chubooga wrote:xyston are much bigger.

too big imho, to be compatible with essex.

stick to the VVV transfers, they should work fine, especially if you shade the shade before applying the transfer, depending on painting style of course.

jon

Thanks for the reply, and the information, Jon. Good to know.

-M.

Hello, everyone. Wife picked up a Gallic Starter Army from Essex. She would like to use transfers instead if painting each shield by hand. However, only options appear to be either VVV or Little Big Man Studios. Does anyone know enough about the Xyston shields to know how they compare to Essex shiel...

Just curious about how the Samnites play in FOG. They fascinate me, but I'm not sure how well the Medium Foot would hold up against, say, an army of Heavy Foot. Would it be possible to make them more flexible by adding some heavy foot allies, or is the cost too high in terms of points? Edited: Here'...

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willb wrote:Correct only applies in this case as to using ACE instead of CE. We could end up using the Chinese calendar

Point well made.

-M.

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