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Thanks, OB. Should I toss my 2nd Edition then? Picked up at a flea market last year, and haven’t even tried them yet!
Wow, I can see from the blog how much work went into these, but the results were definitely worth it!
If you want to show us more conversion magic (which I’d really like to see), how about the idea working up a unit of the traditional Greek horse-featured satyrs? (the Romans conflated them with their own goat-feature fauns):
I found another red figure horse-type satyr armed, interestingly, as a peltast, but hesitated to post it here, as another, um, “feature” common to satyrs was on somewhat prominent display.Lucan, by Gawd!*
I wonder how many members were awake at the end of that?
Seriously, though, thanks for this, ‘parts’ of which were certainly interesting.
My own battalions for the Sikh Wars will nevertheless consist of eight companies, for no other reason than frugal practicality: that’s the way the OG packs work out.
I’ve been mocked for this, but am I downhearted? No!
* Is he still the most notorious Earl? The 7th appears to have made some inroads to the title. . .
You should be pleased with the Old Glory line, although you might want to get a few sample packs to begin with, to be sure they have the look you want. With a number of different sculptors, the results vary; with the Indian Mutiny, since you mention it, I liked the mutineers, but was less satisfied with the British figures: the bayonets break off very easily, a perennial problem with OG, which is odd, because those on the mutineer figs don’t seem to have that problem. In fact, they are more robust in general than the British figures, which seem rather anemic in comparison. I suspect two different sculptors.
Anyway , this doesn’t seem to be the case with the Sikh Wars range. A couple of points, though:
You should probably get a command pack or two, to see exactly what’s in them. I’ve only inspected a couple at shows, but from what I could see, it looked as if there were more “extra” type figures than the usual officer/standard-bearer/musician combination. You may need more command packs than you think, particularly if you intend to have two colours per unit.
Another point: at least in the few pics I’ve seen, none of the horses for the Gorachurra have much in the way of armor; whether this is typical of the 1840’s I can’t say.
I would welcome correction on these points from someone more knowledgeable!
Lastly, there are,unfortunately, no Zamburak camel gunners in the OG range. They were going to be included in the First Afghan War range, but as I said, that never happened.
I did see where someone used the Zamburaks from the OG 16th-17th century Persian line, with some head swaps, so that’s a possibility.
I hope you’ll give us regular updates on your progress. And pics!
Do you allow for hidden units? If so, you might want something a little lighter than the one in the pic–especially if you want to spring an “unscouted” one on players.
And when you move north, call it a “wadi” .
Gulp. I was afraid someone would ask for sources.
It’s been several years, and I was reading several different books at the time, but I’ll make an effort to track it down.
OK — at least, not without smiling!
Alright, I admit I’m just too lazy to type out the whole thing. But neither of those are very respectful, so how about something a little more dignified, like the vocative? I’ll try it:
“O Saurus! I discover that deleting a file from tinypic also deletes it from the forum on which it was posted. This is deplorable!”
How’s that?
PS– Same goes for me,BTW. You can call me HvS, Hafen, or even “Haf” (if you must).
I’ve been called worse. . .
Now to see if I can track down that pic again.
Yow, two more fascinating articles!
Interesting that, rare though they are, a few examples of the antler soft hammers have been discovered. I’ve seen someone using this stone-knapping technique in person, and there are several demonstrations on youtube.
I have to confess that reading about Aboriginal art invariably ends up with me rewatching The Last Wave.
Sigh. I’m just too predictable.
EDIT: Glad to find there’s at least one Prehistoric gamer here–as a newbie, I wasn’t sure if this particular area would be welcome.
And thanks for the link to that interesting article, Ochoin. In fact that, plus your mention of perishable materials, reminded me of something.
Ever since the discovery of the cave paintings, part of the discourse surrounding them has centered on the question of why they were created in such inaccessible places. The various suggestions put forward make sense. But. . .
Years ago I read a novel based on another possibility — the premise that this “primitive” art (it was anything but, of course) was made, not just in caves, but outside them,too.
The novel follows the career of a gifted artist who makes his paintings on rock walls. I don’t recall if any mention made of other materials, such as wood, for sculpture. In any case, if such things existed, they are long gone, leaving only the cave art.
I regret that I can remember neither title nor author.
If it rings a bell for anyone, I’d like to hear about it.
If nothing else, that possibility, along with the body painting suggested by your link, does widen the scope for Prehistoric players to add some color* to their game tables.
*Or perhaps I should say “tart up”!
Oh,BTW, Auto–may I call you “Auto”?
I did catch your meaning, and it evoked visions of Monty Python! But that led to an “on the other hand” scenario,involving Pachelbel.
On the, er, third hand, now I’m thinking of a crew press-ganged from the ranks of superfluous literary critics:
I blame too much youthful Python-viewing.
As it happens, a Combat Harpsichord Ensemble did make an appearance, in the Ben Franklin’s War game, at last year’s Historicon:
Very impressive it was, too!
OK,OK, I take your point!
But, although off topic a bit, I want to be fair to the Clone Army Band, so will allow them to show themselves in slightly more martial mood:
Perhaps those will restore some discipline to the ranks?
For balance, I suppose I should add this:
“Meanwhile, on board the Regent”:
I know, I know– wrong century. But I couldn’t resist!
McKinstry: Did you catch that last helicopter shot? Sweet revenge!
