The Biggest Smallest Wargaming Project EVER

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  • Опубліковано 20 жов 2022
  • In this video we're taking a look through all the small scale wargaming projects we've got waiting for us! If you've ever wanted to get into small scale wargaming, this video is a great place to start.
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  • @sordorel
    @sordorel Рік тому +52

    Oh hey I sculpted those 2d6 tanks. Hope you have fun sculpting them! Great to see you chaps covering the smaller scales, absolutely my favorite way to play any setting these days.

  • @nilskuhl2967
    @nilskuhl2967 Рік тому +11

    Pls pls plsssss make some terrain videos for 6/10mm terrain, it's honestly shocking how few videos u can find for it online and i would like to see your approach on maybe building Forrests hills cities or whole tables for these😊 cheers

    • @samb2052
      @samb2052 Рік тому

      Yep, I’ll second that. There’s a complete absence of terrain building tutorials for small scales.

    • @davidwasilewski
      @davidwasilewski Рік тому

      I’ll third this too. More terrain tutorials needed for 10mm/6mm please!

  • @CJVMPD
    @CJVMPD Рік тому +11

    I'm currently very into Fantastic Battles. It's a very fun system with easy to learn rules.

  • @barneswhite5109
    @barneswhite5109 Рік тому +7

    After a 20 year absence from the hobby.I was looking for a fantasy rule system (which allowed my 20 year younger imagination and huge unpainted pile of shame,fantasy and historicals in 15mm, to 'work' together).
    I chose Fantastic Battles as well,the army builder is such a clever clever system you could even use your 6mm fantasy armies to fight your 6mm Roman/Ancient Britons(with or without fantasy elements).

  • @orsonincharge4879
    @orsonincharge4879 Рік тому +3

    " mine's a style choice , yours is just lazy "
    nowt left after that , just a smoking hole in the ground

  • @andygorman858
    @andygorman858 Рік тому +6

    Another company that does old school minis in both historical and fantasy called Alternative Armies based in Gorman Scotland. Well worth checking out! Great vid, can’t wait to see the next one!

  • @RvnKnight
    @RvnKnight Рік тому +16

    Spellcrow! I love their models. Sadly they don't get anywhere near enough love

  • @strongbif
    @strongbif Рік тому +3

    So happy to see Fantastic Battles on your table there!

  • @grimshwiz
    @grimshwiz Рік тому +8

    Fantastic Battles is a vastly underrated system. Looking forward to seeing it.

  • @DeCurtisProductions
    @DeCurtisProductions Рік тому +2

    You should cover Halo: Ground Command. It was a 1:100 Halo-themed wargame. If you can't find models on the secondary market, you can find 3d-printing files made by a great sculptor in the community on either the Facebook group or discord server for the game.

  • @RoseKindred
    @RoseKindred Рік тому +19

    Oh wow, I did not know there were so many other small-scale figure companies. We need more of these companies easily available in the States. LGS here basically just carries GW because those are the movers.

    • @lukehawksbee
      @lukehawksbee Рік тому +4

      This isn't even half of them: Irregular, Heroics and Ros, Scotia and Grendel, Rapier, Grumbler and more, without including the 3D printing side, and that's only companies that do historics (though several of them also do fantasy and/or sci-fi, there are a fair few that only do those genres and no historics). Oh, and those are only the ones that do 6mm, not those that only do 2/3mm, 10/12mm, or anything else you might count as small-scale (the inclusion of 18mm in this video would suggest 15mm would count too, and there are a fair few suppliers of that).

    • @RoseKindred
      @RoseKindred Рік тому +3

      @@lukehawksbee Thank you for the names of some others.

    • @tabletop.will.phillips
      @tabletop.will.phillips Рік тому +2

      My experience is 6 & 10mm all have to be bought online, but there are US based makers out there like MicroWorld.

    • @jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth
      @jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth Рік тому +1

      I'd recommend going to a wargames show there's thousands.

    • @DasBilligeAlien
      @DasBilligeAlien Рік тому +2

      Frankly its not even a 1/10th of it all maybe not even 1/20th :D
      Because small scale can mean a lot from 1/72 infantry to 1/6000 Spaceships. So there are a lot of shops our there producing awesome models and games.

