I was early at the Virtual Wargames Club last week, I asked a casual question about a set of rules I had found on the shelf way at the back and that was the start! My kind and knowledgable expert extolled the virtues of “Danger Close” rules from Empress Miniatures to me and I discovered they were only two pages long! I had always thought that Modern meant mammoth tomes filled with charts and the need for mathematics well beyond me. How wrong I was ! By the end of the club meeting I had ordered the rules and some fascinating Bundeswehr figures arrayed in weaponry and systems beyond my ken. Here they are
“IdZ-ES (Infanterist der Zukunft-Infantryman of the future, also know as Gladius
Heads glued on and undercoated. But how to get my head round a new period? True the family all enjoy watching “ Our Girl” but that doesn’t make one an expert. My German fellows have something called Gladius , it’s all very complicated. I am looking for reading suggestions for a way into this all. I am going to use imaginations for the Modern Period as I feel more comfortable about gaming it this way. So it is the present day in a Europe fragmented into small small countries that form a successor to the Holy Roman Empire. Squad level, few figures standard European terrain with a quaint feel as those are the buildings I own. Half timbered , countryside not urban. Now I need to find out how to pain5 these chaps , help!!!
oh new shinny, and so it begins
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It does, again!
DeleteGood on you, Alan. Another nice project you have there.
ReplyDeleteJust a thought on painting and imaginations; is there a colour theme that runs through your imagine-nations? Such as red for Albion and white for Heideland. If so, could the colour theme be continued here. So say they were mostly in European summer colours, perhaps the Albion chaps could have some red patch or flash. Just a though.
Also for modern type rules, I looked at Xenos Rampant, a variation of Lion Rampant / Rebels and Patriots etc. It's out on internet somewhere.
BTW, I really liked the Albion and Heideland set up. Truly inspiring. Thanks.
Tom
Interesting uniform ideas Tom, well worth considering. Thanks for your kind words about my Napoleonic foray , I hope to get a Solomon game in soon.
ReplyDeleteI saw Xenos Rampant is in development as a set of rules to be published by Osprey next year I think.
You didn't need to spend money on nice metal figures :) You could have gone to Poundland for the tuppeny dreadfuls, sort of desert storm era modern troops https://poundstoreplasticwarriors.wordpress.com/2020/12/21/more-retro-packaging-for-the-penny-dreadful-pound-store-plastic-warriors/
ReplyDeleteA timely reminder Mark.
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