tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14822890459435306122024-03-13T19:05:36.450-07:00Castles of TinWelcome to my blog, wherein I indulge my fondness for wargaming miniatures.Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-40284930676467904132019-06-10T13:56:00.004-07:002020-09-07T10:26:16.722-07:00French Husssars of 1845 - 45mm Flats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's another set of antique Heinrichsen flats, # 6023 which was first issued in 1845. They're from the 60mm range but as all the horse I've gotten in this size are undersized relative to the foot (which are true 60mm, I think that's good thing because they match other figures I already have.<br />
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The castings were clean but the detail was a bit understated, so care had to be taken not to put down the paint too thick.<br />
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Researching the uniform colors was fun. I relied heavily on Lienhart & Humbert but as mostly the saddles are depicted as the sheepskins, it took some digging to find the shabraque. I eventually found an image for the 7th, so that's how I painted them.<br />
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With plenty of detail to paint, they took me several weeks to complete.<br />
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In the previous post I shared with you my discovery of wooden flats from Russia. Now we can look at cavalry and artillery as well as further evolution of the designs to include outlining.<br />
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These lancers are quite nicely animated. However, the targeted scale of 45mm to the eyes was overshot as the calculation for the cavalry didn't take into account that a charging rider wouldn't be standing straight in the saddle. The figures are closer to 1/35 and wouldn't look out of place in a 54mm army. So I just test painted a figure as the 17th Lancers.<br />
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As with the French infantry, the figures are blanks and thus also where and how to paint the details is up to the painter. In this case I chose to rotate the rider's torso somewhat.<br />
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For the next order, I asked Yevgeny if he could add plumes to the lancers for a bit more of a Napoleonic look. He obliged by not only doing that but adding outlines to the figures as well as posing them differently. And we downsized everything to 42mm in order to match up better with the Nowikoff home casts.<br />
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The rider has been reduced in size but to my eyes the horse came out a bit elongated. Or perhaps it's the shabraque, or both ? Regardless, it's still a vigorously posed and pleasing figure. The outlines definitely simplified the painting (or would have had I not chosen the gaudy Red Lancers) although how much or little detail to give the horse is still up to the painter.<br />
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And lastly, Russian styled artillery for the Kingdom of Novgorod.<br />
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I quite like the design of this cannon as the three part assembly of gun barrel and wheels adds a surprisingly good illusion of depth relative to a completely flat gun.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed viewing these. The painting has been challenging but quite rewarding.<br />
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Here's a unit I recently finished. These wooden flats are from Russia, 45mm to the eyes. They're for my imagi-nations war of ca. 1820: Celtican infantry, le 7eme de Ligne.<br />
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The figures start like this. Wooden blanks without detail. Thickness is 4mm at this scale. Definitely a painting challenge as where to place the details is a matter of estimation.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Finished painting this unit last week. Antique Heinrichsen flats, 45mm to the eyes. This is kind of a one-off set, purchased when Heinrichsen was cleaning out old inventory mid-2017. First issued 1840, they represent French troops ca. 1830.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">For my 1820's imagi-nation of Celtica, I took a few liberties such as the ficticious grenadier flag. But they are plausibly French enough to sell as such when the day comes. 24 soldiers came in the box, I did not paint the extra sapper and trumpeter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As you can see from the command figure grouping, I almost completely dispensed with the shading. Started out that way, but they are so slender that shading only accentuated it in a bad way, so I painted them more in straight toy soldier fashion.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #f6b26b;">Here's a squadron of cavalry I just completed, 45mm flats. Heinrichsen set # 6017, <i>Pruess. Reitende Artillerie</i> 1830. The designs date to 1845. Nominally they are supposed to be 60mm. But with these old figures, the cavalry are smaller than the foot. Suits me fine because they fit my ca.1830 project perfectly. Stylistically, as you would expect from their antique nature, they are somewhat toylike. But to my eyes all the better for it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #f6b26b;">It's interesting that they're sold as horse artillery, but as there's a corresponding set with caisson & gun, perhaps they are meant to be outriders ? Practically speaking they work fine as any light cavalry, and the painting guide also shows them as <i>Englische Dragoner</i>. I painted them as Prussians, but they'll serve quite well for the bellicose army of <i>der Grolshken Reich</i>.</span></div>
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Let's take a look at two standard bearers which I have recently completed. They're for my formations of mercenary reiters and later landsknechts. I entered into this phase of the project with some trepidation as painting flags can be tricky. My period for these is ca. 1550-1580, give or take a decade. That aligns with the French Wars of Religion and first half of the Dutch Revolt. And there's always the option of imagi-nations, but getting too fantastical will decrease the appeal of the figures should there be a reason to sell them later.<br />
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It seems that while the Imperialist, Spanish, Dutch, and for France the Royalist & Huguenot flags are at least somewhat known, for mercenary Germans of this period, I have found almost nothing. Thus my avenue of approach. One source could be the Triumph of Maximilian which illustrates a number of banners. And while the old Dover edition of b&w woodcuts is a work of art in its own right, the colored <a href="http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000012553&page=1">version</a> is absolutely glorious to behold.<br />
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From this illustration I copied the goat rampant, hoping to at least avoid having him turn out like a crazed rabbit. And the red banner was used previously for the 45mm landsknechts, I got good mileage out of this page. For the infantry, this German flag card from the 1930's served as the basis for my design.<br />
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Taking on the diamonds would have been madness, but the stripes ? Okay, let's do it ! On my figure, the flag is very close to 40mm in height where it attaches to the pole. Thus eight stripes of 5mm each would work out. The thought of how to pull this off credibly with a flag that's tapered from the "front" side of the figure was intimidating. In the event, things went well enough but it was one of the harder things I've attempted.<br />
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I'm happy with the result. On the landsknecht flag, I didn't bother with attempting full-on connoisseur ripple effects as he's meant to serve as a fighting soldier with no aspirations of being a modelling contest entry. And one final "action" shot. I didn't paint all these figures, bought some already painted on eBay. I doubt I'll bother trying to rework them, whoever painted them did a nice job.<br />
