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Post by felixs on Apr 8, 2018 21:25:48 GMT
I mentioned having quite a bit of success with using armies with a lot of 3Ax - namely Thracians and Ancient Spanish.
The match-ups have been historical (I play little else these days) and mostly against Roman, Celtic and Greek armies. So lots of heavy foot, whose flanks are relatively easily exploited. Terrain is extremely important and the Thracian Light Horse is also quite useful (but requires very careful selection of terrain). The resilience of Ax against mounted also proved very useful.
"Quite a bit of success" was perhaps a bit of an over-statement. I should have said that they fared much better than I would have expected, being quite respectable opponents.
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Post by felixs on Apr 5, 2018 19:03:45 GMT
Looks like candy. In a good way. I like it very much! Please get a pink die to accompany this army  |
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Post by felixs on Apr 5, 2018 18:25:36 GMT
My Ancient Spanish are built as 3Ax/3Wb. Unfortunately, Corvus Belli seems hard to get (or is it?) so unlikely that I will expand that army.
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Post by felixs on Apr 5, 2018 17:18:51 GMT
Thank you all!
For me, it is mostly about armies having a distinctive feel. Being a bit under-powered is ok.
I assume that armies with lots of 4Ax are probably the weakest in the game.
As Antoine pointed out, 3Ax are quick and can exploit gaps and get into flanks easily. 4Ax cannot even do that.
But I feel myself drawn to under-performing armies, so that is fine.
As for the Illyrians, having read a bit more about them, I think that they are better represented as 3Ax. The Thracians seem a much better candidate for 4Ax. But my Thracian army (built of Museum Miniatures models) is clearly a mountain tribal one, so it should stay 3Ax.
Not easy to decide which army to get for lots of 4Ax. I really like the Etruscans as well, but they are about 200 years too early (or much too late) for anything else that I have. Hmm...
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Post by felixs on Apr 3, 2018 17:48:28 GMT
Hello Gentlefolks,
while I am quite sure that Fast Auxilia (3Ax) is the stronger variation of Auxilia, I feel myself drawn to Solid Auxilia.
Auxilia is the only type of infantry that is not quick-killed by anything but Knights and then only in Good Going. +3 against everything is not bad. Plus you can move at a normal rate in Bad Going.
I have had quite a bit of success with Fast Auxilia armies. Thracians work quite well, as do Ancient Spanish.
The most 4Ax that I have at the moment is in the Later Carthaginian army, where it is likely to find itself in a line with the Spears quite often - a role for which more Spears would be better suited.
Securing Bad Going seems to be a typical role for Auxilia in DBA, but Fast Auxilia is much better at that. Maybe Solid Auxilia would be good to keep Warbands and other Auxilia at bay, especially if those are Fast.
I might get myself an Illyrian army, or something from Ancient Italy, just to try out a lot of 4Ax in action.
Does anyone have experiences with that kind of army?
It is unlikely to be strong, but is it fun?
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Post by felixs on Apr 3, 2018 16:52:04 GMT
Thank you all.
Seems like that one is less clear and merits some thinking about it. And possibly some talk with regular gaming partners to find a solution ante problematic situations.
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Post by felixs on Apr 2, 2018 12:59:06 GMT
Thank you.
Another one, if I may:
In the same diagram 7b; provided that Spear A moved to contact Blade Y, can Spear B then move forward until it is in the TZ of both Blade X and Blade Y and then move to attack Blade X?
I think that should be legal too.
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Post by felixs on Apr 2, 2018 9:57:35 GMT
Hello Gentlefolks, discovered a new rules "problem", which is probably solved by the rules, but which I find a bit strange. So; here it is: Can an element that is in two TZ's freely decide which enemy to attack? According to diagram 7b, I assume that indeed all kinds of acrobatic exercises are allowed to attack any unit of your choice, provided you are in that unit's TZ at the start of that move. If that is true, another question would be whether you need to stay in the TZ for the whole of the move. I would say that you do not need to stay in the TZ, as long as the move ends with making legal front-edge to front-edge combat contact with the element whose TZ the moving element started in. I hope the question and my suggested solution are understandable. They read a bit like something that one might find in the DBA rules book  Thank you! |
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Post by felixs on Mar 31, 2018 22:41:52 GMT
Tony, your videos are a pleasure to watch.
