stroezie
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Post by stroezie on Nov 19, 2012 15:45:19 GMT -5
I bought the two packs of 6mm scifi desert buildings from Brigade Models at Crisis 2012. It's the first time I ever bought a piece of terrain, some of them seem a bit small but I'll reserve judgment until they are all painted. Anyway, here are the first two test pieces Only 20 more to go ;D Might be worth noting they also sell some of these in 15mm.
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Post by mango on Nov 23, 2012 1:03:03 GMT -5
wow, individualy based 6mm, crazy stuff
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Post by stroezie on Nov 23, 2012 6:48:31 GMT -5
You know, I get that reaction a lot. Is it really that unusual to have 6mm individually based? Btw. here's the rest of them still need to finish the APC's,tanks and choppers... oh and then the other two 6mm armies I bought at Crisis 2012 (yes I totally gave in to my "ooh shiny!" syndrome ;D
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Post by stroezie on Nov 23, 2012 7:24:43 GMT -5
Here are some more shots of the buildings I've finished so far Still need to do the big one and the radio tower (once I add the satellite dish)
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Post by inrepose on Nov 23, 2012 7:48:22 GMT -5
They are looking great and I did not realise you had that many! A shame you can't mix in some old-crow ones.
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Post by stroezie on Nov 23, 2012 8:38:09 GMT -5
Well I picked them up at a 10% discount so they were a little less than 1£ a piece. At the moment I've got my eye on the new shanties coming out from Angel Barracks but once Old Crow is back in business I'll probably mosey on down there, I seem remember he also had some cool dockside buildings in 6mm.
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Post by krugenkaiser on Nov 23, 2012 10:19:51 GMT -5
I like 6mm individually based. It works as a great travel size to do demo games.
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Post by Mr. Harold on Nov 23, 2012 13:55:40 GMT -5
They look really nice, what size are the bases?
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Post by stroezie on Nov 24, 2012 15:04:22 GMT -5
The bases are about the size of a 1 eurocent piece, I cut them myself from magnetic sheets.
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Post by inrepose on Nov 25, 2012 7:56:57 GMT -5
I like your individual bases. I think I might also make some group bases if I was playing in 6mm scale, to see how it feels with faster movement.
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Post by inrepose on Nov 25, 2012 7:58:53 GMT -5
...and I was going to add that I would actually keep movement and ranges the same for 6mm. If you are using a 4x4 size terrain layout you could certainly get away with the same ranges and movement to give the game a good feeling of movement and appropriate range for the weapons. This is especially true if you are using the single bases because any shortening of movement distance would make the single base movement a little fussy.
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Post by droffset on Nov 26, 2012 1:16:54 GMT -5
They look great, I have a bunch of 6mm stuff based individually also but need to get some paint on them. Some of those houses look bigger than my first studio apartment.
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Post by stroezie on Dec 3, 2012 7:37:02 GMT -5
Finished the last two buildings for a complete set. I'm thinking of making 3-4 different fixed street plans for easy setup for my solo campaign.
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