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Offline WillieB

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2008, 05:26:43 PM »
Panic, Chaos and Disorder. My job here is done

Offline Gallowglass

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2008, 05:27:06 PM »
No, we don't. Just some packs. Boers skirmishing. Boers advancing. Boers shooting. Boers riding. Riding Boers shooting. Boer snipers. Boer HMG, artillery, mule train. And Command packs for all the above. Then british marching...

I was beginning to wonder who all these Boers were going to fight........... :o
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Offline Westfalia Chris

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2008, 05:28:58 PM »
If I'm not mistaken Black Tree has a nice range of Boers?

http://www.black-tree-design.com/btdcat.php?ctry=uk&lng=gb&rangenum=8&typenum=101&qty=0&sub=&shp=&tot=

Yes, but I think those are quite a bit different from those of 20 years later, although it is not as noticeable as with the Brits from the Zulu Wars range.

Those Brits are top-notch, though, although those helmets are on the wrong side of awkward.

Offline Lowtardog

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2008, 07:32:16 PM »
Yes been there using Foundry and Old Glory and for Boers some Redoubt and BTD. I think unless you are doing skirmish small scale then 28mm is fine but 15mm is what I would use if I ever tried it out again.

Why? to get the effects of the long range fire and open tactics used by the Brits. 28MM just always seemed too much on the table and too close even on an 8 by 6 table

Offline Gallowglass

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2008, 07:40:05 PM »
15mm is what I would use if I ever tried it out again.

I had been thinking about 10mm for the big battles for just that reason, but well, I love 28mm figs, so I'd probably want some of those too o_o.....

Offline Lowtardog

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2008, 08:00:38 PM »
15mm is what I would use if I ever tried it out again.

I had been thinking about 10mm for the big battles for just that reason, but well, I love 28mm figs, so I'd probably want some of those too o_o.....

Doing the old bitter enders with mounted infanstry and block houses would be a nice skirmish

Offline Gallowglass

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2008, 09:47:13 AM »
Doing the old bitter enders with mounted infanstry and block houses would be a nice skirmish

We would appear to be on the same wavelength.... :D

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2008, 04:14:35 PM »
Canadians mounted rifles in Stetsons(Campaign hats, or Ranger/Boy Scout hats for those non-Canadians) would be my wish. Have been strongly considering cutting the heads of my Pulp-Murch  US Marines for this.

We game the 1st Anglo-Boer war, and I have wonderful Foundry figs that are based -  not primed for the South African war.
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Offline Gallowglass

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2008, 04:18:33 PM »
We game the 1st Anglo-Boer war, and I have wonderful Foundry figs that are based -  not primed for the South African war.

What rules are you using?

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2008, 04:29:10 PM »
Then british marching...

Don't forget Pack BW44: "British cowering in folds of the ground with fiendishly accurate Boer rifle fire whistling past their ears"  You could also do this set in the 1880's uniform for Majuba Hill etc  lol

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2008, 04:32:25 PM »
The problem with BW44 has been the impossibility to mold the bullet holes in the front of the british helmets. Now you have to drill them yourself lol
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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2008, 04:39:31 PM »
Canadians mounted rifles in Stetsons(Campaign hats, or Ranger/Boy Scout hats for those non-Canadians) would be my wish. Have been strongly considering cutting the heads of my Pulp-Murch  US Marines for this.

I've been tempted to model Canadians in the South African War ever since finding this webpage:
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/boer/boerwarhistory_e.html

Offline aecurtis

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #27 on: May 31, 2008, 02:14:18 AM »
Anyone read Duffer's Drift? That's a great little book on a theoretical fight in the South African War (which was the official British name for the war). A sort of primer for green subalterns to teach them modern infantry tactics. Highly recommended read.

I was issued a copy in my reading material for the armor officer's basic course, long, long ago.  Armor, you ask?  You'll see.

An e-copy (minus the illustrations, which help) is avaiable from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (they hand out hard copies to students there, as well):

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Swinton/Swinton.asp

Google Books has a scan of a reprint of the CGSC hard copy, which also includes the illos:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=3kJ21N_NX9YC&dq=defence+of+duffer's+drift&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=WjeSfGLwr8&sig=MbL1-LE62oKuU-i5rIKMMPx4VcA#PPA1,M1

Highly recommended, as Plynkes suggests.

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Offline aecurtis

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #28 on: May 31, 2008, 02:19:13 AM »
Ah, there it is: a nice, legible online copy with the illos inserted--and a very nice collection of professional reading elsewhere on the site (not "Colonial", but informative):

http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/duffersdrift/Duffers_Drift.htm

Allen

Offline aecurtis

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Re: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
« Reply #29 on: May 31, 2008, 02:23:54 AM »
And accounts of Canadian actions in the war, to supplement the ones at the Canadian War Museum site that Will cited:

http://regimentalrogue.com/misc/boer_war_information.htm

Allen

 

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