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Comments, opinions, and news from a wargamer-military historianArrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-14490311984789333772022-06-04T07:13:00.001-07:002022-06-04T07:13:09.196-07:00<p> Okay, </p><p><br /></p><p>long long time I did not post anything here. Anyway back on Lead Adventure Forum there was a discussion about the new 3d Printed ancient range from Blitzkrieg Miniatures. Last year in December I got some troops from their Successors range. 8 Thureophoroi and 4 Seleucid phalangites. The latter were for a gift and now they are in the Republic of Korea, the former were for my own troops. </p><p>They have all been painted so it is time to show them.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXhjmmxbF1gIDoxIOAvplQacl-cqtGA2TbSFQsOvBjgAfvf1Qj87-l8b5eqGz-NDUS0GeaAf8DyFu2h0YYXdg9SHHLXIPxc9rFfkBnDFcbhL3cr03xmMt7Kz2aYnz3j4kzN8BAi1X3i7wfIC_k_oK17iMEJgMJXtlFJDWcdkjQJ8mo8I1eGiLj2BB/s4608/IMG_3062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXhjmmxbF1gIDoxIOAvplQacl-cqtGA2TbSFQsOvBjgAfvf1Qj87-l8b5eqGz-NDUS0GeaAf8DyFu2h0YYXdg9SHHLXIPxc9rFfkBnDFcbhL3cr03xmMt7Kz2aYnz3j4kzN8BAi1X3i7wfIC_k_oK17iMEJgMJXtlFJDWcdkjQJ8mo8I1eGiLj2BB/w640-h480/IMG_3062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Here you can see six of them.</p><p><br /></p>I really like them, they are clean and crisp resin prints sculpted in 3d. They come with almost all supports already removed, and with hands, if appropriate, already drilled to insert metal pikes or spears. Blitzkrieg also includes appropriate steel 'pins' for the purpose. I replaced the one in the Thureophoroi with North Star 50mm spears with leaf spearpoints, because the steel ones did not have spearpoints, and I do not like to work with steel...<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Now the big question on Lead Adventure Forum was one of compatibility with existing ranges, mainly Victrix and Aventine so I took some pictures.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEaLjj9InQ9IvbEpYPB3pRTAaKxW1hIbIB1KX-dN0a_MM-VCZjSEk8UxqwoRwmqPOpTfvDBepv8Iy_o6gdsLz7jFtFaqxa3AF4NZys1B0zy--eeTdASc2PFZe4vKMp4Pk3es3mh1IbNWj3RZH1jbyGdv7QsHjKk7liPK0hz0AewbTWZ2UtoZ7dRzU/s4608/IMG_3061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEaLjj9InQ9IvbEpYPB3pRTAaKxW1hIbIB1KX-dN0a_MM-VCZjSEk8UxqwoRwmqPOpTfvDBepv8Iy_o6gdsLz7jFtFaqxa3AF4NZys1B0zy--eeTdASc2PFZe4vKMp4Pk3es3mh1IbNWj3RZH1jbyGdv7QsHjKk7liPK0hz0AewbTWZ2UtoZ7dRzU/w640-h480/IMG_3061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Six Blitzkrieg Thureophoroi and six Victrix Peltasts side by side. They aren't all that different in height but the Blitzkrieg are chunkier. Also their helmet's plumes are taller.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The following images are from my Saga Age of Hannibal Epirote Army. Beside the Blitzkrieg and Victrix miniatures you can see Foundry and Aventine. The Elephant is from Gripping Beast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1IxAHeCCBJCFFGUJrNGsba4HazN3SXRWHd7WBn1XNpHM2v-MKTkBHSlRM0PowEPFsDk138QFWCVFfzdHZsMmvyYzQa-OBjIu0_eu7iycDRujcpLjQ0smZd4Lr-qVufFiZDeKcGdqJEeIWbMe-nu-ZKpTeNZKe84loYgOEdQPTO_fOopsB1UoJSeK/s4608/IMG_2933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1IxAHeCCBJCFFGUJrNGsba4HazN3SXRWHd7WBn1XNpHM2v-MKTkBHSlRM0PowEPFsDk138QFWCVFfzdHZsMmvyYzQa-OBjIu0_eu7iycDRujcpLjQ0smZd4Lr-qVufFiZDeKcGdqJEeIWbMe-nu-ZKpTeNZKe84loYgOEdQPTO_fOopsB1UoJSeK/w640-h480/IMG_2933.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEod_4Xxe-RuOxPBsNWt2Il5HXtVGHod_nriq0ASCatiEknRjuazFIwVgVt1FuvyQsbAPkgTb4QtBLZHG3_CEj75qW7f20vVoQvLQ2951jDyJHXk3sdNoquv2aGizpzR1LCpapWzM0fLTX5abfYs7jlx96UAqmW4X7-b1q9vsBsrcBg5GhHnwKzNKO/s4608/IMG_2935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEod_4Xxe-RuOxPBsNWt2Il5HXtVGHod_nriq0ASCatiEknRjuazFIwVgVt1FuvyQsbAPkgTb4QtBLZHG3_CEj75qW7f20vVoQvLQ2951jDyJHXk3sdNoquv2aGizpzR1LCpapWzM0fLTX5abfYs7jlx96UAqmW4X7-b1q9vsBsrcBg5GhHnwKzNKO/w640-h480/IMG_2935.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGe3Bjj9UsRCRADG-h9QSLT0sjcRMTi5EwRYrnDe6c7ay8MNTHlsiu3ghv6GFBMYQHlui2uCRJjFBMlxpu_ccp0B2s-1ENiRg6sNfYjQ_i7ZAprIM21fORomVFjnpPeFpd_pAtU-3D3WjFeRWFhmtWPxW9LNScpzHS1lM8oRFfjiEh5WmQSjq7y6mz/s4608/IMG_2937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGe3Bjj9UsRCRADG-h9QSLT0sjcRMTi5EwRYrnDe6c7ay8MNTHlsiu3ghv6GFBMYQHlui2uCRJjFBMlxpu_ccp0B2s-1ENiRg6sNfYjQ_i7ZAprIM21fORomVFjnpPeFpd_pAtU-3D3WjFeRWFhmtWPxW9LNScpzHS1lM8oRFfjiEh5WmQSjq7y6mz/w640-h480/IMG_2937.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4nNLvxf--P0Lk8jOP_WZRKD2do0fQbgXm9CTSg7EsYJIGUfL7ZqXaWPloSOjS2Dh9OLZHQwyx8xcCJk54mxfGnA7XXoxFvOxzllRoczIdsfNqxlssqwUpXdV8e62AMNVaBEh91hc8MB7mTSrppGom6jJq55d6EI6bgUpxXuevXBAmnoZrw9YH2zR/s4608/IMG_2938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4nNLvxf--P0Lk8jOP_WZRKD2do0fQbgXm9CTSg7EsYJIGUfL7ZqXaWPloSOjS2Dh9OLZHQwyx8xcCJk54mxfGnA7XXoxFvOxzllRoczIdsfNqxlssqwUpXdV8e62AMNVaBEh91hc8MB7mTSrppGom6jJq55d6EI6bgUpxXuevXBAmnoZrw9YH2zR/w640-h480/IMG_2938.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-8916180706120133642021-04-24T06:31:00.000-07:002021-04-24T06:31:17.838-07:00Roman Cavalry<p> Benefit of being in red zone... you can paint a lot...</p><p>and bring yourself to finish things too...</p><p>anyway here is my first unit (or two...) of republican Roman cavalry in 28mm. They are Victrix miniatures plastic. First some photos...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjKXfGkfMJ_hE3kPqBjBPVDT-JkPODI_PGI7XeMCil9nUYlm-dV8vJ57PHf3FwVhuJgxMTAaUq3rUeTmouFzBlUbux_sbiK1iyAkaGZXOcJgzq4D_fDXGiQWvUcW2DpoH7O0lEgjZpsM/s4608/IMG_2748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjKXfGkfMJ_hE3kPqBjBPVDT-JkPODI_PGI7XeMCil9nUYlm-dV8vJ57PHf3FwVhuJgxMTAaUq3rUeTmouFzBlUbux_sbiK1iyAkaGZXOcJgzq4D_fDXGiQWvUcW2DpoH7O0lEgjZpsM/w640-h480/IMG_2748.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobjAwLl3rgrcODUw8aDAMCebZdLp16f39KTI90epagNIWjBrnTdRMHseWB30HaOP1RIzUtboXbLWpaD20-XpZfD08fiLlIGCNqlCzmI8PkVYDzGLMqKoCOPWTzjM_IPRTzZC_uxGbNI8/s4608/IMG_2749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobjAwLl3rgrcODUw8aDAMCebZdLp16f39KTI90epagNIWjBrnTdRMHseWB30HaOP1RIzUtboXbLWpaD20-XpZfD08fiLlIGCNqlCzmI8PkVYDzGLMqKoCOPWTzjM_IPRTzZC_uxGbNI8/w640-h480/IMG_2749.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Being plastic it means you must build them (some people do not like it... I like), but also that you can customize them to a certain extent. Victrix gives you 8 sprues in total, four of horses with four horses in each, and four of men, again 4 to the sprue. You have 16 cavalrymen in total, but 4 of them are officers, this is not a perfect choice in my opinion, but one that I can live on. The figures themselves have crisp detail and minimal mold lines, and are easy to assemble. As Ihave realized with Victrix you have to be careful with the assembly, it is not open as Warlord or Perry, but basically each figure + horse is an entity. Certainly you have less variation of poses than with Perry (were you can basically mix and match horses), but Victrix has a decent number of variation per figure. You can equip the line horsemen with standard spears as I did, javelins, or swords. You have also option for standard and trumpet (not used in this first half of the bag). For once heads are plentiful (I was not overly happy with only 8 heads per sprue of 8 men in my Athenian hoplites) and you have choices between Beotian/Hellenistic helmets, or Italian Montefortino/Gallic Style (useful to extend the use of the set, my next unit, that I am painting now, will be equipped with later helmets to be used as far as the triumvirates). There are also some older heads that you can use to make them Etruscan (or early Roman/Latin) cavalry. All in all a good idea. <div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9Jl5J88dhq2p-Ayr6TtRiVXzIXixyFUblrn2KZ9ePHuw0HP_5fFEIRmDs_XQs-S2kQRMgj0Cqz3s52YRS9aQkFYK02okPvuozKJMVETp7PhLaf0qqGeyIMRmUfkeodf1VVgHjfg4c34/s4608/IMG_2750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9Jl5J88dhq2p-Ayr6TtRiVXzIXixyFUblrn2KZ9ePHuw0HP_5fFEIRmDs_XQs-S2kQRMgj0Cqz3s52YRS9aQkFYK02okPvuozKJMVETp7PhLaf0qqGeyIMRmUfkeodf1VVgHjfg4c34/w640-h480/IMG_2750.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Shields have received LBMS transfers, I really like them.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i27aO3FWNyKh1ZFtmKvN-jzP7mmcnb05nVcI3SaizoiB0BTQNWhQ1vdkIX942Km29zt9URhj6RMWHDqStBXpE3Jynt-uUYquYNxWHRRPu1mQWNRaw5AnlFGRQpuiddSzgianr_8kVKE/s4608/IMG_2751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i27aO3FWNyKh1ZFtmKvN-jzP7mmcnb05nVcI3SaizoiB0BTQNWhQ1vdkIX942Km29zt9URhj6RMWHDqStBXpE3Jynt-uUYquYNxWHRRPu1mQWNRaw5AnlFGRQpuiddSzgianr_8kVKE/w640-h480/IMG_2751.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>If the set has a negative point, is the officers. There are 4 and their variations are quite limited, but again, it is a an acceptable compromise. Now some words on size. Some people criticize Victrix cavalry as being too big. Well... I have already painted two boxes of Agema Romans and plan to use my Victrix together with them, so I took some pictures with a Victrix cavalryman, two Agema velites, and one Agema Hastatus. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCFw-0v-cWbkXtvlUvGLLlHxiFNuX5_lYwFaucJcUbsQNyahZ14aT_wcLsWArls300duHhHV8F1S0XiQJzz0GLYLCkbP5knwpfwFBwJ3MDAHaulGP1aboQp2zekEb82zzMns81ufybtE/s4608/IMG_2752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCFw-0v-cWbkXtvlUvGLLlHxiFNuX5_lYwFaucJcUbsQNyahZ14aT_wcLsWArls300duHhHV8F1S0XiQJzz0GLYLCkbP5knwpfwFBwJ3MDAHaulGP1aboQp2zekEb82zzMns81ufybtE/w640-h480/IMG_2752.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQx0bDqPL7IowD5ZX9fnlmNo_f3HopRR1ctYld09TAvPeLBYpMp_1xe0EmQxJe4ZsCu-hGZlo3kFS1xAooPix4L40Fa0AsAvmU3VMF6K6VdnwTjFMq8nXp_IuYAHLT-AvVMIesSkXfrms/s4608/IMG_2753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQx0bDqPL7IowD5ZX9fnlmNo_f3HopRR1ctYld09TAvPeLBYpMp_1xe0EmQxJe4ZsCu-hGZlo3kFS1xAooPix4L40Fa0AsAvmU3VMF6K6VdnwTjFMq8nXp_IuYAHLT-AvVMIesSkXfrms/w640-h480/IMG_2753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I do not see them out of place, actually they fit quite well. So happy with them and I hope some of the sterile polemics about Victrix size will be put to rest. </p></div>Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-55870819596380310902021-03-23T09:53:00.000-07:002021-03-23T09:53:06.807-07:00Back from the dark... Early Seleucid Army<p> Well, ladies and gentlemen...