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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Elbows on June 13, 2013, 04:53:40 PM
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So, like many others here I got in on the Robotech Kickstarter a few weeks back. I'll be abandoning my hard-to-find/too-expensive 1/200 Robotech project and instead converting my efforts over to the 1/285th scale release from Palladium (I don't like their game from what I've seen). So, my understanding is that 6mm is roughly 1/300 or so.
I haven't gamed in 6mm ever - unless you count old school Epic 40K about 15 years ago. While I have a (likely more than) 6 month wait for the Robotech minis I'll be playtesting with my current crop of models and I'd like to start gathering terrain so I can get to gaming quicker when they show up.
I'll be looking for modern or near future buildings, civilian vehicles, some generic shuttle craft, bridges etc. So...start posting links, as I have noooo clue who makes this stuff, and I trust the LA more than I trust google. lol Everyone who participates will receive a free low-calorie nutrition crisp.
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I've recently gotten into 6mm myself (I also used to play epic).
I'm just getting started with terrain. I have a "dirty planet" game mat from Hotzmats that I used for my 28mm gaming too (thankfully I didn't get craters drawn on it). So with that I'm going for an arid type planet setting. I've picked up the badlands terrain from gale force 9:
http://www.flamesofwar.com/gf9online_store.aspx?CategoryID=13336
I don't have any pictures taken, but this terrain seems to make more sense at 6mm than other scales.
I've also ordered, but have not yet received sci-fi desert buildings from brigade:
http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/6mmSF/Desert%20Buildings.html
-Tim
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Very cool. I have a lot of the GF9 stuff which I plan on using in the later part of the Macross Saga (after Earth is blasted to near ruins). I game heavily in the Old West so I have desert stuff relatively well covered. I have some small trees I think will be suitable. I'm really looking for buildings, bridges, other stuff. I hope GF9 increases their badlands range.
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Something very simple - my entry for the Build something competition, subject 'water' - 6mm scale dam and modular gaming surface tiles:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=49421.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=49421.0)
You have to scroll down a bit to see it.
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gateshead gaming has a nice Selection of 6mm Buildings though they might be a bit too Gothic Grimdark for your Taste ???
http://www.gatesheadgaming.co.uk/search.php?category=1&catTitle=buildings&txtSearch=&startpos=1&endpos=10 (http://www.gatesheadgaming.co.uk/search.php?category=1&catTitle=buildings&txtSearch=&startpos=1&endpos=10)
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I found 6mm terrain to be one of the easier scales to build things for, especially for sci-fi where you aren't constrained by right angles. Just about any goofy shape can be turned into buildings with a few square pieces of cereal box painted blue for windows and black for doors.
As usual, Terragenesis has lots of inspiration:
http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/competitions/entry.php?id=111
Here's a great little step by step walkthrough of a building being constructed:
http://firebaseares6.blogspot.com/2011/07/terrain-first-6mm-terrain-scratchbuild.html
And another from the same author:
http://firebaseares6.blogspot.com/search/label/TERRAIN
Nice little urban board:
http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/2007/05/mini-wargaming-jav-98s-6mm-sci-fi.html
And there are plenty available from various manufacturers. Here's a blog post showing some nice L4 terrain:
http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/2007/04/gaming-news-new-6mm-sci-fi-terrain-by-l.html
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Some good resources. I'd be more likely to buy assembled 6mm stuff.
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(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7V_jd8zpl-Q/UPt_9CU3IHI/AAAAAAAAC-k/SjjlY7kpynI/s1600/fob_battle_web-DSC_0257.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlnIMfKXKU4/UOMcgw50fRI/AAAAAAAAC84/cZ0AS1Kw_RQ/s1600/refinery-DSC_0240.jpg)
There's a couple shots of mine made mostly from junk. Electrical boxes, bottle caps, packaging, little plastic food bowls. The tarmac is just spray painted cork tile.
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Some good resources. I'd be more likely to buy assembled 6mm stuff.
Most of the 6mm stuff that I'm aware of is for mech games, and I don't play those so can't pull them off the top of my head. That said, there's a couple of items in Ground Zero Games' Dirtside line of miniatures:
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=41
Brigade has some, you'll have to find their page yourself, but here's a nice selection of shots on this blog:
http://deltavector.blogspot.com/2012/06/cheap-quick-terrain-brigade-models-6mm.html
That's all sci-fi specific stuff. For the generic terrain (trees, hills, rivers, etc.) you can find some good stuff at Irregular Miniatures:
http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/6mmRanges/6mmScenics.htm
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Here are a lot of interesting buildings for 6mm / 1/285 scale http://store.gcmshop.com/ (http://store.gcmshop.com/)
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Mac Miniatures, a french shop, provides very good products! Roads, buildings, woods, hills, etc.
http://www.mac-miniatures.com/
(http://www.mac-miniatures.com/crbst_pa_22_p_2dyadk2lkevad7/crbst_DSCN7421_GF.jpg)
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Excellent stuff, thanks guys. Some of it is a bit "too" sci-fi for my Robotech game (which is based around 1999-2009 or "near future"). Any railroad scales match up to 6mm or 1/285?
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Angel Barracks http://angelbarracks.co.uk/ do some great stuff
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Yeah I dig the AB stuff - I've seen that before, but doesn't work too well with my game. However, I might have to grab some infantry models to represent civilians or pilots of downed mecha etc.
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I've been thinking about using N-scale stuff for Robotech. I'm going to wait until I have the new minis in hand but I think they'll match up pretty well.
I want to build a small Japanese town so I'll be using buildings by Tomix and Greenmax. Not cheap but they should look a lot like Macross City.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=tomix+building&_sacat=0&_from=R40
http://tokyo-in-nscale.blogspot.com/p/n-scale-japanese-buildings.html
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How about the buildings from Monsterpocalypse?
(http://www.tcgplayer.com/games/images/monsterpocalypse/081110/5.jpg)
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N scale is too big and Monsterpoc too small.
Z scale is better.
Timecast Models, Old Crow (if he ever opens shop again).
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Even Z-Scale is around 1/220-1/240...and in typical railroad model fashion, absurdly expensive ($15-20 per building). I may end up making my own stuff or begging my buddy who has a laser-shop to cut me up some custom stuff...very simple buildings perhaps.