  • @MrArmour
    @MrArmour Рік тому +9

    Lovely vid! I was a bit surprised to see you say you'd not run across 18mm before; it's been replacing 15mm for a while now. That said, there's also 10mm (e.g. Pendraken) and 12mm (Victrix) and Warlord have a proprietary scale that's something like 13.5mm. They've got starter sets for Napoleonic and ACW gaming. Not my bag as I'm too heavily invested in those periods in other scales. Love Baccus 6mm. They are just grand. :)

  • @Goza80
    @Goza80 Рік тому +2

    Josh's hair is beyond amazing. 100% rockstar barnet 👌

    • @ThePickleJar
      @ThePickleJar Рік тому +1

      Those are some kind words indeed haha

  • @deepred6041
    @deepred6041 Рік тому +10

    I hope you follow this up, you've got my attention and I'd love to see more

  • @MasterOfMaloris
    @MasterOfMaloris Рік тому +2

    Very excited to see what you guys make of Dropzone Commander

  • @chaoshead87
    @chaoshead87 Рік тому +8

    We love the Dropzone Commander universe games and look forward to seeing what you do with DZC. PHR is my favorite army so I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with that as well. Hope you enjoy all the small scale gaming guys!

  • @bdegroot
    @bdegroot Рік тому +2

    Am currently doing Flames of War with WW2 minis from 2D6 Wargaming and filling the gaps with GHQ. Plays great!

  • @Pengi_SMILES
    @Pengi_SMILES Рік тому +9

    I bought the ACW starter set by Baccus a while back- a really great way to break into that scale, I also really enjoyed painting 6mm models after initially being daunted.

  • @PatchGuilf
    @PatchGuilf Рік тому +1

    Small scale FTW! Get those massive battles going and makes for awesome looking tables

  • @PeterHyder
    @PeterHyder Рік тому +1

    Can’t tell you how pleased I am to see you posting these videos. I’m currently making a system and one of my biggest worries is lack of interest stopping it from being economically viable.

  • @sisyphus8870
    @sisyphus8870 Рік тому +3

    Matey went to the same hairdressers as Lion-O.

  • @BenBoersma
    @BenBoersma Рік тому +3

    Interesting, cool to see Fantastic Battles there. Surprised you didn’t include Kings of War as you have previously for small scale stuff. Fantastic Battles a better game?

    • @BenBoersma
      @BenBoersma Рік тому +1

      @@GeekGamingScenics that's awesome. Fantastic Battles looks really promising!

  • @warbossd
    @warbossd Рік тому +1

    Really excited for this video series. Well done for covering the topic and spreading the word. Kudos guys.

  • @MentatOfDune
    @MentatOfDune Рік тому +5

    Really looking forward to this series. Never played a small scale mini wargame. Back in the 90's me and some mates almost jumped in to Space Marine but went with Warhammer Fantasy instead. Always wondered what the small scale games would feel like as the ranges seem to makes more sense.

    • @magnusr3428
      @magnusr3428 Рік тому +1

      I've got a big box of Space Marine plus extra expansions from the 90s, been sat in an attic for 30 years. Played it again and it's still really good fun - nothing can beat filling a huge table with two massive armies

  • @Succurso
    @Succurso Рік тому +1

    Still knocking out some of the best miniature wargaming content on the youtubes. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Cheers guys.

  • @thomaschase7097
    @thomaschase7097 Рік тому +2

    I sense allot of 6mm terrain in the future.

  • @christofersvensson370
    @christofersvensson370 Рік тому +1

    sweet project! nice to see the "warband" and "fantastic battles" get some recognition. i've tried and much enjoyed both systems. Ended up with 40×40mm wide bases at 10mm scale and 40x20 with 6mm scale minis.
    i think square bases are best so that monsters and warmachines can fit. rectangular only really works for infantry and cavalry

  • @dk292
    @dk292 Рік тому +1

    Great stuff as always.

  • @irregularwarsfantasticbatt1320

    Huzzah! Looking forward to watching all these projects come together.

  • @cormacsmall9442
    @cormacsmall9442 Рік тому

    I'm so happy to see you making videos like this, looking at the world of tabletop gaming. I have my first 3D printer on it's way and I'm sooo excited to try printing off a bunch of small scale armies.

  • @draklithsDen
    @draklithsDen Рік тому +2

    Very nice, can't wait to see your builds

  • @angelx9724
    @angelx9724 Рік тому

    Very keen on this list, thank you!

  • @JeppeHstrupKamstrup
    @JeppeHstrupKamstrup Рік тому

    Perfect idea -you really hit the nail on the head here.

  • @MrGreenpaulo
    @MrGreenpaulo Рік тому

    Really looking forward to this series dudes! Love love love

  • @NinetaleHobbies
    @NinetaleHobbies Рік тому

    Excited about the next vids for these. Working on a 15mm skirmish and love seeing what systems are out there. Your channel is always helpful.