</p><p>It is almost one year I do not post anything... I am very bad. Let's say the world is not really helpful these months... still I am painting. Painting is one of the few things keeping me going forward these days. Hopefully the world will get back normal soon...</p><p>Anyway back to the subject of the post... lockdown has been useful in focusing me on finishing projects rather than aimless painting. One of these projects is a 15mm Early Seleucid Army, organized for Art De La Guerre. I like these rules because they keep some of the good feature of the DBx series, but avoid some of the more idiotic 'abstractions'. They also give you a decent size army, neither too big or too small. </p><p>Back in time I had a surplus of Hellenistic period troops from a work project. I started... slowly or better glacially... to paint them. I then lost focus.. switched to other things... improved my painting skills... and so on. Some of the original horrors were repainted, and then I was slowing pushing forward, until recently I finally got in stride and finished the project. Hurrah!!! </p><p>It is a composite army, with figures from Gladiator, Essex, Old Glory and Museum. Once they are put together they look quite nice as you can see here...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGPJFjAySMAj10F5y9VWe-PrLEQ8PO9gFxHLBhCjk_yvAkwgolNvcAgB2axD31Dr0clIDJROEnX0Mw4PAu8oxt5V5-ZYRoaJ_zoBIzDbh1sdbiKVWrJ0KgZQRkvJLiRWNuU8VryVHxQA/s4608/IMG_2696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGPJFjAySMAj10F5y9VWe-PrLEQ8PO9gFxHLBhCjk_yvAkwgolNvcAgB2axD31Dr0clIDJROEnX0Mw4PAu8oxt5V5-ZYRoaJ_zoBIzDbh1sdbiKVWrJ0KgZQRkvJLiRWNuU8VryVHxQA/w640-h480/IMG_2696.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The army arrayed for battle. The theme is the early period of the Kingdom, approximately from the Diadochi Wars to the Elephant Victory over the Galatians. If you are curious about the mat, it is from Wargame Print and printed by Pixartprinting. Let's see the details of the army.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBYZ4d3GmmosydbtylxIelgeKkJCxAHNqCeIvLIgywOEfVML2nGdt_wZjRf3-3DLy6lRTTucx19XeTZr9gspgf8utXxGpNtt1lKjXlITfbaZ7ywILkJ9z9yHgjArXEGTVfg3EhLCLxPg/s4608/IMG_2697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBYZ4d3GmmosydbtylxIelgeKkJCxAHNqCeIvLIgywOEfVML2nGdt_wZjRf3-3DLy6lRTTucx19XeTZr9gspgf8utXxGpNtt1lKjXlITfbaZ7ywILkJ9z9yHgjArXEGTVfg3EhLCLxPg/w640-h480/IMG_2697.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Right Wing. there ate two elephants (Essex on your right, Old Glory on your left), Gladiator guard cavalry, Museum Z scuplts Scythians and Old Glory pletasts.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjQD9_-kKtDpRBAeSk4EYNAtmS6nT4Vz3KQEHuQfokCCqS7iJYQFCtFi7Hz6g7RSsMWqJugLVBVd_B-44oozajw7KwS8NVfocOTAKVyKxXPFAJmO40heXNC7ANLG8KyzVK9OmWmCRsds/s4608/IMG_2698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjQD9_-kKtDpRBAeSk4EYNAtmS6nT4Vz3KQEHuQfokCCqS7iJYQFCtFi7Hz6g7RSsMWqJugLVBVd_B-44oozajw7KwS8NVfocOTAKVyKxXPFAJmO40heXNC7ANLG8KyzVK9OmWmCRsds/w640-h480/IMG_2698.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>You cannot have a Hellenistic Army without phalanx... no? The Center is here. From right to left 8 stands of Gladiators, 8 of Old Glory and 8 of Essex (with silver shields, so Argyraspides). In front 4 bases of Essex skirmishers with bow. 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I am signing off!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-32916591096022317072020-04-19T10:17:00.002-07:002020-04-19T10:17:42.866-07:00And in the sixth week....of quarantine....<br />
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Syrianf infantry in 6mm, the new H&R infantry castings, from their Soviet Range.<br />
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Old H&R BMP-1 repainted and rebased. The camo scheme has been observed in Georgia in 2008.<br />
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Something new, the first bits of my new PLA force in 6mm. Type 99 tanks from H&R.<br />
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Still odds and sods... I am pushing forward with the Warlord box of Japanese Infantry and also retouching my older TAG Japanese. 18 Warlord guys are done, 12 to go.<br />
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Empress desert Italians with the sun hat. Keith gave me a pack of LMG gunners eons ago, time to get them painted and done. Two painted, two to go.<br />
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Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-23833023523932320532020-04-16T13:29:00.004-07:002020-04-16T13:29:57.901-07:00And in the fifth week...belated and delayed post... I am collapsing! Thanks god Easter weekend allowed some rest...<br />
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anyway that is what I did last week... a bit of odds and sods...<br />
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Finished the Foundry blister of unarmored phalangites, one more Warlord Japanese, some more 6mm Syrians, two ancient ships, more mules/donkeys, a troop of 15mm Crusaders.Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-15145568112460132822020-04-07T13:49:00.005-07:002020-04-07T13:49:33.313-07:00And in the fourth week of quarantine...I am starting to feel the side effects of the situation... pressure, uncertain, and the like... also mail is getting slower, still waiting for my Vae Victis... but I am still painting if not to avoid going crazy.<br />
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So, in the fourth week of quarantine I painted...<br />
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Ships, ships, ships.... I am done with the the IJN battleships box from Fujimi. All 12 beasts are painted. It was a pleasure! </div>
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Yamato, Musashi, Nagato and Mutsu.<br />
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Last week I hinted about some Sassanian infantry... here they are, 12 in total, from Aventine. I washed each sculpt to avoid the annoying primer flaking, and generally it worked. Funnily enough it was only an issue with the Aventine castings... mysteries... </div>
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Last week I mumbled about lack of oval bases for cavalry, but also that they arrived... (with plenty of other MDF bases from warbases...) so Hetairoi number 3 from victrix, 6 unarmored Pezetairoi from Foundry (okay one of them was a test paint dome some weeks ago...) and a Peltast I found lying with the Pezetairoi... still from Foundry. Like the Foundry Macedonian sculpted by Steve Saleh quite a lot.<br />
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Oh... change of period. Three plastic Japanese infantrymen from Warlord.<br />
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Finally some 1/300 HR syrians. Bmp-1 first.<br />
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More BMP-1s and T-55 AMV. The T-55 AMVs are cracking sculpts. But I have to say that even the old BMP-1, repainted to be honest, are well cast and very nice.<br />
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Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-48929268345080103342020-03-30T13:51:00.001-07:002020-03-30T13:51:15.472-07:00And in the third week of quarantine....I painted...<br />
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Two plastic 28mm Macedonian companions from Victrix. Should have been 3, but I was out of oval bases... resupply came today.<br />
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Some Aventine Sassanians for a friend... they were quite a nightmare especially because the black primer flkaed on horsemen and shields...<br />
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More Japanese 1/3000. Kaga, Hiryu, and four Shiratsuyu destroyers. All Navwar, carrier decks by flight deck decals.<br />
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Two 15mm Crusader MK2 CS. Battlefront plastics.<br />
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Less than usual (some odds and sodds too, and the Sassanian infantry command for my levies... but because the unit will be done in a couple of days... next Quarantine post!) but the mounted were time consuming, especially the Persians.<br />
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Still alive, in what appears to be a ghost town if not for the postman and delivery services. What it is scary is the eerie silence, you rarely hear cars or van anymore, no motorbike... no even the idiot who run full speed over the railway crossing with the associated thomp-thomp... but hopefully it is working.<br />
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Thanks god mail still works so miniatures can be painted and books can be read, even if I am disappointed by the Book Depository... they claim our border are closed and cannot ship here... it is not true, even the Royal Mail simply says there will be delays due to few flights coming. But book depository simply spread fake news. They are behaving like terror groups...<br />
<br />Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-7682906290787104202020-03-23T11:01:00.000-07:002020-03-23T11:01:19.880-07:00And in the second week of quarantine....I painted....<br />
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Alexander III Megas, and two of his companions, 28mm Foundry.<br />
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Some 15mm Warring States infantry, from Museum Miniatures.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I had painted two bases of infantry in armor. Group picture here!<br />
