tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post4010064208278872468..comments2024-03-11T05:46:35.380-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Stollen : Article Ruminations. . .WSTKS-FM Worldwidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-67565084399064105072009-09-05T15:34:21.905-05:002009-09-05T15:34:21.905-05:00Great idea doing mid-19th century imagi-nations. I...Great idea doing mid-19th century imagi-nations. I could fancy using "Shiny Toy Soldiers" for a project like this.<br />With their multiple parts you could make a splendid variety of units. <br /><br />Paul.Paul Liddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671334487545618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-25491852361465348632009-09-05T12:43:45.792-05:002009-09-05T12:43:45.792-05:00Mid-19C german states armies - ooh nice idea.
--...Mid-19C german states armies - ooh nice idea. <br /><br />-- Allanold-tiddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055135576841243361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-1928493587475461762009-09-04T08:56:40.935-05:002009-09-04T08:56:40.935-05:00The FPW is a fascinating period. There's somet...The FPW is a fascinating period. There's something about those Ruritanian uniforms that really appeals. I think the era would lend itself very well to the ImagiNations concept. <br /><br />Until recently I had most of the French 1st Corps and the Prussian III Corps in 15mm. I favored Outpost Games of Scotland's figures. They look nicely proportioned, are quick, cheap and easy to paint, and they have every troop type needed. As for rules sets, Principles of War give a good game, although I hear tell a variant of Rally Round the Flag rules produces a better result.<br /><br />An article in one issue of WI circa 1990 covered a mini-campaign set in the Loire valley during the Republican phase of the FPW. It's worth looking out for as it had some excellent ideas.A Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834159033854153921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-44353413644607649522009-09-04T03:41:24.047-05:002009-09-04T03:41:24.047-05:00Stokes - I admire your ability to stick to one pro...Stokes - I admire your ability to stick to one project at a time as I somehow seem to have five on the go at the moment. Apart from my main Hinton Hunt project I too have a 15mm Waterloo project begun in 1985! It is crazy to attempt to build so many armies at the same time and you are right that the result is very little progress on any front.<br /><br />One of the old articles I return to again and again is "The Reinstadt Operation" from the August 1972 issue of Miniature Warfare (yikes that shows my age). It's a narrative of a WWII game based loosely on Arnhem. It really grabbed my imagination as a young teenager. Hmmm, perhaps some 20mm WWII stuff...<br /><br />IanStrykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-76983492296299188072009-09-04T01:21:23.110-05:002009-09-04T01:21:23.110-05:00I remember the Waterloo article well. Basing his ...I remember the Waterloo article well. Basing his units on wooden blocks to represent the regiment with a few figures in poses and painted sooo very nicely. Like many another I too planned to do something siilar but, like so many others, got distracted onto other projects. Inspiration and information are key ingredients for an article - something many forget sadly.marinergrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393687295535460527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-30625190173946473792009-09-03T20:19:38.032-05:002009-09-03T20:19:38.032-05:00I loved those GNW articles and the later articles ...I loved those GNW articles and the later articles on the Danish army of the GNW (by Dan Schorr, I think).<br /><br />As for putting flesh on primed figures . . . doesn't it really start to bring them to life? It certainly does for me.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-16902154378071239722009-09-03T20:00:31.151-05:002009-09-03T20:00:31.151-05:00Bringing Stollen and Zichenau into the mid-19th ce...Bringing Stollen and Zichenau into the mid-19th century sounds like a fun possible future project. :)<br /><br />Some of my favorite articles were actually 2 campaigns that were presented over the course of about 4 issues of the Courier each. One was a Sudan-like Colonial campaign, about the False Prophet of the San Juans, based on maps of those islands off the coast of Washington. The other was a Medieavals game called the Marnon campaign and used the map from the Avalon Hill game "Wizard's Quest" (if I recall correctly). Both made me dream about doing some kind of fun campaign.<br /><br />Some of my other favorites might seem heretical, but there were a few in White Dwarf that I enjoyed (like "A Tale of Four Gamers", where they reported on building small fantasy armies and then gaming with them).Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.com