0159 - From the Workbench #2

 The 28mm T2K miniatures are finished and I am waiting for some 28mm WWII Polish Cavalry from KROMLECH Historical https://kromlechhistorical.com/ww2-1939-polish-army/53-polish-army-cavalry-troops-on-horses.html() and a shipment of 28mm Spanish Civil War Cavalry from Empress (https://www.empressminiatures.com/cavalry-51-c.asp) for use with T2K. Note: the Empress Miniatures were ordered in the EU this time and Kromlech is a Polish company out of Warsaw.

 

This got me thinking, looking over my pile of materials kept near my workbench, that having terrain hexes with 3D terrain would be a cool thing. Being a model collector and wargamer, I have a lot of models to choose from but my three main scales are 15mm, 20mm (1/72) and 28mm. Note: I am leaving out my Warhammer 40,000 miniatures, as I have them and play only when the kids need a beat-down from dad.

 

I thought that it would be great to have templates for all three scales and I decided on the following scales as a guideline (may not be exactly accurate but it works for me):

 

• 15mm: 7.5mm = 1m
• 20mm: 10mm = 1m
• 28mm: 14mm = 1m

 

Armed with that, I created templates in LibreOffice draw. The hexagon height was set to 10m at scale (or 7.5cm, 10cm and 14cm). Not being the greatest math hero on the planet, I was concerned that the width would not be correct. Luckily I found a website to help me do the calculations (https://hexagoncalculator.apphb.com/). As I said before, may not be exactly right but it works for me.

 

Here are the templates and the page size I used was A4:

 

Using the templates, I then cut the hexes from a sturdy piece of cardboard, pictured below with a model the appropriate scale.

The hexes fit well together but how well depends on you, your knife and straight-edge and how well you cut. They are pictured below with some space between hexes and then loosely positioned.

 

 

Settling on the scale of 28mm, I first cut a lot of hexes and began working on a simple project, a cross-roads with a ruined building. The building is a cardboard core faced with cereal box cardboard. A few actions pics to close out this entry. All a work in progress at the moment, but at least I am recycling. ;-)

 

 

Maybe someone will find this useful and it helped me get it out of my head, so thanks for reading.
 

0158 - From the Workbench #1

The pandemic has reduced my travel times. I used to spend an hour going to and coming from work. Now my day has been extended by another two hours and that, coupled with the guys from Free League teasing us with another version, has led me to reconsider my models. Recently I ordered some models from Empress Miniatures (https://www.empressminiatures.com/) from their Ultra Moderns-line. I purchased two army deals, both from the US Army and Chechnya groups.

 

The purchase as not as straight forward as it used to be and the extra import tax was a nasty surprise, I am happy with the figures, even if I did not get exactly the ones I ordered. The figures are great and have been completed, with the Chechnya force standing in for T2K Marauders. I changed out an M4 with an AK (which broke during an unfortunate fall from the workbench. :-) ) to give it a more realistic feel and took a few pictures.

 

I grabbed some terrain from my 28mm Civil War collection and my son snapped a few pics (shout-out to K!). The barn and fences are home-made, in case you were wondering. The battlemat is from Kraken Wargames (https://krakenwargames.com/Home) and the trees are from Faller.

 

Looking forward to the skirmishes on the Tabletop.

 

Less talk, more pics.