The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[mmcv]

Hobby time has been somewhat limited of late, though I have been using the time to develop some of my thinking on my various rule sets, fleshing out the Medieval/Crusades rules and starting on some Heroic Warfare ones based around my Trojan War project. These share a bit of DNA with my Japanese rules and has helped develop some concepts introduced in them. More on those another time however.

The other thing I've been doing is clearing out the spare room a bit which had become a bit of a dumping ground for furniture and junk while we sorted out the bedroom and nursery. It is now reasonably well cleared and I have been able to put up both my tables, meaning I can play larger games now. This has motivated me to finish my 2mm Crimean War project as I had stalled it due to lack of play space. 

First a couple of commands for the Turks:

And the French forces:

This gives me all I need to play The Alma, though I'll need to order a few more bits to play Inkerman.

Next up is working out the terrain requirements. I have I think enough river pieces but have started making some bits to represent the Black Sea that the Alma runs into as well as a tributary stream. I've also a bunch of woodland pieces to make (pretty easy in 2mm) and need to work out what to do about the contours and hills. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Look good

[sunjester]

    

[mmcv]

Took a break from terrain making (so many hills....) to do a bit of painting as my brush hand was getting itchy.

A few artillery reinforcements for the Imperial Germans and a forward observer:




I don't know much about ships so they're a little basic, and I haven't the patience to thread in rigging.

And to support the Allied invasion of the Crimea, a few ships of the line patrol the Black Sea:

[paulr]

    

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Fabulous sir

[fred.]

They look good

I do like the Germans in a more green uniform

[Steve J]

Lovely work there .

[mmcv]

Thanks 

Had some time to myself today so thought I'd put it to good use 

6mm battle scale buildings





And a pair of bridges





They're nice models, I've a few more bits and pieces from them to do in future.

Also added a unit of parliamentary horse for the ECW.


Colonel John Fiennes' Regiment of Horse

[Ithoriel]

Looking good!

Keep meaning to get some of Battlescale's 3mm stuff. This may prove inspirational.

[mmcv]

Looking good!

Keep meaning to get some of Battlescale's 3mm stuff. This may prove inspirational.

Their 3mm stuff does look nice, though not sure how it would stack against my existing 2mm buildings. Should probably have got some in the building to compare, might be okay in different map parts.

[paulr]

    

[mmcv]

Few recent additions, Greek Hoplites and Roman Auxilia

[Ithoriel]

Looking good. I particularly like the Romans.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice indeed.