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SteveT started the topic Supporting Artillery auto-killed? in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

Just had this situation:

Cavalry charged a line unit. Alongside the line unit, to its left, was an artillery unit. I think this counts as supporting the infantry.

The line unit did badly and their break test resulted in destruction.

Supports have to do a break test if their friends are lost. But in the case of artillery, looking at the c…[Read more]

George replied to the topic Shaken timing in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

Hi Steve,

I haven’t played the game that much but from what I understand if you exide the units stamina it is shaken. Then, a break test is taken after combat and if the unit passes that it’s casualties are reduced to be equal to the stamina value (4 in your case). Big Al pointed out that there are also rules to hand-to-hand combat such as…[Read more]

SteveT replied to the topic Purpose of Line formation in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

Ah yes Al, I can see it now, I was looking for a Hit mod or something, but its on the Formation mod list: attack column 1 dice

Thanks

SteveT started the topic Purpose of Line formation in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

What is the advantage of Line formation? I can’t see any firing mods. (I can see various Column advantages)

Thank you in advance

SteveT started the topic Shaken timing in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

Hopefully someone can help me with this…

Cavalry unit charges an infantry unit.

1. Roll hard combat: cavalry scored 7 hits on the stamina 4 infantry.

2. Are they shaken at this point?

3 They pass their break test well. They are left with 3 casualty markers. What happens to the unit? Destroyed or now shaken?

Thanks

SteveT started the topic General Personal Qualities in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

Just looking the the Austrians in Clash of Eagles. Page 67 has a small chart to determine Personal Quality Value of commanders. It also references that this is used in conjunction with 94 of the main rule book.

Problem: this appears it might be a references to BP v.1.

(1) So what, are Personal Quality Values?

And

(2) How do we know what r…[Read more]

George started the topic Created a new blog in the forum General Discussion 5 years, 6 months ago

Hello,

I made a new blog where I posted pics of the miniatures I painted. It is thetinsoldierguy@blogspot.com. Hope you check it out and leave a comment.

George started the topic Update 2 on painting and gluing. in the forum General Discussion 5 years, 6 months ago

Well, my first unit of cavalry is coming along. Even my wife, who doesn’t much get into my passion for this, finds them detailed and beautiful (I’m not ready to post pics just yet 🙂 ). So, as I worked through I did find that I had to take apart the cavalry and start over. I took my time so as not to damage the pieces. It was also easier than I…[Read more]

Nat replied to the topic warlords acw in the forum Black Powder 5 years, 6 months ago

Currently no… just acting as a reseller for Perry Minitures

ps – nothing to do with Warlord so have no idea if they have any ideas about changing this going forward

George replied to the topic New to Painting Black Powder Miniatures in the forum General Discussion 5 years, 6 months ago

Thank you Koin-Koin and Invisible Officer 🙂

invisible officer replied to the topic New to Painting Black Powder Miniatures in the forum General Discussion 5 years, 6 months ago

I did that set long ago, before Warlord took it over. In Imperial Kürisser style. The number of options is impressive. But the horses a bit stiff in poses. I tried to give them a bit more Action.

I use to assemble all miniatures before painting. I do single miniature basing so handling is easy. I use plastic glue, the melting of surface giv…[Read more]

Koin-Koin replied to the topic New to Painting Black Powder Miniatures in the forum General Discussion 5 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

I’m not a very skilled painter but here is a few things I can share with you:

– Sprues: priming on sprue save time but you still need to adjust a few things once pieces are cut from the sprues. Being the best option or the worst (or something in between) really depends on the kind of models. Don’t forget that you also may have to spend time…[Read more]

George started the topic New to Painting Black Powder Miniatures in the forum General Discussion 5 years, 6 months ago

Hello,

Yesterday, I got my first box of Black Powder Miniatures: Cavalry of the Sun King. I’m impressed. They are gorgeous! I haven’t painted miniatures since I was in school and then they weren’t models. They were 15mm lead figures.

Anyways, I saw a video that didn’t recommend painting miniatures on the sprue. So, I clipped of the pieces I…[Read more]

Nat started the topic Battle for the Pacific – Questions in the forum Victory At Sea 5 years, 6 months ago

So reading through the Battle for the Pacific Rules manual that I got with the August copy of Wargames Illustrated and theres a few questions I’ve got – I hope these are due to the rules manual being a cut down version of the full book!

1) AA against aircraft – pg 16, says that the roll is never modified, yet pg 15 aircraft trait large has a…[Read more]

Nat replied to the topic VaS Rules release in the forum Victory At Sea 5 years, 6 months ago

Ok it was the August copy, which has already shipped and is available to buy.

invisible officer replied to the topic More Kriegsfischkutter in the forum Cruel Seas 5 years, 6 months ago

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invisible officer started the topic More Kriegsfischkutter in the forum Cruel Seas 5 years, 6 months ago

I got two of the nice Warlord KFK. The model represents the submarine hunter version of KFK 1 – 157. They had Depth Charges and 1x 3,7 cm and 1. 2 cm AA. Minesweepers had just 2 x 2 cm AA.

They had a “Spitzgatt” aft, from KFK 18 on the “Spiegelheck” was flat. That allowed an easier building.

Soon the Allied superiority in the air made…[Read more]

SteveT replied to the topic Main gun vs co-axial mg in the forum Bolt Action 5 years, 6 months ago

Yes of course in most cases it is better to use the main gun. Makes sense–it is the main gun! But if you really NEED suppression in some particular situations, then the MG will give you want you want.

Remember also if your tank has any pins, then needing a 6s or 7s will rapidly become a reality. So again the MMG might be worth it.

There are…[Read more]

SteveT replied to the topic Main gun vs co-axial mg in the forum Bolt Action 5 years, 6 months ago

As most main guns roll only one die, difficult shots that need, say, a 6 or 7, are most likely to achieve nothing. However, when are rolling 5 MG dice, you clearly have much higher chance of achieving something vs those hard-to-hit targets. And that pin may be all you need to shut the enemy down or even force a rout/morale c…[Read more]

Master Chief replied to the topic SS Pioneers in the forum Bolt Action 5 years, 6 months ago

I got the attached screenshot off Google books.