Author Topic: 6 mm Napoleonics - Modified Lion Rampant (Read 17218 times)

jon_1066 · « **Reply #30 on:** April 30, 2018, 09:03:42 AM »

Done some cavalry. Painting the edge of the blankets was "interesting"

Forwardmarchstudio · « **Reply #31 on:** April 30, 2018, 09:32:15 AM »

Those are huge.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 30, 2018, 12:04:57 PM »

What? The size of the blankets? Or the gold piping?

I believe a common complaint about the Baccus cavalry is that the horses are too small. Having said that when you look at uniform images they appear to be quite large relative to the horse.

vtsaogames · « **Reply #33 on:** April 30, 2018, 04:16:13 PM »

"Painting the edge of the blankets was "interesting"

Don't know if this works in 6mm, but I paint the piping color first and then the main color. In 15mm I find this much easier for some reason.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 01, 2018, 02:33:31 PM »

Thanks for the idea - I will give that a go.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 02, 2018, 09:08:48 AM »

Started experimenting with basing methods. This is some fine sand with diluted PVA. I will give it a light coating of a suitable green for grass then perhaps try fixing on some small clumps of foam for bushes or static grass.

Infantry bases

Cavalry

Group shot

I haven't sanded the artillery bases yet.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 11, 2018, 09:05:19 AM »

Finished three whole bases!

Well my first complete 6 mm figures. I went over the faces with some flesh shade then a dab of light flesh to bring out the face a bit more. I will do this from now on on the other models.

It's amazing what a bit of grass can do.

One thing I don't like about the baccus figures is a very prominent mould line. It's actually more than that - it appears that the moulds were misaligned in casting. You can make it out in the faces of the cavalry. Each figures has a little step in it. It is there on the infantry but not so prominent. It is equally bad on the skirmishers.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 23, 2018, 09:22:21 AM »

The first completed unit: A battery of horse artillery

Also based a set of skirmishers to see how they would look. Quite happy with that so will proceed with them all like this:

It's meant to represent the zug that forms the reserve with the skirmish line further advanced.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #38 on:** May 30, 2018, 09:08:57 AM »

Painted some command stands. A big shout out to Warflags. What a great site.

There is another but I didn't take a photo.

The Warflags site http://www.warflag.com/

and the Napoleonic site http://www.warflag.com/napflags/index.htm

These are from the napflag site printed out at 25% on a colour laser printer

jon_1066 · « **Reply #39 on:** June 06, 2018, 09:10:39 AM »

Finished the first infantry unit - six companies making up the 1st Battalion of the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Austrian Army in 1809 (or any other green trimmed unit)

In column:

Square:

I'm pretty happy with how they work for the different formations for a battalion level game.

jon_1066 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 24, 2018, 10:59:06 AM »

Still ticking along with this.

I have also been experimenting with a Brigade level game using the same basing. Basically each base is a battalion with a ground scale of 1" = 100 yards. These are combined into Brigades which are the main unit of the game. Cavalry bases are regiments and artillery single batteries

It is a mash up of Black Powder and Lion Rampant (though has moved a long way from that.) Due to the ground scale shooting is only done by Skirmishers and Artillery. Line units shoot as part of the close combat resolution (which is done by opposed dice rolls)

Still working on the painting slowly but had a quick test battle last night. Cardboard stand-ins for most of the units:

At the top French skirmishers have engaged the Austrian defenders. At the bottom French cavalry have forced back the Austrian cavalry in disarray. The Austrians are going to have to try to use their reserve to shore up their left and see what of their cavalry they can rally.

vodkafan · « **Reply #41 on:** July 24, 2018, 12:46:01 PM »

Don't you mean a divisional level game if you have a whole division's worth of brigades?

jon_1066 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 24, 2018, 02:15:22 PM »

I have taken Brigade level to mean the basic unit in the game is a Brigade. ie that is what you order about the place. Each side has 5 Divisions in the game above, so that makes probably one or two Corps. However the game could be expanded to multiple Corps a side. Naming it after the size of force you command would get confusing as the rules don't changes if you have 1 Corps per side or 3 making it an Army level game.

YPU · « **Reply #43 on:** July 25, 2018, 04:32:31 PM »

While I see your logic Jon, I think Vodkafans interpretation in the way I see it used generally. A warband level game is a game where you field one warband, not multiple...

Either way, it looks bloody amazing!

jon_1066 · « **Reply #44 on:** July 26, 2018, 08:59:43 AM »

Thanks YPU. Well whatever it is called it seems to work at that level as well.

I am pretty happy with the look of the battlefield. Just need to paint more figures and tinker with the rules around the edges.

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