"6mm Napoleonics for my Wargames Campaign" Topic
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| ferg981 | 17 Oct 2021 11:24 a.m. PST |
Hey guys, I'm currently working on some simple rules to enable me to refight some Napoleonic campaigns, and as part of that project, i've painted up some 6mm Spanish and French Napoleonics which you can see on my blog below link As always, any comments and suggestions welcome Regards J |
| 14Bore | 17 Oct 2021 11:35 a.m. PST |
I have 15mm 60 to 1 only but 6mm definitely gives more impression of mass formation. The little guys look great. |
Eumelus  | 17 Oct 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
Lovely paint jobs, base flocking, and overall presentation; it would be a joy to play DBN with these armies. So – may I suggest printing your labels on light brown paper matching the base edges, rather than white? Don't disrupt the aesthetics of your excellent paint jobs more than necessary. It's distracting but acceptable for 15mm or larger figures especially when the labels are vertical, but with 6mm figures and with horizontal labels the effect of white labels is, in my humble opinion, fatally disruptive of the "suspension of disbelief". |
| robert piepenbrink | 17 Oct 2021 2:26 p.m. PST |
I agree with Eumelus. Possibly white or yellow lettering on brown paper? But I also agree that those are very nicely painted and based troops. |
| 79thPA | 17 Oct 2021 5:12 p.m. PST |
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| BillyNM | 17 Oct 2021 9:57 p.m. PST |
I would opt for coloured labels with a pastel shade that blends in with your terrain/bases to reduce the visual impact of the labels detracting from the figures.
As for maps what's wrong with the Murat series at:
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| Frederick | 18 Oct 2021 8:00 a.m. PST |
Nice work – I have mostly Baccus and Adler so good to see what the Irregular chaps look like; agree with above, there is nothing like 6mm for the "mass of bayonets" look |
| 79thPA | 19 Oct 2021 7:10 a.m. PST |
I didn't initially catch that they were Irregular figures. |
| ferg981 | 19 Oct 2021 11:43 a.m. PST |
Hey all, Thanks for the comments 14 Bore. Eumelus, Rob, Billy – yes, I didn't consider printing onto brown or sand / tan coloured paper – I was just thinking about saving ink which is why I kept the background white, but good idea Billy – that's a lovely map, definitely useful for when we get a Peninsular campaign up and running Frederick / 79th – Yep, these are irregular miniatures. They paint up well. Our first campaign is a less common Revolutionary era campaign, but we need to paint up the armies first. One of which uses figures from a plethora of different ranges! Regards J |
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paints his first three ships from the starter set.
