of access to media which could help new and existing players find material on armies they wish to build or take an interest in. A resource thread seems a better option and inspiring films could become a sub-category of it. The search tool here leaves much to be desired. Could information be presented in such a way to make later searches less frustrating? Perhaps Stevie has a few suggestions? Ha!…not this time I’m afraid.  There is just soooo much information to be had out there on the internet, and trying to compile it all together in one place would be a mammoth task that would result in some sort of new ‘Historical Wargamers Encyclopaedia’. Nonetheless, here are some of the sites I like to use:- Wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ): Always a good place to start that lists the original sources for reference. YouTube ( www.youtube.com/ ): This has many subjects that are both visually entertaining and informative. Google Books ( books.google.com/ ): Simply type in the name of the nation, historical character, or battle, and it will take you to the subject that you are curious about. If it says ‘preview’ you’ll only get a few pages from the original book, which might be enough, but what you really want are items that say ‘read’. These will give you the entire book for free. For example, type in ‘Herodotus’, ‘Caesar’, ‘Polybius’, or ‘Tacitus’ to find the complete works of these ancient authors (although some modern writers can also be useful, they get their information from these ancient scholars, and I like to go back to the original sources to avoid modern misconceptions and bias). There are many, many other sources of information that can be found by simply conducting Google searches, plus of course the excellent articles printed in the Society of Ancients Slingshot magazine ( www.soa.org.uk/joomla/ ). (By the way, there is already a place to list links to various information sites…
…it’s in the Fanaticus DBA Wiki here: fanaticus-dba.fandom.com/wiki/Books_%26_Inspiration .
But I could add all the links mentioned above to the “House Rule Index” if you like) |
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Post by timurilank on May 8, 2021 10:10:39 GMT
Stevie,
My eye sight is strained with all the reading and painting. Did I read you ‘need to be clowned”?  Google Books is a good suggestion. The service also offers books in other languages. Besides, if you were cloned, you would no longer be unique.
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Post by greedo on Jun 4, 2021 5:18:11 GMT
The kings and generals on the skythians was a great listen. I know nothing about the various groups and love my LH so great to hear.
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Post by timurilank on May 11, 2022 21:20:50 GMT
It is worth the watch. Also recently released, The Legend of Tomiris, is based on the queen who repelled the Persian incursion of the Scythian steppe land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23S3Lu9oT4The film can be seen in its entirety at YouTube. Thoroughly enjoyed it and worth a second viewing. The language is Kazakh, with some Russian dubbing, but subtitles are in English. The Massagetae, Dahae and other tribes are wearing clothing in natural colours and not the fully embroidered fashion as seen on the Persian temples. Boots and caps are decorated, overall effect is pleasing and worth duplicating. Persians are also in campaign kit and not the frequently seen ceremonial uniform. In the movie, the term Khwarizmian, actually Khorasmia (Uvarazmis) refers to the Persian province west of the Massagetae. |
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