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Evan Cook
1st October in military history:
331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. 1795 – Belgium is conquered by France. 1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring. 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia. 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire. 1918 – World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus. 1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland. 1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, German forces enter the city. 1943 – World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers. 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time. 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization. 1985 – The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters in Tunis. 1991 – The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
Andrew Davis
It is 2,347 years since the Battle of Gaugamela (also called the Battle of Arbela), which was the decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Alexander's army of the Hellenic League met the Persian army of Darius III near Gaugamela, close to the modern city of Dohuk (Iraqi Kurdistan). Even though heavily outnumbered, Alexander emerged victorious due to his army's superior tactics and his deft employment of light infantry. It was a decisive victory for the Hellenic League and led to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.
Having beaten the Persians at Issus in 333 BC, Alexander the Great moved to secure his hold on Syria, the Mediterranean coast, and Egypt. Having completed these efforts, he again looked east with the goal of toppling Darius III's Persian Empire. Marching into Syria, Alexander crossed the Euphrates and Tigris without opposition in 331. Desperate to halt the Macedonian advance, Darius scoured his empire for resources and men. Gathering them near Arbela, he chose a wide plain for the battlefield as he felt that it would facilitate the use of his chariots and elephants, as well as would allow his greater numbers to bear.
Advancing to within four miles of the Persian position, Alexander made camp and met with his commanders. In the course of the talks, Parmenion suggested that the army launch a night attack on the Persians as Darius' host outnumbered them. This was dismissed by Alexander as the plan of an ordinary general and he instead outlined an attack for the next day. His decision proved correct as Darius had anticipated a nighttime assault and kept his men awake through the night in anticipation. Moving out the next morning, Alexander arrived on the field and deployed his infantry in to two phalanxes, one in front of the other.
Evan Mitchell
On the right of the front phalanx was Alexander's Companion cavalry along with additional light infantry. To the left, Parmenion led additional cavalry and light infantry. Supporting this front line were cavalry and light infantry units which were echeloned back at 45 degree angles. In the coming fight, Parmenion was to lead the left in a holding action while Alexander led the right in striking a battle-winning blow. Across the field, Darius deployed the bulk of his infantry in a long line, with his cavalry to the front.
In the center, he surrounded himself with his best cavalry along with the famed Immortals. Having chosen the ground to facilitate the use of his scythed chariots, he ordered these units placed at the front of the army. Command of the left flank was given to Bessus, while the right was assigned to Mazaeus. Due to the size of the Persian army, Alexander anticipated that Darius would be able to flank his men as they advanced. To counter this, orders were issued that the second Macedonian line should counter any flanking units as the situation dictated.
With his men in place, Alexander ordered an advance on the Persian line with his men moving obliquely to the right as they marched forward. As the Macedonians neared the enemy, he began extending his right with the goal of drawing the Persian cavalry in that direction and creating a gap between them and Darius' center. With the enemy bearing down, Darius attacked with his chariots. These raced forward but were defeated by Macedonian javelins, archers, and new infantry tactics designed to lessen their impact. The Persian elephants also had little effect as the massive animals moved to avoid the enemy spears.
As the lead phalanx engaged the Persian infantry, Alexander focused his attention on the far right. Here he began pulling men from his rearguard to continue the fight on the flank, while he disengaged his Companions and gathered other units to strike Darius' position.
Joshua Campbell
Advancing with his men forming a wedge, Alexander angled left toward the flank of Darius' center. Supported by peltasts (light infantry with slings and bows) which kept the Persian cavalry at bay, Alexander's cavalry rode down on the Persian line as a gap opened between Darius and Bessus' men.
Striking through the gap, the Macedonians shattered Darius' royal guard and adjacent formations. With the troops in the immediate area retreating, Darius fled the field and was followed by the bulk of his army. Cut off on the Persian left, Bessus began withdrawing with his men. With Darius fleeing before him, Alexander was prevented from pursuing due to desperate messages for aid from Parmenion. Under heavy pressure from Mazaeus, Parmenion's right had become separated from the rest of the Macedonian army. Exploiting this gap, Persian cavalry units passed through the Macedonian line.
