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Post by timurilank on May 14, 2022 7:36:01 GMT
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Post by gregorius on May 14, 2022 23:24:24 GMT
Thanks for posting this Robert. The buildings turned out a treat. And your explanation of the techniques used is excellent. Will there be a post regarding basing the dwellings etc? Cheers,
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Post by Les1964 on May 14, 2022 23:37:01 GMT
Someone did a "Mini Medieval Town Diorama" , that might give some more ideas .
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Post by timurilank on May 15, 2022 4:05:30 GMT
Thanks for posting this Robert. The buildings turned out a treat. And your explanation of the techniques used is excellent. Will there be a post regarding basing the dwellings etc? Cheers, Greg,
In photo one you can see a stack of 40mm x 30mm x 1.2mm bases. The edges and corners of each were lightly sanded to give a smooth finish. Standard white glue was used to fix a house to a base. The houses are trimmed to allow for the coverage of Milliput, leaving part of the base exposed. See photo number two.
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Post by nangwaya on May 15, 2022 10:22:57 GMT
Amazing quality of work in such a short period of time.
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Post by gregorius on May 15, 2022 23:32:10 GMT
Thanks for posting this Robert. The buildings turned out a treat. And your explanation of the techniques used is excellent. Will there be a post regarding basing the dwellings etc? Cheers, Greg,
In photo one you can see a stack of 40mm x 30mm x 1.2mm bases. The edges and corners of each were lightly sanded to give a smooth finish. Standard white glue was used to fix a house to a base. The houses are trimmed to allow for the coverage of Milliput, leaving part of the base exposed. See photo number two. Robert, I should have been more precise. I meant basing the individual buildings on to a base to represent a hamlet. Cheers,
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Post by timurilank on May 16, 2022 5:28:07 GMT
Greg, The individual structures are not fixed to a BUA template, but remain loose so they may be moved to allow movement of troops. I have different size BUA templates for different games; 3BW x 2BW, 4BW x 3BW and 4BW x 5BW. The BUA template is sparsely covered with grass, mostly the outre edges. See bottom photo. dbagora.blogspot.com/2017/10/building-generic-celtic-village-bua.html
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Post by gregorius on May 16, 2022 23:22:16 GMT
Greg, The individual structures are not fixed to a BUA template, but remain loose so they may be moved to allow movement of troops. I have different size BUA templates for different games; 3BW x 2BW, 4BW x 3BW and 4BW x 5BW. The BUA template is sparsely covered with grass, mostly the outre edges. See bottom photo. dbagora.blogspot.com/2017/10/building-generic-celtic-village-bua.html Thanks for that Robert. Cheers,
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Post by vodnik on May 24, 2022 10:12:25 GMT
I have been following your gameplay on your blog with great interest for years. Your new buildings are even better. I really like your Caucasus kingdoms of 2015 under DBA rules. Unfortunately, there are only a few facts in German. I'm trying to reconstruct something similar with Slavs and Ants. Unfortunately there are few facts. I learned from Czech sources that there were 2 Slavic migrations. The 1st Slav Empire was that of Samo around 630 AD according to Fredegar's Chronicle. But around that time, the 2nd wave set in. According to Czech sources caused by the Avars who subjugated the Ants. However, the ants are not insects as they are usually translated. Apparently the people are proto-Slavs who lived on the north coast of the Black Sea around the area of today's Ukraine where the Russians also come from. This migration did not run in a westerly direction like the 1st one, but from Panonia to the north and also to the south in order to settle the Balkans. There are theories that the Anten have Iranian roots. In your Caucasus scenarios you describe one kingdom of Albania and others. Are these races related to the Anten? In my games I use for the time around 630 AD as early Slavs according to DBA 3/1a as Sorbs or Bohemians against 3/1c Ants.
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Post by timurilank on May 24, 2022 13:38:10 GMT
I have been following your gameplay on your blog with great interest for years. Your new buildings are even better. I really like your Caucasus kingdoms of 2015 under DBA rules. Unfortunately, there are only a few facts in German. I'm trying to reconstruct something similar with Slavs and Ants. Unfortunately there are few facts. I learned from Czech sources that there were 2 Slavic migrations. The 1st Slav Empire was that of Samo around 630 AD according to Fredegar's Chronicle. But around that time, the 2nd wave set in. According to Czech sources caused by the Avars who subjugated the Ants. However, the ants are not insects as they are usually translated. Apparently the people are proto-Slavs who lived on the north coast of the Black Sea around the area of today's Ukraine where the Russians also come from. This migration did not run in a westerly direction like the 1st one, but from Panonia to the north and also to the south in order to settle the Balkans. There are theories that the Anten have Iranian roots. In your Caucasus scenarios you describe one kingdom of Albania and others. Are these races related to the Anten? In my games I use for the time around 630 AD as early Slavs according to DBA 3/1a as Sorbs or Bohemians against 3/1c Ants. Vodnik,
Fascinating. The Antes of the Southern Slavs would become dominated by a line of nomadic nations; the Avars, Early Bulgars, Magyars and Khazar, serving as infantry for them. You may have already noted for each of the above army lists the bulk of the infantry are 3Ax supported by skirmishers Ps. In such circumstances, I find the DBMM army lists a refinement for DBA3 as these were published later. For instance, the Early Bulgar list may have a small number of Slav cavalry and horses to mount Slav javelinmen. Early warfare between Slav tribes might have the support of their overseers (Avars, Bulgars), these would form an allied contingent for game purposes. As to the question of the Antes having roots to the Caucasus, I cannot answer that with any certainty. Stepping back to view the greater picture of a displaced peoples avoiding the mounted hordes, it might be possible. Considering the distance, danger and time it would take to reach their new homeland, I doubt there would be many remaining.
