VLOG: Crusader Wargaming Table Build – Part Two
January 31, 2020 by crew
Justin and Warren are back with a progress update on the Siege of Acre wargaming table they are building.
Justin has pushed on ahead to complete the castle walls and towers with a combination of priming, overbrush and drybrush. The models are from Printable Scenery and 3D printed on our in-house FDM machines. Meanwhile Warren has been working on basing the armies and siege towers for this epic participation game. But there's a whole lot of Saracen forces still to come.
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Kingdom of heaven was set well after the Second Crusade 1147-1149, Saladin would have only been 9 yrs old at the time.
Table is looking really “epic”
Taken from Wikipedia – AS I may be confused 🙂 The Siege of Jerusalem was a siege on the city of Jerusalem that lasted from September 20 to October 2, 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin. Though Jerusalem fell, it was not the end of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, as the capital shifted first to Tyre and later to Acre after the Third Crusade. Latin Christians responded in 1189 by launching the Third Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus, and Frederick Barbarossa separately. So I’m pretty sure it was right before the launch of… Read more »
Crossed wires I think, in the vlog you said Second Crusade not Third which was starting at the end of the film. As a side note have a look at the contemporary accounts from the Second Crusade, the siege of Lisbon by one part of the crusade and the ‘how can we make so many f*** ups in 2 yrs’ of Louis VII and Conrad III.
Sorry just realised how that first comment came across. Going to put my keyboard warrior away now and go have a beer (and count some buttons).
lol – no It was a great help.
The mistake I’ve been making was considering the entire time between crusades as crusades.
So I took the entire period between the start of the 2nd crusade to the point of the start of the 3rd crusade as the 2nd crusade.
I need to be a little more careful of my dates – (it was basically a shorthand for me to get a basic grip on the timelines) – but obviously there are periods between crusades that are not crusades!
Thanks for point of note, very much appreciated! 🙂
All the models are looking great so far. For unit id’ing you could try unique base details. I’ve seen it done well on green field bases, where one squad has a burnt grass tufts another has small rocks another has clump flock bushes, might be harder in a desert scenario.
I do the same with my saga minis
I’m using different colours of flowers on my FoW infantry bases so I can tell squads apart.
It’s great to feel the enthusiasm and energy for this project in these vlogs.
That certainly is the best way to beat the ‘hobby fun’
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Innuendo count = 2 … right ?
I really enjoy hearing about new releases and kickstarters and all the rest on the weekender shows, as my hobby ignorance is manifest. THIS, however, is just magnificent, and more up my alley. Well done, Justin. Are you using varnish on the walls and towers? What type? Excited about the upcoming battles…@warzan, are there going to be some alternative history twists?
Honestly at this stage I’m hard pressed to think of anything much cooler than what took place at the siege itself lol.
I have a couple of things up my sleeve though that should be fun alternative options to play – but I’ll post more on that when the rules start to take shape 🙂
warzan
the army started to look very good.
i’m kerjeus what rules you will use to play.
if you have netflix there is a new series that may interest you OTTOMAN it is about the siege of Constantinople and a very very very large cannon is used.
Paul ?
Thanks mate – I’ve been eying that series up and will definitely give it a watch!
Its a good series but it over estimates I think the amount of physical damage the large cannon did
I have to agree with @avernos on the rim painting – it is a lot easier for a participation game if people can quickly identify there bases. If you don’t want to paint the whole rim, then Justin’s suggestion of a marking on the back is a good compromise. I’ve used both in games at various local shows and they make life so much easier.
For unit differentiation could you use pennants/flags? Eg one unit has blue pennants on their pikes, another red, a third has green ones on their lances, etc.
another fantastic looking table guys cant wait to see the battle.
The defences are called “Cheval de Frise” which means Frisian Horses named after the Northern European Frisians who lacked Cavalry and needed to use these as a Cavalry counter. The Romans had a similar sort of thing with their stakes although those are closer to Czech Hedgehogs than Cheval de Frise.
If you need a tip to remember the name just think “Chivalry Freeze” since they “Freeze” the “Chivalrous” Knights.