6mm Crusades

[Osmoses]

You get so much 'virtual' space with 6mm that I think you may as well put a few vignettes into the terrain to add a bit of interest. Even figure bases can represent a fair area of terrain in scale terms.

[zrunelord]

Simply beautiful.
Kudos indeed.
Z

[6milPhil]

You get so much 'virtual' space with 6mm that I think you may as well put a few vignettes into the terrain to add a bit of interest. Even figure bases can represent a fair area of terrain in scale terms.

Yep, smaller is bigger!

[Frostie]

Your collection gets more impressive with every look.

I'm thinking of doing 30YW on big bases like Pete from Baccus is showcasing now.

[Osmoses]

Thanks. I did some 30YW for a customer last year on large-ish bases. These are 100 infantry on a 125mm x 60mm base.

[Frostie]

Very cool!

[Osmoses]

Added a few more bases. A unit of Sudanese spears (for future Fatimids), and a unit of Armenian infantry. The latter are made up of a mix of Byzantine spears and Arab spears with a few Frankish spears sprinkled in. Some more Seljuk Ghilman and Arab cavalry at the back. Hopefully get a game in over the next week or so.

[Pattus Magnus]

Those are beautiful! Your 6mm projects are among the best I have seen using miniatures that size.

[Axebreaker]

Looks really nice and does give that mass effect!

Christopher

[Osmoses]

Reacquainting myself with Shattered Lances with the Battle of Nicaea 1097. Kilij Arslan rushes to relieve the defenders of his city of Nicaea from a crusader siege. Raymond of Toulouse and Baldwin of Boulogne have just taken up position to the south of the city when the Seljuks attack.

[Frostie]

Awesome collection

[Osmoses]

Thanks. It's getting there....

[batu]

Fantastic job.

[Osmoses]

Battle of Nicaea ended with a Frankish victory. Allied commands are prone to running away when things start to go bad, and that's what happened to Kilij Arslan's army. It was a perennial problem for Seljuk armies whose commanders were at best suspicious of, or at worst hated, their commander-in-chief. Took a while to get the hang of Shattered Lances after a long break, and I think I need to add some stuff to the QRS, but otherwise it worked well. Couple more action shots from the battle:

Frankish milites charge Turkoman horse archers:

[Osmoses]

Packing away meant an opportunity to re-organise the boxes. So the inevitable group photos followed.

The Seljuks:





The Crusaders: