Hi all, I just got into ww 1 wargaming in November,  I really like pendragon figures. I have a lot of American civil war troops for both sides. Also a bunch of ww2 troops and vehicles, but my ww1 and ww2 soldiers are not all painted up yet, gotta get busy,   Rifleman65.

Quote from: Rifleman65 on 03 February 2016, 11:29:08 PM

Hi all, I just got into ww 1 wargaming in November,  I really like pendragon figures. I have a lot of American civil war troops for both sides. Also a bunch of ww2 troops and vehicles, but my ww1 and ww2 soldiers are not all painted up yet, gotta get busy,   Rifleman65.

Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you to talk to

Come on, get painting rifleman.

Welcome. I've been to the windy city twice which is not far from you. Not bad for a Scotsman.

Hello and welcome.

Hi Rifleman and welcome to the forum.

With figures bought 30 years ago still unpainted I am in no position to comment on your rate of painting

Welcome Rifleman

You will find that piles or mountains of unpainted lead are fairly common amongst forum members

What rules are you using for WW1?

A very warm welcome to the madhouse forum, Rifleman. 

You won't meet a friendlier, more knowledgeable and eccentric bunch of folk anywhere on the electronic ether.

Cheers - Phil

Welcome on board

What Ho, Mr 65!

Your initial post tantalizingly leaves out all the juicy details. WWI is a big war. I assume you mean Western Front, 1916-18ish, but am I wrong? Do you in fact have hordes of red trousers cuirassiers and lance waving Uhland? Perhaps the Eastern front is your bag, or does Johnny Turk feature in your OOB?

ACW was the first war I gamed seriously. I like the simplicity you can bring of just infantry, cavalry, artillery - same capability on both sides. I know that you can get deeper into it and differentiate between types of cannon etc, but for me ACW is the perfect war to introduce wargaming.   

Anyway welcome. Fill your boots! May I recommend the painting competition? I myself am entering, so you are guaranteed to be better than someone.

And if you have pictures, please share. (That's pictures of your prettily painted Pendraken purchases, not selfies, or photos of your dog. (Unless he's a really cute dog, in which case share away.))

Welcome

Are you from Eerie?

Hi Fenton, no I'm from a town called portage, it's a steel mill town on Lake Michigan, northwest corner of the state. I can't find any rules on ww1 I like so use my own set. I like the west front best but plan to also branch out to Gallipoli, east front, and maybe Africa to.  I game dark ages, war of the roses,  clontarf,  French and Indian war, war of 1812,   And the crusades. All in 25-28.mm. I game ww2 in 1/285, 10 mm, 15 mm and 25-28 mm. Ww2 is mostly northwest Europe but I have east front, Italians, and Japanese also.  I have a pretty big miniatures collection. My game table is 5 feet wide by 16 feet long, and I have 2 , 4 by 8 foot tables that can be put anywhere against the main table to make the table bigger. Rifleman65

16'! Blimey. I have table envy.

Quote from: Techno on 04 February 2016, 06:23:31 AM
You won't meet a friendlier, more knowledgeable and eccentric bunch of folk anywhere on the electronic ether.

'struth!

Although we may run a tad heavy on the eccentric - which only adds to the charm!

Glad you introduced yourself and welcome!

Welcome R65 - WWI Belgium 1914, Middle East 1917 and my last game was First Bull Run. You'll find plenty to keep you occupied here. Still got some Old Glory ACW from the late 80s to paint.

Thought we'd got rid of the da**d colonials in 1776. 

Welcome

IanS

 

Put the right number of *'s in Ian. 
Cheers - Phil