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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: thejammedgatling on January 27, 2017, 02:14:37 PM
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Well, I have finally stumbled into another area of the forum..a long admired one!
A few months back I had a game of This Hallowed Ground with my good friend and FIW devotee Craig. His collection of figures is superb and we bashed out a pretty good game. Nice set of rules and it played well. This time we gave Muskets and Tomahawks a go. Being a Sword and the Flame fan, I have a lot of time for the card based sequencing. It makes for interesting and sometimes humorous results.
Being a visual gamer, I passed a comment about the flat felt areas with scattered conifers denoting dense forest and Craig challenged me to come up with some true scale trees. So I did my best. A few viewings of Last of the Mohicans and a walking trip in Nz through some very beautiful (mostly beech) forests gave me some inspiration.
Anyway, the idea for this post started as a battle report but as the game progressed and the scalping stopped temporarily for the odd Pale Ale, I lost track of taking photos and only have a few from here and there.
Forces were:
French
1 officer
1 unit marines (irregulars)
2 units provincials
1 unit indians
British
1 officer
1 unit regulars
1 unit provincials
2 units militia
The scenario was a simple head to head, with the aim being to capture the high ground (the church) and the buildings if possible. Mainly though it was just a chance to give the rules a first bashing. So here are some pics:
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I'll try to get some more pics up soon. Result of the battle was a total rout for the British, who played well but the dice were really against them. Once they lost one large unit to the Indians in the woods they were playing a defensive game. The game came to a close as the French provincials closed in on the church and viscous hand to hand fighting left not a single King's soldier alive to tell the tale.
Thanks for reading!
TJG
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I am glad to hear that the 2 of you are still gaming. I drove through Fremantle recently and both of your names came to mind. Nice looking game.
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Great looking game....
Your terrain fixtures are seriously amazing looking. The texturing you did on the ground and the trees you've used are some of the best Ihave seen.
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Lovely stuff, the terrain tiles are lovely, not sure about the green boards ;) lol
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superb, the groundwork is outstanding really cheers me up to see excellent work ;-
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Those tree bases are superb.
How did you find the rules?
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The table is fantastic. How did you make your trees?
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Have to agree, the pieces of scenery are really top-notch and beautifully done. Ditto the church. The trees, the groundwork - outstanding.
Alas - it feels all a bit for naught on that plain light green base :'( :'( :'(
Please make something textured and ground coloured to go under your gorgeous scenery! (A mat would do it, if you don't have the storage space for boards... )
But really - beautiful work on the scenery.
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Hi tjg
The tree trunks are very impressive, how did you make them. I have been wondering about using real trees, I cut some the other day they look quite natural lol lol but I think will be too brittle especially when dry.
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The trees are fantastic. Nice photos.
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Lovely stuff, the terrain tiles are lovely, not sure about the green boards ;) lol
I hear you..unfortunately having carted the lot up to the club on a 38 degree day I didn't fancy taking the terrain boards too...but must invest in a good mat or something.
Those tree bases are superb.
How did you find the rules?
Thankyou. The rules were quick to pick up and narrative driven. A little Hollywood which I like. Once I'd garnered the fact that on drawing a card of a unit type ALL of that type of unit could do something...that made a big difference.
The table is fantastic. How did you make your trees?
Cheers. It's a bit of an involved process. Takes about a day to do a tree. I'll do a tute up on Workbench at some point if people would like. Mostly they are dowel, 3 different thicknesses of wire, hot melt glue, acrylic adhesive and a few other bits. I don't use real tree material except for the fallen scatter.
Thanks for all the kind comments. Here are a few more close ups:
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cheers!
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Gorgeous!
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Hey Pete! Hope that you're happy, healthy and not throwing your usual crap dice:) Thanks for thinking of us. From time to time I'll fondly recall you guys at PMGG and how nice it might be to find the time get down there again for a game. If the club's reconvened after Xmas and assuming that you'll have me on the premises :) I'll make a point of dropping in to say hello to you all at some point in the next few weeks.
C
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I take it that is CA? Yes, healthy although a tad more poor after Turnbull's pension cuts.
1 Feb is first Wed back and you can see some of our new table mats which sort out the problem of the painted but bare tables you had/have.
Contemplating using SP2 for FIW but have been gathering Naps after all these years.
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Those woods are brilliant! :o
Christopher
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Trees are fantastic. You made them out of dowel and wire? Yes, I'd love to see a tutorial, though I'm sure I could never...Bravo.
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I 2nd the request for a tutorial if and when you can find time - that would be great
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Poiter50 - it is indeed myself, CA. Shall pop my head in on the Wednesday after the next. SP and Donnybrook are on my short list to trial for FIW. Let's make a point of trying them out. Sorry to hear that the Razor Gang got you - it's a grim time for far too many when a spineless creature of soulless men nominally leads a nation :(
TJG - when you have some time to spare, please do share some small part of your gift with these good people - if only to show them what a disgustingly creative and talented individual you really are :D
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Keen to see what Donnybrook is all about, certainly sounded like a good game at more skirmish level than others. Look forward to catching up, even if just for a beer/vino. TJG, come with CA for same.
Still yet to play SP2 although my French have been on the table a number of times under other commanders.
Side note, my Indian forces for FIW have expanded massively because of an article in a TFL Special.
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Those trees are incredibly realistic looking...wow! Impressed.
I agree that it is a great period. We have a blast running our games for players at conventions.
Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/
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Great looking scenery, especially the trees!
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Wonderful game! Nice fotos! :o