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Anachronistic GB: generalized Old Battles with New Weapons

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ysi_maniac

#30
July 11, 2008, 07:33:03 AM Last Edit: July 11, 2008, 07:35:43 AM by ysi_maniac
Will die without understanding this world.

Taiidantomcat

#31
September 24, 2009, 11:39:31 AM
Im giving this thread a bump because its in the GB Poll and i couldn't find it initially to find out what it was  :banghead:



"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Spey_Phantom

#32
September 24, 2009, 11:57:10 AM Last Edit: September 24, 2009, 11:59:52 AM by Nils
Old battles with new weapons hey,.....

i just watched an episode of Mythbusters where they builded what is called the "confederate rocket"
the myth goes that during the US Civil War, the south developed and built a 2-stage rocket, capable of a range of 119 miles, developed to be launched from Virginia to Washington DC.

imagine if this was true, confederate cruise misilles  :lol:

EDIT: i really need to study my history, especially the roman empire, as i have signed up to solicitate for a spot in the local Roman archeological museum, i must teach people all about Julius Caesar's might fleet of Vulcan Bombers and Aircraft Carriers :rolleyes:
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

Radish

#33
October 06, 2009, 01:21:18 AM
Lte's remember the Imperial Roman Sabre, armed with Green Asp missiles....
Once you've visited the land of the Loonies, a return is never far away.....

Still His (or Her) Majesty, Queen Caroline of the Midlands, Resident Drag Queen

Fulcrum

#34
October 06, 2009, 11:45:07 PM Last Edit: October 07, 2009, 01:25:57 AM by Fulcrum
Maybe another version of the Final Countdown senario is the WW1 Ottoman battleship Yauvz transports back in time to the battle of Lepanto :wacko: :dalek: :o ;D
(Kind of a irony as today, October 7th is the 438th anniversary of the battle of Lepanto)
Fulcrums Forever!!!
Master Assembler

nev

#35
October 07, 2009, 12:47:02 AM
I suppose I should add my Sputumflamma Mk.II, personal transport of Augustus Terencius Campionicus Aztecus


http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,22125.0/highlight,sputumflamma.html

And my Carnifex fighter bomber, as used during the 2nd Aztec War

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,22399.0.html
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

ysi_maniac

#36
October 07, 2009, 05:37:26 AM
^^^^^
Love your Roman fighters ... :wub: :wub: :thumbsup:
But, why do you mix Aztecs with Romans?  :huh:
(not a critic, just curiosity)
Will die without understanding this world.

nev

#37
October 07, 2009, 08:54:27 AM
Based upon an alternate history that Radish wrote a decade or more ago, of a Roman Empire that was still going today, with various other power blocks around the world - Aztecs, Huns, Ming etc. And hence the nod to him in the name of my Emperor ;)  I used it as a starting point, and fleshed it out.

If this goes ahead (or if its allowed for the HOG memorial) Rome will be expanding into space next, with a battlecruiser of the Imperial Praetorian Astral Corps ;)
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

ysi_maniac

#38
October 07, 2009, 09:11:10 AM
^^^^^^
Radical whiffery indeed :thumbsup: ;D
Will die without understanding this world.

Mossie

#39
October 07, 2009, 12:07:04 PM
I've never been able to work whats going with that naked lady on your Spitfire.  Either the black line is just an outline of the leg & the lines on the floor are her clothes, or the 'clothes' are a puddle & she's having a pee..... ;D
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

bluedonkey99

#40
October 07, 2009, 12:59:38 PM

Rome in space  - you know it makes sense

pax romana per ad astra!

Roma invicta "Unconquerable Rome"

  (going to a bog standard comprehensive, we obviously didnt do latin (or much in the way of english for that matter))

however, the following has a situation one must avoid!!!

cave nil vino beware of running out of wine

Mossie

#41
October 07, 2009, 02:08:58 PM
noli illegitimi carborundum.....

Even a Wiki entry on it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

nev

#42
October 08, 2009, 12:24:34 AM
Quote from: Mossie on October 07, 2009, 12:07:04 PM
I've never been able to work whats going with that naked lady on your Spitfire.  Either the black line is just an outline of the leg & the lines on the floor are her clothes, or the 'clothes' are a puddle & she's having a pee..... ;D

Airfix decals eh?
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

B777LR

#43
October 08, 2009, 11:02:15 AM
In the theme of hollywood sequels and the final countdown:

The Final Countdown: Europe

HMS Invincible is on a patrol of the Mediterranean. Suddenly a strange greenish storm appears ahead of the ship. Everybody passes out, and when they wake up again, the storm is gone, and so is the escort Type 42. A Sea King AEW is sent up, and it discovers a wave of aircraft coming towards the Invincible. The RAFs Harrier GR9s are sent up with gunpods and a pair of AIM-9s, and soon discover a flight of Bf-109s and SM.79s, which are shot down after a litte fighting, but not before they report the position of Invincible.
Then the Sea King AEW spots a German invasionforce heading towards north africa. The Harriers are launched to sink the force, but the launch is aborted when a trail of bubbles is seen on the surface heading towards Invincible. Invincible narrowly avoids, and an EH-101 is sent out to sink the Type IX submarine. Suddenly the storm reappears, and all the aircraft are called back. The Invincible reappears today...

ysi_maniac

#44
October 13, 2009, 06:08:14 AM Last Edit: October 14, 2009, 06:40:23 AM by ysi_maniac
Can anyone suggest flags or roundels for Carthage? Giving some reasons ;D :thumbsup: :blink:

EDIT: I have found this: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9054/carthage.html
But more ideas are very wellcome :thumbsup:
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