I have just finished painting lots of ECW cavalry, 24 Peter Pig 15mm's for customer John, (I refer to him as 'Young John' so not to confuse with 'Old John!), and 58 Epic ECW's for Noel. Really enjoying working on all of these and if you may be interested my latest short video on my YouTube channel takes a close look at both and how they match up for scale (link is up now on my 'channel link page).
Below: Epic ECW - 4 regiments of 'Horse' a unit of Dragoons and a regiment of Cuirassiers.
Battle Cry.
As it's been quite a bash I'm going to take it easy over the weekend as work on terrain additions for my Battle Cry project. I have the cards printed now on nice Buff card and am waiting for plastic sleeves for them. The 'printer friendly' downloads are rather nice I think with crisp clear text (see pic). I wasn't happy with the cornfield that I made as a test as thought it just looked like the troops were standing behind a low hedge so I knocked up a print version (below) which was better but needed some texture! So far I'm happy with the result and will make a matching insert that can be removed when troops are placed inside. Must say I'm enjoying playing around with the terrain hexes.
I would like to add more artillery and cavalry to the armies in due course and it came to mind the other day whilst watching a YouTube game of 1st Bull Run that I'd like to paint up some of those early fancy uniforms, maybe using the Epic Iron Brigade set (if I can get my hands on any).
Lee, you are an inspirational flagship for all who are aspiring to get their Epic painted.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Norm. I find that I can bash them out now quite quickly whilst still achieving a decent standard.
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Those cards look pretty flash. I never quite took to the system though I've often thought they could be adapted to provide a sort of battle-plan. Players would select a number of cards to form a hand, picking any they want, and putting them in a sequence in which they will be played. Every time they play one they may add another to the bottom, this way you have to pursue your original plan for a bit before you can respond to the enemy. The number of cards (c. 3-5) could represent the quality of the command and control in the army - poorer armies having bigger 'hands' and this slower to respond. An extension would be to allow a number of additional cards (c. 2-4) as reserve that can be used in any turn in any sequence, but once used are not replaced. Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteCheers Rob. There are several variations on the standard rules including the use of command cards along the lines you suggest. The base rules of Battle Cry are very simple bearing in mind that the game first appeared late Sixties! Some interesting ideas there though and would be good to try them out.
DeleteLee - before you print off too many of those cards, can I just mention that one of the words is misspelt - it should be ASSAULT. Sorry to be the bearer of bad (baddish anyway) news 😕😔
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Geoff
Oh Bug**r! Not much I can do as it's a PDF now?
DeleteCheers,
Lee
Depending on the software you have, it is possible to edit PDF’s. TBH one spelling mistake won’t worry most folk… 😉
DeleteCool collection of figures Lee.
ReplyDeleteCheers Ray, it's all keeping me busy :)
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