Due to Little Wars TV I have discovered 6mm and have all the figures for the battle of Isandlwana and the three major battles of 1066. I still like my 28mm figures but 6mm has a place on my table as well.
It's an excellent look. I was chatting to Richard Clarke at Joy of 6 and said how Mark Backhouse had exploded into a previously underappreciated niece with 2mm with Strength and Honour.
I bought a ton of french and British 6mm Napoleonic miniatures from baccus and I was impressed at the detail, enjoy painting and basing them. I will stick to that scale now.
Great video Lee. You are preaching to the converted here. My first ever army was a Donnington 15mm Early German, followed very quickly by Heroics an Ross WW2 German, both of which I have had for over 30 years. I love Baccus and bought a large Samurai army, but to be honest I love my Irregular stuff. Again, have been supporting them for over 30 years. Whereas Baccu are more detailed, I find the Irregular blocks super easy to paint. One of my latest projects, just finished was 6mm Italian wars, where the cavalry and skirmishers were Irregular. Everything else was 3D printed. J I simply shrunk from 28mm and 10mm to get what I wanted. 6mm is awesome. My table is the same as yours so we can easily play big battles in 6mm.
I have a large collection of WWII stuff (mostly from North Africa) that desperately needs to be used again. Currently exploring options for just that purpose, so keep an eye for a WWI batrep at some point in the future.
Jeremy, I'm also gathering armies for Vietnam (US, ANZAC, SOUTH VIETNAM, NVA & VC), all irregular miniatures. Good range of vehicles and supporting arms.
Thanks Alex. I'm by no means denigrating other scales, but I do think 6mm often faces an undue and unwarranted amount of 'negative press' (usually in form of its omission in publications and at shows)
Well said mate! I took my part of the game you played in at Joy of 6 in a holdall, on the train! I don't think I could have done that in 15mm. Also we had two Brigades a side in that game which is impossible to do with a figure scale larger than 6mm on the size table we used - I reckon it'd have to be at least 4 times larger.
So much easier to carry! I've recently run a 15mm demo game with my French Foreign Legion stuff and that just about fitted in two RUB boxes...plus nearly a dozen other boxes for terrain, movement trays, buildings etc 😆 For a 6mm game I'd have got the whole lot in two boxes.
I love 6mm for all the reasons you describe. Another great reason is if you want to start a new period, you don't need to bribe or bully a mate into building an army to oppose yours - you can just build and paint both forces in no time at all. The negative, in my totally subjective opinion, is the seemingly "default" game being DBA, which I think is absolute garbage. Funnily, a lot of regular DBA players moan about it too, but just carry on playing it cause it's easier then trying to convince half a club to learn a couple of other systems.
I always end up painting two armies, and your correct in saying its a lot easier in 6mm. I've never played DBA, but then I usually adapt existing rule-set's for 6mm and/or solo games and see what happens.
I got into 28mm.... I'm completely out of space. I also have a bit of gamer add, perhaps another way to describe it would be "new game greed" constantly thinking to try a new game. Now I have to much stuff that I'm not even sure I want anymore. If I ever find a way tp sell any of it I would switch to 6mm as the space savings, reduced cost and ease of painting sounds great.
6mm takes up a lot less space, that's for sure. I have six different periods (with armies for both sides) in a couple of Bisley drawer units. The equivalent of a dozen A4 RUB boxes.
Hey Big Lee! You are tempting me and causing me to rethink my opinions! Of course, growing up, "God's Own Scale", of 1/72nd (Airfix) formed the bulk of my collecting... and it still does! But larger encounters in the same space is very appealing. One of these days, you'll have to cover storage... not only of the miniatures... but all the terrain and buildings that go with them! All the best!
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV Thanks Big Lee! I'll go check it out! I'm always on the lookout for better, more efficient ways to store my wargaming stuff. (I've come a long way from cardboard boxes and labels that are put in the basement or garage, but I'm not satisfied yet!) It would be nice to see the painted troops on display, where they could be seen in all of their rank upon rank glory... while the other stuff remains in "Bulk Storage", until called upon.
