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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: argsilverson on February 19, 2010, 03:08:26 PM

Title: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: argsilverson on February 19, 2010, 03:08:26 PM

Just found the following:

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/pages/page.php?First-Italians-released-144

immediately an idea sprung. They look that they have a very good potential for a VSF papal/italian/catholic Army.
Yes, some in morions could be also helful but their "beret" is also useful.

I remember there was some older thread on VSF Italians. But these figures look very nice and I think they are a must.

What you think?

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: answer_is_42 on February 19, 2010, 04:08:01 PM

To be honest, I'd say they were about 300 years too old to be used. Perhaps in a more loopy VSF army, but that's not the sort I'm interested in. I prefer 'plausible' VSF, of the Wells and Verne type, not the 'take any historical soldier and give him a steam gun' type.

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: Malamute on February 19, 2010, 04:11:19 PM

Quote from: answer_is_42 on February 19, 2010, 04:08:01 PM

To be honest, I'd say they were about 300 years too old to be used. Perhaps in a more loopy VSF army, but that's not the sort I'm interested in. I prefer 'plausible' VSF, of the Wells and Verne type, not the 'take any historical soldier and give him a steam gun' type.

Yep, I have to agree.

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: Whiskyrat on February 19, 2010, 06:09:27 PM

I wouldn't but as the boundary between VSF/Steampunk/Pulp is not cast in stone - what do I know.  ;)

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: Lowtardog on February 19, 2010, 06:15:07 PM

I can see where you are coming from with the Papal guards as in the ceremonial ones arond the Vatican. Perhpas a close body guard for a Papa delegation perhaps but only a small one.

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: OSHIROmodels on February 19, 2010, 06:47:06 PM

Yeah, Papal guards would be quite interesting and give an opportunity for some different painting.

cheers

James

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: rob_the_robgoblin on February 21, 2010, 09:47:49 AM

Would make some great pulp/vsf scenarios too.

Title: Re: TAG Italians- potential use in VSF armies
Post by: argsilverson on February 23, 2010, 01:41:43 AM

In fact I do not like, also, the idea of taking any figure give them a steam gun and call it VSF, but look what we have here:

.- Papal guards in beret. Even today their uniform is more or less the same since Leonardo da Vinci's times.
.- they do still wear this kind of berets
.- they are still armed in cuirass, morion helmets and carry halberds
.- and still have secretly covered modern weapons in their umbrella holders (just in case of emergency)

some links to images:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/SwissGuardsatPrefettura.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RMP5gGGaNA0/STlRV5A0NWI/AAAAAAAACWQ/klSbOnGv04E/s400/1Gardes+Suisses.jpg

So, a Papal VSF army could have some  as bodyguards etc.
I am sure that there is not easy to paint a whole army of them!