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Post by goragrad on Aug 5, 2021 0:12:30 GMT
For some time I have been going back to my Ospreys as I work on the army covered. Usually re-reading the entire issue.
Fiction has been Way of Kings series by Sanderson and Forgotten Warrior series by Correia among others.
Not too much in the way of historical fiction or histories.
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Post by goragrad on Aug 5, 2021 0:08:25 GMT
Nice breakdown.
Particularly as I already have Han and Three Kingdoms and picked up figures for Northern and Southern not long ago.
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Post by goragrad on Aug 4, 2021 23:56:34 GMT
My lot -
Reference Description dba DBDBA BBDBA Book I Old/Middle Kingdom Eyptian(a) 1 Early Nubian 1 Midianite Arab(b) 1 1 Pre-Vedic Indian 1 Vedic Indian(a,b) 1 Scythian(a,b) 1 1
2 6
Book II Republican Indian 1 Mountain Indian 1 Classical Indian(a) 1 Athenian 1 Ch'in(d) 1 Gallic 1 Sarmatian 1 Early Armenian(b,c) 1 Parthian 1 Han(a,b) 1 British 1 Three Kingdoms 1 MIR 1 Sassanid(b,c) 1 Ostrogoth 1 Early Saxon 1 Gepid 1 Frankish 1 Palmyran 1 1 LIR West 1 LIR East 1 Pict 1 8 2 13
Book III Early Lombard 1 Italian Ostrogoth 1 Rshrui Armenian 1 Feudal Spanish 'b' 1 Feudal Spanish 'c' 1 Norman 1 Ottonian 1 2 1 4
Book IV Anglo-Norman 1 Feudal French 'a' 1 Early Crusader 1 Later Crusader 1 PRUSSIAN 1 Teutonic 1 Low Country 1 HYW English 1 Early Burgundian 1 Later Swiss (generic figures) 1 WOTR 1
2 4 5 14 7 28
Not quite all options for each army, although with the DBDBA and BBDBA I can probably build a all option DBA army for that list.
And particularly with the late Book III and Book IV DBDBA and BBDBA armies I could break them up to make a number of other lists and increase the nominal number of DBA armies.
Just as those BBDBA LIR armies could be split up and combined with Gothic, Frankish, or German elements to make Patricians and Early Byzantines.
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Post by goragrad on Aug 4, 2021 23:34:15 GMT
Completed, although i had to respond twice as I forgot the Teutonics the first go round.
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Post by goragrad on May 27, 2021 20:12:59 GMT
Been a while since my last update, in that time I have painted and glued to bases -
an element of PS using a pair of later Medieval crossbowmen of unknown manufacturer, two elmeti with Roundway miniatures (one RKV1 general, 4 RKV10 knights, and a RKV11 'light'), three elements of Pruss PS (finishing off the half element already done) using Gladiator FE28 archers, 4 elements of Pruss 3WB and one of WB with Gladiator a mix of Gladiator FE27 and 28 (giving me the ability to field an all option DDBA Pruss army), two elements of 3BD composed of Roundway RKS10 (I believe) half armored Swiss halberds, and another 3BD element using a pair of RKS11 Lucerne levy with hammers and a Roundway unarmored Swiss halberder (code not readable).
By the way - Does anyone have a copy of a Roundway catalog or figure list? With the demise of the website I can't ID some of the figures I hadn't already cataloged.
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Post by goragrad on May 27, 2021 19:47:03 GMT
Not sure if I bookmarked and I have to head out on a job, but some time ago there was a post on The Miniatures Page about Roman glass and some coins found in a Japanese castle.
Of course durable goods could pass though many hands before reaching their final destination.
However India was being visited regularly in Classical times and, while not a short jaunt, would just have been a continuation of a multiyear voyage.
Looking at Greer (who erred seriously in some areas), in his Armies and Enemies of Ancient China he notes that a Han expedition was tasked with invading the Roman Empire in 96 AD (believing Antioch was Rome's capitol) but was dissuaded by Parthian accounts of Rome's power.
He also notes that in 116 AD when he took Ctesiphon that Trajan was within one days march of Han border garrisons.
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Post by goragrad on May 27, 2021 19:03:11 GMT
Ah…my fault for not making myself completely clear. Page 11 of the HoTT 2.1 rules says:- “(1) The majority of the playing surface must be flat good going…” (i.e. more than half). Soooo, purely for the purposes of determining whether there is too much terrain or not:- (a) Divide the table into two equal halves. (b) Make the defender place all their terrain in one half. (c) If it won’t all fit, then there is too much terrain. (d) Discard terrain features until it all fits in one half of the table. (e) Only if it ALL fits can the defender pick it all up again and then place it as normal. In other words, if the terrain (including gentle good going hills) cannot all fit in one half of the table, then it must cover more than 50% of the table area, which is not allowed. Simple but effective. Will be keeping this in mind for future games.
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 11:37:59 GMT
Pity...
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 11:37:04 GMT
My mother, siblings and I visited in 1999. Did a little over a week staying at three of the 'tourist farms' - one in the west, middle and east of the country. Much too short...
As noted a beautiful country and my mother apparently learned her recipes well from her mother because the food was just like what I grew up eating.
I would like to go back again with my siblings children.
P.S. Amusingly, I read some time ago that as a 3rd generation 'expatriate' that if I could find gainful employment there I could get citizenship after a specific residence time. Been a while since I checked the economy as to whether that would be a good move. It would be nice though to have a base in Europe from which I could visit all of the historic sites...
