We are now comfortably settled into our new permanent home and enjoying bungalow life. After the upheavals of the last few months it feels good and as I said to my wife the only way I'll be leaving here will be in a box! It's quiet, as it's over 55's only, and my painting desk is set up beside a large south facing window overlooking a green with some tree cover for the Summer. With the natural light coming in from my left where my two lamps are placed on the desk I have also added a standing lamp at right with a small lower 6500 or daylight bulb that can be extended over the desk for additional light. This is about to be put to the test as I finally begin painting Geoff's next batch of 2mm bases.
I just wanted to share a few thoughts about the Battle Cry project that I am doing on the side. I have been researching the game in both it's original form and the variations that bring the game more in line with the later Napoleonic C&C games. For those who do not know Battle Cry was the first game in the C&C series put out by GMT games, the rules are quick to learn and play whilst still offering tactical challenges and scenarios can be played out in a round 45 minutes average. This really appeals to me so I have firstly decided to stick firmly with the original rules. Whilst I don't own the original box game (it's very hard to find now at a reasonable price), I do have the rules and access to the command cards etc.
My game will be played on a printed 13 x 9 hex grid of 75mm hexes and in order to stick with the boardgame look as far as possible I'm having it printed on PVC by Tinywargames. Further to this I have made the decision to keep everything on MDF tiles only, with all scenics just printed 'top down'. This will be quick and I hope should look quite effective using satellite images of woods, fields, rivers hills etc that can be placed around the board as per the scenarios. I will probably raise just the hills using 10mm foamboard. The reason behind this is that I will be doing a lot of scenic detail work on my model railway shunting layout so wanted to keep this really simple and in line with the board game concept just played on a larger board and using Epic scale units.
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Latest video features the growing number of ACW bases for the project.
Glad you’re settling in to your new home. I like your approach to the Battle Cry terrain. For CCN I have made hills by gluing together 2 x 3mm hexes (from Warbases) and sticking colour photocopies of the original cardboard ones - just enough height to suggest a hill on the standard board.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ian :) That sounds a good solution as I do feel you need to raise the hill tiles slightly to represent height/line of sight etc.
ReplyDeleteI think sticking with the Battlecry look is the way to go …… but, 🙂 you might want to checkout the resin hexed hills at battlefront, as from memory they are 75mm across (may be 80mm?). If ghe resin hexes are the right size, then I can highly recommend their river sections.
ReplyDeleteCheers Norm :) Steve's resin hexes are 80mm but really nice product. Of course I COULD go to 80mm and would not increase the table size significantly, I had not thought of that! I'll go and take another look at them.
DeleteReally enjoyed your you tube video, very inspiring for me. Interesting idea for your scenics and I will be looking forward to seeing your work on them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Donnie, glad you enjoyed my gruff rambling video :)
DeleteCheers,
Lee.
Nice Lee. FWIW I bought MDF hexes from Amazon (and very, very cost effective too). You could get all sorts of sizes, depending what you require. Good luck with painting my 2mm’s - I know they are a challenge. Who’d have thought 2mm was so small? 🔎🎨🖌️
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Geoff