The "swordsman" rating for light horse seems to depend on how aggressive the subjects were in reality. Scythians get swordsman, and I would suspect the Huns and Mongols will as well. The Seleucid list as an example makes a clear distinction betweens "Scythians" who get swordsman and "other Horse ...

That's a very fair and practical approach.

I'd reserve "Mob" for really bad (or badly armed) troops. While I don't subscribe to some of the arguments that have been advanced over the years that the Sassanid spearmen were better quality troops (or wore chainmail under their clothing), I do think their performance was adequate enough to ...

Someone needs to get on to Xyston and get them to make some FoG Army Packs. Maybe they will once Immortal Fire comes out, since their line will cover much more in that book.

I think I'd make the Sassanid Levies HF, Protected, Defensive Spearmen, Poor, Undrilled, assuming that by "levies" you're referring to the spearmen types, and not some even worse troops. Everything else seems pretty much on track.

I've been looking at Xyston for a couple of possible Successor armies and their stuff is very nice indeed. They are unfortunately missing one or two key elements for a Pyrrhic army: the Tarentine Cavalry, although it's on their list of upcoming releases, and the later type of Macedonian cavalry with ...

I voted 15MM, but to be perfectly honest I play in both scales. I have a large collection of Medieval stuff in 25/28MM so my Medieval armies (Normans, Communal Italian, Early Crusaders, Syrian City States, and Later Hungarian) are all going to be 25/28MM and remain so.

Since I'm starting ...

Martin is correct, at least that's the way I read it.

In the Southern United States, it's a "tad".

Nice job Olivier! That's certainly an inspiration to the rest of us.

The camp is going to be the last thing I'm going to paint, but then again I'm playing amongst friends, and not going to tournaments.

Here's another vote for Corvus Belli. They are absolutely beautiful figures - very well sculpted, and much superior to Essex or Old Glory.

That said, Old Glory are probably the least expensive, so I guess it all depends on how you define "value".

I play mostly historical scenarios, and I don't think I'll have any problem converting any of them to FoG. I'm working on some now in fact. I think the trick is to keep troop types in the same proportion they were in the prototype, and find a convenient number of battle groups that makes the ...

I'd paint one with red and one with white because it looks good on the tabletop and makes it easy to tell your legions apart. If anyone complains, tell them to show you the 8 x 10 color glossy.

I think you gentlemen are correct, that definitely looks like the figure in question.

LOL. Play HYW English then. That should cure them of it.

You are, I presume, talking about the "Immortals" and the "Gyanavspar" (sp?). I don't know that there is any evidence that they were sufficiently exceptional to warrant an upgrade. "Cavalry, Armoured, Superior, Bow, Swordsman" is pretty good as it stands for a basic troop type.

This is of interest to me since I have a large 25MM force painted and organized as Matthias Corvinus' Black Army. Did anyone use that variation?

Not quite. Your left hand base is a little too far over. The top left corner of the unit must remain stationary. As White Knight noted, after the unit turns, your top left base shoud be lined up exactly opposite the opponent's bottom right base.

If I were an umpire, I certainly wouldn't allow it. The picture that karakhanid posted is downright obnoxious, almost cheating in my mind. I'm very sorry that he encountered such a person. The intent of the rule seems perfectly clear, that each field fortification element be in full contact with one ...