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Offline Dr. The Viking

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #195 on: August 24, 2021, 03:03:58 PM »
This looks, to me, totally amazing!

I am so impressed by the sheer level of feel you get from this. Sloping hills, lots of banners and the whole visual impact. Really impressive!
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Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #196 on: August 26, 2021, 11:04:16 PM »
Thanks. After all those clever terrain solutions over the years, we're going back to essentially shoving things under blankets to make hills... :)

Made some ikkō-ikki command bases, along with a 'generic' honjin to stand in for army commands where I don't have a specific one. Infantry figures are 3D printed by Project Wargaming, mounted figures by Baccus.





The command bases will be used to attach to generic infantry units, so I can have a large pool of such units that can be used as any army with the addition of a few specific command bases.



Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #197 on: September 01, 2021, 06:20:28 PM »
Bit of a sidetrack, but I've had "Clash of Spears" rules for ages and finally got around to trying them out. But in 6mm. So each 25mm base of 6mm figures is equivalent to one 28mm figure, meaning the figure scale is 1:1. I'd been thinking about a game that was around 500-1000 men a side with a 1:1 figure scale, and had a go a while back using Sharp Practice. I think Clash is a better option, though a Sengoku version will end up on the back burner for a bit I think. Anyway, it's a very good game.




Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #198 on: September 12, 2021, 06:09:48 PM »
Another set of command figures done for the small battles project. These are Oda clan. The photos here show the basic principle of using generic units with command groups appropriate to a particular army added. Here the same units are used for ikkō-ikki and Oda by changing the command groups.




Offline fred

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #199 on: September 13, 2021, 06:33:55 AM »
The more generic troops with two lots of command stands works really well - the banners on the commanders totally change the look of the forces.

Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #200 on: September 13, 2021, 10:18:58 AM »
Yes, I'm quite happy with how it's turned out. There'll be higher level commanders to add as well.

Offline mellis1644

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #201 on: September 28, 2021, 05:48:40 PM »
Bit of a sidetrack, but I've had "Clash of Spears" rules for ages and finally got around to trying them out. But in 6mm. So each 25mm base of 6mm figures is equivalent to one 28mm figure, meaning the figure scale is 1:1. I'd been thinking about a game that was around 500-1000 men a side with a 1:1 figure scale, and had a go a while back using Sharp Practice. I think Clash is a better option, though a Sengoku version will end up on the back burner for a bit I think. Anyway, it's a very good game.

I have plans to do the same for Clash but in 15mm - with DBx basing. Glad to hear it works well with 6mm.

The figures continue to look super impressive as well.
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Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #202 on: October 03, 2021, 06:10:22 PM »
A 1:1 representation of Oda Nobunaga’s 700-man army at the Battle of Inō in 1556. Early in Nobunaga’s reign as head of the clan, his brother Nobuyuki challenged his leadership. Two Oda vassals loyal to Nobuyuki, Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Hidesada, marched against Nobunaga with a combined force of 1700 men. Nobunaga reacted with characteristic decisiveness and engaged them near the village of Inō with an army of 700 men. Before the two vassals could combine their force, Nobunaga first defeated Shibata’s 1,000 man force, and then Hayashi’s 700.






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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #203 on: October 19, 2021, 10:10:10 AM »
Further excursions into 3D printing. Paul at Sabotag3d.com has made me some 'Babō-saku,' much quicker than I could do by hand. And very nice they are too. Babō-saku are most famous for their use at Nagashino.

The fences reconstructed at the Nagashino battlefield:


The 6mm models:






Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #204 on: October 24, 2021, 06:02:33 PM »
Time for another periodic group shot of completed figures so far:






Offline fred

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #205 on: October 24, 2021, 06:12:47 PM »
That’s a couple of figures then!

They look very impressive en masse


Offline Ranthony

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #206 on: October 24, 2021, 06:16:09 PM »
Fantastic.

6mm simply cannot be matched when it comes to creating an effective representation of an army on the tabletop.
You've done a cracking job on proving it again here.

Cheers

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #207 on: October 24, 2021, 08:13:22 PM »
Impressive  8)
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Offline mmcv

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #208 on: October 25, 2021, 08:11:20 AM »
Spectacular!

Offline Osmoses

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Re: 6mm Sengoku Jidai
« Reply #209 on: October 26, 2021, 06:07:25 PM »
Thanks

Fantastic.

6mm simply cannot be matched when it comes to creating an effective representation of an army on the tabletop.
You've done a cracking job on proving it again here.

Cheers

Ry

Yeah, 6mm really does open up a ton of possibilities when it comes to large battles.

I've started making markers for orders and hits to replace the coloured counters I have been using. Much more aesthetically pleasing.


 

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