Work was started on the Republican Roman opposition to the Celts in the shape of some javelin throwing velites ( light infantry) and some more heavily armoured pila/sword infantry. I want to use the figures for skirmish games using Tidders rules from the wargamers annual crossed with Featherstone’s close wars. I want to try the ideas out soon.
Good collection of figures in work!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think we overlook the potentially of 1/32 plastic toy soldiers. They are well priced and look good, often taking paint really well. Great for skirmish sidelines though some fight big battles with vast numbers on huge tables.
DeleteYou are right. I certainly overlook 1/32!
DeleteI like the look of the Romans - are they from HaT? There's a lot to be said for 1/32nd, especially when the eyesight begins to get less than optimal.
ReplyDeleteThey are HaT I think, got them unboxed so not certain. Certainly easier on the eyes. I use my reading glasses for painting but not reading. I mentioned my hobby in the opticians, they talked about the distance I hold the figures at and were most helpful.
DeleteI have merged (and halved Movement) the Ancients weapons rules, hit numbers and ranges (long medium Close) from Featherstone's Ancients rules in War Games with his Close Wars appendix in the same book to be able to include spears, bows etc for my Forest Indians against rifle or musket armed troops.
ReplyDeleteWhen it gets to melee, to use the parry and lunge duelling system I class anything as a close range weapon - tomahawk, rifle butt, spear, knife, fist, boot, bayonet. No different in Roman times from a WW1 Trench raid, having seem the arsenal of improvised medieval weapons at Dixmuide WW1 trenches in Belgium.
There are other sections in Solo Wargaming by Don Featherstone chapter on Wargaming in Bed for mounted versus foot, shield versus unshielded, armoured etc.
A cartoon Asterix stereotype rampaging charging bunch of Celts versus disciplined Romans is kind of Natives versus Troops anyway. Once the Roman formations break ... its Teutoberg Forest.
I really like Tidders Asterix Games and others, they look superb.
Lots of helpful suggestions and inspiration in your comment. Tidders does these sorts of games so well.
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