  • @Adrokk3
    @Adrokk3 Рік тому

    Very keen for this series!

  • @liamfishwick2943
    @liamfishwick2943 Рік тому +1

    I'm looking forward to the drop zone section.
    I do have an old warmaster army so I'm interested in the other fantasy rules.

  • @thepharos
    @thepharos Рік тому

    really fantastic, great to see such a massive range of stuff!

  • @DJPeteypie
    @DJPeteypie Рік тому +2

    Looking forward to see what kind of terrain you guys come up with for this scale!

  • @tabletopsidekick
    @tabletopsidekick Рік тому

    Amazing video. Seriously looking forward to more!

  • @lokey85
    @lokey85 Рік тому

    Looking forward to see how this proceeds! Thumbs up the historical stuff! :)

  • @jamesbruce1975
    @jamesbruce1975 Рік тому +2

    Suggestion, I've had fun playing games like Lion Rampant and Pikemans Lament in smaller scales. Using a box of Epic Napoleonics from Warlord with Pikemans Lament gives really tactical gameplay. Requires a little flexibility but it works well.

  • @angelicdespot2735
    @angelicdespot2735 Рік тому

    Really looking forward to seeing what you do with DZC. Loved that game and would be great to see it take off again.

  • @coryway6951
    @coryway6951 Рік тому

    Excited about future videos about these 😃

  • @StormofSteelWargaming
    @StormofSteelWargaming Рік тому

    Good video chaps, it's always good to see more attention being given to the smaller scales.

  • @rugbymeat
    @rugbymeat Рік тому

    I'm always down for videos exploring the less well known systems and companies. Keep it up!

  • @Bogjob1
    @Bogjob1 Рік тому

    Fantastic Battles is a great system that has quite a few players at our club, the fact that you can customise your armies and has been very fun to play. Its also very easy to play historicals using it

  • @kindermord
    @kindermord Рік тому +1

    Not many people know this.
    But this is the first video hosted by Luke and Aslan.
    BEHOLD his flowing mane!
    TREMBLE at his mighty roar!
    ASLAN IS ON THE MOVE!

  • @farothonlarian9695
    @farothonlarian9695 Рік тому

    Excited already!

  • @lorddraconum
    @lorddraconum Рік тому

    Hope to see more progress on this project. It seems like and interesting adventure

  • @Gigakhah
    @Gigakhah Рік тому

    Excited to watch more on smaller scale

  • @1glenngary
    @1glenngary Рік тому

    There is so much really good small scale terrain to cover also, like Battlescale Wargame Buildings and their 6mm line of buildings. Good luck, I am really excited about this series.

  • @ryangudger91
    @ryangudger91 Рік тому

    Good content. Been getting in to warmaster mainly due to your smaller scale videos

  • @stonehorsegaming
    @stonehorsegaming Рік тому

    Glad to see more youtube on Fantastic Battles, cracking system.

  • @stefpaints7148
    @stefpaints7148 Рік тому

    Recently been getting into 6th Edition WHFB using 15mm models, there's some amazing options out there especially if you look at 3D prints and brings back so many fond memories

  • @MarslArts
    @MarslArts Рік тому +2

    I think there are some civilizations on remote islands that worship Joshs hair for the eldritch god that it is.

    • @ThePickleJar
      @ThePickleJar Рік тому +1

      Should I be getting royalties paid to me?

    • @MarslArts
      @MarslArts Рік тому +1

      @@ThePickleJar no, but some stats bout the sacrifices in your name should be justified

  • @alexneal9534
    @alexneal9534 Рік тому

    Looking forward to seeing these.

  • @darthboothyreviews
    @darthboothyreviews Рік тому

    Ow wow void scar looks great! Love the vehicles!

  • @DenePaintsThings
    @DenePaintsThings Рік тому

    Excited to see this series start after chatting to you about it at Chillcon. Really interested in taking my wargaming to a smaller scale, as it means I can fit it in my house 🤣

  • @steveharbour845
    @steveharbour845 Рік тому +1

    For 10mm historical have a look at Lancer Miniatures as well

  • @uglymeez236
    @uglymeez236 Рік тому

    I fell in love with small scale gaming and I don't think I'll go back. One day I'm planning on converting 40k, Warmaster, KoW, FoW, Bolt Action, Hail Caesar etc to 6mm and even 3mm! But I'll get to it one day

  • @13Nagash13
    @13Nagash13 Рік тому

    Looking forward to this series. I almost did warmaster, and almost did flames of war, but that's it for small scale and I've been wargaming since 97.