And they make me want to play more and finish more armies for play. Plus you cover so many interesting periods, that I am constantly tempted to buy even more stuff. But I must resist.
I watch these videos while painting (listening mostly, plus the occasional glance at the screen) and they help greatly at keeping me motivated.
And your rules explanations are extremely helpful. Spotted quite a few errors in my own interpretations.
Thank you.
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Post by felixs on Mar 31, 2018 22:30:21 GMT
Simple truth is that we have no idea how Fu Hao might have looked. As a wife of King Wu Ding (or Wuding, if you like), she would have had duties other than warfare. The geisha suggestion is extremely off. A Viking women would probably be as well a fit. If you need to use something from a later period of time, most non-veiled Central Asian figures would probably be a good fit. If she actually took to the field in a fighting role (which I find unlikely, but you never know), I would assume that she would have worn standard warrior dress, thus looking not different from any male general. Anyway, not different in any way that should be too obvious in 15mm. Maybe you could give her very heavy makeup. To my knowledge there are no records on that either, but it it not totally unlikely and would make the mini stand out. Alternatively, she might have had somewhat more girly colours than the rest of the army - again, unlikely, but we just do not know. Most of the Chinese depictions are as useless as anything else. Fantasy, inspired by typical pseudo-historical nerd images of what everything ancient might have looked and with a fair bit of "sexy" thrown in. As for what is found in her tomb, that is also not necessarily representative of what she would have used in real life. Even the axes found in there are not battle axes, but rather ceremonial. Probably just a symbol of power. Maybe for use in executions or human sacrifice - but most likely not. Most likely just power bling-bling. The rest of the stuff found in her grave is also of a symbolic nature and would serve her in after-life. Go with whatever you like. Fu Hao is as good a choice for a general of a Shang army as anyone. I quite like this depiction: www.qhd66.com/news.asp?id=295&mnid=16474&classname=%C8%CB%CE%EF%B9%CA%CA%C2 |
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Post by felixs on Mar 31, 2018 22:14:04 GMT
Finished my Carthaginians. I decided to do all the rest in lavender and the horses in simple brown. Looks great that way and I liked painting lavender coloured shields.
Still. Horses are awful. Luckily the Polybian Romans only have 6 horse minis. That should be doable.
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Post by felixs on Mar 27, 2018 13:22:13 GMT
Hello Gentlefolks,
my Later Carthaginians (does anyone ever do Early Carthaginians?) are nearly finished.
I just need to finish the six cavalry figures, which are about 50% done.
Everything else is finished, even the Ligurians (of which I had no idea how they should look, now they look quite Celtish) and the Spanish (which I enjoy painting, but the castings are quite poor). But the cavalry is not yet done.
For me, it is always the cavalry that I paint last. I could probably just paint infantry for army after army without ever wanting to do the cavalry for a change. Even with armies that I am interested in, I still find painting cavalry unexciting and chore-ish.
The only thing that is worse than cavalry is chariots. Luckily, few armies that I am interested in have those.
I believe this to be a rather common phenomenon.
What do you paint last?
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Post by felixs on Jan 23, 2018 7:06:32 GMT
If you like HYW, do HYW.
If you like something else better, do that.
And finish armies that you begin. With DBA that is usually quite possible and it feels much better if you have achieved something.
And try to avoid adding to the lead pile. (This probably means: Do HYW).
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Post by felixs on Jan 14, 2018 20:01:45 GMT
Han are finished (well, basing is not yet finished as my supply of the "right" kind of sand has run out).
Might start on the New Kingdom Egyptians....
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Post by felixs on Jan 13, 2018 16:21:38 GMT
My package from the Museum Miniatures discount sale arrived and I have begun painting the missing figures to bring my Han army up to DBA 3 standards. Also need three more bases of slinger (Ps) for the celts, which I will prime now.
In the meantime, I have been painting some 28mm dwarfs of the Mantic line for their Kings of War game. (Quite silly, but not bad).
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