As mentioned "well said", my second largest army (back in the early 80's) was in 6 mm Baccus (ww2) and have enjoyed painting/playing in that scale for many years. My most recent 2D6, Samurai🤓, but I have a number of periods, as you said a vast range can be had and at a price that is affordable.👍 Keep up the good work, and it was great to meet you at JoS🤓🤗👍.
You too. I will be back, hopefully...but largely dependent on fuel prices. I spent more of petrol getting to and from Sheffield than on the hotel and all my meals for two days.
I seem to remember when this sort of scale came out originally, they were 5mm. I remember many wargamers hated them, but there were a few who saw great potential in them. Now, I hear 6mm which I gather overtook the 5mm.
Don't get me wrong, I love other scales as well (particularly 15s) but I think a lot of gamers write off 6mm without giving them a fair crack of the whip.
I'm an Adler fan myself. Beautifully crafted models and more variety than some 15mm ranges Going 2 thirds scale with Blucher means I can play most Napoleonic battles from Marengo to Waterloo on a six by 4
I especially like 6mm for ww2 gaming. I have nearly two hundred GHQ micro armor tanks/vehicles. I play Command Decision so one tank/vehicle is a platoon and its nice to get full sized battalions and divisions on the battlefield. I have given some thought to Baccus but the shipping prices to the states is quite high and actually makes 6mm less of a bargain unfortunately. I also factor in that I am more of a collector and painter for fun than I am a gamer so I want more detail but still get the mass effect and I can get that with 15mm or even 10mm for that matter. However, that being said, if I ever get back in the war gaming mindset I will strongly consider Baccus 6mm and hopefully they get a better international shipping price otherwise its very unappealing unfortunately because I love 6mm.
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV We joke over here that the UK is the land of toys. As an Anglophile I would love to live over in the UK. Your country has such lovely places and a vast and rich history. That and your television is good hah.
I’m getting into 6mm and have Napoleonic British and French armies for the 100 Days. I was always a 28mm fan, especially for Colonial campaigns. However I’m loving 6mm for Napoleonic battles. It looks and plays great.
Oh no a table that big is perfect for 6mm. Consider the games of manoeuvre you could play on that table, where the final battlefield is chosen by the commanders not the scenario or the umpire.
Thanks for the review. I'll be a 6mm fan for sure. We used to use air rifle pellets 1 per foot soldier, 3 per Cavalry figure (cut and bent the looked pretty good)...6mm is like a dream come true to a returning gammer.
I tried dipping my toe into 6mm but I just can’t get on with strips of minis. Totally agree that smaller scales are more practical for most of us if intending to play larger battles - I find that for me 10mm does what I need it to in that regard as I have no plans to fight mega battles. Still, I wouldn’t rule out trying 6mm again some day if a project caught my eye!
I like the pose options of 15mm & 28mm when I put forward a skirmish line and I like sh Brits advancing. I’m not sure about using double ranks. I know it looks better but that doubles the cost/number of figures to paint and to maintain the look the number of figures per rank must also be doubled so a battalion must/should have 24 figures per rank. My AB figures are based 1 rank of 2 figures in line. (an 16mm X 10mm base). What is the feasibility of a 5.33mm X 3.33m base to maintain scale. I don’t think I could base 2 x 6mm figures on less than 10mm wide base
Adler do marching, advancing and skirmishing poses, in British, French, Prussian, Austrian and Russian, in both early, and late period uniforms. Leon also does ranges for the Spanish and minor states. I base x2 ranks of 6, for a total of 12 figures on a 30mm base, meaning I have small battalions with 36 figures, medium battalions of 48 and large battalions of 60 figures. These look fabulous, and allow me to use most rulesets, at 15mm scale, including Black Powder, LaSalle, General D'Armee. With sabots I can also be Napoleon from Marengo to Waterloo, on a 6 x 4, using Blucher rules. The extra figures, don't take longer to paint, because the painting area is much smaller, and despite all the extra figures, it still works out cheaper than 15's
I am not even going to try. The models are just too small to see, my aging eyes no long work well for 15mm, so at t he moment it will be 28mm. Done big battles, made the terrain, painted figures etc and then only play the game once. Small scale just play board games, even there tokens are often difficult to read. No storage problems here. Great commentary Lee, look forward to seeing the next 6mm game down with the rejects.
