tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post2187684085376135138..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: ECW Campaign – Battle of Midlawton – 28th March 1644MSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-28299605980818281692015-01-05T17:09:27.067+00:002015-01-05T17:09:27.067+00:00Excellent! Thank you.Excellent! Thank you.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-19408796422852548472015-01-04T19:38:25.933+00:002015-01-04T19:38:25.933+00:00Hi Jon - I think I never really did explain that -...Hi Jon - I think I never really did explain that - there is a sort of long-winded story about repainting the boards at<br /><br />http://prometheusinaspic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/oh-strewth.html<br /><br />but basically the sequence was <br /><br />(1) I've had hexes painted on my 8' x 5' table since about 1975 - one side plain, one side with hexes. The hexes have always been 7" across the flats, just because my existing army units fitted nicely and attractively into that size. Astonishingly, the nunber of hexes worked out at 13 x 9 - later made famous by Mr Borg - and I built a stack of hills and other scenic plates to fit, but my hexes were the wrong way round - 90 degrees out compared with C&C. This is one of the reasons I did not invent C&C and become very rich.<br /><br />(2) So I repainted the table with the hexes the right way round. I gut East Riding Miniatures to laser cut me a stack of 3mm MDF hex plates (which I subsequently used to make better quality scenery/road plates), and I used those to lay out the new hex pattern - pencil around the edges, shift the hex plates further across, mark again, touch up the pencil markings to make sure everything is straight, and then paint the lines freehand. Worked OK.<br /><br />(3) Subsequently, I added a central extension to give the option of 17 x 9 hexes - this is described at <br /><br />http://prometheusinaspic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/board-extension-done.html<br /><br />I could repeat this with two more extensions, to give options up to a full double-width 'epic' sized board, but I would need a church hall to set it up.<br /><br />If you want any more useful details, email on the Blog Profile address - it gets to me through a complicated network of pipes...MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-89939495394744995242015-01-04T19:14:48.221+00:002015-01-04T19:14:48.221+00:00Tony, I know you went over this before but how did...Tony, I know you went over this before but how did you make your hex grid on the game mat? Could you point to your post detailing such?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Jon<br /> <br />Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-84925340847624385402015-01-04T09:53:57.588+00:002015-01-04T09:53:57.588+00:00Thanks Michael - I appreciate that - reaction to t...Thanks Michael - I appreciate that - reaction to the campaign thus far has been pretty muted - I got an email from my old mate Martin which basically said, "what the hell is this?". As far as making it interesting to anyone apart from myself, I may have got it wrong, but I'm enjoying it because it is different from what I've done before - I'll do a short post on the way it works, and as a gentle riposte (see what I did there? - heh heh) to Martin's suggestion that it seems to be a fairy tale with toy soldiers.<br /><br />Trevor H is spot on for Sefton - just how I see him myself. Some of the other castings are firming up a bit - Lord Porteous might be played by Stephen Fry, in fact, and Aspinall could be Russell Crowe, but he'd have to work on the accent. Lord Alwyn, the Roundhead cavalry commander, seems to be courteous but always a bit harrassed and not very optimistic - perhaps Michael Redgrave or some similar "correct" English upper-crust nonentity would fit.<br /><br />This is good fun - thanks. I thought it was kind of amusing to make Figge-Newton a rather shadowy figure, reflecting the smoke-and-mirrors process which appoints Parliament's officials. I'll put some of this in the post...<br /><br />Cheers - TonyMSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-79750932051455863592015-01-03T19:59:54.948+00:002015-01-03T19:59:54.948+00:00I am quite enjoying this ECW campaign, despite my ...I am quite enjoying this ECW campaign, despite my silence in previous posts. Well thought out and colourful, with many ideas worth stealing.<br />I suspect that Lord Porteous will be deemed no longer of service to the Crown, though if he has influence, he may survive to lead another glorious disaster.<br />For the choleric Lord Sefton, I have a mental image of the middle aged Trevor Howard - seems a good choice.<br />Cheers,<br />MichaelMad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.com