More 6mm Bloody Barons

[usagitsuki]

Some pics of another 6mm Bloody Barons game. This one was done at the local wargames club. It was the first go at the rules for the two players but they picked it up OK. It's a 6-zone wide game, with just the 4 central ones used, with 12 units per side. A Neville-heavy Yorkist force under Edward IV against the usual Lancastrian suspects of Somerset, Percy, Clifford and Exeter.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Those teeny figures do look rather good en masse like that - thanks for sharing!

Simon

[Moggy]

Lovely job.  Far too small for me to paint let alone get that much detail on them.   Am envious.

Derek

[Sean Clark]

Agreed. A wonderful sight.

[Leman (Andy)]

Must admit I do like my 6mm stuff. Collecting the Pony Wars stuff from Baccus at the moment. Also getting some for the later C18th Dutch/French wars.

[mellis1644]

Wow really impressive. Looks great.

I must admit I like that you can make 6mm less 'formal 2 lines' on a base, which is a challenge with larger figs. But not sure if that is valid for WoTR. If done it also does need a lot more figs per base. You can see some of my Dark Age stuff as an example below:

[Leslie BT]

Looks good on the table. But far too small for me.

[martin goddard]

I would enjoy playing in those 6mm games. Very wonderful indeed.
Are you close enough to play in a  potential Bloody barons day?
Stewart had one on the blocks but it was stumped by the outbreak.

martin   (i.e most impressed)

[usagitsuki]

I live in extreme West Wales unfortunately, practically in the Irish Sea, so getting to shows is very difficult.

I figure in the WOTR, troops would have at least tried to fight in lines, for using massed archery. But 6mm does let you pack figures into less regular basing arrangements. My 6mm Sengoku are much more 'informal'

[Sean Clark]

Ah, it's you Gareth! Beautiful work. Interesting use of those soft floor tiles too 👍

[Colonel Kilgore]

Those look lovely, and the grass quite evocative of certain Samurai films.

Simon

[Wardy64]

Really outstanding job. I always look in wonder at the great job done on figures of this size.

I have some 6mm early WW1 but could not get to grips with the painting of this size so will be heading for a bring & buy.

Top job.

David & Ben

[Leman (Andy)]

Painting 6mm requires a different technique to 15mm. what you need to create is an impression. I usually give my 6mm figures a diluted soft tone wash rather than a magic wash. White or light grey undeercoat is a must. Don't bother with metal on small arms unlesss a bayonet is fitted. buttons etc. forget. Give the basing plenty of attention as this enhances the look of such small and quickly painted miniatures.

[usagitsuki]

6mm can be difficult. Until relatively recently I hated painting the things. I forced myself to do some a few years ago to play 'Blucher,' and took a more 'impressionistic' approach. You don't have to paint everything on the figure to get a good mass effect. If you paint piping or thin straps on 15mm figures, then there's nothing finer than that you should have to do in 6mm. That said, they are a lot smaller so  it can be difficult. I don't hugely enjoy painting them myself, but I do enjoy finishing figures, and in 6mm you certainly get to finish a lot. I wrote a blog post about how I went about trying to deal with 6mm here:
https://wargamesasp.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/getting-to-grips-with-6mm-overcoming-scale-aversion/

Cheers, Sean. I, like Aragorn, have many names. On the internet at least..... The interlocking boards are really useful for club games. I'm not so keen on the visible joins and in hindsight I should maybe have brought my cloth in for the game, but the other thing the boards did was make it easier for the players to visualise the zones.

[Wardy64]

The view is an interesting one, as is the blog page. Maybe once I am out of plaster I will give them another go? I agree going for a 6mm army would allow many possibilities not open in 15mm.

Thanks

David & Ben