Fortunately for Parmenion, these forces elected to continue on to loot the Macedonian camp rather than attack his rear. While Alexander circled back to aid the Macedonian left, Parmenion turned the tide and succeeded in driving back Mazaeus' men who fled the field. He also was able to direct troops to clear the Persian cavalry from the rear.
As with most battles from this period, casualties for Gaugamela are not known with any certainty though sources indicate that Macedonian losses may have been around 4,000 while Persian losses may have been as high as 47,000. In the wake of the fighting, Alexander pursued Darius while Parmenion rounded up the riches of the Persian baggage train. Darius succeeded in escaping to Ecbatana and Alexander turned south capturing Babylon, Susa, and the Persian capital of Persepolis. Within a year, the Persians turned on Darius and conspirators led by Bessus killed him. With Darius' death, Alexander considered himself the rightful ruler of the Persian Empire and began campaigning to eliminate the threat posed by Bessus.
Josiah Phillips
Before the battle the Persian war elephants made such an impression on the Macedonian troops that Alexander felt the need to sacrifice to the God of Fear - but according to some sources the elephants ultimately failed to deploy in the final battle owing to their long march the day before. Alexander was deeply impressed by the enemy elephants and took these first fifteen into his own army, adding to their number during his capture of the rest of Persia.
Gaugamela is one of the greatest battles of antiquity, and an essential "must-play" for the ancient wargamer. The Persians have the numbers and a staggering variety of troops, while the Alexandrine forces have their mobility and their commander's genius. There's no terrain to complicate things; it's a battle of manoeurve where generalship and troop quality decides the day.
I still don't know if this or the P-51 is the more horrendously overrated fighter.
Dominic Brown
The ME-262.
Aiden Evans
eh, I wouldn't call the Schwalbe overrated. More like a design that never really got a chance to shine.
I just hear so much P-51 WUN DA WAR shit.
Zachary Johnson
I mean as far as maintenance and reliability it was freaking atrocious.
But I can't write down how many people I hear say GERMANS HAD BEST FIRST JET, IF HAD IN 1941 THEY WOULD WIN WAR! HOW COME ALLIES DON'T JET?!
Because Meteors and P-80s don't real apparently.
By the standards of its contemporaries it was mediocre, but is much more popular because Germany was desperate enough to press them into service.
At least the P-51 was comparable to its contemporaries and fairly competent. Not the best plane, but you'd be hard pressed to argue that it had glaring flaws like the ME-262.
Sebastian Morris
>but you'd be hard pressed to argue that it had glaring flaws like the ME-262.
High wing loading, notoriously prone to deep stalls, filling the tanks all the way completely screwed the center of gravity, armament in the wings instead of in the centerline, no cannons, generally tricky to fly well...
The P-51 was not a particularly good plane overall. It owes its kill record largely to the actions of heavily tried pilots engaging badly trained opponents while also outnumbering them. Most of its opponents could easily outmaneuver and outhandle it, and usually had superior firepower to boot. But the best plane in the world can't make up for shit pilots or being outnumbered 10 to 1.
Luke Clark
*heavily TRAINED pilots, that is.
William Torres
How is your non-combatant project coming along, for those of you working on it?
Dominic Howard
Happy birthday Veeky Forums. You're finally a teenager.
Noah Jenkins
Not at all. The civilians were too expensive to buy so I just said fuck it.
Dylan Wilson
Yeah people tend to forget that air combat is mostly dependent on the pilots themselves. You can have the best aircraft in the world, but if you dont know how to fly or how to use E against your opponent, you will be shot down by an average pilot in a below average aircraft.
Luis Morgan
Got the minis but haven't had a chance to do anything with them. I've got to travel for work next week so no progress for the near future either.
Benjamin Cook
When's it due?
Jaxson Gonzalez
Not meaning to restart the shitflinging from last thread but I'm considering to start up a Bolt Action army. I want a big, fat and good tank I can base my army around. Which army has the best big tank?
Ryder Lee
>I want a big, fat and good tank I can base my army around.
big fat tanks in Bolt Action are not good. They are expensive in points and usually can't do all that much.
