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Author Topic: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.  (Read 5735 times)

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Re: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.
« Reply #30 on: October 20, 2016, 08:40:11 AM »
And just to add to that, my favourite of Captain Blood's photos cropped (forgive me Richard!) to take out the more obvious bases:

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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.
« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2016, 08:42:39 AM »
Love it when a melee gets that hyper even the bloke's who owns the figures can't tell who's who! We have one house rule, that's enforced with great glee by everyone... if you fire at/hack down your own chaps in the red mist of battle the result stands.
Wot, with galloping old fartdom and failing minces this happens in nearly every game these days.

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Re: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.
« Reply #32 on: October 20, 2016, 10:52:33 AM »
Thanks for the comments on the game. As well as the individual basing both Captain Blood's  force and mine are pretty much all Perry minis (I also have a few Steel Fist in there, not sure about their enemy) and you'd be hard pushed to find two identical minis on the table, which of course adds to the somewhat manic spectacle of the melee.   :)

True enough. The great pleasure of the Perry medieval plastics - especially now with so many sets to smoosh together - is the ability to create endless unique figures.
That said, there were a few of the metal figures that I noticed fighting on both sides  lol
Ditto, we both had a smattering of Oliver's brilliant Steel Fist fully armoured men-at-arms in our forces  :)

But I completely agree - having so many different and unique miniatures on the tabletop, as well as having them individually based, is a large part of the visual appeal. Creating a much more diorama-like asthetic.

When I think back to my early wargaming years marching units of 20 identical figures around the table top, based in rows of four, it is indeed an entirely different hobby.
Many people still like and enjoy that style of wargaming of course, and fair play to them.
Personally I much prefer the way we are able to do it these days though :)

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Re: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.
« Reply #33 on: October 20, 2016, 11:12:23 AM »
Personally I got quite giddy with the numbers of options in the original 'Citadel Wars of the Roses' range back in the day, the plastic sets have certainly taken the period to heights unimaginable just a few years ago.

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Re: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.
« Reply #34 on: October 20, 2016, 08:02:06 PM »
Brilliant stuff  8) :o :-*

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Re: BLAM Wars of the Roses battle report - pseudo-Wakefield (ish). Loosely.
« Reply #35 on: October 20, 2016, 08:24:36 PM »
What a cracking battle report. I kept trying to figure out what was going on as I passed by but I kept getting distracted by the beautiful figures and terrain.

 

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