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A logistic train! Ancient style, 15mm. Mules are from Museum the New Z sculpts, people from Essex.<br />
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The Mules had been painted before the quarantine, and three also based. But the last one needed some two legged friends.<br />
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1/300 Russian T-80U from H&R. Repaints of old stuff.<br />
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USS Lexington and USS Ranger, and 4 Fubuki class destroyers. All 1/3000 from Navwar. Now the US Fleet pack is done, the IJN pack almost. Carrier decks are from Flight Deck Decals, and they crossed the Atlantic through the whole quarantine. <br />
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And the second USMC Squad. 28mm Warlord plastic. This ends the whole box!<br />
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Another week has passed, and I am still alive and kicking.Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-67655067775987403272020-03-16T10:47:00.001-07:002020-03-16T10:47:29.978-07:00And in the first week of quarantine... And in the first week of quarantine I painted...<br />
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A 28mm USMC squad, from Warlord Games. They are their plastic marines and they are very good, I liked building and painting them.<br />
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I finished their SPQR/Rome character box. Titus Pullo, Lucius Vorenus, Caesear, Gneus Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Antonius, et Lucius Licinius Crassus. Actually only Caesar and Anthony have been done in the week... but group pictures turned up nice!<br />
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Agema miniatures republican Romans. One sprue, thus two hastati, two principes, one Triarius. Shield transfers from Battle Flag, not as good as LBMS...<br />
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6mm Cold War, a soviet naval infantry tank battalion for FFT/MSH with an attached rifle company. All from Heroic and Ros. The BTR-70 are traditional sculpts, bought before the change in management, and I have to say that even older sculpts now look crisper. They were leftover I had and received a repaint to put them in line with my current productions. The T-55AM2 are quite recent and accordingly impressive.<br />
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And then some ships... 1/3000 Navwar (except the Kaga, Skytrex). They are for a friend, but I cannot mail anything until the end of the quarantine.<br />
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Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-59613207987256828102020-03-12T07:32:00.002-07:002020-03-12T07:33:11.057-07:00Success---ors!Still alive,<br />
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and this time it is not an euphemism, like it or not the whole country is in quarantine and people is worried. But if you are locked at home and kicking, painting is a good way to employ your energies, especially when your lead mountain is enormous. I have launche a determined attack to my successors lead pile. Last year I basically painted all my old Navigator Miniatures (but I found some odds and ends recently...) and now I am attacking the additions to that army, mainly some Selecucid themed 1st Corps miniatures.<br />
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1st Corps successor range is both lovely and exhaustive. They are also on the smallish side of 28mm so they fit well with navigator. I had basically a 12 men group of Seleucid Pikemen and 4 Seleucid companions. Here are the pikemen:<br />
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LBMS shield transfer from the 1st Corps range.<br />
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They are very nice figures, the casts are very crisp, with almost no visible flash. The sculpts themselves are very nice, and in a bag of 8 line pikemen you have plenty of variation. I have gone for a non-uniform look for them. They are not a formed permanent unit, but the standard recalled military settlers. Probably I will add more pikemen to this group. What I will use them for?<br />
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Obviously for a Seleucid force... as game wise, SPQR/Clash of Spear for Skirmish, and L'Art De La Guerre for bigger battles. Now I know that some annoying people yell when you say pikemen and skirmish, but despite their inarticulate black and white vision of gaming (yes I am referring to that idiot on the Lead Adventure forum that basically spam other people threads complaining about this... and then even say he does not play ancients... so mr. Village Idiot?), no one really defined skirmish as type of engagement or size...<br />
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Anyway snarky comments aside, enjoy these pikemen!Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-77174775614003089052020-02-25T05:41:00.000-08:002020-02-25T05:41:14.421-08:00US Navy CruisersI am not dead,<br />
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news of my departure are a bit premature... despite having seen my dentist too much recently... that and a general bout of sourness toward online wargame communities. I complained about facebook, but even fora are starting to look stale, annoying, and basically pointless. Being still alive, I am also able to show something here. Recently I found myself painting several US Navy ships I have... no particular reason, just wanted to paint some. They are Navwar 1/3000 metal model bought 3 years ago.<br />
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As for the miniatures themselves... I like Navwar models. They are not detailed as the 1/3000 plastic ones from Fujimi, or some in FUD from shapeways, but the former are limited to Japanese ships for the moment, the latter.. well Shapeways had messed so much with prices that now only smaller scales are reasonably priced, and only if the designer prepare them in groups. Navwar are not bad at all, they have detail, and, the price is still reasonable. So they are a win-win combination for my USN force.Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-11407566687171442442019-05-12T13:26:00.000-07:002019-05-12T13:26:22.223-07:00Tank Destroyer!Just eye candy for this post, no history. I finally got the crew for my Rubicon M36. Painted them and fit them in the turret.<br />
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<br />Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-12979266657945127622019-05-12T13:21:00.003-07:002019-05-12T13:22:24.090-07:00Romans!Okay, a couple of quick posts to show my reasonably recent work.<br />
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First a small 12 men unit of Ceasarian Roman legionaries from Warlord. I bought them sprue by sprue in one of their sprues sale. Shields are LBMS. I like them, and painting them was quite nice, but the annoying part was for the gladius armed ones removing the gladiuses (gladia, if my latin has not gone completely downstair...) from the scabbards. Now it was not that difficutl (advantage of plastic, easy to cut!) but when the manufacturer as pila and gladia armed ones on different sprues (and sold separately...) you expect the the bodies are different. Instead only the arms are...</div>
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Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-81211933269959463332019-04-20T07:12:00.002-07:002019-04-20T07:12:39.055-07:00Jagpanzers! (of the IV kind!)Sunny days manes good pictures, hopefully...<br />
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Last year I have shown my little Peter Pig Jagdpanzer IV Lang, and also discussed a bit of the history behind the vehicles. In the fall I discovered a new French company, Normandy Miniatures, producing plastic kits in my beloved 15mm scale. A M8/M20 and a Jagdpanzer IV. I ordered a Jagdpanzer set to try. They are sold in 5 vehicles 'boxes' (it is a pattern?). Of course my order arrived without a box... but 5 vehicles (two sprues per vehicle) were there.<br />
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Good thing is the fact you can build L48 and L70 Vomag version and an L70 Alkett version. Bad thing is that the kit is not on par with PSC, Zvezda or Battlefront current release. Of course it is the first effort of a new company so maybe I am just hypercritical and spoiled. The vehicle itself is well designed, even if the plastic is a bit shiny and the detail is not on par with the more established companies. No crew figures are provided, and the hatches are quite thick and do not fit well. Also the 'mantlet' (I know it is not a mantlet, it is more like a covered mount...) assembly could benefit from a better design, and a better connection with the hull. The main gun also tend to unnaturally elevate, and you have to be careful during the build stage. Instructions could be better too! </div>
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Not overly persuaded by the schurzen, but, hey... they work.<br />
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Okay, not the greatest plastic 15mm kit, a a bit overpriced for the quality, but still a good addition to my giant German collection. also it is a very useful addition to 1955-45 German forces. I have now 4 L70, two L48 and two Alketts. I can cover different situations quite easily. And when painted they are nice little tank destroyers. </div>
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A couple of words on the Alkett, it is ugly, basically a Panzer IV hull with a welded on box. It looks like a driver training tank, but it was a quick conversion (less elaborate than the Vomag, redesigning part of the hull) to get a 75mm L70 gun on the field quickly. They also appeared in several units up until the end of the war. So... ugly or not, it is something you can find quite useful in your arsenal. I will threw them on the table soon and tell you how they fare!</div>
Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-50315539328306778072019-04-18T07:46:00.001-07:002019-04-18T07:46:42.587-07:00A new(renovated) crusader forceOkay,<br />
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spring time here at the Forward HQ, and with spring come the seasons of cleaning and renovation... okay we must clean every season...<br />
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Anyway, jokes aside, let's come straight to the point of this blog, mainly miniatures and wargames. When I started painting 15mm chaps (ages ago, last century!) I painted two Essex DBA (version 1!) prepackages crusader armies, one with knights on horses, one with dismounted knights. Let's be frank, the panting was awful, despite my being proud of it at the time. So awful that they ended up in a box and had been almost forgotten for years... until...</div>
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sometime I got bitten by a strange bug... the saving man bug. Why buying new miniatures when I have perfectly usable ones that I can salvage? Here is the result...</div>
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Ended up adding troops from another old painting effort, some anglo-norman chaps. I have imagined them for Lion Rampant, bbut can also form the core of a bigger force for battle rules like Ironbow or impetus. Some sculpts are a bit old (Essex regraved the line), but they still work well once painted. </div>
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I have three units of knights, three of serjeants, one of bidowers, and a general (from Gladiator). </div>
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Every shield has been hand painted. I am not 100% sure I can handle 15mm transfers... and I was on the cheap.<br />
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Maybe they are not perfect, but the mass effect is here, and I like the final result.<br />
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Considering I was just saving soldiers from the forgotten dump box, I am very happy. now I have a decent crusader force ready for action. Maybe I will add some crossbowmen, they were a stable of crusader armies after all! I have plenty from gladiator still in their baggies!</div>
Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-33743382523287401792019-03-19T08:53:00.001-07:002019-03-19T08:54:20.910-07:00Something dangeorus... a XV century bombard...Okay,<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway last week I was rummaging in the assorted bits boxes. I found these lovely Foundry chaps in one of the boxes of primed miniatures. Basically I forgot to have primed them! This is the downside of going back and forth from two countries, sometime I start a project have to go away, forgot that the project has started and the miniatures had been primed...). You can even retort this is the downside of having kilos of unpainted miniatures. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway I decided to reduce the amount of primed white metal. I like paint the old Perry sculpts from foundry, and I am </span>slowly<span style="font-family: inherit;"> building a second War of the Roses retinue, mainly for Lion Rampant. I also wanted to try round bases instead of my usual rectangular ones for artillery. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Considering I did everything (painting the gunners and the guns, putting them on the base and gluing the sand) yesterday morning and today I painted the base... well I am satisfied of the quick project. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />It will be a nice objective for Lion Rampant scenarios, or something more dangerous (for the enemy or for its owner it is still to determine!). The gun does not look very safe at close distance, but it will be nice as a siege weapon. I really like the master gunner figure. It is full of character and was fun to paint. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-77892533306031053022018-12-31T10:56:00.002-08:002018-12-31T10:56:30.315-08:00A wargaming year…<br />
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Okay
it is the last day of the year, I am contemplating the Lucullan dinner awaiting
me, and taking time to write some (understatement) lines about 2018 and
wargames. Plenty of bloggers do that… after all it is quite normal to look back
in such a day (before filling our stomachs and forgetting everything). I will
say it has been a positive year for the hobby in general, and for my corner of
it in particular. We saw plenty of new releases, good and bad, more good than
bad, and I was able to play and paint several of them. Even the computer side
of it has been good, with the new Combat Mission Shock Force 2 released, The
Operational Art of War 4 and other little things. Basically a good year for the
hobby… and the Perry twins’ early XV century cavalry is arriving in a couple of
week… <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yet
despite all the positives there are some negatives (no I am not talking about
personal ones). The hobby community is more and more divisive, crap is still
coming out, and there are some uninspiring trends. I would say that the
negatives are more about people than the hobby in itself, and certainly they
concerns people who get publicity… basically I am quite pissed off by the
‘public face’ (there is one?) of the whole wargaming hobby. More often than not
the hobby appears to be represented by its lesser lights, certainly the more
aggressive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I
have already written a tirade against Facebook groups few posts ago, but to be
quite honest some of the issues that plague these groups are also plaguing the
big wargaming websites (rather than forums) across the internet. Basically the
issue is one:<o:p></o:p></div>
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What
I do not like deserve to die.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well
I am the first to say that plenty of people deserve to die, I am a military
historian by trade and one thing that history teaches is that sometimes deaths
are necessary and inevitable… but usually these concerns evil dictators,
madmen, and pesky colleagues (and maybe politicians whose asses are glued to
their comfy chairs…). I am not really interested in seeing particular strand of
the wargaming spectrum dying, neither to see companies disappear (okay FGA
excluded… but well, how many supporters FGA had ever had?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, if you look around there is plenty of
negativity. In his end of year summary for Wargamer.com, Colonel (USA RTD)
Wilbur Gray made a quite scathing prediction for board wargaming, hex and
counter will die, GMT and Decision will disappear, Compass (that it happens to
produce hex and counter wargames!) will thrive on their carcasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course miniatures and computer wargames
will not be affected by gloom and doom. Of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>course it is no secret where Bill Gray’s sympathies’ lay. On the same
token, other commentators<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(admitting
their previous failures in predicting wargames’ future) again predict the
collapse of hexes and counters and the eternal rise of CDGs! Or something else,
like War-Euros combinations and the like. Other people predict the demise of
miniatures for computer games…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Basically
everyone, his brother, and their aquarium fishes make wild prediction centred
on the thriving future of their favourite kind of games and the demise of the
rest. There is the underlying idea that only on aspect of our varied and
storied hobby is worthy of salvation. Plenty of these predictions have come to
pass, and we are still playing, designing, and publishing a wide array of
different wargames. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Because
all the Cassandras, and the other assorted Sunday’s prophets that had seen the
light in computer wargames and the dark in other kinds… have failed. Funnily
enough the first of these two cents fortune tellers, James Dunningan left the
field to become a third (or fifth?) rate strategic expert. The idea that
computers killed board wargames is a dead, putrefied, skeleton horse. It
stinks. Yet it is still around… like the myth of the German military
invincibility (read one of the latest articles by Ty Bomba to be treated to the
uber-Germans winning the second world war… no, wait… they lost…) it is a myth
that is never ending. Back in time, reflecting on the demise of SPI James
Dunningan blamed computer games for the destruction of paper wargaming. Of
course there were lot of other trends involved (and also Dunningan may have had
a big personal role in the fall of SPI, and tried to cover it up), and
board-wargaming did not die at all, despite Dunningan analysis. Yet the idea
that somewhat the hobby is relying on a flat base of older gamers who survived
its heydays is often casually thrown in discussion. The recipe to stave off
disaster is, we are told, crossover games, and moving away from traditional
wargames toward computer. Often these calls are coupled with accusations of
male dominated hobby, snobbism against fantasy or science fiction. More often
than not there is a tone of impending doom… change or be swept away. Each of
these elements has its champion or champions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the underlying impression a moderate gets
is… ‘I do not like game XYZ so it has to be bad and disappear’. And then there
is the unanswered question… why?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then
you have the people that claim hexes and counters are dead, and cards, areas,
and meeples will rise… it is the current CDGs crowd, or the current COIN crowd.
