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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Mark Backhouse on May 28, 2022, 05:17:36 PM
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Hi all,
I thought I’d post up my latest work getting ready to run a couple of participation games at Joy of Six on Sunday 3rd July in Sheffield. We will be running one small introduction game in 6mm and a larger 2mm battle.
First up some photos of the Roman forces in the 6mm game. Figures are Rapier and Baccus.
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Very good looking figures! Sounds like the event will be a lot of fun.
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Thank you!
The battle will be based around Nikopolis in 48BC. Up first are the Mithridatic army of Pharnarces II.
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These are some of the phalangites up close. Nice figures from Rapier Miniatures.
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I do like those bases of figures - to me they look a lot more interesting than the 2mm bases. Whilst the 2mm figures might give a better indication of the overall formation, I think being blue to see the type of troops is better.
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Fair enough. Both have very different visual appeals despite being ‘small’ scale. I’ll post up some more pics over the coming days of the 6mm and the 2mm game.
In the meantime it’s back to the Roman side with the XXXVI legion that performed very well in the battle historically. Rapier figures and Baccus casualties.
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I love 6mm armies!
These look great!
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They look very nice. I'm travelling up to look for the first time, and collect my LWTV medals!
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Thanks for your kind words. Looking forward to seeing you. Up next is some 6mm Pontic chariots. A good excuse for mischief if ever I saw one!😂
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Making a change from the 6mm it’s time to get to work on the other table. In 2mm I’m going to be running a participation game based on 2nd Bedriacum/ Cremona in 69AD. For that I’m going to need lots of agricultural land for Northern Italy and lots of small farms and villas.
These buildings are from Brigade Models and all of them fit in the palm of my hand! Imagine trying to do that and store them in 28mm!!
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Very nice, I've always fancied doing Roman Civil Wars and 6mm with Strength and Honour looks like the way!
Are there any Roman Civil War scenarios in the rule book?
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I must admit although I get the concept of the 2mm they boarder on/cross over the level that I might as well just use printed card with nice graphics. It becomes a board game and at that point I start to think that this can be shrunk down to actually play it on a small table and card terrain is easy as well. Nothing wrong with that but just the way my mind goes.
However, your 6mm really work and give me a better mass effect the of the visual aspect. So to me it looks so much better. Great stuff Mark, love the 6mm's and to me much more appealing and visually interesting for the game.
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Frostie,
Yes there is Bagradas River in the main rule book - although that’s more of a Numidian v Roman clash really. There is also 2nd Bedriacum from the Year of 4 emperors. I’ll be publishing more Caesar v Pompey and earlier Sulla v Marius scenarios on my planned coverage. Hethwill Wargamer is doing some home made Sertorius in Spain civil war scenarios too.
Mellis1644, it’s all a matter of personal taste and aesthetics that work for you. In 6mm you compromise the formations for uniform detail, in 2mm you compromise uniform detail for formations. Both can look very good in my opinion if done well. I love the scenery especially for 2mm.
Thanks both for your kind words. I’ll try and post up a few more 6mm and 2mm things soon!
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My friend Phil has been hard at work on a Hellenistic style town wall and gate to represent Nicopolis. I think he’s done a spectacular job on this! This is better than most 28mm models I’ve seen and it’s in 6mm!
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Super impressive wall!
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I heard your interview on the Ancient History Podcast, they peppered you with some tough questions! Good work holding the line and getting across your intent with the rules.
That said, have you ever though of producing Cards for armies similar to Sam Mustafa's Blucher sets?
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The town is fabulous and the 6mm armies beautifully painted. Very impressive. I have to concur with a few other posters though 2mm does nothing for me. I might as well play a board game.
Good luck with the rules set - Bedriacum and Sertorian scenarios sound cool. Looking forward to an AAR using your rules.
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Thanks Easy E,
Actually we do have some cards for the units in the game like you got with Blucher. These were available free with the pre-order of the rules but I’m afraid you need to purchase them now for a small sum from the TooFatLardies web store.
I’m pleased you enjoyed the Ancient Warfare podcast. It was quite a tricky one to do because the audience were not necessarily wargamers. Good the message came across clearly.
MGH - I have to agree with you about the town. It’s stunning. The 2mm doesn’t work for everyone. For others it is a breath of fresh air. Do what works for you!
The rules are doing well thanks. I won’t be buying a yacht quite yet, but it’s selling well and the feedback has been very positive. Thanks for your kind words. 😊
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Sweet! I will look into picking it up with the cards too! Thanks.
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Bit late to the party here, only just joined LAF, having been a guest lurker for quite a while.
I was 50% of the Vespasianic command, in the morning at Joy of Six, on Mark's 2mm Strength and Honour version of Bedriacum (69AD). Despite inflicting more set backs and the game's only disaster on our opponents we just couldn't break the Vitellians. So, we lost. :-(
I've now played four two-player a side games of S&H and have lost all four! And I've had a whale of a time in all four and enjoyed them thoroughly, which must say something good about the rules!
Given I won my only single player a side game hands down I think I can safely blame my co-commanders for my abysmal die rolling and foolish tactical choices when playing multiplayer! :-D
On the subject of 2mm and the painting thereof, it's easy. You are aiming for the main colours that would be visible at distance not detailed painting. I've described the paint jobs I do as somewhere between Impressionism and Pointillism! Think Turner's Fighting Temeraire not Da Vinci's Last Supper.
My 2mm forces are growing slowly and my 2mm terrain has been a delight to devise and execute .... hence the armies not growing as quickly as intended!
So far, in various stages of completeness, I have a Romanised town (the little known town of Nunquam) , a Gallic walled village, a forest (made from a chunk of bath mat!), a wood (ditto), a large and small Roman marching camp, a port (Portus Nunquam), a Mansio/ Fortlet/ Stables group and a farm. All of which could fit comfortably on my 6x 4 table. Not something I could do in 28mm :-)
So, thanks Mark for both the rules and the chance to play them with you as umpire.
“Since they do not wish to eat, let them drink!” - Appius Claudius Pulcher