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Re: Miniatures question - Greyhawk/Medieval style figures
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:12 am
by ChicagoWiz
Matthew wrote:Yeah, I never really thought about it before, even though I do the same, but it must be tough to get hold of horse mounted orc miniatures. I guess conversions from boar mounted orcs from Games Workshop might do, or maybe head replacements for already mounted figures. Tough corner.
I think if I can get 10 or so, I should be fine for now. I don't see a scenario right now were I'd run more than 20 figures for orcs.
Matthew wrote: Hmmn. Yeah, the Monster Manual is probably a good place to start. Another way to look at it without worrying about total manpower available is to design from the top down, taking chiefly into account the influence of the leader type orcs and goblins (or whoever is in actual fact leading them).
Oh, that's a good call! I have a rough idea, this is all stuff that my players haven't had to worry about, but now I find myself having to understand how these things will work in my campaign.
Matthew wrote:As I understand it heavy foot models have to be set up so that each figure is no more than 1" apart, and light foot should be set up so that each figure is no more than 2" apart (to prevent infiltration at first contact with the enemy).
I don't see that in my Chainmail PDF. Is there some sort of play-aid that has things like this summarized?
Re: Miniatures question - Greyhawk/Medieval style figures
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:08 pm
by Matthew
FatDragonGames wrote:
THANKS for that link! I knew I had seen that a while back but could never find it again!
No worries. Just about my favourite post on
Greyhawk Grognard.
ChicagoWiz wrote:
I think if I can get 10 or so, I should be fine for now. I don't see a scenario right now were I'd run more than 20 figures for orcs.
Keep us posted on what you end up with!
ChicagoWiz wrote:
Oh, that's a good call! I have a rough idea, this is all stuff that my players haven't had to worry about, but now I find myself having to understand how these things will work in my campaign.
Good luck!
ChicagoWiz wrote:
I don't see that in my Chainmail PDF. Is there some sort of play-aid that has things like this summarized?
Not that I know of. The rules for close order and open order have to be inferred from the zone of control rules on p. 16 and the note on the table of p. 40 regarding Landsknechtes. So, for example:
Line Formation
Close Order (1")
Close Order (½")
Close Order (0")
Square Formation
Close Order (1")
Close Order (½")
Close Order (0")
Re: Miniatures question - Greyhawk/Medieval style figures
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:47 pm
by ChicagoWiz
@Matthew - thanks! I've got a post up on my blog with my proposed roster for Enonian (human) troops and tomorrow's post will be the Goblyns of the Dark Woods. I've just sent out an email to my campaign list seeing who wants to recreate the last Goblyn raid on Enonia about 11 years previous to where the campaign is now. It'll be a nice test/learning exercise to do Chainmail BtB and see how it goes.
I would have missed that bit about the open/closed order, thanks!
Re: Miniatures question - Greyhawk/Medieval style figures
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:23 pm
by Matthew
ChicagoWiz wrote:
@Matthew - thanks! I've got a post up on my blog with my proposed roster for Enonian (human) troops and tomorrow's post will be the Goblyns of the Dark Woods. I've just sent out an email to my campaign list seeing who wants to recreate the last Goblyn raid on Enonia about 11 years previous to where the campaign is now. It'll be a nice test/learning exercise to do Chainmail BtB and see how it goes.
I would have missed that bit about the open/closed order, thanks!
No worries. I think it works a bit better when measuring from the centre of the miniature, but Chain Mail seems pretty specific; makes it hard to line up light foot in front of heavy foot like this:
