Hi,
Looking to go into ww1 in East Africa, so keen to find out what others are doing in this conflict - rules, scenery, orbats etc. Knowing which figures to use for which troops would be very handy.
First real foray imto the 20th century - more of a pointy stick man really. Most figs are currently 15mm - biblical iis the biggest, but have reasonable collections in a number of other periods. Fair number of 28mm - TYW, Darkest Africa, odds and sods of other things. Dabbled in most things over the 40 years or so I've been splodging paint on figures.
Keen on modelling, more so than gaming to be honest, so interested in trying to turn out something in a new scale. Any gaming generally with the SAS club in Horsham. Not that SAS - although if you could win battles by eating pies we would be a force to be feared! Speedy painting tips would be handy, as I'm getting on a bit!
A very warm welcome to the forum, AL. :-h
Cheers - Phil
Wotcha and welcome from the county to your right (looking at a map).
Block colours then a dark brown Magic Wash will get the little chaps on the table 'toot- suite' if you are in a hurry.
Welcome. WWI East Africa is a fascinating period, but not one I've gamed. However, the Too Fat Lardies' If The Lord Spares Us, written for WWI Middle East are easily adaptable to East Africa. In fact I use them for Belgium 1914, and some NZ gamers on this forum use them for the retreat from Mons.
Welcome on board Al :).
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Hi
IanS
Welcome and hello!
Welcome to one of the finest boards around, many learned folk on here that will help you out.
Hi MediumAL,
nice to see another person introduce themselves on this friendly, helpful and knowledgeable forum.
Despite appearances to the contrary we are not complete lunatics ... several of us are still missing bits :)
MediumAL .... any relation to Wee-but-no'-as-wee-as-Wee-Hamish-Hamish? ;)
Hi Al, welcome to the Forum!
8)
Thanks for the welcome folks.
I'll take a look at the Too Fat Lardies set, and maybe Peter Pig's Square Bashing. Given the size of many of the actions, I'll be looking for something that copes with that. Maybe I'll vary the ruleset and the figure ratio depending on the size of the encounter. I have Contemptible Little Armies, but never used it, so I'll give that a read as well.
Welcome Al :-h
Quote from: Leman on 18 September 2015, 02:47:57 PM
Welcome. WWI East Africa is a fascinating period, but not one I've gamed. However, the Too Fat Lardies' If The Lord Spares Us, written for WWI Middle East are easily adaptable to East Africa. In fact I use them for Belgium 1914, and some NZ gamers on this forum use them for the retreat from Mons.
We also us ITLSU for their intended Middle East theatre
Here are a couple of battle reports to give you a feel
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12600.msg173678.html#msg173678 (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,12600.msg173678.html#msg173678)
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11289.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11289.0.html)
There are others...
The TFL 2007 Summer Special http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23 (http://toofatlardies.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23) includes
Things are a Bit 'Ard – A complete WWI East Africa supplement to ITLSU
Tanga – Day 1 – The classic East Africa scenario, mad bees to the fore.
One of the "some NZ gamers"
Hello and Welcome MediumAl
There's two sets of rules on the Free Wargame Wiki for WW1 East Africa:-
http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/East_Africa_WWI (http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/East_Africa_WWI)
http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/I_Wish_I_Was_In_France (http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/I_Wish_I_Was_In_France) (Inspired by the Pendraken range :) )
If you want to try your hand at modelling there's also http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/Mimi_and_Toutou_Go_Forth (http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/Mimi_and_Toutou_Go_Forth) which is naval battles on Lake Tanganyika :)
As my Scot wife would say, it's hard to go past free ;D.
Also there is the adaptation of Chris Peers Heart of Africa called Heart of East Africa http://www.edinburghwargames.com/Heart%20of%20Africa/Heart%20of%20East%20Africa/In%20the%20Heart%20of%20East%20Africa%20Playsheet.doc (http://www.edinburghwargames.com/Heart%20of%20Africa/Heart%20of%20East%20Africa/In%20the%20Heart%20of%20East%20Africa%20Playsheet.doc) Chris Peers also wrote the Contemptible Little Armies.
Cheers, let us know how you get on.
GrumpyOldMan
Wotcha, Al.
