| grambo | 02 Jul 2012 4:00 a.m. PST |
I have just updated my blog with pictures of my third (and hopefully final!) attempt at producing stream/river sections for my 'subtle' hex grid table. The main board is marked out with just the points of every hex as a yellow dot. Once you stand back a little the dots seem to disappear. The grid is a 9 hex x 13 hex standard board for Commands & Colors Napoleonics or indeed C&C Ancients or ACW 'Battle Cry' versions. All terrain is scratch built, the river sections are very thin plastic sheet painted then grassed along the edges. I wanted to avoid thick edges that would like out of scale with 6mm figures. The wood hexes are made by covering a plastic hex with a coat of PVA glue then peeling it off once dryed and textured leaving a flexible hex that lays flat on the table – I do need to improve my tree bases however! (trees made from clump foliage and cocktail sticks). Unable to avoid hexes for the hills as they needed to be placed in different configurations I had to settle on wooded formers covered with off cut mat material to match the main cloth. I intend next to subtly shade and colour the entire mat and hills, leaving the hex dots visible. The entire board will then be 'framed' with raised edges using pine to finish it off. Cheers,
Lee. My blog is at: link Here are a couple of pics of my project so far.
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| Angel Barracks | 02 Jul 2012 4:03 a.m. PST |
I like it.
It looks… well… it just looks right |
| Mollinary | 02 Jul 2012 4:15 a.m. PST |
Well done, The dots really do blend into the scenery, you have to know they are there in order to see them! Mollinary |
| ironlegs | 02 Jul 2012 6:15 a.m. PST |
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| religon | 02 Jul 2012 6:45 a.m. PST |
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| Bob in Edmonton | 02 Jul 2012 7:09 a.m. PST |
Very nice. Would also work for Worthington Games' Hold the Line series if you fancy AWI, FIW and War of 1812. |
 javelin98  | 02 Jul 2012 11:29 a.m. PST |
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| Imperial Guard Miniatures | 02 Jul 2012 1:25 p.m. PST |
You should think about painting 6mm armee's to order as I do. You do great work and your blog is fun to follow. alan link |
| elsyrsyn | 02 Jul 2012 4:07 p.m. PST |
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| Fredloan | 02 Jul 2012 7:05 p.m. PST |
I tried to get him to commission, he is busy building his armies right now. Lee when you are ready I am first in line for you to commission a 6mm army. |
| grambo | 07 Jul 2012 7:29 a.m. PST |
Thank you very much chaps :-)
Fredloan and war Troll, I am very flattered that you think my painting good enough for commission work, but this is very much a 'therapy' project right now for me, and it's working well. I'm enjoying C&CN, they seem perfect for 6mm scale too. I'm currently fighting another small battle, this time using randomised deployment. Brits are under pressure, French Light cavalry seem to come out of nowhere with these rules! Great fun and realistic. A couple of pics from this game, my beloved 4th Swiss have taken heavy casualties from early exchanges of musketry …… Damn! Cheers,
Lee.
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| Fredloan | 07 Jul 2012 9:17 a.m. PST |
Lee, I understand, I paint for stress relief as well as the love of history. Do not get me wrong I also love seeing what I can create. When I have 15 battalions of 15mm French to paint, I will commission 70% while I paint the rest. This way they get done faster and I do not get bored painting the same stuff over and over. Mark from Scale Creep sent me some 6mm Baccus samples to review and paint. I wanted to see if I could paint them. Very easy to paint, very little detail and they still look great. Makes them faster to paint then 15/18mm figures. You buy AB and feel obligated to make them look the very best. |
| normsmith | 21 Sep 2012 6:09 a.m. PST |
Very nice – and a great idea about the causualty marker. |
experiments at 11x.
