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Unclecthulu
Приєднався 7 жов 2006
I am a wargamer, making videos about different parts of the hobby as inspiration strikes.
Hail Caesar: The wars of the roses, look at the book.
Hail Caesar: The wars of the roses, look at the book.
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28mm French Indian War, a look at different manufacturers.
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28mm French Indian War, a look at different manufacturers.
Bolt Action Winter Americans, a look at the new sprues.
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Bolt Action Winter Americans, a look at the new sprues.
ACW 28mm Project update, Union complete
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ACW 28mm Project update, Union complete
Painting 28mm ACW Confederates for Sharp Practice.
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I talk about putting a sharp practice force together and show a simple painting guide for Union Troops.
28mm French Indian war, start of project.
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I talk about my first steps into a new project.
Painting 28mm ACW Union for Sharp Practice
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I talk about putting a sharp practice force together and show a simple painting guide for Union Troops.
Epic Battles ACW, Gettysburg Mega Game
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We've played a lot of Epic Battles ACW this year and we have brought it to a conclusion with a mega game based on Gettysburg. Of course I should say thankyou to Clyde View Painting for organising the game.
Bolt Action V3 Early Lessons and my Chindit force.
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I talk about my Chindit army and plans for its development. I should have mentioned earlier I am just using these models as regulars for now, not Chindit rules.
Warlord Games Hail Caesar Once and Future King review.
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A look at the new warlord games supplement for Hail Caesar
Epic Battles Pike and Shotte update.
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I chat about some of the games I have had with Pike and Shotte of late.
7 days to the River Rhine, First impressions and games.
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I talk about my new favourite game!
Bolt Action V3. First impressions and plans.
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So I have had a couple of games of V3 and share my views.
15mm Cold War gone hot, Africa, Peter Pig AK47 range.
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After Cold War gone hot in Europe, I plan to upgrade and do more with my modern Africa. I showed this project off previously. ua-cam.com/video/Hq6VmX31W44/v-deo.html
15mm Team Yankee, Cold War gone hot. A look at the models.
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I look at some of the models I already have painted, some comparisons with ww2.
15mm Cold War gone hot, team yankee, what rules to use?
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15mm Cold War gone hot, team yankee, what rules to use?
15mm Team Yankee, Cold war gone hot. First contact with a new project.
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15mm Team Yankee, Cold war gone hot. First contact with a new project.
10mm Wargames Atlantic Samurai, update 2, the army is coming together.
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10mm Wargames Atlantic Samurai, update 2, the army is coming together.
Wargaming history, a question for you, How soon is now?
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Wargaming history, a question for you, How soon is now?
Wargames Atlantic Grand Battle Scale, Samurai update- The Samurai themselves.
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Wargames Atlantic Grand Battle Scale, Samurai update- The Samurai themselves.
Grand Battles Samurai and Ashigaru, first painting and first impressions.
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Grand Battles Samurai and Ashigaru, first painting and first impressions.
Back to Nam, 15mm Flames of War. Introduction to the rules I am writing.
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Back to Nam, 15mm Flames of War. Introduction to the rules I am writing.
Grand Battle Scale. 10mm Samurai has arrived!
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Grand Battle Scale. 10mm Samurai has arrived!
How do people discover historical wargames clubs? An unscripted discussion
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How do people discover historical wargames clubs? An unscripted discussion
My first experience of Historical Wargames Magazines, and what has changed over the years
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My first experience of Historical Wargames Magazines, and what has changed over the years
Joy of Six wargames Show Sheffield, 6mm wargames July 2024
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Joy of Six wargames Show Sheffield, 6mm wargames July 2024
Claymore Edinburgh, Wargames Show 2024
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Claymore Edinburgh, Wargames Show 2024
What is happening this July, a round up of hobby projects.
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What is happening this July, a round up of hobby projects.
Thanks for the review! It's cool to hear stuff like the personal connection with Carlisle - I know someone else who grew up in Oxton (Ugston in the book) who wants to do that one because of their connection to it. Hope your cold cleared up, and happy gaming with your own GoT house in the mix!
