Tango01  | 20 Apr 2012 11:37 a.m. PST |
If your answer is yes, see those figures in 1/72 metal.
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| MajorB | 20 Apr 2012 11:39 a.m. PST |
"Do you like Indian Armies of Napoleon Era?" No, thank you. |
| TMPWargamerabbit | 20 Apr 2012 1:21 p.m. PST |
Yes. Honorable East Indian Co. (HEIC) and their princely Indian foes. Like the miniatures pictured above, the color of the period lends itself to a "different game". Anybody for an elephant siege train? Your commander on the back of an elephant…. sitting in shade of his moving umbella. Even have some national characteristics for our group rules: Mughal & Maratha at link, HEIC at link My HEIC army with some Indian formations: link I have used my HEIC in an Egyptian 1801 campaign. The HEIC sent a brigade to Egypt via the Red sea route. WR in the warren. |
| Grizzlymc | 20 Apr 2012 2:48 p.m. PST |
Love'em, but where do you get OOB and uniform info? |
| greatwhitezulu | 20 Apr 2012 3:51 p.m. PST |
Ypu bet!! Grizzlymc What do you want to know? |
| M C MonkeyDew | 20 Apr 2012 6:21 p.m. PST |
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| Glengarry 4 | 20 Apr 2012 6:28 p.m. PST |
The problem. as far as I can see, in gaming this subject is that Indian armies contained hordes of very colourful, but next to useless troops. They were shredded by small units of European troops or European trained sepoys. The latter period Sikhs and Afghans put up more of a fight. |
| Grizzlymc | 20 Apr 2012 6:40 p.m. PST |
Well, sort of everything. I have read some fascinating general histories of the Mughal period and would love to build 17-18C armies for all sorts of fights. But I hate army lists and do mainly 6mm. Most of these could be done with ancients/medaeval/colonials, with some europeans, but I guess step one is wsources for OOBs and organisations. I have a similar problem with Napoleonic ottomans. |
| greatwhitezulu | 20 Apr 2012 9:08 p.m. PST |
Glengarry, The Mysoreans and Mahrattas were far from pushovers. Grizzlymc, I have a bucket of info. Let me know where you wuld want to start. Any particular campaign? |
| evilgong | 20 Apr 2012 9:52 p.m. PST |
Any news on a translation of Tipoo's treatise on rockets? regards david b |
| MikeKT | 21 Apr 2012 2:31 a.m. PST |
The problem. as far as I can see, in gaming this subject is that Indian armies contained hordes of very colourful, but next to useless troops. They were shredded by small units of European troops or European trained sepoys. The latter period Sikhs and Afghans put up more of a fight. Although Plassey and Clive's halo encourage this view, Arthur Wellesley's actual campaigns in the Mysore and Mahratta wars alone belie it. Indian states were willing to take up modern methods, and it was key to the future of British India that they were able to contain and eliminate the French influence and provision of military advisers and technology. |
| Ashokmarine | 21 Apr 2012 2:39 a.m. PST |
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| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 21 Apr 2012 8:43 p.m. PST |
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| arthur1815 | 22 Apr 2012 2:16 a.m. PST |
A great setting for a campaign, pitting the rival armies of Indian princes with their mixture of 'traditional' forces and European-style sepoys trained by foreign mercenaries against those of the HEIC. Dare one suggest 'Pindaris and Plunder' for a title? |
| Tango01 | 22 Apr 2012 10:40 a.m. PST |
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