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In parting, I wonder about these giant banners. Perhaps the size is exaggerated for effect, but from period illustrations they do appear to be quite large. Even though probably made of light weight silk, the effort of holding all that mass aloft one-handed with a metal spike atop, it must have taken a strong man, particularly on a windy day. And how did they keep it from getting tangled amidst the forest of pikes ? Perhaps a Renaissance warfare expert can weigh in.<br />
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Finished painting the first group of Italian Wars era landsknechts. The castings are Russian, made by the Three Heroes company. I bought three sets of 8 each from <a href="https://soldatikov.net/en/">Soldatikov.net</a>. One "Swiss" one "Mercenary" with the third being Spaniards. Prices were quite fair, ~ 100 rubles a figure works out to $1.50 US, not bad at all for a hefty hunk of metal. Shipping charges were also reasonable and proprietor Maxim Latsin, very fluent in English, was a pleasure to deal with. There are also "extra" sets of 4 figures each for these groups, so 36 in all, but none of the latter were in stock.<br />
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So let's take a closer look. Some of the the castings are a little on the rough side, you might even call them crude.<br />
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Nominally 40mm scale, they're a bit larger than true 40mm figures. And you'll notice some size difference in the two figures below, but within the realm of normal human variation I'd say.<br />
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Stylistically they match up pretty well with Meisterzinn. Unfortunately, I have no direct comparison shots for you. My sister-in-law was asking for some painted figures and I gave her my painted Meisterzinns. I feel rather like the guy in the insurance commercial who throws his wallet into New York harbor to emphasize a point about wasting money and then says to himself, "Wish I hadn't done that". But the mold image below at least gives an idea.<br />
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How flat are they ? Pretty darned flat.<br />
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And a few more shots of the completed figures. I painted a mixture of the Swiss and mercenary groups, as unless you take into account the rather high ratio of halbardiers, there's nothing particularly Swiss about any of these. <br />
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Too bad there's no cavalry. Three Heroes also produced some 30 Years War cavalry in a similar style, so perhaps something could be done there, although the visual gap of 100 years in military evolution would be a little jarring. And I'm not entirely sure the figures are currently in production although it would be easy enough to find out.<br />
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To sum up, I'm pretty pleased with them. I think anyone wanting to game the early 1500's in 40mm who has been relying primarily on casting and modifying Meisterzinn figures would find these a useful option to pad the ranks of infantry with more variety.Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-68238646486899553852018-11-19T11:02:00.000-08:002018-11-19T11:03:24.870-08:00Back in the Saddle Redux<br />
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Wow, it's been nearly a year since the previous post. A lot has happened. I retired at the end of July. In August, we moved to a city out past Sacramento where the rent is cheaper and most of the kids & grandchildren live closer. Nice town too, with enough hills to make the road cycling more interesting. Haven't found much for the mountain bike yet, but sooner or later I hope to discover some good trails.<br />
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Work ? Except for the people, don't miss it a bit ! Although I do have recurring and mildly disturbing dreams in which I'm still working the same type of job. Hopefully, like dreaming of cigarettes after one has kicked the habit, they will eventually subside.<br />
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And after a long hiatus, I have resumed painting. Finally all the paints and supplies are out of storage. I've set up a nice workspace in the garage which fortunately has a window which lets in a good amount of natural light. Getting somewhat cold out there now but still tolerable.<br />
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So what do we have here ? This is a 40mm Renaissance knight ca. 1500 from Heinrichsen Zinnfiguren. Nice old flat, the original set of landsknechts were issued in 1885. He is casting # 46 in the series and about the only suitable mounted figure in the set. I bought the casting as a one off from Jim Horan a few years back and just got around to painting him. I understand from Dr. Grobe of Heinrichsen that the mold is damaged, so for better or worse my paint job will have to suffice. Here are a couple more close-ups.<br />
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What next ? I recently stumbled across some interesting 40-45mm semi-flats (with emphasis on the <i>flat</i>) made in Russia. All told they are 32 different for the Italian Wars. They're somewhat crude, but still appealing and match well for size with Meisterzinn. I got 24 and will post in groups of 8. But here's a taste.<br />
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Wow, it's been months since I last posted. After the move, I didn't pick up a paint brush for at least 3 months. I'm still not sure what the ultimate source of my malaise was, after all my wife and I are living in 1/2 the space we used to with no home maintenance chores to speak of in a rental property. Really, there's been ample time to paint. Anyway, I've recently resumed and decided to start with the 54mm Ancients, working my way back up to the flats in time.<br />
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I sampled a box of these HaT Carthaginian infantry.<br />
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Nothing exceptional really. I don't know that much about the Carthaginians but I suppose the case could be made for their wearing captured Roman armor. But I prefer something more distinctive. Such as CTS's animated take:<br />
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I do really like these. Too bad they only come two to a box. You know the drill, 2x6 different figures to a box, only half of which are useful. I'll have to inquire of CTS if they'd be willing to sell multiples of the same figure. I doubt it but it won't hurt to ask.<br />
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And as for cavalry, I've had a rethink about using Expeditionary Force. If you recall this previous <a href="http://castlesoftin.blogspot.com/2016/03/expeditionary-force-macedonians-60mm.html">post</a>, the 60mm scale was a disappointment. But the EF figures are hands down better than anything done by HaT or Italeri. I figured it was time to just say "What the heck, they're all toy soldiers" and live with the disparity in scale.<br />
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A Macedonian Companion atop and below:<br />
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Truly nice sculpts. The standard two poses of galloping horses are somewhat colt-like in proportion and actually aren't bad at all for 54mm, it's the riders who are big.<br />
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Speaking of scale, I ordered a half dozen reasonably priced metal phalangites from the Ukraine on eBay which I asked my wife to give me for Christmas. Wouldn't you know it, they're rather small compared to your average Russian style figures. Painting now and I promise not to wait another 6 months to show them.<br />
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Well, I got this one in under the wire before 2017 expires, so it's a good opportunity to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2018.<br />