Get that white flag ready for the southern side. Its a national symbol for them.
wow nicely painted they all look great, !!
Splendid stuff 👌
Nice work, what were you using instead of Agrax i couldn't make out what you said?
@@TheEccentricMan Tzargor Rageshade
They look GREAT! Have fun & be well!
Nice looking troops
Probably my favourite period, love the FIW. Sharp Practice would be a good place to start, large skirmish. Personally don’t like Warlord’s game systems but their supplements are great, Dark & Bloody Ground is excellent. For larger battles Land of The Free is my favourite and it also covers the AWI, 1812 and the Northwest Indian War. As for figures, Northstar ones are lovely, got a few now and looking to get some of their Canadian Militia. Galloping Major figures are excellent but their prices have skyrocketed and put me off buying any more. My other favourites are AW Miniatures. GM and AW are a bit bigger and chunkier but I use them with Northstar. Redoubt also do some nice ones, a fantastic set of fleeing/defending settlers and some excellent scalping figure and hostage sets which would be great for shock or casualty marking.
Great video! I like the closeup when pointing out where the colour is going. Terrific facial detail on the minis. Is that a new release? It looks as though it was made for Sharp Practice with the Zouaves and Regular US infantry and Skirmishers. I’ll have to get them as I sold my only painted CSA unit that I had Hinchliffe 25mm that was in 1974.
Thanks for the comments. The box set has been around for ages and is great value at less than £100
Great work👏🏻👏🏻
Nice job!
Very nice looking figures! Looking forward to the finished Rebels! Have fun with it, and be well!
Cheers, I've had more time than expected post this video and so they are further on than expected. So soon, by end of year I should be showing both sides off.
Northstar figures are great - the bulb on the end is just flash/mould, I had the same initial response when I first got them as well. Galloping major figures also mix in well with them for being nice stocky sculpts, Crusader Miniatures seven years war too if you need more 'regular' units, whereas Warlord Games metals for the same period are a bit slimmer and a little shorter. In separate units on the table not really noticeable at arms length, but close to or mixed in together as a unit they can be a bit stand out. Also get Muskets & Tomahawks II. Doooo iiiiiiit. Both French & Indian War and Napoleonic War rules for it are cracking good fun.
Thanks for the comments. I came round to understanding the flash when I saw none of the figures on the website had it.... M+T interests me as it also has retreat from Moscow and I do have a perry force for that (not painted)
Lovely project, period.... And figures!
I wargame 1950s-1980s Cold War regularly, but that has the advantage of it being a what-if. I would do Arab-Israeli games of the same era. And do WW2 extensively. I wouldn't do Gulf War 2 or current games in the Levant, nor Northern Ireland. I would do 1990s Balkans War, but that has a lot of opportunity for what-if with so many armies involved. The Ukraine War - hmmm, I might do as a theoretical game with NATO intervention, or Chinese intervention, to feel out alternative events, but refighting current battles, no, but then I don't have the models for it anyway, nor rules for drones! Paradoxically, I tend not to play ancients games, but thats because I don't find any rules that I like, and so much of it is made up because of lack of reliable records.
Thanks for your thoughts. It's really interesting to think about our lines, and where they fall and hear about other people's.
Thanks for the review. Am currently converting all my wargaming to 10mm from a mix of 6mm, 15mm and 20mm. So I only need to stock one lot of scenery, and can use N guage model rail scenery. I even have a huge Japanese castle card building to construct, from a German company called Shreiber Bogen, search out their 1/160 stuff. They do great town houses that are suitable for WW2 and Napoleonic in Germany. I Had acquired some metal 10mm samurai from Pendraken and Castle Arts, then these came out from Wargames Atlantic! Have you done a comparison with 10mm Pendraken figures?
great job thanks so much for doing these videos.
The British uniforms of the French and Indian War/Seven Years war are not suitable for the American Revolutionary War. The British army switched to the Warrant uniform in 1768 which is completely different than what you have there. Now the Colonial militia will work really well because the early Continental troops would have worn uniforms/homemade clothes from the French and Indian War. The Native Americans can be used freely throughout the entire Colonial North America period.
