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Hi David. Your comments on my earlier videos are causing me to reflect on how much my RUclips experience has changed over the years. I used to think it possible to reflect on a wide range of topics and to feature a lot more subjects in the form of themed playlists, all connected by 'the past' which of course filters into the present. Try as hard as I can my channel has become yet another wargaming channel but even so wargaming is such a broad theme to me that I can include conversation that others find fault with. This angers me as most of the wargaming content I encounter on RUclips nowadays is either bland endorsement of the popular wargaming companies aimed at generating income through monetisation, or is a platform for the channel owner to surreptitiously broadcast a skewed outlook such as conspiracy theory of one kind or another through dog whistle type remarks. Your own channel and your contribution to my own is one of the few aspects of RUclips that keeps me going. I'm really looking forward to meeting up at Warfare in a few weeks time.

I don't have any knowledge but there were a few interesting remarks of relevance in that book by Vaughan. One was the passage that I read out that mentioned the baggage coming up after the column had reached Peking, which implies that the soldiers wore and carried the bare essentials. This would have saved on wear and tear. Another passage mentioned a cart that followed behind the column collecting discarded items. One can only surmise that this 'collection' included taking equipment and possibly uniforms from the dead. I'm sure that 'make do and mend' featured heavily and also that there was always a local population able to provide services. I recall reading how Chinese civilians always dyed Russian soldiers white tunics khaki as soon as they arrived at the front in the Russo-Japanese War. No doubt they also provided laundry and tailoring services thereafter and that similar arrangements were made by all armies on campaign whatever the theatre.

@@RalphAstley Thank-you for the insight. I like to include a 'rag-tag' element to my miniatures.

There must have been lots of scope for errors to creep in and more thoughts have occurred to me since making this video: 1. No matter how 'on the spot' and immediate a sketch it will always have been reworked somewhat after the event. Vaughan's subjects clearly posed for the artist but when were they coloured in? 2. Many of the incidents sketched by Cadogan could not possibly have been completed as the incident took place, so he must have worked up the sketches later. I'm guessing though that he coloured them around the same time, but then he would have been limited to his palette of water colours so how accurate was his depiction of the greatcoats for instance? 3. Many sketches that we see nowadays were published in newspapers and journals of the time. These were nearly always embellished versions of cruder sketches made by the original artist. The embellishments often involved artistic license so topography was exaggerated and colours invented. The original sketches would sometimes have been submitted by a correspondent or journalist, but many officers must have made a little side cash by offering their eye-witness sketches to the press. 4. Other sketches were pure imagination - for instants prints of key events in the Boxer Rebellion appeared in Japan before the events had even taken place. This was akin to the later enthusiasm to achieve a 'scoop'. Therefore it is wise to be cautious even of these primary sources.

Thank you - likewise I admire your channel. I recently rewatched the wonderful Boxer Rebellion campaign you ran. I recognised some of the Legation buildings as being from Old Glory. Many years ago they used to do the same buildings in 28mm but I doubt they sold many as they were very expensive and took up a lot of tablespace. I had that issue in mind when talking about the footprint of the British Legation.

Interesting about the Greek Legion. I suppose Balkan sympathies lay more with the Orthodox Church and were opposed to the Ottoman Empire. Where did you find reference to them?

@@RalphAstley So my wife is Greek, so when I read sources I always pause when I find references to Greeks. I was turned on to it by a reference to Greeks in the Siege of Sevastopol, and then did some further digging. There is actually a Wikipedia page for the "Greek Volunteer Legion" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Volunteer_Legion There is a history of the Legion written by Aristeidis Chrysovergis which I will see if I can get my mitts on. Unlikely to have been translated, but I can likely do that myself since my wife is a professional translator... So I will have help :) I have some Steve Barber Greeks in appropriate attire that I will paint up and use as a Battalion of Greeks. Poles also served the Czar, though not in a legion as such. The Fletcher & Ishchenko Alma book has many interesting references to a specific Polish officer who provides an interesting perspective.

@@ZenMiniPainting There were tentative moves towards forming a Foreign Legion composed of POWs from Poles and Finns captured in the Baltic campaign. As it was they had to be kept separate from the Russian national prisoners.

The ponderous rate at which I paint figures means that I have still to play a game in either period but Black Powder always suffices for me. In the case of the Crimean War I base the figures for Age of Valour. As for the Jacobite Rebellion I have recently purchased a set of rules specific to 1745. As I am about to reveal another completed Government regiment I will save mention of that for an upcoming video.

