Sunday, October 8, 2017
6mm Cuirassiers
One day Mark Woods decided he wanted to try painting some 6mm French Cuirassiers. He did a magnificent job, but said something like "never again" and passed them on to me. I just had to base them. Of course I couldn't help but fit them out with some new all red plumes and dark blue portmanteaux.
Lovely! 5-6mm has always fascinated me although I have yet to make the jump myself. They seem just the thing for huge battles of the 19th and and early 20th century though.
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Stokes
I had a decent 6mm army for Empire 3 but swapped to 15mm when I decided I wanted more detail. My prefered rules are Napoleon's Battles and the basic unit is a brigade. It looks much better presented with 6mm figures on a 3x2 inch base rather than the tight packed 15mm figures that look more like a battalion.
DeleteAs for later periods, I've only ever used other peoples figures.
The painter of these Cuirassiers favours Ancients and there are a couple of AARs featuring his figures on my blog (use the 6mm label). Magnificent!
you're too kind. I actually enjoyed painting these guys (to Osprey pics) but the thought of starting out on something new is what I baulked at. As if I haven't got enough on my plate painting totally individual Celts and Spaniards. In other news, the Macedonian phalanx I will be ordering runs to 1120 figs before I even THINK about hoplites to support them! Does that answer your question?
ReplyDeleteI can see you starting on a 6mm Napoleonic force after you've built your Roman Seas fleet.
DeleteI should be about ready to retire at that point
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