Cheapest and fastest to build Trafalgar fleet that I have seen.
Build your own paper Fleet. And much more.
http://www.juniorgeneral.org/naval/trafalgar.html
Paper Trafalgar Fleet
Cheapest and fastest to build Trafalgar fleet that I have seen.
Build your own paper Fleet. And much more.
http://www.juniorgeneral.org/naval/trafalgar.html
Last edited by Gunner; 10-26-2013 at 23:29.
this looks like a good find. Thank you for posting it.
Thank you for posting this excellent link Ed. Many hours of fun here.Originally Posted by Gunner
How many paper soldiers do I need for the battle of Gettysburg?
93,921-Union, 71,699-Confederate
US 93,921
CS 71,699
Respectively.
Looks like a tie.
Don't forget the Artillery pieces.
I'll rev-up the chainsaw and dust off the mill, looks like we're going to need a lot of paper.
Looks like you guys frequent the same source.
Stuff Gettysburg -- do Missionary Ridge. :)
Hey, now you're talking my language. I lived just outside Chattanooga for a few years and really appreciated the history I was surrounded by. It was cool to check out battlefields as I was learning more about the history of the country I call home. Lot's of great action Signal Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga it's a long list.
If you like large battles and cutting out Napoleonic figures, try The Battle of Borodino.
I got to go to Chattanooga this year; I visited Chickamauga. (And drove over Missionary Ridge several times. :) )
Bit of weirdness from that trip. My personal favorite ACW unit is Wilder's "Lightning" Brigade -- four regiments of mounted infantry (as distinct from cavalry; mounted INF fights from the dismount, and only uses the horses to get places faster), plus an artillery battery (commanded by Eli Lilly -- yes, *that* one) -- as it illustrates the path infantry would take into the modern era: Improved mobility and firepower.
The guy I was riding with and I were wandering around, looking at the various sites from the car. I'd not done any research on what was where, so we drove very slowly to let me read the markers in-passing. At one point, we reached a hilltop with a tower on it; I told the guy I was with, "Stop here". He couldn't figure out why, but we did -- stopped, got out, and walked up to the marker indicating which unit was memorialized here.
It was the memorial to Wilder's Brigade....
Thank you, Ed. I have been looking for some ACW paper minis online, but haven't found much to my liking thus far. These will serve me very well, until I find some 3-D ones in a good scale. The selection also has me thinking about a few other eras since the minis are readily available.
I wonder if they will post a new set for the next round of the Texas War of Independence that should start sometime in the near future.
A most important war in American history.
How did we go from paper Trafalgar fleets to future US politics (implied or otherwise)?
Not US politics.
Proud US history.
Not how I read Eric's second sentence/paragraph.
That's why there's Coke and Pepsi. Everyone has a different take (taste) on things.
I had to read it a second time. I, and I think Ed, glanced at it and thought he was talking about the original war of 1836.
Yes. I should have said, a most important war in Texan/Mexican history.
Thank you Bob for being such an excellent arbitrator.
It was an attempt at a joke - play on words. I saw that there were minis for the Texas War of Independence (19th century), and most of my friends from Texas speak of Texas as being an independent country and their corresponding desire for seceding.
But with apologies to Jim, we did wander from paper Trafalgar fleets.
Actually related to the Texas War of Independence, and could be done with paper minis as with the Napoleonic Wars and ACW, is the Mexican War of 1846-1848. Unfortunately revisionist historians in their efforts to show the United States as being evil during its growth miss the accomplishments of the US Army during this war. The impression is given that the big bad US army marched into Mexico crushing the poor little Mexican Army. The US Army, even supplemented by state volunteer units, was quite small compared to the large European style army of Mexico and the European powers did not give the US Army much of a chance at the outbreak of the war. However the outnumbered US Army won battle after battle with superior leadership and tactics. I've played some games dedicated to this war and they are quite interesting.
Bobby, they have some for that war as well - http://www.juniorgeneral.org/index.p...19thcentury#28
If anyone knows where I can find top down views of ACW, WWI, or WWII ships, I would appreciate it. The site pointed to by Ed in the OP has some side views, but the WWII naval selections are small; the ACW side views provide enough ships for some interesting battles.
I didn't look past the Trafalgar page. They do have a lot there for most of the wars of the 19th century.
For those of you that have airsoft guns, these troops would make excellent targets.
Or have some of the wild west figures blown up to life size for some six gun practice!
I already have some at 50% life size. Slinging lead is one of the few times being shorter is an advantage.
I didn't notice if there were any zombies. Head shots only!I already have some at 50% life size. Slinging lead is one of the few times being shorter is an advantage.
That would be what used to be known as dragoons. They morphed into cavalry troops but were previously your mounted infantry.
Eric,
These might help, I'm sure with some picture editing you could isolate the ship images
http://aaminis.myfastforum.org/Dread...bout31195.html
Oh and this site has some amazing ship images but all side on...http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=12
And this site, which you may have to pay to download the images, has hundreds of images some of which are top down
http://www.the-blueprints.com/search/ship/
Thank you, Daniel It is good to have such shipmates as yourself.
Yup -- in fact, most US Cavalry operated closer to the "dragoon" model than what most folks think of as "cavalry", due to most US cavalrymen being not-that-good horsemen.
Any time Eric :g&t:
Here is a free rule set, and paper minis and game pieces: http://warartisan.com/rules
The system is entitled Away Boarders. Bobby (Coog) pointed these out in a different thread.
I really like this guy's products, have been looking at his 1/900 scale ships in card stock and plan acquiring them to resize to our scale for starters, thanks for the link!
A late thanks here, Ed; I've been thinking of looking for good images for paper soldiers to relieve my issues with painting backlog.
For those here that have used them for land battles, which looks better; side view of front view?
Karl
Yes they can be fun. I put many a BB rounds through their sails, and knocked over many
Well, I guess, what Chuck Norris will say on that matter counts only
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