I admit it is a shame that we cannot have (and non of us could never afford to have) horses, because they do look cool in number.
Oh, and look for the guy comming off the AT gun at speed in the second one.; 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9wcssI ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=WtP ... =endscreen
Ouch! And seemingly run over by his own gun as well! 
I must admit, I prefer my Polish horsemen to be more of the winged variety. 
As to earlier discussions: While I like the idea of early war games, I do understand the difficulty in getting suitable kit for it. I also totally understand the reluctance for splashing out on something that might only get used once or twice a year. The only reason I can do early war French is due to lucking out at a costume sale. And I picked it up mainly to mix in with civilian gear when playing resistance or mix in with US kit when playing Free French.
To the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentières"
Napoleons army ran away, As you do
The guard stood firm for Frances Pride, As you do
They said the guard will stand and die
But we heard what their Colonel cried
It wasn't pretty I tell you.
Resistance is fertile
Thing is once or twice a year is pretty much all the chance we get to use our impressions anyway, so it all makes no odds to us.
Yes it will require outlay, and yes the standards required will be kind yet firm, but we never run 'entry level' games anyway. We were all talking about the last time we really got excited about the run up to a game, and it was Ariel, and that was because we were doing something 'new' for it. We were researching and thinking of characters and looking at these variations and new details....
It was only after this that someone said 'hang on, wasn't Russian after Ariel?' and we all went 'oh yeah, so it was', but we were never excited about that, why?
The only factor we could think of was Russian kit was always 'practical', we needed the basics to fill numbers at an event, and afterwards we got it because we would need it to attend the Russkie games. All pragmatism, and no fun.
So our conclusion was the fun is from getting things that are not pragmatic, that trying to justify any part this waste of money (our hobby, all of it) as a worthwhile purchase is bullshit, we are doing it and getting it because we want to, and will end up with some damn fine trousers in the process.
Thing is once or twice a year is pretty much all the chance we get to use our impressions anyway
If that! (says he peering at his dusty and unloved FJ impression).
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
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I'm with Craig on this one, the more ridiculous and impractical the thing being aimed for the more it appeals........
You can argue any hobby is a waste of money, why not just roll with it and do interesting stuff with your wasting? 
Actually you can argue any outlay over and above the very basic living costs of bread and water and the 'leccy bill is a waste of money as that is all essentially consumerism which is killing the planet (leefty, greeny rant over!).
Better this than ipads.
I assume less Chinese people die for an early war Polish impression.
So, rifle only early war? I quite like the idea of being French...... 
The guy falling off shows how any hobby can be dangerious and not really anyones fault. Nice clip i would love a game with 'orses.
Just like id love a tiger tank, but one day rodders when im a millionaire , the polish lancers charging panzers will be realized =)
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
...... one day rodders when im a millionaire , the polish lancers charging panzers will be realized =) .........
Could be a whole new spin-off series - 'Only Poles and Horses'
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...... one day rodders when im a millionaire , the polish lancers charging panzers will be realized =) .........
Could be a whole new spin-off series - 'Only Poles and Horses'
Of course the horses would have to win, otherwise it would be nothing but nazzi propaganda, re-enacting nazzi propaganda aint no good weekend.
Found this should anyone already looking for the kit..
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/AH6141-French-Ad ... 232356eb5c
Too small for my noggin though 
...... one day rodders when im a millionaire , the polish lancers charging panzers will be realized =) .........
Could be a whole new spin-off series - 'Only Poles and Horses'
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
i think the point has been missed with the "waist of money" argument,some of us simply don't have the money to waist and wish to use what we have or at least get the greatest mileage out of what we can spend. ultimately this is an expensive hobby and totally frivolous but keeping costs manageable is a limiting factor to some of us,however as i said i'd go with my German kit anyway and that can be the same for a good number of people,after all we cant all be Polish.
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i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
yes, there is not as much of a change required for German.
i think the point has been missed with the "waist of money" argument,
Yes, I have a couple of pairs of trousers like that as well
But joking aside, yes, money is tight, and as a self confessed "cheep ass" gamer, I well and truly appreciate the "no matter how much I'd like to have it, but cant justify the cost for the amount of use it will get" feeling. And of late I imagine all of us have been tightening our belts (just shoot me!)