Been using 6mm for may years. We have played Sword Beach on an 8 x 6ft table using entire British 3rd Division with US assets on one side V full German Division on other in one day using 6mm, plus Waterloo, every English civil war battle ever fought, Lutzen 1632, Gettysburg and many more massive battles all played in a single day. If you want to play the actual battles and get a proper feel for what it is like to command the armies you won't get this at 15 or 28mm ever unless you wanna spend over £1000 on the figures and then have the table to play such games. I love how the larger scale gamers still snipe at 6mm without realising they are missing the point...... work it out for yourself.
I think we need to see more 6mm represented in the hobby mags and at shows. If they naysayers need eye candy to attract them, this scale has in by the bucket load!
The table size matters, yes. You mostly can´t expand your home. I always paint too extrem in 28mm and that uses a greatamount of time. 15mm works faster and 10mm even more. In the smaller scales the temptation for too many paint layers drops. 😆 One of my next projects could be 6mm...
The only way I can extend my room is by knocking the wall down and moving onto the roof 🤣... Or my plan b which is to just wait for my daughter to leave home so I can get the bigger room.
I agree that 6mm are easier to paint and look good on the table,but kinda disagree on cost simply because you need more figs per base to get that nice look. Example: the. ACW Rules I use have 60x30mm basing for 6mm, I use 12x15's and it fills the base and has a nice massed look. I would need at least 2 or3 times that number for the same effect with 6's. I think that cuts into the cheaper argument a bit. Especially if you take advantage of sales and discounts. Perversly I think their great for small scale games where the pbasic stand is and platoon or squad. Anyway great question as always. Good Gaming👍🤞
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV I get 15's from Old Glory 15's here in states, they have lots of bulk discounts and sales that level things up a bit🙂. I like the 6's and 10's and have used them in the past, I guess it just depends😏. Thx.
P.S. to be honest I did spend about 6 hundred $$$ on the 15's over about 18 months, but did get everything I needed to play the largest ACW battles possible🙂
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV Absolutely, I started a WAS project because I saw a cool color plate of 18th Cent. Italians in a old Funcken book. Was only going to do some Italians vs Spanish in Italy. Ended up doing everybody involved in the entire WAS🙂😜😋. I think many of us are infected with gigantism when it comes to our projects😊😊😂
True, it can be hard (ish) to find dedicated 6mm rules. However, I have found that most other systems can be adapted for 6mm play (done it myself for AZW using TMWWBK for example). WWII, give All Hell Let Loose a try. Just bought it and impressed with its simplicity for late war gaming. Now I just need to find some army lists for mid war North Africa and I can get my 6mm stuff out again.
I can't disagree with any of that Lee as I've been a 6mm player for a long time. I hope some of the none 6mm gamers looking in will take the challenge of trying a small army or two.
Certainly they could paint a small army just as a test. And by the end of it they will understand it's easy to paint, cheap to enter, easy to store and transport, and hopefully they'll be converted 😉
I am committed. to 15mm. Because I began painting them 40 years ago and see no point in replicating the armies in 6mm. Having said that I regularly play with my friend with his 6mm armies, and have great games, especially when we play Large Napoleonic Battles using our highly adapted DBN rules that we call WTF! because I have a French Corps, and a British Peninsular Army I have just completed a Russians army to compete wit otm hallway through an Autri-Hungarian Army and have yet to begin painting the Prussians. PHEW! it's a chore and a half! My point? Well if I could turn the clock back, and the variety of figures where available back then, I would go for 6mm. Why? Because I like to to very large campaign battles and I just do not have the space for a 20ft table! You could easily do Waterloo or Borodino on a Makeshift 9ft table with room to spare, I detest cramming figures to the table edge! Where's the strategy in that? A bonus is, 6mm figures do not break the bank! You can swifty create armies of your choice even if you are unemployed, or retired like myself!