Yet, Card Driven Games have been around for a while, and they are not so new.
They have not supplanted hexes or counters. Plenty of them uses counters, and
some even hexes. It is worth to note that their boom as passed, and while they
are not going away (and why they should?), they are just become part of the
whole hobby. Cards are used also in Miniature Games (I ain’t been shot mum
anyone?). It is a worthwhile mechanic but not an end unto itself. And we had
plenty of crap and bummers in this department. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then
there is COIN… the new grail… except that despite a couple of good games, the
whole series is sliding down the crappiness and some designers force COIN on
the throat of everything… yet you have people arguing that COIN will supplant
everything else, and everything else is destined to rot in hell…<o:p></o:p></div>
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It
is disheartening to see so many people relishing in their prophecy of doom for
entire segments of the hobby. Even more disheartening because these prophets
looks quite shallow, and their arguments take up places that could be used for
more useful endeavour, like informed discussions, and reviews. Frankly, who
cares if a computer games expert bashes board games? Does he know what is
talking about? Short answer, only people who dislike board games care, and he
does not know anything.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thankfully,
like Dunningan prediction and analysis (that hide his own poor decisions in
SPI…) these prophets are basically rubbish. Let’s paint a better picture…
maybe, one based on real knowledge. I will start from computer games. Recently
on the Facebook wargamers group the idiot of the day (If you want I can provide
Facebook names too, after all Marck Zuckenberg does it all the time…) said that
the relation of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>board wargames to
computer wargames is like that between VHS and DVD. Persuading young people to
play board wargames over computer games is like pretending people to go back to
VHS from DVD. Okay…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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There
are deep issues in this view. Basically, it is just an outgrown of Dunningan’s
claims of PC games killing board ones. New technology always supplants existing
one. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The underlying idea is that board
games were somewhat inferior to their electronic counterparts and more
expensive. But, when Dunningan was pontificating not only electronic wargames
were in their infancy, they were few, basically crap, overpriced and relied on
hardware that, until sometime later, was extremely expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A single pc game could have been not too
expensive, but it needed a computer that was not readily available to everyone.
This even before addressing issue like quality, AI, and playabilty. I saw some
of them, and they were quite subpar. Basically Dunningan was talking hot air,
like he does in his strategy page… old habits never dies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moderns have at least the benefit of cheaper hardware (but how cheap is a
computer rigged to play the latest games?) and better games. PC wargames have
evolved and some are innovative, interesting, well researched, and
engaging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So at least they have
something to show. Now there is an issue that cannot be denied, I cannot deny
it too. Computer games sales far outstrip traditional wargames one. Fair point,
but one that is also completely irrelevant. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We
are comparing apple to oranges, and even in a bad way. The issue that what I
call the ‘PC doom crowd’ fail to address is what a computer wargame is.
Nitpicking? No. It is the heart of the issue. How many computer games that
really qualify as wargames are sold? What really qualifies as computer
wargames? If you just pull out the average Joe from the street, if you can get
an answer at all it will be Call of Duty or Warcraft/Starcraft, if you are
lucky a Total War game…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we have a
deep issue, computer games that are often called wargames by the press and the
public are not wargame in any sense. There is very little relation between Call
of Duty and ASL as there is very little relation between <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rome Total War</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Imperium
Romanum II</i>. I have seen this with students. They are quick to think of them
as wargames because that is what they are told. But wargames they are not. Also
they appeal to different people. Yes there will be overlap, as there is overlap
in everything, but this is not changing the reality. Real wargames are a
minority even in the PC market, their sales are not that big, computer games in
general did not steal the player base of wargames.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once
you remove the oranges and remains with the apples it is also interesting to
see what the apples are. A lot of PC wargames are tactical in nature. There are
very few operational or strategic ones. Also players often criticize
board-wargames for their lack of details. I remember a discussion on RPS Flare
Path column on Phil Sabin’s Simulating War book. One of the posters was
complaining on the limit in the level of detail of any ‘manual’ game compared
to games like War in the East. Fair point, but…<o:p></o:p></div>
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abstraction, I am persuaded that details do not equal realism by default. Just
because a game track each infantry squad on the whole Russian front it is not
more realistic than one who only track army corps. <o:p></o:p></div>
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the computer player in question is attracted to detail in a way that is outside
the scope of any playable manual wargame (much better definition that board
wargame, let’s use it!). I play computer wargames and manual ones. I find very
little overlapping. I found them not very related. I also play Total War, and
have played several Call of Duty and Medal of Honour games. Let’s leave CoD and
MoH alone for now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were never
wargames to start with, and, right now, they are also bad games more concerned
with campy multiplayer, scripted movie sequence, and very little with any
meaningful conflict simulation aspect. Also, they are not wargames, they are first
person shooters. They are the brothers of Doom rather than ASL. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Total
War and other RTS or even 4X turn based games are, often, hailed has wargames
or historical games, but they are not wargames at all. They have war and
conflict, but grouping them together with manual wargames would be wrong. As it
would be grouping together their player bases. It is worth noting that some RTS
have evolved in the so called ‘E-sports’ and are nothing more than click fest. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Even
serious title like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Steel Beasts Pro</i>
or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Combat Mission</i> are games that is
difficult to pin together. They are apple and oranges by themselves, and it
would be very difficult to find equivalent in the manual wargames library,
especially for title like Steel Beasts (they are simulators, again a different
beasts, notwithstanding the idiots on BGG and other places that confuse
simulation with simulator). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Combat
Mission</i> (especially the first series) feel like a miniature wargame, but
for now we are focusing on another genre.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
bottom line is that computer and manual wargames scratch different itches. On
top of that perusing game forums I have seen very few people who are even aware
of the existence of manual wargames at all… my experience in KCL Conflict
Simulation class, and in Wolves ‘Virtual Warriors’ module is that while there
are more students familiar with computer games and manual wargames, there very
little in the way of ‘I stopped playing manual wargames because the PC ones
were better’ often the computer crowd is stuck on total War, Paradox grand
strategy (and often they do not care too much about the level of historical
details), and CODs… on the other hand some students dismissing manual wargames
as obsolete by default in September came to different conclusion after having
played and designed games at the end of the module. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What
I see is a large, healthy base of publishers doing manual wargames, and other
doing computer wargames. Their catalogue are strong and varied. Their titles
cater for different interests, mechanics, and players’ inclinations. Each
medium, and each title has its own strength and weaknesses. It is worth to
mention that while there is an overlap in players, (and I just played Slitherine’s
intriguing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Panzer Doctrine</i>…) the
players seem to be two largely discrete communities. <o:p></o:p></div>
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line: the boom in real computer wargames happened after Dunningan wrote his
nonsense. It even happened after the fall of Avalon Hill, and the dark age of
manual wargaming. Probably they are two unconnected phenomena.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet this myth is still with us, and duly
resurrected when the idiot of the day wants to explain why manual wargames are
a doomed hobby. Nonsense. We can just play our games in peace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now
let’s move on… the second big myth. The new holy grail game technique that will
rule them all… give me a ring please… Even better is it is a crossover to
euros. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crossover that will suddenly
bring thousands of eager new players in the hobby by virtue of its simplicity
and appeal (and low price!). I think everyone hopes for it… I think everyone
with a working brain knows it is just rubbish. There are several wrong
assumptions at work here. First of all is that you can entice people to become
wargamers just hanging an easy game in front of them. After you have hooked
them they will simply move to more complex games, finally they will all play
ASL! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not think this is making any
real sense. <o:p></o:p></div>
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First
of all, there is an assumption that one size fits all, be it players’ interests
and game mechanics. There is also a mental limitation at work, that one
mechanic can cover everything. This is a phenomena that you can see both in
board and miniatures wargames. There was a recent article on Wargames Soldiers
and Strategy waxing about the idea that a single mechanics can simulate
everything at every scale, from Sumer to Ramadi… I scratched my head… and
mentally binned the author in the realm of idiots. I am sorry to use such a
term but it was just a demonstration of the lack of understanding of warfare
and its modelling. Okay… it could provide food for the game vs simulation
debate. But here is serving another purpose. An historical wargamer, one who
understand history, will scratch his head if an Assyrian chariot is simulated
in the same way of a French 1812 Cuirassier. Even more if an unit of chariots
and one of cuirassiers are modelled in the same way (I mean their functions,
not they physical models!). Yet the one game to rule them all crowd propose
exactly this. What we can call… the Sauron’s technique… will replace everything
else. Sadly for the prophets, luckily for everyone else (including the prophets
of the different Sauron’s technique…) it will not happen. Despite the claims
that the new games will replace the old it will not happen. They will just sit
together on the same shelf. <o:p></o:p></div>
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we look at the past of the hobby it is something that happened all the times.
