Quote from: ianrs54 on 15 March 2015, 09:34:30 AM
Irregular and Magister Militum. The irregular ones can seem to have 2 x3's due to molding faults.

IanS

I thank you

Quote from: ianrs54 on 15 March 2015, 09:34:30 AM
Irregular and Magister Militum. The irregular ones can seem to have 2 x3's due to molding faults.

IanS

And there not Av dice?

No , they just have a high proportion of miscasts (says the man whose group has been using them and weeding them out seemingly forever!).

Dice frames on unit bases are very handy for holding dice markers

Quote from: toxicpixie on 15 March 2015, 10:20:18 AM

Dice frames on unit bases are very handy for holding dice markers

This is what I want them for.  I want use minibits 5mm frames but obviously need 5mm dice to go with them.  MM seem to be the way to go

I use The Dice Shop for most of the dice I get these days.

If they don't have one, you probably can't get a die with that many sides or numbered like that!

The picture shows them in action. Red dice shows the unit is part of the army of Lagash and currently gets a base 5 dice in combat, the green dice shows it has Attack orders. Units keep their current order unless routed or it gets changed by a commander in my rules.

Quote from: Ithoriel on 15 March 2015, 10:26:01 AM
I use The Dice Shop for most of the dice I get these days.

If they don't have one, you probably can't get a die with that many sides or numbered like that!

Thanks Ith; they're brilliant

Job done!

That some serious cutting edge hardware there

Lovely Rapier stuff I presume Ithoriel?

What rules are you using for them?

All you need, boy, is a brisk walk round the quad - go and report to Matron after prep
(Look, this is the Pendraken Forum, somebody needs to be a little bit brutish and unkind)¹


Leon was good enough to provide Sunjester and me with officers for WSS - individually mounted for 'First Fire' markers (ie unit hasn't fired) - I know that's gunpowder, and you specified pre, but its the idea.  Pendraken also listened to sense and made dead horses. They also do dead ACW which we have painted up for WSS - you may find that the ACW clothing can be disguised with painting.

Also it is NOT WEIRD to match your marker uniforms to individual units.

Sunjester has recently also made some discarded shields for 28mm Lion Rampant. 

¹This is humour, and not an actual statement of position.

Sir! I think I got it wrong. I'm reporting that I went for a walk and briskly prepped Matron.

I do like the idea of "stragglers" individually mounted to show unit status in pre-gunpowder age. Possibly into the clip, clip, pop, pop age. My brmm brmm bang bang units are done on a 1:1 (i.e. 1 figure = 1 soldier) so that would look a little odd, but smoke markers serve perfectly well here.

 

Love that chariot unit Ith; really effective.

I'm working on a set of rules, for my own amusement, which I call "King of Kish." "King of Kish" was the title taken by Sumerian and Akkadian rulers who had control of enough of Mesopotamia to be top dog!

Armies are distinguished by the colour of the left hand die. The value shown on the die is the base number of dice thrown in combat, as units lose cohesion/ effectiveness that die ticks down until it reaches zero, at which point the unit routs. Commanders can allocate command points to rally routers or boost flagging cohesion.

Only the colour matters on the right hand die. Green is Attack, red is Defend, yellow is Manouevre, and so on. Orders remain the same until changed by a commander. A group of units all of which are in base contact with at least one other in the group can be ordered together. Disrupted battle-lines become increasingly unmanageable!

Army units are on 60mm square bases.

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Army units are on 60mm square bases.
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How are the 5mm dice frames to deal with? They seem like they might be abit fiddly.

Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 March 2015, 11:29:35 AM

They also do dead ACW which we have painted up for WSS.

Also it is NOT WEIRD to match your marker uniforms to individual units.

I thought WSS figures especially British were supposed to be left unpainted.   

Yes IT IS WIERD, your outvoted 2 votes to one  by Sunjester and I 

Quote from: Ken on 15 March 2015, 06:24:48 PM
[quote author=Ithoriel link=topic=11698.msg156281#msg156281 date=1426441741
Army units are on 60mm square bases.


How are the 5mm dice frames to deal with? They seem like they might be abit fiddly.

So far, it's just been me and one other trying out the games so not a very representative sample! However, we've not found it to be a problem. To be fair, most of the units at the moment are a 60mm base with two 5mm dice frames and things like Skirmisher or Donkey Cart scrawled on them

It is fair to say the rules are evolving faster than the painted armies!