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Now that my retirement is on the near horizon, my wife and I have made the decision to downsize. Our home for the last 15 years goes on the market next weekend. We've done some packing for storage and getting rid of stuff. But my undisciplined style of collecting over the years means that I personally have a lot to do towards making the move happen.<br />
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I've decided to prune my collection as much as possible to the following:<br />
30mm flats - Ancient, 1680-1720.<br />
40-45mm flats/semi-flats ca. 1830.<br />
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Anything else is fair game. All of the figures in this post are now on auction at eBay. Much as I dislike selling on eBay, it's a matter of necessity. Not to turn the blog into a shameless commercial enterprise, but if readers see anything they'd like to have from what I've posted over the years, please fell free to comment on that particular post and we can take the discussion offline. My eBay <i>nom de guerre</i> is "sc_tin_man".<br />
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I've had this artillery set completed for some time now but never got around to posting it. This is the Toy Town Soldiers horse artillery group. There's also a limber set with crew but I don't have it. <br />
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I do like these, except for the smallish gun. Let's see how it stacks up against the Prince August 6-pounder.<br />
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And with the crew. Better, I think.<br />
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I've been inspired to take up my Toy Town Soldiers again. After fiddling with the Lego figures for quite some time, the prep work of a few minutes filing made for a nice change of pace. I just ordered some more cavalry and the gunners in shakos without the piece. I'm committed to the PA guns from here out, for the foot artillery at least.Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-91207496230518161822017-03-24T15:21:00.002-07:002017-03-24T15:31:19.778-07:00Minifigs - 18th Century 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple more custom figures have been completed. Here's the grenadier:<br />
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For my not-quite-French Celtican army. The cap and bayonet are from Woody's Minifig Customs shop on Shapeways. I like the bayonet, it attaches directly to the musket as opposed to the extra clip needed for the Brick Arms bayonet. I thought a smoldering fuse on the grenade would be a good touch but didn't come up with anything yet when making the figure. I can always retrofit something later. In illustrations for the period one generally sees the musket slung diagonally across the back but it interfered with the grenade throwing arm so I compromised on that.<br />
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He was actually a bit easier to make as no work is needed on the coat, due to the Lego design where the figure stands inserted in his saddle. I did cut down the legs a bit as to my <span style="font-family: inherit;">eyes one of the flaws of the Lego horsemen is they stand a bit tall in the saddle. Lego actually makes a short leg piece, will have to try some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And of course, the fact that the figures stand in the saddle as opposed to straddling it was an understandable design choice even if it looks goofy until you get accustomed to it. But I wonder how it would have sold had Lego chosen to sell an optional saddle piece with legs on it which you just plug the torso into ? The sword is also from Woody's, oddly cast with the flat of the blade perpendicular to the hilt. The blade is also huge, wound up cutting it nearly in half for the length shown here. The tricorne and blunderbuss are from BrickWarriors, the rest (including Green Stuff hair) was up to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm satisfied with both of these as prototypes for future units. Lego also makes a stocking cap so dragoons are a possibility as well. Also artillery, I have a gun but the carriage needs some modification. </span><br />
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For a change of pace from the Lego figures, here's a few flats for the Nine Years War period. These I painted recently. <br />
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First up, infantry. Pikemen and musketeers from Kieler, brilliant figures engraved by a master, Ludwig Frank. <br />
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You may have noticed the musketeers are not as crisply cast as the pikemen. I got the latter on eBay years ago and I've often wondered if they were pirated castings. Not Spencer-Smith caliber vague surely, but they do call for some estimation of how to execute the details once the paint goes on and further obscures what lies beneath.<br />
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And as painted. As always, with acrylics.<br />
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And a couple of mounted figures. Left casting is Scholtz, the in-house line sold by Berliner Zinnfiguren, On the right, a Kieler dragoon. An Austrian judging by the canteen on the other side, I like him better but I have only this one. The dual tail on the Scholtz horse is a nice touch, adding a little variety to your formation depending upon which way you cut. I wish they'd done likewise with the hat brim.<br />
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And the Scholtz figure as painted. These actually belong to a set, <i>The Great Elector Landing on Rugen Island, 1678. </i> Which, as usual for Berliner Zinnfiguren is pricey. I don't have it, bought enough at a reasonable cost from Alexander Wilken to paint a smallish squadron. In the military fashion sense they bridge the gap between the 30 Years War and the War of the Spanish Succession but can pass for 1690-1700.<br />
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Not my best painting with all these, but certainly adequate for standing in a battalion or squadron. Next up, I have finished the Lego minifig grenadier and cavalry trooper. These turned out nicely and I'll post them shortly.Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-70072792057893281632017-03-10T09:50:00.000-08:002017-03-10T19:12:29.601-08:00Minifigs - 18th Century<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a few of the 18th Century "Lego" minifigs which I've done. I put Lego in quotation marks because a true Lego Pirate range Imperial faction soldier for the period looks like this:<br />
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A tricorne, stock torso with lapels & crossbelts, add a musket or sword and call it a day. My approach is different. And a lot more time consuming, I must admit. In fact, the prep work takes darned near as long as the paint job. The figures start with these materials:<br />
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To my eyes, a stock Lego minifig comes up lacking in 18th Century style. The bulky coats and cuffs of the early 1700's are more the look that I wanted. The cones are used to create the cuffs. Drilled these out with a Dremel tool and bisected. The Indiana Jones messenger pouch when cut down works quite nicely for the cartridge box. Waist belt front and back is styrene. From the waist down the coat is made of cardstock.<br />
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The stock Lego musket is toylike but scales out better than the more realistic BrickWarriors or BrickArms replicas. Also, the curve of the stock allows it be grasped by a minifig's inflexible hands. Added a bayonet, cut the sword length down and re-attached to the hilt. There you have it. <br />
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And several as completed, above and below.<br />
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Having run short of the messenger pouches, I used the downtime to create an officer. Lego has a lot of women's hair accessories, this curly one makes a serviceable periwig. For the rank & file, I used ponytail parts combined with green stuff.<br />
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Here's more Lego minifigs I've worked on of late. The Middle Ages is one of the best periods for these with plenty of equipment, stock Lego minifigs and affordable Chinese clones, and of course castle sets for the builders. </div>
