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Post by nangwaya on Jan 9, 2022 17:39:44 GMT
I don't know if others have had this experience, and if you have, I would love to read about it. One of the armies I painted up a couple of years ago, I/31b Later Aramaean, has become one of my favourite armies to play. They are not by best painted army, not by a long shot, and certainly on paper are nothing amazing, and I am sure many would consider them a weak army. However, I am just amazed at how well they have continued to perform: First time was against a Philistine army, and they did quite well. Second time was when there were 45 stands per side, and the Aramaeans were tasked with holding a hill against a huge Babylonian force, and although they did eventually fall to the Babylonians, it took far longer than expected, and they sure put up an amazing fight. I was shocked. And last week, they went up against a Phoenician army and managed to take them out, much to my surprise. I am so much enamored with these guys, that I have even become over confident with their prowess on the battlefield, as I am sure reality will manifest soon enough  Until then, I keep looking at the other armies on my shelf and think "bring it on!" |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Jan 10, 2022 12:47:24 GMT
I feel the same way about my Medieval Irish.
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Post by battledamage on Jan 12, 2022 3:37:50 GMT
Papal Italian for me, but for slightly different reasons. I pretty much bought it as a meme, based on one of the options for the general being the pope on a portable throne. While I acknowledge that it might not be to the taste of some people, the group I play with have seen the humour in various threats of excommunication and associated banter whenever His Holiness gets into combat.
However: I've found that the army always gives me fun games whether I win or lose. The combination of the typical western European medieval knights/blades/bows with the three Ps elements always seems to lead to great moments of drama. It has definitely lived up to the adage of "pick an army you can still love when it's losing'. It's also performed quite well for me: Not sure of the exact numbers, but definitely a positive W:L ratio.
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Post by nangwaya on Jan 12, 2022 4:22:08 GMT
Papal Italian for me, but for slightly different reasons. I pretty much bought it as a meme, based on one of the options for the general being the pope on a portable throne. While I acknowledge that it might not be to the taste of some people, the group I play with have seen the humour in various threats of excommunication and associated banter whenever His Holiness gets into combat. However: I've found that the army always gives me fun games whether I win or lose. The combination of the typical western European medieval knights/blades/bows with the three Ps elements always seems to lead to great moments of drama. It has definitely lived up to the adage of "pick an army you can still love when it's losing'. It's also performed quite well for me: Not sure of the exact numbers, but definitely a positive W:L ratio. It does seem like an army can take a life of its own and start getting a running narrative, which I like. Scratches my role playing itch to some degree. |
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Post by paulhannah on Jan 23, 2022 22:31:38 GMT
One of the armies I painted up a couple of years ago, I/31b Later Aramaean, has become one of my favourite armies to play. Oh, I can certainly relate. Whether or not armies are favorites of mine has nothing to do with how well it tends to perform. As an aside, how did you build your I/31b Later Aramaeans? What range(s)? |
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Post by nangwaya on Jan 26, 2022 5:57:37 GMT
One of the armies I painted up a couple of years ago, I/31b Later Aramaean, has become one of my favourite armies to play. Oh, I can certainly relate. Whether or not armies are favorites of mine has nothing to do with how well it tends to perform. As an aside, how did you build your I/31b Later Aramaeans? What range(s)? I certainly went with what the purple book in the description (at least I think I did), and looked at the Arameans, with all the sub-kingdoms and cultural influences and differences between the North and South. I originally thought I would go with Syrians with a Hittite bent, but ended up going with I think a more Southern look. Some of the figures I went with were: Magister Militum HNH3 Syrian spearmen with shield HNH15 Sickle swordsmen Essex BS74 Aramaean: Slinger And partially because I had the figures around but also because I wanted to have that sub-kingdom and thus perhaps a different look to my usual figures, I used horse from Minifigs and the chariot and figures are from Essex, if I am not mistaken.  I really like the armies that are listed as all these sub-kingdoms, like the Zagros Highlanders. I find it allows people to really mix up the figures that they will use and also allow multiple armies of the same one and look different. Plus, civil war, territorial struggles between brothers, all good stuff to have on the table top. |
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