Everytime a new mechanic was introduced the players were divided in camps, some
outspoken supporters, some claiming it was just a fad (why? Was it used
improperly?), and the silent majority buying what they like, and leaving on the
shops’ shelves or website the games they did not like. Some designers become
fixated on certain mechanics (Mike Rinella and its area/impulse, who is simply
saying the approach is better than anything else, without explanation), some
rejected it, most simply adding it to their libraries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing new, no impeding collapse, despite
every time someone yelling at the ultimate mechanic. Still… people continues to
search for a grail that looks more like the Ring… nothing holy, just a chimera
that, once reached is only a curse… remember the end of the Fellowship… there
is no rule to rule them all. <o:p></o:p></div>
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it is not just the random poster on Facebook or BGG that clamours for it. Years
ago, boardgame (be careful, Boardgame not Wargame…) designer Lewis Pulsipher,
the creator of Britannia claimed that wargames were destined to irrelevance
because our games do not have plastic components, area maps, and are too
complex. Okay, if someone creates an idiocy guided cruise missiles Pulsipher
would be a perfect guinea pig to test the guidance system. Yet beside the fact
it was just an empty, baseless, claim by a second class designer and smelled
more of self-advertisement than anything else, it highlighted the issue at
hand. More often than not people use the internet, or even game magazine not to
discuss issues, but to do negative promoting, criticizing other products and
approaches to promote theirs. Wargames are not bad. Wargamers are bad. There is
this habit to knock off things to sanctify others. Wargamers are not the only
culprits, historians and strategic analysts are even worse offenders. Lewis
Sorley is a master of it, launching vitriolic attacks on General Westmoreland
just to make a saint of Creighton Abrams. And what about the dean of all strategic
forgers? Basil H. Liddell Hart? <o:p></o:p></div>
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stellar figures in the hobby fall prey of it… I remember reading a piece written
by my favourite Miniature Wargamer designer, Richard Clarke, the Lord of Lard…
dismissing manual map based wargames, and telling the readers they were dead… He
had bad experience playing the Europa series back in time and written off,
thousands of titles… and a vital strand of the hobby. I was reading about
divisions moving at a glacial pace over the Russian steppes. At the time I was
playing the new edition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red Star and White
Eagle</i> from Compass. And it was not division moving a glacial pace, it was
the Konarmya racing forward, and then the Polish counterattack… it was exciting…
it was engrossing… it was a fight for a country, rather than a fight for a
village. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made me think twice about
the usual engagement with Rich’s Chain of Command or IASBM. Yet I like both approaches.
I do not knock off one or the other. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I found irrelevant of this approach is that the Sauron’s technique is not a
solution, is part of the problem. As me and Phil said to countless cohorts of
students, there is no right or wrong way to design a game. There is no perfect
answer to every problem. This is exemplified with the different approach me and
Phil takes to design. Loom at my own games or the games I have worked with
(easy go to BGG and look up to game designer Arrigo Velicogna), and do the same
with Philip Sabin. You will see plenty of differences in approach. Even better
for today discussion you will see that even our games tend to be different
between them. Some designers are just iterative, some are instead letting the
situation to dictate the technique to be used. Plastic meeples? Fine as long
you do not want plenty of information on your game pieces. Miniatures are
better than counters, at times they are, at times they are not. Variety is the
key. The final game does not exist. The ‘evolution’ that some closed minds see
is only a nightmare for us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well…
it was along post… and one quite negative on wargamers, but, I am persuaded,
positive on the hobby. I am sitting on my uncomfy chair right now. I can see
part of my collections of wargames. PC, Miniatures, Board. They are varied,
they are exciting, they are an important window over military history. Some are
easier, some are more detailed, some are broad brush approach. The bad ones…
well I tend to avoid buying them, trade them, sell them,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or put them somewhere else… I also have my
list of eagerly awaited pre-orders. Under the trees I had <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Iron and Oak</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinian</i>, and
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">War for the Union</i> (2<sup>nd</sup> Edition).
A broad and varied lot! I also got TFL annual magazine with new rules and
scenarios. And a couple of games on steam too. Right now there is nothing on
the table, I borrowed it to my mother for her Lego city… But I am looking
confident on the future. There are plenty of interesting project approaching
completion. Adam Starkweather is finishing his operational game on Vietnam, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rumor of War</i> with Compass, and two new
games of his company scale series. GMT has a new Next War game coming, and
Bruno Sinigaglio big game on the Ardennes (and Compass has Danny Parker
reworking his Bulge Masterpiece. MMP has a TCS game on Bir el Gubi, the Ariete
armoured division giving a bad day to the 22<sup>nd</sup> Armoured Brigade, a
rubbing generations of British historians, blinded by their arrogant, baseless,
and racist contempt for Italians, and slavish admiration of a nazi like Rommel,
have always attributed to Germans… (that for that idiot Capitan Blood, that on
the Lead Adventure Forum claimed that the Italian experience in North Africa was
only shoddy and sorry… an insult to my country, my Army, and myself as a former
Italian Army Cadet Officer… another star display of historical ignorance)<o:p></o:p></div>
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past year was good, the new year looks even better. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Wargaming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wishes for a great 2019 to my readers!<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-74032520940800994272018-12-06T08:10:00.000-08:002018-12-06T08:10:16.264-08:00Cruising in the slot...Whoa... I am slow in updating the blog... too sloooow...<br />
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anyway back to business! Namely the business to show my recent miniatures' painting efforts. In my last post I was complaining how crap is the painting you see on GHQ 1/2400 ships on the internet. I am not that rich to have a whole fleet of GHQ stuff, so I collect 1/3000 ships for smaller engagement or air attacks. Mainly Navwar (cheap!) but last summer I took the plunge and tried some of the excellent 1/3000 plastic from Fujimi (built plenty of Fujimi models in my youth). Ordered them from Japan and had them shipped here...<br />
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Okay here we have two Fujimi US Battleships (USS Washington and USS South Dakota) escorted by Navwar destroyers (hint hint hint... 2 BBs, 4 destroyers... what engagement is?)<br />
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Now the level of detail on the Fujimi warships is quite stunning. Conning towers, main turrets, and even the stern crane are molded separately and have to be placed into position.<br />
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While the two BBs can looks similar they are from two different classes (one improved upon the other) and show their differences. <br />
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Now more details of the queens of the night. On the South Dakota you can clearly see the radar and the single funnel configuration.<br />
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While the Washington has two funnels and a different radar arrangement. Deck wooden platings are well reproduced. And the 16" Gun turrets are clean and crisp.<br />
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The sea base and the coastline are included in the box. I will probably dry-brush the coastline soon.<br />
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When you compare the detail on the BBs with that on Navwar destroyers you end up quite... deceived. Still while Fujimi has a nice selection of IJN warships constantly increasing (guess...) and even JMSDF ships lined up, the USN ships are just the two BBs from 3rd Savo... so I still need to source USN ships from Navwar or Skytrex (Roe Tengco's 3D printed 1/3000 models from Shapeways are awesome, but Shapeways is massively overpriced!).<br />
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Japanese ships are lining up fast anyway... stay posted for a new post.Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-24761637492100182012018-07-30T03:01:00.001-07:002018-07-30T03:01:20.781-07:00Facebook wargaming groups, useful tools or utter crap?We are living in the XXI century. Instant communication is with us, and there are infinite tools that a wargamer could use. discussion forums (to many to count or name), instant messaging, dedicated sites (BGG or CSW for example), yahoo groups... and Facebook. In the past few years I have joined several of these. Definitely they were a sign wargaming in all its form was healthy and increased communications was just helping the hobby... or so I thought.<br />
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Everyone reading these pages knows I am critical of the BGG wargaming areas for several elements, but what BGG undeniably provides is a place to see games before buying. Even if plenty of the posters seems to be part of idiots' brigade or simply of the 'adding nothing to the conversation' crowd (or the dreaded, I just say something completely unrelated often to tell you how good is my favorite game bunch...), the fact remains that BGG is a depository of images of unrivaled scope.<br />
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CSW not only keep you posted on the news, but usually provided informed discussion on the games.<br />
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And then there is Facebook. There there are several groups, from company operate or supported ones designed to support the operations of a specific manufacturer (a great one is Rubicon Models, but also a small companuy like Heroic and Ros has an useful facebook presence), to group dedicated to specific rules (Battlegroup or VG fleet series sprang to my mind), to generalist groups like 'Wargamers' or 'Naval Wargames'. <br />
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Specialist groups are certainly useful. They provide a quick way to contact manufacturers or publishers, to get up to date news, and sometime to be informed of troubles. In small companies often the latter is crucial. Also, because the subject matter is relatively limited, they provide an useful space to discuss specific topics. In this case groups are certainly useful.<br />
