Well thanks all, did a lot of measuring and a bigger table is not on ( lots of frowns from the wife ) so to ebay they go to fund a move to 15mm A sad day, but...
Over several turns in a recent game, the Totenkopf hussars broke three regiments of French light cavalry and saved the Prussian right flank. As is my custom,...
Terry , Afraid I can't help with the web sight, but I can remember, in the early 70's, researching a guidon for the 7th hussars (1815). I know they didn't...
In the '70s I purchased sets of 25mm Napoleonic flags printed on sticky backed paper. The text on the various pages said "Printed in England for Z and M...
Brian Homenick owns and runs a company which produces high quality flags for war game figures. Go to: http://www.mts.net/~homenic1/vaubanner/vaubandex.html ...
Michael, How do you rate Brian Homenick's flags vs. Rick O'Brian's flags (aka the Flag Dude)? To: shako@yahoogroups.com From: Michael.Hopper@... Date:...
Recently, a number of list subscribers have described basing 28mm figures on 40mm square bases... i'm still trying to get rid of stuff, so i can buy more...
His are very nice. They have a very natural look to them. They don't look stiff like some flags. http://www.flagdude.com/ I'll point him out to you if go to...
... Yes - Michael - does Brian give the flags a natural wind-blown weathered look like Ricks? I'm very interested if he does - oen reason I havent' ggone with...
John, Did you go with the Silk Paper Flags that Rick offers? To: shako@yahoogroups.com From: mycenius@... Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:16:32 +1300 Subject:...
... Hi Tom - no I didnt' - I discusse dit with Rick and he recommended agaisnt - he said htey ar eonly really a benefit when doing large 40mm or 54mm scale...
... agree. don't move them on. you will regret it. it's taken me over 15yrs to paint up my peninsular 28mm's and can now quite comfortably fill a 20' table...
Thanks for all the words of encouragement I have cancelled he auctions and I am keep g them, they just look too good to let go. I did get a few 15mm AB...
Keep em iv e played on a 8x4 without any problems for years, i gave up 25/8mm years ago and started again 10 years ago and would not now go back. 25/8s are...
Im based in northern NSW on the QLD border at tweed heads and looking for gamers, if interested drop me a line ive a large 28mm 1809 Austrian and French army...
My son wants me to pull out my 15mm Napoleonics I did back in the 80's for wargaming. Since I have Shako 1 laying around but never played and the figures are...
You can use almost any basing system you want as long as both sides are based so that a battalion in line or column can have approx the same frontag as one on...
OK Rich, thanks. Thats what I was thinking. Not sure I like the 3 figure stand or the six. I have a little of both already and since they were based 20+ years...
You might have funny relationships between the cavalry and infantry relative frontages but as long as both sides are based the same and everybody in your group...
What are the chances of another excellent battle scenario yearbook, such as 1805 ? And if so, which Napoleonic year might be covered next and when would the...
Thomas, Thanks for the kind words on Rise of Eagles. About 1,800 hours of effort went into researching the maps and orders of battle. As a warning though,...
Michael, Thank you very much for your very detailed explanation. But foremost, my deepest condolences to your tragic loss. I too lost my Dad 3 1/2 years ago...
Things have been abnormally quiet of late. not good, not good... Some time back I did a few historical based actions which involve a couple frigates or 74-gun...
Greetings, Using a generic 74-gun ship of the line for this question, I again looked at Wikipedia. Give me a break as I don't have a huge library of books on...
Michael. Pivoting a ship through manipulation of anchors would be slow, unless she had dropped several anchors. If she had dropped a couple of bow and stern...