(https://i.imgur.com/0fFkraE.jpg)
I guess this is about 10-20% of the total.
I'll upload some individual pics later.
Basing is a slightly modified Battles for Empire, should also be suitable for Black Powder.
Pathans attacking
(https://i.imgur.com/wVWs1z5.jpg)
Brits holding firm
(https://i.imgur.com/9pur5IF.jpg)
and here's some support:
(https://i.imgur.com/7cJqYvP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6T6FJ3V.jpg)
Superb, the interesting basing and dynamic attack posing looks great!
Very nice indeed.
Nice work. :-bd I think the basing will also suit Field of Battle rules.
Excellent stuff
Great work! What code are the British firing line from, as they are rather nice?
That project is blossoming nicely. Very impressive looking irregulars.
Oh, hang on Steve, sorry, I forgot. They're not Pendraken, all the rest is. When I first started this project, I was new to 10mm, so I tried several brands: Magister Militum (as these are), Steve Barber, Old Glory and Pendraken.
I soon found out that I should have gone with Pendraken all the way through, and since then I have.
The fact that only Leon was happy to send me a free sample should have told me something. All the other brand made me buy packs. Hence the mix.
So these are Magister, and they look OK. Steve Barber's are just a little too small and Old Glory's are a bit clumsy.
Any future pictures will mostly be Pendraken, with the occasional MM, because I do like them too (I bought 1 infantry brigade and 1 cavalry brigade from them. Which is still just a fraction of what I bought from our host....)
I think he means the letters and numbers on the pack eg RPG6
Indeed, sorry, see above
Meanwhile: Field of Battle looks interesting, but it’s pretty expensive with the postage added. I wish they had a pdf version too. I’m perfectly happy to spend that kind of money on a book, but not without first leafing through it.
They look great
Take care
Andy
Thanks for the info re: the figures :).
:-bd =D> :-bd
I think Cavillarius is intending to use Battles for Empire or Black Powder. Field of Battle is a variation on Piquet which is card driven. The biggest drawback of FoB2 is the amount of time needed pre-game to organise the armies using a D20, and is best done before actually setting up the battle. Having said that, once done it does give a good game, particularly as most of the rules also appear on the cards thus reducing page flicking considerably.
SUPER work !! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Thanks for pointing that out. I've read a review of FoB, but got rather an unfavorable impression from it: too much ff-ing about with cards and pips and what have you.
The cards do not involve anything other than turning over as many as the pips you have rolled. There is no obligation to use every card if it is not what you want to do at that point. A lot of the time you are turning cards to find what you actually need to do, eg reload artillery, unjam a machine gun. The biggest faff in the game (which is more to do with getting used to the system) is making sure you use the appropriate dice. The army prep is done with a D20, but in the game you will be using Ds 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4. Your unit may well be able to start an activity with a D8 say, but, dependent on factors, it may then move up or down the range of dice. If unlucky you may end up on a D4 or D6, but if the factors are in your favour you could be looking at a D10 or D12.
This system was developed so that standard sized units of four bases could represent anything from a weak militia unit to a strong elite unit. As I play a number of games of this type in the C19th I tend to mark the back of the command base of a unit in white, with 1, 2 or 3 coloured bars, so the regiment with the three red battalions may have battalion 1 and battalion 3 with lower morale, operating on a D6, but battalion 2, having arrived at the battlefield fresh, with better supplies and higher morale, may well be operating on a D10. It's easier to play than explain. I thought I might try the FTSC scenario again using FoB2 to see how they compare.
Hussars (Pendraken) mounted:
(https://i.imgur.com/9wDAXeC.jpg)
and unmounted
(front row left to right: MM,SB, OG, OG, SB, SB, all with bayonets clipped off, after all they're firing carbines)
(horses in the back Pendraken, horse holder Pendraken officer with sword clipped off)
(https://i.imgur.com/WC42L5J.jpg)
Very nice!
+1
(I'm being lazy..... :P) ;)
Cheers - Phil
Really like the way those cavalry have scattered themselves within the terrain.
Very nice indeed
Take care
Andy
:-bd =D> :-bd
Quote from: Leman on 20 January 2019, 03:29:43 PM
The biggest faff in the game (which is more to do with getting used to the system) is making sure you use the appropriate dice. The army prep is done with a D20, but in the game you will be using Ds 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4.