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But what about the generalist ones? I have reached the conclusion that they are utter crap. Part of the crappiness come straight form Facebook. Yes Facebook gives you a space for photos and files, but the rest is just an unorganized continuous stream of post that are utterly unrelated, and often completely irrelevant to the reader, at times even to wargaming in general. It is difficult to find useful information in the midst of unorganized posts. Reading them all... well it is usually impossible. The few useful announcements from companies are usually lost in the background noise. And then there are countless posts that fit better in international news group. Then posting repetition between groups. I understand people want to get their message (often when it is relating to a new game...) across multiple groups to maximize audience, but if you are member of several groups receiving countless of the same notification could be annoying.<br />
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Then there is a big issue in the intrinsic nature of a generalist group covering a largely undefined hobby. What a wargame is? Peter Perla and Phil Sabin have proposed specific academic definition, but then people playing Risk and Twilight Struggle are calling them wargames. People says Call of Duty is a wargame. Now do not get me wrong. Risk and Twilight Struggle are not in the similar games. Their only similitude is that they have a board, and that they are called wargames by people who do not understand what a wargame is. Said that they are completely different animals. I can argue that TS is a bad model of the Cold War first, and spread out bad history second, but is a complex and successful <i>GAME </i>in its own. Just is not a wargame. The same is true for Call of Duty. But when you have people arguing about this around you... warning bells rang. Are the members of 'Wargamers' wargamers at all? I am not just saying I do not like mr. X, mr. Y is an idiot, and so on... I am more debating on the idea that we are part of the same hobby, playing related games, and, more importantly, I can derive some utility liaising or linking with them. If the subject of a group is so undefined that is not recognizable anymore, its utility as a forum for discussion is severely reduced. <br />
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As an example people like Professor Rex Brynnen use group like Wargamers for their own polemics and rants. Beside the fact that I am not impressed by his use of conflict simulations or his ideas at all; that I think it is one of the negative beacons in professional wargaming; that I also think he has a badly disguise contempt for commercial wargaming in general. I bascially do not go to a facebook hobby group for reading professional rants. While I am happy that my job and my main hobby are focused on the same subject, military history, I am also happy to avoid a complete overlapping of the two. Yet Brynnen posts on Wargamers group about his own professional activity, and often the posts and the subsequent comments end up in sterile political rants... on both sides. There is a reason why I use wargames as teaching and analytical aids but I am leery to get too involved in the professional conflict simulation community... <br />
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Okay this could be professional hate, but it is also a clear example of the fact that a generalist group like Wargamers has no real usefulness, there is so much going on, that, coupled with the inherent limitations of the platform, make the group itself a waste of time.<br />
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Finally there is the issue of the people in general. Do I really care to be in contact with every wargamer in the world? Frankly no... especially considering that some of them are not wargamers at all. Do I care to receive notification for every utterly irrelevant idiocy posted by someone somewhere in this globe? No. Also do I care to participate in discussions where only drooling is allowed? Where only positive comments have to be posted in reply to any post, be it interesting, crap, irrelevant and so on? <br />
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Few days ago someone posted pictures of 1/2400 1942 collection of Imperial Japanese Navy and US Navy ships. Well as I said on the H&R page some time ago, often I found that people buy expensive and well detailed GHQ models just to give them a crap paint job. Judge for yourself...<br />
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And compare to 1/2400 or 1/3000 ships I posted here. There is also another issue. Look at the hybrid battleship in the center... it is an Ise class hybrid carrier. The problem here is that the conversion was done between 1943 and 1944. Not only she is a badly painted model, it is a ship not in existence in 1942 in that shape. Utter fail. Being on facebook I restrained to point out the fact the paint job was crap. But I pointed out that it was not a 1942 fleet. I was told that I was nut and bolt too many. Bloody fucking hell... you put a ship that was not in service in that form (and not a minor modification, a large scale conversion), and you say that it is just a minor detail. It is more akin the chap has no idea about the ships (in other words he is an idiot). but of course the politically correct crowd appeared raising and locking the flimsy shields of the 'be nice'. I added that not only it was historically wrong, not inaccurate just plain wrong... and the ships were also badly painted. Answer:<br />
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Oh Well I am extremely happy to not have joined Forumini considering what kind of idiot they had in the moderators. I was also told I am an historian over a wargamer... okay I am a military historian, no problem, but I would remember the idiots' brigade this is historical wargaming nothing else. But I feel the word would be just lost on the idiots' brigade. It is a sad reflection historical wargamers that in the end do not care about history. And what is the purpose of a discussion group? Just drool... criticism is not allowed. It is a sad reflection of the state of the western world were we are no anymore allowed to voice legitimate opinions in the name of 'be nice.' I was told that if I was posting my own painting job on the internet criticism was something I had to be prepared for. That if I publish my wargame there will be negative opinion, and so on... Certainly other groups are more 'free wheeling' (like someone on the Fleet Series group that blanketed the whole production of Compass Games as 'shitty'), and I have seen heated but useful clashes on the 'Wargamers' group. But again in some groups it appears that criticism is not allowed.<br />
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Rant aside, the whole thing had made me thinking what I derive from having joined that specific group. I looked at my posts and comments... and realized I could have been deployed to Vulcan without an internet connection and I would not have felt any regret. Generalist wargaming groups are an utter waste of time. I realized I was turning off FB notification from these groups (also because these notifications are annoying to the point to be obsessive, facebook is not a communication tool, it is a marketing tool that use communication to drive you to their page and see the adverts. There is no point to be subjected to that for groups that hold just a marginal utility (if they hold any utility at all) for the hobby. I have turned off all possible notification from these two groups, and probably I will leave both of them soon. No need to waste time.<br />
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Steve Zaloga calls it the 'Kindergarten Tank'. Its design started in July 1940, as a response to the collapse of France. At that moment the US Army realized that its armor deficiency had to be addressed immediately rather than in the short term. A new medium tank had to be put in serial production to create a real armored force. This ideal tank had to withstand AP shells from the German 37mm AT gun and be equipped with a 75mm gun capable to fire HE rounds. It was certainly a simple brief, one that should have resulted in a product comparable with the German PzKfw IV. Yet neither Ordnance nor the civilian industry had experience with cast turrets large enough to accommodate a 75mm main gun, short or long barrelled. It was not just the industrial tooling lacking. Army engineers did not even have any idea about how big and strong the turret ring should have been to withstand the recoil. Simply put the US Army asked for something no one in US had really in mind...</div>
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As Zaloga says engineers are face by a triangle of three elements: Good, Fast, Cheap. Usually they can pick two elements. In the summer of 1940 Fast and Cheap were picked. The result was a vehicle inspired by the French B1 tank. Main gun in the hull, secondary AT gun in the turret. Of course even this 'simple' pattern was not easy to achieve. Ordnance at the time was enamored with machine guns. The initial design had plenty of them... Armored Force, the new branch of the Army responsible for mechanized force, had them removed. some were left, including a twin installation in the forward hull, and a little MG armed cupola over the turret (okay this is an arrangement that Ordnance liked as earlier pictures of my M60 show!). The twin MG in the hull disappeared, the cupola not. </div>
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Even when the tanks was still a drawing the new Armored Force chief, General Jacob Devers, complained about it not being good, and insisting on it being a limited (750 samples) production run. But Roosevelt wanted tanks now, not only for the US army, but for the British Army too. The British had come to Washington with a shopping list... in the list there was a request for 3,650 medium tanks! Good or not the M3 Medium was the only adequate solution. It was given a go ahead. The US ones would see combat in 1942 and 1943 in Algeria and Tunisia, and in 1943 in the Gilbert Islands. The Soviet Army would receive them and use them at Kursk too. Specialized versions would be employed until the end of the war. Yet the M3 moment of glory came in 1942 with the British Army in North Africa, and its last roar will be in 1944 in Burma and India, again with the British Army. </div>
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The British army realized it was a temporary solution, and they were not impressed by the turret. They asked for changes, dropping the MG cupola, adding a radio bustle (US tanks did not have it!), enlarging it. The British also insisted to have the periscopic gun-sight replaced by a telescopic one. With the modifications it was shipped to Egypt at a time when British tanks were outgunned not only by the Germans, but also by the Italian tanks. British tank guns, be it 2pdr or the first 6pdr, could not fire HE rounds. The Grant 75mm was able to fire them, and the 75mm round was pretty powerful. On top of that the 75mm fired a decent AP round. And there was a 37mm gun in the turret. The Grant baptism of fire was during Operazione Venezia, the Italian-German assault on the Gazala line. The 75mm gun was appreciated, its armor was adequate, but it was still a prey for the larger Axis guns like the German 88mm or the Italian 90mm. Ariete division's AT batteries claimed scores of them in keeping Rommel's cauldron intact. Yet it gave the British tanker an ability to fire gun shells at infantry and AT position and AP shells with adequate range to fight on an even ground with the Panzer IIIs. Of course it also prompted the Germans to ship uparmoured and upgunned tanks in Africa. It served at El Alamein and in Tunisia. Then newer tanks replaced it. It was a stopgap, but an adequate one that left an impression on the desert war.</div>
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It also happens that the shape is kinda unique and I like it. I finally decided to paint the one I had in storage from more than 10 years ago... Just as a curiosity they were a direct order to Battlefront in New Zealand! They aged reasonably well. The new plastic ones are better, but these are... adequate. There some issues in connecting the track units to the hull, and one lost is AT gun (I created a replacement with brass wire and tape...). The resin body show both the unique shape and the extensive riveting quite well. Painting them was nice. I used one of the camouflaged scheme seen in 1942, sand base with dark green blotches. </div>