@@RalphAstley You may be interested to know that Warlord did mention a Crimean Campaign book coming over the next year. Would undoubtedly be BP so may give you some aiming points to get enough done for a game.

@@AndrewSmith-fd3fi Yes - I heard of that first from Napoleonic Wargaming's channel (announced 2023) and it has spurred me on to complete my forces in time for the release. Usually Warlord take an eternity for their plans to reach fruition but this year's open day made it look promising along with a possible Boer War supplement.

Andy Grubb of Grubby Tanks who purchased Redoubt (but has kept the website separate from his other ranges) has announced his retirement which means that the range will either be sold on again or disappear forever. He is a lovely chap and by coincidence I have purchased some more figures (for the Boxer Rebellion this time) and it has to be said that he never got to grips with cataloguing the ranges and synchronising them with the moulds. He provides an excellent service and rectifies mistakes immediately but there were a number of discrepancies in my order and codes did not correspond to photographs and contents of packs did not correspond to written descriptions. So, for instance, I ended up with five buglers and a single casualty figure when I expected the reverse. It must have been very bewildering when he first purchased the range and tried to sort it out but it will be even worse for whoever takes over in the near future. Great shame as I am very fond of Redoubt and have Anglo-Zulu wars, French Foreign Legion, Trojan Wars and now Boxer Rebellion. It's inevitable as none of us are getting younger and we all want to retire some day and these older ranges do not compare well to more modern releases and therefore are difficult to pass on to a new proprietor It's probably why Caliver Books take so many on - where ranges go to die as I have remarked many times on previous occasions.

@@RalphAstley absolutely no doubt Andy is top chap. The club I attend in Canada buys loads from him, the Grubby Tanks branded stuff. But I am really concerned about the preservation of these classic figures. Redoubt figures are classics, and it would be a crying shame to have them disappear, or diminished heavily. Always enjoy dipping back into the Ralph Astley back catalogue, never disappointed!

I'm a big fan myself - hence the upload.

I still refer to some issues of these magazine titles and have a few out at the moment helping me with various projects, but I am increasingly pressed for space and will probably have to relegate them to the attic soon. A shame as I am fond of them even though I ceased purchasing magazines years ago.

By coincidence I am considering revisiting this topic by looking at Thanet, and particularly the Pegwell Bay area, from the air using Historic England's Aerial Photography Explorer.

They are Redoubt Miniatures. The range was taken over by, and now available from, Grubby Tanks.

@@RalphAstley thank you my friend

This documentary left a deep impression on me when it was first aired. I was able to digitise my VHS copy and decided to upload it to RUclips as I think it is a pity that so many such TV programmes are effectively lost as they will never be repeated. If you would like a copy then I should be able to transfer one to an e-mail address of your choosing, although it might take me a while to manage it. There used to be a way of downloading videos direct from RUclips but they closed that loophole some time ago.

You're very welcome

I'm glad it helped David.

I think the main reason version 2 happened was because the rules were reprinted by Great Escape games so I don't recall any major changes. I believe the next series of Sword and Spear videos I made (Normans v Vikings) used the 2nd edition. Never played much Fantasy of any type.

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Hi Ralph, many thanks for video uploads and that detailed info on music, I thought it might be Mahler! I will now look to get it on CD. @@RalphAstley

Thanks Al and Merry Christmas to you. Comments are turned off on most videos since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and will be restored when the war ends satisfactorily for Ukraine - may be some time!

I think that happens because individual planes are not targets/objectives. The way to view other planes is to first go into chase view with your own aircraft (CTRL + F4) then press the TAB key for next aircraft (friendlies as well as enemy) or SHIFT + TAB for previous aircraft. If you press I this will toggle an indicator pointing you towards the nearest enemy aircraft. If you press CTRL + SHIFT + L this will toggle labels on aircraft but personally I don't like seeing too much script on the screen. Also SHIFT + T brings up the tactical display so that you can identify various features (pressing T cycles through Ground, Ship, Vehicle and Air). I hope these are the correct commands for your own system - if not if you press F2 you will get a quick reference of keyboard commands and can look up each command there.

@@RalphAstley Thaannkk you very much bro! It worked me 🙏✨✨ you deserve my subscription 😄😄✨

In my opinion this is far and away Peter Pig's best set of rules, unfortunately the first edition (which I play here) was much better than AK47 Reloaded. Try to get a second hand copy of the first edition if you can.

