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Prince RhysParticipantSlowly working my way through the first volume of Khrushchev Remembers.
I have never read this but it sounds fascinating. I will add it to my wish list.
Prince RhysParticipantMatterhorn. Excellent novel about the Vietnam War.
Ive read Max Hastings account of Vietnam not that long ago – fascinating stuff. The war the Americans won in all but name and then withdrew. One of the horrible things for US forces is learning about the political limitations placed on US air operations – resulting in unnecessary losses. I will look out for this book. Keen to read more.
Prince RhysParticipantTo Zippyfusenet:
You have a lot of interesting and varied reading there!
Prince RhysParticipantThanks Rhys, looks like I’ve got some more reading lined up!
I’m also currently listening to an audio book whilst painting that is a newish history of the 100 days campaign – Waterloo by Tim Clayton. Fascinating stuff. Kind you say, Waterloo has been done to death but again this is a more reasoned modern analysis of all that happened and casts Orange in a new light – dispelling some of the myths about his incompetence. It also gives me a new appreciation of Blucher and Brunswick.
Prince RhysParticipantInteresting. I think the last books I read on the FP War were Michel Howard’s and David Ascoli’ Day of Battle: Mars La Tour. I wonder if scholarship has moved on? I take it you mean military/wargames books? Hitler – Kershaw (Kindle in one volume, abridged) – just started. Gareth Glover’s Waterloo: Myth and Reality about two thirds through – excellent. I thought there was no point reading anything else on Waterloo. I was wrong. We Were Soldiers Once and Young- Moore and Galloway – style is a little odd in places but a good read for those interested in Vietnam. A shed load of casualties and odd it was seen as a pro forma for future operations. What did it really achieve? A different concept of how to wage war without the appreciation of the political/cultural fall out. Fortescue’s History of the British Army, (Read bits before but I’m aiming to read the whole thing beginning to end – wish me luck!)
Its a brilliant up to date analysis that dispels a lot of myths particularly on Bazaines efforts. It uses Howard and Ascoli as sources but builds on them in modern analysis. It also demolishes Wawros scathing analysis of Bazaine and uses the evidence of Bazaines trial as well, as some other Marshals truly didn’t believe Bazaine was to blame. Frossard does not come out of this well. And Ladmirailt’s failure at Mars La Tour to capitalise on his successes is discussed. It really is a fascinating read. Highly recommend it.
Prince RhysParticipantThanks for sharing this – really enjoyed the video.
Prince RhysParticipantAbsolutely superb. That was a great read. Thank you for taking the time to write this. Your custom model of the Vengeance dive bomber is superb! As are your painted land vehicles. Very inspiring.
Prince RhysParticipantI like this discussion the exchange of ideas – the very best example of what Wargames forum should be.
Trebian – like your idea of beginning the battle after the bombardment a lot!
Chris – I very much look forward to seeing your ideas and scenario design to make it EVEN more interesting.
Prince RhysParticipantMore awesome work Jim – I’m in awe. Is the island free standing (not glued down)?
Prince RhysParticipantIf the Chilean artillery is murderous, then I suggest that you need to tweak the scenario. Tacna is a real infantry battle. The accounts I have both note that the artillery was ineffective on both sides, the shrapnel shells burying themselves in the sand, for example. It’s a triumph for the quality and commitment of the Chilean infantry man, who prevails despite the typical Baquedano boneheaded frontal attack plan.
I haven’t finished writing my follow up articles yet – don’t give away the ending!!! 😜
Prince RhysParticipantThanks for the info – I look forward to giving this a try. Yeah the Chilean artillery in particular was much better handled than the allied artillery.
Prince RhysParticipantPrince RhysParticipantGreat work. Very nice indeed – I really like them!
Prince RhysParticipantThanks to your posts here about what you are doing with the magazine I have bought a subscription and look forward to receiving this issue. Keep up the good work.
Prince RhysParticipantSpeed painted a protected well and a small church today in between commission painting of course. These are superb models – perfectly cast in resin from Battlesscale – highly recommended. Again, 10mm.
Prince RhysParticipantI wish these were available in 10mm!