Thanks for the information, looking at them I see that now. My previous AWI was in 10mm and possibly easier to get away.
@@Unclecthulu Smaller scales are easier to get away with things but 28mm there will be plenty who will call you out on it. The militia can freely be used in both periods as can the Native Americans. Enjoy your project! I am considering the same type of project only in 15mm or 10mm.
One of my favourite periods, look forward to seeing what you do with these dude!
They are some nice figures mate
Great looking figures my friend look forward to seeing more
So you add the support to figure who wins the combat I get that, but when you roll for the break test for the loser is support included in the die adjustment. EG confederates lose combat 3 to 1 and union had 2 support so really lost 5 to 1. Is the break test roll minus 2 or minus 4?
The roll for morale uses a different set of modifiers. You don't count the combat result. You just count excess casualties and shaken/disordered as negative modifiers to your morale dice roll. If the unit breaks then every unit that supported must also test for breaking.
@@Unclecthuluunderstood, thank you.
Great work my friend sharp practice is great rule system dont need a great lot of figures to play look forward to seeing your finished army look good
The trouble is I always seem to find a reason for buying new figures😎 Or a new scale: I bought some of the Jason range of 30mm ECW figures by Les Higgins’s (now unavailable , sadly). Beautiful miniatures. Personally I have always wondered why the standard wasn’t 30mm and not 28mm. The presence on the table was really impressive.
Bravi! Beautiful table.
I had a 20mm Hinton Hunt army . A 25mm hinchliffe army.and a 15mm Brit and Prussian armies. Then the beginnings of a 28mm Brit army from Perry Bros. My ACW Pendraken are unpainted
@leonleese4919 I don't like to think about the projects I have squirreled away unpainted.
Quick and simple P&S rules try "Tilly's Very Bad Day". very playable and free on line.
Hello! I have no idea what VtM is, but I really like the cover and artstyle of this comicbook. Can I read it without feeling that I am missing something and simply enjoy the story?
I think so maybes
Nice overview. I have lots of the metal Warlord Arthur minis, Wargames Atlantic late Romans, and other such minis that I use for the Osprey Dux Bellorum rules. This might be helpful to add to that mix.
I had forgotten about Dux Bellorum, cheers.
Wednesday at Ibrox you say? You got a website or something?
On Facebook look for Glasgow ACVC wargames fellowship. We play everything apart from 40k. There is a 40k club that meets same location on a Friday evening.
Great run through, do you have the Shieldwall supplement as well and maybe could do a run through as that and how they do or don't compliment each other.
I only had shieldwall digitally.
@@Unclecthulu Ah yeah that'd be a bit tricksy for a flipthrough!
Great job with the figs and thanks for explaining your painting method. I have a box of each awaiting my attention. My experience with Wargames Atlantic, weapons break and shatter at any scale. I hoped at 10mm, these would be robust enough to snip and cut.
The spears are fragile. Someone mentioned putting them on blutac and cutting them
Masquerade 5th edition: An insult to everything that came before. Apocalypse 5th edition: Garbage Hunter 5th edition: Flaming Garbage They didn't even try making a Mage and Changeling 5th edition, they just moved on to create a brand new IP, which is just World of Darkness with a different hat.
@Nyrufa are you talking about the Onyx path? They are a different company developing there own horror world. I also disagree on the vampire stuff.
How are you mounting all the line infantry ? It appears to be in a single rank like we used to before fire n fury stared until the in two ranks. I think single ran helps to make the depth small 10mm Deep bases look good, but the muskets aren’t protected in a fall so a well decorated 15mm or even 20mm deep I’ve used thin card for 25mm figures 1 inch wide X 3/4 in deep. The figures were mounted with Araldite epoxy glue which stiffened the base. I don’t know what rules to use. Fire n fury are about to introduce regimental rules for AWI which sound promising and I know the rules.
Yep single ranks. Gives me flexibility for rules etc. I like Washingtons army by Peter pig as well as black powder.
