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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: jetengine on 24 November 2024, 01:11:05 PM
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Trying to take a more proactive and focused grasp on my mountain of shame, and hobby in general, I'm (attempting) to stick to a single project at a time. Having nearly finished my WW2 Americans (I'm waiting on a base to arrive for my Weird War Walker) I decided to get a headstart on my next project, Bronze Shield and Silver Coin.
Ancients isnt my usual forte, though I understand why people love it. There's a certain grandiose element to these empires written in the sands of time, not to mention the epics that they created. Unfortunately big swathes of dudes wearing sheets, stabbing each other with spears isn't quite my thing, but I do like a good skirmish game. Bronze Shield and Silver Coin seems right up my alley then!
Heres my box-o-stuff for the project. I intend to make two gangs, one greek, one persian, this is to ensure I'll always have an opponent. Admittedly, as mercenary groups I suspect they may not have been as necessarily segregated, but it's easier to work with and more visually distinctive.
Currently I'll be using miniatures from - Warlord Games, Warbanner, Victrix, and Wargames Atlantic.
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Wish you a good start into this new project! There should be enough miniatures present for it :D
In regard to skirmish games, I really fell in love with Ravenfeast. Perhaps you need to adapt the rules a bit to your setting (given that there is something you want to be adapted) but I can imagine that it fits good as well. I don't know Bronze Shield and Silver Coin, have you had a game with it already and can share a bit of your experience with it?
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Oh there's nothing to be adapted here, it's merely me playing an ancients game.
Bronze Shield and Silver Coin is a fairly new game. I've not played it yet, but downloaded the rules and had a look. It uses a mixture of dice, alternating activation, a bribery mechanic, cards for battlefield effects and has a campaign in it. Also a solo mode.
I finished assembling both Warbands however.
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I look forward to what you do in this space. What is the number of models the game uses?
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I look forward to what you do in this space. What is the number of models the game uses?
8-12 minis aside, or so the rulebook says. That's maximum though. My greeks are a smaller group because they're more expensive, all having heavy shields.
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Started on a Peltast yesterday, still need to highlight his tunic and sort his base, but it's looking good!
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Looks like fun - do report back when you’ve played the game. Always enjoy a bit of swords and sandals.
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Two pretty much finished peltasts, I need to put basing material on them however.
I'm attempting to do a less rushed paint job and avoiding Contrasts etc.
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Finished my first Hoplite.
While I've no doubt the Victrix one's are nicer, Warlord are dirt cheap and I already had a few. My first time freehanding a shield design as well.
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Smashed out another two Hoplites while also re-doing the firsts Shield after someone suggested the trident looked more like a Cactus!
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I finished my Lochagos and his second.
The Lochagos is a mildly converted Mortal Gods mini, the Second is a Warlord Games plastic mini.
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Finally managed to have a game. We did a very standard "Last man standing" battle with zero terrain. The idea here was to just wrap our head around the mechanics. It was good fun! Though, elements didn't come too much to the fore due to us battling in a very standard format. While we plan to have a few more games before I can give it a solid review, I'd say it's definitely worth it if you've a few ancients minis lying around.
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Here's my finished Greek Warband and Persian Warband. The Greks are 100% done, but the Persians are WIP.
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Sounds interesting, one question though? If playing solo how do you backstab yerself?
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Sounds interesting, one question though? If playing solo how do you backstab yerself?
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You just have to be flexible!
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Sounds interesting, one question though? If playing solo how do you backstab yerself?
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Unfortunately the solo rules -understandably- ditch the Drachma based bribery/backstab mechanics. Still it's only an extra element to the game and it's still quite fun.
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With another game coming up next week I finally managed to finish my Persian Warband!
First up is the Archers. These guys I'm probably the happiest with, capturing some of the unexpectedly bright patterns and designs that were prevalent in the...Achmeniad (?) empire.
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Next is the Spearmen. I wasn't a huge fan of their shields, but ran with it. I much prefer the Hoplon, but felt light shields would be a nice to showcase different mechanics.
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Now we've my Second, the guy underneath the Warbands leader. He's built from a Victrix sprue compared to the goons being Wargames Atlantic. I had the idea in mind that he was more of a bodyguard and gave him a Hoplon to represent that. I kind of buggered the freehand design on the front, but all the Persian designs were crazy, so anything is better than nothing.
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Finally there's my Warband leader, a mixture of Wargames Atlantic and Victrix kits. He's somewhat less impressive than my Greek leader, but significantly cheaper.
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The warlord looks dangerous to his opponents. WGA and Victrix work very well together for kitbashing, especially with the Persians.
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Always love seeing some Persians! Thanks for sharing!
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A much late message, but a second game was had! This time with scenery and a scenario to boot.
My persians had to stop the wily greeks getting a message across battlelines. While on the surface my archer heavy force seemed like it'd have the advantage, the gods decided otherwise. With a mighty crack of thunder Zeus let forth a rainstorm. Or to be more clear, I drew "No shooting" on the random events cards. This was actually a blessing in disguise, as I used these spods for human blocks and managed to cinch the win!
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So it turns out I made a bit of an error when building my spods. On the random events table there's a chance, just a chance mind you, that you'll get some reinforcements in the form of 3 lads with Hand Weapons and Heavy Shields. So, one ebay purchase later and I've sprues on the way.
As is though I built and painted a Persian musician. While the horn doesn't do much, I'm interested in possibly giving the game SPQR a shot, and that uses musicians for a buff.
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Another game, another victory for Persia!
Showing how flexible the system is, my opponent bought his old SPQR Romans to the table. It always helps when a system uses profiles instead of factions.
We also found out how OP Philosopher is as a Captain/Second trait (when you build your leaders they're customisable) since you can just cancel out a game mechanic on a 4+.
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Its taken some time, but here's a few more persians. Three sword-and-board, with one Spearman as well.
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They look great! Always love seeing some Persians :)