@@RalphAstley I got a PDF of the older game

Thank you for your kind words.

Thank you. I'm a long time subscriber to your channel and have been watching your new project with interest.

Balance??

Me too - that's why I treasure my old programmes that I saved to VHS and later DVD.

Are there region 2 DVDs of this lecture?

Years later and I am still not halfway through this same box - so it's value for money too.

You should have a lot of enjoyable games from it.

Thanks Howard - I'll have to work harder to alienate all my viewers!

Yes - it's been a long time since I saw such a view.

In trying to take a circular route we discovered there was a much easier route up and we had chosen to scramble up a steep gradient.

Thanks - you're in for a treat then as I have come back with lots of footage

Thanks Kaspar. Back from holiday now - I had to wait in order to edit the footage. Have much more to show including some spectacular drone footage.

It is no longer available - Games Workshop pulled the plug on Warhammer Historical games many years ago. You may find a copy on eBay but will have to pay a high price for it because of its scarcity value.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you - the ships are from War Times Journal

I think it was 60x120mm. It will take me a while to find out for sure as the model is stored at the back of a very crowded cupboard

@@RalphAstley no need to rake it out, my thanks for replying :)

@@spener89 Just been to the back of the cupboard - I was wrong, the bases are 60x80mm

Thanks for the heads up Dale - I'll certainly be acquiring that book.

Glad you enjoyed it

That isn't exactly possible but you can padlock an enemy target by pressing ` on the keyboard (the button just above the tab key) or button 2 on the joystick. Then toggle the indicator on or off using the I key and a green directional arrow appears showing you which way you need to turn to get the enemy in your sights. Pressing the tab key will cycle through all the available targets.

First you have to select the bomb by 'cycling the ordnance type' - this is done by pressing the backspace key. Then to release the bomb you press enter.

@@RalphAstley Thanksss if it worked for me :D

Nice figures

Apologies for the poor sound quality - This was taken on my old camera. The TV series Storm from the East is worth catching if you get an opportunity.

Thank you. You seem to be trawling my back catalogue!

Thanks David - I got a lot of negative comments about the script so haven't repeated the experiment, but I think it helps me keep on track.

@@RalphAstley while I enjoy the more rambly delivery of many of your videos, I think there is a time and place for a more formal documentary style, and I think this video really highlights that. For this video, I think a sprawling ramble might not have been as deep and knowledge-laden. Might just be a case of subject determining form.

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Thank you ever so much! I hope to start my own channel thanks to you sometime next year. Admire your courage and ardent efforts in producing and sharing your content.

As computers and laptops are no longer supplied with CD drives you will find the data on any discs you purchase for Seekrieg V are on memory sticks. I came to realise that RUclips and other social media help normalise irrational and extreme beliefs such as covid deniers and those who believe Trump won the last election. When the Russian invasion took place I was outraged and could see that Putin took some strength from the complacency and befuddlement of Western democracies. Another channel appealed for RUclips users to speak out against the invasion, but hardly anyone did, and my own protests were countered by comments (including some from people I regularly exchanged with) that justified Putin's actions or played down the enormity of them. Until Ukraine achieves peace on its own terms I have decided not to have any correspondence on my channel, but I cannot back date this to all my previous videos and must disable comments on an individual basis. This means rather than replying to comments such as this I disable comments, which then conceals all previous comments which I would rather keep. Therefore thank you for your kind remarks but please refrain from commenting on my back catalogue of videos as this will result in the deletion of comments that preceded your own.

I think you must have a different version of the game to me as I didn't have to adjust anything, or maybe your game is for a different OS? This is on Windows XP

@@RalphAstley maybee I have steam version and I play it on Win10 maybe this is the problem :(

It was just there - I didn't have to do anything.

Hi Louis. Good to speak to you though in theory this channel has 'gone quiet' as a way of protesting Russia's invasion of the Ukraine. Still, their recent collapse is cause for optimism so we can allow ourselves a small relaxation, but I won't continue our conversation further. Yes, I have tried some animation of naval games. Before I purchased this animation software I did try something in my game of Santiago de Cuba but it was very basic. Because their isn't much 'bend' in a ship it's not as effective as animating people and creatures.

Yes - the Jutland scenario is scaled down with ships missing and very simplified, but even still does get disordered very quickly.