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I'm still working on this and that, the longer term idea is two warring armies, one high Middle Ages and the other Renaissance. Naturally firearms and artillery say advantage Renaissance but a wizard or two helping out the knights should balance things nicely.</div>
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Unless otherwise indicated, these are my own painted MOC's. First up, some archers. The initial impulse was to go with BrickWarrior longbows but the stock Lego bows (frowning figure in the green tunic) are about as good and a lot cheaper. Spotting with a Sharpie pen for the chainmail look was tedious but worth it.</div>
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And some traditional knights at the top and below, sporting Brickwarriors arms and bascinets. I modded the horse with some barding. Doing things like this probably doesn't endear me to Lego purists but where's the fun in just buying stock figures ? Well, to each his own. One nod to tradition here is the yellow skin although my preference is for "fleshies" which I use for everything else. </div>
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Moving on to the Renaissance guys, here's a hand painted officer, reviewing the Imperial crossbowmen at the bottom. The crossbow figures are a good example of the stock minifigs, in this case the Chinese Enlighten brand. The small buckler held by the formation leader is from BrickWarriors.</div>
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And a man at arms. He also sports BrickWarriors arms and armor. I was shooting for the look of the knights in the Triumph of Maximilian engravings. I'm not sure adding the legs was worth the effort but he did turn out fairly well I think.</div>
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I've also completed some 18th Century figures, photographed and ready to post but saving for the next one. And I'm cleaning up some unfinished business with the flats as well, more about that before long.</div>
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I have to open this very belated post with an admission, I've neglected this blog most shamefully. No doubt readers (if there are any left) have written Castles of Tin off as just another blog abandoned without a clue why, consigned to the dustbin of the internet.<br />
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Suffice to say that I'm still alive and kicking but went through months of a deep funk where I couldn't summon the motivation to work on any of my numerous half baked projects. Yes, I dabbled with this and that but accomplished little worthy of actually putting together a blog post. I also dropped out of the blogosphere - a tactical error in denying myself the inspirational effect of viewing other's work. <br />
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Personally I've been doing well enough. Although an unwelcome occurrence this year was the onset of a slight tremor in my left hand. I had it checked out, the neurologist said it didn't herald the onset of some degenerative disease like Parkinson's and for that I'm grateful. That said, it's impacted the painting a bit. Although I'm right handed, holding the object in my left hand can make for a shaky target. It seems to wax and wane, perhaps I don't have the precision of old but I can still paint !<br />
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Oddly, what got me back on track was the gift of a Lego Speed Champions kit from my stepson. The car is an Audi Prototype racer, in truth not a great replica (not to mention to mention the P1 cars are Batmobile ugly these days anyway). But I did readily see the appeal of Lego. That is something American kids growing up in the 50's missed out on. We had to make do with Lincoln Logs or Erector Sets.<br />
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Naturally, I got interested in the military side of things. Lego themselves are a peaceable sort of toy company, but plenty of others have stepped in to fill the void. And I discovered a whole new world of Lego military groups on Flickr. Certainly a most vibrant community although you're inclined to encounter a few of the same sort of button-counting pendants who frequent wargaming forums, in this case laughably critiquing toy figurines for small inaccuracies in their kit.<br />
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Yes, your basic minifig has the proportions of a toddler, a cartoon face, stud holes in the back of his legs and arms totally unsuited for wielding a rifle in any realistic manner. What they do have is (aside from a few outlier companies like Cobi and Sluban) a shared common scale and design, thus the multitude of available weapons and accoutrements fit any figure. Genius ! <br />
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Capped only by the size of your budget, you can build an army from ancient times up to the modern era. At present, there's a lot of gaps in what you can get off the shelf, but the Ancient, Medieval, World Wars and Modern eras are well enough represented. Particularly the modern era, perhaps in part due to the popularity of Call of Duty/Battlefield online video games with young people these days. As you can see below, I've taken a stab at a few different things. And unlike many collectors, I do really enjoy painting the figures. <br />
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At present, the modern era is really where it's at with these things. And particularly so given the relatively cheap and plentiful figures and armor kits on Aliexpress and elsewhere on the web. You can buy sets of modern infantry with all their accessories for around $1 per soldier. Turning back the clock to something like Ancient Rome is going to be costlier as once you purchase separate armor, shields and weapons, a single figure will run ~ $5. <br />
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My overall objective here is to build up some squads with a few vehicles per side for some toy figure gaming. My project is a variant on Green vs. Tan, with the Aquilonians (almost NATO) vs. the Hyrkanian Empire (almost Russian). Let's look at a few of the Hyrkanians, I've done so far. First up is the basic conversion, out of the box guy on the right, my own version on the left.<br />
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Here's the first squad, posed with the Winner anti-tank vehicle, pretty much a BRDM and the T-90 tank.<br />
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Now for some Aquilonians, Sluban APC and tank in the background:<br />
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I haven't picked the rule set yet, but I have a number which could fill the bill. Little Cold Wars may well work as well, although these figures look a bit more contemporary.<br />
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To sum up, it feels good to revive the blog at long last, and a Happy New Year to all !Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-71285532009095096642016-05-18T10:10:00.000-07:002016-05-18T10:16:30.121-07:00Chibi Maru Battleship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a model I actually finished a few months ago. It's one of Fujimi's Chibi Maru warship series, depicting capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy in cartoon style. This particular kit represents the battleship <i>Hiei </i>which was sunk near Guadalcanal in 1942. After seeing these posted on Bob Cordery's <a href="http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/">Wargaming Miscellany</a> blog, I was tempted to try one and ordered from eBay. The kit shipped from Japan fairly quickly and was reasonably priced when you consider what plastic models cost these days.<br />
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How was the build ? Pretty straightforward. All instructions with Japanese text of course, but as the plans are a series of numbered schematics, it wasn't difficult to assemble. <br />