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I used FoW decals to complete them.Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-19112171506693416782018-07-01T06:36:00.000-07:002018-07-01T06:36:19.292-07:00Talking about 3d Printing...<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently I have read some less than inspiring comments on a Forum on 3D printed vehicles, some were general, some were directed against Butlers Printed Models. It happens that I own several 15mm models from them, and I do think that the comments were basically sockpuppetting from people linked to other companies. </div>
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Now my experience with 3d Printing is mixed. I have tried Shapeways, and while the ship in 1/6000, 1/4800, and 1/3000 I got were from good to excellent, the only tank in 15mm I bought there, a Chinese Type 96G, was subpar and extremely expensive. While I can recommend ships and some shops i particular (more on an upcoming post), once you got to tanks in larger scales, quality and price are not there. </div>
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Here is one of my first model, a Centurion Sho't. first of all, except quality castings in US no one does a 15mm Sho't for the 1973 war. Peter Pig does one for lebanon with ERA armor, BF has only the Meteor engine one.</div>
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Now if you look closely you can see the 'trademark' of 3D printing, the lines or stripes, but photography emphasized them more than real life sight. The other issue is the riveting in this particular tank the rivets came a bit 'larger than life.' The other issue is excess material. The underside of the tank is ugly (but you do not see it!), and the underside of the gun barrell required a strong clean up. Said that, for a 15mm vehicle it is more than reasonable. I would not say awesome, but definitely good.</div>
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Another good representation of the real life vehicle. The turret MG is not bad at all, better than the metal one in the PSC/ArmiesArmy Resin-metal ones. The 'striping' is not prominent at all, despite the dry-brush. The real bad issue of this specifi model is the light above the driving hatch that is not well reproduced. The one on the plastic FoW kits is much better. But the Butlers one is around half the price, and the overall quality is good. </div>
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I am more and more persuaded that there is a lot of sock-puppetting involved in the bash. It is not perfect, it has limitations, but 3D printing is a viable wargaming tools, and, thanks to company like Butlers, it is helping us gamers. </div>
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Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-22223266576597529642018-06-05T06:51:00.000-07:002018-06-06T06:05:48.822-07:00A lonely duck... a Guderian's Duck!<br /><br />Yesterday I got my copy of Vae Victis 139. As usual the magazine was packing its usual assortment of articles. As usual some anti-american idiocy slipped in... (it is quite annoying, especially because they are usual gibberish) but this is not the point of my writing... much more annoying was a comment I found on the Team Yankee article, in the box highlighting the available miniatures. The writer was defining Peter Pig vehicles:<br /><br /><br /><i> 'par contre le chars uniquement en plomb ne sont plus aux standards actuels' </i><br /><br /><br /> this is the sort of idiocy that you find in magazine and that seems more a product of people bashing companies rather than serious reviewers. Having painted a PP vehicles just few days ago...<br /><br />
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I felt the comments was a gratuitous insult. Peter Pig is not the only manufacturers producing full metal tanks. As a manufacturer with a big catalog it is obvious that some vehicles will be better than others, often reflecting their age. The Jagpanzer IV/70 I had under my brushes is a relatively recent vehicle (in their production, not in history!) and while being a full metal model it is certain up to standard. Certainly better than some resin stuff I have seen around.<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br />
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<br /><br />Rant done... let's talk a bit about it. As almost every German WW2 chassis also the Panzer IV was used for conversion. Despite the appearances, it was not a late war desperation conversion. The plans for it had been shown to Hitler in 1942 by Vomag AG. The basic concept was to use PZ IV hulls to produce a 75mm armed vehicle to replace the Sturmgeschutz III. The basic reasons were compatibility with the main tank, the ability of the new hull to take heavier weapons than the Panzer III (the design specified a L70 gun from the start, while the Sturmgeschutz III had reached its limit with the 75mmL48), and also the assumption that, when the new medium tank (the still infant Panther...) would have replaced the Panzer IV as mainstay of the panzer divisionen there would be plenty of surplus hull.<br /><br /><br /> That was the idea. Guderian did not like the new vehicle (despite in the end having his name associated with it), but Hitler was adamant that the new tank destroyer would have replaced the Panzer IV. Guderian's argument were basically two: the Stug III was still adequate, the Panzer IV was necessary as medium tank. Tampering with production lines would have been bad. In the end both won in typical German fashion, with Guderian keeping the Stug and the Panzer IV, and Hitler getting the new one. German Army's logistics obviously won.<br /><br /><br /> Production started in late 1943, with the first 30 vehicles being completed by Vomag in January 44. With the new L70 guns going to the new Panthers as priority, the Jagdpanzer IV was initially armed with the older L48 gun. Not until August the 75mm L70 guns were made available for the Jagdpanzer, with production fully switching sometime later. In the end the german factories produced 1977 Jagdpanzer IV, 1208 with the long barrel and 769 with the shorter one. Around 270 were produced by Alkett with a different superstructure.<br /><br /><br /> All in all it was a good tank destroyer with a powerful gun, good armor, and a low profile. Yet it was often used as an assault gun or an ersatz tank with poor results. I have a Skytrex and a Flames of War ones, and they had always performed quite badly on the table...<br /><br /><br /> Gaming experiences aside the main issues with the Jagdpanzer IV were production runs hampered by shortage of materials and allied bombing, and another vehicle complicating the whole logistic issue.<br /><br /><br /> Now, after a short historical introduction... more pictures... so you can decide by yourselves about Vae Victis' comment.<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br />
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I like it of course!Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112931732147817345.post-21744050144607693832018-06-04T09:06:00.001-07:002018-06-04T09:06:22.134-07:00Bundesheer...After the madness of the 'unplanned diversion that turned into a horde' post, a little filler. I have recently repainted four Leopard 1A5 from H&R.<br />
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Everyone on the net always moans how good the GHQ models are, and then they painted them in awful manner. I have GHQ models, but I do not think they are by default the first choice. Heroic and Ros models are often perfectly good, especially with a good paintjob.<br />
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These Leopards were sitting in my bits box for ages. I just repainted them (so they have two coats!), and the end result is perfectly good.<br />
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The key element of the 1A5 version, the added Blohm und Voss turret armor and the smoke dischargers are perfectly visible, especially after a mix of dry-bushing and black-lining. The tools on the sides of the hull are there. The mantlet (another key element of the outlook) is also well done. I am happy.<br />
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if you have followed this blog you know I had started a 15mm WW2 British North Western Europe project sometime ago. I stopped posting the progress because I was lazy... but I did not stop working on it.<br />
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Three infantry platoon, one MG platoon in carriers, one Carrier platoon (only two sections plus comman), one AT platoon with 6pdrs, one Motor platoon, assorted engineers, a 25pdrs section, a whole load of AFVs...<br />
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I also removed the QRF Churchills (now replaced by PSC ones) and the QRF Achilles, now with two plastic BF ones proudly taking its place. Of course I can add more... but to be quite honest, I am satisfied with painting battledress...<br />
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The 'funny' thing is that this horde of troops has more or less never been planned. I was expecting myself to limit myself ot US troops for the NWE campaign. But then I received some leftovers from a friend (I painted his British troops) and started to add small bits... usually in plastic. Actually almost the whole force is plastic!!! Plastic fantastic (I like to build plastic vehicles, they paint better than lead or resin, they are much lighter for storage). Now let's go into details.<br />
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A squadron of comet from the 11th Armoured Division, FOW plastic. Two Squadron command tanks, two troops of three Comet each. I know it is a marginal WW2 tank as employment goes, but...<br />
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1) I like it<br />
2) It was used.<br />
3) I want my 1945 version of the force to have a specific character.<br />
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Mixed picture, you can see one of the PSC infantry platoon on FOW rural bases, and the artillery units. Two FOW lead 25pdrs (quite old, I think I forgot about them, but they ended up quite well), on PSC quad, one PSC OP Carrier, one PSC Sherman V as OP. And load of tanks... you can see the PSC Churchills, the Comet and the line up of Shermans.<br />
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Lovely PSC Churchill AVRE with its petard mortar, and the PSC AT platoon; guns and Loyd carriers. Behind the ATs, the FOW plastic motor platoon.<br />
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Center stage for the Carrier unit. The Carriers are a mix of FOW (old the initial leftovers!) and PSC. Infantry are a mix of FOW and PSC. Behind them Joe Vandeleur command unit, and 2 FOW resin M5 Stuarts.<br />
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The Motor platoon again, the Churchills (three gun tanks one CS), the two Achilles and Shermans!<br />
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Tank photo shot.<br />
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FOW plastic infantry in close up.<br />
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For a project started with leftovers from a friend's commission (let's be honest, one Matador truck, two carriers, 10-15 infantrymen, two Fireflys...) it has gained traction, mainly due to the attractiveness of plastic.<br />
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The Sherman line, two FOW resins in the foreground, the rest are PSC, 75mm or Fireflys.<br />
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One last tribute to my madness!! Now I only need to bring them on the table!Arrigo "the Crazy"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14011138146055102156noreply@blogger.com1