Well, the attempted overthrow of the planned units of 4 stands of 4 infantry or 2 skirmishers, has been squashed and the Acadian campaign is about to resume shortly, once the reinforcements arrive and all units conform to international regulations on basing and unit sizes.
More artillery will be next.....
Then trees....I need more trees, more BIG ones especially (for the 40mm lads), and more foliage. At the moment I'm pretty well equipped for late autumn forests.......
(I miss the days when one could easily get treated lichen for model railway layouts, even in the boonies....)
Ross -
ReplyDeleteI like the 2x2 stands and 4x4 unit sizes - a very convenient arrangement, good for line, assault column and road movement.
Cheers,
Ion
Also good for scenarios which specify "1/2 unit".
DeleteAh, yes! The justly-famous Basing Convention, held in Basing, Switzerland not far from Geneva. It vastly expanded the earlier Vietmeyer Agreement, arrived at in Waldeck. I believe WRG was an early signatory. It established that all single-based units had to have a standard frontage or half that frontage, and that all multiple-base units had to have enough bases to distinguish line, assalut column, road column and when necessary, squares.
ReplyDeleteI was indoctrinated in the '70s thanks to wrg. I'm trying to detox .......
DeleteI got some very tall trees from Lemax some years ago , part of their Christmas village range, well worth looking out for…
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Where would you learn about the Basing Convention? In an Elementary school! 😂😂😂
I believe it can be found here: Old Basing
Deletehmmm my link isn't working.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Basing
DeleteConstantly rebasing, my secondary hobby. White glue has a place of pride on my painting table.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Epoxy etc can break ankles, if you can break the bond at all.
DeleteI am convinced that rebasing is what wargamers have instead of purgatory.
ReplyDeleteor instead of painting more figures.....
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