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Post by timurilank on Jun 7, 2022 18:27:12 GMT
Dark Age musings.
I spent the weekend in Belgium away from the workbench, computer, tv and radio; time well spent relaxing and reading Oman’s Dark Ages.
I came across two passages referencing an alliance between Vikings and Carolingian Franks. They are not listed as such in DBA3, but Pippin II of Aquitaine sought the aid of Jarl Oscar in his fight against his uncle, Charles of Neustria (847) and Lothair enlisted the Vikings of Walcheren in his fight against his brother, Lewis the German.
Louis the Pious had divided the empire, following Teutonic tradition, among his three sons, Charles, Lothair and Lewis. Enlisting the support of Viking Jarls naturally had its consequences as the Northmen gained valuable insight of Frankish politics, military capability and geography.
Dark Ages, Sir Charles Oman, Chap. XXV. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, Archibald R. Lewis, Chap. VI. The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Source Book of Medieval History, Edited by Frederic Austin Ogg, Chap. 26-27.
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Post by timurilank on Jun 9, 2022 16:43:58 GMT
Between new terrain items and painting I had a few test games between the Alamanni and the Franks of Clovis. These were large games and devilishly quick to play. There is a potential campaign here.
Continuing with a Frankish theme, the Battle of Fontenoy (841) is proving to be an interesting conflict. Terrain is sketchy, but one YouTube video offers a panoramic view from the monument marking the site. The battle is listed in Ian Heath’s Armies of the Dark Ages 600 – 1066.
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Post by vodnik on Jun 9, 2022 22:26:43 GMT
...but there were also a lot of battles fought that Yan Heat didn't even know about. For example in the East, in the future Germany and Denmark. In 737 the Abodrites sacked Ribe. Aber es wurden auch sehr viele Schlachten ausgetragen von denen Yan Heat gar nichts wusste, zum Beispiel im Osten, im zukünftigen Deutschland und Dänehark. 737 plünderten die Abodriten Ribe. In 737 the Abodrites sacked Ribe. During Charlemagne's conquest of Saxony he was supported by the Abodrites. The Saxons were supported by the Wilzi. During the Slavic campaigns Charlemagne fought against many Tribes. There were Bohemians, Sorbs, Wilzi and other tribes as the Glomatians and Milceni and others...
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Post by timurilank on Jun 10, 2022 15:45:39 GMT
...but there were also a lot of battles fought that Yan Heat didn't even know about. For example in the East, in the future Germany and Denmark. In 737 the Abodrites sacked Ribe. Aber es wurden auch sehr viele Schlachten ausgetragen von denen Yan Heat gar nichts wusste, zum Beispiel im Osten, im zukünftigen Deutschland und Dänehark. 737 plünderten die Abodriten Ribe. In 737 the Abodrites sacked Ribe. During Charlemagne's conquest of Saxony he was supported by the Abodrites. The Saxons were supported by the Wilzi. During the Slavic campaigns Charlemagne fought against many Tribes. There were Bohemians, Sorbs, Wilzi and other tribes as the Glomatians and Milceni and others... Vodnik,
Very true. The frequency of engagements most likely ‘numbed’ those capable of recording them. After Louis the Pious, the scene changes somewhat with the incursions of Vikings, Saracens and Magyars, the latter two meeting in the south of France.
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Post by vodnik on Jun 11, 2022 7:36:50 GMT
...the problem of the Slavs was that they did not know the script and had to rely on the chronicles of their enemies, Byzantines or Franks. Once a Muslim Al Masu (895-957) visited the court of Vazlav and described the Bohemians. Rules authors like PB have reinterpreted the characteristics of many armies. in rules like Art de la Guerre and Triumph the same "facts" were adopted. In very many rules, Slav armies do not appear at all. In my HP I try to introduce Slavs and play decisive battles; www.tabletopinzuerich.ch/saga/wenden.html. But these texts are German. Nevertheless, they contain important data...
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