As part of my recent blog clearup, I was truly sad to find that 90% of VSF links that I have collected over the past 2 decades are dead. Shouldn't be surprised: there were old yahoo groups, geocities sites, webrings (remember them?) and all up many a great VSF Blog has gone as enthusiasm faded. Very natrual.
Some of them were really great, and most inspirational. Some I found in the Wayback machine and one here I really wanted to capture for posterity from the blog "Articulated Rot and Steam Launched drivel"
Again, this is NOT my work and is posted here because such great creatovity deserves to endure.
I present this as originally posted - enjoy!
Aginclank
Henry V's famous battle reimagined in a Victorian Science Fiction setting.
May 28, 2011:For Kublacon this year I ran a VSF refight of the Battle of Agincourt. Below are pictures from the game with some descriptive commentary.
The English Line.
The City of London Post Office Volunteer Rifles in the woods open the English left flank.
Henry, The King, in his tank Racquets, knights by his side.
Uncle Exeter in Harfleur leading the Royal Marines.
York and Gloucester in their tanks with more English foot knights.
The King's Royal Rifles in the woods on the English right flank.
The line of French knights with Martel in the tank Oriflamme.
French Knights seen from the woods.
The French Foreign Legion, part of the French rearguard.
On the right is the French Old Guard forming the infantry center.
Oriflamme proves to be an early casualty while the French knights get stuck in the mud.
The English move up to the edge of the muddy field.
French knights led by the Duc de Alencon threaten the Rifle brigade in the woods.
York and Gloucester
Richard Beauchamp, The Earl of Warwick. This is a figure I converted but was painted in masterful fashion by my closest friend Mr. Thomas Foss.
Exeter and the Marines.
Montjoy, the French Herald moves up to offer terms to Henry while a French tank burns most ironically in the background.
Warwick and his squire move up the center.
The Royal Marines and the Post Office Rifles give volleys to the French Knights.
The Duke of Alencon, with the aid of French sailors from the rearguard assault the rifles and force them back into the woods.
More of the rearguard moves up.
English foot knights advancing.
Montjoy, the French Herald.
Exeter.
Having extricated themselves from a particularly deep patch of muck, the French knights turn and charge the Post Office Rifles.
The Rifles hold fast and the combat draws on.
The French Foreign Legion advance in support of the chivalry's attack.
One company of the Rifles withdraw slowly back into the woods while another come out and threaten the Dauphin's flank.
The third company of the Post Office Rifles and their Velocipede, the mighty McPhilleagh.
The English foot knights, ed by Warwick, engage the French line in a series of back and forth skirmishes in the center of the line.
Warwick makes for the French Center.
The Duc de Alencon lies defeated and the French rearguard considers the formidable task of rooting the Royal Rifles out of the woods.
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I'll try and resuurect some of the other great posts
from "Articulated Rot and Steam Launched drivel" in the future
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