"Cedar Mountain in 6mm using Guns at Gettysburg" Topic

I present an ACW in 6mm, The Battle of Cedar Mountain played solo. This is a scenario from the Fire & Fury Great Eastern Battles Scenario Book. Rules used was Guns at Gettysburg with some modifications for it to be played at brigade level. A full AAR is on my blog.
grymauch.blogspot.co.uk

Very Nice!
ACW lends itself well to the 6mm scale.
What are your thoughts of doing the re-right with the Pickett's charge rules as a comparison?

MG

Very impressive. Are the hills homemade or bought? If the latter, could you please advise where you got them?

You have done a fine job. What color do you prime with?

Thanks for all your comments.
marshalGreg: About a year ago I made a decision to stop almost entirely trying out new rules as my bookshelves are groaning under the weight of all those I have purchased in recent years. I have not tried Pickett's Charge so cannot comment although I have heard some very positive comments about them. All I can say is that Guns at Gettysburg ticks all the boxes for me so have no incentive to try any others at present.

AussieAndy: The hills are homemade.

79thPA: Normally I prime black but for ACW I decided to try something different. I used Army Painter spray primers. Blue for the Union and a mix of Grey, Skeleton Bone and Desert Yellow for the Confederates.

Grymauch
That is impressive. From what I can see, you've done the slope pieces at two or three standard depths. If you can provide any advice on making the hills, that would be greatly appreciated. I have looked on the web for modular hill systems, hut without luck.
Regards

Thanks AussieAndy. I used 10mm thick polystyrene sheets. They were cut in 6" x 6", 6" x 3" and 3" x 3" sections. I used a hotwire to cut slopes of 30 degrees in a variety of corners (convex and concave), straights, double slopes and end pieces. I also used odd pieces and some thicker sheets of polystyrene to complete standalone hills.

I skimmed the top surfaces with a filler to reduce the chance of warping, add some strength especially to the thin end of the slopes and to fill any holes in the polystyrene.

All sides then painted with a green emulsion. PVA glue was brushed on the top and sides and flock added.

Once you get a production line going they are simple to do and you can churn them out.

Thank you. That is helpful. If. I might impose on you to answer one more question, are you able to set the hot wire to cut at the 30 degree angle? I've never used one (or even seen one), so I have no idea about it. Regards

I have a couple of hot wire cutters. The one I use for cutting angles and various shapes is similar to this one auction
This particular one is more advanced than mine but gives you an idea. The other is a hand held cutter which I use for cutting irregular hills/mountains. It is battery operated, cheap to buy on ebay and easy to use. There is a photo of this next to some terrain I am constructing on my blog link
Hope this helps

Thank you. That is much appreciated.