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Author Topic: 6mm Insanity in the Seven Years War  (Read 10769 times)

Offline abu iskander

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6mm Insanity in the Seven Years War
« on: April 01, 2019, 06:55:12 PM »
I've begun a somewhat crazy project. The Prussian right flank at Zorndorf at a roughly 1/6 figure ratio. Planning on doing both forces to the tune of about 4000 figures total.

Here's a start. One division (~company) of Prussian line infantry and a half squadron base of Russian horse grenadiers. I'll be adding some command elements, NCOs, etc. behind the line troops, which is why there is some extra space to rear of the figures. Constructive C&C welcome.





« Last Edit: May 25, 2019, 05:33:05 PM by abu iskander »

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2019, 11:29:31 PM »
Good luck to you, SYW rules and all that, but shouldn't this be in the next sub-page?
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Offline abu iskander

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2019, 04:14:00 AM »
Yes, I think you're right, and must have made a mistake when I posted. I'm happy to let the mods move it.

Offline jambo1

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2019, 04:51:27 AM »
Crazy indeed!! But absolutely brilliant!! Will be following this with great interest. :)

Offline DintheDin

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2019, 09:03:26 AM »
Me too! Good luck to your project!!!
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Offline jon_1066

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2019, 12:12:33 PM »
That is a lot of painting (at least they are 6 mm!).  They look very nice

One question - why the choice of three deep?  Just interested in your thought process.  Obviously the Prussians ranked up three deep but with the width to depth ratio if you went 2 deep it would look pretty good still (especially with the rear NCOs, etc), be more in the aspect ratio of the actual units and save you painting about 1000 figures.

Offline abu iskander

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2019, 02:51:12 PM »
Thanks. gentlemen.

Why model all the ranks when I'm only modeling 1/4 or so of the files? I guess it just comes down to which compromise you want to make when doing the figure scaling.  Here's roughly how I envision BNs looking on the table:

http://obscurebattles.blogspot.com/2015 ... -1758.html

And, I'm thinking once multiple BNs are arrayed, and the file closers and command added, that I'll be happy with the overall look. Here's one of my planning sketches:



And how half a BN has shaped up so far...love how quickly these paint up, even with some layering of paints.





« Last Edit: April 02, 2019, 04:01:24 PM by abu iskander »

Offline vtsaogames

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2019, 04:54:40 PM »
A fine madness!
And the glorious general led the advance
With a glorious swish of his sword and his lance
And a glorious clank of his tin-plated pants. - Dr. Seuss


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Offline DintheDin

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2019, 06:47:21 AM »
Although the scale is small, you achieved nice faces and from a distance the overall look is excellent!
Congrats! Keep them coming!

Offline abu iskander

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2019, 05:50:23 PM »
Thanks gentlemen.

Busy week, but got a bit of basing done. Decided to go with another thin layer of Liquitex stucco and paint the grass effects. Have some 1mm static grass on the way which I may use to pick out a few details.

Hoping to finish the rest of the BN over the weekend.


Offline abu iskander

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2019, 11:40:13 PM »
First BN done and based.








Offline DintheDin

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2019, 09:32:20 AM »
In mass they look amazing! A substantial battalion!

Offline abu iskander

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2019, 12:14:01 PM »
Prince v Preussen Cuirassiers. On to the next unit after I finish basing.


Offline Roo

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2019, 12:29:08 PM »
Simply wow...one of those projects that’s makes me want to sell everything in 28mm and follow suit...if only for a few minutes...keep on with the updates this is lovely stuff

Offline Sparrow

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Re: 6mm Insanity. Battle of Zorndorf
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2019, 10:18:58 AM »
Wonderful stuff!
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