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Ah yes. I had forgotten about that bit in the rules. I think my group has chosen not to adopt that option, hence the confusion. (i.e. We don’t allow normal formed troops to do this.) I suppose if you do follow this option then normal formed troops have to spend a turn to go in to open order, and the same when the come out of the wood, which w…[Read more]

I wouldn’t use a wash or that will seep into the recesses, whereas the camo should deliberately cover the ‘sticky out bits’. I would simply  use straightforward painting, since this also mirrors the application process.

Hello!  Thanks for your reply. You approached this the same way I did (at first) until I realise the HC rules differ from BP/P&S in one aspect: most units (not elephants and chariots)  can enter open order to go into woods. As far as I can tell, this just makes them into giant skirmisher units, with no penalty not already applied to any other l…[Read more]

I do not. I was going to wait until I had the entire force painted and then do a group shot

Hi Steve, there don’t seem to be any HC ‘experts’ around so I will have a go 😀

The rules provide some suggested rules for a few terrain types and encourage players to adapt these as they see fit. (see page 38)

For Woods (including forests I assume), normal troops are unable to enter this terrain at all. So the advantage that open order troop…[Read more]

Seems odd that nobody can answer this!

To restate this: What advantages to lighter troops have over heavy troops in forests?  I can see none. This is not realistic.

Looking good!

Have you got a group shot of them all together?

Hello all:   Rob Ovenden has come up with a really viable way to handle the off board problem, and after thorough testing, we can say it works well, solves the problem.
Proposed rule for sailing off board:

<i>- When a ship sails off the board it will return as expeditiously as possible.</i>
<i>- Where and when the ship returns to the board d…[Read more]

Infantry spaced 1″ between bases generally can possibly need more hits than targets with 1″ HE.  So if I get 4 hits I may actually hit only 3 guys because of the chain requirement.

The 1″ spacing is the maximum allowed spacing between models in an infantry unit, not the minimum. Hence many times the models will be closer to each other than 1″.…[Read more]

I regularly use a Crusader AA tank to back up my late war Brits.  The only time I use HE is if I am firing at infantry in a building.

Infantry spaced 1″ between bases generally can possibly need more hits than targets with 1″ HE.  So if I get 4 hits I may actually hit only 3 guys because of the chain requirement. *

AP generates more kills than A…[Read more]