Well its a new year, so a new project. Having been well and truly inspired by The Blog With No Name I decided to take the plunge and start collecting 6mm Napoleonics. I've tried in the past to collect Naps in 28mm but there just so fiddly and time consuming to paint in that scale that I never could get the project off the ground. However in 6mm these have been a joy to paint and I'm really satisfied with the results.
The two stands I have completed are British Infantry with blue facings, the flags and figures (and basing medium as it happens) are from Baccus and I was very impressed with the detail and quality of all the products. I've been musing of late and believe that 6mm may well be the scale for me. I've collected 28mm for years but honestly I find them increasingly tiresome to paint, and much prefer how the 6mm figures look grouped up.
I can see many projects that I would never have attempted in 28mm being easily conceivable in 6mm. So I look forward to continuing with these napoleonics, finishing my WW2 6mm Division and then starting on an ACW project.
I have one ongoing 28mm project, which may well be my last that will appear at some point.
Stonking mate, they do good and I can see the fun of 6mm too but 28s is where it is at lol. No actually they are very nice and good luck there with more.
ReplyDeleteCheers mate.
DeleteThese are your first??
ReplyDeleteThey look great, looking forward to seeing more of them as you go.
The Union is a fairly easy force to paint for ACW but the Confederates are more fiddly with more colour changers
Ian
Thanks Ian, your too kind.
DeleteNice work, I have also decided 6mm is the way to go in massed battalions
ReplyDeleteThanks, 6mm does seem to produce a better "look" for big battalion type games.
DeleteI tend to have to go with what other club members want scale wise, Or do at least 2 forces myself. I am drawn to 6mm figures for big games and what you have done is very nice. I like to think that this is how mine would have come out, but I am not too sure they would have been quite this good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clint, having often perused your blog I'm surprised that you think you wouldn't be able to turn out great looking figures in 6mm! I also just noticed I wasn't following your blog for some reason. Now rectified. :)
DeleteHonestly I think people think 6mm is harder than it is, I honestly think its one of the most forgiving scales I've ever painted.
Amazing work for small a figure.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay, there really forgiving to paint.
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