  • @davidakhurst270
    @davidakhurst270 Рік тому

    I love Kallistra and the hordes and heroes system, rules are free and it's hex based nature means that you cut down time without the need for measuring distances

  • @AdrianKramarzyk
    @AdrianKramarzyk Рік тому

    Looking forward to this series as I am loving 6mm due to small space it required

  • @atlasallen-manning6092
    @atlasallen-manning6092 Рік тому

    love the bloopers 😄

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Рік тому +1

    4:31 Work that hair, Josh.
    I'll be looking forward to more in this series, and not just because of the out takes.

  • @DasBilligeAlien
    @DasBilligeAlien Рік тому

    As a big fan of everything smaller 15mm i am super hyped about this series. There is not enough coverage of a real indie space on you tube.
    I also have the pleasure of sometimes working with microworld games. He is 100% passion for the hobby and a real good person. If you interetested in 6mm and 3mm Fantasy or Science Fiction go and have a look. Huge amount of factions to choose from.

  • @mitchcameron
    @mitchcameron Рік тому

    Can’t wait 🎉👍🙌

  • @buckyohare9993
    @buckyohare9993 Рік тому

    Looking forwards to this series- small scale stuff is my wheelhouse and rarely get the love it deserves. More interested in the fantasy and historical flavours than the sci-fi. While I understand the premise, as you know from past videos, any rules set can be scale agnostic if you want. I‘ve done warlords of erehwon in 10mm and it’s been great. Interested in your views on the polmos rules from Baccus - I’ve had a couple of their sets over the years and havnt really fallen in love with them but maybe am missing something. Love love, am off to walk the dog

  • @LordShaper
    @LordShaper Рік тому +1

    I was wondering if you guys were going to touch on DBA when getting through historics... That has been my fav game to play where I've had it at 6mm on a 30cm square board to 15mm on a 60mm square board and it just scales from there going larger...

  • @alfredpotts6136
    @alfredpotts6136 Рік тому +1

    Alternative Armies produce a fantastic range of stuff in 6mm, 15mm (18mm to top of head) and 28mm including fantasy, sci fi and historical. They also do starter packs with armies, vehicles and rules books. They’ve been around for decades, I remember our local model shop in the late 1980’s had as much space given over to the Alternative Armies Ion Age sci fi range as they did to GW stuff.

  • @benoitdemers1900
    @benoitdemers1900 Рік тому +1

    Ground zero games makes great scifi minis. Robin Fitton on Rottenlead channel makes the Gruntz game, maybe you should have a chat with him!

  • @DuncanFx
    @DuncanFx Рік тому

    I’ve been going through a similar exploration of smaller scales lately myself, but have stuck with 10mm now. Loads of great, unsung systems out there and no reason why you can’t scale down other games either. Interested to see where this goes. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

  • @st0nedpenguin
    @st0nedpenguin Рік тому +2

    Don't be criticizing that hair. My man looks like a majestic lion.

  • @punishedfink
    @punishedfink Рік тому +1

    Two other companies that I know of is ghq they have modern and wwII models in 1/285 they also have a rule set. I haven't played the rules for ghq so I don't know how good it is. The other one is battletech, it's also ruffly in 1/285 scale and as a sci-fi game with giant robots it's pretty fun.

  • @thomaswilliams5005
    @thomaswilliams5005 Рік тому +1

    I love watching for new rule systems. I’m too old for anything less than 15mm, but I see the attraction

  • @damianarvizu1095
    @damianarvizu1095 Рік тому

    My favorite is Hordes of the Things. Mini agnostic, variable scales, you play on a 3x3 foot (92x92cm ) board. Best of all, I can play any genre: I have ancient historicals, 50s sci-fi, and fantasy armies for this game.

  • @gonzogorf7019
    @gonzogorf7019 Рік тому

    Argatoria FTW!!
    Very nice game with a little oldhammer vibe!

  • @MalcIgg
    @MalcIgg Рік тому

    Looking forward to the scifi video :)

  • @darrinstanaway8943
    @darrinstanaway8943 Рік тому

    The historics was interesting was a good in site to scales and figures I have never seen👍

  • @rDunfee
    @rDunfee Рік тому

    I love void scar! I've bought a bunch of their models

  • @iwanhughes2965
    @iwanhughes2965 Рік тому +1

    Hey guy's great video. Take a look at Brigade Models. They do some fantastic small scale range. I'd love to see you do an Imperial skies/aeronef board, a cross channel attack using their small scale scenics ranges. It would look awesome man. Those fantasy battleships from the imperial skies range are mint.