Prince RhysParticipantThanks very much Chris. I’m a big fan of BBB and everything you have achieved with these rules.
That’s very kind of you to say so, thank you. Just had a look at your FB page – more nice work. Do you ever paint 6mm armies? I’m not in the market right now – recently ordered a new army and that is probably it for a while – but 6mm painting services are quite hard to find, so it would be good to know if that’s something you do. Chris Bloody Big BATTLES! BBBBlog
Definitely up for painting 6mm. I used to have FPW armies from Baccus in 6mm – I sold them a while ago but I always received kind comments about the level of painting and I’ve been into the smaller scales since I started wargaming as a kid – my first proper Wargames purchase were Heroics & Ros napoleonics.
Prince RhysParticipantThey’re nice. Pink is a good choice, as is a red leather type of colour or yellow. That’s a good range of buildings. If I didn’t have my 15mm models I might look at those, as often going one size down works well for scenery in large scale battles.
Thanks Trebian, appreciate the info – I will at some point get another set of these buildings from Timecast and paint them yellow I think.
Yes I agree, going down a size for buildings does often work well – and I did consider dropping to 6mm buildings – but these ones from Timecast looked so good I couldn’t resist.Prince RhysParticipantI can highly recommend Bloody Big Battles by Chris Pringle for this conflict if you want to fight the main historical battles.
The FPW is a favourite period of mine and I look forward to your updates.
Prince RhysParticipantThanks very much Chris. I’m a big fan of BBB and everything you have achieved with these rules.
Prince RhysParticipantI found these:
31/08/2020 at 19:59 in reply to: Perry Afghan Tribesmen Test Paints- Second Anglo Afghan War #143254Prince RhysParticipantThey look absolutely superb. I always enjoy seeing your beautiful painted work.
Prince RhysParticipantI had no idea ensorcellment is a word! But it is! Superb!
Prince RhysParticipantAwesome stuff – they all look superb – especially the vehicles. Amazed by the quality of paper models and soldiers these days.
Prince RhysParticipantPainted the Timecast building g up on Sunday afternoon/evening – fast painted. Along with Battlescale vines for a vineyard as there were some in the are of operations. I present the pink hacienda.
Prince RhysParticipantI really like your ideas, and I had no idea about the French Indochina river war. I’ve only really read about the lead up to, and what happened at, Dien Bien Phu.
31/08/2020 at 11:54 in reply to: Battle of Palikao 1860 – 2nd “Opium” War & the Taiping Rebellion #143207Prince RhysParticipantI added it under the Boxer Rebellion request thread – I asked specifically for Taiping Chinese as these were included in the discussion as well as the EVA.
Prince RhysParticipantThat’s fantastic, well done to all those involved. Lovely to see a project like this succeed. Things like this really need to be preserved to help tell the story.
31/08/2020 at 11:16 in reply to: Battle of Palikao 1860 – 2nd “Opium” War & the Taiping Rebellion #143203Prince RhysParticipantI just added my vote to the Taiping request topic on the Pendraken forum 😊.
Prince RhysParticipantJust had a look on your blog. They do indeed look like superb models – I’m impressed how clean and detailed they look. Please share more photos when you have painted them.
31/08/2020 at 00:00 in reply to: Battle of Palikao 1860 – 2nd “Opium” War & the Taiping Rebellion #143168Prince RhysParticipantJust had a chance to read up on the battle reports using your Taiping rules. Fascinating stuff. I don’t know much about the Taiping era but I certainly now want to! I’m also very interested in doing the Indian Mutiny in 10mm so I will be picking up these rules and the Indian Mutiny supplement. Thanks very much for sharing.
Prince RhysParticipantAwesome work. Love the bat glider! Sorely tempted by these thanks to your posts.
Your video of the flak tower is superb as well. Something unusual. Fascinating.
Prince RhysParticipantAmazing – you are font of knowledge on this subject! Thankyou for sharing it. I now really want to be able to represent these troops. The wargaming potential is awesome. I’m definitely inspired.
Prince RhysParticipantHa ha yeah I’m looking forward to having President Daza “Bighat” Hilarious on the table!