If you need to have a heavy tank as center of your army, simply pick the one you like the most they all perform nearly similar.
My choice would be a KV-2, just because it looks great.
In the end a T-34/76 or 85 or Pz III or IV are better choices.
Eli Ramirez
I should find my pilgrims and make some camp followers for my Napoleonic French army...sadly I was a lazy fuck and didn't do the previous group project.
Noah Reyes
Seconding my request for WW1 German rifle and sturm platoon organization, couldn't find anything since then.
Brody Baker
IS-2 Tank. Since you don't seem to care about historical accuracy go with the IS-2 since it's the best tank in BA.
Logan Powell
Doesn't seem to have been very popular compared to previous months.
Brody Lewis
Why not play a game that focuses on combined arms with more than 1 tank instead of infantry? Battlegroup, Flames of War, Ostfront...
There's some really great games out there that let you use whatever tank/s you want and still be balanced.
Logan Murphy
I don't participate because i don't have a fitting miniature at hand and can't justify buying one this month either
Christopher Rodriguez
Which is why it's bloody important to get your good pilots out of combat and teaching the newbies.
Aaron Ramirez
I made a sheepherd with some sheep on a little base, pretty happy about it.
Caleb Johnson
Fucking garbage m8.
I can't paint skin for shit. I need to invest in new paints and brushes.
Really though, life has just been a ball ache this month.
Isaac Jones
How did you go about painting that skin? It looks like you have just tried to paint fleshtone straight over black?
Jayden Russell
Yeah, before I've tried to work up from brown with equally poor results, so this time I thought I'd just slap some down and ink it later, but the paint either has poor coverage or is too dry.
Jaxson Gray
This is how I do skin
>Brown over black basecoat (mournfang brown) >dark skintone (cadian flesh) >brown wash ( agrax earthshade) >dark skintone again but don't paint the recesses and heavily shaded parts >lighter skintone (kislev flesh) highlight cheeks, nose, chin, rims of the ears >even lighter skintone (kislev flesh mixed with valejo light flesh) highlight even smaller parts of the previously highlighted buts
And done! I need to paint some more meditareanen types in the comming months, anybody know how to paint that skintype?
Carson Green
post results please? sounds good.
Kayden Perez
>build miniatures >plan how to paint them >realize i need paint x and paint y >order them >stuff arrives
>5 days later >no mini painted
W-Why ;_;
Nicholas Foster
Churs bro, I'll buy the paints soon.
I need to paint the Indians again soon. Any suggestions?
Jonathan Murphy
If it's suggestions for Indian skin you want I can tell you how I do mine: >Dark brown over black undercoat (Rhinox Hide) >1:1 mix of Mid brown with dark brown (Skrag Brown into Rhinox Hide >Pure Mid Brown >mid brown mixed with medium skintone (Skrag brown with cadian fleshtone) The ratio is a not strict here. >if you had a primarily brown mix in the last step, mix some more mid flesh tone in, to about 75% fleshtone, and highlight with this, this is a "darker" indian, if you had a primarily fleshtone mix in the last step highlight with pure fleshtone for a "lighter" indian, this gives some variation to the army.
I painted the same Perry civilians as you and posted in the last thread (or maybe two threads ago) and they start with a very thin coat of screamer pink (the same colour I use as the base for the purple clothes in pic related) followed by the mid brown mixed with this pink. You couldn't see it in the pictures but this means the depths of the facial features etc have a purply hue rather than dark brown, which I quite like. obviously hightlighting comes all the way up to light fleshtones (kislev flesh/elf flesh or whatever).
you tell us?
Caleb Jackson
> V&V release new Saxons > They're very pretty > Check scale > 40mm
y tho
Owen Price
anyone have he congo rules? Not after a scan but do need to know what the unit choices/limits are for white men as i'm ordering the book at the same time as the minis.
Nathaniel Hughes
Hello, captains! I am very interesting in some book about british armed merchant (or auxilliary cruiser, whatever) in WW2. May you help me, plz?
Anthony Parker
for some kind of fun viking skirmish game?
Hunter Roberts
Also any lad want to wade in with basing recommendations?
