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07/09/2020 at 16:33 #143712
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ParticipantMy two sources for this war were “The Ten Cents War” and “To The Last Cartridge”.
I’d appreciate any other suggestions.
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07/09/2020 at 16:51 #143713Trebian
ParticipantSater’s “Andean Tragedy” is worth it. Moller & Cerda’s “Uniforms of the Pacific Wars” is invaluable. Gerard de Lisle’s “Royal Navy and the Peruvian Chilean War” is an excellent period piece. Graham Evans’ “It’s Getting A Bit Chile” has been recommended by several people as an excellent guide for wargamers.
07/09/2020 at 20:52 #143723Chris Pringle
ParticipantAs it is 7 years since I did the reading to write the BBB scenario, time to read up again if I’m going to revise it properly.
Given what we all seem to have read about soft sand rendering artillery ineffective, I was surprised to read the Chilean artillery commander’s report, which claims his guns fired against the Allied positions ‘to magnificent effect’. I suppose it’s a case of ‘he would say that, wouldn’t he’.
Next stop: Bulnes’s Guerra del Pacifico.
Chris
08/09/2020 at 01:12 #143728vtsaogames
ParticipantThe receiving party is a better judge of the effect of fire. At the end of the 1861 battle of Belmont, retreating Union forces boarded a riverboat and fired at their pursuers, who fired back. Both sides reported deadly execution among the foe and both reported taking no hits from enemy fire. Between clouds of smoke and frightened people laying down, perhaps it looked like serious results.
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08/09/2020 at 10:45 #143739GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantThe receiving party is a better judge of the effect of fire. At the end of the 1861 battle of Belmont, retreating Union forces boarded a riverboat and fired at their pursuers, who fired back. Both sides reported deadly execution among the foe and both reported taking no hits from enemy fire. Between clouds of smoke and frightened people laying down, perhaps it looked like serious results.
What you said! Plus, even the highest ranking officers/general on the spot who later right accounts/memoirs of particular points of interest in a conflict cannot always be trusted. For example, Napoleons memoirs surrounding the 100 days campaign.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!08/09/2020 at 10:45 #143740GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantAs it is 7 years since I did the reading to write the BBB scenario, time to read up again if I’m going to revise it properly. Given what we all seem to have read about soft sand rendering artillery ineffective, I was surprised to read the Chilean artillery commander’s report, which claims his guns fired against the Allied positions ‘to magnificent effect’. I suppose it’s a case of ‘he would say that, wouldn’t he’. Next stop: Bulnes’s Guerra del Pacifico. Chris Bloody Big BATTLES!
Let us know what you find Chris. I can’t read Spanish so I’m intrigued 😊
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!09/09/2020 at 23:17 #143806GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantSpeed painted these this afternoon. Just the command to finish. 10mm from Pendraken.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!12/09/2020 at 22:45 #143930GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantAnother 60 speed painted this evening – more Chileans. 10mm Pendraken – code SAP5.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!15/09/2020 at 07:47 #144039Chris Pringle
ParticipantHola Rhys, Graham: OK, I’ve finished translating 20+ pages relating to Tacna from Bulnes’s history of the war. Muy interesante. Give me an email address if you’d like me to send it to you.
Chris
15/09/2020 at 09:24 #144044Trebian
ParticipantChris: I shall be interested to read that. Sater cites him as a source. My “work” email is wgfgup(at)gmail(dot)com. It is my regret that I don’t read Spanish, despite having armies from several periods of Spanish history (SCW is up next on my publication schedule). I’d go to classes to learn it, but I spent 7 years at secondary school learning French and I was barely literate in that by the end of it. i will have ot accept that languages aren’t my strong point.
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15/09/2020 at 13:46 #144066GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!15/09/2020 at 14:08 #144068vtsaogames
ParticipantChris, if you could, I’d like to see that too. I have finally gotten a current version of Word since I had to upgrade to Windows 10.
