No the real argument is whether it should be in two tone brown & grey camouflage when your only reference are black & white photographs and both colours have almost the same tonal values as each other if they are not actually just areas of shadow or soothing like that. They are rather cool & given ...
I enjoyed painting them even though the pressure was on a bit. I have about 24 new samples to put up by Friday, mostly painted by the very talented Andy Thompson. Only my efforts up so far. I found myself saying, 'must do this regiment for mysekf, ah, must also do this regiment for myself.. etc etc...
Gentlemen, I just booked myself a flight to Derby for March 2013. This, the request in the message before AND the reservation at the last weekender should convince you that I want to be there again :wink: :D Also, even that they may not take part, I will take some Saxon troops with me if only to sh...
That's an excellent point Matt makes about the bonuses (bonii?). In pure game terms, he would have been far better dismounting his Dragoons and fielding them as 3 separate "commandoes" in reply to the Forlorne Hope. In fact, in general you'd always be better doing this with Dragoons - I wish I'd tho...
Damp powder?; Sub-standard quality powder as the Colonel has embeze "cough", sorry, invested in other areas of equipment as a priority; wrong size ball?; wrong size coat buttons? :lol: There are many excuses for why a unit might be out of ammo before firing a shot. The causeway at Aughrim springs to...
That's a splendid idea. It's just reminded me that that was another topic of conversation at some point on the Sunday. I'm lead to believe :oops: that some Generals on each side were approached and offered various inducements to change sides. As these were by necessity vapour-ware inducements, there...
Andy, I didn't notice that :shock: I think you are referring to this "Forlorne Hope"-Card or what it's name was? I can follow your lead but I have one point to add. This troops could represent Grenadiers to show their 'Elite' Status and ability for such smashing results. Only my opinion so... Günte...
Naturally, no offense taken Your Majesty :) Colin and I - or should I say McMahon and Le Caillemotte - both knew that the first person to "fail" their morale check to a Retreat result was going to win that flank. "Passing" to a Shaken result was a worse outcome for both of us than "failing" to a Ret...
Some of the few pictures I remembered to take: Government Line about to crack under the world's most fortunate Highland charge: http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/xhequimunqui/Derby%20gaming/Derby2012A.jpg Williamite's fording the river: http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/xhequimunqui/Derb...
We had a couple of occassions at the Derby game at the weekend where both sides, engaged in a hot exchange of musketry, were praying to fail their upcoming morale check... but just a wee bit :? You're effectively dying to get that single result out of 6, whatever the modifiers, that lets the front B...
...or Commando Shot as I think they ought to be re-named :wink: So, having just returned from Derby (or was it Drogheda?) and seen these guys work in anger for the first time, I was a little surprised at how effective they turned out to be. One party of six models (so an independent base effectively...
I went straight to my bed when I got home last night and have only just surfaced, deary meary but I'm still shattered. Back-shift today should be interesting - I pity the author of the first stupid question I get :roll: Anyway, fantastic weekend, thanks guys for doing all the hard work putting it to...