Yes, was thinking of simplifying it further by only having D10s, 8s and 6s, (and using the +1 modifier thereafter - in the same way the current D12+1 is used - and a minus 1 on the D6 instead of the D4) - otherwise an entertaining set of rules with its unpredictability. (Sorry, Cavillarius, this looks complicated to the uninitiated but in reality it's not)
@ Cavillarius. I mentioned FoB because the basing system you have adopted gives you another option in future should you tire of your preferred rules. I don't know where you are located but certainly if ordering from the U.S., the shipping costs are eye watering. Lancashire Games in England also stock these rules, btw. It also helps to see some games in action and, in this respect, you will find FoB games featured somewhere in the following blogs (I should add, I receive no benefit for recommending these rules :D ):-
http://wargamesandstuff.blogspot.com (http://wargamesandstuff.blogspot.com)
http://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/search/label/Field%20of%20Battle (http://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/search/label/Field%20of%20Battle)
https://sgtsteiner.blogspot.com/search/label/FOB2 (https://sgtsteiner.blogspot.com/search/label/FOB2)
I guessed as much, and do appreciate having more options, thanks for that! That's why I was looking into it. I'm in Belgium, so yes, postage is eyewatering indeed. As I said though, I'm happy to spend 60 dollars on a good book, but I need to get a favourable impression first.
Great work Cavillarius
those dismounted hussars look very good indeed :-bd
As Leman said they really blend into the terrain.
Very nice
Ordered FoB from Caliver, a lot less expensive!
:)
Nice one. I am about to play a FoB2 FPW scenario and will report back with photos in a few days.
Please do! :D ;)
Right. My FoB rules arrived today, and I feel slightly cheated!
On the back cover it says 'no additional supplements are required for play', but inside, there is constant mention of sequence cards, and it turns out I have to order those seperately...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!!???!!!
That sounds a wee bit naughty to me.
Presumably that means you'll be stuck with a second, nasty, shipping charge ?
Or do you HAVE to have the cards...?
I'm sure Andy (Leman) can chip in here.
Cheers - Phil
When I bought my copy from from Lancashire Games I'm pretty certain the cards came with it, printed on card sheets and needing to be cut out. To extend their life I encapsulated them:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4817/33004134908_e4cedf1dbb_z.jpg)
I bought the rules at a show and the cards came along with the QRS and other tables in a separate cellophane pack. I really don't recall having to pay extra for them.
Quote from: Cavillarius on 26 January 2019, 12:31:57 AM
Right. My FoB rules arrived today, and I feel slightly cheated!
On the back cover it says 'no additional supplements are required for play', but inside, there is constant mention of sequence cards, and it turns out I have to order those seperately...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!!???!!!
I know how you feel. I had a similar problem with another supplier with Fire & Fury rules.
Looking at my Field of Battle 2nd Edition (I also have the 1st Edition), you should also have received 60 cards printed on 5 sheets along with the rules. I think there should also be some Quick Reference Sheets, etc. but I cannot remember how many (one or two?). There are possibly two (or three?) other sheets with some tables you can find in the main rules book - these include tables for the Sequence Deck Grade, Sequence Deck Composition and Leadership Rating table, the Unit Class Combat Die Table(?), the Benefits of Rolling Even, and Fate and Command Decisions results tables (sorry, it is so long since I purchased the rules and since then I have added my own customised sheets).
There is an OPTION to buy the De Luxe Sequence Decks of Cards if you want something fancier and more durable. Some people make their own "de luxe' cards personalised to their own tastes.
With my 1st Edition, I laminated the card sheets then cut out the cards. With the 2nd Ed. I treated myself to the De Luxe cards (which cost extra).
I bought both editions from Lancashire Games but if you continue to have problems with Lancashire Games because you are dealing with someone there who doesn't know this, you could try to contact the author at piquetsales@piquet.com(?) to find out what should have accompanied the Rules book. If you are still having problems, send me a personal message with your contact details and I'll see if it is possible to photocopy mine or e-mail you the missing sheets.
Thanks guys, I’ll try to contact Caliver (this is where i got it.. sorry) first. I’m sure it is a harmless mistake.
Guides cavalry
(https://i.imgur.com/mWstrCd.jpg)
Guides infantry
(https://i.imgur.com/e8eWqdp.jpg)
Gurkhas
(https://i.imgur.com/pmnsQwu.jpg)
:-bd =D> :-bd
Very nice
Looking good
Take care
Andy
They look great. The arid basing really sets them off.
I do like the basing, very apt.
Nice work!
Something very fearsome looking about that gurkha unit! Lovely looking basing as the others have said, adds a lot of character to the units.
Very nice, indeed ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Caliver has sent the missing cards!
HUZZAH!