Langezsalza in 2mm

[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!
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[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.

[Subedai]

Nothing that can't be figured out seeing as the pictures are really self-explanatory. That terrain has painted up really well and I like all the different layouts you have.   

[Ithoriel]

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.

Easy enough to work out what's what!

I'm working on my own 2mm terrain at the moment so this is a useful bit of inspiration.

Good job.

[d_Guy]

Really quite excellent terrain features, Leman. I am making a command decision to leave 2mm to you lot, seems to require the touch of one building a ship in the bottle! 

[Leman]

Actually it's the easiest stuff I've ever painted - it's impossible to be neat, so no stress.

[Leman]

Well, with returned mojo I am now working away at completing Langensalza town as the centrepiece of the battlefield. Once done just pretty straightforward road sections and some more poplars to do, then on with Froeschwiller and a return to 6mm. Will have to start cutting out cardboard again.