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15/09/2020 at 20:55 #144088GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantSome more 10mm Pendraken WotP. Code SAP6 painted as Chileans.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!16/09/2020 at 07:35 #144105Chris Pringle
ParticipantLove the paintwork, Rhys – and the examples you’ve done for the Pendraken website.
Translation duly sent. (I don’t claim to speak the language, but I studied enough Spanish at school to get by with the help of a dictionary.) Lots of lovely detail there for you. It was fun – like having some tapas for variety, a pleasant change from my usual diet of sauerkraut and goulash:
Napoleon’s 1796 Italian Campaign
Napoleon Absent, Coalition Ascendant: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 1
Hungary 1848: The Winter Campaign
Chris
16/09/2020 at 09:36 #144126Trebian
ParticipantI am in a similar position in respect of Latin. I did three years of it at secondary school. Alas the medieval practitioners sometimes seem to have had less than that.
16/09/2020 at 11:01 #144127GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantLove the paintwork, Rhys – and the examples you’ve done for the Pendraken website. Translation duly sent. (I don’t claim to speak the language, but I studied enough Spanish at school to get by with the help of a dictionary.) Lots of lovely detail there for you. It was fun – like having some tapas for variety, a pleasant change from my usual diet of sauerkraut and goulash: Napoleon’s 1796 Italian Campaign Napoleon Absent, Coalition Ascendant: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 1 Hungary 1848: The Winter Campaign Chris Bloody Big BATTLES!
Thank you for your kind words.
Also Thankyou so much for taking the time to do this and sharing it for free. Our wonderful little hobby would be a poorer place without you.
When the shows are back it would be good to meet up and buy you a bacon butty or whatever your preference maybe!?Gun Dog Miniature Painting Services
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!16/09/2020 at 11:37 #144128Trebian
ParticipantWhen the shows are back, you will often find me for midlands/north shows in the UK on the Society of Ancients / Northamptonshire Battlefields Society stand. Always good to meet up with people in the hobby who you’ve only met on line.
Trebian
16/09/2020 at 12:10 #144130GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantWhen the shows are back, you will often find me for midlands/north shows in the UK on the Society of Ancients / Northamptonshire Battlefields Society stand. Always good to meet up with people in the hobby who you’ve only met on line. Trebian
Couldn’t agree more. I hope to see you both at the shows in the new year if everything has calmed down (fingers crossed).
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!16/09/2020 at 21:41 #144152Chris Pringle
ParticipantAh, wargames shows – remember them? The main one I go to (went to?) is Warfare in November. Yes, it would be great to meet up at a show over bacon butties!
17/09/2020 at 12:08 #144173Trebian
ParticipantWe don’t normally do Warfare, as it fell within the orbit of Society of Ancients south, and our contacts are midlands and north. We (Northamptonshire Battlefields Society) were keen to get a slot there, as our WotR/ECW areas of interest overlap with that region. My favourite for slightly different reasons is Campaign in Milton Keynes, as it is free to enter for the general public, so you get to talk to people who might not otherwise even think about wargaming.
17/09/2020 at 19:36 #144199GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantI’m never gonna moan about a show again. Such a shame Vapnartak was cancelled! I completely understand why. Can’t wait for this virus to just do one. Hopefully the winter will help. Once they start again I’m going to as many shows as possible! Might try and run a small participation game – the invasion at Pisagua.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!17/09/2020 at 19:37 #144200GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantAnother 60 done.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!20/09/2020 at 20:10 #144372GunDogMiniaturePaintingService
ParticipantChilean artillery crews done.
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Sniffing out unpainted armies!25/09/2020 at 10:32 #144614Chris Pringle
ParticipantKeep up the good work, Rhys!
Back to Tacna: pleasantly surprised today to discover that my friend Prof Travlos has used the Tacna BBB scenario successfully for teaching students in his political science class!
Chris
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