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Post by Cromwell on Apr 21, 2019 14:12:49 GMT
Today I played a Hundred years war battle using my 2mm English and French. It was a resounding success for the English with the french nobility once again going home looking like pin cushions!
I am preparing a Hundred Years war campaign based on the Agincourt Campaign.
More details when when it's finalised.
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Post by hammurabi70 on Apr 21, 2019 22:53:01 GMT
With 2mm, the pictures would be most informative. On would have thought the troops would be little more than blobs and not very easy to differentiate.
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Post by Cromwell on Apr 22, 2019 7:06:26 GMT
If you visit my web page www.spanglefish.com/solitarywargamer you will see I have a small (No pun intended) section on 2mm wargames with a few pictures. 2mm will never be as visually pleaseing as 15mm or 25mm but on mas they look very good. They are very quick and easy to paint. Believe it or not it is possible to differentiate troop types. I also aid this by how I base. I base on bases for 15mm. For long bows I use 3 x 2mm bow blocks. 2 blocks form the front rank with the 3rd behind, supposedly the Captains company. I do the reverse for Crossbows. Dismounted Knights/Blades are 4 blocks or 2 blocks of men at arms. Horse are obvious what they are and I base those eith 2 or 4 blocks to a base. Artillery are 2 to a base. Generals unit is marked by a command group in front of the troops on the base and a flag. They are fiddly but it is a very good way of trying out a new era. As i said I use bases sized for 15mm figures and I fight on a 2' x 2' table. For terrain I use my normal hills, normal wood bases but without the trees. Normal rough areas. Enclosures I use pipe cleaners painted green. BUA is represented by a couple of the small cottage models sold as collectable ornaments. Callec I believe the LiLiput range. Bit over sized but hardly noticeable. |
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Post by hammurabi70 on Apr 22, 2019 21:40:08 GMT
My own are 15mm bases with twice as many 6mm figures on them. 6mm on mass are very effective but I remain unconvinced about 2mm. They seem really small and are a real problem for my aging eyes; so small that 0mm seems a viable option.
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Post by Cromwell on Apr 23, 2019 7:10:42 GMT
My eyes are not what they use to be. But I still like 2mm trying out armies. My Hundred years war campaign will most probably be fought using my 20mm armies.
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