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Post by Auston Butler on Oct 24, 2018 2:48:19 GMT
I am curious how many use hex terrain for their battles compared to those who use an open battlefield as beautifully pictured in the forum header. I prefer 100mm hexes most days although I do have several playmats that I've made and purchased. It just seems to me that micro-scales fit better on a hex based battlefield.
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Post by robh on Oct 25, 2018 12:09:40 GMT
Open battlefield always.
I have an intense dislike of hex or grid marked tables. The look of the game is the most important aspect of miniature gaming to me, I loath boardgame style labels and units dragging casualty dice around with them.
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Post by hwiccee on Oct 25, 2018 20:44:24 GMT
I use open terrain although I don't mind hex or other based terrain as long as it doesn't actually feature in the game. i.e. units don't move ?? hexes.
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Post by Zach on Oct 25, 2018 21:27:21 GMT
Interesting question.
I actually really like the information density of a hex-based war game that's on a map. Of course, getting the aesthetic just right is a problem when you begin mixing maps 3d features, I agree with that.
I use plexiglass as the base for my terrain and then draw a lot of features onto it with permanent markers: roads, elevation lines, and water features. To me, at 2mm scale these look best when represented in 2d. Otherwise you get riverbanks that are taller than the figures; same with roads. On a custom-made, permanent terrain board, then you can show those minor changes in elevation. But if you're trying to create something portable and modular, issues pop up.
In a manner of speaking, even non-grid war games have grids; each unit is a point on an invisible grid, it's just one that can change its orientation vis a vis other points on the grid. My army level set of rules (which I'm hoping to self-publsh next year) are based on this general idea.
Good topic.
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Post by suntzu on Oct 25, 2018 21:53:17 GMT
I created some 100mm hex based terrain which was modular , this allowed for a more natural setup of a table fo a ww2 6mm setup , i did not use the hexes to determine range or angles of fire just to represent the battlefield which for those interested are a PWYW on wargamesvault , if Zach is happy i will post a link
Rob
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Post by Zach on Oct 25, 2018 22:47:51 GMT
Sure, go ahead!
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Post by suntzu on Oct 25, 2018 22:54:23 GMT
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Post by Marco Enrico de Graya on Jan 13, 2019 9:14:53 GMT
I write from Turin (Italy). I was fascinated by this project. I have been studying this project for 2 days. Up to now I have made 6mm Napoleonic. But I want to do the 2mm. I'm looking for a printer. I write here because I have a table of 4000mm x 2000mm. Without hexagons. I imagine the battles with thousands of soldiers.  |
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Post by Marco Enrico de Graya on Jan 13, 2019 9:17:36 GMT
I write from Turin (Italy). I was fascinated by this project. I have been studying this project for 2 days. Up to now I have made 6mm Napoleonic. But I want to do the 2mm. I'm looking for a printer. I write here because I have a table of 4000mm x 2000mm. Without hexagons. I imagine the battles with thousands of soldiers. |
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Post by Zach on Jan 13, 2019 17:19:06 GMT
Hi Marco! Welcome to Forward March Studios! Thanks for the kind words about the range; you'll be surprised how easy and cheap it is to create terrain that looks exactly like mine. If you have any questions about how I made it, let me know! You may be able to find a local printer on www.3DHubs.comYou can probably find an FDM printer nearby, or in another EU country for certain. You can get SLS printed models from the Shapeways factory in the Netherlands also, but I'm not sure on the price in the EU. Here in the US, SLS is about the same price as metal, and FDM is much cheaper (FDM is half the cost of SLS to order online, and if you know someone with their own printer, they cost only pennies per model). I saw your email about the newsletter. I don't actually send a newsletter at the moment, so you may have seen a bad link from my website that I haven't removed. Most of my updates are now posted on the 2mm and Microscale Wargames page on Facebook. I also have a Facebook page for the range where I post updates (not as often as on the 2mm group, which is a problem actually!). Finally, I have my blog, which you may have seen already: linkI'm hoping to become more much active in all of these platforms soon. I'm in graduate school, and I'm also working on my first set of historical war-game rules, which cover grand tactical battles in the Napoleonic era. So recently, I've been pretty busy. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or via the webpage's contact section, or on my Facebook page, of on the 2mm page. |
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