Which rules for late 17th Century with 10mm figures?

[SJWi]

Fred, I picked up a copy of Live Free or Die on LAF's Bazaar quite cheaply. I was shocked to see that new they cost £27 in the UK for what is, in effect, a 20 page softback magazine. Before investing in 10mm my mate who has a huge 28mm collection decided to give the rules an outing for a part of one scenario. We thought they were "OK" but nothing special. Playing on a 6 x 4' table was not ideal so maybe not a fair reflection on the rules. We then did a figures count for what we would need for many of the scenarios and decided not to star again in 10mm given that between us we have a lot of 28mm. I might still buy the Live Free or Die scenario book as a PdF for $13 as I'm sure the data can be adapted to other rulesets.       

[fred]

I picked up the PDF - that price for the slimness of the book feels super expensive. The scenarios would be worth getting I think, they should be pretty adaptable to other rules - units vary by size, and quality - so should map across reasonably well.

Given the standard basing is quite small - they would need to scale up quite a lot to work in 28mm, so a big table would be important.

[David Cowper]

I’ve just watched the video on the Wargames Illustrated YouTube channel of the Battle of Aughrim game by Pete Brown and Jerry Richardson at Partizan 2024. I love how their units look. Does anybody know what base sizes they used? I’m considering whether to go for whole unit bases or multiple bases for a unit for change of formation.

[David Cowper]

Great looking army Hwiccee

Number of figures on a base (and size of base) are perennial questions. I went with 40mm square bases, with 12-16 figures per base - these units look good - but do take a lot of figures and a lot of  painting. I can't spot my own photos right now - but will have a search as I have a (rather old) thread on LAF with my few painted LoA units on it.

Found my thread https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=92170.60

Fred, I’ve looked at your thread and it’s inspired me to go with the same basing as you, which will work for Beneath the Lily Banners, I think. Did you get your flags from Pendraken?

And here's and a photo

[fred]

Hi David - yes my flags are from Pendraken - and they are very nice designs!

[David Cowper]

Are there any other sources of 10mm flags?

[OB]

David at Not by Appointment blog has loads of excellent flags for the period. You will need to reduce them for 10mm troops but that is simple enough in Word.

[David Cowper]

That’s a great blog, OB. Thank you for the suggestion.

[OB]

Most welcome David I'm sure. I use lots of NBA flags.

[Sandinista]

Hi David - yes my flags are from Pendraken - and they are very nice designs!

I glad you like the flags, I had fun creating them. All of them have been used in my armies, I should post some pictures on here.
Cheers
Ian 

[fred]

Cool - I hadn't realised you had created these.

Any chance you'd like to do a set of AWI ones for Pendraken, the current ones are a bit basic?

[Sandinista]

That would be up to Leon to decide

[David Cowper]

I’ve also found that there are some flags for the period on the ‘Don’t throw a 1’ blog plus the Tiny Tin Troops flags also sold by Pendraken.

[Frostie]

Thanks Hwiccee

I too have gone with 120mm frontage (3x40mm bases)

Which looks a popular choice!

Sounds ace Frostie - do you have photos?

Hi Fred, here is a work in process photo...the bases were not finished at this stage.  They are French and Allied reinforcements

[fred]

Looking good - that is a lot of troops painted up! Well ahead of my efforts, that are very much stalled, due to the distraction of other projects.

What are the troops based in a more skirmish order, eg bottom left corner?