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Wider Wargaming => Batreps => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 01 October 2019, 07:24:12 AM

Title: Huns and Romans again.
Post by: FierceKitty on 01 October 2019, 07:24:12 AM
Noteworthy because a) the Romans have got some new Alan allies; and b) I want comments on the base cloth - see piccies below.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 01 October 2019, 08:22:07 AM
Waiting...  :!!
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 01 October 2019, 08:49:58 AM
Youse never wuz patient Will  ;) ;)
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Post by: FierceKitty on 01 October 2019, 08:53:15 AM
Well, my Huns had good omens at the start, and these weren't lying....
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Post by: FierceKitty on 01 October 2019, 08:58:41 AM
Fewer action pictures today; things ended fairly quickly when Aetius got drawn into a cavalry scrap too far ahead of his foot. The Roman artillery shot up one unit of Hunnic light horse rather seriously, but that was the one success for the good guys.
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 01 October 2019, 09:16:45 AM
You mean you won !!!!!! :o
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Post by: FierceKitty on 01 October 2019, 09:34:04 AM
It happens sometimes.  :)

Opinions were being sought on the subject of a more "textured" cloth.
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Post by: sunjester on 01 October 2019, 10:40:02 AM
I like the cloth, but I think it would benefit from another colour, something between the sand base and the darker patterns.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 01 October 2019, 10:58:37 AM
Hmmm. I'll have a look at the local model shops.
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Post by: Steve J on 01 October 2019, 02:23:53 PM
I think a lighter colour than the sand, randomly sprayed over it would lessen the bright yellow effect I'm seeing on my screen.
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Post by: Techno on 01 October 2019, 03:30:26 PM
Quote from: sunjester on 01 October 2019, 10:40:02 AM
I like the cloth, but I think it would benefit from another colour, something between the sand base and the darker patterns.

Agreed.....Still looks good, though !! :)

Cheers - Phil
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Post by: lowlylowlycook on 02 October 2019, 12:32:57 AM
Quote from: Steve J on 01 October 2019, 02:23:53 PM
I think a lighter colour than the sand, randomly sprayed over it would lessen the bright yellow effect I'm seeing on my screen.


A good point.  FK, do you think the photo does your cloth justice?

I have a green fleece mat that always seems to look purple in photos.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 06:00:12 AM
Some pix came out more yellow, some more orange. The reality may be a bit lighter.
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Post by: Techno on 02 October 2019, 07:17:37 AM
What type of lighting do you have, over the table, Alexander  ?

You might have a colour correction 'facility' on your camera/phone....That sometimes helps.

Cheers - Phil
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Post by: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 08:45:12 AM
Little fluorescent spirals in ceiling sockets.
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Post by: Techno on 02 October 2019, 09:39:06 AM
OK.....Know the type.

What about the camera/phone ?

Does that have the capability of 'playing/correcting' the light temperature ?

Cheers - Phil
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Post by: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 09:55:51 AM
She says I should tell you she's using iPhone6, and doesn't know.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 09:56:28 AM
Got my spouse visa today. I am now officially here as a bedfellow, not as a teacher.
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Post by: Techno on 02 October 2019, 10:55:00 AM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 09:56:28 AM
Got my spouse visa today. I am now officially here as a bedfellow, not as a teacher.

:o :o :o

Quote from: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 09:55:51 AM
She says I should tell you she's using iPhone6, and doesn't know.

Neither do I.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Apple keep trying me to buy the latest iPhone...which I haven't got the slightest interest in...They just keep pestering me because I bought another iPod three years ago.

Cheers - Phil

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Post by: Ithoriel on 02 October 2019, 11:12:52 AM
Congratulations FK!
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Post by: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 11:16:01 AM
Thanks. It feels good not to be at the whim and mercy of a capricious and idiotic employer, and merely at the whim and mercy of a...oh, she's reading over my shoulder....an intelligent and cultivated and decent and attractive spouse.
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Post by: paulr on 02 October 2019, 06:33:33 PM
 ;D ;D ;D

Congratulations
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Post by: mmcv on 02 October 2019, 10:23:59 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 02 October 2019, 11:16:01 AM
Thanks. It feels good not to be at the whim and mercy of a capricious and idiotic employer, and merely at the whim and mercy of a...oh, she's reading over my shoulder....an intelligent and cultivated and decent and attractive spouse.

