"Action set in 1809 Italy" Topic

We recently convened in Roanoke, Virginia to fight out a rearguard action in 1809 Italy. The Carnage and Glory 2 computer-moderated rules were used. Tons of pictures on the blog:

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Awesome!

The terrain is beautiful! Where did you get those buildings and towns?

Absolutely great terrain. A feast for the eyes!

I really like the vineyard and house on the hill.

I agree the terrain is lovely. I want to know more about it.

What scale are the miniatures and buildings? I would guess 15mm (or 18mm), but without a closeup it's impossible to be sure.

The table looks big. How big? I'm guessing 6'x9' or 6'x10'….?

The forested areas are done the same way I like to do them, with the forest floor a distinct color/pattern (which helps determine when units are "in" or "out" of the woods). Am I right that the forest floor is just a pile of brown dirt/flocking mixture sprinkled over an area?

The standard ground cloth grassy areas are more than just cloth. Is it flocked, or some other method of getting the "fuzzy" grass effect? It looks like it *might* be pilled cloth.

- Ix

PS: I also want to call attention to this particular piece, which I think is brilliantly done:

My compliments to the builder. That is a really nice little vignette, and the integration with the river pieces and roads is brilliant.

- Ix

Thanks for all of the nice comments……all of the terrain was produced by Doug Kline of Battlefield Terrain Concepts……his work is outstanding…..one of our TMP members……

Also, everything here is 15mm……the table is 12'x6'….

Thanks for the nice comments about the terrain. Madmac64 is correct. My figures are mostly a mix of AB and Old Glory 15mm/18mm and the table comes in at approximately 11'x 6'.

I use custom flocking mixes to mark the woods with individually based trees which are easily moved and replaced for ease of figure movement. My terrain includes pieces of EPS underneath for larger hills/ridges, topped with numerous custom terrain features we have made. Everything is then "blended" together by sprinkling our "open" flocking mix to pull the look together.

My table cover is actually an old indoor/outdoor carpet section that I flocked years ago (unfortunately this style is not sold anymore). I like the ridgid nature of this material which allows it to drape easily over underlayment and hold troops without changing or drooping. This can also be accomplished by using piece of similar thin carpet and placing felt or mats over it (it just gives less than thinner felts and mats).

The buildings are a combination of Timecast and Architectural Heritage (JR Miniatures) fit together and based with accents added. Fields, crops, orchards, gardens are all separate which allows "clutter" around the built up areas, but can be changed based on the scenario and situation.

Nicely presented game.

Great looking game, terrain, and love the unit sizes. Feels and looks like our gaming….. using higher 1:80 to 1:100 ratio vs. many of the current in vogue large footprint battalions/regiments of 24-36 miniatures using lower miniature ratios. The battlefield openness truly reflected and space between the units.

TMPWargamerrabbit: We actually game at approximately 33:-1/35:1). Many of the battalions present were actually small (except a couple of Grenz battalions- but we actually broke down a couple of very large Grenz battalions into two smaller sub-units). Cavalry usually represents 2-3 squardrons, so larger regiments are broken down into divisions for play.