About three years ago I started a SYW project to go with the Might & Reason rules. I didn’t know a thing about the war or the combatants and used it as a springboard into serious historical war gaming and actual research on a period. I have taken a few detours (like painting 2600 AWI [...]
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British Forces for Freeman’s Farm
Finally some new pictures. While I havn’t been posting as I needed some time to assess the amount of time I was spending taking pictures and blogging versus the feedback, I have been painting like a madman. Well, like a madman for me, I’m a very slow painter. I finished all of the forces that [...]
Updated Project Size
I have not been on top of my project size page as I should lately. I just updated it as I have recently passed the 2100th figure mark. It seems very rewarding to get this far. I am a completionist and would like to be able to run any scenario I would like without having [...]
Gaining Mass, 600 Troops
Another installment of my continuing effort to show how great large amounts of small figures look compared to small amounts of large figures. I have been adding approx 150 troops to every picture. When I placed the troops for my British Hubbardton photo, I thought it would be a great opportunity to show the 600 [...]
Big Units
In my continuing efforts to show what 6mm has to offer in quality of quantity, I have taken some pictures of the next step in the “Gaining Mass” series which I will now call the “6mm Effect”. This is a group of 6 units, approximately 450 troops. This is larger than most regular regiments that [...]
Gaining Even More Mass
After my last post, I wanted to show an even larger grouping of figures. This is now 4 of my units at 72 men apiece, roughly 300. This is a fairly average size for a unit in the field during the Saratoga Campaign. Click on them for a much larger image! …and from another angle… [...]
Gaining Mass
With my choice to double my previous SYW unit size and go with 72 figures in a unit, I think I am getting the effect I started out to achieve. With a nuber of units on the board, it is starting to look more like a battle as opposed to some unit markers. I have [...]
