Hello folks,
I am from near Hanover in Germany and new to Pendraken and the forum.
My first 10 mm miniatures ever are from the AWI range. I must say, that I am really impressed by the detail possible for such small miniatures.
Started painting them already :D
Cheers, Steffen
Welcome on board Steffan and the AWI figures are superb sculpts.
Wilkommen und Gruss Gott!
Hi Steffen
Welcome to the forum
Welcome Steffan
The quality of the figures is only exceeded by the insanity of the forum members
Orcs
Hi Steffen!
Herzlich willkommen , Herr Steffen . Gut zu weiteren Rekruten in die Pendraken Internationalen Brigade treffen !. Leider " Orks " ist richtig. Ihre geistige Gesundheit kann nun in Gefahr sein ! 8-}
[The gist of which is "Welcome, Mister Steffen. Good to meet another recruit to the Pendraken International Brigade!. Unfortunately, "Orcs" is correct. Your sanity is now at risk!"]
Hi Steffen,
as you may have gathered from the posts above, the forum is friendly, informative and lunatic by turns. I'm sure you'll enjoy the time you spend here!
Another welcome here Steffen.
I lived near Celle for a while in the 1960's.
Thank you all for the warm welcome!
@Subedai:
I used to take rental cars to Bergen-Hohne Garrison near Celle between 2003 and 2006.
Cheers, Steffen.
Greetings Steffan. Welcome to the forum.
Cheers Bob
Welcome again, Steffen !
Cheers - Phil.
Hi
IanS
Hi Steffen, welcome to the forum
Willkommen !
Hi Steffen, welcome to the Forum!
8)
Hallo Steffen :)
Willkommen im Penedraken Forum, einem der nettesten Orten im WWW !
Viel Spass !
Welcome Steffen. :)
Hello and welcome. :)
Welcome to the Forum, Sir.
Don't understand why, but every time we get a new member, people post some right gibberish. Could be a foreign language for all I know!
Personally I never saw the attraction of the dastardly American Insurrection. Do you think you could be persuaded to a more acceptable form of gaming? I can personally recommend the American Civil War range, and WWII, and medieval, and Marlborough's Wars and the Dark Age.
The Centurion tanks are particularly lovely.
Quote from: Szymon on 21 January 2015, 05:07:28 PM
...Willkommen im Penedraken Forum, einem der nettesten Orten im WWW !...
Unless you get base sizes wrong, apparently ;) ;D ;D ;D
Welcome Steffen. The AWI figures are glorious, as are the LOA, but I can particularly recommend the range of figures for that Family Feud, the Austro Prussian War of 1866! ;)
Mollinary
Hello again,
here are the first AWI Minis nearly finished.
It was fun painting them!
Cheers Steffen.
Welcome, Steffen. :D
:-bd =D> :-bd
Looking forward to seeing them based up
FSN before you criticise the period- maybe he is doing how the Germans efficiently put down a French inspired illegal uprising.
Not citicising, just doesn't spark my enthusiasm. Seems a bit of a tawdry affair to me. Nobody managed to raise to any level of competency.
They drowned tea.
Barbaric!
Won't get out of bed for anything between 1450 and 1800. (Yes, I know I just spent £x on War of the Spanish Succession figures. The irony is not lost on me.)
I think if someone has enthusiasm for a period it should be encouraged. The AWI and LOA are not my thing either, but they are superb sculpts and I enjoy following forum members' painting and playing with them.
Agreed. I rejoice in our variety. I even understand that some people may not share my enthusiasm for mid C20 British armour beginning with "C", and I'd hate for anyone to think that I would belittle any period.
All right, I would belittle many periods, but I delight in those who have the enthusiasm and energy to adopt these facets of our hobby. Even the concept of the AWI being a French inspired affair which the Germans stuck the boot into can't (for me) make it interesting.
I think in my original post, I was merely encouraging Steffan to widen his purchase of Pendraken miniatures to other ranges.
Not offence or discouragement meant.
Just noticed the Hanover bit. We are running a large CWC game based around there set in 1985. Are there any maps of the area for that date available, particularly showing the Autobahn.
Thanks
IanS
Sounds like Soviet spying to me.
Oh Steffen Sorry Welcome aboard.
There is no way out now, like "The Hotel California"
Quote from: CPTHilts on 21 January 2015, 11:17:45 AM
Thank you all for the warm welcome!
@Subedai:
I used to take rental cars to Bergen-Hohne Garrison near Celle between 2003 and 2006.
Cheers, Steffen.
I lived at Munsterlager -at least that's what it was called back then, I can't seem to find it on Google Maps though.
Also while others are bandwagoning their personal favourites, I can vouch for the shiny loveliness of the Mongols.
I think Herman probably drank it while you were away.
Quote from: ianrs54 on 25 January 2015, 02:34:35 PM
Just noticed the Hanover bit. We are running a large CWC game based around there set in 1985. Are there any maps of the area for that date available, particularly showing the Autobahn.
Thanks
IanS
Have you tried Google?
I suspect the person in question has (Well I know he did). It gives 2014 stuff, he was looking for 85, and needs to check for changes.
IanS
Quote from: ianrs54 on 25 January 2015, 02:34:35 PM
Just noticed the Hanover bit. We are running a large CWC game based around there set in 1985. Are there any maps of the area for that date available, particularly showing the Autobahn.
Thanks
IanS
Oh, that might get very difficult. Because the only place to get such maps, as I know, is the city of Hanover in the archive. I don't know, if they give them out.
There is something I found online, but these are older maps. I don't think it is helpful. ( http://www.landkartenarchiv.de/deutschland_stadtplaene_falk.php )
And here is something from 1972 road atlas, but it's the latest to be found online ( http://www.landkartenarchiv.de/deutschlandkarten.php?q=adacreisekarte_deutschland_1972 )
Cheers
Quote from: fsn on 21 January 2015, 06:26:07 PM
Welcome to the Forum, Sir.
Don't understand why, but every time we get a new member, people post some right gibberish. Could be a foreign language for all I know!
Personally I never saw the attraction of the dastardly American Insurrection. Do you think you could be persuaded to a more acceptable form of gaming? I can personally recommend the American Civil War range, and WWII, and medieval, and Marlborough's Wars and the Dark Age.
The Centurion tanks are particularly lovely.
Yes, I also thought about The American Civil War and the Dark Age. I already painted some WW II miniatures from other Ranges for a 15mm Skirmish. What I think, that also very interesting are the modern Armies of the 20th Century. There are very interesting Rules available for these scenarios.
Right now I try to get finished some AWI Minis, but the variety of the miniatures made by Pendraken is incredible. I don't know where to start :-bd
Quote from: CPTHilts on 26 January 2015, 07:41:07 PM
Yes, I also thought about The American Civil War and the Dark Age. I already painted some WW II miniatures from other Ranges for a 15mm Skirmish. What I think, that also very interesting are the modern Armies of the 20th Century. There are very interesting Rules available for these scenarios.
Right now I try to get finished some AWI Minis, but the variety of the miniatures made by Pendraken is incredible. I don't know where to start :-bd
It's not the starting that's the problem, Steffen, it's the stopping once you get going! :o
Thanks Seffen
IanS