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Due to Little Wars TV I have discovered 6mm and have all the figures for the battle of Isandlwana and the three major battles of 1066. I still like my 28mm figures but 6mm has a place on my table as well.
I for one can never get enough of 2mm. I love the birds eye view it achives.
It's an excellent look. I was chatting to Richard Clarke at Joy of 6 and said how Mark Backhouse had exploded into a previously underappreciated niece with 2mm with Strength and Honour.
Yeah. I've been using the Pico figs for WW2
I prefare 6mm as you get the birds eye view and see the minis
I bought a ton of french and British 6mm Napoleonic miniatures from baccus and I was impressed at the detail, enjoy painting and basing them.
I will stick to that scale now.
Their Napoleonic range is very comprehensive and now your battalions have ranks of troops and look like proper units.
Ian Kay's extensive range of 6mm,(Irregular Miniatures), is well worth a look too.
Absolutely, didn't mean to just point people at Baccus. Between the various 6mm ranges there is a lot of coverage of periods.
Great video Lee. You are preaching to the converted here. My first ever army was a Donnington 15mm Early German, followed very quickly by Heroics an Ross WW2 German, both of which I have had for over 30 years. I love Baccus and bought a large Samurai army, but to be honest I love my Irregular stuff. Again, have been supporting them for over 30 years. Whereas Baccu are more detailed, I find the Irregular blocks super easy to paint. One of my latest projects, just finished was 6mm Italian wars, where the cavalry and skirmishers were Irregular. Everything else was 3D printed. J I simply shrunk from 28mm and 10mm to get what I wanted. 6mm is awesome. My table is the same as yours so we can easily play big battles in 6mm.
I have a large collection of WWII stuff (mostly from North Africa) that desperately needs to be used again. Currently exploring options for just that purpose, so keep an eye for a WWI batrep at some point in the future.
I am in the process of building up an US force and a NVA force to use in the Too Fat Lardies game Charlie Don’t Surf in 6mm.
Cool. So many options in 6mm.
Jeremy, I'm also gathering armies for Vietnam (US, ANZAC, SOUTH VIETNAM, NVA & VC), all irregular miniatures.
Good range of vehicles and supporting arms.
Good video Lee and I agree, 6mm is a great scale to game with.
Thanks Alex. I'm by no means denigrating other scales, but I do think 6mm often faces an undue and unwarranted amount of 'negative press' (usually in form of its omission in publications and at shows)
Well said mate! I took my part of the game you played in at Joy of 6 in a holdall, on the train! I don't think I could have done that in 15mm. Also we had two Brigades a side in that game which is impossible to do with a figure scale larger than 6mm on the size table we used - I reckon it'd have to be at least 4 times larger.
So much easier to carry! I've recently run a 15mm demo game with my French Foreign Legion stuff and that just about fitted in two RUB boxes...plus nearly a dozen other boxes for terrain, movement trays, buildings etc 😆 For a 6mm game I'd have got the whole lot in two boxes.
Great to see this Lee, though I am a 6mm convert of many years. If you haven’t tried 6mm I encourage you to try.
Thank you. I play and collect multiple scales, but my hobby would be much diminished if 6mm were not part of the picture.
I love 6mm for all the reasons you describe. Another great reason is if you want to start a new period, you don't need to bribe or bully a mate into building an army to oppose yours - you can just build and paint both forces in no time at all. The negative, in my totally subjective opinion, is the seemingly "default" game being DBA, which I think is absolute garbage. Funnily, a lot of regular DBA players moan about it too, but just carry on playing it cause it's easier then trying to convince half a club to learn a couple of other systems.
