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Post by martini on Jun 13, 2023 12:39:38 GMT
I live in Somerset. You can pm me at guidofog@outlook.com. Have played DBMM only two or three times and that was years ago but happy to give it a try. Took it no further because my local group stuck with DBM. Until a few years ago I was a regular at comps organised by the DBM South West Doubles League. Have played DBA 3.0 a lot.
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Post by martini on Aug 29, 2022 11:20:30 GMT
Been meaning to say for some time how much I enjoy Mitch and Tony's videos. For a long time I tended to regard Ps and Bw as 'necessary evils' but some of the videos showed me how useful they are once you realise how to deploy them.
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Post by martini on Aug 26, 2022 20:02:10 GMT
Essex MPA127 is also worth a look; I have these and they come with pilum.
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Post by martini on Dec 1, 2021 11:31:16 GMT
Bought 3 piece set of 10mm/15mm desert terrain from Two Sheds Fred via ebay. Very, very nice and I'm delighted with them. Items were exactly as per the pic on ebay, delivered well packed and nothing broken or bent, even though all 3 pieces included palm trees. As well as selling on ebay they have their own website - just search on twoshedsfred.
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Post by martini on Nov 20, 2021 0:00:34 GMT
Reading - and enjoying - Monty's Men by John Buckley. Its a history of the British army and the liberation of Europe. Regarding the difference between the frontal armour on Tigers and Panthers versus that on Shermans, Buckley quotes a Lt in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry thus:
'My crews got almost obsessive about not having a thick sloping glacis plate in front like a Panther. I recall deliberately backing into a firing position so as to have the protection of the engine. There was the added advantage that if you had to get out in a hurry you had all the forward gears.'
Elsewhere, Buckley note that analysis at the time concluded that if a Sherman was hit, the crew had only 6 seconds to bail out. Brings it home to you how brave those crews must have been.
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FAQ
Oct 25, 2021 19:25:13 GMT
Post by martini on Oct 25, 2021 19:25:13 GMT
Is Jan 2020 still the most up to date FAQ?
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Post by martini on Oct 24, 2021 23:45:22 GMT
Count me in.
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Post by martini on Apr 26, 2021 22:20:08 GMT
zendor, I have put the picture on the DBA & HOTT facebook page. Hope you can find it.
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Post by martini on Apr 12, 2021 19:11:09 GMT
zendor - I noticed from your facebook page that last year you were asking if it was possible to fit four Xyston Parthians on a 40mmx30mm base. It is possible and I have the figures to prove it. A picture is on this site - search for message and attached picture by Snowcat dated 20 October 2020. By the way, your painting is fantastic.
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Post by martini on Apr 7, 2021 14:53:25 GMT
LIDL is selling grass mats 100cm x 200cm for £6.99. They are not like artificial lawns, more like what the railway modellers use for their landscaping. The material is thin so should be easy to cut to size. I would have bought one but for the fact that I already have a grass mat by Busch.
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Post by martini on Jan 8, 2021 23:09:32 GMT
Thanks to all for the swift and helpful responses. I guess I'll just have to get a very fine drill and and proceed by trial and error. At least now I know to attach the reins to the yoke and not the muzzle.
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Post by martini on Jan 5, 2021 12:06:39 GMT
Does anyone know of an on-line tutorial for making/attaching reins for chariot horsess? I've done some general searches but haven't found anything.
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Post by martini on Nov 10, 2020 23:05:06 GMT
Tony, re the Dry Spell game against Scot, after you killed the Libyan general did you take account of the rule that states that all further Libyan moves required 2 PIPs?
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Post by martini on Oct 28, 2020 13:53:12 GMT
Magister Militum makes a very small range of medieval 15mm foot comprising one pack of halberdiers and one of dismounted knights and a couple of packs of bow. All the packs have a variety of poses and they are compatible height-wise with Essex. From memory the product code for the halberdiers is YLT2.
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Post by martini on Oct 20, 2020 11:09:30 GMT
That's the ones, the very ones; thanks snowcat. Phil Hart also painted and based a couple of elements of Xyston Seleucid cataphracts but I'm not sure if there is a pic.
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