"Distinguishing artillery types" Topic
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 gaiusrabirius  | 20 Jun 2009 11:21 a.m. PST |
I'm painting 6mm ACW artillery. The rules I am using distinguish between heavy and light, smoothbore and rifled artillery. From a distance, my 6mm artillery looks very similar. How would you distinguish the various artillery types, so the types are obvious in the course of play? Should I paint the barrels different colours? Have more or fewer crew on the base? Suggestions appreciated as always. |
 Doms Decals  | 20 Jun 2009 11:23 a.m. PST |
I'd do rifles in gunmetal, smoothbores in bronze, and maybe have different numbers of crew to distinguish light from heavy. |
| aecurtis | 20 Jun 2009 11:30 a.m. PST |
I'd do all the iron pieces in black: that covers the rifled tubes. They were kept painted for protection. Smoothbores in bronze, as Dom says; they were kept bright. OK, there were four Rebel iron Napoleons… Number of crew to indicate weight: yep, makes good sense. Allen |
| T Callahan | 20 Jun 2009 1:53 p.m. PST |
Here is what I use for my 6mm.
Gold – Napoleon
Silver – 10# parott
Gloss Black – ordnance rifle or James rifle
Dull Black – 6# Smooth Bore Number of sections is defined by the number of crew. |
| gaiusrabirius | 20 Jun 2009 6:08 p.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 20 Jun 2009 6:54 p.m. PST |
FYI I use two gun crew for field artillery, 3 for heavy artilery |
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