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 9:26:28 GMT
goragrad As its a "public" group on FB , you should still be able to view the pics . Incase you can't . Nice work!!! Thanks much!!! And when I clicked that link (several times) I goy yhis - DBA (De Bellis Antiquitatis) Private group · 2.4K members Along with the profile picture. Has someone changed the status?
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 9:08:14 GMT
...goragrad is a slavic word too. The ending grad could be everywhere except Bohemia. Where is grad a hrad means casstle... Mountain Castle. Southeastern Slovenia, somewhere in the vicinity of Novo Mesto. Was told in Slovenia that Jankovič (maternal grandfather) is more Croatian or Serb, but just on the Slovene side of the border visited the village of Jankoviči... And a search on a genealogy site did find a couple of names in the Novo Mesto area as well. Name search for Pirč (paternal) had the same result. Pity so many records were lost in the 40s...
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 8:45:06 GMT
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 8:27:07 GMT
According to Heath (and Gladiator Miniatures) Pruss and Lithuanian infantry were dressed and equipped similarly. Heath notes Polish reconstructions of 12-13th C Lithuanians that are identical to the Pruss depicted in Armies of Feudal Europe.
However, he does not state whether they also preferred white fabric for their clothing.
Minor point and as they have darker brown or black hair it does provide a point of difference. But it would be nice to know if there was more color in their costume.
On a bit of a tangent, given the Teutonic Orders declaration that white clothing was heathen - did the Pruss in Teutonic service eschew their traditional whites and wear 'civilized' colors?
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 7:51:17 GMT
Back on the 3rd I placed another order with Alternative Armies. With discussion on TMP on metal prices having increased significantly and the 20% off sale along with free shipping over 100 pounds it seemed like a good time.
ADW03 Dwarf Pike 2 packs (20) BY3 Byzantine Archer 18 LR1 Late Roman Legionary 8 BYC3 Byzantine HC with Lance 25 BYC1 Byzantine EHC with Lance 20 BY1 Byzantine Heavy Scutatos 8 ME13 Lt Med Peasant Bill 9 ME29 Lt Med Peasant with Club 9 ME36 Unarmoured Pikeman 40 ME35a Knight with Halberd in Bascinet 9 ME35 Knight with Sword in Bascinet 9 ME34a Knight with Halberd in Sallet 15thc 4 ME34 Knight with Sword in Sallet 15thC 9 ME38 Heavily Armoured Pikeman 5 ME37 Armoured Pikeman 15th century 14 MEC23 Mounted Longbowman 9 MEC25 14thC Companion 3 MEC4 Frankish Knight 13thC 14 MEC7 Ministerialis 12thC German Knight 21 ME32 Longbowman 15thC 24 ARC7 Arab Camel Spearman 18 ARC6 Arab Camel Archer 6
Then on the 4th I contacted miros about his bazaar list and as he still had some items I could use I ordered them as well (unfortunately he has misplaced the Han so they weren't available although if he finds them I will take them as well) -
Creatures 1 VNT26 Cockatrice Alternative Armies 4 GOB4 Wolves Chariot 2 Dragons (small w/flying stands) Grenadier 1 Chaos Dragon GW Warmaster 1 Giant Eagle w/rider Peter Pig 8 6-9 Wolves Peter Pig Tamil or Hindu Indian 1 HTI1 Armoured War Elephant w/driver & archer Outpost 1 HTIC2 General on Elephant Outpost 1 HTIC2 General on Elephant Outpost 8 HTIC1 Foot Command (2xOfficer, 2xUmbrella, 2xDrummer, 2xTrumpeter Outpost 8 HTI2 Spearmen (3 variants) Outpost 8 HTI3 Javelinmen (3 variants) Outpost 8 HTI5 Tribal Archers (3 variants) Outpost 8 HTI6 Rajput or Later Swordsmen (3 variants) Outpost 4 HTI8 Cavalry (2 variants) Outpost Biblical 8 BS113 Sherden med. lnf. Javelin & shield Essex 5 ANK10 Kushite Command pack: 2xOfficer, 1xstandard, 1xdrummer, 1xguard Essex 5 ANK10 Kushite Command pack: 2xOfficer, 2xstandard, 1xdrummer Essex 8 ANK28 Kushite Spearmen Essex 6 Sherden w/sword Old Glory 1 ENK1 Archer & driver in two horse chariot Chariot 1 ENK1 Archer & driver in two horse chariot Chariot 1 KUE1 Archer & driver in two horse chariot Chariot Hellenistic 5 HE46 Graeco-Bactrian Companions Gladiator 4 ANC20047 Northern Thracian Nobles Xyston
Medieval - 8 MS17 Flodden plate-armoured pikeman Feudal Castings Buildings & Camp Followers 1 15 YUR Steppe Yurt Baeuda 1 15 BYZ Byzantine Tent Baeuda 1 15 GRK Greek Tent Baeuda 1 15 PRT Roman Praetorium Tent Baeuda 1 15 LEG Roman Tent Baeuda 1 15 ELF Elven Tent Baeuda
Again, with metal prices rising and the potential (at least) of corresponding price increases for miniatures, it seemed to be a good idea at the time...
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Post by goragrad on May 16, 2021 0:44:10 GMT
Same range of colors for all my horses regardless as to whether they are LH, CV, or KN.
Although I do on occasion paint the horses of an element the same color if they belong to an army that might have looked for a more uniform look to a unit as did more modern cavalry.
I read in a post (Jeff Caruso - old Fanaticus???) that Mongols and perhaps other steppe tribes tended to more uniform colors in their horse herds and thus in their cavalry. With a lack of uniforms a good way to tell who your friends and enemies are.
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