Hi From NW England

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Moaning.

IanS

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome.
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,4715.0.html
Are my 10mm Later Romans, great range! You will love them!
60 is nothing, if you don't try to paint individually!
Pop down to Costa/Starbucks/MaccyDs, help yourself to a few coffee stirrers, glue 10 or so along the stirrer.
But I do batches of 100 at a time these days!

[fsn]

Good morning Mr Leyland, and welcome to the forum.

There are many erudite and knowledgeable people here who as they have already demonstrated are quite capable of giving you a seemingly well reasoned response to your queries. It is true that most of them have reasonably lucid moments but my advice would be to take nothing at face value. One trick I have noted is that they remodel Pendraken miniatures in 54mm or even larger, then paint them which is a feat so simple that an 8 year old child wearing an eye patch and with its major muscle groups linked to a apparatus designed to deliver small electric shocks at random intervals (happy days) could still make a reasonable fist of it. These cunning members then photograph these 54mm creations and pass them off as 10mm. It's the only logical explanation.

You've just missed the annual painting competition. There's a few 54mm (and one I think may actually be a full size mannequin) that are winners, and that and the obvious bias within the judging panel towards those that they describe as having "talent" makes it a foregone conclusion about the winners, but there is a veneer of bonhomie that frankly is as brittle as the rictus grin on the "Little Miss Cute Oregon" runner up - there's a four year old with a budding personality disorder.

Anyway, welcome. I've been 10mm for about 4 years, and have everything from ancient Greeks to SF. No chariot armies though. Pendraken don't do chariot armies. Being of a mathematical bent, I compared the market and Pendraken seemed to be the best place for a 10mm one-stop shop. This they have proved to be, and the Dark Lord and his casting dwarves are very friendly and efficient.

So late Romans eh? You'll like Centurions then.





I've just had a thought. Do you think my painting would get better if I didn't wear the eye patch and electric shock apparatus?

[Leman]

Thanks Chaps, it's a long time since I was a cadet! Just reading through the forum and it seems some people skirmish in 10MM? Wow!

Also what rules would be best for 1900-1930's? Pretty much where the Black Powder set ends?

Hi Carl. I'm also in the NW (Formby). I use groups of 10mm late Romans based on pennies for the Lardies' Dux Britanniarum.

[Roy]

 

Hello and welcome

[Bodvoc]

Hi Carl,
Welcome aboard,
Late Romans? try Dux Bellorum and Impetus

[Norm]

Welcome to the forum - enjoy your journey into 10mm.

[CarlLeyland]

Thanks for being so welcoming, it's nice to have such an active forum. I am already a little stunned by the sheer scale (!) of everything here. Painting in batches of 100  also the quality of the Late Romans in that pic is amazing, I am certainly looking forward to getting started on my own figures now.

The extensive catalogue is a fun read in itself....army lists are starting to be written as I browse through it!

Thanks again for the help and warm welcome.

[Roy]

I am already a little stunned by the sheer scale (!) of everything here.

I found the volume of traffic on this forum very daunting when I first joined, and actually I stayed away for a bit because I couldn't find anything that I was looking for.

One thing I now just do is use the "Show unread posts since last visit" button at the top left of the forum page. Its the only way to keep sane when trying to navigate the forum (though I've now dived straight in, and also contribute to the silliness - in the appropriate places of the forum - so I've become acclimatised to the place).

I have to say this is the most friendly and helpful forum that I use.   

[Tawa]

Welcome aboard! 

[Matt J]

Welcome 

You'll find being on this forum is like sitting on a comfy chair in the middle of an oversubscribed nursery at skittle time 

However there are alot of clever people who know alot of stuff

[d_Guy]

You've just missed the annual painting competition. There's a few 54mm (and one I think may actually be a full size mannequin) that are winners, and that and the obvious bias within the judging panel towards those that they describe as having "talent" makes it a foregone conclusion about the winners, but there is a veneer of bonhomie that frankly is as brittle as the rictus grin on the "Little Miss Cute Oregon" runner up - there's a four year old with a budding personality disorder.

Well - yea-uh!  All that's a given! But you don't know how lucky you are - I can only DREAM of getting three votes in the painting competion.

[fsn]

Cost me a fortune ... and a little self respect. 

[Techno]

Well......I haven't received my cheque yet, Nobby.

Cheers - Phil

[Orcs]

Hi Carl. I'm also in the NW (Formby).

Formby      Is that a Place???   I thought that was the bloke who played the Ukelele 

[Orcs]

. Its the only way to keep sane when trying to navigate the forum

You clutching at straws there Roy 

[Orcs]

Well......I haven't received my cheque yet, Nobby.

Cheers - Phil

I thought  Nobby had agreed to muck out your Chickens and the Horses with his bare hands for a vote?

I've got my cheque, came last week. Used it to book a month in the Bahamas

[Leman]

Formby      Is that a Place???   I thought that was the bloke who played the Ukelele 

And I've got a window cleaner.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello Carl

Mr Grumpy I owe you a beer or two!

Those links were exactly what I was looking for....not read all of it but just right. I have never seen them before!

I am a big fan of the Hopkirk books but as I game solo 28MM (though lovely) is out of both my pocket and my time frame but now with 10mm and those links........

Thank you again this is a surprise and wonderful reading!

No problems. If you're interested in Red Actions and Central Asia there are some Chinese and Mongol cards available from the Yahoo group or if you PM your email address I can email them to you.

Also, if you're ok with card based activation, you can have a look at Too Fat Lardies 'Triumph of the Will' - http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=53, they're getting a bit long in the tooth now but still fun. Their rules 'If The Lord Spares Us' http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=11&zenid=87fdc62e7087e0414677ad686018d922 have updated mechanisms but narrow the focus to WW1 Middle East. I understand there are some variants for WW1 Western Front and East Africa around.

Feel free to ask about proxies for unavailable troops etc.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[paulr]

We have used ITLSU basically unchanged for early Western Front WWI and there are mods for trench warfare.