At the moment I use warlord lipped bases and cover over the metal base with greenstuff but i'm finding this is too time-intensive, i'm thinking texture paint or something but have no clue, i'm UK based.
Justin Campbell
Polyfilla
David Wright
I use Penny's with PVA & a bird grit mix.
Camden Smith
> Pendraken recently released a 10mm 19th century marching band
AHA TIME FOR TINY TOOTS
Nicholas Peterson
They're clearly, uh, 28mm ogres. Small giants. Whatever.
Buy them.
Aiden Taylor
Pictures make it look a lot shittier than it looks when you are holding it.
Jacob Harris
If you want to make it look like the real mini, shrink it down in your browser to 30-25%
Isaiah Perry
Plus white background plus decent lighting.
Blake Baker
Yeah I know, I am the dutch guy duming Naval and English Waterloo army here but I don't have the time today to do it properly
Brother is getting married tomorrow
have some 6mm building as compensation.
Daniel James
>Posting images of models you are holding Stopping this is stage one on the road to good photos.
Easton Baker
They'd be perfect for some kind of Viking dueling game or maybe a variant of Pig Wars
It seems like the only books I can find are all on Axis auxiliary cruisers.
Juan Rodriguez
If only you'd read my the post right above yours, that guy wanted to see how it looked, the sooner the better I geuss, so I took some quick photos because I don't have the time to set things up properly today
Shit, forgot my image here.
Isaiah Edwards
I'd advise changing the colour of the water. Little puddles like that are usually not blue.
Connor Hernandez
Och laddie tas a'wee Scottish poond
Angel Lewis
depends on the color of the sky. water is never actually blue
Carter Kelly
Wee Scottish ponds are usually almost clear anyway
Noah Baker
I think I read somewhere that if you got a very big white tub and put water in it it would be very slightly blue.
Jordan Ross
>Raleigh scattering: how does it work?
Cameron Gray
But that's more or less how all objects get their colour, by absorbing/scattering certain frequencies of light.
If Rayleigh Scattering means water isn't blue then it also means that the sky isn't blue.
Mason Thompson
Strelets will release some big boxes soon for dark age in 1:72. If anyone wants to get into SAGA cheaply, 20GBP will give you more than 6 points - maybe you'll need some extra archers, that can be supplied from either the Norman Archers set, or some metal manufacturers.
In the very most basic sense, yes, but some material only get color from how they reflect/refect light, others have color based on crystal/molecular structure, type of bonding etc. Red feather will fade over time because color is due to their pigment whereas blue will not because color is due to physics
Ayden Walker
>Finish SU-85 I've been working on for 5 days >Final matt varnish coat cracks up when drying WHY WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME
Nicholas Stewart
Because you won't stop touching yourself.
Aiden King
Is that the victrix elephant?
It's purty
Jose Wilson
Get a hygrometer. A cheap one from China is like $3. Don't attempt varnish if the humidity in your workspace is very high or low.
You *might* be able to salvage it by spraying with a gloss finish then reapplying the matte though it won't be presentation quality it should look somewhat better. Worth trying at least if the alternative is stripping.
Ayden Kelly
Never had an issue with it in the past, as I'm using airbrush applied polyurethane varnish. I've tested that stuff in the height of summer and in winter, and never had it happen before. I think that it must've been a residual coat of something I used previously reacting with it, if I'm honest. I've just finished up with the final wear (I apply pencil graphite for worn metal after varnish so it retains the shine) and the varnish coat is only really noticeable if you look for it. Maybe one day I'll try fixing it, but today is not that day.
James Green
Or just brush the varnish on. It might be annoying, but if the weather won't allow spraying its better than doing nothing.
>You *might* be able to salvage it by spraying with a gloss finish then reapplying the matte
Either this, or applying a small amount of white spirit on the affected area and rubbing a little bit with a q-tip. (not to much so only the varnish is affected). Then re-apply matte.
Brandon Scott
Crappy photo related; I'll try to get a better one tomorrow morning when the light is nicer.
Jaxon Ramirez
Holy shit my phone's camera actually sucks. You can't really see it in that image at all, but it's mostly around the external fuel tanks and the gun mounting bolts.
