I have been reading up on a few blogs and found this video of a Gettysburg game in 6mm. What I think struck me immediately was the way the wooded areas have been created, maybe I'm out of touch, but I have not seen this method before! It's really very clever and realistic for this scale.
The rules used here are 'Altar of Freedom' ACW, a set that I have been sitting on as a purchased PDF for some time but I have yet to be able to print!! The whole game is very clean and tidy, something that appeals to me.
Great film Lee - I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it. These woods - are they like a sponge on legs?
ReplyDeleteLooks like they are made using woodland scenics foliage or some thing similar. http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/TreeArmaturesFoliages
ReplyDeleteI am using their clump foliage in a different way to produce forest hex tiles for my war game hex board project. These are intended to use at around a 2mm and to be viewed from above, so do not have 'trunks'.
http://boardgamegeek.com/image/1851856/keitharchaeologist?size=medium
They do look very much like sponges on legs now I look again :-)
ReplyDeleteI like the way you just pick them and stuff the figures underneath, no shuffling around of trees etc though I guess the whole woods could tend to 'walk' slightly on the tabletop. I just have an urge to make one!
Cheers Keith, it's good that clump foliage especially for the smaller scales.
I have made 31 of these forest canopies. The method is here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.6mmacw.com/forests.html