Author Topic: Salute 2011 - Italian Invasion of Ethiopia (Read 7231 times)

njetkulturny · « **Reply #15 on:** April 19, 2011, 04:42:32 PM »

Stunning pictures from the game. With every Abyssinian game you put on display, you make my decision not to enter also 28mm Italian forces harder and harder.

For a battle of Keren scenario somebody should devise something like an inflatable mountain. That should find space in the backseat of any car.

cram · « **Reply #16 on:** April 19, 2011, 06:23:09 PM »

AWESOME!!! I wish I could have been there to see it in the flesh. Those huts are fantastic, I planned on buying some as soon as I saw them, until I read that they are scratch built!

Remington · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2011, 10:35:38 PM »

Oh, me too! Awesome table... in every sense of the word.

Well deserved that trophy.

Mindenbrush · « **Reply #18 on:** April 20, 2011, 04:50:04 PM »

Wonderful looking game and excellent attention to detail.

Was it a demo game or participation?

Ignatieff · « **Reply #19 on:** April 20, 2011, 07:05:39 PM »

Cracking! Well done

Colonel Tubby · « **Reply #20 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:09:07 PM »

That is one impressive game, the sort of thing we mere mortals only dream of!

James Morris · « **Reply #21 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:16:39 PM »

Quote from: Mindenbrush on April 20, 2011, 04:50:04 PM

Wonderful looking game and excellent attention to detail.

Was it a demo game or participation?

Demo, though we made sure that we were actually demonstrating the T&T rules for interested bystanders. My experience of running participation games at certain shows is that, while a few interested individuals play, you also get used as an unofficial creche....

6milPhil · « **Reply #22 on:** April 20, 2011, 11:44:13 PM »

I've said it elsewhere but it bears repeating, this was a top table with a lovely level of detail and with friendly players. We enjoyed it greatly.

Frank · « **Reply #23 on:** April 21, 2011, 09:38:25 AM »

Fantastic game board and a very interesting topic!

Arthur · « **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:57:15 PM »

A positively superb game, as everyone else said

I have a couple of question regarding some of the figures : are the Abyssinian cavalry commercially available or just conversions of yours ? Same re the Bersaglieri. Oh, and where did you get those vultures ?

Plynkes · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2011, 01:04:18 PM »

The Bersaglieri look like they're from Askari Miniatures to me. I have some of those somewhere.

Top job, James. Well done.

Arthur · « **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2011, 01:05:07 PM »

Speaking of the Abyssinian horsemen, I might just as well hotlink a pretty close-up of the lads, nicked from Giles Allison's blog

James Morris · « **Reply #27 on:** April 22, 2011, 06:50:19 PM »

Plynkes is right, Bersaglieri are by Askari Miniatures.

The Ethiopian cavalry are by Castaway Arts, pinched from the Colonial 19th Century range.
http://www.castawayarts.com.au/catalog/catalog_main.php?cmd=groupload&group=22

cram · « **Reply #28 on:** April 22, 2011, 06:58:06 PM »

Those horsemen are very nice looking miniatures. I hope Empress plan to add to their existing range.

Arthur · « **Reply #29 on:** April 22, 2011, 07:27:49 PM »

Quote from: James Morris on April 22, 2011, 06:50:19 PM

Plynkes is right, Bersaglieri are by Askari Miniatures.

The Ethiopian cavalry are by Castaway Arts, pinched from the Colonial 19th Century range.
http://www.castawayarts.com.au/catalog/catalog_main.php?cmd=groupload&group=22

Thanks James : they seem to match the Empress castings rather well.

I agree with Cram : the Empress range deserves new additions. I don't know how well the figures would sell (this is very much a niche period after all), but here's my grocery list for what it's worth :

Italians :

* Divisional/brigade command (HQ group with a couple of officers, an orderly and a radio operator for instance)
* Bersaglieri
* Light mortars
* Askari HMG's
* Camel-mounted artillery
* Separate head sprues

Abyssinians :

* HMG's and heavy weapons
* Some cavalry

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