Misses thinks I'm crazy but I've always wanted to micro-scale sharp practice
I'm planning a Pendraken 10mm project but Adler have made it easy to try 6
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As someone who has painted 15,000+ Adlers, they are wondefully done.
Richard
Very nicely done.
Quote from: rct75001 on 26 September 2023, 12:12:59 AMAs someone who has painted 15,000+ Adlers, they are wondefully done.
Richard
If you have any Napoluonic French I'd be interested in seeing them, particularly those in greatcoat, one thing about buying Adler is the lack of pictures on the site
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As someone who's painted more than 10,000 Heroics & Ros
Not sure I'd use them for skirmish though :-\ :-B
QuoteIf you have any Napoluonic French I'd be interested in seeing them, particularly those in greatcoat, one thing about buying Adler is the lack of pictures on the site
Gawd they look horrible up close - but that is not how we see them on the table ;)
The grey coats line fusiliers and I've used FN44c I think. They blue coats are my Marine Artillery and I've used FE4C from the Early Empire Range under the Revolutionary troops. I've also included a shot of a batallion of Marine Infantry. All are awaiting flocking.
I think I also responded to you on LAF about the Facebook group with pictures of lead strips.
Richard
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Thanks, I think I can make them work for me
While I'm focusing on British at the moment I also picked up a handful of French to test paint
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With French get your line companies in great coat with Shako covers so they are basically grey with assorted brown and grey shakos. Do the liger and grenadier companys in standard uniform.
It's kinda my plan but they will all be light infantry and in a mix of greatcoat and campaign uniforms
With luck and a decent paintjob the voltigeurs and carabiniers will stand out enough
They look good so far
I do Napoleonics in 'popular perception' uniform, not the overcoats, or it is just lines on brown facing other lines of brown.
QuoteI do Napoleonics in 'popular perception' uniform, not the overcoats, or it is just lines on brown facing other lines of brown.
This is relatively small numbers so half a dozen mixed in should add detail rather than make it dull
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What size bases are you going for on these tests? In my play testing I found anything smaller than 15mm was quite a pain to move about, and even then I probably ended up moving by figure more than I'd like. Though I'll grant you I don't have the most nimble of hands. At 6mm could be even more difficult, I'd be more inclined to go with a couple of figures on a slightly larger base in that instance...
15mm for single and 20mm for doubles
The line troops will be 4 on a single 20mm square base with 4 singles on 10mm squares each, all in a magnetic tray
So dead can be removed
I'll post up once I've put them together
Fair enough, that was around what I settled on too. Wasn't sure if you were going smaller again for the 6mm or not. Looking forward to seeing it all come together
Here is the first completed unit of 6 5/60th Riflemen
In a skirmish Base for easy movement of the unit
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Alternatively I can just use the separately for moving through rough terrain woods etc.
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Very nice
For the line troops I've knocked up these, I'll need a few more so will probably ask warbases if they have anything suitable
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Started on the Light infantry in Skirmish order
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Officer
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If those are 2mm MDF bases our hosts are very happy to create custom bases. An email to Leon will get you a quote pretty quickly.
The British are coming along well
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Need to give the French some attention, then it's terrain, cavalry and I'm done
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Lovely work
Thanks really enjoying 6mm, part of me wishes Pendraken ran that scale too.
I've been giving the tiny men a bit of a rest and focusing on terrain
Hills, Sight blocking rocks, difficult/broken ground, baracades etc
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I painted a whole bunch of 6mm Napoleonics for a variety of good friends.
They use DBN which advises on 1 inch frontages and a variety of depths ranging from half an inch to one inch for differing troops types.
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 22 October 2023, 11:47:09 AMI painted a whole bunch of 6mm Napoleonics for a variety of good friends.
They use DBN which advises on 1 inch frontages and a variety of depths ranging from half an inch to one inch for differing troops types.
You've lots me?
My thread is about using 6mm minis for skirmish rules, 1 mini 1 character
Didn't say 'skirmish' in your original post.
The basing I suggested will be fine for Sharp practice too with the addition of a few big men. Just treat one base as one figure.
The beginnings of the French force in some scratch built woodland
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Looking good
Superb!
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Thanks guys
I've also been looking at a few French allies but can't quite decide between some Nassau or Swiss Mercenaries
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Both, definitely both :d
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I probably will end up with some of both and more besides ;D
Still on aterrain kick
Need a couple of points of interest/objectives for the opposing forces
This one's for the British
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First Senario run through now I have enough terrain
British at camp, French on attack
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First run through starts with French initiative since the British are at rest
British deployment
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French forces split in 2
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It's a Variation of the Reinforcement Senario 500pts per side. Game starts with 1/3 of the British on sentry and the rest start taking awake rolls once the French make contact
British Win if they drive off the French.
French win if they make it into camp with no opposition
Looks a lot of fun
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Let us know how it ends :-SS
Looking good :) !
Very nice!
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Let us know how it ends :-SS
If only I was organised enought to the in progress shots, game ran well, British managed to fight off the French, I think next time I'll adjust the points to give the French more of a chance maybe 400/500 would get them closer to achieving their goal
The idea is to build a narrative campaign, where the outcome dictates the next mission or choice of missions
Build this as a counter objective for the French
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Thanks for the summary, it can be easy to lose track of picture taking in the heat of battle
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