You forgot understanding and forgiving and (usually) victorious...

Congrats!
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Post by: paulr on 03 October 2019, 12:30:53 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 03 October 2019, 05:38:27 AM
Nice one mate
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Post by: FierceKitty on 03 October 2019, 08:50:34 AM
Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 06:17:47 AM
Today I'm playing the Romans.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 06:31:54 AM
We've actually outscouted the Huns. That's most unusual.
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 06 October 2019, 07:08:46 AM
How ????
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 07:16:23 AM
We've caught them in a fairly rough and bosky area, so out LI have earned their rations today.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 08:00:22 AM
German mercs broken on first contact by Ostrogoths. :(
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 09:26:58 AM
Fortunately, the legions held together well, and our cataphracts broke the Hunnic nobles and chased them and Attila off the field. Final result was an indecisive Roman victory. Frankish allies have their uses.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 09:37:12 AM
The Romans got a bit of useful terrain; cavalry-proof scrubland which isolated a probing force of Hunnic LC; when the Frankish allies and the Roman lights nutcrackered these, it could go only one way.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 09:39:52 AM
We had our bad luck too. The Alans were the right troops in the right place with the wrong dice, and the Ostrogoths crunched them up; while the Visigoths on the far right fell victim to Hunnic archery and numbers.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 09:42:17 AM
The guards foot did well, however, pelting the hostile Franks with darts and cutting them up effectively with smallarms despite a dangerous Hun attack in their rear. This time Lee's dice let her down very badly. Also note cataphracts and Aetius seeing off the Hun nobles; Attila himself was taken in the pursuit, though it may be that Aetius would have chosen to release him.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 09:44:02 AM
We were in the Netherlands a few months ago. I think Lee's learned something about lighting and composition from Dutch artists.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 October 2019, 09:50:29 AM
Note extensive proxying in the Hunnic army. Gepids are Pendraken Picts, Alans are Copplestone Rohirrim, Huns are Pendraken Mongols, and Franks are largely Magister Militum dark ages axemen of some sort. Many of the Goths started life under other banners too.
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Post by: paulr on 06 October 2019, 09:44:15 PM
Game  :-bd =D> :-bd

Artistic photograph  :-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd
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Post by: FierceKitty on 13 October 2019, 06:50:41 AM
And one more time. The Siamese person is getting really keen on Huns...a bit worrying, really...
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Post by: FierceKitty on 13 October 2019, 07:27:05 AM
Halfway through round one; Aetius has been killed in a single combat, and King Widimer of the Ostrogoths has been transfixed with a catapult bolt.
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Post by: Techno on 13 October 2019, 07:51:58 AM
Quote from: paulr on 06 October 2019, 09:44:15 PM
Game  :-bd =D> :-bd

Artistic photograph  :-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd

Agreed.....On both points !

Cheers - Phil
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Post by: FierceKitty on 13 October 2019, 09:21:05 AM
Hmmmph....dam' silly way to spend Sunday afternoon, when a man should be considering the state of his immortal soul....
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Post by: FierceKitty on 13 October 2019, 09:27:53 AM
After spearing the Patrician, the Great Khan, God rot his dice, held back in the centre and threw in two strong cavalry wings. My response was less than optimal; the Palatine legions were very lazy about getting into action.
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Post by: FierceKitty on 13 October 2019, 09:29:43 AM
My Sarmatians lost their shooting match against Lee's, though shooting the Ostrogothic king with a catapult was some comfort. The white-plumed guards infantry had some absurdly lucky rolls with their darts, and a unit of barbarian cavalry skedaddled (though they rallied later).
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Post by: FierceKitty on 13 October 2019, 09:32:35 AM
I thought I had it here, but a recurring pattern was that outflanked enemy units didn't notice they were being attacked, as I rolled a string of ones.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 13 October 2019, 10:33:13 AM
Ouch
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Post by: paulr on 13 October 2019, 06:40:45 PM
Well done Lee :) =D>
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Post by: FierceKitty on 14 October 2019, 02:22:27 AM
Don't encourage her!
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Post by: paulr on 14 October 2019, 06:47:47 AM
 ;D ;D :d