At a time when it would be all too easy to feel that things are beginning to get on top of one, along comes some inspiring stuff to make one feel better.
At the recent Little Wars event organised by Mike Lewis, there were two Portable Wargames played using 54mm-scale figures ...
Please note that the photographs featured above are © Peter McDonald and Mike Lewis.
At the recent Little Wars event organised by Mike Lewis, there were two Portable Wargames played using 54mm-scale figures ...
Rorke's Drift ... in 54mm-scale!
... whilst Peter McDonald is putting together a couple of 1:300th-scale Colonial armies in anticipation of my PORTABLE COLONIAL WARGAME rules being published.The Relief of Pippin Fort, Trumptonshire.
Buildings and soldiers ... in 1:300th-scale!
I think that my regular blog readers will agree that the above show just how well the rules work in different scales.A very nice river gunboat ... and some more buildings and figures!
Please note that the photographs featured above are © Peter McDonald and Mike Lewis.
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteI do like Peter McDonald's 1/300th River Gunboat- very nice. I've often thought of doing 6mm at various times ordering packets of 6mm - only to decide it all was to small for me- alas, as I do admire Gamers who can work in this Scale. Cheers. KEV.
Kev Robertson,
DeleteIt is a very nice model gunboat. I’m not sure if he bought it or made it himself ... but regardless of that, it is still very impressive.
I’ve tried painting smaller scale figures, but in the end, 15mm-scale was the smallest I felt happy painting.
All the best,
Bob
I assumed the gunboat was home made. I was going to ask how he made his cowl vents...
DeleteArchduke Piccolo,
DeleteCould they have been made from plastic sprue that has been heated up and bent into shape?
All the best,
Bob
I think the gunboat is Irregular Miniatures.
DeleteSimon
Simon,
DeleteYou have painted it very nicely, and it looks as if it is a much bigger model than it really is.
All the best,
Bob
Very inspiring work and great to see the rules being used at different ends of the gaming scales.
ReplyDeleteSteve J.,
DeleteWhenever my enthusiasm begins to flag, I look at what other people have done with my rules, and I feel reinvigorated.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteGotta love that 54mm stuff!
Joking aside as a scale it possible to obtain a lot of figures cheaply from Armies in Plastic and similar. As I recall you have some ACW types tucked away for Cordeguay - perhaps now would be good opportunity to dust them off.
All the best,
DC
David Crook,
DeleteTim Gow and the Sheffield Wargames Club recently ran a 54mm-scale game set during the Italian War of Independence that used a version of the C&C rules. It looked very impressive.
In due course, I might well get my Cordeguayan stuff out of storage and onto the tabletop ... or I might opt to use my metal Britain’s figures instead. It’s something worth thinking about ... and work well on my new terrain mat!
All the best,
Bob
I am planning to use my Patrols In The Sudan (Peter Pig) 15 mm figures to play your colonial game when it comes out. You can see them here:http://kingstonirregulars.blogspot.com/search/label/PITS
ReplyDeleteI wish that I could post photos here but ou can find them in the chaff of this site, if you look.
Dick Bryant,
DeleteThe Peter Pig PITS figures are amongst the best 15mm-scale figures on the market, and I wish that the range covered other conflicts.
I look forward to seeing your figures using the link you have sent me.
Keep safe and keep well,
Bob
Great stuff, both large and small!
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteI totally agree!
All the best,
Bob