I always end up painting two armies, and your correct in saying its a lot easier in 6mm. I've never played DBA, but then I usually adapt existing rule-set's for 6mm and/or solo games and see what happens.
I got into 28mm.... I'm completely out of space. I also have a bit of gamer add, perhaps another way to describe it would be
"new game greed" constantly thinking to try a new game. Now I have to much stuff that I'm not even sure I want anymore.
If I ever find a way tp sell any of it I would switch to 6mm as the space savings, reduced cost and ease of painting sounds great.
6mm takes up a lot less space, that's for sure. I have six different periods (with armies for both sides) in a couple of Bisley drawer units. The equivalent of a dozen A4 RUB boxes.
Hey Big Lee! You are tempting me and causing me to rethink my opinions! Of course, growing up, "God's Own Scale", of 1/72nd (Airfix) formed the bulk of my collecting... and it still does! But larger encounters in the same space is very appealing. One of these days, you'll have to cover storage... not only of the miniatures... but all the terrain and buildings that go with them! All the best!
I have done a vid before on storage and organisation, but maybe I can show off my storage units and talk through my collections and how I keep them.
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV Thanks Big Lee! I'll go check it out! I'm always on the lookout for better, more efficient ways to store my wargaming stuff. (I've come a long way from cardboard boxes and labels that are put in the basement or garage, but I'm not satisfied yet!) It would be nice to see the painted troops on display, where they could be seen in all of their rank upon rank glory... while the other stuff remains in "Bulk Storage", until called upon.
As mentioned "well said", my second largest army (back in the early 80's) was in 6 mm Baccus (ww2) and have enjoyed painting/playing in that scale for many years. My most recent 2D6, Samurai🤓, but I have a number of periods, as you said a vast range can be had and at a price that is affordable.👍 Keep up the good work, and it was great to meet you at JoS🤓🤗👍.
You too. I will be back, hopefully...but largely dependent on fuel prices. I spent more of petrol getting to and from Sheffield than on the hotel and all my meals for two days.
Great video as always. I started with 28mm. Currently enjoying 10mm, so 6mm the next
It's the logical next step. Once you've gone six you'll never go back.
I seem to remember when this sort of scale came out originally, they were 5mm. I remember many wargamers hated them, but there were a few who saw great potential in them. Now, I hear 6mm which I gather overtook the 5mm.
Well put mate 👍
Thank you sir 😉
I've been contemplating 6mm, but can't decide on a period. Or possibly fantasy but I need to find a range I like.
So many periods, so little time!
I love smaller scale stuff, so good!
Don't get me wrong, I love other scales as well (particularly 15s) but I think a lot of gamers write off 6mm without giving them a fair crack of the whip.
I'm an Adler fan myself. Beautifully crafted models and more variety than some 15mm ranges Going 2 thirds scale with Blucher means I can play most Napoleonic battles from Marengo to Waterloo on a six by 4
You've found your niche and there's nothing wrong with that.
I especially like 6mm for ww2 gaming. I have nearly two hundred GHQ micro armor tanks/vehicles. I play Command Decision so one tank/vehicle is a platoon and its nice to get full sized battalions and divisions on the battlefield. I have given some thought to Baccus but the shipping prices to the states is quite high and actually makes 6mm less of a bargain unfortunately. I also factor in that I am more of a collector and painter for fun than I am a gamer so I want more detail but still get the mass effect and I can get that with 15mm or even 10mm for that matter. However, that being said, if I ever get back in the war gaming mindset I will strongly consider Baccus 6mm and hopefully they get a better international shipping price otherwise its very unappealing unfortunately because I love 6mm.
I forget how lucky I am to live in England where many of the big 'lead belt' manufacturers are based.
