Fantasy Impetus?

(hmmm - Blogger dissolved my original typing here, so here goes another try...)

Seems like there are several groups working on a fantasy version of Impetus - there are several posts on a fantasy version at the Impetus forums; here is another site in Italian about fantasy Impetus; and AONeil has started one at his web site.

I have a few ideas also, especially towards using Tékumel as the background.  One would be a simple addition to the roll for unit damage if the affected unit has steel armor.  Steel armor is a big improvement on Tékumel, since the planet tends to be metal-poor.

I do want to keep the modifications for my version of fantasy Impetus to a minimum, though.

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A list of Initial purchases...

The first part of the plan - rules - is now complete with the arrival of proper charts for my copy of GQ3 - FAI, so now I can progress to the next step - minis!



For this encounter of July 1915 in the Baltic (I have yet to find a 'title' for this battle, you know - 'Battle of Jutland' or similar), here are the German ships I will need and the vendor:



Prinz Adalbert (Panzerschiffe)
Roon (Panzerschiffe)
Augsburg (Panzerschiffe)
Lubeck (GHQ)
Albatross (?)
7 DD (?)

Mostly Panzerschiffe for now. Panzerschiffe makes nice but simple minis; I will dress them up a bit with masts and such. Lubeck, according to my sources, is a Bremen-class light cruiser, of which Leipzig (and Lubeck) are members, and GHQ makes a Leipzig mini. I have yet to determine the classes of the destroyers involved. Also, I believe there is another armored cruiser paired with Prinz Adalbert; I will check my books for that. The mini will most likely come from Panzerschiffe. The mine-layer Albatross is a puzzle, as no manufacturer makes one in 1/2400. I will wade through the pics on the Panzerschiffe site until I find one that is close.

And, the Russian list:



Rurik (GHQ)
Admiral Makarov (GHQ)
Bayan (GHQ)
Bogatyr (GHQ)
Oleg (GHQ)
Novik (?)


It was my intention from the start to use GHQ products if I could, and GHQ makes most of the ships involved. Adm. Makarov will need a bit of converting - she is in the same class as Bayan but has a single pole mast. Novik is not available in 1/2400, so a proxy will be needed.

Yet another brief Update

Sorry but I have not had much time for real posts, but at least this one has pics, this time...

Just a pic of my work table:

This is a close-up showing the base color I'm using for my Empire Greatswords - Reaper Pro Paints Steel Plate for the metallic portions.  Also shown are some Empire Handgunners and a few spearmen of the Legion of Ever-Present Glory.

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Naval Gaming news - 16 March 2009

Old Glory Shipyard has released three fleet sets in 1/2400 for Warhammer Historical's new rules set Trafalgar (or any sailing ship game)

Litko has a set of templates for Trafalgar in Jim's Product Lab

Steel Dreadnought Games has released a new WW1 naval set - Naval Thunder: Clash of Dreadnoughts

brief Update

This is just a quick near meaningless post for now...

I'm still working on the Tékumel rules situation.  As I'm getting a bit antsy to get some real progress on this, I might actually have something more concrete on my rules choice 'soon'.  I have boiled down the magic style (mostly from Warfare on Tékumel) to a point that will make it easy to plug into any system.

Wonders of wonders, I have put a little paint on some Empire minis.  No pics, but maybe soon.

Also, I am thinking about changing the layout of this blog, as I find the narrow body style to be odd in the age of wide-screen monitors.

More later!

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