    • @grumbeast
      @grumbeast Рік тому

      Imperial Skies is a great fun rule system and the brigade Nef’s are lovely

  • @bizzbizz5863
    @bizzbizz5863 Рік тому

    I'm sure everyone and their dog has said it below but . . . Vanguard Miniatures for epic size sci-fi/40K stuff and GroundZero for 15mm. No brainer. Two Joh(n)s. Very talented chaps.

  • @lordhamster9452
    @lordhamster9452 Рік тому

    As someone who just got into epic 40k: “ I will watch your career with great interest”
    One company that I plan to try out are the Trolls under the bridge aka Trolls cz.
    They make a lot of minies including 6mm proxies and it all looks very good. I’ve been hearing good things about them.

  • @Vorpal_Wit
    @Vorpal_Wit Рік тому

    My number one recommendation for small scale sci-fi would be Gruntz 15mm (you can play in other scales, its just part of the name). Its a great, easy mini-agnostic sci-fi game with a great activation system, particularly if you use the proprietary cards (which isn't necessary). There is even an app to design/print unit cards.
    |'ve also been playing Bolt-Action at 15mm since I started playing, and it works really well at that scale, the movement and weapon ranges feel great at 15mm with no changes from the book/rules.

  • @canuckchuck8836
    @canuckchuck8836 Рік тому +2

    To be honest, I never really understood why it seems that nobody is doing games/minis in the scales that are used by the train hobbies. There are so many assets in HO and N scales that could totally be repurposed for games.

  • @wc9109
    @wc9109 Рік тому

    I’m very much looking forward to this as I don’t game anything over 15/18mm. I play Kings of War in this scale and it’s great.

  • @mitulshobbies6868
    @mitulshobbies6868 Рік тому

    Look at the state of you 🤣🤣 Thanks for another great video, full of information for us.

  • @grumbeast
    @grumbeast Рік тому

    Great to see small scales covered as I’ve used 6mm and smaller (spaceships / ships) for over 40 years now. I am surprised at the inclusion of 18mm? 15mm used to be the ‘standard’ so I’ve never considered it small (10mm is the start of small scale for me). I get that you are trying to cover ‘systems’ like dropzone but I think you might miss a trick (especially with scifi / fantasy) and many of of the rulesets are miniature agnostic, and many of the most extensive and awesome manufacturers like GZG and Brigade have really lovely, reasonable and far more extensive miniature ranges that can cater to almost any game

  • @DarkLament13
    @DarkLament13 Рік тому

    Looking forward to this series. Curious what products you’d recommend for basing at smaller scales

  • @paulausten5786
    @paulausten5786 Рік тому

    Looking forward to this. Been thinking of finding a fantasy small scale game, wish I’d kept my Warmaster books. On the Historical side did you look into Mortem et Gloriam, PSC carry it & I do believe you can use the Baccus models for it too.
    Had DZC when it came out, but it ran out of steam with our group.

  • @philipjackson1589
    @philipjackson1589 Рік тому

    Those Voidscar minis look sweet.

  • @thatguyinthesky2553
    @thatguyinthesky2553 Рік тому

    9:22 The moment Luke fired The Pickle in his head.

  • @zaynevanday142
    @zaynevanday142 Рік тому +1

    Could pass for half of an 80’s rock group Def Leppard 😂😂😂

  • @dasconor4711
    @dasconor4711 Рік тому +1

    Luke needs to grow his hair out like Josh and become the Hairy Wargamers

  • @grumbeast
    @grumbeast Рік тому

    One thing to mention, especially with scifi and fantasy is that things like dropzone can work in multiple scales

  • @richiehall3042
    @richiehall3042 Рік тому +1

    I’m hoping you guys are going to cover terrain as I’ve a 10mm project I’ve put off as I’m not sure what products would work

  • @jbaldwin3092
    @jbaldwin3092 Рік тому

    if want some 15-18mm figures look for ground zero games, brigades models and alternative armies. All done infantry and vehicles.

  • @epochofox9680
    @epochofox9680 Рік тому

    really new small mini game Full Spectrum Dominance also maybe heavy gear blitz. Got Argatoria really fun spellcrow are lovely.

  • @jonwest776
    @jonwest776 Рік тому

    Shame you two aren't working together on this scale. It looks great on the table. Just got into 2D6 WW2 range.