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Post by terrance on Jan 28, 2017 22:56:21 GMT
I figure there are about 4 games left on the Story Arc Campaign and I am moving towards the next series of games which will be a timeline campaign. For the early years I will need horse-drawn artillery limbers and cavalry. So here is what I have. Limbers: AWI horse limbers from Blue Moon. The ACW limbers might be slightly nicer but the figures riding the ammo box are cast on with clearly ACW uniforms.   Cavalry: Also from blue Moon. Some ACW Texans I had sitting around. The ones with brimmed hats I used as is. Some had kepi's and i cut and filed the hat down to look more like a hatless head.   
For battles after the first few years of timeline I will want cav with gas masks. But this takes care of the first few battles. |
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Post by loyalist on Jan 29, 2017 0:53:41 GMT
The S2G cavalry are great for later units with gas masks, steel infantry helmets and shoulder, elbow and knee armour. I've painted 3 units of S2G dragoons and am working on 3 of lancers.
Fortunately Canadian cavalry pre-1914 can be represented by Blue Moon colonial cavalry (Sudan) because the uniforms were very similar. I'll be ordering those to represent Canadian militia cavalry units available when the Martians cross the border from North Dakota in mid-1909.
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Post by madmorgan on Jan 30, 2017 12:38:23 GMT
I found I like the Amer. Rev. war limbers the best. Costing a lot less, you can get those without riding crews and use BM & True North figures for the gunners. Of coarse the easiest would be to use the ACW Confederates only mixed with some hat wearing artillery crews from BM. ps: actually as I look at your pictures, those limbers are perfect, generic types  Also, I use a lot more horse limbers than normal for my Whitworth ATG units, as backup to various cavalry units. Love the cavalry btw. |
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Post by terrance on Jan 30, 2017 18:31:20 GMT
The S2G cavalry are exactly what I am thinking about for when the cavalry get gas masks. For the early days the assumption is nobody really understands what they are up against so they go into battle with their standard load out.
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Post by easye on Jan 30, 2017 22:14:45 GMT
I love the cavalry. I want some for my army in the Minnesota River Valley.
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Post by loyalist on Jan 31, 2017 1:41:25 GMT
The S2G cavalry are exactly what I am thinking about for when the cavalry get gas masks. For the early days the assumption is nobody really understands what they are up against so they go into battle with their standard load out. According to the fluff in the rule book the Canadians have about 6-7 months before the Martians enter the country across the North Dakota border. By then it would be known that the Martians have 2 types of gas weapons, that cavalry and infantry will be decimated without cover and significant artillery support, that HMGs are useful to a degree, and that basic field defenses are essential (gun and HMG pits, shallow trenches). Perhaps that has been enough time for some units to be equipped with gas masks although neither my militia infantry or cavalry units based in the western provinces have them. There has been enough time for better equipped militia and regular army units in central and eastern Canada, with some current British and American technology, to be moved west as it becomes clear from US reports that the Martians are moving steadily north. Cavalry will be useful on their own as scouts and tripods should be detectable at a great enough distance to provide a margin of safety from pursuit, although Scout tripods are faster than cavalry. Cavalry also can be used to lead tripods onto prepared positions. The news of the effective use of improvised explosive charges by members of the US 5th cavalry has been shared, so most cavalry units are carrying explosive devices, or at least grenades. Probably by late 1909 or early 1910 units of British Spector armoured cars and American Harley Davidson motorcycles would be shipped west. Both have similar cross-country speed; with the radio equipped Spectors they would make an effective scouting force with the speed to match Scout tripods and out-run the rest. |
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Post by terrance on Jan 31, 2017 17:50:33 GMT
The S2G cavalry are exactly what I am thinking about for when the cavalry get gas masks. For the early days the assumption is nobody really understands what they are up against so they go into battle with their standard load out. According to the fluff in the rule book the Canadians have about 6-7 months before the Martians enter the country across the North Dakota border. By then it would be known that the Martians have 2 types of gas weapons, that cavalry and infantry will be decimated without cover and significant artillery support, that HMGs are useful to a degree, and that basic field defenses are essential (gun and HMG pits, shallow trenches). Perhaps that has been enough time for some units to be equipped with gas masks although neither my militia infantry or cavalry units based in the western provinces have them. There has been enough time for better equipped militia and regular army units in central and eastern Canada, with some current British and American technology, to be moved west as it becomes clear from US reports that the Martians are moving steadily north. Cavalry will be useful on their own as scouts and tripods should be detectable at a great enough distance to provide a margin of safety from pursuit, although Scout tripods are faster than cavalry. Cavalry also can be used to lead tripods onto prepared positions. The news of the effective use of improvised explosive charges by members of the US 7th cavalry has been shared, so most cavalry units are carrying explosive devices, or at least grenades. Probably by late 1909 or early 1910 units of British Spector armoured cars and American Harley Davidson motorcycles would be shipped west. Both have similar cross-country speed; with the radio equipped Spectors they would make an effective scouting force with the speed to match Scout tripods and out-run the rest. All good points Loyalist. I am in total agreement. Word is going to get out pretty fast about the need for gas masks, etc. But for first contact, things can get ugly.  |
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Post by scottwashburn on Feb 1, 2017 13:17:30 GMT
Yes, I need to get my cavalry forces painted up! Considering how much my books deal with cavalry I need to have some!
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Post by loyalist on Feb 1, 2017 15:35:17 GMT
I think I'll order some Blue Moon limbers, 18 pdr guns and crews to accompany my Canadian militia cavalry. (Medium guns in the regular army will be towed by trucks.)
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