Interesting period to go for.
A warm welcome from me, too, Al. :-h
You don't know a MediumBetty by any chance?
Do you have a fringe on top?
Someone pass that broom. SHOOO SHOOO SHOOO BAD KAT
IanS
I must apologise for my fellow members. Some of them are a bit ... well a bit ... you know.
Please be assured that some members, I hate to be seen to promote myself, but it has to be said, people like me, are here as dedicated modellers, gamers and collectors. As I was saying to Lord Hallux* last night ... I'm sorry you may not know his lordship. He's a close friend of mine, a right stand up fellow, socking good chap in fact ... that this forum sometimes descends into farce. His Lordship thought I said "farsi", but I shooed away that notion. Anyway he nailed it straight away when he said, in his clipped tones, that I was probably right, and I say that he is too.
*OK. I paint a face on my big toe, and give it a name.
;D ;D
Listen to Nobby (fsn), AL. Definitely nailed it there.
Square Bashing has a scenario for Lake Tanga.
Quote from: Leman on 19 September 2015, 04:41:29 PM
Square Bashing has a scenario for Lake Tanga.
I thought Square Bashing was aimed at Divisional level games with Battalions as units, seems a bit to high level for East Africa. Or is there a lower level version?
Quote from: Leman on 19 September 2015, 04:41:29 PM
Square Bashing has a scenario for Lake Tanga.
To me Square bashing implies infantry and Lake Tanga makes me think water is involved. Is it a snorkeling scenario?
Welcome MediumAL
Hope you enjoy your time here.
Quote from: Subedai on 20 September 2015, 01:40:17 PM
To me Square bashing implies infantry and Lake Tanga makes me think water is involved. Is it a snorkeling scenario?
It's a British attempt to seize a port in German hands. It was defeated quite comprehensively so the scenario is to see if the British force can do any better. Strangely Tanga a seaport and there is no further mention of a lake. There is no lake on the gaming table, so how the scenario got it's name I am not sure. The British table edge is the Indian Ocean coastline.
I knew that...honest.
Hmmm ... I've done some research and there may be a trend.
Lake Manga, 1811 - No animated characters, no even in Japan.
Lake Tanga-Brief, 1942 - No mention of ladies unmentionable.
Lake Hanga, 1782 - Although a monkey was involved, it was nowhere near Hartlepool.
Lake Banga, 1983 - Not fought with obsolete, out of date equipment.
Lake Kanga, 1904 - Surprisingly, not part of the Great 'roo Bush War.
Lake Sangar, 1979 - Fought on the open, with no-one in prepared stone positions.
Quote from: fsn on 21 September 2015, 11:35:17 AM
Hmmm ... I've done some research and there may be a trend.
Lake Manga, 1811 - No animated characters, no even in Japan.
Lake Tanga-Brief, 1942 - No mention of ladies unmentionable.
Lake Hanga, 1782 - Although a monkey was involved, it was nowhere near Hartlepool.
Lake Banga, 1983 - Not fought with obsolete, out of date equipment.
Lake Kanga, 1904 - Surprisingly, not part of the Great 'roo Bush War.
Lake Sangar, 1979 - Fought on the open, with no-one in prepared stone positions.
Oh NO !!!
Please bar this OIK.
IanS
Welcome :)
Thanks for the welcome - I think?!?!
Thought about the Fringe bit, but mine has been retreating towards the back of my head for years now. Only consolation is that the light bouncing from my gleaming pate can sometime help when photographing minis. No Medium Betty, I fear. Knew a Sweaty Betty once, but never worked out how she got the name - she was lovely.
Waiting for my new toys to be delivered, so nothing useful to contribute yet. Bore you all with some pics in time.
Quote from: MediumAL on 23 September 2015, 05:21:58 PM
Waiting for my new toys to be delivered, so nothing useful to contribute yet. Bore you all with some pics in time.
That doesn't seem to hinder a lot of members ;)
Looking forward to seeing the pics :)
We never get bored with pics of model soldiers, Al !
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 23 September 2015, 08:48:19 PM
We never get bored with pics of model soldiers, Al !
Cheers - Phil
Or Totty!
