Moved on to Borny-colombey with my regular opponent in 10mm. Once again, I provided the battlefield and he provided the figures and two enclosures to represent the forts. My initial set up before figures and forts.
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Troops at the start
[imghttp://i63.tinypic.com/293j0wz.jpg[/img]http://Experiencing a bit of trouble with Tiny pics so back soon.
Trying again:
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Looking good
What Will said.
Cheers - Phil
Very cool.
Trying once more;
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Can anyone explain how to stop these Tiny pic I'mages coming out so massive?
And again
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[img]http://i68.tinypic.com/312ad78.jpg/img]
when you get the image tags - the bits that say [ img ] [ /img] but without the spaces
add in width=800 to the first one
[ img width=800 ] (without the spaces after and before the square brackets
[imgwidth=800]http://i68.tinypic.com/312ad78.jpg[/img]
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Got it! Many thanks, will complete tomorrow.
Got one working, you do need a space between img and width though (that's why the first one isn't working)
Got that now, thanks Fred. The first one is the same picture, but then I sussed I should leave a space, so proper batrep tomorrow evening.
Report proper:
The above shows the field of battle before troops and forts were added. Next is the first troops on the field:
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The representation of the Guard Corps:
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The end of the fight around Colombey:
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More and more Prussian troops arrive as the French begin pulling back towards Metz:
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Prussians now began arriving from the south. An unlucky French march column was taken in flank by Prussian cavalry. It saw them off, but took casualties and became disordered:
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French lancers in their turn drove back the hordes temporarily, but then found themselves in the valley of death:
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As even more troops marched on the French guard put up a fighting withdrawal, but Colombey hill had been lost. The French managed to get nine units off the board, but victory went to the Prussians.
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Very nice indeed 8)
:-bd
Cheers - Phil
Like it, thanks, Andy! Commiserations to the French. I do like Borny-Colombey as a scenario, it's one that really can go either way and produces nailbiting tight finishes. I hope you and your oppo enjoyed it.
Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
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Looks like a great refight. 8)
Pity the real battlefield is now a soulless retail park... :'(
That looks cracking!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 08 November 2017, 07:23:48 AM
Pity the real battlefield is now a soulless retail park... :'(
Le Mans is worse - some idiot's built a racetrack on it!
Chris
Cheers Chris, we both enjoyed and there were points where we got the giggles - Especially the 30 points of Prussian devastation, which then rolled a three. ;D ;D ;D
Another great looking game! Worth waiting to see the photos coming out good. :D Great stuff! :-bd
Quote from: Leman on 08 November 2017, 04:53:50 PM
Cheers Chris, we both enjoyed and there were points where we got the giggles
Any game where you get the giggles has got to be good!
Chris
Quote from: Leman on 07 November 2017, 10:20:09 PM
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Great game ! Great pics ! Thanks !
(I've just found your AAR :-[ )
Nice game!
I should really spray my fleece throw, it looks so much better!
Great look and feel as always, Leman. The backdrop is very believable. Given the way the colors blend I have to assume you painted it. Any suggestions on materials and methods?
It was very straightforward, but it was summer. I threw the fleece over the washing line in the back garden (yard). I then sprayed fairly randomly with a dark green acrylic spray. I then followed up with some further random spraying using a sand coloured acrylic. Having seen Bruce Weigle's terrain boards I may well add some lighter buff spray in the future.
Think I'll try it with my airbrush. Will try on something smaller first though!
Thanks, Leman, I remember you talking about your battlecloth method at some point but I was curious about your backdrop painting (the one that provides the excellent feel of looking toward a near infinite horizon). Is it done on card stock, poster board, etc.? Did you use watercolors colors (colours ;)), acyrilic, chalk, etc?
Another idea I picked up from Bruce's latest rulebook (1871) was the fixing of roads and river features to the terrain board using pins. For roads he uses bias material painted along the edges (to give the impression of the verge). He uses a brownish coloured acetate for rivers and streams fixed in place by individual trees with a pin in the base of the trunk, which gives a convincing looking river line with overhanging trees. This is something I would like to try as I have already done this with cardboard hilly terrain pieces, fixing them with pins by laying redundant styrofoam terrain squares on the table top, then the hills pinned in and finally throwing the fleece over the top.
Quote from: d_Guy on 20 November 2017, 04:36:13 PM
Thanks, Leman, I remember you talking about your battlecloth method at some point but I was curious about your backdrop painting (the one that provides the excellent feel of looking toward a near infinite horizon). Is it done on card stock, poster board, etc.? Did you use watercolors colors (colours ;)), acyrilic, chalk, etc?
I wish I had that skill. Actually it is two strips of model railway backdrop, cheap as chips, fixed to the wall with bluetack. This is because my wargames room is shaped such that my 6' long table has to have one of its short (4') edges butted up against the wall. My room is 15' long, but a lot less than 8' wide.
Looking good!!!!
Is the battle mat fleece or something? Did you paint it or is there a supplier?
Thanks, Leman. I'll do some shopping.
Quote from: ErHo on 20 November 2017, 08:26:15 PM
Looking good!!!!
Is the battle mat fleece or something? Did you paint it or is there a supplier?
Hi ErHo, the mat is a fleece throw, sold by Amazon under the title Faux Mink Throw. It costs about £18. It has short fibres on one side (ideal for the small scales) and longer fibres on the other (great for 28mm). The colour I chose is lime, which is a fairly light green. I broke this up using two acrylic spray paints: forest green and sand. I did this outdoors by throwing the fleece over the washing line.
Awesome! Thank you, Sir!