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV We joke over here that the UK is the land of toys. As an Anglophile I would love to live over in the UK. Your country has such lovely places and a vast and rich history. That and your television is good hah.
I’m getting into 6mm and have Napoleonic British and French armies for the 100 Days. I was always a 28mm fan, especially for Colonial campaigns. However I’m loving 6mm for Napoleonic battles. It looks and plays great.
At least in 6mm you stand a chance of being able to play much larger battles on a regular size table.
Very lucky to have a 12 by 6 permanent set up @ wargaming at the Outpost GY.
If I didn't would be into 6mm in a heartbeat
Oh no a table that big is perfect for 6mm. Consider the games of manoeuvre you could play on that table, where the final battlefield is chosen by the commanders not the scenario or the umpire.
Nicely done!
Thank you
Thanks for the review. I'll be a 6mm fan for sure. We used to use air rifle pellets 1 per foot soldier, 3 per Cavalry figure (cut and bent the looked pretty good)...6mm is like a dream come true to a returning gammer.
I tried dipping my toe into 6mm but I just can’t get on with strips of minis. Totally agree that smaller scales are more practical for most of us if intending to play larger battles - I find that for me 10mm does what I need it to in that regard as I have no plans to fight mega battles. Still, I wouldn’t rule out trying 6mm again some day if a project caught my eye!
New ranges and options seems to be coming out all the time, so eventually something will attract you 😁
I like the pose options of 15mm & 28mm when I put forward a skirmish line and I like sh Brits advancing.
I’m not sure about using double ranks. I know it looks better but that doubles the cost/number of figures to paint and to maintain the look the number of figures per rank must also be doubled so a battalion must/should have 24 figures per rank.
My AB figures are based 1 rank of 2 figures in line. (an 16mm X 10mm base). What is the feasibility of a 5.33mm X 3.33m base to maintain scale. I don’t think I could base 2 x 6mm figures on less than 10mm wide base
Adler do marching, advancing and skirmishing poses, in British, French, Prussian, Austrian and Russian, in both early, and late period uniforms. Leon also does ranges for the Spanish and minor states. I base x2 ranks of 6, for a total of 12 figures on a 30mm base, meaning I have small battalions with 36 figures, medium battalions of 48 and large battalions of 60 figures. These look fabulous, and allow me to use most rulesets, at 15mm scale, including Black Powder, LaSalle, General D'Armee. With sabots I can also be Napoleon from Marengo to Waterloo, on a 6 x 4, using Blucher rules. The extra figures, don't take longer to paint, because the painting area is much smaller, and despite all the extra figures, it still works out cheaper than 15's
I love 6mm.I do fantasy mass battles on 8cm squares ..
Thank for an informative video. I’m converting to 6mm now
You won't be disappointed!
I am not even going to try. The models are just too small to see, my aging eyes no long work well for 15mm, so at t he moment it will be 28mm. Done big battles, made the terrain, painted figures etc and then only play the game once. Small scale just play board games, even there tokens are often difficult to read.
No storage problems here. Great commentary Lee, look forward to seeing the next 6mm game down with the rejects.
My eyesight isn't great, but honestly painting 6mm is as much more about technique than accuracy!
Been using 6mm for may years. We have played Sword Beach on an 8 x 6ft table using entire British 3rd Division with US assets on one side V full German Division on other in one day using 6mm, plus Waterloo, every English civil war battle ever fought, Lutzen 1632, Gettysburg and many more massive battles all played in a single day. If you want to play the actual battles and get a proper feel for what it is like to command the armies you won't get this at 15 or 28mm ever unless you wanna spend over £1000 on the figures and then have the table to play such games. I love how the larger scale gamers still snipe at 6mm without realising they are missing the point...... work it out for yourself.
I think we need to see more 6mm represented in the hobby mags and at shows. If they naysayers need eye candy to attract them, this scale has in by the bucket load!
The table size matters, yes. You mostly can´t expand your home.