I’ll put up a read through review tomorrow – it will be a while before I can do a proper AAR/review. Probably the new year when I’ve got several units for each side painted based in between commission work.Prince RhysParticipantExcellent work – they look just the ticket! And like you say – can be used for a variety of conflicts! They could also be used for the War of the Triple Alliance in South America.
Prince RhysParticipantThanks for the reading list – I will definitely hunt those down and have a read as I’m very keen to learn more. I’m starting to realise that it’s a shame that the Mediterranean and European theatres get so much attention and this theatre doesn’t when it really should as from a wargaming perspective it offers very unique and fascinating game. And their efforts should be remembered I watched with fascination and admiration of the BBC service for VJ Day. What struck me is the diversity of the allies that fought in this theatre undergoing even more hardships than in other theatres.
I was amazed to learn that West Africans were also part of the allied force – I had no idea!I am really looking forward to your next update.
Prince RhysParticipantGood combination of D&G and IGABC. Dave M and I corresponded about converting the land strength points in his campaign game to IGABC battalions. Those Bolivian cuirassiers appear at the back of the table in a lot of my games, before turning round and running away. I love the look of that cloth…very tempted. You are right about the expense of model railway stuff. I don’t know why railway modellers put up with it.
Yeah I really like the fact that you can link a naval and land campaign across the two rules.
I will definitely be fielding the cuirassier as well – like you say at the back watching the action and then probably running away!
Did you ever Wargame Daza linking up with the Peruvians instead of just turning around and going home?
The cloth is superb and I can highly recommend it. As are the buildings – I can’t get over how good the buildings are.
The expense of even N gauge is ridiculous! I will get some for the right price eventually!
Prince RhysParticipantAwesome, thanks for this. I’ve just finished listening to the audio book of James Holland’s Burma 44 and the battle of the Admin Box where the British/Indian/Burmese allies defeated the massive Japanese offensive to try and penetrate India. Very inspiring stuff. I’m really interested in gaming this front of WW2 so the information and beautiful painting of your miniatures will be a massive help for getting started. Thankyou.
Prince RhysParticipantIt’s a great period, with lots of colour and interest. Those Tumbling Dice models are super. We have used them several times: Pacific Ironclads. Still searching for the ideal rules, but Dave Manley’s rules from Wargame Vault are a good start. I’ve mainly concentrated on the land campaign. The uniforms are colourful, especially if you have the Bolivians. We did a lot of games at the back end of last year: 1879 Games as we were working on our set of rules called “It’s Getting a Bit Chile”, which, I think, are the only set of rules written specifically for the actual campaign, rather than using generic 19th century rules. There’s somew more info about them, plus links on where you can get them here: Wargaming For Grown Up Rules. Love the look of those 10mm buildings. If I wasn’t already committed to 15mm I’d be tempted by the Pendraken figures as they are very nice (BTW Blotz do a 15mm wind pump for your Officianas. Might be a bit big, but it’s only £3). Best of luck. Looking forwards to seeing some AARs.
I already have your rules ready to go – these will be my primary rules for wargaming this conflict.
I have painted Pendraken figures for their website and photos should go up soon of my painting of their range which is exciting. And I have a large order on its way to me (I reinvested my commission payment in Pendraken). So I can highly recommend these figures. It’s a shame the Matchlock 28mm range hasn’t been expanded beyond a few figure codes only.
my favourite unit from this period is a Bolivian Unit – the guard cuirassier. They are ridiculous and wonderful all at the same time!Prince RhysParticipantWill you be making railcar-mounted artillery for the battle of Chorrillos?
I found my small album of photos from when we last fought Chorrillos & Miraflores, and an AAR here. Chris Bloody Big BATTLES!I also have the BBB rules and will give them a go as well with my miniatures for land battles 😊. Thanks for the AAR’s – they will be my Saturday afternoon reading 😊. I’ll definitely be making coastal defence batteries in 10mm! I’m trying to buy cheap N gauge track on eBay but i keep losing out at the last moment – even B gauge seems to be expensive! Might mount a Gatling Or two on a flatbed 😜.
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