tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694384365798731751.post871767720433959973..comments2024-02-21T15:59:07.204+00:00Comments on sediment's wargame blog: A bit of a diversionAndy Canhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16100637417048895507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694384365798731751.post-135911262926770942015-02-24T08:31:28.554+00:002015-02-24T08:31:28.554+00:00Hi Jack,
I wanted to try out ACW a while ago, so ...Hi Jack,<br /><br />I wanted to try out ACW a while ago, so bought some 2mm blocks from Irregular miniatures. I pretty much did what you're thinking of for 6-10mm - a dark base coat, grey and blue grey with occasional browns, blacks, reds for the Rebs and streaks of dark and light blue for the Union plus spots of flesh colour and brown or silver for rifle/bayonet tips. It worked well at that scale and only cost me c. £10 for the raw metal. I then moved on to the 6mm stuff which is on my blog. I paint a BP unit at a time, using three 40x20cm stands with 16 figures to a base (if using Baccus) less for Adler. Takes about an hour of real painting time to get a unit done, which I don't find too bad. 10mm is even easier as the level of detail is similar to 6mm but much easier to see. I've got some late 19th century colonials on the painting table at the moment that I started while finishing the Napoleonics - the 10mm stuff was really quick to paint, although I find it's worth going for a little bit of extra detail - belts/webbing, white stripes for sailors collars, etc. Makes the figures more interesting but still doesn't add much time.<br /><br />BP is lots of fun. I've played it using just about every scale you can imagine, although Will at the club has several thousand 1/72 plastics painted up and he puts on some really big battles which are loads of fun. However, I've played some really interesting tactical games with just a brigade and some cavalry. In fact I've played ECW using Pike and Shotte which is a similar system to BP using just a battalia and a sleeve of commanded shot and a cavalry regiment. Agaain lots of fun and visually quite pleasing.<br /><br />Hope this helps,<br /><br />Cheers, AndyAndy Canhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100637417048895507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694384365798731751.post-75444858671098227682015-02-24T08:18:15.781+00:002015-02-24T08:18:15.781+00:00Thanks Richard. I just fancied a change of palate...Thanks Richard. I just fancied a change of palate this weekend! Look forward to seeing you at WMMS this year too. <br />Cheers, AndyAndy Canhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100637417048895507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694384365798731751.post-80202076153662360432015-02-23T23:42:35.684+00:002015-02-23T23:42:35.684+00:00I agree with Richard, great stuff as always, Andy....I agree with Richard, great stuff as always, Andy. I so badly want to get into Napoleonics in 6 or 10mm, with giant, nay, massive, armies! But I've actually tried both and it hasn't worked out. My painting looks decent, but it just takes forever to paint massive armies ;) And so I get frustrated and sell them off...<br /><br />You may laugh, but I have given R-E-A-L thought to buying loads of 6 or 10mm troops, prime them brown, then give them really crappy paintjobs: one color jacket, one color trouser, black hat, three dots of flesh, then run a brush of silver down the line for bayonets. I'm sure it would look good on the tabletop, especially in the mass I'm envisioning, but I'm sure I'd not be able to help myself and I'd start painting straps, then shako plates, then plumes, then bayonet scabbards; then I never finish a unit and decide to sell them off...<br /><br />Whaddaya think: could you play with toys that look 'okay' on the table, but look like crap when you pick them up? I dunno if I could do it...<br /><br />I've only played a couple games of Black Powder, but I am a fan. I just love those command rolls.<br /><br />V/R,<br />Jack<br />Just Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552962741823929433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694384365798731751.post-72072930624489388562015-02-23T14:16:07.063+00:002015-02-23T14:16:07.063+00:00Andy you must have a team of painting pixies in yo...Andy you must have a team of painting pixies in your shed at the bottom of the garden. Great work as always. Looking forward to seeing you at WMMS on the 8th.<br />Cheers<br />Richard PTales from Shed HQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386933845237950464noreply@blogger.com