Something for your people, Wf Chris...

[Westfalia Chris]

So you planned something like this? (Minus the Conquistadors):

[A RATHER FUNNY STOP-MOTION VIDEO]

ROFLMAO! I dare say I paint a bit better than that, but it's still hilarious. Nonetheless, I'll prefer ze jungles of Amazonia, jawoll.

[fitterpete]

Having seen the figs first hand I can confirm that the mount (with rider legs attached) is seperate to the rider (torso up)

So they went the GW route .Oh well guess they are worthless to me  then.Thanks Tas.

[Jakar Nilson]

You cannot stop ze vorld domination, Schweinhund!

Seriously, though, I've thought about a "sequel" to my 2007 Tactica participation game for quite some time now. An added bonus would be the re-usability of much of the terrain (jungle and maybe some pseudo-olmaztec ruins (as I am currently also rather intrigued by 16th-century conquistadors...).

Oh no! Now I thinking about having my Panzerfauste dwarves cross over my conquistador dwarves...

[Doomhippie]

What a terrible weapon... Cavalry when the enemy has machine guns? I know Germans are weird sometimes but are we really that stupid? 

[former user]

why?
cavalry did have its use in WWII

[Doomhippie]

Well, first of all I know that Germany did in fact have 2 cavalry divisions, however, I've not heard of any inspiring or particularly important operations performed by mounted troops. I know the Polish army did use cavalry but apart from grudging admiration for their courage the reports I read spoke of total and utter disaster for the mounted troops.

Secondly if we are talking weird science cavalry looks to me a step backwards and not forward. I guess soemting like a walker sounds more plausible, even if I personally find any tracked or at least wheeled vehicle so much more sensible.

Plus I personally find cavalry on modern battlefields just an anachronism.

[former user]

OK, anachronistic, I agree - but dashing!

[Doc Twilight]

. I know the Polish army did use cavalry but apart from grudging admiration for their courage the reports I read spoke of total and utter disaster for the mounted troops.

The Polish "disaster" was an artifact of National Socialist propaganda. Never actually happened (ie: charging tanks on horseback).

At least two "grand charges" in WW2 destroyed mounted units. In 1942, an Italian cavalry regiment rode down and destroyed a Russian rifle regiment, using sabers and grenades. In 1944, a Hungarian cavalry regiment did the same thing to a Romanian force.
Granted, most of the major contributions to the war were in terms of recon and anti-infantry work, but cavalry still did (and still does) play a role, when properly utilized.

Not suggesting anybody take up a lance and charge a machine gun nest, but still, the precedent is there.

-Doc