A place where Ancient Ancient armies can peacefully retire to...
Possibly.
Oh, and some pulp. A few things on 6mm SciFi tanks and stuff. And the toy soldiers. Especially the War of 1897... And now I seem to be starting on 20mm Napoleonics as well!
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Tuesday, 19 October 2021
A plethora of elephants - Review
In total, 52 of the things...
I think that's enough on elephants for now. The Garrison herd is now up to size that I am happy to call reasonable!
(Future thought: the elephants under the SKT label)
Not really terrifying, it's just that owning moulds and copyright for a number of Garrison/SKT elephants, actually owning far more Minifigs elephants just seemed wrong.
Can see me using 16-20 at a time - trouble with using 52 at the same time, would need me to use a proportionate ammount of cavalry and infantry - result would need a bigger table than my 12 x 4 and would be so slow it would be boring I can remember playing in a multi player game in Bradford in the 70s - table was about 16'? - 10-12 ranks deep figures from edge to edge. Main forces didn't even make contact after everyone got boring and we gave up!
Ah - that's exactly why Jervis Johnson and I came up with the Black Powder game - and then Hail Caesar the ancients version of it - we play games two or three a side (and have played up to six!) on a fairly rammed 6 foot by 14 foot table - takes an evening or a short day breaking for lunch - never slow or boring :)
I buy metal in 25kg lots. Spin casting moulds do several different figures so I tend to keep the excess produced and reuse any excess metal from the moulds. When the 25kg runs out, I start sacrificing my unwanted surplus or unused figures - I can always cast more later if I find they weren't surplus after all!
52 elephants would represent about 13 - 15kg of metal, though 'only' half of this lot were cast by me!
Your table must be reinforced with ferro-concrete!
ReplyDeleteSomething like that.
DeleteYour idea of reasonable is truly terrifying! They look fantastic Rob - can you see ever playing a game with all of them on the table?
ReplyDeleteNot really terrifying, it's just that owning moulds and copyright for a number of Garrison/SKT elephants, actually owning far more Minifigs elephants just seemed wrong.
DeleteCan see me using 16-20 at a time - trouble with using 52 at the same time, would need me to use a proportionate ammount of cavalry and infantry - result would need a bigger table than my 12 x 4 and would be so slow it would be boring I can remember playing in a multi player game in Bradford in the 70s - table was about 16'? - 10-12 ranks deep figures from edge to edge. Main forces didn't even make contact after everyone got boring and we gave up!
Ah - that's exactly why Jervis Johnson and I came up with the Black Powder game - and then Hail Caesar the ancients version of it - we play games two or three a side (and have played up to six!) on a fairly rammed 6 foot by 14 foot table - takes an evening or a short day breaking for lunch - never slow or boring :)
DeleteThe game I remember was played using WRG 3rd Edition.
DeleteAccording to Google…the collective term for elephants is a memory…
ReplyDeleteThey certainly are memorable Rob…
All the best. Aly
Yes, just like the word plethora.
DeleteThat's quite a spectacle, and no small amount of metal. Do you purchase new ingots, or sacrifice unwanted minis to the melting pot?
ReplyDeleteI buy metal in 25kg lots. Spin casting moulds do several different figures so I tend to keep the excess produced and reuse any excess metal from the moulds. When the 25kg runs out, I start sacrificing my unwanted surplus or unused figures - I can always cast more later if I find they weren't surplus after all!
Delete52 elephants would represent about 13 - 15kg of metal, though 'only' half of this lot were cast by me!
An amazing display!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteRob, these are beautiful, well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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