As I browse through a lot of 6mm games looking for ideas about how to improve the look of my games, what are the best 6mm set-ups that everyone else has seen?

Everything by Bruce Weigle. I also quite like the stuff on The Foward March studios website.

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Totally agree with the Bruce Weigle statement. Also the recent pictures of Poltava and the GWS2 battlefields that frequently crop up.

Per's GNW battles and Robert Dunlops WW1 games are awe inspiring. The Bruce Weigle are awesome. I particulalry liked the XXX Corps game at Joy of Six this year.

I also think that Bruce Weigle's sculpted terrain is awsome (who doesn't). The down side is you need a lot of storage space and your constantly making new pieces if your into gaming historical battles.

On the other hand we also have Per's brilliant use of laid down terrain mixed in with a couple of specially made items. This system takes up less space and looks awsome as well.

So I think it's a tie for best looking presentations, with Per getting the edge for easiest to manage, create and versatility.

I used sculpted terrain (at a level much lower than Bruce's) for years and found they didn't age too well. Some breakage, warping, handling and storage problems all showed their ugly heads over the years.

When I switched back to laid down terrain I slowly upgraded what I have. Still no where close to Per's set ups, but it's certainly something that I aspire too. I gave all my sculpted stuff away and was sad to see it go, but I have no regrets, other than all the lost time I spent creating them.

Hi Glenn, I agree Per's work is very nice. I've been thinking for a while now that the hybrid chalk board concept examples put together by the bloke on Forward March fits very nicely between sculpted vs laid down terrain. Seems very practical for a midweek game at the club ie fast set up and looks good.

What period? I think its always important to have identifiable features for the period. eg a castle in Mediaeval, motorway in Moderns, and so on.

I'd say dont scrimp on scenery - have lots of trees, buildings and hills and make some large and impressive pieces to create the impresion of grand scales.

Another suggestion is use light colours for the scenery and bases as it looks much better for smaller scales. Also match your army and scenery basing styles.

I made some terrain boards a few years ago and they looked amazing but were hard to store. You can do so much with boards with sunken features like rivers, gullies, ditches etc. I sold them but will probably make another set with what I learned from the first try. They will be lighter, less cluttered and have different sizes. You can see my attempts and some other 6mm terrain here (although some of the older stuff is not so great) http://6mm.wargaming.info/page3.shtml

Cheers

Kieran

"What period? I think its always important to have identifiable features for the period. eg a castle in Mediaeval, motorway in Moderns, and so on."

I play a wide variety.  I genuinely can't think of any distinct period or location that is off limits...

Re. Bruce Weigle's terrain, in his most recent rulebook, 1871, he shows how he also produces temporary battlefields using generic terrain pieces. Admittedly it would probably take a while to set up and take down but the pieces can then be stored and used again to produce a different battlefield.

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Tom Dye