Welcome to the madhouse
Quote from: ianrs54 on 29 September 2015, 06:59:53 AM
Phil is a bit old for that.....
IanS
I think he would say " he has a lovely wife so does not feel the need to look at Totty" - Well he would when Mrs T is around ;)
Just as a side thought, and nothing to do with Techno and his MiL and their living arrangements, at what point does an "older woman" stop being sexy and start being a bit ... strange.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, my dear Rikki Nobby.
For example, some look at an "old lady" ..... like the Centurion, say ..... and after one look at her guns, only see Nirvana. 8->
Quote from: fsn on 29 September 2015, 09:58:21 AM
Just as a side thought, and nothing to do with Techno and his MiL and their living arrangements, at what point does an "older woman" stop being sexy and start being a bit ... strange.
I think that as you age yourself your subconscious mentally increases the age that you find women are sexy. You also appreciate the experience of the older woman.
Hmmm. As a 20 year old an older woman of say 40 can be alluring. At 50, a woman of 70 ...?
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 29 September 2015, 08:38:22 AM
I think he would say " he has a lovely wife so does not feel the need to look at Totty" - Well he would when Mrs T is around ;)
It's Mrs T's birthday today.
She's in hospital.........I HOPE I'll be picking her up tomorrow........I'm
NOT having a very good day. X_X
Hope all is well chap.
Hope the good lady is out soon.
Commiserations Phil
IanS
I hope she is on the mend and your days improve
Quote from: fsn on 29 September 2015, 01:32:16 PM
Hmmm. As a 20 year old an older woman of say 40 can be alluring. At 50, a woman of 70 ...?
If Sophia Loren or Vanessa Redgrave asked me out tomorrow....
Quote from: mad lemmey on 29 September 2015, 04:02:03 PM
Hope all is well chap.
Quote from: fsn on 29 September 2015, 05:03:46 PM
Hope the good lady is out soon.
Quote from: ianrs54 on 29 September 2015, 05:19:27 PM
Commiserations Phil IanS
Quote from: paulr on 29 September 2015, 06:51:56 PM
I hope she is on the mend and your days improve
Thanks, Gents.
Got the good lady home late last night, in the end.....After what was basically a very comprehensive 'full body' M.O.T.
It appears that the pill she takes to 'top up' her thyroid needs halving.....And that's why her heart was playing silly b's and throwing in extra beats all over the place.
The 'thyroid pills' were what we both hoped were causing the problem......But it
was a tad worrying.
Cheers - Phil
Glad to hear it was just the medication.
Worrying times, when a loved one is ill
Glad she's back.
Great to hear she is back and you know the cause :)
Best wishes also.
Quote from: MediumAL on 18 September 2015, 01:12:29 PM
Hi,
Looking to go into ww1 in East Africa, so keen to find out what others are doing in this conflict - rules, scenery, orbats etc. Knowing which figures to use for which troops would be very handy.
First real foray imto the 20th century - more of a pointy stick man really. Most figs are currently 15mm - biblical iis the biggest, but have reasonable collections in a number of other periods. Fair number of 28mm - TYW, Darkest Africa, odds and sods of other things. Dabbled in most things over the 40 years or so I've been splodging paint on figures.
Keen on modelling, more so than gaming to be honest, so interested in trying to turn out something in a new scale. Any gaming generally with the SAS club in Horsham. Not that SAS - although if you could win battles by eating pies we would be a force to be feared! Speedy painting tips would be handy, as I'm getting on a bit!
Just to get the thread slightly back on track - if only for a nanosecond - welcome from the western edge of Surrey (Camberley) :-h
Cheers!
Meirion
Hope the Mrs gets better. Sometimes it's as tough for the other half. I've had medical probs the last few years and although she's hidden it well, it's been tough on my wife.
I obviously don't learn. Keep thinking I should cut back on the collections, but I've started yet another with the 10mm. Going to sell some bits off at Selwg on Sunday, but if there's any suitable 10mm stuff there, I'll end up spending the takings -assuming there are any.
Anyone exhibiting or trading up there this weekend?
Glad to here she is Ok Phil
Thanks again, Guys !
Mark....I'll get those tanks to you in the next couple of days ! :-[
Cheers - Phil