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Comment on Hundred Days British by John

John — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:25:00 +0000

In these photos they are all Perry Miniatures figures - The British Infantry & Hussars are plastics, while the Highlanders, Artillery, and 13th Light Dragoons are metal. The 2 Hussar units were converted from the plastic French Hussars box, however there is now an actual British Hussars box of plastic figures as well. I was lucky enough to have a friend who's a fellow NZ Wargamer (and a great painter) paint them for me - which meant I could finish the army both quickly and in quality! The Flags, BTW, are from Rick O'Brien, the "Flag Dude".

Comment on Hundred Days British by Lee

Lee — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:14:00 +0000

I quite like these figures, they’re dynamic, and you’ve done them justice with the paint job. Who makes them?

Comment on Charles Grant’s ‘Battle’ – Free Online by John

John — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:30:00 +0000

Hey Paul – in the dark – wow that’s keen… Yep those were the days indeed… My early ‘army men’ style figs saw plenty of Grantesqe action in my Mum’s rock garden and similar, also surviving the trials and tribulations of combat against Tom Thumbs, Po-Ha’s, Big Bangers, and such around Guy Fawkes time each year!

Comment on Some Lovely Langton 1/1200 Ships by John

John — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Nice Pics Doug – although one’s a little fuzzy!

Comment on Trafalgar vs. Signal Close Action Fast Play by John

John — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:00 +0000

Thanks for the post Grant – yes its interesting different peoples’ experiences & expectations. I’ll confess I’ve only played it twice, but it became immediately apparent from those two games there’s just too much luck involved for my liking, and it’s not consistent in how nationalities are rated & their special characteristics versus how ships & fleets are valued… A fun game yes, but not overly historically accurate I think.

Comment on WSS Here I Come – Well Almost! by John

John — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:43:00 +0000

Hi Don,

Thanks for the post. Yes the uniforms can seem a bit over-whelming, however in fact they are relatively straightforward. For example almost all Infantry except Grenadiers of nearly all nations wore the Tricorne and had essentially identical equipment (at least from a wargaming figure perspective). The only differences are the style of Grenadier headdress between nations and occasionally regiments.

Cavalry is similar – British and much French and some German Cavalry wore the Tricorne, Most German (incl. Prussian & Austrian) Cavalry wore the Lobster Pot Helmet in various varieties, and the French Dragoons wore their stocking hat (that looks a bit like the Grenadier Hat). One head type of the 4 in the WSS box (the odd one with the fur cap) is useful only for a single French Regiment and nothing else (the “Grenadiers à Cheval de la Maison du Roi” of Blenheim fame) – but I believe it’s not quite 100% accurate.

See the photo from Steve Cady in my Maurice – First Game Impressionspost for French Cavalry and the reference to Steve Cady’s blog post at the end.

Comment on Charles Grant’s ‘Battle’ – Free Online by Paul

Paul — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:08:00 +0000

Just discovered this by accident. I downloaded the full package and skipped to the last chapter to see something new – and realised that I read this article when it was first published, and indeed at the time imitated it.
We actually fought our outdoor battle in the dark, aided only by small torches (US = flashlights) from ground level to decide if enemy could be spotted.
Ah, those were the days…

Comment on Trafalgar vs. Signal Close Action Fast Play by grant

grant — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:10:00 +0000

I very much enjoy Trafalgar. My group has been playing since it came out, and in that time we have managed something like 20 or more games. Very enjoyable, always an exciting game to the last shot.

Comment on WSS Here I Come – Well Almost! by Don Cox

Don Cox — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:55:00 +0000

I have also bought a box of infantry and one of the cavalry. Being new to this period, I am not sure of which figure tops and bottoms plus heads (and headgear) can be used for which nationality. It would if someone one rhis site or at WF would post the infantry sprues with national boxes (name in a box) with a line going to the correct figure part on a sprue and identify them so that a newbe could buy x-number of boxes and assemble a French (or whom-ever national) unit. As well as the cavalry box set. Many thanks for thinking about this.

By the way your painting skills are very remarkable.
– Don

Comment on Trafalgar vs. Signal Close Action Fast Play by John

John — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:12:00 +0000

Hi Doug – yes, we found Trafalgar very random and I was also disappointed with the author’s response regarding some things, including a query I had on the Trafalgar Group about the points values – i.e. Why are all Spanish ships less points than the British equivalent EXCEPT the large Frigate? It highlights the points aren’t using any logical (mathematical) system and are just arbitrary guesses, etc…