ACW Buildings

[Orcs]

Having takemn the plunge on ACW I am looking for some suitable buildings.  Obviously theere are the two Epsilom Barns, but what other buildings would members recommend, also what scale.

I know this sounds obvious, but the excellent Timecast buildings are built to a true groud scale and are realative large footprints, so I am looking for smaller footprints, but no so small that the doors etc look wrong

[petercooman]

The pendraken ones are nice!

The 5 on the right on the first picture

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8873.0.html

[Orcs]

The pendraken ones are nice!

The 5 on the right on the first picture

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8873.0.html

They are rteally nice - how on earth did I miss them on the webpage- DOH!

[Westmarcher]

Having taken the plunge on ACW I am looking for some suitable buildings.  Obviously there are the two Epsilon Barns, but what other buildings would members recommend, also what scale.

If I hadn't opted for 15mm some years back, and opted for 10mm instead, I think I would go for 6mm scale buildings (with the emphasis on buildings more than 1 storey high). Why? Greater choice plus my own European 6mm buildings fit in fine with my Pendraken SYW armies. Total Battle Miniatures have a good choice of American buildings and other scenic items in 6mm (see link).

http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/bigbattalions/6mm/americana.html

[Last Hussar]

Didn't know you were doing ACW - 10mm I take it.  How you basing?  I happen to know two guys at Tring have 10mm ACW...

[Leman]

I too would go down a scale. I bought 6mm buildings (TBM) for my 6mm ACW armies - way too big. The 6mm are going to my brother (who has 10mm ACW) and I now use the Altar of Freedom free 3mm buildings.

[Airborne Engineer]

Buildings in Turmoil have some nice buildings.  A lot of Gettysburg stuff and expanding into other battles.

[FierceKitty]

As I say every time the subject arises: 6mm buildings for 10mm figures gives the best compromise.

[Ithoriel]

Still struggling with the idea that anyone wants their figures brawling over the possession of a bunch of Wendy Houses. Seriously, if 24 figures is a battalion why can't one house be a village? 10mm figures with 6mm scenery ... does not compute!

[Leman]

Ithoriel, you do it your way and we'll do it ours.



Small battle, with a battalion represented with 10mm buildings.



Large battle, with regiments defending a 6mm town.

[Ithoriel]

All fine .... if this is the look you're going for

[Leman]

Clearly not, as you can plainly see that the 10mm figures do not stand taller than the 6mm buildings.

[Last Hussar]

I've been thinking about going with 6mm, but I think Ithoriel's right.  

A model definitely isn't one building, its what the footprint represents - you go with the ground scale for footprint, so in BP a 2cm x 1cm building is actually 20 x 10 yards ( using cms not inches), with various buildings in.  In 10mm, 10mm houses are still too often small in figure scale.  the troops in Leman's town do look like people with pituitary problems.  Even in 6mm the footprint is too big to be a single building.

[Ithoriel]

Ithoriel, you do it your way and we'll do it ours.

It's not that I necessarily expect people to do something just because I do but equally much I wouldn't want those who feel as I do (if there are any!) to feel they are in a minority of one.

I've been thinking about going with 6mm, but I think Ithoriel's right.   

I'm gratified to hear it LH. Though ... agreeing with me? A dangerous precedent to set

Should've read this before posting the one above. Would've saved an edit :-)

[Last Hussar]

You're worried? I'm booking a doctors appointment on Monday!