Author Topic: 6mm FPW project (Read 3385 times)

6mmfan · « **on:** May 01, 2018, 12:26:15 PM »

Hi all

This is a slow burning project I started maybe 2-3 years ago. We started with a copy of the 1870 rules and I brought Prussians and my friend brought French. Since then I have added Bavarians and I plan to also paint French so I can field both sides. I want enough to do all the battles and for the Imperial period except for perhaps Mars la Tour and Gravelotte and I an also thinking about doing the Republican period with Greatcoat figures etc.

I'll post pictures of the earlier stuff when I find them, but in the meantime I have been concentrating on Bavarians. So here is a couple of 1870 units along with some skirmish bases. All the figures are from Baccus and are 6mm.

Thanks for looking

jambo1 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2018, 05:49:25 PM »

Very nice work!! This is one period I have attempted and thought about in different scales and never managed anything. looking forward to following your progress.

Plynkes · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2018, 06:00:20 PM »

Impressive. Who wouldn't be a 6mm fan when they are done justice in this fashion?

Sparrow · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2018, 06:08:01 PM »

Brilliant stuff

ragbones · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2018, 10:16:18 PM »

Holy smokes, those figures are beautiful! I can’t paint 25mm figures that well.

6mmfan · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2018, 12:21:03 PM »

Thanks, they are very nice figures and a joy to paint.

6mmfan · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2018, 10:05:49 PM »

Next is a couple units of Prussian Uhlans. In the 1870 rules it is only 2 bases per cavalry unit and I have gone with 4 figures per base for light cavalry and 5 figures per base for Heavy cavalry.

They are pretty quick to paint being small units so I can usually paint a few at a time.

6mmfan · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2018, 08:43:29 AM »

Prussian Dragoons. Nice bright uniforms but I probably should have used a different shade of blue to the Bavarians!

Cheers

Sunjester · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2018, 11:57:45 AM »

Superb

That standard of painting would not look amiss on 10mm or even 15mm figures. Well done Sir!

S_P · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2018, 03:03:43 PM »

Fantastic work

6mmfan · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2018, 08:28:35 AM »

Thanks all. the close ups show some of the painting imperfections but from 2ft away they look good.

Next is a single unit of Prussian Hussars. Nice bright uniforms and these denote the 1st regiment

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2018, 08:34:50 AM »

Very good

6mmfan · « **Reply #12 on:** October 28, 2018, 01:47:56 AM »

I cant believe its been 5 months since the last update :-(

But I have painted more figures and here is another 4 units of Bavarian infantry finished. I'm working my way through an entire corp of Bavarians for the 1870 rules and have almost finished the rest.

New regiments