Flames of War - Hussars in Halftracks

[von Lucky]

Hah - I do have to thank you.

Spent the evening going through my unpainted miniatures and seeing what I could appropriate for this.

So far (all 15mm):
x2 M3 half-tracks
x4 M10s
x1 Brontosaurs
x1 Fokker C.X
x10 average hussar and other napoleonics sculpts.

I reserved the M10s for a possible 'Girls und Panzer' project, but this is so much cooler.

I'm thinking of just doing a small unit at a time, who knows if I'll ever game with them (I guess I could add them to a normal FoW game for flavour).

[joroas]

Luckily, FOW already has rules for men on horses with pointy sticks..........

[grant]

I think we could take it a step further and have our own rules for it

I posted it up on TMP, and have had some amazing hits on the blog from it, much like the reaction here - about half seem to be interested, a quarter think it's just silly, and a quarter think it's awful. If we can make half the people happy, that's a hit! 

Also, came across this http://members.shaw.ca/the8recce/8_recce_history.htm
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Reconnaissance_Regiment_(14th_Canadian_Hussars)

These fellow actually were Hussars in Halftracks - the assault sections were in tracks.

[Steve63]

Inspired by Hussars in Halftracks I've been in contact with Osprey to see if they want to add to the Song of series with Songs of Shako's and Sherman's.


Unfortunately they didn't think it had legs as the market will surely be corned by Hussars in Halftracks unperturbed I decided to combine my love of all things WWII and the Wild West and launch my very own Kickstarter for Panzer Bonanza, new game combining ranching, cattle rustling, Chinese cooks and 54 ton armoured death machines.

[von Lucky]

3 fingers - I'm looking forward to your conversions.

joroas - That's part of the appeal already.

grant - I'm leaning towards having to adapt a WWII set, to cover small 28mm skirmish (Bolt Action, Chain of Command, etc) and large skirmish actions (Flames of War). For really large actions I guess a Napoleonic set will need to be adapted.

Actually writing a set of rules could be a later consideration. Right now I want to just convert and paint some miniatures., that's the main appeal. Also explaining how this technology is suddenly available I haven't decided on yet. I think I will just go with sudden advances in manufacturing/sciences; the real outcomes of the Age of Enlightenment.

Steve63 - Now you're getting it. Tell me you wouldn't want to field that Sherman on the table? FYI "Songs of" is written by Ganesha Games, not Osprey. But got to see you're playing with ideas. That's what this place is all about.

Finally, 'Panzer Bonanza' is also in the same vein of awesomeness, I suggest you pursue that. Look forward to updates on the Kickstarter (even if you were joking). you'll be surprised what the kids would be willing to back these days

Anyway, I've found some spare AB Spanish grenadiers... they're added to the pile. Thanks for the distraction again grant. Or should we be thanking cubs?

[3 fingers]

I did ask about napoleonic science fiction in the vsf section

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=66071.msg823759#new

[SBRPearce]

I'm reminded of a daft mini-wargame entitled "Napoleon at Chattanooga", detailing the Great General's campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley and the Outer Planets of the Solar System.

It's worth a look just for laughs.

[von Lucky]

Nice, it's available for free:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16936/napoleon-at-chattanooga

[former user]

You should try to get Eddie Izzard to make such a game.....

jazz chicken with codpiece, cat with gatling gun, Darth Vader with a tray, Hussars in halftracks....

and now to something completely different

[grant]

I'm resurrecting this.

I have a hankering for actually trying some Hussars by GHQ in some 10mm halftracks! 

[3 fingers]

Funny enough ,I was in the loft,looking at my miniatures earlier 

[von Lucky]

Hah. I thought you were out of the game. Over Christmas I converted a few; let's get this rollin'.

[grant]

Hah. I thought you were out of the game. Over Christmas I converted a few; let's get this rollin'.

Absolutely!

I'm going to hunt down some 10mm halftracks to go with some GHQ 10mm I have. The scale should epic!