jocknroll | 01 Jun 2022 9:17 a.m. PST |
Just uploaded a new 'Flypast' style video aimed at priming wargamers on topics in which they may be interested. This one is called Yeniçeri and is about gaming with the legendary Janissary Corps of the Sultan's Ottoman Army. If you enjoy it, give it a like please and subscribe to the channel. I will take requests for future Flypasts! YouTube link some taster shots
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Shagnasty | 01 Jun 2022 10:17 a.m. PST |
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Gray Bear | 01 Jun 2022 10:46 a.m. PST |
Very nice. The informative narration with an affected Turkish accent was particularly effective. 🤓 Cheers! |
jocknroll | 01 Jun 2022 11:12 a.m. PST |
Turkish and Glaswegian sounds quite similar. |
Gray Bear | 01 Jun 2022 11:25 a.m. PST |
To my untrained ear! Seriously, very good and informative production and the miniatures, painting and display are superb. Thanks for putting this together. |
IronDuke596 | 01 Jun 2022 12:45 p.m. PST |
A brilliant fly-past, which is both entertaining and instructive. Thanks for posting a link on TMP. BTW; re the superb and realistic flags, are they painted cloth or did you somehow give them a cloth effect? |
Berzerker73 | 01 Jun 2022 4:06 p.m. PST |
Those Janissaries look fantastic! |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 01 Jun 2022 6:35 p.m. PST |
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Charge The Guns | 02 Jun 2022 7:20 a.m. PST |
Great stuff! Really interesting video. Thanks, Barry 👍. In two minds whether to get them in the classic full dress or campaign dress. I suppose the obvious answer is both! 😆 |
Lluis of Minairons | 02 Jun 2022 9:39 a.m. PST |
Truly inspirational |
jocknroll | 02 Jun 2022 11:35 a.m. PST |
Thanks All. Iron Duke596, flags are freehand painted on cotton. I have used this method for 30 years now. I politely decline commissions because it is too labour intense and to charge for doing it commercially would be prohibitive. I have guarded the secret of how to do it for all that time! Charge the guns – I have always had a real admiration of the Ottoman Army and its organization. The fact that Yeniçeri are mostly European slave soldiers – almost a Praetorian Guard, is one of their most alluring aspects. The Ottoman Army gets slagged off far too much. Europe was truly terrified of them hence the negative groupthink. Practical, efficient, fierce – no wonder we owe so much to the Croats, Poles, Hungarians and Austrians – they saved Europe, no one else! |
Charge The Guns | 03 Jun 2022 3:37 a.m. PST |
I think the Ottomans are a fascinating subject for us wargamers, and I look forward to more of your intro videos on the topic. I'm finding the exotic East (of Europe!) a really interesting additional sphere for the 17th century. |
mghFond | 04 Jun 2022 3:46 p.m. PST |
Top notch as usual but then anything Barry does is superb! |
jocknroll | 07 Jun 2022 11:44 a.m. PST |
Humbling words mghFond but keenly appreciated. thanks |