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This is designed as a snap together kit so theoretically no glue needed. However, I found some of the tolerances tight indeed which no doubt ensures pieces don't fall off once assembled, but proved difficult to force into place. Thus I think a child would struggle to build this and in straining to insert certain pieces, one runs the risk of some small part flying off the tweezers or pliers to disappear in some far corner of the room or carpet pile. As I went along, I found myself increasingly shaving parts for an easier fit and relying on glue to hold things together.<br />
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How does she look ? Not too bad. It's a simple brush job in Vallejo # 992 Neutral Gray. Somewhat deceptive paint as it dries darker than it looks in the bottle. The kit also has stickers for things like bridge windows and wooden decks but for the most part I didn't use them for anything more than the flag. I didn't bother painting the lower hull. They make photo etch parts for many of these kits although that begs the question, how much detail really needs to be lavished on a tubby toy-like battleship ?<br />
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So what's next for me in this series ? Nothing really. You know, if Fujimi had designed these in relative scale to each other and issued a USN counterpart to do battle with, they might have some wargaming application. As it stands now, the kit is a novelty piece although I did enjoy the change of pace in building something like this.Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-78198071795990853932016-04-30T17:07:00.000-07:002016-04-30T17:08:44.404-07:00Re-Arm with Brickarms 3: Tehnolog 54mm Fantasy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some while ago, I <a href="http://castlesoftin.blogspot.com/2012/03/re-arm-with-brickarms-54mm-plastic-army.html">posted</a> about converting cheap plastic army men to <a href="http://brickarms.com/index.php">Brickarms</a> weapons which are designed for use with Lego minifigs. Although the concept seemed well received by Brickarms fans due to the novelty of it, the figures looked a little over-gunned when carrying anything larger than an Uzi. That is, the Brickarms weapons are nice replicas of the real things, but stylized and of course intended for use with the Lego figurines where the firearms are unabashedly out of scale with the figures. As is the way with these toys, like it or not.<br />
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I still had some weapons left over, and with a set of Russian <a href="http://www.tehnolog.ru/product/bf.php">Tehnolog</a> fantasy warriors purchased on eBay, I thought they'd be more suitable candidates for conversion on account of their already over-the-top style.<br />
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Since these are hard plastic, it wasn't too tough to cut away their sci fi guns and replace with the Brickarms. How did they turn out ? Not too bad, I think. Tough guys one and all in the Terminator style, they'll make pretty good special forces or mercs for the forces of evil Tan.<br />
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The figure in the black trench coat is unmodified, the four in the photo just above are the ones I converted.<br />
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The minifigs are cheap Sluban clones with the "Merkava" in the background. More about these in a subsequent post. I have no intention of using the little soldiers. Ah, but the vehicles, definitely some utility there ! <br />
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I'm well past due for a post, time to have at it ! Several years ago when I worked on 54mm Ancients, I customized some Italeri Carthaginians as a Macedonian style phalanx formation. Thinking this was a lot of work, I always had the thought in the back of my mind, "Sure wish somebody would come out with Macedonians in 54mm plastic". Now years later have my wishes have been answered ? Well, not exactly.<br />
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Enter Expeditionary Force. Splendid sculpts and a fine range of both horse and foot. Just the ticket ? Damn it, no ! 60mm. Why this scale I have no idea. With that in mind, I stoutly resisted the Greeks and Persians. But when the Macedonians released in late 2015, the figures looked so good that I succumbed to the temptation and got a few boxes for Christmas. I'm not altogether satisfied with the quality of these images taken on the iPad Mini but they're at least adequate, so let's have a look.<br />
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The foot come 9 to a box, horses & riders 5. The boxes are generic, not even so much as a label on the side to identify the contents. They average about $4 a figure, pricey for plastic but not totally unreasonable for what you get.<br />
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The figures are multi-part. The plastic is on the harder end of the spectrum, with the parts fitting well and easy to glue together. The pikes of the phalangites are two part, rather short but to my eyes that's a perfectly acceptable compromise. The 9 figures in the phalanx box consist of an officer and 8 soldiers. They phalangites come in two main styles of armor, linen in the classical Greek style and bronze cuirass, with two styles of shields as well which are either plain or adorned with a typical Hellenistic pattern. The heads can be swapped at will coming with various helmet plumes and crests in each pack, thus a good variety can be achieved. As can be seen from the top photo, the rank and file are posed 4 each with the pike level and pike raised.<br />
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Quite a splendid officer, isn't he ?<br />
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And as painted. The Peter Conolly school, not the Angus McBride. But really you could paint these in any fashion and who is to say you're wrong ? So the operative question is, how do they match up with 54mm figures ?<br />
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For toy gaming, I suppose one can say - who cares ? But I have to say, the size variance is something that grates on my sensibilities. So, I think it's probably off to eBay for these chaps although I'll have to paint a few more eventually to make a reasonable auction out of it. As I didn't assemble the other boxes they can go as is.<br />
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What's next ? I owe another back post on the Chibi Maru battleship model, long since completed. I've been quite engrossed of late in my <i> <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/daisenryaku-series">Daisenryaku</a> </i>video games, much enjoyment to be had in downloading the various classic games like <i> <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/super-daisenryaku">Super Daisenryaku</a> </i>and seeing what works on an emulator and what doesn't. Plus the sometimes maddening but often gratifying puzzle of playing in Japanese. I'm thinking strongly of starting a <i>Daisenryaku </i>blog but haven't completely abandoned the painting, and at the moment have resumed working on the 40/45mm flat & home cast Napoleonics. Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-27279830944906345792015-12-29T15:05:00.005-08:002015-12-30T08:29:34.156-08:00The Battle of Fort Panion - Part 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Argos: The Fort Panion Slingers fire effectively against the Eruk infantry as they approach melee range, killing Prince Tiglath in the process. And the 1st Peltasts add to the mayhem striking down another 4, the Shemites ranks already shrinking before they can come to grips with the peltasts. The 3rd Peltasts somehow stand firm but miss Achilles.<br />
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On the Aquilonian right, it finally dawns on dim bulb Prince Alkestis that he's led the Young Companions on a death ride in rashly taking on the full power of the Turanian cavalry. Reduced to a few bloody and exhausted troopers, they're wiped out by the Shahpur Light Horse. <br />
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Meanwhile the 2nd Royal Guards close against the Samaran Horse, wasting the advantages of impetus and superior armor with a mere 2 Turanians killed vs.2 of their own. They've squandered their slim window of opportunity.<br />