@ Thanks I’ve not looked at Peter pig rules. As I can’t get to shows to see what’s being played you tube is the only viable alternative,and for the foreseeable future that’s unlikely to change. As there’s an offer on ACW and Waterloo epic series I have to play both sides of the table . I have General d’Armee’ and Picket’s Charge along with some older rules. Also Regimental Fire and Fury which is also being tested for AWI . However F and F tends to be for complete battles from what I’ve seen so far, so the ability to split off a section of a real battle to make a small table size possible or the use of 10mm to 13mm figures will possibly cut the base width down by a half, but a half inch to 3/8 inch width may be too fiddly unless I use double base sizes an count them as 2 bases. This will work with ACW Brits who in 1815 used the light companies to form a Brigade skirmish screen under the command of a Major . I know that by using a Competition size army with a suitable Army List so that you can get a Division on the table with cavalry support with some additional rules in the army list so that there is no improbable force you will get a good game in 2. 5 to 3 hours. However do you know of how to get a decent Epic black Powder setup . I’m being brave here because I’ve not yet opened my new airbrush yet , but prep and undercoat is a good part of the work and have some 4 X magnification reading glasses worked quite well last time I used them on some 6mm Baccus.
I'm loving your videos. However, I think your making a mistake on the overhead fire. The artillery has to be at a higher elevation as well as 6" away from enemy and the enemy 6" from the blocking unit.
You are correct. I mixed in our house rules. I am planning on redoing these videos now I have significantly more experience and better tech. We changed artillery so they had a bit more effect on the battlefield. We found they were pretty ineffective and soon lost out to being able to target anything as the battle progressed. Since the movement is pretty lax with interpenetration we justified this by the gunners taking shots between units and formations as they maneuvered. We also often play a battlefield unit represents a brigade in real life, so there would be gaps and opportunities.
Thank you
Thank you for sharing
Good overview. That's a nice upgrade over the original pamphlet rules.
Yes, it's a good book. With all the theatres etc.
Have you considered usig the For King & Parliament Montrose campaign supplement for your Scottish ECW?
Yes, I picked it up around Carronade after talking to guys running the game from Dumfries.
@@Unclecthulu Look forward to the coverage of that :) It was your overview of EPIC ACW and the range of rules and general points you'd make in a bite sized accessible format that got me warching so glad you've returned to that this year.
Excellent. These models are beautiful. I've been sorely tempted to get some Thirty Years War going.
Honestly my Favourite epic range todate.
Great scale and your brilliant miniatures.
Thanks for the video. Nice work and it is good to know that Victrix matches in well with Warlord.
thanks for sharing
A very nice set of rules. I don’t know whether they did a 2nd edition, but on the company website, there is errata to update the vehicle stat sheets.
No second edition as of yet. I will check out that errata.
I am new to Black Powder. For artillery Shooting Overhead the rule book says the gun or the target must be on higher ground. In the video they are both on flat ground. Is this a difference between 1st Edition and Second Edition?
@JoeYoung-w6r Artillery is not great in Black Powder especially with lots of epic units blocking lines of site, so we do allow artillery to fire overhead In our games, and we have increased the range.
Great stuff! I'm looking to start my foray into Napoleonics starting with some polish regiments and this certainly is inspirering!
What would you say your favorite miniature game is?
@tommythetemplar a good question, I like warmaster and battlefleet gothic the most. Over the years I think it's about the play group and what we are doing that makes a rule set or group of games memorable.
Those T-72 in Iraq weren't Soviet Tanks, just produced in the Soviet Union! If those Abrams had to face fully equipped T-72B and T-80B or even T-90's things would probably have been more than a bit different. Especcially that the Iraqi Tanks had no Thermal Sights or Barrel Launched ATGM's, not even stabilizers for that matter.
Fair comment, but listening to the cold war interviews podcast, the crews of Eat German T72s didn't sound too promising either
@@Unclecthulu They were also Export Versions. I think they did not even have ERA!
The cobras can still be used for Team Yankee but they have a different canopy to the Vietnam era ones.
@andyalton1649 wicked, I had noticed them.pop up in a few different army lists. I'm not that precious about exact version of the cobra either, so that works.
Really cool project and figures.
They look really good bud thanks for sharing