Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: sprior

Watching Series 1 of Dads Army on DVD.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Couldn't resist any longer and, well, it is Father's Day, so I have treated myself to the British Pacific Fleet book . Shouldn't have really as my book spending has been a little excessive of late, but, as I keep telling the girlfriend, I'm worth it.....

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ORIGINAL: Dixie

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Couldn't resist any longer and, well, it is Father's Day, so I have treated myself to the British Pacific Fleet book . Shouldn't have really as my book spending has been a little excessive of late, but, as I keep telling the girlfriend, I'm worth it.....

What's the book?

"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Anyone seen this?

"The German" - 10 minute CGI short movie about BoB...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1330608/

http://www.thegermanmovie.com/

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Posted By: nickryan
Post Time: 07-31-2009 at 05:49 PM
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I recently completed my second short film 'The German', starring Toby Kebbell (Control, RocknRolla and the up-coming Prince of Persia) and Christian Brassington (Elisabeth: The Golden Age and Easy Virtues). I wrote and directed the film.

www.thegermanmovie.com

The blurb!

November 1940, during the greatest conflict man has ever known, an epic duel unfolds between two ace pilots, each willing to take the match to it’s ultimate conclusion. Unknown to the pilots is a fate neither has considered.

The German is a war story seen through the eyes of RAF officer A C Barton (Kebbell) who will take his fight to the very end. The singleminded desire for revenge drives Barton, but when it comes face to face, can he pull the trigger?



Shot on 35mm (anamorphic), and posted at 2K, the opening of the film is an aerial battle between a British Spitfire and a German Me 109, all of which I completed here at Image Now Films over a six month period. This is a combination of Live action/stills and fully CGI shots.

I have made up a website for the film, which has a trailer and effects breakdowns and a small behind the scenes clip. I have also written a little about the process involved.

Pretty much like the my last short film, A Lonely Sky, the film was made on a relatively small budget (70K euro). It was funded by the Irish Film Board, under a short film scheme they run.

While that sounds a lot, when broken down under the regulations for filming, it all disappears very quickly. The Effects budget was a big fat zero, so a lot of long hours again.

Unfortunately I can't put the film on the web yet, because of film festivals. It was selected for Palm Springs, and LA Shorts as well as the San Paulo film festival.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks

Nick

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: sprior

It is a very good book and very detailed, covering not just operations but the logistics as well. Even though written by an ex-RN waffoo he doesn't hesitate to criticise where criticism is due.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Steel Wolves is to be HIGHLY recommended. It has the same sort of YES!-factor that original stock WitP had when I first played it all those years ago.

If there's one little thing that's speaks against it, it's that there's no mechanics for helping you to remember all the rules. I've forgotten to use a few rules along the way that could have helped me (like disremembering to deploy German search aircraft).

Anyway, I'm glad I spent my money. It was quite a lot, but well worth it.

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ORIGINAL: sprior

Good morning and a Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there.

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Shameles BUMP...


Has anyone actualy seen this?
Leo "Apollo11"

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: sprior

It is a very good book and very detailed, covering not just operations but the logistics as well. Even though written by an ex-RN waffoo he doesn't hesitate to criticise where criticism is due.

Warspite1

Waffoo?

"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.

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ORIGINAL: Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Steel Wolves is to be HIGHLY recommended. It has the same sort of YES!-factor that original stock WitP had when I first played it all those years ago.

If there's one little thing that's speaks against it, it's that there's no mechanics for helping you to remember all the rules. I've forgotten to use a few rules along the way that could have helped me (like disremembering to deploy German search aircraft).

Anyway, I'm glad I spent my money. It was quite a lot, but well worth it.

You git! You're meant to be putting me off from buying it...

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ORIGINAL: Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Steel Wolves is to be HIGHLY recommended. It has the same sort of YES!-factor that original stock WitP had when I first played it all those years ago.

If there's one little thing that's speaks against it, it's that there's no mechanics for helping you to remember all the rules. I've forgotten to use a few rules along the way that could have helped me (like disremembering to deploy German search aircraft).

Anyway, I'm glad I spent my money. It was quite a lot, but well worth it.

You git! You're meant to be putting me off from buying it...

"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Hey Dixie, anything special you want to know about the convoy combat mechanics in the game?

Bigger boys stole my sig

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Steel Wolves is to be HIGHLY recommended. It has the same sort of YES!-factor that original stock WitP had when I first played it all those years ago.

If there's one little thing that's speaks against it, it's that there's no mechanics for helping you to remember all the rules. I've forgotten to use a few rules along the way that could have helped me (like disremembering to deploy German search aircraft).

Anyway, I'm glad I spent my money. It was quite a lot, but well worth it.

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: sprior

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: sprior

It is a very good book and very detailed, covering not just operations but the logistics as well. Even though written by an ex-RN waffoo he doesn't hesitate to criticise where criticism is due.

Warspite1

Waffoo?

Fleet Air Arm type

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Steel Wolves is to be HIGHLY recommended. It has the same sort of YES!-factor that original stock WitP had when I first played it all those years ago.

If there's one little thing that's speaks against it, it's that there's no mechanics for helping you to remember all the rules. I've forgotten to use a few rules along the way that could have helped me (like disremembering to deploy German search aircraft).

Anyway, I'm glad I spent my money. It was quite a lot, but well worth it.

How hard it would be for them to create purely PC version (i.e. everything happening on PC - no actual table maps and counters)?

Would it be feasible and attractive for possible players?


Leo "Apollo11"

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ORIGINAL: Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Hey Dixie, anything special you want to know about the convoy combat mechanics in the game?

Mainly the setups, I'm interested as to how it lines up against Silent War. It appears to be a more complicated (realistic?) setup compared to what I'm used to, the setup is abstracted a bit in Silent War. The actual combat mechanics are pretty much the same from what I understand.

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Think the "Convoy Course" thing is just there for show. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the game.

The "End Combat" box is a Vassal button that returns all pieces on the display to their cups, and any U-Boats to the "Done" field in their OppArea. VERY handy!

Bigger boys stole my sig

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