I always paint too extrem in 28mm and that uses a greatamount of time. 15mm works faster and 10mm even more. In the smaller scales the temptation for too many paint layers drops. 😆
One of my next projects could be 6mm...
The only way I can extend my room is by knocking the wall down and moving onto the roof 🤣... Or my plan b which is to just wait for my daughter to leave home so I can get the bigger room.
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV .. and today children stay a lot longer with their parents. 😁
I agree that 6mm are easier to paint and look good on the table,but kinda disagree on cost simply because you need more figs per base to get that nice look. Example: the. ACW Rules I use have 60x30mm basing for 6mm, I use 12x15's and it fills the base and has a nice massed look. I would need at least 2 or3 times that number for the same effect with 6's. I think that cuts into the cheaper argument a bit. Especially if you take advantage of sales and discounts. Perversly I think their great for small scale games where the pbasic stand is and platoon or squad.
Anyway great question as always. Good Gaming👍🤞
I've just bought both sides for a Wars of the Roses project for under £100.
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV I get 15's from Old Glory 15's here in states, they have lots of bulk discounts and sales that level things up a bit🙂. I like the 6's and 10's and have used them in the past, I guess it just depends😏. Thx.
P.S. to be honest I did spend about 6 hundred $$$ on the 15's over about 18 months, but did get everything I needed to play the largest ACW battles possible🙂
I bet all wargamers underestimate their project spend... Maybe there's a video in that 🤣
@@MiniatureAdventuresTV Absolutely, I started a WAS project because I saw a cool color plate of 18th Cent. Italians in a old Funcken book. Was only going to do some Italians vs Spanish in Italy. Ended up doing everybody involved in the entire WAS🙂😜😋. I think many of us are infected with gigantism when it comes to our projects😊😊😂
🙏👍🙏👏
Thank you
I love 28mm for skirmish but prefer using 6mm for proper battles! 6mm is easier to paint and look good than 28s, it’s a technique thing.
I've got some 28mm skirmish stuff...and a LOT of 38mm D&D stuff. Great fun to paint, but for big units, 6mm is so much easier!
Fantastic but where to find a rule book? What are the recommended sources? Let say ww2.
True, it can be hard (ish) to find dedicated 6mm rules. However, I have found that most other systems can be adapted for 6mm play (done it myself for AZW using TMWWBK for example). WWII, give All Hell Let Loose a try. Just bought it and impressed with its simplicity for late war gaming. Now I just need to find some army lists for mid war North Africa and I can get my 6mm stuff out again.
'O' Group from Reisswitz Press works well in 6mm.
I can't disagree with any of that Lee as I've been a 6mm player for a long time. I hope some of the none 6mm gamers looking in will take the challenge of trying a small army or two.
Certainly they could paint a small army just as a test. And by the end of it they will understand it's easy to paint, cheap to enter, easy to store and transport, and hopefully they'll be converted 😉
I am committed. to 15mm. Because I began painting them 40 years ago and see no point in replicating the armies in 6mm.
Having said that I regularly play with my friend with his 6mm armies, and have great games, especially when we play Large Napoleonic Battles using our highly adapted DBN rules that we call WTF!
because I have a French Corps, and a British Peninsular Army I have just completed a Russians army to compete wit otm hallway through an Autri-Hungarian Army and have yet to begin painting the Prussians. PHEW! it's a chore and a half!
My point? Well if I could turn the clock back, and the variety of figures where available back then, I would go for 6mm.
Why? Because I like to to very large campaign battles and I just do not have the space for a 20ft table! You could easily do Waterloo or Borodino on a Makeshift 9ft table with room to spare, I detest cramming figures to the table edge! Where's the strategy in that? A bonus is, 6mm figures do not break the bank! You can swifty create armies of your choice even if you are unemployed, or retired like myself!
Worst case scenario if you have a 3d printer you have to design your own and since they are so small they are dead easy even for begginers
Go 10mm, go larger.