Saturday 10 September 2016

6mm Seven Years War

Earlier this year I bought some Baccus 6mm SYW figures as I was moving house.   My new house does not have a permanent wargame table and I wanted something smaller that I could use on a kitchen table.  6mm fits the bill nicely.

In the last few weeks I have completed 3 units.  These are organised for the War Game with 48 figure Infantry and 24 cavalry.  

I painted the cavalry units using my cheap Opti Visor I bought a while back from Boyes. This made a huge difference as I could see the detail and using a fine tip paintbrush I was able to paint cleanly. 

To finish of the figures off I decided to use Gloss varnish as this helped brighten the figures up as it reflects light.

First up are the Prussuan 5th Leib Cuirassier.


The full unit deployed.





I even managed to paint the flags.

Next a unit of Austrian Cuirassier.  In the War Game ruled these will fight as 4 squadrons of 6 figures.  In this scale officer loses will be marked. 


These figures are based on 2cm square bases with 3 cavalry or 8 infantry figures per base.  This means that I can use the War Game rules using cms rather than inches.  I will now be able to fit such classics as Lobositz and Fontenoy on the kitchen table. All I need to do is paint up more units and get some terrain sorted.



And finally we have a Prussian Infantry unit complete with flags made from images from Kronoskaf. I painted these before I got started using the Opti Visor and are not quiet as clean.





6 comments:

Graham C said...

Mark,
Impressive you've done a great job and it's nice to see the small figures getting promoted
Graham

The Good Soldier Svjek said...

Excellent looking units , I'm afraid my old eyes are not up to it nowadays , but I can see the advantages of this scale , Tony

SteveM said...

Mark

Are you determined to do SYW in every scale available?

Steve

Mark Dudley said...

I need to paint a few more figures and then I can fight a small engagement.

Mark Dudley said...

Hi Tony

My old eyes struggle as well. Reading glasses and an Opti Visor and it south easier. Of course you need a good brush and a steady hand.

Mark

Mark Dudley said...

Hi Steve

Guilty as charged. You can never get too much of good thing, or in this case a good period.

Mark