6mm - British - War of the Spanish Succession

These 6mm figures come from Baccus, probably the best if not only supplier of many ranges of 6mm figures.  The advantages of 6mm are: they are relatively easy to paint and you get a real sense of mass.  If you’re planning on doing really really large battles on not really large tabletops, 6mm is pretty much the way to go.

I picked these up for playing with the Ottawa Miniature Gamers, who were testing out Sam Mustafa’s “Blucher”.  Update: That system has now morphed in to “Maurice”, however many elements appear to remain the same.

My figures are based on the order of battle for the Battle of Blenheim which occurred during the War of the Spanish Succession.  I chose this battle mainly because it involved most of the British units that fought in the war.  The keen eye will also notice a brigade of Hessians.  I had more figures than I needed (each stand being a regiment), and Hessians were allies of the British in this conflict, and they allow me to round out some of the Brigades, which are mixed.

Regiments at this time are fairly small; on the order of around 500 men for foot, and 300 men for Horse.

As anyone who follows my painting knows I go for ‘Tabletop Quality’ , which simply means they look on the tabletop as I expect they would from that distance.  They are not really meant to be examined closely for great detail, because there is none.  There are some fine painters out there who get insane levels of detail on these figures, and I’m envious.