"The, very fictious, Seige of Vechta" Topic

I just played a game involving the seige of Vechta.
We used a collection of figures representing the Austro-Spanish,Habsburg, forces, London War Room Spanish with Old Glory Austro-Hungarians, minus the Hungarians. The Vestlanders were played by Old Glory, Jacobite Irish
and Scots in French service.
The perpose was to destroy a Floating seige bombard and batterythat could fire over the walls of the town.
The bombard and battery were made to look like hotair ballons held them up and a small flaoting ship was also used.

any pics?

Sounds like an interesting concept. Do tell us more.

any pic's ??

JL
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unfortunatly I'm not very computer literate so no pics.
The idea was inspired by the very whimsicaly illustrated book Humphrey, Albert and the Flying Machine in which the Swiss mathmaticion Daniel Bernoulli creates a flying machine to rescue Sleeping Beauty.
And also by the Baron Munchausen film with Eric Idle?
It was just a spur of the moment game so we used a varition of The Sword and the Flame.

Ghost,

i am not computer literate but it is realy easy in a blog or Yahoo-group.

All you need is a digital camera and a memory card reader to hook on your pc.

JL

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Gray Ghost,
you should really try to buy a digital camera and a memory card reader to hook on your pc you'll find a lot of 'serious' uses of them, making your family happy!
As for a blog, it's really easy. You cannot ba as computer-challenged than Iam, and even me managed to create one
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(were you'd perhaps find a few things of interest, given the inclination you implied in your initial message). If I could surely you can!
Your descriptions are so appetizing, your concept so original, the models so promising – please share more with us!

Since you 'rule' fictitious Lace Wars countries, what about dropping an eye on the 'Emperor vs Elector' campaign blog, specially devoted to (lighthearted) diplomatic exchanges between such countries?).

Hoping to have further news of yourself and your fascinating project,
Jean-Louis

Gray Ghost

"The bombard and battery were made to look like hotair ballons held them up and a small floating ship was also used."
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"I'm currently converting ships from the weapons and warriors pirate games into floating ships." ( TMP link )
( then you already know this 'quasi-Napoleonic' rendition: link , and perhaps better in the same vein?)

OK, perhaps I'm pestering you -I hope *not*!-, what about opening your personal blog? It's free and *easy*: with time and a little practice (you can always edit your previous posts to correct / improve them), even one as totally computer-challenged and cyber-illiterate as I am could do it:
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Or / and, since you already modelled mythical 'engines of war' and enjoyed a"The, very fictious, Seige ", what about, in the Good Old (School Wargaming) tradition of Grant and Young, designing your own Lace Wars mythical Duchy or Electorate?
A few dozens of such already are known on the web:
TMP link
(indeed I have now 46 links to such 18th C. Imagi-Nations on my blog:
tinyurl.com/yokjv2 )

Then you can develop the genealogy of the ruling family, the Court plot, involve your Country in a campaign… No need to do, or even aim at from the start, something as complex as Tony Bath's 'Hyboria' or H. Hyde's 'Wars of Falstenian Succession'.

As soon as you have a name for your Country and a few preliminary ideas about its features, you could do worse than join the 'Emperor vs Elector' collective blog I presented here some time ago:
TMP link
and which brings together Lace Wars 'mythical rulers' from several continents in an enjoyable interplay:
TMP link

No need to have a blog of your own -but then you could post photos of your painted minis (original rather than historical, preferably: e.g. these ''bombard and battery [] made to look like hotair ballons held them up, and small floating ship" ) as an illustration of some diplomatic missive or 'State Proclamation'.
Believe me, "it works": I joined EvE as soon as I had a name for 'my Imagi-Nation', before having my own blog.
Thus you could share your creations -historically accurate or mythical- with all those interested.

Cheers,
Jean-Louis