Wednesday, June 29, 2016

6mm Adler AWI and Scenery

I've slowly been adding models to the 6mm AWI Southern Campaign project, and while I was painting today I had the urge to set some up for a photo shoot - that is, to distract myself with an unnecessary bit of fun. I laid out some buildings and terrain and added some of the figure models, and here is the result.

The buildings are from Dave Graffam models, which I love. They come as pdf files, and many of them have lots of different texture options so you can create a variety of pieces, just by making different selections in Adobe Acrobat. You can scale them however you like, and even in 6mm they are easy to assemble and look great. I like to paint the edges to blend in, so the white card stock sides don't show, and then cover them in matt varnish to protect them and prevent shine. They are very affordable, and for the price of one digital file you can print as many as you like. They are very lightweight, but in 6mm the strength of the card makes them still pretty robust.

The roads are from Battlefield Terrain Concepts. The fences are from Paper Terrain. The trees and fields I bought from folks in the flea market at Cold Wars, but I'm afraid I've forgotten their names!


A company of the 1st Maryland marching down a country lane.


Here some troopers from the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons charge down the road.


Continentals in hunting shirts march to the fence line.


Some South Carolina militia take up position behind a fence.


And here two guns have been set up to cover the crossroads.


2 comments:

  1. Most impressive pictures, can't believe they are 6mm!

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    1. Thanks Phil, glad you like them. Adler 6s paint up very nicely, and personally I really like the look of games at this scale.

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