When we started to playtest the rebels and patriots rules I really felt the need to be able to set up a quick game on the kitchentable so decided to get hold of some small minis like 6mm or 10mm, searched the web and in the end I decided to use the 8mm plastic minis from Perrys Travel Battle as they just had started to sell the sprues.
Said and done, ordered me 4 sprues of Minis as well as a sprue of Houses, quite cost effective as the red and blue forces and houses costed me £20 including P&P. I wanted to use my 1,2,3 basing but ended up to base them 3 minis to a base. It was a bit tricky to cut the minis apart as they are 5 on a strip, but nothing a steady hand and a sharp craftknife could not handle;)
I also made me a small gaming board using a 58x39 cork notiseboard "VÄGGIS" for £4.95 from IKEA. Even if I really prefere 28mm minis, it all work fine to run som test games using cm´s instead of the usual inch.
Might not be the best pictures but I hope you get the idee at least :)
They look great Michael...
ReplyDeleteAn excellent idea...
All the best. Aly
A cunning plan indeed.
ReplyDeleteNice! I much prefer 28mm as well, but I can see how this would be handy for play-testing!
ReplyDeleteVery effective Michael. Certainly with Pendraken Miniatures 10mm figures, you can easily get two basic forces for around £20 inc P&P. I aim to do a post about this sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteWonderful work Michael!
ReplyDeleteCool idea!
ReplyDeleteA really interesting idea. I can see some Finnish war 1808-09 with this...
ReplyDeleteWhat is the units & unit sizes in this rule-set?
More or less as for The Pikeman’s Lament, 12 mina for infantry and 6 minis for skirmishers as well as Cavalry.
DeleteBy the way, did you paint those 6mm as Napleonic Swedes & Danes?
DeleteNo more as War of 1812, but as they are tiny i guess the would work.
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