At last: 17thC and 18thC in 3mm!

Pikemen

The recent expansion of Magister Militum's 3mm figures into the pike-and-shot and horse-and-musket eras has greatly advanced the probability of my starting two new projects: Seven Years War armies for Maurice and Thirty Years War armies.

I will probably get some sample figures to see how they base up, but a few more troop types (e.g. grenadiers and cavalry in hats respectively) will be needed before I can do complete armies. Richard at MM has confirmed these are planned, with the grenadiers coming rather sooner. I suspect that some other missing troop types (e.g. grenzers) might be recruited from the Oddzial Osmy Napoleonic range.

Artillery in tricorne

I use the word 'figures' because these are figures and not blocks, although cast in a strip. I don't have any idea yet of how much detail I will be able or want to paint on them, but I like the sculpted detail and regularity to be there even if I can't see it. These are not 'lumps of lead' or 'grains of rice', accusations that have been leveled at 2mm!

For Maurice I'm planning to mount two strips on 20mm square bases. I recently played a game using 25mm bases which I didn't find at all fiddly, so I decided that 20mm bases would probably be alright. I understand the strips might need very slight clipping on the edges.

Musketeers in hats

For TYW I've been discussing basing options with Steven Thomas over on his blog here. I will probably use 80mm x 80mm (or two 80mm x 40mm bases) for each brigade. This will give me enough flexibility for a number of rules options including my own Hexon-based rules which I've begun to map out.

Magister Militum 3mm