Category Archives: 6mm Gaming

NOT re-inventing the wheel

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

As I’m sure you are aware by now, the coming weeks will see a veritable horde of new rules for gaming Ancients descending upon the wargames community (I’m aware of at least 4 sets due out between now and summer) One … Continue reading →

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Polemos Ancients rules coming in April

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Baccus 6mm Ltd have updated their website with the latest news on their much-anticpated next rules release: Polemos: Ancients. Well, I say Polemos: Ancients, but Baccus have decided to split the era down into more manageable chunks, so this first … Continue reading →

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Recent Gaming blogs

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

I’ve come across a couple of blogs that you might be interested in… The first is from Andy Lawrence, who is one of the club members at Scimitar. If you saw some of my posts about our Cold War Commander … Continue reading →

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Command Horizon Army ‘Finished’

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

Well, finished enough to get ‘properly’ onto the tabletop, in any case… Just in time for a game I have tomorrow night, the forces of the Confederate Mercenary Corps are based and ready to face their Centaur nemesis – yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in 6mm Gaming, Command Horizon, Painting & Modelling, Sci-Fi Gaming | 7 Comments

SOA Battle Day 2010 – Of Time, Space…and Practicallity

Posted on August 5, 2009 by

As I’ve put together the two armies for Zama, there is one thing that I can’t get away from – this battle is potentially big, really big. We are looking at 2700+ Infantry, 200+ Cavalry and 18 Elephants – Even … Continue reading →

Posted in 6mm Gaming, Ancients, Impetus / Basic Impetus, Society of Ancients | 3 Comments

SOA Battle Day 2010 – The Carthaginians

Posted on August 4, 2009 by

So, having dealt with the Romans, it’s time to deal with Hannibal’s army at Carthage. As with the Romans, the exact number of Hannibal’s troops at the battle is open to some speculation, but I’m pretty happy to go with … Continue reading →

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SOA Battle Day 2010 – The Roman Forces

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

So, time to think about how many figures I need for this game of Zama for next year. This may seem strange, but since I’m recently new to massed battle games (being a skirmish game junkie) I’ve never actually put … Continue reading →

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SOA Battle Day 2010 – Starting early

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

I’ve recently recorded an interview with Richard Lockwood of the Society of Ancients (soon to be heard on the podcast feed) and as part of that we chat about the SOA Battle Day. Battle Day 2010, unusually, has already been … Continue reading →

Posted in 6mm Gaming, Ancients, Impetus / Basic Impetus, Society of Ancients | 2 Comments

Projects – 6mm Ancients

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

Status – On Hold As you know by now, I get distracted easily… Just before I bought Uncharted Seas, back in September last year I’d started painting a 6mm Roman Army for use with the Impetus rules. I’d undercoated enough … Continue reading →

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Projects – Command Horizon

Posted on April 24, 2009 by

Status – In Progress Command Horizon has sort of taken over from Uncharted Seas – primarily due to the challenge I was sent by Peter Berry to get a unit painted in three weeks. This I achieved, but it does … Continue reading →

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Baccus Painting Challenge – Finished!!!

Posted on March 6, 2009 by

Yes, though I don’t quite believe it myself, after a concerted effort last night to texture and paint the bases, I actually finished the challenge! I will put up more detailed photos of each base, and go into how everything … Continue reading →

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Baccus Tanks – bigger pictures

Posted on March 5, 2009 by

Countzero was asking for some bigger pictures of the Baccus tanks – so here they are. These are finished – though the turrets look somewhat dull, so I might give them another drybrush of yellow to brighten them back up … Continue reading →

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Baccus Painting Challenge – getting there

Posted on March 3, 2009 by

Well, just to say that I think I’m in with a fighting chance of achieving the challenge that Peter Berry set me 13 days ago. I finished the main detailing on the tanks tonight, so you can now (hopefully) see … Continue reading →

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Baccus Painting Challenge – WIP

Posted on February 25, 2009 by

Well, I thought that I’d post some work-in-progress pictures of my Light Tank Battalion. As you can see, I’ve actually started painting them! (Shock horror!) The tanks have been cleaned up, the turrets have been glued in place, and then … Continue reading →

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Baccus Painting Challenge – final colour choice / which unit?

Posted on February 18, 2009 by

After looking through my colour palette choice, and also looking at some painting references for ACW Confederate troops, I think I have made my final colour selections. Thinking about my army background, I want the Confederate Mercenary Corps to be … Continue reading →

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Baccus painting challenge – what’s in a name?

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

One of the first jobs when starting a new army is to think of a theme…well, it is for me, anyway. When gaming historicals, theme is not something that you normally have to worry about – you simply choose the … Continue reading →

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The Baccus painting challenge…

Posted on February 16, 2009 by

I visited the Hammerhead show yesterday – always a good day out with lots to do and see. Having joked about it the previous week, I was actually quite restrained and didn’t purchase any figures for much of the day … Continue reading →

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New rules arrived

Posted on October 29, 2008 by

The postman was kind to me this morning and delivered 2 new sets of rules for my continued gaming delight… The first is the 2nd Edition of Polemos Napoleonic. As you already know if you read this blog or listen … Continue reading →

Posted in 6mm Gaming, Aerial Combat, Napoleonic, World War II | 3 Comments

Partizan Game photos in the Baccus website

Posted on September 27, 2008 by

The latest news entry from Peter Berry of Baccus Miniatures includes some photos of the Polemos Napoleonic game that Dave and I ran at Partizan, taken by Henry Hyde of Battlegames Magazine. The bad news is that the 2nd Edition … Continue reading →

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A change to my 6mm French basing

Posted on September 9, 2008 by

Having seen how Dave Luff has based his troops for gaming Napoleonic Polemos, I have decided to do something similar, and so I am changing the way my French troops are based. You may remember when I first started painting my … Continue reading →

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