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Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:22 pm
by Paul
Jeremy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:17 pm
So if it’s the 10th anniversary, everyone needs at least 10 battalions of foot, 10 regiments of cavalry and 10 batteries?
So less cavalry then?
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:25 pm
by Jeremy
Two key words were ‘at least’....
Purps needs to paint more Hussars
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:28 pm
by tim.w
I lost a post there, I was suggesting a Pikepersons Lament for anyone not 18th Centurying who wanted to begin their armies?
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:31 pm
by goat major
Nice idea
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:53 pm
by levied troop
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:39 pm
Oh good, my friend now has 2 years to paint them.
If he’s anything like my friend he’ll wait 22 months before starting them.
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:05 pm
by Tim Hall
I was thinking, should we go ahead with this idea, then rather than lay down force sizes and descend into an Ayton arms race, how about visiting a concept that was bandied about in 2011, that of "Bring and Battle". People go off and collect and paint whatever and however many troops they want, and that's what they get to fight with, yes I know it sounds a bit obvious now that I read it, but I think the caveat should be that you keep your force details to yourself. Or something like that. Personally I do not want to go down the old 18th century road again, if you get my drift.
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:15 pm
by Essex Boy
goat major wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:14 pm
Dave speaks sense
He so do.
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:20 pm
by Essex Boy
Tim Hall wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:05 pm
I was thinking, should we go ahead with this idea, then rather than lay down force sizes and descend into an Ayton arms race, how about visiting a concept that was bandied about in 2011, that of "Bring and Battle". People go off and collect and paint whatever and however many troops they want, and that's what they get to fight with, yes I know it sounds a bit obvious now that I read it, but I think the caveat should be that you keep your force details to yourself. Or something like that. Personally I do not want to go down the old 18th century road again, if you get my drift.
Yet again, we agree.
Iain
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:03 am
by Paul
I had always liked the idea of something similar. Everyone has a real £ limit to their force. So if you want to spend it all on Foot, or Artillery or flaming pigs then you can. It limits the forces possible without getting fascistic about points and organisations.
Otherwise as Tim and EB above.
Re: ECW - just for arguments sake you understand
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:20 am
by tim.w
It would be nice for those not 18th'ing in 2020 to have something to work up to. All ideas above are very appealing to me. I'm not fixed to any period or even scale (above 1/72 of course). 17th Cen would be totally new to me, a period I know next to nothing about but I can see myself getting a lot out of it in that respect. I'd throw in Ancients and Medievals too in the same vein and I do already have growing collections there.