Hello from Sydney Australia

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Hello

Having come from 1/72 Napoleonics, and realised I could never do what I wanted in that scale, an alternative was needed. The beauty of European metal 20mm meant that I had to find a scale that was not cartoonish, and I baulked at smaller scales.  But 10mm seems to me to be the smallest scale where this is achieved, and some of the sculpting is amazing.

Then seeing Jeff Knudsen's site at War Artisan just did it for me, so here I am, blinking in the sunlight at my new project: 1812 and 1813-14 Napoleonics on hopefully a grand scale.

So I have many questions, which hopefully won't be too annoyingly predictable.  But I am sure my first ones will be!

JJ

[Steve J]

Welcome on board JJ and look forward to seeing you project progress .

[Orcs]

Welcome to the Forum Mr Cossacks.

Whereabouts in Sydney are you. My Sister in Law lives in Manly and we had a very enjoyable holiday over there a while back.

Napoleonics are not really my speciality, but there are several on the forum who will have the answers to many of your more specific questions.  General questions most of us can answer, so ask away.

Cheers

Orcs

[FierceKitty]

Why are gamers in the east spread so thinly?

[Westmarcher]

I don't know. Why are gamers in the east spread so thinly?


...... oh ..... it's not a joke ..... sorry


Welcome, Cossacks.  


p.s. Please be patient with me. It's snowing here. And I'm stuck in the house. 

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Hello Orcs

Am on the same Northern side of the Harbour as Manly but not so close to the Sea!

My first general question is about base 'flocking'.  In 1/72 static grass and river sand (with washes & dry brushing) gave good results; no micro flock.  But in this scale what do people do: sponge/tree flock? Granular railway flock? Short static grass? Fine sand? A mixture?  Any pointers would be very welcome!

BTW what would happen if a band of Uruk Hai met an opposing Don Cossack sotnia?

[Not Drowning, Waving]

Is that the call from the West?

If it is nice to hear from you - my sister in law is in Perth and I am sure is enjoying your legendary hospitality!

Cheers JJ

[Westmarcher]

My first general question is about base 'flocking'.  In 1/72 static grass and river sand (with washes & dry brushing) gave good results; no micro flock.  But in this scale what do people do: sponge/tree flock? Granular railway flock? Short static grass? Fine sand? A mixture?  Any pointers would be very welcome!

BTW what would happen if a band of Uruk Hai met an opposing Don Cossack sotnia?

I used to use flock for my 6mm collection so used flock when I upgraded to 10mm. However, I then started using fine sand and short static grass for my 15mm bases - a much better effect in my opinion. So, I've now re-covered my 10mm bases in short static grass and it works very well. Sorry, but I'm hopeless at posting photos on this forum but here are two links to a forum I can post photos on (apologies once again, only members can click on the thumbnails to enlarge but if you zoom in or register, you can see the results). The first link shows my 10mm miniatures with mainly flocked bases. The second with static grass bases.

http://honoursofwar.com/thread/339/syw-10mm
http://honoursofwar.com/thread/484/wchinitz-10mm

As regards your last question, what are Don Cossacks doing in New Zealand?   

p.s. Visited Sydney on holiday once. Stayed in Darling Harbour and had a view of the ANZAC bridge from my 66th floor apartment. Every morning listened to the traffic reports over "Seedney Habar Bridge." 

[Techno]

A very warm welcome to the madhouse, JJ. 

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Moaning

[Ithoriel]

Hi-de-hi LetsPartyWithCossacks, welcome to the forum.

If you've been lurking here for a while you'll know what the forum is like. If not ...

The denizens here are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable, albeit sometimes weird and wacky!

99.99% of the time, if something is posted that might be intended to be humorous or to be horrible it's the former.

Thread derailment is such a common occurrence that staying on topic is almost a derailment in itself!

The in-jokes and personal hobby-horses will become apparent in time.

I hope you enjoy whatever time you spend here as much as I do.

As to basing, I use a mix of fine sands, short flock and fine gravel.

The photo below is of 6mm stuff but shows my usual basing style.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome

[Matt J]

Yo 

[Leon]

Hi JJ, welcome to the Forum!

[paulr]

Welcome Mr Cossack

As with most things wargaming there are more basing styles than gamers on this forum. It really depends on the look you are after.

If you are happy with your current look post a picture or two and I'm sure someone will have advise on how to achieve a similar look in 10mm, probably several lots of conflicting advise

I use a mix of filler, paint and PVA with flock and clump foliage added as 'shrubbery', so probably not what you are after

[fsn]

What ho, Mr Cossacks!

I'm a recent convert to static grass. To illustrate Friend Ithoriel's point about hobby horses, I will add that for me that's enough. No bushes, tress, walls, rocks etc, on the basis that troops don't normally lug around bushes, trees, walls and/or rocks. 

I use a mix of two colours to give me a bit of variation, and have been known to "sculpt" tracks into the back of vehicle bases, but that's it.

Enjoy the forum.

[Orcs]

I nortmally base my 10mm in a similar way to the Baccus bassing system n the link below

https://www.baccus6mm.com/includes/howto/base6mm.php

I deviate slightly in that I ran out of the foundation wash and felt the £5.50 he charged for another pot a bit excessive.  I found that really thinned down acrylic burnt umber is almost exactly the same, so I bought a tube of cheap artists acrylic and thin it down in a small jar. It lasts for ages.

The other annoying thing is that Baccus only sell the basing highlight shades as a set, and you use far more of the base and middle coat than the others.  I am still trying to find equivalent colours from another source.

I use 1.5mm static grass that I buy from the local railway shop at about £2.50 for 20g.  I have different flock for different scales and in some case periods.  When I get it I decant it into an empty (and washed) margarine tub.  I then stick the descriptive label on the lid so I know what it is and sometimes what army, figures I have used it on. That way you get consistency as sometimes the colours look similar until you apply them to a new unit and find it stands out from the others.

[Orcs]

My first general question is about base 'flocking'.  In 1/72 static grass and river sand (with washes & dry brushing) gave good results; no micro flock.  But in this scale what do people do: sponge/tree flock? Granular railway flock? Short static grass? Fine sand? A mixture?  Any pointers would be very welcome!

Probably best to start a new thread in the relevant section for each question with a meaningful title.  From experience its then easier to find the answer again, when you inevitably forget.

[Orcs]

Hello Orcs

BTW what would happen if a band of Uruk Hai met an opposing Don Cossack sotnia?

The Horses would be scared of the wolves and the Uruks would be excited at the sight of all that extra meat.  they would probably slaughter a few horses and Cossacks  then fight amongst each other for the meat.

[fsn]