#6mm Wargaming

[fiendishneko]

Full Spectrum Dominance continues to be "sick as fuck", claims local gay.

So what's up? Did I have a good game with friends? Maybe print some new stuff?

Nah, I spent a day or so painting tiny grafitti and murals on 6mm scale buildings. You know, like a normal, mentally well person.

[tinygiantplasticmonsters]

Some Catalyst Game Labs mechs I painted up in a generic DCMS scheme. Could probably have done the Draconis Combine meatball on their left shoulders a bit better, but its kinda small freehand at this scale, and making red on red pop is hard.

[betuspaints]

First real structure for Legions Imperialis/Battletech is done.

I'm really really happy with how this ended up but there's no way I'm going to be putting this much effort into every building if I need a whole cityscape.

I think the key to getting buildings at this scale to look right is to sprinkle little details that give a sense of scale- like the flyers on the wall or the little resin roof bits. It helps anchor it in my head as not just a big grey block

The recipe for this ended up being pretty straightforward: a mix of grout, craft glue, water, and a little paint made a great primer for the XPS foam I used without melting it as spraycans will. After that I hit it with a brown oil wash, a coat of thinned black acrylic, and finally a lighter grey drybrush.

[yodawgiheardyoulikemecha]

Battletech by 3D-Foundry

[doolallymagpie]

Bobbie’s Shadow Hawk SHD-NGT is done, until the Micro Sol gets here and I can stick down the edge of that MMC decal

Detail shots

And something fun I realized

[setsneedtofeed-hobbist]

6mm modern French infantry

[jjsward]

Musketeers in loose formation

[owlbear33]

It does occur to me that at 10mm scale (1/200) you can probably fit a 100m ish spaceship on a 60x60cm board (2'x2'), use two of such boards with 100m ish spaceships, you can have them and their crews duke it out, boarding parties and gunnery, add a third (making it 60x180 or 2'x6') and you might be able to have some fighter action in-between them

[philipmackie]

6mm SYW Prussians now rebased apart from artillery and some more generals. Austrians next then an awful lot of undercoated figures to paint.

[porblegames]

building up this junkyard faction for 6mm sci Fi wargaming. we got some big junk piles coming in the future

[discipleofmothra]

A letter to Metal Core Collectables:

MCC is one of my favorite Mecha Mini producers of all time. While Catalyst and Macros were going monopose plastic MCC went the opposite direction with modular mechs and tanks that were designed for magnetisation with lots of options and posability

And if for some reason you need more options MCC has variant packs that you can use to make different models of the same mech

And they don't limit each other to mechs. MCCs vehicles are all wonderfully options with tons of options. I honestly don't think anyone does them better.

And when folks complained about international shipping they added STLs to their store with a legendary STL sampler set with four units with four variants each

And just look at the Tyrant! Just look at it! It's beautiful.

And each of their units comes with a alphastrike cards, Classic batrletech TROs and build instructions. Love them.

[fiendishneko]

Hobby Update: Full Spectrum Dominance

"Security forces of the planet cracking company "Plundr" clash with the workers of the 322nd Miner's Union and their repurposed machinery."

(More pics below)

I'm fast becoming FSD's biggest fangirl. I've still got some more terrain to do as well as all 12 bases of infantry for the Union army but, unlike some other projects I've started, it's never felt like a drag.

I've enjoyed how each faction has their own distinct visual style; the Conglomerate models being sleek and futuristic while the Union models are crude and chunky, which really helps characterise them.

Well that's me done simping for tiny trucks and tanks for the day, I've got some 6mm scale lads in hi-vis jackets that need painting!

[tinygiantplasticmonsters]

Catalyst game labs pvc battlemechs, painted up by me in 1st Kestrel Grenadier colors. Devastator and Pillager from the mercs KS, and then the newer Banshee and Sagittaire. Not happy with the black, or the flames, but for table quality, good enough.

[ariesgamesandminis]

NEW HEXTECH IS IN!!! Unfortunately the Walls and the full set for Dropbase Delta was short shipped in all of distribution. I'm in touch with Thunderhead and he is reaching out to GF9 to find out what's going on and get it resolved.

As such we only received 1 of each wall and the main Dropbase Delta set. They will likely already be gone when you read this post…but sign up for in stock notifications as I'm doing what I can to get more ASAP.

Hextech: Dropbase Delta (x34) - SHORT SHIPPED Hextech: Dropbase Delta Command Centre (x8) Hextech: Dropbase Delta Energy Walls (x26) - SHORT SHIPPED Hextech: Dropbase Delta Fortress Walls (x26) - SHORT SHIPPED Hextech: Dropbase Delta Maintenance Bays (x8) Hextech: Dropbase Delta Personnel Buildings (x10) Hextech: Dropbase Delta Power Station (x8)

[aurora-dioramas]

Ancient Roman Country Estate (6mm 4"x4" Wargame Terrain Tile)

Ancient Roman Country Estate (6mm 4"x4" Wargame Terrain Tile) Era: Ancient Rome History: Originating sometime in the 8th Century B.C. from a small town on the Tiber River, Rome grew to an Empire that stretched across continental Europe, northern Africa, the Mediterranean islands and much of western Asia. The Ancient Romans introduced numerous advances in many areas of society and culture which continue to this day. Following the conquest and occupation of an enemy, the Romans encouraged the natives to develop towns modeled after the Roman way. With time, these provincial citizens adopted the Roman customs and clothing. The Romanization of provincial territories saw the development of villas by the wealthy citizens. These wealthy citizens attended games, and built bath houses to emulate their Roman conquerors and decorated their villas with paintings and mosaics. The richest of these provincials often became senators and attended the senate in Rome. Centuries of this Romanization, led to a diverse and multi-cultural Roman citizenry. Description: This Roman Country Estate diorama represents a dwelling of a rich Roman citizen, living in the suburbs of Rome or in the country-side. This diorama wargame tile consists of a painted 3D Printed model with texturing and terrain elements. made from resin, plaster, acrylic paint, flock, cork, sand, paper, and silicone sealant. The diorama represents an historically accurate facsimile at a scale that one can use for model train railroad scenery, wargaming terrain, or creative projects. Scale: 6mm figure height (1:285 scale) Type: Diorama - Wargame Scenery or Terrain Tile Inventory: One of a kind custom made diorama. Read the full article

[doolallymagpie]

Nose art decal didn’t cooperate very much and I think it’s a matter of the irregular shape and my scaling being off, so I’m gonna have to add a regular geometric background

Tycho and MMC decals worked pretty much perfectly, though