Think it may be only available to listen to in the UK - I'll see if we can get a recording of it. Nasty Lancastrian biased review in the end, he certainly...
A question from Steve Rimmer, Society gamesmaster at the 'Salute' participation game. Does anyone know why Etienne de Vignolles was nicknamed "La Hire" Cheers...
I got this from Wikipedia.... "His name remains a byword for a choleric disposition." Is it a clue??? Barry Slemmings ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Does anyone know why Etienne de Vignolles was nicknamed "La Hire" According to David Nicolle "Orleans 1429" p.14 "Nicknamed La Hire or "the hedgehog" because...
Anyone else been watching The Perfect Weapon on the National Geographic Channel? I caught part of it tonight, matching the sword against the pole axe. Their...
Yes, it depends entirely on the opponent. The advent of plated armour rendered the sword virtually obsolete, while the poleaxe remained a formidable weapon...
Well I used to believe that until I read the trajectory arguments in Robert Hardy's Longbow book. While British troops who had been under archery fire in India...
Some time ago Hobilar published my article on livery colours culled from every book I could get my hands on plus Freezywater sources. I have just found the...
Hi, red may of been one colour used on the wood, as it had a lot of copper in the mix which protects the wood from damp etc, You will see this alot on wooden...
Some painted examples here: http://lshmwaco.org/miniature_photos/WOR2/index.html ... copper in the mix which protects the wood from damp etc, You will see this...
For my new article on Livery colours (yet to be published) I found this one: Lubeck: 1475 600 men in red/white and 27 wagons painted in the same colour. If...
I recall, sometime back an article by Rob Morgan on 'Gaudy Guns' in Hobilar, although this article will be'reprezed' soonish with an update. Not being editor...
Hi I am a new member of this group and have an old copy of Poleaxe Wargames Rules from the LAL Society circa 1980's/ 90's How does the mechanism and...
Hi Andrew, You can try PIQUET(the core rules) using Band of Brothers 2(the medieval supplement) they have a website . I,m trying them Phil ... From:...
I have just joined your group, I have just come back to Wargaming after a near 20 year break. I am 55 and about to retire to SW France. I had no time to spare...
Hello: I looking at the pictures posted in this discussion I noticed that some of the helmets were painted. To date I have always painted them silver,...
Hi Andrew, We have been playing Bloody Barons from RFCM. They seem to play well and produce an enjoyable game. RFCM rules always incorporate the flavor of the...
Painted armour appears in some illustrated manuscripts and I recall the Wallace Collection has at least two painted sallets of the 15th century. One is a full...
When I first got hold of Bloody Barons I thought very highly of them... However.... There are no rules for cavalry versus cavalry combat - so they later ...
Chaps. A select group of us started to produce a re-write of Poleaxed 2 (called poleaxed 3 surprisingly enough), but the project has faltered due to individual...
Hi Gang; Interesting note from Barry concerning: "blackened, blued or 'honeyed' [armour]. This last was a controlled rust followed by a beeswaxing which gave...
To painted armour we can add fabric covered armour. The Italians in particular seem to have covered helmets and breastplates in velvet. In terms of how common...
I had the opportunity to meet Ewart Oakshott before he died, and he said even swords were known to have been painted to try to keep rust at bay. Phil "I...
The following members have been removed due to Yahoo's inability to send them an email: riouxbob koroni2001 eremitic_entity belisariusjoc They are welcome to...
Yes if Yahoo find you have too many bouncing emails they can get very stroppy about the group. Some Yahoo groups have been closed down. When they ask why,...
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