Langezsalza in 2mm

[Techno]

I like those. 
Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

Still remaining within the '2mm' parameters of the thread -just. Has anybody got any pics of the Irregular Renaissance range? In particular the pike and musket blocks. I'm asking because I am wondering if it is possible to cut the muskets away from the pikes to make larger blocks of each type.

Pics of RBG7 "45 figure 1-2 pike/shot unit (15 pike/30 shot)" on the right and RBG33 "15 figure Pike block" flanked by a pair of RBG12 "3-rank Forlorn Hope - 15 figures" and as you can see it's pretty much the same figures.

I'm adding an RBG33 to the back of RBG7 to give a 60 man (30 pike/ 30 shot) unit for my Spanish Militia. Spanish regulars will be the tercio model and RBG12 will be English sailor units, nominally armed with muskets, pistols, axes, cutlasses and boarding pikes.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Okay, they are... Small!

[Leman]

Certainly are similar figures. I won't want three ranks for 1866 though. Like a lot of Irregular stuff, it looks a bit naff in the raw but paints up really well.

[Fenton]

This site has some good stuff
http://steelonsand.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/2mm-english-civil-war.html

[Leman]

Yes, a very useful site which allows a view of the figures before purchase. I particularly like the Dragoon figure with dismounted troops and horses all on the same stand. At least some of the Austrian cavalry in 1866 engaged in dismounted action.

[Subedai]

Thanks all for the great links. I must now go away and have a think.

[Leman]

At last the Prussian army for Langensalza is complete. Here it is on 1" squares, followed by some closeups, including the completed Saxe-Coburg-Gotha brigade, fusilier skirmish bases, limbered artillery with accompanying wagons and caissons, and the brigade of Landwehr with their black maltese crosses. I am now working on the scenery before moving on to the Hanoverian army. Once this is done I can then move on to other 1866 scenarios.

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice

[Steve J]

Very effective and I like the command base on the central unit; nice touch

[Chris Pringle]

At last the Prussian army for Langensalza is complete. Here it is on 1" squares, followed by some closeups, including the completed Saxe-Coburg-Gotha brigade, fusilier skirmish bases, limbered artillery with accompanying wagons and caissons, and the brigade of Landwehr with their black maltese crosses.

My wife looked over my shoulder at your photos.
She stated that you are as bad as I am.
I corrected her: you are as bad as I aspire to be.

Very fine work.

Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info

[Subedai]

Now they are very nice. Just out of interest, is each infantry base the equivalent of a brigade?

[fred.]

Really looks good as an army - looks epic in scale. Then you read that the bases are 1" square, so the army covers a very small area. Gives a very different look to a normal wargames army.

But I assume this is still nowhere near 1:1 figure scale? There seem to be around 20-30 blokes in a strip?

[Leman]

My wife looked over my shoulder at your photos.
She stated that you are as bad as I am.
I corrected her: you are as bad as I aspire to be.

Very fine work.

Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info

Subedai,
The 1" square is the standard basing for BBB (works well with anything between 20mm and 30mm - larger bases, e.g. 40mm, can be regarded as a double base). The base is simply representative of troops. An infantry unit can vary in size between 3 and 7 bases, and depending on the scale of the battle, can represent a brigade or a division. In the Langensalza scenario the infantry units represent brigades. For the Hanoverians I am going to have a base in each brigade with two infantry strips and one cavalry strip tho represent the attached dragoons or hussars. This is purely cosmetic and does not affect the base's function in the game.

[Subedai]

Ahhh. Ta for that.

[Roy]

 

Any thoughts on also doing Napoleon's Grande Armee? 

[Leman]

Nope. Napoleonics don't float my boat.

[Leman]

Some scenic pieces for the 2mm battlefield:



Connecting pieces for an S and A Scenics river - stream section by Supreme Littleness painted then topped with Vallejo water effect. Bridge, moated manor and watermill by Irregular, based and textured using smooth modelling paste.



Stream sections by Supreme Littleness with limbered Prussian artillery.



Irregular river bridge based to fit into S and A river.



A road (as yet unpainted) passes through a wooded area, not shown on the BBB map but does appear on the Weigle map. Road by Supreme Littleness, woods by Irregular.



The factory area south of Langensalza - poplars and buildings by Brigade Models, walls by Irregular.



Rural settlement area represented by farm, fields and copse (by Irregular). Fields grooved into the modelling paste. Not quite finished dry brushing the base yet.

[Leman]

No matter what I do I can't seem to get this photo lark to work smoothly. Sorry but some pictures don't match their captions and some appear twice. My relationship with my computer is like a bad marriage -and I know cos I've had one.