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Aquilonia: Seeing the 1st Messentian are finished, Jumbo's mahout swings him right to attack the 3rd Peltasts. In the center, all heavy infantry moves into melee. The Tanasul Archers forgo firing and as ordered, make their double move towards the right.<br />
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Argos: The 3rd Peltasts continue their record of futility against the elephants, Ajax making a saving throw on the hit. But their counterparts on the hill fare much better, the 1st Peltasts killing another 5 Shemites just before they close to hand-to-hand combat.<br />
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With a mighty clash of iron and bronze, the elite phalanxes collide. As the rules are silent about how sarissa-armed phalangites might fare against troops armed with swords or spears, I make a house rule: first round of melee only, pike armed troops do not take damage. Thus the Foot Companions inflict 5 total kills on the Guards who repay them in the 2nd melee round with 2 kills, one being the phalanx commander Phillip. But deputy commander Pallantides stands ready to attach himself to the Foot Companions.<br />
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In the center, the Aquilonian Mercenary Phalanx assaults uphill against the hoplites of the 2nd Messentian. They inflict casualties 4:2.<br />
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In front of the fort, the decimated Eruk Infantry attack with berserk fury, revenging themselves on the light-armed 1st Peltasts with 9 kills to 3 in return. Amazingly, the Shemites have nearly evened the odds, But the peltasts pass morale test and gamely fight on, in the heat of battle forgetting the pre-battle orders to retire behind the Turanian cavalry and let the Shemites bite granite against the walls of the fort. <br />
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Argos: With the Foot Campanions relentlessly coming on and Jumbo looming up on their right flank, in order to preserver the core of Milo's army, the Argive Guards retreat from the battlefield in good order. <br />
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Aquilonia: With no hesitation, Pallantides orders the Foot Companions to wheel right and prepare to ascend the hill, with the intention of rolling up the Argive line. Jumbo secures their left in case of a change of heart by the Argive Guards. Having finished the Horse Guards, the Daramish Light Horse gallop back towards the Aquilonian right with a double move.<br />
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The yoeman performance of the mercenary Turanians being about the only bright spot for Argos this day, the 2nd Royal Guards are further whittled down to just Dion and a few troopers, who fly in the face of insurmountable odds.<br />
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The heavier armed Eruk Infantry continue to heavily punish the 1st Peltasts with another 5 kills for just two of their own. Yet with the odds finally evened and the prospect at hand of being able to slay their tormentors to a man, the Shemites fail morale check and inexplicably break with victory at hand. In the foreground, Dion lives to fight another day.<br />
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The situation at the end of Turn 6. Although the Turanians and peltasts have seen off their enemies, the Argive right wing has been entirely routed or destroyed. The Foot Companions threaten to flank the 2nd Messentian, and with the relatively fresh Tanasul Archers and Daramish Light Horse ready to reinforce, the day appears lost for Argos. Memnon decides to leave the miscreant garrison of Fort Panion to the tender mercies of Black Bardikkas and orders a retreat. <br />
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Thus a hard-fought victory for the forces of Aquilonia, King Epeus' punitive expedition has succeeded. Upon hearing from Pallantides that the garrison of Fort Panion has offered to surrender with the honors of war, Bardikkas snorts with derision: <i>"Honors of war ? The knaves can die when I starve them of food or drink or they can die when our siege engines open a breach and we put them to the sword. Tell them to surrender now unconditionally and I'll spare their lives". </i><br />
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Bardikkas remained true to his word. The garrison was spared but stripped of everything and enslaved, brought back to Aquilonia in chains to serve out the rest of their shortened lives in misery working the silver mines at Pasentium. Fort Panion itself is annexed by Aquilonia, the king opting to install a garrison of his own instead of pulling it down. <br />
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RECAP:<br />
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Although I found the melee conduct a bit fiddly, the rules in general seemed straightforward and well suited to the action. I did commit one blunder which had some impact on the battle. For Turns 1-4, I somehow overlooked dicing for "contact morale" at the conclusion of each two melee rounds. Awakening fresh for the second day's conclusion, I discovered my oversight before resuming with Turn 5. And although I diced for the rest of the contingencies such as overwhelming strength, it did play out in some heavily bloody cavalry fights with the right of the stronger prevailing without the wild card element of surprise, that is - the weaker side lifted up by an unlikely reversal of fortune. <br />
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I have to wonder, was the deck stacked against Argos ? Perhaps I instinctively realized this in adding the mad charge of the Young Companions, but even so the power of the elephants in wrecking a large and small Argive unit as well as weakening another weighed heavily in the event. Funny thing too, because I have several old painted Egyptian chariots, considered adding them to the army of Argos as a counterweight but did not. I suppose I felt they were lacking that menacing Persian/Seleucid scythed chariot ambiance, but in a Hyborian battle, who cares really ?<br />
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To sum up, I enjoyed everything about this battle, organizing the armies, creating a back story, fighting it out, doing the photography. What I liked most is that the thing kind of took on a life of its own once I started the troops in action. <br />
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Eventually I'll do this again and am looking forward to painting some new units to make the next battle a fresh spectacle for myself and blog readers. I also have several terrific command figure castings in the Carl "Battle of Issos" set who will make suitably impressive generals. In any case, I hope you enjoyed this one. Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-3795007188107768142015-12-24T10:20:00.001-08:002015-12-24T16:33:47.361-08:00The Battle of Fort Panion - Flats Battle Part 2<br />
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Now comes the fun part. I'll break the fighting down into two posts, this one covering Turns 1-3 and in the next, Turns 4-6 and with a final recap and lessons learned.<br />
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With the engagement about to commence, let's look in on the leaders. <br />
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<i>Alkestis: Bardikkas ! Why do you dally, sir ? There lies the enemy, the insolent despoilers of my father's kingdom ! Give me command of the right and I'll whip these dogs back down the road to Messantia by high noon !</i><br />
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<i>Bardikkas: Prince, need I remind you that the King hath given me command of this army ? I commend your zeal, but we'll attack when all is in readiness and not before. Now return to your unit, sir ! Await the signal to advance, and do not charge their horse until I order it.</i><br />
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<i>Iollas: Strategos, you know I'll do my duty but I must confess I like this not. The phalanx threatens to overpower our center. The men are already shaken by the appearance of these elephants and our horse unused to them. </i><br />