What we do have is mostly late war NW Europe orientated kit so that is a good thing to focus on.
To the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentières"
Napoleons army ran away, As you do
The guard stood firm for Frances Pride, As you do
They said the guard will stand and die
But we heard what their Colonel cried
It wasn't pretty I tell you.
Resistance is fertile
Personally I cant see myself buying anymore kit now.
I've probably got one of the larger collections on the scene and if i cant represent a unit with what i've got now I'm probably never going to.
I really dont think we've done everything we can with a lot of the stuff we already have. I mean everyone bought early war kit for aeriel and how many early war games have there actually been?
These days i'd much rather spend the little free cash and time i do have getting some good use out of the kit i've already got than having to splash out even £50 on new wwii kit.
I've litterally got shelf loads of kit that gets used once a year if i'm lucky ( i probably play about four WWII games a year and on average my airborne kit gets an outing, my line inf kit gets used once and my german kit twice). Add in the fact I game other periods like Nam and Coldwar that I need basic kit for each major protagonist as well and it gets really expensive.
I honestly wish you all the best with a 1939 polish game but I'd only just got round to looking into buying the insignia for my BD for a post overlord Polish game of yours 
I *know* this is massively ironic coming from me, but these days my disposable time and income are much less than they used to be now i work with Josh and help out at so many different airsoft filmsim periods. when i just did WWII it was a lot easier.
The other thing for me is these days i like kit to be authentic and if possible original (as a militaria collector repro kit is 'dead money' as it doesnt have historical value or appreciate), running around in no2 dress uniform with a collar stuck on and carrying a no4 as a counts as polish rifle would feel like i'd stepped back five years and yith and i were doing churchill bodyguard in modern service dress at the eagle has landed.
And its good news that yith has WWi brit uniform that looks like a polish one... you're ok, one down 29 to go to get a good side ready!
Honestly, good luck with it and if you do another late war Polish game that can accomodate a fairly sedentary role for me i'm in.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
And its good news that yith has WWi brit uniform that looks like a polish one... you're ok, one down 29 to go to get a good side ready!
Honestly, good luck with it and if you do another late war Polish game that can accomodate a fairly sedentary role for me i'm in.
29!? Nooooo.
If I ran a game of 101st Airborne + any Brit you want vs 'German, types, all of', then it wouldn't get anywhere near 30 per side. In fact I am not sure when the last 'hobby' game had 30 a side? By the time any 1944 game has a prescriptive rule or two then the sides are way down low.
So that's 11 to go, Oh, well I have a Polish uniform too, so only 10.
yeah fair play.
Its a tricky one.
Sometimes you can be quite prescriptive about kit and get good numbers still (gunmans Arnhem) and then others you cant make minimal bookings (cold War grenada....)
If i ever win the lottery, and its unlikely, mostly because i dont buy a ticket.... i'd run games where i'd bloody buy every player a tailor made uniform and kit and provide them with the right weapon just for the personal satisfaction of actually being able to run a historically credible, visually amazing and cheap niche battle...
I'd still have someone moaning why they coudnt come as US Airborne/Waffen SS/Mongolian underwater knife fighter though....
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Because people who apparently are interested in WWII, and know everything about cammo patterns in Normandy, in 1944, in September, on a Tuesday still walk around saying Polish Cavalry Charging Panzers.
I object in the strongest possible terms to your insinuation that I know anything (let alone everything) about camo patterns in Normandy '44.
...... one day rodders when im a millionaire , the polish lancers charging panzers will be realized =) .........
Could be a whole new spin-off series - 'Only Poles and Horses'
Of course the horses would have to win, otherwise it would be nothing but nazzi propaganda, re-enacting nazzi propaganda aint no good weekend.
I think I have solved the horse problem for you!
To the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentières"
Napoleons army ran away, As you do
The guard stood firm for Frances Pride, As you do
They said the guard will stand and die
But we heard what their Colonel cried
It wasn't pretty I tell you.
Resistance is fertile
Like it, and only another 985 people need to order one before they actually make them.
