Well this is my first Thursday submission and these took longer than expected. Again these are for my son's British Army and he will have over twenty battalions to punish my French with. Command and Colors Napoleonic's is a great gateway drug to get someone into 6mm gaming.
From left to right we have battalions from the 88th Regiment Connaught Rangers, 42nd Blackwatch, 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) and 62nd Wiltshire. Each battalion has 28 infantry figures and between them they have 3 officers so points wise it's no bomb at 59 points.
We set our battalions on 60x60mm bases, British I always base in line and most units have the four figures out front as a skirmish line. The dice cells are to show the remaining strength of the units, most older units are missing these.
A close up of the highlander battalion, the kilts were fun to paint! I last did kilts for a friends demo game. Have been putting these off ever since.
The figures and flags are from Baccus though in the case of the regimental colour I have in some cases added a little paint to help show the folds in the paper.
OK that's as close as you will get with these boys, the dotting of the tartan has come out quite well though I did not do the red on the hats or socks!!
By comparison the standard British infantry are much easier to paint. I have just a few more British infantry battalions in stock but these will be the last of the challenge. I hope to get some heavy cavalry done before the end and some of my Prussians as well but next I am back to the French SYW.
MilesR: Ian - these are amazing little chaps and I'm astonished you even attempted tartans in 6mm - madness. +2 points for the unique basing mechanism. Superb work!
And he’s back! . I love your work on these ..
ReplyDeleteCheers Dave, moving back to bigger things for the next submission
DeleteIan
Very nice work Ian.
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam
DeleteIan
Lovely work Ian!
ReplyDeleteCheers Fran, good to see you in the challenge again
DeleteIan
Beautiful work Ian. Question: What size a base did you use for these?
ReplyDeleteI used 60x60mm, the cavalry get 60x30 and the guns and command bases are 30x30. Unfortunately too big for using them on the CnC board.
DeleteIan
Ah... the natural order of the universe has been restored. Always love seeing your 6mm stuff mate. Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I still have thousands of the little devils, maybe bought a few too many?
DeleteIan
Great to see you continuing work on your 6mm stuff! Excellent additions and I‘m sure your son will love these.
ReplyDeleteThanks, yes he does like them but my Nephew has given him his old Warhammer 40K stuff so I am guessing he will be painting some of these up.
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Those are lovely Ian, the details you're getting in 6mm are amazing. Are you the same wack job (um dedicated modeller) who individually put his own pikes into the hands of his 6mm Macedonians?
ReplyDeleteCheers Peter and yes I am. I have 300 of the buggers to add pikes to that I painted pre challenge.
DeleteIan
Lovely work! Great tartan on your mini highlanders!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, I have a few more of these in the pile though I wont touch them this challenge
DeleteIan
Great to see such detail in 6mm. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, ink helps that's for sure
DeleteIan
Great work, like many above love the basing system.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, that basing really adds to the feel of big battalions and is the real bonus of this scale.
ReplyDeleteCool looking Naps Ian!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Lovely stuff. I hope to get some 6mm done under the auspices of the challenge too.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant paint job Ian.
ReplyDeletewonderous, insane, but wonderous
ReplyDeleteLovely to see some more 6mm Naps from you Ian :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to do CCN in 6mm like this!
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