10 February 2015

Contemplating Tiny Terrain

To support our ECW project (see here), I started to cast my eye about for appropriate 6mm terrain.  I have a bunch of old SF terrain in 6mm but obviously not a lot of that will be useful (and to be honest after 20 years in boxes undergoing around a dozen house moves I have grave doubts as to its condition).  So another lovely excuse to spend Hobby money emerges!

What do I (think I) need? Enough terrain for a 4 x 4 or so table, including a river, a few roads with bridges, and a town or two.

First up, Baccus (whose lovely figures we are using) is an easy starting place with this nice village set
https://www.baccus6mm.com/catalogue/ScenicItems/BritishBuildings/

Here are some nifty tips for DIY stuff:
http://www.6mmacw.com/6mm-terrain-tips.html

And here are some more manufacturers
6mm Terrain Manufacturers:
http://www.levenminiatures.co.uk/general.htm
     Some painted up nicely here: http://walladvantage2.blogspot.com.au/search/label/6mm%20ECW
http://www.timecastmodels.co.uk/
http://www.jrmini.com/shop/jrmini.php
http://www.totalbattleminiatures.com/bigbattalions/6mm/pikeandshotte.html
     Curt's nicely painted up granary set here;: http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.com/2013/03/product-review-total-battle-miniatures.html
Curt's lovely granary terrain set (Total Battle Miniatures)

While its listed in their Napoleonic rage, Leven Miniatures make a nice fortified Manor House that would do nicely as a Royalist stronghold
Leven's NAP06 - Fortified Manor House from here

Leven also make these fine Tudor Style buildings - can't have an English village without a pub now can we!
GEN11 - Tudor Style Public House
HOU14 - Detached Tudor style house

Dungeon Castings make this nice "House with Tower" as an alternative Manor House (DC-D0118)
http://www.dungeoncastings.co.uk/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=531



Total Battle Miniatures also do this fantastic walled town set - very pretty but not sure if I need to drop 65 pounds on it at this stage and instead need more functional terrain.  Very shiny though!  Would make a great centrepiece for a Campaign though
The unpainted pics show what you get in better detail I think:




And finally, what kind of Royalist would I be without a good keep or castle to fall back on?  But my quick look around didn't provide me with the lots of options that I expected.  I thought for sure there would be many examples of big '5 star' castles like Conwy, Raglan or Caernarfon.  What I'd really like is a nice tower like Donnington (where the battle of Newbury was fought in 1644). 
JR Miniatures' "European Siege Castle"

And finally, some inspiration for baggage/camp elements here (all made with Baccus figures):
http://www.tinytintroops.co.uk/Galleries/New_Style/New_Page_02_camp&bag.htm


If you other suggestions or recommendations for us I'd love to hear them!

6 comments:

  1. Very nice looking wee-terrain. I'm looking for some 1/1200th (2mm?) terrain for an Ancients game right now myself.

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    1. Irregular and Brigade do some good stuff in 2mm

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  2. Very nice!

    You need to pop over to,Paulalba blog.. You have won a prize and he is looking for ya..

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  3. These camps are splendid, excellent job!

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