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<i>Memnon: Aye, but think on this. In the center we anchor our line on high ground, we can contain their horse on the left. On the right, the Guards can be counted on to fight no matter what. And mayhap the 3rd Peltasts can turn or even kill one or two of the beasts. </i><br />
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The plans are simple enough. Aquilonian commander Black Bardikkas will steadily advance on both wings with the right anchored on the Trimsos River. On the left, the missile troops should be able to shrink the Argive ranks on the way in. Once the elephants charge home, the center phalanx units will overwhelm the hoplites. The right wing cavalry will jointly attack and although somewhat outnumbered by the Turanians, they're better armored and should fare well when to comes down to the melee.<br />
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For Argos, without a ready reserve, strategos Memnon will stay on the defensive and await developments. The peltasts posted in front of the fort should be able to target the Aquilonian cavalry as they sweep by, augmented by the slingers in the fort. The enemy Foot Companions and elephants create a gnawing sense of unease, but from what he knows they are by nature peaceable beasts and perhaps their imposing appearance is but a sham to overawe his troops. And the Guards both horse and foot are redoubtable troops, the Messentian citizen hoplites more in question.<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">TURN 1:</u> Argos wins the toss. They choose Aquilonia to move first, retaining the right of first fire.<br />
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Bardikkas sounds the trumpets signalling the advance, standard move ordered for all units.<br />
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But the impetuous Prince has other ideas, initiating a double move:<br />
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<i>Alkestis: Companions, before us lies nothing but Turanian rabble ! Let us sweep them from the field. Then we shall round the fort hill and fall upon the enemy's right flank from the rear. Undying glory shall be ours ! Charge !!</i><br />
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<i>Dion: Sir, the Young Companions have begun the assault ! Shall we also charge ? </i><br />
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<i>Galenos: Nay, hold ! The young fool has more courage than brains. Let us stand for the nonce. If they look to be succeeding, we shall reinforce. If they fail, we cannot be faulted for remaining obedient to orders. </i><br />
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Argos: 3rd Peltasts hit an elephant with no damage. The Fort Panion Slingers score two hits and kill an Young Companion who fails his saving throw.<br />
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Aquilonia: Elephant mounted archers kill one 3rd Peltast. The Tanasul Archers draw and loose against the 1st Messentian hoplites, visiting mayhem upon the close ordered Argives. Luck seems to be with Aquilonia this day, the archers getting uniformly high dice with no saving rolls for the hoplites. The Daramish Light Horse achieve 3 hits on the Horse Guards who are all saved by their armor.<br />
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And on their left. The 1st Messentian Infantry hoplites already in a spot of difficulty.<br />
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Argos: The 3rd Peltasts move to their right, both to get a better shot at the elephants and in preparation to retreat through the gap between the Guards and 1st Messentian.<br />
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Aquilonia: From the swaying backs of their mounts, the elephant crewmen all miss. The deadly Tanasul Archers do not, scoring heavily on the lightly equipped 3rd Peltasts. The Daramish Light Horse score one kill against the Horse Guards who make most of their saving throws.<br />
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Aquilonia. Standard move all along the line. The Elephants and Young Companions close to melee.<br />
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Argos: The survivors of the 3rd Peltasts retreat behind the shelter of the heavy infantry. Galled by the fire of the Duramesh Light Horse, the outnumbered Horse Guards gamely charge home against them. Meanwhile, seeing the 1st Messentian under duress and their commander struck down with an arrow, deputy strategos Iolllas attaches himself to the unit to stiffen their morale.<br />
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Argos: The 1st Peltasts get off a deadly volley of javelins against the Young Companions as they charge to contact, 5 hits, 4 kills. Meanwhile, the Fort Panion slingers turn their attention towards the 2nd Royal Horse Guards, 2 hits but both saved.<br />
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The Daramish Light Horse put away their bows and ready their spears for close combat. The vaunted Argive Horse Guards suffer a terribly disappointing result, actually losing 2 men to 1. With the stand-mounted units, I recorded the casualties on paper, removing a stand when that number of troops were lost.<br />
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From left to right, the elephants are Jumbo, Achilles and Ajax. Jumbo and Achilles crash into the hapless 1st Messentian, who having suffered a disastrous day, lose their morale test and break. Rendered helpless by their panic, they're unable to fight back. Urged on by their mahouts, Jumbo and Achilles rampage through the hoplites, killing 9. Ajax charges home against the Foot Guards. Made of sterner stuff they stand and fight, losing 3 men but unable to wound Ajax in return.<br />
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On the Aquilonian right, the Young Companions close with the Samaran Horse and Shahpur Light Horse.(also photo at the top of the pose). Despite the odds, the 1st round impetus bonus combined with their better training and armor come into play, inflicting a 2:1 kill ratio on the Turanians. <br />
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Iollas exhorts the fleeing 1st Messentian to stand and fight back.<br />
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Thus at the halfway point, the forces of Argos appear in difficulty. But with his left holding and the center as yet untouched, strategos Memnon believes his army still has a fighting chance.<br />
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The conclusion will follow in a few days. And a Merry Christmas to all !Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-69916145620540653342015-12-20T18:40:00.000-08:002015-12-20T22:42:18.019-08:00The Battle of Fort Panion - Flats Battle Part I<br />
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<i>Argive strategos Memnon watched the enemy phalanx finish deploying into line, sweat already trickling beneath his armor in the morning heat. Things would get even hotter soon he thought, as he cursed that detestable knave Timaios yet again for bringing affairs to such as pass. Inviting conflict with Aquilonia through gross dereliction of duty, unforgivable. Memnon almost wished that he'd plunged his sword into the man's guts instead of sending him packing to Messantia in disgrace. </i><br />
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<i>Milo, tyrant of Argos, had always shown more interest in his merchant empire and fleet, content to leave control of the army and affairs on land to his advisors. After all, the strong walls of Messantia would still be the ultimate arbiter if things went badly wrong. But still, in turbulent times for Hyboria, one had to at least keep up militarily and the coffers were full enough to maintain a respectable army. And at the urging of his counselor Damianos, to build several frontier forts along the northern border where Aquilonia had made the rich pasture land formerly belonging to Ophir their own. </i><br />
