Penda’s Italian Wars Project thread

[grizzlymc]

T%hose houses are rather lovely.

[Penda]

A further base of Landsknechts, in this case handgunners ~

As ever a little more over on my blog ~
www.talesfromghq.blogspot.co.uk
Half way through another base of Landsknechts as well, halberdiers in this case. Beautiful figures from the old Citadel/Wargames Foundry range I picked up at Barrage in June for a song.
David

[Count Belisarius]

Excellent colourful curvy based loveliness!

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

I have to say I'm not sure about that style of base (although you've certainly done a good job on them). How easily do they fit together - not just with other units of the same army, but also with opposing units attacking them?

[Penda]

I have to say I'm not sure about that style of base (although you've certainly done a good job on them). How easily do they fit together - not just with other units of the same army, but also with opposing units attacking them?

Perhaps I need to remind readers that a base is a unit, so no fitting together needed. All bases in both our armies are 100mm wide, only pike and Large Ordnance are 100mm deep, the rest are 50mm. We are using rules derived from Neil Thomas’s sets plus our own input.
As an aside arising from your question, don’t you think rules have got a bit stale with all this pointless emphasis on ratios, figures on a base, shape and the like?

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Perhaps I need to remind readers that a base is a unit, so no fitting together needed. All bases in both our armies are 100mm wide, only pike and Large Ordnance are 100mm deep, the rest are 50mm. We are using rules derived from Neil Thomas’s sets plus our own input.

That's odd because it says on your blog that a base is only a unit for the time being, until your armies grow larger. What happens then? Or did I misread that?

As an aside arising from your question, don’t you think rules have got a bit stale with all this pointless emphasis on ratios, figures on a base, shape and the like?

What would you have instead? Not quite sure what is being asked here. And when you say "pointless" do you mean "not using a point system" or do you mean "what is the point"?

[Penda]

Perhaps I need to remind readers that a base is a unit, so no fitting together needed. All bases in both our armies are 100mm wide, only pike and Large Ordnance are 100mm deep, the rest are 50mm. We are using rules derived from Neil Thomas’s sets plus our own input.

That's odd because it says on your blog that a base is only a unit for the time being, until your armies grow larger. What happens then? Or did I misread that?

Probably changed our minds, who knows? I’ll probably have embarked on another project by then!

As an aside arising from your question, don’t you think rules have got a bit stale with all this pointless emphasis on ratios, figures on a base, shape and the like?

What would you have instead? Not quite sure what is being asked here. And when you say "pointless" do you mean "not using a point system" or do you mean "what is the point"?

I was expressing an opinion as I play games with toy soldiers and have no pretentious ideas that I’m recreating history or war in any but the loosest sense. Hence in this game at least a base is a unit and has whatever number of figures on it we please, or can afford, or can stand painting even. A bit Black Powderish for some perhaps, but that’s the beauty of the hobby, room for all kinds of odd folk...even you and me.

[Tim Hall]

Loving the look of this project, I might have said that already, but it bears repeating, and love your ethos.

[Penda]

Loving the look of this project, I might have said that already, but it bears repeating, and love your ethos.

Thanks Tim. Always good to hear from fellow travellers.

[Penda]

A base of Landsknecht halberdiers added to the project ~

As ever a little more on my blog.
David