Isaac Rivera
>airbrush applied polyurethane varnish
I hope you're wearing an organic vapor respirator!
Adam Bell
organic as it gets. I open the window and hold my breath
Matthew Ward
Please leave your toy soldiers and grogbooks to me in your will.
Jeremiah White
>dude plays bolt action >american army >all his models for regular and veteran infantry are white >all his models for inexperienced infantry are black
Elijah Brooks
What wargames are best for modeling the Spanish Tercio?
Jason Flores
Early or Late?
Am sure there's a suitably specialist game I don't know of that covers Tercio based fights exclusively.Probably in something like 2/3/6mm so you can get the massive units and still have room to use them as a single entity.
David Robinson
Early-ish. Early-mid 16th century.
Anthony Cruz
looks fine man. Soviet tanks can look crusty and shitty, its not an issue.
Jack Howard
Yeah I'll be honest that's probably a better paint job than most real Soviet tanks had out of the factory.
Easton Torres
LAV-75
William Fisher
UAZ
Wyatt Jackson
There's a real dearth of good strategic-level miniature wargames for the 16th century, which always bothered me as a fan of Elizabethan England and the Eighty Years' War. But most pike and shot systems will cover Spanish practices of the era, in their own abstracted ways. I know it didn't work well in DBR, historical formations actually tended to be sub-optimal in that because of its clunky rules.
I was once told to check out something called Warfare in the Age of Discovery but I've never been able to find a copy, pdf or otherwise.
Elijah Anderson
just got powercucked in bolt action by an all cavalry warlord chinese army lads
Ian Miller
What's your opinion on Foundry's Rules with no Name, the paid version? Is it worth it, compared to free one?
Michael Butler
who were you playing as
Grayson Rivera
Edition 1 or 2?
Andrew Cooper
how.... is that even a thing? cavalry should get wrecked by LMGs, and any decent WW2 equipment/vehicles when did the Chinese even use cavalry in WW2? from what I've read they mostly used infantry and small caliber AT guns.
Cooper Mitchell
Is there even a list for that? I don't see them in my France and the Allies book.
Landon Cook
>when did the Chinese even use cavalry in WW2?
Cavalry provided a major element in the Chinese armies of 1937-1945. Both the KMT Army and the CPC Army used cavalry for patrolling, reconnaissance and direct conflict as mounted infantry with the Japanese forces. Mongolian ponies provided the bulk of horse-stock in Chinese armies with larger Ningxia ponies sometimes used. As late as the 1940s the Chinese People's Liberation Army included approximately 100,000 mounted soldiers, grouped in 14 cavalry divisions and considered as an elite.
Asher Howard
Powergaming is what plagues historical wargames of the mainstream.
Noah Young
no idea, I steel well clear of BA
Eli Bell
I assume it's from the Chinese army builder in the recent Empires in Flames sourcebook.
Julian Ortiz
Surely they would have still been wrecked by any decent force with MGs and Light tanks though right? I mean the Japanese did conquer large portions of China using mostly that.
Isaac Bailey
the new Warlord US Airborne plastic set is awesome. I was able to kitbash me a Ranger LMG and USMC MMG Team with the Airborne sprues.
Anthony Cooper
They look nice, but >moldlines
Nathan Butler
cavalary in Version 1 was pretty broken. especially the Poles with Lances.
Xavier Garcia
>>moldlines yeah I know. I didn't really notice until I took the photo... but well you don't notice them when on the table mixed in with other stuff.
Samuel Hernandez
Its interesting because from the Polish people I've talked to the cavalry almost always dismounted to fight, and the one time they were accidentally in the same place as some panzers and mounted, they had more of a disorientating effect on the tanks, who withdrew, instead of actually inflicting damage or having a real combat-style victory. The germans were probably thinking "why are there cavalry around us!? we must be in the wrong place, move to the next field over"
Being broken is pretty much what I expect from ex GW designers who didn't really know what they were doing with regards to WW2. Cavalry might have been super effective in the early middle ages, but since WW1 and the advent of the machine gun, it has been much less effective.
pic is the kind of "cavalry" I would take in a WW2 polish force ;)
