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Author Topic: 12mm ACW action on a pinboard  (Read 1078 times)

Offline Norm

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12mm ACW action on a pinboard
« on: December 11, 2018, 03:47:07 PM »
Putting 12mm figures onto a pinboard for a divisional engagement between Confederate and Union troops (ACW).

A blog post that shows the new pinboard painted up and giving a short AAR to highlight the sort of game that can fit into such a space.

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http://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.com/2018/12/pinboard-battles-project.html

Offline abu iskander

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Re: 12mm ACW action on a pinboard
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2018, 04:18:55 PM »
That's quite an elegant little table you've made there. Well done, sir.

Offline Dan55

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Re: 12mm ACW action on a pinboard
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2018, 04:59:17 PM »
I love how this looks, very compact and contained.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: 12mm ACW action on a pinboard
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2018, 10:53:32 PM »
Well done - looks easily playable.
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Offline Oldgamer

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Re: 12mm ACW action on a pinboard
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2018, 10:38:21 AM »
That looks really good, do you stick with the 18 figure Firepower regiments?

Offline Norm

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Re: 12mm ACW action on a pinboard
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2018, 02:24:19 PM »
Thanks all. My 28's are based on 50mm bases with two ranks of three. Three such bases give me the 18 figure regiment. (I use 50mm bases in preference to the 45mm bases supplied by Perry).

For my 12mm, which I bought to use with hexes, I use the Kallistra system of 8 figures per bases in two ranks on 40mm frontages . Two of these bases side-by-side give me my regiment (i.e. 80mm frontage).

If I do something biggere such as Black Powder, I use 3 bases to give a frontage of 120mm.

In practical terms my 16 figure 12mm units and 18 figure 28mm units have no impact in game effect. Halving the unit frontage from 150mm to 80mm does help with the game conversion of inches to centimetres.