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<i>Thus things stood with an uneasy peace between neighbors, and with the Aquilonian king Epeus busy fending off Cimmerian incursions to the north and campaigning against Nemedia to the east, Fort Panion represented no real threat to Aquilonia. That is until Timaios was sent to command the garrison. Brother to Milo's new wife Artemesia, she set about badgering the tyrant to give the wastrel something to do. A small command far from the temptations of Messantia would be harmless enough, it seemed. Certainly better than dealing with the aftermath of his debaucheries in the capital.</i><br />
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<i>But upon taking up his new command, Timaios sulked at being consigned to such a backwater posting, spending his days and nights consuming many a kylix of unwatered wine. And rather than seeing to the mundane duties of a garrison commander, the dull routine of laying in supplies, digging a well, drilling the men - all these paled in comparison to the thrill of cross-border raids on wealthy Aquilonian land barons. Indeed, more than allowing his troops license to steal cattle, Timaios soon took to leading these raids himself, extracting contributions, insulting their women, kidnapping slave girls, and when sated with this, looting and burning estates. </i><br />
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<i>From his campaign tent on the Nemedian border, King Epeus read the dispatches from court with dismay and rage. Summoning his lieutenant Bardikkas to his tent, Epeus dispatched him forthwith to ride hard for Tarantia, collect the rest of the royal garrison and take the high road to Argos. Tyrant Milo, informed by his spies in the Aquilonian capital of what was afoot, mobilized the hoplites and ordered his strategos Memnon to make haste for Fort Panion. </i><br />
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<b><u>Forces of Aquilonia</u></b><br />
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Here is the line of battle, from right to left. Please excuse the somewhat jarring insertion of flash photography here and there. I started the battle fairly early yesterday morning, on what began as gloomy and rainy day. The ambient light wasn't sufficient, although things brightened up as the morning progressed. And a mixture of un-based and based figures. Didn't have time to base them all, nor does the cardboard show to advantage. It did cut down on the falling dominoes effect though. Eventually I'll re-base all these. <br />
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Commanded by the king's youthful and hot tempered son Alkestis. The figures are from Carl, very nice castings from the classic Battle of Issos set.<br />
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Commanded by Gallanos. Factory painted Romans, don't know the editor. A recent eBay acquisition and quite appealing castings, don't know the editor.<br />
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Kieler's bizarre take on Carthaginians come to life as warriors of Shem. The haughty noble Tiglath couldn't bear to part with his horse. At 20 men, I teased out the formation a bit with my painted Assyrians. I actually have enough unpainted castings in this grouping to finish the unit at some point. <br />
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A real hash of phalangites of all sorts, but mostly Wagner and Golberg. I've got enough unpainted castings to eventually tame the unruly pikes but they're over-sized relative to the Heinrichsens.<br />
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Anchoring the Aquilonian battle line. Good old Heinrichsen.<br />
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Figures by Lampert. Nice fellow, no English but willing to deal outside of Germany and really has a lot of newer model ancients. I have more castings and this will be a easy unit to complete. Also have a proper officer figure for them but had to draft a Heinrichsen slinger for the battle.<br />
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Numidians pulling duty here as soldiers from Koth. Berliner Zinnfiguren sells these castings, I don't know the editor.<br />
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<b><u>Forces of Argos</u></b><br />
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Missile troops, defending the hilltop and backstopped by the fort. Heinrichsen judging by the bases and very pleasing designs they are. Factory paint and a prime candidate for repainting down the road.<br />
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<u>2nd Messantian Infantry</u> (AQ)<br />
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Milo's citizen hoplites help the peltasts defend Fort Panion Hill. Kielers, not sure on the paint jobs, but probably done by a collector.<br />
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Posted out front as a forlorn hope. Vibrantly painted by someone, not me. I like what he did with these, too bad I don't have more. Kieler castings. Not a great shot but you'll see them again soon.<br />
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<u>Argos Guards Infantry</u> (ARG)<br />
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The best Argos can field. Can they stop the Foot Companions ? Kieler, factory painted but not half bad.<br />
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More citizen hoplites. Again, Kielers. Same painter as the 2nd, colorful.<br />
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Back to work tomorrow. I'll start work on Part 2, will post later this week but it may take a few days.Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-1856602519490907252015-12-18T15:51:00.000-08:002015-12-18T15:52:17.896-08:00Flats Battle Preview<br />
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The armies square off. Left: Aquilonia. Right: Argos<br />
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I'll be using the Tony Bath rules from Featherstone's <i>War Games</i>. These are the first photos taken on my new iPad Mini. More to follow....<br />
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I recently test-painted a couple of these Heinrichsen cavalry, from set # 3509 - <i>Makedonier Schwere Reiter im Angriff.</i> As can be seen from the castings, it comprises two command figures and two different styles of rider, with shields and without.<br />
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I think they work best in two units, divided between the guys with shields and the lighter riders without. I'll paint in uniform style for eventual gaming purposes. <br />
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Speaking of which, my wife had plans to host a few of her relatives from Australia recently. The son was going to stay in the spare bedroom where the paints and figures are housed, and in the interest of straightening up a bit, I hastily based most of the unboxed ancients. Once I did that, they didn't look half bad mounted and I was tempted to have a go at playing a sols wargame with them. Upon checking the old Kielers I had in storage, yes I have just enough. More about this soon !Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482289045943530612.post-21828925261367413372015-10-03T10:14:00.000-07:002015-10-03T15:43:38.631-07:00Infantry Battalion Completed - Toy Town Soldiers 5<br />
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All of September slipped by without a post here, time for something new. I started a new job which entails working more hours with a longer commute. Thus the painting time has been squeezed a bit. And there were other distractions as well. Suffice it to say, I'm glad to be back to more painting and able to put something up today. Here is the first completed battalion of the Eureka Toy Town infantry. <br />
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The command group. The CO sits my home sculpted horse which replaces Eureka's nursery room styled mount. <br />
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And the battalion, ready for battle. The French influence is certainly in play, haven't quite decided the country yet. Perhaps Bravance, lifted from the old GDW board game <em>Soldier King</em>.<br />
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They did turn out well, I think. The toy soldier look is appealing and they are easy to paint. Soon to be completed, a Garde horse artillery gun and crew. Corporal_Trimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com25